To Tell the Truth - Roger Maris's wife; PANEL: Dina Merrill, Johnny Carson (Oct 2, 1961)

what is your name please imaginary my name is pat Maris I'm the father of Roger Maris my name is Kat Mara and I am the sister of Roger Maris only one of these people is really related to Roger Maris American League home run king the other two are imposters will try to fool this panel tom poston Dina Mero Johnny Carson and kitty Carlisle on to tell the truth with your host bud Collier I can thank you and welcome once again callously brought to you this week by Salem cigarettes good evening how will you brighten able to cope with everything that comes tonight suppose you open your envelopes and take out your affidavit charge for the first time and follow along as I read from this first one I Pat Maris have been following the baseball career of Roger Maris ever since he entered professional baseball in 1953 we and his family are extremely proud of his accomplishments such as his being named most valuable player in the American League in 1960 and particularly the fact that he is the only man who have hit 60 home runs in one season since the great Babe Ruth signed Pat Maris well panel you heard these three persons all claiming to be Pat Maris related to baseball star Roger Maris and let's start this first round of questioning with Tom Poston Thank You bud hi and number one pack number one where did you roger go to school and for college university he started at oklahoma uh how come he quit Pat number one Dee OH number two Pat how come he quit they're going to school at Oklahoma I mean what specific reason in the family caused him to go into baseball well the main reason he went it was because they offer that the Yankee farm system made to him that's a good reason number three pack could you tell me where Roger was born Harrison Arkansas Roger Maris was born in Harrison Arkansas Deana that's a surprise where were you born I mean it's your turn to question all right numbered number three Pat you're the sister that's right um how come if he if he started school and a college in Oklahoma how come he went to Oklahoma if he's born in Arkansas he received a football scholarship to the University of Oklahoma a football scholarship that's right I see what was did he also play played pro ball pro football after he left college no he never did play pro football I see father Pat how many home runs did Maris hit last year I'm 39 39 last year uh wife Pat what was it what were the most home runs outside of this year that he ever hit 38 and what year was that Johnny I hate to seem unamerican but I don't know any more about baseball than I do about the Mafia to be honest the Mafia has a better batting every guy know that Danny what's the pitch what's the pitch I'm just killing time so I don't have to ask any questions ah hey hey Teddy Carla number one has mr. Marissa's wife what is your role in his life you do you rub him down when he comes home do you console him when he has temperamental fits what the hell how do you don't see him too much because I'm not right here in New York I see number two um are you pleased about your son what naturally did you see the picture in the paper today with mrs. Ruth no you didn't know I was sleeping this afternoon yeah number three where were you born also with the time - well that's it we didn't have too many questions a lot of laughs so we'll find out now how we go about our great national pastime of baseball identification so when you kindly get set without any consultation panel and mark your ballots or number one number two our number three a team of challenges will as is our custom received two hundred and fifty dollars for every incorrect vote everybody voted yes they all said okay Tom for whom did you vote this first time I voted for number one hat the wife based on the answers that she gave to Johnny's questions dear Merrill which one the juice delay but I knew I should read those sports pages I voted for Pat life number one - but not for the reasons Tom did because I saw marathon television last night he doesn't particularly look like sister and I thought that father might have been looking in the paper Suns publicity you know and then kind of excited about it if it had really been his father so I voted for number one all right Johnny you asked the most questions whom did you vote I voted for number three because she said she was born in Harrison Arkansas and you said Roger was born in Harrison Arkansas and his sister and brother that are born together play together he's loaded tonight okay kitty no he's not I can vouch for him I voted the number one because every time I see pictures of baseball players wives in the newspapers they're always perfectly beautiful girls and I voted for number one because she's so pretty all right well had our reasons and our votes and let's discover right now how well we know our baseball and our baseball families as we discover which one of these three persons is related to baseball star Roger Maris so will the real Pat Maris please stand up now we'd like to congratulate you pad on two things number one in behalf of your husband of whom we're all very proud for having gotten up for that 60 mark this tournament began to look like maybe he might not he calmed down and really pull it out of the hat and even more so we'd like to congratulate you on number four addition to your family and wish you best the good luck in the World Series nice to have you with us now let's find out about these other two number two sir there we have your name and what you really do please I'm Frank McConnell I live in Fort Lauderdale Florida and I'm a brigadier general United States Army retired and number three here we have your name and what you do my name is Peggy alderman and private secretary for handy and Harmon fabricators of precious metals and their alloys and incidentally Roger Maris does not have a sister so we find that the palin was pretty smart tonight 1 2 3 correct ones only one incorrect for a total of 250 dollars but I hope that the fun that you had in the knowledge of how much pleasure you brought us more than make up for it you also receive of course a carton of Salem's cigarettes on your way out thank you so much good luck again pack tell me what do you enjoy most about springtime maybe it's the wonderful