Four young women from the New York area: “We’re all professional
secretaries” and 12-year-old Janet Aiello
from West Harford, Connecticut: “I just beat them in a typing contest
(97 words a minute)”
Janet, a seventh grader at King
Phillip Junior High, learned to type in a fifth grade experimental program
taught by Dr. Nathan Krevolin which was designed to improve spelling,
vocabulary and punctuation. Krevolin would author several books on
recordkeeping and keyboarding. Here,
Janet competes against Betsy in a typing contest and wins handily.
Nola Dunning from Stockton, Kansas: “I was elected County
Treasurer…I’m too young to vote”
19-year-old Miss Dunning was employed
by Rooks County, Kansas as deputy treasurer and had the guidance and
endorsement of her boss during the campaign, as well as campaign assistance
from six Dunning brothers. The legal
voting age in the US would not become 18 until the passage of the 26th
Amendment in 1971.
Special guest Victor Borge has a device with wires leading
backstage. Those wires are attached to:
“10 pretty girls…I’m going to play a song by touching the girls”
Once Borge is also attached to the
device, he can produce an electronic tone by touching a girl’s hand (or any
exposed skin). Each girl has been “tuned”
to a certain note, allowing Borge to play a melody by touching them in the proper
sequence. An omnipresent electronic buzz distracts from the proceedings, and the
end result isn’t exactly fine art, but Borge’s amusing shenanigans keep the
segment moving. Inventors Bruce Haack
and Ted Pandel are recognized in the audience.
They call their device the “peopleodeon.” It, or something much like it, was also known
as the “dermatron.” Haack and Pandel
demonstrated a similar device themselves in 1960 (
E401
). Borge’s new album is
the lengthily titled Victor Borge Presents His Own Enchanting Version of
Hans Christian Andersen (Decca 1966).
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