Norm Nathan's Vault of Silliness - Ep 190

[00:00:00] Speaker A: Thank you for all the great viewer slash listenership. Last week gained some subscribers, too. Let's keep that momentum going. Today is the first of what could be called a two parter. It's a dumb birthday game from June 27, 1995. Next week will be from the following day, June 28. These are two excellent examples of the level of fun we would have during those overnights on WBZ. Real genuine madness at times. I have titled this one perfectly telegraphed the players. Jenny, who would stoke the fires of Norm's loins? Beverly in Tewksbury, Mike from Cornwall, Canada, Bernice and Malden. I'm on the phone from parts unknown, Jack Hart and Mike Epstein producing and playing in studio, the birthdays Bob Keeshin, Ross Perot, Anna Maffo, Gary Crosby, Bruce Babbitt, and Julia Duffy. We also get a history lesson with on this date, what year did President Truman order the Air Force and Navy into the korean conflict? And in what year was New York and Boston linked by telegraph wires? Episode 190, perfectly telegraphed, taps its way to your ears in three, two, and one. [00:01:20] Speaker B: You're in a long while. [00:01:21] Speaker C: Where have you been, for heaven's sake? [00:01:23] Speaker B: Oh, I'm listening. I'm in bed with you every night. [00:01:26] Speaker C: Oh, Jenny, I feel fire in my loins just to hear you say that. Okay, I'm glad. [00:01:31] Speaker B: I'm not going to touch that at all. [00:01:34] Speaker C: No, I'm sorry I touched it. I'm not sure the word touch is quite appropriate here either. Anyway, we have Beverly, who is in Tewksbury. Or maybe it's Tewksbury, who's in Beverly. I'm not sure. [00:01:47] Speaker B: Beverly and Tewksbury. [00:01:49] Speaker C: Beverly and Tewksbury. I'm glad to hear from you. And we have Mike, who's all the way up in Canada. Hi, Mike. [00:01:55] Speaker D: Hi. How are you today, Norman? [00:01:57] Speaker C: Just fine, thank you. You're coming in clearer up in Canada than Beverly's coming in in Tewksbury. [00:02:02] Speaker D: Oh, really? [00:02:03] Speaker C: Oh, yes. Yes. We yell. That's okay. It's not that profound. I just. I throw off little sideline remarks like that that don't really mean much. Where are you in Canada? [00:02:15] Speaker D: A little town called Cornwall, approximately 70 miles west of Montreal. [00:02:20] Speaker C: Okay. Just across the line into Ontario. [00:02:23] Speaker D: Yeah. Yes, sir. [00:02:24] Speaker C: Okay. Have you ever played the game with us before? I don't think you have, have you? [00:02:28] Speaker D: No, I've never played the Dunbarty game. [00:02:30] Speaker C: Oh, well, you have such a thrill in store. Okay. And Bernice, who's in Malden. Hi, Bernice. Hi. Oh, and a breathy, lovely voice. Hi. Hi. Is that the way you talk all the time. [00:02:46] Speaker B: Yeah, most of the time. [00:02:49] Speaker C: Yeah. You use very short, kind of cryptic answers. What are you doing up at this time of the morning? Bernice, I'm not complaining. I'm glad you are up. But how come? [00:03:01] Speaker B: Well, I enjoy listening to you. [00:03:04] Speaker C: That's good enough for me. [00:03:06] Speaker E: That's a good answer. [00:03:07] Speaker C: I think that's an excellent answer. Yes, it is. We have. Oh, we have Tony Nesbitt. Hey, we're blessed. We're blessed. Oh, the kids here are just so pleased that the kids on the tea canteen, you know what they're saying? And they're mouthing the phrase, yeah, we are blessed, dad. [00:03:26] Speaker F: Oh, God. Look. Fresher. Norm, I don't think I can take it now. [00:03:29] Speaker B: The day is saved. [00:03:31] Speaker C: Oh, now I really have to come. [00:03:34] Speaker F: Through in this game? [00:03:35] Speaker C: Well, no, it doesn't matter who wins or loses. It's mostly the camaraderie. The fact that, as you know, if you play the game, we have a reunion, a birth, dumb birthday game panel reunion, each year in Boston Garden. And it's just. It's just wonderful. All in, wherever it will be in the. Because the next year, we'll try find another. Why don't I shut up? What an idea. I never thought of that. No one there ever thought of just shutting up. Jack Hart. Hi. Yellow. That's it. Hey. Okay. Jack Hart, as you know, for those of you who don't know, let me introduce him to you because he's bowing and everything. He's the WBZ 24 hours traffic network person. [00:04:18] Speaker G: 24 hours a day. [00:04:19] Speaker C: 24 hours a day. He never sleeps his whole life. He drinks, eats, sleeps. I guess he does sleep sometimes. [00:04:27] Speaker G: No, I don't sleep. I don't sleep at all, as a matter of fact, the bags under my eyes are so big that I can carry my belongings in them. [00:04:36] Speaker C: That's excellent. That's an excellent joke. Now get out of here. And we have Mike Epstein, the WBZH producer. Okay, so this. You can see what a formidable lineup did. [00:04:49] Speaker E: Oh, yeah. [00:04:50] Speaker C: We have, let's see, seven members of the panel, which makes it. Gonna make it kind of tough. So whoever wins this, I think maybe. [00:04:58] Speaker E: We'Ll have two questions over the course of the entire game. [00:05:01] Speaker