483     April 30, 1962
Alan King, Betsy, Henry, Bess

King has written Anybody Who Owns His Own Home Deserves It (E.P. Dutton 1962).  Not to be outdone, Henry plugs a collection of Ring Lardner short stories he edited called Shut Up, He Explained (Charles Scribner's Sons 1962).    

Henry Tobias from New York City is a songwriter who plays a medley of popular songs before revealing his secret: “I didn’t write the songs I just played…My two brothers did”                 
Henry is the youngest of three songwriting Tobias brothers.  He is joined by Charles and Harry, who perform more songs from the Tobias family repertoire.  Many of them are forgotten today.  By far the most famous is Charles’ “Don’t Sit Under the Apple Tree (With Anyone Else but Me)” (1942), a World War Two standard popularized by The Andrews Sisters.  Henry would later write “Hang In There, Mr. President” (1974) in support of the embattled Richard Nixon.   


Tom Lenane from New York City: “Last week I issued a marriage license to Bess Myerson”                 
Bess is somewhat taken aback, believing that the matter was “supposed to be kept very quiet.” Bess would marry her second husband, entertainment lawyer Arnold Grant, on May 1.  She will miss the next two weeks for her honeymoon. The marriage would end in divorce in 1971. 


Special guest Helen Traubel is known for her laughter in her TV appearances.  With the panel blindfolded, she answers only when she can keep a straight face.  Meanwhile, Garry uses various props and tricks to get her to crack up, which she does frequently. At those times, Garry answers for her.  Traubel began her career in the 1920s as an operatic and concert singer, and by the 1950s had segued into performing in nightclubs and on television.  She had just finished an engagement at New York City’s Latin Quarter and will open in June at the Desert Inn in Las Vegas, incongruously paired with comedian Jimmy Durante. 

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