380     April 6, 1960
Bill, Betsy, Henry, Bess

Father John Frega from Woodstock, Virginia: “I used to play bass fiddle with a jazz quartet…We’re going to have a reunion here tonight (the Joe Mooney Quartet)”                 
The Joe Mooney Quartet, which included Jack Hotop on guitar, Andy Fitzgerald on clarinet and Mooney himself on the accordion and piano, were a popular NYC jazz group for a brief period in the late 1940s.  Father John, who was known as “Gate” Frega as a musical artist, says that this is the first time he has played with the group in twelve years.  They perform “Coquette”.  The quartet, joined by Norman Paris, stays to contribute music to the other two segments.   

George Foster and Don Crichton from New York City: “We’re going to teach Betsy Palmer and Bess Myerson how to do…the latest teenage dance craze – ‘Madison Time’”                 
Both gentlemen are dancers on Garry’s variety show.  Mr. Foster is also Garry’s stand-in and appeared on the show a few months earlier ( E368 ).  The Madison is a novelty line dance, typically performed in groups, which became a craze in the early 1960s after being featured on a local Baltimore dance program.  The “novelty” of the dance is occasional breaks to do visual impressions of famous figures.  The Broadway musical Hairspray, which is set in Baltimore in the early 60s, features a Madison dance in one of its numbers.   

Special Guest Mel Torme: “I’m going to sing a song…It was written by Henry Morgan 7 years ago”                 
Torme performs Henry’s “Is It True Or False?” more or less sincerely at first, then in a variety of increasingly broad styles.  Henry wrote the lyrics to the song.  Music is credited to jingle writers Lanny and Ginger Grey, though it sounds at times very much like the tune to “When You’re Smiling.”  Torme will appear April 14 on the Revlon Revue.