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18 December 1956 (USA) morePlot:
Classic game show in which a person of some notoriety and two impostors try to match wits with a panel of four celebrities... morePlot Keywords:
Awards:
Nominated for Primetime Emmy. moreNewsDesk:
(3 articles)
Tom Poston Dies (From WENN. 2 May 2007)
Veteran Actress Kitty Carlisle Hart Dead at 96
(From Studio Briefing - Film News. 19 April 2007)
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Still one of the best moreCast
(Series Cast Summary - 4 of 69)| Bud Collyer | ... | Host / ... (400 episodes, 1956-1967) | |
| Kitty Carlisle | ... | Herself / ... (359 episodes, 1957-1967) | |
| Tom Poston | ... | Himself / ... (297 episodes, 1959-1968) | |
| Polly Bergen | ... | Herself / ... (166 episodes, 1956-1961) |
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USA:25 min (1962-1968) | USA:30 min (1956-1967)Country:
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EnglishSound Mix:
MonoCertification:
USA:TV-GFilming Locations:
CBS Television City - 7800 Beverly Blvd., Fairfax, Los Angeles, California, USA moreFun Stuff
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Host Bud Collyer: [at the end of every show with a giggle and a smile] Don't you forget to tell the truth! moreMovie Connections:
Referenced in "Hawaii Five-O: Will the Real Mr. Winkler Please Die? (#5.19)" (1973) moreSoundtrack:
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Packager Mark Goodson rightly called it the most golden game show idea of all. It's also one of Bob Stewart's masterworks, for Stewart created the Goodson-(Bill) Todman classic -- as he also did 'The Price Is Right' and 'Password'.
While the idea had roots in 'People Are Funny's Detecto segment, the Goodson-Todman crew developed a format in which not only the studio participants and the viewers could play along, but which still offers insights into human nature -- what better question to make people really think than 'which of these folks is lying?'
Stewart's ideas, Goodson's packaging, and the great supervision of executive producer Gil Fates meshed into a classic which lasts to this day, with the bright, polished John O'Hurley manning the moderator position first held by Bud Collyer (Mike Wallace did the pilot).
'Truth' is a timeless show that deserves to be one of two ('Price' is the other) to span six decades of national television.