Did you know... Knight had a small speaking part (one line: I didn't see a thing!) in the 1970
movie The Traveling Executioner starring Stacy Keach. If you can find it (good luck), watch for the scene where Keach unloads a truckful of showgirls clandestinely
into a prison. Knight - as a prison guard - shows up and accepts some money from Keach to keep his mouth shut.
Did you know... Knight's older brother Fred has an athletic trophy named for him at Georgia Tech: the Fred E. Berman
Award. Fred was a shot put champion in the 1950s.
Did you know... Knight had a private pilot's license and at one time owned a Beechcraft Bonanza and a Cessna. Knight
Jr fondly recalls a trip they made to Canton, OH to see the Football Hall of Fame in 1971. The trip was bittersweet: Upon returning, Ivy met them at the airport with news that Izzy had died.
The Story Goes... During rehearsals for a play at Montgomery Little Theatre, Knight had hidden little "cheat sheets"
around the set to help him remember his lines - on the mantlepiece, under couch cushions, next to lamps, etc. When it came
time for the performance, the director - unbeknownst to Knight - had removed all the sheets, confident that Knight could
remember his lines, and not wishing any undue distractions for the audience. As the scene played out, Knight was unable
to find his notes, but got his lines right anyway. Finally, as an appropriate denouement, when Knight fell to the floor as
part of the action, he lifted a corner of the rug and found the one note the director had missed. Pleased, Knight proclaimed
aloud in front of the confused audience, "You missed one!" Classic Berman.
Did you know... Knight's father Izzy was in business with Bob Hope and Bing Crosby. They were all key investors
in The Lime Cola Bottling Company, bottlers of Lime Cola (a popular soda pop in the 1940s). Click here for a picture (Izzy in the middle), taken on the set of Road to Rio, a Hope/Crosby comedy that featured that Lime Cola sign during the
first five minutes of the film.
Did you know... Knight Berman for State Senate was the front page headline of Universal Statistics' September
27, 1976 issue of The Uni-Stat Report, a political newsletter. The accompanying article read:
Knight Berman, President of the I. Berman Company in Montgomery and Atlanta, is rated by Uni-Stat as one of the most
promising political leaders of the future. Berman's supporters want him to run for political office again. His only previous
effort was in 1975 when he gained a runoff position in a race for the Montgomery City Council. There were 11 candidates
in the race. Berman lost the runoff election to Pat Williamson, the present Councilwoman from the district. Berman told
Uni-Stat at the time, "If I had not been running, I probably would have voted for her myself." Berman has ruled out a race
for Mayor and says he is not sure if he will run for public office again. Among potential races being promoted by Berman
supporters are the City Council again, the State House of Representatives, the State Senate and Congress.
Click here to browse through Knight's brochure from the 1975 City Council race.
