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  • čas přidán 18. 08. 2024
  • MYSTERY GUEST: The Kingston Trio
    PANEL: Arlene Francis, Tony Randall, Phyllis Newman, Bennett Cerf

Komentáře • 229

  • @dawnfalvey6766
    @dawnfalvey6766 Před 4 lety +117

    I just wanted to share a quick story- I only recently started watching WML ( I’m 50 yrs old) and am just finding out who some of these people are- especially members of the panel. I am now a big Arlene fan. Well the other day I’m watching an episode, and my 20 year old daughter (who’s in college) started watching with me and she says “ Oh, that’s Arlene Francis” . I asked her how she knew and she told me in one of her classes they have a few chapters on women who were pioneers of radio, tv, other media , and there’s almost a whole chapter dedicated to her . I thought that was wonderful. Arlene now has 2 new fans.

    • @davidsanderson5918
      @davidsanderson5918 Před 4 lety +5

      Dawn Falvey I may be wrong but I think her status of 'pioneer' only applies to US radio, TV and other US media thereof. I would guess she was ineffectual to media outside of America and certainly she's unheard of here in the UK. But hey!! Nevertheless I have learned a lot about her during my chronological trawl through WML here and I like her an awful lot!! Wish I'd seen her perform.

    • @leesher1845
      @leesher1845 Před 3 lety +5

      Thanks for sharing such a great, inspiring story.

    • @GeneRogers-xl9um
      @GeneRogers-xl9um Před 2 lety +3

      @@davidsanderson5918 But, they had a British version of WML! Several of the Celebrities if I may call them that came across the “Pond “ to be on the panel and as a contestant who sat next to John Daly.

    • @tufur08
      @tufur08 Před 2 lety +2

      @@GeneRogers-xl9um David is known as a council housing resident to us Americans. UK council housing people will understand as their mothers are not like woman. They tend to follow the American poor in staying married or gaining an adverse to an education for the idea of being independent and fully not inspiriting.

    • @mehboobkm2018
      @mehboobkm2018 Před 11 měsíci +1

      ​@@GeneRogers-xl9um😅😅😅

  • @scottmiller6495
    @scottmiller6495 Před rokem +17

    Superb people from a time that we will never ever see again Period!!!!!

    • @waldolydecker8118
      @waldolydecker8118 Před rokem +1

      The people before them were even more superb...and the ones before them more superb than those, and so on...that's how it goes

    • @scottmiller6495
      @scottmiller6495 Před rokem +1

      @@waldolydecker8118 Then why are many people today rotten to the core? Because history is repeating itself and it will soon be The End of the World!!!!!

  • @kenyongray2615
    @kenyongray2615 Před 3 lety +20

    Arlene looked great. Phyllis Newman was gorgeous. The first guest Lesley was a lovely young lady. The Kingston Trio was one of my father's favorite groups. Thanks for the video.

    • @joycoombs349
      @joycoombs349 Před rokem +3

      The Kingston Trio led by Bob Shane is my all time favorite. This show must have been around 1959
      when I was a Junior at
      CORNELL & first heard them there. I enjoyed them all over the US & at sea!

  • @ofrabjousday1
    @ofrabjousday1 Před 4 lety +14

    I was just a toddler when The Monkees' "Daydream Believer," written by John Stewart, was released. Being such a tender age, and not knowing the subtleties of shaving, I thought Davy was singing, "My shaving razor's cold, and it stinks."

  • @miketheyunggod2534
    @miketheyunggod2534 Před 5 lety +24

    what i like about this show is bringing in women with non traditional women jobs. i know it’s to make it harder for the panel to guess, but it’s nice to see these women pioneers who paved the way and inspired other women.

    • @rosemma34
      @rosemma34 Před 5 lety +1

      here, here

    • @shirleyrombough8173
      @shirleyrombough8173 Před 4 lety +5

      MiketheYung God - The show also brought in members of minority groups as both regular and mystery guests. Bravo for them.

    • @poetcomic1
      @poetcomic1 Před 3 lety +6

      @@shirleyrombough8173 Sammy Davis Jr. was a panelist and his great friend Phyllis Diller, without even giving it a thought, as she went out kissed him right on the cheek. People were outraged throughout the South but they refused to cut the two second moment for viewing.

  • @brunozauhar1879
    @brunozauhar1879 Před 2 lety +12

    Tony Randall is always a gentleman.

    • @julieb7785
      @julieb7785 Před 2 lety

      Felix Unger was the best character on t.v....

