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...Apple-cheeked Kirsten Falke, then only 16, was picked up for Twenty One's penny-ante sister show, Tic Tac Dough, when she answered a call to audition as a folk singer. This led her to the office of Tic Tac Dough Producer Howard Felsher, who gave her answers and hints that she would get her big chance to sing on the show. "I botched it up," recounted poor Kirsten. She had asked for her categories in the wrong order and pocketed only...
When the grand jury subpoenaed Kirsten Falke to testify, Producer Felsher urged her to lie. Felsher, who was fired by NBC only last week, told the Congressmen that he urged about 30 former contestants to lie to the grand jury, as he himself had done, naturally under oath (later Felsher returned to the grand jury, told the truth). How many of the nighttime programs of Tic Tac Dough were rigged? Answered Felsher: about 75%-and he had a simple explanation: "I was trying to put together an exciting show, and I never did feel that there was anything terribly wrong...