To Tell the Truth - Winston Churchill's bodyguard; Dogsled racer; Lobster fisherman (Jan 7, 1960)

[@totellthetruthcbs4220]

New episode posted! In case folks aren't aware, we'll be resuming regular posts of new episodes on weekdays starting on Monday, going back first to fill in all the shows I missed to date before returning to the end of the series (1965-67). I'm posting this one episode early and out of order for silly technical reasons that aren't worth explaining. :) Since no one has seen this one on KZbin yet, maybe we can use it for the first show in tomorrow night's live chat in the WML group. Seems like an interesting line up of segments! --------------------------- Join our Facebook group for TTTT-- great discussions, photos, etc, and great people! facebook.com/groups/718020231652577/ To stay up to date with postings, please consider supporting the TTTT channel by subscribing. The TTTT channel will feature all available episodes of the nighttime CBS series that ran from 1956 to 1967, with a new show posted every weekday in original broadcast order. You'll also find a collection of the Bud Collyer-hosted era of "Beat the Clock"! Click here to subscribe: kzbin.info/door/ZkBUfTQ_tmKAlUV_sQqrTQ

[@LedHed121212]

Hi TTTT Team - I have been searching for my Mother's episode of TTTT in 1962 for half a century....! To Tell the Truth - Fast gun-draw champ; PANEL: Dorothy Collins, Barry Nelson (Sep 24, 1962) To Tell the Truth (CBS) PANEL: Tom Poston, Dorothy Collins, Barry Nelson, Kitty Carlisle CONTESTANT #1: Anastasia Stevens (First member to be a member of the Bolshoi Ballet) CONTESTANT #2: Bob Skeen (Professional polo player & one of four ten-goal players in the world) CONTESTANT #3: Betty Bowman (U.S. fast gun-draw champion) kzbin.info/www/bejne/ooKbiX2fdpearqs It looks like the October 1 1962 episode was posted twice - in the proper spot with Charley Tolar on Oct 1 1962 and also in my Mother's episode You Tube listing that originally aired on Sept 24, 1962 (Betty Bowman - Fast Draw Champion from Houston, Texas) Could you please find the proper episode (Sept 24, 1962 for Fast Draw Champ) and repost? My mom passed 14 years ago and this would mean a LOT to me and my sister. THANK YOU!!!!! Mark Bowman, Austin TX

[@davidcushing4512]

Leadership When it Matters Most

[@walkingtrails7776]

This show has alot of historical significance ..I mean Winston Churchill's bodyguard ...how cool is that? Who would even think nowadays to have a good clean show with guest who actually have some significance.

[@jilljansen2638]

Totally agree with you!

[@luigivincenz3843]

there's one episode I saw this year with PM Churchill's butler. I was stumped too because the other impostors were good liars lol

[@over50andfantabulous59]

Thank you so much for these uploads. I'm watching all of them and I don't think I'm alone in that.

[@ChrisHansonCanada]

A sense of humor sure ran in the Piscopo family, eh? That mother and son were very funny.

[@rmelin13231]

Interestingly, the lobster fisherwoman was also on the July 24, 1960 episode of What's My Line. She was Nancy Pomroy by then, having recently been married.

[@audw2534]

The lobster segment was hilarious!!

[@randysills4418]

I love this show! It takes me back to my happy early childhood. I don't really remember the earlier shows with the funny Polly Bergen. I really remember the ones with Peggy Cass. Thank you for posting them! I had a friend who was an imposter...his name was Edwin McArthur, and he conducted at The Metropolitan Opera. I will watch all of them!

[@janets9179]

Randy Sills I watched this too wheen I was a kid. Remember kitty, orson bean, and Peggy being the regular panelists.

[@lla788]

So happy that u are able post those missing episodes! Im going on vacation for 10 days and look forward to watching them when I get back😀

[@totellthetruthcbs4220]

They'll be here waiting for you! :)

[@davidbrown-xk8zl]

Don Ameche in game #3-------------He was beat before he started. I love it when the panelists are left speechless.

[@pensiveowl7791]

Welcome back! I sure missed my "fix" of TTTT!

[@judymac2590]

Piscopo family made out well that night!!

[@randylovering24]

GOOD TO HAVE YOU BACK

[@totellthetruthcbs4220]

Thanks, Randy! Good to finally be able to resume posts. :)

[@joshskyler9948]

Randy

[@bodyofhope]

I've been tuning into the new show, and I am enjoying it. That's why I sought out these older episodes. On the new version, I would love to see more interesting occupations like the female adventurer and lobster fisherwoman. I think those are inspiring to young girls and adults alike!

