To Tell the Truth - Ronald Reagan on panel! (Sep 23, 1958)

PANEL: Polly Bergen, Ronald Reagan, Kitty Carlisle, Hy Gardner
CONTESTANT #1: Walter Castle (Metropolitan Opera baritone who sang three different roles in 24 hours)
CONTESTANT #2: Judy Russell (1958 Miss Young America in 4-H)
CONTESTANT #3: Marianne Brett (Triplet sister)
Many thanks, as always, to epaddon for providing his copy of this episode.
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[@RedRiverMan]

Amazing, Reagan looks the same as when I was a kid in the 80's when he was elected!

[@lynettepalecek3141]

Yes. He aged gracefully. He was a morally decent person who wasn't a drinker, smoker or gambler. He lived a clean life.

[@charliethecockatoo2159]

@@lynettepalecek3141 Morally decent? What a delusion to be living under. I'm sorry to say, Reagan was hardly a decent man, beginning with the fact that he's a war criminal.

[@lynettepalecek3141]

@@charliethecockatoo2159 You're a bold face liar!!!!

[@ChrisHansonCanada]

@@lynettepalecek3141 Morally decent? He raped Piper Laurie when she was a teenager, according to her book.

[@Melissa-SC73]

Yes, definitely does.

[@Farrah300]

Not everyone will agree, but I love Kitty's laugh. It's infectious in a good way.

[@kenyongray2615]

I thought I was the only one who hears her laughing through most of every episode. She had a great laugh.

[@marthahanley6650]

@@kenyongray2615 Her laugh was legitimate and not forced. I loved her and she was *so* intelligent. Knowing all the reading she has done to give proper questions.

[@MrMenefrego1]

Seriously, I was just going to comment on how horrible her laugh was.

[@93Jubilee]

@@MrMenefrego1 I agree, and I find her very pretentious.

[@93Jubilee]

@@marthahanley6650 i've always found her pretentious and snobbish.But we all respond to other people differently.

[@WitoldBanasik]

Priceless experience ! Ronald Reagan, Kitty Carlisle and Polly Bergen sitting together in the panel ! Thank you TTTT (CBS) !!!!

[@randysills4418]

Ronald Reagan....a horrible person...

[@gemoftheocean]

@@randysills4418 you're a jerk

[@aileen694]

Yes, really fun episode. Nice surprise to see handsome Ronald Reagan there! That silly Polly person was also pleased, by the way she kept leaning over at him!!! She sure can sing, tho 😄 The triplet sisters were great!

[@audw2534]

Game #2 was hilarious! Game #3 was priceless!! So much fun!

[@sweetfaith2011]

Love Ronald Reagan!

[@lynettepalecek3141]

@Sweet Faith. Me too.

[@briane173]

The third one is obviously not Walter Castle, because he's quite plainly a Klingon.

[@lechatbotte.]

Lol men in black lol

[@savage22bolt32]

And #2 is the Burger King!

[@Wilson-bg4cg]

😂😂😂😂

[@philipchiu9835]

Hey Ronnie, in about 25 years you'll be President of the USA. 😃 I really miss Ronald Reagan. We need him again for California. RIP

[@watchman1178]

Amen.

[@someotherdude]

I can't figure it out; CA is being destroyed by progressives, and 1 liberal was recalled by the voters in recent memory, possibly soon another will be. The state suffers from mismanaged everything- yet the next governor will be a lib or a progressive, just like nearly all! Who is voting them in? Who?

[@watchman1178]

@@someotherdude They could be stealing some of those elections. Dems absolutely stole the 2018 KY Gubernatorial race, and we all know what happened on 11/3/20.

[@MrMatteNWk]

@@watchman1178 What, that you lost?

[@gemoftheocean]

@@someotherdude far left idiots and illegals.

[@wallaceb9120]

Reagan, pure class

[@MrThisIsMeToo]

When is is never not?

[@93Jubilee]

.His charm carried him far.

[@elvisobsessor]

This was so great - I just adore Ronald Reagan.

[@KyleInOklahoma]

wouldnt it be gr8 to have him around now-more like him and PP wouldn exist

[@jamesroberts2115]

Ronnie's one smooth cat.

[@93Jubilee]

ISn't that how he got where he did?