C: We may 1 for half hour. Yeah, we may just continue this right till 05:00 if we know it's good for us or something. I'm not sure I know what that means. Okay. One of the people born on this day. And again, I give you the names of people born today, which is Tuesday, June 27, is. And we guess their ages is Bob Keeshan. Bob Keeshin is Captain Kangaroo. That's correct. He also was Clarabelle the clown on the Howdy Doody show from 1947 to 1952. And I guess he hated that. So he said he didn't like the idea of some clown jumping around and making all that noise and all that stuff. So he was. [00:05:45] Speaker G: So instead he put a. Put on a straight hair wig and got on a big jacket with big pockets and jumped around without contrast stitching. [00:05:54] Speaker C: No, actually. Actually. No, actually, he doesn't. He doesn't jump around. He's. That was the idea. He was very much laid back as Captain Kangaroo when he tried to teach kids stuff. It was quite a different character. [00:06:06] Speaker F: Now, is that a play on words? When he named himself Captain Kangaroo and didn't jump around? [00:06:11] Speaker C: You know, you have something there I never thought about. [00:06:14] Speaker F: Now we're getting to the bottom of this. [00:06:15] Speaker G: It was the big pockets, I think. But he always used real words. [00:06:20] Speaker C: He used real words. [00:06:21] Speaker G: He used real words when he was talking about things. You know, he wouldn't. You know, he didn't seem to pander in the language of the show to, like children. He used, you know, words that, you know, maybe some other children's show wouldn't use. [00:06:36] Speaker C: No, I think so. I think that's so. I think he was trying to, you know, have it as an educational device. And, of course, as Clara Bell, he never used words at all. Didn't he? He just used to beep a horn and stuff like. Kind of like that. What? Yeah. Harper marks. [00:06:51] Speaker E: He didn't even come out with an occasional move or something. [00:06:54] Speaker C: No, no. Oh, no, no. Could you. Could you turn your volume up just a little bit, Jack? [00:07:01] Speaker G: How's that? [00:07:02] Speaker C: Oh, that is really nice. Oh, that is good. That is really nice. [00:07:06] Speaker F: Delta tones are right in my ear now. [00:07:08] Speaker C: What's that? [00:07:09] Speaker F: I said, your delphones are right in my ear now. [00:07:12] Speaker C: Ooh. Well, that's where Dulce should be, though, shouldn't they? [00:07:14] Speaker G: Yeah, they're no good in your nose. [00:07:18] Speaker C: Yeah. Yeah. Or up your. Whatever. Anyway, I'll give you some dates, though. So about camping, kangaroo and clarabelle and that kind of stuff. And Bob Keeshan, so that you might be able to identify his. He did the howdy do show from 1947. That's interesting. That was a year before WBZ TV went on the air. [00:07:39] Speaker F: Wow. [00:07:39] Speaker C: And that. And we were the first station in Boston. He was doing it. We were not even aware of it. I wondered why mom used to take me to New York so I could hear him on one of their stations in 1947. They must have had about four viewers. [00:07:54] Speaker F: And they were all in the studio. [00:07:56] Speaker C: That's right. That's right. [00:07:57] Speaker G: You could talk personally. You give each one of them a personal. [00:08:03] Speaker C: Thank you all for coming. And we appreciate going coast to coast from the Hudson river to the middle of our studio. [00:08:10] Speaker G: And Billy little Susie. [00:08:14] Speaker C: Anyway, that was. He was on that from 47 to 52. And he created Captain Kangaroo in 1955, which it says rad for many years. I don't know how. Cause he still shows up as kind of an advocate of better. Somebody really terribly sick. Cause I'm a doctor. If you wanna spit some phlegm into my handkerchief. He appears. I can analyze it. We have an entire medical department here at WBZ. [00:08:41] Speaker F: You can take it up to the BZ microscope. [00:08:43] Speaker C: We can do that. Yeah, because we have. That's right. Cause we have a lot of sick people that they work here and also manage that. [00:08:50] Speaker F: No? [00:08:50] Speaker E: Is that the truth? [00:08:51] Speaker G: I understand they keep the microscope in the fabled WBZ commissary. [00:08:57] Speaker C: Yes, they do. Right next to the glazed donuts. Anyway, it ran for many years, but he shows up as an advocate for television. For kids. Kids. Better television. Oh, never. Never mind. [00:09:10] Speaker F: For contrast stitching in big pockets. [00:09:12] Speaker C: That's right. Jenny, how old do you think. Bob Keeshin. Captain Kangaroo. How old is he today? [00:09:18] Speaker B: 82. [00:09:19] Speaker C: You'll say 82. Okay. And Beverly, what do you think? [00:09:23] Speaker B: I think 72. [00:09:25] Speaker C: 72, okay. And Mike, up there, did you have Captain Kangaroo on one of the canadian stations ever? [00:09:32] Speaker D: Sure did. Used to be my favorite show as a child. [00:09:34] Speaker F: Yeah, he was Captain le Kangaroo up there. [00:09:37] Speaker C: Captain le Kangaroo. Monsieur captain. And the other guy was there. I forget his whole