To Tell the Truth - Sing Sing warden; Bing Crosby's brother (Jan 29, 1957)

This is Hildy Parks's last show on the panel, and the first episode to make several tweaks to the show's format. Most importantly, there are now three rounds per episode rather than just two. But also of note: this show finally drops the silly closing bit where the panelists all lied about their names, in exchange for a simple goodnight and the sign off line Bud would use for the next 12 years. The format of the questioning still hasn't been modified to the one-round-per-panelist format, and the panelists still aren't explaining their own votes yet, but otherwise, we're already pretty close to the classic TTTT format.

PANEL: Polly Bergen, John Cameron Swayze, Hildy Parks, Hy Gardner

CONTESTANT #1: Wilfred Denno (Warden at Sing Sing)
CONTESTANT #2: Muriel Agnelli (Editor of Dorothy Dix column)
CONTESTANT #3: Edward J. Crosby (Bing Crosby's brother)

Many thanks, as always, to epaddon for providing his copy of this episode.
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