Garry is out with what Henry calls “a
touch of the Asiatic Flu.” The Asian Flu
was a pandemic first identified in February, 1957. Though it did not create the societal and
economic upheavals of the coronavirus pandemic of 2020, it did claim more than
a million lives worldwide and over 100,000 in the United States. By September, a vaccine had been created, and
the flu tapered off into 1958.
Broderick Crawford: “I’m watching my own TV
show on another channel”
Crawford is the star of Highway Patrol, a crime drama produced
for syndication from 1955 until 1959. As
a syndicated show not tied to any network, it could be seen in different cities
on different days and times. In New York
City, it aired on the independent station WPIX-11 at 9:30 on Wednesdays, the
same time that CBS (and flagship NYC station WCBS-2) aired I’ve Got A Secret.
Mr. X (Masked): “I was the winning pitcher for
the Yankees in today’s World Series Game”
Bob Turley, known affectionately as
“Bullet Bob,” pitched in the majors from 1951 until 1963. He was a three-time All-Star and won World
Series championships with the Yankees in 1956 and 1958. His win earlier in the
day tied the 1957 World Series at three games each, but the Yankees would fall
to the Milwaukee Braves 5-0 in Game Seven the next day.
Special Guest Jerry Colonna
Colonna, famous for his own handlebar
moustache, draws mustaches on the cast, starting with host Henry, and
continuing with the panel as each panelist removes their blindfold. Jayne guesses, but Colonna keeps right on
drawing. Colonna will appear in the same
TV production of Pinocchio as Mickey
Rooney (
E255
) on October 13.
The games go by quickly, and Henry is
left with several minutes of time to kill.
His annoyance with this development is thinly veiled. Carl Reiner does a bit of his double-talking
Shakespeare routine, and Bill tells a story about his pet mynah bird.
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