ANNOUNCER: Reading is in the heart of Pennsylvania Dutch country.

There are many things to see there, including Daniel Boone's home and a house built by Abe Lincoln's great-great-grandfather and a certain street.

Do you know why the street is famous?

You're invited to play The Pennsylvania Game.

Test your knowledge of the commonwealth's people, places, and products.

The Pennsylvania Game is made possible in part by Uni-Marts, Incorporated, with stores in Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, and Delaware, serving you with courtesy and convenience every day of the year.

And by the Pennsylvania Public Television Network.

[music playing] Now let's get the game started.

Here's the host of The Pennsylvania Game, Lynn Hinds.

Thank you.

Thank you.

[applause] Thank you.

I hope that you're ready to play an exciting version of The Pennsylvania Game.

We've got some folks in our studio audience from Milesburg, from State College, and from Somerset County.

And we have got three regular all-time favorite panelists on our show.

And they are competitive, competitive, competitive.

Competitive chair number one, a writer of magazine articles and many, many books, Bernie Asbell.

Hi.

Mm-hmm, here he is.

[applause] LYNN HINDS: She likes little better than beating Bernie at The Pennsylvania Game.

A broadcast journalist from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Lynn Cullen.

[applause] BERNARD ASBELL: [chuckles] LYNN HINDS: And a radio personality extraordinaire from State College, Mr. Kevin Nelson.

And we go to Reading, which has some wonderful things to see and a special, special street.

ANNOUNCER: North 13th Street in Reading, the outlet capital of the world, has a special distinction.

What is it that makes this street unique, A, you can go from kindergarten to college on it; B, it has the first McDonald's east of the Mississippi; C, it has Pennsylvania's first shopping mall; or D, it is the nation's first street made of concrete?

OK, I want to say thanks to Mrs. Bluma Madeira of, where else, Reading, Pennsylvania.

And we here at WPSX in cooperation with this publishers of Pennsylvania Magazine, Mrs. Madeira will be sending you a year's free subscription to Pennsylvania Magazine for sending a question that we used.

What does it have on that street, 13th street in Reading, you can go to kindergarten to college on the same street, it has the first McDonald's east of the Mississippi, Pennsylvania's first shopping mall, or the nation's first street made of concrete?

Mr. Asbell.

The first McDonald's east of the Mississippi-- LYNN HINDS: All right.

--is in Chicago.

LYNN HINDS: I see.

Nobody could have made up going from kindergarten to college.

LYNN HINDS: Oh-- BERNARD ASBELL: Nobody could have made that up.

That's got to be true.

That's got to be true.

LYNN CULLEN: Well, yeah, I think-- Hamburger U is in Chicago, where they train all the folks that work at McDonald's.

And [gibberish] I agree with you.

I think A is such a wonderfully fantastic kind of-- LYNN HINDS: Is Chicago east of the Mississippi?

I didn't know that.

Kevin?

I can't go with these two.

We're highly competitive, and we're regular.

I don't know why they needed to know that.

LYNN HINDS: Yeah.

Pennsylvania's first shopping mall's too obvious with all the outlet stores, so I think it's the first street made of concrete.

LYNN HINDS: A-ha.

LYNN CULLEN: A-ha.

LYNN HINDS: Cement.

OK. And, of course, Reading is near where all that limestone.

And what's the answer?

ANNOUNCER: The answer is, A, you can go from kindergarten to college on it.

Starting with the elementary school at 13th and Union and on to Northeast Junior High, then Reading Senior High, and finally Albright College, a student can get a complete education without ever leaving North 13th Street.

LYNN HINDS: And if your mom cooks well, you can just stay there at home and go all the way through on one street.

Eh, it could be a good idea.

It could be a bad idea.

What do you know about a fellow named Joe Saxon from Huntingdon?

Anybody know Joe Saxton from Huntingdon, Pennsylvania?

Well, that was a few years ago back in 1799.

