441     July 12, 1961 (Taped February 22)
Bill, Betsy, Henry, Bess

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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