To Tell the Truth - Jack Benny's violin teacher; PANEL: Johnny Carson (Dec 12, 1960)

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PANEL: Johnny Carson, Kitty Carlisle, Don Ameche, Polly Bergen
CONTESTANT #1: Larry Kurkjie (Jack Benny's violin teacher)
CONTESTANT #2: Lucy Chambliss (National Women's Pistol champion)
CONTESTANT #3: Rob Sagendorph (Publisher of the Farmer's Almanac)
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@leannsherman6723 Жыл бұрын

“Now cut that out!” Excellent Jack Benny impression by Johnny!

@retroguy9494 Жыл бұрын

Jack Benny was Johnny's idol and when he was a kid, he used to imitate Jack. He used to listen to Jack all the time on radio. From what I've read, when he first got Jack on The Tonight Show, he was as excited as a little kid on Christmas Day.

@alanr4447a Жыл бұрын

WELL!!

@susiem44 Жыл бұрын

@@alanr4447a 🤣🤣🤣🤤

@davidfritz1331 Жыл бұрын

Johnny Carson absolutely idolized Jack Benny. I will never forget his Tonight Show tribute the day Benny died.

@retroguy9494 Жыл бұрын

He also co hosted a 2 hour long tribute TV special with George Burns (who was Jack's best friend) and Bob Hope (who was also a good friend of Jack's) 7 years after he died.

@lelandfranklin3487 2 жыл бұрын

60 year old show...and still makes me smile!

@leannsherman6723 7 ай бұрын

Me too!

@craigkdillon Жыл бұрын

Such a simple show. Humorous and entertaining. Why can't such shows be made today?

@enriquesanchez2001 8 ай бұрын

I guess because it would filled with obscenities and it might be harder to guess who with so much info out there nowadays.

@michaelmiller1215 7 ай бұрын

I have Polly Bergen’s autograph! I met her in the early 1980s.

@Eddie_Schantz Жыл бұрын

This is the first time that I ever saw the panel go 0-12 in voting for the entire show. I loved it.

@nancyhowell4505 Жыл бұрын

@Eddie_Schantz I loved their blitz too! I did get the first one right, he looked vaguely familiar to me, so I chose him. 🤔#2👏👍👍

@alihabib9904 6 жыл бұрын

Polly bergen was a gorgeous lady .. R I P

@klfrostmediallc334 2 жыл бұрын

She was smokin…very accomplished

@TheBatugan77 2 жыл бұрын

She was a ridiculous attention whore.

@robertbishop5357 4 жыл бұрын

Gone are the days of wholesome, fun and funny shows like To Tell the Truth.

@pechaa Жыл бұрын

The UK has a very similar popular show called Would I Lie To You?

@nonenoneonenonenone Жыл бұрын

Or the Gong Show?

@beepbeeplettuce5890 5 жыл бұрын

That johnny guy is funny. They should give him a talk show

@michaelmantle6043 4 жыл бұрын

@Richard Starkey kzfaq.info/get/bejne/hsyTrJRmv7upYpc.html

@moonglow1311 4 жыл бұрын

They did, they did❗

@kristabrewer9363 4 жыл бұрын

HAHAHA Very funny (I assume that was a joke)

@NotHarpoGroucho 3 жыл бұрын

He’d never make it, imagine a show called “The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson”, It just has no ring to it. It would never last

@chrisfreeman9960 2 жыл бұрын

Yea. That Carson kid.

@maureentuohy9423 3 жыл бұрын

Wow, I used to watch this program sitting on the floor, in front of the big counsole TV. So much fun.

@catbriggs8362 2 жыл бұрын

Right in front of the TV--and in spite of parental warnings, my eyesight is still wonderful!

@missjoshemmett 7 ай бұрын

Me, too

@vassilisdellas6871 5 жыл бұрын

I like this episode with the violin teacher because it disproves the game's logic that not "remembering" something means that you don't know, so you are the imposter. That's not always the case.

@jimwinchester339 Жыл бұрын

I heartily agree. If I were Jack Benny's real violin teacher, I would not necessarily follow him terribly closely. I certainly wouldn't allow people to judge me by how closely I follow the career of one of my students (e.g., his current address - why would I care?). Jack may have not even been particularly good on the violin anyway.