  • @leannsherman6723
    @leannsherman6723 Před rokem +10

    Arlene was smart to figure out the mosquitoes. Funny segment. 😂

  • @ingsve
    @ingsve Před 2 lety +18

    Very interesting time capsule. Mr Harding who work with eradicating mosquitos mention books that condemn certain practices. He there was referring to "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson which was released not even a year before this show aired. The book and the activism that followed is what eventually banned the use of DDT for pest control and this is likely the method that Mr Hardings group was mostly using.

    • @randydavidson7189
      @randydavidson7189 Před 8 měsíci

      Great observation. There's a further irony that John Daly was talking about giving speeches on water pollution, and DDT was found to contaminate water and get taken up by marine animals.

  • @dh3279
    @dh3279 Před rokem +15

    Their version of Pete Seeger’s incredible song ‘Where Have All The Flowers Gone?” is one of the greatest songs ever recorded.

    • @daler.steffy1047
      @daler.steffy1047 Před měsícem +1

      I learned this song at one of our evening campfires held during church summer camp in the mid-1950s. Even when I sing it allowed to myself today I start weeping, as I (too) am responding to the subtle underlying messages this song conveys.Thank you for acknowledging it in your comments here.

  • @carolynwoodman1734
    @carolynwoodman1734 Před 2 lety +9

    Oh, they are so classy and interesting, polite, and love it.

    • @julieb7785
      @julieb7785 Před 2 lety +2

      I know...wish we could revive those styles and social habits.

  • @karenbarlow-goodsell8483
    @karenbarlow-goodsell8483 Před 3 lety +12

    I have a small booklet that is 3 generations old of the life of Tom Dooley and it is signed by the Kingston Trio. I live about 10 miles from Tom's grave and 15 miles from Laura's grave. It's a very intriguing story.

    • @bbailey7818
      @bbailey7818 Před rokem +1

      I knew the song as a kid but never knew he was a real person! Cool.

  • @contraryMV
    @contraryMV Před 6 lety +37

    I love Arlene. She is on my dinner party A list.

    • @Retroscoop
      @Retroscoop Před 4 lety +2

      You'll get a tommy ache from that somewhat snobbish way of talking... Have you ever seen the spoof of WML, the actress who played Arlene hit that nail very hard: czcams.com/video/KF1UsdzvJP8/video.html Enjoy :)

  • @bigred997
    @bigred997 Před 8 lety +44

    man, did they have a megahit with "tom dooley". off the charts. a once-in-a-lifetimer.

    • @schmo047
      @schmo047 Před 7 lety +8

      "Tom Dooley" was so popular it spent months as #1 on the Billboard charts. One disc jockey got so fed up with playing it, he staged a public funeral and smashed the record. It didn't work - the song stayed even longer on the charts.

    • @dovbarleib3256
      @dovbarleib3256 Před 3 lety +10

      They had other great hits. They were much more than a one hit wonder.

    • @waldolydecker8118
      @waldolydecker8118 Před 3 lety +7

      One song they premiered that got 'stolen' away from them was Ervin Drake's "It Was a Very Good Year." They had premiered it in 1961. Frank Sinatra heard the Kingston Trio's record on his car radio while driving in Los Angeles/Palm Springs and when he later performed and recorded it, it completely overwhelmed the Trio's original association with the tune. Most today who know the song would probably tell you that Sinatra premiered it and not know the Trio had anything to do with it.

    • @sandydog291
      @sandydog291 Před rokem +4

      With me, for whatever reason, when I think of them I think of Where Have All the Flowers Gone. In fact, after watching this, I just listened to it.

    • @melvinquinney5580
      @melvinquinney5580 Před rokem +1

      @@waldolydecker8118 Great information on "It Was a Very Good Year." I had never heard it by The Kingston Trio, but I will definitely listen to it after posting this. Thanks!

  • @tomreedyjr3631
    @tomreedyjr3631 Před rokem +6

    Phyllis . My father loved her laugh , very hearty.

  • @maynardsmoreland
    @maynardsmoreland Před 10 lety +44

    John Stewart of the Kingston Trio later wrote The Monkees' "Daydream Believer."

    • @savethetpc6406
      @savethetpc6406 Před 10 lety +9

      maynardsmoreland
      He certainly did. His original lyrics to the song included the line, "now you know how *funky* I can be," but The Monkees changed the word "funky" to "happy." I am a huge Monkees fan and absolutely love The Monkees' version, but I am aware that this seemingly small lyric change completely changed the meaning of that verse.

