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00:00These carnivorous plants live on insects which they trap and devour.
00:11They also eat hamburgers. Watch this.
00:21These amazing plants are the subject of a book by Lynn and Gray Poole.
00:27What are your names, please?
00:32My name is Lynn Poole, and this is my husband, Gray Poole.
00:37My name is Lynn Poole, and this is my brother, Gray Poole.
00:42My name is Gray Poole, and this is my husband, Lynn Poole.
00:47Of these three sets of people, only one set is the real Lynn and Gray Poole.
00:53The other two sets are imposters and will try to fool this panel.
00:57Tom Poston, Peggy Cass, Gene Rayburn, and Kitty Carlisle.
01:04On to Tell the Truth.
01:06And here sitting in for Bud Collier as our host for tonight,
01:09one of the stars of Broadway's Never Too Late, Orson B.
01:22Good evening.
01:25Good evening.
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01:50Last week, Gene, you substituted for Bud, and I hope I do as good a job tonight.
01:54I'm sure you will, Orson.
01:56You started out great by knocking over the chair.
01:58Next week, Tom Post and my old pal will be here in the hot seat.
02:03Well, I don't know whether I'm looking forward to it or not.
02:07I already had a feeling that I want to stump the panel.
02:12Please open up your envelopes and follow along as I read.
02:15We, Lynn and Gray Poole, write books for young people.
02:20Our latest deals with insect-eating plants.
02:24These amazing plants lure their victims by either scent or color.
02:29Once within striking distance, the insects are caught by various ingenious methods.
02:35Sundews glue their prey on sticky tentacles.
02:40The cobra plant drowns insects in a pool of water.
02:45One type of fungus catches worms with a living lasso.
02:50The Venus flytrap snaps its leaves shut about the victim.
02:56We believe that this proves that the plant is quicker than the fly.
02:59Signed, Lynn and Gray Poole.
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03:25Panel, these six people all claim to be Lynn and Gray Poole, authors of a book entitled Insect-Eating Plants.
03:33Let's start the questions with Peggy Cass.
03:37Lynn Poole, number one.
03:40May I ask you, do these grow in the United States?
03:44Yes, they do.
03:45Oh.
03:46Lynn Poole, number three.
03:48Do any of them grow around New York?
03:50Yes, they do.
03:51Lynn Poole, number two.
03:53Lynn Poole, number two.
03:55Gray Poole, number two.
03:56Like, could you get them in Larchmont?
03:59Yes.
04:00They grow in Larchmont.
04:03They do.
04:04Certain varieties.
04:06Gray Poole, number three.
04:08Is that the way they feed themselves?
04:10I mean, don't they get anything from the earth?
04:12No.
04:13No what?
04:14They don't get anything from the earth?
04:15No nourishment from the earth.
04:16Oh, yes.
04:17Gene Leverne, number one.
04:21Gray Poole.
04:22Yule, Lynn Poole, Gray Poole, Yule.
04:25Gray Poole, you.
04:26Number two.
04:27What does stamen mean in horticultural terms?
04:32Uh, stamen is, uh, thank you, number two.
04:39That's not a foreign language, is it, that word?
04:41No.
04:42All right.
04:43No, it's a perfectly good American word.
04:45Uh, Lynn Poole, number three.
04:47Do you know what, uh, in the world of botany, uh, pistil refers to?
04:51Uh, pistil in the world of botany is a, um, the top of the flower, uh, that's used in
04:59the pollination by, uh, birds and bees and all the rest.
05:03Number, Kitty Carlisle.
05:04Uh, number two, the, uh, the, the left one.
05:08Are you Gray or Lynn?
05:09No, I'm Lynn Poole.
05:10Lynn.
05:11Uh, if these plants don't get any insects or hamburger, would they starve to death?
05:17Well, they would if, uh, if this went on long enough.
05:20Uh.
05:21But nature wouldn't let this happen.
05:22Uh.
05:24Gray Poole, number one.
05:25Uh, how, can you spell pistil for me as, uh, in botany?
05:29I believe it's P-I-S-T-O-L.
05:32Uh, number three, uh, Gray Poole, the gentleman.
05:35Yes?
05:36Number three?
05:37I'm Lynn Poole.
05:38You're Lynn.
05:39Lynn, thank you so much.
05:40Uh, Lynn, would you tell me where I could find a plant like this in Larchmont?