@susiem44 Жыл бұрын

@@jimwinchester339 Jack was an accomplished violinist.

@jacquelinebell6201 Жыл бұрын

Polly bergen is hilarious! Id never heard her before.

@zork999 Жыл бұрын

Lester Cohen wrote nine books and the stories for many movies, but unfortunately died of a heart attack in 1963 before Coming Home was made into a movie.

@davewebbtheauthor Жыл бұрын

Fantastic episode. Highly entertaining for a game show.

@mrpuniverse2 8 жыл бұрын

Lester Cohen''s book was reissued in the 195's a s Stella and Joe He wrote quite a lot of Hollywood screenplays as well

@davidfritz2957 2 жыл бұрын

Johnny Carson idolized Jack Benny. I remember his "Tonight Show" the night Benny died; he was devastated.

@retroguy9494 Жыл бұрын

Well, he had been on The Tonight Show only 4 months before he died. Sadly, Johnny was not hosting that night as he was taking one of his famous month long vacations. Rich Little ( who Johnny HATED) was guest hosting. In fact, Benny even mentioned it was the first time he was on the show without Johnny. It would also be his last.

@brucealvarez9263 7 жыл бұрын

They needed Tom Poston that night. He was right more often than not and more often than the other panelists.

@iammenuru 6 жыл бұрын

Three games in one episode where the panel were wrong on every vote. That seemed like a very rare occurrence during this era of the show’s run.

@randysills4418 4 ай бұрын

I think that I have watched all of them and I only remember one other time when they got all of them wrong. Polly was on that panel and she announced to Bud Collier that they all wouldn't be back. I wish I remembered which episode it was...❤

@dsscam 2 жыл бұрын

Polly Bergen was a beautiful woman. In 2004, Bergen played Fran Felstein on HBO's The Sopranos, the former mistress of Johnny Soprano and John F. Kennedy. From 2007 to 2011, Bergen had a guest role in Desperate Housewives as Stella Wingfield, which earned her an Emmy Award nomination

@stacymirba1433 2 жыл бұрын

I'm stunned they were asking for Jack Benny's actual address. That doesn't seem like something you would put on the air.

@tbec3011 Жыл бұрын

It's a different time. Keep in mind JB's home was on the tourist bus route.

@retroguy9494 Жыл бұрын

tbec is right. It was a totally different and safer world in 1960. I've read of some stars on Roxbury Drive who would actually answer their doors when fans rang the bell and would sign autographs. But the real violin teacher was right. Benny's address really WAS 1002 Roxbury Drive. And Lucille Ball DID live next door at number 1000. And tour buses not only went by there, but would stop in front of Lucy's house to let people out. I read that some people would pack a lunch and disrespectfully sit on Lucy's front lawn to eat. It really pissed her off. Jimmy Stewart lived next door to Lucy on the other side. Once, when the tour bus people sat on HIS lawn to eat, he turned on the underground sprinklers and soaked them! 🤣

@mtp4430 Жыл бұрын

@@tbec3011 In 1955, my mother was on one of those tours and Jack Benny was out in front of his house and waved to the bus. It was a different world back in 1955.

@mtp4430 Жыл бұрын

@@retroguy9494In 1955, my mother was on one of those tours and Jack Benny was out in front of his house and waved to the bus. It was a different world back then.

@retroguy9494 Жыл бұрын

@@mtp4430 Wow that's awesome! What a wonderful memory for your mother! From everything I've read about Jack Benny, he was a really nice guy. It was his wife Mary that many people did not like, including George Burns who was Jack Benny's best friend.

@feralbluee 2 жыл бұрын

Johnny does do Jack Benny. i knew from another episode. “Now cut that out,” is pure Benny. :) 🎻 🙃🌷

@JayTemple 8 жыл бұрын

I would like to have asked the violin teachers, "Who plays your fictional counterpart on the show?" (It was Mel Blanc.)

@vaniam6430 Жыл бұрын

I think contestant #1 in the second round, “Alice Lee Boatwright” is “Boaty” Boatwright, who would later cast “To Kill a Mockingbird” and become a famous talent scout and agent at ICM. So cool to see her here. She had worked for Goodson/Todman before joining Universal, and this episode.

