Garry makes a cute, harmless political
reference at the start of the episode, showing the audience a button he’s
wearing under his lapel that says “I Like Buttons.” This was a play on the “I Like Ike” slogan
that the Eisenhower campaign had introduced so successfully.
[Barbara Anton] of North Bergen, NJ: “I
poisoned my husband by mistake”
Wacky matrimony.
Mrs. Shea of The Bronx, NY: “My husband won
the Congressional Medal of Honor”
Charles W. Shea is credited with single-handedly disabled three German machine gun nests while serving in
Italy on May 12, 1944. He received the
Medal of Honor eight months later. Shea,
who appears at the end of the game, was one of 472 military personnel who
received the Medal of Honor for service during World War II.
Special Guest
Sam Levenson: “I change my baby’s diapers”
A novel
secret in a time when that was still considered mostly “women’s work”. Levenson was a laid-back humorist known
primarily in the fifties for his numerous appearances on television, including
as a game show host. Eventually he would
become an author, penning several collections of autobiographical essays and
other comic pieces.
[Paul Groast]
of Hampton, VA: “I shaved Mahatma Ghandi [sic]”
Gandhi’s
decades-long non-violent efforts to free India from British rule were well
known in the United States in a time when Asia was still somewhat mysterious to
a large part of the population. (Gandhi
is described as “Oriental” during the questioning.) Not so well known, however. His name is misspelled on the card
identifying the secret. Gandhi was
assassinated in 1948.
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