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Antarctic expedition, Rockefeller & an odd burial
Season 8 Episode 2 | 28m 50sVideo has Closed Captions
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The Pennsylvania Game
Antarctic expedition, Rockefeller & an odd burial
Season 8 Episode 2 | 28m 50sVideo has Closed Captions
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorshipANNOUNCER: Civil war General John P. Taylor of Mifflin County is as famous for his life as for his death.
How was he buried?
Why wouldn't respectable wives hang Severin Roesen's paintings in their homes?
You'll find out as we all play The Pennsylvania Game.
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Now, let's get the game started.
Here's the woman who says everything in moderation, especially "moderation."
She's the host of The Pennsylvania Game, Lynn Cullen.
Hello.
Thank you, thank you.
[applause] Thank you so much.
Thank you, thank you, thank you.
Enough.
[laughter] I love it.
I stand back there and I watch the panel listen to those first two teaser questions.
They're scared.
[laughter] They're scared.
Anyway, I have the answers right here.
I have the questions right here.
How's about we get this thing going?
You come with me.
We'll meet the panel first.
Bruce Bond, host of the, huh, Bruce Bond Show?
Yes.
LYNN CULLEN: Yes.
Yeah.
LYNN CULLEN: Isn't that strange on Wink 104, Harrisburg, which, by the way, was just named the best contemporary hit radio station in the United States.
Yes!
LYNN CULLEN: All right.
Bruce Bond, ladies and gentlemen.
[applause] And next, coming back for a second time, Cynthia King, also known as Dr.
Silk, now a minister of Christian education for Petra Ministries in Pittsburgh.
It has been rumored, by the way, since her last appearance that she had to get an agent.
Say hello to Cynthia King, Dr.
Silk.
[applause] And a new face on the panel, John Paul Shaffer, grand champion winner of all sorts of trivia contests.
Until today.
LYNN CULLEN: Until today.
[applause] He is Wink 104 news guy and Harrisburg's most eligible bachelor.
Says who?
Me.
[applause] John Paul Shaffer, ladies and gentlemen.
[applause] All right, what do you say we just get this thing on the road?
Let's befuddle them right now.
ANNOUNCER: In just four years, General John P. Taylor of Mifflin County rose from Lieutenant of Company C, 1st Pennsylvania Cavalry, to Brigadier General in the Civil War.
When the famous war hero died in 1914, he took part of his past with him.
Was general Taylor buried, A, with his horse, B, with his favorite rifle, C, wrapped in strategic war plans, or D, in a cannon?
LYNN CULLEN: Oh man, I just want to say this and get it off my chest.
Whatever it was, he was weird, all right?
What was General-- was he buried with his horse, his rifle, wrapped in strategic war plans, or kaboom, in a cannon?
Bruce.
I want to be buried in a cannon.
LYNN CULLEN: You do?
Yeah, yeah.
LYNN CULLEN: Yeah.
No, he was-- he was one of those guys that was infatuated with the-- the rifle.
LYNN CULLEN: Yeah.
Loved the rifle.
LYNN CULLEN: Right.
Had to be with the rifle.
LYNN CULLEN: Had to have the rifle.
Had to have it.
LYNN CULLEN: Even in-- [mumbles] He had his rifle with him.
Dr.
Silk.
First of all, I'd like to say I think it's unfair that I'm with two guys from the same place.
That gives them an advantage.
And they may have hand cues or something.
So if I just go like that-- LYNN CULLEN: Will you stop causing trouble already?
Just give me your answer.
With this horse.
LYNN CULLEN: He was buried with his horse.
If he was that weird, it might as well be his horse.
LYNN CULLEN: Was he-- I mean, was he straddling it and they just-- They just dropped them all in a hole.
LYNN CULLEN: Makes sense.
Ha!
John Paul.
Bruce, you should have stuck with the whole cannon thing.
It's a little known fact that he came from a family of circus people.
And they were part of a high-wire shoot-out-of-the-cannon act.
And he was buried in the family cannon.
LYNN CULLEN: Absolutely.
Sure sounds convincing to me, doesn't it?
[chuckles] Let's find out.
Who was he buried with?
What was he buried with?
ANNOUNCER: The answer is D. General John P. Taylor was buried in a recast captured rebel cannon.
Taylor devoted the last few years of his life trying to find a company that would recast a bronze cannon into an air and water-tight coffin.