carefree feeling you're having a day like this finally I present our next team of challenges what is your name please my name is Willie crowd my name is Willie Kraus my name is Willie Crowson once again panel will you follow along with your copies of this affidavit I should read from mine I Willie Kraus I'm a letter carrier prior to my post office job I spent 15 years as an aerialist with the world famous flying conch shell owes in 1955 I was called by my friend Burt Lancaster to work on his movie of circus life during the filming the double or stuck girl for the female star met with an accident I was given a woman's costume and pressed into service consequently in the motion picture trapeze I appear as a double for the glamorous Italian movie star Gina Lollobrigida side Willy cross that reminds you pan which you just heard these three gentlemen all claiming to be one Willy Kraus who doubled for Gina Lollobrigida and we begin this round of questioning with kitty Carlisle Thank You bud number three do you know who Lillian leitzel was certainly do she was killed in Europe and number two who produce trapeze exploit rest room hmm interesting number one can you take describe the costume you wore when you doubled for Miss Lollobrigida a leotard and tights and a wig picture number three can you describe the costume a little bit more than that that's about right seems a bit scanty I wouldn't want to hear about the unmentionables number one who was the famous aerialist who was walked on a wire not a high wire but a low wire act number two yes I was her louse elves I don't wear Tom Poston ah Thank You bud listen did you get to keep the costume number two what is a web a web you're speaking of of Spanish web it's the donut oh don't bother to answer I know you've been briefed that's my number one what is a Kip to an aerialist or trapeze performer Kip a Kip are you speaking a trapeze bar yes that's where you get up into an upright position that's what the Kip is for in a trapeze room number three what is tan mark made of do you know sawdust yeah I guess so number number G man number three it says that your friend Burt Lancaster how long have you known Burt well actually I know Burt years ago before he ever became a movie star those days he was a high bar act earning around $15 a week can you tell me the name of his brother I never knew his brother I don't think he had a brother actually but it could be uh number two Roger mirus doesn't have a sister like it when you tell me the name of Burt Lancaster's brother yes bill I see number one can you tell me that I have Burt Lancaster's brother I don't know that he has a brother thank you um number one do you know if his father is alive or dead he's dead do you know when he died recently I read Johnny Carson well I can see where number 1 and 2 together might have doubled for Miss Lola Bridget er but uh number number 3 okay what is the what does Burt Lancaster's I just got it well we're gonna have to wait for you we're not gonna have a show number three what is Burt Lancaster's real real name Burt Lancaster number two what's his real name for a banker number one Burt Lancaster what's your name Willie cross did you double number one did you double just in the trapeze seems you didn't double in the other seasonal oh no tonight folks in the church I vastly relieved to say that the time ago I don't know where this was going but I think it's just as well we got back up on the trapeze bars where we belong and vote if you will please once their vote mark your ballots without consultation code as before for your choice of number one number two or number three everyone voted eeny meeny miny I'll throw everyone and ballots all mark all right Tom have you voted yet Deena no better wait for Deena then hey all right okay Pavel did you go I know I feel exactly the same way I voted for number one got a great look in the eyes this guy and it takes a little guts to get up there and do those things I wish I'd had time to ask him a few more questions but I like the answer about the Kip I was interesting Deena your vote well I voted for number three I don't know why none of magic has a brother Jim was usually the assistant on all pictures he does and none of them knew that that's what puzzled me but number three looks kind of athletically inclined so I voted for him Johnny you're about I've voted for number one and number two the money a split ticket tonight take it looks to me like they write you up as number one is it the one you want to defect y'all think okay number one it what it is otherwise the ones have one half that was a little embarrassing yeah the kitty you're voted the number one I think number two gave marvelous answers but I thought he was a bit tall to be an aerialist and to have doubled for Miss Lollobrigida who is really a very short woman so I voted for number one okay once again we've come to our moment of truth when we discover how right or wrong we may have been to our pleasure or regret if the case may be as we learned which one of these persons really these gentlemen really doubled for Gina Lollobrigida so will the real Willie cross please stand up now ladies and gentlemen I'm about to show you a picture that I'll warrant you remember for the rest of your natural life first of all here is Gina Lollobrigida as she appeared in the motion picture trapeze yep yeah very nice and here is Willie Krauss as Gina Lollobrigida how did you agree that's one to remember now let's find up about the others number two would you tell us your real aim and what you really do sound of genome over bridges one rap I'm gene Meredith I'm an interior decorator here in New York City thank you there number three may we have your name what you really do please my name is art Devlin and I own and operate art Devlin's Olympic motel in beautiful Lake Placid New York right right why do you know it why do you know I cut he used to ski jump on my husband competed at Yale in the ski jump yeah right that's not all hard devil in case you were forgotten so much memory and slack was four times our national ski jump jump champion and represented the United States in four Olympics before the paddles really hot tonight it was three right and one wrong $250 in the carton of Salem cigarettes for each of you we had a lot of fun meeting you and getting to