05:44Uh, I don't know Larchmont well enough, but certainly around the, uh, shore somewhere
05:50or a boggy area.
05:51Tom Post.
05:52Boggy.
05:53Tom Post.
05:54Uh, thank you.
05:55Uh.
05:56Uh.
05:57Uh, the left pool in the center, number two, is Lynn Gray.
06:02Lynn, Lynn Pool.
06:03Lynn Pool.
06:04Lynn Pool.
06:05Lynn, uh, are there plants that live on air alone?
06:09Uh, yes, there are plants.
06:12In botany, you mean, there are plants which live on air alone.
06:15Uh, uh, uh, number two, his brother, Gray.
06:18Uh, what are those plants called?
06:20Do you know?
06:21Uh, yes, uh, parasites.
06:26Uh, Gray, number three, very interesting.
06:28Mm-hmm.
06:29I know that's the lady.
06:30Uh, uh, uh, some of these plants are not parasitic.
06:32Do you know the name of those plants?
06:34Anthophytes.
06:35Uh, what, uh, rather exotic flower comes from that group?
06:39Do you know number three, Gray?
06:40Orchids.
06:41Orchids.
06:43All right.
06:44It's time to vote.
06:46Without consultation, mark your ballots and select number one, number two, or number three.
06:54The team of challengers will get $250 for each incorrect vote.
06:59All marks, my good people?
07:00Happily, buddy?
07:01Happily, buddy.
07:02Happily, buddy.
07:03Tom Poston.
07:04Well, uh, I voted for number three.
07:06I wasn't too pleased with his answer about what a pistol is, but it's, it had, the pollination
07:12was right, anyway.
07:13And, uh, they looked like the kind of people who would, uh, enjoy writing books for children.
07:17I, I liked them.
07:18Peggy Katz.
07:19Peggy Katz.
07:20Well, I voted for number three, too, because I don't think anybody, two fellas wouldn't
07:24write for children, and that she's a lady, and they understand children, so that's why
07:28I voted for three.
07:31Jean Reverend.
07:32I went for number three also, uh, Orson.
07:35And mainly because it seemed like, uh, number three gave me a pretty good refresher course
07:39in, uh, botany, which I took a long time ago.
07:43Aunt Kitty Carlisle.
07:44I voted for number three.
07:46All right.
07:47Well, number one, uh, Mr. Gray Poole said, uh, that the pistol is spelled T-I-S-T-O-L,
07:52and I think it's T-I-S-T-I-L, in botany.
07:55And number two, couldn't answer your question very quickly about stamen, I think it was.
08:00So I voted for number three, Poole.
08:04Too late to answer now.
08:06The votes are all in, and the minds are made up.
08:08Now let's find out which two of these six people are the authors of Insect Eating Plants.
08:14Will the real Lynn and Gray Poole please stand up?
08:18Ha.
08:19Ha.
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08:37Team number one, what are your real names and what do you really do?
08:41My name is Marsha Bragg, and I'm a housewife from Kennafly, New Jersey.
08:45And my name is Peter Wilhelm. I'm a lumber salesman.
08:48I'm not married to this young lady, but she's my sister-in-law.
08:56And team number two, what are your real names, gentlemen? What do you really do?
09:00Well, my name is Dan Saratello, and I'm Films Manager for the British Travel Association.
09:04And my name is Vernon Boehm, president of SkyTrack, and at the moment, the only employer of SkyTrack.
09:11And I haven't seen this man before in my life until this morning.
09:19Well, I'm sorry to say that the panel was too smart for you, but you do get $150 from Anacin.
09:28And there is a gift box of fine products from the makers of Anacin for each of you on the way out.
09:32Thanks, and good luck.
09:34Stay tuned.
09:40And now, let's have our next team of challengers.
09:52What is your name, please?
09:55My name is Jim Clark.
09:57My name is Jim Clark.
09:59My name is Jim Clark.
10:04Panel, please listen as I read.
10:06I, Jim Clark, am a sheep farmer.
10:10I'm better known, however, as an automobile racing driver.
10:13In this year's first eight Grand Prix races, I placed first in five, second in one, and third in another.
10:21With two races still to be run, I have already clinched the championship.
10:26I am the youngest man in history to become a Grand Prix world champion driver.
10:31Well, panel, these three gentlemen all claim to be Jim Clark, 1963 Grand Prix champion.