name. Oh, green jeans. Yeah. Verd, how do you say jeans in French? [00:09:59] Speaker D: Who are you asking, John? [00:10:01] Speaker C: Well, I'm asking you, Mike. I thought maybe. [00:10:06] Speaker D: I am fluent in French. There's no french word forging. Exactly. [00:10:09] Speaker C: But green pants. Maybe we could compromise. [00:10:17] Speaker D: No, no, via. Not vert. Via. [00:10:19] Speaker G: Oh, I see. [00:10:20] Speaker C: Via. Via. Vi r e. No, v e r s. Are you sure? That's the way I learned it at the prior. [00:10:34] Speaker F: Italian. [00:10:38] Speaker C: Like in Giuseppe Bivert and Joe Green. Okay. Anyway, Mike, how old? [00:10:42] Speaker D: 71. [00:10:44] Speaker C: I'm sorry. At least to wait till I finish the question, for God's sakes. Okay, Bernice, what do you think? [00:10:52] Speaker B: 75. [00:10:53] Speaker C: Bernice says seven to five. Okay. [00:10:56] Speaker E: And Mike, I'd say Captain Kangaroo is a hopping 76. [00:11:03] Speaker F: That's the spirit. [00:11:08] Speaker C: Jacques le Cur, what do you think? Elect? 69. 69. Okay, Tony, what do you think? [00:11:23] Speaker F: I think I have this one in the pocket, too. [00:11:27] Speaker C: Yeah. [00:11:28] Speaker F: You always think he's a lot older than he really is. [00:11:32] Speaker C: Yeah. Because he looks older than he is. [00:11:35] Speaker G: Yeah, but he's eleven. [00:11:38] Speaker F: That's right. I'll agree with Jack. He's 69. [00:11:42] Speaker C: 69. [00:11:43] Speaker G: Have you ever seen him without the wig? [00:11:45] Speaker F: No. [00:11:45] Speaker G: The captain Kangaroo wig. [00:11:47] Speaker C: Yeah. [00:11:47] Speaker G: He's got like this sort of. He does have a full head of hair, but it's more like a sort of a grayish fuzz. [00:11:54] Speaker F: Really? [00:11:54] Speaker C: Yeah. [00:11:55] Speaker F: So he looks like. [00:11:58] Speaker G: Like maybe a piece of bread got up there. [00:12:01] Speaker C: Okay. Anyway, Bob Couchin is. Is actually 68. So you guys, Jack and Tony. [00:12:09] Speaker F: Yes. [00:12:10] Speaker C: We're the closest. Yes. [00:12:11] Speaker F: Nobody say 68, but I knew Jack really tried hard, so I didn't want. [00:12:14] Speaker C: I just. I know that you know his exact. [00:12:18] Speaker G: Age, but I'll do the same for you someday. [00:12:21] Speaker F: Thank you. [00:12:22] Speaker C: He is an old looking guy, though, isn't he? And he's. The thing, the horror is that he's. He's younger than I am. You know, he's younger, you know, than I am. I can't believe all these people. Even Ross Perot is younger than I am. He's. His birthday is today, too. [00:12:41] Speaker F: There's a big hint. [00:12:42] Speaker C: Yeah, that's right. Billionaire. It says billionaire. [00:12:45] Speaker F: But just remember, Paul Newman is older than you are. [00:12:49] Speaker C: That's right. He is. Yes. [00:12:51] Speaker F: Never let him forget it. [00:12:52] Speaker G: And Clint Eastwood is almost as old as you are. [00:12:55] Speaker C: Oh, my. [00:12:56] Speaker B: You may imagine that. [00:12:58] Speaker C: Son of a. That's right. Is he almost as old as I am? He's what, 63 now? [00:13:02] Speaker G: I think he's like 65. He's been. He was 60 a number of years ago. [00:13:06] Speaker C: Well, I can. I can look him up. You want me to look him up? [00:13:08] Speaker F: Sure. [00:13:08] Speaker C: Sure. We got nothing else to do here. What the heck? [00:13:10] Speaker F: I think. I think he's going to be 64 this year. [00:13:12] Speaker C: Quinnipe Cliff. Clint Eastwood. Okay. I'm looking him up this very moment, even as we speak. Who? [00:13:20] Speaker D: George burn. [00:13:21] Speaker C: He may be younger than I am. The way things are going, May 31 was Clint Eastwood's birthday. We'll look up May 31 and just see. And we'll have. Instead of guessing, we don't guess, we look up the answers. Okay. Clint Eastwood. [00:13:36] Speaker F: He was 62 a couple of years. [00:13:37] Speaker C: He was 65. [00:13:38] Speaker D: Really? [00:13:39] Speaker C: Yes. [00:13:39] Speaker F: He just turned 65. [00:13:41] Speaker C: 65 in May. May 31? [00:13:43] Speaker B: Yes. [00:13:45] Speaker C: Pardon me. [00:13:46] Speaker B: He looks older than that. [00:13:47] Speaker C: 20. Yeah. Because I thought he looked younger than that. [00:13:51] Speaker F: I hope I look like that at 65. [00:13:54] Speaker C: Yeah, I think he looks great. [00:13:55] Speaker F: I hope I look like Paul Newman when I'm 72. [00:13:58] Speaker C: I hope I look like Paul Newman when I'm his age, too. [00:14:01] Speaker F: By December, Norm, you will look like Paul, guaranteed. [00:14:05] Speaker G: I'd have to look at Paul. Look like Paul Newman at any age. [00:14:09] Speaker C: Okay. Ross Perot, billionaire computer tycoon. Pain in the ass. [00:14:13] Speaker F: I'm sorry, what? [00:14:16] Speaker C: Did you say that, Tony? Yes, I did. [00:14:22] Speaker G: Sorry. [00:14:23] Speaker C: I'm speechless. Okay. He's. Anyway, I wonder if he fills our job applications that way. You're. [00:14:29] Speaker F: You're up on his recipe? [00:14:30] Speaker C: Yeah, it's on his resume. What is your occupation, mister. Perot? I'm a billionaire