He contacted manufacturers in several states and even in some foreign countries, before negotiating with the Bureau Brothers of Philadelphia to construct the coffin for $1,000.
Taylor ordered the manufacturers to ship the coffin to undertaker JH Fretz of Lewistown, who stored the coffin until Taylor's death in July of 1914.
The not-so-modest general also arranged to have a bronze statue of himself mounted on top of the gravesite.
Today, a large stone statue marks Taylor's grave in the Churchill Cemetery along old Route 322 near Reidsville.
Yeah, talk about going out with a bang.
Can you imagine he spent the last two years of his life saying, hey, is there anyone who can melt this thing down as a casket that I can get in when I die?
I mean, come on, General Taylor.
Get a life.
[laughter] Or I guess that's not quite the right thing to say to him.
Anyway, a big thank you to Forrest K. Fisher of Reidsville and his students, who helped us on this one, researched it for us.
We thank you guys.
And we're sending you a year's subscription to Pennsylvania Magazine.
So you're welcome.
How about another question?
ANNOUNCER: In 1928, Paul A. Siple, a native of Erie, Pennsylvania, was selected from among 60,000 Boy Scouts to accompany Admiral Richard Byrd on his first of many trips to Antarctica.
During one of these expeditions, Siple, A, helped develop the wind chill factor, B, discover the hole in the ozone layer, C, was killed by a polar bear, or D, planted the flag of the Commonwealth at the South Pole.
Man, I sure-- I sure hope it wasn't killed by a polar bear.
Can you imagine, and we're taking a little boy scout along with us?
Oh well.
OK.
The wind chill factor, one of my least favorite things.
Did he discover the hole in the ozone layer?
Was he killed, the poor kid?
Or did he plant a flag of the Commonwealth at the South Pole?
Paul Siple.
Cynthia.
Oh, I picked A for no apparent reason.
LYNN CULLEN: Really?
You helped develop the wind chill factor.
I hate wind chill factors.
I hate them.
I mean, you're cold, and then they say, you think you're cold now, let me tell you how cold it really is.
Thanks a lot.
John Paul.
Planted the flag of the Commonwealth.
Why not?
LYNN CULLEN: Of course, why not?
Well, that's the conservative answer, D, planted the flag.
But I hope the guy was killed by a polar bear.
That would be great, huh?
[laughter] LYNN CULLEN: Well, you went with D, you know that?
Went with D, yeah.
LYNN CULLEN: You hope he was killed by a polar bear?
It would be fun to talk about and learn about that.
Yes.
Well, again, we have managed to spell out "dad."
Hi, dad.
[chuckles] LYNN CULLEN: What's the correct answer?
ANNOUNCER: The answer is A, helped develop the wind chill factor.
While in Antarctica, Siple realize the importance of remaining bundled against the cold.
In 1939, along with colleague Charles Passel, Siple used the term "wind chill" to describe the way wind speed and low temperatures combined to chill the human body.
The stronger the wind during the given temperature reading, the lower the wind chill factor.
His research, for which he was awarded a Hubbard medal in 1958, was conducted mainly during the year he lived at the South Pole.
Wow, he live for a year at the South Pole, a boy scout.
They wouldn't let him do that now because there'd be, like, some kind of threats of lawsuits, or you know.
Really.
Wouldn't that be true?
Hi.
I hear the nightclubs, though, at the South Pole are great.
Really hot.
Yep.
Probably not hot, but, I mean, you know, whatever.
Yeah.
So what is this about you being in a movie?
I mean, a real movie?
Yeah, there is a movie filmed in Harrisburg in the summer, this past summer.
And I was part of the announcer for a fight scene.
So it's my first debut in a movie.
Did you-- so you made it?
You weren't edited out?
Well, it's not out yet at this point, so I don't know.
Yeah, right.
Watch where he ends up-- editing room floor.
I don't know.
I was pretty good.
Who know?
Were you good?
Oh yeah.
All right.
Dr. King.
CYNTHIA KING: Yes.
You've never been in a movie, I take it.
Not yet.
LYNN CULLEN: But you've changed jobs.
Now, last time you were here, you were an academician.
Right.
LYNN CULLEN: And now you're with the ministry?
That's right.
LYNN CULLEN: Pray, God-- what happened?
It was a call of God.
LYNN CULLEN: It was?
That sent me back to Pittsburgh to be in the ministry full time.
