In the intro, guest Walter Brennan says that he'll be turning 63 in July, and that he will still be the youngest contestant on tonight's episode. Garry welcomes Faye back after a two-week absence. (Betsy filled in.) Our first guests are already seated at Garry's desk.
Mrs Jane Lewis and Harold C Post, both of Staten Island, New York: “We’re engaged”
Mrs Lewis is 71 and Mr Post is 68. The "Mrs" part is never addressed, but presumably Mrs Lewis is a widow. Both are part of a choral group known as the Singing Seniors, which is how they met. Other members of the Singing Seniors are revealed on stage after the game, and all of them perform, of all things, "The Ballad of Davy Crockett" (1954).
Mrs Ellura Chamberlain, 93, of Waterville, Maine: “My twin sister is behind the panel”
The panel isn't blindfolded, but they do wear horse blinders so they can only see forward and can’t spot Mrs Eldora Brackett, also of Waterville, seated just behind them. Newspaper stories have been describing the sisters as the nation's oldest twins for the past several years. For context, the two women were born before the Civil War had ended. The two would live to share a 97th birthday before Mrs Chamberlain passed away in 1961. Mrs Bracket died in 1964, just a few days after her 100th birthday.
Frank Swallow, 83, of Modesto, California: “I’m the cheer leader at Modesto Junior College”
Mr Swallow (whose nickname is "Pop") is considered the oldest cheerleader in the United States. He is famed back home for originating something called the "Wa-Hoo!" cheer. Following the game, "Pop" puts on his college sweater and leads an audience full of Fordham students from the Bronx in the Modesto Junior College cheer.
Special guest Walter Brennan leads the audience in exercises while the panel questions
The panel is sent away, the ushers open all studio doors and windows to bring in some fresh air, and Garry explains that he will reveal each exercise by way of placards. The audience and Brennan will do those exercises. The panel returns blindfolded. The exercises include arm stretching, head rotation, chin reducing, eye exercise, neck and shoulder massage (in the audience, each one gives a massage to the person in front of them) and finally a voice exercise.
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