361     November 25, 1959
Bill, Bess, Henry, Betsy

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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