Baseball umpire Terry Tata, the first contestant, was 21 years old at the time and worked in the Northern League which incorporated Minnesota, the Dakotas, Canada, and Wisconsin. Tata would wear uniform number 19 for most of his career.
Mort Sahl released the non-music comedy albums 'On Relationships and 'The New Frontier' in 1961, both through Frank Sinatra's label 'Reprise Records'.