Henderson is introduced as “the
popular singer” but is better known at the time as the “Today Girl” on NBC’s
flagship daytime program. Garry and the
panel can only make allusions to “the morning show” due to silly inter-network
rivalries. She would later achieve her
greatest fame as Carol Brady on The Brady
Bunch (1969-1974).
Leo Leavy from Vancouver, British Columbia has at the end of a
rope: “My identical twin brother”
Leo and Jack are known as the “Biggest
Twins in History.” They are 6’10” and 330
pounds each. The jovial pair made
personal appearances throughout the late fifties and early sixties, often with
comical photo ops demonstrating their remarkable size. They even appeared
together in a couple of low-budget films of the 1970s. Today, a Catholic student group at the University
of British Columbia presents an annual “Jack and Leo Leavy Award” to a student
who embodies their spirit and will.
Mr. and Mrs. James Baldacchino: “We have our own private coal
mine…it’s in the basement of our house”
Mr. Baldacchino discovered the vein of
coal while excavating to build their Pennsylvania home in 1958. The mine extends some 100 feet into the
hillside behind their home. They have
built a functioning mine, complete with tracks and a coal car, though technically,
Mrs. Baldacchino is not allowed to dig for coal. A state law forbids female miners.
Special Guest Lloyd Bridges is
watching the show from the studio audience, while someone pretending to be him,
disguised underneath full diving gear, sits beside Garry. The panel hears his voice through a speaker
they think is hooked to the diving equipment, but is actually connected to a
microphone Bridges is holding in the audience.
The diving gear is a nod to Bridges’ popular syndicated TV series Sea Hunt (1958-1961) in which he plays a
former Navy diver. Bridges’ double under
the equipment is Vincent Rudolph, a doorman in New York City who does resemble
the actor.
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