1980-81
Episode Guide
(To Tell the Truth, version three)
Host: Robin Ward
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Pilot 2
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Joe Hayes
Iowa farmer whose letter brought the pope to Iowa |
Deidre Hickey
First woman to be a Long Island railroad conductor |
Lorie Johansen Former correction officer in a federal prison |
80-01
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Robin Sindorf
Former Dallas Cheerleader/rodeo clown |
Richard Slater
Oceanographer and undersea diver |
Steve Gibbons Record-holding tub sitter |
80-02
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Chuck Jones
Animator for Warner Brothers |
Mary Kay Ash
Cosmetics magnate |
Ray Smith Needlepoint champion |
80-03
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Elizabeth Kane
First American woman paid to be a surrogate mother |
Ben Abruzzo
Balloonist who crossed the Atlantic |
Fred Miller Ordained minister |
80-04
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Kathy Ann Wildey
Recent West Point graduate |
Hugh Carter
Worm King of America |
Kate Young Twin to one of this show's impostors |
80-05
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Charles Fenwick, Jr.
Champion steeplechase jockey |
Bernard Pagano
Priest charged with robbery |
Terry Korkoruda Winner of Irish Sweepstakes who bet on Charles Fenwick |
80-06
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Bambi Lin Finney Marine discharged for posing in Playboy |
Roger Reynolds Parachutist who fell to earth |
David Lockwood World champion parlor game player |
80-07
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Ralph Himmelsbach FBI agent who tracked down airplane hijacker D.B. Cooper |
Barbara Miller Author of Kathy, whose daughter recovered from a severe auto accident |
Cecil Underwood First-ever contestant on To Tell The Truth |
80-08
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Milton Pitts Barber to President Reagan |
Joe Sobek Inventor of racquetball |
Curtis Ezelle Mother of the Year |
80-09
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Elizabeth Morgan Author of The Making of a Woman Surgeon |
Brian Helmer Senate senior page |
Michael Miller World puzzle professor |
80-10
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Bryan Allen Pilot of a motorless plane aross the English Channel |
Gail Jamin Divorced her husband to protest the cost of marriage |
Bobbye Zacco Woman who wired her teeth shut to lose weight |
80-11
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David Swerdlow
Professional tucker-in |
Ralph
Keyes
Author of The Height of Your Life |
Krae Van Sickel
World frisbee champion |
80-12
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Michael Block
Author of Letters to Michael who advertised for a wife on New York subways |
Ardath Evitt
Oldest woman in history to have made a parachute jump |
Richard Glazer
Husband who met his spouse through a dating service |
80-13
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Jay Mullen
Author of I Was Idi Amin's Basketball Czar and former CIA agent |
Lauren Kaye
Chef to New York City Mayor Ed Koch |
Judy Ann Alban
Police chief |
80-14
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Vivian Morris-Pesa
Strip tease artist |
Ross Consaul
Man who works with jogging pigs |
Kathryn Rabane
Woman whose body is 75% tattooed |
80-15
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Barbara Raye
Woman barred from adopting a child for being overweight |
Fred Kelly Actor, dance teacher and Gene Kelly's brother |
Dixie Bellen
$1,000,000 lottery winner |
80-16
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Wesley MacIntire
Bridge disaster survivor |
Jill
Fleming
Policewoman and former Chargers' cheerleader |
Rodney Rice
Lawn-eating goat renter |
80-17
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Rachel McLish
National Amateur Women's Bodybuilding Champion |
Henry J. Heimlich
Author of Dr. Heimlich's Home Guide to Medical Situations and inventor of the Heimlich maneuver |
Milton Shapp
Songwriter and former Governor of Pennsylvania |
80-18
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Frances "Tut"
Woodruff
Oldest woman on record to solo pilot a hang glider |
Wendell
Marthers
Ran away at 11-years-old and returned home five years later |
Patricia
Kuhnle
Tuna champion |
80-19
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Toni
Helfer
Affection trainer for animals and author of The Gentle Jungle |
Rosa
Parks
Mother of the civil rights movement |
June
Clark
Sneezed every 15 seconds for 154 days |
80-20
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David
Porter
Only explorer to have walked both poles |
Helen
Hadsell
Contest winner and author of The Name It and Claim It Game |
Louise
Clapp
World champion marathon talker |
80-21
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Rick
Sylvester Ski instructor, mountain climber, and stuntman for The Spy Who Loved Me |
Deborah
Skinner Daughter of psychologist B.F. Skinner |
Chuck
Laney
Original Mouseketeer |
80-22
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P.D.