10:39Let's start the cross-examination with Kitty Carlisle.
10:55Thank you, Orson.
10:57Number two, where do you sheep farm?
10:59Berwickshire.
11:00Where's that?
11:01Scotland.
11:02Oh, thank you.
11:03Number three, can you tell me the name of the famous French race that goes on for quite a long time?
11:09Le Mans.
11:10Number one, do you know about a race called Monza?
11:13I do.
11:14Where is it run?
11:15In Italy.
11:17Number three, what is the Targa, number two, what is the Targa Florio?
11:21Italian race, Sicily.
11:24Number three, when you, where do you sheep farm?
11:26In Berwickshire.
11:27Also?
11:28Yeah.
11:28How many sheep do you have?
11:29About 2,000.
11:32Oh, how marvelous.
11:32Number one.
11:35That's a lot of sheep.
11:37Tom Poston.
11:38Number three, I'd love you.
11:41You're jolly and cheerful, and that's nice.
11:42Number three, what is a Kea bird, and how does it relate to sheep herding and so forth?
11:47Sorry, I believe that.
11:48K-E-A.
11:49Kea bird.
11:50Kea bird.
11:51I don't know.
11:52You know number one?
11:53No, I don't.
11:53Number two?
11:54New to me.
11:55New to you.
11:56It's an Australian bird.
11:57Now do you know how it relates to sheep, number three?
12:00No.
12:01No?
12:01Okay.
12:02Number one, who is Foyt?
12:05A.J. Foyt.
12:06Driver.
12:06What happened to him yesterday or today?
12:09You know?
12:10I don't know.
12:11Number two?
12:11You know, I believe he was suspended.
12:16And we go to Peggy Cass.
12:18Number two, will you please finish this line for me?
12:21Scott's were hay.
12:22Scott's were hay.
12:24You don't know the end of it?
12:26Number three, do you?
12:28Yes.
12:29Would you say it to me, please?
12:31Um, Scott's were hay when Wallace left.
12:35Number one, could you please tell me what that thing is that they throw at the Braymar games?
12:39The Cava.
12:41Oh, I thought that was it.
12:42Number two, what, where's the first or fourth?
12:46Northern Scotland.
12:48Uh, number three, what's the barn?
12:52What is it?
12:52Barn.
12:53He's wearing it with his kilt.
12:54Yes.
12:55Uh, number one, where's the Mila Milia run?
12:59Mila Milia.
13:00The Mila Milia is also run in Italy.
13:04Number two.
13:05Ooh.
13:06This is all my heart away.
13:08And we go to Gina Rayburn.
13:11Well, whichever one is a real one, having won all these races is hot as a pistol.
13:15That's the I-S-T-O-L pistol.
13:18That's the...
13:20Number two, um, do you ever have to dip your sheep?
13:28I.
13:29You do?
13:30I.
13:31Why?
13:32Why?
13:35To get rid of vermin.
13:37Get rid of vermin.
13:39Number one, if I give you this sequence of numbers, it has some significance to you if
13:43you're a race driver.
13:44One, five, three, six, two, four.
13:46What does that mean?
13:48It could be grid positions for stops.
13:51Uh, thank you.
13:52Well, it's time to vote.
13:54No consultations as you vote.
13:56Please mark your ballots and select number one, number two, or number three.
14:04Have you selected your choices?
14:06No.
14:07Everybody?
14:07Gene?
14:08Yes, I'm ready.
14:09Everybody?
14:09I'm wrong, but ready.
14:11All right.
14:12Tom, for whom did you vote?
14:13Uh, I said, I voted for three.
14:19I voted for number three.
14:25Ooh.
14:27Looks like you've been in the sheep dip there, old buddy.
14:29No, but I had a fifth.
14:31Is it first or fourth?
14:34Thank you, Cass.
14:35Well, I voted for three, too, because I'm part scotch, and any scotchman knows that scotch
14:40were hay with Wallace sled, so that's why I voted for him.
14:43Oh, boy.
14:44Because he knew it.
14:44That's number one.
14:45Oh, but he just knew it, and I just knew it was the sheep dip.
14:48Gene Rayburn.
14:49Well, I'm breaking the pattern this time.
14:51I voted for number two.
14:54Uh, number one, excuse me, couldn't give me the firing order of a six-cylinder internal
14:58combustion engine.
14:59Oh, no.
15:00And, uh...
