ANNOUNCER: Empire Kosher poultry is famous for its rigorous inspection of its products.

What else is it famous for?

Hollywood is to movies what State College is to what?

Find out as we all play The Pennsylvania Game.

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Now, let's get the game started.

Here's the host of The Pennsylvania Game, the loud but lovable, Lynn Cullen.

[applause] Hello.

Hello.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Did somebody just call me loud?

Moi?

Me?

Little me?

Loud?

Good afternoon.

Good morning.

Good evening.

Wherever it is, whatever it is.

Welcome to The Pennsylvania Game.

The accountants from Price Waterhouse have just now given me the questions for today's show.

I have never seen them before, nor, of course, has the panel.

Speaking of the panel, let's meet them.

Oh, no, it's not.

Yes, it is.

Kevin Nelson, yet again.

This is a familiar face to us.

Kevin and Scott in the Morning is what Kevin is.

Mm-hmm.

LYNN: Which seems a little strange-- strange on WRSC-- Well, I'm only one of them, though.

LYNN: --Radio State College.

You're just one of them.

I know.

You are a cat lover.

You are active in community theater, and you are into computer golf.

And real golf, actually.

LYNN: Yes, very strange.

Very strange.

Kevin Nelson.

Had a good day the other day.

I sank a 25 footer.

[applause] He's already talking.

KEVIN: To save a 13.

Quiet.

And next, on the panel, Candy Covey, which is a weird name.

Like a covey of quail, she said.

She was once recognized by her Girl Scout troop as its top sales person.

And this Bellefonte ophthalmologist must have sold herself to her peers because she's also the president-elect of the Pennsylvania Optometric Association, and its first female president.

Nice to see you.

Nice to see you, too.

[applause] LYNN: Hey, I hope the next one isn't an ophthalmologist.

No, he's not.

It's Chris Moore.

I've big eyes, though.

LYNN: I've seen this guy before, too.

Yes.

He is.

A Pennsylvania Game two time defending champ.

He is an award winning producer with WQED TV in Pittsburgh, and the host of radio program, and does all sorts of things, in fact, in Pittsburgh.

And sometimes we do them opposite each other.

Welcome, Chris Moore.

[applause] All righty.

All righty.

Our first question might really start the feathers flying.

Watch.

ANNOUNCER: Empire Kosher poultry of Mifflintown is famous for its rigorous inspection of its poultry.

It's also famous for one of its annual promotions.

Does Empire Kosher Poultry, A, provide the turkey for the White House Thanksgiving dinner, B, host the largest chicken barbecue in the world, C, hold the record for producing the world's largest turkey, or D, offer a free chicken to people audited by the IRS?

LYNN: Well, I don't know.

Don't look at me.

They don't know either.

Don't look at them.

Provide turkey for the White House, hold the largest chicken barbecue in the world, hold the record for the producing world's largest turkey or offer free turkeys to who?

People audited by the IRS.

Well, isn't that fun.

Well, you got to love D, although I didn't take it.

I think it's the chicken barbecue and it's spit roasted, and I don't believe they use that much spit.

So it's really pretty good.

LYNN: Geez, that's disgusting.

Candy?

Well, I think the world's largest turkey, Pennsylvania, goes together.

So I chose C. OK. We got a lot of turkeys here, heaven knows.

Must be a big one.

All righty, Chris.

Well, one of us will be right or all of us will be wrong because I chose D, and I don't know why.

LYNN: You chose D because it's funny.

[chuckles] LYNN: Audited by the IRS.

That's not funny.

I've been audited by the IRS.

I understand.

He's going for a laugh, not a win.

Let's see who's right.

ANNOUNCER: The answer is D, offer a free chicken to anyone audited by the IRS.

Empire Kosher Poultry products undergo a rigorous inspection, first by the USDA, and then by an army of Rabbis who examine the chickens at least three times, checking for 40 abnormalities, such as broken bones.

The process has been compared to the Internal Revenue service's auditing process.

The company's promotion is designed to help people being audited realize that they're not alone.

Anyone who is audited by the IRS can send a copy of their IRS correspondence to Empire Kosher Poultry.