But I'm still part of the Penn State family.
You know, they-- I think they still like me.
I'm not real sure.
LYNN CULLEN: Well, I like you.
Well, that's all important.
LYNN CULLEN: We like her, don't we?
Yeah.
[applause] All right.
Dr.
Silk.
All I hope is that your like helps me win.
LYNN CULLEN: All right.
Well, you're OK. You're doing OK. John Paul-- so you're a trivia expert, which should stand you in good stead on this program, huh?
No, this is hard.
LYNN CULLEN: This is hard.
I like easy trivia and playing against less intelligent people.
Now, in order to be-- I mean, if you've got-- you're really a great trivia expert, does that mean that you, like, sit around with books full of facts and-- No, I don't do anything.
I don't know why I win these contests.
LYNN CULLEN: You just sort of know them?
I intimidate the other players.
I see.
Well, I think he bluffs a lot.
That's what I suspect.
JOHN PAUL SHAFFER: But it works.
Yeah, it works.
Well, let's see if it works on this next question.
CYNTHIA KING: Uh-uh.
Mm-hmm.
ANNOUNCER: John Dickson Carr was born in Uniontown, Pennsylvania, in 1905.
He became one of the most successful writers in his field.
Is he best known for writing, A, mystery novels, B, campaign speeches, C, romance novels, or D, comic books?
LYNN CULLEN: John Dickson Carr.
What did he write?
Whodunnits, campaign speeches, [puckers lips] romance, or comic books?
John Paul.
I don't think he wrote any of those.
I'd like to go off the board for 50.
[laughter] I'm going to go with mystery novels.
LYNN CULLEN: You are?
All right.
Yes, I am.
Even though it's a mystery to you, he's going with mystery novels.
And Bruce is saying, ha!
No.
LYNN CULLEN: Nah.
This guy's given me lots of pleasure reading his romance novels.
LYNN CULLEN: Yes.
Thank you.
LYNN CULLEN: Yeah.
It's great.
LYNN CULLEN: He looks a little bit like Fabio, too.
I noticed that.
OK. Cynthia?
I think he wrote campaign speeches.
LYNN CULLEN: Why not?
Somebody had him tell those stories.
LYNN CULLEN: Right.
He wrote campaign speeches that were slightly mysterious, I think, is what happened.
JOHN PAUL SHAFFER: I bet he wrote comic books.
Yeah, romantic campaigns.
And he probably wrote comic books.
ANNOUNCER: The answer is A. John Dickson Carr was a famous mystery writer.
In 1930, he published and sold 15,000 copies of It Walks By Night, the first of his 71 novels.
He later moved to England and adopted the pen name Carter Dickson because he was writing more books that one publisher could handle.
Influenced by English author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Carr combined detective stories with historical novels and created Gideon Fell, his famous detective.
Eventually, he returned to the US, settling in Westchester County, New York, and established himself as a longtime book reviewer for Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine.
Nothing mysterious about this mystery writer's success.
At the age of 11, he had already put down 120 complete plot outlines.
BRUCE BOND: Wow.
Wow is right.
Speaking of wow, take a look at this score.
It's 2 to 1 to 0.
And with John Paul having two, Cynthia having one, and Bruce-- [applause] --zippo.
All right, here's where we separate the, I don't know, winners from the losers.
Mystery Pennsylvanian, three clues given during the program.
Get it right the first time, get three whole points at the end of the program, OK?
Clue one.
Born in Pen Argyl, Pennsylvania, on April 19, 1933.
Her given name was Vera Jayne Palmer.
As expected, blank looks.
[laughter] Vera Jayne Palmer, born In Pen Argyl, 1933.
You mull that over, ponder it.
And direct your attention to our next question.
ANNOUNCER: German artist Severin Roesen emigrated to the United states, eventually moving to Williamsport, Pennsylvania, around 1860.
Although today his work graces the walls of the White House, it was said that respectable wives of his day would not hang his paintings in their parlors.
Did Severin Roesen paint, A, nudes, B, geometric abstracts, C, presidential portraits, or D, tabletop still lifes?
LYNN CULLEN: Respectable women would not have one hanging in their parlors.
Were they nudes?
Were they geometric abstracts?
[gasps dramatically] Were they presidential portraits?
Oh, perish the thought.
Or tabletop still lives?
Excuse me.
Bruce?
I think it was nudes on tabletops, but-- [laughter] But no, tabletop still lives.
