Tattletales CBS Daytime 1974 #4

[@altfactor]

My late mother loved "Tattletales". It was her guilty pleasure. One reason the original "Tattletales " was a big hit was the show's timeslot: Weekdays at 4 P.M. (3 in the Central and Mountain time zones). Not only did high school students get to watch it after school, but it was broadcast immediately after "Match Game", which by 1974 had become the most popular program on daytime television.

[@michellepost3098]

I liked Phyllis Diller when I was a child, she was on TV alot during the late 1960s, and early 1970s. I remember this game, I was 13 during 1974. I mainly watched it during summers because I was in school when it was on.

[@kentclark6420]

Phyllis Diller, my all-time favorite comedienne. RIP beautiful lady!

[@dmax64]

Watching these shows makes me a little sad most of these people have passed away.

[@debrak8521]

mecha king ghidorah official All of them have passed away including Bert Convy.

[@dmax64]

@@debrak8521 These shows meaning all of tattletales not just this segment. Celebrities that appeared on tattletales that are still alive include William Shatner, Gary Burgoff, John Astin, Joanne Worley just to name a few.

[@debrak8521]

@@dmax64 That's true there are some celebs in their 80s and 90s now.

[@stevenwhite8936]

thats ok just try figuring out how long their marriages lasted it'll cheer you back up !

[@dmax64]

@@stevenwhite8936 ....lol

[@k.tinder8905]

Fang is revealed...Ward. Phyliss Diller is the funniest lady in the world of comedy that ever lived.

[@randysills4418]

Ward was not Fang. Phyllis Diller wrote about that fact in her autobiography. She did say that her first husband Sherwood thought that he was Fang but she said that Fang was made up...

[@danelvis9979]

Always enjoyed the show when Patti and Donald were on. They were a hilarious couple! 😂

[@joycejohnston2863]

Hi I enjoy tattle tails fun game show to watch i can relate to Phyllis Diller about whether or not to be painted with the one question that was asked well true story for me as well i went to go get an MRI done the girl asked me if i had any breast implants i told her once i take my bra off you will have your answer she smile laugh in a fun way well i had 2 kids and my breast got more bigger then my stomach but it didn't help my breast out any but i am grateful cause could be worse so i am blessed and thankful either way so it brought back a memory for me and made me laugh thanks Phyllis Diller for the laugh your beautiful🤗🙃😇

[@lindahoward7633]

Patty’s husband was actually a pretty famous TV writer in his time. He was very active behind-the-scenes in a lot of games shows.

[@Martin-pt5on]

Phyllis Diller was a funny, funny,woman❤️ "Stretch marks that glow in the dark"😅

[@bettycogswell9851]

Phyllis is hilarious...

[@RCRIP-di1cl]

SO glad Adam makes these posts .....i love there one shows, HATE GSN now at most part. I watch BUZZER OVER THE AIR as SPECTRUM does not carry it. So i cant dvd .

[@Madelow56]

Loved Gene Barry's "Name of the Game" series.

[@tennissir1986]

Great show.

[@genkatqltr737]

I like this way of scoring, evens it out more & more people can get more money.

[@paullarue2010]

I know this game show, was on CBS.

[@sandrap6321]

Fascinating to google & see which marriages lasted.

[@ariag.8745]

It always cracks me up about the show that they make it sound like it's so much money but when you count everybody in the section it turns out to be about a hundred people so they usually get anywhere between maybe 5 and $15 each which is hilarious!

[@Drchainsaw77]

Nobody makes it sound like "so much money." You can see how big the audience is, and Bert repeatedly says that the money is divided amongst them. They printed checks as they filed out of the studio. And none of them had to answer questions, jump through hoops, guess prices, or spin wheels to win anything.

[@SaucyWench7]

I didn't know they printed checks right there! How cool. I can see Aria's point tho. I was wondering the same.

[@halffasthaiku7526]

Aria G. Well in those days if a couple in the winning section could take their 30 bucks and have a nice meal on the way home....compliments of the show.

[@jethro1963]

In those days 10 bucks was a lot of money. MacDonald's used to have an ad campaign of feed a family of four for under $5. As a kid growing up in the early 70's, I dealt in nickles and dimes, a quarter was a rare windfall. A bag of chips was 5/10 cents, a can of pop was 10./15 cents etc.

