The Pennsylvania Game
Gettysburg, Florence Foster Jenkins & Mother Bethel
Season 8 Episode 1 | 28m 53sVideo has Closed Captions
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The Pennsylvania Game
Gettysburg, Florence Foster Jenkins & Mother Bethel
Season 8 Episode 1 | 28m 53sVideo has Closed Captions
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship[theme music] NARRATOR: : The Battle of Gettysburg would not have happened if not for a certain newspaper advertisement.
What was the ad selling?
A taxi wreck changed Florence foster Jenkins life forever.
Who is she?
Find out as we all play The Pennsylvania Game.
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[music playing] [applause] Now, let's get the game started.
Here's the woman with a $64 question.
The host of The Pennsylvania Game, Lynn Cullen.
[cheer and applause] Thank you.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Thank you so much.
$64 question?
Is that what he says?
A $64,000 question.
Yes.
Yes.
Lots riding on this one.
Shall we meet the panel?
Why not.
oh, my, it's him again.
[chuckles] Uh, Just kidding, of course.
Good to see a familiar face.
Since he last appeared on the pencil game-- Pennsylvania Game.
Excuse me, that is the name of the show.
Steve Wagner.
What?
You're not doing what you used to be doing.
No.
LYNN CULLEN: You're working as a lifeguard in a car wash, for heaven's sakes.
Yes.
[chuckles] LYNN CULLEN: Let's welcome Steve Wagner.
[applause] Millie, Millie, Millie, Millie Bubash, the State College hat lady returns for a third season.
Good to see you.
For more than 40 years, she's been entertaining audiences with her informative presentations about everything from old age to antique fashions.
Millie, hi.
[applause] And Ted Hanson's a new face.
He is director of the Pennsylvania film office.
That means he markets Pennsylvania locations to Hollywood and gets to meet all those stars and things.
He's also a member of the Pennsylvania Historic Preservation Board.
Welcome, Ted.
Have fun.
[applause] Well, that Pennsylvania Historic Preservation Board might serve you in good stead, actually, Ted, because history has something to do with our first question.
[music playing] NARRATOR: The Battle of Gettysburg, the bloodiest battle of the US Civil War, would not have happened if it were not for a certain newspaper advertisement.
At the end of June, 1863, General James J Pettigrew was leading his weary confederate troops through Pennsylvania.
Along the way, he happened to read an advertisement in a recent copy of the Gettysburg compiler.
Did the newspaper ad announced the sale of, A, Horses, B, ammunition, C, bottled beer, or, D, boots?
LYNN CULLEN: All right, there he was, General Pettigrew and his exhausted men, what kind of an ad did he see?
For horses, ammo, bottled beer or boots that sent him into Gettysburg and history?
Steve.
He probably saw two ads, one for bottled beer and one for ammunition.
He acted on the ammunition one, B.
[chuckles] LYNN CULLEN: OK. Just a guess.
LYNN CULLEN: OK. Of course it's just a guess, what else would we do on this program?
The last answers you gave me were all off.
[chuckles] Millie.
I chose B too.
I think ammunition, probably.
LYNN CULLEN: Would make sense.
Yeah, would make sense.
LYNN CULLEN: Sure.
Ammo for sale.
Ted.
Well, I don't know this because of my historic preservation interests, I know it because of the movie Gettysburg which was filmed in Gettysburg and how I spent my summer vacation one year.
It was D. It was boots.
[chime] LYNN CULLEN: It was boots.
It was boots.
LYNN CULLEN: OK. We've got ammo, we've got ammo, we've got boots.
What was Pettigrew looking for?
NARRATOR: The answer is D, boots.
By the end of June, 1863, General Pettigrew's forces were in bad shape.
Most of his men had worn out their shoes and were marching barefooted.
Immediately upon reading the newspaper ad announcing the sale of fine new boots, Pettigrew ordered his men to detour and march the nine miles to Gettysburg to confiscate all of the shoe stores footwear.
