I was pretty sure it was #2 from the beginning. I guess because he was serious and didn't smile when he answered. And then he seemed to give more right answers.
It is such a treat to see any footage of Dr. Seuss. Besides a 1986 local news report, this is the only footage i know of with him speaking in front of a camera that exists.
One of the rare times you can hesr Dr. Seuss Geisel himself (participant #2) actually talking as he usually lets his illustrations speak for themselves
I remember watching this To Tell the Truth clip on the 2003 Cat in the Hat starring Mike Myers film on DVD since that film was released around the time of the author’s centennial 100th anniversary
The first book I ever remember reading for fun, was the Cat in the Hat when I was about 6 or 7. To a 6 year old, I remember it seemed so cool. I read it again recently for the first time in over 50 years (I'm 58 now) and I actually remembered some of the drawings in the book. This guy knew how to capture the imagination of a child.
Surprised he wasn't on What's My Line. Bennett Cerf, his publisher challenged him to write a good children's book using only 50 simple words for young readers. Loving a challenge, he wrote the book GREEN EGGS AND HAM which has sold over 200 million copies since then.
@@jamesmcinnis208 Have you ever watched In Search of Dr. Seuss? You might be able to see it online somewhere, but the special could very well be out of print.
@e-mananimates2274 After I watched this, the YT algorithm brought up a 60 minutes (or Sunday Morning - can't remember) piece on him that began and ended with parts of this clip from TTTT. My mother grew up down the street from him in Springfield, Massachusetts.
He lived in San Diego. The library of the University of California, San Diego is named the "Geisel LIbrary" in his honor. Often the library has original artwork and manuscripts of Geisel's on display.
Yes, but for how much longer now that cancel culture has come after one of their generals? Ted couldn't tilt much further left and they still got him. Ain't 2021 grand. Who will be next? Place your bets now the players are coming fast.
@@TheRadioAteMyTV As you imply, political correctness shifts from one generation to another. Nevertheless, I feel Horton and Yertle will survive. Our children enjoyed "The Cat in the Hat" and "Green Eggs and Ham."
@@TheRadioAteMyTV bingo!!! You just won the coveted Poppa Capps best comment of the year award .it is deplorable what the Concious Kid Library is doing to this American treasure. My question is, where is the outrage?
Sweet! I love Dr. Seuss! When I was a kid, I used to make my parents read those books to me as fast as they could because I liked to laugh at them getting tongue-tied with the prose.
Laura Thornton I had a little trouble recognizing him without a beard, but I knew it was #2 from the beginning, because I have seen enough pictures of him. Watching this game when I already _know_ the answer is very different from watching it when I don't know. I hardly ever guess the right person when I don't know! I also know enough about Ted Geisel/Dr. Seuss and his history to know that his answers were correct regarding his choice of pseudonym, his publisher, and such. I think Don Ameche thought he'd tripped him up with his question about advertising payments, but the problem was that the question was so poorly phrased that I think Mr. Geisel didn't understand what he was asking. I know *I* didn't!
Geisel could never appear on WHAT'S MY LINE?--his books were published by Bennett Cerf's Random House (who, incidentally, described him as "the only true genius" he published--and his roster included Eugene O'Neill, William Faulkner, and Truman Capote)
Bennett Cerf himself also served on the panel of What's My Line? I've seen the episode on UA-cam where the guest was Clarence Nash (the voice of Donald Duck), and Bennett Cerf was one of the panellists. I found that interesting, because in my childhood I came across books that were actually written by Bennett Cerf.
I'm sure Dr, Seuss wouldn't have been able to appear as a Mystery Guest on 'What's My Line?' Bennett Cerf---Seuss's boss at Random House---would have easily found out!
@@bradbingham40447 True. But I was thinking about the news being leaked out the Random House offices, and Bennett would have had to disqualify himself for that round.
