Leslie What · @lesliewhat
70 followers · 46 posts · Server wandering.shopAlas, poor younguns, who never knew a trailblazing #journalist #publisher (#randomhouse) #firstamendment defending #writer like #BennettCerf could star on TV game shows (#password #whatsmyline #thematchgame #totellthetruth). You ask, Who's Bennet Cerf? Well, he fought to publish #JamesJoyce #Ulysses. I'm also sorry younguns may never read Joyce, but that's a whole nother toot. #bannedbooks http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/digital/collections/nny/cerfb/transcripts/cerfb_1_6_262.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBqt7i29dCA https://www.youtube.com https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fGtnRfbI64/watch?v=GIytSemthMY
#journalist #publisher #Randomhouse #firstamendment #writer #bennettcerf #password #whatsmyline #thematchgame #totellthetruth #jamesjoyce #ulysses #bannedbooks
Will McKinley · @willmckinley
976 followers · 675 posts · Server mstdn.social
Tonight in 1956 — #ToTellTheTruth debuted on CBS.
“Will the real [blank] please stand up?” host #BudCollyer asked 3 contestants, after questions from a celebrity panel.
Subsequent versions were hosted by #GarryMoore, #JoeGaragiola and others. Frequent panelists included #PeggyCass and #KittyCarlisle.
#classicgameshows #classictv #kittycarlisle #peggycass #joegaragiola #garrymoore #budcollyer #totellthetruth