508     January 14, 1963 (LIVE)
Bill, Betsy, Henry, Bess

Four contestants appear with unusual names that comically match their occupations.  (See E527
A guitarist and guitar teacher: “Mr. (Harvey) Strum” 
A guard at the main gate of an Air Force facility in Ohio: “St. Peter” 
Dr. Katherine Hand: “Doctor Hand is a foot doctor” 
Dr. Donat (“do not”) Yell: “Dentist”   


[Nathan Wexler] from Minneapolis, Minnesota will perform Brahms’ “Hungarian Dance No. 5” (1869) with Norman Paris and the Orchestra on: “A duck call”                 
Wexler would appear with other unusual musicians in a 1964 episode (E570)   

Special guest Hermione Gingold quizzes the panel about their first dates with their current spouses, comparing their answers with the ones the spouses gave earlier.  Henry is asked questions about his blind date with Gingold from a 1959 episode ( E347 ).  Gingold is starring off-Broadway in a play with the unusual title Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feelin' So Sad (1962)  The show was a hit in its smaller off-Broadway venue.  Gingold would remain with the play when it transferred to Broadway on August 27, where it ran only 47 performances before closing on October 5.  The play also marked the Broadway debut of a young Sam Waterston.  A movie version would be released in 1967, with Rosalind Russell in the lead role.

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