The contestants were puzzled, all they would do is stare For the real Dr. Seuss was present, but exactly where They thought in their brains, they asked on each try But it wasn't easy to find which was the real guy
@@DakariKingMykan That's how he wrote his books, which by the way are timeless. So go out to a bookstore and buy one for you, read as much as you like for his books are endless.
For he didn’t like being on camera, you see. It was so hard to know if it was one, two or three. So they asked them their questions oh yes, they sure did. And they wondered which one wrote stories for kids.
He didn't tell the complete story. His father, who was a real doctor, wanted him to study medicine but he quit and wanted to write children's books. The father cut off his allowance and in spite, the son used Dr. Seuss as his pseudonym.
What? Dr. Seuss's dad worked at a brewery until prohibition and then like everyone at the brewery got the axe and worked cleaning out cages at the zoo at night and Ted went with him. Sloths were one of his favourite animals to draw while waiting for his dad to finish and that's why there are so many sloth creatures in his book. If he became a doctor after all that, it wasn't in the biography I read.
When I was in the 1st grade, there was a copy of Fox In Socks in the classroom. We would fight over who got that book. And in the school library, I'd head straight to the "S"'s, because that was where the Dr. Seuss books were. I wound up reading several other books whose authors also had names beginning with "S," just because they were next to the Dr. And the stories always had a point, and a message. The man was one of the very, very greatest children's authors of all time. What a giant.
@@weatherboi "I'm Slim Shady, yes, I'm the real Shady All you other Slim Shadys are juat imitating So won't the real Slim Shady please stand up? Plase stand up? Please stand up?" - Eminem, "The Real Slim Shady"
Funny, I was certain #1 was Mr. Geisel. Considering how famous he was, he certainly kept a low profile over the years. Shame they didn't chat with him afterwards.
Random House (now the sole U.S. publisher) estimates it has sold 10.5 million copies. Millions more - no one knows how many - have been sold by mail-order book clubs.
I find it interesting that Bud Collyer concludes each round by saying to the three contestants, "Good night and good luck." Wasn't that parting phrase ascribed more prominently to Edward R. Murrow?
YAY.. I won.. ! #1- looks LIKE! #2 .. I FEEL so happy i won i HATE solitary.. Or solitude- SINCE everyone! Got married.. Understand should be EASY.. ONLY GODLY.. Completely compatible humans.. Or hell on earth - not attend it .. BILLY for just a statement he ALSO wished his steepest WISH.. .. Whatever compassion He IS our BROTHER .. BCUZ not necessarily ANYMORE to occurred turn your eye's upon Jesus.. In the storms.. Showering! FORGET about IT!
didn't you get even get me joke, he asked when they will go into public domain.. and i said.... Never, because it will never go into there. they would not allow it its what makes them money
I absolutely love "How The Grinch Stole Christmas." I love the 1966 version, but not the Jim Carrey version.
I was pretty sure it was #2 from the beginning. I guess because he was serious and didn't smile when he answered. And then he seemed to give more right answers.
It is such a treat to see any footage of Dr. Seuss. Besides a 1986 local news report, this is the only footage i know of with him speaking in front of a camera that exists.
He spoke frequently in front of cameras that didn't exist.
A rare moment where Seuss himself spoke publicly.
Obamium
One of the rare times you can hesr Dr. Seuss Geisel himself (participant #2) actually talking as he usually lets his illustrations speak for themselves
I remember watching this To Tell the Truth clip on the 2003 Cat in the Hat starring Mike Myers film on DVD since that film was released around the time of the author’s centennial 100th anniversary
The first book I ever remember reading for fun, was the Cat in the Hat when I was about 6 or 7. To a 6 year old, I remember it seemed so cool. I read it again recently for the first time in over 50 years (I'm 58 now) and I actually remembered some of the drawings in the book. This guy knew how to capture the imagination of a child.
And now the Conscious Kid Library is trying to ban Dr Seuss books as racist .the whole world has lost their mind
Surprised he wasn't on What's My Line. Bennett Cerf, his publisher challenged him to write a good children's book using only 50 simple words for young readers. Loving a challenge, he wrote the book GREEN EGGS AND HAM which has sold over 200 million copies since then.
