To Tell the Truth - Van Cliburn's mother; PANEL: Johnny Carson, Dina Merrill (Apr 23, 1962)

[@littlebrookreader949]

I remember this show and loved it. I love, I absolutely love Van Cliburn, and respect his excellent mother, also a concert pianist who stays home and teaches. HI, VAN!!! You can strike twelve? WOW! I knew your span was long, but WOW!

[@bobwallace9814]

At work in the 90's we had a monthly contest called the 6 ft under club. Thirty entrants with 20 dollar entry fee, each drawing a number, 1-30 from a hat. That number was the day of the upcoming month that you looked in the local paper obits and added the ages of the three highest for your total. At the end of the month the one with highest total collected the $600. Van Cliburn's mom died here locally at 97 years old and sealed the victory for me that month.

[@keithnaylor1981]

What a wonderful show!!!

[@juanmonge8]

That is some dress Dina is wearing.

[@cynthiat6505]

Diminished 5th is an augmented 4th

[@katherinewolf7765]

Also called a tritone

[@keithnaylor1981]

Round 1 - I have never seen 3 contestants so totally convincing. I think they were all his mother!

[@Twentythousandlps]

Rilda Cliburn was a phenomenal piano teacher, the only one Van had before entering Juilliard at 17. He was already a virtuoso by that time. The two fakers disqualify themselves with the technical musical answers.

[@walkingtrails7776]

Bud was super funny at 22minutes when he says..." Johnny and Tom always look at their legs" innocent and hilarious entertainment.! thanks for posting!! happy summer!!!!

[@miriamfeigenbaum3611]

Van Cliburn's mother was on WML? on May 25, 1958.

[@ChrisHansonCanada]

17:52 Check out that necklace!

[@kenyongray2615]

Something about Dina Merrill looked different. She always looks lovely but more so in this episode.

[@leesher1845]

Cool - Van Cliburn.

[@gemoftheocean]

All of these ladies were way off the mark on the age for toe shoes 5-6, even 8 is far too early. At the very youngest it's usually 12. The bones in the feet usually aren't fully developed before 13-15. Starting 5-6 years old on toe shoes could potentially damage feet for life.

[@guriausa]

I wrongly guessed based on their answers to this particular question.

[@Rodin99]

what happened to the rest of 1960 and 1961? I've been following them in order.

[@Walterwhiterocks]

Dina got all three wrong tonight, but who cares? She is so graceful and beautiful I could watch her and her alone for an entire show.

[@jonvater8424]

Dina radiated elegance and class from every pore. And she's particularly lovely here with her graceful hair and stylish dress, which could be worn today without explanation.

[@ChrisHansonCanada]

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

[@ChrisHansonCanada]

I got the feeling that there was a Norman Bates type relationship between Cliburn and his mother. Did he keep her corpse in a bedroom after she died?

[@kenbrown438]

Bud , touched his eye brow !!!!

[@BigEightiesNewWave]

Wildabeast Cliburn ???