(upbeat music) - [Announcer] The Liberty Bell is one of our most cherished symbols of freedom.

As every schoolboy and girl knows, the Liberty Bell is no longer rung because of its famous crack.

Do you know when the Liberty Bell first cracked?

(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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It's one of the all-time great tastes.

♪ When it's time to make your mind up ♪ ♪ Make it milk ♪ (upbeat electronic music) - [Announcer] Now, let's get the game started.

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

(audience applauding) (upbeat electronic music) - Thank you very much.

(audience applauding) Thank you.

Thank you.

(audience applauding) Thank you!

(audience applauding) Thank you, and welcome to "The Pennsylvania Game."

We are ready to play, and we hope you're ready to play at home right along with us.

Let's meet our panel, and they consist of a man who has made his living most of his life writing books and articles, Bernie Asbell.

(audience applauding) - She's from Pittsburgh.

She's a TV journalist, and her name is Lynn Cullen.

(audience applauding) And a gentleman who retired as a speech professor now fills up his days being a radio announcer and a TV announcer and doing more than he did before he retired, Asa Berlin.

(audience applauding) Now, the secret of enjoying this game, you in the studio audience and you at home, is to play along and see if you can get more right than the best score on our panel, and we go back to one of our nation's symbols for our first question.

- [Announcer] One of America's most cherished symbols of freedom is the Liberty Bell.

Today, the bell, with its famous crack, is on display near Independence Hall in Philadelphia.

The question is when did the Liberty Bell first crack?

A, during its initial testing in 1752.

B, at the Declaration of Independence in 1776.

C, at the funeral of Chief Justice Marshall in 1835.

Or D, at the celebration of Washington's birthday in 1846.

(upbeat march music) - It's an easy question.

Only the answer is difficult.

When did the Liberty Bell first crack?

During its first test, 1752; the Declaration of Independence in '76; the funeral of Chief Justice Marshall, 1835; or at the celebration of Washington's birthday in 1846?

And those are your four choices.

Mr. Bernie Asbell, you're first again.

What's your choice?

Which one do you think, and why?

- I pick C. - [Lynn H] C, at the funeral of Chief Justice Marshall.

- Because everybody knows that.

- [Lynn H] Why don't you put card C up so we'll get everybody knows (audience laughing) that it was C. Lynn, are you everybody, (card clattering) one of the people that know that?

- No, but I don't want to appear to be a dumbbell, so I think I'll pick C too!

(audience and host laughing) - [Lynn H] Okay.

All righty.

Asa?

- Well, I really don't know, but I seem to recall it cracked more than once, so let me pick A and see what happens.

- We have two C's and an A, and I think you'll find in the answer something truly remarkable about our national symbol, the Liberty Bell.

If you'll listen closely, it might surprise you.

It surprised me.

What is the answer?

- [Announcer] The answer is A.

The Pennsylvania Assembly ordered the bell to celebrate the 50th anniversary of William Penn's Charter.

When the bell arrived from London, it cracked at its initial test.

While waiting for a replacement bell, Philadelphians Pass and Stow recast the original bell.

Both bells were hung in the State House, now Independence Hall, and both rang on July 4th, 1776.

A year later, both State House bells, as they were called then, were smuggled to Allentown, along with other bells, lest the invading British melt them down for musket balls.

You can see a replica of the Liberty Bell at the Zion Reformed Church in Allentown, where it was stored.

The original Liberty Bell cracked a second time tolling for the funeral of Chief Justice Marshall in 1835.

When the crack worsened during Washington's birthday celebration in 1846, the bell was retired from service and hasn't rung since.

The other Liberty Bell was sold to Saint Augustine's Church in 1830, burned in a fire, recast, and sent to Villanova College.

From 1847 until 1917, it called students to class.

Today, you can see the other Liberty Bell in the library of the campus of Villanova University, near Philadelphia.

(upbeat epic music) - It just knocked me over when I learned there were two Liberty Bells!

- [Bernard] (laughs) That's right.

- Does that- - We meant the other.

- Oh, I didn't know that.

- Yeah, what he said.

(Asa laughing) - Isn't that an astounding fact?

- Yeah.

- That there were two Liberty Bells, but there were, and you see, you learn things on this show.

Well, you both copied off each other and got it wrong, and Asa got it right.

(Bernard laughing) The next question tests what you know about the population of our state, Pennsylvania.

- [Announcer] In 1790, Philadelphia was the largest city in the United States, and it held this distinction until 40 years later, when it was surpassed by which of the following cities?

