To Tell the Truth (1969-1978)

This is chronicling the 1969-1978 version of To Tell the Truth.

Game format
To start, three contestants all of whom claim to be the same person introduced themselves (most of the time the contestants are of the same sex, on rare occasions there would be a mixture of both sexes), then the host read the sworn affidavit of the real person. After the affidavit was read and when the challengers went over to their desk, the panelists one by one asked a series of questions to the challengers based on the affidavit in some way for an unmentioned amount of time. The impostors were allowed to lie, but the real person was game bound to tell the truth (hence the name of the show).

Once one panelist's time was up, another panelist started questioning. Once the entire panel's time was up, they started to vote for whoever was the real person. Each panelist showed his/her vote, and regardless of whoever they voted for, the appropriate panelist's vote for the appropriate contestant was signified by an "X". Once all the votes were cast, the real person then revealed himself/herself by standing up by virtue of the host saying "Will the real (insert person's name) please stand up?". After the real person revealed himself/herself, the impostors told everyone their real names & occupations; then there was a brief chat (sometimes a stunt) to the real person. For each incorrect vote, the team of challengers won $50 to split and if the panel was stumped, the challengers win a total $500.

Panelist's Disqualification
Sometimes, a panelist would recognize or actually know one of the challengers, not necessarily the real person. If and when that happened, the panelist could disqualify himself/herself from voting, causing an automatic wrong vote and giving the team of challengers money for that vote.

Panelists
Regular Panelists included:
 * Orson Bean
 * Peggy Cass
 * Kitty Carlisle
 * Bill Cullen

Trivia
As the show's 1969-1978 run was coming to an end, Garry Moore, having been diagnosed with throat cancer in 1976, started fading away from the show due to his growing illness. His official final show was in September of 1977, at the start of the final season; he handed off hosting duties to Joe Garagiola in the course of this show.