The Pennsylvania Game
Ben Franklin, Pirates & Clara Barton
Season 8 Episode 4 | 28m 49sVideo has Closed Captions
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The Pennsylvania Game
Ben Franklin, Pirates & Clara Barton
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorshipANNOUNCER: When Ben Franklin died in 1790, what did he leave to George Washington?
And why did the Pittsburgh Alleghenys become known as the Pittsburgh Pirates?
You'll find out as we all play about Pennsylvania Game.
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Now, let's get the game started.
Here's the queen of queens, the host of The Pennsylvania Game, Lynn Cohen.
LYNN COHEN: Hello.
Hello.
Hello.
Hello.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Gee, they take direction well.
This is going to be a good show.
Usually, the place is out of control.
Hello and good morning, good evening, good afternoon, whatever time it happens to be where you are watching us.
I'm Lynn Cohen, as somebody said.
Was that the voice of God?
And now, it is my opportunity to introduce to you the contestants for today's Pennsylvania Game.
We call them contestants but they're really suckers.
That's right.
These all look like familiar faces.
Our first panelist has been keeping his nose to the grindstone since last time he was on the show, and now the Guinness book of World records will be including him in its next issue as the only man in the world who can cut steak with his nose.
Please say Hello to Steve Wagner.
And Bubbles.
I kid you not, as a co-host of the Bruce Bond Late afternoon Show on Wink 104.
She was named for the Pennsylvania Dutch word, meaning baby.
And on top of that, she was born on groundhog day.
And she's making her second appearance on the show.
Please welcome Bubbles.
And finally, Bruce Bond.
Three time challenger on The Pennsylvania Game.
He's host of-- and this will strike you as astounding, the Bruce Bond Late Afternoon Show on Wink 104 in Harrisburg.
Welcome back, Bruce.
BRUCE BOND: Hello.
LYNN COHEN: Good luck to you all.
Well, this should be good.
These are three veteran players.
And in fact, our first question has to do with a veteran as well.
This guy's has made lots of appearances on The Pennsylvania Game.
Let's watch.
ANNOUNCER: When Benjamin Franklin died in 1790, he was estranged from his son William, who had sided with the British during the revolutionary War.
In his last will, he left his son quote, "all my books and papers, which he has in his possession, and all debts standing against him on my account books."
The general George Washington, he left his, A, legendary kite, B, best store-bought teeth, C, poor Richard's almanac, or D, crabtree walking stick.
LYNN COHEN: Benjamin Franklin's will, a curious and incredible document.
But what did he leave to the father of his country-- his kite, his teeth-- a bit bizarre, and poor Richard's almanac, or the crabtree walking stick?
Steve.
STEVE WAGNER: Clear process of elimination will show that the kite vanished the next day.
George had his own store-bought teeth.
Everybody had poor Richard's almanac, so I went with D, the walking stick.
LYNN COHEN: What a mind!
What a mind!
Bubbles.
BUBBLES: I would say the obvious answer is C, poor Richard's almanac, and I hope it's not the teeth.
LYNN COHEN: I certainly hope it's not the teeth.
Well, hygiene in those days was a totally different thing.
Bruce, I bet you went with teeth.
BRUCE BOND: Oh, no.
No, I didn't.
I know for a fact that he-- Ben Franklin was really into that crabtree walking stick.
He really liked that and had a lot of pride in it.
Took it wherever he went and wanted somebody very prestigious to have it.
LYNN COHEN: OK.
The two gents go with a walking stick, and Bubbles is looking a little nervous there in betwixt them.
Let's find out who's right.
ANNOUNCER: The answer is D. Benjamin Franklin willed his cane to George Washington in the following terms.
Quote, "my fine crabtree walking stick with a gold head curiously wrought in the form of a cap of liberty I give to my friend and the friend of mankind, general Washington."
And with the states of Pennsylvania and Massachusetts, Franklin left a gift that keeps on giving.
Franklin earmarked 2,000 pounds sterling, which he earned as president of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, to create a savings account for the ages.
He wanted his money to be used as loans, bearing interest to assist married apprentices of upright behavior in setting up businesses in Philadelphia and Boston.
After 200 years, he asked that his legacy, which by 1990 had generated millions of dollars, be divided between the governments of both states to be spent as they deemed appropriate.
LYNN COHEN: Ain't that wonderful?
Franklin, by the way, refused to spend his salary as president of the Commonwealth.
He said-- listen to this, in a democratic state, there ought to be no offices of profit.
