480     April 9, 1962
Bill, Betsy, Henry, Bess

James Miller from Fullerton, California: “I’m watching this show on a television set”                 
The panelists cannot see Miller’s face, which is hidden behind a cylinder, though they quickly figure out what he's doing.  He is watching the show on an ‘Electrocular,’ a lightweight receiver worn on the head and viewed through a single transparent eyepiece.  The Electrocular was designed by Hughes Aircraft for military and space exploration uses, and for any situation which requires a person to focus on multiple things at a time.  While the technology here is bulky and a little primitive, head-mounted displays like the Electrocular are used today in everything from medicine to aviation to videogaming.   


Special guest Kim Novak: “I designed the dress Bess Myerson is wearing…(and she doesn’t know it)”
Embarrassingly for Bess, she complained to Novak before the show about the horrible dress she had to wear.  Novak is starring in two movies, Boys Night Out (1962) and The Notorious Landlady (1962).  In both films, she is credited with designing her own wardrobe.   


“Judy” from Thomasville, Georgia: “I’m a professional bowler…My average score is 99”                 
Judy is a chimpanzee.  Her trainer Terry Cline, Jr comes out and gives Judy a strangely serious pep talk before she goes into her act on a makeshift alley on stage.  Staffer Pat McCormick works as the pin setter.

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