To Tell the Truth - "I rescued JFK"; PANEL: Joyce Davidson, Betty White (May 1, 1961)

[@jonmajarucon51]

That man who rescued Kennedy was part of the WWII Island watchers. Bravest men I ever knew.

[@billlozier5551]

These old shows like this are historic! Love it.

[@justinmay3451]

Thank you to Reg Evans for saving my favorite president during World War II. If only he could have been saved on November 22, 1963...

[@user-oq8ur8eq6e]

Bruh

[@mysterbear]

I second that, sir.

[@dejpsyd0421]

If only the entire family could have been saved from……whoever had it in for them ALL!

[@dianefiske-foy4717]

Wow! Mere Griffin. Haven’t seen him in a long time. Always loved watching his show back when a was young.

[@Rodin99]

I don't know a Minneapolis accent but eliminated one pair on the basis of obvious NYC accent. Picked the Kenny twins because they looked like they should be ball players. I can't help but wonder which of these seventy year olds is still around and what kind of lives did they have.

[@WitoldBanasik]

A doll-like looking, feisty and flamboyant Joyce Davidson- now 87, Betty White- aged 97 (same age as Doris Day) are both with us. 6 years younger than as fit as a fiddle Olivia de Havilland and Kirk Douglas, this year 103. Very Long Live guys !!!!

[@steveconway2625]

And Joyce Davidson just passed away last month on May 7. Victim of COVID-19. :(

[@KoovoParkolainen]

All have since passed away, sadly.

[@NancySanders-om4ic]

​@@steveconway2625My PRAYERS for Ms.Davidson and her family.

[@nelsonricardo3729]

Don Ameche was Betty White's birth father on the Golden Girls.

[@WitoldBanasik]

Yes, he also got a small part in Let's make love movie featuring Marilyn Monroe- if my memory serves me right- I'm not sure... I'm older than Himalayan Mountains after all. Aloha !!!

[@janeiwasduncan8463]

And her mpther was played by Jeanerre Nolan, wife of John McIntire (star on Wagon Train aftwr Ward Bond died).she appeared on Perry Mason a couple of times!

[@kristabrewer9363]

I know, and it's weird. They look to be around the same age on here

[@totellthetruthcbs4220]

Fans of Betty White (and who isn't?) might want to check out this playlist of all the eps of WML and TTTT she appeared on. All her WML shows are already posted, but there are new TTTT shows being added all the time! kzbin.info/aero/PLqsaqh5sqUxprN4spg9FDonrj8RVa8udE

[@ChrisHansonCanada]

Twins #3 looked so gleeful when Don Ameche picked them. They knew how much money they would be getting.

[@sixtythreekraft2608]

Those bat boys and the imposters are now pushing 75 years old.

[@davedruid7427]

I knew it was #1 as he knew all about Radio Frequencies and he had the best Aussie Look and Accent. For some reason, Australian Caucasians always have a Aussie look about them.

[@susanseverance9683]

Well, they're separated from the rest of the world...

[@schlager-micke3823]

Peter King later became an elementary school teacher and principal for many years. He passed away in 2022

[@marylizakowski706]

Thanks for that info. Do you know what became of his brother?

[@filmpotProductions]

Richard Glover brought me here. Shame they didn't go further into Reg Evans' story.

[@timothywills7709]

Carton of Salems to keep everyone healthy!

[@steveward2394]

That’s why so many died of cancer

[@peternagy-im4be]

​@@steveward2394 yet they continue to sell stinking tobacco products

[@tejaswoman]

I know, it's just awful to think about.

[@alanfollett6242]

And Tom's fourth time to challenge a naval contestant to come up with the nautical term "overhead" for what we landlubbers would call the ceiling.

[@ArchAngel_M81]

I got the Twins just based on the accents. Twins 2 and 3 both sounded like they were from the east coast.

[@Boblate7878]

Yes!!

