One wonders if Tig21er (John) or his father would have known the retired Electrolux worker who pretended to be Duncan Hines, a restaurant and hotel authority, author, and newspaper columnist, on the September 10, 1957, episode of To Tell The Truth?
Who was Duncan Hines? He was born in Bowling Green, Kentucky. Working as a traveling salesman for a Chicago printer, by age 55 in 1935, Hines had eaten a lot of good and bad meals on the road all across the US. Hines and his wife, Florence, began assembling a list for friends of several hundred good restaurants around the country. The list became so popular that he began selling a paperback book, Adventures in Good Eating (1935), which highlighted restaurants and their featured dishes that Hines had personally enjoyed in locations across America. The book proved so successful that Hines added another which recommended lodging. In 1952, Duncan Hines introduced Duncan Hines bread to the world through the Durkee’s Bakery Company of Homer, New York. This was Duncan Hines’ first foray into baked goods. By 1953, Hines sold the right to use his name and the title of his book to Roy H. Park to form Hines-Park Foods. Since then Duncan Hines brand cake mixes have become a staple in American kitchens. (selected information from foodimentary.com)
Episode Cast:
Emcee: Bud Collyer (1956-68)
Panelists: Polly Bergen (1956-61), Ralph Bellamy (1957-62); Kitty Carlisle (1957-2000); and Hy Gardner (1957-59). While Miss Carlisle was a regular panelist on several revivals of TTTT, the others likely returned as guest panelists from time to time. Other notable regular panelists over the years were Peggy Cass, Johnny Carson, Nipsy Russell, and Orson Bean; to name a few).
Announcer: Bern Bennett (1956-1960)
(To Tell The Truth was a weekly American television game show on the CBS network from 1956 to 1968 followed by syndicated versions during the following periods: 1969-78; 1980-81;1990-91; and 2000-01. Talk of another revival is currently in the works.)
Who was Duncan Hines? He was born in Bowling Green, Kentucky. Working as a traveling salesman for a Chicago printer, by age 55 in 1935, Hines had eaten a lot of good and bad meals on the road all across the US. Hines and his wife, Florence, began assembling a list for friends of several hundred good restaurants around the country. The list became so popular that he began selling a paperback book, Adventures in Good Eating (1935), which highlighted restaurants and their featured dishes that Hines had personally enjoyed in locations across America. The book proved so successful that Hines added another which recommended lodging. In 1952, Duncan Hines introduced Duncan Hines bread to the world through the Durkee’s Bakery Company of Homer, New York. This was Duncan Hines’ first foray into baked goods. By 1953, Hines sold the right to use his name and the title of his book to Roy H. Park to form Hines-Park Foods. Since then Duncan Hines brand cake mixes have become a staple in American kitchens. (selected information from foodimentary.com)
Episode Cast:
Emcee: Bud Collyer (1956-68)
Panelists: Polly Bergen (1956-61), Ralph Bellamy (1957-62); Kitty Carlisle (1957-2000); and Hy Gardner (1957-59). While Miss Carlisle was a regular panelist on several revivals of TTTT, the others likely returned as guest panelists from time to time. Other notable regular panelists over the years were Peggy Cass, Johnny Carson, Nipsy Russell, and Orson Bean; to name a few).
Announcer: Bern Bennett (1956-1960)
(To Tell The Truth was a weekly American television game show on the CBS network from 1956 to 1968 followed by syndicated versions during the following periods: 1969-78; 1980-81;1990-91; and 2000-01. Talk of another revival is currently in the works.)
