(light music) - [Announcer] The Wild West came east in the form of rodeos, but a well known article of clothing that was worn by Western cowboys was made in the East, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to be exact.

Do you know what kind of clothing 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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And by the Pennsylvania Dairy Promotion Program, promoting the taste of an ice cold glass of milk.

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 ♪ - [Announcer] Now, let's get the game started.

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

(audience clapping) - Thank you.

Thank you very much.

Thank you, thank you, Wendy.

Thank you.

Thank you, Wendy Williams, and thanks to you in the studio audience too.

And you at home, hope you're ready to play "The Pennsylvania Game."

We've got some really easy questions for this game and so we're gonna just make it easy for our panel and the anchor chair, again, our writer and friend, Bernie Asbell.

Bernie.

(audience clapping) Up at Penn state we're all very proud of the lady lion basketball team and their coach is Rene Portland.

(audience clapping) He's an actor who started from his hometown in central Pennsylvania, went to Pittsburgh for a while, New York for a while.

He's back now, Wilson Hutton.

(audience clapping) And we're gonna go out West for our first question about an article of clothing made in Pennsylvania that helped win the West.

- [Announcer] "Philadelphia once produced an article of clothing that helped win the West.

Was that clothing: A, Levi jeans, B, Stetson hats, C, Arrow shirts, D, Jarman boots."

- Well Bernie, partner, which one of them there do you think it was?

- Well.

- Helped to win the West.

- Ben, partner.

- But were made in the East?

- What were made in the East?

- Mm-hmm.

Yeah.

- Well, I'm gonna say, we'll start feet first.

- Jarman boots.

- I'll pick Jarman boots.

Yeah.

- Wonderful boots.

Rene, any ideas on this one?

- Well, I'm gonna go with C. - [Both] Arrow shirts.

- I guess B is next in line for you, Wilson?

- Yeah, I think it is actually.

- Do you really?

- Well, D, C?

- No, no, no, B. Levi jeans are a West Coast item.

I don't know the other two, but I'll try, what the heck, I'll try B.

- You're trying Stetson hats.

- Yeah.

- Okay.

We got Stetson hats, we got Arrow shirts, and we got Jarman boots.

Nobody's wearing any jeans.

Let's see what the cowboys wore.

- [Announcer] The answer is B, Stetson hats.

Philadelphian, John Stetson, started making hats in 1865.

Before the 1930s Depression hit, they were the largest hat maker in the world.

Besides cowboy hats, they made fashionable city hats, sombreros, and hats worn by the Canadian Mountees.

- Stetson one of the biggest names, of course, in hats, from Philadelphia and it helped to win the West 'cause you could use that 10 gallon hat to get water for your horse or for yourself.

I'm gonna give you the answer to the next question.

The answer is drive-in.

The question is drive-in what?

- Ah.

- Oh.

- [Announcer] "In 1913, the world's first drive-in something opened in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Was it: A, drive-in church, B, drive-in movie, C, drive-in restaurant, or D, drive-in gas station?"

- There have been drive-ins for all of those, of course.

In rainy Portland all you have to decide is which one?

1913, the world's first drive-in what opened in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania?

- I'm gonna go with C, restaurant.

- You're gonna go with restaurant, okay.

- It's probably, B, right?

- Double cheeseburger, okay.

Wilson Hutton?

- I'm gonna say the same thing.

Wild guess I.

- You're both probably just hungry is the reason you're guessing that.

- Actually, it was in Pittsburgh that they quit having the milkman deliver the gasoline when somebody got the idea, why don't we have the cars drive right in here.

And it was D. - You give that with a great deal of authority.

- Oh yeah, I remember it.

- Do you have any I, you do?

- Oh yeah.

- Let's see how good Bernie's memory is.

What's the answer?

- [Announcer] The answer is D, drive-in gas station.

In 1912, crude oil refined for gasoline for cars surpassed crude oil refined for kerosene for the first time.

A year later, Gulf opened the world's first drive-in gas station.

- It was at the corner of Baum Boulevard and St. Clair streets over there near the Oakland area of Pittsburgh.

