What's My Line? - Eleanor Roosevelt (Oct 18, 1953) [W/ COMMERCIALS]
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MYSTERY GUEST: Eleanor Roosevelt
PANEL: Dorothy Kilgallen, Steve Allen, Arlene Francis, Bennett Cerf
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When Mrs. Roosevelt shook hands with the panel, the ladies stood as well as the gentlemen. That’s respect…..
Americans are weird.
If they would have understood more they would have washed their hands.
@@paulaegraham washed there hands before or after? what are you implying?
@@paulaegraham Don’t make a despicable comment like that and walk away. Coward!!
@@paulaegraham hmm she was an amazing woman, and an amazing First Lady..I'm sure her hygiene was well above par.
Are you referring to her advocacy for HUMAN rights? Silly troll it'll take more than ridiculous words to validate your specious comment
This world needs an Eleanor Roosevelt today. She is a treasure, yesterday, today and forever.
I agree. She was a symbol of hope. Nothing like that exists today.
@@grassysands8857 You would know....
The only other person is Princess Diana
FDR was a communist. Wake up.
..a real example of a lady...
My dad -- Lee Vines -- was the announcer on this show.
Your dad's voice will be around for a verrrrry long time!
That is so cool.
Jim Vines Presents... that’s incredible. I hope you asked him many many questions about who and what he knew. You had a front row opportunity to learn so much.
@@oldnurse Unfortunately, I didn't really do that. Like his experiences during WW II, he didn't talk too terribly much about his fabulous career. Sure, I had heard little stories here and there, and when I was young I went to various tapings and met some of his friends who were big names in the business, but that's pretty much it. He died in 2011 at the age of 92 and I remember someone saying to him a few years prior to that, "You should write a memoir." He said, "Yeah, I could." But that's as far as it went. But the main thing: He was a GREAT dad. Just great. I'm proud of him on so many levels -- and his career is just one of them.
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Mrs. Roosevelt... her smile at the end - made me smile. That doesn't happen to me often. Her face is so serious - but that smile was warm and kind. What a lady!
I love these old archives, it’s like having comfort food visually
Oh, well said!
Silly democrats marrying their cousins.
@@mikegee8875 Fifth cousin, hardly worth mentioning. I cannot believe people don't respect Eleanor Roosevelt.
No calories! Yea!
@@jayfielding1333 Eleanor Roosevelt deserves respect for all her humanitarian work while she was alive, and when she was first lady.
YOU CAN HEAR THE HUMILITY IN DOROTHY'S VOICE ONCE SHE REALIZED WHO SHE WAS TALKING TO.
Yes, I think she knew who it was a few questions before she even guessed.
The Roosevelt saved this country and our into place basically all services we still have today, including sanitation and social security. 💯
@@thisblackgirlslife Socal Secerity was a for gone conclusion to rest your life on Retirement on
@@vizini2682 I think she knew just before the Hyde Park, NY question.
They all spoke so articulately clear with a measured cadence and a warm tone to their voice.
I still think I'm in love with Arlene 70 years plus! What a wonderful girl!
I like when Eleanor was once asked "do you believe in reincarnation?", her answer was "if I can believe this life I've lived, I'll believe anything".
Well, as as a great a lady as she might have been, she would be wrong about reincarnation. "We are appointed once to die and then the judgment."
@@vizini2682 There's Jews, Catholics, Buddhists, etc., etc., including sects that believe aliens are coming to take them, and then atheists. Put them all in a room and all will agree that someone is wrong, but you'll say "of course, but not me".....and so will everyone else. Someone is indeed WRONG. Never forget that.
@@josephconsoli4128 Jesus wasn't wrong and He said, I am the Way, the Truth and the Life, no one comes to the Father except through me.
@@vizini2682 I respect your beliefs, but atheist believes his views just a strongly. It is a choice of the individual.
@@josephconsoli4128 I have no doubt the atheist have equally strong views. But one day they will stand before God and be judged. There is no excuse to be an atheist.
Advertisements work so well that they make someone wanna buy it 55 years later
I actually found myself wanting to find this shaver in an antique store LOL, would probably be a liability at this point.
Once you've listened to Fibber Mcgee and Molly, you'll always want to buy some Johnson's Wax (in paste or liquid form).
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Arlene Francis was not only beautiful, and intelligent, but she was also very personable. Wish we had more celebrities like her now. RIP Arlene.