A, Boston; B, Atlanta, Georgia; C, New York City; or D, Charleston, South Carolina?

- Okay, Philadelphia was the largest city in the US until 1790, when it was surpassed by which of those cities: Boston, Atlanta, New York, or Charleston?

Lynn Cullen, it's your turn to pick first.

- Oh, brother.

- So you don't get to copy off Bernie this time.

(Bernard and Asa laughing) - No, I wasn't gonna really.

I was gonna take it.

- I know, I know.

(cards clattering) - What do you think, Bernie?

(everyone laughing) - What do you think?

(Lynn C moaning) - Nice thinking sound.

- I think I don't know is the only thing I'm sure of.

- [Lynn H] Try Charleston.

(everyone laughing) - Boston or New York is what I think, but I.

- [Lynn H] Well, go with one.

- Oh, what the heck.

(card clattering) - You're going with Boston, a very nice city.

All of them are nice cities.

It's why they call this multiple guess.

Asa?

(audience laughing) - Well, I agree, Boston certainly is attractive, and New York City certainly is large, but I think I'll take your advice and go for Charleston.

- You're going with Charleston, South Carolina.

Well, are you gonna follow your own advice, Bernie?

- Yeah, I'm gonna take A, not because Lynn took it, but because I know that, see, during those '40 or '30s, all the Adamses moved into town.

- I see.

- And that doubled the size of the town.

- And we have two A's and a D. Which did you choose at home, and are you right, or are you wrong?

Well, we'll find out.

Which of those four cities is it?

- [Announcer] The answer is C, New York City.

Up until 1776, Philadelphia was the second largest city in the British Empire, behind London.

In 1790, the population of Philadelphia County, comprising the current boundaries of the city, was 54,000.

(gentle music) - The only reason we put that in is 'cause it was such an easy question.

(contestants laughing) And you all missed it.

- Lynn and I were just saying sometimes you gotta got with the obvious.

- That's right.

- To win.

- And that one was indeed obvious.

Asa, let's talk to you a little bit.

We talked to Bernie and Lynn.

You retired, what, about a year ago?

Were you at Penn State?

- Well, it's at the end of last year.

- [Lynn H] And you really get up at six a.m. on Sunday mornings at your age?

- No, no, no, no, I really get up at four a.m. - But you go on the air at six.

- I go on the air at six.

Right.

- The obvious question, I suppose, is why would anybody who's retired and doesn't have to (Asa laughing) get up at six a.m. on Sunday morning, or four a.m. to do a six a.m. radio show?

- 'Cause now, I've got the time.

(everyone laughing) - You see what we got to look forward to in retirement?

- Yeah.

- Oh, that's wild.

Let's go to a sports question 'cause I know you're all three good sports and would easily know the answer to any sports question.

It's about a famous sports figure from Pennsylvania.

Here's the question.

- [Announcer] On June 19th, 1985, Angelo Spagnolo of Fayette City in Fayette County, shot a 66 on the extremely difficult Tournament Players Golf Club Course in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, site of the annual PGA Tournament Players Championship.

What made Spagnolo's 66 so unusual?

A, he was the first amateur to shoot a score so low on that course.

B, he was blind.

C, he shot the 66 on just one hole.

Or D, the score was lower than his age.

(contestant chuckling) - Now, those are some interesting answers, you've got to admit.

(contestants laughing) He was the first amateur to shoot such a low score.

He was blind, and are blind golfers who shoot very low scores, lower than I do.

He shot 66 on just one hole, or the score was lower than his age.

That's a kind of a charming answer, right?

They're all charming answers, and Asa, we're down to you first.

- Well, this is a blind guess, so I'll take number B and see what happens.

- So you remember he was blind, okay.

Asa chooses B.

(card clattering) And we're up to you, Bernie.

- I'm convinced that D is a charming answer, and I'm gonna go with, I go with charm every time.

- The score was lower than his age, okay.

- That's right.

- [Lynn H] And Lynn Cullen.

- As unbelievable as it sounds, I think I know that the correct answer is C. He shot the 66 on just one hole.

- [Lynn H] You've played golf yourself, haven't you?

- Yeah!

(everyone laughing) - Well, we've got everything but an A up there.

Let's see if any of those charming answers are correct, and what did you choose at home?

All right, maybe you're right.

Maybe you're wrong.

- [Announcer] The correct answer is C. Spagnolo was one of four golfers participating in America's Worst Avid Golfer Tournament.

The 31-year-old grocery store manager shot a 257 on a par 72 course, including a 66 on the 17th hole alone.

