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The network receives funding from the commonwealth to provide public television for all Pennsylvanians.

ANNOUNCER: Now let's get the game started.

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

[cheering] You gotta love them, my studio audience.

Thank you so much for showing up.

Thank you, people at home, for tuning in.

We've got another round of The Pennsylvania Game, and I can't wait to get started.

Let's meet our panelists for today's show.

Back again, good to see you.

Good to see you.

SCOTT: It's Kevin from the Kevin half of the Kevin and Jeff morning show on W2RC in State College.

Kevin Nelson.

Let's hear it, folks.

Also joining us again in encore presentation, it's the State College Hat Lady Millie Bubash.

Good to see you again, Millie.

Nice to see you.

And a newcomer to our show, Rikki Nevins, joins us for the first time this season.

She's an elementary mathematics teacher from Sugar Valley Elementary School in Loganton, Clinton County.

We're glad to have you along for the ride.

Let's get started.

Three fun new contestants?

A new show?

I can't wait.

I'm so excited.

Give me a question.

ANNOUNCER: The M tter Museum in Philadelphia opened its doors in 1863 to instruct medical students.

It has also piqued the public's curiosity.

The museum contains one of the world's largest collections of A, thing swallowed and inhaled, B, artificial limbs, C, the frontal lobes of comedians, or D, antique false teeth.

SCOTT: That's where my frontal lobe went, The M tter Museum.

Or should I say, the M tter Museum.

The M tter Museum is that things swallowed and inhaled, artificial limbs, the frontal lobes of comedians, or antique false teeth.

Let's find out from Kevin what he thinks.

Kev?

Well, I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy-- SCOTT: Eh.

I think it's A, things swallowed and inhaled.

SCOTT: Things swallowed and inhaled.

Just it feels like if you go there, you've got to swallow something, I think.

Your pride maybe.

I don't know.

Millie, what do you think?

I think artificial limbs.

SCOTT: Artificial limbs.

Yeah.

SCOTT: Also a good answer.

It's as good as anything else on this list.

Everything body's getting them.

Right.

Everybody's getting them.

Yes, I have a couple myself, yes.

MILLIE: I really do.

Do you really?

MILLIE: I do.

Oh, well, good for you.

All right, let's go down to Rikki.

Rikki, what do you think?

Well, I'm glad it's multiple choice.

I picked B. SCOTT: B.

So we have artificial limbs.

We have two people who think it's a limb thing and one's trying to make us swallow something.

Thank god nobody picked the frontal lobes.

ANNOUNCER: The answer is A, things swallowed and inhaled.

The M tter Museum at the College of Physicians of Philadelphia was established as a repository of research material for medical students.

Thomas M tter extolled the method of teaching by observation and example.

He amassed a collection of anatomical and pathological specimens and eventually established the M tter Museum, which contains more than 20,000 human specimens and medical instruments from the 1800s to the present.

The museum includes the Hall of Fame of Swallowed Objects, an array of thousands of items from bullets to bobby pins, false teeth to whistles that have been fished from the larynxes, lungs, esophagi, and stomachs of patients.

Referred to as one of the most unusual places in the world, the museum is open to the public.

Lucky them.

OK, people, you're not going to believe this.

Among the museum's collection is, and I am not making this up, a megacolon packed with 50 pounds of, well, what you would expect to find packed in a colon.

Yes.

We have another museum that has President Reagan's polyps.

We're going to see some funny stuff.

I think we need a new question.

ANNOUNCER: This one-time Pottsville reporter employed a journalistic style in his later bestselling novels.

Several of his stories were set in a town called Gibbsville, which many say bears a striking resemblance to Pottsville.

Which Pennsylvania writer is he, A, John D. MacDonald, B, John O'Hara, C, Conrad Richter, or D, James Michener?

SCOTT: Ooh, a one-time Pottsville reporter.

Was it John D. Macdonald, John O'Hara, Conrad Richter, or James Michener?

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

Mhm-- SCOTT: And we're punched in.

I'm going to say-- SCOTT: And we're punched in.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

There we go, OK. C. SCOTT: C. You're going with Conrad Richter.

Right.

An excellent choice.

I guess a good answer on my Richter scale.

[cheers] Rikki, get me out of here.

What was your answer?

I chose that also.

SCOTT: We have two Richter scales.

This is great.

Could we make it three?

We may not be right, but we're getting tickets.

I go with C. SCOTT: They're all going together.

[cheers] Kevin has played the game before.

He knows.

Three right answers means a Pennsylvania lottery ticket.

And now we'll find out from Wendy what the answer is.

ANNOUNCER: The answer is B, John O'Hara.

