510     January 28, 1963 (LIVE)
Betsy, Carol Channing, Henry, Bess

As he did last week, Garry plugs an album of material from the routines of Carol Channing and George Burns in Las Vegas, though that album was never released.   

Sal Altieri from Yonkers, New York brings out an uncut sixty carat diamond: “I’m going to smash it to bits”                 
Altieri works for the Bulova Watch Company, and pulverizes diamonds as part of his job.  The diamond powder is used in the manufacture of electronic wrist watches.  Channing, who introduced the song “Diamonds are a Girl’s Best Friend” in the Broadway show Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1949) assists in the destruction of this one.   


John Perry from Palm Beach, Florida arrived at the studio this afternoon: “In a submarine…It’s parked backstage”                 
Perry Submarine Builders was founded in 1956 and originally made small one and two person subs used in oceanography and underwater research.  The company greatly expanded over the years and in 1969 would change its name to Perry Oceanographics.  The company would provide the underwater car used in the James Bond film The Spy Who Loved Me (1977).  Perry himself was something of a 20th century Renaissance man.  He was originally a newspaper publisher, and in his later years would devote his efforts to the development of renewable energy technologies and a global energy plan.   


Special guest Boris Karloff has just finished The Raven (1963) in which he co-stars with fellow horror film veterans Vincent Price and Peter Lorre.  He has brought publicity stills from the picture, to which the panel tries to attach humorous captions.  This is Karloff’s fourth and final appearance on the show, starting with the very first episode in June, 1952.

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