22   Recorded November 16, 1972

Carol Herrema (19) from Artesia, Shawni Parenteau (5) from San Diego and Sue Coleman (62) from Palos Verdes Peninsula: “We’re all beauty contest winners”

Herrema is Miss California 1973 in the Miss USA/Miss Universe pageant system.  She would finish in the top 12 at the Miss USA competition.  Coleman is California’s Senior Beauty Queen in a first-of-its-kind contest for the state.  Little Shawni is “Wee Miss California”. 

Special guest Jack Carter answers the panel’s questions going through every emotion “from A to Z.”

In other words, each question is answered in an emotional state, starting with A ("angry") and working down the alphabet with each subsequent question.  Identical to a game played with Cyril Ritchard in 1956 ( E169 ).  While Carter is primarily known as a stand-up comedian and comic actor, he had displayed dramatic chops in past roles.  He would later become a popular performer on the Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts (1974-84) and would enjoy a bit of a resurgence in the 1990s as a voice actor for various animated series. 

Shirlee Ellis Amos from Hollywood: “My hat’s made of eggshells” 

In addition to her elegant hat, Steve displays other items Mrs Amos has made with eggshells, a skill she says she picked up while touring as a singer.  Amos was a nightclub performer of the 1960s under the name Shirl-ee May.  In 1966 she married talent agent Wally Amos, who would later become the cookie mogul “Famous Amos.”  They would divorce in 1977 on the cusp of his cookie fame.  Shirlee struggled with mental illness and would take her own life in 2003.  Musician Shawn Amos, the only son of Wally and Shirlee, released the album Thank You Shirl-ee May (2005) as a tribute to a mother whose performing career he didn’t discover until after her death.