And they gave free air, free water, and they had public restrooms.

So, they set a real precedent for- - Big time.

- For what came later.

We've talked to you a lot, Bernie, how you been holding up through the course of "The Pennsylvania Game" this first season?

- Well, I've learned more about Pennsylvania than I thought there was.

- Or ever wanted to know, perhaps.

- Oh yeah.

- Rene Portland is a native Pennsylvanian she tells me.

You're from Broomall?

- Yes.

- That's where, Rene?

- It's west of Philadelphia, like the suburbs.

- Very near to Philadelphia though.

And you've been the lady lion basketball coach now for how long?

- This is my sixth season.

- Ah, may I tell you something personal?

My favorite singer, popular singer, is Anne Murray.

You remind me a lot of Anne Murray in some ways.

That's a real compliment.

- Thank you.

- In my eyes.

We're so glad to have you here.

- Well, happy to be here.

- Wilson Hutton started out in central Pennsylvania, journeyed down to Pittsburgh and went to school, taught for a while, I believe at Carnegie Mellon.

- Carnegie Mellon.

- Which is a great school for actors, of course.

Went to the Big Apple for a while.

And you're back home in central Pennsylvania.

- Back home in state college, yeah.

- Yeah, well, it's nice to have you here too.

- Thank you.

- I love that red hair.

If I had red hair like that, I would.

What's the next question about?

Let me see, oh, some Pennsylvania names.

- [Announcer] These men, Philip Bliss, Washington Gladden, Henry Van Dyke, and Daniel Towner were all born in Pennsylvania, but they have something else in common.

"Were these men all: A, hymn writers, B, governors of Pennsylvania, C, Confederate generals, or D, signers of the Declaration of Independence?"

- It sounds like they could have been any one of those.

Wilson Hutton, you have to decide which one.

- Well, the only one that I feel like I wouldn't have heard of would be the hymn writers.

I don't remember those names from any of the other categories.

- You don't remember General Bliss or any of that kind of stuff.

(audience laughing) - Not on the Confederate side.

- Or Governor Bliss.

Or John Hancock Bliss.

Bernie?

- Well, the only way I would not have recognized those names if they were all hymn writers.

- Uh-huh.

- Did I memorize that line right?

- More or less, yeah.

- I see.

I see.

Our panel has not done real good on religious questions.

If that's the right answer- - Much better on the wine questions.

- You may be in jeopardy.

Rene, what do you say?

What were all those men?

- Not real sure.

So, I'm gonna take a guess at B since I'm being prompted from the sidelines.

- Governors of Pennsylvania.

Yeah, there are so many governors from the past, It's really hard to, I think they were all Confederate generals 'cause they sound to me like Confederate generals.

What did you say at home?

- [Announcer] The answer is A, hymn writers.

Philip Bliss wrote, "Brightly Beams Our Father's Mercy," Washington Gladden wrote, "Oh Master, Let Me Walk With Thee," Henry Van Dyke wrote, "Joyful, Joyful, We adore Thee," and Daniel Towner wrote, "Trust and Obey."

These men are part of more than a dozen well known hymn writers born in Pennsylvania.

- I guess I gotta say congratulations to Wilson and Bernie for getting that right, but they both got it for I think a pretty dubious reason.

The only people we haven't heard of are hymn writers, but Wilson and Bernie are tied with two and they're in the lead.

Let's hear it for them.

(audience clapping) Well, you're never gonna get our Mystery Pennsylvania.

Here's the first clue, we'll be giving you two more clues through the course of the show for a famous Pennsylvanian.

You're asked to identify him and on line one there panel.

"Born in Uniontown, Pennsylvania on New Year's Eve 1880, his military career was long and distinguished.

By world war II he was the army chief of staff."

Famous Pennsylvania born in Uniontown, New Year's Eve 1880, long and distinguished military career.

And by World War II, by the time that came along, he was army chief of staff.

If you know it, just jot it down.

We'll give you another clue a little bit later.

You think about that at home too and see if you can figure out who it was.

Pennsylvania has a lot of coal.

