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Twenty One and the 1950s Quiz Show Scandals - Game Shows Part I

World's Greatest Con

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Charles Van Doren Dies at 93

Bob Greene: Charles Van Doren was fired from NBC and Columbia for lying to a grand jury. He says he never appeared as a regular on TV again; worked in academics, but wasn't beloved public figure. Greene: Dan Enright's shame is his exiled to Canada, far away from the movers and shakers of real TV. The only gig he can land there is with Screen Gems Canada. Greene: Why was a talented producer like Enright in Toronto and not Los Angeles or New York?

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