TTTT 11_67

Here at Farnsworth Technologies, we love the holiday season... and we're rather fond of game shows as well. So what could be better than combining the two...?

In this TTTT round from Thanksgiving of 1967, Tom Poston gets off a couple of nice lines, and everyone seems to be having a terrific time with this decidedly out-of-the-ordinary visit by Miss Drumstick, 1967.

(For the record, Yellville, Arkansas still awards the title of "Miss Drumstick" during their annual Turkey Trot gala.)

Happy holidays, everyone!

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[Ivoryman1986]

This episode was aired November 22, 1967 JTLYK but I'm not sure if GSN aired this episode though.

[philofarnsworth]

Actually, it was 11/23/67-- this episode aired on Thanksgiving Day of that year.

[byrd56]

I was checking some CBS listings for 11/23/67; "TTTT" couldn't have been shown that day because CBS was televising the Detroit Lions' traditional Thanksgiving Day game [they hosted the then-L.A. Rams], so it had to have been shown the day before.

There also would have been a theme music change to go with the brightened-up Ron Baldwin set design, but I suppose that didn't come until early '68, months before "TTTT" ended its CBS run.

Awesome celebrity imposters, too.

[philofarnsworth]

No, I'm afraid the show numbering indicates this was indeed broadcast on Thursday, the 23rd-- though from the sound of it, it appears only the certain time zones may have seen it.

Also, you didn't get to see Game One, where Bud and the central contestant make several references regarding that day's Thanksgiving Day holiday. Finally, at the end of the show, Bud says "We won't see you tomorrow [Friday], but Art Linkletter will be here with a very special program... see you Monday!"

[Animainiac85]

Amazing clip! The quality is as great as always.

[heine71]

Just in time for Thanksgiving!

[tomservo56954]

@wmbrown6 Yes, Silverman HATED game shows, even when they were successful...like many, he felt they didn't bring in the "right" audience demographics to maximize ad revenues.

Giving the devil his due...when he dumped three NBC games in 1980, it WAS for David Letterman's first talk show.

[tomservo56954]

@Watersmith53 No...even then she was an attractive middle-aged lady.

[tomservo56954]

"A town that is considered to be the turkey capitol of the world"...Washington, D.C.?

Love Tom Poston's reference to Henry Morgan's triumph (seen on the Feb 18 1963 clip found here).

[tomservo56954]

@PatrioticPirate So did I...I thought she gave the best answers.

[gymnastix]

@philofarnsworth So, by your response, you indeed have this enture episode of "To Tell The Truth."

Where did you obtain this, and others of this very hard-to-obtain daytime network TV programming?

Are they from the collectors' market, or did you work at a TV network or station? Or is this a state secret?

[rls0411]

Back then, did Betty White kind of resemble both Ann Landers and Dear Abby, who were identical twins?

[saml760]

the daytime TTTT left the air on Sept.6,1968.

[WaltGekko]

@altfactor The prime time version was only in color for the last season (1966-'67) while the daytime version went to color on January 1, 1967 I believe.

[WaltGekko]

@byrd56 This could easily have aired after football in the east (or in between games since the Cowboys hosted the late game, which usually was a 4:00 PM ET kickoff and at that time was also on CBS every year) since I believe then kickoff for the Lions game was at noon and at that time in particular, games rarely ran over three hours. It likely did air opposite college football (which was MUCH bigger than the NFL in those days) on ABC.

[WaltGekko]

@fromthesidelines Yes, and that was why the daytime TTTT only had two games as opposed to three for the prime time version. The daytime version was only 25 minutes to accommodate Douglas Edwards, who did a five-minute news update at 3:25 PM ET/PT in those days (when most stations only did newscasts at 6:00 and 11:00 PM, 24 hour cable networks didn't exist and morning news was nothing like it is now).