What's My Line? - Andy Griffith; PANEL: Steve Allen, Suzy Knickerbocker (Feb 19, 1967)

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  • MYSTERY GUEST: Andy Griffith
    PANEL: Arlene Francis, Steve Allen, Suzy Knickerbocker, Bennett Cerf
    Many thanks to Steve M. Russo for providing this episode in much higher quality than the version I had previously. Folks interested in high quality, well packaged, well-edited DVDs of WML (and other game shows) can contact him directly for more information at RetroTVFestival@comcast.net.
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  • @joe-vz6hx
    @joe-vz6hx Před 4 lety +143

    griffith was so underrated, he played the simple country boy but so intelligent and so talented

    • @sbalman
      @sbalman Před 3 lety +5

      He was on Broadway very successfully before his big movies, A Face in the Crowd and No Time for Sergeants, both wonderful.

    • @feralbluee
      @feralbluee Před 2 lety +10

      i don’t believe he was at all underrated, especially in the business. just look at the movies he’s made - great acting. and everyone loved “The Andy Griffith Show”. the actress playing Aunt Bea was such a lovely woman the character was wonderful. it was very well written - had both heartfelt family and friendships, as well as comedy - Don Knotts. incredible comedy actor. 🌼🌾🌻

    • @MissyA1966
      @MissyA1966 Před 2 lety +5

      @@feralbluee The actress who played Aunt Bea wasn't so lovely during that time, she did not like Andy including the actor that played Ernest T who also directed a lot of the shows. During the whole time she was on the show she gave him a hard time. But later in life he said that she called him and apologized to him. They were all talking about it on an anniversary special of the show. But it was lovely of her to call Mr Griffith and apologize for her bad behavior back then.

    • @lynettepalecek3141
      @lynettepalecek3141 Před 2 lety +6

      @@MissyA1966 The actress's name was Frances Bavier. She apologized to Andy Griffith shortly before she died.

    • @baymaxc1647
      @baymaxc1647 Před 2 lety +2

      @@robertcarran9585 me Too! GREAT MOVIE!

  • @EBthere
    @EBthere Před 5 lety +266

    Andy Griffith. Just seeing his face can make a person feel good.

    • @helenahandbasket3016
      @helenahandbasket3016 Před 4 lety +20

      That's probably the very best compliment you could ever give anyone regardless of being in entertainment or any other field.

    • @themermaidstale5008
      @themermaidstale5008 Před 4 lety +11

      Such a talented performer (see the 1957 film “A Face in the Crowd”, in addition to all his other body of work). He seemed like a down-to-earth and generous person to me.

    • @bdjoh011
      @bdjoh011 Před 4 lety +4

      @The Mermaid’s Tale Sadly, I heard Andy was a jerk in real life.

    • @jeffh8253
      @jeffh8253 Před 4 lety +12

      Andy was the best grew up with him and will never forget all the great life lessons that helped shape me as a young and now a older man. Thank you andy

    • @evangelos9660
      @evangelos9660 Před 4 lety +4

      I knew it was coming and still smiled like a child on Christmas. Haha

  • @augustascetic4773
    @augustascetic4773 Před 5 lety +154

    Arlene Francis was such a classy lady. Even her smile was elegant.

    • @benlujan288
      @benlujan288 Před 4 lety +2

      I've never seen anyone whose eyes smiled as warmly and broadly as his/her mouth as did those belonging to the lovely Arlene Francis!

    • @dekelanson5280
      @dekelanson5280 Před 3 lety +1

      @@benlujan288 I feel the same way. Arlene just seems so classy, in her looks and the way she acts.

    • @r.maj.7065
      @r.maj.7065 Před 3 lety +1

      Arlene is a so gorgeous charming and beauty stuning lady.
      She looks like a little as Helen Mirren!

    • @SueProv
      @SueProv Před rokem +1

      @Jeff Whitman She was a well thought of gracious woman who traveled
      the world. What's your claim to nothing?

    • @phyllisjpresley288
      @phyllisjpresley288 Před rokem

      Love Andy Griffin... Bennett was the only one I felt like actually recognize his talent ...the others seemed a little snobby

  • @isaacclavogarcia8206
    @isaacclavogarcia8206 Před 5 lety +62

    I love anything and everything Andy Griffith is involved in.

  • @rebeccajoyner3858
    @rebeccajoyner3858 Před 3 lety +8

    A proud North Carolinian right here to see Andy Griffith!

  • @gina1433mhrj
    @gina1433mhrj Před 4 lety +32

    I really loved Andy Griffith, I still watch that show every morning. Just makes me smile.

  • @guidosusi9756
    @guidosusi9756 Před 3 lety +33

    Love Andy. Watch the reruns every day. Need the comic relief these days. Don was so great too.

    • @kristabrewer6736
      @kristabrewer6736 Před 2 lety +1

      Where do you watch reruns ? I can't find them

    • @guidosusi9756
      @guidosusi9756 Před 2 lety

      @@kristabrewer6736 on my Optimum ch 34. Usually for 3 or 4hrs everyday.

  • @jgunther3398
    @jgunther3398 Před 5 lety +138

    The accent makes me think he had a much bigger range than we ever saw.

    • @themermaidstale5008
      @themermaidstale5008 Před 4 lety +14

      Watch “A Face in the Crowd” 1957 movie, if you can find it.

    • @vittoriostoraro
      @vittoriostoraro Před 4 lety +2

      The Mermaid's Tale Its readily available on DVD and Criterion Blu-ray.

    • @rs5570
      @rs5570 Před 4 lety +2

      @@themermaidstale5008 Yes, stunning film that had Andy far away from Mayberry, to say the least.

    • @rs5570
      @rs5570 Před 4 lety +3

      He had an amazing range well known at the time from films.

