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hear a talking dog. Every one they’ve auditioned has proved to be a com¬ plete dud. But they’re still looking. One of the most unusual requests was linked to a TV commercial: un¬ veiling the girls inside those dancing Old Gold packages. The ad agency, however, has been adamant in its re¬ fusal to reveal the identity of the girls. Chamberlin, an incurable opti¬ mist, still thinks he can bring it off. The show’s problems are never over, even when they’re on the air. They once had a girl alligator-wrestler ready to strut her stuff, but the alli¬ gator they had picked refused to wrestle. He apparently fell in love with the girl and simply relaxed and smiled every time she tried to grapple. Requests for a bull in a china shop have been so persistent the show has done it twice. Bits of broken china are still being uncovered on the vast ABC soundstage. Nowadays approximately 50 percent of the show is on film. You Asked for It started out as a wholly live show, but it soon became apparent that cliff divers, racing cars, tree climbers and the like could hardly be shown to advantage within the confines of a studio. On many occasions, however, while the stunts themselves are shown on film, the people involved are brought into the studio for their chats with Baker. Skillful editing blend time elements smoothly. The show also includes human in¬ terest items, and is particularly proud of its ability to locate lost persons. In many instances, the person sought calls the program himself. Animals, too, in sizes from fleas to elephants, have played prominent parts on the show, although Baker prefers to skip the tiger who failed by a split second to take nasty ad¬ vantage of his trainer’s fall. “No one on the set,” Baker recalls, “had a gun.” He would also just as soon for¬ get the two times he presented a barrel of monkeys. “One monkey,” he states flatly, “is more than enough.” Baker’s biggest scare, however, came the time an escape artist almost didn’t escape from a straitjacket under water. “We held our breaths almost as long as he held his,” Baker says.