ANNOUNCER: Joseph Saxton was born in Huntingdon, Pennsylvania in 1799.

He was apprenticed to a watchmaker at age 12 and continued his trade in Philadelphia for 11 years, studying engraving on the side.

A mechanical genius, Saxton constructed the clock for the belfry of Independence Hall, designed and built the standards used by the US Mint, and patented designs for an anthracite coal-burning stove, a fusible metal seal, a hydrometer, and an Eversharp pencil.

His accomplishments also included A, the first wristwatch; B, the first alarm clock; C, the first photograph taken in the United States; or D, the first outdoor thermometer?

LYNN HINDS: Joe was into inventing things.

Don't you see?

First, a mechanical pencil or Eversharp pencil back in the 1800s would have been-- that's remarkable.

But which of these did he do?

There are three that he did not do.

One he did do.

Which of these four did he do?

Well, judging from what we just heard-- LYNN HINDS: He could have done any of them.

--this genius John could have done any of them.

I don't think it was the first photograph taken in the United States because-- I mean, I don't know.

I just don't think so.

I hate alarm clocks.

I hate alarm clocks.

I do.

They're the bane of my existence.

And for that reason, I'll-- LYNN HINDS: You're blaming Mr. Saxton with that?

OK. Kevin, what did he do?

Well, again, with the watch and things like this-- so the wristwatch, the alarm clock seems far too obvious.

I don't think it's the photograph.

So it's heating up in here.

Let's try the first outdoor thermometer.

LYNN HINDS: Outdoor thermometer, You still probably have the same one outside your window there at the radio station.

Yes, Bernie?

I don't mind alarm clocks, but I don't think he liked them.

I mean, he hated getting up in the morning, and he needed some assistance.

LYNN HINDS: Actually, it was an alarm clock you wore on your wrist, isn't it?

No, that's not-- what did Joseph Saxton do of these four?

ANNOUNCER: The answer is C, the first photograph made in the United States.

Joseph Saxton lived in London in the late 1820s and early 1830s and may have witnessed some of the early photographic experiments conducted by the Royal Society.

In any event, when he returned to Philadelphia, he built a crude camera, and in 1839, pointed it outside his window and took a picture of the building across the street.

This haunting image is recognized today as the first photograph ever taken in this country.

And the building across the street happened to be the first US Mint.

And I must say that Joseph Saxton takes pictures, even the one you saw was the first one, better than the ones I sometimes get today.

I mean, isn't that remarkable that, I mean, that was the first picture ever taken in the United States, friends.

Somewhat he moved is-- BERNARD ASBELL: And we saw it on The Pennsylvania Game.

We saw it on The Pennsylvania Game.

Are you happy to be here?

I keep saying you guys are competitive, but you really are.

You do love to play and to win.

I'm not making that up.

Yeah, no-- No, we aren't.

At the moment, I'm lulling them into a real sense of security, I think, so.

Yeah.

Well, the score is still closed.

Let's rush ahead to the third question so we can talk about a little bit because I think you're going to find that this third question is one that is absolutely-- it's mind-blowing.

Here it is.

ANNOUNCER: Wesley Culp was born in Gettysburg but had gone to Virginia to work.

When war broke out, he joined the Confederate Army.

On July 2, 1863, the 25-year-old Culp returned to Gettysburg.

That night, he sneaked away to visit someone at a nearby farmhouse.

Did he visit, A, General George Pickett; B, Allan Pinkerton; C, Jennie Wade; or D, his mother?

OK, Wesley Culp born, played on the hills of Gettysburg went to Virginia to work, joined the Confederate Army, and came back to Gettysburg.

And that night when he was back, he went to visit someone.

Now, just to be fair with you, let's talk about who all these are.

Kevin, it's your turn to start.

George Pickett, of course, is the general who?

Invented the fence.

LYNN HINDS: That's right, the picket fence.

Really, the last definitive battle of the Civil War when Pickett's charge up and so forth.

Allan Pinkerton was who?

