495     October 8, 1962 (LIVE)
Bill, Betsy, Henry, Bess

Garry enters with an unidentified individual and just asks the panel to guess who it is.  Baseball fans Bill and Henry know that it’s Chuck Hiller, who earlier that afternoon hit a grand slam for the San Francisco Giants in the World Series.  It was the first grand slam by a National League player in World Series history.  Though Hiller’s blast helped the Giants win game four and tie the series at two games apiece, the New York Yankees would end up winning the series in seven games.   

Chief John Big Tree from Syracuse, New York: “I posed for the Indian Head nickel”                 
Chief Big Tree is in full Native American regalia for his appearance.  The Indian Head nickel, also known as the Buffalo nickel for the image of a bison on its reverse, was minted between 1913 and 1938.  Sculptor James Fraser designed the coin and Big Tree claimed for many years to be one of the three models Fraser used.  While Garry, the panel and the Secret staff all accept Big Tree’s story at “face value,” his claim has been widely debunked and dismissed by numismatists and historians.  He also claims here to be 98 years old, when he is actually 85.  Big Tree was an actor who played various Indians in dozens of western films from 1917 until 1950, often uncredited.                   

Special guest Victor Borge conducts Norman Paris and the band in variations on “Tea for Two.”  The variations, in terms of style and solo instrument parts, are suggested by the panelists. A simple, fun segment which, given Borge’s propensity for ad-libs and asides, takes up more than half the program.