  • @Theheavymetalshop
    @Theheavymetalshop Před 11 měsíci +7

    I'm blown away by how cordial people are back then. Manners and respectful too unlike today I miss that.

    • @joeybonin7691
      @joeybonin7691 Před 11 měsíci +1

      I do, too. It's the loss of civility, the beginning of the end of it all.

    • @Theheavymetalshop
      @Theheavymetalshop Před 11 měsíci +1

      @@joeybonin7691 that's depressing and a good chance it's true to. I'm glad I'm not the only one who has noticed the difference between today and yesteryear.

  • @clairecrawford2108
    @clairecrawford2108 Před 5 lety +28

    Andy and Barney were my all time favorites!

  • @benkleschinsky
    @benkleschinsky Před 4 lety +52

    Just amazing that at the same time this was being aired, Hendrix was recording Purple Haze in the studio and Jerry & The Dead were jamming in San Francisco. Two totally different worlds in the 1960's.

    • @bigbossman7991
      @bigbossman7991 Před rokem +2

      Good point. Jerry and the boys were in LA recording their debut album @ Warner Bros.
      Big deadhead here and Andy Griffith Show head as well. 😉

    • @bluecamus5162
      @bluecamus5162 Před 10 měsíci +1

      Yes, the world was rapidly changing outside the studio doors and that fact was never exposed inside this studio. Except for clothes and hairstyles, it could be 1950 or 1967.

  • @kelsey2181
    @kelsey2181 Před 5 lety +34

    Everyone seems so fond of this time. I was born in 94.
    This was like a completely different time man...in it's own bubble

    • @stevejacobs4246
      @stevejacobs4246 Před 4 lety +5

      "Everyone seems so fond of this time."
      except the kids dying in Vietnam and the blacks

    • @davidsanderson5918
      @davidsanderson5918 Před 3 lety +7

      It's not 'like' a completely different time, it WAS a completely different time. However, consider this. Human beings haven't changed as such....media and technology has. If only people spent less time gazing screens and ranting on social media, people would converse and behave in a more eloquent and civilised way.

    • @arhatyellow
      @arhatyellow Před 2 lety

      Try : it was my childhood!hah

    • @eaglea657
      @eaglea657 Před 2 lety +1

      @@davidsanderson5918 so right!!!

    • @jacquelinebell6201
      @jacquelinebell6201 Před 11 měsíci

      It was my lifetime. My childhood. Before all the technology.

  • @jeffreythornton428
    @jeffreythornton428 Před 5 lety +41

    I love the classy way they dressed.

  • @somerandomdude23764
    @somerandomdude23764 Před 5 lety +48

    If only Dorothy could have still been alive to see the show this far through

    • @dinahbrown902
      @dinahbrown902 Před 2 lety +1

      Thank the left for her demise

    • @josephbrown9685
      @josephbrown9685 Před 2 lety +1

      @@dinahbrown902 I’m curious. What did the left do to cause her demise?

    • @joeybonin7691
      @joeybonin7691 Před 11 měsíci

      She was a feature reporter that got too close to the truth. Her death was supposedly caused by a drug overdose.@@josephbrown9685

  • @MrEsMysteriesMagicks
    @MrEsMysteriesMagicks Před 5 lety +147

    I love how they dressed in formal wear for a TV game show.

    • @thetroublewithtrebles1362
      @thetroublewithtrebles1362 Před 5 lety +15

      Back then, people used to get dressed up to go to the movies.

    • @thunderridge4830
      @thunderridge4830 Před 5 lety +10

      @@thetroublewithtrebles1362 And ballgames.

    • @natashazent919
      @natashazent919 Před 5 lety +1

      Qq

    • @preppysocks209
      @preppysocks209 Před 4 lety

      @@thunderridge4830 That is true. In those days it was rare to wear the team uniform to the game. But many of the games were played during the game, people dressed up more for work, and they left work early sometimes, so attended the games better dressed than today.

    • @frankjames1955
      @frankjames1955 Před 3 lety +1

      its a SHAME on us these days isnt it

  • @aceball7076
    @aceball7076 Před 6 lety +294

    Andy Griffith is such a sweet and genuine person in so many ways. After he was gone the mold was broken.

    • @evdallas123
      @evdallas123 Před 6 lety +9

      Thomas Fitzgerald a true southern icon

    • @Trojanny
      @Trojanny Před 5 lety +5

      Don's gone, I don't think Andy, too ! ?

    • @airmojo
      @airmojo Před 5 lety +7

      @@Trojanny Andy passed away in 2012.

    • @harleykingman
      @harleykingman Před 5 lety +9

      @@Trojanny BOTH R GONE , UNFORTUNATELY BUT THEY'LL ALWAYS B CELLULOID HEROS !!

    • @andyc.4387
      @andyc.4387 Před 5 lety +16

      Andy Griffith was not Andy Taylor. Read the book "Andy and Don" and find out what he was really like.

  • @soulierinvestments
    @soulierinvestments Před 9 lety +49

    Steve Allen can be just brilliant as a comedian. No doubt. He gets three big laughs from his breaking a tux button.

  • @daiku36
    @daiku36 Před 5 lety +102

    That was fun to watch. So much has changed in such a short time. The way the ladies and gentlemen are dressed, the jokes, the gentlemen standing when shaking hands...

    • @MrKamran2108
      @MrKamran2108 Před 4 lety +2

      I don't believe a lot has changed per se, surely the style but shaking hands - one still stands up, it's normal, isn't it?

    • @douglasvilledarling2935
      @douglasvilledarling2935 Před 4 lety +1

      Kamran Jafarli but the women did not

    • @GGE47
      @GGE47 Před 4 lety +11

      We didn't need to use profanity to be funny. I can't stand today's comedy and don't watch it.

    • @ryanforresterrenaissancesa4204
      @ryanforresterrenaissancesa4204 Před 4 lety +3

      @@GGE47 But it was plenty okay for all three white guys to make fun of the Asian guy's name.