I agree with you 100%.
My mom.
It really hurts that she came to a sad end.
When it comes to physical beauty, I think Dorothy was miles ahead of Arlene.
Every modern politician should study this video. Eleanor Roosevelt had the ability to appeal to everyone high and low. How did she do it? Humility, finding delight in every subject, and self-depreciating laughter. Lovely woman.
Unless a persons actions change the ratio, treat people with 100% empathy and 0% judgement.
Always blows my mind how Dorothy is able to narrow down the person's line. Every time she is asking questions, she gets either very close or discovers the line
When I was born, the Roosevelts were, in the White House!
I miss those days.
I remember, the
leadership, that
got us out of the
war.The country
was unified with
single purpose.
I admired Ellennor
Roosevelt as a first
supporter of the rights and dignity for
all races of people
She made it
possible for Marrion
Anderson to sing at the Lincoln Memorial!
She was so astute. That's why she was murdered.
Yes, I think she knew who it was a few questions before she even named Mrs. Roosevelt.
That's what got her killed. Her skill of deduction figured out who killed Kennedy!
Her skills are practically psychic
John Daly, the moderator, is remarkable for his joie de vivre, his respect (both for the panel and for the guests), his commitment to the business in hand, his intelligence, his use of language and his absence of affectation . . .
True and he always seem truly delighted whenever the panel answers incorrectly 😂😂😂
I REMEMBER John Daly announcing Pearl Harbor because I listen to old time radio, he was a great news man
It seems everyone in the 50s had impossibly neat handwriting.
I think these days a lot of us r lazy.
they beat it into you in those days
True and a monumental outrage ! When the parents finally realized this was happening at my grandchildren's schools down in Georgia a few years ago, All Hell Broke Loose. Common Core and C Scope are still being fought tooth and nail all over the country as well.
In their later years people can have difficulty writing. Too writing neatly with chalk on a vertical surface isn't the same as writing with a pen on paper on a tabletop.
That's because we practiced the Palmer method of cursive handwriting diligently at school and even got graded on our report cards. It was common for schools to even have handwriting contests. I won a beautiful Papermate ballpoint pen!
Arlene was such a gem❤️ witty and funny! Still can't believe I am watching a show that's super entertaining 70years after taping!!
I remember watching this show weekly as a child. These panelists had class.
I love that the ladies stood to shake her hand.
It was expected 70 years ago 😊
My mother absolutely adored Eleanor. What grace and what passion.
Eleanor Roosevelt was an exceptional lady, probably the most publicly active of all our First Ladies, she was FDR's legs (and heart) and her messages helped to keep spirits up during the war. I never saw her, but have read a lot about this remarkable lady!
Eleanor's role in post-WW II America was immense. She and Harry Truman did an incredible amount of work to preserve "democratic action" from attacks by Marxist agitators and sympathizers. It is not clear how much the panel would have cared for what they did. By 1953, both had been pushed out to the margins of the Democratic Party and many "Truman Democrats" had voted for Dwight Eisenhower for President.
Globalist socialist shill.
A Communist through and through. Stalin was truly “Uncle Joe” to both her and her husband.
😢🎉🎉🎉
She’s far better than the current lady we have in office.
This made me cry. I remember this time, when people were respected for their service. Not their greed. The Roosevelts were rich. They also served their country.
Back then, people were judged on their merits rather than skin color.
@@mainecoon6514 unless you went far enough south. All of life is tradeoffs. There very very serious civil rights issues in these times, it was not all peaceful.
I was moved as well. As soon as the former First Lady smiled it was as if pure love just beamed out of her. What a beautiful soul.
My Dad was a huge fan of the Roosevelts.
@@debrareisdorf309 My mother and my grandparents thought the world of the Roosevelts. They said that FDR was the best president we ever had.
I love how they all stand up to shake her hand after the questioning.
I came here ostensibly to hear Eleanor speak, as I had only seen her in black and white photos. I didn’t expect to be moved to tears by the graciousness and intelligence of the moderator and panel. I had no idea people spoke with such civility and wit over 60 years ago. It’s alarming how American society has changed. Public discourse is not what it used to be. Thank you for the revealing peek into bygone times.
Its turning into a idiocracy.
@@dianem6951 As the moderator explained in the beginning, her voice was so familiar to the panel, indeed to almost all Americans in 1953, that he would have to answer for her.
