To Tell the Truth - John Thomas Scopes, subject of "Inherit The Wind" (Oct 10, 1960)

one of these men was the defendant in the most famous court trial of this century what is your name please my name is John Thomas scopes what is your name please my name is John Thomas scopes what is your name please my name is John Thomas scopes two of these people are imposters only one is the real John Thomas scopes and is the only one sworn to tell the truth and now here is our hose but conure thank you very much welcome once again to to tell the truth brought to you this week by Tristan nasal mist for relief of sinus congestion and head cold miseries now may I introduce our panel first mr. Tom Poston then miss kitty Carlisle next mr. Don Ameche and finally miss Polly Bergen and an added welcome to our mystery guest mr. Bob Hope now panel will you please open your hand below take out your affidavit cards and follow along as I read was the defendant in the famous Monkey Trial which stirred the country in 1925 it was called The Monkey Trial because it was a legal test of a Tennessee statute forbidding teaching Darwin's theory of evolution although I am NOT a native of Tennessee I was a high school teacher in the state at the time the prosecuting attorney was the three-time presidential candidate William Jennings Bryan and offending me was the brilliant trial lawyer Clarence Darrow the trial was the subject of a recent hit Broadway play now made into a motion picture it's titled inherit the wind signed John Thomas Scopes all right pal you heard these three distinguished gentlemen all claiming to be John Thomas scopes of the famous Scopes trial let's begin this questioning with Tom Poston Tom Thank You bud mr. scopes number three I wonder could you tell us who directed Broadway play inherit the wind I don't know who directing do you happen to know number two no I don't remember number one maybe you would remember who directed the Broadway play in here at the wind no I did not seen the play uh thank you number two who played the part of mr. Brian on Broadway do you happen to remember that I believe it was a Begley thank you number two could I ask you what color were the real mr. Darrow suspenders Hank number three do you agree with that I don't remember a number number two could you tell me how did you happen to get the council how did mr. Darrow happen to defend you the lane William Jennings Bryan offered the prosecution help and Darryl being an old opponent is thought he'd take up the challenge I see Thank You kitty uh number three who played arrow in inherit the wind in the movie or the play in the play play a Muni Oh me number one can you tell me how this whole thing started the trial what one touched it all well there was a law passed in the state of Tennessee forbidding the teaching of anything contradictory to the teaching of the Bible as to the origin of man thank you number two can you tell me what animal has been described as the thing that mr. Darwin by the way how where did mr. Darwin get his daughter do you know how long did he what the data for his famous book well the man named Marshall number three how long did it take him Don Ameche - where did Darryl come from Chicago number three what time of the year was this trial in July number one how long did it last about 11 days number two how long were you out of teaching I was out since May 25th until when I never went back number three number three what uh what other trial was Clarence Darrow famous for the trial in Chicago that the to the Frank boys are be number one where Polly on number one what was the outcome of the trial I was found guilty and fined $100 ah number three did you pay the money no ah number two did you pay the money no why not Supreme Court ruled it out I see number one who plays mr. Darrow in the movie number two you know those other nuts racing I beg your pardon Spencer Tracy number three what was the basic argument in the difference between the Darrow's defense and Brian's prosecution if I understand you correctly Brian was trying to uphold what he interpreted as the origin of man in the Bible that's about it we have to leave the other side of it in abeyance at the moment because it's time to vote mark your ballots if you will please panel without consultation mark them and when you do so vote for number one number two or number three team of challenges will of course get the usual $250 for every incorrect vote everyone voted okay tompa whom did you vote but I voted for number three I thought that number two answered a lot of questions very very well but for perhaps it was because he was so carefully briefed by the experts here on teaching people to lie kid he would want to do the left I voted for number three I felt that number one was a beat young and number two answered beautifully but number three had the kind of a bulldog courageous look of a man who would do this and I must say it's a great honor to meet whichever one is mrs. dr. Dan your vote I voted for number three for the reasons that Tom and Kitty gave you're riding their coattails Hey all right Polly the reasons of your own I will have to disqualify myself oh no I wanted to try but I recently read an article and in the article was a picture of mr. Scopes returning and looking at the sign of the place in Tennessee where the famous trial took place and I'm fairly sure that I recognize mr. Scopes from the picture okay finally we disqualify your vote then that will count as a wrong vote when we come to totaling up to Scott all right there you do understand that I won't agree you weren't there yeah and you all right yeah my mind's made up let's see how yours is as we discover which one of these gentlemen is the real John Thomas Scopes of the famous Scopes trial will the real John Thomas Scopes please stand up well well done about meeting an historical monument really monitor did you see ah monument sounds almost as bad I said in its own way but it wasn't met that way that I'm sure all right about you I didn't know that you were there your own age he meant like a teenager so oh I like you're in your early twenties yeah it's like that Polly who she thought mr. Stokes was who did you think mr. Stokes number one's you tell us your real name and what you really do play my name is Darrell Charles Darrell New York telephone company and / - your real name and what you do please I'm insurance agent for that an ethnic casualty and surety company and my name is William Jennings brow Wow I'll be a monkey now they're casting me well gentlemen