    • @GGE47
      @GGE47 Před 4 lety +10

      @@ryanforresterrenaissancesa4204 People weren't that sensitive back then. You must have had a course in political correctness. That offends me. If you look close enough you can see he laughed at it too. Then John Daley came back at Bennet with Shakespeare. All three white guys, Ha Ha!

  • @Lorgayle1
    @Lorgayle1 Před 3 lety +6

    Such a handsome, classic gentleman. He was one of a kind!

  • @happyguy7005
    @happyguy7005 Před 4 lety +10

    My father was his doppelgänger he looked exactly like Andy Griffith... loveD watching this... love you Dad RIP

  • @davidtaylor328
    @davidtaylor328 Před 4 lety +5

    God Bless Andy Griffith & may he R.I.P

  • @gpmcd1044
    @gpmcd1044 Před 3 lety +9

    I love Andy and have watched The Andy Griffith series start to finish I don’t know how many times. I know almost every line of every part by heart and yet I still never get tired of watching it. I wish we had more shows like that still today, but this is a totally different world now than it was then. RIP AG!

  • @hairyscotman
    @hairyscotman Před 9 lety +114

    Andy was so loved....

  • @julietteyork3721
    @julietteyork3721 Před 5 lety +15

    Andy Griffith was wonderful

  • @gomphrena-beautifulflower-8043

    Andy Griffith (and Barney, Opie, and Aunt Bea!) will live on in our hearts forever. The show embodied everything right about America, then and now. Believe it or not, here on the eve of the year 2019, there are still pockets of Americana still around - mostly in the South, and I’ve lived in one of them.for almost 40 years.

  • @stephaniegleason7440
    @stephaniegleason7440 Před 5 lety +24

    Suzy Knickerbocker, which was her nom de plume, died in 2016 at age 98. The New York Times, in its obituary, described her as "Gossip's Grande Dame."

  • @cf8959
    @cf8959 Před 6 lety +33

    He was so adorable! Such a down to earth guy. Ron Howard said Andy was wonderful to work with. Lifelong friends.

  • @bellaimages
    @bellaimages Před 5 lety +19

    Television shows back then had so much more class than what we have on tv today!

  • @srm8866
    @srm8866 Před 6 lety +157

    Man such simple television, yet so much more entertaining and interesting than this modern-day mess were force fed nowadays. The times and the people were so much more respectable of each other back in this era. Great video and stroll down memory lane. Thanks!

    • @harleykingman
      @harleykingman Před 5 lety +6

      I CAN'T AND DON'T WATCH WHAT U REFERRED 2 BUT DO WATCH THE ANDY GRIFFITH SHOW 24-7 AND IT'S STILL SOOOOOO MUCH BETTER THAN ANYTHING IMPERSONATING A COMEDY IN THIS DAY AND AGE !!

    • @kennymurphy2116
      @kennymurphy2116 Před 5 lety +5

      I agree with everything you said except for the part about being force fed. I just ignore this modern day mess.

    • @enormerschwanz
      @enormerschwanz Před 5 lety +2

      @@harleykingman I like Andy Griffith, too, but what's with the ALL CAPS b.s.?
      Christ, that's annoying!
      Damn...

    • @1962pjh
      @1962pjh Před 4 lety +2

      I guess Bennett Cerf's racist comment went right over your head.

    • @tonkadriver1833
      @tonkadriver1833 Před 4 lety +2

      @@1962pjh
      You take it as racist That's your opinion not an actual fact

  • @Bonobanos
    @Bonobanos Před 6 lety +122

    about Bong Way Wong, there is a children’s illustrated book called El Chino by Allen Say that tells mr wong’s journey to becoming the first matador of chinese descent.

    • @jamesrawlins735
      @jamesrawlins735 Před 5 lety +7

      Wow had no idea

    • @rickdickerson1204
      @rickdickerson1204 Před 5 lety +11

      But I don't like the Spanish bull fighting where the bull is killed. I like the American rodeo bullfighting with the rodeo clowns where the bull perform time and time again.

    • @julieb3996
      @julieb3996 Před 5 lety

      There is a kickstarter, somebody wants to make a movie about it.

    • @Burnie66
      @Burnie66 Před 5 lety +2

      4:33
      "Two Wong's don't make a white"

    • @mimirogers6130
      @mimirogers6130 Před 5 lety +5

      Interesting! Thank you for sharing, Alondra.

  • @nunosoares2329
    @nunosoares2329 Před 4 lety +4

    RIP Andy Griffith. Overdue condolences to the family for your loss :-(

  • @Kman.
    @Kman. Před 5 lety +73

    This is when television was good!

  • @edwardkohout3494
    @edwardkohout3494 Před 5 lety +7

    Wonderful! Great fun. Ahhh, the old days of TV. Back in a civilized day! Thanks for posting.

  • @jammin6816
    @jammin6816 Před 4 lety +14

    I just love this program- better entertainment than anything on today. Andy Griffith was in a league of his own.

  • @jorgejefferson8251
    @jorgejefferson8251 Před 5 lety +11

    Andy Griffith was a TV actor, motion picture actor, recording artist, stand-up comedian, director....he could do it all. Still to this day one of the funniest things i have ever heard is "What it was, was football"

    • @HarryRacer18
      @HarryRacer18 Před 4 lety +1

      You forget he was in theater before tv

    • @SpitfireRoad
      @SpitfireRoad Před rokem +1

      Thanks for that memory. His shtick on football was immortal.

  • @2021kyoto
    @2021kyoto Před 6 lety +65

    Who knew that Ron Howard would be a famous Hollywood producer, when he played the son Opi on the Andy Griffith show at 8 years old?

