Pat Carroll, Henry Morgan, June Lockhart, Richard Dawson
Mr X from Inglewood: “My real name is Mr Ping” and Mr Y from Los Angeles: “My real name is Mr Pong”
Mr Ping and Mr Pong are standing in front of a game table, paddles
in hand. William Ping works in plastics,
and Sik Kau Pong, originally from Hong Kong, is a technical writer. While “ping-pong” has always been the popular
term for the game, that name has been trademarked since the early 20th
century, and “table tennis” is the more accurate name for the sport and
pastime. Table tennis has been an Olympic sport since 1988.
Cindy Luthey from Iowa City, Iowa: “I made this dress from dishrags”
Cindy and partner Dean Samuelson operate the Grace Bible and Banana Company back in Iowa, where they design and manufacture colorful outfits for young people. They gained a nationwide reputation after some successful fashion shows in New York, but the company couldn’t keep up with demand, even with additional workers. Victims of their own success, they would close their doors in 1974. A quick fashion show here features models Anitra Ford and Janice Pennington, just becoming known to television audiences from their work on The New Price Is Right (1972-present).
Special guest Jack Klugman has envelopes for each panelist which contain: “Real betting tickets on a horse race”
Steve says the secret relates to a special interest of Klugman’s, and since his fondness for the ponies is well known, it takes the panel little time to hone in. The tickets are for a race that’s already happened, which we watch on film later, and one of the four tickets (June’s) is a winner. Klugman is in the middle of his five-year run as Oscar Madison in the TV series The Odd Couple (1970-75). It’s arguably his best-known role. Somewhat less well known is that he played the part on Broadway, replacing Walter Matthau in the original production. Klugman would later play a medical examiner in the crime drama Quincy, M.E. (1976-83). He would also reunite with his Odd Couple co-star Tony Randall in various projects over the subsequent years.
Eddie LeVeque from Hollywood: “I was a Keystone Kop”
Fading from public memory today, the Keystone Kops were a wildly popular team of slapstick comic characters in silent movies of the 1910s and 1920s. The squad, whose membership was constantly changing, appeared in their own shorts as well as supporting characters in other films. They were named for the Keystone Studios founded by producer-director Mack Sennett. Generations who never even saw the original films knew and used “Keystone Kops” as a reference to bumbling public officials. Starting in the 1960s, the colorful LeVeque made frequent personal appearances as an ambassador for that early period of film history. This though his actual involvement at the time is poorly documented and possibly minimal. Eventually, he would be recognized as the last of the original Kops until his death in 1989.
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