John Henry O'Hara was born in 1905 in Pottsville, Pennsylvania, the first of eight children born to Patrick and Catherine O'Hara.

John's father, a successful surgeon, died when John was 20, ending his plans to attend Yale.

O'Hara developed as a writer while working as a reporter for the Pottsville Journal.

At 23, he moved to New York City and wrote fiction for The New Yorker and other magazines.

John O'Hara published more than 35 novels, including BUtterfield 8 and Pal Joey, which were made into movies.

Many of his novels, including Appointment in Samarra, his first and perhaps best work, were set in the enterocyte region of southeastern Pennsylvania.

John O'Hara worked on both the Pottsville Journal and Tamaqua newspaper.

He was fired from both jobs, something to do with politics.

Let's find out a little bit more about our panel, shall we, kids?

Kev.

SCOTT: Hello there.

Good to have you back.

Good to be back.

Good to see you again.

Aside from our natural affinity for golf, there's something that has been wondering about.

You've been on the morning show now for so long.

How do you come up with material day after day after day?

What do you do?

You fake a lot of it.

SCOTT: You fake it.

You make it up.

Yeah, yeah.

SCOTT: An excellent answer.

Absolutely.

SCOTT: Good sound effect too.

Thank you, yes.

SCOTT: Millie, we've got you back again.

I couldn't be happier.

Right, thank you.

Now I have in my notes here, it says that-- it actually-- they gave me your age.

I was shocked.

Oh, I never tell my age.

SCOTT: I know.

I was guessing about 30 years younger than this.

So you were like, yeah, 39 area.

But you're a retired hat lady.

So no more hats?

We're not going to have hats now, I understand?

I brought the last of the Mohicans.

SCOTT: The last of the hats?

Yeah, the last-- SCOTT: Do we have a chance to see it now?

Well, sure.

SCOTT: Well, great.

I mean, it's the last of what we were wearing.

And the ladies will remember.

This is what we called hats.

SCOTT: And matches that outfit perfectly.

It's very nice.

Good to have you again, Millie.

Thank you.

Thanks I didn't bring a hat.

Now, Rikki, speaking of golf, Rikki and I actually met up at the golf course in-- is it bell springs?

Bell spring.

Outside of Lock Haven.

I was out there to play around with my father.

And by golly, there you were.

Yes.

You came out of the clubhouse-- SCOTT: So you're not only a math teacher, but a golfer.

Well, I hope I'm a better math teacher than I am a golfer.

You were surprised that I recognized you.

SCOTT: I was very pleased that you recognized me.

It was so nice.

And you could help me with my golf scores since you know your math so well.

OK, I'll be glad too.

Help me work them down a little bit, I don't know.

Let's get a new question from Wendy right now.

ANNOUNCER: In 1820, Pennsylvania lawyer George Catlin embarked upon a career in art.

His contribution to American culture was not widely recognized until after his death.

Did he A, begin the 13-volume work, the Encyclopedia Americana, B, draft the first Civil Rights law, C, help to preserve Native American culture through paintings, or D, shock public tastes with his sculptures of nude cherubs?

SCOTT: George Carlin-- oh, I'm sorry, Catlin.

George Catlin, did he begin the 13-volume work, the Encyclopedia Americana?

Did he draft the first Civil Rights law?

Did he help to preserve Native American culture through paintings?

Or did he shock public taste with his sculptures of nude cherubs?

That sounds more like George Carlin.

Let's go to you, Rikki, first on this one.

Punch in, please.

It wasn't George Carlin?

SCOTT: No, George Catlin.

I chose D. SCOTT: You chose D, shocked public taste.

Yes.

We're all thinking the same way I was.

Well, I think you put a trap in there.

That music sounded very Native American to me that they were playing during the question.

So that must mean C is wrong.

So naturally, I took it.

[laughter] Convoluted logic.

Oddly enough, on this show, it works.

Millie, what do you think?

Well, I like the nude cherubs.

SCOTT: You like that.

Yeah, right.

I thought a lot of guys might like that.

But I chose C also.

SCOTT: C also.

We have three C-- no, we have a D and two C. It's almost lottery tickets.

But we have two Cs and a D. Let's find out if it's correct.

ANNOUNCER: The answer is C. He helped to preserve Native American culture through his paintings.

Born in Wilkes-Barre, George Catlin briefly practiced law.

In 1820, he began painting Native Americans.

Catlin was inspired by their grace and dignity and determined that, quote, "nothing short of loss of my life shall prevent me from visiting their country and becoming their historian."

