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To Tell The Truth Game Show October 17, 2000 (initial air-date)
	TO TELL THE TRUTH #1 …WHAT IS YOUR NAME MY NAME IS J.J. MATIS AND I CARRY THE LA DODGERS ON MY BACK #2 …WHAT IS YOUR NAME MY NAME IS J.J. MATIS AND I CARRY THE LA DODGERS ON MY BACK #3 …WHAT IS YOUR NAME MY NAME IS J.J. MATIS AND I CARRY THE LA DODGERS ON MY BACK TO TELL THE TRUTH ONLY ONE IS THE REAL J.J. MATIS AND HAS SWORN TO TELL THE TRUTH. WHO IS THE REAL MAJOR LEAGUE INVENTOR?
HOST JOHN O'HURLEY SO, YOU CARRY THE DODGERS ON YOUR BACK? LET'S MEET OUT PANELISTS MESHACH TAYLOR PAULA POUNDSTONE PATRICK DUFFY EVA LARUE IT'S TIME TO PLAY TO TELL THE TRUTH. YOU KNOW HOW THE GAME IS PLAYED. ALL THREE OF OUR PLAYERS CLAIM TO BE THE REAL J.J. MATIS. TWO ARE LYING AND ONE HAS SIGNED A STATEMENT, SWEARING TO TELL THE TRUTH. YOUR JOB IS TO FIND OUT WHO THAT IS. SWORN TESTIMONY OF THE REAL J.J. MATIS I, J.J. MATIS, AM A BACKPACKING BUSINESS BABE. WHILE STUDYING FOR MY MBA, I COMBINED MY LOVE OF THE L.A. DODGERS WITH A SCHOOL PROJECT, AND CREATED THIS BASEBALL BACKPACK. BELIEVING MY PRODUCT WAS A HIT, I RAN THE BASES OF RESEARCH AND DESIGN, LICENSING AND PROMOTION. BUT SINCE I WAS A FREE AGENT PLAYING IN THE BIG LEAGUES, I HAD TO HIT THE STANDS WITH A UNIQUE MARKETING STRATEGY. MY GAME PLAN PAID OFF. AFTER 3 YEARS I'VE HIT A HOME RUN BY SINGING A LICENSING AGREEMENT WITH MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL. BUT MY SEASON'S NOT OVER. I HOPE MY PACKS FIND A HOME IN OTHER MAJOR LEAGUE PARKS AS WELL AS THE NBA, NHL, AND NFL. SIGNED J.J. MATIS MESHACH TAYLOR # 1, WHERE'D YOU GET YOUR MBA CAL. LUTHERAN UNIVERSITY # 2, WHERE'D YOU GET YOUR MBA UCLA # 3, WHERE'D YOU GET YOUR MBA UCLA # 1, WHERE'D YOU GET YOUR UNDERGRADUATE DEGREE UNLV, IN LAS VEGAS # 2, WHERE'D YOU GET YOUR UNDERGRADUATE DEGREE LONG BEACH # 3, WERE THE DODGERS OPEN TO THIS IDEA OF THE BACKPACK? YES, THEY WERE VERY SUPPORTIVE #2, DID THE DODGERS LIKE THE BACKPACK? YES #1, WHAT WAS YOUR STRATEGY? THE STRATEGY WAS TO MAKE A SAMPLE/PROTOTYPE AND PRESENT IT TO THE DODGERS TO SEE IF THEY'D BE INTERESTED IN PURCHASING IT FROM ME SO I COULD GET THE LICENSING. PAULA POUNDSTONE #2, WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU HAD TO TALK WITH THE DODGERS AND PLAYERS? YES, THEY REALLY LIKED THE IDES OF THE BASEBAL BACKPACK SO THEY REALLY ENDORSED IT. #3, DID THE DODGERS PLAYERS TAKE PART IN MAKING THE BACKPACKS? NOT THE PLAYERS. #1, WHAT IS THE RESEARCH? THE RESEARCH WAS WEARING THE BACKPACKS AT THE GAMES, WEARING IT JUST AROUND TOWN AND GETTING THE RESPONSE FROM THE PEOPLE THAT SAW IT. #3, IS THAT HOW YOU RESEARCHED IT BECAUSE IF THAT'S THE CASE, I COULD BE A RESEARCH GENIUS? YES, THAT'S ACTUALLY HOW IT HAPPENED. I WORE THEM TO THE GAMES THE STAFF AND FANS LOVED IT. THE RESPONSE WAS PHENOMENAL. PATRICK DUFFY #1, IS THE REASON THERE'S NOT GOLF IS BECAUSE IT JUST WON'T CARRY ENOUGH? (JOKE, NOT A QUESTION) #2, WHAT % OF THE PROFITS GO TO THE LEAGUE AND WHAT % OF THE PROFITS GO TO YOU? SORRY, I'M NOT A LIBERTY TO SAY. #3, DOES THE LEAGUE GET ALL THE $ OR DOES THE $ GO TO THE INDIVIDUAL TEAMS? I'M BOUND BY MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL NOT TO DISCUSS THE MONEY. EVA LARUE #1, WHO PLAYS 3RD BASE FOR THE DODGERS? ADRIAN BELTRE #2, HOW MUCH DID THE INITIAL PROTOTYPE COST? OH, LIKE $2, I JUST TOOK AN OLD SHOE LACE AND STITCHED IT TOGETHER. #3, WHAT DID THE INITIAL PROTOTYPE LOOK LIKE? VERY SIMILAR TO THE ONE WE HAVE NOW. ALTHOUGH IT DID GO THROUGH 5 OR 6 VARIATIONS. HOST JOHN O'HURLEY TIME UP - TIME TO CAST VOTES FOR #1, #2, OR #3 WE'LL BE BACK TO FIND OUT WHO THE REAL J.J. MATIS IS, MAJOR LEAGUE INVENTOR. MESHACH TAYLOR #2, THE WAY SHE SAID SHE MADE IT WAS TOO CUTE… I DIDN'T BELIEVE HER. #3, I ALMOST VOTED FOR HER SOMETHING ABOUT #1 KNOWING WHO THE THIRD BASEMAN FOR THE DODGERS IS, SO I VOTED FOR #1, WITH THE PROTOTYPE OF THE BACKPACK PAULA POUNDSTONE #3 WORE IT SO IT'S NUMBER 3 PATRICK DUFFY #3, NOT ONLY DID #3 HAVE ALL THE ANSWERS BUT SHE SAID THE INITIALS OF HER NAME J.J. IN THE INTRO, LIKE IT WAS REALLY HER NAME. EVE LARUE I'M GUESSING #1 HOST JOHN O'HURLEY AUDIENCE PICK #2, BY 48% IT'S TIME NOW TO FIND OUT WHICH OF OUR CHALLENGERS IS THE REAL J.J. MATIS WILL THE REAL J.J. MATIS PLEASE STAND UP J.J. CONGRATULATIONS ON A WONDERFUL ENTREPRENEURIAL PROJECT. WHAT OTHER SHAPES DO YOU HAVE IN MIND? J.J. ALL SPORTS, ALL LEAGUES, ALL DIVISIONS, SO THERE IS A GOLF ONE COMING FOR US OPEN (AND OTHER TOURNAMENTS). [To Tell The Truth Game Show, October 17, 2000 (initial air-date)]]

