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...show. Few viewers knew that the sequence was taped the afternoon before; NBC kept it in the can overnight, sobs and all, then put it on the air. It was quite a show, but NBC was missing a bet by not rerunning some of the old films of Van Doren in the Twenty One isolation booth, mopping his brow and muttering, "Let's skip that part of the question till later, please," and pretending to struggle for an answer that he had been handed, complete with acting script, a few hours before. Old Twenty One fans particularly remember...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: Van Doren & Beyond | 11/16/1959 | See Source »

Charles Van Doren's story before the House Subcommittee on Legislative Oversight...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: I WAS INVOLVED IN A DECEPTION | 11/16/1959 | See Source »

...Doren told how Twenty One's associate producer, Albert Freedman, offered him the chance to dethrone the champion, "unpopular," "unbeatable" Herbert Stempel, promised him $1,000 for the first night's appearance, with "guarantees" later raised...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: I WAS INVOLVED IN A DECEPTION | 11/16/1959 | See Source »

Freedman regularly handed him the questions and answers, sometimes entire scripts, coached him to pause before some answers, skip parts of questions and return to them, building suspense. At one point, said Van Doren, Producer Dan Enright handed him a $5,000 advance and wished him Merry Christmas...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: I WAS INVOLVED IN A DECEPTION | 11/16/1959 | See Source »

...checkered troupe of supporting witnesses that followed Charles Van Doren showed that no one seemed to be immune. Entertainers, admen, producers-everyone played along...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: How It Was Done | 11/16/1959 | See Source »

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