James Author of eight mystery novels |
James "Doc"
Counsilman Oldest swimmer ever to cross the English Channel |
Reverend Clifford
Pratt
Teacher of a course in bird calls |
80-23
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Sharon
Rutkowski Tooth fairy who preaches effective oral hygiene |
Carl
Joseph Born without a left leg and recipient of 13 varsity letters in high school sports |
Vicki
Christensen
Delivers singing message in an unusual manner |
80-24
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Stan
Cottrell Ran from New York City to San Francisco in 48 days |
Christopher
Janus Searcher of the bones of the Peking Man |
Joe
Jeff
Teacher of a course in how to write love letters |
80-25
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Joseph
Granville Prognosticator of both earthquakes and fluctuations in the stock market |
Vicki
Caneer National Ladies Roller Disco Champion |
Louis Yelnick
Page turner for professional pianists |
80-26
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Racquel Martinez
Bullfighter |
Del Sharbutt
Professional radio announcer and recovered alcoholic |
Seymour Frank
Hypnotist |
80-27
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Ken Morrow
Hockey player for the New York Islanders |
Jeanne
Boregen
Psychic |
Tom
Duch
Mayor of Garfield, New Jersey |
80-28
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Corinne Alphen
Model for Penthouse who accepted a date to a boy's high school prom |
James
Pelosi
Graduate of West Point who endured "The Silence" for two years |
Mark
Gottlieb
Underwater violinist |
80-29
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Joan
McWilliams
National Women's Freestyle Skiing Champion |
Jacob
Besser
Only person to have been aboard both planes that dropped the atomic bombs on Japan |
Vicki
Boch
Organ grinder |
80-30
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Beverly
Kelly
Commander of the Coast Guard cutter Cape Newagen |
Buzz
Marcus
Racecar driver and gasohol proponent |
Cathy
Davis
Professional boxer |
80-31
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Anna
Fisher
NASA astronaut |
Ralph G.
Allen
Co-writer of Sugar Babies |
Ron
Mingo
World's fastest typist |
80-32
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Ella
King Torrey
Yale student majoring in the Barbie doll |
William
F. Niehous
American kidnapped and held captive in Venezuela for three years |
Kathy
Cox
National Parachute Champion |
80-33
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Dava
Sobel
Sleep disorder guinea pig |
Joe
Dypwick
Bookie who won without using his own money |
Paul
Kimelman
Lost over 300 pounds within a year |
80-34
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Dr. Robert
Martin
Physician who cures back problems by hanging patients upside down |
Victoria
Vanderkloot
Stuntwoman for soap operas |
Edward
Delano
Bicycled across the U.S. in 33 days |
80-35
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Barry
Bremen
Sports impostor |
Sue
Ruff
Camper who survived Mount St. Helens' volcanic eruption |
Catherine
Beasley
Married in a hot air balloon |
80-36
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Rita Kaplowitz
NYC cop known as "Ripoff Rita" |
Frank
Jarecki
Polish pilot who escaped Communism |
Bernie
Bukiet
Former U.S. table tennis champion |
80-37
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Burdena
Pasenelli
FBI agent |
Father
David Hennessey
America's only full-time minister to circus people |
Jane
Drache
Professional poker champion |
80-38
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Bruce
Mackey
Medical student whose tuition is paid by city sales tax |
Evelyn
Bryan Johnson
Flight Instructor of the Year |
Robert
Coles
Direct descendant of a U.S. President |
80-39
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Philip
Weld
Sailed solo across the Atlantic Ocean |
Gene
Rubel
Anorexia counselor |
Bill
Travilla
Oscar-winning costume designer |
80-40
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Danny
Culp
Young avalanche survivor |
Susanna
Hoffman
Anthropologist and author of The Classified Man |
Carol
McEwen
National title holder |
80-41
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Shawn
Weatherly
Miss Universe 1980 |
Stan
Barrett
Driver who broke the speed of sound in a rocket-powered car |
Bill
Marino
Mr. Nude International |
80-42
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Tony
LaRussa
Youngest manager in Major League Baseball |
Betty
Tisdale
Former President of a Vietnamese orphanage |
Betty
Cook
