Sounds fascinating! My late Dad was a WWII vet in the IS Army who fought in Europe & The Battle of (your) the Buldge. My Dad was also 3/4 Swede & 1/4 Norwegian! We're Minnesota born & bred! My Dad was the BEST Dad, ever!! I miss him dearly, but have wonderful memories to fall back on. I'd love to read Erik Erickson's book!
Stubby the Swimmer was indeed a funny man. It was great to hear Kitty's laughter again all during the show. I miss Geritol already. Thanks for the video.
Geez; you would’ve thought that Bud Collier would’ve had something more to say than “I hope you had fun” to the gentleman who performed that dangerous espionage job in Nazi Germany.
Eric Ericsson is actually my great uncle! He was my dads moms brother. My father would tell me stories of how Eric would pick him up by the ears fully off the ground. An absolute legend!
In the 2nd game, #1 calls the Britannia a jet. #3 refers to the "Britannica" jet. El Al did fly the Bristol Britannia, but this aircraft was not a jet. It was a turboprop, so it did have gas turbine engines (could this be what they meant?) and not piston engines, but it was not a jet but a turboprop. I think that at the time this game was broadcast, the only jets actually in commercial airline service were the Boeing 707 and the Tupolev 104 (some others were being tested, e.g. the DC-8, but were not in service yet; also, the DH Comet, which had preceded the 707 in service, but had been grounded after some accidents, resumed service after structural flaws in the design were corrected, but I believe it was later that year).
@@darkwood777 Point taken. Although there is a semantical issue; typically AFAIK, people don't refer to turboprops as jets because they have a classic propeller and most of the jet power is, as you say, used to drive a propeller via a turbine. I don't know what the usage was in the 1950s and whether #1 and #3 would have included a turboprop in their definition of a jet (and known that the Britannia was "that kind" of "jet").
The Swimmer threw me off, my Grandfather knew Johnny Weissmuller while gramps was a swimming coach at Princeton University, and they swam together once or twice. So one of the references (because I don't want to give it away) had me believing it was another.
I can’t believe the host pronounced the name properly. People are so ridiculous because even immediately after having my name spoken to them, they nearly always repeat back something entirely different. Like... what?! That sounds nothing like what I said!
Bud Collier didn’t realize just how important some of his guests were. He was very casual with all of his guests and rarely acknowledged any of the very brave individuals who graced the stage.
hi Intisam Sevda - you are young man after my own mindset :) i was born at the end of WWII - and i saw these shows, What’s My Line, and I’ve Got a Secret in B&W TV, along with lots of other great shows like The Twilight Zone, The Outer Limits, and the Next Step Beyond. anyway, it’s really great to know someone in your generation likes these intelligent shows - like Jeopardy is today! Stay safe and have a good weekend :) 😋🌷🧐
I was guessing Stubby was number 3. They said in the opening that he was a comedian and he seemed to have great timing and the ability to make people laugh.
The Eric Erickson Story is an amazing story, I am doing my Thesis on him now. I am arguing we actually won the war because of him. not that the efforts of all the soldiers have a diminished worth or value, not at all. The D-Day invasion was crucial to winning the war in Europe. However, if Erickson had not been an OSS agent, Germany would have had plenty of oil and aviation fuel to transfer more Luftwaffe units and panzer divisions to the Normandy coast, which may have allowed the German army to rebuff the invasion. Because of Erickson’s efforts, Germany lost the Battle of the Bulge. Because of Erickson’s efforts, the Nazi atomic bomb program was set back and delayed by untold months or even years. Had it not been for Erickson, Germany would have had all the oil they would have needed to defeat the Allies. Had the war been allowed to carry on longer, Germany would have certainly been able to deploy jet fighters which would have changed the war completely. Had the war gone on longer, the Nazis may have developed the atomic bomb before the U.S. and that would have changed the outcome of the war. Had the war gone on, many of the Nazi technological advancements may have been completed and changed the war. Fortunately, none of those things were able to take place because of Eric Erickson. These are the reasons the Eric Erickson intelligence operation was the keystone of the allied victory in WWII. These are the reasons Eric Erickson won the war for the Allies.
