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This Date in History: November 6, 1961

The evening's central characters: a card game expert, a high jump equestrian, and a bad-luck steeplejack...to whom panelist Johnny Carson quips: "You're pretty clumsy to be in this business, aren't you?"

The classic guessing game in which a panel questions three contestants in order to discern the only expert, "To Tell the Truth" remains an enduring Goodson-Todman panel show.
Dedicated to the history of the "To Tell the Truth" game show in all its forms,
"To Tell the Truth" on the Web is a cooperative project designed to offer
research and help former contestants locate their series appearances.

Read the New York Times article profiling TTTT on the Web