591     January 25, 1965 (Taped January 18)
Betsy, Bill, Bess, Henry

Mr. X from Salisbury, England, who is seated with 23 hardback books: “I wrote all these books in one year…I am the author of 450 full-length books”                 
John Creasey is a staggeringly prolific author who used dozens of pseudonyms and about as many different publishers in his long career.  He says here that he collected 743 rejection slips before publishing anything at all.  He would ultimately write more than six hundred works, mostly mysteries but also westerns and even romance novels. He was so busy that publishers could not keep up with his output.  More than a dozen of his later works would be released posthumously after his death in 1973. Here, two long library shelves are wheeled out showing Creasey’s output to date.   

Anthony Sini (a dentist) and Milka Obreshkow were dining together at a restaurant.  Sini: “I got a toothache” and Obreshkow: “I pulled his tooth”                 
While it’s initially implied that the extraction happened at the restaurant, the two actually went to Dr. Sini’s office where he talked his friend through the procedure using his instruments.   

Special guest Peter Lawford locked the panel’s earrings and watches into a multi-layer safe: “An escape artist will return the jewels…He’s already inside the safe”                 
The escape artist is James Randi. Lawford refers to him as “The Great Randi,” though he became more famous under a different adjective.  “The Amazing Randi” had a long career as a stage magician and escapologist, but, especially in his later years, he became just as well known for his science-based efforts to debunk any serious claims of supernatural ability.  Generations who knew the elder Randi and his long white beard from his frequent talk show appearances would have a hard time recognizing the lithe young man with a smartly trimmed goatee who performs here.  (See also E407 )   Lawford will soon appear in the film Sylvia (1965).