670    December 26, 1966 (Taped December 19)
Betsy, Bill, Bess, Henry

Seven Moroccan men: “One of us can hold all the rest of us in the air”                 
The men (who say their names too quickly to be identified) are part of the Sahara Acrobatic Troup which worked together under that name only briefly in the mid-sixties.  They perform their stunt here, along with a second one featuring Steve.  They will appear in the movie Doctor Dolittle (1967).   

Marine Sgt. Hardinger from Reading, Pennsylvania: “I just became the father of twins” and twin sailors Harold and Homer Hardinger from Cumberland, Maryland: “We helped deliver his twins” 
Wacky childbirth.  Despite the same last name, Gunnery Sergeant Irvin C Hardinger did not know the twins until they ended up helping his wife deliver her own twins.   

Special guest Paul Anka has with him a collection of 24 people whose last names sound like the gifts from the song “The 12 Days of Christmas.”  Working backward, they are (12) Mrs. Erna Drummer, Renee Drumming, (11) John Pipers, Harold Pipeling, (10) Stella Lord, Mrs. A. Liebling, (9) Gilbert Lady, Bernard Danzig, (8) Bill Maida, Mel King, (7) Victoria Swan, Mrs. K.M. Swimm, Mrs. Z. Ing, (6) Dorothy Gease, Elaine Lowen, (5) Mrs. Marvin Goldring, (4) Mary Ann Kallenberg, (3) Mr. French, Miss Hens, (2) Jack Turteltaub, Mr. Ande, Ruth Partridge, Frank Inda and Millie Peartree.  Rather than playing a game, the whole thing is presented from the start as a singalong. (See also E365 , E518 , E587 )  Anka’s latest record is “Poor Old World” (1965).