To Tell the Truth
"To Tell the Truth" has been one of Mark Goodson Productions' most durable formats, and this 1990 represented the fourth revival of the popular game show. The format remained the same--three contestants claim to be associated with a story, read as an affidavit at the start of each game. Only one is actually the person he claims to be; the other two are lying. The four celebrity panelists, one at a time, question the three contestants (addressing them by No. 1, No. 2. and No. 3) in an attempt to expose the liars and determine who was telling the truth. After all four celebrities have had their turn to question the team, they voted separately as to who they thought was the real person associated with the story. Payoffs were based on the team's ability to fool the panel - $500 per incorrect vote and $3,000 if they fooled all four panelists. Two such games were played per show. After the second game, a new segment, "One on One" was played with two more contestants, one an audience member and another with two stories to share, though he was associated with just one. The four panelists, in turn, ask the second contestant one question regarding each story. The audience member then had to guess which story he/she thought was true. If the audience member was correct, he/she won $500; if not, the contestant won the money.
- 1990-1991
- 1 season
- NBC
- Game Show
"To Tell the Truth" has been one of Mark Goodson Productions' most durable formats, and this 1990 represented the fourth revival of the popular game show. The format remained the same--three contestants claim to be associated with a story, read as an affidavit at the start of each game. Only one is actually the person he claims to be; the other two are lying. The four celebrity panelists, one at a time, question the three contestants (addressing them by No. 1, No. 2. and No. 3) in an attempt to expose the liars and determine who was telling the truth. After all four celebrities have had their turn to question the team, they voted separately as to who they thought was the real person associated with the story. Payoffs were based on the team's ability to fool the panel - $500 per incorrect vote and $3,000 if they fooled all four panelists. Two such games were played per show. After the second game, a new segment, "One on One" was played with two more contestants, one an audience member and another with two stories to share, though he was associated with just one. The four panelists, in turn, ask the second contestant one question regarding each story. The audience member then had to guess which story he/she thought was true. If the audience member was correct, he/she won $500; if not, the contestant won the money.
Season 1 Episode Guide
46 Episodes 1991
Episode 1
Yulia Sukhanova/Thomas DeMarco/Josh Price
Mon, Sep 3, 1990
Yulia Sukhanova was the first Ms. U.S.S.R. After loosing his job, Thomas DeMarco headed west with his wife and five children in a prairie schooner. In One-on-One, was Josh Pais one of Donald Trump's four chauffeurs, or did he play the part of Raphael in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles?
Episode 2
Judy Mouceaux/Larry Coker/Gail Beals
Tue, Sep 4, 1990
Judy Mouceaux found a long-lost love on a telephone dating service. Young Larry Coker lost 585 pounds. In One-on-One, is Gail Beals the first woman to become a commanding general in the United States Marine Corp, or a lottery winning nun?
Episode 3
Yvette Paris/G. Van Standifer/Henry Schiff
Wed, Sep 5, 1990
Yvette Paris is a burlesque dancer. G. Van Standifer created a midnight basketball program. Henry Schiff may be the head plumber for Disneyland, or a lizard photographer.
Episode 4
Kathleen Gooley/Charles Bella/Joanne Woodward
Thu, Sep 6, 1990
Kathleen Gooley's would-be husband left her, so she invited homeless to her non-reception. Charles Bella was helicopter-jacked to spring prisoners. Joanne Woodward either has a celebrity name club, or hosts a radio sex program.
Episode 5
Pam Kinney/Rick London/Liz Curtis
Fri, Sep 7, 1990
Episode 8
Alexandra Mosca/John Corcoran/Elizabeth Sabine
Wed, Sep 12, 1990
Episode 11
Susan Lane/Adam Moore/Cleo Chandler
Mon, Sep 17, 1990
Episode 12
Tammy Frywalt/Delbert Dunmar/Paula Tyler
Tue, Sep 18, 1990
Episode 13
Steve Betz/Christine O'Keefe/Kim Caney
Wed, Sep 19, 1990
Episode 16
Shoji Tabuchi/Debbie Shelley/Charles Aara
Mon, Sep 24, 1990
Episode 17
Steven Kutcher/Caroline Miller/Adrian Crane
Tue, Sep 25, 1990
Episode 23
Angela Wensley/Kevin Foster/Fran Kotto
Wed, Oct 3, 1990
Episode 28
James Grassic/Brenda Tracy/Tammy Wolfe
Wed, Oct 10, 1990
Episode 31
Dave Pallone/Mary Rodice/Walter Jackson
Mon, Oct 15, 1990
Episode 45
Diane Nelson/Sarah Evitts/Robert Zangrando
Fri, Nov 2, 1990
Episode 59
Ralph Wolfe Cowan/Leona Paisley/Amy Lee
Thu, Nov 22, 1990
Episode 65
Amy Decision/Teddy Andrews/Anne-Christine Massulo
Thu, Aug 16, 1990
By economizing, Amy Decision was able to purchase a farm house on a modest combined salary. Youth Coordinator for the California Democratic Party Teddy Andrews has not yet hit puberty. Anne-Christine Massulo either makes coats made of turkey feathers, or does makeup at Madame Tussauds.
Episode 67
John Scher/Terry Rakolta/Jo Yawn
Thu, Dec 6, 1990
Episode 69
Sr. Mary Martin Weaver/Hilton Stein/Paul Chung
Mon, Dec 10, 1990
Episode 71
Barbara Klaus/William Barkley Hall/Rabbi Arthur Sugarman
Columnist Barbara Klaus went to write for Roseanne, during a turbulent time. William Barkley Hall produces the only tea grown in the United States, at the Charleston Tea Plantation. Rabbi Arthur Sugarman is either created trading cards of Rabbis, or a dialect coach to teach people to loose their New York accent.