Mrs. Roosevelt was a very caring person, as her work for social causes during her husband's presidency made quite obvious. Of course, racists and anti-Semites hated her for good reason.
@@dianem6951 McCarthy and McCarthyism were evil.
@@dianem6951 Trolled again. Good one!
That's because we were a "white" country in 1953. See what diversity has really done to us.
I said it before and I'll say it again. What a bunch of well mannered, good natured and interesting people this show managed to get together!
Great TV!
Most people acted this way back then.. this is a prime example
I honestly think that's how the country was.
The show was rigged btw.
@@Manx123 Who cares? It was still entertaining. I doubt the betting public lost money because What's My Line wasn't on the up and up.
@@nickcurran3105 " well mannered, good natured and interesting people"
That's specifically what I'm contradicting. I don't consider lying by pretending to guess something any of those things.
This show was always pure class.
Impeccable manners, diction, and civility.
(It’s also refreshing to see that the guest’s cursive signatures are legible, and not the scribble that seems to be so prevalent these days.)
This was the early days of TV and the sets were VERY expensive, so the shows tended to be targeted towards a higher educational level, as those were the ones who could affrod to actually watch the shows. As the prices of the TV sets went down, so did the erudition of the shows, as they had to target a wider and less educated audience.
@@rsr789Seeing as theatre has had sets for centuries, to what would you attribute these sets being 'VERY' expensive to?
@@ShannonFreng Sets include all the equipment... theaters didn't have any technology beyond lighting 'for centuries'.
@@rsr789Really? No shit. Well, it depends upon how inclusive you are, when you use the term, 'sets.' I was meaning just the backdrops or flats, etc., not the electronic hardware. But your comment about the expensivity of TVs made sense.
@@rsr789But even their guests were classy!
Not just an elite, East Coast thing!
Both Eleanor and her husband, Franklin, were cousins of mine. This is a classic! To think they actually got the First Lady to come on a game show!!
She was too classy to turn down any such engagement, even a game show.
My favorite president and first lady.
You sir, are honored. I'm from the UK, but this lady is a Titan! A woman out of her time, but, from a favorite author of mine "she has the light of eternity on her". Elizabeth Goodge The Dean's Watch.
@@johnmh1000 This was back when our government was relatively decent. Believe it or not, but, Winston Churchill was related to the same Mayflower passenger as I am, so, he is also a distant cousin of mine. :)
"You've never seen me chew tobacco, I'm a dream!" with a twinkle in her eye. ☺️ I love Arlene Francis ♥️🌺
She was a dream, even with a wad of Bloodhound in her jaw.
I wish people would still speak this clearly and with this level of dignity.
The youth in America today are lost. Born in 44 I know and agree with you
@@michaelcollins237 Why did you raise cretins, then?
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What a treat to have her on your show. She’s as close to American royalty as is possible.
May her soul rest in peace. What her husband and she did for this country was nothing short of absolute unselfish sacrifice. And thank them. I wasn't born when they were at their peak, but I've read the stories (being an avid fan of history), and it's a delight to see her in full form. May she rest in peace.
I love your comment so much. You’re right, they did incredible things for this country.
They're my favorite couple that's occupied the White House. True leaders, both of them
They are both men and did nothing good for our country but did help Satan's future world in which is here now.
Actually, Pres. Roosevelt could have did more for Black Americans. Many who served in the military were unable to buy homes with their housing certificates nor use their GI Bill to attend college. Planned housing developments with all the amenities (e.g., parks, pools, playgrounds, nearby shopping centers with movie theaters, etc.) were built for Whites only. Blacks didn't have civil rights and were still regulated to low paying jobs.
Mrs. Roosevelt on the other hand fought for civil rights and equality for all.
FDR was a communist. Wake up.
65 years later I'm hooked on this show..
Notice how unplanned everything feels, how casual and genuine. This is the kind of TV I miss. I don’t understand why reality TV has to be so obnoxiously flashy and place stupidity on a pedestal rather than intelligence.
537monster I agree. There seems to be a sort of contest now as to who can be the most obnoxious and self-centered.
Might explain why, at 76,I haven't watched a production TV show or re-run, in 30 years, give or take.
Exactly, and this is why the only reality show I watch is Amazing Race.