[@jacquelinebell6201]

Love this show. Im now starting the 1960 episodes after completing the 1956 to 1959 episodes. Hopefully by doing them in order I wont miss any.😊

[@OldGrizz-p9p]

I used to watch this show with my parents when I was little boy a long time ago

[@debhayes2822]

Thank you for these wonderful episodes!

[@leannsherman6723]

It was cool that the young lobster contestant was giving Don Ameche a taste of his own prosecutorial medicine.

[@Ivehadenuff]

I knew who the correct dog slender was because he pronounced Laconia, New Hampshire with the right accent.

[@djg5950]

I'm from NH. Although I was too young at the time I probably saw this show but the mention of Laconia wouldn't have given me second thought back then. Now, probably 60 years later, I do seem to remember that the dogsled winner was from NH.

[@djg5950]

He could have been a fake contestant and from Laconia, NH.

[@greencheek2745]

Remember when the advertisements were secondary?!!

[@kelseymathias3881]

I wonder if there was ever a time when the 3 contestants actually all had the same name (though only one of them had the special talent or accomplishment).

[@leannsherman6723]

The cameramen on this program were very good, too.

[@loissimmons6558]

I wonder if there was a bit of a crossover between WML and TTTT on this episode. The real Johnny Piscopo went to school in Tilton, NH. John Charles Daly went to the Tilton School and frequently mentioned that fact along with his ongoing ties to the school, how often he visited there, etc. Bennett Cerf would even mention it from time to time.

[@janeiwasduncan8463]

I wonderif he ever raced in Alaska ???

[@magnificentfailure2390]

I wish Don Ameche never invented the telephone.

[@darrelldawson6722]

don ameche seems like an angry old man,

[@juib4294]

Not at all. He was a sweetie pie who was greatly loved by the Hollywood community and his fans.

[@Bigbadwhitecracker]

That's like saying "I wish Robert Alda never wrote Porgy and Bess".

[@reno1uest]

@@juib4294 To me, with the first contestant, he came across as angry. And I enjoy the panel more when he is not on.

[@audw2534]

@@juib4294 I agree. He sounds gruff when asking the questions, but he has sense of humor and seems genuinely kind.

[@Yugi880]

Omg i love this show since i was in Florida and watching on work day during leaving work we wore watching this show

[@CarrotCakeMake]

You could tell the answer to the first one because he was the only one with a neat collar and tie, and the only one that didn't shuffle when he turned to walk down the stairs.

[@batya7]

I used the same logic about the collar and tie!

[@sandydennylives1392]

I knew the dec, from first sighting, but then I am blighty. Scotland yard is in Victoria, London SW1.

[@tootsiegirl]

Thank you for sharing. 2-19-2024.

[@whoever6458]

On the lobster woman one at the end, I knew it was #3 because short hair is easier to manage when you're out doing stuff. That's why I have my hair short too, although my hair is much shorter. It's admittedly easier for a woman to have very short hair these days but I can't say I wouldn't shave my hair to a few millimeters in length at any other time in history either because I frankly have grown old enough not to give a damn about other people's opinions of me.

[@CarrotCakeMake]

Good catch. She also seemed the most introverted to me, and the job seemed like an introvert's job.

[@keymaninmusic]

Also, she said I don't know several times with no hesitation. An imposter did possibly make it up.

[@geraldkatz7986]

She was also on What's My Line though timewise I don't know before or after her appearance here. I recognized here from that.

[@djg5950]

I'm from NH and dated a lobster fisherman back in the 1980's for a short period. I learned a bit about lobsters and could have faked those questions. I still got it wrong because #1 mentioned Buck's Harbor and Castine which are both in Maine. Her accent was off but I was fooled by that answer. Not sure where the place mentioned that was fished was correct or not. There is a way to tell males from females (think it's by the mouth parts) and there are other types of lobsters. Spiny lobster for one. Just go to Florida and visit a restaurant that offers "all you can eat Maine lobsters" which I've done and you'll know they DON'T serve Maine lobsters. There's a limit on the size you can keep (to sell) it's measured with a tool and it has to be large enough to fit in the measurement. Age has nothing to do with it. Also, I think the panelist when asking when they are smaller (I would have said right after birth - she missed that one) I think they meant when they shed their shells. That is late spring and they sell for less and are called "soft shells". I would have asked what a "pistol" was. A lobster missing both claws. They grow back but loose them in fights and lobsters are cannibalistic.