The hole, shown here, requires the golfer to land a shot onto a green that is surrounded by water.

Spagnolo lost 27 balls before finally chipping around the woods and putting across the bridge that is at the back of the green.

Angelo Spagnolo won by losing and gave hope to hackers all around the country.

(contestants laughing) - Yeah.

Well, that's the one way to do it is just to putt around the thing, and of course, what he won, in part, was golf lessons, so you're gonna just spoil him.

(audience and contestants laughing) How you doing at home?

I hope better than our panel.

We're tied with Lynn one and Asa one.

You gotten more than one at home?

Well, let's hear it for our panel.

They're doing all right.

(audience applauding) Our motto is it isn't who wins or loses, it's how much fun that you have playing "The Pennsylvania Game."

We have another feature called the Mystery Pennsylvanian.

We're gonna give you three clues throughout the show about a famous Pennsylvanian, see if you can guess, and panel, of course, you'll write under line number one for this first clue if you know the answer.

Our Mystery Pennsylvanian was born in Germantown in 1879.

He ran away from home at age 11, never went back, either.

He had a fight with his father is why he ran away.

He was a vaudeville headlined by the time he was 20 years old.

All right, again, he was born in Germantown, 1879.

Ran away at home at age 11, became a vaudeville headliner by the time he was 20 years old.

Now, if you know, just jot the name down on line number one, and you at home jot your guess down too or at least register what it is.

- Even if it's a guess?

- Even if it's a guess, sure.

You can change your mind as you down to two or three, but let's see where you were after the first clue, and let's see how much you know about some official Pennsylvania stuff.

Pennsylvania has many symbols, and this one is about a Pennsylvania symbol.

- [Announcer] Pennsylvania has a state insect because 26 third grade students in Upper Darby near Philadelphia campaigned to convince the legislature to adopt it.

Is the Pennsylvania state insect A, the dragonfly; B, the grasshopper; C, the firefly; or D, the cricket?

- Well, Jiminy, I don't know.

There are your four choices.

(contestant laughing) What is the state insect?

Is it a dragonfly, a grasshopper, a firefly, or the cricket?

Horeseflies are not up there, Bernie Asbell.

- Well, I'm gonna give the only enlightened answer I can think of, and that would be C. - [Lynn H] The firefly.

- Mm-hmm.

- And that's an enlightened answer, a little humor there.

Lynn Cullen, are you gonna go on your own or copy Mr. Asbell again?

(Lynn C laughing) - Well, if you wanna know the.

(Lynn H laughing) - [Bernard] But you're not copying me.

- I did, no, I did.

- Originally coming to the same conclusion.

- Right.

I thought firefly sounded like one that kids might get into.

- Aha, so there's some logic.

- And I know that there are, yes.

- You don't think they'd like crickets?

- What am I copying him for?

He hasn't gotten one right yet!

(everyone laughing) - Oh, yeah, there's been zip up there.

- But you're gonna pick C?

- Come to think of it, no, I guess I won't.

- Okay, fair.

(everyone laughing) You're Jiminy Cricket, all right.

Asa Berlin, who's card are you gonna pick up there?

- The embarrassing thing is I remember reading about this, but I haven't the slightest idea what the answer is.

- Ooh, that's embarrassing.

- So I'll say grasshopper.

- [Lynn H] Oh, good, we've got everything but the dragonfly, which could be the answer.

- That's true.

- Which did you choose at home as our state insect?

We have one, you know.

Are you right, or are you wrong?

Well?

- [Announcer] The answer is C, the firefly.

(audience laughing) After a vote of 37 to 11, this glowing little insect was made official in 1974.

The firefly only flashes at night, as most children know.

Both male and female produce light with no heat.

The light is a chemical process that starts when the firefly is still an egg.

Fireflies are beneficial.

Their larvae eat aphids, and their glow is used for light by tropical tribes.

There's even a report of surgery being done using only the light of Pennsylvania's state insect, the firefly.

- You know, that's what amazed me was pretty substantial reports that surgery has been done with just the light of the number of fireflies, which, you know, if you have to have surgery, I guess it's better than nothing, but my goodness.

So it's a helpful little insect that we have here in Pennsylvania, okay.

You look astounded by that.

- Well, I was just, I wonder if Medicare would pay for that.

- Under the firefly?

Sure.

- Yeah, with firefly light.

- Department of Entomology or whatever would pay for that, but it is a useful little great critter, and even the eggs glow, so if you're out catching fireflies, you can look for eggs.