Boy, would that go over well today?
[sad trombone] Oh, yeah.
Well, listen, on to another president's question.
This one I think kept his salary.
They do.
ANNOUNCER: Five-star general Dwight D. Eisenhower once said quote, "I would rather have the right to wear this medal than be president of the United States."
Although he never received the medal, more than 370 Pennsylvanians have been so honored.
Are they all recipients of-- A, the Distinguished Service Cross, B, the Bronze Star Medal, C, the congressional Medal of Honor, or D, the Purple Heart?
LYNN COHEN: What medal do 370 Pennsylvanians possess that Dwight Eisenhower himself coveted?
The Distinguished Service Cross, the Bronze Star, the congressional Medal of Honor, or the Purple Heart?
You guys are fast.
Bubbles, are you done?
BUBBLES: Yes.
LYNN COHEN: Gee, you were done before we even gave all the answers.
BUBBLES: I could read.
LYNN COHEN: You can?
Wow!
Let's give her a hand.
She can read.
That's right.
That's wonderful.
Much too intelligent to be a contestant on this program.
We won't have her back.
OK. What did you pick?
BUBBLES: I really liked the letter C. I'm going with C again.
LYNN COHEN: You are?
BUBBLES: Yes.
LYNN COHEN: Stick with it.
It'll be right one of these times.
BUBBLES: That's right.
LYNN COHEN: Bruce.
BRUCE BOND: Bubbles, I'm going with you this time, the letter C. This is a very difficult.
Congressional medal of honor.
LYNN COHEN: Yeah.
I happen to have all these in my drawer at home, but.
STEVE WAGNER: Who am I to buck a trend?
C. LYNN COHEN: C. Well, my heavens.
Who am I to say that it would be anything but C?
Let's see.
ANNOUNCER: The answer is C, the congressional Medal of Honor.
On November 10th 1994, the medal of honor Memorial was unveiled in Soldiers Grove at the Capitol Complex in Harrisburg.
Designed by artist Stacy Levy of spring mills and Winifred Lutz of Huntington, the Memorial is the nation's largest monument of its kind, honoring 373 Pennsylvanians who have earned this country's highest military honor, the congressional Medal of Honor.
The 300 foot wide 70 foot long Memorial is arranged in 13 stone arches, contained granite plaques for each medal recipient, beginning with heroes from the Civil War.
The last honoree is Sergeant first class Randall Shughart of Newville, Pennsylvania.
Shugart lost his life saving the life of a downed helicopter pilot during the United nations operation in Somalia.
LYNN COHEN: Now, here's an interesting little postscript.
Eisenhower said he would rather have that medal than any other.
He was offered it by Congress in 1945 and he said, no.
So figure that out.
He did-- was offered it and did refuse it.
STEVE WAGNER: Huh.
LYNN COHEN: Huh.
Hey, Steve.
STEVE WAGNER: Hmm.
LYNN COHEN: I want to come over and talk to you a little bit.
STEVE WAGNER: Yeah.
LYNN COHEN: I was wondering, how many presidents-- this is not-- how many presidents were generals?
STEVE WAGNER: 11.
LYNN COHEN: You don't have the slightest idea.
I can only think of-- who?
There was Eisenhower.
There was Grant.
There was Washington.
STEVE WAGNER: Jackson, Taylor, Tyler.
ANNOUNCER: Jackson?
STEVE WAGNER: Yeah, Andrew Jackson.
LYNN COHEN: Taylor, Tyler?
STEVE WAGNER: Mhm.
Presidents Taylor and-- LYNN COHEN: Maybe there are 11.
That's very impressive, which is why you're a continuing contestant here.
You are involved-- listen to this, you are involved in shooting a video about septic tanks?
STEVE WAGNER: They needed somebody to get down in to show the flow of things and they came to the right guy.
LYNN COHEN: Oh my lord.
STEVE WAGNER: It's sort of my life in microcosm.
LYNN COHEN: Sort of a metaphor, I suppose.
STEVE WAGNER: Yes.
LYNN COHEN: Bubbles, I'm so sorry.
I have to ask you what everybody asks you, and you must be so sick of it.
Really, is that your name?
BUBBLES: Of course it is.
LYNN COHEN: I mean, it's your given name.
It's on all the records.
BUBBLES: You can ask me every day for the rest of my life and I will constantly repeatedly say Bubbles is my honest to goodness real name.
LYNN COHEN: Do you like it?
Have you come to terms with it?
BUBBLES: I love it.
LYNN COHEN: She loves it.