As his men headed for Gettysburg, they were spotted by Union troops who sent out to intercept them.
The two sides clashed and the bloody Battle of Gettysburg was underway.
The three day fight, the biggest and costliest in American history to that point, ended with a Union victory.
Well, with all the dead there, it's probably, I think, safe to say that it was a loss on both sides, frankly.
And the Gettysburg National Military Park says that the shoe thing was really just a minor reason for the Battle of Gettysburg.
There were several reasons.
It's a good story, but apparently, it's not the whole story.
Just to set the record straight.
OK?
OK. TED HANSON: So my answer is right?
No.
[chuckles] We wouldn't want to mislead.
MILLIE BUBASH: Mine isn't either.
No, yours isn't either.
Let's go to the next-- TED HANSON: Mine's still good though, right?
Let's go to another question you can get wrong.
[music playing] NARRATOR: Philadelphia is home to a special museum which not only encourages its visitors to touch everything they see, but also rents out exhibits to groups that can't get there.
The Please Touch Museum founded in 1976, is the first of its kind in the nation.
What sets this museum apart?
A, it was specifically designed for children under age 8, B, it was created solely for the blind and visually impaired, C, it features replicas of the world's most famous works of art, or, D, it features hands-on physical science experiments?
LYNN CULLEN: All right, none of this stern guards looking at you all the time at this museum.
Nothing behind glass.
This museum says, please touch.
Is it for children?
For the visually impaired?
Are there famous works of art there, replicas or physical science experimentation which you can do.
The Please Touch Museum.
Millie, what'd you decide?
I like B too, for the blind, but I chose D. LYNN CULLEN: Oh.
[chuckles] What?
What?
MILLIE BUBASH: I like them both.
All right, so what the heck.
Ted, what did you like as opposed to what you chose?
Oh, what I liked?
I liked what I chose, and it's for kids under 8.
LYNN CULLEN: OK. For critters.
For little critters.
Yeah, little critters.
LYNN CULLEN: Steve.
Well, I think you gave me the answer.
You said, if the guards aren't there to keep you out of trouble, then it has to be for the visually impaired because they couldn't get in trouble.
I took B. LYNN CULLEN: Well, I think some visually impaired people might suggest to you they can get in plenty of trouble.
Yeah, well.
Yeah.
Yeah, let's see.
Let's see.
NARRATOR: The answer is A.
[music playing] It's specifically designed for children under age 8.
[applause] The Please Touch Museum was founded in 1976 by educators, artists and parents.
Their goal was to make the museum a place for children to learn about and interact with the world around them.
Special exhibits permanently in use there teach children about life, transportation, television, food, and the environment.
A troupe of actors called The Touch Tails performs interactive children's theater at the museum once or twice a month, and also performs at schools and other special events.
In addition, traveling trunks which contain books and hands on exhibits are rented to schools and libraries on a regular basis.
The Please Touch Museum was recognized by USA Today as one of the nation's top children's museums.
Children love it because this is the one place where parents don't say don't touch.
This museum encourages children to learn by touching everything they see.
MILLIE BUBASH: Mm, not with our kids.
Gee, why don't they have a museum like that for people over 8?
[chuckles] I mean, I'd like to touch and have fun and all that kind of thing, but it really helps children and their imaginations.
And speaking of imaginations, I'm inexorably drawn to Steve Wagner.
I'm going to say, see me after the show.
Well-- [chuckles] So now, this lifeguard in a car wash, you're not really-- No, no, no.
You've been looking for all sorts of things to do.
I've worked for a company that made gold yo-yos for wealthy idiots, and it's been an interesting experience.
[chuckles] LYNN CULLEN: It has.
Yeah.
It has.
So you've been looking for work because I get that impression?
I move about once a month to avoid paying the rent.
[chuckles] If that gives you a hint.
You're a survivor, in other words.
