The Pennsylvania Game
Inventions, film & Babe Ruth
Season 1 Episode 6 | 27m 48sVideo has Closed Captions
What was unique about Brian DePalma's 1968 film Greetings? Play the Pennsylvania Game.
What was unique about Brian DePalma's 1968 film Greetings? Test your knowledge of Pennsylvania trivia alongside three panelists. This program is from WPSU’s archives: Information impacting answers may have changed since its original airing. Promotional offers are no longer valid.
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The Pennsylvania Game
Inventions, film & Babe Ruth
Season 1 Episode 6 | 27m 48sVideo has Closed Captions
What was unique about Brian DePalma's 1968 film Greetings? Test your knowledge of Pennsylvania trivia alongside three panelists. This program is from WPSU’s archives: Information impacting answers may have changed since its original airing. Promotional offers are no longer valid.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship- [Narrator] Working in top secrecy during World War II, scientists at the University of Pennsylvania created one of the top 10 engineering feats of the 20th century.
Their creation is a modern marvel of science.
Do you know what it was?
(upbeat music) You're invited to play the Pennsylvania Game.
Test your knowledge of the Commonwealth's people, places, and products.
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Here's the host of The Pennsylvania Game, Lynn Hines.
(audience applauds) - Thank you very much.
Thank you, thank you.
We have got some intriguing questions to stump our studio audience, and you at home, and our panel.
And our panelists are, he is a writer, and lately a TV celebrity, Bernie Asbell.
Welcome back, Bernie.
(audience applauds) You know her from Broadway, from the movies, from television, and lately a professor at Juniata College, Nancy Kulp.
(audience applauds) And from Altoona, he's a magician and a writer of mystery stories.
Patrick Kelley.
(audience applauds) Now panels, we told you the first question is about a famous engineering invention of this century.
The only question is, which one?
Let's watch.
- [Narrator] Funded by the military and developed under top secrecy during World War II, University of Pennsylvania scientists produced one of the top 10 engineering achievements of the 20th century.
Did they develop A, the laser, B, radar, C, the computer, or D, nuclear fission?
- Hmm, four intriguing answers, Bernie Asbell.
Which one intrigues you the most?
- [Nancy] Oh no, wait a minute, wait a minute.
- [Lynn] No, no, just the letters on this one, you don't need to write.
(Bernie laughs) Which one, Bernie, do you?
- I'm gonna say- - [Lynn] Where'd they go?
- It came to me- - The laser, radar, the computer, or nuclear fission?
- It came to me outta some instinctive place.
I learned to trust that.
I'm gonna say A, the laser.
- A, the laser.
That's a sharp cutting answer.
Nancy Kulp?
- Since it looked to me like a switchboard, I'm gonna say the computer.
- You're going by the picture.
Okay.
- Yeah.
- [Lynn] We got an A and a C. - Probably deceptive, but- - Patrick Kelley?
- I'll go with C. I know the time period's right for the computer.
I think that's what it might be.
- University of Pennsylvania, one of the top engineering achievements of this century.
What's right?
- [Narrator] The answer is C, the computer.
(audience applauds) ENIAC, short for electronic numerical integrator and computer, was the world's first general purpose electronic computer.
ENIAC could do computations 1,000 times faster than the most advanced machine, being able to add 5,000 numbers per second.
And if ENIAC's ability was enormous, so was its size.
Its U-shape was 80 feet long, containing 18,000 vacuum tubes, hundreds of switches, as well as numerous resistors, capacitors, and wires.
The computer is said to have changed society more than any technological device.
The two researchers who led the development of ENIAC, John Mauchly and J. Presper Eckert, left Penn to found Sperry UNIVAC corporation.
- Did you know that radar backwards is radar?
I just noticed that.
(laugh) It's a palindrome.
- [Lynn] That's what I did during the war.
- Yeah.
You said the time was right, Pat.
Actually, radar was developed about during World War II also, though I think it was started earlier.
And the laser, I believe.
I guess the laser came much later than that.
- The radar was created- - I think they're still- - In Altoona.
(laughter) - [Nancy] In Altoona?
- You're making that up.
Nuclear fission, course, also came outta World War II.
Well, Nancy Kulp and Patrick Kelley had that one right.
And Bernie, you missed.
- Okay?
- Well, I guess I did.
- Keep telling him.
