[Nancy Wickman] from Crete, Illinois: “I was naughty” and twin sister Jayne “I
got spanked for it”
The girls appear to be seven or eight years old here, and the incident, we are told, happened some time ago. Nancy had broken a lamp.
Mr X: “My grandfather was Ulysses S Grant”
and Mr Y: “My great-grandfather was Robert E Lee”
Ulysses S Grant III (Garry refers to him as "Doctor" Grant, an appellation which appears to be, at best, honorary) was a retired major general who
spent much of his later life speaking publicly about his famous ancestor at Civil War
memorials and similar events, culminating with the publication of “Ulysses S
Grant: Warrior and Statesman” (William Morrow & Co 1968) just before his
own death in 1969. Hanson Ely III came from a military family. Both his father and paternal grandfather also served in the military. Ely would take his own life in 1963 at the
age of forty.
Special guest Rudy Vallee: "I'm going to raid Faye Emerson's ice box"
The show has arranged to have Faye's refrigerator brought to the studio. With the panel blindfolded, Garry and Rudy help themselves to what's inside. Faye goes first and is the only one who gets to ask questions before time runs out. Vallee is delightful here, trading scripted quips with Garry and occasionally adding an ad-lib or two on his own. Vallee had a long
career as a singer and actor, starting in the 1920s when he was one of the
first pop culture “teen idols” and continuing with acting roles in TV and film
in the 1970s. In his early performing
years, screaming fans created such a racket that he would sing his songs
through a megaphone, which became his trademark.