Unfortunately dumb and ignorant are the new way of being cool and popular
Check out the educational system in the United States
We need her now. My father as a young journalist. He is now 94, once while staking out the former first last lady prior to speaking to a conference in Chicago, made the mistake of helping her w a bag while exiting her cab or limo, only to be reprimanded with " Young Man, I am perfectly capable of carrying my own bag.!".
As someone who was born in the early 80's and has never seen or hadn't heard of this show until my crazy mother in law was reminiscing things from her childhood...I freaking love this show!!! Please bring this back!!!
If they were to bring it back - assuming you mean a modern version - it would be low class for sure. Sadly.
@@gestebu It wouldn't work. With all the information we have available, any low-class panel would be too well-informed.
This program is a classic and should not be removed
I’ve never heard Eleanor’s voice. Absolutely beautiful
This gave me the chills. She was and is an American Icon. Hearing her speak and seeing the graciousness of the host and panel makes me proud to be an American.
That's rough
I have nothing but admiration and respect for Mrs. Roosevelt and President Roosevelt. Truly unique individuals that sacrificed so much of themselves for this country.
FDR was a communist. Wake up.
@@rosaritamaria4414 😅Are you related to Joe McCarthy? He did a hell of a job impersonating a capitalist. I've read the criticism regarding SS, the new deal agenda, etc. but he led the country through some of the most difficult times during the great depression.
@@josephmango4628 What did the Roosevelts sacrifice exactly? FDR was a criminal that helps turn a skirmish into one of the most destructive wars in human history.
As others note here, it's so notable how polite, civil, articulate, and relaxed people are in this clip. No one is talking over one another. They listen to one another, show respect, and wait until the other is finished their statements until responding. Why do people today seem so anxious and needy, as if they feel they have to fight and compete to be heard? Didn't they get enough attention and training from their parents and educators?
Most people now day’s are Neuro toxic.
The Geoengineering of our skies with aluminum, barium, strontium, Graphene, nano particulates, etc.
The forced 💉 vaccinations high in Graphene , mercury, thimersol. Look all Mercury in metal fillings in people’s 🦷 teeth humongous amount’s Neuro toxin’s going right to brains. People need to get them metal fillings out. Insurance companies say those old time mercury filings are covered not healthier one they call it cosmetic forcing people into Neuro toxicdangers . Hol most places are getting away from metal and bpa fillings .
It’s your health! There’s link’s to autism, attention deficit,ADHD along with many other diseases and factors.
Pilot’s who do Geoengineering are under federal gag order it’s unfair treatment to them to not Beadle be allowed to speak their constitutional Right’s .
All the junk put into food’s to like high in GMOS, high fructose corn syrup other stuff that makes people ache or sick is unhealthy it’s in large amounts of product’s out there. Choose healthier if you can in this unrealistic rising hyperinflation scenario causing illness’s death destruction to environment lot’s pollution issue’s 🌲 evergreen included. World could be going zero point free energy less pollution than evergreen.
what they do FYI the oil industry! What the 🌍 world 🌎 needs be freedom to create a healthier place less polluting environment. We the people can encouragement for free energy zero point free for everyone yes, free energy zero point energy.
😊When there’s less Geoengineering patterns and or patents to pollute then our atmosphere, our waters the Earth will be less polluted. Then the foods will be like back in the day less polluted. There for healthier people who actually have control over there calcified pineal gland’ in their brain. To become decalcified and normal functioning. The People can function normally without neuroticism from neurons being damaged or destroyed by neurological changes from neurotoxicity from chemical’s effects in pollution etc. Etc etc etc
Since them you know some them keep on the public has to encouragement for them to intercede and improve to make that change!
Politician’s go home to families instead stroking their bad choices and habit’s in the office.
Go home to their families their children’s instead of creating problem’s for the public’s or their children’s mother’s . Some even remove their children’s mothers insurance removing their health care insurance so they can afford health care . More bad voices deviations being bought off by lobbyist’s and donors. They basically bankrupt their children’s parent in abuse of power. Just think what those type of parenting do making the the other parent lose out. torn apart children ruining their ♾️ former partner insurance since these attorney general’s . Just think what they to will do to public. Supporting corrupted insurance companies instead of actively holding insurance companies accountable cutting their forced upon the public way holding public hostage to their high proponents premiums, high cost’s, high court’s. Medications dropping their formularies to cover what they said cover at any time they want when they want it’s not just not annular. They don’t honor contracted benefit’s there’s so many limitations and loop holes.
So annoying for all it’s about time for a better way some day some way.