I wish that to because they were really goo friends.
Love Green Eggs and Ham! My favourite was Yertle the Turtle and Other Stories. Still got a copy today.
0:16 If you've watched In Search of Dr. Seuss, this is a very iconic moment from the special!
That’s how you can tell it’s actually him
Very iconic?
@@jamesmcinnis208 Have you ever watched In Search of Dr. Seuss? You might be able to see it online somewhere, but the special could very well be out of print.
@e-mananimates2274 After I watched this, the YT algorithm brought up a 60 minutes (or Sunday Morning - can't remember) piece on him that began and ended with parts of this clip from TTTT.
My mother grew up down the street from him in Springfield, Massachusetts.
Thank you for sharing this with us!♡
miss the old quiz shows. was surprised to see Joan Bennett and don ameche on the show
I remember seeing Don Ameche on the show a few times, and Polly Bergen, but not Joan Bennett or Hy Gardner (so?).
"sp" for "spell," not "so"!
Mortimer Duke 😃
He lived in San Diego. The library of the University of California, San Diego is named the "Geisel LIbrary" in his honor. Often the library has original artwork and manuscripts of Geisel's on display.
Yes, but for how much longer now that cancel culture has come after one of their generals? Ted couldn't tilt much further left and they still got him. Ain't 2021 grand. Who will be next? Place your bets now the players are coming fast.
@@TheRadioAteMyTV As you imply, political correctness shifts from one generation to another. Nevertheless, I feel Horton and Yertle will survive. Our children enjoyed "The Cat in the Hat" and "Green Eggs and Ham."
@@Bookmax99 It would be good for everyone if they do. : )
@@TheRadioAteMyTV bingo!!! You just won the coveted Poppa Capps best comment of the year award .it is deplorable what the Concious Kid Library is doing to this American treasure. My question is, where is the outrage?
Sweet! I love Dr. Seuss! When I was a kid, I used to make my parents read those books to me as fast as they could because I liked to laugh at them getting tongue-tied with the prose.
I never saw him so young!
Laura Thornton I had a little trouble recognizing him without a beard, but I knew it was #2 from the beginning, because I have seen enough pictures of him. Watching this game when I already _know_ the answer is very different from watching it when I don't know. I hardly ever guess the right person when I don't know! I also know enough about Ted Geisel/Dr. Seuss and his history to know that his answers were correct regarding his choice of pseudonym, his publisher, and such. I think Don Ameche thought he'd tripped him up with his question about advertising payments, but the problem was that the question was so poorly phrased that I think Mr. Geisel didn't understand what he was asking. I know *I* didn't!
The 1st book I ever learned to read was a Dr. Seuss book.
I swear if they showed this in school instead of random movies i wouldve been more interested lol
Rest in peace 🙏
Theodor Seuss Geisel
2 March 1904 ~
24 September 1991⚘
The 1st books I read in life were by Dr. Seuss ❤
This was before Ted Geisel grew his beard and sported eyeglasses.
I still recognized him, though.
That was his second wife, Audrey, who told him to do that
Geisel could never appear on WHAT'S MY LINE?--his books were published by Bennett Cerf's Random House (who, incidentally, described him as "the only true genius" he published--and his roster included Eugene O'Neill, William Faulkner, and Truman Capote)
Why not? He could be a mystery guest. For goodness sake, they even had the panelists' spouses and children on.
Bennett Cerf himself also served on the panel of What's My Line? I've seen the episode on UA-cam where the guest was Clarence Nash (the voice of Donald Duck), and Bennett Cerf was one of the panellists. I found that interesting, because in my childhood I came across books that were actually written by Bennett Cerf.
I'm sure Dr, Seuss wouldn't have been able to appear as a Mystery Guest on 'What's My Line?' Bennett Cerf---Seuss's boss at Random House---would have easily found out!