@nonenoneonenonenone Жыл бұрын

Funny, because she came off as quite stupid.

@1158scott 3 жыл бұрын

Carson knew for sure #1 wasn't the pistol champion, but picked her & helped the panel get shut out so he could do a risque joke.

@greencheek2745 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for compiling this, I love it.

@leehart1498 2 жыл бұрын

Wow, Polly was a doll. Holy crap.

@keithnaylor1981 4 жыл бұрын

The panel may not have done well in this episode, but it was still one of the most entertaining, a lot of that due to Polly being so unpredictable and witty!

@feralbluee 2 жыл бұрын

Yup ! Polly Bergen is very good at what she does on this show :). She was also a very good dramatic actress! :) 🎭 🌷

@TheBatugan77 2 жыл бұрын

Polly was a ridiculous attention whore.

@keithnaylor1981 4 жыл бұрын

THE BEST EDITION EVER OF THE SHOW!

@dollsvilleplushkin 4 жыл бұрын

5:04 "39" Johnny Carson: "Now cut that out"😂

@Yugi880 3 жыл бұрын

His reaction he look like pee wee

@93Jubilee 7 ай бұрын

Kitty Carlisle sounds like it's life or death in the way she talks, it's funnjy! Her colleauges on the panel once said something to that effect, too.:) But good heavens, Polly Bergen -- wanting them to know the sond she sang! -- she's often after recognition, and wanting to be center=stage.

@Paul-lm5gv Жыл бұрын

Wow! A young Johnny Carson on the panel???!!!!

@stevenroland7472 6 жыл бұрын

Interesting Fact: Kiity Carlisle Co-starred with the Marx Brothers in Night at the Opera.

@jasonhurd4379 5 жыл бұрын

She also sang Prince Orlofsky in Die Fledermaus at the Metropolitan Opera.

@randysills4418 5 жыл бұрын

She also sang excerpts of the same role at Beverly Sill's Farewell in 1980 which is on U-tube...

@joeambrose3260 4 жыл бұрын

How do I utilize that info to my advantage ?

@stevenroland7472 4 жыл бұрын

@@joeambrose3260 Use to pick up Women in Bars.

@joeambrose3260 4 жыл бұрын

@@stevenroland7472 I'm under house arrest, Einstein

@judsonmusick3177 2 жыл бұрын

Kitty Carlisle was usually knowledgeable about musical matters, but when she questioned Jack Benny's violin teacher she made a mistake. She thought Pierre Monteux was never a permanent conductor of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, but he actually was. Monteux was permanent conductor of the BSO from 1919 to 1924, just before Koussevitsky took over the orchestra.

@withonelook1985 Жыл бұрын

Not to mention Munch was the current conductor when this episode came out, and the brief said the guest had been with the Jack Benny Show for 20 some odd years.

@balok63a40 Жыл бұрын

OTOH, asking about Harry (Ellis) Dickson, was a clever move.

@randysills4418 4 ай бұрын

There was a conductor Karl Muck and one named Charles Munch...

@philiplewis334 8 жыл бұрын

i was surprised that the contestants skunked the panel 3 times.

@retroguy9494 Жыл бұрын

I think it's hysterical how none of them voted for the actual violin teacher!

@zombie-process7025 6 жыл бұрын

Technically agronomy DOES, indeed, have "something to do with hens." XD

@leannsherman6723 Жыл бұрын

They couldn’t be giving out celebrities’ addresses on national television. Bud Collyer should’ve said something.

@nonenoneonenonenone Жыл бұрын

I always loved this show, such an original concept, the guests are so skillful.

@pgh45rpms 3 жыл бұрын

They should have had Jack Benny at the end of the segment to pick out his teacher.

@catbriggs8362 2 жыл бұрын

They would have, but Jack refused to pay the cab fare to the studio. ===:>

@nonadabove 2 жыл бұрын

@@catbriggs8362 And the 1923 Maxwell wouldn't have made it across the country from Burbank.

@miamidolphinsfan 8 жыл бұрын

Never saw them get schtooped all 3 games before. That probably only happened 2 or 3 times in the whole run of the show.

@randysills4418 4 жыл бұрын

I remember when it happened one other time...I wish that I could find that episode again...