(Asa chuckling) Many peoples have made a contribution to making Pennsylvania the great place that it is, some rather unusual, and some may be a little bit difficult to guess.

Let's see if you can.

- [Announcer] Many nations have contributed to the rich variety that makes Pennsylvania an interesting place to live.

The Spanish made an indirect contribution.

Was the Spanish contribution A, suspenders; B, piano; C, horses; or D, log cabin?

(relaxed music) - Okay, the Spanish made an indirect contribution to Pennsylvania.

Did they contribute suspenders; B, the piano; C, horses; or D, the log cabin?

Now, let me see, we ought to be back to Lynn Cullen starting.

Okay, Lynn, what do you think?

- Gee whiz, I love suspenders.

I mean, yeah.

- Do you?

- But.

(sighs) (Asa laughing) (everyone laughing) The only one up there that I know the Spanish did, in fact, contribute to this continent were horses.

- Talking about Pennsylvania.

- What it has to do with Pennsylvania, I don't have the slightest idea, but just because it's the only thing I do know.

- You're going with C. Asa Berlin.

- Well, I have to go along with Lynn.

That's the only thing I can associate with the Spaniards in this hemisphere is horses.

- Is Galices a Spanish term?

I don't know.

Bernie, go ahead.

- Well, I was just gonna say I'm tempted to say D to be different, but I, you know, was recently in Spain, and (cards scraping) they're doing a book about Queen Isabella.

I never saw a log cabin anywhere in the place.

(everyone laughing) I have to go with horses too.

- Ah, horses, so you've eliminated D based on personal experience.

How many did you eliminate at home, and how are you doing at home?

Which did you pick?

Well, let's see which one is right: A, B, C, or D?

- [Announcer] The answer is C, horses.

- [Spectator] Hey!

(attendee applauding) - The wild horses of the West were brought to America by the Spanish, and these horses are linked to Pennsylvania by a program called Adopt a Horse.

The program started after cattlemen were shooting all the horses, and Congress decided to take action, so in 1971, Congress passed the Free-Roaming Wild Horse and Burro Act, which protected the horses from cattlemen.

Today, the Adopt a Horse program has brought these wild horses to Pennsylvania and made them great riding horses.

Just as in the Old West, the horses are rounded up by cowhands, with help from helicopters.

Then they're loaded on trucks and checked by veterinarians.

From here, the horses are shipped to one of the many Adopt a Horse centers.

From the Wild West to the tame East, these horses have become a great part of the family life.

(inspirational music) - It was, I think, back in the 1500s that the Spanish actually brought, but they've been brought to Pennsylvania very recently by this Adopt a Horse program, which is kind of nice.

The piano, by the way, was invented by Italian Bartolomeo Cristofori in 1709, and the log cabin came from the Swedes, and somebody told me, I'm not sure, that Mark Twain actually contributed suspenders too.

Whether that's true or not, I don't know.

I do know that the panel is doing pretty well.

They're tied.

They each have two right.

Let's hear it for our panel.

(audience applauding) If you wouldn't copy off each other so much, one of you might have more of those right, you know that.

That's the thing about copying is selecting the person to copy from, don't you see?

Clue two in our Mystery Pennsylvanian, all right?

Our Mystery Pennsylvanian made his first movie in 1915.

It was a silent film called "Pool Sharks," but his stardom came with the talkies.

His comedy reflected a deep mistrust of his fellow man.

That's clue number two for our Mystery Pennsylvanian, and panel, just write down under number two, well, who you think it is.

First movie, 1915, called "Pool Sharks," but his stardom came with the talkies, and his comedy reflected a deep mistrust of his fellow man, okay, and I believe that we have an address to do at this time?

Maybe, I think we should have.

If you wanna write to us, we'd like to hear from you, and you can just write in care of this address.

"The Pennsylvania Game," Wagner Annex, University Park, 1-6-8-0-2.

Maybe you've got a question to suggest or a topic you'd like to see us do a question on, and if you send it to us, we'll mention your name on the air when the question is used.

This next one is a neat question, I think.

It goes back to how something started, an invention, and what the guy who invented it did.

So pay attention.

Here's the question.

- A Pennsylvanian named Alexander John Forsythe invented the percussion cap in the early 1800s.

The percussion cap marked the end of the flintlock gun and made the mass production of guns possible.

What was Alexander John Forsythe's occupation?

Was he A, a minister; B, a clockmaker; C, a newspaper editor; or D, a gunsmith?

(gentle music) - Well, now, of course, the obvious answer is D, a gunsmith.