    • @watchgoose
      @watchgoose Před 5 lety +4

      also a director and screenwriter for both movies and TV. He was only six when he started with Andy.

    • @merrieshields8551
      @merrieshields8551 Před 5 lety +4

      His father was in the Biz, but Ron on his own was an awesome talented childhood actor.

    • @latsnojokelee6434
      @latsnojokelee6434 Před 3 lety

      His brother was also on TV. Kind of a strange looking kid. He played in a number of roles including the weird alien on the original Star Trek series who look like a weird little adult kid .

  • @danielblake688
    @danielblake688 Před 5 lety +43

    The good Ole days, when shows was clean with humor. Ty!!!!

    • @Jacob-qr8pl
      @Jacob-qr8pl Před 5 lety +1

      People had some dirty minds back then too. One where a guy fits corsets, a question was if he does a service for men (which is yes) the audience was giggling like a bunch of middle school boys.

  • @veryblesseddana6529
    @veryblesseddana6529 Před 5 lety +40

    I wish they would come out with this game show again!

    • @buckjohnson1119
      @buckjohnson1119 Před 4 lety +1

      Yes, it would teach people how to listen and learn. It would be nice.

    • @Raystarrlove13
      @Raystarrlove13 Před 4 lety

      Me too!

    • @ivangranger8494
      @ivangranger8494 Před 4 lety +1

      tony tony Absolutely correct, tony tony. 👍🏻👍🏻 If it was to be only as the Original- Than that would be great.

    • @jeffh8253
      @jeffh8253 Před 3 lety +1

      The liberals would never allow it to happen again. Way to much morals for our society today. What a shame

    • @MarVin-db2tu
      @MarVin-db2tu Před 3 lety

      they Kinda do... it's called "To Tell The Truth"

  • @buyvital
    @buyvital Před 8 lety +168

    Knickerbocker's hair helmet is an amazing work of art.

    • @captinbeyond
      @captinbeyond Před 6 lety +8

      Back then bigger was better. Before the big-do faze crashed they were like walking satellite dishes. And she was oh so proud of it,you could tell--just drink me up..

    • @bethe192
      @bethe192 Před 5 lety +12

      Men got concussions kissing.

    • @richardburkard9839
      @richardburkard9839 Před 5 lety +10

      But probably the only panelist they ever had whose last name wouldn't fit on the desk.

    • @hertzair1186
      @hertzair1186 Před 5 lety +12

      ...that took a whole can of Aquanet

    • @chamed27
      @chamed27 Před 5 lety +3

      @bones heff Hair pieces. Probably several were used for that effect.

  • @greglehmann7234
    @greglehmann7234 Před 4 měsíci +1

    ALWAYS I will enjoy watching The Andy Griffith Show!

  • @marilynnjacobsen1077
    @marilynnjacobsen1077 Před 2 lety +4

    If only they knew how far Andy would go at that time. Loved his shows and still do.

  • @GforceProdComp
    @GforceProdComp Před 5 lety +72

    It's weird to think that back then Don Knotts and Ron Howard weren't household names.

    • @LENNON6OCAT
      @LENNON6OCAT Před 4 lety +6

      I was 7 back then, they were in my world.

    • @rs5570
      @rs5570 Před 4 lety +3

      Yes they were pretty much household names by virtue of the show being so huge. Especially Don Knotts

    • @TowGunner
      @TowGunner Před 4 lety +4

      Sure they were household names. The Andy Griffith show was on for 7 years when this episode was made and it never placed lower than 7th in the Nielsen ratings.

    • @LinkRocks
      @LinkRocks Před 4 lety +1

      I think they were implying that he was Desi Arnaz.

    • @davidsanderson5918
      @davidsanderson5918 Před 3 lety +3

      Ron Howard wasn't a household name till the late 1970s when Happy Days came to the UK.
      Meanwhile I'd never heard of Don Knotts till just now.

  • @poetcomic1
    @poetcomic1 Před 9 lety +48

    Don Knotts was was once a sophisticated NY comedian on the early Steve Allen Tonighte Show! Hard to imagine.

    • @deebin4
      @deebin4 Před 5 lety +3

      Don Knotts was from West Virginia.

    • @loissimmons6558
      @loissimmons6558 Před 5 lety +3

      Definitely a regular member of the comedy crew on The Steve Allen Show (along with Louie Nye, Tom Poston, Bill Dana, Dayton Allen ...). But hard to characterize him as sophisticated. As I recall from my early childhood, he was playing his usual nervous Nellie character most of the time.

    • @glenncalzada1707
      @glenncalzada1707 Před 3 lety +5

      @@loissimmons6558 Knotts also played the Man on the Street, along with Louie Nye. Both characters were clutzy fumbling bumbling and downright hilarious! They always managed to get Steve laughing that hysterically contagious laugh of his.
      Sometimes they could barely finish the sketch.

    • @loissimmons6558
      @loissimmons6558 Před 3 lety +2

      @@glenncalzada1707 Louis Nye usually played the sophisticated Gordon Hathaway who would greet Allen with the catchphrase "Ho ho Steverino". Tom Poston, who could never remember his name was the other bumbler.
      Here's a sketch from the old Steve Allen Show with Nye, Knotts and Poston.
      czcams.com/video/54wdCLdrfVk/video.html

    • @glenncalzada1707
      @glenncalzada1707 Před 3 lety +1

      @@loissimmons6558 Thanks for sharing. Your memory is better than mine. The 50's were a long time ago!😂

  • @cmdub97
    @cmdub97 Před rokem +4

    My Generations Z and Alpha children adore the Andy Griffith Show. The man is an absolute classic and timeless on top of being wholesome. I wish the show were still on Netflix.

