327     March 18, 1959
Bill, Joan Bennett, Henry, Betsy

Robert L Rod from Mineola, New York: “I’m going to clean this glass with sound waves” 
Garry and Mr. Rod are drawing on a piece of glass during the questioning.  Mr. Rod is the president of Acoustica Associates. His company is developing cleaners that use ultrasonic waves to agitate water in order to clean surfaces.  The process was initially used industrially due to the size and complexity of the equipment.  Simple, inexpensive ultrasonic cleaners for household use made their way onto the market in the 1970s and are still common.   

Mr. X from Oxford, Michigan: “I was the original Lone Ranger on radio” 
Brace Beemer was not technically the first, but was without question the voice most associated with the iconic role.  He played the masked man from 1941 until the series ended in 1954.  The Lone Ranger originated in 1933 on WXYZ (“the last word in radio”) in Detroit and soon became the cornerstone program for the nascent Mutual Broadcasting System. It would later become more closely associated with the ABC radio network. Earle Grasser played the role in those early years, but died in an automobile accident in 1941.   Beemer, who had been the show’s announcer (“Return with us now to those thrilling days of yesteryear!”), took over the title role.   

Special Guest David Wayne was standing in line with the audience before the show, in disguise.  He answers the panel’s questions with snippets of conversations he taped while in line.  Wayne is promoting his film The Last Angry Man (1959), which co-stars Betsy.

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