Since this is a missing episode, we don't know whether this show was recorded on January 2 or had been held over from a past date. If it was recorded on the day it aired, Bess was almost certainly not one of the panelists. Bess would have been in California covering the Rose Parade, as she had done so many times before. The parade, and most other bowl pageantry, took place earlier today because January 1 was a Sunday.
Special guest Rose Marie
In a bit that was likely the celebrity segment, the show presented a mock trial over the question: "Should a girl who breaks her engagement be obliged to return the ring?"
Many newspaper listings reported that opera singer Robert Merrill was on hand as a guest in addition to Rose Marie. That's possible, but it might have been confusing to viewers who would see Merrill appear as the celebrity guest on next week's show. (
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