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It was not until he was approached, some thirty years later, by the producers of the documentary The Quiz Show Scandals for PBS's American Experience, that he finally agreed to be interviewed on the subject.

Julian Krainin, who co-produced the film, also co-produced the 1994 feature film Quiz Show, in which Stempel was portrayed by John Turturro.

Stempel actually made an uncredited film debut in that movie, portraying a different contestant being interviewed by the congressional investigator Dick Goodwin, played by Rob Morrow.

In spite of being " a little miffed by the portrayal, it was an over-the-top sort of portrayal of me ".

When Quiz Show was released, Stempel embraced the renewed public interest in him, giving interviews on radio and television ( notably appearing on Late Night with Conan O ' Brien, taped in the same NBC studio Twenty One once occupied ), as well as lecturing at some colleges about the quiz scandals. Every time ' Quiz Show ' is shown on television, invariably the phone rings and some character at the other end says, ' What picture won the Academy Award in 1955?

' — Herb Stempel, 2004