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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorshipWENDY WILLIAMS: Mansfield State University had its birth in Tioga County in 1857.
It was there something happened for the first time, something that since has become a part of American college life.
Do you know what happened for the first time at Mansfield State?
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[theme music] Now let's get the game started.
Here's the host of The Pennsylvania Game, Lynn Hinds.
There he is.
[laughs] Thank you.
Oh, thank you very much.
Thank you.
Welcome to The Pennsylvania Game.
Those are the nice folks from the Walnut Grove Church of the Brethren in Johnstown.
And they're so nice.
And their hands are about bleeding from applauding, but we're delighted to have you in our studio.
Wait, don't applaud yourself this time.
Wait till later.
Back to play the game.
Again, holding down the anchor chair, one Bernard Asbell.
Bernie, welcome.
Bernie Asbell.
How is everyone doing?
LYNN HINDS: From WKOK and WQKX radio in Sunbury, Pennsylvania, let's welcome Amy Williams.
And from WRSC radio in State College, Kevin Nelson.
Welcome back, Kevin.
Now, Tioga County is best, I can recall, is in the northeastern part of the state.
They got a first up there.
WENDY WILLIAMS: In 1892, Mansfield University in Tioga County was the first school to do something that has since become a part of American college life.
Did Mansfield University A, sponsor the first fraternity rush week, B, host the first college basketball tournament, C, crowned the first college homecoming queen, or D, hold the first nighttime college football game?
The year was 1892.
The place was Mansfield University up in Tioga County.
And Fred Davis from Mansfield, by the way, will get a year subscription to Pennsylvania Magazine from WPSX and the publishers of the magazine for sending in this question.
1892, what did they do, Bernie, for the first time?
Well, Mansfield is a great place to come home too.
LYNN HINDS: Uh-huh.
Some of my favorite people went to Mansfield.
And I think they crowned the first queen.
LYNN HINDS: First homecoming queen up there.
Amy Williams, 1892.
I was going to say that, but I'm not now because I like to be different.
So I'll say sponsored the first fraternity rush week.
LYNN HINDS: The first fraternity rush week, she said.
OK. Kevin, got an A and a C. Certainly, we would have had homecoming queens before then.
I mean, that was late.
And fraternities have been around for forever.
So lights were coming in about then.
How about the first nighttime college football game?
LYNN HINDS: 1892, Kevin says, the first nighttime college football game was held.
Well, was it a rush week, a homecoming, a night football game?
WENDY WILLIAMS: The answer is D, hold the first nighttime college football game.
On the evening of September 28, 1892, Mansfield State and Wyoming Seminary battled to 0-0 tie.
The game was called at halftime by the referee who, having been tackled several times by the players from both sides, decided the playing conditions were simply too dangerous to continue.
They had lights, but they weren't all that bright.
Don't you see?
The referee kept getting tackled by mistake and said, whoop, game call.
But they did actually-- in the United States, the first nighttime college football game in 1892 was in Mansfield Pennsylvania.
Isn't that wonderful?
Congratulations, Kevin.
Hey, Kev, I'm impressed.
You started off with a rush.
Let's go to Philadelphia for our next question.
And a man named William Bullock, a well-known name William Bullock in Pennsylvania started a machine shop and made something.
WENDY WILLIAMS: William A. Bullock of Philadelphia started his own machine shop as a young man designing everything from shingle-cutting machines to artificial legs.
One of his inventions, patented in 1863, revolutionized an industry.
Was it A, the Bullock drill, B, the Bullock tractor, C, the Bullock milker, or D, the Bullock press?
Amy, I can tell you that the answer to this is Bullock, but the question is Bullock what?
Did he revolutionize with his invention what industry, the Bullock drill tractor, milker, or press, patented 1863?
During the Civil War, they were still patenting stuff evidently.
Not everybody was fighting.
What do you say, Amy?
It's your turn to start.
Oh, how about the Bullock milker just because I-- LYNN HINDS: The Bullock milker.
OK.
I don't know why.
LYNN HINDS: OK. Why not?
LYNN HINDS: Why not?
Bullock milker, 1863.
Kevin.
KEVIN NELSON: I've been to my dentist recently, so I'm going to go with the Bullock drill.
LYNN HINDS: The Bullock drill.
And just hope it's not a boring answer.
LYNN HINDS: It's not a boring answer.
We got tractors and presses left.
Bernie.
Whenever we have a milking machine question, I always say yes and get it wrong.
But this time it's right.
LYNN HINDS: We have two milkers and a drill.