In 1849, Daniel Webster declared that Catlin's Native American portraits were more accurate and truthful, quote, "than all the other drawings and representations on the face of the Earth."

Catlin traveled extensively, displaying his paintings and artifacts while speaking on behalf of Native Americans.

He went bankrupt in 1852 and sold his entire collection to one of his creditors.

His paintings now permanently reside in the National Museum of American Art.

Shocking, shocking.

All right, time to make our first trip over to the tote board and see what we have.

I see Kevin has two points.

Millie has a point.

Yeah, we're working on it.

We got a 0 down on the end.

But Rikki's going to catch up a little bit later on in the show.

Time for our first clue in the Mystery Pennsylvanian.

Get your pens ready.

Here we go.

Born in Gallitzin and raised in Harrisburg, this network news pioneer achieved prominence when her field was virtually closed to women.

Born in Gallitzin, Pennsylvania, and raised in Harrisburg, this network news pioneer achieved prominence when her field was virtually closed to women.

The ladies seem to have answers.

Kevin's working on an answer.

Yes, sir.

SCOTT: Get it on the top line.

Get it right.

You get a lot of points, and that's how it works.

Let's have another question.

ANNOUNCER: In 1997, actor Eddie Albert, star of the 1960s TV sitcom Green Acres, was honored at a ceremony in Adams County, Pennsylvania.

Although belated, Albert's honor symbolizes his proudest undertaking.

Did he A, star in the first TV Western produced by WCAU-TV in Philadelphia, B, lobby to end death by electrocution in Pennsylvania, C, establish the Eastern Paralyzed Veterans Association, or D, rescue 70 Marines during World War II?

SCOTT: Eddie Albert, not just Green Acres.

Was he a star in the first TV Western produced by WCAU-TV in Philadelphia?

Did he lobby to end death by electrocution in Pennsylvania?

Did he establish the Eastern Paralyzed Veterans Association?

Or did he rescue 70 Marines during World War II?

Kevin, you get to guess first.

And it's a guess entirely.

I think it's C, established the Eastern Paralyzed Veterans Association.

SCOTT: Well, you know what?

Makes sense to me.

As I was looking over the question, I kind of felt that way myself.

Millie, what do you think?

Oh, I don't know.

I thought maybe he was helping those that had to go and be electrocuted.

Helping electrocuted.

They needed help.

They need help.

I know if you're going to electrocute me, you'd have to help me along, too, I think.

Rikki, what do you think?

This is a lot easier at home.

I chose A. SCOTT: A.

So we have A.

We have B.

We have C. Nobody picked D. Guess what that probably means.

ANNOUNCER: The answer is D, rescue 70 Marines during World War II.

Born in Illinois in 1908, Eddie Albert starred in Green Acres on Broadway and film.

In 1943, Albert was a naval lieutenant during the Allied invasion of the Gilbert Islands.

Under heavy enemy fire, Eddie was responsible for the rescue of scores of Marines in one of the war's bloodiest battles.

Commander George Thomas of the East Berlin VFW was on a Destroyer during the battle and witnessed the heroics, but didn't know until decades later that the hero was Eddie Albert.

Overlooked for half a century, he and other Pennsylvanians who fought in the battle spearheaded a campaign, which resulted in the Navy departments honoring Eddie with the Bronze Star.

The special ceremony was held in 1997 at the East Berlin VFW in Adams County.

My applause too.

It's always good to see actors who have done such, such wonderful things.

Let's go right into a new question.

ANNOUNCER: A poor boy in Pittsburgh, Andrew Carnegie would become one of the most influential men in the 19th century and, by 1901, the richest man in the world.

What was Carnegie's first job?

A, bank teller, B, a bobbin boy in a textile mill, C, a breaker boy in a coal mine, or D, a barge hand?

SCOTT: Andrew Carnegie's first job, was he a bank teller, a bobbin boy, which I believe is the guy who goes with Batman, isn't he?

Bobbin boy in a textile mill-- [boos] Don't turn on me now!

--a breaker boy in a coal mine or a barge hand?

Millie, we're going to go to you.

Well, I chose B. SCOTT: B, a bobbin boy.

Yeah, I liked it sort of sounded bobbin boy and happy.

SCOTT: And B.

And B for bobbin boy to boot.

And B for Bubash.

SCOTT: B for Bubash?

I like all of them.

These are good answers.

Rikki, what do you think?

B got the most laughs.

I chose B. SCOTT: You chose B for the laughter factor.

Laughter factor working.

Is it going to work all the way, Kev?

I think I've messed up the lottery tickets again.

I'm barging in with D. SCOTT: Barging in with D. But it's still a ba-ba-B answer.

