159     November 2, 1955
Bill, Jayne, Henry, Betsy Palmer

Betsy begins a run of five consecutive episodes on the panel, substituting for Faye.  The next time Faye left the show, at the beginning of 1958 (E267), Betsy would replace her permanently.    

Mr. Hunt: “My great-grandfather invented the safety pin in 1849” 
Walter Hunt was a prolific 19th century inventor.  In addition to the safety pin, which has changed little from his original design, Hunt was responsible for the first practical sewing machine, and developed early versions of what became the fountain pen and the repeating rifle. Hunt created many practical, everyday items, but he was not practical in money matters and never became rich from his inventions.  In 2006, nearly 150 years after his death, he would be inducted into the Inventors Hall of Fame.    

Jesse Block: “I attended Jack Benny’s 39th birthday party…22 years ago” 
Block and Benny were lifelong friends from their vaudeville days.  Block performed as half of “Block and Sully” with his wife Eve Sully from 1926 until 1948.  They were mainstays of big-time stages in their day, but were still eclipsed in fame, as well as enduring history, by the similar routines put on by George Burns and Gracie Allen.  They became known as the act that you booked when you couldn’t get Burns and Allen.  They retired from performing in the late 40s, long before this appearance, but remained close with their show-biz friends.    

Special Guest Reginald Gardiner demonstrates his facility with accents. 
Gardiner is British and begins the game with an exaggerated British accent.  As the questioning continues, he slowly adjusts his voice to sound more American.  Gardiner was one of those proper British chaps who appeared in a hundred or so films, often as a proper British butler.  Early in his career he worked with such legends as Alfred Hitchcock and Charlie Chaplin.  By the end of his career, he was appearing on American sitcoms such as Green Acres and Bewitched.