- Next question is suggested by Robert Calwell and Barry Michalone, who teach geography at Holidaysburg Junior High School.
And we appreciate them sending us this question.
- [Narrator] Pennsylvania's smallest county is Montour, with only 131 square miles.
Pennsylvania's largest county has 1,237 square miles.
Is the largest county A, Lycoming, B, Bradford, C, Tioga, or D, Potter?
- None of the above.
- No, it has to be one of the above, Nancy Kulp.
Which one of the above, is the question, though.
The largest county in Pennsylvania, geographically.
It's some professors of geography that sent this in, don't you see.
- Is he in the audience?
- No, but (audience laughs) they were nice enough to send this in from Holidaysburg.
What are you saying?
- Oh, from Holidaysburg?
- [Lynn] Yeah, they mailed this in.
- Well, I don't see how Altona up there.
Who are you asking?
- [Lynn] I'm asking you first.
- Moi?
- Yeah.
- I don't know, 'cause I don't know the major towns in any of those, so I'm gonna guess Potter.
Which is D. - Potter County, D. Patrick Kelley?
- Did I say something right?
- Also D. - Oh, you devil, you.
- [Lynn] Notice how those two stick together.
(audience laughs) Why, Pat?
- Guess, total guess.
- Okay.
Bernie?
- Well, it can't be Lycoming, I think, because they don't know how to pronounce it there.
So that's their distinction.
(audience laughs) Yeah.
So, C, Tioga sounds very Indian, and therefore is probably very spread out.
- We have two D's and a C, no A and no B.
What is the right answer?
- [Narrator] The answer is A, Lycoming.
But Bradford, Tioga, and Potter, are among the top five largest.
And with Lycoming, the four tower above tiny Montour county.
- [Nancy] What town is in Lycoming?
Williamsport.
- Williamsport.
- Williamsport?
- Yeah.
- Wouldn't you have thought someplace like, oh, there's- - But that map looks almost like a football line with a tiny quarterback behind four huge linemen.
I mean, the four biggest counties are all up there.
Bernie, I said you were a writer of nonfiction.
We're gonna meet a writer of fiction in just a minute.
And currently a TV celebrity.
- I write nonfiction.
- You have been on The Pennsylvania Game several times, and people are now knowing you more for that than your books.
- Yeah, what you professionals call recognition factor.
- [Lynn] We call that, yeah.
(audience laughs) Starting to get it, yeah.
- Why do you have a picture of a donkey up there, Bernie?
(laughter) - [Lynn] With recognition factor and 25 cents, you can make a phone call.
Nancy Kulp, you've been teaching now for some time.
How do you like the teaching?
- I love it.
- Isn't it fun?
- Yes, it is.
Well, he was kind enough to come over and speak to my class.
- Very bright kids- - Yes they are.
- [Lynn] At Juniata College, indeed.
They ask a lotta questions.
- They did.
- Yeah.
- I've thoroughly enjoyed it.
We just started doing a play shortly, in the next quarter.
- Is it easier to teach on a college campus and face a class, or face a camera and do an episode of the "Beverly Hillbillies," say?
- Well, it's easier to do the "Beverly Hillbillies."
- Is it?
- Infinitely.
- [Lynn] Yeah, the script's all there.
(chuckle) - It's all there for you.
This way you have to sort of find your way.
- Pat Kelley from Altoona started as a magician, and started to write mystery stories about a hero, Harry Calderwood, who was a magician.
Your first novel in paperback is called "Slightly Murder."
The second one, "Slightly Fatal."
And there're gonna be three more, you tell me, after the first two.
- Yes.
- Now I want, in fairness to Pat, to say that before "Black's Magic" came on TV, he was writing novels about a magician who was also a detective.
So you preceded "Black's Magic."
- Preceded it, preceded it.
- How are sales going, of the book?
- They're going well.
- Good.
- They're going well.
- Good.
So we have a fiction writer and a nonfiction writer to write scripts for an actress in the middle.
We got everything we need (audience laughs) right here.
We also have a question about something that came out of a coal strike early in this part of this century.
- [Narrator] In 1902, a long and bitter coal strike in Pennsylvania's Northeastern anthracite fields was felt nationwide.
President Theodore Roosevelt stepped in to stop the strike.
