To Tell the Truth - Gun quick-draw expert; Artist/dentist/author (Nov 7, 1960)

[@MrBohuslav]

Correct names are Arvo Ojala (1920-2005), Perian Conerly (1926-2021) and Frederick Franck (1909-2006).

[@rmelin13231]

Thank you! The only one I could figure out was Arvo Ojala, who I was able to find. I don't know about anyone else, but I appreciate these posts.

[@keithnaylor1981]

Polly was a real treasure, the icing on the cake - unpredictable, amusing and so loveable!

[@nowvoyagerNE]

the quick draw group was fun :-)

[@KCGeno]

Polly Bergen was so underrated. Always quick with a good line. A bright and funny lady.

[@rjwalker6677]

This was a good show. I liked it as a kid but never saw these older episodes. It was always fun to try to guess which was the one.

[@JMasalle]

15:01 Bud Collier: "Charlie, a question for you: why did you kiss them all? Charlie Conerly: "Well, I just wanted to".

[@zefallafez]

Perian Conerly died in June, 2021. Charlie is thirty-nine years old, he looks in his fifties. he was a WWII veteran. That probably added ten years to your actual age.

[@daija001]

... "Sammy Davis Jr.!" Funny, but true.

[@ALKAHESTBOY]

Tragic.

[@kenbrown438]

How much brillcream does 🐈 kitty have on her hair !!!!????

[@desertbreeze69]

I knew it was 3 because she’s the only one that said her name right. The other two said Connolly not Conerly.

[@kenbrown438]

Don Amechi has brillcream on his head !!!!

[@bobwallace9814]

"A little dab will do ya"

[@bobhess5986]

1960, President Kennedy has yet to be assassinated, the Beatles have yet to invade the World, young American men have yet to die in Viet Nam, the astronauts have yet to land on the moon and I have yet to go to Woodstock. If you didn't live through the 60's, you missed the party.

[@susanrutherford866]

Most definitely the best decade of any.

[@kenbrown438]

Why is budinski walking down 👇 those steps at the beginning !!!!????

[@keithnaylor1981]

2nd viewing; Polly, the life and soul of the party, as always!

[@Rodin99]

according to Wikipedia, The conquering Hero didn't conquer and closed after eight performances. I didn't realize Poston did musical comedies.

[@scotthamp384]

It's Ojala, not Ojallah. And Kitty Carlisle? I've seen her on A Night At The Opera with the Marx Brothers

[@kenyongray2615]

Polly caused a lot of turmoil. I used to think she was acting when doing her antics. I don't think that way anymore. Did you notice in game 1 that the real quick draw expert had his hand on his gun all the way walking down the stairs? Thanks for the video.

[@kenbrown438]

This is the voice of Superman !!!!???? Polly is so cool and such a sweetheart !!!!

[@feralbluee]

Dom Ameche comes across very well. he’s really charming and really a good actor. i remember seeing a film he was in when he was first starting out as a lead. i was impressed. Also, he was great in “Cocoon”, which is also a really good film. :)🌷 i just love Polly Bergen. she had to have grown up or seen a lot of Gracie Allen. people don’t think you’re very smart when you act like that, but boy, are they wrong!! 🧐😋🌷

[@Mega32roadster]

Fantastic!

[@scotthamp384]

I knew the guy in the black hat was Ojala. #2 was too tall and was incorrect. Ojala got the first shot of during the Gunsmoke intro, then Arness. And #3 was too old. And when he said Frank Sinatra, I thought, "Sinatra never did TV." To me, for the fastest TV western actors, it's a toss up between Sammy and Richard Boone

[@doctorjames7454]

Polly Bergen was on the TTTT panel for a long time and then suddenly disappeared... was she fired? I've noticed that Bud Collyer seems really annoyed with her antics at times (such as here at 16:00 in the above video).

[@jonvater8424]

I think her film career began to take off in the early '60s and she started focusing on that?

[@secondstring]

Well, if you're trying to get clues to figure out the identities, then she IS annoying. They have only a few seconds to ask questions of the candidates and she wastes hers trying to be cute, and in this episode she even talked through Poston's time.

[@lovett9911]

Really bad manners to talk to each other while the other contestants are giving their names and occupations.

[@stevej1154]

Well, I’m voting for Kennedy, seems like a good guy.

[@miriamfeigenbaum3611]

Another WML? cross-over. contestant #2, Perry Ann Conerly, was on WML? on Dec 13, 1959.

[@scottlavoie5405]

Sammy was the fastest!