    • @rosemma34
      @rosemma34 Před 5 lety +8

      @@savethetpc6406 Funky rhymes with Monkee...Kingston Trio fan here

    • @bogieviews
      @bogieviews Před 2 lety +1

      I have a vinyl album by John Stewart - California Bloodlines that once in a while I still listen to.

    • @imoldgreggboosh3467
      @imoldgreggboosh3467 Před rokem

      @@savethetpc6406 When they changed it, John remarked, "Happy doesn't make any sense."
      When it was no.1 worldwide, John said, "Happy works just fine."

  • @scotnick59
    @scotnick59 Před 2 lety +6

    Loved the Kingston Trio - for like, um = over 50 years!

  • @Terry-tree
    @Terry-tree Před 6 měsíci +1

    The handwriting of the contestants was so much better in the fifties!

  • @leesher1845
    @leesher1845 Před 3 lety +6

    Excellent Kennedy impersonation by one of the Kingston Trio.

  • @ableland64
    @ableland64 Před 6 lety +21

    I once set up the sound system for the Kingston Trio

  • @ubilo
    @ubilo Před 3 lety +8

    Very entertaining show back in the day. So simple and still so interesting.

    • @GeneRogers-xl9um
      @GeneRogers-xl9um Před 2 lety +1

      Stll entertaining to me today! I quit watching television years ago and being an expat watch the older movies, TV shows and music. 再见👋

  • @shirleyrombough8173
    @shirleyrombough8173 Před 4 lety +15

    Someone made a remark criticizing the Kingston Trio for not wearing formal wear on the program. But those striped shirts were part of their act and it waa fine.

    • @waldolydecker8118
      @waldolydecker8118 Před 3 lety +1

      That's a persnickety criticism if it was made. They came authentically dress as they often performed. Nothing could be more genuine than that. If they showed up in formal wear, it would come across as phony to those familiar with them.

  • @rosemma34
    @rosemma34 Před 5 lety +14

    "If there aren't too many books out to condemn control methods," says the civil servant in response to Rachel Carson's Silent Spring, condemning pest control methods

    • @julieb7785
      @julieb7785 Před 2 lety +2

      I grew up in MA...beautiful place, but oh the toxins there...

    • @dinahbrown902
      @dinahbrown902 Před rokem +2

      The poisoning of the peoples

    • @rosemma34
      @rosemma34 Před rokem +2

      @@julieb7785 the toxic cleaning fluids poured down the drains of the guest cottages on fragile cape cod every stinkin' week, arghgh

  • @willisknapick4405
    @willisknapick4405 Před 10 měsíci +1

    Folk music was a popular genre in the early 60s, particularly in NYC. The Trio was one of nationally known entertainers.

  • @dominicpiscopo7915
    @dominicpiscopo7915 Před 3 lety +5

    With all do respect Mr Bennett Cerf had a problem with who was the most intelligent person on this most wonderful program and a few years later he finally realized by showing respect to Mr Charles Daly that his intellect was over shadowed by his superior man of the hour Mr CharlesDaly

    • @donnacook8994
      @donnacook8994 Před rokem +3

      It's my understanding that the two were great friends and held each other in high regard.

  • @soulierinvestments
    @soulierinvestments Před 10 lety +11

    Of the first 18 broadcasts and taping sessions, one of the ten that Dorothy missed due to illness.
    Tony Randall introduced Phyllis Newman exactly the same way twice when he got the duty. Of course these episodes appeared months from each other, so not 1 in 1,000,000 in those days would notice.

    • @philippapay4352
      @philippapay4352 Před rokem +2

      @soulierinvestments - Tony, having deep learning in the theater & opera arts (while he did a lot of TV & movies), would have established ahead of the intro what he wanted to say about the person and particularly the fine work they had done, awards they had won. However, the producers at times gave presenters suggestions that took into account what the PR people for the panelist wanted emphasized or de-emphasized something that might embarrass the game-player. In the case of Phyllis Newman one was also dealing with a performing artist married to one of the finest creative artists in theater, so that may have played into a carefully crafted introduction. She had a superb sense of humor, which is one reason she was Johnny Carson's go-to gal when his show was in NYC still, as she lived near where they filmed and could jump into TV clothes and fill-in for a missing guest without missing a beat. She was full of funny stories. He more or less replaced her with Suzanne Pleshette after the move to Burbank. She had a history in theater, a fabulous sense of humor, a wealth of funny stories, and was game to fill-in, help out.

