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Release Date:
18 December 1956 (USA) more
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Plot:
Classic game show in which a person of some notoriety and two impostors try to match wits with a panel of four celebrities... more
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Awards:
Nominated for Primetime Emmy. more
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A Great Show more (3 total)

Cast

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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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Runtime:
USA:25 min (1962-1968) | USA:30 min (1956-1967)
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Black and White (1956-1966) | Color (1967-1968)
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Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Olympic diving champion Pat McCormick once appeared on the show pretending to be a female bullfighter. more
Quotes:
Host Bud Collyer: [at the end of every show with a giggle and a smile] Don't you forget to tell the truth! more
Soundtrack:
To Tell The Truth 1967 more

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A Great Show, 29 June 2003
Author: Brian Washington (Sargebri@att.net) from Los Angeles, California

Goodson-Todman were the innovators in terms of game shows. This show, as well as What's My Line and I've Got a Secret, made up that company's great triumvirate of classic panel game shows. I grew up mainly looking at the syndicated version that was on during the 1970's with Gary Moore as host, but I've recently started looking at the original black and white version. Although I preferred the Gary Moore hosted version, the black and white version is still a treat to look at. Also, you get to see the two mainstays of the show, Peggy Cass and Kitty Carlisle when they were a little younger. Also, Tom Poston and Orson Bean were great on this show as well. Poston had pretty much a great deadpan style and Bean was pretty much the clown prince of the show. This show will always remain one of the classic games to ever appear on television.

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