Yes he could have. The panelists knew quite a few of the mystery guests.
The panel could of been blindfolded
@@bradbingham40447 True. But I was thinking about the news being leaked out the Random House offices, and Bennett would have had to disqualify himself for that round.
@Will N Maybe if Ted was a guest in the 1960's. A more likely substitute panelist for Bennett in the 1950's would have been Martin Gabel.
So even though he was already famous, people didn't know what he looked like
His illustrations were famous.
People back then even know what Colonel Sanders looked like
Not as many as you might think. Colonel Sanders actually appeared on "What's My Line?" in 1963.
He very rarely appeared in front of a camera. Was really in the public eye as an author
he barely ever gave interviews and he never had his portrait in the back of his books, so how were they supposed to know?
The contestants were puzzled, all they would do is stare
For the real Dr. Seuss was present, but exactly where
They thought in their brains, they asked on each try
But it wasn't easy to find which was the real guy
I love rhymes
@@DakariKingMykan That's how he wrote his books, which by the way are timeless. So go out to a bookstore and buy one for you, read as much as you like for his books are endless.
@@samoanfun11 I have a Big DR Seuss Book containing 13 of his finest
You must be proud of yourself
For he didn’t like being on camera, you see. It was so hard to know if it was one, two or three. So they asked them their questions oh yes, they sure did. And they wondered which one wrote stories for kids.
He didn't tell the complete story. His father, who was a real doctor, wanted him to study medicine but he quit and wanted to write children's books. The father cut off his allowance and in spite, the son used Dr. Seuss as his pseudonym.
They do this with others like abagnale, parks and big bird
He also wrote under the name of Theo. Lesieg (Geisel spelled backwards), for books which he wrote but didn't illustrate.
Didn't he say that Seuss was his middle name?
@@donnawoodford6641 Yes, and since he was the real Ted Geisel, it must be true.
What? Dr. Seuss's dad worked at a brewery until prohibition and then like everyone at the brewery got the axe and worked cleaning out cages at the zoo at night and Ted went with him. Sloths were one of his favourite animals to draw while waiting for his dad to finish and that's why there are so many sloth creatures in his book. If he became a doctor after all that, it wasn't in the biography I read.
When I was in the 1st grade, there was a copy of Fox In Socks in the classroom. We would fight over who got that book.
And in the school library, I'd head straight to the "S"'s, because that was where the Dr. Seuss books were. I wound up reading several other books whose authors also had names beginning with "S," just because they were next to the Dr.
And the stories always had a point, and a message. The man was one of the very, very greatest children's authors of all time. What a giant.
My friend saw Dr Seuss at a cafe in LaJolla, Ca., decades ago. She introduced herself, and had a nice conversation with him.
WILL THE REAL TED GEISEL PLEASE STAND UP, PLEASE STAND, UP PLEASE STAND UP.
The 1st book I ever read was his "Green Eggs and Ham".
We had that one as well. The other one was "One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish." A lot of freaky creatures in that one!
The cat in the hat behind the scenes led me here
Seemed like rather poor questions; but then we have neither Tom Poston, Peggy Cass, Orson Bean, or Kitty Carlisle.
A giant in literature, but no big deal to the panel back then.
I'd be happy to watch a movie on Dr. Seuss
We are doing these type of skits at my school!
So that's where Eminem got his lyrics from
Huh!?
@@weatherboi "I'm Slim Shady, yes, I'm the real Shady
All you other Slim Shadys are juat imitating
So won't the real Slim Shady please stand up?
Plase stand up? Please stand up?" - Eminem, "The Real Slim Shady"
Contestant number one looks like Louis Black!
Only One of These People is the Real TED GEISEL... And is the Only One Sworn... TO TELL THE TRUTH
Funny, I was certain #1 was Mr. Geisel. Considering how famous he was, he certainly kept a low profile over the years. Shame they didn't chat with him afterwards.
What has this country come to when now his books are considered racist .
