The best and worst parts of being an NBC page: In the 70s, I worked with stars like Regis Philbin and Johnny Carson and was paid $1.90 an hour

• Shelley Herman says she can thank Elvis Presley for helping her get her start at NBC Studios.
• Her starting pay was $1.90 per hour — yet, she would do pagedom again. 
• Many big TV stars started as pages, and there was no one surefire way to get the job.

I can thank Elvis Presley for helping me get my foot in the door at the NBC Studios in Burbank, California.

Here's how it happened: I worked in the junior clothing department at Sears. A girl I worked with got five tickets to see Elvis in Las Vegas, so of course, we crammed into my Toyota for a road trip.