[upbeat music] NARRATOR: In Adams County, the names of Civil War generals are also the names of what?

And how did Henry "Box" Brown acquire his unusual nickname?

[applause] Find out as we all play "The Pennsylvania Game."

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[upbeat music] NARRATOR: Now, let's get the game started.

Here's the host of "The Pennsylvania Game," The Wisconsin-born, Pennsylvania-proud, Lynn Cullen.

Oh, oh.

Thank you so much.

Oh, that energizes me.

Thanks, thanks, thanks.

We've got a great game for you, a great panel.

They're going to make the great game.

Let's meet them right now.

Carol Lee Espy is the woman of a thousand voices.

From English to Southern accent, she even does mine, heaven forbid.

She's also a country singer, songwriter, and musician.

From Pittsburgh, please welcome Carol Espy.

[applause] And Edie Huggins is a news correspondent from WCAU TV in Philadelphia.

She got there by a circuitous route.

She was a registered nurse in New York when NBC made her its unofficial consultant for its daytime drama, "The Doctors" and cast her on the show.

Please welcome Edie Huggins.

[applause] And finally, Robin Moore is one of 300 full-time professional storytellers in the United States.

Having given more than 3,000 performances in workshops, he is also the author of 5 books.

Originally from State College, please welcome Robin Moore.

[applause] OK, I don't know how the American Heart Association would feel about this, but did you know that the average Pennsylvanian eats more than 27 pints of ice cream a year?

Oi.

Here's something else you might not know.

NARRATOR: America's number one selling ice cream was first churned up in a North Philadelphia kitchen back in 1866.

[upbeat music] What ice cream is it?

A, Hershey's.

B, Baskin and Robbins.

C, Sealtest.

Or D, Breyers?

LYNN CULLEN: OK, America's favorite ice cream, first made-- churned.

I was going to say brewed.

They don't brew ice cream, do they?

[groans] First churned in a North Philadelphia kitchen.

What do you think?

Oh, she says.

Carol.

I think I'm going to go with D, Breyers.

LYNN CULLEN: Breyers.

Yeah.

LYNN CULLEN: OK.

I just see those little the leaf signs everywhere, all over Philly.

LYNN CULLEN: Edie?

OK.

I am going to also go with Breyers.

Because I think it's the oldest ice cream in the state.

And I eat it, and I like it, and I have signs that I like it right on my thighs.

LYNN CULLEN: I know the feeling.

Robin.

ROBIN MOORE: Well, I hate to do this but I'm going to agree with these two women because I've seen those signs too.

So I'll take D as well.

LYNN CULLEN: OK, we've got three D's.

3D, that sounds familiar.

Let's see if they're right though.

NARRATOR: The answer is D, Breyers.

William A. Breyer churned up the first batch of a still all-natural ice cream in his North Philadelphia kitchen back in 1866, shortly after the end of the Civil War.

Today, Breyers is America's number one selling ice cream and the oldest container ice cream sold nationwide.

[upbeat music] Speaking of sold, the Breyer family sold the company to the National Dairy Products company, which sold the company to Kraft, which sold the company to a British-Dutch conglomerate in 1993.

What else is new?

It's not American owned anymore.

Oi.

[laughter] Here's another question.

NARRATOR: Sometimes this Pittsburgh area bridge is known as the Rochester-Monaca Bridge.

Other times it's known as the Monaca-Rochester Bridge.

Is the name of the bridge determined by the yearly, A, outcome of a rival football game?

B, maintenance agreement between the two towns?

C, toss of a coin?

Or D, winner of a mayoral poker game?

[upbeat music] LYNN CULLEN: Isn't this weird?

Sometimes it's this.

Sometimes it's that.

Now I'm from the area and I have no idea.

And I know Carol's from the area, she looks like she has no idea either.

Edie's not from the area and she has no idea.

I need you to pick, guess, or something and tell me what, Edie.

Now I went with D, which I picked.

Did it come up?

OK. And I don't know why I did it.

I just did it.

I did it.

LYNN CULLEN: It would be cute if that's right.

Robin, what do you think?

It does sound like a person's name so I went with D as well.

LYNN CULLEN: OK. Gee, you guys are stuck on D. Carol, what do you think?