15:02Oh, my God.
15:07Oh, my God.
15:10And, uh, number two gave me a very convincing...
15:12He looked to me and sounded as if he were a sheep raiser.
15:16Of course, you people could have brought a sheep raiser in here who had never driven a
15:18car in his life, but we'll see.
15:21I'm Kitty Carla.
15:21Well, as you can see, I voted for number one, because I don't know the firing engine
15:25of a six-cylinder, whatever it is.
15:28And, anyway, he looked reckless, daredevil, tough, even a little...
15:37He looked like a racing driver to me.
15:42Well, the votes are all in, and the minds, such as they are, are made up.
15:45Now, let us see which of these three gentlemen is the real 1963 Grand Prix champion.
15:51Will the real Jim Clark, please stand up?
16:11Congratulations, Mr. Clark, and good luck with the next two races, even though you don't
16:15need them.
16:16Number one, what is your real name, what do you really do, and are you cold in those
16:20kilts?
16:21My real name is Paul Glazer.
16:23I've never been to Scotland, and I'm employed by the New Zealand Missions of the United Nations,
16:27and I'm not cold in the kilts.
16:28Well, he got one vote.
16:36Number two, you got one vote as well.
16:37What is your real name, what do you really do?
16:39My name is Leonard Simmons, and I am employed by the Canadian Consulate in New York City.
16:45What happened to the Scott Jackson?
16:46That was a good fake Scott Jackson out there.
16:54Well, there have been two incorrect votes, which means a grand total of $500 from Anacin,
16:59and as well, there is a gift box of the products of this fine company for each of you on the
17:03way out.
17:04Thanks, and good luck.
17:05Stay tuned, there's more Black and White's $4.95 shipping and handling to the address
17:15shop.
17:16Order now.
17:17Now let's have our third team of challengers.
17:27What is your name, please?
17:29My name is Jose Arnold.
17:33My name is Jose Arnold.
17:35My name is Jose Arnold.
17:39Please listen while I read.
17:41I, Jose Arnold, all right, open your envelopes, and then please listen while I read.
17:48All right, I'll wait for you.
17:50I, Jose Arnold, for five years was chief steward for King Saud of Arabia.
17:56I was responsible for an annual budget of $5 million, operating the kitchens in Saud's
18:03ten elaborate palaces.
18:04I also accompanied the king on his travels, both at home and abroad.
18:09When he went to visit his desert tribes, I had to pack into the caravan enough cooking
18:14supplies to feed 300 people for 30 days.
18:17I once supervised a banquet, during which we served a boiled breast of camel, which took ten men to lift.
18:26It appeared on a mountain of rice garnished with five whole sheep.
18:32Signed, Jose Arnold.
18:34All right, these three gentlemen all claim to be Jose Arnold's chief steward formerly to King Saud.
18:54We'll start with that well-known gourmet and breast of camel fancier, Gene Rayburn.
19:00Thank you, Orson.
19:03Number two.
19:05You say you have an operating budget of $5 million.
19:08I guess you housewives of America are a little envious of this kind of budget.
19:12Would you say there are some big eaters in Arabia?
19:16Number two, do people really have big appetites in the royal?
19:20Yes.
19:21They do.
19:22Does the king, does King Saud have a harem?
19:25Yes.
19:26Number three, how many wives does he have?
19:28He has, uh, three legal wives and, uh, 60 concubines.
19:35Mm-hmm.
19:37Sixteen, then.
19:39Sixteen.
19:39Sixteen.
19:42Sixteen.
19:43Well, isn't it not so great?
19:44Think of all those stockings hanging out to dry in the brownfield.
19:48Welcome now to Kitty Carlisle.
19:52Number three, where is the kingdom of Swat?
19:55I don't know.
19:57Number two, where is Kuwait?
19:58In the northeast from Saudi Arabia.
20:02Number one, what is the part of the sheep that is always served to the honored guest?
20:07The heart.
20:07The heart.
20:09Uh, number two, when you travel, when you transport all of this food, how do you take it?
20:13We have air-conditioned buses.
20:15In buses?
20:16In buses.
20:16Uh, number three, do you have refrigeration in Saudi Arabia?
20:19Yes, we have.
20:21And we go to Tampos.
20:23Number two, uh, what are the Druze?
20:25Druze?
20:27Druze?
20:28Druze?
20:29I don't know.
