To Tell the Truth (1970) - William M. Gaines (MAD Magazine co-founder and publisher) in game two

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4 жыл бұрын

Here's a full episode of To Tell the Truth from 1970. In the first game, the panel must identify John Gray, a college student with light skin born to two black parents. In the second game, MAD Magazine co-founder and publisher William M. Gaines is the subject the panel needs to identify. Watch out for a cameo from none other than Dick DeBartolo (with some help from Gene Rayburn) at the end!!
NOTE apologies for the tracking issues in the first few minutes as well as later on in the video. 20+ year old tapes gonna be 20+ year old tapes.

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@peterbooth793 2 жыл бұрын

I remember an episode of "leave it to beaver "at dinner 🍽 Wally was talking about a homework assignment that required him to read a copy of MAD magazine. 😠 Ward wasn't impressed 😕. I loved it. ❤

@frankgoodman1798 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for posting this! The Bill Gaines episode used to be on KZfaq, but it disappeared a while ago. I go looking for it now and then, just in case, and I found your version! This is great!

@David-yw2lv 4 ай бұрын

Mad was a big part of my life from 5th grade to highschool.

@mtxmind Жыл бұрын

I was 7yo in 1970 & remember watching this when it first aired, & I knew EXACTLY who Bill Gaines was & what he looked like (as an avid MAD reader). I can't believe NONE of the panelists got it right9!!

@sha11235 Жыл бұрын

Because the way he ran the business was so bizarre that even though he did tell the truth as he was supposed to, no one believed him.

@CzarSmitty1963 2 ай бұрын

AKA "Gibralter Tubbings" LOL

@tigertail777 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing this great little piece of EC history! Shame the tracking is messed up, but that happens to old VHS... what me worry?

@stormwulf117 2 жыл бұрын

William Gaines didn't die. He's an immortal who simply disappeared and later reappeared as Matt Groening.

@mcgannahanskyjellyfetti6854 Жыл бұрын

The problem with that theory is that they both were living at the same time... 🤔

@stormwulf117 Жыл бұрын

@@mcgannahanskyjellyfetti6854 After Gaines "died", the Reverse Vampires simply deactivated the "Place Holder" clone and Bill seamlessly was slipped into his new identity.

@mcgannahanskyjellyfetti6854 Жыл бұрын

@@stormwulf117 OK, I guess that all makes sense... 🤔

@sugarjoe50 2 жыл бұрын

They obviously coached the imposters on some MAD facts; well done.

@sha11235 2 жыл бұрын

Well, the idea is that the imposters could tell the truth or lie their asses off. The real person has to tell the truth. Bill was telling the truth, but because it sounded so bizarre how he ran his business no one believed him.

@alro2434 3 ай бұрын

Wish I could recall how much of an overlap there was, if any, between MAD & National Lampoon! Also, born in 1922 hes was 48 in this 1970 show.

@JayTemple Жыл бұрын

This really makes me wish I'd had GSN earlier in its existence. ETA: When #1 said he was going to Kent State, I thought I heard Peggy say, "Oh, God". That leads me to think it was taped after May 4.

@jeffcarlson3269 Ай бұрын

that first part of this show had as one of the contestants ..a student from Kent State University... I couldn't help but wonder... if this show was aired before or after the Kent State riots.. in which 4 students were killed.. in 1970... the song "OHIO".. from CROSBY, STILLS, NASH AND YOUNG ..comes to mind...

@brianarbenz1329 7 күн бұрын

I figured the first segment was about William M. Gaines, so naturally it followed that those were his parents in the photos. So when they were called black, it really confused me. As for the John Gray segment, it was very revealing about racial stigma of the time that the two imposters instantly said "I'm of Swedish descent," and "I'm of German and English descent." Depressing that two people first have to establish that they are not black before telling anything else about themselves. But that was the reality.

@mcgannahanskyjellyfetti6854 3 жыл бұрын

~RIP William Gaines~

@sha11235 3 жыл бұрын

And MAD.

@mcgannahanskyjellyfetti6854 3 жыл бұрын

@@sha11235 Well, sadly Mad Magazine never was REALLY the SAME since the 70s/80s especially after Don Martin left...

@sha11235 2 жыл бұрын

@@mcgannahanskyjellyfetti6854 I missed Don's work, true, but there were other things to take its place. Even after Bill died, there were some changes to the magazine, but not enough for me to stop reading it. When they moved it to Burbank and put different people in, that was the last straw for me.