I went with B, maintenance agreement.

Although, I don't know if you've ever been on the roads in Pittsburgh, you wouldn't believe them to be maintained.

LYNN CULLEN: There are no such thing as maintenance agreements in that area.

Let's get the correct answer, OK?

[chuckles] NARRATOR: The answer is A, based on the outcome of a yearly football game.

Following restoration of the bridge in 1987, there was a great debate over what the official name of the bridge should be.

The mayors of the two towns decided it would be fun to play up the rivalry between their high school football teams and give the winning team top billing.

As of 1993, it's Monaca-Rochester, 3, Rochester-Monaca, 4.

[upbeat music] That's great.

But what if it's a tie?

I mean, what if it's a tie game?

What is it then?

The Monaca-Monaca, Rochester-Rochester, Monaca-Rochester, anyway.

[drum hit] What could it be?

Carol?

You just drive down that bridge and shut up.

[laughter] You do so many things I don't even know what to ask you about.

But country Western music intrigues me.

It's become so mainstream.

Is that surprising to you?

No.

I mean when you think about it, the two radio stations that seem to always hold their own are classical and country.

They always have.

They always will.

LYNN CULLEN: And they always will always will.

Well, country is sort of classical American, isn't it?

CAROL LEE ESPY: It's trend proof too, I mean they-- It's great.

I love it.

I love it.

Edie, I love your blouse.

Thank you.

Thank you.

I love your blouse, dear.

So you have this bizarre bio that has you as a nurse, and then into television as a consultant, and then into television news.

What a life.

Past 28 years, it's been television.

And I don't think I could work as a nurse if I had to but it's nice to know-- I was a good nurse when I did it.

LYNN CULLEN: But if I have a heart attack during the show-- EDIE HUGGINS: Yes, I will know what to do.

Do not worry.

Not to worry.

LYNN CULLEN: I won't worry a bit.

Robin Moore, I have heard you do your storytelling.

You are a master, no doubt about it.

I mean, if in a nutshell, what's the secret to telling a story?

Well, I think the most important thing about it is to make sure the story is coming from the heart.

And in my own case, that's meant telling stories about my roots in Pennsylvania.

OK.

Isn't that true of everything to do it right, it should be coming from the heart?

ROBIN MOORE: Absolutely.

Well, you are wonderful.

And if you ever have a chance to see him, do it.

Do it.

They're telling me do the next question.

Here it is.

[dramatic music] NARRATOR: He arrived in Philadelphia in the late 1840s and earned the nickname Henry "Box" Brown, a name that followed him throughout his life.

How did Henry Brown acquire this unusual nickname?

A, he was Pennsylvania's first professional boxer.

B, he escaped slavery nailed inside a wooden crate.

C, he manufactured caskets during the Civil War.

Or D, he invented cardboard boxes.

They called him "Box."

Why?

Why?

Why?

Was he a boxer?

Did he manufacture caskets?

Did he invent the cardboard box?

Or did he actually escape slavery by being nailed inside of a wooden crate?

OK, we've got him logged in and Robin Moore, what'd you choose?

The nailed inside a wooden crate is a good story.

So I think I'll go with that.

LYNN CULLEN: [chuckles] Well, you know a good story.

It is.

It's an incredible story.

What do you think, Carol?

Well, he is indeed the God of UPS.

He invented the cardboard box.

LYNN CULLEN: [laughs] I'll go with cardboard.

He invented cardboard box, what the heck.

LYNN CULLEN: Edie?

And I went with C, just because.

LYNN CULLEN: We've got caskets, boxes, and escaping slave.

One of us is right.

LYNN CULLEN: OK.

Yes, that's true.

One of you is-- one of them is right.

Let's see who.

NARRATOR: The answer is B.

In 1848, Henry "Box" Brown escaped slavery nailed inside a shipping crate.

When brown's?

Wife and children were stolen away from him by her previous slave owner, Brown prayed for his freedom.

A voice he believed to be god's told him, go and get a box and put yourself in it.

With the help of a friend, Brown was mailed by Adams express from Richmond to Mr. William H. Johnson of Philadelphia inside a 3-foot by 2-foot shipping crate that only had three tiny air holes in it.