So to speak, yeah.
Put curtains to match the sidewalk.
LYNN CULLEN: Well, that-- [chuckles] Well, you're always welcome here-- STEVE WAGNER: Thank you.
--as you know.
Millie, Millie, Millie.
The hat lady.
[chuckles] The hat lady.
LYNN CULLEN: You know, my father still wears-- he always wore a hat.
Men today don't wear hats.
Well, everybody-- LYNN CULLEN: Unless they wear a baseball cap.
--they're wearing the baseball things.
LYNN CULLEN: Yeah.
Yeah.
But that's about-- and the women are wearing the hats with the thing up in the front with a big flower stuck on.
LYNN CULLEN: Yeah.
That's about it.
That's about it.
Yeah, that's about it.
Where's your hat?
You usually have a hat.
Well, I usually wear them when I'm doing my shows.
Well, you're doing a show, why don't you wear a hat for us?
Well, I will.
LYNN CULLEN: I didn't even know you had hair.
[chuckles] I don't think I've ever seen you-- I'm kidding.
Really, I'm just kidding.
All right, Ted, they're making lots of movies in my town, Pittsburgh.
I mean, right now, I think Sharon Stone is there, Isabelle Adjani, Kathy Bates was there, Woody Harrelson is there.
Who?
Jeff Bridges?
No.
All kinds of people.
Really messing up traffic for you, aren't they?
LYNN CULLEN: Yeah, they do.
[chuckles] Yeah, they do.
I mean, you try you go to visit a friend and all of a sudden, you're prevented from getting where you want to go because there's a-- they're shooting a movie.
A whole big film crew.
Yes, but that brings money into Pennsylvania-- LYNN CULLEN: That's what they keep telling us.
--and it boosts tourism.
LYNN CULLEN: Mm-hmm.
In fact, after Gettysburg, 300,000 more people visited that site than did the previous year.
LYNN CULLEN: Wow, that's really neat.
It really is good for us.
OK, well, later, I want to find out if all these people are really nice and all that and if they're like they seem, they are and all that because they never are.
They never are.
You can't imagine the stories.
TED HANSON: Sure, they are.
They're always nice.
Wonderful people.
Yeah, wonderful people.
LYNN CULLEN: Everybody's wonderful.
Everybody's lovely.
Uh-huh.
Sure.
[chuckles] Let's go to the next question, huh.
[music playing] NARRATOR: Until the late 1960s, Clinton County was home to the tallest man made structure of its kind.
Passerbys often referred to this Nittany Valley landmark as the 12th wonder of the world.
Was the structure A, a smokestack, B, a silo, C, a TV antenna, or, D, a water tower?
LYNN CULLEN: What was that thing in Clinton County?
You had to crane your neck to see it.
A smokestack, a silo, a TV antenna, a water tower.
What was that?
What was that, Ted, I got a stiff neck trying to see the top of that thing.
I think it might be a smokestack, but since we're doing TV, I chose C, a TV antenna.
See now you're getting the hang of it.
You think one thing, but you vote another.
[chuckles] That's the way we work on this program, don't we?
That's right.
And because this is all smoke and mirrors, I did pick A, a smokestack.
LYNN CULLEN: A smokestack.
And Millie?
So what do I know about silos or any-- a smokestack.
LYNN CULLEN: A smokestack?
Right.
LYNN CULLEN: Why?
We have smokestacks and TV antennas.
Guess what?
We don't have a correct answer.
[chuckles] NARRATOR: The answer is B.
[music playing] Farmer and entrepreneur Eugene Heckman built this 120 foot high silo in 1920 to test a new type of concrete.
The structure was so tall that it was never filled to the top.
In fact, climbing the silos outside ladder became a challenge for daring children.
Although the Nittany Valley landmark is no longer standing, you may have driven over it.
It was torn down in the late 1960s to make way for Interstate 80.
Today, it's buried under the highway near the Lock Haven exit.
