426     March 29, 1961
Bill, Betsy, Henry, Bess

Viggo Jahn from Copenhagen: “I’m going to make Easter Bonnets for Betsy and Bess…out of the hat I’m wearing” 
Jahn was a sleight-of-hand nightclub magician who performed in American throughout the 1950s but was better known in his native Denmark and throughout Europe.  Garry says nothing about his magic background, but instead identifies him as “Monsieur Chapeau,” an expert hatmaker.  With the flourishes of a magician, John creates a couple of elaborate headpieces.   


Tom Staring from Garland, Texas: “I was a traffic court judge…I fined my father $10” 
Young Tom is a Boy Scout who assumed the role of traffic judge for a day as part of a Scout project on city government.   


Special Guest Walter Slezak conducts a game in which each panelist tries to converse with various guests who do not speak English.  The multilingual Slezak also serves as interpreter.

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