computer tycoon. His estimated worth is over $2 billion. It says he had his eye on the us presidency in 1992. Unfortunately, most of the constituents did not have their eye on him, so that took care of that. Anyway, Ross, how many votes did he get anyway? [00:14:52] Speaker F: Did he get, like 30? [00:14:53] Speaker C: He got four. The same number of people that saw Bob Kieshen one night in 1947 on Captain Kangaroo or whatever that other thing was. Clarabelle the clown. Okay, we'll start with you, Tony. Arras Perot. [00:15:05] Speaker F: 65. [00:15:07] Speaker C: Okay, that sounds like a ballet step, though, doesn't it? [00:15:11] Speaker G: Arrow. [00:15:13] Speaker C: Do this, Rospero, and you can practice holding onto the bar. You and your tutu. Jack, what do you think? How old is Ross Perote? See, it's like this. I would have to say that if. [00:15:25] Speaker G: You were to take the number of. [00:15:27] Speaker C: Inches in the size of his ears and multiply them by the size of his head and by the height of. [00:15:32] Speaker G: His whole body, which isn't very much, I would have to say that he. [00:15:34] Speaker C: Was somewhere about 67. I forget what the question was. Mike Epstein, what do you think? I don't mean his age. I mean, what do you think of Jack Hart's imitation? [00:15:49] Speaker E: I thought that was great. [00:15:50] Speaker C: Was good. [00:15:51] Speaker E: That was good. I'm gonna say that Ross Perot is, um. Will shortly be. [00:16:02] Speaker C: I knew somebody would bring the ear thing into it. I didn't think it would be you, Jack, as you did such a great job in the imitation, you could have rested on your laurel. On your fat laurels. [00:16:13] Speaker E: I'm gonna say 64. [00:16:15] Speaker C: 64. Okay. [00:16:17] Speaker F: Rank up as one of the annoying voices. [00:16:20] Speaker C: Oh, yeah, absolutely. Absolutely. Along with Conan O'Brien. [00:16:23] Speaker F: Oh, Conan O'Brien. [00:16:24] Speaker C: Conan O'Brien and Ricky Lake. Oh, yes. They're right up there. Yeah, I'm getting to hate Charles Perez also, by the way. [00:16:34] Speaker F: Charles Perez. [00:16:35] Speaker C: He does another talk show. Yeah. So what do you think? These little kids, you know, giving their philosophies of life. You want to say, screw you. You don't know what the hell life is. All about who cares for your little adolescent. Oh, I'm sorry. I'm really getting excited here. Listen, Charles, I'm an old man. I know better than you, you punk kid. You mind if I step on your face? Why we bring. Why did I mention him? Bernice, how old do you think Ross Perot is? Ross Perot? What do you think him. I'm so you saying anything that I should be being able to interpret? I didn't quite follow what you said. Him. [00:17:19] Speaker G: I think she's singing a religious song over there. [00:17:22] Speaker C: Him? Yeah, Ross Perot. Yeah, Ross Perot. [00:17:25] Speaker B: Cracks me up. [00:17:27] Speaker C: Thank you very much. Were you just doing an invitation to Ross Perot? Is that what that was? [00:17:31] Speaker B: Oh, no, no. [00:17:33] Speaker C: Was that just my favorite? Oh, I thought that was just a gassy stomach then. How old is Ross Perot? Is this Bernice? Hello, is this microphone on? [00:17:43] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:17:44] Speaker C: Okay. How old is Ross Perot? You okay, Bernice? [00:17:48] Speaker B: Yes, I am. [00:17:49] Speaker C: How old you think Ross Perot is today? [00:17:53] Speaker B: Oh, about 63. [00:17:55] Speaker C: Oh, jeeze. Oh, my. Mike, what do you think? [00:18:07] Speaker D: I forgot what the damn question was. [00:18:09] Speaker C: Yeah, the age of Rossborough. And aren't you unhappy that he can't run for premier for prime minister of Canada? [00:18:15] Speaker D: No, thanks. One losers. Enough. 68, sir. [00:18:20] Speaker C: 68, sir. Okay. And Beverly? [00:18:23] Speaker B: 65. [00:18:25] Speaker C: 65 and Jenny. Okay, 65 is correct. And that means that Beverly and Tony probably hit that. Tony's got two out of two. Yep, I see. [00:18:38] Speaker G: I was gonna say 65, but. But I figured that Tony was. Was so kind. The last one that I'd say 67. [00:18:45] Speaker C: Yeah, well, you. Everybody was very, very close. Nobody was very far off. How about Ana Mafo, the soprano, Metropolitan Opera from 1959 to 1969? [00:18:58] Speaker F: You think when she was really, really great in one of her performances that the headlines would say Mafo was boffo? [00:19:05] Speaker C: Yeah, that sounds like a variety headline, doesn't it? I'm trying to think of another rhyme for that just to top you and I can't do it. [00:19:19] Speaker G: She's endorsing a. She's endorsing the. She's doing an ad for cardinal. [00:19:25] Speaker C: Oh, that was awesome. [00:19:26] Speaker G: You see, well, in the lingo, a variety, you see. [00:19:28] Speaker C: Yeah, I know that, but the words have to mean something, you see. That's the little thing. You got it. [00:19:34] Speaker G: That would leave people wondering whether she was doing a cough syrup thing or a coffee thing. [00:19:40] Speaker C: Oh, yeah, that's right. Oh yeah, I forgot about that. Oh, yeah, that's right. Okay, let's start with you, Mike. How old you think Anna Mafo is? [00:19:51] Speaker E: Mike up in Canada or. [00:19:53] Speaker C: Oh, I'm sorry, Mike. In Canada. Yes, that's right. I forgot we have two mics. [00:19:57] Speaker D: Do I really have to go first? I've never heard of this lady before in my life. [00:20:00] Speaker C: Anna Mafo. Let's see, maybe. Well, she was with a Metropolitan opera from 59 to 69. So you got a couple of, you know, that decade there to give you a clue. If she started in 59, how could, how young could she have been? And 69. 