[@Bigbadwhitecracker]

What a fun episode!! Love it and love having RR on the panel. If anyone is keeping score I got NOTHING correct on this one :(

[@BeingRomans829ed]

Such an honorable and classy gentleman. I miss Ronald Reagan.... a LOT... I mean a WHOLE lot! Great episode 8-)

[@herbertwells8757]

How exactly is Reagan exceptionably "honorable" here? Were you expecting him to cheat? If you mean politically, on the other hand, it's a documented fact that you are simply dead wrong. As a statesman and as a propagandist (starting with traveling GE spokesman, contemporary with this television appearance), Reagan was manifestly anything BUT honorable.

[@docmagnus]

Ichy Mcgee Glad to hear from two lackwits. Reagan was a great man and great president.

[@janeiwasduncan8463]

@@herbertwells8757 He was a man with a backbone. He stood up to the communists , to the unions , telling Me. Gorbachof (sp) and firing union members for putting thousands of air travellers in danger. On the other hand Joe Biden has a backbone of limp spaghetti . But the puppetmasters have strong strings . Joe signs what they have written for him thus putting thousands out of work, allowing hundreds flowing over oursouthern boarder carrying who knows what intoour country infecting our citizens, telling men who call themselves women to compete in sports against real women, and giving more $$$ so women could murder their unborn baby. ( This from a man who says he is a practicing Catholic) 😖😖✝️

[@lynettepalecek3141]

@@janeiwasduncan8463 THAT'S VERY WELL SAID!

[@lynettepalecek3141]

@@herbertwells8757 You're wrong.

[@gbrumburgh]

Walter Cassel (1910-2000) was an American operatic baritone and actor. He began his career singing on the radio during the mid-1930s and appeared in a couple of Hollywood musical films in the late 1930s. He made his first stage appearances in a handful of Broadway productions during the late 1930s and early 1940s before moving to opera.

[@savage22bolt32]

And he won a carton of Marb's!

[@MrMenefrego1]

@@savage22bolt32 🤣🤣

[@jmadratz]

Those three other panel members never realized that the forth member would eventually be the 40th president of the US. Reagans immediate project was a new TV GE series. Who would have thunk at that time he would become President. Wow

[@joeambrose3260]

Just 8 yrs after this he was governor of California

[@slade307]

For Ronnie - Gusset - a piece of material sewn into a garment to strengthen or enlarge a part of it, such as the collar of a shirt or the crotch of an undergarment. ...from Bing

[@maxaguero2984]

23 years before he became president ---by the way he came to costa rica in 1984

[@bendakstarkiller1270]

Nothing like seeing the Gipper in his youth ;)

[@janeiwasduncan8463]

He was always a good looking man! ! ! ! 🎈🎈♥️🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@lynettepalecek3141]

@@janeiwasduncan8463 I agree.

[@Farrah300]

When President Reagan left office in 1989, he still was a very distinguished looking gentleman.

[@lynettepalecek3141]

@@Farrah300 I agree 100%!

[@93Jubilee]

That dreadful laugh of Kitty Carlisle! Raises goosebumps.

[@VahanNisanian]

Love the gimmick for Game 3!

[@HeWentThattaway]

They did a good job keeping the show fresh and entertaining.

[@winstonsmith11]

A carton of Marlboros on your way out? I love the 50s.

[@arcsta_rr]

Mmmm🖤

[@93Jubilee]

Is it true that the women didn't receive them?

[@feralbluee]

glad to see Ronald Reagan before he had thoughts about U.S. politics, but you sure can see how he won people over even then. He was third Vice President and then six months later President of the actor’s Guild/SAG 1947. (i was almost two. and my parents were members of Equity/the legit Theatre’s actors’ Assoc. By then it was really beginning to be interwoven.)🌿🌷🌱

[@palmervantuyl9482]

@@MrMenefrego1 Usually snark and sarcasm is reserved for people who know what they're talking about. He was elected governor in 1966, I think 1958 was before then, but your math seems to be better than mine

[@hondahaney6404]

The country needs a man like Reagan in the White House now

[@ericsamuelson5656]

We sure do

[@sassiebrat]

This country needs an electorate who has more than two brain cells to rub together.

[@JohnParks-zc1pn]

He destroyed the middle class, ballooned the public debt, ruined the savings and loan industry, all for the benefit of his wealthy cronies.

[@93Jubilee]

@@ericsamuelson5656 Can you imagine what he'd have thought of trump? :)

[@dianepowers9643]

Reagan was probably the last good president

[@Elsps]

So cute with the triplets!

[@whoever6458]

Seriously! I don't blame Poly for having her brain get fried by three beautiful women.

[@jimarcher5255]

The country needs a Ronald Reagan again.

[@emilyhayek1132]

You got that right!!!!

