McKnight is the newly crowned Miss
America 1957, winning her title at the September 6 pageant. Garry presents Jayne with a birthday cake,
which she claims is the first one she’s ever received. This episode is abbreviated because the
Democratic National Committee bought five minutes of CBS time at the end for an
Adlai Stevenson campaign spot.
Jack Walsh from Trenton, New Jersey: “I’m
going to lift a 2600 pound elephant”
Walsh works for the Hunt Brothers
Circus, where he is billed (naturally) as the World’s Strongest Man. He would make many television appearances
performing his feats of strength. Even today, aficionados include him in
conversations about the strongest men who ever lived. After Walsh successfully lifts the pachyderm
on its platform, Garry offers equal time in a political season by riding a
donkey across the stage.
Special guest James Mason answers “yes” to
questions that end with a consonant, and “no” to questions that end with a
vowel.
The panel is even further confused by
being blindfolded for the segment, and told Mason is “doing” something. A distinguished British actor with a long
career, Mason had recently appeared in two of his biggest early hits, as
Captain Nemo in 20,000 Leagues Under the
Sea (1954) and opposite Judy Garland in A
Star is Born (1954).
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