[@libertyann439]

I thought it was 3 because they were so knowledgeable about baseball ⚾️

[@kenyongray2615]

I almost hate to admit this but I actually miss Polly. She added a certain zaniness which Tom Poston can't match. Thanks for the video.

[@mzapa]

But Betty White is so good.

[@weatherboi]

I like the orderly manner of which they did the programn back then, sure much better than what we see now with the revised version of this show!

[@jacquelinebell6201]

I loved when Merv went over to his wife and kissed her lol. Obviously noone had met her before!

[@quizmaster85]

For the first one, I was already able to figure out the correct one purely on the accents - I detected a hint of slight New York accents on the impostors.

[@noelnewlon]

I did too, right away.

[@halwarner3326]

Brendan Richards they were all Australian you moron.

[@hmmmmmmmmm2]

Hal Warner: Brendan meant the second one -- the baseball twins. I detected the same thing -- and I honestly think that so did Tom Poston. Tom Poston was always the cleverest guesser on that program -- very smart.

[@wingnutofcoolness]

I did with #2. Those New Yorkers didn't fool anyone.

[@joet840]

A young Betty White !

[@janeiwasduncan8463]

They were all young and Betty is still young at heart!:-):-):-)

[@robertbuchwald6514]

@@janeiwasduncan8463 And she's still quite the dish ...even at 90.

[@kristabrewer9363]

This isn't the first episode you've seen with her on it? She's probably the only person in the WORLD who has appeared frequently on gameshows in the 50's, 60's, 70's, 80's, 90's, 2000's AND 2010 era (they say she appeared in the 30's and 40's ,but I've never seen any of those ones)

[@lsmftymf]

Love the Pete & Gladys audio promo at the end.

[@secretagentviper8382]

Television history is amazing

[@kennithumperovitch3371]

Number one shaved his mustache off! He was photographed by time life magazine just after the rescue!

[@MrKaraokeguy88]

Tom poston's descriptions rival Polly Bergen in craziness

[@Pudentame]

I knew it wasn't #2 because Hasselblad is a medium format camera (6x6 cm) and she said it was a 35 mm.

[@libertyann439]

The kids are lucky. They don't get any cigarettes 😂

[@ADAMSIXTIES]

Reg Evans, where were you on Nov. 22nd, 1963?

[@janeiwasduncan8463]

Again, probably at home sitting in front of his TV in complete shock and asking "Why?"

[@DanieltheTruebadour]

You do know that this show aired in May of 1961, right?

[@wingnutofcoolness]

I didn't realize it was Merv Griffin.

[@michaelmantle6043]

wingnutofcoolness Did you bother to watch the opening introduction of the show? Dope.

[@williamdunphy352]

Merv Griffin was filling in for Bud Collyer.

[@bluebear1985]

If I didn't read the description I wouldn't have realized it myself. At the time he was only involved in the first game show of his career, "Play Your Hunch", which he hosted for Goodson and Todman for four years. The first show he produced on his own was "Word for Word" in 1963, which he also hosted. In 1964, he started producing a little quiz game, which would become known as "Jeopardy!" by the time it made it to air. I wonder what became of that show? ;)

[@tejaswoman]

​@@bluebear1985Well, one thing that became of that show was that I was on it. Or at least, I will have been, a week from now. 😉

[@jessyleppert2]

15:24 Did I hear Michael Jackson?

[@halwarner3326]

Jessy Leppert yes your mother called his name.

[@shuboy05]

I had to check the date of the episode because it would be really awkward if this game was filmed aft Nov. 1963.

[@hankj9088]

Rip JFK

[@dLimboStick]

I'm guessing the twins with the heavy NY accent are not the twins from Minneapolis.

[@phtevlin]

So THAT's what Rose did before she moved into Blanche's place.

[@damsideau]

"Number 3: I love you". LOL

[@woody5551]

I guessed Bat Boy twins #1 in part because they sounded like they were from Minnesota The other 2 not.

[@kentherockinmanschannel]

The 1st game is most interesting, but so is game 3, and that's where we'll meet someone very close to the guest host. One of the imposters is Merv's wife-composer of "Take Ten", the theme to the original Art Fleming-hosted NBC version of Jeopardy.