As a result of that strike, Governor Samuel Pennypacker signed into law a bill that created, A, Black Lung benefits, B, the Pennsylvania State Police, C, the Bureau of Labor Relations, or D, mine safety standards.
- [Lynn] I can't remember what is the right answer.
Yeah, Pat Kelley, what's your choice?
- I'm going to have to go along with C on that.
It just sounds right that that would be what would develop from the situation.
- [Lynn] Coal strikes and labor relations, okay.
What do you say, Bernie?
- I believe Black Lung benefits didn't come along 'til later, and I think they were federal.
I'm gonna try D, mine safety standards.
- Mine safety standards, they certainly are a lot better than they were back in 1902.
Nancy?
- I'm gonna have to leave you on this.
I'm gonna have to say.
I don't know that there were labors unions in 1902.
I think they came after that with John L. Lewis.
- Okay, so we've got- - [Nancy] I would say mine safety standards.
- Two Ds and a C. How'd you do at home on this one?
Let's see.
- [Narrator] The answer is B, the Pennsylvania State Police.
(audience laughs) We generally think of smokies as traffic controllers with radar guns, but the original state policemen patrolled the entire 45,000 square miles of the Commonwealth on horseback, maintaining peace and order.
(rhythmic music) They were the first uniformed policeman of the kind in the United States, and were considered nothing but the sovereign majesty of the law.
In 1937, the state police merged with the state highway patrol and became the Pennsylvania Motor Police.
Six years later, the organization regained its original name.
The Pennsylvania State Police celebrated its 75th anniversary in 1980, the oldest state police force in the United States.
- Yes sir, Pennsylvania has the oldest police force in the United States, state police.
And I looked back in my rear view mirror the other day and saw one of those guys chasing me on horseback.
- [Nancy] 90 years old, he was.
- 90 years old, (laughter) and he was chasing.
That is an interesting kind of question.
- Well, I thought he was trying to help the miners.
Well- - Or he was trying to suppress them.
- There you go.
We have a grand score of Nancy, one, and Pat, one, tied for the lead.
I hope you're doing better than that at home, but let's hear it for our panel.
They're doing all right, okay?
(audience applauds) Hooray for the panel.
- We're enjoying it.
- Lemme go over here now for our next feature, and just pull on this screen the Mystery Pennsylvanian slide, because this is, as you know, the first clue for our Mystery Pennsylvanian.
We'll be giving you two more clues through the course of the show.
And panel, if you know, on line one, just write it as soon as you get it.
His neighborhood is proud of him.
He's won many awards, including 10 honorary doctorates and an Emmy.
His neighborhood's proud of him.
He's won many awards, including 10 honorary doctorates and an Emmy award.
So if you know the answer to that on the first clue, it's amazing to me that you do, write it down, panel, and we'll get to it.
We're gonna go now to a question about a movie that was made by a Pennsylvania filmmaker.
It's a first.
- [Narrator] Filmmaker Brian DePalma was born in Philadelphia in 1941.
DePalma did a movie called "Greetings" in 1968.
"Greetings" was the first American film to, A, earn an X rating, B, be screened on an in-air flight, C, use stereophonic sound, or D, attempt the use of smell.
- Okay, Brian DePalma's film.
What year did he say, 1960?
One, 64?
- I didn't hear, I was writing this.
What's the question?
- '68?
'68, was it?
- Yeah.
- Brian DePalma's film, "Greetings," was it the first movie to earn an X rating, to be screened on an in-air flight, to use stereophonic sound, or to attempt the use of smell?
A famous Philadelphia filmmaker, Brian DePalma.
- Knowing the kind of- - 1960?
- Movies he does- - Yeah, the 1960s, yeah.
Bernie, it's your turn to pick first.
- Oh, is it mine?
- I believe it is, yeah.
We're back to you.
- 1960s.
I'm not sure when the present letter ratings start.
I will say it's probably A, but I'm gonna say B, 'cause that's about when the- - Good thinking, it's probably A, so you pick B. Nancy, what do you think it probably is, so what are you picking?
(chuckle) - What I probably think, since I've been wrong so far, why not be wrong again?
I would think, DePalma writes very violent.
Usually involves himself in very violent filmmaking.
So I would guess, and I don't remember, I just taught a course in movies, I should remember, when the ratings came in, and X rating.
I think I'd put an A, 'cause it would be called an R today.
- So she thinks it's probably B, so she's taking A.
