To Tell the Truth

To Tell the Truth is a game show that has existed in several versions, beginning in 1956. Hosts varied over the decades, but included Bud Collyer (previously Superman on radio) and Garry Moore.
==Appearances==
* Caroll Spinney was one of the subjects in 1971, and images of Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch were shown.
* Kermit the Frog appeared on the 2000–2002 incarnation hosted by John O'Hurley. Kermit joined celebrity panelists Meshach Taylor, Paula Poundstone, and Traci Bingham for a series of episodes.
Image:Telltruth1.jpg|Kermit tries on a ladies' jock strap.
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Image:Telltruth3.jpg|Kermit with Meshach Taylor, Paula Poundstone, and Traci Bingham
Image:Telltruth4.jpg|Kermit with Traci Bingham
==References==
* The Muppets Look at TV featured the parody "To Tell a Spoof" in which the players must identify the real Miss Piggy.
* Sesame Street featured a parody of the show entitled "To Tell a Face", where a baby boy had to identify his grandmother.
* The game is spoofed in Neat Stuff To Know & To Do as "To Tell the Tooth".
* The game show "When You're Hot, You're Hot!" spoofs the game, with three contestants claiming to be the word "HOT" in Sesame Street Episode 2926.
* To Tell the Tooth is also coming up on the Tooth Channel in "Elmo's World: Teeth."
==Mentions==
* In the November 19, 1990 episode of the show, ventriloquist Heather Holyoak sang a verse of "Sing" as two of her characters.
==Connections==
*Anthony Anderson hosts the ABC version.
*Merv Griffin was a sub host for the original version
*Josh Pais was a mystery guest for the One-on-One segment aired September 3, 1990
*Alex Trebek hosted a version of the show in the 1990s
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