  • @fliegeroh
    @fliegeroh Před 3 lety +6

    August 1963. Oh my God, America and the world was still in the placid 1950's really. But in just just 3 short months, the country would go through great tribulation when JFK was murdered and 3 months after that, the Beatles would change music and popular culture forever. The Kingston Trio was riding high but the Folk music craze was about to end suddenly. Rock and roll would have a revival and the Trio wouldn't get much air play ever again.

  • @waldolydecker8118
    @waldolydecker8118 Před rokem +2

    Kingston Trio first recorded "It Was a Very Good Year," then Frank Sinatra heard it on the radio on a drive back to Palm Springs...recorded it, and it totally drowned out the Kingston's version and became a Sinatra signature song.

  • @libertyann439
    @libertyann439 Před 6 lety +24

    As soon as Arlene guessed mosquito she scratched her neck!

    • @shirleyrombough8173
      @shirleyrombough8173 Před 4 lety +3

      liberty Ann - And I could smell cigarette smoke when Edward R. Murrow was smoking on the program. Ah, the ways of the human brain+

    • @philippapay4352
      @philippapay4352 Před 3 lety

      @liberty Ann - I noticed that, as well, and think I scratched my arm or shoulder.

    • @poetcomic1
      @poetcomic1 Před 3 lety

      She and Dorothy were superb players. One of the biggest worries the producers had when creating the show was that the panelists would guess so few occupations it would get boring. After ten years they averaged OVER one in three winning guesses.

    • @tinat9486
      @tinat9486 Před rokem

      @@poetcomic1 I think they gave the correct guesses to the regular panelists. The guest panelists rarely get it right. They had to keep up percentages or they would have had to change regular panelists. They liked their Arlene, Dorothy and Bennet. I wonder how competitive Arlene and Dorothy were. Arlene doesn't look at Dorothy when she is introduced.

    • @dinahbrown902
      @dinahbrown902 Před rokem

      😂

  • @elainemcdonnell683
    @elainemcdonnell683 Před 4 lety +11

    ...and Bob Shane just passed away at age 85, in January 2020.

  • @PhilBagels
    @PhilBagels Před 6 lety +25

    As was mentioned, Phyllis Newman won a Tony Award, but what isn't as well-known is that Tony Randall won a Phyllis Award.

    • @davidsanderson5918
      @davidsanderson5918 Před 4 lety +3

      PhilBagels Nice little-known fact there...and not only that but in Bennett's "Random House Dictionary Of The English Language" the word 'gullible' was left out on its first edition. All these facts and more can be found on the website.

    • @rmelin13231
      @rmelin13231 Před rokem +1

      That's hilarious! (Don't tell Bennett).

  • @gbrumburgh
    @gbrumburgh Před 3 lety +9

    Nick Reynolds and Bob Shane were founding members of The Kingston Trio. John Stewart joined the group in 1961 after the other original member, Dave Guard, left the group over artistic differences. Like many American groups. they lost favor with the arrival of the "British Invasion." The group disbanded in 1967, but other variations were formed in later years. Both Reynolds and Stewart died in 2008; Shane died in 2020. Other popular Kingston Trio songs, aside from the #1 hit "Tom Dooley," were "Where Have All the Flowers Gone" and "Greenback Dollar." Stewart, a prolific songwriter, wrote The Monkees' hit "Daydream Believer."

    • @rosemma34
      @rosemma34 Před rokem +1

      I didn't like John Stewart for a long time until I discovered "Desert Pete"

    • @bluecamus5162
      @bluecamus5162 Před rokem +2

      John Stewart's big hit as a solo artist was 'Gold' from 1979 and he hated it so much that he quit doing it live. He only wrote it to satisfy the record company.

    • @imoldgreggboosh3467
      @imoldgreggboosh3467 Před rokem +2

      @@rosemma34 Have you heard "Reverend Mr. Black" ? Same kind of talking narrative but builds up emotionally.
      "The Reverend Mr. Black was my old man."

    • @rosemma34
      @rosemma34 Před rokem +1

      @@imoldgreggboosh3467 yes I like that song very much

    • @rosemma34
      @rosemma34 Před rokem +1

      @@bluecamus5162 I hated it at the time and glad to know he hated it too hahahaha

  • @dovbarleib3256
    @dovbarleib3256 Před 3 lety +3

    I was doing a youtube search for Tom Dooley on the MTA, and this episode came up.