And if you listen carefully to the answer, I think you'll find that Mr. Bullock may have regretted this one invention.
Here's the answer.
WENDY WILLIAMS: The answer is D. The Bullock press was the first press to print from a continuous roll of paper to print on both sides of the sheet and to cut the paper, either before or after printing.
Bullock was installing an early version of his press for the Philadelphia public ledger when his foot caught in the driving belt and was so badly crushed that he died nine days later.
So his invention turned out to kill him.
But the Bullock press was really quite an invention.
They could print on both sides and so forth.
And it really helped the newspaper business along.
I want to talk a little bit to our panel and especially to Amy Williams.
This is a proud day for us because Amy Williams is now-- Amy, you're originally from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
You're now working in Sunbury for WKOK and WQKX, an AM/FM radio station doing-- I'm an anchor and a reporter.
LYNN HINDS: OK, so you're doing news.
Mm-hmm.
LYNN HINDS: And Amy is-- we're glad to welcome Amy back because Amy, when she was here at Penn State, was an intern on The Pennsylvania Game and helped us to put some of these crazy questions together in the past.
And it's-- AMY WILLIAMS: But that doesn't help me with the answers.
Well, not this season's.
But it's a homecoming for Amy.
And Amy is on her way to a very successful career.
And we're just delighted to have you back.
AMY WILLIAMS: Thank you.
Any words of advice to Amy, Kevin, about radio and what she should look out for her work?
Right.
You have a good face for radio.
And when you're playing the-- when you're playing The Pennsylvania Game, just copy off Bernie.
That's what I usually do.
LYNN HINDS: Uh-huh.
BERNARD ASBELL: You just keep talking.
Yeah.
OK. [laughs] LYNN HINDS: OK, let's go to Pittsburgh, which is Amy's hometown, for this next question.
And it's about a building there that is almost torn down.
But they said, no, let's save it and do something else with it.
Here's the question.
WENDY WILLIAMS: Built in the 1890s, this was the post office of Allegheny City, now part of Pittsburgh.
The impressive building with its spacious dome was scheduled for demolition in the 1960s but was saved by the Pittsburgh History and Landmarks Foundation.
Today, it houses a popular museum.
Is the museum A, a museum of musical instruments, B, a museum of Egyptian art, C, a motorcycle museum, or D, a children's museum?
LYNN HINDS: OK, Amy gets to go last on this because she's a native of Pittsburgh and may know this.
Built in the 1890s, it is a beautiful, beautiful building.
And I'm so glad that the History and Landmarks Foundation saved it.
But they do something with it.
They turned it into a museum.
And it is either for musical instruments, Egyptian art, motorcycles, or for children.
Kevin, you get to go first.
KEVIN NELSON: Now, I may be dead wrong on this.
But I was just reading about a children's museum, and I think it is that one.
And all the artwork has hung on refrigerator doors.
It's the-- [laughter] Well, Bernie, can you follow that?
If-- no, I wouldn't want to follow that.
If I could think of any reason the motorcycle museum would be in Pittsburgh, I'd certainly vote for that.
But since Kevin read about-- recently read about a children's museum-- it was probably another one, but he read about it.
LYNN HINDS: I see.
I'll vote for-- I'll vote for that too.
LYNN HINDS: OK. Amy, tell them what the answer is.
Do you know this one?
AMY WILLIAMS: Oh, I'm afraid not.
LYNN HINDS: Don't you?
I think I'd know if there were a motorcycle museum in Pittsburgh.
But I'm going to go with a children's museum also because that's-- LYNN HINDS: Why suck them all in?
Oh, because they did.
KEVIN NELSON: All right, suck them all in.
LYNN HINDS: Did you ever hear of King Tutankhamun of Egypt?
Anybody?
KEVIN NELSON: Oh, King Tut.
What is the answer?
WENDY WILLIAMS: The answer is D, a children's museum.
A touch-everything experience awaits children who bring their families to this museum.
Children can climb, or slide or let their imagination soar as they play in an authentic waterfront setting.
There are arts and crafts of various kinds for children to get their fingers and faces in.
They can even walk into a pretend mouth to get a hands-on lesson in brushing and flossing teeth.
If your family visits Pittsburgh's Children's Museum, plan to spend at least a couple of hours.
The kids will be in no hurry to leave.
That is a marvelous museum.
I've been in it many times.
And I really tell you if you take your children or your grandchildren, plan on three or four hours because they just won't want to come out of there.
And then right next door is Buhl Planetarium.