Despite shipping instructions which read this side up, with care, brown spent most of his 26 hours in transit upside down.

The pressure to his head posed a real threat to his life.

Unlike many other slaves who died trying to escape slavery in the same way, Brown miraculously made it to Philadelphia with his life and to his long-awaited freedom.

[eerie music] LYNN CULLEN: Well, Robin Moore was right, a heck of a story, an incredible story.

And Robin Moore has been right so often that he's leading the pack in this game.

Robin's got two.

[applause] And Carol and Heidi have one.

[upbeat music] OK, now here is our first clue for the mystery Pennsylvanian.

If you can get it right on this one, we'll give you three points at the end of the game.

Infantile polio left this Pittsburgh-born entertainer with a decided limp and limited his choice of career goals.

Fortunately, talking proved to be his forte, or "fort-ay" for those of you who pronounce it that way.

Incorrectly, I might add.

That's correct.

LYNN CULLEN: I know it's correct.

Polio left him with a limp and limited his choice of career goals but fortunately, talking was what he did well.

Pittsburgh born.

Oh.

LYNN CULLEN: Oh, they say.

[suspenseful jingle] You mull that over a bit and write if you can think of anything to write and we're going to move right along and get to the next question.

EDIE HUGGINS: Do we have to spell?

CAROL LEE ESPY: No.

NARRATOR: The following names, Cat's Paw, Prickly Pear, and Golden Seal are names of what?

A, threatened or endangered plants.

B, brands of bottled water.

C, Amish foods.

Or D, hiking trails?

LYNN CULLEN: Gee, those are all pretty good possibilities.

Cat's Paw, Prickly Pear, Golden Seal.

Plants, water, foods.

It's interesting, I'm reading a novel right now and one of those popped into it just last night so if you've been reading this novel you would know the answer.

Carol Espy, what do you think?

I said Amish foods.

LYNN CULLEN: Amish foods.

[scoffs] LYNN CULLEN: I'll tell you, that Prickly Pear doesn't go down too well.

[laughter] Edie?

I know I'm right on this.

I know I'm right because I take Golden seal root, and it's a marvelous plant, and it cures everything, and I'm a naturalist.

LYNN CULLEN: There you go.

Oh, god, I hope I'm right.

LYNN CULLEN: You got a plant.

And Robin, you're shaking your head.

Yeah, I believe Edie's right because I've seen Golden Seal.

I believe it's a plant.

LYNN CULLEN: OK. We've got to believers in plants and we got one who's choking on a Prickly Pear.

Let's see.

[laughter] NARRATOR: The answer is A, threatened or endangered plants of Pennsylvania.

Since 1932, the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy has worked to inventory and protect threatened or endangered plants and animals throughout Pennsylvania.

[upbeat music] Of the roughly 2,000 plant species identified as being native to Pennsylvania, 1,534 are considered to be secure and not in any danger of being lost from the natural flora.

But that leaves nearly 500 species that are classified as either extinct, endangered, threatened, rare, or vulnerable.

Cat's Paw Ragwort, for example, is in danger of extinction throughout Pennsylvania.

Prickly Pear Cactus, the only cactus native to Pennsylvania, is considered rare or uncommon.

And Golden Seal, reputed to have medicinal value, is listed as vulnerable or in danger of decline in Pennsylvania because of indiscriminate collecting.

It's vulnerable because Edie Huggins keeps running out there, and grabbing it, and wiping it all over herself.

CAROL LEE ESPY: Here's the results.

EDIE HUGGINS: Listen, it's a natural antibiotic and it's wonderful.

LYNN CULLEN: See?

And that's the nurse talking.

So we'll all go-- we'll go finish it off.

We'll all go run out and get what's left.

Let's get another question.

We've got a few left.

NARRATOR: Although she never married or had children of her own, in 1908, Anna M. Jarvis of Philadelphia founded which of the following?

A, crayola crayons.

B, Mother's Day.

C, Girl Scouts.

Or D, the nation's first child daycare center.

[upbeat music] LYNN CULLEN: What did Anna invent, or leave us with, or found, or whatever?

Was it crayons?

Was it Mother's Day?

Was it Girl Scouts?

Or was it a child daycare center?

