Mr. Brooks of Pittsfield, Maine: “I have 13
daughters and no sons (World’s Record)”
Wacky childbirth. Lloyd Brooks’ wife gave birth to their 13th
daughter on March 18th.
Brooks was a $50 a week textile worker who fed his large clan mostly
vegetables, with meat or fish once a week.
The Brooks were married in 1937. The
family appears on stage (minus the infant) after the game and receives designer
hats from the show for an upcoming Easter parade. As for whether or not going 13-0 is a "world's record," the show would frequently use that term to distinguish guests, whether such a thing had actually been proven or not.
Ken Carson: “I rode horseback from Los Angeles
to New York”
Carson was an entertainer primarily
known for Western music, and at the time was a regular vocalist on Garry’s daytime
variety show. He sang with the Sons of
the Pioneers during their mid-40s heyday.
Earlier, he sang with a group known as The Ranch Boys, who collectively
took on this cross-country excursion in 1938 as a promotion for one of their
radio sponsors.
Special Guest June Havoc: “I’m soaking my feet
in a pan of water”
Originally a child
vaudeville performer billed as “Baby June,” Havoc had a successful career in
stage, film and television, but her fame remained eclipsed by the notoriety of
her far more famous sister, burlesque performer Gypsy Rose Lee (
E245
). Their life, as well as that of their
domineering stage mother (E9) was dramatized in the Broadway show Gypsy.
Havoc also wrote two memoirs of her own.
After the game, stagehands remove the desk to show that both she and
Garry are soaking their feet, to much hilarity.
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