Now, you didn't go with the obvious a while ago, and it was right, and this time, it could be right.

It could be wrong.

Was he a minister, a clockmaker, a newspaper editor, a gunsmith, and how should you know anyway?

What's your guess, Asa Berlin?

- Well, I'm gonna start right at the top, (Lynn H humming) confessing it's a guess.

- Okay.

- But it seems so logical that it would be a minister.

- Certain to have been a, right, and it's a nice letter anyway.

(Asa laughing) Bernie, what's your guess?

- I was hoping to be alone in that very daring, obvious, obvious answer.

- I see.

I see.

Uh-huh, okay, Lynn Cullen?

(card rustling) (card clattering) She's going with a clockmaker.

- What the hey.

- There were lots of clockmakers in Pennsylvania.

There really were an awful lot of them, but was the guy Forsythe who invented that a clockmaker, or what was he, hmm?

- [Announcer] The answer is A, a minister.

The World War II song, "Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition," has a long tradition in the American Experience.

(relaxed music) (spectator laughing) - It really does, though, because, you know, in the early days of the frontier, right, everybody was involved in learning how to defend themselves and surviving the wilderness and so forth.

Well, let's go to a question everybody will know the answer to.

This is a famous Pennsylvania product, and it's something that you're all familiar with, but which product is it, I wonder?

- [Announcer] Lafayette University is located in Easton, a city situated on the Delaware River north of Philadelphia, in Northampton County.

Easton is also the home of world heavyweight champion Larry Holmes.

The maker of a popular children's product is also located in Easton.

Is this product A, Duncan Yo-Yo's; B, LEGO Building Blocks; C, Crayola Crayons; or D, Play-Doh?

(cheerful music) - Those are all fun products, aren't they?

(contestants and Lynn H chuckling) You probably all played with those, but which one is manufactured in Easton, Pennsylvania?

Is it Duncan Yo-Yo's?

Is it LEGO Building Blocks?

Is it Crayola Crayons, or is it Play-Doh?

And let's see: we're down to boom, boom.

I believe, no, we're back to you, Bernie Asbell, first.

- (sighs) Well, of all those, the most fun is Play-Doh.

(card clattering) - Uh-huh.

- So I'll say Easton must be doing that.

- Okay, you say it's D, Play-Doh, Lynn Cullen?

- I love Play-Doh too.

I really did.

- Yeah, uh-huh.

(card snapping) - But you're not copying just to- - Okay, I think there's a lotta yo-yo's in Easton.

(everyone laughing) - You may want someday to move to the eastern part of the state from the western part of the state.

- We just lost that station, didn't we?

(Lynn C laughing) - Asa Berlin, what do you think?

- I always associated Easton with paper cups because there was a paper cup factory there.

- Yeah.

- And they had this water storage unit on the top, but you didn't give me that choice.

- No, no.

That's not the question.

(contestants laughing) - So let me try Crayola Crayons.

- Okay, we have an A, a C, and a D. Nobody picked B. I think I'll pick B. I'm gonna say it's LEGO Building Blocks, and I wrote the question, so what could it be?

(contestants laughing) Let's see if I'm right or wrong.

- [Announcer] The answer is c, Crayola Crayons.

The Binney & Smith Company's modern facility evolved from a water-powered stone mill, where Crayola Crayons were first manufactured.

The mixing vat combines paraffin wax with pigments ranging from red to periwinkle.

(cheerful music) The rubbery mold shapes some two million crayons each year, which, if laid end to end, would circle the globe four and a half times.

The labeling operation wraps colors from orange and yellow-green to magenta.

Children touring the facility can see the collection of 72 colors, a far cry from the original eight manufactured in 1903.

The finished product is packaged and sold in 60 countries worldwide.

Crayola Crayons, Easton Pennsylvania's beginning of the rainbow.

(cheerful music) - Makes you sorta yearn for a coloring book, doesn't it, when you see that?

One of Pennsylvania's many products, which we're many times unaware of, and that's kind of a neat thing, I think.

How much you know about Pennsylvania counties?

Sometimes you do, and sometimes you don't.

- [Announcer] Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, is famous as the site of one of history's greatest battles.

Gettysburg is in one of only four Pennsylvania counties named for a president.

In what county is Gettysburg?

A, Jefferson; B, Washington; C, Monroe; or D, Adams?

- Perfectly simple question.

In what county is Gettysburg, and those are all presidents, by the way: Jefferson, Washington, Monroe, or Adams, and I believe that Miss Cullen?

