To Tell the Truth - British TTTT panelist; First Lady of Costa Rica; PANEL: Jack Paar (Dec 10, 1957)

[@surrealfarm]

I graduated from High School in Costa Rica, and knew 2 of José and Karen's children. Their daughter is the image of their mother except for hair color. José Figueres himself gave me my diploma. That was the proudest moment of my life.

[@donnawoodford6641]

Her answers were most revealing, and she was very poised.

[@KlepticHeist]

Lawrence Goettemoeller is my great great uncle

[@donnawoodford6641]

He knew how to spell his surname. And the knees on his overalls showed that the pants were "broken in" (not starched for the show).

[@sheilamarie3788]

What happened to all that land? It's it still in the family or has it been subdivided and sold?

[@KlepticHeist]

@@sheilamarie3788 Last I heard it was divided amongst different parts of the family, some rented out to agriculture and some of it has a brewery. There still is the main farmland plot. I haven't been for a few years though so things may have changed recently.

[@VahanNisanian]

And that's the end of the first year of "To Tell the Truth".

[@zacharydunlap-tunnage2220]

To Tell the Truth (CBS) I have enjoyed this to no end. You have my *utmost* gratitude. :-)

[@VahanNisanian]

The British TTTT started on ITV.

[@Bigbadwhitecracker]

***** do any eps exist of the British TTTT?

[@VahanNisanian]

Michael Maloney No.

[@shrillbert]

@@Bigbadwhitecracker Not the original, no, just the reboot of Tell the Truth from the 80s. The ITV networks were even worse at preserving programmes than the BBC was, and ATV(which was the network it was on) effectively died after 1981.

[@wattsjetton3027]

Celebrity Guests: 1. Polly Bergen 2. Jack Paar 3. Kitty Carlisle 4. Hy Gardner Host: Bud Collyer

[@greggg2301]

Is polly giving us and the panel "the finger" at 6:58 ? Oh I love these old game shows. I wasnt even born yet when this episode (and many others I see here) aired, but used to watch this show to a degree in the late 60s

[@John-ih2bx]

I guess I shouldn't be too critical of the panelists since this, apparently, was TTtT's first year. Such inane questions ... "How many people vote in Costa Rica?" ??? How many people vote in the UK, in the US, in Canada ... pick your home country/state/county/town ... answer the question ... and the one asking probably had no clue of the correct answer. Where was Brunolito's bakery? When walking from the bakery to the dry cleaners, did you take a left or a right on 57th? What's your favorite color?

[@nelsonricardo3729]

Finch College, which closed in 1976, had some notable alumnae. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finch_College

[@VahanNisanian]

What a surprise. I thought for sure it would be #3, because she gave the correct filming collection for Ingrid Bergman's English picture.

[@lgoldman]

***** Please don't mention this advance before others have watched--Spoiler Alert!

[@savethetpc6406]

lgoldman I usually wait until I've watched the episode before I read the comments. I know that some people do this the other way around, but it's hard to avoid "spoilers" when you do that. The Comments section is a natural place to discuss reactions to the episode.

[@zarabada6125]

@Vahan both 2 & 3 were correct. The film was made at Associated British Picture's Elstree Studios.

[@ChrisHansonCanada]

Lady #2 in Game #1 Man #3 in Game #2 Lady #1 in Game #3

[@dcasper8514]

Polly stated that she can think.

[@ItsMeMissV369]

Mrs Costa Rica reminds me of Rita Hayworth, lovely. Polly treats the q&a like a courtroom not a game show. :/

[@VahanNisanian]

No new episode aired on December 3, due to "The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour" guest starring Tallulah Bankhead. www.ttttontheweb.com/ttttnighttimeguide.html

[@zacharydunlap-tunnage2220]

***** Good to know, thanks! :-)

[@savethetpc6406]

***** That was a great "Lucy" episode! Have you seen it?

[@VahanNisanian]

SaveThe TPC No, I have not.

[@zacharydunlap-tunnage2220]

***** Me neither, so we are even. I personally have yet to see Lucille Ball in anything outside of *"I Love Lucy"*.

[@moontheloon5]

+Zachary Dunlap-Tunnage: The Lucy-Desi Comedy hour was basically I Love Lucy shown once a month for an hour as opposed to half hour, with major guest stars of the era, like Tallulah for the last 3 yrs. of the run (1957-60) They still lived in the Connecticut home, and little Ricky and the Mertzes were still on hand.

[@TruckTaxiMoveIt]

This was a difficult episode.

[@MrBohuslav]

Correct name is José Figueres Ferrer.

[@VahanNisanian]

"The Polly Bergen Show" only ran from 18 episodes from 1957 to 1958.

[@zacharydunlap-tunnage2220]

***** And you mention this because it was brought up on this particular broadcast?

[@VahanNisanian]

Zachary Dunlap-Tunnage Yes.

[@TruckTaxiMoveIt]

Wow, substantially longer than I would have expected but maybe because she was so beautiful they gave her as much as they could.

[@hobonickel]

12:17 Kitty Carlisle never misses an opportunity to make fun of a southern accent.

[@clairehenderson9710]

Well she was southern she was born in New Orleans, Louisiana in 1910. And polly also was southern she was born in Knoxville, Tennessee in 1930.

[@retrorex]

Jack Paar is such a dweeb and I HATE his hairpiece! Bring back Ralph Bellamy, please!

[@Bigbadwhitecracker]

retrorex Agreed. I probably wouldn't have been a regular watcher of The Tonight Show with Jack Paar.

[@retrorex]

Michael Maloney And he has such a snotty attitude: "We've had the age, shall we have the names?" Good Lord, he's such a drizz, he even make Hy Gardner look cool (I like Hy's dry humor, by the way).

[@sheilamarie3788]

Agreed! Rude.

[@moonlightray8493]

4:02 "If you were on this panel, who would you vote for?" What kind of question is that?? It doesn't elicit any helpful information, it's not particularly funny, and it doesn't even make sense... Polly Bergen sure wastes a lot of time with her incoherent questioning; I'm *so* glad they replaced her in later episodes.

[@patriciamooney928]

POLLY! The finger!

[@brucemarsico6]

Did anyone notice that the third contestant claiming to be Lawrence Goettemoeller looksa bit like serial killer Ed Gein?

[@abhinavs5213]

Polly Bergen always seemed to me to be full of herself & a bit pompous. Boy, the way she screamed after she got the First Lady of Costa Rica right.

[@Eddie_Schantz]

Jack Paar is one of the worst panelists I have ever seen on this show and Polly is not much better.