To Tell the Truth - Amnesia victim for 20 years; Sculptor-with-rifle (Dec 6, 1965)

PANEL: Tom Poston, Peggy Cass, Orson Bean, Kitty Carlisle
CONTESTANT #1: Robert Sheridan (Amnesia victim for 20 years)
CONTESTANT #2: Nikki de St. Paul (Artist who sculpts with a rifle)
CONTESTANT #3: George Schaller (Expert on mountain gorillas)
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[@ruthmcfadden744]

Kitty's dress just makes me happy!

[@hizgrase]

I agree. These ladies back then were such a natural beauties.

[@danielkokal8819]

As a boy I watched my Uncle and cousin appear on this show. They had just won the national model rocket championship with a 12 foot tall working replica of the Saturn V. My Unc. was a rocket scientist for Rockwell and worked on solid fuels for the real Saturn V.

[@secretagentviper8382]

I knew Jason Gibbs who cousin was the one they made the movie about, he was a kid and making rockets and his dad was coal miner, he helped he son get the material to make some early models, then he went on to work with paperclip Nazis and advanced designs

[@Farrah300]

OH MY GOODNESS!!! I so can't imagine going 20 minutes without knowing who I am let alone 20 years.

[@helenamirian908]

I've often tried to imagine what that would be like. If you didn't know who you were, how would you know you were missing any information? Does that make sense? Unless other people told you they had full memories of their pasts, etc.

[@Christian-ru6op]

I wish they asked the real person more questions after it was revealed who it was.

[@AndrewMacLaine]

In the first few episodes, they did. The panel would ask more questions and clarify why they got some of the answers they did. It was somewhat intriguing, but I think the show dropped it because all this time was already spent talking about this person, so it seemed unnecessary to give them more.

[@rhondagiesbrecht4901]

Me too

[@bobbbxxx]

Sadly, I heard that Niki de Saint Phalle developed some health issues due to some of the materials she worked with, like fiberglass. She died of lung problems, as far as I know. My favourite is always Kitty Carlisle! She was always so poised and sophisticated.

[@519djw6]

George Schaller, who is still very much alive and active, is recognized by many as the world's foremost field biologist. He is also a noted conservationist. After his work with gorillas, he expanded his research into studying many other species around the world.

[@victoriataylor5457]

Wonder if he ever met Dian Fossey, they were there in Rowanda. Charles was an intresting man ,and still at it , wonderful. Wonder how old he is now.

[@519djw6]

@@victoriataylor5457: According to the Wikipedia entry for him, updated in January of 2019, he is listed as being "84-85," I think the reason for the uncertainty is that, while the year of his birth is given, his exact date of birth is not.

[@519djw6]

@@victoriataylor5457 If you're still there, the Wikipedia page said that Schaller's work "influenced" Diane Fossey. So, I think that he preceded her in working with gorillas, and that they may never have met in person.

[@joyceanthony-huff2914]

He’s gorgeous

[@ana419]

@@victoriataylor5457 What about Jane Goodall?

[@ChrisHansonCanada]

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

[@tomservo56954]

Bud referred to the successful revival of one of the plays Kitty's late husband Moss Hart co-wrote with George S. Kaufman, YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU.

[@ValleyoftheRogue]

Robert Sheridan died in my hometown of Medford, Oregon, in 1994. He was 68.

[@juangalt3496]

Now I know I've watched a lot of these - I recognize Kitty's dress. lol

[@macecrawford2860]

juan galt I think it's a nice dress. looks like something in the future

[@juangalt3496]

I didn't say it wasn't "nice", just that I have seen it before. This show was 52 years ago, so we are in the "future" and I could imagine a "rock starlet" wearing it in a music video.

[@maureen5540]

Amazing this dress was worn by kitty in December 1962. She made the same mistake twice. I always thought of her as very poised....

[@paulm4172]

I think the dress looks like something that came from Munchkin Land.

[@oksills]

Her dress immediately made me think of a giant sunflower.

[@thunderball6908]

Kitty’s dress is fire!

[@sarah4601]

What a sad story. Robert Sheridan. He never married because he couldn’t remember his past & if he had a family and didn’t want to bring anyone else into his amnesiac life. He died never remembering his childhood.

[@catthecookie]

Here's a small bit of comfort: this article from commenter Terri Henricks (below) says he did eventually marry. But his life was very sad, indeed. www.uselessinformation.org/life_forgotten/index.html

[@sarah4601]

@@catthecookie Thank you for sharing.

[@aileen694]

@@sarah4601 But re Sheridan's childhood, didn't he finally contact other family members who would have been able to reclaim memories?