  • @missbee7745
    @missbee7745 Před 4 lety +3

    I Love Andy Griffith!! 💞 I Love Barney, Opie, Aunt Bee & All The Cast on The Show & Miss Them Dearly!! 💗

  • @ChristianityRecap
    @ChristianityRecap Před 4 lety +19

    Andy Griffith. Such a class act

  • @guyfihi
    @guyfihi Před 9 lety +38

    I grew up in Upstate New York in a little town called Sherrill N.Y. (although officially it is a city) pop 3000. My family and I used to love watching The Andy Griffith Show and we could relate to a lot of the small town shenanigans in the show. We were sort of a Mayberry north without the southern accents. I admired Andy Griffith quite a lot. He was the real deal.

    • @robsieger1886
      @robsieger1886 Před 5 lety +1

      Isn't that near Syracuse?

    • @PerthTowne
      @PerthTowne Před 5 lety +1

      Not right next to it, but in that general area of the state.

    • @mimirogers6130
      @mimirogers6130 Před 5 lety +1

      Mayberry North in Upstate NY? Wow!!!

  • @MrJoeybabe25
    @MrJoeybabe25 Před 9 lety +259

    Shoot! To the question of whether or not Andy Griffith was a singer, a qualified yes should have been the order of the day. He was accomplished in folk and Christian music singing and well known for it.

    • @WhatsMyLine
      @WhatsMyLine  Před 9 lety +25

      Absolutely. Not that it would have helped the totally clueless panel in this case!

    • @MrJoeybabe25
      @MrJoeybabe25 Před 8 lety

      What's My Line? Hi Gary of 2015!

    • @MrJoeybabe25
      @MrJoeybabe25 Před 8 lety +1

      Hi Joe of April 2016!

    • @MrJoeybabe25
      @MrJoeybabe25 Před 8 lety +2

      Andy is in contention for worst handwritten signature ever. Who was worse?

    • @qazwiz
      @qazwiz Před 7 lety +11

      At the time recorded, Andy was titled star of a comedy TV show. being a singer was rejected because the previous two questions had specifically stated MOST KNOWN, he had "no time for sargents" but not stage or film, and his records he was most know for WERE ALL SPOKEN WORD / COMEDY ALBUMS. so while he probably had already recorded "Fishin' Hole" and a Christmas Album he is just as much a professional singer as you are a professional racer by hitting the gas at a yellow light
      plus, i think ALL his religious albums (save an already mentioned Christmas album) were recorded AFTER 1967
      well he had *Shouts the Blues and Old Timey Songs (1959)* and a Broadway score album. (i never heard of either, can you claim otherwise?) also had an album *Songs, Themes and Laughs from the Andy Griffith Show (1961)* which sounds less singing and more clips of funny bits ... but nothing else listed on Wikipedia until 1971 and later.
      In order to include singing he would have to have been at least a double-threat man (compared with a triple threat as defined by Arlene Francis on other WML shows as _Acting, Dancing and Singing_ ) no way you can say his singing career was even close to his Television Career at the date of recording

  • @billm.2387
    @billm.2387 Před 5 lety +4

    16 years old and that's what family TV was back then...today kids would think this is actually dumb,but it was fun to watch,no violence

  • @Dolphin-cb9sq
    @Dolphin-cb9sq Před 4 lety +3

    True stars. Such a pleasure to watch the shows. The so called stars of today could learn a lot.

  • @juliewriston980
    @juliewriston980 Před 3 lety +2

    Absolutely LOVE Andy.. This show aired just 7 months before I was born 😊

  • @hnobleh
    @hnobleh Před 5 lety +4

    These shows bring a smile to my face and make me laugh!

  • @rebeccaduboise285
    @rebeccaduboise285 Před 6 lety +10

    This show is priceless

  • @ronbowman4437
    @ronbowman4437 Před 5 lety +5

    Ahhh...the good old days when people were actually polite!! We were a polite society back in those days! Mutual kindness it's gone and will never be back!

  • @nicolekat8758
    @nicolekat8758 Před 2 lety +3

    You can tell they were debating between the Dick Van Dyke Show, My Three Sons, and The Rifleman lol

  • @pablobanados6552
    @pablobanados6552 Před 4 lety +3

    I have been in The States many times. I wish I would had been in Andy Griffith's story times, when humor was clean and people could be trust.

  • @ancienttom97
    @ancienttom97 Před 5 lety +3

    No click-bate here. You delivered what your title promised. This brought back good memories for an old man who was a kid back then growing up with TV still in it's infancy.

  • @aceball7076
    @aceball7076 Před 6 lety +72

    Steve Allen has got to be the most amusing panelists of all time on What's My Line?

    • @Barnabas45
      @Barnabas45 Před 5 lety +6

      He was my favorite!

    • @deemail100
      @deemail100 Před 5 lety +6

      he should be....he invented the Tonight Show...........and it was great.......

    • @deemail100
      @deemail100 Před 5 lety +3

      @@Koji-888 Now Koji....Joe Black could be any age with severe social issues. Our millennials are our future, they should not be blamed just for having possible members like JB..........

    • @olddoggeleventy2718
      @olddoggeleventy2718 Před 5 lety +1

      Sorry dee, Jack Paar!

    • @olddoggeleventy2718
      @olddoggeleventy2718 Před 5 lety

      Joe + I agree... But he was a helluva musician...even some asshole have redeeming qualities...lol

  • @carollee444
    @carollee444 Před 3 lety +1

    Andy Griffith was a pleasure to see! Nice smile!!

  • @MadiBendy
    @MadiBendy Před 5 lety +6

    True legend... I love Andy

  • @Agent-xn1hr
    @Agent-xn1hr Před 6 lety +58

    Arlene Francis was such a glamorous and beautiful lady

    • @amandajstar
      @amandajstar Před 5 lety

      Amen.

    • @MyVeryHappyDay
      @MyVeryHappyDay Před 5 lety +1

      A real babe, especially in the early years of the show. Still great looking as ever!

