# Herb Stempl Defeats Charles Van Doren...

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/herb-stempl-defeats-charles-van-doren/832419>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [April 12, 2019, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/herb-stempl-defeats-charles-van-doren/832419 "2019-04-12T00:11:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2019, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/herb-stempl-defeats-charles-van-doren/832419/1 "2019-04-12T00:11:18Z")

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…by outliving him!

Charles Van Doren dead at 93.

Wish I could post a link but I’m doing this from my iPhone which is also dying.

The Quiz Show Scandals were before my time, but I saw the movie. I can only guess that the scandal itself must’ve been more interesting than that flat-footed flick.

Anybody remember the scandals first hand? How big a deal were they?

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**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2019, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/herb-stempl-defeats-charles-van-doren/832419/2 "2019-04-12T01:17:00Z")

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Marty, they had him miss Marty.

Mostly what I remember and that is only from the movie.

My parents told me it was a big deal and killed the big prize game shows for a while, leaving mostly the small prize panel shows.