And Bernie thought it was probably- - I wish I could change.
- Patrick, you're probably confused by this time.
- By the process of elimination, I've eliminated every one of those possibilities there.
(audience laughs) But, no seriously, it would be around the right time for an X rating, but Brian DePalma started out with comedies.
I chose B. I think stereophonic sound.
And I know Smell-O-Rama came before that.
- We have spelled the word BAB, panel.
(audience laughs) We got two Bs and an A, and let's see which one is right and which one is wrong.
- [Narrator] The answer is A, earn an X rating.
Brian DePalma's anti-establishment "Greetings" was also the first screen appearance of actor Robert DeNiro.
- That's right.
And I can tell you that the first inflight movie was in 1925 on Imperial Airways, and it was a movie called "Lost World."
It was an Arthur Conan Doyle movie.
The first stereophonic movie was in 1940.
There were actually two Warner Brothers movies, "Santa Fe Trail" and "Four Wives."
And I don't know about Smell-O-Vision.
I know, but I'm not gonna tell ya.
(laughter) Well Nancy, you stuck to your guns and you've got the only one that got that one right.
- I knew I would.
- This next one, panel, is kind of a religious question.
It's about a Philadelphia Sunday school teacher.
Let's listen.
- [Narrator] In 1884, LaMarcus Thompson, a Philadelphia Sunday school teacher, created something to entertain young people, and thus keep them out of the beer gardens.
What did he create?
A, the rollercoaster, B, the Stereopticon, C, the Yo-Yo, or D, checkers?
- What was the year?
1894, was that the year they said?
Is that right?
I don't have it written- - 18 or 19?
- It was right around that late 18s, early 19s, as best I recall.
I didn't write that down, and I forgot to listen that closely, but about then.
Philadelphia Sunday school teacher, Nancy, created one of these things to keep young people outta the beer gardens, give them something to do that he thought they'd like.
What do you think he thought they'd like?
- Well, gosh, I don't think they'd like, the Stereopticon has been with us I think, I'll take B, because I don't think a roller coaster would help them.
- That's the thing that you put the picture in and look through, and it shows you two dimensions, or three dimensions.
- [Nancy] Yeah, you could like that a lot.
- More than one dimension, I know.
Patrick Kelley?
- That'll do.
- I chose the Yo-Yo.
I can't imagine doing anything else but playing with your Yo-Yo when you're doing it, so I think it would occupy.
It's hypnotic.
- Certainly if I were tempted to go to a beer garden and had a Yo-Yo, that would keep me out.
(audience laughs) Bernie?
- [Nancy] The man just did who invented the Yo-Yo.
- Bernie?
- Did he?
Well, actually the Stereopticon is what kept me out of the pool room, so I assume it- - Did it really?
(audience laughs) What kind of pictures were you looking at?
Nevermind, let's see what is the right answer.
Might surprise you.
- [Narrator] The answer is A, the rollercoaster.
10 years after Thompson came up with the rollercoaster idea, Amanda Sink built the Gravity Ride rollercoaster at Lakemont Park in Altoona.
The Gravity Ride, later called Leap the Dips, was the first ride built in the amusement park, and is constructed entirely of long leaf pine and maple wood.
This 91-year-old coaster still has its original cars and drive, although the maple wooden track is being replaced every day because of deterioration caused by rain.
Coaster enthusiasts consider Leap the Dips the world's oldest wooden roller coaster still in operation.
This old time amusement ride is still one of the biggest money makers for the park.
The rollercoaster, created by a Philadelphia Sunday school teacher.
- And that's kept a lotta young people, I guess, occupied, riding the roller- - I thought it would be something simple that he could do to keep them quiet.
- The Yo-Yo, I believe, was invented in the Philippine islands as a hunting instrument.
Guys up a tree would throw it at an animal.
If they'd missed, they could bring it back to them.
And it actually was a hunting instrument, rather than a toy.
Let's see how we're doin'.
Well Nancy, you have a not very commanding lead, but you've got two right.
- Never mind, it's a lead, it's a lead.
- So let's hear it for Nancy Kulp.
(audience applauds) Thought we were gonna pitch a shutout there, but a lead is a lead, Nancy's quite correct.
Well, clue two for the Mystery Pennsylvanian.
They've all made choices on clue one; Let's see if they change their minds.