@randysills4418 2 жыл бұрын

On the other episode where the panel missed all three, they all got up and were walking away from their seats. It was an episode that Polly Bergen was on too...

@kenbrown438 3 жыл бұрын

Polly is the most interesting questioner !!!!

@KarenYvette11 2 жыл бұрын

She asked the wrong questions. They were not personal friends. He was the teacher

@rrahman12 Ай бұрын

these were shows. families had strong bonds. no bad words. even middle finger showing had no issues. life was so peaceful then.

@studogable 2 жыл бұрын

Carson was a HUGE Jack Benny fan.

@retroguy9494 Жыл бұрын

Actually Jack was Johnny's idol growing up.

@cindyswimchick Жыл бұрын

Wow! You can flip the bird on National TV in 1960????

@jthepickle7 3 ай бұрын

Our first TV screen measured 8 x 10 inches. Had to sit pretty close - black and white, of course. Didn't spend a lot of time on the couch, what with channel changing and rabbit ear adjustment.

@elvisobsessor 7 жыл бұрын

Enjoyed this!

@dalemunkres6915 Жыл бұрын

That Don guy is a expert in the studies of the legendary BigFoot!

@alanr4447a 5 жыл бұрын

Jack Benny (Benjamin Kubelsky)'s violin teacher would be a subject dear to Johnny, who idolized the miserly ol' skinflint!

@snickpickle Жыл бұрын

Who wasn't miserly or a skinflint in real life (he was known to single-handedly get major symphony orchestras out of debt by making appearances as a guest star -- with his Stradivarius violin that he could actually play! ...with a couple of comedy things, of course, like "NOT SO FAST!!!"). Well, two out of three ain't bad! Haha! (I'll give you a couple of seconds to see where I made my funny. ;-) )

@waynehowell6160 Жыл бұрын

He legally changed his name to Jack Benny, so that was his real name.

@alanr4447a Жыл бұрын

@@waynehowell6160 I appreciate the information, but technically, since I made the comment 4 years ago, the statute of limitations on correcting what I said has run out!

@orangehoof Жыл бұрын

Polly is so adorable.

@skyedog24 10 ай бұрын

@11:59 she whips out her middle finger and says this is the finger I use to pull the trigger 😢😂❤ I'm willing to pitch this nice girl has never flipped anybody off in her life. Until Don ameche.

@randylovering24 8 жыл бұрын

Polly voted none of them very good

@NYNC88 Жыл бұрын

At least she spoke proper English.

@rlevitta Жыл бұрын

What - no Mel Blanc? He was Jack's teacher on the show.

@WitoldBanasik 8 жыл бұрын

Great set of celebrities on the panel chairs.

@kristabrewer9363 4 жыл бұрын

Except for the attention getter in the last seat, I agree

@michaeldanello3966 6 жыл бұрын

Jack Benny's real name was Benjamin Kubelsky

@dsscam 2 жыл бұрын

16:17 Marge Howell (#3) must've really liked Johnny Carson and went back and raved about him because 21 months later he was her new boss.

@darijoe1 3 жыл бұрын

$3,000 in prize money given away in one episode? OUCH!

@Bigwave2003 2 жыл бұрын

11:53 Panelist flips the bird on TV.

@feralbluee 2 жыл бұрын

the real violin teacher was a complete surprise!!!!! :) i got the pistol champion!! :) don’t do that often! the panel was very entertaining on this episode, i think because they missed every time. LOL 😋🌷

@rosemarymagrino772 3 жыл бұрын

How’d that lady get away with flipping the bird?!

@jacquelinebell6201 Жыл бұрын

😅 Dont think it was that back in those days or I'm sure they would have said something lol.

@TxJanna Жыл бұрын

Yeah that made me giggle...so different now.

@pechaa Жыл бұрын

Yes the gesture did have the same meaning now as it does today, but the context mattered.

@paulm4172 3 жыл бұрын

Contestant #1 showed Johnny Carson exactly what she thought of his question.

@lissalives1 6 жыл бұрын

Polly....wow! What a beauty. ♥️

@JackNorth 8 жыл бұрын

"Which finger do you use, show me." LOL

@al4berry 4 жыл бұрын

And the audience didn't react!

