The telecast was live from New York and was sponsored by ''C.A. Swanson and Sons of Omaha, Nebraska, packers of America's best-known brand of canned and frozen poultry.''
The contestants were: Miss Jane RUSSELL (same name as the actress), Mr. A. HUSBAND, Miss Virginia BEACH (same name as the town) and Miss Jenny LIND (same name as the late Swedish opera soprano). In the celebrity ''I'd Like to Be'' segment, actress Eve ARDEN wished she was The Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe.
Moderator Robert Q. Lewis mentioned that the July, 1953 issue of ''Radio and TV Mirror'' magazine with panelist Joan Alexander on its cover contained not only an article about and pictures of Joan, but also an article about himself.
Panelist Joan Alexander mentioned that she and new panelist Dane Clark had known each other since childhood.