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Game 1: Miss Jerri Whittington (Geraldine Whittington)(9/11/1931 - 1/23/1994) - "Secretary to President Johnson" (salaried; she described President Lyndon Johnson with the following words and more, "great warmth, fair, kind, a perfectionist"; Jerri was the first African-American secretary in the White House; from West Rider, MD)
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''Game 2: Mr. Sabin Segal - "Sells Bird Seed" (salaried; he is the Sales Manager for Hartz Mountain Products and he sold 2 million dollars of bird seed last year; from New York, NY)
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''Game 3: Van Heflin (12/13/1908 - 7/23/1971) (as Mystery Guest)
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''Game 4: Mrs. Joan Higgins (Joan Fairfax) (b. 6/24/1946) - "Band Leader (All Girl Orchestra)" (self-employed; blond; as "Joan Fairfax and Her All Girl Orchestra" she leads a 14 piece all-girl band which is currently performing at the Roosevelt Hotel in New York City; she has quite a few net references due to her July 1959 to July 1960 Canadian CBC musical variety television show called "The Joan Fairfax Show"; she is also a trained coloratura soprano singer and plays the piano and accordion; from Englewood Cliffs, NJ)
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''Game 2: Mr. Sabin Segal - "Sells Bird Seed" (salaried; he is the Sales Manager for Hartz Mountain Products and he sold 2 million dollars of bird seed last year; from New York, NY)
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''Game 3: Van Heflin (12/13/1908 - 7/23/1971) (as Mystery Guest)
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''Game 4: Mrs. Joan Higgins (Joan Fairfax) (b. 6/24/1946) - "Band Leader (All Girl Orchestra)" (self-employed; blond; as "Joan Fairfax and Her All Girl Orchestra" she leads a 14 piece all-girl band which is currently performing at the Roosevelt Hotel in New York City; she has quite a few net references due to her July 1959 to July 1960 Canadian CBC musical variety television show called "The Joan Fairfax Show"; she is also a trained coloratura soprano singer and plays the piano and accordion; from Englewood Cliffs, NJ)
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Arlene Francis
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Bennett Cerf
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ADD NOTES- REVIEW: THE BAND IS BACK TOGETHER!!! Tonight was a very special night as former WML panelist Steve Allen returned to the show. As John put it so nicely, it was like "old home week" once again. Steverino's return seemed to inspire the panel as they had their best performance in quite a while. Dorothy got things rolling in the first game when she guessed that Jerri Whittington was a White House secretary. It was later revealed that she was one of the personal secretaries to President Johnson. In the second game, Steve was given credit for a correct guess when he figured out that the contestant dealt with bird seed. More precisely, he was a bird seed salesman. In the mystery guest round, Arlene correctly identified her former "Betty and Bob" co-star Van Heflin. Van was on the show to promote his upcoming play "A Case of Libel" which was based, in part, on former WML mystery guest Louis Nizer's book "My Life in Court." Bennett also asked about whether or not the then current investigation into ticket speculation (aka scalping) had any affect on ticket sales. Van said that he really hadn't noticed anything. In the final game, Arlene correctly figured out that the pretty young lady was in entertainment, but John flipped all the cards before Arlene could determine that she was a leader of an all girl orchestra. Nevertheless, this was definitely a nice way to end Steve's homecoming show. - Sargebri KILGALLEN WATCH!!! Dorothy sounded much better than on the previous two episodes, although there was still a little thickness in her voice. She also seemed much happier than she had in the past couple of weeks. - Sargebri Edit
- Miss Whittington's appearance on the show this evening was a nice preview of what was to come within the next few months in regards to Lyndon Johnson's greatest achievement in his controversial presidency, The Great Society. Miss Whittington was the first African-American to work as a personal secretary for a sitting president. Within a few months, President Johnson would introduce several programs that would do more to help minorities and the poor than any president since Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Johnson introduced such programs as Medicare, urban renewal, a war on poverty and major civil rights legislation, especially the Voting Rights Act. - Sargebri Edit
- A few months after his appearance on the show tonight, Steve Allen would return as a full-time Goodson-Todman Productions employee. However, his new job wouldn't be as a panelist on WML. Steve would take over as host of another Goodson-Todman show, "I've Got a Secret" when that show's host, Garry Moore, decided to retire. Garry Moore was not only leaving IGAS, but he was also retiring from his position as host of his very successful variety show. Ironically, Steve's wife, Jayne Meadows, was a former IGAS panelist from 1952-1959. However, by the time Steve assumed hosting duties in 1964, Jayne had long since quit that panel. - Sargebri Edit
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ADD QUOTES- PUNS APLENTY: Usually it's Bennett who gets off the puns, and occasionally John will fling one. But on this episode, both Steve Allen and Arlene Francis scored good ones too. When Van Heflin was revealed and Arlene recalled, "He was Bob to my Betty in the early radio days," Steve nailed a nice one with a reference to a children's song by quipping, "He was Bob to your Betty? He was Skip to My Lou for awhile." Later, while trying to identify the female orchestra leader, Arlene remarked, "I don't know. She looks like an adorable baton twirler, you know -- from Baton Rouge." The audience laughed and Bennett was probably proud of both Steve and Arlene! - Lee McIntyre Edit
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