User:Daniel Benfield/To Tell The Truth 1980 Video Archive

Syndicated, Daily: September 29, 1980 - June 26 [September], 1981 (195 episodes, taped May 29 - April 16 at NBC Studios in New York)

The 1980s To Tell the Truth was...okay. It's got several problems, but it's still an interesting and fun version.

Originally, the panelists had no nameplates; those were added by the end of Week 4. At about midseason, the panel began entering from behind the logo area (where Robin enters from); before this point, they entered from their own set of clamshell doors.

Big thanks to To Tell The Truth On The Web for the below placement.

LEGAL STUFF SO I DON'T GET SUED: I'm only linking to these videos, none of which were uploaded by me, for the purposes of research and as a public record. Footage ©1980-81 Goodson-Todman Productions/FremantleMedia and associated entities.

Week 1 (September 29-October 3)
 * September-October 1980 (Pat Collins, Nipsey Russell, Margaret Trudeau, John Wade; Subjects: CHUCK JONES!, Mary Kay Ash {founder and chairwoman of Mary Kay Cosmetics}, with one impostor being a needlepoint champ {taped 5/29/80}; taped from GSN {alternate copy, ends before credit crunch})

Week 4 (October 20-24)
 * October 1980 (Nipsey Russell, Tiiu Leek, Gordon Jump, Kitty Carlisle {taped 7/80}; Subjects: Wesley MacIntire {survivor of the Sunshine Skyway Bridge disaster}, ?; taped from GSN, MacIntire game only, ends shortly after the real Wesley is revealed)
 * October 1980 (Nipsey Russell, Tiiu Leek, Gordon Jump, Kitty Carlisle; Subjects: ROSA PARKS!, ?; taped from GSN circa 2005, Parks game only {alternate copy})

Week 7 (November 10-14)
 * November 12?, 1980 (John Wade, Susan Lucci, BILL CULLEN, Polly Bergen {taped 7/31/80}; Subjects: Barry Bremmen {sports impostor}, Sue Ruff {survivor of the Mount St. Helens eruption}, and one imposter who got married on a hot-air balloon; studio master with timecode, plus a reshoot of the end of Game 2 after Robin makes a crucial mistake)
 * [Panelists stand at their area, but this is likely because of Bill. Alan Kalter notes before the show that they'll start "the third show" soon.]

Week 9 (November 24-28)
 * November 1980 (Nipsey Russell, Rita Moreno, Dick Van Patten, Kitty Carlisle; Subjects: Tony LaRussa {manager of the Chicago White Sox}, Betty Tisdale {adopter of five Vietnamese orphans}, with one impostor being a powerboat racing champion; taped from GSN, ends after Game 1 {alternate copy})
 * [Panel still enters from their set of doors.]

Week 18 (January 26-30)
 * January 1981 (Nipsey Russell, Anita Gillette, Soupy Sales, Fannie Flagg {taped 11/4/80}; Subjects: THOM McKEE!, Lenore Medruga {cancer survivor}, and one impostor does a sporting activity underwater; taped from GSN, ends after Game 1)
 * [Panelists stand at their area; no door entrance.]

Week 23 (March 2-6)
 * March 1981 (Soupy Sales, Pat Collins, DICK CLARK!, Peggy Cass {taped 12?/80}; Subjects: Jane Grace {horticulturist who grows huge fruit}, Robert McCue {New Jersey detective}, and one impostor is the owner of a Kentucky Derby-winning horse; taped from GSN)
 * [Panelists enter from upstage.]