It’s an incredible medical show I would put it up there with ‘ER.’”
“I’m the sheriff on admissions (on the show), so everything comes by me. His job on “Code Black” is a good deal more visible. “When I retired, Rich was doing ‘Monk,’” he said. Nasby retired from the business after 38 years, having worked on productions such as “Little House on the Prairie” and “Logan’s Run,” but still takes on the occasional odd job behind the scenes. These days, the two are working together again as crew members for the CBS hospital drama “Code Black,” which is in its first season. “Neither one of us knew we were in the business.” “I did it for about two months before I went and told him,” Nasby said. John Nasby, now 76, may be far from his football-playing days, but never lost his Utica Free Academy spirit, and his keen sense of humor wound up making him a friend, even if Hobaica is a Proctor grad. So, who was leaving messages in his set locker saying things such as “UFA’s the best” and Proctor isn’t?Īfter months of the puzzling pranks, the truth finally came out: On the TV set where they both work, another Utican had recognized him, thus striking up an unlikely friendship forged miles from home. He was in Hollywood, thousands of miles from his hometown of Utica. Richard Hobaica was confronted by a mystery.