79. 89. That's 30. What, 36 years ago. Just kind of figure the age from that. [00:20:24] Speaker D: 61. [00:20:26] Speaker C: 61. And Mike Epstein, what do you think? [00:20:31] Speaker E: Um, I've also never heard of this, this woman, um, probably wasn't all that. [00:20:38] Speaker F: Both of them. [00:20:39] Speaker E: No, I'm gonna say that she's 69. [00:20:44] Speaker C: 69, okay. And Jenny, how about 56? 56. And hold onto your hats. Now, Bernice, what do you think? [00:20:56] Speaker B: 63. [00:20:57] Speaker C: Oh, that's good. 63. Okay, that's good that you responded. That my saying that's good didn't indicate that you were accurate or not accurate. And to the republic for which it stands, Jack, what do you think? [00:21:12] Speaker G: I would say that on this day, and Mappa was a 60 tray. [00:21:19] Speaker C: 60 tray. Yeah. Okay. Boy, that was sickening. Beverly, what do you say? [00:21:28] Speaker B: 66. [00:21:29] Speaker C: Okay. And Tony? 58. 58. Oh God. [00:21:41] Speaker B: He sings in the shower. [00:21:43] Speaker C: Anna Maffo, who sings buffo, as Tony pointed out, actually 61 years old today. Mike, who had never heard of her and was just drinking. A wild guess. They're right on the. That's Mike from Canada. Although Mike, you said 60. Yeah. Well, the rest of you weren't that far off, considering nobody had ever heard of her. Okay, hold on, everybody. We're gonna take a little break here. Won't that be fun? You know, every day, every day somebody's birthday. And the fact we ought to know that because we're playing the dumb birthday game. So we know a perfect way to send a, is to send a birthday beer grant from the Vermont Teddy Bear company. If you want to give a gift to somebody that they will really get a kick out of. I know the last time I sent one to Anna Maffo, she said, what a boffo gift that is. Well, anyway, here's how one lucky recipient describes what it's like to receive a bear grant. Dear Vermont Teddy Bear people, I received my Vermont Teddy bear buddy, all set to go to this second part. Oh. [00:22:48] Speaker F: Huh. [00:22:48] Speaker C: We back yet? Yeah, we're back. We're back on the end. That's it. Could, could you hear all of commercials where you are? Oh, yeah. Oh, that's nice, because I wouldn't want you to miss them. They were really nice, but, you know. [00:22:58] Speaker G: Listening to them gave me a little bit of a headache. [00:23:01] Speaker C: Yeah. Yeah. I love the guy who says headache. I love the other one. I have drank. [00:23:06] Speaker G: I have drank. [00:23:07] Speaker C: I have drank Ovaltine. [00:23:09] Speaker F: I was just gonna tell you that, Norm, but I. [00:23:13] Speaker G: My mother brung it to me every day. [00:23:16] Speaker F: I went to the store and I bought. [00:23:18] Speaker C: I buy it. [00:23:19] Speaker G: Yeah. [00:23:20] Speaker C: Okay. Today is the birthday of Gary. Gary Crosby. Gary Crosby, Bing's oldest son. [00:23:27] Speaker G: And he grew up on orange juice from Florida. [00:23:32] Speaker C: He was an Adam twelve. Is that the only. Is. That's his only credit. He's. Because he sunk. What's that? Please. [00:23:39] Speaker F: What was he in Adam twelve? [00:23:41] Speaker C: I don't have no idea. Do you know he was. [00:23:45] Speaker G: He was one of the cops, like, in the lunchroom wars. Had, like, a snappy thing to say to Mitch Milner. And the other guy. [00:23:54] Speaker F: Well, yeah. What? Martin Milner. [00:23:56] Speaker C: Martin Milner, yeah. Was he the one who wrote the book about his dad being an unpleasant dad and stuff? Was that Gary Crosby, one of the other kids? [00:24:03] Speaker G: Well, he wasn't getting many more parts than the Adam twelve, so he had to do something. [00:24:10] Speaker C: Okay, Gary Crosby, let's start with you. Bernice, what do you think? How old is Gary Crosby today? [00:24:16] Speaker B: Um, 60. [00:24:18] Speaker C: 60, okay. And Beverly, I'm sorry, 61, is that what you said? [00:24:25] Speaker B: No, 51. [00:24:25] Speaker C: Oh, 51. Okay. And Mike. Mike Epstein. [00:24:30] Speaker E: I'm gonna say 57. [00:24:33] Speaker C: 57. And Mike up in Canada, what do you think? [00:24:36] Speaker D: 62. [00:24:37] Speaker C: Mike says 62. Okay. And jackdaw. [00:24:43] Speaker G: Hmm. How old would be? He'd be about 95. [00:24:51] Speaker C: I can look at. Well, I don't want to look it up now because then gives you an unfair advantage over people who already guessed. [00:24:58] Speaker G: Let's see. Because that was like a whole different family that he had. I'd have to say he's about 64. [00:25:03] Speaker C: Okay. Yeah. Cause he had. He married