Do you know what I like about Pittsburgh?

You have you have 80 bridges, and that's huge.

Did you know that?

80 bridges in the city of Pittsburgh.

Having lived in New York, I love it because just driving around all those bridges with no toll on them, that makes my day.

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ANNOUNCER 3: Now, let's get the game started.

Here's the host of The Pennsylvania Game, Scott Bruce.

[cheering] Stop.

You're too nice.

Thank you.

Hello, kids.

Hello.

Thank you.

Welcome, studio audience.

And for you folks at home, put your recliners in a comfortable, upright position because The Pennsylvania Game is about to take off.

Let's meet our contestants for this week.

Coming to us from Schwenksville, Pennsylvania.

When he's not teaching school, he's working as a comedian, Gene Frantz.

He's an opening act for a number of nationally known comedians and has played many of the major clubs on the comedy club circuit.

But this is his first time playing The Pennsylvania Game.

Please welcome Gene Frantz.

[applause] Charlotte Morris is from Altoona, Pennsylvania, where she's very active in community affairs.

Among other things, she's on the board of the Blair County Civic Music Association, the family, and on the board of the Penn State Public Broadcasting.

Please say hello to Charlotte Morris.

[applause] Another first-timer.

And now, not a first-timer, a guy who's been here before, Woody Woodruff, general manager of the Bradford Era newspaper.

He's very active in community affairs and has been in the kiwanis kapers for 25 years, often in a dress.

[laughter] If you can picture that, say hello to Woody Woodruff.

[applause] We have so much fun on The Pennsylvania Game.

We can't wait to get started, so here's your first question.

NARRATOR: In the 1940s, when Philadelphians smuggled contraband across state lines, they weren't just dealing in alcohol and firecrackers.

What else were they smuggling?

Was it, A, nylons, B, oleomargarine, C, Cuban cigars, or D, D.H. Lawrence's book, Lady Chatterley's Lover?

Lady Chatterley's Lover, nylons, oleomargarine or cigars those are our choices.

Everybody plug in, please.

And, Gene, we're going to start with you.

I think it's Cuban cigars.

Ask me why.

Well, I was just about to do that, Gene.

I have no idea.

No idea.

No idea.

Just a blatant guess.

Yes.

I like that.

That's what we like on The Pennsylvania Game.

That's perfect.

Charlotte, how about you?

Well, I just did the wrong thing.

I did Cuban cigars, and it should have been nylons.

You think it was nylons, but you accidentally pushed Cuban?

Yes, that was during the war.

Unfortunately, we're going to have to take Cuban.

I know.

Well, but we'll check and see.

You might win something anyway.

You never know.

Let's check with Woody.

There's no question, nylons.

Nylons.

He's positive.

He's positive.

Positive it's nylons.

Charlotte's feeling pretty bad right now.

[laughter] Thanks, Woody, for putting them all at ease.

Well, I'm certainly at ease because I happen to know I don't think any of them are right.

Check.

NARRATOR: The answer is B, oleomargarine.

Since 1902, the national dairy lobby was successful in keeping a tax levied on oleomargarine, margarine that had been colored yellow.

In Pennsylvania, there was more than just a tax.

There was an outright ban on selling the yellow-colored spread.

This pleased the Philadelphia dairy farmers, but angered area grocers.

It was not until 1947, after butter shortages during World War II, that senator Louis H. Farrell of Philadelphia introduced a bill that would permit the unrestricted sale of margarine.

Finally, in August of 1951, the state agricultural committee in Harrisburg approved the Kessler bill, which legalized the sale of yellow margarine in Pennsylvania.

[music playing] Hey, buddy.

Hey, buddy, come here.

Come here.

Margarine, I got.

[laughter] [shushing] Don't tell anyone.

I won't.

I can make you a special deal.

You just take that.

[laughter] Is it yellow?

Is it yellow.

[screams] God, again.

We're having too much fun already.