And this one I know.
LYNN CULLEN: Oh, you do?
Oh yeah.
OK. [chuckles] Right.
Cynthia?
Nudes.
LYNN CULLEN: Well, it would only make sense, right?
I mean, what are-- what would be so awful about any of those other things?
John Paul.
It could have been presidential nudes.
That would be worse.
[laughter] I went with nudes also because it's just too easy that it's probably wrong.
Yeah.
Well, you know what?
There's some truth in that.
It makes sense.
So it can't be right, can it?
ANNOUNCER: The answer is D, tabletop still lifes.
German still life painter Severin Roesen spent nearly 12 years in Williamsport, a prosperous lumbering community.
His large, complex arrangements of fruit and flowers atop marble tables reflect the optimism and lavishness of the mid-19th century.
Although many of his paintings still survive, not much is known about the artist's life.
However, art historians have concluded that he spent some time in Harrisburg and Huntington before settling in Williamsport, perhaps because it had a large German population.
It's said that respectable wives would not hang Roesen's paintings in their parlors because they often served as back bar decorations in many area taverns.
In fact, he was considered a practical artist because he frequently exchanged his paintings for clothes, rent, and even beer.
Well, he sounds like a sensible soul to me.
You know, there's something terribly sensual about a pair, you know?
And who knows what kinds of thoughts it might conjure up?
Respectable women, what a boring life they must have lived in the last century?
Gosh, couldn't do anything.
Rules, rules, rules.
Jeez.
Hey, by the way, I've been told-- well, never mind.
I'll keep it for the Mystery Pennsylvanian.
I've already made a fool of myself-- just once now.
That's no big deal, because you guys make fools of yourselves regularly on the program, don't you?
That's part of what this show is all about.
So get off our backs just because we make mistakes.
Excuse me.
Seemed a little abrupt and aggressive, didn't it?
[laughter] Let's take another question, OK?
ANNOUNCER: The Leap the Dips roller coaster at Lakemont Park in Altoona is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
In fact, much effort is being made to preserve this coaster and publicize its place in history.
Is Leap the Dips, A, the oldest standing roller coaster in the world, B, the only wooden roller coaster in the United States, C, the world's fastest roller coaster, or D, the only remaining racing coaster to use a single track?
LYNN CULLEN: Man, I wouldn't want to get on a wooden roller coaster.
How do if there aren't termites in there or something?
Can you imagine?
Is it, Leap the Dips-- Leap the Dips-- the oldest standing roller coaster, the only wooden roller coaster, the world's fastest roller coaster, the only remaining roller coaster to use a single track?
Well, I certainly hope you understood all of that.
Cynthia?
I know you look confused, but I'm sure you're not.
Was the opposite of a standing roller coaster a fallen roller coaster?
LYNN CULLEN: Yeah, I would imagine so.
Yeah, yeah.
Oh, OK.
I didn't pick that one.
So I picked the-- the only wooden roller coaster, B. OK, I'll go along with that.
OK, you trivia expert you.
I think there's older ones.
I've ridden on other wooden ones.
Fastest ones are made of steel.
So it must be the only racing coaster to use a single track.
All right.
Well, what acuity of intellect there.
Bruce?
John, you are correct.
JOHN PAUL SHAFFER: Thank you, Bruce.
LYNN CULLEN: Oh!
JOHN PAUL SHAFFER: The hand signals worked that time.
LYNN CULLEN: Hey, DBD, DBD, DBD.
Let us see if it's DBD?
ANNOUNCER: The answer is A, the oldest standing roller coaster in the world.
The Leap the Dips roller coaster at Lakemont Park in Altoona was designed by E. Joy Morris and built in 1902 in a side friction figure eight design.
This design was very popular in the years before World War II.
And it is estimated that there were nearly 250 coasters of similar design in North America at the time.
By the 1920s, technical advances made this roller coaster design obsolete.
And eventually, most of the wooden coasters were replaced by more complex steel coasters.
Today, Leap the Dips is the only existing side friction figure eight roller coaster and the oldest standing coaster in the world.
There it is.
It is the oldest standing roller coaster in the world.
All the others fell down.
That's it.
All right, let's get our score.
Oh my.
Well, it's tightened up a little bit.
John Paul still in the lead with two, but Cynthia and Bruce now have one correct.
And so you are breathing down his neck.