again and had some younger children. Yeah, 64. Okay. And, uh, Jenny. [00:25:11] Speaker B: I'll say 65. [00:25:14] Speaker C: 65, okay. And Tony going on that hint that. [00:25:19] Speaker F: He did marry and had younger children. [00:25:21] Speaker C: Yeah. This was his. Yeah, his first batch. [00:25:23] Speaker F: His first batch. His first batch of oranges. Oh, let's say 63. [00:25:33] Speaker C: Well, 63. Well, that certainly sounds right for me, actually. Gary Crosby is 62 years old. 62. That means that Mike up in Canada hit that right on the ball. [00:25:50] Speaker F: Oh, I just missed. [00:25:51] Speaker C: You just missed my one year. Yeah. Yeah. So Mike has two and you have two. You're both tied. That is Mike from Canada and Tony Nesbitt from Boston. Two apiece. How about Bruce Babbitt? How about him, the interior secretary he ran for president, didn't make it beyond the primary. [00:26:12] Speaker G: He didn't win. [00:26:15] Speaker C: Nobody got a job in the president. Administration. [00:26:20] Speaker F: That's not bad, noam. [00:26:21] Speaker C: You can add that to your interior. That's right, because I. That's right, because I only do dead people. Except for Mason Adams. [00:26:31] Speaker D: Any relation to Bobbitt? [00:26:32] Speaker C: Norm, any relation to Bobbitt? Yes. Yeah. Bat me, though. I don't know what to say to that. I don't know what. [00:26:42] Speaker G: Couple of things, but I won't. [00:26:44] Speaker C: Okay. Bruce Babbitt from Los Angeles. Not. He was born in Los Angeles, but he was also governor of one of the southwestern states. Which was that, Arizona or New Mexico? Nevada. [00:26:54] Speaker G: I don't remember. [00:26:55] Speaker F: Keep going. [00:26:56] Speaker C: No. [00:26:57] Speaker D: Alaska, wasn't it? [00:26:58] Speaker C: No, no, no, it was. It was. It was one of the southwestern states. Anyway, Bruce Babbitt, born on June 27. How old you think? Mike Epstein. [00:27:12] Speaker E: Oh, let's see, 60. [00:27:23] Speaker C: 60 says Mike Epstein. Yes. And Jenny, what do you think? All right. And Beverly? 73. Okay, let's see. Tony. [00:27:42] Speaker F: I think the only thing that Babbitt and Bobbitt would have in common with probably be polls, but. [00:27:50] Speaker C: I don't know. I know. I know that. Okay. [00:27:53] Speaker F: It's okay because I don't know what the men either. [00:27:56] Speaker C: You don't know what it meant either? [00:27:58] Speaker F: No, it was handed to me on a card. [00:28:00] Speaker C: I see. [00:28:01] Speaker D: Yeah. [00:28:02] Speaker C: By anybody I know. [00:28:05] Speaker F: It was left in the studio. [00:28:07] Speaker C: I see. [00:28:08] Speaker F: Yeah. I had a look in the mirror. [00:28:09] Speaker C: When I read it. [00:28:09] Speaker F: It's very funny. [00:28:11] Speaker C: That's a hard to say. [00:28:12] Speaker D: Follow comments. [00:28:15] Speaker C: Bruce Bamboo, do you want to guess his age or do you want to just. [00:28:18] Speaker F: No, no, I just. I was hearing that last comment. I was 60. [00:28:22] Speaker C: 61. 61, yeah. Okay. And Mike from Canada. [00:28:28] Speaker D: 65. [00:28:29] Speaker C: Okay. And the Jack? 56. What do you think, Bernice? 60. Okay. He's 57, actually. 57. So Jack said 56. I believe nobody said 58. So we have a three way tie now. Mike from Canada, Jack Hart and the very lovely Tony Nesbitt. [00:28:58] Speaker F: And his arsenal save you from sending on another prize, Norm. I'm trying. [00:29:01] Speaker C: Yeah. You're doing okay so far. Yeah. How about I got a couple of events if you want. Guest the years. Well, now that you know Frank Mills. [00:29:16] Speaker F: Of the Mills brothers. [00:29:17] Speaker C: No. He had a hit wreck a few years ago of music box dancer. [00:29:24] Speaker F: Oh, sure. [00:29:26] Speaker C: Yeah. And also. Oh, Julia Duffy. Let's do her. We can do Julia Duffy. Yeah. Okay. She was made stephanie on tv's new heart, on designing women. And on the mummies with an mommies. [00:29:46] Speaker G: The mommy. [00:29:47] Speaker C: Mom. The mommy. [00:29:47] Speaker G: She's all wrapped up in that project. Now. [00:29:52] Speaker C: Jack, I'll bet you think that's hilarious. I'll bet you. I'll bet you'll be telling that joke to everybody today to a point of total boredom. [00:30:01] Speaker G: As soon as I get in the elevator on the way out of work. [00:30:03] Speaker C: I'm gonna tell the guy there and. [00:30:05] Speaker G: The people on the way out the. [00:30:06] Speaker C: Door, okay, Julia Duffy. [00:30:09] Speaker F: It'll be like a curse. [00:30:14] Speaker C: Let's start with you, Jenny. What do you think? How old is. [00:30:16] Speaker B: How about 43? [00:30:18] Speaker C: How about 43? Okay. Beverly. All right. Mike. Up in Canada. [00:30:25] Speaker D: 48. [00:30:27] Speaker C: 48. Bernice? [00:30:29] Speaker B: 37. [00:30:31] Speaker C: 37. Okay. Mike Epstein. [00:30:35] Speaker E: 48. Works for me. [00:30:37] Speaker C: Okay. And Jack. [00:30:40] Speaker G: Hmm? I'm just thinking about Julia Duffy. [00:30:44] Speaker C: She's obviously an attractive radio. [00:30:46] Speaker G: Oh, she's just teeny and just dull. Sweet little voice and perky and rough. 