It's a marvelous, marvelous place, the old city of Allegheny, which was incorporated into Pittsburgh back around the turn of the century.
Well, let's see.
Everybody has one right except Kevin.
And he has two rights.
Kevin's got a slight lead.
Let's encourage our panel with some mild applause.
[cheers and applause] We have our mystery Pennsylvanian for you as always.
And we have three clues we'll be giving you.
Here's the first one.
There'll be two more clues.
So the first one is not a real heavy clue.
But this mystery Pennsylvanian was born in Philadelphia.
He taught elementary school in the daytime while he worked on radio news at night.
That's right up your alley, both of you two, Amy and Kevin.
He taught elementary school in the daytime and worked on radio news at night, our famous mystery Pennsylvanian.
If you don't know it on the first clue, it shall be more apparent, I think.
Tom Garrity of Havertown sent this in.
And Tom Garrity wants us-- he'll get a subscription-- a year subscription to Pennsylvania Magazine from WPSX and the publishers for sending this in.
It's about Hap Arnold.
Hap Arnold is the guy they say that invented the Air Force.
He really did.
WENDY WILLIAMS: General Henry Hap Arnold commanded the US Air Force during World War II.
Which of these facts is not true of Hap Arnold, that he A, was first five-star general in the Air Force, B, was taught to fly by the Wright brothers, C, was author of a series of children's books, or D, was graduated in the Air Force Academy's first class?
I think Hap Arnold is from near Philadelphia, one of the suburbs, Bala Cynwyd, or Berwyn, or one of those.
But he really did more than anybody to start the US Air Force.
And I want to know-- three of these facts are actually true of Hap Arnold.
One is not.
Was he the first five-star general in the Air Force, taught to fly by the Wright brothers, author of a series of children's books, or was graduated in the Air Force Academy's very first class?
One of those is not true.
Three of them are true.
And I believe that we are back, Bernie, to you, if I'm not mistaken.
Actually, he taught the Wright brothers to fly.
So that's not true.
LYNN HINDS: You think that he was taught to fly by the Wright brothers.
All right, Amy.
No, that was not-- that's the one that-- Oh, you think that's not true.
BERNARD ASBELL: Not true.
OK. AMY WILLIAMS: OK.
I got confused myself.
BERNARD ASBELL: Yeah.
LYNN HINDS: Thank you.
Yes, what do you think is not true, Amy?
I don't think he graduated in the Air Force Academy's first class.
LYNN HINDS: You want to tell us why you think that?
Well, because I like to think that he's the author of a series of children's books.
So that's nice.
LYNN HINDS: OK, so you're going with the other ones as you'd like it.
And he's a little strange, so it has to be true.
LYNN HINDS: OK, strange is true on The Pennsylvania Game Amy has discovered.
Yes.
KEVIN NELSON: Well, if he invented-- LYNN HINDS: I taught you well, Amy.
Yes, go ahead, Kevin.
KEVIN NELSON: I'm going to go with Amy.
If he invented the Air Force, then there wouldn't have been an Air Force Academy.
There would have been no need for it.
So he couldn't have-- he couldn't possibly have graduated.
LYNN HINDS: There are a couple of those facts, however, that is-- Amy is correct-- that are a little strange.
Taught to fly by the Wright brothers?
WENDY WILLIAMS: The answer is D. The Air Force Academy was not established until 1954.
But Hap Arnold, born in Gladwyne in 1886, was taught to fly by the Wright brothers.
He commanded the Army Air Force during the war.
And when the Air Force was created in 1947, Hap Arnold became a five-star general.
Hap Arnold did write six books on aviation for children.
I'm with you, Bernie.
I would have thrown out immediately that he was taught to fly by the Wright brothers.
But it tells you a little bit about how really compressed our history is.
I mean, the Wright brothers, who first flew at Kitty Hawk in what, 1903, I think it was, something like that.
And here is Hap Arnold, who was the father of the United States Air Force, taught to fly by Orville and Wilbur Wright.
That's an amazing thing.
BERNARD ASBELL: Just to show how history is constantly surprising.
LYNN HINDS: Oh, yes.
Constantly surprising.
LYNN HINDS: One of the marvelous things about reading history.
It is indeed.
Let's go back a little earlier in history for this one, back before all our time, 1777.
WENDY WILLIAMS: In the winter of 1777, while Washington's army was encamped at Valley Forge, the Continental Congress met at the courthouse in York, Pennsylvania.
John Jay, who was to become the first chief justice of the Supreme Court, said that the Congress was a hotbed of intrigue.
