Thomas Terrence, Chris's grandson

Rhonda Temple, a long time guest on the On Tonight Show, and Chris just moments
before another one of their famous cake fights. (Circa 1992)

The Terrence Brothers exercise their right to lick ice cream cones in three-part
harmony on the Santa Barbara Pier. Chris on left, Bruce, and Philip
on the right. Notice the lady singing along (rear right).

Chris visits with Dave Baker, the big commissioner of the Arena Football League before a game between Milwaukee and Florida.

Chris posing in front of a house that is not his, while leaning on an Aston-Martin that is not his. Or are they?

Musical Director Dr. Maynard Williams, and Chris pose on the second On Tonight
chapter ( in a series of 6 chapters) set, just before Showtime sometime in 1991.
The multi-talented Maynard plays keyboards, sax, fiddle, and harmonica and is also an artist,
fixes his own MG, is a carpenter, can tie a cherry stem with his tongue,
and most impressive of all, can do all these things at the same time.

Chris visits with the great boxing trainer, Wes Hodgins at the Ringside Gym, home of world champions. Chris also did TV play by play along with Kerry YO Nakagawa, Gus Zernial, and Stuart Quann at Ringside and even served as a ring announcer on occasions.

Oakland Coliseum with (l to r) Joe Torre, Gus Zernial, Don Zimmer, and Art Howe. On Tonight covered this celebration of our ole friend Gus' throwing out the first pitch of this A's Yankee game at the Coliseum. (1997)

Speaking of Oscar DeLaHoya, here he greets a packed house at Ringside.
Oscar was a great guest on our show when he was a teenager.
He still has that great attitude and is welcomed back and always good to see.



A long ways away from Ringside: Chris, duded out in tails,
introduces the Harry James Orchestra to over 5,000 at the Big Fresno Fair.



The On Tonight All-Stars getting it on: (l to r)John Schafer, Hank Sandoval,
Jack Lockwood, Johnny the Stick Valenzuela, and the man, Larry Gittens.

	OK, turning back the clock way back, we got Chris' very first television appearance in California. That's Bob Crystal on the left of the 'ole Bob and Chris duo, Johnny Tillotson (Potetry in Motion, Tear On My Pillow, and many other hits) in the middle, and Chris in his ponytail on the right. Bob and Chris backed up Johnny on a couple of songs here on the Al Radka Show in September of 1969.
Chris in his first recording session in California. At Trac Studios in Fresno,when Bob and Chris were there in 1969. That's Dick Kitson playing the part of the bearded engineer.

Here is Chris playing one of his many gigs at China Peak/Sierra Summit, around 1977. He mostly payed as a single and sometimes with guitarist Guy Hutchins, and as in this shot, with Don Clark, a great flute player , and sometimes with Jeanie Terrence who played the fiddle. Later on Chris worked the area with guitarist, vocalist, Gary Youngblood. And there was fun, fun, fun till Spring took the snow away.

Legendary mandolin and guitar player, not to mention incredible fiddle player, Kenny Hall, along with Marta Hall get together at the Terrence house for some Guinness and some fun. Chris was a fill in for Kenny's band in the late 70's.

A party gathers for the CD release party for the Terrence and Youngblood group.
Unfortunately, Chris and Gary never did make an album, but it was a nice gathering anyway.



A gathering of staff, crew, and some people who happened to be passing by the On Tonight Show
in it's very early stages. This version of the show was shot out at the Cholan-Temple studio.
What a great group of people!



CT and BT play Lamonic Stadium in front of 12,000
in Clovis on the 4th of July, 1988.
Jeanie Terrence also played the gig and
also on stage, for their first concert,
was Billy and Corina Terrence, ages 7 and 5.
No sweat at all!



The brothers once again on the back of a truck
doing about 75 down Clovis Avenue in the Clovis Rodeo Parade.



Chris and sidekick, author, producer, filmmaker, actor, television personality,
athlete, and pizza deliveryman, Kerry Yo Nakagawa getting ready ringside for
another of their Friday Night Fights telecast at Table Mountain for McGiniss
Sports to be broadcast in the US and the Phillipines.

Oh, sure, it was a great steal by Larry Bird in the closing seconds of the NBA playoffs, that took a sure win out of the hands of Isiah Thomas and the Detroit Pistons, and put that victory in the hands of the Boston Celtics on that last play of the game, but hey, it was THIS man, Dennis Johnson who completed the play by having the sense of mind to go to the hoop, get the pass from Bird and lay it in for the victory in one of the greatest moments ever in NBA history. Chris and DJ at the Forum in LA at a Laker game a couple of years later, talking about where they were when that great play happened. We know where Dennis was, but where the heck was Chris?

Patrick Tobin, Chicago's finest, and Chris, and Charlie Scott perform A Christmas Carol on B-95 Radio. Also in the cast that day were, Phyllis Diller, and Roger Clinton. The place was packed and a great time was had by all. Chris played Scrooge. (Who else?)