44. [00:30:59] Speaker C: Jake, what's your point? That seems to be the key. [00:31:04] Speaker G: Just kind of like hashing it over in my mind while I was thinking of a rage. [00:31:08] Speaker C: Now that seems to be one of the lines that's used a lot on comedy shows now, Mike, I think you're so stupid. It's the wonder you know how to get out of bed in the morning. It's the wonder you've made a living to feed your family. You're the dumbest person I've ever known. [00:31:22] Speaker F: What's your point? [00:31:23] Speaker C: Yeah, what's your point? I mean, that shows up on every sitcom these days, so I was trying. [00:31:28] Speaker B: To work it out. [00:31:29] Speaker G: I see. [00:31:31] Speaker C: Tony, what do you think? [00:31:33] Speaker F: Jack stole my answer. [00:31:35] Speaker G: 44. [00:31:36] Speaker C: 44. Okay, 44 is right. Yeah, she is. 44. [00:31:41] Speaker G: Do we know our Julia Duffy's or do we know our Julia? [00:31:43] Speaker C: Oh, you sure do. Yeah, man. Oh yeah. Okay, so Jack and Tony now are tie with three apiece and. Okay, here's the date now, buddy. Okay. Frank Mills today is 53. [00:32:04] Speaker F: Okay, thank you. [00:32:05] Speaker C: Yeah. Because I could have given you a clue. The music Barc dancer was a big hit, big hit in 1978. I suppose you could have done some figuring there, but. [00:32:13] Speaker G: Yeah, but nobody heard him sing, you know? I mean, he could have been a studio musician for years and just hit. [00:32:18] Speaker C: You know, that's the way actually that actually he was, I think. I don't think he ever had a group that he took on the road that I'm aware of. [00:32:24] Speaker F: Did he ever sing because the music box dancer was just a piano? [00:32:27] Speaker C: No, just instrumental. [00:32:29] Speaker G: If you listen to real close, you hear him in the back. [00:32:35] Speaker F: That's pretty close, Jack. [00:32:36] Speaker C: Yeah. [00:32:36] Speaker F: You know, I'll admit this right now. [00:32:38] Speaker C: It was like that on a 45. Errol Garner. The the great pianist never sang, but he used to. You could hear him grunting on the record. You really could. I mean, you really could. So that's true. That's true. [00:32:57] Speaker F: Maybe he wasn't just tickling the ivories then. [00:32:59] Speaker C: That's possible. That's right. [00:33:01] Speaker F: Tickling a little bit more than the. [00:33:03] Speaker C: Ivory might have been there. Jazz. Sharp. Yeah, jazz people don't use phrases like tickling the ivories. Okay. What do you do? [00:33:16] Speaker F: You pound on the. [00:33:17] Speaker G: Pound on the elephantine. [00:33:18] Speaker C: Okay. On June 27, it was on this very date President Truman ordered the air force and Navy into the korean conflict, following a call from the United Nations Security Council for member nations to help South Korea repel an invasion from the north, obviously the beginning of the Korean War. What year was that, Tony? [00:33:47] Speaker F: Now, you just had a call recently from someone talking about that last week, didn't you? [00:33:52] Speaker C: No, this was. This was about. Well, indirectly, it was about a ship that was. That took part in the korean war. Oh, somebody did mention the korean war, too. That's right. You're right. And this. This would be after. [00:34:06] Speaker F: This is after the United nations was formed, so. [00:34:09] Speaker C: Yeah. And this. This is a. An interesting anniversary. [00:34:13] Speaker F: Yeah. [00:34:14] Speaker C: Of it. You know, it's not. It's a. It's. It's not. It's an even kind of thing, you know? [00:34:18] Speaker F: Yeah. [00:34:21] Speaker C: You understood what I meant when I said already? [00:34:23] Speaker G: I think so. Why don't you just tell them? [00:34:29] Speaker C: Well, you all get the same clue, and nobody's, you know, has guessed you. I try to be just as fair as I can, but you're all out of order. [00:34:36] Speaker F: 19. [00:34:41] Speaker G: Let's see. What year is this? [00:34:43] Speaker C: Yeah, this is 1945. [00:34:46] Speaker F: I'm so embarrassed that I don't know this. Forgive me. 1950. [00:34:49] Speaker C: 1950. What do you say, Jack? [00:34:52] Speaker G: Oh, let me think for a minute. 1950. [00:34:58] Speaker C: Time's up, Mike. What do you think, Mike? Epstein. [00:35:06] Speaker E: Carry the three minus the 1950. [00:35:19] Speaker C: This is the silly bunch of people. You hear that? Giggling like little schoolboys. Like a bunch of schoolboys. I'm doing a program on a big, powerful radio station accompanied by a bunch of silly little schoolboys. [00:35:31] Speaker G: Well, while you're doing that, we're looking through some girly magazines. [00:35:36] Speaker D: You know what, Norm? All we have to do is all seven of us say 1950, and we're all gonna win. [00:35:40] Speaker C: I guess. What, you want to say that to Mike? [00:35:42] Speaker D: No. [00:35:43] Speaker C: Okay, let me call on Bernie's first, because I have this all arranged in very grid order, and I just can't mix up things because I'm well organized. Bernice, what do you think. What year did the korean war begin? [00:35:59] Speaker B: 1950. [00:36:01] Speaker C: Okay. And Mike. Mike from Canada. [00:36:05] Speaker D: 50. [00:36:05] Speaker C: 519. 