Monday, August 26, 2019

The tale of a Polish spy gets pranked (To Tell The Truth, 1963)

Yesterday, we served up a 1971 episode of To Tell The Truth in which poet-comedian Nipsey Russell and series announcer Johnny Olsen were undercover as imposters. As noted at the time, this was not the first time such a stunt had been executed on the show.

Today, we move back in time to the winter of 1963, the year of ye scribe's birth, and the tale of a Polish emigre who'd defected after serving as a Communist spy. Bud Collyer is the moderator, and with the exception of Art James, who was hosting another Goodson-Todman game, Say When, at the time, it's the same panel, with Olsen as the announcer.



As was the case with Nipsey, Henry Morgan (I've Got a Secret) successfully collected all the votes, but I don't think there was ever an opportunity for payback on Secret back then.

Rating: B.

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