Knowing this bunch of guys, I probably shouldn't dare mention this, but in Feb. 1960 when I was 10 and a Cub Scout, I was selected to represent the nations Cub Scouts during National Boy Scout week on the Ed Sullivan show in NYC. There was a Boy Scout and an Explorer there along side me. Ed brought us out under the lights, said some nice things and "we" recited the Boy Scout Oath. Of course, just being a Cub, I didn't know it OR know I was supposed to recite it, so I just stood there nervously in front of the cameras with my hand raised in the Cub Scout salute and kept my mouth shut.
There was a terrible snow storm that evening and the tunnel into the city was closed. My parents were told at the toll booth that they had to turn around but my Mother told them in no uncertain terms that HER son has to be on the Ed Sullivan show that night and could not be denied access to the city. They had Pop park the car there (our '58 Pontiac Star Chief) and we all got in a police car and were taken directly to the studio with lights flashing. That was my one and only ride in the back of a police car!
What a trip!
Verne