Anybody?

LYNN CULLEN: A detective.

Detective, yeah.

LYNN HINDS: And he was the chief of the spies for the Union soldiers during the Civil War.

And Jennie Wade.

Remember from a previous Pennsylvania Game?

Jennie Wade, who was she?

You don't remember?

She was the only civilian killed at Gettysburg.

A bullet went through the door, and she was in the kitchen cooking, baking something.

And who was Wesley Culp's mother?

Well, she was the woman who gave birth to Wesley Culp.

Who did he go to visit that night?

Kevin, you're first.

KEVIN NELSON: Allan Pinkerton, some clandestine spy meeting.

The music certainly sounded a little clandestine.

BERNARD ASBELL: Now I don't know if the question included this, but was this after the battle that he came back?

LYNN HINDS: No, it was before.

It was before.

Before the battle?

Before the battle, he came and snuck in.

And-- LYNN HINDS: He came up with the rebel forces, you see, and he sneaked in that night.

Well, he was a good boy.

He was a good boy, and he came back.

He came to see his mother.

LYNN HINDS: Both of those have a great deal of logic to them, but Ms. Cullen is-- LYNN CULLEN: I mean, if he went to see his mother, that's nice.

He's a good boy.

But so why would it ever become historically known?

Who cares?

BERNARD ASBELL: It was Friday night.

He always has dinner with his mother on Friday night.

[laughter] LYNN HINDS: And he joined an army just to keep that date.

Here he was really a Yankee, find himself fighting for the Confederacy.

I agree with Kevin.

He was really a double agent.

He went to see Pinkerton.

LYNN HINDS: I thought you all would do better on this question.

I'm going to tell you you're all wrong.

What's the right answer?

ANNOUNCER: The answer is D, his mother.

But the incredible story is this.

He told his mother that he had met a dying boyhood friend and had promised to deliver a message to the boy's sweetheart.

The message was never delivered for Wesley Culp was killed the next morning on Culp's Hill, where he had played as a boy.

And the sweetheart was Jennie Wade, the only civilian casualty at the Battle of Gettysburg.

Well, you know, Bernie got that right.

I was just kidding by getting it wrong, but isn't that a wild story?

LYNN CULLEN: It's a sad story.

He was killed himself.

And the sweetheart who never got the message was the only civilian casualty at Gettysburg, Jennie Wade.

Is that not-- Well, there's three answers built into that.

The Civil War has some of the strangest stories ever told.

This is a strange score.

It's very close.

Bernie has 2, and Lynn and Kevin each have 1.

It's real, real close, a little encouragement for these folks over here.

[applause] Now, surely, you'll get this Mystery Pennsylvanian.

We're just trying to increase the competitive nature of the show.

Number one, there'll be three clues, of course.

During the course of the show, the identity of a Mystery Pennsylvanian.

Music has been his life since childhood in Aliquippa.

That's all I'm going to tell you on the first clue.

Music has been his life since his childhood in Aliquippa.

And you all know where Aliquippa is, just up the river from Pittsburgh a little ways.

Am I not correct?

Think, think, think.

If you know the answer, write it on line one.

There'll be more clues, and you may get it.

Better be.

LYNN HINDS: Fellow named Christian Bixler did his duty in the Revolutionary War, and then he started a business.

What did he start?

ANNOUNCER: After serving in the American Revolution, Christian Bixler arrived in Easton, Pennsylvania, and purchased a piece of land from one of William Penn's sons.

The business that Christian Bixler started on his new property is still in operation today, making it the oldest establishment of its kind in the United States.

Did Christian Bixler open A, a livery stable; B, a wine shop; C, a jewelry store; or D, a boarding school?

LYNN HINDS: The oldest establishment of its kind in the United States.

Christian Bixler bought the land from the sons of William Penn.

And it's been there in Easton, Pennsylvania, Easton, of course, in the eastern part of our state ever since.

