[
Eva Panesevitch], with her translator [Ed Macklin]: “I speak perfect English”
Seems like a cute idea, but we don't have any other details, and can't even confirm the identity of the two participants, nor the correct spelling of their names. The show would tread similar ground again in 1957 (
E263
).
Air
Force Lt Col John P Stapp: “I’ve traveled faster on land than any other
human being (421 mph)”
Colonel Stapp set his record in Alamogordo, New Mexico on March 19 but the military did not make the news public until June. He is a 43-year-old medical doctor, a pioneer in the study of the effects of acceleration and deceleration on the human body. His entire run in
a rocket-propelled sled on a specially designed 3,500-foot track took him
from zero to 421 mph and back to zero in only seven seconds. It was estimated that the pressure on his body was 22 times the force of gravity. In December, Stapp would reach a speed of 632mph and withstand a force of more than 46G in a similar test. Stapp's work, which went far beyond these speed tests, had wide-ranging applications in everything from human space flight to the seat belts used in passenger automobiles. Today an outdoor park at the New Mexico Museum of Space History bears his name.
Special guest Alan Mowbray: “I’m wearing a blindfold, too.”
Obviously, the panel is blindfolded for this game, and we don't know why, but we're terribly amused by this secret. Mowbray was an English stage actor who became a prolific performer in Hollywood films, especially in the 30s and 40s. He appeared in more than a hundred movies in those two decades alone. That's an average of more than five films per year during that span, though few of them are notable today. Offscreen, Mowbray was one of the founders of the Screen Actors Guild when it began in 1933, and served as its first vice-president. He also founded or helped to found several social organizations, including the Hollywood Cricket Club.
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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