20:30Number one, Druze, do you know D-R-U-S-E-S, Druze?
20:33No, I don't know.
20:34Number three, do you know?
20:35It's a tribe in the northern part of, uh, of, um, Lebanon.
20:40Between Lebanon and the, and the Jordan.
20:43Uh, number three, do you know where Kuwait is?
20:45Yes, from the Persian Gulf.
20:48Uh, number one, what is saffron used for?
20:52Saffron.
20:54It's a spice, the time that they use in their coffee.
20:57And we go to Peggy Cass.
20:59Uh, number two, uh, do you ever serve the eye of the sheep?
21:04Come on.
21:05No, Peg.
21:05No, you don't.
21:06We had the head next to the, uh, mother.
21:09Number three, did you feed the three legal wives and the 60 illegal wives as well?
21:13Yes.
21:14Yes.
21:15And, um, Peggy Cass was in the hospital lately, I believe.
21:29And where was the hospital?
21:32It was in, uh, Switzerland.
21:35Number three, do you agree with that?
21:37It's time to vote.
21:38Please mark your ballots for number one, number two, or number three.
21:46Everybody all marked?
21:48Good.
21:49Well, Tom Poon, did you vote?
21:50I thought he looked like the kind of a guy that could really smack his lips while tasting,
21:54uh, you know, five million dollars worth of potpourri or something.
21:58Peggy Cass.
21:58Well, I voted for number three because I thought that the part that they really think is the
22:03best is the eye of the sheep, and, uh, one of them didn't know that, and then he knew
22:08about those tracks, and then I figured if Tom knew, and he knew that that was right.
22:12Gene River.
22:14I voted for number three because he looks like he spent a lot of time sweating over a hot stove.
22:20And Kitty Carton, ladies.
22:22I voted for number three because although he didn't know where the kingdom of Swat is,
22:27and it's in that general vicinity, nevertheless, uh, it is true that there's the eye that is
22:31the most, uh, uh, important part for the honored guest, and, uh, the druises are just where
22:37you said they were.
22:38Is that from casting sheep's eyes?
22:40When you say casting sheep's eyes, that means?
22:42No, that's a whole different thing, Tom.
22:44No.
22:45No.
22:46Well, the votes are all in, and the minds are made up, so now let us find out which
22:50of these three gentlemen is the real former chief steward to King Saud.
22:55Will the real Jose Arnold please stand up?
23:12Jose Arnold has just written a book about his experiences with King Saud and, uh, all the
23:17ladies and all like that, and the book is entitled Golden Swords and Pots and Pans, and it's
23:23published by Harcourt, Brace, and World.
23:25Number one, uh, what is your real name?
23:27What do you really do?
23:28My name is Louis Vettori, and I'm vice president of the Vettori Computer Company.
23:33Fine.
23:35And number two, what is your real name?
23:38What do you really do?
23:39My name is Tibor Atleni.
23:40I work for a patrician plastic corporation, and we are manufacturing buttons.
23:44Buttons.
23:44Good.
23:45Well, I'm sorry to say that the panel was a little bit too smart for you, all these gourmets
23:52over here, but you do get $150 from Anacin, and there is a gift box of fine products from
23:57the makers of Anacin for each of you on the way out.
24:00Congratulations.
24:01Good luck.
24:08Fine panel, I think we've had some interesting spots tonight, and I think I learned something
24:13interesting about you all.
24:15You know your onions about bugs and food and odd things.
24:19Sheep.
24:20Sheep dip.
24:21What is sheep dip?
24:23You ask about that.
24:24I don't know.
24:24I've seen it in movies.
24:25They dip the sheep in when they get some kind of disease.
24:29Bugs.
24:29He was right.
24:31It's a caustic water solution, and oil, and messy, and terrible, and don't fall in
24:38it, and don't drink it.
24:39All right.
24:40Unless there isn't anything else.
24:41That's my advice for the night, friends.
24:43I won't do it.
24:44I promise you, neither.
24:45Well, don't forget to join us at the same time next week, and I'll see you tomorrow afternoon
24:49on our daytime show.
24:50Until then, this is Orson Bean saying goodnight for Anacin, and reminding you, as Bud Collier
24:55always does, to tell the truth.
24:57Good night, Bud.
24:58Good night, Bud.
24:59Good night, old Bud.
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25:01Good night, Bud.
25:02Good night, Bud.
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