[@robertdesantis6205]

They don't make gentlemen statesmen like him anymore. 😢

[@93Jubilee]

@@robertdesantis6205 trump sure doesn't come close

[@Farrah300]

Who would have thought at the time that Ronald Reagan would go on the be our 40th President of the United States? This is awesome!!!

[@dcasper8514]

Bud would've made a great Candidate.

[@lorelcoyote1808]

Reagan's hair was good enough to be elected President all by itself.

[@robertdesantis6205]

They broke the mold when he was created. 😢

[@kenyongray2615]

It was great seeing President Reagan before he was Governor or President. A nice twist on game 3. Polly did her best to take over the episode. Thanks for the video.

[@93Jubilee]

Doesn't she always? Such a little narcissist. I'm glad someone else notices!

[@spookyboi8446]

So George Washington, General Lee and A Wizard huh? I like this video

[@TheBcoolGuy]

It was clearly #2 and that became clear very quickly.

[@fredsalfa]

I picked No 3 straight away. He was the most relaxed

[@JamieTransNyc]

I picked him when he said his name. He enunciated much more clearly. A sign of a professional opera singer.

[@xenafan234]

RR was Born and Raised in Tempe IL , he knows Live Stock!

[@joeambrose3260]

I thought he was born in Tampico

[@elhijodelchupacabra]

Born in Tampico, raised in Dixon

[@moontheloon5]

I really enjoy Bud' s puns, though some of them seem to go right over the panel's heads!

[@Gravydog316]

haha! yup!

[@jmen4ever257]

Wasn't he the radio voice for superman?

[@halfdome5705]

@@jmen4ever257 Yes, Bud voiced Superman.

[@jodyjohnsen]

I had forgotten how much I liked this show. Everything is better with Ronald Reagan, of course.

[@robertdesantis6205]

So true 👍

[@93Jubilee]

Remove Bergen and replace her with Betty White!

[@Yobbie72]

I was sure that for the opera singers that number 2 was the real one; I thought number 3 was the least likely!

[@Yobbie72]

For the second group, I went with number 2 just on the way she introduced herself...the others were a little forced in how they said her name, while she looked and sounded authentic. And I was right!

[@Yobbie72]

For the triples, got that one right too: 2 out of 3 ain't bad.

[@nunyabiznez6381]

This one was actually the easiest to guess. I knew the moment he sat down. Opera singers wear a distinctive style of stage make-up and he was the only one who did. The other two weren't even close. Number two at least tried but I don't think number one wore any make-up at all.

[@herbertwells8757]

I never doubted that #3 was the real singer after his frank admission of ignorance about Reagan's insipid "gusset" question. You need to remember that the non-impostor is only obligated to answer truthfully; he's not obligated to try to convince you in his favor--it's in his interest, in fact, to appear an impostor. I was right about the 4-H club member as well. I didn't even try to guess the triplet because the answer hinged entirely on private information (meeting the panelists or their spouses).

[@aileen694]

The operatic baritone was immediately identifiable by his voice!!

[@ChrisHansonCanada]

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

[@randomstuff5434]

The Number 3 impostor looks a lot like Leonardo DiCaprio when he dies his hair dark

[@wattsjetton3027]

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

[@haberlippschitz319]

nice polly Bergen Great Ronnie....Kitty ....and ...nice days

[@sassiebrat]

Polly Bergen is a pain. Why the producers hired her for so many years is beyond reason.

[@93Jubilee]

YES!

[@RachelDavisMatthews]

Wow......this my birth date!

[@essile_1938]

I ran into one on my birthday too. We were just babes while our parents were watching these shows.

[@someotherdude]

@@essile_1938 just by sheer coincidence, you both were babies on your birthdates, too!

[@janeiwasduncan8463]

It was my husband's 10th birthday 🎈🎈🎈☺️☺️☺️⭐⭐🎵🎵

[@markcornish2519]

I was exactly 10 days old

[@allenjones3130]

As an opera buff, I enjoyed the game that featured Walter Cassel.

[@jamez2468]

Did anyone else notice that at the end of game 2 Bud said "$1000 from Geritol" Must be force of habit.

[@janeiwasduncan8463]

Better Geritol than cigarettes ...blah...singers really should never smoke...nobody should ever...ever smoke😢😢

[@leannsherman6723]

Good observation!