And Empire will send them a coupon for a free chicken and a recipe booklet.

If there's no change in their tax return, the person being audited also receives a free Empire turkey.

Yeah.

You said you were audited.

Were you audited?

CHRIS: I've been audited.

Did you get a chicken?

I didn't get a chicken.

LYNN: You have to send your-- you have to send the papers to Empire and they'll give you-- see if they'll do it.

CHRIS: It is retroactive?

Yeah retroactive.

CHRIS: Just like the IRS.

I was going, to say posthumously.

You're right.

Oh, boy.

Hey, you know, my mother always said, there are no guarantees in life.

But then, what did my mother know.

Next question.

ANNOUNCER: Nearly 300 million of these have been produced by this Bradford, Pennsylvania company, and each carries an unconditional lifetime guarantee.

Is the product a, A, hammer, B, windproof lighter, C, watch, or D, fountain pen?

LYNN: Now, what would that be?

300 million of them produced by this Bradford, Pennsylvania company, unconditional lifetime guarantee.

They stand behind that product.

Is it a hammer, a windproof lighter, a watch or a fountain pen?

Candy, don't look at Kevin.

I'm coming to you first.

Well, I think it's a zippy answer like, B. LYNN: Like Zippo.

Yes.

I hope.

LYNN: All righty.

What about you, Chris?

Who knows.

I think, B also.

LYNN: You did?

Yeah.

LYNN: You just happened upon it, huh?

Well, it seems to me, I remember, having lighters that were guaranteed to light every time.

And that's the only reason-- LYNN: It might be.

It might have been a Zippo in Bradford.

CHRIS: And who picks these questions?

Kevin.

CHRIS: Anyway.

Don't ask me.

Zippo was my favorite Marx brother, so I took B. Groucho, Chico, Zippo, come on.

LYNN: Zippo.

That's not right, is it.

KEVIN: Zeppo.

Zeppo?

Right.

KEVIN: I wish I came with a guarantee.

The answer could be Zeppo.

I don't know.

Let's find out.

ANNOUNCER: The answer is B, the windproof lighter.

The Zippo Manufacturing Company was started by George G. Blaisdell in 1932.

His goal was to create a lighter that was not only attractive, but also lit every time, no matter what the conditions.

Since then, Zippo lighters have starred in movies, gone to war, and are now popular collectibles.

They are sold in over 90 countries, with some 80,000 being made each day at the Bradford plant.

The original lighter cost only $1.95.

But they also have a model that sells for a cool $2,500, if you want one made of solid gold.

And to this day, the company stands behind its promise that no consumer has or ever will spend a cent to repair a zippo lighter.

Well, there you have it.

But see if it-- I always thought it was so sexy when a man would light a cigarette and cup his hands against the wind.

With a Zippo, you don't have to do that.

So there goes all that sex appeal, right out the window.

Not supposed to smoke anyway.

No, that's not-- you're not supposed to smoke anyway.

Kevin, speaking of sex.

[laughing] I've heard of cybersex.

But you're into cyber golf?

Yeah.

Although-- LYNN: Give me a break.

--yours sounds more fun.

LYNN: Cybersex would not be fun, I would imagine.

In either case, you'd need a firm grip on the putter, I would think.

This is instead of swinging the club, you use the mouse.

And other than that, it's course management.

You get to know the course, how the green breaks and all that kind of stuff.

And it's almost as much fun as real golf.

And you don't have to yell, fore.

KEVIN: That's right.

I mean, there's no danger of anybody getting [pop].. Well, the way I play.

But yeah, and you can play in the winter, so it's great.

LYNN: That's wonderful.

Congratulations to you.

He's won awards for it or something.

Hey, Candy.

CANDY: Yes.

You were once bitten by a llama, it says here.

They give me this information where-- you were what?

So what?

So was I.

So-- Were you?

LYNN: --which llama bit you?

Yeah.

The one at Machu Picchu.

LYNN: Oh, my heavens.

Now that's impressive.

In Machu Picchu?

Yes.

In Peru.

LYNN: In Peru?

Yes.

The river was washed out.

So we had to take another train and ride up Machu Picchu from Cusco in a stake body truck.

