To Tell the Truth - Amateur balloonist who saved a young boy; Fish Labeler (May 4, 1964)

PANEL: Tom Poston, Peggy Cass, Orson Bean, Kitty Carlisle
CONTESTANT #1: Bill Berry (Amateur balloonist who saved a young boy)
CONTESTANT #2: Morton Nussbaum (Fish labeling & marketing inspector)
CONTESTANT #3: Marion Whitlock Jones (Winner at the horseraces)
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[@keithnaylor1981]

What a terrific show!

[@canesfan3526]

There seemed to be such a connection between Danny and Bill Berry on stage. It was as though Mr. Berry was reliving the experience as they stood there. I just wonder if they stayed close in touch with each other.

[@rjwalker4153]

Danny Nowell is still alive, or at least he was a few years ago from what I could find online. He became a Marin County Contractor in California who built homes. He said people still referred to him today as "the balloon boy" but that his kids got tired of it over the years. He had volunteered that day in Mill Valley (near San Francisco) to help launch the balloon when he was 11. There were about 200 other spectators. It made national news at the time in 1964. He would be about 68 today.

[@oldfart4751]

I picked the right one for the Balloonist, while the story was being read out he looked bashful, this is the body language I would expect from a hero.

[@user-ts6yi3gk6d]

oldfart4751 What???? I just watched thinking it was number 3 because he looked so proud and they seemed like they did have a moment there when number 3 was answering. Round 1 really fooled me!

[@chasethrockmorton2736]

Bud: "You forgot the mustache." Phil: "Its mine." 😂.

[@tnate6004]

On the same day as this aired, the long-running soap opera "Another World" debuted on NBC, opposite the daytime version of TTTT.

[@Lisa-di1wi]

The kid that he saved is 66 today of he's still living. He probably graduated from high school in 1971.

[@Walterwhiterocks]

All three of the "real" people tonight were # 1. They don't usually do that.

[@kenyongray2615]

Maybe just picked at random before the show. But if they picked out of a hat, getting 1,1,1 would be somewhat rare. I am not smart enough to figure the odds. Would it be 3x3x3? or 27 to 1.

[@johncirillo9544]

@@kenyongray2615 the probability of picking three of the same number from the numbers 1, 2, 3 is 1 in 9. The probability of picking the number 1 on three consecutive choices from the numbers 1, 2, 3 is 1 in 27. The odds then would be 26:1.

[@kenyongray2615]

@@johncirillo9544 Thanks for the information.

[@kenyongray2615]

Bud did a lot of time management. Earlier, he had to tell the panel they were short on time. Then in the end, he stretched things out because he had too much time.

[@Lisa-di1wi]

Oops! If he's still living today, he's probably 66.

[@LisaDawnn]

So funny how what used to be considered a rescue (round 1....dangling by ones hand) is now considered an extreme sport. I can only imagine what 50 years from now will look like ;)

[@ChrisHansonCanada]

Man #1 in Game #1 Man #1 in Game #2 Lady #1 in Game #3 They should have saved the boy for a separate game for the panel to guess which boy got saved on the balloon.

[@peternagy-im4be]

Please remove this moronic troll from the comments section

[@RonGerstein]

​@@peternagy-im4beMAYBE YOU SHOULD LEAVE, YOU FREAKISH MORONIC TROLL !!!!!

[@pem1974]

Did that kid also get a free carton of Winston ciggies?

[@chaplainmattsanders4884]

😂

[@henrybell7814]

He wasn't a contestant among other things!

[@93Jubilee]

Oh. my, Kitty Carlisle was especially pretentious on this show! 3:11. Tht smile disappears as quickly as the Cheshire cat's!

[@desertbreeze69]

Number three fish monger was creepy looking.

[@peternagy-im4be]

Charming.

[@Dubyular]

Looks like a folk singer

[@misswinchester0013]

Lol I checked comments just to see if anyone said anything about his crazy eyes 😂 he had a killer stache though. Could have just been nervous.

[@antonioacevedo5200]

Orson Bean is an utter waste of time. He sets this show back 10 years.

[@peternagy-im4be]

Please don't be so silly

[@kentetalman9008]

I love Orson Bean. I have no complaints about any of the panelists.

[@victoryak86]

He was fantastic. Also a favorite guest of Johnny Carson He was very funny and a great story teller. Have no idea what you’re on about.

[@tebelshaw9486]

​@@kentetalman9008I agree. This is my favorite set of panelists, although Don Ameche always asked such great rapid-fire questions, too.