know you good night good like it here is our third team of challenges what is your name please my name is Jeffrey for my name is Jeffrey Ford my name is Jeffrey Ford again panel kindly follow along with your copies of this affidavit if you will I Jeff free Ford run a school for horse players I am the author of a home study course for racing fans and conduct a regular series of lectures some of the subjects I cover are how to handicap how to touch a mutual book understanding the two or three for century and the angles involved in a Daily Double may I inform those who may be skeptical that I have not had one losing day at the racetrack in the past four years signed Jeffrey for every gentleman of time each one claiming as you heard panel will be Geoffrey Ford who runs the school for racing fans and let's start this round with our own particular racing fan Johnny Carson Johnny the real mr. of Court has not had a losing day and four years four years affidavit well whichever one of you are I hate you number two mr. Ford what horses must you pick to collect on the Daily Double you must pick the winner of the first race and the winner of the second race I don't recommend the double you do not recommend the belt sir number three what's a saliva test a saliva test is exactly what it states a saliva test and four live attest - saliva they test the winner to see if he has been in any way stimulated Kitty number one what is the largest bet you've ever placed about $1,000 number two do you approve of X that size for the average person No number three what is the stud book a stud book here is the calendar for the sire in stud for his mating Thank You number one way do you generally place your bets at the track only number two what tracks you frequent New York only except in the winter give me the name of freedom York tracks Saratoga Belmont and aqueduct number one when you go to the tracks you place your bed at the window or do you provable or fray off track betting that there is no off track no but I mean do you do you ever do any off-track betting no little confusion as you call number one and looked at number three eleven three answer and okay Bob oh thank you but number one what is racing against the clock against time what does it mean specifically number two you generally number two yes lating it gets time what does it mean specifically against the clock that would be a horse that would just run for time only generally to break a record the track number two what is an out bet and now bet I wouldn't understand and out that thank deena all right said Anne in here how did how to Dutch a mutual book number one what does Dutch mean why would she get on more than one horse in any given race originally you could bet as high as ten horses in a single race and when number two do you know what company owns the American totals at your company yes the diamond national I say no well great that's it we've run against the clock and the clock is called a halt so it's time once again to place your decisions on those ballot cards and vote as you do without consultation or any one of the three number one number two or number three all balanced mark all right Tom for whom this time I voted for number one this time but I was really scared on the when number two knew the name of the owner of the American total is Eider but he should have known when an out bet is and so I was forced to vote for number one if he goes to the track he's nicely suntan and he looks like he spends a lot of time out doing Thank You Gina Adeena I'm voting for number one to bun number two gave me an incorrect answer he didn't know the name of the company that owned American total is a very very tan as if he spent some time outdoors looking at the horses and he also a terribly prosperous really nobody got in that pan lying flat on his back after Johnny I I didn't know that did not know there was such a thing as a school for horse players at all well would he get a beach they gave degree r15 voted for three because he looks like he stays inside and runs the school what did you find what is the number two because I feel that I'm silly think about Dino anyway I want to vote for number one because I thought a man who keeps his nose in the mutual book or whatever it's called would probably be wearing glasses but number two said that you nobody should put a thousand dollars on a horse and a great friend of mine mr. broup once said that anybody who puts more than two dollars on a horse who doesn't understand about it is foolish so I bought it for number two okay there we have it once again time to find out all right or wrong way okay wins this race now where we go as we learn which one of these gentlemen is the real one who runs the school for racing fans so will the real Jeff before please stand up your system is a good way to at least figure out the horserace experts let's find out about the other two number one would you tell us your real name and what you really do please my name is Jean Ferguson I'm an area manager for the diamond match Division of diamond national corporation we have your real name and what you really do my name is Alan Clark I'm the manager for Circle Line who conduct those wonderful guided cruises thank you we find at this time you did better than the panel for the first time tonight there was three incorrect instead of three correct and only one correct that means a total of $250 each of 750 dollars not bad four days racing gentlemen thank you for being with us you'll also receive a carton Salem cigarettes on your way out good night and good luck how to get relief from hope all we have time for tonight except Deena will be looking forward to seeing you on Wednesday night on us steel on CBS and that's it panel can I get my ball game on but are you saying good night from Salem cigarettes and reminding you to tell the truth good night everybody to tell the truth is a mark Goodson bill Todman production

Channel: To Tell the Truth (CBS)

Views: 63,901

Keywords: To Tell The Truth (1956) (TV Program), Bud Collyer (TV Actor), Kitty Carlisle Hart (Film Actor), Polly Bergen (Theater Actor), Game Show (TV Genre), Episodes (TV Program), Tom Poston, Dina Merrill, Johnny Carson, Roger Maris's wife, Gina Lollobrigida

Id: b_jqSM4ccH4

Length: 24min 52sec (1492 seconds)

Published: Fri May 13 2016