430     April 26, 1961
Bill, Betsy, Henry, Carol Burnett

Marty Reisman and Martin Doss from New York City: “We’re going to play table tennis…using 3 balls at the same time” 
Garry explains (correctly) that “Ping-Pong,” the more common term then and now for the activity, is a trademarked name.  The two experts, with many championship titles between them, put on an entertaining, choreographed show rather than actually compete.  Both today are legends of the sport.  Reisman is enshrined in the USA Table Tennis Hall of Fame.   


Delia and Bertie Harris of Knoxville, Tennessee: “Our grandfather was a soldier in the Revolutionary War (1776-1781)” 
Simon Harris was born in 1766 and served as a fifer at the age of twelve, later serving with Washington at Valley Forge and witnessing Cornwallis’ surrender at Yorktown.  The youngest of Simon’s ten children was born in 1818.  That son’s second wife gave birth to Delia and Bertie (and a third sister) while he was in his seventies.   


Special Guest Arthur Treacher enters on horseback.  His Secret is that he’s going to give the horse to Henry, who then will be required to trade it for some other item of value.  Henry rides the horse offstage.  We learn the results of Henry’s horse trading the following week.

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