@MichaelBoyce-tm2vw Жыл бұрын

He owns still Educational Comics or EC. The other ones were Tates From The Crypt now a HBO series.

@clownnookie Жыл бұрын

You can still subscribe to MAD. Help support them so they can get back to producing new material.

@sha11235 Жыл бұрын

I want to see them back in NYC where it belongs.

@clownnookie Жыл бұрын

@@sha11235 They should've never left.

@sha11235 Жыл бұрын

@@clownnookie I warned them, but they didn't listen.

@clownnookie Жыл бұрын

@@sha11235 We need to put more pressure on the empty suits who made all these bad decisions in the first place.

@jeffreylong3963 Жыл бұрын

6:53 - "Damn it!"

@anim8ted923 3 жыл бұрын

The William Gaines segments starts at 12:36: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/b7BjqbV82breY2Q.html Interesting that none of the 4 panelists connected the zany disheveled appearance of the real Bill Gaines with his zany disheveled magazine. I guess they assumed the publisher would look like a typical corporate boss from the 1970s.

@mcgannahanskyjellyfetti6854 3 жыл бұрын

I found that silly too. If I never seen William Gaines before, I DEFINITELY would have figured it would be him...😎👍

@sha11235 3 жыл бұрын

Of course. That was the reason they picked the 3rd guy.

@kali3665 3 жыл бұрын

Well, I've seen Bill Gaines so I knew exactly who it was. So, I was very amused to see how far off the panel was.

@mcgannahanskyjellyfetti6854 3 жыл бұрын

Me too. I always remembered that he has the Jerry Garcia look...

@sha11235 3 жыл бұрын

Well, that's the thing. They didn't know what he looked like and the way he really looked and acted just seemed so bizarre that they couldn't believe that was him.

@sha11235 3 жыл бұрын

@@mcgannahanskyjellyfetti6854 He actually didn't start having the facial hair until 1968. Before that he was clean shaven and had a crew cut and looked a lot more handsomer, even though he was still fat.

@mcgannahanskyjellyfetti6854 3 жыл бұрын

@@sha11235 Hey Sha! You always seem to follow me for years in 100s of KZfaq videos. What's up! 😎👍 Yeah, I didn't take that in consideration...

@sha11235 3 жыл бұрын

@@mcgannahanskyjellyfetti6854 I never noticed I did that. Coincidence.

@sha11235 3 жыл бұрын

Well, we all know which one it is of course, but they were all stumped.

@mcgannahanskyjellyfetti6854 2 жыл бұрын

I remember him, because he always had that Jerry Garcia look...

@sha11235 Жыл бұрын

@@mcgannahanskyjellyfetti6854 Not always. He didn't grow the mustache and beard and let his hair grow long until 1968.

@770WT Жыл бұрын

Rayburn isn't outside of Match Game .

@sha11235 3 жыл бұрын

Wonder if Bill ended up buying clothes from the 3rd guy? Probably not.

@teiladnam 2 жыл бұрын

"There's no white like Plus White"... I wonder if John Gray agrees.

@mxylpx Жыл бұрын

Miss Gary Moore he was such a wonderful personality and very witty and creative!

@enriquesanchez2001 6 ай бұрын

HUH?

@drewdemien481 3 жыл бұрын

I though william gaines was fat and jewish in the fifties... interesting transformation

@sha11235 3 жыл бұрын

He wasn't Jewish. His dad was. He was fat from the 50's on and grew his facial hair in 1968.

@drewdemien481 3 жыл бұрын

@@sha11235 oh my god! Really? You know if he manscaped? Yeah, his mother was an irish setter. GTFO...hahahha

@sha11235 3 жыл бұрын

@@drewdemien481 In Completely Mad, it mentions his dad was Jewish and his mother was Protestant.

@drewdemien481 3 жыл бұрын

@@sha11235 indot really care. Sorry. Loved mad magazine. Have the CD with every issue. Don't much care anymore. Thx for the banter and corrective mature of your being. I do so hope you get the job as editor. Funny though...maybe some jew will see you and give you some magic sheckles to pay off satan when the piper comes for his pay. Ultimately it doesn't matter. Sorry. I'm tired of this country full of schmucks. Schlemezals? Meshuggina,? You are probably right. I'm only saying that due to my lack of concern. Again, sorry...I didn't mean to offend your family.

@drewdemien481 3 жыл бұрын

I sit corrected?! Thanks for clearing that up. Maybe listen closer.