One secret plan was called the Conway Cabal.
Was the secret plan to A, replace George Washington, B, make peace with England, C, unite with Canada, or D, form a dictatorship?
OK, the war is going on, the Revolutionary War.
And Congress is meeting in York, Pennsylvania, and inventing the United States as someone said.
But there was a lot of intrigue going on.
There was a Conway Cabal.
What were they planning to do?
Amy Williams, it's your turn to start.
AMY WILLIAMS: This is going to be just a huge guess.
I don't-- I'm not sure.
LYNN HINDS: Why be different from anybody else?
That's true.
LYNN HINDS: Go.
Ahead I'll say C, unite with Canada because Canada starts with C. LYNN HINDS: Yeah, I see.
Uh-huh, I pick Kentucky Derby winners that way.
I'm 0 for 28.
Yes, Kevin.
KEVIN NELSON: Well, a little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
And let me prove that.
I don't think they replaced George Washington.
He was too darn popular.
But I remember that they wanted him to be king at first.
They were trying to draft him to do that.
And he insisted on being president and elected and stuff.
So I think it might be the-- LYNN HINDS: A dictatorship.
Dictatorship, yeah.
LYNN HINDS: OK. Bernie, Conway Cabal, 1777.
BERNARD ASBELL: Yeah, I think I have to agree with Kevin.
It's hard to just even say those words, you know?
But replace George Washington as what?
That's a little unclear.
LYNN HINDS: What was he in 1777?
Well, they said he was a-- he was a general.
He was a general.
LYNN HINDS: He led the whole army.
Yeah.
So how could that have been?
What was this secret intrigue about?
WENDY WILLIAMS: The answer is A, replace George Washington.
General Conway had suggested that General Gates be made commander in chief of the Army because of Washington's inept leadership.
The plotters met at Gates house and at the adjoining Golden Plough Tavern.
Legend has it that a toast by Lafayette to the health of Washington forced the plotters to declare their loyalty and ended the scheme to replace General George Washington with General Gates.
And the panel is correct.
We don't like to think of that.
But they were politicians then too.
And there were all these intrigues going on.
And they came very close to getting rid of Washington because they didn't like the way he was running the army.
Yeah, if you're going to be a hero, you've got to be dead a few years I guess is the answer for that.
The score-- well the, score is 1, 2, 3.
Bernie has one, Amy has two, and Kevin has three.
They're doing all right.
Let's encourage them.
[cheers and applause] Clue number two to our mystery Pennsylvanian-- from CBS Radio in New York, he went to Paris to become a poet.
He ran out of money.
From Paris, he went to Vietnam to become a correspondent.
That kind of dates this mystery Pennsylvanian.
Born in Philly, taught elementary school in the daytime, did radio news at night.
Clue number two-- he went to CBS Radio in New York and worked.
And then he quit, went to Paris to be a poet.
And from Paris, he went to Vietnam to be a correspondent when he ran out of money trying to be a poet in Paris.
If you go to Paris to be a poet, take lots of money with you is the answer.
WENDY WILLIAMS: Perhaps the most courageous athlete to play Major League Baseball was a Pennsylvanian named Pete who played for the St. Louis Browns in 1945.
Was this Pete A, Pete Gray, B, Pete Reiser, C, Pete Alexander, or D, Pete Cimino?
I wanted to say before we did-- I forgot to give the address.
It's Pennsylvania Game, Wagner Annex University Park, Pennsylvania, 16802.
There it is.
And Leo Gavel, for example, from Glen Lyon, Pennsylvania, sent in this question about Pete.
And he will get from WPSX and the publishers a year subscription to very fine Pennsylvania Magazine.
And I want to give you the address so you might send in too.
And perhaps the most courageous athlete to play Major League Baseball, Pennsylvanian named Pete, played for the St. Louis Browns in 1945. Who was that Pete?
Kevin, I believe we're-- aren't we down to you to start?
I'd like to buy a vowel in.
LYNN HINDS: Buy a vowel.
You'd like an E?
AMY WILLIAMS: Yes.
Boy.
All right, you know how I am on sports questions.
I'm just going to take D and hope.
LYNN HINDS: OK, Pete Cimino.
All right.
Bernie?
Well, I'll say Pete Gray.
And when you give us the-- or when we get the answer from Wendy, we'll know why.
LYNN HINDS: I see.
I know why.
LYNN HINDS: You know why, but you are not saying it is what you're saying.
OK, Amy?
Well, I'm going to cheat and take A. LYNN HINDS: Because Bernie convinced you?