And there hadn't been many tourists there.

And I guess the llama was hungry.

[laughing] Oh, my heavens.

Well, Chris.

I've never been bitten by a llama, no.

LYNN: Well, where have you been?

I actually-- llama-- My wife bit me last night.

[laughing] CANDY: I met her.

She's lovely.

LYNN: You working on anything these days?

You've won Emmys.

I know you produced a lot of wonderful programs at WQED.

Anything special going on?

No, nothing really special going on.

I'm just plodding along.

Plodding along.

And I guess, it being public television, you're just hanging on for dear life.

CHRIS: Absolutely beware the Newts, right.

I know.

I'm just kidding.

Just kidding.

This is a bipartisan program.

Absolutely.

There goes the funding for next year.

Absolutely.

Oh no.

Now, this next question, to change the subject, is an example of the kind of edifying information that we round up just for you, on The Pennsylvania Game.

ANNOUNCER: John Rothman can't make his unique garden gifts fast enough.

In fact, he sold more than 100,000 of them in 1994.

Fashioned by 30 Amish farm families, they're finished at a small plant in Kinzer, Pennsylvania.

Does Rothman manufacture A, pet rocks, B, cow manure sculptures, C, Annie Fanny garden cutouts, or D, grazing sheep lawn art?

LYNN: Well, I don't know.

I was sort of hoping John Rothman didn't produce any of those things, but I guess he does.

Pet rocks, cow manure sculptures, Annie Fanny garden cutouts, or grazing sheep lawn art, whatever that is.

Chris, I assume you just said eeny meeny miney mo.

No.

I know it's either C or D because I've seen more grazing sheep lawn art or more Annie Fanny garden cutouts than you want to shake a stick at.

LYNN: I don't even know what an Annie Fanny garden, whatever that is, is.

And if you ever saw one, you'd never forget it.

LYNN: OK.

So which is it?

C?

I picked C. Annie Fanny garden cutouts for Chris.

Kevin, how about you?

Well, on every panel, there has to be some fool that will go for cow manure sculptures.

And I thought, what the heck, I'm here.

So B.

It's a nice fit.

Candy.

Well, I hate to admit this, but I answered B as well because I have a friend that collects frogs.

And I actually purchased a frog shaped one, for her.

So [clears throat] At one point in time.

LYNN: Candy sounds like perhaps she knows something the rest of us don't.

Let's find out.

CANDY: Hate to admit it.

Is it B?

ANNOUNCER: The answer is B, cow manure sculptures.

A self-described entrepreneur, John Rothman, has caused quite a stink with his Poopets, the sturdy, odorless garden figurines that are made of sculpted cow dung.

Rothman, who is co-owner of Tewkesbury Gardens and creator of the figurines, says they leach natural fertilizers into gardens with each rainfall and last three years.

They go by names such as stool toads, turtles and bowl owls, and sell for $8 to $14 each.

$3 will get you a mini poop.

Rothman calls his figurines a genuine American craftwork, and a good example of organic recycling.

But whatever you call them, they're selling like hotcakes.

Well, if you were trying to eat a hot cake while we were showing you that, our apologies, truly.

Let's get a score on this game.

As it turns out, it is neck and neck.

It is.

Two, two, two, two, two, two.

[applause] And this is how we can break that tie with the Mystery Pennsylvanian.

I will give you three clues during the course of the game.

Get it right the first time, three points.

Get it right the second time, two.

Get it right the first time, one.

And get it right, not at all, of course, zippo, to quote from a former question.

The kid from Kane, kicked off his career as a $3,600 a year high school coach and teacher in rural Pennsylvania.

That's a clue.

And it's your first one.

Who is this?

The kid from Kane kicked off his career as a $3,600 a year high school coach and teacher in rural Pennsylvania.

Well, I'm looking at three blank faces.

So how's about we just sort of mosey on over to the next question.

ANNOUNCER: Finish this sentence.

According to the New York times, Hollywood is to movies what State College is to what?

A, government research, B weather, C, movie theaters, or D quarterbacks.

LYNN: Well, since we're here in State college, we all think this is really an easy one.

If you're not in State College, maybe you don't.

What is it?

