What's your name?

AUDIENCE: Ben from State College.

From State college, Pennsylvania.

His wife says, what a great town, State College.

Home of the Pennsylvania State University.

Of course, it's also home of the Rockview State Penitentiary.

[laughter] Yeah, you can go to Penn State or State Penn.

Pretty good deal there.

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ANNOUNCER: Now, let's get the game started.

Here's the host of The .

[cheers and applause] Many people.

I love our audiences.

Welcome to The Pennsylvania Game.

Welcome you at home.

If you folks are watching at home, set your channel here.

Throw away the remote.

You don't need any more TV.

This is The Pennsylvania Game.

Let's meet our panelists.

Coming to us, I'm so pleased to see him again.

Steve Wagner is an anchor reporter for WHP Radio in Harrisburg.

He's part of an infant religious movement, which feels that the salvation of the world is Dinty Moore beef stew.

[laughter] I'm sure the competition will soon make him minced meat.

Welcome, Steve Wagner.

Thank you.

[cheers and applause] Sue McElwee is with us.

Sue, formerly a sportswriter.

But I understand you had some other things.

You wanted to be a professional baseball player when you were younger.

Very interesting.

Also, an award winning journalist now with The Daily News.

Please say hello to Sue McElwee.

[applause] And Martha Cox.

Ladies and gentlemen, Martha Cox was my high school librarian, junior high school librarian.

And because of her, I am here now.

I couldn't be happier.

[woman screams] [laughter] She's now retired and enjoying antiquing, traveling, and watercolor painting.

Please, welcome Martha Cox.

[applause] We can't waste any time whatsoever.

So let's roll that first question.

ANNOUNCER: On September 20th, 1918, pilot Max Miller circled over Bellefonte in a crudely built flying machine.

He was scouting for a refueling stop on what would become the first US transcontinental air mail route.

Aviation pioneers referred to Bellefonte, which played an important role in airmails history.

By what nickname?

, A, Hell's Stretch, B, Happy Landings, C, Death Valley, or D, Eagle's Nest.

SCOTT BRUCE: Contestants, those are your choices, Hell Stretch, Happy Landings, Death Valley, or Eagle's Nest?

Which one was appropriate for Bellefonte?

Sign in, please.

And Steve, we'll go to you first.

Um, I was thinking Death Valley.

I was thinking.

SCOTT BRUCE: Thinking.

Death Valley.

But this area seems to have a propensity for the word happy, Happy Valley, Happy this, and that.

So I chose B. SCOTT BRUCE: Happy Landings.

Yes.

SCOTT BRUCE: I like the logic behind it.

Very good thinking.

How about you, Sue?

I also chose B because I thought of Happy Valley, and Bellefonte seems like a nice place to land.

Oh, we've got nothing but happy people in our studio today.

I like this.

Martha, did you follow along?

I didn't.

I chose D because of bald eagle being close to Bellefonte.

And I thought maybe it's a nest.

SCOTT BRUCE: Eagles fly and airplanes fly.

Close by, so.

SCOTT BRUCE: I like it.

Again, everybody's using good logic.

Let's see if any of them know at all what they're talking about.

[laughs] ANNOUNCER: The answer is A, Hell Stretch.

Bellefonte was hell stretch to the aviation pioneers who risked their lives between 1918 and 1927 in airmail service, Bellefonte was one of the refueling stops between New York and Chicago.

The planes were made of glue and wood, and flying through the mountains was treacherous business.

Many pilots lost their lives.

On September 20th, 1918, Bellefonte schoolchildren raced to the airfield to meet Max Miller's plane and to spread a red blanket on the ground so he would know which field to land in.

It was the first flying machine most of them had ever seen.

In June 1996, that scene was recreated with the help of fifth and sixth graders from St. John's Catholic school in Bellefonte.

It was part of a documentary which highlighted the important role that Bellefonte played in airmails history.

Bellefonte, of course, is also the home of the Big Spring.

[laughter] That's right.

We'll push Pennsylvania products anywhere we can.