Bernie, is it a livery stable, a wine shop, a jewelry store, or a boarding school?

Oh.

LYNN HINDS: Got your attention with this one.

Sure did.

Now, that was a picture of a Main Street.

It wouldn't be a livery stable.

Would it be?

LYNN HINDS: I don't know.

Gosh.

All right, a wine shop.

LYNN HINDS: A wine shop.

All right, we have B, a wine shop.

Christian Bixler.

Anything to do with Christian Brothers wine?

Who knows?

Miss Cullen.

Yeah, livery stable doesn't seem to make any sense, which is probably why it is a livery stable.

I mean, do they even have livery stables anymore?

LYNN HINDS: I don't know.

Do they even have boarding schools anymore?

LYNN HINDS: I don't know.

BERNARD ASBELL: On Main Street.

Yeah.

No, you're right.

Thank you, Bernie.

How about it was a-- I don't know what the heck it was.

It was a. LYNN HINDS: You're going with a jewelry store.

A credit jeweler.

OK, Mr. Nelson.

Well, if he purchased land for this, how much darn land do you need for a wine shop or a jewelry store for that matter?

So it would have to be a livery stable or a boarding school.

And nobody said livery stable, so let's try that.

LYNN HINDS: Well, he said he purchased land.

We didn't say how much land it was.

It could have been a couple of feet of land for all I know.

What did Christian Bixler start?

It's still going.

ANNOUNCER: The answer is C, a jewelry store.

[applause] Since 1785, Bixler's Jewelers has stood proudly in the heart of historic Easton and is today owned and operated by Christian Bixler's great-great-great-grandchildren.

LYNN CULLEN: Ooh, nice.

That is really a nice story, an establishment that's still going strong and still in the family, for heaven's sakes.

Congratulations, Ms. Cullen.

I believe that pretty much ties up the score with you and Bernie, does it not?

Let's press ahead.

We were talking one day, and somebody said, well, just how big is Pennsylvania anyway?

And I got to thinking, in relation to the other states, how big is Pennsylvania?

ANNOUNCER: Alaska is our largest state with almost 590,000 square miles.

Of the contiguous states, Texas is the largest with 267,000 square miles.

Rhode Island with just over 1000 square miles is the smallest in the United States.

Ranking down from the largest, where does Pennsylvania rank in size?

Are we A, 13th; B, 23rd; C, 33rd; or D, 43rd?

Now, Ms. Cullen, it's your turn to start.

I'm going to give you a clue.

The answer has a 3 in it.

OK?

I want to know starting with Alaska, our largest, ranking down, where do we rank?

Are we 13th largest, 23rd largest, 33rd largest, or 43rd largest?

Well, we ain't 43rd.

That's for sure.

And I don't even think we're 33rd.

That's for sure.

So it's an A or a B There's all those Western states out there, those big squares that you can't figure out one-- LYNN HINDS: Miles and miles of nothing but miles and miles.

Let me see, [gibberish],, count them up real fast.

LYNN HINDS: See, divide by 2, carry your 3.

It's got to be B. LYNN HINDS: Got to be B-- Got to be 23rd.

LYNN HINDS: --23rd.

She says got to be B.

(SINGING) I got to be B. Kevin.

KEVIN NELSON: I need some luck.

I'm going to go with lucky 13.

I think we are-- LYNN HINDS: Lucky 13.

KEVIN NELSON: --the 13th largest state.

Everything Lynn said was exactly right, except that I think it is the 43rd.

LYNN HINDS: We have somebody thinks that we are the 13th largest state, somebody thinks we are the 23rd largest state, and somebody thinks we are the 43rd largest state.

I'm sure at home that you have made your own selection.

Are you right, or are you wrong?

Let's see.

ANNOUNCER: The answer is C, 33rd.

[applause] Pennsylvania is 283 miles long and 160 miles wide, giving us a total area of 44,966 square miles.

367 square miles are water.

45,333 square miles are land.

Most of the latter covered by trees.