Start making it a Requirement those that be in those positions is actual for human beings .
😅the people of the 🌎 planet 🌏 🌍 world wide not just their agendas.
people today are overstimulated (short attention span) intolerant at times rude these people back then were dignified and human. unlike now.
@@winniejohnson5559 Back in the early to mid 1990s, I remember a conversation with my next door neighbor who was a school teacher and her friend who also was a school teacher. They were talking about the new idea of give out trophies to everyone no matter if they won or not. To make a very long story short, my neighbor's friend said that “There will be implication to this we have yet to imagine. People we become entitled to things they did not earn.”
Wonder if they were on to something?
Your comment reminded me of the time when people pulled to the side of the road and stood by their car for a funeral procession to pass....
@@naomidoner9803 Yes. We have to face the fact that we now living in a world that is very different from that time. It is our blessing and curse to have experienced it and to know the difference, as younger people today will never understand that.
I'm amazed by this show ! What a privilege to see Eleanor Roosevelt ! My absolute favourite episode.
God, television has gone downhill since 1953. I can't imagine anyone 64 years from now will ever watch today's dismal reality shows and contests with half as much pleasure as this polite and charming little programme affords.
If you had the ability to think you’d realize that tv is much better today. The issue with the bad shows you’re talking about is due to the amount of content needed to fill a hundred channels 24/7. In 53 there were what, 3 or 4 channels and they signed off at midnight or one. I’d rather have tv today than in 53, your dumbass can have that crap if you want.
@xxGodx Really? Many? Name ten, please.
@@messyfilms6325 Your crude comment demonstrates the dismal effect modern television has had on popular culture and simple communication between people.
That's because we were a "white" country in 1953. See what diversity has really done to us.
@Slomofogo- Tells people a lot about diversity also.
Even the Remington shaver ad was more entertaining than the stuff on tv today
My heart sunk seeing that great beard shaved off in 38 seconds. But by own beard would just laugh at that Remington razor!
But there was still some stubble left behind …
I'm just learning of this show in 2022. I've been binge watching since I watched my first episode yesterday. its a very enjoyable show to watch. It makes me wish the world was still like it was way back then.
My father had the chance to meet Mrs. Roosevelt durning WWII. He said she was amazing. Played baseball with the guys.
What an honor!!
Lol
That's because she was a guy.
It looks like that's a thing with these presidents.
Barbara Bush, Michael Obama etc.
@@mysticnomad3577 Michelle Obama is actually very pretty for her age and she doesn't look like a man at all... so... is this opinion reflecting a dislike for her age or is it a political thing on your part? Unless a president is marrying a very young woman you're going to get a lot of 50+ first ladies.. they are NOT going to look like spring chickens. Even Melania looks like she's been through the ringer a few times and she was a model in her hayday.
Has there ever been a show with such class, wit and intelligence, in such a simple format .
carl: Yes. Easily. I'm not seeing the "class, wit, and intelligence" that you're referring to. It's a game show, for gawd's sake.
Dee B: As someone noted, class is a thing of the past. Your comment has just proven it.
Frasier
I dob't think so at all..I was born in 1960, middle of the show's long, long, run!
@@corriecrazy And your comment just disproved it. I suppose all things are relative in this relative world of ours!
Look at the civil respect and manners on display in a TV game show. No cursing, grandstanding, or constant activism. Just pure entertainment for everyone.
Don't tell me America's best days are ahead.
“constant activism ..?”
America's best days are ahead.
@@Jacob-of9wf Modern activism and activists are just people who shove their political ideology down other’s throats. There’s hardly any discussion involved. You’re considered an enemy if you don’t blindly accept what they tell you.
@@RC.- nobody is forcing you to apply yourself to any ideology when a news reporter slightly endorses something democratic
In regards to Mrs. Roosevelt's appearance, my Mom worked at the original organizational meetings of the United Nations in San Francisco in 1945. She just passed away last year. She was a very bright and friendly person and just about the best Mom that anyone could ever hope to have!
Mrs Roosevelt had a lovely, shy smile.
Manuela Darazsdi
Spoken like a true patriot of government propaganda!
Diane M I’m reporting you for your bigoted and unnecessary comments.
@@RobJazzful To whom will you report Diane M to? Your thought police? Thankfully the last I checked about a second ago, there is freedom of speech. No thanks to you!
@@iomega2011 you seem to be wholly unaware of just what freedom of speech means.
