Question #1- Is Bern Bennett, the original TTTT announcer, still living?
Question #2- How did they come up with the "fake" stories for the one-on-one segments? On a recent show, they had a lady whose fake story was that she was the voice of Bart Simpson (considering The Simpsons was brand new back then, they could get away with it, but any fan knows that Yeardly Smith is the voice). On another show, they had a lady that claimed to be the new Big Bird. However, any fan would know that Carroll was very much still actively Big Bird, and would semi-retire 12 years later allowing another puppeteer to be Big Bird for the Journey to Ernie segments, which they stopped doing this season)