thanks to Polly's disqualification it totals up to only one but still one incorrect vote at two hundred and fifty dollars from Dristan and on your way out of gift package of all of the fine products from the makers of Dristan thank you very much repeat with us good night god when the next team of challengers now what is your name please my name is Debbie Drake what is your name please my name is Debbie Drake what is your name please my name is Debbie Drake panel if you can put your eyeballs back in their sockets and follow along with your copies of this affidavit hi Debbie Drake I'm a television performer my syndicated show concerns itself with keeping ladies in the proper shape having once operated a chain of reducing salons I am considered an expert on diet calories and on figure control as part of my 15-minute daily program I demonstrate setting up exercises and answer questions from viewers such as how can i fatten up my skinny arms how can I stop biting my nails what is the best posture for sleeping and what are some good exercises for flat feet signed Debbie Drake three charming young ladies this time panelist you heard them all claiming to be W Drake television exercise girl and when we start this round of questioning with kitty Carlisle kitty kitty thank you but I want to say to start with that I don't think any one of them is because these ladies must be witches and prevaricator they couldn't tell anybody how to have figures like that anybody they were born that way but I would like to ask a few questions on my own I'm not interested in skinny arms biting my nails or posture for sleeping but how do you reduce your derriere number one exit derriere is what the lady said the derriere translate yourself by doing a lot of reputations of a certain hip exercise and you really think it can be done yes number two do you have any advice on skin care you seem to have very pretty skin yes I do of court believed in washing your face I'm serious I think it dries it quite often do you no I do not wash my face I cream it you see Don Ameche number three how many calories of a can you can you eat and not gain weight well depending on how strenuous a diet you really need to go on I said you me yes I like to say within about the thousand twelve hundred a day how many calories can you eat a day and I'd gain weight number one about 1815 to 1819 would you have to do to lose one pound of weight or what is the accepted theory of how many of miles you must walk to lose one pound of weight to lose one pound weight for miles number three I wouldn't walk at all to lose weight nice swim Molly Pilate if you don't like to walk and you can't swim what do you do number one what would you do I'd watch the baby drag show Oh very good number two this is nothing personal but what's a good exercise for flat seat well there are several the best one of course is walking on the outside of you're on the outside of your feet and also to pick up objects with your toes save marbles Charlie a flat toes will be well be picking up of marble curves your curves your in terms your arch in hawaii the vietnam post simply thank you number one do you know what the lats are yeah right here thank you number two how do you make a bridge i think your pardon how do you make a bridge oh well i would call on my show i fold that thing put the cat where you arch your back and you pull in your abdomen as hard as you can and then relax it's perfect for conditioning try it on but right now you have to vote I'm afraid so without consultation or doing any bridges when you're done be mark your balance and as you do so select number one number two number three oh yeah all ballots mark yeah don't know please hurry pretty please there we are okay calm whom did you vote well I voted for number one bud she knew where the last were that's right by the way and I have a funny picture of Anthony no Rocco or somebody doing a wrestlers pussycat in the middle of a match even though that may be what she calls her on a show I still voted for number one kitty well I voted the number two first lady I approve of her not washing her face and second place her voice sounded like the sort of voice that one gets construction from on television Don your vote Lee I voted for number one I guess principally because number two said for miles to lose one pound of weight and number three wouldn't wouldn't answer the question and I've always understood it was approximately 36 miles that you had to walk Aunt Polly well uh very much oh yes uh yes I voted the number one as you can see I almost voted for number two but the two thousand calorie sounds a little high to me - it may not be for her personally but it would be a little high for me it was very close between one and two I just had a feeling that it was too so I vote it's a number one let's remember I do not okay there we have it now the votes are in the minds and are yours let's see how well you did as we discover which one of these young ladies is the real television exercise girl will the real Debbie Drake please stand up thank you very very almost three again there to there Oh number two you tell us your real name and what you really do my name is Elaine Josie I married mother of two little girls nurse here in New York City and a college student number three your real name and what you do please I'm Eileen sharone and I'm a housewife and mother of a little boy and I live here in New York City I know number three you know number ten I know her husband Herman Shawn's very very well if you didn't recognize me tonight no I've never saw you as so many clothes yeah that's what are we buying those only one indirect vote as in the first round $250 understand and a gift box of fine products from the makers at wrist and for heat justice thank you very much ladies good night I hope you had fun we did panel let's meet our third team of challenges what is your name please my name is Clifford ich noch enough what is your name please my name is Clifford aghh knock knock what is your name please my name is Clifford Nutt cannot pay attention once again to this affidavit panel if you will please I Clifford ik mechanic I'm a sergeant first class in the Eskimo Scot battalion of the Alaska National Guard my home is on st. Lawrence Island which lies midway between Alaska and Siberia I hunt and fish for a living one day a disabled Navy plane crash-landed on a remote part of our island in our native skin boats we brought the injured crew members to safety for my part in the rescue I was called to