Because Ted was so little Dad had made a crib in the form of a cage, which we older children teased him about later.
The master bedroom was in the back. Dad had placed the mirror so Mom could watch her soaps and iron in the back bedroom, (the bed folded into the wall). Actually, Dad was hoping Mom would do the ironing, but he often had to do it for himself.
One year Dad hid Mom's Christmas present at the bottom of the ironing basket. She never found it.
I would lay in my bed and lean slightly out of the bed to watch TV every night till 11pm. The late news was only 15 minutes. The Tonight Show was only 30 minutes.
I gave myself away when I was watching What's My Line? (of work) At one point the panelists were blindfolded, a famous mystery guest would be brought out, and they would display the guest's line of work on the TV, but not announce it. I started laughing when I read (backwards) in the mirror a particularly funny line. My mom made me say what the line was because she thought I was just laughing. I was in the 2nd or 3rd grade.
I watched the original The Tonight Show when the host was Steve Allen. Jack Paar was a dud.
The other late night show which I watched in the mirror was I've Got a Secret with a similar premise as What's My Line. Gary Moore was the host of that show, but later Steve Allen replaced him.
What's My Line ran from 1950 to 1967. It was hosted by John Charles Daly, the same announcer that hosted Your Were There historical drama, and the announcer for the attack on Pearl Harbor. Columnist Dorothy Kilgallen, actress Arlene Francis, Random House publisher and co-founder Bennett Cerf were panelists along with a fourth Guest panelist. Steve Allen was the fourth panelist early in the show, but left to start The Tonight Show which later became Johnny Carson's baby.
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