Garry is wearing an overcoat and is without pants, for reasons he
says will eventually be made clear. This
never happens, and we don’t learn the reason for the odd sartorial choice until
the following week.
Mayor Calvin Keller and Police Lieutenant [Robert Fitzsimmons]
from Niagara Falls, New York; and Mayor Franklin Miller and Office [Buckley]
from Niagara Falls, Ontario: “My police force is challenging his police force
to a tug-of-war…And we’re going to have a test match tonight”
The guests, Garry and the panel (with
Bill doing “play by play”) participate in the test match. The actual event would take place on May 9
over the Rainbow Bridge across the international border, part of the joint
“Blossom Festival” put on by the two cities.
The Canadians would win the event.
It became an annual tradition.
Bill Hardy from New York City: “I taught Arthur Murray to dance”
The Arthur
Murray Party
ran on television for the entirety of the 1950s, but Murray’s
name became even better known through his chain of Arthur Murray Dance
Studios. At their peak, there were more
than 3500 of his franchised instruction centers worldwide. More than 250 still exist today. Murray’s trademark was numbered footprints on
the floor that showed even a novice what moves to make.
Special Guest Don McNeill drops raw
eggs from a chair high above the studio onto an Ensolite foam pad. Garry, and later the panelists in turn, catch
the unbroken eggs on their rebound from the foam surface. Ensolite was developed by the US Rubber
Company, later Uniroyal, and ended up having many practical applications. It has been used for thermal insulation in
airplanes, protective padding in football helmets, and sound dampening in
recording studios. Today the product is
owned by Armacell and can be found in pool toys, yoga mats and weather
stripping.
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