Name's the Same 7 14 53 Steve Allen

[@lynettepalecek3141]

I always enjoyed watching this show on videos on my phone many times before!! It's so much fun to watch because of the vast number of names that people had that were either the same as famous people or their names would be things or places or motions.

[@billkoenig1552]

Joan Alexander was the original voice of Lois Lane on radio. She reprised the role in the 1966 New Adventures of Superman cartoon.

[@peternagy-im4be]

She looks 45 here

[@nowvoyagerNE]

in my 67 years, i have *never* heard of this program!

[@bobcrestwood740]

I'm the same age as you, and I had heard of it, but I never watched it. There were lots of game shows in the 1950's, some made it and some didn't -- I don't think this one was around too long. It's not as interesting as some of the other ones.

[@christopherdunne7848]

It didn’t help, being on ABC at that time. I’d say that ABC in this era was only slightly more popular than CW is in 2021! ;)

[@paulmatulavich7321]

I am 69 and never heard of this show either.

[@nowvoyagerNE]

@@christopherdunne7848 : when i was a kid, we could get only CBS and NBC on our TV. our TV antenna needed to be adjusted i guess, and my dad was not comfortable crawling around on the roof and too cheap or proud to hire someone to do it, so we never got much more than scribbles when we watched ABC. this may explain why i'd never seen the show.

[@terencedove5047]

With Mark Goodson and Bill Todman building up quite a reputation for game shows starting back in 1948, it’s not uncommon to miss one or two along the way somewhere. And, according to television history, game shows weren’t as well known on ABC back then as they were on either CBS or NBC. Still, one might freely admit that TNTS was able to hold some viewer interest during its three-and-a-half year run…

[@nowvoyagerNE]

the second guest...what a surprise!

[@bjmajor]

A game show older than myself!! I’d watch anything with Meredith on it, he’s handsome…!😛

[@terencedove5047]

How wonderful to see father and son on TNTS!

[@tomservo56954]

The son he left in Phoenix with his mother as he went to Los Angeles and then New York...I don't know if the marriage ended before Jayne Meadows came into the picture--but I do understand he had a liason behind Jayne's back. He didn't lose her, but did lose his 60's show for Westinghouse Broadcasting (the highly moral president of Group W threatened to expose him if he didn't quit)

[@terencedove5047]

@@tomservo56954 …not unlike Louis B. Mayer’s treatment of his stars at MGM if they misbehaved or strayed from their marriages. Movie studio moguls and their morals, especially before the public… But then again, as you pointed out with the president of Westinghouse, company executives and their morals back then, especially before the public…

[@hopelewis5650]

The Steve's have matching ears.

[@boggy7665]

Wow, shocking to see JWax in the first scene, or at all... (I am from that area).. That tower is a Frank Lloyd Wright design.

[@terencedove5047]

That man could make a dwelling or edifice out of practically anything, so it seemed. His innovation was not to be equaled. To me, it was obvious that Frank Lloyd Wright was to buildings what Ansel Adams was to photography...

[@keithnaylor1981]

How amazing is the picture quality - there’s stuff on KZbin made a lot more recently which is unwatchable.

[@JB---]

Oh my gosh! That's why the little guy looked like him.

[@JB---]

A quick online search gave a conversion rate based on inflation and those $10 checks would be equivalent to $92 each today.

[@lynettepalecek3141]

Each check was for $25- not $10.

[@JB---]

@@lynettepalecek3141 So that's $230 per check. :O

[@keithnaylor1981]

Meredith looks like Clark Kent with his Superman curl, and Joan spent a lot of her time as Lois Lane! Even though she often looks like she hasn’t eaten for months she lived to be 94!!!

[@WConn100]

This was on my 3rd birthday.

[@13thwho]

The premise is similar to the mystery-guest segment of “What’s My Line?”

[@issacbanks7498]

this is a good game show #JeffPiegari

[@jessyleppert2]

2:25 I know John Dillinger was bad, but still applaud for respect, imagine if this show was revived and they had Charles Manson or Ted Bundy, they should still applaud

[@peternagy-im4be]

Mr Dillinger was a stand up kind of guy

[@lynettepalecek3141]

No! They should not applaud for Charles Manson or Ted Bundy!

[@keithkirk8697]

I actually saw this show (not this episode) as a kid and wondered what difference it made if they found someone with the same name as a famous person. All the panel did was guess who the famous person was. It didn't really matter that the guest had the same name. I don't think the show lasted very long for some reason.

[@terencedove5047]

The audience was screaming with laughter over Carl's and Joan's questions for the last contestant, A. (August) Muscle. And he won seventy-five 'very husky dollars' for stumping the panel (although Meredith really didn't get to participate)...

[@christopherdunne7848]

I really wish that more time were available with Mr. Muscle.

[@keymaninmusic]

Meredith, fix your lock!

[@Frederick-t8t]

I wasn't evem conceived yet.

[@johnkilcher477]

This show today, woulb be banned in this "free" country.

[@RonGerstein-tf5tp]

Are you insane

[@michaeladkins6]

Did you die in prison?