A cab driver, adoptive parents of twelve mixed-race children, and Dean Cromwell, who coached track and field at USC for 40 years, are among the guests.

Heavyweight boxing champ Joe Louis (then retired and in debt) competes for a chance at the top prize.

Newly sworn in lawyer, Beverly Rubens; Major League Baseball manager Chuck Dressen; and Gypsy Boots, American fitness pioneer, who lived in caves and atop of trees for twenty years, are among the guests.