Government research, weather, movie theaters, or quarterbacks?

You all have your thingamajigs in.

Kevin.

Oh, my gosh.

Being from State College, the pressure, if I louse this up, I'll be run out of town.

It's B, weather.

LYNN: Uh-huh.

Candy.

I thought A was a good choice because there's some of that goes on here too.

So you picked A.

[laughing] LYNN: Chris.

CANDY: It was the first one.

It was the first one.

I picked B because I once considered becoming a meteorologist.

And I understand you have a good school here for it.

I started as a weekend weather girl myself.

Let's find out the answer.

ANNOUNCER: The answer is B.

Weather.

State College is the Mecca of weather forecasting.

Accuweather Incorporated, which bills itself as the world's leading commercial weather service, has 65 forecasters grinding out predictions for radio and television stations from Pittsburgh to the Philippines.

Penn State University offers bachelors, masters, and doctorates in meteorology.

In fact, of the 10,000 certified meteorologists in the United states, 1 in 4 is trained at Penn State.

Penn State's five person weather communications group also prepares the weather page for the New York Times.

In addition, the National Weather Service recently moved its offices from Harrisburg to, you guessed it, State College.

Now, why is-- don't ask me, but it's all here.

The weather.

If you've got a complaint about the weather, direct it here, to State College.

And if you want another question, well, direct your attention straight forward.

ANNOUNCER: It's a time honored tradition to throw rice, as the bride and groom depart the wedding ceremony.

The Pennsylvania Amish have wedding traditions of their own.

Which of the following is customary of Amish weddings?

A, the bride wears white, B, a wedding march is played, C, wedding rings are exchanged, or D, the bride and groom receive wedding gifts.

LYNN: Well, all four of those are pretty customary for most traditional weddings.

But we're speaking of Amish weddings.

Which is customary of an Amish wedding?

Candy, I think you're first up to the plate.

Give me them quilts.

I think it's D. LYNN: I like some of them quilts, too.

Yeah LYNN: Yeah.

Chris, what do you think?

Give me a horse, if I'm the groom.

So I pick D, also.

OK, we got a horse, we got a quilt, and we got Kevin.

Well, I can tell you, it's a bad idea to throw puffed rice at a wedding.

I took D. LYNN: You did?

For no apparent reason.

LYNN: Dut, dut, dut, dut, dut, dut, dut, dut.

Well, how uniform of you all.

Let's find out if you're uniformly correct or incorrect.

ANNOUNCER: The answer is D. Gifts are given to the bride and groom, but mostly during the visiting season, following the wedding.

Gifts range from canned food to kitchen items to tools.

Weddings are almost always held on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

And the traditional wedding season is November and December, after the last harvest and before severe weather hits.

The bride's dress is traditionally blue or purple, not white.

And instead of an instrumental wedding march, the Amish engage in group singing during the ceremony.

Even the bouquet, veil, kiss and exchange of rings, typical of most American weddings, are absent from Amish ceremonies.

But then again, so are divorce and remarriage.

KEVIN: Easy to find the best man.

Now, now, here we are.

And it's time to give the score.

You'll be thrilled to know that we're obviously giving questions that are too easy because it's four, three, four, which is to say, Kevin, four, candy, three, and Chris, four.

Close.

[applause] All righty.

Let's see if we can take a little bit of the mystery out of the Mystery Pennsylvanian, for some of you, with this second clue.

Dapper and fashion conscious, he is one of the most respected and well liked coaches in the country.

Still got blank faces.

Woo.

The kid from Kane kicked off his career as a $3,600 a year high school coach and teacher in rural Pennsylvania.

Dapper and fashion conscious.

He is one of the most respected and well-liked coaches in the country.

I know you want me to tell you, coach of what.

But I won't.

OK.

While you're still pondering that, let's go for our next Pennsylvania Game question.

ANNOUNCER: Budny beach at Presque Isle State Park is named after Pat Budny.

What did Budny do to be so honored?

A, he rescued a drowning vacationer from the waters of Lake Erie, B, he was killed in the war of 1812, fought on Lake Erie, C, he swam across Lake Erie from Canada, or D, He was responsible for turning Presque Isle into a State Park.

