Counterfeit Sons

During the 50s, the popular television game show, “To Tell The Truth, pitted the real against the perceived. The basic premise of the show consisted of a panel of four celebrities correctly identifying a contestant (a "central character") from a choice of three possibilities; members of a "team of challengers." One of the contestants normally held an unusual occupation, or had done something noteworthy, and it is this person whom the panel had to attempt to identify. Two of the people would tell lies, while the real person had sworn "to tell the truth”…