147     August 3, 1955
Bill, Jayne, Henry, Faye

Don McNeill hosts.

Ann Marston of Wyandotte, Michigan: “I am the US Women’s Archery champion”                 
The 16-year-old’s prowess with a bow and arrow had landed her on the cover of Sports Illustrated, probably how she caught the attention of Secret producers.  In addition to her myriad national titles, both before and after this appearance, the British-born Marston’s skills would make her a popular figure on television variety shows.  She was, essentially, the first professional female archer.  As attractive as she was accomplished, she would represent Michigan in the 1960 Miss America Pageant, where she won the talent competition with an archery demonstration.  A decades-long battle with diabetes would end with her death in 1971 at age 32.  She is the subject of Shooting Star: The Amazing Life of Ann Marston (Momentum 2007) by Alana Paluszewski.   

Mr and Mrs. Paul Tremblay of Quebec: “We have six sets of twins” 
Wacky childbirth.  The Tremblays, for reasons known only to themselves, gave the pairs confusingly similar names, even by twin standards.  Raymond and Raymonde are eight, Ronald and Ronaldo are seven, Jacques and Jacqueline are six, Jules and Julien are almost four, Francois and Francine are two, and Christian and Christiane are one.   There is also a five year old boy, Clement, who is not a twin.  Paul is a frequently unemployed laborer who struggles to make ends meet.  The family would eventually grow to at least eighteen children, including a seventh set of twins.   

Special Guest Peggy King arranges the panelists in the order of what time they arrived in the studio. 
As we say elsewhere, the panelists rarely had to show up to the theater until a few minutes before the show would begin, and sometimes they would cut it close.  The show would be rehearsed earlier in the day with Garry and the contestants, and stand-ins for the panel.  [See also E299 and E637]  King was a vocalist and television personality best known as a regular on The George Gobel Show (1954-1960) where Gobel called her “Pretty, Perky, Peggy King.” The nickname would stay with her throughout her performing career.  Among her film credits, she played the stewardess in the movie Zero Hour! (1957), the dramatic thriller that served as the template for the parody film Airplane! (1980).