[@davedruid7427]

#2 Bodyguard looked like a Large Enough Man who could easily Bodyguard Winston Churchill. So I think that is why he got so many Votes.

[@noel888]

I was wondering if it be at all possible to get the episode that a deceased friend of mine appeared on this show? He was one of the 3 contestants. All i recall was that Ann Sheridan, the movie actress was one of the panelist. I believe the year was 1962-63.

[@epaddon]

That would have been on the daytime version of TTTT, where Sheridan was a regular panelist in its first years. Unfortunately, the daytime version of TTTT which premiered in 1962 is lost up to late 1965 when the primetime panelists took over on the daytime show as well.

[@CarrotCakeMake]

Back when they actually had gorgeous women and smart men on TV.

[@donnawoodford6641]

...as well as smart women and gorgeous men.

[@bneale]

Gorgeous women? Where?

[@519djw6]

*I wonder whether Johnny Piscopo is in any way related to Joe Piscopo, who was on the SNL cast in the 1980's.*

[@pattymiller9040]

I know!! I was looking through comments for someone who associated the names!! They very well could/should be related!!

[@kenbrown438]

Polly is the best panelist of all !!!! Bud a bing , bud a bing !!!! Bud in ski !!!!

[@HobbyOrganist]

Strangely enough a John A Piscopo obituary comes up, Laconia, NH, dog sled racer, yet this John was born in 1921, the boy in TT the truth would have been born around 1945 to appear in this 1960 episode, his father's name was not John as one might expect, but Benjamin, even more confusing is he had two sons BOTH named John A Piscopo but they were II and III and both lived in Florida; May, 2007 John A. Piscopo, Sr. SANBORNTON, NH- John A. Piscopo, Sr., 85, of Hunkins Pond Road died Saturday, May 26 at his home surrounded by his family. Born October 25, 1921 in Laconia, NH he was the son of the late Benjamin and Giselda (Spagnoli) Piscopo. He attended Manlius Military Academy in Manlius, NY, Laconia High School and Bentley School of Accounting in Boston, and served in the US Navy during World War II. Married to Mildred (Millie) Scott, his wife of 61 years, he lived in the Lakes Region all of his life where he managed family properties in downtown Laconia and owned and operated Mt. View Motel and Cottages on Lake Winnisquam. He served many years on the Board of Directors of the Citizen’s National Bank. He was well known in the Lakes Region for his long affiliation with sled dog racing and was a member of the Lakes Region Sled Dog Club for many years. He had a love of woodworking, fishing and gardening, and was known for his generosity, sharp wit and gentle ways. He was a communicant of St Joseph’s Parish in Belmont, NH He is survived by, and will be missed by his family; his wife, Mildred, of Sanbornton, son, John A. Piscopo II, of Boca Raton, Florida, son, James S. and his wife, Nicole (St. Clair) Piscopo, of Sanbornton, daughter, Cynthia P. Howland, of Pompano Beach, Florida, and four grandsons, John A Piscopo III of Florida, and Justin S. and J. Austin Piscopo both of Sanbornton and Corey J. Piscopo of Dover NH.; nephews, John Harkins of Tolland, Ct., Robert Scott of Gilford, and Richard Scott of Nashua, and a niece, Peggy Dea, of Concord, NH. Beside his parents, he was predeceased by two sisters, Isabella Hopkinson and Marie P. Simoneau. Calling hours will be held on Wednesday May 30, 2007 from 5-8 PM at the Wilkinson-Beane Funeral Home 164 Pleasant Street, Laconia using the Carriage House entrance.

[@giandioro]

This John Piscopo Sr. was the boys father. The boy is John Piscopo II. The boy and his father were both dogsled racers. The boys mother is named Mildred as she said so during the lobster group of challengers, and so that checks out with the obituary. Also she referred to herself as the mother of Johnny. It is fairly common to call the boy Johnny or Jack if his father's name is also John.

[@guriausa]

I correctly guessed the boy because he had a New England accent. Then I incorrectly guessed his mother because of same accent 😂.

[@janets9179]

Tom Poston is usually right.

[@janets9179]

@Mark Richardson I meant he usually picks the correct person.

[@DallasPix]

Well.. I'm trying to locate the episode with the dog trainer who trained a dog called Charlie Brown. In color episode. Was shown last night on Buzzr.. (OCT 24 2020).. Can't find anything of that episode or the dog either.. At the end, the dog runs out to the actual trainer of the 3 young ladies.. Anyone??

