Heliodore Cyr: “I just had my 26th
child”
Wacky childbirth, particularly notable
because all the children were single births.
Mr. Cyr is Canadian and speaks practically no English. The show’s production manager Mitchell Leiser
serves as interpreter. Cyr appeared on
the show once earlier when he had 25 children (
E70
) and would return to the
show in 1959 when his family grew yet again (
E342
). An extremely brief clip from this appearance is featured on the fourth anniversary show (
E192
).
Billy Kilroy: “I was Marlon Brando’s stand-in”
More specifically, Kilroy (a former
professional boxer) was Brando’s body double in the fight scenes for On The Waterfront (1954). Kilroy went on to do fight scenes and serve as a technical
adviser in twelve more films, acting as Paul Newman's double in Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956) and The Hustler (1961). In between his show business gigs, Kilroy (under his real name of William Ramoth) worked in law enforcement, eventually as a deputy in the US Marshals Service.
As if all those careers weren’t enough, he also dabbled in writing
poetry.
Special Guest Lauritz Melchior: “I was a boy soprano…then a baritone…then a
tenor”
During the questioning, the panel is
required to sing their questions in an operatic style. Melchior is a Danish-born opera singer,
considered one of the greatest tenors of his generation. His career flourished throughout the 1930s
and 1940s as a ‘heldentenor’, a heroic voice typically associated with Wagner
roles. By this point he is semi-retired,
but he would continue to make public appearances, both in person and on
television.
This episode has not been reviewed. Details come from alternate sources, including thumbnail descriptions of the episodes from GSN documentation and Gil Fates' handwritten notes. Secrets here are based on the Gil Fates notes and are believed to be accurate.
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