[suspenseful jingle] Anna Jarvis?

Edie Huggins?

Mother's Day.

LYNN CULLEN: [chuckles] Well, I guess so.

Robin?

I'll say D, daycare center.

LYNN CULLEN: A daycare center.

I'll say C, Girl Scouts.

LYNN CULLEN: Oh, we're all over the place, OK. Everything but crayons.

[chuckles] Let's see what the right answer is.

NARRATOR: The answer is B, Mother's Day.

Although the idea for a Mother's Day had been proposed many times before, it never caught on nationally until Anna M. Jarvis of Philadelphia made it her personal crusade.

The death of her own mother in 1905 prompted her efforts to establish a religious holiday in honor of mothers.

Jarvis launched a letter writing campaign to influential businessmen and clergy, politicians, and newspapers.

Her efforts paid off.

On May 10th, 1914, exactly nine years to the day after her mother's death, President Wilson declared that the second Sunday in May would be dedicated to honoring mothers nationwide.

Anticipating the commercialization of Mother's Day, Anna discouraged people from buying gifts and cards.

And instead, asked children to honor their mothers by visiting or writing to them.

Well, sorry, Anna.

See, I always figured Mother's Day was the brainchild of the card manufacturers and the florist.

And listen, coincidentally, the FTD Association and the National Association of Greeting Card Manufacturers emerged right about the same time as Mother's Day.

Ooh, look at the score.

Robin and Edie both have three points, which means they're really burning things up here.

And Carol, don't worry.

Don't worry.

I'm moving.

[laughter] LYNN CULLEN: Well.

[applause] [suspenseful jingle] Here is our second clue for the mystery Pennsylvanian.

Described as slim, alert, with big horn-rimmed glasses, he began his career in 1939 as a Pittsburgh radio announcer but quickly moved on to the Networks.

[suspenseful jingle] Our Mystery Pennsylvanian had polio as a child, left him with a limp, but he was a good talker.

Big horn-rimmed glasses too.

Began his career in Pittsburgh as a radio announcer but quickly moved up to the networks.

Try to figure that out and direct your attention to the monitor for our next question.

NARRATOR: This State governor was re-elected and became the first governor of Pennsylvania in the 20th century to succeed himself.

Was it, A, governor Milton Shapp?

B, Governor Raymond Shafer?

C, Governor Richard Thornburg?

Or D, Governor William Scranton?

LYNN CULLEN: Who was that, Shapp, Shafer, Thornburg, or Scranton?

[suspenseful jingle] All of relatively recent memory.

Robin, what do you think?

I'll say A, Shapp.

[ding] LYNN CULLEN: OK. Any particular reason?

I think I remember that.

LYNN CULLEN: OK. Or-- [laughter] --you just felt like saying Shapp.

What do you think?

Well, if it happened in the '70s, I don't remember it.

[laughter] Not because I was too young.

I would say B, Raymond Shafer.

LYNN CULLEN: Raymond Shafer, OK. Edie?

I'm going with William Scranton.

LYNN CULLEN: Well, we're everywhere.

They all start with S, Shapp Shafer, and Scranton.

Sounds like a law firm.

[laughter] I don't know.

Well, in fact one of you is correct.

Let's see who.

NARRATOR: The answer is A, Milton Shapp.

Pennsylvania's first State Constitution was adopted on September 28, 1776.

[upbeat music] It has since been modified four times, quite significantly in 1968.

One of its amendments allowed the governor to serve for two successive terms.

In 1974, Governor Milton Shapp, a Democrat, was re-elected making him the first governor to succeed himself in nearly 100 years.

Now, interestingly, under the first State-- will you get off your own back?

It's OK. She's beating herself up over here.

Under the first State Constitution of 1776, there was no such thing as a governor in the State of Wisconsin, which some of you probably think now that's a good idea.

But instead, there was just a Supreme Executive Council.

And then that was changed again.

And did I say Pennsylvania?

EDIE HUGGINS: Wisconsin.

Did I say Wisconsin?

EDIE HUGGINS: Wisconsin.

I said Wisconsin?

EDIE HUGGINS: I thought this is "The Pennsylvania Game."

Well, I told you-- [laughter] Well, I'm from Wisconsin, does that count?