Diane M Oh fuck off. All he said is she has a nice smile.
What a wonderful amount of applause she gets as she signs in.
Loved this show. This is the way TV should be. What has happened to all of us?
💙. Eleanor Roosevelt was quite a Lady. Definitely one of the Best 'First Ladies' in American history.
Such class all across the board. The feeling of pride I felt for our Country listening to Mrs. Roosevelt was heartwarming.
This show was such a class act. Still entertaining and educational after over 60 years! If only today’s kids would take the time to watch a few episodes they could learn much...including respect and manners.
Todays kids are fine. It’s the adults that are the issue.
@@mickylove76 It still doesn’t hurt to teach kids today manners they’re sorely lacking.
I’m 70; when I was a kid men wore hats and ladies white gloves!
I’m 62 in 2022, and I used to watch this with my grandma every night!
Thank you for letting me see Eleanor Roosevelt again.
She came to the University of Minnesota and gave a speech in 1956.
I was overwhelmed then as I am now.
You were so very fortunate to have been in the audience!
What an honor for those panelists to shake the hand of Eleanor Roosevelt. She was, in her own right, an amazing figure in the history of this country.
Exactly, good call. It would be the same as shaking Jill Biden's hand today, a true honor.
Whereas the bathtub salesman was out of there quicker than a soapy arse on enamel …
Wow, 3 contestants were out in just a few minutes!!😅
You'll notice Bennett goes out to greet Mrs. Roosevelt, and that the ladies stand, which they never do for other guests. Lost art of respect.
+Chris Fenton This was more casually common prior to the 1960s.
+Chris Fenton Mrs.'s R.'s were so special and the fact that she was a groundbreaker in women's rights, etc, one of reasons I believe.
I think it was out of respect for this great lady
You'll notice they don't stand for the other guests BEFORE this either.
This was a time when people earned respect with their actions and character rather than demanding it just for being old.
Thank you for this fantastic old show. What elegance in those years. Wish we still had this.
Eleanor Roosevelt did some great things in her lifetime. Love that woman!
I love their good manners. I wish people were still like that
It can be done one person at a time😊
Mrs Roosevelt was an incredible lady. I am so pleased that all the panel rose to shake her hand. She certainly earned and deserved that honor.
@Deidre Montrose Yes, we fixed that problem. Only 4 yrs now.
I was exactly 2 months old the night this show first aired. I’m sure I watched it lying in my bassinet in the Bronx. I have always admired Eleanor, particularly after watching the Ken Burns series about the Roosevelt family.
Dorothy Kilgallen was so brilliant on this show.
Unfortunately she was intelligent enough to ask the right questions, dangerous questions without keeping her hand a secret before dropping her bombshell.
How wonderful to have Eleanor Roosevelt on the program.
This show must have continued into the early 1960s, since I can remember my mother allowing me to stay up to watch it when I was barely old enough for kindergarten. I always thought the people on it were so intelligent and sophisticated.
What a delightful show and seeing Eleanor Roosevelt still alive was really wonderful! I too enjoyed the manner of speaking of folks during this time in America. It's fascinating how language changes so much in such a short time.
Hello Pamela, How are you doing?
Some of us younger folk who grew up watching stuff like this have an "old timey" way of speaking. You'd be surprised how many people under 30 appreciate media from this era.
This was an era when there was verbal communication, coupled with personal interaction with others was emphasized with fervor. Nowadays, people are so glued to their electronic devices that they hardly notice the person in front of them.
@@texan903 Or the car.
I love the fact that the host of the show had to answer Mrs. Roosevelt's questions for the first few rounds, because her voice was so distinctive, the players would have guessed who she was immediately, if she had answered them herself!
Gore Vidal, in one of his essays, said it best when he commented on her funeral and said, "Well, now, we are truly on our own."
Wow! That’s a beautiful way to express how the nation felt without her. She was so much more than a First Lady, she was a true servant of this country, she fought for equal rights, for clean water and decent housing. She was doubted by many yet she prevailed and made her own incredible legacy.
I doubt Japanese Americans who had been interned by her husband, to which she had no public objection, were so smitten.
@@nicmart mmm
Wow, Arlene Francis was such a beautiful, intelligent woman.
Walk down memory lane, as a young girl I greatly admired her. She was a tremendous asset to the country.