- [Asa] Five presidents there.

There were two Adams.

- Oh, well, okay.

Either Adams.

(everyone laughing) Lynn Cullen, he just told us more than we wanted to know.

Yeah, go ahead, Lynn.

- I haven't been guessing too well today, but we'll do it again.

Oh, my, Jefferson, Jefferson County.

- Jefferson County.

He was a good president.

Asa Berlin?

- Well, you know, since I made such a fuss about Adams, I'm going to pick that, but I also associate some pretty good apples with that area, and I think Adams County and maybe it's all together.

- Okay, all right.

Let's see if you're right or wrong.

- Adams apple.

- Bernie?

Bernie, we're back on- - I'm sure it's not Washington, quite sure, and I wanna be different from the others, so I'm picking C. - Okay, all right, so we've got three choices here.

Which one did you select at home?

Where is Gettysburg, and what county?

Is it Jefferson, Washington, Monroe, or Adams?

Let's listen.

- [Announcer] The answer is D, Adams County, named for John Adams, president when the county was formed.

Jefferson County was named for the man who was in the White House at its founding, and Washington County, founded in 1781, was named after the hero of the Revolution.

Monroe County was named in honor of the man who had been president, James Monroe.

(upbeat music) - Okay, that's kind of interesting.

Well, let's see.

Out of eight questions, Asa has a commanding lead with five right.

How are you doing at home?

Do you have more than five or less than five?

Let's hear it for Asa and for the rest of the panel too, all right?

(audience applauding) Very good.

Very nice.

(audience applauding) Now, I'm gonna move over to the monitor again, where we're gonna see the Mystery Pennsylvanian, and this is the final, number three, clue, I believe, for the Mystery Pennsylvanian, is it not, okay?

He wrote screenplays under the name of Otis T. Criblecoblis, (contestants laughing) and Mahatma Kane Jeeves, but his on-screen appearances as a braggart, a con man, and a drunk made him a cult hero to many, and oh, they're grabbing their cards and their pens, and they're scribbling like mad.

If they didn't know it before, they sure know it now, don't they?

- Was that the end of the clue?

- That's the end of the clue, and that's all you get.

What do you got, Bernard Asbell?

- I have old WC.

WC Fields.

- All right, put a WC Fields.

Lynn Cullen?

- I have WC.

- And you got it on the second clue, and Asa's had it on all three clues.

All right, very good.

Let's see who is the Mystery Pennsylvanian.

You might be surprised.

They could be all wrong.

(tires screeching) (bumpers crashing) - Who do you think you're backing into, you big lummox?

(chuckling) Hello, Officer.

- [Announcer] Our Mystery Pennsylvanian is William Claude Dukenfield, better known as WC Fields.

Fields was born in Philadelphia's Germantown in January of either 1879 or 1880.

The year is uncertain.

As comedians often have unhappy childhoods, so with Fields.

He left home after a fight with his father when only 11 years old, earning his living with his wits.

Young Fields was a sidewalk vendor, a card shark, a pool hustler, and above all, a juggler.

He landed in jail on occasion and learned to trust no one.

If comedy is tragedy that happens to someone else, Fields knew how to turn his own personal tragedies into comedy for America.

(audience giggling) WC Fields died on Christmas Day, 1946, but the famous Pennsylvanian left a reputation of one of America's finest comedians.

(comical music) (audience applauding) - Okay, let's just put it down, very good.

(audience applauding) WC Fields did not have a real happy life, but there's one thing he did, and I think should be a lesson to all of us: he wanted to be the best juggler in the world, and when he was a very young lad, he actually practiced till his fingers bled.

I mean, if that's what it takes to succeed, then to heck with it.

(everyone laughing) Thank you all for joining us.

Thank you, panel.

(fingers tapping) Hope you had a good time playing The Pennsylvania Game.

We sure were glad to have you here, and we hope that we'll see you next time when we all gather to play The Pennsylvania Game.

Bye for now.

See you later.

(audience applauding) (upbeat music) - [Announcer] "The Pennsylvania Game" has been made possible in part by Uni-Marts, Incorporated, with stores in Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, and Delaware, serving you with courtesy and convenience every day of the year.

(upbeat music) (bell dinging) (upbeat music) And by the Pennsylvania Dairy Promotion Program, promoting the taste of an ice-cold glass of milk, and milk doesn't just taste great.

It's one of the all-time great tastes.

♪ When it's time to make your mind up ♪ ♪ Make it milk ♪ (audience applauding) (upbeat music)