Because I have no idea, and he convinced me.
LYNN HINDS: OK, sometimes Bernie convinces you because he wants you to go down the tubes with him.
AMY WILLIAMS: Uh-oh.
[laughs] We'll see if that's the case.
Pete Gray.
And why was he so courageous?
And what's unusual about him, anyway?
WENDY WILLIAMS: The answer is A, Pete Gray.
Born Pete Wyshner in Nanticoke, he lost his right arm in a farming accident when he was six years old.
But that didn't stop his love of baseball.
In 1944, Pete Gray batted .333 for the Memphis Chicks, stealing 63 bases to tie a Southern Association record.
Philadelphia sportswriters voted him the most courageous athlete of the year.
The next year, he played in the major leagues, capping a career that can only be described as courageous.
Imagine having one arm and making it to the major leagues.
Now, of course, it was war time, and some of the athletes were in the war.
But still that is a marvelous, marvelous achievement to one Pete Gray and a famous Pennsylvanian.
And you knew that.
BERNARD ASBELL: Yes, I knew that.
It was rascal of you.
Do you know anything about a guy named John McAdam?
It was back during the Industrial Revolution.
And John McAdam was a Scotsman, no less, and did something.
WENDY WILLIAMS: During the Industrial Revolution, Scotsman John McAdam developed something that transformed American life.
His innovation was introduced in this country in Pennsylvania in 1794.
Was it the first A, hard-surfaced road, B, canal lock, C, canned goods, or D, assembly line?
OK, back when people were starting to really invent lots of stuff.
And WPSX would like to send, in cooperation with the publishers of Pennsylvania Magazine, a year subscription to Pennsylvania Magazine to Helen Sunday of Pine Grove Mills for suggesting that.
John McAdam-- what was it he introduced in Pennsylvania in 1794, Monsieur Asbell?
You want me to begin this one?
I think I'd like for you to begin this, yes.
Well, I think if they had not invented the hard-surfaced road yet, it was about time they did.
LYNN HINDS: OK, so you think that's what he did.
I think that's what he did.
LYNN HINDS: Amy?
AMY WILLIAMS: Well, I like that answer.
But I cheated last time, so I won't do it again.
That wasn't nice.
How about canned goods?
LYNN HINDS: Canned goods, OK.
I tell you a story about canned goods earlier than you think.
Yes, go ahead.
Does that mean he invented Spam?
That would be-- LYNN HINDS: It could be.
Pea soup.
A big favorite with the audience.
I think Henry Ford invented the assembly line.
I think that's how he was able to crank out those darn cars.
And about the same time, the canal lock sounds good because if you had locked canals, I mean-- LYNN HINDS: That's right.
You had to unlock those canals.
Sure.
John McAdam.
John McAdam.
KEVIN NELSON: Thanks.
BERNARD ASBELL: Ooh, there.
What's the answer to our question?
WENDY WILLIAMS: The answer is A, hard-surfaced road.
The Lancaster Turnpike, completed in 1794, connected Lancaster to Philadelphia and was the first road in the country to use John McAdam's construction theories.
The macadamized roads we know today have a protective asphalt covering, but their subsurface construction is still almost identical to that prescribed by John McAdam.
Most of that kind of stuff is named after people.
So macadam surface is named after John McAdam.
KEVIN NELSON: Well, Bernie asphalt would know that.
The Bernie asphalt absolutely would know that.
That's very good.
BERNARD ASBELL: Right.
That's very good.
Do you guys have ever been up to the Hickory Run State Park at White Haven?
Have any of you ever been to Hickory Run State Park at White Haven?
They've got the biggest one in the Eastern United States.
Biggest what?
WENDY WILLIAMS: Hickory Run State Park at White Haven has a special feature reputed to be the largest of its kind in the Eastern United States.
It's so special that it has been declared a national monument.
Is it's landmark A, a limestone arch, B, a 200 foot waterfall, C, a lake of rocks, or D, an Indian burial mound?
Hickory Run State Park at White Haven.
And it's really worth seeing.
And it is really an unusual landmark, or it's something that's unusual because of its size.
But what is it?
Amy, you're first on this one.
Is it a limestone arch, a 200 foot waterfall, a lake of rocks, or an Indian burial mound?
I'm going to say a lake of rocks.
And I don't-- because I've been to a lake of rocks.
And my father takes me to a lot of these places.
And I'm probably wrong, and he'll be appalled.
But here it goes.
LYNN HINDS: OK, your father takes you to lakes of rocks.