And what a wonderful smile! Super cute purse!! I fondly remember collecting coins for "trick or treat for UNICEF". Thank you Eleanor Roosevelt . 🗽💙💚🗽
FDR was a communist. Wake up.
@@rosaritamaria4414 wow, FDR was a communist?? Really?? Please please redo high school social studies. Please.
Eleanor Roosevelt was an amazing lady. I think I did a report on her in high school, and was struck by her zest for life. She was very regimented - turning and rotating her mattress every single morning.
Hello Dear
How are you doing today?
Is anyone else just captivated by Bennett Cerf's smile? He seems like an ordinary enough looking guy, getting on in years, but then he smiles and the whole place lights up. Some people just have that.
Also it was so cute when Dorothy Kilgallen realized who the mystery guest was because you could see her getting very nervous all of a sudden because she was sitting around making guesses at freaking Eleanor Roosevelt! She has my sympathy, I think I'd have suddenly gone blank in her place.
this is a historic show with the wife of FDR as the mystery guest
+Randy A. Lovering absolutely---
Yes, she was the wife of a President, Randy, but she was also her own person, with a lifetime of service to this country and to the rest of the world as well. I admire her tremendously, as I do her husband.
YES!
Not only his wife, but his cousin, also. I suppose when one comes from old money, you do your best to keep it in the family.
We have this in 1953 and now we have the dolts on The Bachelor, Big Brother and numerous other shows. Devolution at rapid speed.
Clicked on this just to hear Eleanor Roosevelt speak. Ended up watching the whole show.
We will never see another Eleanor Roosevelt but we sure could use her now. Wonderful human being.
Nutbag Hillary channels her. They are two of a kind.
Tommy Truth Don't insult Eleanor like that
ursamagick we could use her now? What did she do to prove herself? Qualify your statement.
Tommy, you're making a fool of yourself. You might want to think before commenting.
Sonny Crockett You know, you really need to stop projecting your own attributes, or lack thereof, onto other people. You, sir, are one crass barbarian.
Eleanor Roosevelt was a wonderful person.
This episode brought me to tears. Literally. Remember when being an American meant there were people who were in leading positions to be proud of. Once the US President's wife was known for her leading role in promoting world peace, diplomacy, humanitarianism and popularizing the work of the United Nations. Now the President's wife is best known for her superficial glamorous looks and her recent contributions in the pornograpy industry.
Dorothy Kilgallen is always the best guesser. Mrs. Roosevelt seems to be enjoying herself, too.
That Reminginton 60 deluxe electric shaver looks spectacular
Harrison Lee ...you can buy the Remington 60 deluxe at eBay. They're cheap.
As historian and political scientist, I thank you for sharing your 'library'. This show. in particular, is important to me in many ways.
Thanks for the video. Eleanor Roosevelt was a lovely lady. She did a lot of good during her lifetime.
What an awesome piece of historical television! I wish people today were kind and respectful like they appeared on this show…🤔❤️
Not just TV history
Eleanor Roosevelt communicated in up-to-date and progressive methods. One of the earliest surviving radio broadcast recordings (1929) features Eleanor giving a public speech as New York first lady. She, of course, wrote that column. For years. Here she is on early WML in 1953. She did a margarine commercial in the late 1950s, which is sort of inexplicable. Gil Fates wrote this was a rare instance where the mystery guest got a 1000 dollar appearance fee, donated to her favorite part of the UN.
The margarine commercial was because butter and milk were at a premium, using margarine was to help in getting us to use it instead of butter!
And whose sons all served with U.S. armed forces distInction in WWII. No bone-spur exemptions requested for the president's sons.
Watching this historic piece makes me realize just how deep we have sunk. Everyone was so decent and polite and respectful. If I had watched this in 2000, I would certainly still think there had been quite a bit of erosion. But watching it now I see how that process has rapidly accelerated in just the last few years. Manners and courtesy have been replaced with rudeness and entitlement.
2 Timothy 3:2
For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, The Bible spelled it all out in plain english thousands of years ago but nobody wants to believe it.
@@prmayner Well, it wasn't exactly english until relatively recently
@@Andrew42520 very true.
Only one-way to describe Eleanor Roosevelt. The greatest woman in politics ever.
One of the most qualified women who could have been president of the United States in history.
Mrs Roosevelt certainly deserved the respect and admiration she received from Mr Daly and the panel when she was exiting the show. A very gracious and strong lady whom I admire.