  • @1201NColombo
    @1201NColombo Před 9 lety +14

    In the live episodes in July, Phyllis Newman was visibly pregnant (if you cared to notice). This is a good clue that the episode was pre-recorded in batches before July 1963. She gave birth to her child in December 1963.

    • @WhatsMyLine
      @WhatsMyLine  Před 9 lety +4

      +1201NColombo Neat observation-- I had never caught this.

    • @dcasper8514
      @dcasper8514 Před 4 lety +1

      She was extremely hot this episode.!!

  • @cbranalli
    @cbranalli Před 3 lety +7

    at this time the Kingston Trio were nearing the end of their stratospheric popularity which began in 1958 with Tom Dooley.
    Peter Paul and Mary - who had appeared on WML a month earlier - were just taking over the airwaves.

    • @imoldgreggboosh3467
      @imoldgreggboosh3467 Před rokem +2

      Not - The "British Invasion" took over the airwaves . . .

    • @Nothingatall60
      @Nothingatall60 Před rokem +1

      Peter, Paul and Mary can’t hold a candle to the Kingston trio.

    • @kentetalman9008
      @kentetalman9008 Před rokem +1

      @@Nothingatall60 Not true. Both groups were great.

  • @neilmidkiff
    @neilmidkiff Před 5 lety +10

    At 7:58 it appears that Bennett is about to make a rare nonverbal joke in response to John's comment about Bennett not being under water. The director cuts to another camera, so we don't see it all, but it looks as if Bennett is going to hold his glass of water over his head to disprove John.

  • @dancelli714
    @dancelli714 Před 5 lety +6

    Nick Reynolds would bring his little boy into our shop to get his haircut IN SAUSALITO, 1960's. I would cut John Stewart's hair . On my radio show, I played one selection by him from a live event, from the venue; THE FRONT ROOM.

    • @geraldkatz7986
      @geraldkatz7986 Před 2 lety

      Folk music would make its own comeback with Simon & Garfunkel and John Denver.

  • @stlmopoet
    @stlmopoet Před 10 lety +23

    Sadly, of the Kingston Trio original lineup, only Bob Shane remains. And he had to quit performing in 2004 after a serious heart attack.

    • @stlmopoet
      @stlmopoet Před 10 lety +11

      At this point they had already replaced one of the founders, Dave Guard, with John Stewart.

    • @rosemma34
      @rosemma34 Před 5 lety +4

      @@stlmopoet Dave quit

    • @darrenjray
      @darrenjray Před 4 lety +6

      And Bob passed away on January 26, 2020.

  • @paulreah5657
    @paulreah5657 Před 8 lety +18

    John Stewart did a good John Kennedy imitation.

    • @robertfiller8634
      @robertfiller8634 Před 3 lety +1

      Yes! And no one on the panel acknowledged it, which was disappointing.

  • @johnnyg3681
    @johnnyg3681 Před 3 lety +7

    THE TRIO PASSED UP A CHANCE FOR MORE NATIONAL RECOGNITION BY NOT SINGING A BAR OR TWO WHEN ARLENE ASKED IF THEY WOULD...!

    • @slaytonp
      @slaytonp Před 3 lety +3

      They were probably under some contract forbidding any kind of performance outside of their venue.

  • @poetcomic1
    @poetcomic1 Před 9 lety +8

    When I was a teenager I loved black soul music, my square brother liked The Kingston Trio.

  • @Johnnycdrums
    @Johnnycdrums Před 6 lety +8

    Miss Somerville was a boss.

  • @leesher1845
    @leesher1845 Před 3 lety +6

    Arlene was so smart!

    • @dinahbrown902
      @dinahbrown902 Před rokem

      In some ways but sure wasn’t about the destruction of all mosquitoes.

    • @JanetM-ro6xc
      @JanetM-ro6xc Před rokem +1

      Above all she was ambitious. She reinvented herself in the first few months of the show:hair, makeup, clothing styling. Some affectations which worked for her.She was on multiple shows and in plays simultaneously. She received over $500 -$750 per show..
      The mystery guests received $500. That was a LOT of money in the 1950's when a week's pay would be around $100. Arleen went on the be a Board member (paid) of Bonwit-Teller which also supplied her with clothes....very smart!

