558     March 9, 1964 (LIVE)
Bill, Betsy, Henry, Bess

Jimmy Lucas from San Antonio, Texas:  “I am the United States yo-yo champion”                 
15-year-old Jimmy appeared on To Tell the Truth just before this program as one of the imposters, and teased his upcoming appearance here.  He runs through some tricks with his yo-yo, and then turns to his top for even more tricks.  Reference is made to top champion Rusty Steubing ( E541 ) who appeared on the show last year and against whom Jimmy has competed.  Both the top and yo-yo competitions were sponsored by Duncan, which at the time claimed a trademark on the word “yo-yo” itself.  A 1965 legal case would go against Duncan and make yo-yo a generic term, but the company (now owned by Flambeau, Inc) remains today the brand name most associated with the product.   

Ruth Stout from Redding Ridge, Connecticut: “I smashed up a saloon with Carry Nation in 1901” 
Carry Nation was a temperance leader who gained fame in the early 20th century for attacking Kansas bars and taverns with a hatchet.  Stout, who is 80 years old here, tells of desperately wanting to be arrested for “doing something noble”, but was ignored that day and only Nation was arrested.  She is no longer a temperance advocate, and is having drinks with Garry after the show.  Stout is an author of several how-to books, many about gardening.  She is also the older sister of Rex Stout, the mystery writer famous for his Nero Wolfe stories.   

Special guest Connie Stevens opened the show, but had a stomach bug and was too sick to participate in her segment, so Betsy fills in for her.  Betsy is standing in front of seven fashion mannequins, and whispers what would have been Connie’s secret: “I had a cup of coffee with one of these dummies today…One of them is a real live girl”                 
The stiff is Gail del Corral, a model whose specialty is to hold a pose, sometimes for hours, or to perform robotic moves.  She has claimed that some of the top comics of the day, including Bob Hope and Groucho Marx, failed to crack her glassy stare.  Del Corral would be “inactive” for most of the sixties and seventies, her particular skill lending itself to practical jokes on such television programs as Candid Camera.  She runs a modeling and talent agency in New Orleans.