428     April 12, 1961
Bill, Betsy, Henry, Bess

Irene and Lorraine Berlin from Syosset, Long Island: “The hats we’re wearing were designed by…the new Welterweight Boxing Champion of the World (Emile Griffith)”                 
Griffith appears and explains he was in the milliner (hat-making) business before becoming a fighter.  Griffith had just won the title on April 1, defeating Benny “The Kid” Paret by knockout.  Griffith would lose to Paret six months later in a narrow split decision.  Their third meeting on March 24, 1962 would end in tragedy.  Griffith won by TKO in the 12th round, but Paret slid to the floor immediately after the bout was stopped.  He was carried out on a stretcher and never regained consciousness.  He died ten days later.  The fight became the basis for the 2005 documentary Ring of Fire: The Emile Griffith Story. 

Special Guest Andy Griffith brings along four grade school children.  He asks the panel educational questions (for example, “Why does the moon have different shapes?”) and each tries to explain their answers in language the kids would understand.  The trick here is that the kids already know the answers and end up explaining things to the panel!  Griffith is into the first season of what would become his legendary, self-titled sitcom (1960-1968), which is already a smash hit.   

Ray Hall from Caldwell, New Jersey: “I’m going to teach Garry Moore to ski…I’ve got a ski slope backstage” 
Hall’s Ski-Dek is essentially a sloped treadmill of slick carpeting which duplicates the frozen track of a ski run.  The version on stage is only about a quarter the size of his usual model, but is still an impressive sight.  Hall’s invention, however, would not catch on, though aficionados of the sport’s history have a fondness today for Hall’s original design.  Garry and Betsy both make runs on the slope.