What do you say, kids?

Let's go to another question.

NARRATOR: Parker City in Armstrong County was founded in the early 1800s and is located on the banks of the Allegheny river.

Which of the following is not true about Parker City?

A, an elevator carried residents to and from the nearby river.

B, it was home to Ben Hogan's floating palace, C, it's the smallest city in the US, or D, it's the only city in the world to flood on the exact same date three years in a row.

OK, remember, contestants, this is a not question.

Which of the following are not true, OK?

An elevator that carried residents, Ben Hogan's floating palace, the smallest city, or the only city in the world to flood on the same day.

Punch in, please now.

Charlotte, we're going to start with you.

B.

B.

B.

Just B.

It's a B, darn it, isn't it?

It's a B.

And you believe it.

I'm not getting my sounds from my audience out here.

I think-- [laughter] You just feel bad-- My clues.

You just feel bad there were no nylons involved, right?

I understand.

Woody, how about you?

What do you think.

Well, I was peeking, so I went along with B, too.

So you stole Charlotte's answer.

All right, just so we know where we stand.

How about you, Gene?

You know, can I-- is there another game like a New Jersey game?

I could possibly-- if it's not, it's C. C?

Yeah.

You're going with C?

OK, so we got a C in two B's, and nobody seems to have any clue at all.

And to be honest with you, I don't know, either.

I think we ought to find out.

NARRATOR: The answer is D. Parker City has had some problems with floods, but not on the same day every year.

Parker City is an old oil town located on the banks of the Allegheny river and was incorporated as a city in 1873.

The traffic from the flat on the river to the residential bluff was so great that an elevator was built to carry people to their homes on the hilltop for $0.05.

In the 1860s, Ben Hogan, an infamous figure in Pennsylvania oil towns, came to Parker with his companion French Kate, to start his floating palace.

The palace was a string of flatboats that offered alcohol, gambling, and women, all of which were violently opposed by the city government.

Today, Parker City still retains its city charter, and according to the 1990 census, has a population of 852 people, making it the smallest city in the US.

I'm starting to feel bad.

I'm giving everybody a lottery ticket.

Nobody has any points yet.

Pass those down.

A lottery ticket to everybody.

We've got to get these guys going on the right track.

It's time to meet these folks.

We're going to start off meeting Gene Frantz.

Gene and I started doing comedy about 15 years ago together.

That long?

That long ago, my friend.

It wasn't new.

And now you're a teacher and a comedian.

What's that like mixing the two of those?

Do you use them?

It's great.

[screaming] You know what?

OK, that was a student now.

That's a student right there?

That was a student who got detention, and she hates it.

Hates it a lot.

One thing that's nice about it is that, you know, you're standing up in front of people all day long.

And some of my material that I write, I can check out in the students during the day.

You get to actually try your material in class?

I do.

You know, if it works on 11th graders, it'll work in, you know-- That's wonderful.

OK, let's meet Charlotte Moore.

Charlotte, you live in Altoona, but I understand that you almost became a permanent resident of Rwanda.

Yeah, I did.

Something about being stuck on a harrowing trip through the mountains.

Tell us about this.

Well, we went down this very jungly mountain, my daughter and my son-in-law and some guides.

And I realized as I was going down and hanging on to trees and all kinds of things, after 15 minutes, it suddenly occurred to me, I had to get back up.

And I panicked.

So my daughter and her husband went on with the guide, and I sat there and tried to get back up, and I couldn't.

I could not move my legs.

And then I thought, well, anyway.

After an hour and a half, we got off.

We're glad you made it back.

Nice to have you back in our country, in our land.

Woody.

Yeah.

Now, you all know what's coming.

You dress up in kiwanis meetings as a woman.

We have a kapers in our community, and every year, an amateur show.

And we have a great time with it and raise a lot of money.

I am a rotarian.

However, I'm one of the only rotarian that's in the kiwanis show.