To Tell The Truth Game Show
October 17, 2000 (initial air-date)

TO TELL THE TRUTH
#1 …WHAT IS YOUR NAME

MY NAME IS J.J. MATIS AND I CARRY THE LA DODGERS ON MY BACK
#2 …WHAT IS YOUR NAME

MY NAME IS J.J. MATIS AND I CARRY THE LA DODGERS ON MY BACK
#3 …WHAT IS YOUR NAME

MY NAME IS J.J. MATIS AND I CARRY THE LA DODGERS ON MY BACK

TO TELL THE TRUTH
ONLY ONE IS THE REAL J.J. MATIS AND HAS SWORN TO TELL THE TRUTH.
WHO IS THE REAL MAJOR LEAGUE INVENTOR?

HOST JOHN O'HURLEY
SO, YOU CARRY THE DODGERS ON YOUR BACK?
LET'S MEET OUT PANELISTS

MESHACH TAYLOR
PAULA POUNDSTONE
PATRICK DUFFY
EVA LARUE
IT'S TIME TO PLAY TO TELL THE TRUTH.
YOU KNOW HOW THE GAME IS PLAYED. ALL THREE OF OUR PLAYERS CLAIM TO BE THE REAL J.J. MATIS. TWO ARE LYING AND ONE HAS SIGNED A STATEMENT, SWEARING TO TELL THE TRUTH. YOUR JOB IS TO FIND OUT WHO THAT IS.

SWORN TESTIMONY OF THE REAL J.J. MATIS
I, J.J. MATIS, AM A BACKPACKING BUSINESS BABE.

WHILE STUDYING FOR MY MBA, I COMBINED MY LOVE OF THE L.A. DODGERS WITH A SCHOOL PROJECT, AND CREATED THIS BASEBALL BACKPACK.

BELIEVING MY PRODUCT WAS A HIT, I RAN THE BASES OF RESEARCH AND DESIGN, LICENSING AND PROMOTION. BUT SINCE I WAS A FREE AGENT PLAYING IN THE BIG LEAGUES, I HAD TO HIT THE STANDS WITH A UNIQUE MARKETING STRATEGY.

MY GAME PLAN PAID OFF. AFTER 3 YEARS I'VE HIT A HOME RUN BY SINGING A LICENSING AGREEMENT WITH MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL. BUT MY SEASON'S NOT OVER. I HOPE MY PACKS FIND A HOME IN OTHER MAJOR LEAGUE PARKS AS WELL AS THE NBA, NHL, AND NFL.

