Garry the weatherman (and reporter):
“It is snowing, and boy the strike is on, and things are miserable.” Garry is referring to a subway workers strike
which had started on December 9 and would cut subway service in half for eight
days.
John John, Patrick Patrick and Thomas Thomas:
“We live in Walla Walla”
Walla Walla, Washington is a small
town (less than 25,000 in 1957) with an outsized cultural impact based solely
on its unusual name. For example, in the
Three Stooges episode Cash and Carry (1937), the boys find a treasure map to
Walla Walla. It is a Native America name
meaning “Place of Many Waters" as it is located at the confluence of the Snake
and Columbia rivers.
Bob Woodhouse and Woody Jongeward, both from
Arizona: “We flew a plane for 6 weeks without landing” (World endurance record) The two navy veterans set their
endurance record flying around Arizona and California between September and
October of 1949. In the days before
plane-to-plane refueling, they would get their fuel by flying within five feet
of the ground and picking up the fuel from speeding automobiles matching their
velocity.
Special Guest Fernando Lamas eats fortune
cookies
As he does so, Garry tries to work the
fortunes into the conversation.
Garry
refers to them specifically as “Chinese fortune cookies,” and treats them as
though some viewers wouldn’t know what they are. Today, of course the treats are commonly
associated with Chinese restaurants in the United States, but the cookies are
probably of Japanese origin and are not a tradition in China. Guest panelist Arlene
Dahl is Mrs. Lamas and is expecting their baby in late January. That son would grow up to be actor Lorenzo
Lamas.
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