[@donnawoodford6641]

Never knew til now.

[@vinmeister1]

This was aired the day before the 1960 election when JFK was elected.

[@zefallafez]

Helped with a little cheating in Texas.

[@guriausa]

On game #1, I guessed the one who had his hand on the holster the whole time walking down the stairs.

[@acousticshadow4032]

Kitty added class to TTTT, which was in dire need with Polly's over-the-top attention-starved antics.

[@retrorex]

Polly, Polly, Polly!

[@Lee90000]

I knew it had to be Fred Frank number 1 judging by his beak.

[@gerrydooley951]

It's Arvo Ojala

[@44032]

Was he faster than Rodd Redwing?

[@gerrydooley951]

@@44032 that's a good question as they were the two main gun coaches in Hollywood. Redwing was also an expert with the bow and arrow, knives etc., Arvo's sole expertise was the fast draw and he invented the special holster. I don't know who was faster but around 1958 the fast draw became a big thing in Hollywood and many actors became involved in it.

[@TruckTaxiMoveIt]

In the first round, immediately after Don Ameche cast his vote the audience reaction was one of great disappointment,; after which he realize no one thought it was number 2.

[@TruckTaxiMoveIt]

They did the right thing in repositioning Polly from the first to the fourth position, it gave her necessary thinking time. Sadly, Polly still had the compulsion to be needlessly disruptive and distracting without being funny or witty.

[@discoveryman59]

Bob Munden got them all beat.

[@martinober249]

Don Ameche invented the telephone

[@ChrisHansonCanada]

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

[@peternagy-im4be]

Please remove this complete and utter troll from the comments section.

[@lindabishop7656]

Go crawl back under the rotting moldy log that you slithered out from under​@@peternagy-im4be

[@sgsmozart]

Was Polly Bergen an "airhead".... or just a good comedian?

[@aliceberry9392]

A good comedian who loved to have all the attention.

[@lovett9911]

A bad comedian who loved to have all the attention. A Lucille Ball wannabe. I watched some clips of her on KZbin and to give Polly her due, she was a wonderful singer.

[@timothywills7709]

Polly is nuts!

[@leannsherman6723]

I wonder what a psychologist or psychiatrist would have said. There seemed to be something going on there.

[@leannsherman6723]

That Polly Bergen was a strange one. She could be really funny, and she could also be quite peculiar and edgy. I wonder if she had any kind of diagnosis or would have one today.

[@slade307]

Cusp has nothing to do with teeth. I only remember Johnny Carson using the term in reference to astrology - transition between zodiac signs. I just looked it up and it can relate to the transition between states - "cusp of adulthood" was the example. It can also be the point where two curved lines meet. I think Tom was thinking of cuspid.

[@plac1man]

As a dentist, let me assure you that a cusp is the elevated portion of the chewing surface of a molar or premolar (also known as bicuspid) tooth.

[@LOA1955]

As I'm seeing many of these older shows for the first time, my favorite way to "play" TTTT as an audience member is to Google the name of the contestant, and hopefully find their photograph. This, of course, would have been next to impossible back in the pre-Internet days, but today, 55 years after the show aired, it's really cool to be able to know who the real person is before the reveal. If their photo doesn't exist, I'm fine just guessing along with the panel. But it's really kinda fun (for me anyway) to "cheat". When I know ahead of time, I concentrate more on how well the "liars" do in trying to convince the panel that they are the genuine article. In this particular episode, I found photos of Arvo Ojala, and Frederick Frank. But in the case of Mr. Frank, I could only find a photo of him as a much older man. In a case like this, I can usually still recognize the person by a distinctive facial feature such as (in his case) the nose. Hairlines can change over time, but (unless altered by surgery) ears, eyes, noses, etc. stay pretty much the same. And then, sometimes (very rarely) I know who the real person is because of personal knowledge. I bellieve that I recall another fast draw artist by the name of Bill Jordan who was once a contestant on TTTT, and I recognized him right away. I own his book, and he's pictured on the cover. Next to WML, TTTT is my second favorite classic game show.

[@ChrisHansonCanada]

blah blah blah

[@leannsherman6723]

Don Ameche always asked questions as if he were prosecuting attorney. 😖

[@marshawilliams4063]

NOTHING about ARVO :(

[@jaysilverheals4445]

had to fast forward to get past that pauly women constant talking and interruptions dominating the show

[@gemoftheocean]

Polly

[@peterdaniel66]

Poston always was annoying..

[@lovett9911]

Annoying for you perhaps. I really like him.