[@Rodin99]

Niki de Saint Phalle was a very talented artist and I'd never seen a photo, just her work outside the Pompidou in Paris, so good to catch this episode. Some of the guests this show captured at a young age makes it a time capsule.

[@secretagentviper8382]

She was a gorgeous woman as well, she was so pretty I just wanted the camera to stay on her.

[@RLucas3000]

so is What’s My Line, with Salvador Dali, Eleanor Roosevelt, Frank Lloyd Wright, Marion Anderson and many others

[@Rodin99]

@@RLucas3000 I 've enjoyed watching many of the celebrity appearances on ....I remember watching WML on Sunday 10:30 PM....

[@sixtythreekraft2608]

19:10 It was interesting hearing Orson struggle with the names Uganda and Rwanda, especially given all of the mayhem that would occur in those places in the following decades.

[@kenyongray2615]

Gorillas are fascinating animals. If you ever get the chance to look at one right in the eyes, you know for a fact that there is a lot going on in their brain. It would be great to know what they are actually thinking. Orson was a very unique person, to say the least.

[@ana419]

Wish there would be follow up interviews with all these personalities. Would have been fascinating! What a historical opportunity missed!

[@karenedmiston5964]

The sculptures were ahead of their time.

[@FungusMossGnosis]

It's extremely derivative of primitive art, and the artist was as phony as they come. Shotgunning spaghetti? Gimmickry, nothing more.

[@ddruxman3579]

Omg, I must've seen this when it first aired! Whenever I think of Kitty Carlyle, though I've seen her many times, my image of her is this wild dress! As a kid I was sure her name was actually Lilly, I mean she is literally growing out of the center of those outrageous flower petals!

[@moonlightray8493]

Wow, the "blooming flower"-like collar of Kitty Carlisle's dress was very stunning!

[@user-ne8lh2vr2t]

I wish we could see it in color, very Christmas like. Most comments hate it and I always wondered why, it's a holiday dress and very suitable.

[@timetraveler2518]

It was fun to watch. Great!👍😀👍

[@dougstone4568]

Niki de Saint Phalle (it's spelt incorrectly above) was a fascinating woman. She has quite an artistic legacy. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niki_de_Saint_Phalle

[@Appleholic1]

I Googled Nikki de St. Paul....wow! I can't wait for the movie.

[@Farrah300]

Kitty Carlisle's husband died 4 years earlier.

[@ThatsnewsTV]

Interesting. I thought it wasn't Number 2, as he said in his affidavit that he saw a psychiatrist, yet in his answers, he said he saw a psychologist.

[@juangalt3496]

He forgot what he wrote in his affidavit. lol

[@ThatsnewsTV]

Which is why it's hard to guess which one is the real one, as people sometimes get things wrong.

[@terrihenricks4160]

A source I found on the internet indicates that Robert Sheridan saw a psychoanalyst. Mr. Sheridan had some difficult experiences while serving in World War II which may have been the source of his problems. Today it may have been considered a form of post-traumatic stress syndrome.

[@ThatsnewsTV]

@ No. That's not the case. uselessinformation.org/oldsite/life_forgotten/index.html

[@jacquelinebell6201]

At least Robert Sheridan had a happy ending after the amnesia went. So good that he reunited with his parents.

[@miketheyunggod2534]

Orson Beane. Has he been on anything other than game shows or make guest appearances on various TV shows?

[@ana419]

Kitty Carlysle is charming, but she sure got a lot of them wrong! She must have not had very good judgement in this department.

[@jacquelinebell6201]

Nikki de Saint Phalle is the correct spelling. Hence the pronunciation they used.

[@MrBohuslav]

The correct name of the sculptor is Niki de Saint Phalle (1930-2002).

[@robertbrauer6718]

The first group should all have introduced themselves as "My name is Robert Sheridan...I think."

[@torgman]

* Niki de Saint Phalle

[@ana419]

Wonder how women wearing styles like Kitty Carlysle's there ever got a coat over collars like that!

[@ddruxman3579]

Wait, what? Number 2 was my guess, till he said he went to a psychologist, when the affidavit that the host read said he went to a psychiatrist! Somebody's memory was apparently not all better yet...

[@victoriataylor5457]

Diane Fossey would follow in the footsteps of the gentleman who studied gorillas George Shaller . She was murdered in Rowanda , in 1985 , they think killed by poachers. Intresting study.

[@davidmunns135]

The panel was really on form on this occasion we’ll done R I P Kitty Carlyle Health. So long Orion old Bean we miss you. Goodbye. Tom Poston

[@519djw6]

You don't have to say "So long" to Orson Bean just yet! He's still active, and his latest TV appearance was in 2018 in a sitcom called "Superstore."