[applause] All right, here's our second clue for the Mystery Pennsylvanian.
And I made a little mistake in pronunciation on the first clue.
She was born in Pen Argyl.
I said Pen Argyl.
Pen argyl, Pennsylvania.
My apologies to the Pen Argylians.
Given name was Vera Jayne Palmer.
The second clue, her sex goddess film status lasted only six years and hit a sharp decline after the death of Marilyn Monroe in 1962.
Sex goddess film status lasted only six years and started to go downhill rapidly after the death of Marilyn Monroe, strangely, in 1962.
Given name, Vera Jayne Palmer.
Born in 1933, Pen Argyl, Pennsylvania.
"Hmm," I'm hearing from them.
"Hmm," I'm hearing from them.
If you can hear brains working, I'm hearing that.
And people writing away.
While you're scribbling, let's take a look at our next question.
ANNOUNCER: 21-year-old Jennie Wade courageously aided Union soldiers during the Battle of Gettysburg.
Despite warnings from Confederate troops to leave the area, on July 3, 1863, three days into the fighting, Jennie was fatally wounded by a stray Minié ball.
In what activity was Jennie Wade engaged?
A, baking bread for starving Union soldiers, B, telegraphing communications to Union command, C, crossing Confederate lines to deliver clean socks and underwear to her husband, or D, spying for the Union army?
LYNN CULLEN: Well, don't laugh about crossing the lines to get underwear to her husband.
I mean, didn't your mother ever tell you, always have clean underwear on because, you know, you don't know what'll happen?
Obviously, going into-- if you're going into battle, you could well end up in an emergency room or something.
Was she baking bread?
Was she telegraphing communications?
Was she delivering underwear to her hubby?
Or was she spying?
Poor old Jennie, killed in the Battle of Gettysburg.
John Paul?
I think I've seen Jennie Wade brand bread in the grocery store, so I'm going to go with the baking bread.
LYNN CULLEN: You're going with baking bread, all right.
It looks like a goofy answer, but thank God for Jennie Wade and bringing the clean underwear and socks.
LYNN CULLEN: All right, Bruce.
Thank God.
LYNN CULLEN: Cynthia.
I think Jennie Wade was a nouveau woman.
And therefore, she had doing something critically important.
And I think she was telegraphing communications, B.
All right, we're all over the board this time.
A, B, C, or CBA.
Somebody is correct.
ANNOUNCER: The answer is A. Jennie Wade spent the days before and during the Battle of Gettysburg busily baking bread for the starving Union soldiers.
When Confederate troops ordered her to leave her home, she refused, saying, until the battle is over, I wait.
I wish to help.
On July 3, 1863, the third day of fighting, a stray Minié ball pierced her heart while she was kneading bread.
Jennie Wade became the only Gettysburg civilian to be killed during the battle.
LYNN CULLEN: Yeah.
And you can visit Jennie Wade's house in Gettysburg, which is now a Civil War museum.
We thank Helen Chubsky of South Fork for sending us that question.
And we'll send her a Pennsylvania Magazine-- matter of fact, 12 of them.
Hey, how about another question?
Game's tight.
Let's do it.
BRUCE BOND: All right!
ANNOUNCER: John Davison Rockefeller, a pioneer in the oil business, controlled many of Pennsylvania's oil refineries through his Standard Oil Company.
Often referred to as the richest man in the world, which of the following is not one of this powerful man's nicknames?
A, Old I'm pleased Though I'm Sad, B, The Greatest Robber Baron of the Northeast, C, St. John, Or D, Rocky?
LYNN CULLEN: Gee.
I think if you were that rich you'd smile every once in a while.
All right.
What do we call the guy?
Old smiley face-- oh, that's not on there.
Old I'm Pleased Though I'm Sad?
Oh no, three of them-- excuse me while I mislead you.
One of those is not-- I'm with you.
--the nickname.
You're with me?
I'm sorry.
I'm getting carried away here.
Bruce.
He hated this.
He hated "Rocky."
Don't even get close and say that.
He would hit somebody.
LYNN CULLEN: He'd go nuts.
He'd go nuts.
Cynthia.
I heard that too, so I went with D also.
Yeah, don't call him "Rocky."
John Paul, did you call him "Rocky"?
Why, no, I didn't.
And I don't think anyone else did either.
LYNN CULLEN: And nobody in their right mind would.
We have unanimity of opinion for the first time during the game.