What do we have?

ANNOUNCER: The answer is B.

He was a bobbin boy in a textile mill.

The Carnegie family emigrated from Scotland and settled in Pittsburgh when Andrew was 13.

Andrew's first job as a bobbin boy paid him $1.20 a week.

Clever and industrious, he later took a job with a Pennsylvania Railroad, working his way up to superintendent of its Western division.

Through wise investments in sleeping cars and oil company and other ventures, by age 28, he earned more than 16 times his annual railroad salary.

He went on to establish Carnegie Steel, which dominated the steel industry for 30 years.

He sold the company in 1901 for $480 million, making him the richest man in the world.

Carnegie then turned his energies to philanthropy and gave away $350 million by the time of his death in 1919.

Mr. Carnegie, all from being a bobbin boy.

[laughs] Let's take a look at our scores right now.

I see on the big tote board, Kevin has two, Millie has two, Rikki catching up with one point now.

They're doing good, doing good.

That means it's time for our next clue in the Mystery Pennsylvanian.

Here we go.

She was NBC's correspondent for the United Nations for 21 years and earlier covered it for ABC.

She was NBC's correspondent for the United Nations for 21 years and earlier covered it for ABC.

Born in Gallitzin and raised in Harrisburg, this network news pioneer achieved prominence when her field was virtually closed to women.

Let's see.

Everybody's got answers.

They're all scribbling something over there, which is good because it's time for us to move on.

ANNOUNCER: Despite inventing something in 1900 that had worldwide implications, Reginald Aubrey Fessenden has been virtually forgotten.

An electrical engineer at the University of Pittsburgh, he was ridiculed for his ideas.

Was he A, father of the ham radio, B, father of the electric generator, C, father of radio broadcasting, or D, father of electric shock therapy?

SCOTT: And all this time, we thought Kevin was the father of ham radio.

Was, in fact, Reginald Aubrey Fessenden, the father of ham radio, the father of the electric generator, the father of radio broadcasting, or the father of electric shock therapy?

We're going to go to Rikki first on this one.

Rikki, how do you see this?

I'm catching on, I think.

SCOTT: You're catching on.

I think it's D. SCOTT: You think it's D. You think it's electric shock therapy.

I don't know.

One thing we know is we all need electric shock therapy immediately after the show.

Kev, what do you think?

How come we never find out who the mother is?

SCOTT: Millie's the mother.

MILLIE: I'm the mother.

I also, because I'm personally familiar with it, went with electric shock therapy.

SCOTT: The electric shock therapy.

It's kind of a consistent moment.

We've got Millie.

Are we going to make it three in a row?

Well, I don't know the vibes between Kevin and I kept saying radio, radio.

So he's the father, A. SCOTT: So you went with the ham radio.

Yeah, I went with the ham.

SCOTT: OK, well, we've got ham radio.

We've got shock.

Shocking, I have shocking news.

Here it is.

ANNOUNCER: The answer is C, father of radio broadcasting, Reginald Aubrey Fessenden, Canadian-born physicist and electrical engineer, researched wireless communication at the University of Pittsburgh.

While Marconi conducted radio experiments with Morse code, Fessenden believed that it was possible to transmit the human voice using radio waves.

In 1900, after years of experimentation and ridicule, he succeeded in transmitting the human voice between two towers.

In 1906, he beamed the first radio broadcast of speech and music to ships at sea.

He played the violin and read from the Bible.

The same year, he established two-way transatlantic wireless telegraph communication.

Overshadowed by the work of others, he fought bitterly and alone to prove his theories.

When he died in 1932, he had more than 500 inventions to his credit.

Fessenden, Fessenden.

Fessenden built the first power-generating station at Niagara Falls.

I thought that was rather interesting.

And along with that interest, let's go on to a new question.

ANNOUNCER: Due to long lines, double-scoop ice cream cones have long been prohibited at the popular Penn State Creamery, which opened in 1896.

However, in 1996, a patron asked for and received two scoops, no questions asked.

Who got away with this flouting of tradition, A, President Clinton, B, Joe Paterno, C, Dolly Parton, or D, Garth Brooks?

What was the year?

SCOTT: Hmm, who could possibly have gotten double scoops?

You think our president talked his way into it, Joe Paterno, what with being the King here and all, Dolly Parton, because, obviously, she would need two scoops?

Yeah.

[exclaims] Aya-ya-ya-yay.

SCOTT: I don't care.

I liked it.

Or could it have been Garth Brooks?

Kevin, we're going to ask you first.

I'm pretty sure he was here in 1996, and I'm pretty sure he doesn't like following the rules.

