To Tell the Truth
Harry Thompson, Mary Jaffe, John McGuire
TV Flash files “Harry Thompson, Mary Jaffe, John McGuire” as hour 193 of 251 in the TV Flash guide — To Tell the Truth (1956–1968) on CBS, season 5, episode 5, aired 1961-01-30, 30 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S05E05: listed hour 193 of 251 in the To Tell the Truth guide, hour 5 of 44 in season 5. It aired 1961-01-30 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Ernie Richardson, Jane Rosenthal, Prof. Maynard Arnarine” (S05E04). Next is “G.A.A. Hunter, Yvone Parsinet, Roland T. Sykes” (S05E06).
Viewer FAQ
Where does Harry Thompson, Mary Jaffe, John McGuire sit in the To Tell the Truth guide?
S05E05 is listed hour 193 of 251 — hour 5 of 44 in season 5, season 5 episode 5.
When did To Tell the Truth S05E05 air?
Harry Thompson, Mary Jaffe, John McGuire aired 1961-01-30 and is listed at 30 minutes.
Where should I start?
Start with Collyer's original CBS run and wait for the stand-up reveal. Three claimants, one identity, a sweating panel — that is the whole machine.
In the series
Why this series still plays
To Tell the Truth perfected the impostor panel: three people claim one identity, the celebrities sweat, and one phrase escaped into the language. Will the real blank please stand up still works because the format is a lie detector with manners. A 2026 viewer watches the original bluff-as-entertainment machine.
The look is three people claiming one identity — a lie detector with manners, celebrities sweating, a reveal line that escaped the show into the language. *To Tell the Truth*, CBS prime time 1956–1968, 251 episodes across six seasons in this catalog file: Bob Stewart's impostor format for Goodson-Todman, hosted by Bud Collyer, panel heat from Kitty Carlisle, Orson Bean, Tom Poston. 'Will the real ___ please stand up?' still works because the bluff is the entertainment. The timeline can meme the line. The…
Filed against
- Bud Collyer as Host
Bud Collyer’s host weather made To Tell the Truth a lie detector with manners — 1950s catalog impostor panel, will-the-real-blank-please-stand-up as a national phrase. Beat the Clock kept the smile in whipped-cream chaos. TV Flash files…
- Kitty Carlisle as Panelist
Kitty Carlisle sat To Tell the Truth as panelist weather — three claimants, one identity, celebrities sweating, a lie detector with manners. Will the real blank please stand up escaped into the language. TV Flash tracks her as 1950s…
- Orson Bean as Panelist
Orson Bean held the panel on To Tell the Truth, the 1950s impostor game where three people claim one identity and the celebrities sweat. Will the real blank please stand up still works because the format is a lie detector with manners. TV…
- Tom Poston as Panelist
Tom Poston’s panelist sweat helped To Tell the Truth mint “will the real blank please stand up” — impostor manners, celebrity guessing, a lie detector with a handshake — then innkept Newhart as Vermont ensemble comedy at refined volume,…
Also in season 5
- S05E01 Tom Pike, Simone Gostner, Manuel Guata
- S05E02 Joseph Lynch, Madelyn Miamoto, William Jeromski
- S05E03 Chuck Stearns, Rachel Moffitt, Alan D. Crookshank
- S05E04 Ernie Richardson, Jane Rosenthal, Prof. Maynard Arnarine
- S05E06 G.A.A. Hunter, Yvone Parsinet, Roland T. Sykes
- S05E07 Maj. John D. Mosley, Janie Smith, Oren Lyons