Ah, [sneeze] Excuse me.

I think we better go to another question.

ANNOUNCER: In 1942, Johnny Ott introduced Jacob Zook the art of selling friendship, fertility, and love.

Did he teach Zook A, the art of witchcraft, B, the powers of medicinal herbs, C, the art and lore of hex signs, or D, the secrets of subliminal suggestion?

SCOTT BRUCE: Um, kids.

Some underlying things here, witchcraft, medicinal herbs, hex signs, or subliminal suggestions.

Sue, we're going to go to you first on this one.

With the name Zook, I thought the art and lore of hex sign, C. SCOTT BRUCE: Pennsylvania Dutch all the way.

I understood perfectly.

Martha, what do you think?

Well, I thought that too, with Zook, but I chose B, medicinal herbs, thinking it might work.

SCOTT BRUCE: Why use your logic?

Go a different way.

[all laughing] I like that thinking too.

How about you, Steve?

I also went with C because guys, not a lot of guys are into witchcraft.

And medicinal herbs sounded too on the up and up.

SCOTT BRUCE: Yeah.

C. SCOTT BRUCE: So you went with C, hex signs.

Yeah.

OK. Well, let's see if there's a hex on the question.

ANNOUNCER: The answer is C, the art and lore of hex signs.

Hex signs have been around since the mid 1800s, but Johnny Ott Lenhartsville is credited with being the father of the modern hex motifs.

In the 1940s, Ott introduced colorful and flamboyant designs, such as flowers and birds into the traditional geometric Pennsylvania Dutch motifs.

The dying art was revived when Ott introduced Jacob Zook of Paradise, Pennsylvania to the lore of hex signs in 1942.

Zook Began painting the signs and built up a local following.

Today, the legacy of Ott and Zook lives on in Lancaster County, where Zook sold his first hex signs.

Now, that was a hex of a good question.

[laughter] [audience boos] My audience knows.

They'll boo me every time I do that.

They'll boo me.

They know me.

OK, let's go meet our panel over here.

Steve?

STEVE WAGNER: What.

OK, now.

Dinty Moore, a cult with Dinty Moore.

Yes.

SCOTT BRUCE: Details.

Well, actually, I'm a convert to that from a religion that believed when the body died, a soul went to a garage in Lock Haven.

[laughter] That's a very crowded garage, I would imagine.

Oh, yeah.

And I miss Fearless.

How has he been?

Is he still around?

STEVE WAGNER: Yeah, you know, ask him anything.

[all laughing] SCOTT BRUCE: We'll get back to fearless a little bit later on.

I love that guy.

Sue McElwee.

Now, what is this?

I know that you were a sportswriter, but you're actually-- your ambitions were to play professional baseball.

When I was growing up, I wanted to be a professional baseball player.

In our neighborhood, there were only boys.

So I learned to play ball instead of playing with dolls.

And I happened to be able to pitch a curve ball that really curved, and the boys couldn't do that.

So I thoroughly enjoyed baseball.

And to this day, I carry mitt and also a bat in the car and balls.

SCOTT BRUCE: And you still play?

When I can.

SCOTT BRUCE: When you can.

Yes.

Have the pirates been looking for you?

Have they looked you over?

I've been tempted to volunteer for them.

SCOTT BRUCE: I'll talk to them.

I'll talk to them.

[laughter] The footnote to that is that girls weren't even allowed on Little League teams when I was growing up.

SCOTT BRUCE: Yes.

Let alone big league.

Well, now things have changed, and I think there's a better chance.

Martha, Martha, Martha.

It's so lovely to see you again.

Yes, thank you.

My actual high school, junior high school librarian.

And I do have to say that you were very polite.

SCOTT BRUCE: [laughs] Believe it or not.

See that?

Kids at home, pay attention.

If you're really polite, you grow up to be a talk show host.

[laughter] I remember that you were.

No.

Well, what's been happening with you, Martha?

Well, involved in the antique show, and it's going very well at Mt.

Nittany.

Just this weekend, it's a big deal.

And still doing the watercolor painting.