BUBBLES: Does anyone else have that name besides my great aunt?
LYNN COHEN: Beverly Sills-- yes, who is known as Bubbles.
Bruce.
BRUCE BOND: Bruce.
LYNN COHEN: I have here on my little cheat sheet that your station has won the coveted Macaroni Award.
BRUCE BOND: That's it right there.
It's comparable to the Oscar award in radio.
The Marconi.
LYNN COHEN: I thought it was Marconi because Marconi is-- I know.
It says macaroni, but I thought it might be Marconi because he has something to do with radio even being in existence, didn't he?
BRUCE BOND: Macaroni?
LYNN COHEN: Yeah, Macaroni.
BRUCE BOND: Sure.
LYNN COHEN: No, Marconi.
He ate macaroni.
Oh, forget it.
I don't think I want to talk to these people anymore at all.
OK. You're a baseball fan?
BRUCE BOND: Oh, who isn't?
LYNN COHEN: OK.
Listen up.
This next one's baseball.
ANNOUNCER: Pittsburgh's first professional baseball game was played on April 15th 1876 at Union Park.
The team was called the Pittsburgh Alleghenys.
In those early years of baseball, a batter was allowed four strikes and nine balls and was out if a fielder caught the ball on the first bounce.
But by 1891, some of the rules had changed, and so did the name of the Pittsburgh team.
Why did the Pittsburgh Alleghenys become known as the Pittsburgh Pirates?
A, the team held the league record for stolen bases, B, the team had a reputation for stealing players, C, the team mascot was the club president's young son, who wore an eye patch, or D, the club owner made his fortune operating a fleet of river barges?
LYNN COHEN: Hmm.
I'm from Pittsburgh and I don't know the answer to that.
How did they get their name, the Pirates?
Stolen bases, stealing players, an eye patch, or river barges?
Who dreams these things up?
That's the question I always have.
Bruce.
BRUCE BOND: I'm going to be three and zero.
I know this one.
It's definitely because they had a reputation for stealing players.
LYNN COHEN: They did?
BRUCE BOND: Yep.
LYNN COHEN: Definitely.
BRUCE BOND: Guaranteed.
LYNN COHEN: Guaranteed.
BRUCE BOND: Put your money on this one.
LYNN COHEN: We'll stop the show right now.
It's over.
STEVE WAGNER: Well, I don't know anything about baseball, so I just put in A for stolen bases.
LYNN COHEN: Makes sense.
STEVE WAGNER: And I'm from Pittsburgh too.
LYNN COHEN: And you're from Pittsburgh.
Bubbles, what do you think?
BUBBLES: I don't often agree with Bruce but this time, I know for a fact it's B also.
LYNN COHEN: OK, you do.
Well, I don't know.
Is it B?
Let us see.
ANNOUNCER: The answer is B: the team had a reputation for stealing players.
In 1886, the Pittsburgh Alleghenys were accepted into the National league.
Three years later, the rival players league was formed and a heated battle over talent ensued.
When the players league folded after just one season, players were expected to return to their original teams.
But Pittsburgh club president James Palmer O'Neill had other ideas.
He secretly signed on second baseman Louis Bierbauer of the Philadelphia Athletics for a higher salary.
The Philadelphia club protested O'Neill's piratical tactics, but the deal stuck and so did Pittsburgh's reputation for stealing players.
By 1892, the team had become known forevermore as the Pittsburgh Pirates.
LYNN COHEN: Ironic, since players are being stolen from them on a regular basis these days.
Jeez.
What's the score do you suppose?
Actually, Bruce, you're doing quite well.
He's gotten everyone right.
But Steve and Bubbles are right on your tail with everyone but one right, so it's three to two to two.
And now, time for the first clue for our mystery Pennsylvanian.
Get it right the first time, you'll get three points at the end of the game.
Second time, two points.
Last time, one point.
First clue, born in a poor section of South Philadelphia at the turn of the century.
Her angelic voice carried her from the church choir to Carnegie hall or Carnegie hall.
Whichever you prefer.
She was born in a poor section of South Philadelphia, turn of the century, beautiful angelic voice.
She ended up in Carnegie hall.
OK.
While they're scribbling, I will also ask them, because they're so bright and they can do two things at once, to direct their attentions to the screen for our next question.
ANNOUNCER: Clara Barton, founder of the American Red Cross is best known for her dedicated service to people in trouble.
What hardship first brought her to Pennsylvania?
A, the Battle of Gettysburg.