And so that's why they make you wear the dress?

That's why they make you wear the dress.

That's right.

So we have a great time with it.

I love the dance.

I'm very light on my feet.

Well, you know what?

Maybe later in the show, we'll give that a try.

OK, let's do that.

In the meantime, I think we'd better try for another question.

[music playing] NARRATOR: Most people regard George Washington as the first president of the US, but some say it was really John Hanson.

What two Pennsylvanians could also be considered past presidents of the United States?

A, Benjamin Franklin and Robert Morris, B, Thomas Mifflin and Arthur St. Clair, C, Salmon P Chase and Joseph Ritner, or D, Thaddeus Stevens and Simon Cameron?

Oh, I see some wheels are turning.

Franklin and Morris, Mifflin and St. Clair, Chase and Ritner, or Stevens and Cameron?

Punch in now, kids.

We're going to go down to Woody on this one first.

A.

And now he's punched.

There you go.

That's right.

What were they?

Benjamin Franklin and Robert Morris.

I believe that's right.

OK.

I hope so.

I'm not going to argue with you.

I think you might know, Woody.

Let's find out.

How about you, Gene?

Oh, you didn't punch in yet?

Well-- Yeah, you're punched.

I'm punched?

Yeah.

OK. Go ahead.

I like the name Thaddeus.

You like-- [laughter] That's pretty much it.

That's it.

That's a good reason.

And it has two D's in it, so there you go.

So there I am.

Perfect thinking.

How about you, Charlotte?

Well, I did A, and I like the name Morris.

You like the name Morris.

Obviously, we haven't done much reading of history.

We're just going with what we like.

I like the fact that the schoolteacher guessed Thaddeus.

That made me feel very comfortable in our teachers.

Let's find out the answer.

NARRATOR: The answer is B, Thomas Mifflin and Arthur St. Clair.

On November 5, 1781, John Hanson was elected by Congress as president of the United States in Congress assembled.

Hanson is considered by some to be the very first US president, as he was first to serve under the articles of confederation.

Pennsylvania native Thomas Mifflin assumed the post in 1783 and was followed a few years later by fellow statesman, Arthur St. Clair, in 1787.

Mifflin later went on to become the first governor of Pennsylvania.

Although history books regard George Washington as the first president, and James Buchanan as the only Pennsylvania-born president, some say Mifflin and St. Clair deserve recognition as former presidents, as well.

Well, that question was submitted by Steven Ickes of Altoona, Pennsylvania.

Steven will be receiving a year subscription to Pennsylvania Magazine, and you can, too, just by submitting your own questions.

Well, as we look at the big tote board-- [drums playing] Ladies and gentlemen, I can't believe it.

It's a tie.

[laughter] It's a real barnburner.

The score is zero.

[laughter] [applause] CHARLOTTE: We're the greatest.

SCOTT: Time for our first clue in the Mystery Pennsylvanian.

Contestants, get your pencils ready.

Here we go.

Clue number one, this Allentown native was both the founder and original conductor of the Allentown Symphony Orchestra.

[tone playing] This Allentown native was both the founder and original conductor of the Allentown Symphony Orchestra.

And if you don't know, feel free to write any silly thing in there that you like.

It's always tough on the first clue.

A lot of people have trouble with it.

OK. We're going to keep the show rolling, rolling, rolling.

Next question, please.

NARRATOR: In 1939, Russell Marker was a Penn State chemist.

His work with sarsaparilla root and yams resulted in the development of what many say was one of the most important discoveries in the 20th century.

Was Russell marker, A, the father of the birth control pill, B, the inventor of insect repellent, C, the first to develop an injectable insulin, or, D, the first to successfully use chemotherapy in treating cancer?

You guys got a tough show, didn't you?

Yeah.

Whoa, it's a toughie.

These guys are getting tough questions.

The father of the birth control pill, insect repellent, insulin, or chemotherapy?