@joeambrose3260 4 жыл бұрын

He asked for it

@bevh5590 5 ай бұрын

I couldn’t believe that!

@Kermit_T_Frog 3 жыл бұрын

They really ought to remove that name plate from the moderator's podium. Or folks might start calling him Helene Curtis.

@ronfontenot6993 2 жыл бұрын

freaking priceless. i laughed so loud and for so long!!!

@Kermit_T_Frog 2 жыл бұрын

@@ronfontenot6993 It could be worse. Ex-lax?

@terrymckay9776 4 жыл бұрын

#2 totally knows the weather in Las Vegas. lol

@Bigbadwhitecracker 8 жыл бұрын

I also struck out on all the three.

@huskyjerk 6 жыл бұрын

23:49 why is this guy reading from a prepared statement to state who he is and what he does?

@snickpickle Жыл бұрын

It was all part of the show. For one thing, the panel could look up at the contestants to see facial twitches or whatever. And also, it gave the panelists and the audience and the viewers a chance to hear a short biography of the real person. And the host's name was Bud Collyer. The quick biography was also a part of the 1970s reboot with Gary Moore.

@blown22 2 жыл бұрын

Helene Curtis filed for Chapter 11 after this show

@albertgray1814 Жыл бұрын

Unbelievable!!! All three games and the panel was wrong all the time! Never had seen that in my life!!!

@philiphoward1731 5 жыл бұрын

I think the lady in the middle gave the finger on national TV

@al4berry 4 жыл бұрын

And the audience didn't react!

@tomitstube 5 жыл бұрын

i've never seen polly in the #4 seat, wonder if she requested it, she always seemed perturbed when collyer would ask her if she was ready with the first vote.

@kristabrewer9363 4 жыл бұрын

Is this really te first episode you've seen in ages? You do know the set changed, right?

@tomitstube 4 жыл бұрын

@@kristabrewer9363 i haven't seen many, but the one's i have polly was in the first seat.

@michaelcox436 Жыл бұрын

Just incredible to me that they let Bergen ruin the show week after week for YEARS.

@Yugi880 3 жыл бұрын

I really love this show since i was in Florida they wore playing around 2:30

@LEIMALOCCA 8 жыл бұрын

ARE YOU KIDDING ME WITH THAT LAST GAME?! #TotallyStumped

@snootybaronet 2 жыл бұрын

#3 of the pistol champions has a lovely smile!

@joeambrose3260 4 жыл бұрын

I think I heard Polly squawking at the end, interrupting Buds' PSA

@bobbbxxx 4 жыл бұрын

3:45 Seemed a bit cocky; there's a chance he may have enjoyed a few refreshments before the show.

@kevinfitzmaurice4072 2 жыл бұрын

In the seventies, the syndicated, Garry Moore version taped at NBC in New York. David Letterman later used the same studio and once pointed out a sign backstage: "Refreshments for To Tell the Truth personnel only."

@balconi89 8 жыл бұрын

"I chose number one.....she looked like the perfect 38." Johnny Carson was funny even then......

@balconi89 8 жыл бұрын

Also funny that number 3 in that second contestant game worked as a production assistant on the Jack Parr show, which Johnny would take over 2 years later........

@paulm4172 3 жыл бұрын

Yes, back in the day when late night TV was actually funny and entertaining.

@lkj974 3 жыл бұрын

Actually, I don’t think he comes over very well. Polly on the other hand, she would have made an exciting talk show host.

@quizmaster85 5 жыл бұрын

6:49 - *NONE OF THEM*

@kristabrewer9363 4 жыл бұрын

I didn't miss Polly "last week" AT all! (she always likes to be a know-it-all! and she absolutely can't STAND it unless she gets that last word in.

@googletaqiyya184 4 жыл бұрын

Benny didn't live next door. They both lived on cross streets, across the smaller less travelled one of the two streets. Next door means the property lines are mutual. They were not and the divider was not an alley street. Each of them had only one next door neighbor. [left-right] They both were faced the same way as well, not back to back.

@ocajer 8 жыл бұрын

That Lester Collins guy looked pissed.

@elliebellie7816 Жыл бұрын

What were they all so ferociously writing on their tablets at the beginning of the show.