Oh, that's lovely.

Enjoying life in Happy Valley.

Yes, very nice.

Been retired.

OK.

Since we all seem to be ready and happy, I see no reason not to go on.

How about a new question?

ANNOUNCER: In 1902, a long and bitter coal strike in Pennsylvania's Northeastern anthracite field was felt nationwide.

President Theodore Roosevelt stepped in to stop the strike.

As a result of the 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.

SCOTT BRUCE: Hmm.

Serious stuff.

Black-lung benefits, Pennsylvania State Police, Bureau of Labor Relations, mine safety standards.

Martha, we're going to go to you first on this.

Everybody punch in.

Gosh, I haven't decided.

SCOTT BRUCE: Now would be a good time.

Yeah.

OK. Well, I guess mine safety standards.

I was thinking State Police sounds good too, but we'll go with D. SCOTT BRUCE: OK. Well, we'll see.

If the other one was right, there's a lottery ticket in it for you.

[laughs] Steve, what do you think?

Her wish was my command.

I put the Pennsylvania State Police because Teddy Roosevelt was a cop, and I think the situation needed cops.

Well, this is great because he has an extra lottery ticket.

So if you were right with that, we'll take it from him.

How about you, Sue?

What do you think?

I thought that the Pennsylvania State Police were created at that time to deal with the lawlessness.

SCOTT BRUCE: So we have two state cops and one would be state policeman.

Let's see if state policeman is anywhere near right.

ANNOUNCER: The answer is B, the Pennsylvania State Police.

The original state policeman patrolled the entire 45,000 square miles of the state on horseback, maintaining peace and order.

They were the first uniformed policemen in the United States.

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 90th anniversary in 1995, the oldest state police force in the US.

Very good.

The union was so powerful that even with Roosevelt's involvement, it wasn't until March of 1903, more than a year after the strike began that it was settled.

So I think it's time to check our scoreboard.

May I have the drum roll, please?

And as I look at the big score bowl, we got a barn burner.

Steve, two.

Sue, two.

Martha, still not moving yet, a big zero.

[cheers and applause] But she'll come back.

I'm sure the answer is in the library there somewhere.

MARTHA COX: Gosh.

SCOTT BRUCE: OK, time for the first clue of your Mystery Pennsylvanian.

Get your pens ready.

Here we go.

This Philadelphia born actor was best known for being happy.

This Philadelphia born actor was best known for being happy.

A famous Pennsylvanian.

Lots of people wondering.

A couple of people almost scribbling, but not quite.

You should see this, audience.

It's like an oil painting.

Hmm.

[laughter] OK, let's move right along.

Give me a new question.

ANNOUNCER: Pennsylvania Governor Gifford Pinchot grew up in Milford, Pennsylvania, in the 1860s.

His utilitarian motto, the greatest good for the greatest number in the long run, launched a popular movement in the early 1900s.

Pinchot was the leading advocate for, A, welfare, B, education, C, labor rights or D, environmental conservation?

SCOTT BRUCE: Hm.

OK, we got welfare, education, labor rights, environmental conversation-- conversation.

Environmental-- that's talking to your plants, OK?

[laughter] Steve, we're going to go to you.

You are?

SCOTT BRUCE: Yes, I am.

Right this very second.

Here I come.

OK. Well, I noticed there's no Gifford Pinchot Welfare Park.

There is a state park.

So I'm guessing D, environmental conservation.

SCOTT BRUCE: Environmental-- Yes.

Conservation, conversation.

Yes.

Very good.

How about you, Sue?

What do you think?

I could only think of Pinchot State Park, so I went with D. SCOTT BRUCE: D also.

We've got two Ds.

And I actually picked D also.

SCOTT BRUCE: Oh!

We're going to sink or swim together.

[bell chimes] [applause] Anytime we get three Ds, anytime we get three of a thing, that's another lottery ticket all the way down the line.

Pass those down.

One for everybody.

Lottery tickets for everybody for getting the same numbers.

And it's so appropriate, what with my librarian being here that it would be all Ds.