Gene, we're back to you to try on this one.

I'm going to go with-- yeah, I know.

I'm going to go with B just because it's out there.

B is insect repellent.

It's out there.

Yeah.

Do I have to-- No, you're plugged in.

You're good.

That's wonderful.

A B for insect repellent, and we may be needing some of that later on.

How about you, Charlotte?

I think I'll go with C. C?

Why?

Because I think that's been around longer than some of these other things.

OK. And now, see, I like that you're working logically, too.

I like that.

In fact, you know what?

Here, you get another lottery ticket for that.

Pass that down.

Woody, what do you think?

I think it's the father of the birth control pill.

Father of the birth control pill.

That's right.

A lot of activity, so-- A lot of stuff going on there.

A lot of stuff going on, so I'll say A, OK?

All right, we got we got our three guesses or suggestions or whatever they may be.

Let's find out.

NARRATOR: The answer is A, the father of the birth control pill.

In 1939, Penn State professor Russell Marker was looking for a cure for arthritis.

What he discovered was a way to make a perfect synthesis of human progesterone, the pregnancy hormone from sarsaparilla root.

A few years later, Marker left Penn State for Mexico, where he found he could synthesize much larger quantities of progesterone from a native yam.

Although it was Marker's discovery which led to the development of the birth control pill, Marker himself had long since abandoned chemistry and his hormone work before the pill became widely available to women in 1965.

According to Bernie Asbell's book, The Pill, Marker was, nonetheless, one of at least five men of science publicly designated the father of the pill.

Interesting.

The pill.

So we got it.

We have a point.

Somebody scored.

[applause] Thank you, Woody.

How about that for win?

Yes.

And if you found that question hard to swallow-- Very good.

[audience exclaim] I love this studio audience.

You people at home are missing.

So much fun.

We're going to jump right to the next question.

NARRATOR: In 1975, the terrible towel made its debut in the playoff game between the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Baltimore colts.

The towel, which has become one of the most celebrated symbols in the NFL, was created by, A, Terri Bradshaw, B, Mayor Richard Caliguiri, C, Jack Lambert, or, D, Myron Cope?

Who created the terrible towel?

Was it Bradshaw, the mayor, Lambert, or Cope?

We're going to go to Charlotte first on this.

Charlotte, you're from Altoona, Pittsburgh fan.

I think Myron Cope.

You think Myron Cope?

Yeah.

OK, I think that's a wonderful guess.

And how about you, Woody?

Same.

Myron Cope again.

We've got two Copes.

Could we make it a sweep?

No, can I lie at this point?

No, OK, A, Bradshaw.

You went with A, Bradshaw?

Yeah.

Possibly because you live on the wrong side of the state.

That's right.

Let's find out.

NARRATOR: The answer is D, Myron Cope, the inimitable Pittsburgh radio and television sportscaster.

In late November 1975, Cope was charged with getting Pittsburgh fans fired up for the upcoming playoff game between the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Baltimore Colts.

The general manager of WTAE, the Steelers' flagship radio station, ordered Cope to come up with a gimmick.

Cope created a gold and black terrible towel, which was touted as giving almost supernatural powers to the Steelers.

Cope introduced the towel during WTAE's Sunday evening television newscast by hurling them at the anchorman, the weatherman, and the crew.

The towel became a real fan turn-on, not to mention a phenomenal marketing success.

More than 30,000 spectators turned up at Three Rivers Stadium for the first game of the playoffs, waving terrible towels.

[stuttering] And the rest is history.

[laughter] OK, kids, time to go.

By the way, I found out the terrible towel is called terrible because it tastes that way.

[audience exclaims] Time to check our big tote board, kids.

Where do we stand?

Woody with two points.

Charlotte with one.

[applause] Gene's on his goose egg.

Mystery Pennsylvanian clue number two.

Get ready, kids.

Here we come.

He enjoyed a solid connection with bell telephone.