Potato kugel? Goyishe kup kashe. Nobody in Israel ever has called it that. Maybe some Israeli chassidim, but they'd say "kigel." Hence, a wasted question, from an am haaretz who thinks it would be a clever way to pick out the Jew. Ask an Israeli political or history question.
No, no, no. I have watched a number of these to know this answer. It is the sponsor who pays the cash prize. The total amount won is split three ways and that amount of money would be worth a heck of a lot more in 1958. (no time look at a conversion table)
Why??? Look at yourself in a mirror as you smoke . I thought I would try and looked at myself and thought "you look so cheap" and threw the rest away. Never,never,never tried those filthy things again. Girl? Do the same thing and save your life!
One of the dumbest shows and hosts ever on TV. They manage to find interesting people to come on air and then the host doesn’t ask a single follow up question. He just says how much money they won, comments on how the panel handled it and splits.
Agreed, but not the focus of the show but disappointing watching it now in a historical context. When Wrong Way Corrigan was on one of the panelists did ask him if he intentionally went the wrong way. He dodged the question.
“In a radical departure from the usual format, last night on To Tell The Truth, host Bud Collyer spent 20 minutes interviewing a guest about his life because someone in the future wanted him to. This necessitated dropping the second and third rounds of the show completely, angering the production team and confusing those on the studio floor. Collyer was subsequently fired for deviating from the agreed script and never worked in television again. This is what happens when people confuse the format of a game show with a talk show.”
@@stevej1154 Though you exaggerate (no commenter asked for 20 minutes), basically, I agree on your point. I wonder how many people know how scripted and timed a game show is. Having been on three of them in the 1970's, I remember how the host (in my case, Art James, Jim Peck and Bill Cullen) follows the timing required. If that means no more than one sentence of thank you's before the commercial is going to begin, come hell or high water, then that's all you get. I wouldn't blame Collier. I'd blame any extra verbiage by a panelist along the way before I'd blame the host. It also may be that Collier himself didn't want to elevate any contestant above another based on his own opinions. In later versions of this show, Garry Moore did indeed make such comments. Perhaps he was given more latitude by Goodson and Todman or they were semi-scripted, e.g. (9:52:30-9:52:40 - Garry says something about the admirable contribution Erickson made to the war effort.)
That swimmer has the face for a comedy show. His expression alone is hilarious.
This is the funniest episode I've watched !!!!
I read, “The Counterfeit Traitor” about a year ago and I couldn’t put it down. Remarkable story. I found a used copy on Amazon.
Sounds fascinating! My late Dad was a WWII vet in the IS Army who fought in Europe & The Battle of (your) the Buldge. My Dad was also 3/4 Swede & 1/4 Norwegian! We're Minnesota born & bred! My Dad was the BEST Dad, ever!! I miss him dearly, but have wonderful memories to fall back on. I'd love to read Erik Erickson's book!
I looked it up also and saw there was also a movie. Have you seen the movie and was it any good?
Game 3 was delightful!
I know. I almost turned it off to go to bed, and am sure glad I didn't. Great comic timing.
The third segment really made me laugh on a day when I was needing it!
Stubby the Swimmer was indeed a funny man. It was great to hear Kitty's laughter again all during the show. I miss Geritol already. Thanks for the video.
Geez; you would’ve thought that Bud Collier would’ve had something more to say than “I hope you had fun” to the gentleman who performed that dangerous espionage job in Nazi Germany.
Nobody likes a rat.
That man had a lot of guts to do what he did. You have to admire him.
After seeing this episode, I read "The Counterfeit Traitor." I'm glad to have the referral!
I can't find the book on Amazon at all.
Eric Ericsson is actually my great uncle! He was my dads moms brother. My father would tell me stories of how Eric would pick him up by the ears fully off the ground. An absolute legend!
Pretty awful if you ask me.
Mr. Ericsson having to be forced to witness an execution of one of the people he worked closely with had to have traumatized him to some degree.
I was thinking the same thing.
I am reading the book mow and think the lady was his lover.
Update.
The book makes clear he and the lady executed had been lovers in their spy work.
That swimmer was hilarious!
Always good to see another Yael / Yaelle.
I have not laughed this hard in quite a while that #3 swimmer was hilarious!
I think he was asleep.
“What!?” explodes in hilarious laughter!
and only my second right guess and both on this show. usually i’m wrong. :) 😋🤷🏻♀️🌷
I have not laughed this hard in quite a while that #3 For the swimmer had me cracking up I got a look at it again!