[@Martin-pt5on]

Yes!!! I was trying to make a logical guess about how many people were in each section; I guessed that it was like 16.39$

[@Bigbadwhitecracker]

I'm usually not a fan of Patty D. but she was amusing here, and her husband too, whoever he is. Phyllis and Warde - love them both forever.

[@wynottgivemore9274]

Was...I'm sure he's long retired or gone,but he was a screen writer ,etc. And I agree after watching her on tattle tales I like her more ,than I did on match game.

[@jethro1963]

Patti seemed to have two schticks, happy Patti and depressed Patti. Happy Patti seemed to appear on TT and depressed Patti seemed to be on Match Game. Unsurprisingly, happy Patti was much more interesting and fun.

[@MrLeglamp]

Phyllis's husband looks like Rip Taylor. Read into that what you will.

[@betsybean4054]

Isn't his name Fang?

[@Quartzquiz333]

Interestingly enough, Rip Taylor would be Phyllis' partner on Tattletales on one week during the 80s revival.

[@wynottgivemore9274]

@@Quartzquiz333 wow! you guys know your dead celebrities , I guess Phyllis had a type , and yes I was thinking that he looked a bit like Rudolph valentino...

[@richardcleveland6949]

That must the famous Fang that Phyllis Diller used to make jokes about

[@Rusty3659]

No - Fang was her first husband, Sherwood Anderson Diller.

[@randysills4418]

Actually, Fang was a fictitious character according to Phyllis Diller's autobiography. Her in-laws did sue her because they claimed that she used them in her act. Years after the fact, Phyllis found out that her first husband did have a checking account under the name Fang Diller.

[@lorizeglin3103]

Wow Phyllis Diller with out her way hair

[@LisaMitchellGD]

Bert Convy was so cool &funny. He was perfect for this job. So sad he died young. Patty's husband Donald seems very difficult &a bit of a wet blanket lol

[@alfonsogreen2722]

Yes indeed n that's a nice jacket Bert got on

[@LisaMitchellGD]

@@alfonsogreen2722 Bert reminds me so much of my Dad back in the 1970's and early 80's. It was a terrible loss especially for game show fans. He was a great host

[@mike856ms]

Phyllis and Warde divorced a year later in 1975

[@garrygriffy1866]

because warde said phyllis cant drive

[@markkonzerowsky8871]

I know that Donald passed away in June 2018. Did he ever make another TV appearance outside of Match Game or Tattletales? Especially past 1974?

[@kimkunkle7174]

He was a writer so he worked behind the scenes. I remember hearing he was a writer on the Dinah Shore show.

[@markkonzerowsky8871]

@@kimkunkle7174 It turns out he did do Match Game around 76 and Tattletales again in 77. Also, he wrote several episodes of Murder, She Wrote.

[@kentclark6420]

I was around then, but I never heard about this show. I watched Match Game.

[@meowkitty5588]

August 26, 1974

[@LisaMitchellGD]

Who is Betty? Is she a celebrity?They didn't say her last name. I just started watching this on KZbin so I'm not that familiar with the format

[@debrak8521]

Lisa Mitchell Her name was Betty Barry. She was an actress whose stage name was Julie Carson. She died in 2003.

[@leebarnathan4728]

@@debrak8521 Her name was Betty Kalb.

[@debrak8521]

@@leebarnathan4728 Her name before marriage was Betty Claire Kalb. She was an actress whose stage name was Julie Carson. Read Wikipedia Gene Barry.

[@paullarue2010]

Betty Berry matched that Green set?

[@meowkitty5588]

Air Date Please

[@halffasthaiku7526]

Orson Bean always tried to teach the question writers and Bert proper grammar but to no avail. Should be who's Crankier in the morning. Should be who has the Better chance of finishing the race. Not crankiest and not best.

[@janethartwig774]

HalfFast Haiku It seems so simple why do people have such trouble with this concept?😳

[@halffasthaiku7526]

Janet Hartwig I know!!!

[@BonJody]

The design on the doors Bert walks through looks like a thong

[@lianelayman7577]

Phyllis should have stretch marks that glow in the dark, she's had 5 kids.

[@SaucyWench7]

Yeah, so? It's called life. Nobody ages backwards either.

[@debrak8521]

Liane Layman Phyllis had 6 children. One of her sons passed away when he was a baby.

[@jethro1963]

She exercised good judgment with her cosmetic surgeries and apparently who she chose to do them. I can't think of too many who had better more natural looking surgical outcomes than her.