    • @notanother7396
      @notanother7396 Před 5 lety +4

      And not a hint of vocal fry. Young ladies, take note.

    • @jillcampbell8019
      @jillcampbell8019 Před 5 lety +1

      DWSeattle -- for real??? Never heard about this. If true, what happened to Arlene as a result of the killing?

    • @chamed27
      @chamed27 Před 5 lety +1

      @@jillcampbell8019 The maid did it. Propped the weight to hold open the window. A million dollar apartment with cheap-ass windows.

  • @Sheba62000
    @Sheba62000 Před rokem +6

    This episode had me weeping. Love, love, love the Andy Griffith Show and I long for the all American days of old. We are now living in a crumbling dystopian world and I love to escape to this wonderful show of manners and good clean fun.

    • @user-ne8lh2vr2t
      @user-ne8lh2vr2t Před rokem +3

      I have watched WML many times back when they were on TV. right now is a stressful time in my life so I'm going through all the episodes again as a form of therapy and it works!!

  • @feralbluee
    @feralbluee Před 2 lety +2

    Andy Griffith was the best. just loved his work. my favorite - he sings a song called “Sawlty Dowg”. i just loved it. he’s a great actor!! watch the movie he made early in his career. :) 🐕 🎸

    • @joeybonin7691
      @joeybonin7691 Před 11 měsíci

      Check out the Morris Brothers' version sometime. They wrote and performed it back in the 30s.

  • @DoubleDogsBFF
    @DoubleDogsBFF Před 3 lety +2

    ❤ Oh Andy, what a great fellow !

  • @jeffm2266
    @jeffm2266 Před 5 lety +10

    8:39 "So it says here on your resume; 'Big hair.'"

  • @verdatum
    @verdatum Před 6 lety +33

    Oh this is neat: Mrs. Benner, McKeon Products Company, and Mack's earplugs have done fantastically well. The company is still around. They had the first silicone-based ear-plug. I remember as a pharmacy technician circa 1999, I sold the product. It still exists basically unchanged, and it honestly works very well. They even link to this episode on the "about us" page of the Mack's Earplugs website. Apparently, she even did the show twice.

  • @jacquelinebell6201
    @jacquelinebell6201 Před 11 měsíci +1

    I was happy to hear that John wasnt an afficionado of bull fighting. This was the first time Id heard him say that. Yet he was nice to the guest and didnt put him down because of the profession.

  • @rulomalo375
    @rulomalo375 Před 3 lety +2

    Bro, I'm 31 years old man from México and I obsessed with this show. Thank you for uploading.

  • @toddtr5520
    @toddtr5520 Před 5 lety +4

    Andy Griffith was a class act

  • @lumenxi22
    @lumenxi22 Před 9 lety +83

    Nice way to break the stereotype. Bravo, Mr. Wong.

    • @dpm-jt8rj
      @dpm-jt8rj Před 6 lety +8

      I'm going out on a limb and say there are not too many bull fighters of Asian heritage!

    • @SavageGreywolf
      @SavageGreywolf Před 6 lety +21

      hopefully there's not many bullfighters anymore at all, it's a pretty cruel 'sport'.

    • @krystonjones
      @krystonjones Před 5 lety +1

      Bravo killing 20 odd animals your time will come

    • @videocat1366
      @videocat1366 Před 5 lety +6

      Yes @lumenxi22. Love it at 3:33 when John Daly asks him where he's from and he says "Arizona." Hahaha. Good job.

    • @amandajstar
      @amandajstar Před 5 lety +3

      Shame about the poor bulls, though.

  • @joelfogelsanger5773
    @joelfogelsanger5773 Před 2 lety +2

    Andy Griffith was great in the film No Time for Sergeants

  • @syd8506
    @syd8506 Před 3 lety +9

    The Andy Griffith show was my entire childhood (even though I'm 23) and it's so fun seeing him in an entirely different kind of show!

  • @michaelj.r457
    @michaelj.r457 Před 5 lety +10

    One year later, The Andy Griffith Show would end its run. As of 2022, TAGS remains one of only three TV shows to end as the #1 TV show in the ratings, as reported by Neilsen. The other two being I Love Lucy and (exactly 30 years and two months later) Seinfeld.

    • @videoarchiveman
      @videoarchiveman Před 4 lety +1

      at the time he was already on a tv series for 7 years. the people on the panel were morons. one of the greatest sitcoms of all time.

    • @maureendevries1904
      @maureendevries1904 Před 4 lety +1

      Mary Tyler Moore was highly rated when it ended its seven year run back in the seventies.

  • @cyberchicchick513
    @cyberchicchick513 Před 5 lety +7

    Andy Griffith always reminded me of my Daddy - in younger days, and old. Miss them both..

  • @reginamay2767
    @reginamay2767 Před měsícem

    the panel was so fun to hear and andy was always a handsome man and his hair was always so pretty and a toothy smile. I was blown away about his english accent that he used on the show to stump the panel that was cool. I never knew he could change his voice that way. He is always missed but I never miss the AG show.

  • @waynezimmerman1950
    @waynezimmerman1950 Před rokem +1

    My favorite Andy Griffith roles; apart from his most frequently mentioned series was as a junkman turned astronaut in an interesting short lived show called Salvage One (1979), His historian novelist in the last segment of a mini-series(1978-1979) about the founding of a fictional town called Centennial, and one (1974)TV movie where he played the villain called Savages; opposite Sam Buttons. Now that was fun.

  • @sfbayareagirl
    @sfbayareagirl Před 8 lety +6

    Love how each introduced the next.

  • @motomweusi836
    @motomweusi836 Před 5 lety +3

    Man this was cool to watch , thanks. 😎👏

  • @timtusphil1
    @timtusphil1 Před 5 lety +19

    I find this interesting because I wear MAXX earplugs everyday at work.