World's offshore power racing champion |
80-43
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Burt
Weber
Modern day treasure hunter and owner of Seaquest International |
Helena
Amram
Israeli matchmaker who has opened a New York office |
William
Miller
Nightclub comic |
80-44
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Albert
Forgione
Author of Fearless Flying, the Complete Program for Relaxed Air Travel |
Marsha
Millman
Author of Such a Pretty Face: Being Fat in America |
Sharon
Prussin
Parent of quadruplets |
80-45
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Gene
Sorrow
Instructor who teaches law enforcement to detect rigged carnival games |
Maxine
Fiel
Behavior analyst |
Walter
Cavanaugh
Credit card collector |
80-46
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Sue
Goldstein
Author of The Greatest Little Bachelor Book in Texas |
Bill
Tabor
Inventor of the waterwalker flotation bubble |
Dennis
Ashmore
Professional wrestler |
80-47
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Chuck
Nicklin
Shark tagger |
Calvin
Sellars
Death row paralegal who was once wrongly convicted of armed robbery |
Edward
Rocks
Married in an unusual place |
80-48
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Beverly
Johnson
Climber who explored Antarctica on cross country skis |
Elmer
Vincent
Arkansas man who found his long lost brother |
Alan
McPhee
Owner/operator of a nudist apartment building |
80-49
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Jim
Tyler
IRS investigator who skydives without a parachute |
Karen
Donovan
Founder of Rent a Wife |
John
Winslow
Holder of a world's endurance record |
80-50
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Hugh
R. Downs
Author of Rhythms of a Himalayan Village |
Kathy
Frasca
Founder of her own fan club |
Frederick
Newman
Carried torch for the Winter Olympics |
80-51
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Paul
Welling
Third officer of a cruise ship that caught fire |
Margot
Adler
Witch and author of Drawing Down the Moon |
Roy
Barnett
Emmy Award winner |
80-52
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Father
Charles Carey
Business executive who became a priest at age 69 |
Dolores
Granger
Remarrying the same man after 43 years |
Bill
Moore
zPickle judge |
80-53
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Janice
Brown
Expert on the gossamer penguin |
Bernard
E. Clair
Author of Love Pact, a guide to living together |
Jackie
Jacobs
Cross country roller skater |
80-54
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Janet
Karvenon
Top U.S. female basketball recruite |
Craig
Glassman
Sheriff who helped capture the Son of Sam |
Jean
Balukas
World's pocket billiards champion |
80-55
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Louis
Hurst
Former manager of the U.S. Senate dining room and author |
Gina
Bovaird
Superbike champion |
Dawn
Dodge
Private detective |
80-56
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Crystal
Lee Sutton
Inspiration for the film Norma Rae |
Frank
McDonald
Author of a book about the art world: Provenance |
Harvey
Pollock
Whistling champion of the world |
80-57
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George
Gately
Creator of the comic strip Heathcliff |
Robert
Neiman
Earthquake tester |
John
Bodner
International cat judge |
80-58
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Rosemary
Rogers
Author of Lost Love, Last Love |
Marvin
Creamer
Sailor who crossed the Atlantic with primitive instruments |
Frank
Carney
Founder of Pizza Hut |
80-59
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Stephanie
Moye
Boston ballerina who performed in China |
Ralph
Thorson
Bounty hunter and subject of the film The Hunter |
Paul
Bachman
Professional juggler |
80-60
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Katherine
Switzer
Long distance runner and founder of the Avon International Running Circuit |
Edward
Terino
Plastic surgeon and missionary |
Mary
Elizabeth Bakunin
Reads words backwards |
80-61
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Janet
Pilgrim
Former three-time Playboy playmate |
Peter
Gogalak
First soccer-style pro football kicker |
Cesare
Bernabie
World's Monopoly champion |
80-62
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Martin
Thomas
Passenger whose plane was twice hijacked to Cuba |
Sherry
Anderson
Builder of a house in record time |
Joe
Wright
Maker of music in an unusual way |
80-63
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Mike
Benson
One of the first people to go inside Three Mile Island following the accident |
