Game Shows of the 50s

Contestants try to accomplish feats of various difficulty before their clock time runs out.

Contestants try to accomplish feats of various difficulty before their clock time runs out.

This episode featured two guests with secrets. The second guest was Samuel J. Seymour, who was 96 years old when he appeared on this show. His secret was that he was in the audience of the Ford Theater in Washington DC on April 14, 1865, the evening that Abraham Lincoln was shot. Mr. Seymore died two months after appearing on this show, on April 14, 1956, exactly 91 years after he witnessed Abraham Lincoln being assassinated.