Pennsylvania's just larger than Tennessee and just smaller than Mississippi.

I would not have thought that Pennsylvania was smaller than Mississippi, but we are.

And the answer is 33rd, and none of you got it correct, I'd like to say.

And the score is still a tie between Bernie and Lynn.

Let's hear it.

It's not over yet.

[applause] Did you do that one right?

He has one right.

That score is wrong.

OK, all right.

We'll correct it.

Mystery Pennsylvanian clue-- see, they're competitive, I told you.

Mystery Pennsylvania clue number two, he worked with a big band, but his fame came when he took his music and went to Hollywood.

He was born in Aliquippa, and music's been his life.

He worked with a big band for a while, but he became famous when he took his music and went to Hollywood, where they make movies.

See, out in Hollywood is music and movies.

And born in Aliquippa.

You're looking puzzled, all.

If you want to write, if you're puzzled about our address, here it is.

Just write to us in care of The Pennsylvania Game, Wagner Annex, University Park, 16802.

You guys got me doing it.

OK.

This next one is also one of my favorite questions.

And it goes back to a woman who was called "Empress of the Blues."

She was the greatest blues singer ever.

ANNOUNCER: Bessie Smith was one of America's greatest blues singers in the first half of this century.

For more than 30 years, her grave at Mount Laurel, just outside Philadelphia, was unmarked.

In 1970, a well-known popular singer who felt that she owed a debt to the woman who had been called the "Empress of the Blues" paid for a tombstone for Bessie Smith.

Was that popular singer A, Ella Fitzgerald; B, Sarah Vaughan; C, Dinah Washington; or D, Janis Joplin?

OK, Mr. Nelson, there you are.

Bessie Smith did not have a tombstone.

And a singer thought, gee, so many of us owe such a debt to Bessie Smith, who really was such a great blues singer, that she bought and paid for a tombstone for Bessie Smith.

But who was she that did that?

If I don't start doing any better today, I'll need a tombstone.

LYNN HINDS: We'll all chip in.

[chuckles] LYNN HINDS: Sarah Vaughan.

Sarah Vaughan, the divine Miss Sarah Vaughan.

Bernie.

Well, that's something Janis Joplin would have done.

LYNN HINDS: Janis Joplin.

Yeah, I think that's-- LYNN HINDS: You think it was Pearl, as they called her, Janis Joplin.

Pearl, yeah.

OK.

If she did, it was shortly before she died.

LYNN HINDS: Hmm, Ms. Cullen.

I think Janis was probably doing too much Wild Turkey to get up there to put anything on it.

LYNN HINDS: Some great names.

There's some great talent names up there, though, aren't there?

Kind of a nice story.

For some reason-- and maybe it's just because Sarah Vaughan who we lost this year is in my mind.

It seems like something she might have done.

LYNN HINDS: Whoever did it, it was a nice thing to do, and it's a really nice story.

But who is the she who bought the tombstone for Bessie Smith?

ANNOUNCER: The answer is D, Janis Joplin.

The rock superstar had often expressed her admiration and debt to Bessie Smith, so she paid for a tombstone and had it erected on her grave.

Janis Joplin did not attend the ceremony marking the new tombstone for fear that she would detract attention from the memory of the legendary blues singer.

Two months after the tombstone was erected, Janis Joplin herself was dead.

LYNN CULLEN: Two months.

Sometimes you add an element of information to this program, Bernie Asbell-- Well, that's what I'm here for.

That's what I'm paid for.

LYNN HINDS: You knew that.

You knew the details of that answer.

No.

Well, I didn't know that she gave the stone.

But I knew-- LYNN HINDS: Isn't that a wonderful story?

LYNN CULLEN: It is.

LYNN HINDS: I mean, it really is a nice story.

Well, the people up in Montgomery County-- Lycoming County in Montgomery is the community-- have got a monopoly on building something for the United States post office constructing something.

What is it, though?