This is part of the crew at an On Tonight Show wrap somewhere in the phase 5 part of the six
or maybe seven chapters of the show. Here we see Don Priest (director), Jason Owen (writer),
John Shafer (drummer), Johnny Valuenza (percussionist) Dave Smethers (writer),
Hank Sandoval (bass), Eddie Gordon (harp), Kerry Nakagawa (producer) and Chris whatshisname.



Oh sure, like you didn't know that Chris was the lead singer
in the Platters for 27 years. Here they are somewhere on tour on any given day.

That's Ed Armbrister, formerly of the Oakland Raiders, and now of the Fishing Show. The syndicated show is all about fishing in all kinds of places and Ed makes the whole thing fun. On Tonight went out on location off the coast of San Simeon, California, in the beautiful blue Pacific to do a show and it ws great fun, although probably not so much for the band who insisted on staying up in the hotel bar, drinking rum and smoking cigars, even though we had to get up at 6am to get on the boat and go out about 10 miles or so to fish. Well the band got very, very sick and one rule they have on these boats is that there is no turing back. What a horrible sight these guys were. Doing much better than the band, that's Steve Smith behind the camera.

A farewell salute for Pat McGuiness before he and Jane moved to Michigan. Pat and I worked together on lots of projects.

Another picture of the farewell salute for Pat McGuiness showing Anthony Gonzales, Raul Enriques and some of the crew in it.

Chris and Jerry Tarkanian at the anouncement of Jerry's big win agains the NCAA. It really wasn't the money at all. It was about justice is what it was. Jerry gave the dough away anyway. Jerry is one of the true great basketball coaches of all time and a number one fan of the game.

Chis in Ice. Cold.



Chris with Bob Mathias. Chris lists writing Bob's story as one of his biggest thrills of all time.
Not just writing the book, but getting to know a truly great man who has accomplished so much in his life.
Read the book, you'll see what we mean.

A hero of Chris' growing up. Is it the Yankee center fielder or that kid from Hibbing or Zeke from Cabin Creek?

No explanation necessary


Prize winning basketball team from Hamaldo Mason Junior College. You'll notice that I am the coach.

Old engine number 29 of the Fresno Bandits before a Bay Area game vs Los Altos (Circa 1992)

On Tonight's Chris Terrence and Larry Gittens, just hanging out in a downtown alleyway, just looking for some songs to play, some people to interview and some place to play some hoop.

Good friend Barry McGuire (New Christy Minstrels, HAIR, Eve of Destruction, etc.) has been on our show many times over the years and is always a great guest and friend to all. He still has that incredible voice and a great laugh. Go to Links on our home page and check out Barry's website.

Chris with Bob Mathias, the great Olympic decathlon champion, actor and former Congressman. Chris wrote two books on Bob's incredible life. Check them out in a fine book store near you or at Amazon.com, or check out the "books and writing" chapter on our home page.

Dave Barry, one of the worlds funniest and best writers, contemplates Chris' question pertaining to Dave's sex life and how much money he has in the bank. Segment shot on location in Bakersfield, CA.

Wanda Bork, the famous wieght loss champion and lecturer, visits on the set of Good Morning America with David Hartman and Joan London. Chris, along with brother Bruce, wrote many newspaper and magazine articles (Good Housekeeping, Glamour, TV Guide, etc.) about Wanda and her fantstic voyage and also produced Wanda's Wanda Bork, Wieght Loss Kit. Wanda is from Sanger, CA.

Author, actor, filmmaker, rodeo bronc rider and great friend Kerry Yo Nakagawa, former producer of the On Tonight Show with Chris Terrence, is a busy, busy man these days. This book, Through A Diamond, is doing terrific and Kerry is all over the world promoting it and his Neisei Baseball Project, which covers the story of the great spirit of Japanese Americans during a very tough time: in concentration camps in the United States during the second world war. It's a great book and so is the museum exhibit that Kerry has placed all over. Check out Kerry's wonderful website on our links page.

Casey "Underdog" Olsen, former Fresno State Wrestler and current Undefeated Ultimate Fighter visits the KJEO TV football broadcast booth.

Fresno basketball elite, at the welcoming party for Fresno City College basketball coach Ed Madec. Table number 47.

The Fabulous Four - Greg Elliott, Chris Terrence, Colin Daugherty and Ronnie Paul. We took this picture at the Al Radka park opening.

Fresno's greatest on any given day! Yea!! Kopi Soteropolis

1995 On Tonight! publicity photo

Alan "Bubba" Autry the mayor of Fresno, California. At long last, a truly honest politician.

Chris and Bruce on the back of a tomato truck rolling down Highway 41.

Filming the "Keep the Ball Rolling" show, starring Earvin "Magic" Johnson and "Crazy" George Schauer, on location at Pepperdine University in Malibu, California. The Terrences produced the show. Chris "The Decider" on the left, Philip "The Genius Editor" on camera and Bruce "The Righter" on the far right. Joe Salavessa was the sound man standing center.

This billboard proclaming the annual County Fair TV Show, made Chris feel like he is 22 feet tall.