B, the Warwick mine disaster.
C, the Johnstown Flood.
Or D, a typhoid fever outbreak in Butler.
LYNN COHEN: Jee whiz!
There sure have been enough disasters around here, haven't there?
Gettysburg, mine disaster, Johnstown Flood, typhoid outbreak.
What brought Clara, who I idolized as a little girl, second only to Nancy Drew: Girl Detective.
Steve.
STEVE WAGNER: What first brought her to Pennsylvania?
LYNN COHEN: Yeah.
What did?
STEVE WAGNER: A mule train.
LYNN COHEN: A mule-- STEVE WAGNER: No.
Gettysburg is the only association I have with Clara Barton, so I went with A. LYNN COHEN: All right.
What association do you have with Clara Barton, Bubbles?
BUBBLES: When in doubt, go with C. LYNN COHEN: Well, that has served you well.
That's true.
Bruce.
BRUCE BOND: She was part of the early Red Cross.
It wasn't really called the red cross at that time and she came in to help the mine disaster in Warwick.
And that was what she was doing.
LYNN COHEN: He's always sure of himself.
BRUCE BOND: I'm three and zero.
LYNN COHEN: Yeah.
He is-- not for long you're not.
ANNOUNCER: The answer is C: the Johnstown Flood.
On may 31st 1889, a 70 foot high wall of water flooded the town, destroying homes and businesses and killing thousands.
Miss Barton and a team of over 50 Red Cross volunteers immediately took action, providing food, clothing, and shelter for many who had been uprooted by the flood.
On July 27th, the Locust Street Red Cross Hotel was opened.
This two-storey facility built for families who had lost their homes was the first of its kind in the nation.
Barton and her team remained in Johnstown for five months, helping more than 25,000 flood survivors.
While there, the Red Cross, under Barton's careful supervision, also constructed the Kernville Red Cross Hotel, the Red Cross Block, and the Johnstown Infirmary.
Through the efforts of Clara Barton and a Red Cross, Johnstown got back on its feet.
LYNN COHEN: Fantastic.
And the people of Johnstown later flooded to the city to honor her.
You can't do this shot without having at least one bad pun.
[sad trombone] OK. Come on.
We need to be wired to do this program and I hope you are because this next question is sort of illuminating.
ANNOUNCER: In 1885, Edgar Green invented an important device while working for the Edison Electric Illuminating company in Bellefonte.
The invention received little attention at the time, but it is something few of us would live without today.
Did he invent A, the electric sweeper, B, the fuse box, C, the flashlight, or D, the electric light switch?
LYNN COHEN: The year was 1885 and in that year, a little light bulb went off over the head of Edgar Green and he thought, AHA.
Electric sweeper, fuse box, flashlight, or a light switch?
Bubbles.
BUBBLES: The light switch.
LYNN COHEN: It would be a light switch.
BUBBLES: Yes.
LYNN COHEN: OK.
BUBBLES: D. LYNN COHEN: D. BRUCE BOND: Edgar's nickname-- I don't know if anybody knows this, but it was-- his name was Fusey.
They called him Fusey, all his friends.
The fuse box.
LYNN COHEN: Yes.
You might be confused there.
Hello, Steve.
STEVE WAGNER: What he said.
LYNN COHEN: What he said.
OK.
These guys are hanging together.
You know what?
They're going to go down together too.
ANNOUNCER: The answer is D: the electric light switch.
As a young man, Edgar Green trained to be a carpenter, but his special interest was electricity.
When the Edison Electric Illuminating company was built in Bellefonte in 1883, Edgar hired on, becoming head of the wiring department.
In fact, he and his brother Elmer were responsible for wiring the town of Bellefonte.
And although he received little attention for it at the time, he is credited with inventing the electric light switch in 1885.
LYNN COHEN: Pretty neat, huh?
How about checking that score because there's been a decided change.
Ha, ha.
Look at that.
Bubbles surging to the lead with four.
Bruce, three.
Steve, two.
Still a close game and anybody can win it because-- [victory fanfare] because of the mystery Pennsylvanian.
Here is clue two.
She sang for European kings and American presidents, becoming the first Black singer to perform at the White House the year 1939.
All right.
She sang for Royalty.
She sang for presidents.
First Black singer at the White House.
The year 1939.
Born in South Philadelphia.
Went from the church choir to Carnegie hall.
All right.
While we ponder that, let's return to the first days of the Civil War when the outcome was frankly decidedly bleak it appeared.
