Gary Pettit of Sioux City, Iowa: “I was high scorer for my team”
and Doug Hokanson, also of Sioux City, Iowa: “He was high scorer for my team
also! (In the same game)”
The two young men played basketball
against each other in a YMCA church league.
Gary’s team won the game 34-3.
Gary scored fourteen points in his team’s winning effort, and early in
the contest accidentally shot into the other team’s hoop for their only field
goal of the game.
Special guest Jane Russell demonstrates a Ouija board, and uses it to answer the blindfolded panel’s
questions. The first Ouija boards
appeared on the market in 1891, and the ones Hasbro prints today really haven’t
changed much from those originals. For
decades, the Ouija patents were privately held by William Fuld, whose small
company printed a variety of similar designs.
It was Fuld who said the name came from French and German words for
‘yes’ (‘oui’ and ‘ja’), though the original inventor claimed the name came to
him as a message from the board itself.
Fuld would sell his company to Parker Brothers in 1966. Their mass production renewed interest in the
pseudo-spiritual pastime. For a novelty
with little scientific basis, Ouija has been studied by legitimate researchers
for decades.
Johnny Trama from New York City: “I’m holding hands with Garry
Moore”
That’s literally all he’s doing, as
Garry struggles somewhat legitimately to break free. Trama, a small man, has a novelty act based
on his powerful grip. He appeared in the
Broadway production Top Banana (1951-1952).
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