Good heavens, we have driven over that thing.
How about seeing how the scoring is going?
Oh my, what a depressing sight I just saw.
Me too.
LYNN CULLEN: Steve, you have nothing.
Millie, you have nothing.
And our newcomer, Ted, two and in the lead.
[applause] And you think that's depressing.
LYNN CULLEN: Yeah.
Yeah.
Why are you depressed?
I'm not depressed, it's just the zeros.
Beginner's luck, I'm sure.
TED HANSON: I'm sure.
Hey, this is the first clue for our Mystery Pennsylvanian.
I'll give you three in the course of the program.
Get it right the first time, three points.
The second clue, two points.
First clue, one point.
First clue.
Born in Pittsburgh in 1889, he served four terms as mayor of that city and is given credit for the city's Renaissance.
[music playing] He was born in 1889, he served four terms for the FDR of Pittsburgh and he's given credit for the city's rebirth, its Renaissance.
You ponder that, folks, and we'll just sort of slide over to the next question, OK?
NARRATOR: The Philadelphia Toboggan Company of Lansdale, Montgomery County, is the world's only major manufacture of what?
A, toboggans, B, wooden roller coasters, C, Amish buggies, or, D, black walnut croquet mallets?
LYNN CULLEN: Oh, what do you mean?
The toboggan company makes toboggans, doesn't it?
Or does it make roller coasters, wooden ones, or Amish buggies or black walnut croquet mallets.
[chime] Weird.
Steve.
Well, in keeping with my losing streak, I picked C, Amish buggies.
Good.
[chuckles] Good, that streak might be alive and well.
Millie.
Well, because I'm going along with Steve.
[chime] LYNN CULLEN: Oh, no.
[chuckles] And losing too, I also picked C. Well, go down together, isn't it sweet?
MILLIE BUBASH: I need company.
LYNN CULLEN: Ted, since you seem to know the correct answers, what is it?
I'd like to buy a vowel, please.
[chuckles] I don't think the correct answer is up there.
[chuckles] I really don't.
They used to make wooden carousels, but-- LYNN CULLEN: Did they?
They did.
They did.
They're very valuable now.
But I picked-- what did I pick?
can you tell me?
LYNN CULLEN: You picked B. I picked B-- LYNN CULLEN: Wooden roller coasters.
--because it's an amusement Park ride.
LYNN CULLEN: Well, they both were an amusement park, sure.
Well, that's smart, you're using your noggin.
[chuckles] Let's get the answer, huh.
NARRATOR: The answer is B.
[music playing] [applause] The Philadelphia Toboggan Company is the world's only manufacturer of wooden roller coaster stock.
Of the 130 wooden roller coaster rides in the world today, PTC made some part of 115 of them.
Founded in 1902 as the Philadelphia carousel company, some 85 carousels and 65 roller coasters have been built by the Lansdale manufacturer.
The company's name was changed in 1932 to reflect the 12th century term toboggan, which was used to describe European ice slides.
The world's first amusement coasters.
I'll tell you, from carousels to coaster cars, if you see Pittsburgh Toboggan Company, PTC, if you see a logo on a coaster ride that you happen to be on at the moment, that means it was made right here in Pennsylvania.
I would never see a PTC logo because any time I get on a roller coaster, which is rare, my eyes are closed, I'm praying.
You see it on the turnpike.
You do?
PTC?
Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission.
[chuckles] I get it now.
Excuse me.
Excuse me.
And why don't you be quiet and direct your attention to the screen here for the next question?
[music playing] NARRATOR: Since the late 19th century, Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania has carried a special distinction.
It is officially recognized as Pennsylvania's first and only, A, "dry" community, B, town, C, community to adhere to the state's Blue Laws, or, D, nudist colony?
[chuckles] LYNN CULLEN: Oh, my, well, I sure hope it's D just for the fun of it.
[chuckles] I hope-- I don't know, is it dry?