He enjoyed a solid connection with bell telephone.

This Allentown native was both the founder and original conductor of the Allentown Symphony Orchestra and enjoyed a solid connection with bell telephone.

Strongly connected.

I'm seeing a whole lot of confusion.

Here.

Not just from the panel.

The studio audience is looking a little, don't know.

Well, in that case, that's OK. We'll go right to our next question.

NARRATOR: The small borough of Boyertown on the Eastern edge of Berks County has been the home to some unusual industries, but which of the following is credited for putting Boyertown on the map, A, cigars, B, caskets, C, mailboxes, or, D, candy?

Ooh, an interesting one.

Cigars, caskets, mail boxes, or candy?

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

I'm going to do B. I always wanted to be laid out well, so why not?

B for a casket?

B.

You look darn good for it, I'll tell you that.

I want to go down easy.

I understand.

How about you, Gene?

I pick B also.

You look like you-- you actually looked like you were laid out for a second there.

[laughter] Charlotte, we'll go to you.

What do you think?

I went to D this time.

D this time?

For candy.

For the candy.

Because we have Boyertown.

We had Boyertown and Altoona.

Boyertown Candy.

Good thinking.

I like that.

Well, we've got candy and caskets.

Who knows?

NARRATOR: The answer is B, caskets.

Although Boyertown once had a strong cigar industry, the gigantic Boyertown burial casket company, founded in 1893 by local undertakers Daniel C. Brumbach and Henry B. Wagner, is credited with bringing Boyertown its greatest fame.

The enormous factory consisted of some 20 buildings on 11 acres in Downtown Boyertown and employed nearly 500 workers.

In 1968, Boyertown received the honors of constructing the burial casket for Robert Kennedy, the slain brother of president John F. Kennedy.

Sadly, the factory was demolished in 1995 and serves as a reminder of what once placed the small town of Boyertown on the map.

[music playing] [laughter] I need a bed, too.

You try and talk with them n. I need a new bed, too.

[laughter] All right.

That was submitted, by the way, by Michael Weaver, a Penn State student here at University Park.

So let's continue on and have another question.

NARRATOR: In all her 77 years, Dorothy Hosband of Sandy Ridge, Center county, only ever spent one day in New York City.

But something happened on that fateful day back in 1945 that gave her Hosband more than her 15 minutes of fame.

Was Hosband, A, captured in the Pulitzer prize-winning photograph of V-J day, B, on the floor of the Empire State building when a bomber crashed into it, C, the first American to board British airways inaugural flight from New York to London, or, D, named spam queen in New York City on October 1, 1945?

I just wonder if you could live that down.

Hi, I'm the spam queen.

I don't know.

Do you think she was the spam queen?

Do you think she boarded British airways inaugural flight?

Do you think she was in the Empire State building when it got crashed into?

Or do you think she was in that famous photograph on V-J day?

We are going to go to Gene to find out first.

I just love spam.

And that's pretty much why.

You know, a comedian can't resist spam, can they?

I can't resist spam.

I just love spam.

BOTH: Spam, spam, spam, spam, spam, spam.

Yes, spam queen.

We'll go with that.

Spam queen for Gene.

OK, Charlotte, what do you think?

I picked A.

That was such a special day, and that would-- The V-J day?

Yes, that was.

Wonderful, wonderful, wonderful photograph.

A happy day and a great photograph.

Yes, very right.

OK, how about you, Woody?

I'm going to B because I know she could survive that crash.

No question about it.

Well, of course, she had all that spam in her.

That's right.

[crashing] [laughter] I don't know what any of these people are talking about.

I know what I'm talking about.

Here's the answer.

NARRATOR: The answer is A, Dorothy Hosband of Sandy Ridge was in Times Square on V-J day, August 14, 1945, at the moment the Japanese surrendered, ending World War II.