    • @OrangPasien
      @OrangPasien Před 3 lety

      The ear plugs were in fact, Mack’s. Cecilia Benner was the guest. In 1962 she and her husband, Ray purchased McLeon Products, manufacturers of Mack’s Earplugs, which were made of a moldable clay mixture. Mack was the name of the previous owner and presumably the inventor of the earplugs.

  • @KingFahtah
    @KingFahtah Před 5 lety +10

    I've used Mack's earplugs. They are very good..

    • @joemackey1950
      @joemackey1950 Před 4 lety +1

      I totally agree. The best ever and such a surprise to see the person who invented. :)

  • @richardpoplis6777
    @richardpoplis6777 Před 4 lety +3

    Steve Allen was always funny and witty...

  • @0413dec
    @0413dec Před 9 lety +14

    Funny they mention Ms. Denner, the ear-plug maker, was a musician (along with her husband). Ear plugs can come in handy in an orchestral setting, when one has the brass section blaring behind them.

    • @jmccracken1963
      @jmccracken1963 Před 8 lety +2

      And 1967 would have been just the very wee beginning of the era of awareness of and sensitivity to medical issues in music. Good for her!

    • @L.Spencer
      @L.Spencer Před 5 lety +2

      I wear earplugs when I practice the violin because I have sensitive hearing.

    • @christinedorman3383
      @christinedorman3383 Před 5 lety +4

      +0413dec Absolutely true. I'm a violist who's played in an orchestra where I was blasted by the brass section. The worst experience, though, was one night when we were on a particularly small stage. A slide trombonist was positioned behind me and I watched the slide go past the right side of my face repeatedly. I wondered if I moved at the wrong time if I I'd get hit in the back of the head. And Mr. Wong thought he was in a dangerous profession. LOL!

  • @msshelley74
    @msshelley74 Před 4 lety +1

    Thank you for uploading these shows Emily 45 so I wasn’t around when it was on well not the beginning I’m enjoying this this is awesome

  • @AWWx2
    @AWWx2 Před 5 lety +2

    Clear and simple shows for those who wish to think simply, (like me), forgetting the world around us now, going back to when I was 7-8 and black and white TV was the only TV around.

  • @kwebster62
    @kwebster62 Před 5 lety +12

    Interesting that a show from 1967 was still in Black and White. From Wikipedia "
    Broadcast format
    From 1950 to 1966, the game show was broadcast in black-and-white, as was typical of most game shows at the time. But by 1966, all three networks were broadcasting their prime-time schedules entirely in color, including What's My Line? After the show ended in 1967, CBS replaced the color videotapes with the kinescope versions instead for syndication. As a result of this change, the 1966-1967 episodes of What's My Line? were only shown in black-and-white after the show ended.

    • @jarst50
      @jarst50 Před rokem

      That is so strange. I noticed that the Andy Griffith Show was in color for a few seasons when this aired. I assume the vast majority of people still had a B&W set in 67 though.

    • @kwebster62
      @kwebster62 Před rokem

      @@jarst50 Your assumption is correct. Andy Griffith started in color in the Fall season of 1965. "The number of color television sets sold in the US did not exceed black-and-white sales until 1972, which was also the first year that more than fifty percent of television households in the US had a color set." 1972, coincidentally, was the year our family got our first color TV. But the writing was on the wall in the mid 60s. I remember an early episode of "Adam-12"--"The Color TV Bandit" in 1968. Color TV was on most people's wish list by then.

  • @sirlawrencet
    @sirlawrencet Před 4 lety +9

    A Face In The Crowd and No Time For Sergeants are two great films.

    • @richardcramer1604
      @richardcramer1604 Před 4 lety +4

      Particularly A Face in The Crowd shows more of Andy's range as an actor, that he can play a mean bastard.

    • @glenncalzada1707
      @glenncalzada1707 Před 3 lety +1

      @@richardcramer1604 you're right. I used to think it may have been autobiographical.

  • @Trytocookthis
    @Trytocookthis Před 5 lety +2

    Thank you for uploading!

  • @The22on
    @The22on Před 5 lety +2

    How different TV is today! These people on this show were smart, urbane, witty, and not vulgar. They had respect and the moderator was an example of good behavior. Yes, there's a place for dark,, cursing humor, but this show is what the fifties were about: white bread. And I still like it.

  • @glennmarshall4693
    @glennmarshall4693 Před 6 lety +5

    shows were so formal back then. -

    • @davidsanderson5918
      @davidsanderson5918 Před 3 lety

      Glenn Marshall To put it in perspective, this was broadcast on a Sunday. Earlier in the day, children in many places would've stayed indoors as it wasn't right for them to play out on the Sabbath.

  • @princeharming8963
    @princeharming8963 Před 8 lety +34

    Suzy's hair looks like it's trying to eat her head.

  • @robertmize327
    @robertmize327 Před 5 lety +1

    I had forgotten about the big hair! Accomplished beauties. This is a lot of fun.
    Thanks

  • @algoritmosalfredohipicasig7116

    Steve Allen was the funniest ad-libber ever to appear on WML.

  • @verdatum
    @verdatum Před 6 lety +52

    13:26 "Bennet's been trying that one for _seventeen years_!" I really love this show. You watch enough episodes of this thing, they really start to feel like your friends. Why doesn't TV do this anymore?

    • @liveuntetheredmusepodcast4832
      @liveuntetheredmusepodcast4832 Před 6 lety +8

      Because major broadcast television companies, don't care about the viewers like they did back in the day, they air anything and "everything" that makes the quickest buck possible, and if it flops, they move as fast as they can to throw something else at you. Thank God for Netflix, it's bringing back real TV again, people want to create great programming, that want the viewers to like what they produce!
      Cancel the cable, the direct TV, and any major network television! It's all garbage!