This next question ask you if you know how much coal Pennsylvania has compared with some other states that have coal.

Let's listen.

- [Announcer] "In 1980, Pennsylvania slipped to fourth place among coal-producing states.

Which of these four states does not lead Pennsylvania in tons of coal each year: A, Kentucky, B, West Virginia, C, Alaska, or D, Wyoming?"

- Bernie Asbell, three of those states do lead Pennsylvania.

One does not.

Which one does not is what we were asking for.

- Well, to use Wilson's logic.

The one of those that I'd never been to and never heard of coal coming from is Alaska.

I'll go with that.

- Of course, we do know of course that Alaska is the largest state now, bigger than Texas.

- Largest state, probably one of our big oil states.

- And they have a lot of mineral deposits up there.

- They do.

- Rene, which are you gonna go with?

- I think I'm gonna pick D, Wyoming.

- [Lynn] Wyoming, okay.

- Just seems too desolate out there for anything.

But coal could be hiding.

- Yeah, they could have a lot more people than, or coal than people.

Wilson, which are you going with here?

- Well, I know they have a lot of coal in Colorado, but I don't know about, I think I'm going to pick D as well because I never heard of coal coming from Wyoming and it seems logical that it could come from Alaska, all that oil.

- And they wear Stetson hats out there I'll bet.

Let's see.

- Oh yeah.

- [Announcer] The answer is C, Alaska.

As of 1984, Alaska is 25th, with Kentucky, West Virginia, and Wyoming, a close one, two, and three.

Pennsylvania's dropped below Wyoming when coal production increased in Western states.

- One of the reasons is, of course, the coal is closer to the ground or to the surface out there and they can get it out without the deep mining.

And secondly, it's Wyoming is closer to some of the Western states that are now using coal to produce electricity.

So, it's a little cheaper to transport it, but so Wyoming has really come up.

- Can I tell you when I once was having a book edited that I talked about coal.

It was about Franklin Rosewell, talked about coal coming from Wyoming and an editor who was checking it out said "Anthracite coal does not come from Wyoming, but it does come from Wyoming, Pennsylvania."

- That's right.

- There is a town here called Wyoming, Pennsylvania, and they make an anthracite.

I didn't know that until then.

- That's true, but they make a lot of coal.

This next question is one of my favorites 'cause Pennsylvania towns have so much to be proud of for so many reasons.

And this one is about a town in southwestern Pennsylvania and some famous people who lived there.

- [Announcer] "In 1985, Canonsburg Pennsylvania, a town of 11,000 just inside Washington County, was named the state's outstanding community.

This was because of Canonsburg success in economic and commercial revitalization, as well as in restoring community pride.

Canonsburg is also proud of its musicians.

Which of these is not from Canonsburg: A, The Four Coins, B, Bobby Vinton, C, Henry Mancini, or D, Perry Como?"

- So three of those musical people or groups are from Canonsburg, only one is not and Rene Portland you just have to pick which one is not from Canonsburg.

- Well, I've been picking all the nots recently so I should be able to do that good.

I'm gonna go with C I guess.

- Henry Mancini, okay.

All right, any particular reason?

- Supposed to groan.

No, I don't know any better right now.

- That could be right.

The Four Coins could be right.

Bobby Vinton could be right.

Or Perry Como could be right.

Wilson?

- Well, Bobby Viton is the only person there that I, whose whereabouts I know.

I'll go with the D. - [Lynn] Perry Como.

Does that means you think Bobby Vinton is from Canonsburg?

- Yeah.

- Okay, Bernie?

- Well, it's got to be D because Perry Como is named after a lake in Italy and nobody ever, it is, Lake Como, so you know.

- You know that there's also a Como, Texas?

- There's a Como, Texas, but I've never heard of The Four Cannons.

- I know a fellow named Paul, Paul Long, who's a television personality in Pittsburgh who's from Como, Texas.

Which one of these is not from Canonsburg?

- The answer is C, Henry Mancini.

Though born in Cleveland, Ohio, grew up in Aliquippa in nearby Beaver County.