Such a wise and elegant first lady Mrs Roosevelt was
Here here ... So polite and so enduring. Rest in peace Eleanor and thank you.
To be accurate (as in those articulate, grammatically accurate days) - "hear, hear"
Wow the incredible Eleanor Roosevelt . Amazing to see and hear her 💕
This was a very gracious and warm moment in time, and it reminds me of how civil our world was in the past.
Arlene Francis is a cool lady. Ahead of her time. Class act
who cares when Eleanor Roosevelt graces the stage..
Richard Bradford I am a Canadian and Eleanor Roosevelt was a great person, I admire her very much. Did not like her husband that much. She was very rich but she had a very difficult life, suffer from Depression.
I have never understood what saying that someone was ahead of his or her time means. What is it about a time after Arlene’s life that was or is more appropriate for her?
@@hogfarmersforjustice4804 can't you imagine her twerking to a hip-hop cover of "Hello, Dolly", on the street, with a purple dyed hair and a fanny pack?
That's not a first time I read that, and I don't know what they mean by that either. They were a people of their time, with all their virtues and flaws. Nothing more, nothing less.
REMARKABLE FOOTAGE OF MY FAVOURITE FIRST LADY...FAMOUS FOR HER GENIUS QUOTES!
I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS SHOW....HAVING HER ON THIS SHOW.
THANK YOU
Omg her face is so grim when she’s not actively smiling, but the smile is one of the brightest I’ve ever seen. 🥰
With how frequent early tv shows (especially game shows) were taped over as it was common practice, it makes me happy this episode has survived and can be easily viewed 70 years onward. What a historical piece of media this is
Eleanor had that same accent as Katherine Hepburn. It had an English flair to it, but was in actuality common with the upper classes on the east coast from New York City on up.
Yes, it is called a Mid-Atlantic accent. Probably only exists today in a few (very) elderly folks in the Northeast.
She was educated in England when a teen.🎈🎈
The Kennedys also spoke that way, particularly Jackie.
Check out Moira Rose's accent in Schitt's Creek. Very similar
A fine description of the origin of "Mid-Atlantic" accent exists at Wikipedia. Also, Tom Lehrer lampooned the accent with his "Fight Fiercely, Harvard" czcams.com/video/lWbU2DuWSGE/video.html
I have never seen this show… It’s absolutely adorable… Always these people are really cordial and pleasant… I wish they would have something like that now but it probably would not be the same at all because being polite and cordial seems to have left out the building
Jenny Kennedy I watched it as a child and teen. Today’s celebrities are far too self centered and obnoxious and proud of it. The show would be nothing like this. People were just far more polite, considerate, and mannerly back then. I miss it. Our culture now seems to celebrate extremes of bad behavior -- Jerry Springer show, etc.
Agreed!
I don’t want to be a downer but I lived during this time. It would be rare if ever you’d see anyone but white people on a show like this. Before Civil Rights and before women’s and children’s rights as we know today. I’m white and had a good life then and now but it wasn’t all polite, cordial and adorable for everyone.
True comment, ... but don't give up on the Human race, stay pleasant and cordial yourself and enjoy those who return it. Take care Jenny. (tip of hat to you)
At that time and even before, people were expected to do their best in every area. Rudeness was not allowed. Bad manners, bad english , crass conversation was not acceptable like it is today.
As a young child in the early '60's, What's My Line was one of the TV shows I watched with my Grandparents, but did not know the show had been on TV back as far as 1953. Steve Allen was the original Tonight Show host before Johnny Carson and Jay Leno. What great memories and celebrities this show brings back into the future of today. Thanks for this channel!
WMĹ started in 1950😊
Oh my gawd, if I ever met Eleanor Roosevelt in person, I would be so awe struck I would not be able to speak at first. She was such a wonderful, intelligent, well-rounded, worldly, caring woman I think I would bow down to her.
Today is my birthday, and I'm glad to be old enough to understand the importance and the graceful, meaningful existence of this extraordinary woman who endured so very much and enriched so very much more. I was a little kid, and every Most Admired Women List always always Always had Mrs. Roosevelt trading no. 1 spot back'n'forth with Helen Keller.
Mrs Roosevelt has a great smile!
At first I was like - what are you talking about. And then I saw it and felt a deep desire to give her a big hug.
She's 71 here. Think of how amazing this is, someone so associated with the Great Depression, just 20 years before, and now appearing on this amazing new invention.