Why did I say that?

Oh, well.

EDIE HUGGINS: You're a human being.

I'm a human being.

CAROL LEE ESPY: It was your inner child.

To ear is human?

[laughter] I think maybe we better just continue on.

Let's stop looking at me, let's go to another question.

NARRATOR: Throughout Pennsylvania, you'll find counties, towns, and streets named after everything from US Presidents to former Governors.

But in Adams County, named incidentally after our nation's second President, the names of old Civil War generals are also the names given to-- A, cows?

B, newborn baby boys.

C, cocktails Or D, boats?

LYNN CULLEN: Well, I have to tell you, I'm glad I'm not sitting over there because I'd be looking at that screen saying what?

[laughter] Cows, baby boys, cocktails, or boats, take your pick, stick it in.

And Carol Espy?

[mumbles] Well, newborn baby boys.

LYNN CULLEN: Well, sure.

Why not?

Why not?

[laughter] Everyone's name.

Well, we know they're not named Sherman, are we?

We know that.

Then I went with boats.

LYNN CULLEN: Why not?

Why not?

LYNN CULLEN: Right.

Now, Robin, you've been hitting a lot right.

Where are you on this one?

This is a real shot in the dark.

I don't have a clue on this.

I'm going to say B, baby boys.

LYNN CULLEN: Oh, we've got-- OK, we've got two baby boys and a boat.

How alliterative.

Guess what?

We don't have a right answer though.

Really?

What was it?

NARRATOR: The answer is A, cows.

At Ray and Mary Grimes' Adams County Beef Cattle Farm outside Gettysburg, each Charley breeding bull raised and sold is christened with the name of a Civil War general.

As owners and breeders, they're required to register a name and number for each head of cattle.

[upbeat music] They began naming their cattle after generals in 1981 with the help of a street map from Gettysburg where many national battlefield roads are named after the 22 generals who fought in Pickett's charge.

As business grew, it became necessary to use the names of both union and confederate generals.

The unusual naming practice is their way of remembering the rural area's Civil War heritage, while making sure the commercial herders who buy their cattle remember them.

LYNN CULLEN: Right, strange.

EDIE HUGGINS: If I didn't know that you had such a good staff, I'd swear you'd make it.

LYNN CULLEN: No, this is really-- that was no bull.

[laughter] EDIE HUGGINS: Oh.

LYNN CULLEN: OK. Our next question is about a truly great Pennsylvanian.

NARRATOR: Thaddeus Stevens, the founder of the Thaddeus Stevens School of Technology in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, was one of the most influential leaders in Pennsylvania history.

Which of the following is not true about Thaddeus Stevens?

Is it, A, the 14th amendment to the Constitution was largely a result of his efforts?

B, after Lincoln's assassination, he was regarded as the most powerful man in the federal government?

C, he's known as the father of free public education in Pennsylvania?

And D, he was Pennsylvania's youngest governor?

[stirring music] LYNN CULLEN: Thaddeus Stevens really an extraordinary man.

And three of those things are in fact true.

Three of those facts are true of Thaddeus Stevens.

Only one is not and that's the one we are looking for, which is not true of Thaddeus Stevens.

Thaddeus Stevens.

Edie?

I'm saying A but I think it's D. LYNN CULLEN: [chuckles] Well then why didn't you say D?

I don't know.

You don't know.

Robin?

I'm going to say B. I don't think he was a contemporary of Lincoln.

LYNN CULLEN: OK. And Carol?

I went with A.

[ding] I don't know.

LYNN CULLEN: And you don't know why?

EDIE HUGGINS: [chuckles] LYNN CULLEN: OK.

I don't know.

LYNN CULLEN: Oh, I feel so sorry.

My gosh, do you have a painkiller for her, Edie?

I mean, I'm feeling so sorry for you.

It's a Golden Seal.

Yes, Golden Seal coming up.

Let's get the right answer and put her out of her misery.

Oi.

NARRATOR: The answer is D. Thaddeus Stevens was never a governor in Pennsylvania.

After graduating from Dartmouth, he moved to Adams County Pennsylvania and established himself as a lawyer.

He served six terms on the Gettysburg Borough Council.