The Four Coins, Bobby Vinton, and Perry Como are all from Canonsburg, Pennsylvania.

- Lett's here for rainy Portland.

The only one who got that one right.

Rene.

- Oh Rene.

- Oh.

- He was, as a matter of fact, Perry Como was a barber in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania.

Used to stop and get my haircut back in the 1920s.

- Did you?

- Yeah.

The Four Coins, Bobby, and they have a Bobby Vinton, Wilson, you remember this cause you lived in Pittsburgh.

There's a Bobby Vinton Boulevard I believe in Canonsburg.

- Yeah, he's a very famous native son.

- Yeah.

- I knew that.

I didn't know the other ones.

- Along with Perry Como and The Four Coins.

Tell you a funny story.

We were trying to get a picture of The Four Coins and I said to one of our producers, "Call Canonsburg and ask for a council member and ask them who would know about a picture of The Four Coins, a famous group from back in the fifties and sixties?"

And they called and asked and the guy they got says, yeah, I happen to be a member of that group.

Be glad to send you a picture.

So, they're kind of famous.

We've got Bernie ahead with three, Wilson with two, Rene with one, they're all doing real well.

Let's hear it for our panel.

(audience clapping) I said, these were easy questions.

I lied.

This is the mystery clue number two for our Mystery Pennsylvania.

"Churchill called him the organizer of victory.

Truman called him the greatest of the great.

General Patton said he'd rather face the whole Nazi army than to face this man.

Senator Joe McCarthy called him a traitor."

Who is our mystery Pennsylvania?

And on line two if you know the answer.

"Churchill called him the organizer of victory.

Truman called him the greatest of the great.

General Patton said he'd rather face the whole Nazi army than to face him.

And Senator Joe McCarthy called him a traitor."

While our panelists thinking and cogitating and all that good stuff, our address is The Pennsylvania Game, Wagner Annex, University Park, PA, 16802.

We welcome your suggestions.

We'd love to do a question on your area, write and tell us about it and we'll try to include that on the next program that we do.

Okay.

We're going, I believe to talk about another famous product that was made in Pennsylvania.

And what was that product?

Let's see.

- [Announcer] "Mathias Baldwin was trained as a jeweler.

In 1831, the Philadelphia Museum asked him to make a model of something.

Now, that something worked so well that Baldwin's company became the largest producer in the world.

What did Baldwin produce?

A, pipe organs, B, bicycles, C, railroad locomotives, or D, pianos?"

- Boy, they all sound right to me, Wilson Hutton.

They all sound right to you?

- Couple of 'em do.

I was going to say pianos, but it seems more likely that someone would've been asked to make a model of a railroad locomotive.

So, I think I'm going to go with C. - Ah.

Model is the keyword there for you then?

Uh-huh, okay.

Did you ever have a Baldwin bicycle when you were a kid, Bernie?

- No.

I had a Steinway piano and that's why I can't pick D. So I chose- - See, I had a Steinway bicycle.

- Yeah, I had a Steinway bicycle, yeah.

I guess I'm gonna have to go, where is it?

C, I'm gonna have to go with a locomotive too.

- You're going with the same thing Wilson went with.

- I thought his name was Lionel, but that's- - Okay, Rene?

- I'm gonna go with the crowd, guys.

- I hate it when you all go with the same letter.

- We're gonna sink or swim with this one.

- The only time I don't hate it when you go with the same letter is when you're all wrong and let's see how much I'm gonna hate it or not this time.

What is the right answer?

- [Announcer] The answer is C, locomotives.

From this model, the Baldwin Locomotive Works grew to be the largest in the world.

The Baldwin Company was in Philadelphia for almost a century, manufacturing locomotives there until 1926.

- Baldwin is a kind of piano though, I think.

- Probably the second most prestige piano.

- Next to Steinway bicycles and Baldwin pianos.

- Bicycles and Lionel pretzels.

- If they made pianos, why not pipe organs?

See, I thought I'd throw you off.

- Who, why would a jeweler make a model of a pipe organ?

- Why would a jeweler make a model of a railroad locomotive?

- You answer it, it's your question.

You answer.

