Jean Gendron, France: "I'm cooking dinner for the panel with a blowtorch"
Today, a blowtorch is an exotic yet fairly common tool in a chef's arsenal, but here it appears to be a novelty. (Henry in particular is appalled by the whole thing.) A blindfolded panel questions Gendron, the chef at New York City’s trendy Lucky Pierre’s restaurant, as he makes dinner. Following the game, Gendron lights Garry’s cigarette with his blowtorch.
Charlotte Cripe from Lafayette, Indiana: "I have 2 grandchildren"
Barely wacky childbirth because the youthful looking Mrs Cripe is 38 years old. Young, sure, but not unreasonably so to have a couple of grandkids. Given the show's penchant for superlatives, Betsy suggests that perhaps Mrs Cripe is a great-grandmother, making the actual secret a bit of a letdown, not to mention insulting Mrs Cripe in the process. Following the game, daughter Judy Donaldson and toddler granddaughter Pamela join the cast onstage. The show featured a much younger grandmother way back in 1953 (
E30).
Special Guest Ray Bolger models various men’s suits based on current women’s fashions
The panel retires to the soundproof room so the segment can be explained, and they return wearing their blindfolds. This segment is based on a Look magazine article that suggested how men’s suits might look if men’s fashions changed as often as women’s. Bolger changes into the four suits – each more outlandish than the last – behind a privacy screen placed center stage, then walks in front of the screen to mug and dance for the audience before changing into the next suit. The suits are modeled after women’s dress styles such as chemise, sheath, trapeze and balloon.
This show has been reviewed at the Library of Congress, but is not generally available to the public.