Is it nude?
Is it a town?
What's the big deal about being a town?
Or is it a Blue Law kind of a place?
Millie.
Well, if I'm going to lose, I may as well go with nudist colony.
[chuckles] That's the spirit.
I love you, Millie.
Ted.
I want it to be nudist colony, but it's Pennsylvania's only town.
[chime] LYNN CULLEN: It is?
It is.
Isn't that weird?
Big deal.
It's the only town?
TED HANSON: Only town.
Everything else is a borough or something.
Oh.
Every Middlesex borough and farm.
Steve, what did you pick?
I picked A because it has the longest fair in the State and they don't want anybody drinking and making it ugly, so I picked A.
But he's right.
[chuckles] LYNN CULLEN: Well, are the people nude when you go to the fair there?
Some.
LYNN CULLEN: No, some are nude and some are clothed.
Millie, you could be in trouble.
Let's get the answer.
NARRATOR: The answer is B, town.
[applause] [music playing] In 1870, State Senator Charles R Buckalew sponsored legislation which made towns something separate from villages and boroughs.
The distinction was purely a political one.
Bloomsburg applied for town status and received it becoming the first and only town in Pennsylvania.
Even after Bloomsburg discontinued the political structure which made it a town, it was allowed to retain that designation.
Speaking of retention, the score, both Steve and Millie are retaining their goose eggs.
They have yet to get a correct answer, and Ted, you have added to your lead, it is 4 zip.
[applause] I'm going for the dinette set.
[chuckles] MILLIE BUBASH: Are we allowed to-- LYNN CULLEN: No, no, no.
And you can't have the Broyhill dinette set.
[chuckles] Let's get our second clue for the Mystery Pennsylvanian.
Known to some as Mr. Democrat, he created the first fair housing bill in the nation while governor of Pennsylvania.
Four terms as mayor of Pittsburgh, governor of Pennsylvania, credited with Pittsburgh's Renaissance, known as Mr. Democrat.
Who be that guy?
Well, if you don't know it, may be prayer would help.
[chuckles] Let's go to church, as a matter of fact.
Let's go.
[music playing] NARRATOR: The Mother Bethel African Methodist Episcopal church in Philadelphia, founded in 1794 by Richard Allen, a former slave and Methodist lay preacher, is one of the many historic places that can be found in the city of Brotherly love.
Is Mother Bethel Church A, the oldest property continuously owned by African-Americans, B, the first African-American church in America, C, the oldest surviving church building in America, or, D, the first American church to use stained glass windows?
LYNN CULLEN: Mother Bethel AME Church, which was it?
The oldest property continuously owned by African-Americans?
The first African-American church in America?
The oldest surviving church in America?
The first American church to use stained glass windows?
[chime] Whew!
I'm exhausted.
I'm leaving.
Now, Ted, what did you pick?
I'm confused that I have to stay.
[chuckles] I think there's two correct answers up there, but I chose B.
No, I didn't.
LYNN CULLEN: No, you didn't.
You chose A. I did not choose-- that was the other correct answer, I thought.
LYNN CULLEN: Well, that why you are confused.
[chuckles] You chose A. I chose A because I think it is the oldest property owned by-- OK.
I've been there and that's what I was told.
OK. TED HANSON: OK?
Well, I would choose A too if I were there and had been told that.
Steve.
I thought to myself, this could be the only correct answer I get.
I picked B, so therefore, it's probably A. LYNN CULLEN: You're probably right.
Oh, my.
Millie, if you pick-- Well, since Ted thought that B was right and that is what I chose, I'm hoping that it's the right one.
[chuckles] LYNN CULLEN: Hey, guess what, guys?
I mean, the fact that Steve and Millie are both together on this one, what do you think?
Are they right or are they wrong?
[chuckles] MILLIE BUBASH: Wrong.
NARRATOR: The answer is A, the oldest property continuously owned by African-Americans.
