To Tell the Truth - "Any dummy can do this show!!" (Taped 12/12/72)

As a special Halloween treat, here is a great episode of To Tell the Truth taped on December 12th, 1972 with a panel consisting of Jack Cassidy, Peggy Cass, Orson Bean, and Kitty Carlisle. The first game features the founder of Neiman-Marcus and an amazing episode opening. But, who's the real dummy?
I was originally going to only include the first game, but the second game is perfect for the season as well, as it features an expert on the Bermuda Triangle.

[@TheVerbalVolley]

Did anyone else notice that Kitty was the only one who applauded EVERYONE. Such class....

[@catholicpriest1]

I once spoke to the show's director Paul Alter on the phone. He directed "To Tell the Truth", "Family Feud" and "The Price is Right". He died just a couple years ago at 90 years of age.

[@UNOwen1]

@GaryMooreFan; I want to thank you - I grew up etching To Tell The Truth (filmed here - my hometown, NYC), and was once on it as a kid. I just had such a fun time watching episode after episode. Thanks for the fun. By the way; Mr. Moore was a friend of my dad & said he was a very nice man.

[@graperonto]

Special guest... T. Garrison Morfit, III... which was Garry Moore's birth name.

[@catholicpriest1]

The term "Bermuda Triangle" must not have been coined yet.

[@jeffthewhiff]

Yes, that is what I was thinking too because they never mentioned that term.

[@byrd56]

Garry's bowtie in this episode is wilder than any worn either by him during his "I've Got a Secret" days in the 1950s, or by Bud Collyer during his run as host of the original "To Tell the Truth" from 1956-68.

[@gymnastix]

+Steve Byrd It was the 1970s, when bad fashion was an epidemic! Come on--leisure suits, platform shoes, and wide regular ties too.

[@Thompsonnw]

DVD Quality! That door does look nice with 3 men.

[@cam-xt9uh]

Orson Bean was killed last weekend (Feb. 7, 2020) when he was hit by two different vehicles while he tried to cross a street in Los Angeles.

[@kpenguins48]

I like Garry Moore but his tie is a killer.

[@danbarker4857]

That's why Johnny O left TTTT because of TNPIR which had begun 3 months earlier.

[@generalbullmoose]

I was growing up around this time, and I hated Jack Cassidy. He always had that sinister smile that made me suspicious.

[@matthewkaiser76]

By some accounts, Jack Cassidy was a very arrogant man, but yet he had a certain charm about him. He was also bipolar, but didn't know about it until later in life, and because of this, he was displaying erratic behavior, alienating people that knew him. (Including incidents of being seen watering his lawn naked) Unfortunately he came home drunk one day, lit a cigarette and fell asleep... the cigarette ignited on his couch,and he died from the fire.

[@cactusjackNV]

Matthew Kaiser That sounds a lot more like Borderline personality disorder than Bi-Polar. But of course Bi-Polar was a catch all diagnosis for a lot of things doctors still didn't understand. Very funny and talented in any case.

[@RjBenjamin353]

😂😂😂 He was an arrogant SOB! He was so jealous of his sons (David Cassidy) popularity and success

[@fanboy2015]

You know what, What's My Line was at its best in its original incarnation with John Daly. But To Tell The truth was better, more fun in its second incarnation with Garry Moore. And that's the truth... Ruth!

[@gymnastix]

+George Alexander I don't know, George, I think you could find many persons who would disagree with you about the importance and entertainment value of the original "To Tell the Truth." Original emcee Bud Collyer was an awfully gracious host (who had also emceed the popular "Beat the clock" game show), and the guest contestants and panelists were fantastic from 1956-68!And the contestants who tried to stump the panelists in those earlier years of "To Tell the Truth" included some celebrities who were very well-known indeed, among them Motown recording group The Supremes, Oscar-winning actresses Bette Davis and Joan Crawford, Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Don Drysdale, Motown Records founder Berry Gordy, Jr., author and "Rolling Stone" magazine correspondent Hunter S. Thompson, and Hank Ballard, the original singer of the famed dance record "The Twist."Not only was there a prime time version of the show very popular for several years (1956-67), but also a daytime version that aired weekdays, beginning in 1962 and lasting until September of 1968.Don Ameche, Ralph Bellamy, Polly Bergen, Johnny Carson, Betty Furness, Hy Gardner, Dick Van Dyke, and Betty White, among many others, were panelists on the prime time version of the show. And Sam Levenson, Robert Q, Lewis, Phyllis Newman, and Nipsey Russell were among the recurring panelists in the daytime version until 1965, when the longest-lasting prime time panel line-up of Tom Poston, Peggy Cass, Orson Bean, and Kitty Carlisle assumed the daytime panel. Poston was replaced by actor Bert Convy in early 1968..

[@moontheloon5]

I agree; I grew up with the Gary Moore version of TTTT, and am happily reliving my childhood (Peggy Cass was always a favorite)but I'm also enjoying the classic, original version hosted by Bud Collyer. I was familiar with Bud, through Beat the Clock re-runs but had never seen the original TTTT. Polly Bergan, Ralph Bellamy, Hy Gardner, and legendary Kitty Carlisle were excellent as well as the guest panelists.

[@fanboy2015]

+gymnastix I actually like Mr. Collyer. I've been watching a lot of his shows here on youtube. I like his version too. But Garry, to me, was a joy to watch. He made the show fun and lighthearted.

[@CapnHawk]

This episode was taped on 12/12/1972. Ironically, Jack Cassidy died exactly four years later on 12/12/1976.

[@lonnahunter3388]

CapnHawk The father of David and Shaun Cassidy. Ex husband of Shirley Jones.

[@guytupper2342]

Great collection, I am looking for To Tell the Truth 1972 episode 1292 with Hashim Khan. Is there any way I might be able to track this down? Thanks Guy

[@anonymoushard1025]

Could you PLEASE share TTTT Episode #1133 from the 1971-72 season? Thank you very much!

[@timglende8869]

Bill Cullen not there. A TTTT rarity.

[@ADAMSIXTIES]

11:57 Segment about the Bermuda Triangle, however that term isn't used at all, even though it's been in use since 1964.

[@RjBenjamin353]

Pa pa pa paa pa pa pa paa🎶

[@Patrick-tx9rh]

One day before my third birthday

[@udermen]

Today be robot

[@IvoryM1986]

This is the episode #718(144-3).

[@RjBenjamin353]

What!! No Winstons???

[@StFidjnr]

10:12 the panel got stumped