Roy Lazer, a bottler at the Ballantine
Brewery: “I defeated Jersey Joe Walcott”
“Jersey Joe”
was a wildly popular boxer when boxing was wildly popular. At the time of this Secret, he is the
heavyweight champion of the world, and, at age 37, the oldest to that point to
hold the title. He would lose the title
to Rocky Marciano just a month later.
“Jersey Joe” was hardly a dominant fighter. His loss to Mr. Lazer back in 1938 was one of
eighteen losses (against 51 wins) in his career. On the show, it’s mentioned that Mr. Lazer
also fought (but lost to) Joe Louis.
Martin Rafferty, a NYC policeman: “I became the
father of triplets this week.”
Wacky
childbirth. The triplets were boys.
Special Guest Mischa Auer: “I used to be a
lifeguard”
Russian-born
Auer was a prolific actor with some 200 film credits from the 1930s through the
1960s. Originally cast as a villain, he
received an Oscar nomination 1936’s My
Man Godfrey and thereafter played zany comedic roles in pictures large and
small.
[Carl Siegel] of Philadelphia, PA: “I have a
live snake in my pocket”
A boa constrictor, in fact, but a very
small one.
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