Jean Blum from Dayton, Ohio: "I'm allergic to my husband"
Wacky matrimony. The couple, who have been married for five years, had no issues while they were dating, nor for the first six months of their marriage. Then the sneezes started. Over time (and a lot of shots), doctors finally determined that Jean was allergic to husband Bill, or at least to the ink, dust and other materials he brings home from his job in a publishing plant. The couple would persevere through the allergy challenges. They would remain together for 46 year, until his death in 1995.
Bert Pichel from Cincinnati, Ohio: "I am the champion smoke-ring blower"
The Fates notes do not identify the contestant, but in the 1950s, Pichel was known as the greatest practitioner of this unusual art. He originally honed his skills as something to do waiting for customers at his Cincinnati gas station. Realizing he had a flair for presentation, he soon began booking engagements at nightclubs, exhibitions and other live events, and before long was blowing smoke professionally. He lit twenty cigars a day for practice, and claimed not to have inhaled the smoke.
Special guest Arlene Dahl: "Everybody in this _____ has their shoes off"
Everybody in this theater? Audience? Crew? The Fates notes are illegible. Use your imagination. Dahl is the glamorous actress who was also active as a businesswoman off camera. Arlene Dahl Enterprises, which she founded in 1952, sold and designed fashion and beauty products. Around 1958, after the birth of son Lorenzo Lamas, Dahl would scale back her showbiz career to focus more on her beauty business. Here, she's in the middle of a two-year courtship with Fernando Lamas, Lorenzo's father. She and Fernando would wed on June 26 of this year. Lamas would end up being the second of her six husbands.
This episode has not been reviewed. ​Information comes from alternate sources, including Gil Fates' handwritten notes. Quoted secrets are based on those notes and are believed to be accurate.
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