To Tell the Truth - An Entire Game Has Been Wiped!! (1972) 

From. Candygirl: This show is still. One of. my favorites.

altfactor No his price was right

​@@gphell33Bill Cullen always had the gift of gab.

Did they actually mute what he was saying, or did he do that on purpose?

@@mikey7290 Completely on purpose. That was part of Bill Cullen's sense of humor.

10 years later and you have been proven wrong. It was shown on Buzzr.

Species 5618 No, it wasn't. This version was syndicated, though it did air on a number of CBS affiliates.

Joe Capitano The show originated and had its longest run on CBS. Through it's entire New York run it was produced at the CBS facilities at 53rd and Broadway. Garry Moore was under contract to CBS during his entire network career which is why he made the remark. I worked for CBS and several of its subsidiaries and affiliates from 1984 through 2008 (24 years) so I think I know what I am talking about. I never said the show was not in syndication at the time of this episode.

Dave Mitchell I always assumed that later in their New York years they moved to the NBC Studios at Rockefeller Center (thus the Sarnoff reference)

Bryce Lozier This version did start out taping at the Ed Sullivan Theater, but they moved to NBC Studio 6A in Rockefeller Center in 1971, and the show remained there for the rest of its run.

+Dave Mitchell No, you are incorrect about a few things pertaining to the television game show "To Tell the Truth." First of all, the entire first, syndicated run of "To Tell the Truth" was NOT videotaped at CBS' facilities. Actually, for most of the first syndicated run (1971-78) the show was taped in Studio 6A at NBC's 30 Rockefeller Center, as was the syndicated "What's My Line" from 1971-75. Also, originally in 1956, "To Tell the Truth" was broadcast live from CBS Studio 52 at 254 West 54th Street (NOT at W. 53rd, as you stated), the locale that would later be known (from 1977-81) as the "Studio 54" discotheque. CBS named its studios according to the order of purchase; the number "52" unrelated to the street on which the studio was located (even though the legendary disco took its name from the street address). Interestingly, The Ed Sullivan Theater once connected to the future "Studio 54" disco (when it was still known as "CBS Studio 52") through an access door, the door eventually cinder-blocked during reconstruction for "The Late Show with David Letterman" in 1993. "To Tell the Truth" (along with "Password," "What's My Line?"and some other CBS-TV productions) moved its production from Studio 52 to CBS Studio 50 (1697-1699 Broadway, between W. 53rd and W. 54th Sts.) in 1966, after the facilities were retrofitted for color broadcasts in 1965. "The Ed Sullivan Show" had already been broadcast from Studio 50 since its move from CBS Studio 51 (the former Maxine Elliot Theatre at 109 West 39th St.) in 1953. The facilities were renamed "The Ed Sullivan Theater" December 20, 1967, to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the program. As for Garry Moore, by 1966 he had been through as host of "I've Got a Secret" for two years; the host of "IGaS" its final two years Steve Allen, and the show having ceased production at the end of April 1967. So Garry Moore never actually hosted a Goodson-Todman show from the former CBS Studio 50 (by then renamed The Ed Sullivan Theater) until that first syndicated version of "To Tell the Truth" began in fall of 1969, and even then only at the CBS locale for two years. According to longtime Goodson-Todman producer Gil Fates, Moore owned the syndicated versions of "To Tell the Truth" and "What's My Line?"at the time. But CBS had been sold the original version of "WML?" in 1958 and of "IGaS" in1959, Goodson-Todman remaining as, more or less, licensed contractors for both shows. I am surprised, since you have stated you worked for CBS (and related businesses) from 1984 through 2008, you would not have known CBS gave up its lease on The Ed Sullivan Theater in 1981, at which time the property was rented by Reeves Teletape Studios where the CBS sitcom "Kate & Allie" just happened to be taped from 1984-89, as well PBS' "Sesame Street." I actually visited New York a few times in that period, and recall seeing the "Kate & Allie" production note on the Sullivan Theater's marquee. In fact, in the 1990s there were even some NBC productions that originated from the former CBS Studio 50, namely a Phil Donahue 25th anniversary special, and The Peacock Network's 1992 election night coverage. It was not until February of 1993 CBS purchased The Ed Sullivan Theater outright, a considerable investment made (wisely, as it turned out) to show good faith in the then-new "The Late Show with David Letterman," on which the former so-called "Tiffany Network" had pinned its late night programming hopes at the time of Johnny Carson's retirement from "The Tonight Show," on longtime rival network NBC.

Adam Schift “s integrity machine.

Ironically, this may have been where Nixon came up with his bright idea to erase those eighteen and a half minutes! This was, after all, about five months before he had his "plumbers" go galavanting around Washington for his nefarious and anti-constitutional political purposes.

@@RedBird77 Of course, you're referring to Trump's telephone from which he infamously made only "perfect" calls! How's that for integrity?

i'm 22 & i pee'd myself :o

Yes, especially since Price Club merged with Costco...and there's six block from my house!

Six years late, but I think he did that himself (moving his lips without actually saying anything) as a joke. Making it appear there was another technical issue while he was praising the tech team.

@@dariosmagata8481 Too bad it was cut off. It would have done the tech team good to get a positive word from someone like Cullen after a screw up like that. Maybe, with today’s technology, we can figure out from lip synching what he meant to say.

Score Productions is credited for the theme, the same group of musicians who did so many pieces of music for G-T Productions over the years.

I was 7 in 1968 and it was Lucy reruns at 7, Truth or Consequences at 730, Pay Cards at 8, Merv Griffin at 830 and 10 O'Clock News at 10... in 1969, To Tell the Truth REPLACED Pay Cards at 8.

@@artkurtz9238 You're right.l I looked up a 1968 NY TV schedule in an old Daily News. I was also 7 years old in 1968 and don't remember being that young when Pay Cards was on because It was a show I liked to watch and didn't think I'd of liked it when I was that young. But I guess I did. I figured it must have been on when I was 9 or 10. Looking in the schedule, they moved Pay Cards to earlier in the day, so it wasn't completely cancelled till later on. Art James moved on the the Who What or Where Game, which was on channel 4 at 12:30, right after Jeopardy at noon. Those I remember because I'd watch them when I came home for lunch from school. That must be 1970-71 when I actually was 9 or 10. I was big into game shows when I was a kid.

Somebody forgot to hit the record button on the tape machine

well my guess was the open was retaped

That was the price of TPIR's very 1st car in 1972, for a Honda, I think it was

Are you suggesting that in 1972 someone in the studio audience might have secretly used an iPhone to record the missing segment? 🤦‍♂️

No, i’ve been watching TTTT episodes from the late 50s through the 60s and 70s and people will say the name of the advertising agency, the name of the law firm, the name of the airline, the name of the department store, the name of the magazine, the college, etc. It was nice and sometimes as a viewer I would oooh and ahhh at names that are no longer in existence and names that are still around.

+blown22 No, believe it or not, he was filming a project in Australia and missed a large portion of the 1972 season.

The questioning that they normally was not taped - in error.

Joan Harrington I believe I saw your episode on RU-vid not too long ago. I've watched so many of them, that it's hard to remember which ones I have and haven't! LOL. If I can find it, I'll post the link!

Would you happen to remember who the mystery guest was? That would make it easier to find.

Because they probably didn't realize the error until they'd played the game and did the reveal. Once that's done everybody knows who the two impostors were, so it wouldn't be fair to the contestants.

They should have all switched seats and see if the Asian women could figure out who the real Gene Rayburn was.

Them and "What's My Line?" kept the prizes low because they wanted the focus to be on the game