Henry mentions that his New Year’s
wish is for Red Skelton to get well. The
popular comic had a near-fatal heart attack on December 31 but would recover.
Hayden Sisters of Ottawa, Canada: “We’re going
to have our pigtails cut off tonight”
Sally (17), Judy (16), Michele (14),
Christine (9) and Paige (8) are a harmonizing quintet who perform briefly
before their game, accompanied by their father, Captain N.C. Hayden. The girls reveal their attractive shorter hairdos
at the end of the program.
Mr. X: “I made a 62-yard run in the Rose Bowl
game…But I ran the wrong way” (in 1929)
Roy “Wrong Way” Riegels was an
All-American center for the University of California, whose stellar collegiate
career was overshadowed by this one mistake.
Riegels recovered a fumble by a Georgia Tech opponent, lost his
bearings, and ran the wrong way to the one yard line before being stopped. The eventual safety that resulted proved to
be the difference in Tech’s 8-7 win.
Even today, it is considered by many to be the greatest blunder in the
history of college football. Riegels
developed a sense of humor about the incident, and even reached out to other
athletes who made similar mistakes (
E581
).
Special Guest Tyrone Power
With the panel blindfolded, Power
imitates all of Garry’s actions, designed to make himself look like a bigger
Hollywood star. Power and Faye are about
to begin a 40-city tour with the George Bernard Shaw play Back to Methuselah. Faye is
given an elaborate sendoff. Though Garry
promises she would return to the panel at the end of her run, when the play
closed on Broadway in April, Faye did not return. She would make occasional visits to the show
over the next couple of years.
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