[@totellthetruthcbs4220]

Hey, Ken-- good to see you. Feels like it's been a while!

[@kentherockinmanschannel]

Afraid it's gonna be a little longer-i don't have a monitor for my PC now! It's gonna take some kinda miracle now.

[@tejaswoman]

That game with Merv's wife is just now beginning, and I don't think I'd have recognized Julann without your cluing me in ahead of time that's who #3 was. She did a fantastic job in Steve Martin's 1980 special _All Commercials_ .

[@tejaswoman]

P.S. Kinda funny that none of these panelists knew Merv Griffin's wife!

[@PV-pu5iu]

They couldn't find twins without heavy NY accents? C'mon.

[@tejaswoman]

Man, and I thought that Aerowax floor wax was a sorry going-away present. These poor folks got cancer sticks to shorten their lives!

[@gr1629]

Young Merv Griffin looks a lot like Robert Vaughn.

[@mkho1971]

I guess smoking on TV was normal and a carton of cigarettes for prizes.

[@martinober249]

Sounds like Ameche was a big baseball fan besides inventing the telephone

[@landibear6509]

Wow, the first of the second set of twins is named Michael Jackson. The singer Michael Jackson would have been about 2 yrs and 7 months at the time of this show.

[@peternagy-im4be]

Gary Indiana

[@slothsonbikes]

@22:36 Scandalous!

[@Lisa-di1wi]

Merv wasn't Eva Gabor's "dahlink" back thenShe was married to her fourth husband, Richard Brown at the time.

[@tejaswoman]

Of course, he wasn't really any _woman's_ darling behind the scenes, as we now know. Not even Julann's.

[@drakegalager9702]

VIVIAN M. SIRRAT IS A BEAUTIFUL 91 YEARS YOUNG AND A LOCAL BOVINE PHOTOGRAPHER LEGEND IN OUR BEAUTIFUL GREEN COUNTRY UP IN THE NE PARTS OF OKLAHOMA, AND SE PART OF KANSAS CALLED BAXTER SPRINGS. fccdisciples.org/photos/

[@Lisa-di1wi]

Merv was only married once. He never remarried again after his divorce.

[@kelloggs5473]

Ditto for the highly respected movie actor named William Holden. He was married and was divorced. He never remarried.

Bat Boys #2 you can hear the NY accent Knowing baseball all boys in the 50s knew baseball Knowing or not knowing baseball situational terms doesnt qualify or disqualify you being a Bat Boy

[@karenyeager5275]

Mrs and Mrs Merv Griffin - what a cute couple.

[@patriciamurphy3404]

I NEVER KNEW MERV HAD BEEN MARRIED

[@Lisa-di1wi]

Merv was married before. (HIs then-wife is #3. She was one of the impostors.) But sadly, they got divorced back in the 70's. I don't know if they got divorced in either '73 or '76. Despite dating Eva Gabor, he never remarried.

[@bobthetvfan]

@@Lisa-di1wi It was Merv's wife Julann who gave him the basic idea for "Jeopardy!". He'd been lamenting the lack of any quiz shows since the scandals, so she suggested a game where the contestants were given the answers. "Sure, and I'll end up in the slammer," he replied. Then she said, "5280," and Merv caught on: "How many feet are in a mile?" Correct. Julann: "79 Wistful Vista." Merv: "What was Fibber McGee and Molly's address?" Correct again. Merv knew now that she had something. The rest, as they say, is history.

[@kelloggs5473]

PATRICIA MURPHY In the 1960s and 1970s, many game show hosts and actors were divorced and they never married again. In addition to Merv Griffin, William Holden is an example.

[@Lisa-di1wi]

@@bobthetvfanOh I know that.

[@Farrah300]

Merv and Juleanne would divorce, but if I'm not mistaken, they remained friends.

[@KCGeno]

Someone may have beaten me to this ... In the third segment, the impostor who was Merv Griffin's wife (Julanne), is the one who originally came up with the idea for "Jeopardy!"

