Paul Selecky from Glen Lyon, Pennsylvania: “I’m going to be a
chorus girl in a college show”
During the
blindfolded questioning, Mr. Selecky gets into makeup and costume. He is part of the traditional Mask and Wig Club
at the University of Pennsylvania.
Selecky performs a number from the 72nd edition of the show,
along with classmates Larry Turns, Bob Holt and Brian Percival. The Mask and Wig Club still exists
today. Founded in 1889, it claims to be
the oldest all-male musical comedy company in the United States.
[Harris Stenbourg] from New York City and [Harry Stark] from
Oklahoma: “We just graduated from a school for Santa Clauses”
Once as
ubiquitous as the Salvation Army bell ringers, the “Sidewalk Santas” of
Volunteers of America operated on the streets of New York from 1900 until
2013. Passersby would drop money into
their iconic red chimneys, which went to feeding the needy during the season. The contestants are training for that
program. Colonel Oliver P Strickland
from the VoA is on hand to describe the service.
Special Guest Marion Lorne’s Secret is
that the panel has to pay her winnings out of their own pockets. Since she worries
that the panel rarely guesses the celebrity secret, Garry arranges to keep them
in the studio until they do, no matter how long it takes. The show ends with the panel still asking
questions. A stage actress for most of
her career, Lorne enjoyed a late-in-life burst of popularity playing an
assortment of befuddled characters.
Here, she’s a regular on Garry’s variety show, but she would enjoy her
greatest fame a few years later in an Emmy-winning turn as the absent-minded
Aunt Clara on Bewitched (1964-1972).
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