352     September 16, 1959
Bill, Monique van Vooren, Henry, Betsy

Garry opens by showing a photo of Henry performing at the Village Vanguard, part of Robert Q Lewis’ game last week.   

Donald Dulac from Lewiston, Maine: “I’m in the 1st grade at school” 
Brother Richard: “I’m in the 2nd grade at the same school” 
Sister Diane: “I’m in the 3rd grade at the same school” 
Brother Jean: “I’m in the 4th grade at the same school” 
Brother Albert: “5th grade – same school” 
Brother Wilfred: “6th grade – same school” 
Brother Raymond: “7th grade – same school” 
Brother Norman: “8th grade – likewise”                 
There is a Dulac child in each grade of the Holy Family Parochial School in Lewiston.  There are also two older sisters and three younger brothers, though neither the older nor younger siblings maintain the precise chronological run.  Mrs. Dulac appears after the short game, and the show presents the family with an array of children’s clothes so that the younger ones don’t have to always wear hand-me-downs.   

Margaret Kilkenny from New York City: “I was held up by a bank robber last week…I’m going to show movies of the actual robbery”
Today, digital security cameras can be found in nearly any public facility.  This, though, is one of the first instances of an actual bank robbery being captured on film.  That’s right, film. With this system, installed by Mosler Photoguard, tellers would flip a secret switch at the first sign of trouble.  Only then did the three lobby cameras begin recording.  Afterwards, the film still had to be developed.  Even expedited, the overall process took hours.  While this incident certain received plenty of attention in the press, we can find no report that the robber was ever caught.  He made off with about $500.  Banks would continue to rely on the Mosler system through the 1970s.  The famous images of kidnapped heiress Patty Hearst robbing a bank in 1975 come from a Mosler camera. Oddly, Miss Kilkenny introduces herself here as “Peggy,” but Garry and the panel address her more formally as "Margaret” throughout the game. Newspaper accounts also refer to the 19-year-old as "Margaret."    

Special Guest Groucho Marx sends the panel AND Garry offstage so that only the audience knows his Secret: He once auditioned to host the radio quiz Take It or Leave It but lost out to Garry Moore.  Since it’s Groucho, his Secret (which is verifiably true, BTW) takes a backseat to his trademark asides, ad libs and needling of the panel.  He also gets in frequent plugs for his new book Groucho and Me (Random House 1959). Take It or Leave It (1940-1952) was a simple, durable quiz whose top prize of $64 would serve as the inspiration for the later TV quiz The $64,000 Question (1955-1958). That show was among the most famous of the big money programs felled by the quiz show scandals of the late fifties.  Garry replaced Phil Baker on the radio show in 1947 and hosted for a couple of years before moving on.  Groucho, of course, landed on his feet.  He is about to start the 13th season (counting radio) of his You Bet Your Life (1947-1961), a show he began just months after losing the earlier gig to Garry.