And from 1849 until his death in 1868, he was the United States congressman from the district around Lancaster.

[stirring music] Stevens is best remembered as a champion of causes.

His primary concerns were abolishing slavery and supporting free public education for all.

The 14th amendment to the Constitution, upon which nearly all Civil rights legislation is based, was largely a result of his efforts and is his crowning achievement.

In his will, Stevens directed that his estate be used to establish a free educational institution for people of all colors.

Thus, the Thaddeus Stevens school of technology was established.

[suspenseful jingle] LYNN CULLEN: Last chance.

Last chance.

Last clue for the mystery Pennsylvanian.

In 1960, at the peak of his career, this genial game show host was on the air 25 hours and 30 minutes every single week.

So you saw him, now who is he?

1960, he was on the air 25 hours and 30 minutes every week, genial talk show host, horn-rimmed glasses, decided limp, Pittsburgh born.

[suspenseful jingle] I can't give you any more clues.

[chuckles] LYNN CULLEN: [chuckles] Yeah.

Edie and Robin are really puzzling over this.

Carol for the first time looks like she might have an idea.

CAROL LEE ESPY: I might.

You might?

OK, well, let's see what you've got there.

Was it Bill Cullen?

LYNN CULLEN: Bill Cullen.

I'm not going to tell you yet but that's what-- that's who you've come up with, Bill Cullen?

And you went with them on the first one?

Did he leave you any money?

[laughs] Edie?

Well, I know I'm wrong but I remember Arthur Godfrey had a limp but he was not a talk show host.

But [mumbles] LYNN CULLEN: [mumbles] Maybe.

EDIE HUGGINS: Thanks a lot.

[laughter] Robin, who do you think?

I'm going to say Steve Allen.

LYNN CULLEN: Oh, you had Fred Waring, Ed McMann, and then we got to Steve Allen.

Well, I love the thought process.

There was a progression there.

It's a logical progression.

But he didn't have a limp.

Well.

He might have tripped over something.

Who knows if he had a limp?

You don't know.

Oi.

OK, well, someone's got it right.

Let's see.

HOST: And now your host on "The Price Is Right," Bill Cullen.

[applause] NARRATOR: Bill Cullen is best known as the genial game show host.

He was born in Pittsburgh in 1920.

Infantile paralysis left him with a decided limp and restricted his career choices.

His favorite pastime was imitating local radio announcers, which led him to audition for a Pittsburgh radio job, which he landed in 1939.

[upbeat music] By 1949, game shows were becoming popular on television but Cullen was reluctant to make the move because of his physical disability.

In 1952, however, he made his television debut as a panelist on "I've Got A Secret."

Four years later, he was emcee of the popular game show, "The Price Is Right."

Cullen went on to host more than a dozen such television game shows during his colorful career.

Bill Cullen, a famous Pennsylvanian.

LYNN CULLEN: And all of that-- all of this moaning and groaning and you end up winning.

Well, you tied with Robin.

See because if you guess the mystery Pennsylvanian on the first clue like that, bango, you get three points and you can make up for humiliating yourself through the whole rest of the-- CAROL LEE ESPY: I just want to thank the Academy and everyone-- [laughter] Well, people are always asking me because I'm from Pittsburgh and Bill Cullen is from Pittsburgh, if I'm related to Bill Cullen.

No, I am not.

I am not.

But I want to tell both Robin and Carol that you've won something.

Robin, from the Penn State Creamery achieves gift pack-- excuse me, I'll get this out-- located on the University Park campus at Penn State.

And you've got salt and pepper shakers from chef's specialties company of Smethport.

And Edie, I'm sorry you don't have anything but you have my undying gratitude.

You were great.

I have it all.

I thank you all.

And I thank everyone.

Audience.

[blows kiss] I thank you most of all and join us again when we play "The Pennsylvania Game."

[applause] [upbeat music] NARRATOR: "The Pennsylvania Game" is made possible in part by Uni-Marts Inc. With stores in Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia serving you with courtesy and convenience every day of the year.

Uni-Marks, more than a convenience store.

WOMAN: Meals and lodging for contestants of "The Pennsylvania Game" provided by the Nittany Lion Inn, located on Penn State's University Park campus.

[upbeat music] [applause]