Lew Bundles Posted January 11 Report Share Posted January 11 AS I CONTINUE TO SEARCH MY VHS TAPES FOR A COPY OF EC IN THE KORNFIELD ON HEE HAW DELIVERING A JOKE, I WILL POST ANY INTERESTING THING I FIND THAT BERNIE WON’T EMBARRASS ME WITH “It’s on page 147 of Marathon Man”...SO HERE IS A CLIP OF THE TIME ERIC APPEARED ON THE TV GAME SHOW -“TO TELL THE TRUTH”... HOST- “Hello everyone and welcome to tonight’s version of TO TELL THE TRUTH...And my name is Gary Moore...Without further adieu, let’s meet our challengers”... MOORE-“As you can see panelists, we have blocked out the faces of our contestants this evening in case you recognize who our mystery man is..Here is your introduction... My name is Eric Howard Carmen, a singer/songwriter and musician...Back in my home town, I started a group with a bunch of friends and we had a hit with a song called Go All The Way...After the group disbanded, I went on to have a string of solo hits and toured with Ringo Starr’s All Starr Band...After a brief successful reunion with my old band, I’ve been enjoying a nice life in retirement...Sincerely, Eric Howard Carmen... MOORE-Let’s introduce our panel... MOORE-“. But, Before we go any further, we would like to reveal to our audience which one is the real Mr. Carmen...So panel, if you could put your blindfolds on for just a second, we will have the real Mr. Carmen stand up and reveal himself to our audience...#3... We’ll start our first round of questions with our buddy, comedian, Tom Poston”,,, TOM-“ TOM-“Contestant #1...What was the name of the group that you had your first hit with...?” #1-“The Cranberries...” TOM-“The same question for you #2...” #2-“Cream” MOORE-Alright, let’s move along to our favorite comedienne, Peggy Cass“ CASS-“” ”Okay...#3...What was your most famous song after you left your group?” ERIC(#3)-“All By Myself”... CASS-“I see...And how about you number 2?...” #2-“Layla...” MOORE-“Let’s move on to Orson Bean...“ BEAN- “#3...Did you write Go All The Way by yourself?” ERIC(#3)...”Yes...“ BEAN-Same question #2.” #2-“I co-wrote it with my guitar player...” MOORE-“And let’s move on to our final panelist,the lovely Kitty Carlisle” KITTY-“Thank you, Gary ”Number 1- You played with Ringo Starr...Did he ever reveal to you his real name?” #2-“Yes, Richard Starkey...” KITTY- “Same question #1... ”#1-“Richard Starkey” KITTY-“And...#3...Where do you live ?” ERIC(#3)” I live in Arizona”... MOORE-“Well, that’s all the time we have for questions...Please make your selections...is it number 1, 2 or is it #3..? MOORE-Tom Poston”... POSTON-“Well, I am from Ohio and I know Mrs. Kay Bryson very well and she told me that her husband once co-wrote a hit song with Eric Carmen and since #3 said he wrote it alone, I voted for #2... CASS-“Number 3 said his biggest song was All By Myself and he’s lying because any idiot knows that’s Celine Dion’s song, so I voted for number #1” BEAN-“I voted for number 1...I think I always remembered that Eric Carmen was in a band that looked fruity and sounded fruity so number 1 said he was in the band named Cranberries and that sounds kind of fruity for me..And he also knew Ringo’s real name...” KITTY CARLISLE-“I just attended an event in Cleveland with the Cleveland Symphony and they performed some showtunes...and conductor Franz Welser Moost introduced a beautiful song, Almost Paradise, by a hometown boy, Eric Carmen...And when I asked number 3 where he lived, he said Arizona...Ergo: I voted for #2...” MOORE-“Well we have two votes for number 1 and two votes for #2 and zero votes for #3......Now, will the real Eric Howard Carmen please stand up...” MOORE-“ #3...Well Eric...You made our panel look like fools...Desperate Fools at that”...Congratulations...Let’s find out who our other two contestants are...number 1... your real name...” #1...My name is Sammy Snake and I am a life long politician... #2...”I don’t believe in names and I am running for mayor of San Francisco” MOORE-“ “Good night everybody and catch you next time on TO TELL THE TRUTH... 1 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhonda B Posted January 11 Report Share Posted January 11 Thank you Lew. So creative. And so entertaining for a long tiring Monday. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annie Posted January 11 Report Share Posted January 11 OMG. I literally am laughing out loud! These truly make my day. Love the "please stand up photo" Thanks😀 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted January 11 Report Share Posted January 11 From the sound of the cheering, that crowd was really into it!!! : ) Thanks Lew. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doreen Posted January 12 Report Share Posted January 12 You never fail to please 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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