[music playing] Mother Bethel AME Church was founded in 1794 by Richard Allen, a former slave and lay preacher.
It was established when Allen led a group of Black parishioners from nearby Saint George's Methodist church in protest of an attempt by the church leadership to segregate the congregation.
Mother Bethel became the first African Methodist Episcopal church in America.
A blacksmith's shop which was hauled to the land by a team of horses served as its first church.
Since that time, the church, which is graced with magnificent stained glass windows, has been rebuilt three times.
LYNN CULLEN: What a beauty of a building.
It was also an important station on the Underground Railroad during the mid 1800s.
And now, I can't wait for this, my favorite, favorite question.
Not only of this show, but maybe of every show I've ever done.
Here it comes.
I love this.
[music playing] NARRATOR: A taxi collision in 1943 changed Florence Foster Jenkins in a remarkable way.
In fact, the Pennsylvania heiress was so delighted with the side effects of her accident that she waived legal action against the taxi company, presented the driver of the car with a box of imported cigars and launched an exciting new career.
Did Florence Foster Jenkins become, A, faith healer, B, a psychic, C, an opera singer, or, D, a ventriloquist.
[chuckles] LYNN CULLEN: Isn't this wonderful?
I mean, whatever she did, it's too wonderful for words.
She's in a taxi, it gets in an accident, her life is changed.
Does she become a faith healer, a psychic, an opera singer, or a ventriloquist?
[chime] Oh, Florence.
Boy, she's a real-- wait till you find out more about Florence, a piece of work.
Steve.
B, but no matter what I say, it's going to be wrong.
LYNN CULLEN: Right, right, that's true.
[chuckles] We shouldn't even come to you anymore.
Millie, if you say B, I'm going to [indistinct].. Well, I'll probably never be on this show again, I don't care, I'm going to say-- LYNN CULLEN: Oh, no.
[chuckles] I'm going to say D. LYNN CULLEN: Ted.
Did I say D?
Yes.
LYNN CULLEN: No, you said B. Oh, Did I say B?
It doesn't-- Yeah, that's what I want, B.
[chuckles] You know what, Millie?
Millie, it doesn't matter, you'd be wrong no matter what you say.
It doesn't matter.
[chuckles] OK, Ted, I was thinking [mumbles].
Well, I think it had to be B.
[chime] MILLIE BUBASH: B.
Because there's real rationale here.
If she had psychic powers before the taxi accident, she would have known the taxi was going to hit her-- LYNN CULLEN: That's right.
That's true.
And would have avoided it.
So, you know-- MILLIE BUBASH: That's what I was thinking.
LYNN CULLEN: Brilliant.
Brilliant.
So are we all right or all wrong?
You're all wrong, of course.
Millie and Steve-- you're with Millie and Steve, you're wrong.
[chuckles] NARRATOR: The answer is C, an opera singer.
[chuckles] [music playing] [applause] A taxi collision left, would be diva, Florence Foster Jenkins capable of hitting a higher F than she'd ever manage before.
The unusual career of this Pennsylvania heiress was for many years an in-joke among music critics.
In one review, Newsweek wrote, in high notes, Mrs. Jenkins sounds as if she was afflicted with low nagging backache.
Nevertheless, the portly matron then in her 70s, had regular singing engagements in salons from Philadelphia to Newport.
And in October of 1944, Florence Foster Jenkins, who was universally hailed as the world's worst opera singer, somehow managed to sing before a packed Carnegie Hall.
MILLIE BUBASH: I remember her now.
STEVE WAGNER: Yeah, I do too.
LYNN CULLEN: And the building is still standing.
Oh, look at this.
Look at this, our final clue.
Could it be coming to an end?
Ooh.
His 1966 obituary appeared on the front page of the New York Times and described him as a political boss, which was a label he disliked.
Who is this guy?
Four time mayor of Pittsburgh.
Credited with its Renaissance.