Such subtle advertising
Says the mouse incrested icon. LOL!
Footage Is In Search Of Dr Seuss (1994 TV Movie)
Ah! You watched that, too? It was a favorite of mine when i was young!
Nearly a quarter million copies sold at that time. I would love to know what that number is now.
Random House (now the sole U.S. publisher) estimates it has sold 10.5 million copies. Millions more - no one knows how many - have been sold by mail-order book clubs.
If you watch when they are asked "what is your name?", the real Dr. Suess slightly nods yes while is saying it
6:20 EMINEM
Delightful segment, only second to Colonel Sanders on What’s My Line? (The panel didn’t guess his line)
THAT'S SUPERMAN HILARIOUS
Nice to see the real person stand up right away, not this jumping around with the other contestants.
Yeah, it was a gimmick that got old fast.
I saw parts of this from The Cat in the Hat film's special features.
I find it interesting that Bud Collyer concludes each round by saying to the three contestants, "Good night and good luck." Wasn't that parting phrase ascribed more prominently to Edward R. Murrow?
2:00 i wonder who he was referring to
The Capp-Fisher feud.
Mortimer Duke!!
So. Gaslight Club in NYC, Chicago and Washington?
Why did the mafia come to mind?
What he makes is none of your business, Don! You really get a feeling watching these that Ameche was not a very nice guy.
Who was panelist #1? Beautiful girl!
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polly_Bergen
This show aired April 29th 1958
Number two seems to be the right answer most of the the time
Apparently the censors have not found this video yet. Run Doc run, while you still can.
back in the news in 2021
Number 1 gave himself away by saying he doesn't do cartoons. Dr. Seuss did a number of political cartoons during World War II.
I thought Seuss wasn’t allowed to talk and let his illustrations speak for themselves
Just a random though watching some of these old episodes, did the show ever have a black panelist or black contestants during its original run?
What happened at 5.56?
Interestingly Dr. Suess did not like children and he was the one who coined the word, nerd, in the early 50's.
thanks
YAY.. I won.. ! #1- looks LIKE! #2 .. I FEEL so happy i won i HATE solitary.. Or solitude- SINCE everyone! Got married.. Understand should be EASY.. ONLY GODLY.. Completely compatible humans.. Or hell on earth - not attend it .. BILLY for just a statement he ALSO wished his steepest WISH.. .. Whatever compassion He IS our BROTHER .. BCUZ not necessarily ANYMORE to occurred turn your eye's upon Jesus.. In the storms.. Showering! FORGET about IT!
Too bad this was prior to the publication of Green Eggs and Ham. Number Two, "Do you like green eggs and han?"
Dr. Seuss Man #2: I do not like them Kitty I Am.
audience laughs
Dopey Broads
Broads??
Poor Dr Seuss has been canceled … didn’t you hear ? for ridiculous woke reasons !
YOP!
Dr Who?
Soice.
The lady all the way on the end is easy on the eyes 👀
well that was obvious
Was it?
@@peternagy-im4be kind of yes
and in 2021 i am a racist.
Why are you in black-and-white
Lucas
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*****
Do you know what date this episode aired?
SaveThe TPC I looked it up: April 29, 1958.
Lava1964
Thanks! :)
+SaveThe TPC "when does your books go into public domain...." never
+Azyria The author should know.
didn't you get even get me joke, he asked when they will go into public domain.. and i said.... Never, because it will never go into there. they would not allow it its what makes them money
Am I the only one that automatically thought there is no Blacks Asians or Latinos just caucasian
Jade Campbell An innocent time, an innocent show, and someone has to find something wrong with it. You must be a lot of fun at parties Jade.
@@Marsbonfire007 is wasnt an innocent time for people of other races,but i agreed no need for that talk in this video
Blacks appeared later.
America was far less diverse back then, keep that in mind. Also, yes you were the only one to think that.
You're one of those that keep inequality in the forefront of people's minds so that equality can never enter. Please think about that.