@arthurharrison1345 5 жыл бұрын

A bad day for the panel!

@leannsherman6723 3 ай бұрын

Don Ameche shouldn’t have been asking for a celebrity’s address and that should have been forbidden by the network to provide.

@Walterwhiterocks 6 жыл бұрын

By his actions and demeanor, Johnny Carson looked like he would rather be just about anywhere else than on this show this night.

@robgrune3284 Жыл бұрын

Bergen was certainly a beauty.

@withonelook1985 Жыл бұрын

Lester Cohen wrote the screenplay for Of Human Bondage...

@Tonetwisters 4 жыл бұрын

Polly Bergen was flat gorgeous ...

@kristabrewer9363 4 жыл бұрын

um ok

@cameronfielder4955 3 жыл бұрын

Krista Brewer don’t be salty, she was

@snickpickle Жыл бұрын

@@cameronfielder4955 I don't know about "flat" gorgeous! But natural beauty or not, she seemed to be kind of grouchy and irritable in this show.

@SunflowerSunflower101 Жыл бұрын

Polly Bergen - what a delight!

@XMLarry 8 жыл бұрын

Helene Curtis took a hit on this show to the tune of $3000

@MichaelSimmons. 8 жыл бұрын

How funny was it, that they wanted to give out Jack Benny's address, on national television. Why didn't you just ask for his phone number, while you're at it.

@wildbillhackett 6 жыл бұрын

Tour buses went by his house every day. Anybody could have gotten his address.

@trampwiggins5518 5 жыл бұрын

Venom101002 %6

@BroadcastJohn 4 жыл бұрын

Many years ago, Audrey Meadows (Ralph Kramden's wife on the Honeymooners tv show from the 1950's) appeared on a game show. I was shocked when she revealed her social security number.

@NotHarpoGroucho 3 жыл бұрын

BroadcastJohn SSN are actually pretty worthless and easy to get. I’ve read they only go for literally 6 cents on the black market.

@lkj974 3 жыл бұрын

exactly. He doesn’t come off so well by more modern standards.

@michaelwhisman7623 2 жыл бұрын

I remember when this first aired.

@kazarofchult8086 3 жыл бұрын

They players swept the panel that night

@leannsherman6723 7 ай бұрын

I’m surprised there wasn’t a rule against asking for a celebrity’s address.

@StevenTorrey Жыл бұрын

Did his book & movie ever come out?

@waynehowell6160 Жыл бұрын

I was so sure that #1 was the violin teacher because most avid fans know that Jack pracied the violin hin the bathroom.

@Timzart7 Жыл бұрын

I picked him. When he was gesturing, #3 did not move his arm the way a violinist would bow.

@mypham2788 Жыл бұрын

As soon as #3 mimicked air playing the violin I eliminated him. No violin player would hold a bow like that.

@kvernon1 4 жыл бұрын

I'm actually not surprised they got stumped. The questions were too brittle & nit-picky across the board. Who cares what Jack Benny's phone number was? Genuinely show some interest in who they are & what they do, and ask questions everyone would love to know the answer to. And the "real" person each time was a total surprise to me! Also ... did anyone else notice that not one of the panel voted for Contestant #2 even once? That in itself is quite unusual.

@qazwiz 7 жыл бұрын

first $3000 show I've watched. were there any others?

@randysills4418 4 жыл бұрын

There was another one and I remember that Polly Bergen was on the panel too. That time, they all got up and almost walked out as a joke...

@BeingRomans829ed 7 жыл бұрын

Don't know for sure how the show is supposed to work, but in all three, the contestant who was the real person gave some bad answers. No wonder the panel did so poorly. In the last two, number 2 was the only one I was sure _was not_ the real person. If the real person is supposed to try to throw them off by giving bad answers, they certainly succeeded.

@catbriggs8362 2 жыл бұрын

The real person is only sworn to tell the truth--not remember it. ;> Sometimes, I pick the right one because the others try too hard to come up with the answer.

@darkwood777 2 жыл бұрын

In the third game, the person was the publisher, not the editor of the Almanac. The panel was asking such specific editorial content questions, that there is no way a publisher would know the answers other than a lucky guess.