- This next question, I don't know how in the world anybody would know the answer to this unless they happen to just be living in the right spot in Pennsylvania.

You'll see.

- [Announcer] "Perhaps the most unusual method of playing Christmas carols is found in a 50 year old tradition in York, Pennsylvania.

Are the carols played on: A, musical saws, B, stalactites of Laurel Caverns, C, a factory whistle, or D, bells of 14 different churches?"

- Those are all just absolutely intriguing answers.

- Sure are.

- And Bernie, Christmas, I know is one of your favorite times of the year.

- I find stalactites of Laurel Caverns irresistible.

So, I will go with D, the bells of 14 different churches.

- I see.

Are stalactites the ones that hang down or the ones that grow up?

- If I knew that I might've chose B, I think stalactites are the ones that hang down.

- Yeah.

- And stalagmites go up, I guess.

But they do have different musical tones to them and make a lovely melody.

Rene?

- I just came from church.

I'm gonna stick with churches.

- Okay, you're gonna go with the bells of 14 different churches.

Okay, we have two Ds this time and Wilson Hutton.

- Oh, I remember there being a musical stalactite organ in a cavern somewhere.

I don't remember if it was Laurel or just what, but I'm going to guess, B.

- Bernie's worried now.

- Yeah, he knew something.

- Did you ever hear the old saying that a little knowledge can be a dangerous thing?

What is the right answer?

- [Announcer] The answer is C, a factory whistle.

The factory whistle of the New York Wire Company.

A tradition begun half a century ago during the Great Depression.

Residents around York can hear the carols each Christmas Eve for five miles around.

- That's awful.

That's awful.

It actually sounds a little eerie and we decided no it's really York, Pennsylvania.

It's a nice tradition.

And for like five miles around every Christmas Eve, they've been doing this for over 50 years.

It really a very beautiful thing.

And you all missed it.

Point that I'm so proud when I come up with a question that you all miss.

- Ask us again in December.

- And you'll know then.

- And we'll know.

- We have a next question.

Lots of course, Pennsylvania's known for a lot of things that we're published here first.

And this is kind of a publishing question.

It's about a famous magazine that was born in Pennsylvania.

- [Announcer] The company that first published the "Daily Racing Form" also published the first magazine to have over 1 billion copies sold in a year.

"Was the first magazine to sell 1 billion copies: A, "TV Guide," B "Reader's Digest," C, "Time," or D, "People?"

- That's kind of an intriguing question.

Rene, you have an idea on that one?

- Oh, - can't believe I'm first on this.

- It's a toughie.

- That is tough.

I'm gonna have to guess C, "Time" - "Time," okay.

The first magazine to sell 1 billion.

That's a lot of magazines, Wilson Hutton.

- Yeah, it's a lot of magazines.

I really don't know.

I think "Reader's Digest" is from upstate New York.

I think I'm just gonna go with the biggest one of the remaining a that would be whoops, C. - C, "Time."

- "Time."

- [Lynn] Okay, we have two times.

- Yeah, it's "TV Guide," recently passed by a hairline the circulation of the "Reader's Digest" and has become the biggest magazine in America.

- Now you give that with great authority.

- Well, that's one I think I do know, but I may be wrong.

- There have been times in the past when you've given answers with great authority.

- I try to make the answer true by saying it loud and hard.

- I see, you know, he may be right.

Change the answer, he may know what he's talking about.

Now, let's see if you are right or not.

What is the answer?

What did you pick at home?

Let's see.

- [Announcer] The answer is A, "TV Guide."

Each month 80 million copies are sold which amounts to one of every five magazines sold in America.

That's three times the worldwide circulation with the runner up, the monthly "Reader's Digest."

Published by Triangle Publications of Radnor, Pennsylvania.

They still publish the "Daily Racing Form," as well as "Seventeen" magazine.

Triangle Publications is owned by Walter Annenberg who served as ambassador to Great Britain.

- And Radnor is not too far from your hometown.

- No, it's not.

- Down there where they publish all that.

Did you see the baby on the cover of "TV Guide?"

