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The Show
We went to the NBC Studios at Rockefeller Center to tape the show on Saturday, September 21, 1963. The host was Art James, who is shown in action at the beginning of this article. The show was broadcast the following evening, airing opposite “Mr. Ed,” a CBS series that featured a talking horse.
Hicksville’s opponents were Baldwin High and Mamaroneck High. As I recall, the competition was close in the beginning, and the lead changed several times. Later, Baldwin pulled ahead to stay. As a reward, Baldwin would advance to a playoff show, on which it would face two other first-round winners: South Side High (in Rockville Centre) and Regis High, a well-known Catholic school.