Although he's an ordained minister, he prefers to be called Mister.
He's also a songwriter.
Now, we told you that he has 10 honorary degrees and so forth.
We told you that, now on this clue, he's an ordained minister, but he prefers to be called Mister, and he's also a songwriter.
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Our address is The Pennsylvania Game, Wagner Annex, University Park, PA, 16802.
You just write to us, and we're just delighted with all of you people who've written so far.
We really thank you for your letters.
Oh, you'll love this next one.
We had a question about the biggest county.
We've got one now about Pennsylvania's population.
How many people are in Pennsylvania, and when.
- [Nancy] I know how many there are in the ninth.
- [Narrator] When William Penn got his charter in 1681, Pennsylvania was the least populated of the 13 colonies, with just 680 settlers.
By the Revolutionary War, only one colony had more people than Pennsylvania.
Which colony had more people than Pennsylvania by 1776?
A, Virginia, B, Massachusetts, C, North Carolina, or D, New York?
- Only 680 people when Penn got his charter.
But by the revolution, Pennsylvania had grown by leaps and bounds.
- By the revolution.
- Yeah.
Pat Kelley, which colony was the only one larger, worth more people than Pennsylvania by 1776?
- I think B, I think Massachusetts.
I think 'cause of Boston.
Populated area, I think so.
- A lot of atoms up there as you pointed out one time, Bernie.
What do you think?
- Oh, dear.
- [Nancy] Look what you just did, Lynn.
- [Lynn] You're goin' with Massachusetts also.
I don't think, Nancy doesn't have a Massachusetts card in her hand.
What do you say, Nancy?
- No, Nancy doesn't have a, she wishes she did, but she doesn't.
The reason I think Virginia, so many of the politicians came from Virginia, and there seemed to be.
Now, that doesn't preponderance of people there, but, unless there's a very small- - Do politicians breed lots of children?
They've picked either Massachusetts or Virginia.
What'd you pick at home?
- [Narrator] The answer is A, Virginia.
(audience applauds) Virginia had almost half a million people to Pennsylvania's almost quarter of a million.
Next came Massachusetts, then North Carolina, and then New York.
By 1820, only two states had over a million people, with Pennsylvania still second largest, this time to New York.
- To New York.
- Yeah, we never didn't make it to the top, but we stayed second- - We're working on it.
- New York passed us there.
By the way, the figures are from The History of Statistics of the US, Colonial to 1970, a fascinating book to read, indeed.
We know you love sports questions and do well on those.
So we have a sports question about a famous sports figure.
- [Narrator] As any baseball fan could tell you, Babe Ruth hit 714 home runs in his major league career.
He hit the last three on May 25th, 1935, at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh.
When the Babe hit those last three home runs, he was wearing the uniform of, A, the New York Yankees, B, Pittsburgh Pirates, C, Boston Braves, or D, the Philadelphia Phillies?
- Okay, let's see, one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, we're back to you.
Babe Ruth hit his last three home runs, including 712, 713, and 714, at Forbes Field.
But what uniform was he wearing, Bernie?
- Well, I hope he was wearing the uniform of the Boston Braves, 'cause I think he was a member of that team.
(laughter) - Okay.
If you're right, it's probably what he was doing.
Nancy, what do you think?
- Well, since you've made it so simple for us all, I'm gonna say D. (audience laughs) - Philadelphia Phillies, okay.
Alrighty, and Patrick Kelley?
- Based on Bernie's track record so far, I go with D. (audience laughs) - Nobody's going with Bernie.
They have picked C and D. What did you pick?
You might be surprised.
Let's see.
- [Narrator] The answer is C, the Boston Braves.
Babe Ruth played for the Boston Red Sox his first six seasons.
Then he was dealt to the New York Yankees for 15 more seasons.
His last year, 1935, was with the Boston Braves of the national league.
And it was as a Brave playing against the Pittsburgh Pirates that the Babe hit a home run into the lower deck and right field.
(happy music) Then another into the upper deck.
His third home run was over the right field roof.
It was number 714, the Babe's last home run.
- And that feat, I don't think, was equaled again until Mickey Mantle came along, It was fantastic that he did that.
Went out with a bang.
- Nancy and I were agreeing, it was just disgraceful for the New York Yankees to trade him off in his closing days.
- Let's go to a more recent history, see how you do on that.