Romana
de Vries
Author of Cosmetrics, the Natural Way To a Forever-Young Face |
Doris
Barrilleaux
Professional body builder |
80-64
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Gordon
Cooper
Former NASA astronaut and methanol proponent |
Rocky
Pomerance
Private investigator |
James
Edwards
Former Governor of South Carolina |
80-65
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Forrest
Turner
Prison escape artist |
Muriel
Nellis
Author of The Female Fix |
Edith
Shain
Subject of Life Magazine's famous VJ Day photo |
80-66
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David
Hall
Man who wears skirts |
Maxine
Marx
Chico Marx's daughter and author of Growing Up With Chico |
Roz
Silberschein
Test driver of sports cars |
80-67
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John
Mount
School board member for the school that ejected him for long hair |
Marie
Snider
Researcher of comic strip sex roles |
Michael
Fandel
New York City policeman |
80-68
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Bill
Verwey
Mayor of Nekoma, ND and bar owner |
Marilyn
Machlowitz
Psychologist and author of Workaholics |
Bob
Evans
Organizer of a chicken contest |
80-69
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Patti
Brauer
Lottery winner who bought a winning racehorse |
Jack
Eisner
Holocaust survivor and author of The Survivor |
Joan
Stein
Producer of a hit off-Broadway play |
80-70
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Tom
Braden
Author of the book that inspired the Eight is Enough TV series |
Lynde
Johnson
Crippling car accident survivor who won the Miss Body Beautiful title |
Chauncey
Dunn
Hot air balloon champion |
80-71
|
Stacy
Lattisaw
Young singer of the dance hit song "Dynamite!" |
Bill
Thomas
State mental hospital survivor and author of The Shoe Leather Treatment |
Roger
Mead
Creator of the world's largest jigsaw puzzle |
80-72
|
Michael
Minton
Divorce lawyer defending a mother living with a man out of wedlock |
Linda
Phillips
Carlsbad captive |
Cheryl
Eason
Silver medal winner at the Olympics |
80-73
|
Robert
Truax
Man who plans to launch a private space rocket |
Linda
Eaton
Firefighter who sued to be able to breastfeed her child |
Billie
Brown
U.S. rowing champion |
80-74
|
Joseph
MacIniss
Deep sea scientist who discovered the HMS Breadalbane shipwreck |
Ann
Rule
Author of The Stranger Beside Me |
Don
Hardy
Holder of a world travel record |
80-75
|
James
Humes
Former Presidential speechwriter and author of Churchill: Speaker of the Century |
Edna
Swansinger
Synthetic oil millionaire |
Don
Paup
U.S. badminton champion |
80-76
|
Kit
Williams
Author of Masquerade, a book of hidden clues to treasure |
Trisha
McGann
Teenage medic in South America |
Christina
Devitt
Winner of a national songwriting contest |
80-77
|
Mark
Thatcher
Racecar driver and Margaret Thatcher's son |
Bob
Gause
Survivor of the USS Indianapolis |
Kit
Hall
Owner of an unusual collection |
80-78
|
Dick
Dewees
Operator of an auctioneering school |
April
Mensch
Strip miner |
Kenita
Pond
Knitter of the world's largest scarf |
80-79
|
Mary
Lou Green
Laser beam hair dresser |
Sylvia
Earle
Record holder for deep sea diving and author of Exploring the Deep Frontier |
Sue
Stricklin
Former women's international marathon champion |
80-80
|
Donald
Thacke
Cop who ended an eight-hour propane leak using a plumbing test plug |
Howard
Rand
Veterinarian who employs acupuncture to treat his patients |
Joe
Bowen
Man who walked across the country on stilts |
80-81
|
John
McLaughlin
Former Jesuit priest and Nixon speechwriter |
Fritz
Von Berg
50-year-old college football player |
Gordon
Matulonis
World champion beer taster |
80-82
|
Margo
St. James
Leader of New York City's prostitute's union |
Grace
Halsell
Author of Journey to Jerusalem |
Barbara
Barrick
National rifle champion |
80-83
|
Ken
Osmond
Policeman and Leave It to Beaver actor |
Mimi
Connelly
Mother of seven gifted children |
Bill
Glanting
Founder of a group for people with lackluster personalities |
80-84
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Jack
Malon
Magician who escaped a burning ship, then returned home to a burglary |
Andrea
Young
Anti-death penalty lawyer and Andrew Young's daughter |
Jerry
Cammarata
Guinness record holder for singing in a bathtub |
80-85
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Steven
Kates
Parrot store owner |
Michael
LeBoeuf
Efficiency expert and author of Working Smart |
Rex
Weiner
Professional pie thrower |
80-86
|
Terri Plompen