LYNN: Actually, what's amazing about this is he swam across Lake Erie from Canada to rescue a drowning vacationer out of Lake Erie, and then was killed in the War of 1812.

No, you're not buying that?

Well, anything's possible.

It is, after all, The Pennsylvania Game.

Chris, have you guessed?

I was going to say, chosen.

Have you guessed?

Come on.

Yeah.

I've guessed.

LYNN: You guessed what?

B. LYNN: B. I don't have no idea.

I have absolutely no idea.

No idea.

Not a clue.

CHRIS: No.

Kevin, do you have a clue.

I took B. I'm tough.

You want to be a hero, you got to get killed.

I'm sorry.

LYNN: I think so too.

I think so too.

What do you think?

Did you kill him too?

No, I took D because Presque Isle was the only thing I knew that was up near Erie.

LYNN: OK.

Didn't say Erie.

LYNN: OK not as homicidal as the two gentlemen.

Isn't that always true.

This testostarone in males.

I don't know what it is.

What do you suppose the answer is?

ANNOUNCER: The answer is C. At age 17, Pat Budny became the first person to swim the 23 miles between Long Point, Ontario, Canada and Presque Isle State Park in Pennsylvania.

Budny accomplished this feat in 26 hours on August 20th, 1975, arriving at Presque Isle at 2:00 A.M. Tim Hughes, Budny's companion, had to be pulled from the water, just two miles from shore, due to exhaustion.

Because of strong lake currents, Budny actually swam 31 miles to accomplish this feat.

Can you imagine being two miles shy and then having to be pulled out for exhaustion?

Gosh.

Anyway, we want to thank Myron and Lois Weber of Denver, Pennsylvania, for sending that question.

And we're going to give them a year subscription to Pennsylvania Magazine because we're so grateful, even if the panelists are not because you stumped them.

Absolutely.

Well, you know what?

We're still knee deep in water, on this next question.

ANNOUNCER: March 24th, 1989, the Exxon Valdez crashed into Bligh reef, releasing 11 million gallons of oil into Alaska's pristine Prince William Sound.

Two weeks after the accident, a Pennsylvania firm was invited to test a new product it was developing to aid in the massive cleanup.

Was the company, A, Westinghouse Corporation, B, Cyclops Industries, C, New Pig Corporation, or D, Joy Technologies.

LYNN: OK.

Which Pennsylvania corporation went in and tried to clean up that mess?

Westinghouse, Cyclops, New Pig, or Joy?

Have you all chosen already?

You're way ahead of me.

Wow impressive.

Kevin.

It's the New Pig Corporation.

LYNN: Oh, it is?

Yes, it is.

With LYNN: Such certainty, you say that.

Either that or I'm bluffing those two.

Is he bluffing?

You're going to go for this candy, huh ?

Well, I should have chosen Cyclops because of the eye connection, but I didn't.

I chose Pig because of the llama connection.

Absolutely.

Absolutely.

And Chris, what connection are you on?

What planet are you on?

That's smart.

Me too.

New Pig?

I've never heard of it, so I chose it also.

LYNN: You did too, because you've never heard of it.

So we have my heavens, the civilian conservation corps.

All right.

For FDR, the CCC.

And here we go.

Could be, you're all really smart or really stupid.

ANNOUNCER: The answer is C, New Pig Corporation.

Two weeks after the Exxon Valdez wrecked into the Bligh reef, New Pig Corporation was invited to Valdez, Alaska, to try out its new oil spill containment and recovery product, affectionately known as Oscar.

Although the product proved to be only marginally effective.

New Pig Corporation of Tipton, Pennsylvania is one of the nation's leaders in the development of products used to manage and clean up industrial and hazardous materials, leaks and spills.

LYNN: Ah, yes.

That music can only mean one thing.

Last chance.

Last chance to figure out who the heck that mystery Pennsylvanian is.

Here it is.

The last clue to you and to the panel.

The prince of pessimism reached the pinnacle of his profession on May 9th, 1994, when he was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame.

Chris Moore is going nuts.

I can't think of the last name.

LYNN: I know.

I know.

I know.

You see them.

I see them.

