359     November 11, 1959
Bill, Bess, Henry, Betsy

George Pernicano from San Diego, California: “I have a man at the end of this rope…his moustache is longer than mine” 
Pernicano’s handlebar measures 15 inches from tip to tip.  The restaurateur had it insured by Lloyd’s of London for $50,000.   Johnny Todd has a moustache that measures nearly 20 inches.  Pernicano would later be a minority owner and longtime fixture at San Diego Chargers football games.  Nicknamed “Mr. Charger”, he’s even enshrined in the Chargers Hall of Fame.   

Jacob S Schneider from New York City: “I own the world’s largest collection of phonograph records (450,000 records)” 
Schneider’s collection was revered among collectors, and he appears to have been willing to part with much of it.  In 1970, he would be down to a mere 350,000.   At one point, he stored his collection in an unused hotel ballroom.  Garry plays recordings from Schneider’s collection for the panel to identify.  The voices include Rudolph Valentino, George Bernard Shaw, Tallulah Bankhead, Sarah Bernhardt, Walter Pidgeon, Theodore Roosevelt, Lillian Russell and Gloria Swanson.   

Special Guest Fred MacMurray is celebrating the sixth anniversary of his first appearance on the show by passing candy out to members of the studio audience.  His actual Secret is that the panel will participate in a taffy pull.  MacMurray is promoting his upcoming appearance on the US Steel Hour in a comic spoof called The American Cowboy on February 10, 1960.

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