[@stevej1154]

Why didn’t Willy brief number two on lobsters? I mean, it was immediately obvious that it wasn’t her.

[@ameliafroehlich2577]

Does anyone understand what #1 says after she saya Bucks Harbor?

[@jimmiedee2315]

No closing credits, darn it!

[@briannaborello22]

Hey there! I’m trying to find the episode about the Fun Nun. My mom is in it, and I can’t seem to find it. Do you know which episode I’m talking about?

[@onemanmatt]

Love it !!!

[@ianpunchard2878]

johnny Piscapo? is that right id like to pen a screenplay on him

[@Bigbadwhitecracker]

I think it would make a damn fine movie. Go for it.

[@FreihEitner]

I got some good laughs from this one. =D

[@drebone1986]

I guessed number 2 from the start by the way he looked when the host said he placed second, he looked like he was still mad about it and I almost guessed 3 but 2 looked so strong it made me think she was at least in some time of hard labor job and I was right but wrong since she's the mom to a dog sledder 😂😂

[@leannsherman6723]

Contestant # 1 pronounced “Bar Harbor” the way they do in Maine.

[@billyleroy2465]

WHT ROCKS!

[@miketheyunggod2534]

The body guard has to be the middle one. He's the biggest.

[@ChrisHansonCanada]

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

[@gemoftheocean]

Stop it. I don't read the comments before, but you're being a damn jerk by spoiling things for people who do.

[@lindabishop7656]

@@gemoftheocean oh grow up.....just watch the show and leave everyone else alone

[@lindabishop7656]

@theresafurman6910 Thank you for the positive comment. I always check too. I also comment back to the fool who makes bad comments about Chris Hansen telling who the real people are. If they don't want to know, then they shouldn't look.

[@jwvariety7360]

What do you think of the New TTTT reboot on ABC?

[@totellthetruthcbs4220]

I haven't seen it, personally. But from everything I've read about it, I'm quite confident I would hate it.

[@519djw6]

While "decompressing" from the arduous task of giving my students their final grades, I was driven to watching the syndicated version from 1990 and 1991--and they weren't half-bad. I especially liked the ones hosted by ex-football player Lynn Swann, and some of them even featured Polly Bergen and Kitty Carlisle on the panel. I don't think the "sleaze factor" really set in until about 2000.

[@troyelich9307]

If it was like the original show, it would be great. But it's too much about simple little jokes not aren't usually funny. It's pretty bad.

[@UberLummox]

I kinda dig it. Not sure, but I think they give more tome for questioning. Of course old is always better though!

[@loissimmons6558]

Watching the shows in posting order, it now seems odd for the contestants to turn right instead of left to walk down the stairs; also for the panelists not to display their votes in front of them. Also we suddenly have Polly Bergen and Don Ameche again instead of Peggy Cass and Orson Bean, with Kitty and Tom sitting in different seats.

[@leannsherman6723]

I did not like the episodes with Don Ameche because he asked questions as if he was a prosecuting attorney. 😖

[@owenslamansa4378]

5:21 bruh needs to chill I would have told him to stfu

[@owenslamansa4378]

Fucking knew it to lol was the actual guy

[@randylovering24]

THEY GOT BURNED IN GAME ONE

[@neilmidkiff]

Randy Lovering And with the answers the panel got, based on a wrong hearing of the questions, wouldn't you have gotten burned too? I did.

[@epaddon]

To clarify what happened, #1 thought Kitty had asked, "Which of his relatives was IN America?" as opposed to "Which of his relatives was AN American?" That's what explained his answer that threw everyone off. Kitty's mistake was not clarifying what her question was and just blithely assuming he had heard right because given how Churchill's mother being American is a basic piece of knowledge, there's no way an imposter wouldn't have been properly briefed on that.

[@Bigbadwhitecracker]

I got burned in game one too ... and three.

[@largemember]

3:57 I had never heard of this lady before now....but,DAMN SHE IS HOTTTT!!!!.....:>)

[@glenm5034]

It was not Joe Biden

[@christopherchris8375]

Dead meat dead freedom of lies 😆🥹🥹🥹

[@irontribeissues9104]

Scottish, NOT SCOTCH, geez.

[@519djw6]

Thank you. Scotch is a whisky.

[@largemember]

17:24 Smart WOMAN!!!!.....BWAHAHAHA!!!!