581     November 9, 1964 (Recorded November 2)
Betsy, Bill, Bess, Henry

What would have been a live program on November 2 was pre-empted at the last minute by a paid political message, the day before the presidential election.  Instead, Steve and the panel recorded two shows that day, this one and E584 .  Though Steve mentions here that the “I’ve Got a Secret” songs that the panel wrote would have to be performed on a future show, they were in fact featured on the other of that night's two shows.  However, that program would not air until December 7.   

Mr. X from Columbus, Ohio: “I’m the football player who ran 67 yards to score…for the other team (I ran the wrong way)”                 
Jim Marshall enjoyed a twenty-year career in the NFL, virtually all of it with the Minnesota Vikings.  He was a member of the famed “Purple People Eaters” defensive line of the 1960s, and would play in all four of Minnesota’s Super Bowl appearances between 1970 and 1977.  (Minnesota never won a Super Bowl.)  On October 25 in a game against the San Francisco 49ers, Marshall scooped up a fumble and ran 67 yards into his own end zone.  He then threw the ball out of bounds, resulting in a safety for the 49ers.  Despite that mistake, Minnesota won the game.  Marshall received a letter from Roy “Wrong Way” Riegels ( E267 ) which said, “Welcome to the club!”   

W.R. Custer, an aeronautical engineer from Hagerstown, Maryland: “I built the world’s slowest airplane…it can fly 11 m.p.h.” 
Custer’s unconventional “channel wing” design can fly as fast as traditional airplanes of the day, but can also slow to the point of virtually hovering, and also requires much less room (and speed) for takeoff and landing at airports.  It is treated here as a new development, but Custer and his design were making headlines as far back as 1947.  It would be his life’s work, with prototypes being demonstrated to the public into the 1970s, but it would never achieve mainstream use.