Mother of twins born 28 days apart |
Floyd
Hamilton
Former longtime inmate who now preaches in jail |
Frank
Medina
Owner of the world's largest collection of windmills |
80-87
|
Mark
Shichtman
Young TV anchor of Kids' News |
Liz
King
Foreman of an all-male oil rig |
Mark Sforzini
Hula hoop champion |
80-88
|
Thom
McKee
Winner of $312,000 on Tic Tac Dough |
Lenore
Madruga
Cancer survivor and author of One Step At A Time |
Peter
Van Winkle
Underwater hockey player |
80-89
|
Wallace
Edwards
Businessman who sued the Russians |
Carole
Latimer
Founder of the Outdoor Women's School |
Bob
Cartmell
Expert on amusement park rides |
80-90
|
Neal
Sheldon
$100,000 marriage broker |
Eve
Arnold
Photojournalist and author of In China |
Mike
Juran
Automobile daredevil driver |
80-91
|
Steve
Hoenie
Marine whose plane collided with a turkey buzzard |
Gerard
Hacquebard
Champion kite flyer who can fly 12 kites at a time |
Tim
Schultz
Champion at throwing something |
80-92
|
Daniel
F. Tortora
Animal psychologist and author of The Right Dog For You |
Bach
Ngo
Author of The Classic Cuisine of Vietnam |
Dick
Miles
Table tennis champion |
80-93
|
Jineane
Ford
Miss USA following Shawn Weatherly's win as Miss Universe |
Michael
Avallone
Prolific author who bills himself the Fastest Typewriter in the East |
James
Allen
Rodeo performer (calf roper) |
80-94
|
Martha
Krueger
Wife of a mail order groom |
Robert
Snow
Prison snitch |
Ada
Gates
Professional horse shoer |
80-95
|
Miguel
Battenberg
Aerial cinematographer |
Dr. Eugene
Schoenfeld
Jealousy expert and author of Jealousy: Taming the Green-Eyed Monster |
Franz
Eichenauer
Culinary world record holder |
80-96
|
Fatesinghrao
P. Gaekwad
Maharajah of Baroda |
Nancy
Rupprecht
Owner of a car repair shop run by female mechanics |
Linda
Harkins
Professional magician |
80-97
|
David
Renk
17-year-old bullfighter |
Michelle
Smith
Survivor of Satanism |
Barbara
Barri
Set a record by squeezing people into something |
80-98
|
Dickie
Cessna
Kid who purchased Gordo, California |
Captain
Connie Speck
First woman Captain in the Los Angeles Police Force |
Jerry
Randolph
Secretary of the Year |
80-99
|
Ranan
Lurie
Editorial cartoonist and author of Lurie's Worlds, 1970-80 |
Gail
Turner
Builder and flyer of her own planes |
Jancy
Campbell
Director of Left-Handed International |
80-100
|
Sarah
Digennaro
Amnesia victim |
Robert
Amparan
Paid kids to stay in school |
Dorena
Cary
World-champion chicken plucker |
80-101
|
Betsy
Cameron
Photographer and author of Lisanne, a Young Model |
Portus
Barlow
Owner of a satellite TV company |
Steve
McKinney Skiing champion |
80-102
|
Mark
Crooks
Exercise physiologist who jumped 90 feet into the Missouri River |
Sophie
Pavlak
ROTC college who was placed in charge of an Army tugboat fleet |
Leslie
Brady
Air traffic controller |
80-103
|
Herb
Tucker
Former Hare Krishna |
Shelly
Roberts
Author of What To Do With A Liberated Woman |
George
Dudley
Photographer of an unusual subject matter |
80-104
|
Darlene
Kirby
11-year-old who revived an electroshocked teenager |
Philip M. Stern
Author of Lawyers on Trial |
Gary
Wilenski
Plays tennis on roller skates |
80-105
|
Jerry
Young
Recipient of three heart transplants |
Curtis
Sliwa
Founder and leader of the NYC Guardian Angels |
Noel
Aube
Spent 21 days doing something to break a record |
80-106
|
Linda
Rose
Author of Hands |
Clarence
Carnes
Youngest inmate incarcerated at Alcatraz |
Georgia
Garza
Wing walker |
80-107
|
Amy Jo Kee
Girl who was invited to stay at the White House |
Hal
Becker
Expert on subliminal messaging |
Butts
Giraud
Belly flop diving champion |
80-108
|
Peter
Shen
Face reader and author of Make Up For Success |
Francine
Hughes
Battered wife and author of The Burning Bed |
Janet
Glaser
Professional ventriloquist |
80-109
|
Arlene
Blum
First woman to climb Annapurna |
Joseph
Pursch
Doctor who treats alcoholism |
Horace
Knowles
Inventor of a thumb-twiddling machine |
80-110
|
Dan
Harberts
Pet cemetary owner |
George
Polyak
First person to hijack a plane to escape the Iron Curtain |
Larry
Kirkpatrick
Physics professor who lies on a bed of nails in class |
80-111
|
Lisa
Birnbach
Editor of The Official Preppy Handbook |
Donald L. Bedney
Medical doctor who earned his degree at age 42 |
Cortez Peters
World champion speed typist |
80-112
|
John
McCosker
Aquarium director who captured and released a great white shark |
Ann
Miller
Caretaker of San Simeon |
Virginia
Cacaro Brown
Licensed dynamite blaster |
80-113
|
Agustin
Blazquez
Sculptor who reproduces Egyptian art |
Lexie
Palmore
First woman pilot of the Delta Queen riverboat |