- [Narrator] In 1974, a Philadelphia woman named Elaine Peden started a 10 year campaign.
Because of her efforts, President Reagan signed a proclamation in 1984 that made what official?
A, Father's Day, B, Memorial Day, C, citizenship for William Penn, or D, the Great American Smokeout.
- Okay, Nancy Kulp, we start with you.
A Philadelphia woman named Elaine Peden.
Her campaign led to, in 1984, this being signed into law.
But this is one of those four.
Which one?
Father's Day, Memorial Day, citizenship for Penn, or the Great American Smokeout?
Which one?
- Well, seems to be the newest thing that I can think of, and I haven't given much thought to William Penn, is the Great American Smokeout.
- [Lynn] Yeah, there's a lotta that going on.
Patrick Kelley?
- I'll go with C, citizenship for Penn.
It's in keeping theme of the show, but because of the problems that he had later on in his life, I think that- - [Nancy] So was the Philadelphia Phillies.
(laughter) - As long as you sound- - Well said, Nancy Kulp.
Bernie, what do you think?
- Well, I don't think it's in keeping with the theme of the show, but I think it was citizenship for William Penn.
- You do?
- Yes, I do.
- Okay, nobody picked Father's Day or Memorial Day.
- [Nancy] I think I'm losing my leave.
- I like those answers.
(laughter) Let's see.
- We're gonna trade you off.
- [Narrator] The answer is C, citizenship for both William and Hannah Penn.
While on a trip to England in 1974, Elaine Peden tried to place an American flag on the Penn's grave site, and was told that they were not US citizens.
Thanks to her efforts, they are now.
- Yeah, let's see.
Nancy still ahead with three, but Pat and Bernie both have two.
It's real close.
Let's hear it for our panel.
(audience applauds) Last clue, let's see how you do.
Last clue, each week, millions watch him take off his coat and visit with friends, such as King Friday the 13th and Lady Elaine.
Who do you think it is?
Write it down.
Each week, millions watch him take off his coat and visit with friends, such as King Friday the 13th and Lady Elaine.
Pat Kelley, we're up to you, and you've been writing.
Put your card up there, let's see what you've written.
You have written, the first answer you wrote was what?
- James Mishner.
- And the last one was?
- Fred Rogers.
- Fred Rogers.
What did you two-?
- Fred Rogers?
- Who'd you say, Bill Cosby?
(audience laughs) - Well, I had nothing down for second and third.
I just decided it was- - Children all over Pennsylvania are gonna be ashamed of both of you.
♪ It's a beautiful day in this neighborhood ♪ ♪ A beautiful day for a neighbor ♪ ♪ Would you be mine ♪ - [Narrator] Fred McFeely Rogers has done children's television for some 30 years.
Millions have watched him come through the door as "Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood" is broadcast over 250 public television stations.
Born in Latrobe, Fred Rogers works at WQED in Pittsburgh, where he puts his creativity to work creating quality television designed to make each child feel special.
An ordained Presbyterian minister, his charge is to work with children and families through the medium of television.
♪ I often felt I was extra ♪ ♪ Just an extra person around ♪ ♪ I also thought I was ordinary ♪ ♪ Like anything from the pound ♪ ♪ But when I'm with you, it's different ♪ ♪ It's as different as night is from day ♪ ♪ With you I feel extraordinary ♪ ♪ In an extraordinary way ♪ - I always say to the children and adults who are watching, there was never ever, in all the millions of years, anybody like you.
- [Narrator] Fred Rogers, a native Pennsylvanian.
- And he likes me just the way I am.
That's an important thing.
Did you know he was an ordained Presbyterian minister?
- [Nancy] No, I didn't.
- He's commissioned by the Presbyterian church to minister to children through television, which is kind of a nice recognition.
- 'Cause our first thought is of an actor, but I knew Cosby had gotten one doctorate, but that was from Temple.
I just wrote it down.
- I said, honorary doctorates.
And the last count, Fred Rogers had 10 honorary doctorates.
He's been honored, and his work with children is taken very seriously by scholars and psychologists and all.
And what an entertainer.
Thanks panel, you've done well.
And it's a fun game, and thanks for joining.
- Nice of the rest of them to join me.
- Nice of all of you to join us.
We hope you'll all join us again when we all gather again to play The Pennsylvania Game.
So long for now.
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