Episode 72
Bill Thomas Junior/Jamie White
Thu, Aug 16, 1990
The son of the real Buckwheat from the Hal Roach comedies. Jamie White is a teen who creates teenage fashions. Gail Fraser was born in her father's car, a 1913 Model T Ford, which she drives as a senior, or is a moose counter in Idaho for the US Forest Service.
Episode 73
Nicole Maxwell/Frederick Dannon/Sheldon Smith
Thu, Aug 16, 1990
Nicole Maxwell wrote the book "Witch Doctor's Apprentice: Hunting for Medicinal Plants in the Amazon," which chronicles her forty year anthropological studies. She learned of various medicinal plants, including the iporuru, a shrub which helps with joint pain. Frederick Dannon wrote a book, "Hit Men," about music industry power brokers. He alleges that the Mafia was involved in a middleman Payola structure. Sheldon Smith was either a world champion spitter, winning the cherry-pit spitting contest that year, or he shoots holes in jeans with a shotgun, "Shotgun Wash."
Episode 80
Jim Brennan/Dean Gilbert/Mr. X
Tue, Dec 25, 1990
Episode 81
Episode #1.81
Mon, Dec 24, 1990
Earl Culpepper appeared three times previously as an impostor on To Tell the Truth. Presidential Christmas card producer Ferrell Unverferth. One-on-one featured Jose Hernandez: mariachi coach to he ate a Christmas tree.
Episode 83
Episode #1.83
Wed, Dec 26, 1990
The Simpsons director David Silverman, from the new and controversial series. Catherine Heller was named Police Office of the Year by the International Association of Chiefs of Police and Parade magazine, the first woman so honored. Saving her partner, she ended up killing the assailant, resulting in PTSD. In One-on-One, Linda Ware is either the inventor of a pregnancy simulation device for men, or the judge who sentenced junk bond king Michael Milken.
Episode 84
Episode #1.84
Thu, Dec 27, 1990
Emma Terese was abandoned at age 13, was homeless, joined Mensa, and became an actress. Defense industry whistleblower Raeburn Grasty. In One-on-One, Karen Payne is either the founder of Men Watchers Inc., or the owner of Princess Kitty, the smartest cat in the world.
Episode 88
Carol Barkalow/Tara Jean Koosak/Marge Carlson
Mon, Jan 7, 1991
Episode 105
Marni Nixon/Gene Dyke/Robert Nordyke
Fri, Feb 1, 1991
Episode 108
Episode #1.108
Bern Bennett was the first announcer for To Tell the Truth. "You're Under Arrest: I'm Not Kidding" author-police officer Don Parker. Theresa Shields is either the mother of Brooke Shields or "the world's most famous liar."
Episode 109
Wayne James/Jeffrey Welch/Duke Landry
Thu, Feb 7, 1991
Episode 115
Anthony Caudron/Cheryl Stearns/David Lore
Fri, Feb 8, 1991
Anthony Caudron was the former palace butler to the Duke and Duchess of Marlboro. Cheryl Stearns was a record holding skydiver. Does David Lore run a James Dean Museum, or does he have a video addiction?
Episode 116
Jerry Kowalski/Cheryl McMannis/Susan Lee
Mon, Feb 18, 1991
Episode 133
Drew Brown/Louise Woodard/Myron Belkin
Wed, Mar 13, 1991
Episode 149
Bill Phipps/Mardelle Weaver/Diane Whitehead
Thu, Apr 4, 1991
Episode 161
Zachy Murphy/Anthony Henderson/Greg Irwin
Thu, Aug 16, 1990
Zachi Murphy does makeovers on men. Young Anthony Henderson asked George Bush he really was himself. Is Greg Irwin a finger fitness expert or zipper band member?
Episode 162
Brittany York/Markyta Andrews/Bruce Peterson
Tue, Apr 16, 1991
Episode 165
Paul Hartunian/Lisa Posey/Charlie Hall
Thu, Aug 16, 1990
Paul Hartunian, author of "How to be Outrageously Successful with the Opposite Sex." Rodeo queen Lisa Posey, Miss Rodeo America. Charlie Hall may be the inventor of the water bed, or he carves full figures in pencil erasers.
Episode 171
Sean Tevares/Elizabeth Crook/Michael Flatley
Mon, May 6, 1991
Episode 172
Joan Howard Maurer/Gardner Rowbotham/Mia Lancaster
Wed, May 22, 1991
Joan Howard Maurer is the daughter of Curly from The Three Stooges. Gardner Rowbotham had a heart transplant two years prior, and won at tennis in the Transplant Games. In One-on-One, Mia Lancaster is either a cat look-a-like or runs Babes, a taxi service driver by former models.
Episode 173
Birute Galdikas/Jim Eagen/Anita Chafey
Wed, May 8, 1991
Episode 176
Episode #1.176
Tue, May 14, 1991
Episode 177
Corey Everson/Doris Tate/Cara Cohen
Tue, May 14, 1991
Episode 178
Episode #1.178
Tue, May 14, 1991
Episode 186
Linda Thurmond/Maria Lauria/Willie Sedea
Mon, May 27, 1991
Episode 189
Karen Anderson/Matt Lionetti/Phyllis Olson
Thu, May 30, 1991
Episode 190
Don McLeod/Bev Bos/Mr. X
Fri, May 31, 1991