Linda
Koerner
Fisherperson who caught a world-record marlin |
80-114
|
Jane
Grace
Large vegetable authenticator |
Robert
McCue
Undercover cop in Atlantic City |
Angie
Forbes
Owner of the 1976 Kentucky Derby's winning horse |
80-115
|
Sir
Fitzroy MacLean
Author of Tito: a Pictorial Biography |
Jane
Heimlich
Author of Homeopathic Medicine at Home |
Julia
McLean
Survivor of the Andrea Doria |
80-116
|
Tom
Ferguson
Champion rodeo rider |
Sukey
Raphael
Authority on New York City bats |
Ann-Lynn
Gross
Singing auctioneer |
80-117
|
Laurie
Cancellara
Creator of the Stolen Children Information Exchange |
Jack
Wheeler
Professional adventurer and travel |
Carole
Wilbourn
Animal therapist and author of Cat Talk |
80-118
|
Jacki
Sorensen
Inventor of aerobic dancing |
Floyd
Fay
Man who was falsely convicted of murder due to a lie detector test |
Dennis
Rainear
Marathoner who was shot in the head |
80-119
|
Claudia
Jones
Woman pilot for a commercial airline whose daughter is also a commercial pilot |
Dr. Keith
Sehnert
Author of How To Be Your Own Doctor (Sometimes) |
Reverend
Jerry Dill
Member of a motorcycle club for the clergy |
80-120
|
Dr. Herbert Odom
Professional boxer turned dentist |
Gabrielle
Brown
Author of The New Celibacy |
Rufus
Harvey
Jazz bagpipe player |
80-121
|
David
Morrill
Finder of $25,000 in an old sock |
Michaela von Hapsburg
Archduchess |
Greg Tant
Yo-yo champion |
80-122
|
Jerry Thompson
Reporter who went undercover as a Klansman |
George Armelagos
Food anthropologist and author of Consuming Passions |
Tunney Hunsaker
Muhammad Ali's first professional opponent |
80-123
|
Jack Li
Earthquake survivor |
Robyn
Gay
Private eye |
Patti
Barton
Record-holding jockey |
80-124
|
Kermit
Roosevelt
Teddy Roosevelt's grandson and CIA man |
Pearl
Arnold
Wrongly diagnosed cancer patient |
Barbara
Shelton
Winner of $67,261.80 in a slot machine |
80-125
|
James Boren
Professional bureaucrate |
Barbara Cohn
Housewife-turned-detective in the Red-Haired caper |
Miriam Raphael
Crossword puzzle champion |
80-126
|
Lauren
Chapin
Former cast member of Father Knows Best |
Rowdy Brian
Ten-year-old who saved his mom during a flash flood |
Al Parker
Champion at a racquet sport |
80-127
|
Peggy Vaughan
Author of Beyond Affairs...whose husband cheated |
Dr. Herbert Rappaport
Clinical psychologist and witch doctor specialist |
Noma McCullough
National rifle shooting champion |
80-128
|
Eric Weber
Author of The Shy Person's Guide To Love and Loving |
Dorothy Armold
Angel of Bataan |
Mayra Scarborough
Motorcycled across the U.S. |
80-129
|
Cara Connery
Author of Cooking With Love |
Barbara Res
Construction foreman |
Alice Kmiotek
Competitive log roller |
80-130
|
John Preston
Trainer of dogs to sniff out drugs |
Letty Cottin Pogrebin
Author of Growing Up Free |
Larry Cannon
Professional race car driver |
80-131
|
Tony Thomas
Author of The Films of Ronald Reagan |
Audrey Jewett
Member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police |
Jim Turner
Plays music with brandy glasses |
80-132
|
Jacqueline Thompson
Author of The Very Rich Book...an insider's view of the rich |
John Olberdling
Creator of a $1,000 house from landfill materials |
Joe Edley
Scrabble champion |
80-133
|
Minnie Mitgang
Queen of the process servers |
James Bainbridge
St. John the Divine master builder |
Bess Hollander
Grape stomping champion |
80-134
|
Wanda Bork
Woman who lost 400 pounds |
James Randi
Magician and author of Flim Flam: the Truth About Unicorns, Parapsychology and Other Delusions |
Beth Shurtleff
Married in an unusual place |
80-135
|
Jose Grant
Puzzle ring pilot |
Doe Lang
Author of The Charisma Book |
Les Waas
Founder of a procrastinators' club |
80-136
|
Micheil
MacDonald
Authority on Scottish clans |
Sue
Sarkis
Bounty hunter |
Ellen Katzman
Creator of a chocolate Monopoly game |
80-137
|
Kristyn Goddard
Founder of the Women's Jockey Association |
Dr. Bill Dolan
Medical doctor and Franciscan brother |
Patricia Stichman
Skipper of an unusual vessel |
80-138
|
Bill Voelker
Director of an eagle propagation program |
Heather McKay
National racquet ball champion |
Johnny Enis
One man band |
80-139
|
Tino Wallenda-Zoppe
Tightrope walker |
Meg Whitman
Author of a column for the lovelorn |
Larry Ver Merria
Owner of an unusual collection |
80-140
|
Dorothy Hester
Member of the Aviation Hall of Fame |
Frank Gasparro
Designer of the Susan B. Anthony dollar |
Irene Horton
Water skier |
80-141
|
Lorraine Warren
Ghost hunter and author of The Demonologists |
Harry Drucker
Ronald Reagan's barber |