Washington DC and was awarded gold aviators wings by the Navy signed Clifford egg knock knock they stalwart gentlemen this time panel each claiming is you heard to be clipper dick nakka nakka eskimo scott and we start this round with Polly Bergen Polly I knew you would because I don't know very much about Eskimos or Alaska but humans igloos or anything number two what is the name of the peninsula that sticks out up at the top of Alaska toward Siberia I beg your pardon young Lucia no thank you number three what is the town the name of the town that is farthest the father's extended on the Aleutian Islands no I beg your pardon no no number one you agree with that yes number three what is the name of the big highway now that runs up through to Alaska hey Alaskan Highway I beg your pardon Alaskan Highway Tom oh thank you uh number two can you tell me what is cleansing I don't know do you happen to know number three Flint Singh Monson could mean lots of things now language number one what is flensing mean do you happen to know Flajnik I don't know just a question let me know Philippine don't you number two how is leather softener traditionally by the Eskimo well normally by those same is by chewing thank you number two could you give me who do you believe that Nome is the father's nor that point where they said no it's not no number three could you tell me um how far is alaska from siberia at the closest point thirty seven and a half miles I believe number one uh the Penguins are in the North do you see them very often yes you do number two do you see penguins up there and do the is it true that the mail hatches the egg no no the female hatches the yeah yes and she sits on it how long about five pigs the fennel mm-hmm I've been misled well ah number three what do you hunt when you hunt what we hunt when we hunt for we unseal Birds game anything what kind of game well we can now try and do anything you want and Don Ameche a number of one what is the skeleton of these skin boats made of Wohlers hide the skeleton framework and the framework framework it's wood number two made out of oak made out of oak number three who is the National Guard under most regular service in our service now the National Guard under the number one partner of the army number two what is them does the temperature of the water bury if you're at your home winter and summer yes he does how much Oh approximately 20 degrees that's it the variation of the temperature will have to calm our own and write down our ballots if you will battle so doing vote as always for number one or number two or number three okay is everyone mark the ballots fastest I look like Tommy you ready no I I'm I'm I'm really I'm no you're not I am now yes okay whom did you vote well I did vote for number one but it had to be on such a strong hunch because unless he misunderstood the question he did say that he agreed that gnome was the farthest north in the Aleutians in the Alaskan how they say I tell you I voted for number one but I probably made a fool of myself kitty oh I feel exactly the same way because I didn't vote for number one I think it's number one but he also the only one who said he disagreed with the other two was number two and that means that he's got to be the right one but he doesn't look Alaskan to me he looks more Chinese Don I voted for number two and I've been sitting here while kitty and Tom are answering trying to figure out why and I still haven't figured it out and Polly well I voted for number two I don't know the further is town out on the aleutian but I don't think it's no I didn't know the name of it but they both just happened to give me a name that I am familiar with and I don't believe that's right so I voted for number two and I'll probably give up the fact that I know very little about geography I'm all right let's find out what do you do or not we discover right now which of these three gentlemen is the brave young man who was decorated in Washington and is the real Eskimo Scout so will the real clifford ik knock knock please stand up thank you very much sir thank you you may be seated and now let's find out about number two got all the votes first time anybody's really fooled at Brandel tonight alright what is your real ever do my name is dick Kamini I'm from Hawaii I own the DK photo supply camera shop in New York City number three your real name and what you really do my name is Bernard Oris I am the manager of the law of 450 sub Street and First Avenue well we thank you John letter we check the fight at this time there were 1 2 3 incorrect votes at $250 each for a grand total of 750 dollars from Dristan and the gift package of all the fine products made by the makers of Dristan thank you so much for being with us good night and good luck but you have a question if I just wanted to know he has known the farthest out I know we're in a hurry I don't know it's this where is your market at home yes it is more the furthest I believe whatever my kid called me today life or one of the crew okay okay thank you and my best to the penguins of the North Pole well that's all we have time for tonight good night panel hey what are you saying good night for Dristan and remind you to tell the truth good night everyone to tell the truth is a mark Goodson bill Todman product association with the CBS television network this week Joe has been brought to you by christen decongestant Kaufman stops pumping beautiful of bronchial irritation this is Roger Foster saying good night Ron tell the truth the preceding program was pre-recorded

Channel: To Tell the Truth (CBS)

Views: 57,017

Rating: 4.8333335 out of 5

Keywords: To Tell The Truth (1956) (TV Program), Bud Collyer (TV Actor), Kitty Carlisle Hart (Film Actor), Polly Bergen (Theater Actor), Hy Gardner, Game Show (TV Genre), Episodes (TV Program), Tom Poston, Kitty Carlisle, Don Ameche, Polly Bergen, John Thomas Scopes, Inherit The Wind

Id: 4CVH3IISko0

Length: 25min 43sec (1543 seconds)

Published: Thu Jan 07 2016

Reddit Comments

[u/FlyingSquid]

For some reason I really want some Dristan.

[u/Rambam42]

You might enjoy Scopes’ appearance on Front Page Challenge in 1965, I believe. It’s a CBC program not unlike To Tell the Truth, but the interview segment is longer. I used audio from it in the John Scopes radio documentary I produced about three years ago.

[u/August3]

Thank you for that.

​

My grandfather, an attorney, was a friend of the judge in the Scopes case. His opinion of the judge was that "He knew which side his bread was buttered on."