I see.
Kevin?
It's hard on the submarines.
Yes.
Yes, indeed.
I don't know why a limestone arch is coming to mind.
And it's about time something did, so I'm going to try that.
LYNN HINDS: We have a lot of limestone, of course.
And, Bernie, what is it?
BERNARD ASBELL: Well, as a matter of fact, we have a lot of limestone.
And I think if I had a lot of it, I'd make an arch.
LYNN HINDS: We have a limestone arch, and we have a lake of rocks.
Let's see what the right answer is.
WENDY WILLIAMS: The answer is C, a lake of rocks.
Geologists say that this large field of boulders, probably deposited by a glacier, hasn't changed in over 20,000 years.
The rocks cover an area of 400 feet by 1800 feet.
And some boulders are up to 26 feet long, weighing several tons each.
And you play-- you can actually play songs on those rocks because they're are different consistency and so forth.
You can go, (SINGING) bing, bing, bing, if you know which rock to hit.
It's a marvelous thing.
KEVIN NELSON: That's where rock music started, I guess.
And that one-- the score, by the way, if I may just mention it before we get into the mystery Pennsylvanian, is Bernie, 3, Kevin, 3, Amy, 3, and Amy's dad, 1.
Amy's ahead.
Dad's going to be proud.
LYNN HINDS: Your dad's going to be proud.
So, Amy, so much-- so it's going to depend on the mystery Pennsylvanian as to who wins this, all right?
Now, I got to walk over there.
Talk to each other while I walk over here and stand by the monitor.
He did that so well last week.
Yeah.
Do I walk well or not, huh?
Yes.
Did really well.
Since 1981, this winner of seven Emmys has taken 60 minutes of America's time every week.
Since 1981, this winner of seven Emmys has taken 60 minutes of America's time every week.
Born in Philly, taught school in the daytime, did radio news at night.
He went from CBS Radio to Paris to be a poet, ran out of money, and then went to Vietnam to be a correspondent.
And the last clue-- since 1981, he has taken 60 minutes of America's time every night.
Kevin, it's your turn to start.
Morley Safer.
I don't know.
LYNN HINDS: Morley Safer.
Morley.
LYNN HINDS: Bernie?
BERNARD ASBELL: Morley Safer is a Canadian.
Oh, sure, shoot holes in it.
[laughs] LYNN HINDS: What do you got?
I don't have anything.
KEVIN NELSON: Oh, fine.
LYNN HINDS: Amy has got this one.
I got a feeling.
Amy?
Well, my first guess was Geraldo Rivera because he was, I think, in Vietnam.
I'm not sure.
Anyway, I said Mike Wallace.
LYNN HINDS: Mike Wallace.
OK.
Does anybody know a guy that was born in Philadelphia, and went to Paris to be a poet, and is now on 60 Minutes?
WENDY WILLIAMS: Born in Philadelphia, Ed Bradley was educated at Cheyney State and taught fifth and sixth grade math while he worked nights on radio.
He left a promising career at CBS Radio in New York to move to Paris where he planned to write poetry and novels.
When his money ran out, Ed Bradley joined CBS TV to report from Vietnam.
The seven-time Emmy award winner has been CBS' White House correspondent and anchor of the Sunday night news.
Since 1981, Ed Bradley has been co-editor for 60 Minutes.
Ed Bradley, a famous Pennsylvanian.
He's indeed a famous Pennsylvanian.
And we're proud of him, and we're very, very proud of-- did I tell you, audience-- when the audience was trying to make some friendly wagers on who was going to do well tonight-- to watch the young woman sitting in the middle named Amy Williams?
Let's hear it for Amy Williams.
She's our winner.
[cheers and applause] That's even better than passing an exam in school, Amy, to get all that applause.
AMY WILLIAMS: I'm very surprised.
It just goes to show you don't need to know anything.
You just need to guess well, I think.
LYNN HINDS: You were charming guest.
And we're just delighted to have you here.
Did you have fun?
AMY WILLIAMS: Thank you.
I had a great time.
Hope you all learned something about Pennsylvania because partly why we're here is to enjoy it and have fun, but partly to learn something about a state that is just so full of so much and make us a little bit prouder to be Pennsylvanians.
So thank you for being here, and we're proud to have you.
And thanks to you all for joining us.
Thanks to you all for joining us too.
We hope you'll look for us every week about this same time.
And let us hear from you.
Do.
And we'll see you next time when we all gather at same place right here to play The Pennsylvania Game.
See you then.
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