Tony Saks
Owner of a guitar used by the Beatles |
80-142
|
Tony Young
Superintendent of Allenwood Federal Prison Camp |
Terri Wright
Clogging champion and identical twin |
Joleen Kirvin
U.S. bowling champion |
80-143
|
John White
Reunited with brother after 38 years |
Robb White
Founder of The Robb Report |
Barry Twomlow
World champion dart thrower |
80-144
|
Vikki Lamotta
The second of boxer Jake Lamotta's five wives |
Michael Ryan
Author of Climbing, which instructs people how to move up into the social elite |
John Orr
Creates a portrait of the TTTT panel |
80-145
|
Rock Brynner
Actor Yul Brynner's son |
Charles Cordova
Student of Tiffany's Table Manners for Teenagers |
Rob Keck
Bird-calling champion |
80-146
|
John Travers
Weather forecaster |
Roberta Ritter
Doctor/lawyer fighting medical malpractice |
Sister Rose William
Clown |
80-147
|
Richard Countryman
Cop who tracks people who destroy cacti |
Judith Baca
Artist in charge of painting the world's longest mural |
David Mungenast
Stuntperson |
80-148
|
Jan Edmundson
One-half of a mother-daughter bullriding team |
Stephen Forstein
The only rabbi in South Dakota |
Robert Pritikin
Plays the saw |
80-149
|
Herman Rowland
Maker of President Reagan's favorite jelly beans |
Eunice Chan
Expert in the martial art of Kendo |
Emil Dern
Collector of 70,000...something |
80-150
|
Jack Hilton
Author of On Television |
Dr. Louis Bass
Seed storage laboratories |
Irwin Levine
Composer of the song Tie a Yellow Ribbon |
80-151
|
Robert Hyatt
Winner of a sewing contest |
Joe Graedon
Author of The People's Pharmacy 2 |
Joey Bavaresco
Winner of the world's endurance record for hopscotch |
80-152
|
Bob Foster
Modern day cave man |
Mary Ann Crenshaw
Prescription drug abuser and author of End of the Rainbow |
Gary Dahl
Inventor of the pet rock |
80-153
|
Rocky Bleier
Real her of the movie Fighting Back |
Babette Lewyt
Rescuer of the North Shore Animal League |
Thelma Rawlings
Winner of an island |
80-154
|
Elaine Zayak
Women's figure skating champion |
Larry King
Host of a coast-to-coast radio talk show |
Laura Sellers
Winner of the National Bandstand Dance Contest |
80-155
|
John McDonald
Escapee from Saudia Arabia in a box |
Rhonda Smith
Windsurfing champion |
David Collins
Bottler of motor oil |
80-156
|
Christopher November
MGM Fire Hero |
Heloise
Author of Hints From Heloise |
Carter Alsop
Sidecar motorcycle champion |
80-157
|
Michael Voorhies
Nebraska paleontologist |
David Owen
Author of Undercover With the Class of '80 |
Domina Jalbert
Flyer of the world's largest kite |
80-158
|
Max Collins
Writer of "Dick Tracy" comic strip |
Carol Davis
Altitude record hot air balloonist |
Dick Tracy
Police lieutenant |
80-159
|
Carol Beckwith
Photojournalist and co-author of Maasai |
Haydon Cameron
Senior editor of The National Enquirer |
Sherry Lane
Caricaturist |
80-160
|
Rick Swenson
Iditarod racer |
Fay Schreibman
Condensed 14 months of news into video for American Hostages in Iran |
John Kirkland
Frisbee collector |
80-161
|
Bill Berry
Associate of Howard Hughes |
Juanita Booker
Singer at the 1981 Presidential Inauguration of Ronald Reagan |
Fred Seaman
Winner of an Olympic gold medal in field hockey |
80-162
|
Renee Perrine
Former showgirl with Earl Carroll's Vanities; Valerie Perrine's mother |
Fred Rayne
Specialist in preventing industrial kidnapping |
Fred Porcelli
Actor with a running part on All My Children |
80-163
|
Deke Slayton
Last of the Magnificent Seven astronauts |
Carla Lalli
Kid reporter for the New York Daily News |
Joseph Lazarow
Holder of a world record in handshaking |
80-164
|
Ed Hardy
Tattoo artist for over 5,000 individuals |
Cynthia Smith
Editor/publisher of Medical Mrs. and author of Doctors' Wives |
Jim Hadley
President of the American Sunbathing Association |
80-165
|
Nina Krasavina
Only female clown in the Moscow Circus |
Alexander Schauss
Author of Diet, Crime and Delinquency |
Dave Jenett
Plumber to the stars |
80-166
|
Ida Libby Dengrove
Courtroom artist who most recently covered the Jean Harris trial |
Ken Uston
Blackjack expert and author of How To Win At Blackjack |
Sam Miller
Holder of a world speed record |
80-167
|
King Adefunmi
Ruler of a West African village located in the U.S. |
Jessica Jackson
Seven-Year-Old author of Your Father's Not Coming Home Anymore |
Sergio O'Liva
Holder of the Mr. World title |
80-168
|
Arnaud De Borchgrave
Former correspondent for Newsweek and author of The Spike |
Ceci Hopp
Cross country runner and National Honor student |
Mary Buchanan
Winner of one million dollars in a radio contest |
