27     January 8, 1953
Bill, Jayne, Henry, Kitty Carlisle

At this point, Toni (the makers of Prom, White Rain and other beauty products) has dropped its alternate sponsorship, so the show is entirely sponsored by Carter Products (makers of Arrid) and only seen on alternate weeks.  It alternates with the police drama Racket Squad.  Kitty Carlisle makes her last appearance on the panel because she’s moving to the West Coast with husband Moss Hart.   

“Young Man”: “I made the only touchdown in the Rose Bowl last week”                 
Halfback Al Carmichael caught a touchdown pass in the third quarter for Southern Cal’s 7-0 victory over Wisconsin.  This broke a string of six straight wins by the Big Ten representative over the Pacific Coast team, and was only the second time ever that a Pacific Coast team had beaten a Big Ten team in the Big Game.  While Carmichael scored the lone touchdown, it was USC quarterback Rudy Bukich who gained most of the acclaim for executing the drive, for which he won MVP honors.   

[Mrs. Ethel Bell]: “I fed Bill Cullen his baby bottle”                 
Mrs. Bell is not in the studio.  Unable to make the trip because of bad weather, she instead is watching the show live in the studios of WDTV (now KDKA) in Pittsburgh, and responding to questions via an audio link, a fairly impressive bit of technical wizardry by 1953 panel show standards.  She was Bill’s next-door neighbor when he was an infant, and she a child of 13.  [Also see E123 ]   

Special Guest Zsa Zsa Gabor: “I’m wearing the Hope Diamond”                 
The Hope Diamond, one of the most famous gems in the world, has ownership records dating back to 1666.  Many people possessed it over the years, including the 19th century Hope banking family of London, from which it gets its name.  Jeweler Harry Winston purchased the gem in 1949, and loaned it out for public exhibitions like this one. In 1958 he would donate it to the Smithsonian Institution where it resides today in the National Museum of Natural History.  Zsa Zsa is in town to promote her film Moulin Rouge (1952).   

Mrs. George Scott: “I live in the zoo”                 
Mrs. Scott’s husband is in charge of the bird house at the Bronx Zoo, and they live in an apartment on the property.

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