To Tell the Truth/Quotes & Catchphrases

Opening Spiels
1956 Pilot Intro: "ANNOUNCER: What is your name, please? PLAYERS (individually): My name is Tony Costello. ANNOUNCER: 2 of these people are impostors. Only one of them is the real Tony Costello. And is the only one who is telling Nothing But the Truth. And now, here is the host of Nothing But the Truth, our dealer in fact and fiction, Mike Wallace."

50s Intro: "ANNOUNCER: What is your name, please? PLAYERS (individually): My name is (insert name). ANNOUNCER: 2 of these people are impostors. Only one (of them) is the real (insert name). And is the only one sworn To Tell the Truth. (insert sponsor). And here is our host, Bud Collyer."

80s and 90s Intro: "ANNOUNCER: Number 1, what is your name, please? NUMBER 1: My name is (insert name). ANNOUNCER: Number 2. NUMBER 2: My name is (insert name). ANNOUNCER: And number 3. NUMBER 3: My name is (insert name). ANNOUNCER: Only one of these people is the real (insert name). And is (the only one) sworn To Tell the Truth! And now, (from Studio 6A in New York's Rockefeller Center) (let's) meet our panel (insert celebrities). (And) Here's the host of To Tell the Truth, Robin Ward/Gordon Elliott/Lynn Swann/Alex Trebek!"

1990 Pilot Intro: "ANNOUNCER: Number 1, what is your name, please? NUMBER 1: Hi, My name is Robin Mormello. ANNOUNCER: Number 2. Number 2: My Name is Robin Mormello. ANNOUNCER: Number 3. NUMBER 3: My name is Robin Mormello. ANNOUNCER: Only one of these people is the real Robin Mormello and has sworn To Tell the Truth! Now let's meet our panel, performer and host of Showndown on CNBC, Morton Downey Jr.; TV famed newspaper columnist and reporter for A Current Affair, Cindy Adams; the Baryshnikov of football and NFL Hall of Famer, Lynn Swann; And the star of Broadway and television, Lynn Redgrave. And now, here's the host of To Tell the Truth, Richard Kline!"

2000s Intro #1: "ANNOUNCER: Number 1, what is your name? NUMBER 1: My name is (insert name). ANNOUNCER: Number 2, what is your name? NUMBER 2: My name is (insert name). ANNOUNCER: Number 3, what is your name? NUMBER 3: My name is (insert name). ANNOUNCER: Only one is the real (insert name) and has sworn To Tell the Truth! Now, let's meet our panelists (insert celebrities). Here is the star of To Tell the Truth, John O'Hurley!

2000s Intro #2: "ANNOUNCER: Number 1, what is your name? NUMBER 1: My name is (insert name). ANNOUNCER: Number 2, what is your name? NUMBER 2: My name is (insert name). ANNOUNCER: Number 3, what is your name? NUMBER 3: My name is (insert name). ANNOUNCER: Only one is the real (insert name) and the other two are lying. (Insert story mode), and he/she has sworn To Tell the Truth! Now, let's meet our panelists (insert celebrities). Here is the star of To Tell the Truth, John O'Hurley!

Catchphrases
"All three off them claimed to be (insert name). Here's his/her story..." (Read/Follow along with me.) - To Tell the Truth host (1956-1991)

"All three of them claimed to be the real (insert name). Two of them are lying, and one of them signed a statement swearing To Tell the Truth. Your job is to find out who that is. So please open up your affidavits you have in front of you, and read/follow along with me is I read the sworn testimony of the real (insert name)." - John O'Hurley (2000-2001)

"I, (insert name)... (insert story mode) Signed, (insert name)." - To Tell the Truth host (when he reads the affidavit along with the panelists)

"So we'll start the questioning with (insert first panelist)." - To Tell the Truth host

Voting Catchphrases
"That signal means time is up, and it's time for our Celebrity Panelist to lock in your votes without discussion. Is it Number 1? Number 2? or Number 3? And this time, I'll ask our studio audience to cast our votes as well, and I wanna remind you that we're gonna pay our team of challengers worth $1,000 for every incorrect vote. We'll be right back to find out who the real (insert name) right here on To Tell the Truth." - John O'Hurley

"WIll the real (insert name), please stand up?" - To Tell the Truth host