Retha Buell and Jan Robin: “We are mother and daughter”
Buell (the mother) and Robin are both
models, and they enter with Garry at the start of the show modeling dresses.
Mr. X: “I’m listed in ‘Who’s Who of American Women…My name is
Shirley Povich”
Shirley Povich is a sports reporter,
columnist and editor for The Washington Post.
He started working for the paper in 1923, and though he would retire in
1973, he continued to write columns until his death in 1998. Baseball was his sport of choice, and he
would contribute to Ken Burns’ landmark documentary series on the subject
(1994). He is the father of TV
personality Maury Povich.
Mrs. Joan Trefethen: “I fly an airplane that I built myself…I
built it in my house”
The
California housewife and mother of three spent $1000 on parts (a third of that
on the reconditioned engine) and spent two years building the plane. (See also
E528
)
Special Guest Martha Raye demonstrates
(to Henry, mostly) some of the skills required to be a housewife, couched in
the idea of how much it would cost to pay for these various services. Garry claims that if a man paid for all the
services provided by a typical American housewife annually, the cost would be
in the neighborhood of $30,000 a year, more than $250,000 in today’s dollars.
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