Donald Reid from Wanamassa, New Jersey has a submarine behind the
curtain: “My submarine is also designed to fly”
Reid has a
patent for the unusual machine he has spent ten years designing and talks
proudly of successful test flights made by his son Bruce. However, the military would pass on the
design, calling it impractical. Neither
plane nor sub could travel very far, or very fast. An embittered Reid would spend the rest of
his life fighting the Navy in court, arguing for example that a cruise missile,
which flies in the air after being fired from a submarine, represented an
infringement on his patent.
John Jiras from New York City, a make-up artist for television:
“I’m the only real lawyer on the set of The Defenders”
Jiras
attended New York Law School and passed the New York bar exam in 1957, but
found working in show business more fun, and more lucrative. Attorney Joseph Leitner is the show’s legal
consultant, but is not routinely on the set.
Jiras is, and helps out with suggestions when he can.
Special guest Neil Sedaka: “I’ve been invited to perform in
Russia…as a classical pianist”
Sedaka opened
the show with a swinging bit of “I Can’t Give You Anything but Love,” (1928)
and performs his own composition “Let the People Talk” (1964) before revealing
his Secret. Sedaka entered and was
selected to perform at the International Tchaikovsky Competition, the event (as
Henry points out) which American Van Cliburn won in 1958. Sedaka would not end up performing at the
June, 1966 event, however. Soviet
authorities rescinded the invitation when they learned of his rock and roll
career. Here, Sedaka performs Chopin’s “Fantaisie-Impromptu”
(1834).
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