476     March 12, 1962
Bill, Betsy, Henry, Bess

Dr. Harold Edgerton from MIT: “I’m going to fire a rifle and…photograph the bullet in flight”                 
Edgerton, a professor of electrical engineering, is a pioneer in the use of strobe lights.  He is credited with taking the stroboscope, a little-heralded piece of lab equipment, and making it invaluable in the world of photography.  Here, he demonstrates the use of strobe light photography by capturing an image of the bullet as it passes through a file card, using a simple Polaroid camera.  Edgerton taught at MIT from 1934 until 1977, becoming a beloved member of the faculty.  A hands-on laboratory resource on campus bears his name.

Mr. X: “I scored 100 points in a basketball game”                 
Wilt Chamberlain scored 100 points for the Philadelphia Warriors in a 169–147 win over the New York Knicks on March 2.  His record still stands.  The panel is blindfolded for the arrival of the 7’1” player, as the 5’7” Garry stands on a stepladder to interview him. Chamberlain is already well-known, and would go on to have a legendary, Hall-of-Fame career.  His basketball exploits would become overshadowed somewhat by his notorious memoir A View From Above (Villard 1991) in which he claimed to have slept with over 20,000 women.

Special guest Liberace performs variations on “Tea For Two” accompanied by Bess and Betsy.  His secret: “I’m going to play an encore with Bill & Henry.” 
Bess and Betsy have some talent and had rehearsed with Liberace beforehand.  Neither Bill nor Henry can play, nor did they rehearse, so their part of the segment is played more for laughs.  Both are given simple piano tricks (using citrus fruits!) to play their parts.  Liberace is about to begin a month-long stint at the Latin Quarter, his first nightclub engagement in New York City.