Because that's what I had in school.

Let's find out if D's the right answer.

ANNOUNCER: The answer is D, environmental conservation.

For 50 years, Gifford Pinchot was known as the leader of the environmental conservation movement.

After graduating from Yale University, Pinchot studied in France because forestry still wasn't taught in American schools.

He returned to the US and became head of the division of forestry in 1889.

During his 12 years of service, the number of national forests increased from 32 to 149, totaling 193 million acres.

When referring to his ability as a politician, Teddy Roosevelt once said that Pinchot epitomized the ideal public servant.

His 102-acre Gray Towers Estate remains a Milford landmark.

His belief also caused him to lose his job.

President Taft fired him after Pinchot revealed a fraudulent Alaskan coal claim to the US senate.

So didn't always sit too well for him.

Now, if we're very, very quiet, you can hear another question coming.

ANNOUNCER: The Pennsylvania Railroad celebrated its 150th anniversary in 1996.

But what remains of the world's busiest and most powerful rail system are mostly recollections and relics.

Still, the Pennsylvania Railroad is one hot property for board game players.

What's the price of the Pennsylvania Railroad in Monopoly money?

Is it, A, $100, B, $200, C, $240, or D, $250?

SCOTT BRUCE: A collective groan from the studio audience.

They all went [groans] I know, I know that.

Who will know it?

Is it $100, $200, $240 or $250?

Sue, we're going to find out from you first.

Strictly, a guess, but I wish I would have paid more attention.

[laughs] I think it's B, $200.

SCOTT BRUCE: $200 is your guess.

Martha, what do you think?

I actually forget what I put down there.

SCOTT BRUCE: Well, let's blink it up and find out.

It's a B, $200 you put as well.

Yeah.

I don't play Monopoly, so just a guess.

I have no idea.

All right, Steve?

I think it's $200.

SCOTT BRUCE: Three Bs, kids.

No, mine's D. SCOTT BRUCE: No, he put a D. He put a D. You just think it's $200 but you put-- [laughter] Got me all excited over nothing this guy did.

It's a D and two Bs.

OK, well, let's find out.

Tell us what the real number is.

ANNOUNCER: The answer is B, $200.

The Pennsylvania Railroad was a precious property in Monopoly, and the Pennsy was a powerful economic force in the state.

The railroad initially linked Harrisburg and Pittsburgh.

But by 1874, it had become the nation's busiest and most powerful rail system.

Its engineering achievements earned it the reputation as the standard railroad of the world.

In the 1920s, it had annual gross revenues of $600 million and employed $280,000 people.

The railroad giant carried everything from steel to commuters.

It also carried clout.

Although it would be unthinkable today, the Pennsy actually had an office in the State Capitol.

In fact, the lobbyist for the Pennsylvania Railroad was jokingly referred to as the 51st senator.

The merger with the New York Central Railroad in 1968 finally caused the demise of the Pennsylvania Railroad, no longer with us, except on our Monopoly boards, where I am always the shoe.

[laughter] Somebody has to be.

Well, do I hear a drum roll?

I guess.

There it is.

It's time to check our scoreboard.

Let's take a look.

It's even enough.

Sue now is in the lead with four points.

Steve with three.

Martha with two.

Everybody doing well.

It's getting-- you know what, we have a barn burner.

Time for mystery clue number two, kids.

Get ready.

Here we come.

After a brief service in the air force, he turned to Hollywood, riding both horses and carousels on the big screen.

After a brief service in the air force, he turned to Hollywood, riding both horses and carousels on the big spring-- screen.

The Philadelphia actor was born-- born actor was best known for being happy.

I can't seem to make my tongue work.

Happy and horses.

OK.

Kids.

Clue two.

And that can only mean that we must go and fetch another question.

ANNOUNCER: The Penn State Coaly Society honors students in the college of agricultural sciences who have achieved leadership excellence.

Was Coaly A, a local farmer, B, a mule, C, the first dean of the agricultural school, or D, the inventor of the automatic milking machine.