[@emilyknauer4492]

I think it's so funny about the prize lol

[@molinalong3468]

In 1981 Reagan become president

[@booberry349]

The President on the 2nd game show

[@moonlightray8493]

With their makeup on, I think Walter Castle #1 kind of looks like Dean Martin, and Walter Castle #3 sort of resembles Edward G. Robinson, haha

[@safepethaven]

Well, none of these contestants do any real garment sewing because a gusset is the extra fabric used to form a diamond shape insert where all the pants crotch seams meet and creates ease in the fit. My mother taught me to sew at age ten and I recently turned seventy.

[@93Jubilee]

I learned taht in HOme Economics in 7th grade.

[@leannsherman6723]

Those triplets looked so much alike!

[@malto4094]

Hey look, he was old even then !

[@bornyesterday21]

Each contestant gets a carton of Marlboros on the way out... lol

[@angelzap100]

The triplets didn't.....fortunately!

[@herbertwells8757]

And they all died of lung cancer happily ever after.

[@kenbrown438]

OMG

[@Farrah300]

@@herbertwells8757 Actually, that very sad.

[@arcsta_rr]

I love the accent of #3 (of the triplets)

[@leannsherman6723]

For that opera singer, they should’ve had three contestants, all of whom new opera.

[@519djw6]

Just as there was a German version of "What's My Line?", there is also one of "To Tell the Truth": "Sag die Wahrheit!" (Tell theTruth!). The first contestants in the link below all claim to be a "mask designer" for the movies. (Actually, it would be more accurate to say that he's a make-up artist, since he does more than just design masks.) And once again, I think it's very "Teutonic," in that there is an educational slant to it: The real mask designer shows how he can make one of the panelists' hands hairy, as one would do for a werewolf movie. Even if you can't understand the language, this part of it is kind of interesting to see: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gKC6f2eYqr6WhaM

[@realJoshiBOI]

The video is privated

[@519djw6]

@@realJoshiBOI Well, it wasn't "privated" when I watched it six years ago.

[@williamdunphy352]

Bern Bennett is the show's announcer.

[@johnparadise3134]

Gusset

[@larrygrebler5054]

The stories of Polly Bergen being drunk, seems to be true here.

[@KyleInOklahoma]

Oh boy, when tv was entertaining..Even Bishop Sheen was number 2 i believe, in ratings, and ALL PEOPLE OF ALL AGES OF ALL FAITHS WATCHED AND DID NOT DRAG "SLUDGE" INTO THE PICTURE....wow

[@cuckpolice7005]

What is a Gusset ?

[@rdrift1879]

Wow. In those days is was almost scandalous to meet a lady without your sport jacket on! Times have changed.

[@dcasper8514]

Speaking of men's attire, today's men are sloppy.

[@Rodin99]

Reagan was very charming on this show. I wish he'd stuck to game show appearances.

[@herbertwells8757]

I agree with you on both accounts, but I would point out that Reagan's charm probably has something to do with how he became a successful Hollywood actor (of the second tier) and that while he made a reasonably entertaining game-show panelist, he doesn't seem to have been a particularly adept one.

[@janeiwasduncan8463]

It was, not only how he charmed his was into the White House, but into the hearts of people around the world.

[@paulevideo]

Real spelling Walter Cassel

[@danfletcher71]

Never did find out. What IS a gusset? Lol

[@dcasper8514]

Skip stitching

[@sprayarm]

A gusset is a triangular piece of cloth added in the making of clothing at places like the underarm or crotch to give more wiggle room.

[@MrBohuslav]

The exact name of the baritone is Cassel, not Castle

[@oldwestguy]

Now I know why this show ended... all the contestants were killed off from receiving a carton of Marlboro cigarettes as they left.

[@GirGir183]

Orson Bean is still knocking around. A few of those dead is from respiratory failure tho.

[@63utuber]

@@GirGir183 He was, but cigarettes didn't get him. He was hit by a car.

[@marthahanley6650]

@@63utuber I don't mean to be mean, but it seemed to me that Orson Bean was a heavy drinker. All I know is that he drank (I mean drained) at least five glasses of water for each game.

[@93Jubilee]

@@marthahanley6650 I doubt htat. He always seemed so sharp.

[@fredblonder7850]

They didn’t give the women cartons of cigarettes. What a rip-off!

[@jbratt]

The #3 4H girl had a Vegan haircut 😂

[@GirGir183]

16:33 And what would those words be Bud?

[@MrErsamo]

FYI, his name is spelled Cassel, not Castle.