Same. I rewatched because I was laughing so hard I couldn't see or hear everything!! 😂
'Whaddya asking me for?' lol
Erik Ericson the spy was played by William Holden in an unjustly neglected movie of his life.
I got a headache laughing so hard during game 3.When contestant #3 said "what ?" to Kitty, I nearly dropped a load in my pants.
Great!
In the 2nd game, #1 calls the Britannia a jet. #3 refers to the "Britannica" jet. El Al did fly the Bristol Britannia, but this aircraft was not a jet. It was a turboprop, so it did have gas turbine engines (could this be what they meant?) and not piston engines, but it was not a jet but a turboprop. I think that at the time this game was broadcast, the only jets actually in commercial airline service were the Boeing 707 and the Tupolev 104 (some others were being tested, e.g. the DC-8, but were not in service yet; also, the DH Comet, which had preceded the 707 in service, but had been grounded after some accidents, resumed service after structural flaws in the design were corrected, but I believe it was later that year).
A turboprop is a jet. Instead of driving a fan, the jet turbine drives a propeller. As further evidence, the turboprop engine has jet exhaust.
@@darkwood777 Point taken. Although there is a semantical issue; typically AFAIK, people don't refer to turboprops as jets because they have a classic propeller and most of the jet power is, as you say, used to drive a propeller via a turbine. I don't know what the usage was in the 1950s and whether #1 and #3 would have included a turboprop in their definition of a jet (and known that the Britannia was "that kind" of "jet").
Honest to God I thought #1 was Eric Ericsson !!
The Swimmer threw me off, my Grandfather knew Johnny Weissmuller while gramps was a swimming coach at Princeton University, and they swam together once or twice. So one of the references (because I don't want to give it away) had me believing it was another.
In the last game, that swimmer #3 cut his own throat with that act he put on. I think it just helped give himself away.
I don't think he was really hard of hearing. He uses comedy in his swimming act. He was being funny on purpose, putting on a show.
I can’t believe the host pronounced the name properly. People are so ridiculous because even immediately after having my name spoken to them, they nearly always repeat back something entirely different.
Like... what?! That sounds nothing like what I said!
Bud Collier didn’t realize just how important some of his guests were. He was very casual with all of his guests and rarely acknowledged any of the very brave individuals who graced the stage.
Man #3 in Game #1
Lady #2 in Game #2
Man #3 in Game #3
That Polly Bergen was such a character.😂❤
Annoying beyond belief!
YUP!!! 😬@@elliebellie7816
Number 3 must be him, with that swimmer's ear! Wha?
Never laughed so much at TTTT
The third segment is hilarious. #3 was so bad I thought they just placed him for comedy's sake. Totally wrong.
Love it why can't we have one in 2018 cuz I would definitely have been there!! Cuz 1958 bro I was born in 2000s LOL
hi Intisam Sevda - you are young man after my own mindset :) i was born at the end of WWII - and i saw these shows, What’s My Line, and I’ve Got a Secret in B&W TV, along with lots of other great shows like The Twilight Zone, The Outer Limits, and the Next Step Beyond. anyway, it’s really great to know someone in your generation likes these intelligent shows - like Jeopardy is today! Stay safe and have a good weekend :) 😋🌷🧐
The last group was a riot to laugh with!
Celebrity Guests:
1. Polly Bergen
2. Jackie Cooper
3. Kitty Carlisle
4. Hy Gardner
Host:
Bud Collyer
Stubby Krueger and Tommy Newsome, separated at birth?
Polly Bergan !!!!
I knew it wasn’t # 3 because every Israeli knew about potato kugel.
I was guessing Stubby was number 3. They said in the opening that he was a comedian and he seemed to have great timing and the ability to make people laugh.
Marlboro and tell the truth. Isn't that ironic.
kumppi To quote the movie "Sleeper", "its tobacco, its good for you"...
No, not especially.
