Great Feats
Original Airdate: 01/29/64
Panel: Bess Myerson, Betsy Palmer, Henry Morgan, and Bill Cullen
Host: Garry Moore
Guests: Norman Paris and others
Opening Comments
This is an episode all about great feats. They all have to do with numbers of things. This really isn’t a transcript, I don’t have any of the questioning here, because the questions weren’t important at all. It was all about the acts.
Trumpets
First a man came out who could play two trumpets at the same time!
Two Trumpets
…and three…
Three Trumpets
Yes, and even four!
“I play 4 trumpets at the same time”
Four Trumpets
Punching Bags
Next was a 70-year-old man who could keep FIVE punching bags going at the same time! One with each hand, one with each knee, and one with his head! Takes him a few tries, but he does it. He said the music was too loud.
Five Punching Bags
Norman Paris
Next the musical director for IGaS, Norman Paris, plays a piano duet…with “himself!” He wrote a piece and had someone transcribe it for an automatic piano. Then he played along at the same time, on the same piano.
Garry Moore and Norman Paris
Norman playing the piano
Cigars
An old guest returns. Last time he smoked six cigars at the same time and whistled! This time he’s back to beat his old record, and can now smoke TEN cigars and whistle!
Smoking ten cigars and whistling
At the end of the show Henry tries to smoke some pencils and whistle as Garry says goodnight!
Henry smoking pencils
END OF SECRET
This was a very cool episode, and Henry smoking the pencils was hilarious!