So I'm going to say President Clinton.

SCOTT: We got a Clinton follower.

We have one president.

Millie?

I went with Garth.

He looks like he likes ice cream.

SCOTT: He looks like he likes ice cream.

And he could smooth talk that girl behind the counter, I'll tell you that right now.

Rikki, what do you think?

I watched the last show.

I picked Joe Paterno.

SCOTT: Joe Paterno.

She knows.

She knows the secret on our show.

If you don't know the answer, pick Joe Paterno.

Let's find out what the real answer is.

ANNOUNCER: The answer is A, President Clinton.

On campus to deliver a commencement speech, President Clinton arrived at the creamery and ordered a double dip of Peachy Paterno and Cherry Quist.

Ignorant of the single-scoop policy, Clinton was told of his faux pas only after his order was filled.

Most visitors to Penn State's Creamery know about its famous ice cream, sherbet and cheeses, but they may not know that it is the largest university creamery in the nation.

The creamery manager says they hand dip more than 750,000 cones a year, has no plans to relax the prohibition.

It seems two scoops are purely a presidential privilege.

SCOTT: Go, Bill.

Time for our third clue in the Mystery Pennsylvanian.

Pens ready, here we go.

In 1976, she became the first woman to moderate a presidential debate between Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter.

1976, she became the first woman to moderate a presidential debate between Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter.

Born in Gallitzin, raised in Harrisburg, this network news pioneer achieved prominence when her field was virtually closed to women.

She was NBC'S correspondent for the United Nations for 21 years and earlier covered it for ABC.

There's all kinds of strange things going on in the background, but that's OK because we're about ready to turn over our answers anyway.

Millie, let's go to you first.

MILLIE: Oh, you want to see my answer.

If you would, please.

I would like to see your answer.

All right.

SCOTT: I'm that way.

Oh, I know.

SCOTT: OK, let's see what do we have.

Could you read them off for me, please?

Kirkpatrick.

SCOTT: Jeane Kirkpatrick, good guess.

And Kirkpatrick.

SCOTT: And Kirkpatrick.

And Kirkpatrick.

SCOTT: Kirkpatrick.

You act like what you're talking about.

I like your thinking.

MILLIE: I don't know.

So let's see what Rikki says.

I picked Jessica Savitch, Jessica Savitch, and Jessica Savitch.

SCOTT: Ditto ditto ditto.

Jessica Savitch.

So we have Jeane Kirkpatrick.

We have Jessica Savitch.

And we have-- And I know I'm wrong, but I couldn't think of anybody else, so-- SCOTT: Baba Wawa.

Three times with Barbara.

SCOTT: Three times with Barbara Walters.

Wendy, somebody out there tell me what the right answer is.

ANNOUNCER: Pauline Frederick, born in Gallitzin and raised in Harrisburg, she made her name in a field that was virtually closed to women.

In 1938, after six years as a newspaper reporter, she landed a job in radio.

Despite her boss's advice to, quote, "stay away from radio.

It doesn't like women," she made her first network broadcast in 1939.

Well known for her program, Pauline Frederick Reporting, she covered world affairs, including the Nuremberg trials after World War II.

She was NBC's correspondent to the United Nations for 21 years.

After retiring from NBC in 1974, she commented on foreign affairs for National Public Radio.

Recognized for many firsts, including the first woman to moderate a presidential debate, she opened doors for countless women in journalism.

She died in 1998 at the age of 84.

Pauline Frederick, a famous Pennsylvanian.

Let that be a lesson to you, non-Pennsylvanians.

We're everywhere.

Let's take a look at our scores now.

It looks like Kevin has three.

Millie has two.

Rikki has one.

Kevin is our champion today!

Wendy, tell him what he won.

ANNOUNCER: OK, Scott, how about an assortment of Italian food products from Del Grosso Foods of Tipton and a 20-piece Pfaltzgraff dinnerware set to serve it on, plus 50 chances to win $1,000 a week for life from the Pennsylvania Lottery.

SCOTT: Look at all those fabulous prizes.

I couldn't be happier.

Great job, Kev.

This is marvelous.

We certainly had a great time.

We hope you enjoyed yourself too.

Why don't you send your questions to The Pennsylvania Game?

If we get them on the air, you will win a free subscription to Pennsylvania Magazine.

You just send them to this address right here on your screen or visit our website, wpsx.psu.edu.

In the meantime, I want to thank these wonderful contestants for such a great job.

KEVIN: Thank you.

My studio audience, my people at home, thanks for joining us.

Good night.

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The network receives funding from the commonwealth to provide public television for all Pennsylvanians.

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