[Douglas Ward] of Orange, NJ: “I was Adlai
Stevenson’s roommate at Princeton”
Stevenson in 1952 is the governor
of Illinois. More importantly, he is
the Democratic candidate for president in the 1952 election. Stevenson would lose to Dwight Eisenhower on
Election Day, precisely two months from this episode.
[Mrs. Lander] of Brooklyn: “I got measles on my
honeymoon”
Wacky matrimony
Special Guest ZaSu Pitts: “Rudolph Valentino
taught me to dance”
ZaSu (pronounced “ZAY-soo”) was a
comedic actress whose distinctively warbly voice helped her make a successful
transition between silent pictures and sound.
Talented enough to play comedy
and drama, she had many serious roles in silent films, but by the advent of
sound was almost exclusively cast in comedies.
(Seriously, that voice!) Her film
career had waned by 1952, but in 1956 she would reach a new generation of fans
as Elvira Nugent on the TV series The Gail Storm Show.
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