    • @plawler
      @plawler Před 6 lety +5

      Radio does. Listen to "Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me" on NPR. ;-)

    • @rogelio451
      @rogelio451 Před 6 lety +2

      Because today we have realistic TV programs like Jerry Springer and Mauri what's his name. And let's not forget the so-called Judges who decide cases in 10 minutes

    • @olddoggeleventy2718
      @olddoggeleventy2718 Před 5 lety +3

      Because people have turned into mean-spirited self-absorbed techno-droids that could care less about anything unless it affects them personally or it has the appearance, to the rest of the world, that it's a noble gesture of compassion and gross sentimentality as to be maudlin. People eat this shit up. America loves fake shit, it thrives on fake...It is.......................................................

    • @Nash1a
      @Nash1a Před 5 lety +1

      Game shows tend to come back into favor in waves. It was just about the time I noticed we hadn't had any game shows for several years that Howie Mandel's show with the suitecases and who wants to be a millionaire came on. There's no reason why they can't remake a show like this again today.

  • @susanr3933
    @susanr3933 Před 5 lety +3

    LOVE ANDY!!! R.I.P.

  • @julieb3996
    @julieb3996 Před 5 lety +2

    The story of El Chino the bullfighter was so compelling I looked it up; somebody is making movie about it!

    • @loissimmons6558
      @loissimmons6558 Před 5 lety +1

      You can't make this up. El Chino appears on a show that includes Bennett Cerf on the panel. What is Bennett known for?
      Now what are the names of the co-producers of "El Chino" the movie? Vincent Pun and his wife Erika Hart Pun! Apparently Vincent Pun is a relative of Bill Wong (as Bong Way Wong is identified on the film's website).
      It is an Indie film being funded by Kickstarter. The website says that the film has a run time of 75 minutes and that it was being submitted to International Film Festivals in 2016. What I was not able to determine is whether it has been shown to general audiences.
      Here's the link to the website:
      www.punfilms.com/

  • @harrysblades3024
    @harrysblades3024 Před 5 lety +2

    Bennett Cerf carried it to the hoop, even if he didn’t put it though the net . It’s difficult these days to understand what a dazzling display of intellect is demonstrated here.

  • @HerecomestheCalavera
    @HerecomestheCalavera Před 7 lety +9

    I find it amazing that shows were still broadcasting in black & white in 1967! I thought most shows switched to color around 64-65.

    • @WhatsMyLine
      @WhatsMyLine  Před 7 lety +9

      Actually, even WML was broadcasting in color for its final season, 1966-67. The color videotapes weren't preserved; what we have today are the B&W kinescope films.

    • @tek6423
      @tek6423 Před 6 lety +12

      The broadcasts may have been in color, but my old man wouldn’t buy a color set. I remember going to a friend’s house (who had a color TV) and finding out that Dudley Do-Rights uniform was RED.

    • @brenttaylordotus
      @brenttaylordotus Před 6 lety +2

      Expensive back then.

    • @goodcitizen
      @goodcitizen Před 5 lety +5

      My ol man built a heathkit color tv in 1969. Was a big deal going from black and white to color. Prior to that we had two tv’s one had sound but no picture and the other had a picture and no sound .... one sat on top of the other and we watched tv that way till the heathkit was finished. Remember coming home from school and smelling the soldering iron. The good old days!

    • @williamlinington9166
      @williamlinington9166 Před 5 lety

      @@goodcitizen If you got frustrated putting the electronic together, it was referred to as "grief kit".

  • @newsparadigm
    @newsparadigm Před 5 lety +4

    Andy Griffith and Don Knotts sing with Ernie Ford in this opening number from the 1967 CBS Special Andy Griffith's Uptown Downtown Show. The special stared Andy Griffith, Don Knotts, and Tennessee Ernie Ford. Another insetting note about this special is that it was the first television appearance by the young dancer Goldie Hawn who can be seen in this clip. - czcams.com/video/PakOCQS_40I/video.html

    • @loissimmons6558
      @loissimmons6558 Před 5 lety +2

      +Harold Saive
      Great clip and Goldie is certainly prominently featured among the dancers.
      And near the end there is Maggie Peterson, discovered by Griffith and Knotts many years earlier and better known on "The Andy Griffith Show" as Charlene Darling of the only female member of the mountain family who loved to play mountain music (also featuring Denver Pyle as the jug playing family patriarch and the Dillards as the stony-faced brothers who provided the accompaniment on various stringed instruments).
      And what Hollywood genius strung together a medley of songs by such diverse artists as Shirley & Lee ("Let the Good Times Roll"), Lloyd Price ("Personality"), the intro but no lyrics of Ray Charles' "What'd I Say" leading up to the introduction of Maggie Peterson, Little Richard (sanitized lyrics to "Rip It Up"), Jay and the Americans ("Come a Little Bit Closer") and one line at the end sung by Knotts from "Chantilly Lace" by The Big Bopper (aka J.P. Richardson), with some other lyrics and songs thrown in to transition between the numbers better.
      However, I can't imagine that the American public was looking for these kinds of shows in 1967.
      And speaking of looking for this show, I have to assume that it aired. But it isn't listed on IMDB. It isn't listed on Andy Griffith's page or Goldie Hawn's page or Tennessee Ernie Ford's page or Don Knotts' page. It isn't listed on Andy Griffith's Wikipedia page. It appears to have slipped into another dimension known as ... the twilight zone.

    • @joeybonin7691
      @joeybonin7691 Před 11 měsíci

      I thought she (Maggie) looked familiar.@@loissimmons6558

  • @daveb8449
    @daveb8449 Před 2 měsíci

    My favorite TV series of all time.

  • @charlescooke6609
    @charlescooke6609 Před 3 lety +1

    Why am I binge watching these old shows?

    • @rk5941
      @rk5941 Před 3 lety

      Because there is nothing worth watching now a days