That was the first issue of 'TV Guide" and sort of a follow up question for fun is who was that famous baby?

Did you happen?

You know.

- Milton Berle.

(audience laughing) - Did you notice the baby, Wilson?

- I noticed it, I didn't recognize it.

- Well, think television back in those early days, who was the most famous baby on television at one time, any ideas?

It's kind of tough off the top of your head.

- Little Ricky Ricardo maybe.

- Yes, Desi and Lucy's baby.

- There you go.

- And wasn't that, was their first child a boy or a girl.

I believe it was, tell us, Bernie.

- [Bernie] First, I don't know.

- [Wilson] The first one they had on television was a boy.

- No, but their real baby in real life, it was the real life baby that Lucy had and I think it was- - I think it might have been Lucy Jr. - Yeah, I think it, maybe it was, but that was on the first cover of the first "TV Guide" was 'cause Desi and Lucy were, let's see how we're doing.

Oh, Bernie, you've taken a rather commanding lead with five, right, but you're all doing fine.

Let's hear it for Bernie and for the rest of our panel.

(audience clapping) Five is just a little over 50%.

And as I keep telling my professors, that's good enough for an A.

They don't believe it either.

Let's give you a mystery clue number three, "He was secretary of state when he gave a speech at Harvard announcing a plan to save Europe from the ravages of World War II."

So, those are the three clues for the Mystery Pennsylvania and if you just write your answer down, famous Pennsylvanian, long and distinguished military career, commander in chief of the army during World War II, and he was secretary of state after World War II when he gave a speech at Harvard announcing a plan to save Europe from the ravages of World War II.

And let's start down at the other end with Wilson 'cause it's really your turn.

Who do you think it might be, Wilson?

- Well, I don't remember his first name, but I believe his last name was Marshall, General Marshall.

- Okay, General Marshall.

Rene, any ideas on that one?

- I struck out on all three.

- Okay.

- Don't worry because our whole panel has struck out before.

Bernie?

- I can't remember his last name, but I believe his first name was George.

- What's his middle name?

- George Catlett Marshall.

General George Catlett Marshall.

- Is that right?

- That's right.

- You even remember his middle name?

- Well, I'm a middle name man.

- But what if it wasn't George Catlett Marshall?

- Then I'll have to give away those six points.

- Let's see if Bernie's right or wrong.

- [Announcer] George C. Marshall was born in Uniontown, Pennsylvania on New Year's Eve 1880.

His future was shaped when at age 16, he entered the Virginia Military Institute.

Marshall rose slowly through the ranks until World War I.

He returned home a colonel.

By the time World War II erupted, he was army chief of staff.

More than anyone, Marshall was responsible for organizing the Allied victory.

After the war, he served as the president's special envoy to China.

And then as secretary of state, Marshall crowned his career with a plan that saved Europe from the devastation of war.

George C. Marshall, a native Pennsylvanian.

- And native of Uniontown.

And we talked about Canonsburg having a Bobby Vinton Boulevard in Uniontown.

I believe they have one of the main throughway is named for general George C. Marshall, quite a man.

And the fact that the author of the Marshall Plan is from Pennsylvania is something we should be proud of.

Trivia question number two is follow up.

This is one of the most intriguing facts, I think.

During beginning of World War II, he was commander in chief of the Army and when Pearl Harbor was attacked, December 7th, 1941, it was a Sunday morning, he was out riding his favorite horse when that happened in the suburbs of Washington.

Name his horse, what was his horse's name?

- Marshall's horse?

- Mm-hmm.

- Houser.

- Any ideas?

It has to do with Pearl Harbor, Ironically.

No?

His horse's name, are you ready for this?

And trust me, this is the truth, was Prepared.

Yes indeed.

It's sone of those little ironies.

- Was his initial B, as in be prepared?

We have all these Boy Scouts in the audience.

- We do have a lot of Boy Scouts, Troop 383.

We thank you for being here.

All of you, thanks to all of you for joining us.

And panelists, thanks for playing a good game.

And we'll see you all next time.

We'll gather right back here again to play "The Pennsylvania Game."

See you then.

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