658     September 26, 1966 (Taped same day)
Betsy, Bill, Bess, Henry

Klaus Baruch from Hamburg, Germany: “I gave John Lennon of the Beatles a normal haircut” 
During a break with The Beatles, Lennon cut his familiar mop top for a role in Richard Lester’s film How I Won the War (1967).  The haircut was such an international sensation that even the slightly out-of-touch panel immediately knows the secret. Lennon took to the round-rimmed “granny glasses” he wore for his movie role so much that they would become an iconic look for the nearsighted performer the rest of his life.   


Long Islanders Harold Wupper from Bellmore, Richard Mitsoda from West Hempstead and Sebastian DiRubba from Copiague: “We’re on the same college football team” 
The 5’1” DiRubba is dwarfed by the 6’3” Mitsoda and 6’6” Wupper.  They all play for C.W. Post College, today known as Long Island University Post.  DiRubba, a soccer player from Italy, serves as one of the team’s placekickers.   

Special guest Soupy Sales presents the rock and roll band Tony and the Tigers.  The group performs before Soupy reveals his secret: “I’m going to teach the panel to play like this.”  
Members are Jon Pousette-Dart, John Meredith, Tony Sales and Hunt Sales.  Tony and Hunt are Soupy’s sons, and though it’s not mentioned, John is the son of actor Burgess Meredith. Though barely teenagers here, the Sales brothers and Dart would go on to have notable musical careers.  Our regulars attempt to perform as “Steve and the Secrets.”  Soupy is starring in the film Birds Do It (1966).

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