[@JonesNate]

My guess for the first is #2, but I'm not confident. I just wish the panel had asked them to sing a little. That would give me a better idea of their vocal range. A Baritone singer is lower than a Tenor but higher than a Bass, when referring to vocal range. #3 looks like a Klingon! (I was wrong, lol) I laughed at the 25min/lb wisecrack! (I'm guessing #1. The others looked like they were trying to memorize stuff during the affidavit reading. And, though #3 looks like a farm girl, those competitions usually seem to pick more "conservative" type girls with longer haircuts.) ... And I was wrong again. Forgot to update before they showed the real one from the triplets; I figured it was either #1 or #2, based on appearance, and #3 sounded different somehow.

[@dahger7]

Grab your carton of Marlboros on the way out. lol

[@RonGerstein]

One carton cost $2.25.

[@maryozel7045]

Now that we know more information on cigarettes it makes me a little upset. But giving away cigarettes it's something that is a prize to people

[@GirGir183]

19:57 "was Sally Ann Howes there?" That sounds like a loaded question to me.

[@almostfm]

Not necessarily. She'd taken over the role of Eliza in MFL earlier that year, and she was well known at the time.

[@tek6423]

Perhaps I missed something. Did the winners receive $1000 worth of Geritol?

[@marthahanley6650]

+tommy k Hi. This question is asked often. Perhaps it is the way it is explained. Whomever the sponsor is provides the money amount. The total amount of money that is earned is then *split* amongst the three panelists. And *one thousand dollars* in the 50/60's was worth a *lot* of money!! There is a gift basket of some of the sponsor's products.

[@GirGir183]

They receive the money from the sponsor. It was Marlboro this time, but Bud Collyer mistakenly said "Geritol", a sponsor of previous shows. It was Marlboro this time tho. I wonder was there some words said after the show or some argument by Marlboro saying something like "were not paying the money" because BC said Geritol and not our name.

[@davidfritz2957]

What? Not gonna try to get the 4-H-ers or the triplets hooked on Marlboros?

[@feralbluee]

hi Ms. Bergen or these days it would be Polly ~ first, i was around 11 when i remember you and always thought you were terrific and a a really good actress. (i wish i had seen this before 2021.) 🌿💐🌱 But, all i wanted to say is, “me, too”, for Mary Ann 😋🌷🌼

[@beepbeeplettuce5890]

You know she didnt upload this, and would have no way to see this comment, considering shes been dead for 7 years now

[@whoever6458]

Poor Poly! I would have had a fried brain at the prospect of triplets that gorgeous too!

[@93Jubilee]

She did seem to want to be the star of every show, didn't she?

[@alberttropeano3909]

Makes me want to smoke.

[@AGDinCA]

Crazy to think he became POTUS.

[@janeiwasduncan8463]

Don't you wish he were here now???

[@AGDinCA]

@@janeiwasduncan8463 No, definitely not. His administration did enough damage.

[@keymaninmusic]

You just sayin that cause you is black.

[@AGDinCA]

@@keymaninmusic I'm black? Really? Are you absolutely certain? I mean, my avatar is black, but are you sure I am black?

[@TheBatugan77]

@@AGDinCA GivesAShit. Reagan was great. You ain't.

[@skipsassy1]

The cigarettes became the star 2017 still. Billions of addictive drugs sold

[@MrMenefrego1]

I think they paid Kitty by the laugh; damn, her fake laugh gets on my last nerve!

[@bigred997]

clever. the third segment was more like an i've got a secret show. and polly bergen was as annoying as ever. what they saw in her i just don't get.

[@herbertwells8757]

How about she's funny and very, very attractive?

[@elizabethwalton972]

Herbert Wells Very very attractive I agree with. Funny, no. Very very annoying.

[@elizabethwalton972]

bigred997 I agree. Though she was very beautiful, she was extremely annoying and weird.

[@susanbrogan3267]

I wonder whatever happened to the triplets?

[@snootybaronet]

She's a knockout, 'nough said.

[@MrVerno46]

Polly pretty, but as a panelist annoying!

[@patriciamooney928]

So nice to see Ronald Regan before he lost his good looks, his mind, and became President.

[@allanshulstad1783]

Giving cigarettes to a singer!

[@mizzyroro]

That Polly Bergen is so damn annoying.

[@dcasper8514]

Show & time hog.

[@arcsta_rr]

😮

[@someotherdude]

This game concept completey falls down when the panelists can ask trivial questions that involve the secret identity, like 'what was the name of the doorman' . BTW the costume/makeup on the right is awful!

[@skipsassy1]

Cigarettes on this title? Pathetic drug dealers and accomplices - they didn't need the money.