174     February 15, 1956
Bill, Jayne, Henry, Audrey Meadows

Bruce Sidlinger of Cedar Rapids, Iowa: “I accidentally broke Garry Moore’s ribs last year” 
Sidlinger is a trampoline artist.  He was the Big Ten trampoline champion while a student at the University of Illinois.   He tours the country playing sports shows, conventions, nightclubs and the like.  He eventually made it to a show at Radio City Music Hall, where he gained the attention of Garry’s morning show staff.  Last April, he performed on the morning show with Garry, where a stunt went awry.  The two perform again here without incident and would also perform the next day on Garry’s morning show.   

Tony Belcher of Coral Gables, Florida: “I caught a live 9-foot shark with my bare hands”                 
Belcher is 13 years old.  The story goes that Tony saw the shark approach his small boat about 500 yards from shore.  He grabbed the shark by the tail and called for help.  Two other boys came alongside and the three of them roped the shark and hauled it to shore.  There are pictures.   

Special Guest Dennis O’Keefe stages a movie fight with a stuntman 
The panel is blindfolded for this game.  O’Keefe is a friend of the program who subbed for Garry in the summer of 1954 during Garry’s vacation.  After appearing in dozens of 1930s movies as an extra or in tiny roles, he eventually made a name for himself in the 40s, mostly as a lead in B-pictures.  He was equally adept at comedy and drama.  His current project is Inside Detroit (1956), a crime drama about corruption inside the United Auto Workers union.  This game was likely inspired by that and other film noir roles O’Keefe has played over the years. 

This episode has not been reviewed.  Details come from alternate sources, including thumbnail descriptions of the episodes in GSN documentation.  Except where noted, “secrets” are not exact quotes.

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