Editing Marc Summers (section)

==Early life and career==
Summers was born Marc Berkowitz in [[Indianapolis]], [[Indiana]], to a Jewish family.<ref name="filmref" /><ref>{{cite book |last=Warren |first=Steve |title=Radio: The Book |publisher=Elsevier Focal Press |year=2004 |isbn=0240806964 |edition=4 |location=Burlington and San Diego |pages=18–19}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite news |date=2016-10-27 |title=Marc Summers Reflects on 30 Years in TV, Double Dare, Unwrapped |url=https://www.jewishexponent.com/2016/10/26/marc-summers-reflects-on-30-years-in-tv-double-dare-unwrapped/ |access-date=2022-11-25 |website=Jewish Exponent |language=en-US}}</ref> He attended Westlane Middle School and [[North Central High School (Indianapolis)|North Central High School]] in Indianapolis and [[Grahm Junior College]] in [[Boston]]. 

After consulting with Rabbi Weitzman of [[Indianapolis Hebrew Congregation]] about whether to pursue a career as a rabbi or as an entertainer, Rabbi Weitzman told Summers, "As a rabbi, you can help a small congregation a lot, but as a performer you can help a lot of people a little."<ref name=":0" /> Summers decided he preferred to help a lot of people, which set his path to becoming a performer. 

He moved out to Los Angeles in 1972, taking a job as a page at [[CBS Television City]]. There, he got to do a variety of tasks on different shows, including filling in as announcer on ''[[The Joker's Wild]]'', assisting with the audience warm-up on ''[[The Carol Burnett Show]]'' and helping with production on ''[[The Price Is Right (U.S. game show)|The New Price is Right]]''. 

In the beginning of his career he was a [[radio DJ]] and a [[stand-up comedy|stand-up comedian]]; although he held various television production jobs before a career boost in 1986, when he worked as the co-announcer with [[Gene Wood]] on ABC's short lived game show ''[[Bruce Forsyth's Hot Streak]]''.