ANNOUNCER: The economy of Montgomery in Lycoming County took an upswing when it was awarded a government contract in 1986 to make something for the US Postal Service.

It's the only place in the country where this product is made.

Is the product A, mailbags; B, postal uniforms; C, stamp dispensers; or D, postal vans?

It's the onliest place in this country where this is made.

It's in Montgomery in Lycoming County.

Do they make mailbags, postal uniforms, stamp dispensers, or postal vans for the new United States Post Office?

Bernie.

BERNARD ASBELL: How do I know?

[laughter] LYNN HINDS: Well, you knew Janis Joplin.

[laughs] Postal vans, postal vans-- well, let's say that they make those little boxes that they put on motorcycles, and they call them postal vans.

And let's vote for D. LYNN HINDS: Redefine the question if you don't like it.

OK, Lynn, what do you say?

LYNN CULLEN: Gee whiz, I would think, though.

I mean, that's like making a car.

I mean, I don't-- think they're making them there.

[gibberish] Was there a date on this since-- LYNN HINDS: I think 1986 was the-- LYNN CULLEN: It's 1986.

LYNN HINDS: --date, which was in fairly recent history.

They used to carry those leather mail pouches.

I don't think they do anymore, so maybe there was a change in-- maybe we'll give them a mailbag.

LYNN HINDS: They have Velcro pouches now that they just-- Kevin.

[sighs] Lounge chairs isn't up there, right?

LYNN CULLEN: [chuckles] Oh.

Now I'll never-- LYNN HINDS: You'll never get another letter, right?

Mailbags just doesn't seem like it would boost an economy that much.

But by golly, stamp dispensers, you could have a nice-- BERNARD ASBELL: Can I change my vote?

LYNN HINDS: No.

You can't change your vote any more?

LYNN HINDS: No, you cannot change-- Well, I would change it if I could.

LYNN HINDS: Would you?

What to?

BERNARD ASBELL: I would change it to A. Oh.

ANNOUNCER: The answer is D, postal vans.

Grumman Industries of Montgomery Pennsylvania designed a prototype van that had a body built of aluminum.

The van was tested on a 24,000-mile run.

The vans are expected to last for 24 years compared to just eight years for the old vans.

Wherever mail is delivered in these United States, you'll find postal vans that were built in Pennsylvania.

I know, let's vote.

Should we let Bernie change his answer?

No, no, no.

That was just to throw you off.

LYNN HINDS: Oh, my.

To see how flexible you are.

LYNN HINDS: Let's go to America's first birthday party, 100th birthday, back in 1876.

And they had a party over in Philadelphia, and they boasted in Philadelphia that they had lots of something.

ANNOUNCER: In 1876, America held its 100th birthday party in Philadelphia.

The Centennial Fair lasted from May until November and showed off the growing industrial might of the nation.

At that time, "The City of Brotherly Love" boasted that it was first among all the cities of the world in all but one of these categories.

Which of these was not true of Philadelphia in 1876, A, most bathrooms of any city; B, most land area of any city; C, largest park of any city; or D, longest bridge of any city?

Gee-- LYNN HINDS: Of all the cities in the world in 1870-- boy, I would love to have gone to that celebration with all those marvelous inventions.

But which one did Philadelphia not boast of?

They boasted of the other three.

Ms. Cullen, you're first.

LYNN CULLEN: Good heavens, that's amazing.

Whatever it is, it's amazing.

LYNN HINDS: Can you hurry just a tad here?

All right, I'll hurry just a tad, hurry just a tad.

Well, I suppose you want me to say bathrooms or something, but I'm not going to.

I'm going to say bridge, which is wrong.

LYNN HINDS: You think they did not have the longest bridge.

All right, what do you think they did not have?

KEVIN NELSON: He knows.

I'll say bathrooms.

I'm feeling a little flush, so let's go with A. LYNN HINDS: You're feeling flush, so you're going to say bathroom.

Bernie.

All right, we're up to you again.

