1. Albert Freedman was an American television producer who was involved with the 1950s quiz show scandals.
17 Facts About Albert Freedman
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Albert Freedman became a central figure in the cheating scandals and was the first person indicted.
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Albert Freedman was arrested for perjury after lying about giving contestants questions, and then recanted his grand jury testimony which led to the arrests of 14 former contestants.
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Albert Freedman was born on March 27,1922, in Taunton, Massachusetts.
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Albert Freedman was married to Esther Katz and had four children with her.
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Albert Freedman produced a show called Tic-Tac-Dough and The Big Surprise.
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Dan Enright started a show called Twenty-One to compete, it was produced by Entertainment Productions Inc Albert Freedman took over producing Twenty-One in 1956.
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In 1956 Albert Freedman found a teacher from Columbia University named Charles Van Doren who he thought could be a rival to Stempel.
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Albert Freedman planned to do this by helping Van Doren cheat.
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On November 7,1958, Albert Freedman became the first person indicted and arrested in the quiz show scandal.
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Albert Freedman became the central figure in the quiz show scandals.
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In September 1959 Albert Freedman admitted he had lied to the grand jury and he was indicted for perjury.
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Albert Freedman was arrested and then recanted his testimony to the grand jury in order to avoid a conviction.
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Albert Freedman was facing two counts of perjury and 10 years in prison.
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Albert Freedman relocated in London and worked for Penthouse and other pornography publications.
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Albert Freedman later remarried to his second wife, Nancy Blumberg, and took on her two children as stepchildren.
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Albert Freedman said he did not enjoy the movie, because it made it seem as if there was more cheating than there actually was on "Twenty-One".