Twenty One: Stemple vs. Van Doren--Part Two

[JPH1138]

Oh, man... that Marty question is even more heartbreaking than it is in the film..

[BARNEYFATSWALT]

It would have been so cool if Herb Stemple screwed them over and gave the correct answer MARTY to that question!

[energysage]

I wouldn't be able to think with the music they play.

[jluna76]

@energysage The players are in sound proof booths. The headphones are to allow them to hear the host asking the questions, so they never heard the music. That was for the TV audience.

[Grisbi6]

Wow! I agree....what a terrible actor Charles Van Doren was.....how did he fool everybody?

[ariexmae]

@Grisbi6 Yeah ... Americans are soooooooo hard to fool.

[thebestaround77777]

@ariexmae Whatever. You wonder why every other country envies us. If I woke up tomorrow as a European in any foreign country, I'd just shoot myself and get it over with.

[mommamissi31]

Van Doren was not a very good actor I am surprised he was able to stymie the nation....

[PatchesRips]

"And over here is a model of the Zarumin pill... actual size!" :D

Man, were commercials dull in the 50s!

[Bu8956]

One of the greatest games in the history of television. Even though the show was rigged.

[jackiechampion]

1:18 That's painful to watch. He even says "I know it's not On The Waterfront" and then he just mumbles the title while shaking his head "no".

[jdepps13]

I would have gotten all those Inca questions without being told the answer ahead of time.

[HarveyBacktheBeatles]

I think there was a moment of consciousness or he was trying to figure out how to act it out.

[cozener1]

Never mind knowing your onions, know your scripts you cheats!

The sponsor is a snake oil salesman!

[mussman717word]

"Sure do."

[capcentre]

KNOW YOUR ONIONS??? WHAT IS THAT SUPPOSED TO MEAN? ONIONS???

[EasyAce]

@capcentre "Knowing your onions" was idiomatic in those years for being well informed. I still hear people who were alive in those years using the expression.

[gschales]

@capcentre The English grammarian and lexicographer C. T. (Charles Talbut) Onions was an editor of the Oxford English Dictionary from 1895 and continued to write reference works throughout a long and distinguished career. His last work was The Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology, 1966, which was published a year after his death. If I knew as much etymology as he did I could certainly claim to 'know my onions', and it is tempting to assume that this is where the phrase originated.

[kidfrombrooklyn66]

The movie version Herb lost the game on the Marty question - it did not memtion anything another tie. Thanks for providing the real results of the scandal match-up.

[leGianflavio]

@kidfrombrooklyn66 right? movies nowadays -.-

[jmberros]

For anyone coming from Quiz Show movie: the "Marty" question is at 0:40

[olivia1ohh3]

6:36 You're not supposed to care whoever wins anyway. oh jack barry.

[giles422]

Marty, stupid!!! MARTY!!!!

[zekepig]

Does anyone have a copy of the script to this episode of "Twenty-One"?

[momothecat1]

lovin it

[redsoul15]

wow, are you one of those idiot birthers? and what kind of person watches this and somehow draws an obama comparison out of his butt?? you know, i saw a documentary about a murderer from texas...wait, wasn't george w bush governer of texas? OMG, this has to be related somehow!!!

[eurovisionbelgium111]

Thank you very much for uploading this to YouTube!