ANNOUNCER: In November of 1861, union morale was badly shaken by battlefield defeats.
The Reverend M.R.
Watkinson of Riddleville, Pennsylvania wrote to the United States government with an unusual proposal.
From my heart, the minister wrote, I have found our national shame and disowning God as not the least of our present national disasters.
As a result of his letter, the government, A, ordered that coins be inscribed with the slogan, in God we trust, B, instituted school prayer, C, established the corps of chaplains in the military, or D, provided each man with a bible upon entry into the military?
LYNN COHEN: OK. What's the answer?
What was the result of this reverend saying we have disowned God?
Did we stamp in, God we trust, on our coins, did we start praying in schools, did we put chaplains in the military, or did we give each man a bible and sent them off to die?
What a depressing subject.
Bruce.
BRUCE BOND: In fact, a lot of the hotel people look up to this guy to this day-- LYNN COHEN: Oh, come on.
BRUCE BOND: For putting a bible in each of the men's hands.
LYNN COHEN: Right.
Yes, including a guy named Gideon, right?
Got an idea.
BRUCE BOND: They were friends.
LYNN COHEN: They were, in fact.
STEVE WAGNER: I am so certain that the answer is A that I put down D, what he said.
LYNN COHEN: Oh.
Now you're thinking like a true contestant.
Bubbles.
BUBBLES: I'm very certain the answer is A.
We're reaching the most people with money.
LYNN COHEN: OK. And because you have spelled dad, we want to say hi to all the dads out there.
And let's get the right answer, OK dad?
ANNOUNCER: The answer is A.
On November 13th, 1861, Reverend Watkinson wrote to secretary of the treasury, Salmon Chase.
The nation, he felt, was disowning God, which added to the Nation's state of turmoil.
He suggested that God be honored in some form on US coins.
Secretary Chase agreed.
He ordered designs prepared with the inscription, in God we trust, and backed coinage legislation which authorized use of the slogan.
It first appeared on some US coins in 1864 and continued to disappear and reappear on various coins for many years.
In 1955, the motto became permanent when Congress ordered it be used on all paper money and coins.
And in 1956, Congress designated, in God we trust, as the US national motto.
LYNN COHEN: Indeed.
And we want to thank Stephen Ickes or Ickes.
And I want to apologize to Stephen Ickes or Ickes for mispronouncing his name, of Altoona for sending us that question, and he will get a year subscription to Pennsylvania Magazine as a result.
Ain't that nice?
Let's see.
My heavens, look at this.
It's another question.
ANNOUNCER: Isabel Darlington was born in Chester County in 1865.
Often referred to as Belle of the Bar, she is credited with opening doors of opportunity for women.
Was she the first woman, A, pub owner in Pennsylvania, B, a lawyer in Chester County, C, gymnasts to compete in the Olympics, or D, ballerina to perform at the White House?
LYNN COHEN: Well, she was the Belle of the Bar.
And well, there's bars and pubs.
Lawyers are at the bar.
A gymnast uses a bar, and a ballerina does as well.
So we're really going to stump you on this, aren't we?
Steve.
STEVE WAGNER: I'm easily stumpable today.
LYNN COHEN: Yes, you are.
STEVE WAGNER: However, I'm going to go with B because of the Chester County connection.
LYNN COHEN: Well, that makes sense.
What, are there are a lot of lawyers in Chester County?
STEVE WAGNER: Well, she was from-- LYNN COHEN: Oh, she was from Chester County.
STEVE WAGNER: Yeah.
LYNN COHEN: Oh, all right.
Bubbles.
BUBBLES: I'm also going with B.
However, I'm taking that answer because I'd like to think that it's something of that caliber for which she has changed.
LYNN COHEN: Exactly.
She's hot.
Are you going to take a B?
BRUCE BOND: I'm also going with B. LYNN COHEN: I would too.
BRUCE BOND: Because Steven Bochco is thinking of actually doing a lawyer show around Isabella Darlington.
LYNN COHEN: Aha.
That's right.
Called the Belle of the Bar.
Let's find out.
ANNOUNCER: The answer is B. Isabel Darlington was the first female lawyer in Chester County and the second in Pennsylvania.
In fact, she was Chester County's only woman lawyer for more than 45 years.
Belle was admitted to the Chester County Bar Association in 1897.
In 1925, she was named receiver of the Parkesburg National Bank, making her the first woman in the country to hold such a powerful position.
In 1941, she became president of the Chester County Bar Association, becoming the first woman East of the Mississippi ever to do so.
