427     April 5, 1961
Bill, Betsy, Henry, Bess

Mike Quashie: “I’m the World’s Champion Limbo Dancer…I can dance under that bar without touching it!”                 
Quashie, a native of Trinidad and Tobago, is credited with popularizing the dance in the United States, ultimately earning himself the title “The Limbo King.”  The dance is on the verge of catching on here.  Bill immediately knew what Quashie would do, but didn’t know the name for it!  Quashie would go on to become an early friend and supporter of Jimi Hendrix.   


Herb Adams from Boston, Massachusetts: “Since I graduated from high school, I’ve worked as…a farmer, minister, actor, dishwasher, house painter, car salesman, lifeguard, book salesman, baseball coach, music salesman, science lecturer, seed salesman, music teacher, uniform salesman, chauffeur, appliance salesman, keypunch operator, magazine salesman, private tutor, egg salesman, after-dinner speaker, golf caddy, choir director, paper salesman, auto mechanic, play director, billing clerk, chicken salesman, census taker, candy salesman, schoolteacher, doorman, ice cream salesman, landlord, soda salesman, waiter, golf ball salesman, camp counselor, carnival barker, sales manager, textbook editor, baby sitter (42 different jobs in all)”                 
Adams is only 28 years old, and most of these jobs he held briefly while working his way through college.  He is currently a textbook editor, a job he has held for two years, and has a graduate scholarship to Harvard.   


Special guest Liberace: “I’m going to play the piano…the panel will accompany me on kitchen utensils”                 
Bill plays a stale loaf of bread with a cheese grater, Betsy shakes boxes of rice and popcorn, Henry plays a steel bowl with an egg beater, Bess knocks wooden spoons together, and Garry plays the suitcase that the instruments were stored in.  Later, the entire panel crunches on celery sticks as accompaniment.

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