55. Beverly. 1952. Somebody has some kind of a stomach disorder there. [00:36:20] Speaker G: That was Earl Gardner. [00:36:22] Speaker C: I see. Jenny, what year did the korean war begin? [00:36:27] Speaker B: How about 51? [00:36:29] Speaker C: About 51. Now, 1950 is correct. Yay. So half of you won on that one. What did the other half do? [00:36:39] Speaker G: They lost. [00:36:41] Speaker C: The other half lost on that one. [00:36:44] Speaker B: Only one. [00:36:45] Speaker C: But you can't help but admire people who swim against the tide and get. [00:36:52] Speaker F: Ripped with the undertow and then harried out to sea. [00:36:57] Speaker C: Okay. That's so colorful. That is just so nice. Okay, Tony and. Tony and Jack are tied still with the four pieces. Okay, here's the very last one. And we use this because I think it is just sit down. Interesting. Okay. This also happened June 27. Of course, all the events patented or something. Today it says. Well, it's slightly better than that, but New York and Boston were linked by telegraph wires. [00:37:28] Speaker G: Hmm. [00:37:30] Speaker C: In this year, they were linked by telegraph wires. [00:37:33] Speaker G: Well, dip dit da da. [00:37:38] Speaker C: Oh, I think I'm going to do. Okay, who we start with? The last. Well, Jenny, we'll start with you this time. What. What year was that? New York and Boston linked by telegraph wires. [00:37:50] Speaker B: What about 19? [00:37:51] Speaker C: Oh, 219. Two. Okay. Beverly. 1929. That's right. Because they wanted D city to know that the depression suddenly was on. [00:38:16] Speaker G: The phones were out that day. [00:38:24] Speaker C: They're not laughing at you, Beverly. They're just laughing at your answer. Mike, up in Canada, what year do you think that was? [00:38:39] Speaker D: 1899. [00:38:41] Speaker C: How much? The silly school boys are at it again. Okay, Bernice? What? 1902. Okay. Yes. Bernice would say something more so that we can get more excited. [00:39:15] Speaker F: That's pretty good. [00:39:20] Speaker C: I think Tony, I think, was the fellow who was. [00:39:22] Speaker F: No, no, Mike in Canada. [00:39:24] Speaker C: Oh, Mike in Canada. Okay. And Mike Epstein, what year do you think I. The Boston and New York were linked by the telegraph. Oh. [00:39:37] Speaker E: 18. 1865, I guess. [00:39:44] Speaker C: Okay, 1865. And what do you say, Jack? [00:39:47] Speaker G: 1860. [00:39:49] Speaker C: 318. 63. And Tony. [00:39:57] Speaker E: He'S giving his answer in Morse code. [00:40:00] Speaker C: Yes. [00:40:03] Speaker F: 1860. [00:40:07] Speaker C: 118. 61 does come the closest. [00:40:11] Speaker F: No kidding. [00:40:12] Speaker C: Yeah, but you're still. [00:40:15] Speaker E: I knew we were way off. [00:40:17] Speaker C: Well, not that far maybe, but it's 1847. [00:40:23] Speaker D: Oh, really? [00:40:23] Speaker E: Yeah, close enough. [00:40:24] Speaker C: 57. Yeah, close enough. How come. How come you're just telling us about it now? It happened 14 years ago. Wouldn't be that close then. [00:40:35] Speaker D: I still love Bernice's voice. [00:40:37] Speaker C: Okay, okay, so. So the winner there. Anyway, Tony walks away with the whole thing. Thank you very much. Very, very nice. And I want to thank all of you for playing this world game with us. Jenny, thank you. [00:40:50] Speaker B: Thank you. [00:40:51] Speaker C: Yes. [00:40:52] Speaker B: Would you please say happy birthday, Jenny, for the 4 July? [00:40:57] Speaker C: Okay, I'll say happy. Just call me the 4 July. And I wish you. And that's. That's this. That's. That's. That's. That's next week. Somebody hung up. [00:41:06] Speaker E: Okay, somebody hung up. [00:41:08] Speaker C: See, Beverly, thank you. Okay, that was a mike in Canada. [00:41:16] Speaker G: And. [00:41:17] Speaker C: And, Bernice, thank you. [00:41:18] Speaker B: Thank you. [00:41:20] Speaker C: Oh, I'm sorry. I'm so busy trying to get. Get that thing off the line. [00:41:23] Speaker F: It was Mike's line, I guess, in Canada. [00:41:25] Speaker E: Yeah, Mike in Canada just kind of said, au revoir. [00:41:30] Speaker C: Anyway, thank you, Tony. And thank you, Jack. Thank you, Norm. [00:41:34] Speaker A: Man, it was always such a bonus when Norm would be in for Bob Rawley. All the extra silly booming out over 38 states and parts of Canada. Tune in next week for a dumb birthday game from the very next night, with our regular cast and new callers closing the vault and clearly leaving this world a little sillier than we found it. Four going to bed every night with Norm. Dumb birthday game contestant reunions held at the Boston Garden. Clarabelle the clown. Captain Kangaroo. Le Pepion Verde. Contrast stitching and big pockets. Real words. Howdy doody, phlegm. The WBZ commissary glazed doughnuts. Clint Eastwood. Jack Hart's Ross Perot impression. Annoying voices. The boffo animafo dranking ovaltine poles and poles. Grunting, tickling the ivories. Giggling like silly little schoolboys. Mike Epstein, Jack Hart. And the well organized Norm Nathan. I'm Tony Nesbitt. So what's your point?