[@oppothumbs1]

Only one of these men is a true giant.

[@sixtythreekraft2608]

15:54 So they didn't give them a carton of cigarettes?

[@michaelmantle6043]

Sixty Three Kraft The contestants were High School students. Even back then, the sponsor would never give cigarettes to kids their age. Dope.

[@kristabrewer9363]

@@michaelmantle6043 OH but OVER age is ok?!!

[@shimmySchermerhorn-dk1gi]

A carton of cigarettes at this time was $1.70. Great parting gift.

[@karencrutcher564]

But $1.70 back then, look what it correlates to today: about $70

[@janeiwasduncan8463]

At thar time you could get a couple of Whoppers, fries, and a soda!!!!!!

[@kristabrewer9363]

oh yea, GREAT parting gift SHEESH! Outside of it being a sin, if you want cancer, I guess that's your choice Thank GOD cigarettes are now 12 dollars of so (if they still wanna pay that much for a pack of cigarettes, then they DESERVE what they get)! I don't wish cancer on anybody! but they're buying these things KNOWING there's a good chance they're gonna get it!!

[@steveward2394]

$92.00 today

[@Straker1895]

Have another Salem Tom Poston, who coincidently died of respiratory insufficiency in 2007.

[@Djm8520]

Joyce was an absolute airhead‼️

[@barbarabrennan1753]

Merv griffin wife Juleann

[@sonofawwiivet1626]

Can you see and hear how these people are all programmed including Merv!

[@mikeq5807]

They're still programmed

[@Djm8520]

Merv Griffin, a band singer who became a billionaire‼️

[@christopherjones8517]

You can’t from Minnesota with a Brooklyn accent!

[@BigEightiesNewWave]

#1 accent

[@kristabrewer9363]

I thought they were Siamese twins. They never appeared to be 'unstuck' from each other til they stood up to identify themselves!

[@al4berry]

I do like Tom Poston, however why does he come up with such obscure questions that only he has knowledge about and don't really relate to the guest's accomplishments.

[@rhondagiesbrecht4901]

Like what?

[@aliceberry9392]

Ronda, he didn't do it on this show.

[@tejaswoman]

​@@aliceberry9392then maybe make that comment on the episodes where he did?

[@gemoftheocean]

The "obscure" questions aren't "obscure" to him. And they help HIM exclude people, and zone in on the one or two. Most of the panelists have their areas of expertise. As a pilot, Tom would have known about radio communications. On that basis, #2 didn't know diddly, but 1 and 3 did. You'll notice after that Tom wasn't interested on wasting time by grilling 2 any further.

[@aliceberry9392]

@gemoftheocean I totally agree with you there. As has been pointed out, I should have made that comment on a show where he asked what I would consider an obscure question. I do like him as a panelist for the most part. What I considered obscure was when he would ask for the origin of the contestant's last name when there was no connection to the reason for them being there.

[@libradawg9]

Take 2 and hit to right? I can't imagine an era where that would be any type of strategy that would get an adage. The middle two had a clear NY accent and the first two had a thick Canadian accent. Hmmmmm.

[@davedruid7427]

We Canadian 3s are not written the way Joyce did. Her's was Smashed & Weird.

[@safepethaven]

game #1, contestant #1 must be a relative of Lyle Lovett! [j/k]

[@ninjoker2666]

9:35, we're living in the matrix...

[@ChrisHansonCanada]

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

[@peternagy-im4be]

Sadly KZbin trolling and spoiling has become far too common these days

[@jehovahisraelarmstrongmcgu3308]

JIAMJSMKOK is the Jeremy McGuire ownership of Heaven and Earth the righteous One

[@ChrisHansonCanada]

That first guy at 1:33 looked as confused as Biden giving a speech.

[@tejaswoman]

Oh, go somewhere else with that nonsense. No reason to inject your bias into an unrelated episode.

[@satori03]

Betty White looks especially beautiful here