Land area's so tempting.

But everybody knows it was bathrooms.

They had more bathrooms than any other city in the world.

LYNN HINDS: And you're saying that they did not have-- BERNARD ASBELL: Oh, they did not have.

Yeah.

They had three.

BERNARD ASBELL: Oh!

We want which one they did not.

Oh, God.

KEVIN NELSON: Long lines up there.

LYNN CULLEN: Do A.

Do A.

Do A.

A's right.

B. LYNN HINDS: You're going to go with B, the most land.

It wasn't the biggest city is what you're saying.

That's what they did not have.

LYNN HINDS: They had three.

There was only one they didn't have.

Which one did they not have?

ANNOUNCER: The answer is D. It did not have the longest bridge.

But the Centennial filled 236 acres of Fairmount Park, the largest park of any city in the world.

With 129 square miles, Philadelphia was largest in the world.

And the Philadelphia Press proclaimed that it had the most bathrooms of the world's cities.

BERNARD ASBELL: Wonderful.

OK, isn't that nice?

Fairmount Park is still the largest park of any city in the world.

LYNN CULLEN: Larger than Central Park?

LYNN HINDS: Yes, it's enormous.

It is indeed.

Clue number three, his use of the jazz idiom has been background for such popular movies as Breakfast at Tiffany's, the Silver Streak, and Victor/Victoria.

Music has been his life since he was born in Aliquippa.

He worked with a big band, but he took his music to Hollywood.

And his use of the jazz idiom has been background for lots of movies like Breakfast at Tiffany's, the Silver Streak, and Victor/Victoria.

Kevin, you're first.

KEVIN NELSON: I'm no idiom.

I had it on line two.

LYNN HINDS: Line two is Henry Mancini.

Ms. Cullen.

LYNN CULLEN: Henry Mancini on line three.

And?

BERNARD ASBELL: Henry Mancini on line three.

LYNN HINDS: I can't believe it.

All three of you are wrong again.

No, I'm kidding.

Henry Mancini, a very, very famous Mystery Pennsylvanian.

Henry Mancini-- ANNOUNCER: Music and drama have been a part of Henry Mancini's life since he played piano and flute as a child in Aliquippa.

He studied theater conducting in Pittsburgh and then moved on to the Juilliard graduate school.

After military service, Henry Mancini was pianist and arranger for the Tex Beneke Orchestra.

He began composing music for movies in 1952 and by 1958 had contributed to more than 100 films.

Since then, his cool jazz for TV shows such as Peter Gunn and movies such as The Pink Panther have been part of American popular culture.

His most memorable tunes include "Moon River," "Charade," "The Days of Wine and Roses."

Henry Mancini, a famous Pennsylvanian.

[applause] Isn't that nice?

I ask Henry Mancini one time.

It must be-- what a thrill to have written a song like "Moon River" that everybody knows you by and you'll be remembered by.

And he said, it's only three notes.

[laughter] Yeah, yeah.

So what the heck.

Good questions, good answers, a lot of fun.

Bernie's a 1.

But by the slimmest of margins, Bernie, you had, what?

A total of four right, five with the Mystery Pennsylvanian?

Let's hear it for Bernie.

He deserves a round of applause.

[applause] I got to tell you, there are a lot of famous Pennsylvanians.

We have a lot more on our list that will be coming up in upcoming shows.

We have not run dry yet.

But good questions and good answers.

And we thank you all for being here.

Hope you had a good time.

LYNN CULLEN: We did.

KEVIN NELSON: As always.

All right, come back.

Will you?

Sure.

You all come back too.

You all come back too.

We hope you'll be right here next time.

Same time, same station, same old place for the fastest half hour in television.

See you for The Pennsylvania Game.

[applause] ANNOUNCER: The Pennsylvania Game has been made possible in part by Uni-Marts, Incorporated, with stores in Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, and Delaware, serving you with courtesy and convenience every day of the year.

And by the Pennsylvania Public television Network.

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