80-169
|
Francis Gill
Identical twin and co-author of Twins on Twins |
Karel Van Haeften
Seller of exotic real estate |
Carol Polis
Boxing judge |
80-170
|
Marcia Powell
Author of The Honeymoon Handbook |
Glennis Ter Wisscha
One of the Willmar 8 bankers who striked over sex discrimination |
Agnes Hagen
Nun |
80-171
|
Vicki McCarty
Playboy centerfold/attorney |
David Bahlmann
Executive VP of Big Brothers/Big Sisters |
Jim Gamble
Marionettes creator |
80-172
|
Jean Hilliard
Survivor after being frozen alive |
Galen Kelly
Security consultant and deprogrammer |
Sharon Lunsford
Winner of a songwriting contest |
80-173
|
Cynthia Helms
Author of An Ambassador's Wife in Iran |
Vaughan Bryant
Kissing anthropologist |
Bill Brown
Writer of The Wiz |
80-174
|
Bob Martwick
Discoverer/handler of Morris the Cat |
Herbert Howe
Cancer survivor and author of Do Not Go Gentle |
Sam Barkley
Finder of a five-carat diamond |
80-175
|
Millie Markman
New York police hypnotist |
David Roggensack
Author of The Wonderful World of Rollerskating |
Connie Crispell
Socialite once visited by the Queen of England |
80-176
|
Betty Faber
Cockroach girl |
William Thourlby
Image consultant and author of You Are What You Wear |
Arthur Hoener
Winner of the same state lottery twice |
80-177
|
Arianna Stassinopoulos
Author of a biography of Maria Callas |
Reed Estabrook
Photographer who took one picture for every ten miles traveled across the U.S. |
Russell Sands
Backgammon champion |
80-178
|
Tiffany Blake
American who has hit songs in Japan |
Robert Allen
Expert on buying real estate without cash; author of Nothing Down |
Steve Mizerak
Champion pool player |
180-179
|
Mark Kryza
Performer in George Washington's Continental Army |
Inez Moxley
Saved her daughter's life following a paramedic's phone instructions |
Victoria Lavinge
Rollerthon winner |
80-180
|
Joseph Sardler
Blind man who regained his sight |
Percell Taylor
Operator of an animal import center |
Frank Allen
Owner of a champion frisbee dog |
80-181
|
Denise Bassett
Experts on the problems of mothering a wiz kid |
Larry Kuznetz
Inventor of liquid-cooled garments |
Larry Larsen
Former Mouseketeer |
80-182
|
Germaine Ballou
Teacher of the Cecchetti method of ballet |
Ralph Salerno
Organized crime expert |
Marrilla Salisbury
Won medals for running |
80-183
|
Frank Orrin Smith
Writer who rode the rails as a hobo |
Rhoda Lee Fisher
Psychologist who conducted a study of comedians |
Austin McDermott
Operator of an unusual museum |
80-184
|
Connie Von Hundertmark
Founder of a dating service for animals |
Dr. Louis Marder
Expert on Shakespeare |
Becky Gwilt
Holder of an unusual title |
80-185
|
Nick Nicolary
Blimp pilot |
Lili Meier
Only member of her family to survive Auschwitz |
Helen Shapiro
Has something physically unusual |
80-186
|
Miriam Mizakura
Operator of a kosher Japanese restaurant |
Donald Zimmerman
Air traffic controller |
Tom Hunt
Set a world record for walking on his hands |
80-187
|
Garry Sowerby
Drove around the world in 74 days |
Antonia Navarro
Author of Tocayo, which concerns the Cuban Revolution |
Richard Wexler
Teacher of an unusual course |
80-188
|
Bud Sankey
Manager of the largest rodeo school in the world |
Lynne King Knott
Oldest of seven children who kept the family together |
Betsy Ann Harvey
Winner of a trophy for bed making |
80-189
|
Michelle Johnson
Cadet Wing Commander at the U.S. Air Force Academy |
Peter Noone
Singer for Herman's Hermits |
Cathy Fox
Holder of a world's unicycle record |
80-190
|
Wally Naghtin
Circus bear trainer |
Charlie Appel
Priest, teacher, and disc jockey |
Joey Wanag
National Judo Champion |
80-191
|
Nan Wood Graham
Subject of the American Gothic painting |
Rodney Fakatou
Man who survived a parachute accident |
Irma Loyear
Holder of a Homecoming Queen title |
80-192
|
Paddy Boyd
Mrs. America 1981 |
Seymour Reitt
Author of The Day They Stole the Mona Lisa |
William Tyznik
Inventor of an unusual product for dogs |
80-193
|
Heidi Hagman
Daughter of Dallas's Larry Hagman |
Robert Mendelsohn
Author of Male Practice: How Doctors Manipulate Women |
Bonnie Ritter
Professional illusionist |
80-194
|
John Broussard
Publisher of Cherry Blossoms magazine for mail order brides |
Colleen Pepple
Member of the most average family in America |
Marsha Neary
U.S. Roller Ballroom Dance Champion |
80-195
|
Joe Rosenthal
Famed World War II photographer |
Rosemary Littman
Custom cake baker |
Harriet Joyce
Owner of the world's largest Cracker Jack collection |
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