John J Loughlin from New York City: “The only camera I’ve ever
used is a one-dollar box camera”
Examples of
Loughlin’s work are displayed on stage.
Even in 1966, amateur photography is a billion dollar business
annually. Loughlin only pays for film. He bought his Kodak Brownie 2A in 1919 and
has been using it ever since. Loughlin
has photographed four US presidents, and is particularly noted for his
award-winning photographs of Abraham Lincoln statues around the country.
Mr. and Mrs. Lester Twitchell from South Paris, Maine: “I’m
wearing the suit I was married in”
Wacky matrimony. The secret belongs to Mr Twitchell, and the
couple is celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary. Not only does Mr. Twitchell still have his
suit, the couple still has a piece of their wedding cake.
Special guest Carol Burnett brings a
team of four trivia experts from Columbia University to challenge the panel in
a TV trivia contest. Although game shows
have quizzed contestants on ephemera since the earliest days of radio, and the
four-on-four format echoes the structure of the long-running academic quiz G.E. College Bowl (1959-70), the
mid-sixties brought a renewed interest in trivia competitions among college
students, some of whom even laid claim to inventing the pastime. Columbia was
the center of trivia fascination and was the winner of the first intercollegiate
trivia meet in 1965. Columbia students
Dan Carlinsky and Edwin Goodgold (neither of whom are on this studio team) are
the authors of Trivia (Dell 1966), a
500-question paperback book that capitalized on the fad. Today, four-on-four “quiz bowl” events, which
focus primarily on academic subjects, and pop culture “trash” tournaments are
still popular on high school and college campuses, and some can be seen regionally on local TV. Burnett will star in the CBS special “Carol
Plus Two” with Zero Mostel and Lucille Ball on March 22. Her iconic TV variety series would premiere
in September 1967.
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