The Eric Erickson Story is an amazing story, I am doing my Thesis on him now. I am arguing we actually won the war because of him. not that the efforts of all the soldiers have a diminished worth or value, not at all. The D-Day invasion was crucial to winning the war in Europe. However, if Erickson had not been an OSS agent, Germany would have had plenty of oil and aviation fuel to transfer more Luftwaffe units and panzer divisions to the Normandy coast, which may have allowed the German army to rebuff the invasion. Because of Erickson’s efforts, Germany lost the Battle of the Bulge. Because of Erickson’s efforts, the Nazi atomic bomb program was set back and delayed by untold months or even years. Had it not been for Erickson, Germany would have had all the oil they would have needed to defeat the Allies. Had the war been allowed to carry on longer, Germany would have certainly been able to deploy jet fighters which would have changed the war completely. Had the war gone on longer, the Nazis may have developed the atomic bomb before the U.S. and that would have changed the outcome of the war. Had the war gone on, many of the Nazi technological advancements may have been completed and changed the war. Fortunately, none of those things were able to take place because of Eric Erickson. These are the reasons the Eric Erickson intelligence operation was the keystone of the allied victory in WWII. These are the reasons Eric Erickson won the war for the Allies.
Thank you ~ that was fascinating
I trust your thesis will be better edited than your post here.
if you trust that to be true why comment. give me a break. yeah a youtube comment had gramatical errors. sue me.@@acousticshadow4032
I could've sworn it was $50 for a wrong vote back in the days of Bud Collyer
I believe there was a daytime version of the show in which the prize amounts were lower.
$750.00 divided between all three !!!!
That’s about $7000 in current value.
Is that the same one at 911
Huh ? What ?!
Potato kugel? Goyishe kup kashe.
Nobody in Israel ever has called it that. Maybe some Israeli chassidim, but they'd say "kigel."
Hence, a wasted question, from an am haaretz who thinks it would be a clever way to pick out the Jew. Ask an Israeli political or history question.
What are they all laughing about !!!!????
Doesn't look at all like Bill Holden.
Well i do enjoy the marlboro cigarettes
No, no, no. I have watched a number of these to know this answer. It is the sponsor who pays the cash prize. The total amount won is split three ways and that amount of money would be worth a heck of a lot more in 1958. (no time look at a conversion table)
Why??? Look at yourself in a mirror as you smoke . I thought I would try and looked at myself and thought "you look so cheap" and threw the rest away. Never,never,never tried those filthy things again. Girl? Do the same thing and save your life!
Number 3 reminds me of Joe Biden.
One of the dumbest shows and hosts ever on TV.
They manage to find interesting people to come on air and then the host doesn’t ask a single follow up question.
He just says how much money they won, comments on how the panel handled it and splits.
Agreed, but not the focus of the show but disappointing watching it now in a historical context. When Wrong Way Corrigan was on one of the panelists did ask him if he intentionally went the wrong way. He dodged the question.
I can just imagine how Bob Barker would have been as the host. That was a man who really knew how to interact with the contestants!
“In a radical departure from the usual format, last night on To Tell The Truth, host Bud Collyer spent 20 minutes interviewing a guest about his life because someone in the future wanted him to. This necessitated dropping the second and third rounds of the show completely, angering the production team and confusing those on the studio floor. Collyer was subsequently fired for deviating from the agreed script and never worked in television again. This is what happens when people confuse the format of a game show with a talk show.”
@@stevej1154 Though you exaggerate (no commenter asked for 20 minutes), basically, I agree on your point. I wonder how many people know how scripted and timed a game show is. Having been on three of them in the 1970's, I remember how the host (in my case, Art James, Jim Peck and Bill Cullen) follows the timing required. If that means no more than one sentence of thank you's before the commercial is going to begin, come hell or high water, then that's all you get.
I wouldn't blame Collier. I'd blame any extra verbiage by a panelist along the way before I'd blame the host. It also may be that Collier himself didn't want to elevate any contestant above another based on his own opinions. In later versions of this show, Garry Moore did indeed make such comments. Perhaps he was given more latitude by Goodson and Todman or they were semi-scripted, e.g. (9:52:30-9:52:40 - Garry says something about the admirable contribution Erickson made to the war effort.)
When the captain of the Exodus was on the show, Bud actually walked over to him and shook his hand.
He could not fool 50% of the average untrained people so as a spy he would be caught 50% of the time. Hummm. what is wrong with that picture?
"It's unusual cuz we don't do it here....." Wow, typical egotistical American.
I can feel your hatred. Let it flow through you.