SIGNED
J.J. MATIS

MESHACH TAYLOR
# 1, WHERE'D YOU GET YOUR MBA

CAL. LUTHERAN UNIVERSITY
# 2, WHERE'D YOU GET YOUR MBA

UCLA
# 3, WHERE'D YOU GET YOUR MBA

UCLA

# 1, WHERE'D YOU GET YOUR UNDERGRADUATE DEGREE

UNLV, IN LAS VEGAS
# 2, WHERE'D YOU GET YOUR UNDERGRADUATE DEGREE

LONG BEACH
# 3, WERE THE DODGERS OPEN TO THIS IDEA OF THE BACKPACK?

YES, THEY WERE VERY SUPPORTIVE
#2, DID THE DODGERS LIKE THE BACKPACK?

YES
#1, WHAT WAS YOUR STRATEGY?

THE STRATEGY WAS TO MAKE A SAMPLE/PROTOTYPE AND PRESENT IT TO THE DODGERS TO SEE IF THEY'D BE INTERESTED IN PURCHASING IT FROM ME SO I COULD GET THE LICENSING.

PAULA POUNDSTONE
#2, WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU HAD TO TALK WITH THE DODGERS AND PLAYERS?

YES, THEY REALLY LIKED THE IDES OF THE BASEBAL BACKPACK SO THEY REALLY ENDORSED IT.
#3, DID THE DODGERS PLAYERS TAKE PART IN MAKING THE BACKPACKS?

NOT THE PLAYERS.
#1, WHAT IS THE RESEARCH?

THE RESEARCH WAS WEARING THE BACKPACKS AT THE GAMES, WEARING IT JUST AROUND TOWN AND GETTING THE RESPONSE FROM THE PEOPLE THAT SAW IT.
#3, IS THAT HOW YOU RESEARCHED IT BECAUSE IF THAT'S THE CASE, I COULD BE A RESEARCH GENIUS?

YES, THAT'S ACTUALLY HOW IT HAPPENED. I WORE THEM TO THE GAMES THE STAFF AND FANS LOVED IT. THE RESPONSE WAS PHENOMENAL.

PATRICK DUFFY
#1, IS THE REASON THERE'S NOT GOLF IS BECAUSE IT JUST WON'T CARRY ENOUGH?

(JOKE, NOT A QUESTION)
#2, WHAT % OF THE PROFITS GO TO THE LEAGUE AND WHAT % OF THE PROFITS GO TO YOU?

SORRY, I'M NOT A LIBERTY TO SAY.
#3, DOES THE LEAGUE GET ALL THE $ OR DOES THE $ GO TO THE INDIVIDUAL TEAMS?

I'M BOUND BY MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL NOT TO DISCUSS THE MONEY.

EVA LARUE
#1, WHO PLAYS 3RD BASE FOR THE DODGERS?

ADRIAN BELTRE
#2, HOW MUCH DID THE INITIAL PROTOTYPE COST?

OH, LIKE $2, I JUST TOOK AN OLD SHOE LACE AND STITCHED IT TOGETHER.
#3, WHAT DID THE INITIAL PROTOTYPE LOOK LIKE?

VERY SIMILAR TO THE ONE WE HAVE NOW. ALTHOUGH IT DID GO THROUGH 5 OR 6 VARIATIONS.

HOST JOHN O'HURLEY
TIME UP - TIME TO CAST VOTES FOR #1, #2, OR #3
WE'LL BE BACK TO FIND OUT WHO THE REAL J.J. MATIS IS, MAJOR LEAGUE INVENTOR.

MESHACH TAYLOR
#2, THE WAY SHE SAID SHE MADE IT WAS TOO CUTE… I DIDN'T BELIEVE HER. #3, I ALMOST VOTED FOR HER SOMETHING ABOUT #1 KNOWING WHO THE THIRD BASEMAN FOR THE DODGERS IS, SO I VOTED FOR #1, WITH THE PROTOTYPE OF THE BACKPACK

PAULA POUNDSTONE
#3 WORE IT SO IT'S NUMBER 3

PATRICK DUFFY
#3, NOT ONLY DID #3 HAVE ALL THE ANSWERS BUT SHE SAID THE INITIALS OF HER NAME J.J. IN THE INTRO, LIKE IT WAS REALLY HER NAME.

EVE LARUE
I'M GUESSING #1

HOST JOHN O'HURLEY
AUDIENCE PICK #2, BY 48%

IT'S TIME NOW TO FIND OUT WHICH OF OUR CHALLENGERS IS THE REAL J.J. MATIS
WILL THE REAL J.J. MATIS PLEASE STAND UP

J.J. CONGRATULATIONS ON A WONDERFUL ENTREPRENEURIAL PROJECT. WHAT OTHER SHAPES DO YOU HAVE IN MIND?

J.J.

ALL SPORTS, ALL LEAGUES, ALL DIVISIONS, SO THERE IS A GOLF ONE COMING FOR US OPEN (AND OTHER TOURNAMENTS).

[To Tell The Truth Game Show, October 17, 2000 (initial air-date)]]

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