In the opening, Henry makes a vague allusion to being the only
man his age not running for something.
Steve is back in California and has announced that he will run for
Congress in a special election created by a vacancy. James Roosevelt resigned when President Johnson
picked him for a UN post, and Steve made a serious effort to become a candidate
for that seat. However, despite being
well known for his liberal political views, Steve had never registered as a
Democrat. By the time he did, he had missed the window of opportunity to be
able to run in California as a Democrat. He would appeal to the California
Supreme Court, but when they ruled against him, his political career came to a
quick end. Still, CBS was nervous about
running afoul of “equal time” rules, so Steve sat out this episode. It would be the only episode he would miss as
host.
Read more about Steve's political aspirations.
73-year-old Mrs. Valda from Calgary, Alberta: “I help train
varsity basketball players…I give them ballet lessons”
Olga Valda is
a student at the University of Alberta, Calgary, a sophomore studying art and
archaeology. She is also a disc jockey
on the campus radio station. Jim Christie and Leigh Hammond, two members of the
Dinosaurs (that’s what the UAC sports teams were called then), are put through
their paces here. Mrs. Valda would earn
her bachelor’s degree in 1969.
Sharon Berryman from Forest Park, Illinois loved her old car, so:
“I had it crushed and made into a coffee table”
Mrs. Berryman
is only 22, and had driven her 1958 Renault since high school. It’s now a 450 pound conversation piece in
her living room.
Special guest Alan King brings a wall full of modern art: “Each
painting shows the correct time”
The abstract clocks
are the work of artist Arnold Hoffmann, Jr, who is the art director for the New
York Times Sunday Magazine. Hoffmann,
who appears here, would retire from the Times in 1972, but continued to produce
art throughout his life. King is
starring on Broadway in The Impossible
Years (1965-67). The show would be a
hit, running for 670 performances. King
stayed with the show for about half that run.
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