[@joeambrose3260]

@@519djw6 We do now. So long, Orson

[@519djw6]

@@joeambrose3260Hit by two cars while jaywalking at the age of 91. What a way to go! :(

[@UberLummox]

The modern version is easier for me. They 1st. tell the person's situation, and THEN bring them out. Easier for me to "vibe" it that way. I did quess the amnesia victim right off the bat 'cause he looked the most "damaged", with all due respect. It showed in his eyes big time.

[@ana419]

Boy, that Robert Sheridan story sure leaves a whole lot of questions wide open. What did they do to the poor man? What kind of psyop was this? There should be a movie made about this and Tom Hanks would be the ideal one to play him. They actually have a semblance. I could tell which was the real one straight away, because there is a real sadness and sense of loss of all that time on his kind face. I hope he sought and saw full justice, to include the truth and all those years of back pay of his veteran's benefits. That's some way the army takes care of its men... How did he get IDs to work, drive, sign contracts and open a bank account all those years, if he didnt have a birth certificate or equivalent? And no wife or family. Shows how important identity is in love and intimacy. An entire panoply of latent questions, philosophical and moral issues here.

[@lowbridge7070]

His loss of amnesia started in 1946. I imagine in those years and the 1950s, it was alot more easier to get meaningful employment, a bank account, etc, without any ID or get new ID with a new name. He got jobs loading boxcars, at a casino in reno, nevada, a railroad detective in California, a juvenile counselor in sacramento, and even a deputy sheriff in nevada.

[@ana419]

@@lowbridge7070 True, good points. Thanks. Where did you find that follow up information?

[@lowbridge7070]

@@ana419 I googled his name and found an article about him on a blog

[@ana419]

@@lowbridge7070 Thanks for sharing that. Hope these types of things will be investigated.

[@ana419]

George Schaller's study was more complete than Jane Goodall's? That's quite a claim!

[@gsadventures678]

Kitty is 55 here. Unbelievable!

[@joeambrose3260]

With respect, Kitty was an aristocratic snob

[@FungusMossGnosis]

@@joeambrose3260 Finally, someone with a legitimate and incisive criticism of that elitist nitwit. I'm getting really sick of hearing so many gush over her style over substance idiocy. Kitty always asks the dumbest questions.

[@henrygrove100]

Kitty your dress!

[@fuscinula]

Looks like a sunflower.

[@joyceanthony-huff2914]

So sad for mr Sheridan.

[@ADAMSIXTIES]

Why does Bud just kick them out after the reveal? No questions, no discussion. The later hosts did have post game discussion.

[@ChrisHansonCanada]

It's because the later syndicated version with Garry Moore had only two games, so there was more time for discussion.

[@turtlesoup3624]

The commercial artist Walter Bomar (American, 1918 - 1988) .. he's on Artnet

[@ana419]

When he says they win $500, is that to split among them or $500 for each one?

[@ChrisHansonCanada]

It was split three ways.

[@litealiteg.2109]

what a foolish dress Kitty is wearing . Orson could get an eye popped out .

[@joet840]

litealite G. She looks like she was eaten by a carnivorous plant !

[@Bluesbabesrv]

Feed me Seymour.

[@571951rhoehn1]

She looks like a man eating plant!

[@elizabethwalton972]

I like her dress. And her necklace is gorgeous!

[@gentlegracexo]

I think it is fabulous---for the times.

[@henrygrove100]

He had amnesia

[@ana419]

"The Dark Continent"?! How 1957.

[@BigEightiesNewWave]

The DARK continent. 😄

[@geraldkatz7986]

Africa was called that because it was mostly unknown territory for people outside of Africa, including the colonial period. Of course Africa has a history just like everyone and everywhere else, but it is not widely known.

[@BigEightiesNewWave]

Did she use an assault rifle to kill the food ?

[@octaneblue6]

"Don't the native peoples of Africa think the gorilla is a person?" Wow, sometimes I'm happy I live in 2020. That was just straight up racist.

[@joyceanthony-huff2914]

Shaddup crybaby

[@zakattack8624]

18:20 "Monkeylover" I almost died xD you cant say that xD I understand the context but thats a racial slur mow, mate, haha.

[@Chiemek4]

Lmao your a dumbass calling a black person monkey or monkey lover just because they're dark is most definitely a racial spur

[@FungusMossGnosis]

@@Chiemek4 Love to hear those racial spurs jangling. But seriously, humorously calling someone who works with gorillas a "monkey-lover" has nothing whatsoever to do with a racial slur. Context is everything.

[@BigEightiesNewWave]

Kitty sure went downhill fast.