But I can't think of a name.

Kevin, they're all stumped and stymied.

The prince of pessimism inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in '94.

He's dapper.

He's fashion conscious.

He came from Kane, He started as a high school coach.

Everybody likes him, but nobody can figure out who the heck he is.

Where's his hair slick back?

Time's up.

Time's up.

Time's up.

Wait a minute.

I'm not going to come to you, Chris, I think because you-- Candy, you have any idea?

What do you have there?

A mess.

Well, I have this mess because I figured Newt Rockne was a good name.

We were talking about Newt earlier.

And then Joe Paterno.

But I figured that didn't work.

And I'm not a basketball fan.

So there's a snake there.

LYNN: There's a snake.

I'm glad you kept that.

Keeping with the animal theme.

I thought it was a spur.

Isn't that a snake?

I couldn't figure out what that was.

CANDY: No, no, no.

It's a snake.

It's a snake.

All right.

Chris.

Well, I thought it was Joe Paterno at first, too.

But you can't read these hieroglyphics.

LYNN: No, I can't And the next one, I think it's the New York-- former New York Knicks coach, who went to Miami and Pat and I can't think of his last name LYNN: Riley, because he's dapper.

Right, right.

LYNN: Fashion conscious, Pat Riley.

That's all I could come.

If it's not Pat Riley, I don't know who it is.

Well, guess what?

What?

It's not Pat Riley.

I don't know who it is.

Who is it?

Well, I had nothing on the first line.

Dapper, I thought of Tom Landry.

And I put that on line two.

LYNN: Tom Landry, You thought of dapper?

I like his hat.

Then finally-- LYNN: Jeez.

--since I'm not a big basketball fan, I said Oscar Levant because it worked once before.

CHRIS: [inaudible] I got away with it once.

You know, something tells me that they're not taking the game seriously.

And I'm disappointed in all of you.

I don't think it's Oscar Levant.

And I don't think it's a snake.

And I don't think it's Pat Riley either.

Who the heck do you suppose it is?

ANNOUNCER: Chuck Daly, the kid from Kane was born in 1930, in the midst of the Great Depression.

One of basketball's most respected and well-liked coaches.

He started out as a $3,600 a year high school coach and English teacher at Punxsutawney high school.

From there, he worked his way to the top, coaching college and then professional basketball.

Handsome and well dressed, Sports Illustrated called him a man of style and a man of substance.

Among his career highlights, he led the Detroit Pistons to back to back championships in 1989 and 1990, and coached the United States basketball dream team to Olympic gold in Barcelona, Spain, in 1992.

The so-called prince of pessimism, received basketball's greatest honor on May 9th, 1994, when he was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame.

Chuck Daly, a famous Pennsylvanian.

Well, there's a few people on the panel here, namely three, that would like to take issue with the adjective famous.

CHRIS: Yes.

--in that regard, because they don't-- KEVIN: I would like-- I would like to point out, you've never seen Chuck Daly and Oscar Levant together.

[laughing] CHRIS: Never will.

Never will.

Sorry, guys, about that.

At 63 and 94, He was the oldest head coach in the NBA.

It's just another little fact there.

But he didn't look 63.

Were those-- maybe those pictures were older pictures.

At any rate, I wonder if you're wondering who won.

Guess what?

It's a tie.

Yep.

Chris and Kevin, you have won today's game.

Candy, just one point back.

[applause] Hold your applause because here's the biggie.

You know what these guys are going to get for having won this game?

One of the sculpture things.

That's a goat.

[interposing voices] You got it.

We have one basket of Poopets.

Oh, no, it's not a basket.

We have six Poopets for you, and we thought, you could share them.

Oh, there are four?

You each have four Poopets.

And you should thank your lucky-- The first one-- I want one.

I want one.

[applause] Hey, we want to thank the guys over at the old Poopets factory over there in Kinzer, Pennsylvania.

These are made out of organic cow dung.

CHRIS: Proven effective.

I have a small-- all right, listen, I'm being told to say goodbye.

Say goodbye.

Say goodbye.

Say goodbye.

Say goodbye.

Thank you.

Join us next time when we play The Pennsylvania Game.

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