SCOTT BRUCE: Coaly.

Coaly, a local farmer, a mule, the first dean of agriculture, or the inventor of the automated milking machine.

[chimes] Hmm.

Martha Cox, we're going to go to you first.

It just sounds like a mule's name to me, so I've picked B. SCOTT BRUCE: Coaly, the mule.

It does kind of roll off nice.

Yeah.

I like that Coaly, the mule.

Steve, what do you think?

I picked B too, mule.

SCOTT BRUCE: Oh, mule.

We're on a mule team.

Yeah.

We're on a mule team.

How about you, Sue?

I thought he was a local farmer who probably helped the agriculture school.

SCOTT BRUCE: And became a dean in the agriculture school.

OK, very good.

Which would you going for?

The local farmer.

SCOTT BRUCE: A. Oh, A the local farmer.

OK, I'm having trouble now.

And our answer's Reid Babb.

I don't know why.

[laughter] I think it might because I'm babbling.

Let's find out what the correct answer is.

ANNOUNCER: The answer is B, a mule.

Coaly came to State College in 1855 with his owner, Piersol Lytle, a farmer from Kentucky.

Construction of Old Main, Penn State's first building, began in 1857.

Coaly was pressed into service.

Coaly was one of the many mules that hauled tons of stone from the campus quarry, up to 900 feet of hilly pasture, to the building site.

The black Kentucky born mule worked harder than any other.

The school administration was so impressed that they purchased the mule for a whopping $190.

Coaly became Penn State's first mascot and for 36 years was seen working around campus until his death of old age in 1893.

In 1951, the Penn State Coaly Society was established in his honor with the motto, a first rate man is not defined by his birth, but according to his services.

The society recognizes strength, sure footedness, confidence, endurance, long service, and loyalty.

Well, a couple of our panelists knew that Coaly was a mule.

And as a matter of fact, all three of them know that I resemble a certain portion of the mule too.

[laughter] Of course.

You kind of saw where I was going on that, didn't you?

Get me out of here.

Give me a new question.

ANNOUNCER: In 1972, Philadelphia Eagles receiver Fred Hill enlisted support from his teammates in a campaign to fight the disease that afflicted his three-year-old daughter, Kim.

The result is one of the best known charities in the country.

Is it A, the March of Dimes, B, the Muscular Dystrophy Foundation, C, the Ronald McDonald House, or D, Make-a-Wish Foundation?

SCOTT BRUCE: Hmm.

March of Dimes, Muscular Dystrophy, Ronald McDonald, or Make-a-Wish?

These are all good choices.

Kind of a tough one to call.

[chimes] Steve, where are you going to go?

I went with D, the Make-a-Wish Foundation because I think it's that recent.

The others to me seem older than that for some reason.

SCOTT BRUCE: Um-hmm.

And it's also a wonderful foundation, the Make-a-Wish.

Yes, indeed.

Quite familiar with it.

Sue, how about you?

I was torn between Make-a-Wish and the Muscular Dystrophy, and I went with Muscular Dystrophy.

SCOTT BRUCE: Muscular Dystrophy, MD.

Also a wonderful foundation.

I went with that, too because I thought the March of Dimes was earlier, and I just went with that.

SCOTT BRUCE: Muscular Dystrophy as well.

So we have D, B, B, and let's check our debit sheet and see what comes up.

ANNOUNCER: The answer is C. In 1974, Fred Hill founded what is now known as the house that love built.

When Hill's daughter was diagnosed with lymphatic leukemia, he was inspired to find a place of refuge for families of children hospitalized with serious illnesses.

With the help of his teammates, his employers, and his daughter's doctors, Hill kicked off a series of fundraisers.

His efforts eventually led him to the McDonald's restaurant franchise, which helped finance the Ronald McDonald house.

Philadelphia boasts the first Ronald McDonald House ever built.

Today, there are five houses in Pennsylvania and 160 internationally.

SCOTT BRUCE: Ooh, that music means Mystery Pennsylvanian number three.

Here's your final clue, kids.