We could use him again.
Mr. Democrat.
Governor of Pennsylvania.
Big enough that the New York Times ran his obituary on the front page in 1966.
OK?
You're all written up there?
I'm moseying over to you, and I think, Millie, I'm asking-- come on, Millie.
Come on, let's end with a bang not a whimper.
I want to see your answers.
You want to see my answers?
LYNN CULLEN: Oh, no.
I don't want to show you my answers.
LYNN CULLEN: I don't blame you.
[chuckles] She's got a pickle, Heinz.
She's got a Schapp and she's got a Schapp.
Right.
LYNN CULLEN: OK, well, Schapp was governor.
Yeah, he was a governor.
Heinz was not, I believe.
No.
No, Heinz was not.
He was never the mayor.
He made pickles.
Right.
Ted.
[chuckles] Now, I am a native Ohioan, so dead Pennsylvania governors, I'm not real good on.
LYNN CULLEN: You're not a big-- I know.
I understand.
No, no.
So you've got to give me a break here.
But I'm at least-- LYNN CULLEN: You'll probably get it right.
Come on, let's see.
Of course.
At least I am consistent.
LYNN CULLEN: David Lawrence, it's still David Lawrence, and David Lawrence.
Well, David Lawrence was a mayor.
David Lawrence was a governor.
And David Lawrence is dead.
Yeah, well, that's good.
[overlapping chatter] That's good.
That's right and he was democrat.
Come on.
David Lawrence.
LYNN CULLEN: David Lawrence.
David Lawrence.
Oh, boy, Millie, are you getting that sinking kind of a feeling?
Well-- Sorry.
Well you're consistent, and there's something to be said for consistency.
[chuckles] All right, let's find out who's our Mystery Pennsylvanian.
NARRATOR: David L Lawrence loved politics and was a devoted democrat from childhood.
During his four terms as mayor of Pittsburgh, he represented and fought for the people, especially the underdog.
Lawrence mediated labor strikes and encouraged City-wide improvements by passing smoke control and sewage disposal laws.
He is often recognized as the force behind Pittsburgh's Renaissance.
But his career was not limited to Pittsburgh, his efforts extended to Pennsylvania.
When at age 69, he became the Commonwealth's oldest governor.
In 1961, he passed the nation's first fair housing bill to combat discrimination.
Lawrence remained a member of the Democratic National Committee until his death in 1966.
His accomplishments are still recognized nearly 30 years later, and although he may not have liked the term political boss, he was considered one.
David L Lawrence, a famous Pennsylvanian.
Well, yep, that's the guy.
The convention center in Pittsburgh is named after him.
It's called, not surprisingly, the David L. Lawrence Convention Center.
And for a kid from Ohio, Ted, pretty impressive that you would know that, and not only that, pretty impressive that as a newcomer to this game, you knocked off two old pros, Millie and Steve, running away with this.
Do you have to say old?
We ought to hate him?
[chuckles] No, come on.
Let's be-- Millie.
Millie, let's be fair sports.
TED HANSON: Do you want a part in the movies?
[chuckles] No, I won't even-- MILLIE BUBASH: Yes.
I won't give the score because it's a total embarrassment.
It really is.
Especially for you Millie.
[chuckles] You know maybe you've been wearing those hats too tight, you know.
I think so.
That could be a-- that could be.
By the way, we never did show our hats.
Well, show your hats, but Ted, we want to give you something for being so smart.
What do we want to give you?
A dinette set.
[chuckles] No, not a dinette set.
A car.
This is from our friends at Tastykake headquartered in Philadelphia.
[chuckles] Your favorite Tastykake treats there selected just for you.
[applause] Millie and your Easter bonnets.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Thank you, panel.
Put that on.
Thank you.
Put that on.
Is that-- nice.
Let's take a look at these guys.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Mwah, thank you.
See you next time we play The Pennsylvania Game.
[applause] Don't I get a hat?
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