668     December 12, 1966 (Taped December 5)
Betsy, Bill, Bess, Henry

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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