Bottle always in hand, he may be best known for his role on the Western TV series The High Chaparral.

Bottle always in hand, he may be best known for his role on the Western TV series The High Chaparral.

Philadelphia born actor was best known for being happy.

After a brief service in the air force, he turned to Hollywood, riding both horses and carousels on the big screen.

I see a lot of people looking at me and wondering.

It's a tough one, I think.

I think it's a pretty tough one.

We're going to go ahead and find out who knows it.

Let's start with Steve.

You're ready.

Can we go to you?

Yes, pure guesses.

SCOTT BRUCE: Pure guesses.

Pure guesses, yes.

SCOTT BRUCE: Pure guess.

First, you decided it was a blank line.

Yes.

SCOTT BRUCE: Um-hmm.

[laughs] SCOTT BRUCE: From there, you jumped to-- Gordon MacRae.

SCOTT BRUCE: Gordon MacRae.

Yeah.

SCOTT BRUCE: And then finally-- Cameron Mitchell.

SCOTT BRUCE: Cameron Mitchell.

Um-hmm.

SCOTT BRUCE: Yeah.

Oh, yeah.

Not said with a lot of faith, but who knows?

It's The Pennsylvania Game.

Anything can happen.

Sue?

I didn't have a clue.

SCOTT BRUCE: Didn't have a clue.

No.

SCOTT BRUCE: Jimmy, John Wayne, and Gabby Hayes.

Gabby Hayes is the happiest-- SCOTT BRUCE: That's true.

--in any cowboy movie.

SCOTT BRUCE: Yes, yes.

I think it's a good lineup.

And who knows?

Maybe Gabby Hayes is the right answer.

I did not have a clue either.

SCOTT BRUCE: Bill Cosby, Tom mix.

STEVE WAGNER: [laughs] SCOTT BRUCE: And question mark in The Mysterians, a famous musical group of the '60s.

No idea.

No idea.

No.

OK. Well, let's see if anybody had right.

Because who knows?

Maybe question mark was the right answer.

Let's find out.

ANNOUNCER: Cameron Mitchell was born in 1919 in Dallastown, outside of Philadelphia and reared in York.

Although he had athletic talent and was sought by several Major League Baseball teams, his passion was acting.

After working as an usher at Radio City Music Hall alongside then unknown Gregory Peck, he made his stage debut.

His boyish charm had no match in his acclaimed performance as Happy in both stage and screen versions of the Death of a Salesman.

After serving as a bombardier in the air force, he returned to acting, this time in the big screen.

He became the first American actor to star in a film produced behind the iron curtain before returning to Hollywood to appear in Westerns.

After a failed production venture, he turned to low budget films and finally to television, where he played drunken cowhand Buck Cannon on the TV series The High Chaparral.

Cameron Mitchell, a famous Pennsylvanian.

There you go.

So let's take it to our tote board and see what happens.

I see that with that final correct answer, Steve has picked up enough to win.

Five points.

The champion.

Steve Arino.

And what do we have for Steve?

He may know everything, but I bet he doesn't know A to Z about herbs.

So we have from Sweet Annie's Herbs.

And again, all in Pennsylvania.

These products from Sweet Annie's Herbs.

And we just hope you enjoy those herbs, and good health, and everything.

But that's OK. Everybody doesn't go empty handed because everybody gets lottery tickets.

We're giving away lots of lottery tickets for the winner.

Over here.

Pass them down to Martha, please.

Split those with Martha and you.

Because we have tickets for everybody.

We hope you had a great time.

Did you guys enjoy yourselves on the game?

Yes.

Thank you.

Yes.

There was more fun than people could think of.

[laughter] You just couldn't believe it.

And I do want to remind all of you kids at home, that are watching and enjoying the show at home, don't forget to eat your vegetables.

They're especially good dipped in chocolate.

They go so well with any sweet herbs.

You can't believe it.

We have all kinds of fun things.

We want to thank all of our people for the Pennsylvania lottery tickets, and the Sweet Annie's for sponsoring the show.

And please come back and watch l soon.

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