Alfred Eisenstadt, staff photographer of Life Magazine, was also in Times Square, where he snapped his Pulitzer prize-winning photograph of a Seaman kissing a nurse.

In the background was 26-year-old Dorothy Hosband and her two young children, who had just emerged from the subway, only to find themselves unexpectedly caught up in the celebration.

Actually, only Dorothy's shoes and four-year-old daughter, Virginia's legs, can be seen in the shot, but who's counting?

It remains one of the most famous photos ever taken.

In 1995, the US postal service introduced a painted version of Eisenstadt's photo to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the end of World War II.

And for appearing in that photograph, everybody gets a lifetime supply of spam.

[laughter] Time for our Mystery Pennsylvanian, kids.

Get your pens ready.

Here's clue number three.

He became a household name in the late '40s and '50s when he brought classical music into the living rooms of America, first on radio and later on TV.

Oh, god.

I know who it is.

A household name in the '40s and '50s when he brought classical music into the living rooms of America on radio and later television.

Allentown native, both the founder and original conductor of the Allentown Symphony Orchestra.

He enjoyed a solid connection with bell telephone.

I can't remember.

All righty, kids.

We're going to need an answer.

We're going to start off with Charlotte on this one.

Oh, dear.

Charlotte, oh, dear, dear, dear.

She knows.

She knows it, and she can't place it.

I know, and I can't think it.

What do we start with?

Leonard Bernstein, and I said just kidding after that.

Leonard Bernstein?

Just kidding.

And then you went with-- And I know just who it is.

The invisible man, I believe, is who you went with the next two clues.

OK, Charlotte has Leonard Bernstein.

There's a chance anyway.

Who knows?

Let's go to Woody.

I went with Mr. Mack.

You know, Allentown's noted for building the trucks.

Mack trucks?

So maybe he also conducted the symphony.

I don't know.

It's possible.

And then I see a change.

Then I went with Mr.

Dial, you know, dial tone.

Who knows?

Dial tone?

[laughter] OK. And then the last one-- No soap on that one.

No soap on that one.

That's right.

And then I went to Milton Cross.

Milton cross.

You remember?

He was the narrator of the classical program on, I guess, NBC or whatever.

Good tries.

We'll see.

OK, how about you, Gene?

Well, my answers aren't quite as dumb as Woody's.

[laughter] You went with Jim?

Just a guy named Jim.

And then again Jim.

Then again.

And then Jim J. Bullock.

Yeah.

Yeah.

He was a good Hollywood square.

You know it's a game show.

I guess that's a good guess.

I guess so.

That's it.

I have no idea.

Let's find out who our Mystery Pennsylvanian really is.

NARRATOR: Donald Voorhees was the founding conductor of the Allentown Symphony Orchestra and a major force in making classical music popular in the mass media.

He sent classical music out over the airwaves and into the hearts of millions of Americans.

After organizing the bell telephone Orchestra in 1940, he conducted the Orchestra on the bell telephone hour, heard from 1940 to 1958, on nationwide radio.

In 1959, the bell telephone hour debuted on NBC TV, making Voorhees a household name.

According to one source, all the great artists longed to be on it.

It was the show that made them.

Voorhees died in 1989 at the age of 85.

He is fondly remembered for his enormous musical contributions to his hometown in the Lehigh Valley and America.

Donald Voorhees, a famous Pennsylvanian.

Well, that brings us to time to check the big scoreboard.

Everybody got on the scoreboard, I'm glad to say.

Gene with one point, Charlotte with two points.

Woody with three points is our champion.

[applause] Woody, by winning today, you were in the right place at the right time, so we're giving you a clock made of genuine Pennsylvania slate mined personally by the Capozzola Brothers Slate Company based in Bangor, Pennsylvania.

And in addition to that, a whole stack of Pennsylvania lottery cards.

The entire stack.

We certainly think you did a great job.

And we're about running out of time, so thanks for joining us.

And remember, folks, fun is not a four-letter word.

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