She enjoyed unprecedented success in her career and is credited with opening doors of professional opportunity to all women.
But her success was not without sacrifice.
She believed that women could not be successful homemakers and business women at the same time and so remained single.
LYNN COHEN: What's so awful about remaining single?
He said it like it was something terrible.
He remained single.
All right.
Excuse me.
Excuse me.
Just a personal little-- is this it, our final clue on-- we're that far?
Our final clue.
Mystery Pennsylvanian.
Get it now or don't get it at all.
On Easter Sunday, 1939, color barriers were ignored when 75,000 people attended her concert at the Lincoln Memorial.
Lincoln Memorial, 75,000, 1939, first Black singer to perform at the White House in that same year, born in South Philly.
OK.
I'm assuming-- Bubbles, I'm coming to you first to see what you got.
Well, you've been so, so good.
Don't tell me you're going to-- BUBBLES: I'm going-- LYNN COHEN: Right over here so we can see it.
Clara Barton, Aunt Jemima, and Diana Ross.
I think not.
I think not.
I think not.
Bruce.
BRUCE BOND: Yeah.
Mine's just as bad.
LYNN COHEN: Betsy Ross, Aretha Franklin, and Ella Fitzgerald.
BRUCE BOND: Yeah.
LYNN COHEN: Man.
You know what?
I have this feeling that Steve, you know the answer.
STEVE WAGNER: One of them.
LYNN COHEN: Oh, you messed up, darling.
STEVE WAGNER: I did.
LYNN COHEN: Jenny Lind, Marian Anderson, and Mother Fletcher.
STEVE WAGNER: Yeah.
LYNN COHEN: Mother Fletcher?
Oh.
STEVE WAGNER: No.
Well-- LYNN COHEN: Ah.
Well, let's find out who this apparently not so famous Pennsylvanian is, was.
MARIAN ANDERSON: (SINGING) He's got the whole world in his hands.
He's got the big round world in his hands.
He's got-- ANNOUNCER: Marian Anderson has been called by many, the world's greatest contralto.
She began singing at the age of six in Philadelphia's Union Baptist Church choir.
At 19, she was chosen from among 300 competitors to perform with the New York Philharmonic.
But racial laws of the 1920s barred Anderson from many American venues.
Instead, she toured Europe, performing for presidents and other dignitaries.
Composer Arturo Toscanini once said of her, yours is a voice such as one hears once in 100 years.
When Anderson was prohibited from performing at Constitution Hall, Eleanor Roosevelt arranged for her to sing before a crowd of 75,000 at the Lincoln Memorial on Easter Sunday, 1939.
That same year, she became the first Black singer to perform at the White House and 14 years later, the first Black to sing at New York's Metropolitan Opera House.
She died in 1993.
Marian Anderson, a famous Pennsylvanian.
LYNN COHEN: Indeed.
Marian Anderson.
You should all be-- you had it, right?
You, you, and then you changed it.
Marian Anderson.
Eleanor Roosevelt, extremely-- what's the word?
Well, she was a-- BUBBLES: Song?
LYNN COHEN: No.
She was a-- it wasn't-- well, she wouldn't have been able to sing at the Lincoln Memorial if it weren't for Eleanor Roosevelt.
So what's the word I was looking for?
Extreme-- Eleanor Roosevelt was-- forget it.
Eleanor Roosevelt was-- I'm reading a book about Eleanor Roosevelt.
You don't want to talk about that.
STEVE WAGNER: The Goodwin Kearns' book?
LYNN COHEN: Yes.
BRUCE BOND: Yes.
BUBBLES: Influential.
LYNN COHEN: Yes.
And I want to tell you that Marian Anderson and Eleanor Roosevelt would be very proud of you, Bubbles because you have-- STEVE WAGNER: She beat the boys.
BUBBLES: I beat the boys.
LYNN COHEN: You beat the boys.
I love it.
[victory fanfare] OK. Let's hear it for Bubbles.
And Bubbles, to show you how impressed we are with your win, we have an entire basket full of wonderful stuff from Delgrosso Foods of Tipton PA. You can cook up a storm in your own kitchen.
BUBBLES: Wow.
LYNN COHEN: You get absolutely nothing but my thanks, my thanks, my thanks.
My thanks to the audience as well.
And thanks mostly to you for tuning us in.
Do it again, will you?
Next time we play The Pennsylvania Game.
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Meals and lodging for contestants of The Pennsylvania Game provided by the Nittany Lion Inn, located on Penn State's University Park campus.
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