Actually, to guarantee my victory, I'm just going to pick the same answers as them.
--rocky.
[laughter] Well, let's see.
ANNOUNCER: The answer is B, The Greatest Robber Baron of the Northeast.
Rockefeller was compared to the robber barons, but he was never known as the greatest.
The nickname Old I'm Pleased Though I'm Sad was given to John D. by his classmates at Central High School in Cleveland when he began a speech with the phrase.
This was the only nickname that Rockefeller really accepted.
The others, Saint John and Rocky, were used in various cartoons of the time-- although to Rockefeller, they were criticisms of his lifestyle and of him.
Well, I'm pleased, though I'm sad to report that this is the last clue for the Mystery Pennsylvanian.
Last chance.
CYNTHIA KING: Oh, my last chance.
In 1967, a mysterious-- a mysterious?-- automobile accident ended her life as dramatically as she had lived it.
Killed in an automobile accident, 1967.
Her career hits the skids in '62 with the death of Marilyn Monroe.
Before that, though, she was a sex goddess of the film world.
Born in Pen Argyl on April 19, 1933.
Given name Vera Jayne Palmer.
I'm coming at you.
Cynthia, what do you have?
First you said, who knows?
Second, you said, I still don't know.
And three, you said, it wasn't me.
[laughter] Yeah.
Well, yeah, we'll give you a point for being clever, OK?
John Paul.
You're going to stay in the lead here?
Oh, I doubt it.
LYNN CULLEN: I doubt it, too.
One, Susan Sarandon, two, Jean Harlow, and three, Jean Harlow.
Why change a wrong answer?
Why change a wrong answer?
I like your stick-to-itiveness.
OK. Betsy Ross, Demi Moore, and Penny Argle.
[laughter] Well, something tells me we don't have a correct answer here-- I don't know.
Let's see.
ANNOUNCER: Jayne Mansfield was born Vera Jayne Palmer in Pen Argyl, Pennsylvania, in 1933.
Her life was as dramatic as the film she starred in.
Known as a sex goddess in the 1950s and '60s, her career flourished at a time when the blonde bombshell was the craze.
Her film credits include the starring role in Promises Promises, a film which challenged the nudity precedent at the time.
After the death of Marilyn Monroe, Jayne Mansfield tried unsuccessfully to change her sexy image.
After a failed attempt at a serious singing career, she became a regular on the club circuit, making special guest appearances all over the country.
She died tragically in an automobile accident in 1967, leaving a legacy of mystery and fantasy.
Jayne Mansfield, a famous Pennsylvanian.
[laughter] Excuse us for laughing.
Bruce just said, I wonder if she'd still be alive?
And John Paul said-- yeah, what'd you say?
JOHN PAUL SHAFFER: If she wasn't dead?
Of course she'd be alive.
Well, Jayne-- she was offered the role of Ginger on Gilligan's Island.
She turned it down.
See, there she could have had a whole new career.
And it would have been-- it would have been different, wouldn't it?
I wanted to get this in about old Smiley Rockefeller there.
His net worth was $1 billion, this at a time when, you know, $1 went a long way.
The GNP of the nation at that time was $50 billion.
His net worth was $1 billion.
And he never smiled-- figure that out.
Well, you know what, John Paul?
You have reason to smile.
Did I win.
You certainly did.
You won.
[applause] Beginner's luck.
Thank you.
Beginner's luck, I'm sure.
And what is it?
Everybody's saying, what is it?
It's from Capozzolo Brothers Slate Company in Bangor, Pennsylvania.
Oh, the Capozzolo Brothers.
I've wondered what they've been doing.
LYNN CULLEN: It's a slate gift set.
And I think you have a coaster set in there and a clock.
Mm-hmm.
LYNN CULLEN: And what are those coasters?
There's something about turkeys in there?
There's turkeys on your coasters.
Very nice.
LYNN CULLEN: Don't take it personal.
There's a turkey on the clock.
Yeah, you've got turkey coasters and a clock, which is not set properly-- JOHN PAUL SHAFFER: Thank you.
--at the moment.
Well, thank you, thank you.
Sorry.
Thank you.
Maybe you two should try The Rhode Island game.
It's a much smaller state, a lot less facts.
[laughter] Thank you.
Thank you, audience.
Thank you most of all.
And join us next time on the Rhode Island-- I mean, The Pennsylvania Game.
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