  • @drchilledair
    @drchilledair Před 8 lety +6

    Plus ca change. Interesting that Daly offhandedly remarks that he gives lectures on the dangers of water pollution. He would have a field day dealing with current events in Flint, Michigan.

    • @stephensaunders1845
      @stephensaunders1845 Před 7 lety +2

      John had many interests outside of show business and journalism. Among them, he sat on the Water Pollution Control Advisory Board from 1960 to 1962. He even contributed to this academic paper: www.jstor.org/stable/25036441?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents

  • @philippapay4352
    @philippapay4352 Před 3 lety +4

    John does it again: skin diving is not the same as deep sea diving nor is their gear, costume.

  • @VahanNisanian
    @VahanNisanian Před 10 lety +7

    Videotaped on March 24, 1963.
    Dorothy was still in what was then her most-recent month-long relapse. The next-aired episode was also from that same relapse phase; that was taped on April 14.

    • @davidhenschel1990
      @davidhenschel1990 Před 5 lety +2

      As of March 24, 1963, a New York City newspaper strike had been going on for three months, so reporters could not investigate or explain Dorothy's absence from a few television broadcasts.

    • @dinahbrown902
      @dinahbrown902 Před rokem

      She was very sick. Very sad

    • @davidhenschel1990
      @davidhenschel1990 Před 4 měsíci

      @@dinahbrown902Do you know exactly why Dorothy Kilgallen was hospitalized in March 1963 when this episode was videotaped? Newspapers did not report that she was hospitalized. All the New York City daily newspapers suspended publication because of a printers’ strike. The word “difficult” is more accurate than “sad” for describing what was going on in New York in March 1963.

  • @channelwoodgrange
    @channelwoodgrange Před 4 lety +5

    Funny as I listen to both the Chad Mitchell Trio and the Limeliters.

    • @whlrradio
      @whlrradio Před 4 lety

      Chad Mitchell Trio is my favorite!

    • @dcasper8514
      @dcasper8514 Před 4 lety +1

      I go further back to the best of all....the four freshmen..

  • @grandexandi
    @grandexandi Před 10 lety +6

    Bennett and the field of transportation, lol

    • @dcasper8514
      @dcasper8514 Před 4 lety

      Or another of his....is this, or was this, ever alive ?

  • @josephforest7605
    @josephforest7605 Před 2 lety +2

    7 months later , the world changed so fast , Kennedy was gone and The Beatles had arrived .

  • @rentslave
    @rentslave Před 5 lety +3

    At the time,no one would have believed that this type of music would rapidly fade away within 5 months.

    • @rosemma34
      @rosemma34 Před 5 lety

      you don't exist

    • @conniecrawford5231
      @conniecrawford5231 Před 4 lety +3

      Tom Dockery Many of us are still listening to the Kingston Trio 60 years later! You are a fool! Good music never “ fades away”!

    • @shirleyrombough8173
      @shirleyrombough8173 Před 4 lety +1

      Tom Dockery - I think that this music lasted longer than five months. And gave the world many years of enjoyment.

  • @prchristman
    @prchristman Před 10 lety +5

    I don't believe for five seconds that John Daly got the "Tony" joke at the end.

    • @savethetpc6406
      @savethetpc6406 Před 10 lety +2

      *****
      He certainly didn't get it at first, and you may be right that he just pretended to appreciate it at the end, because he wasn't familiar with the meaning of the word as Bennett used it. It certainly wasn't like him to be so appreciative of any of Bennett's puns, but then again, this one was a compliment.

    • @prchristman
      @prchristman Před 10 lety +2

      SaveThe TPC
      I watched it again and still didn't think John really got the word "tony." But 15 years ago, I didn't get the word myself when someone used it to describe a town in Connecticut. ... And no, it wasn't Bridgeport!

  • @soulierinvestments
    @soulierinvestments Před 10 lety +7

    Lou Gottlieb was a bassist and comic spokesman for The Limeliters. Owls in comparison to the Kingston Trio.
    Chad Mitchell Trio did folk music.
    Interesting that Warren Harding came in a tux when he did not have to and the Kingston guys did not wear ties when they should have.

    • @savethetpc6406
      @savethetpc6406 Před 10 lety +6

      soulierinvestments
      Those striped shirts were kind of a trademark uniform for The Kingston Trio, I think, much like the original "Beatles suits" were for The Beatles in their early days.

    • @libertyann439
      @libertyann439 Před 6 lety +2

      soulierinvestments
      They wore their usual style. Similar to the Beach Boys who also wore striped shirts.

  • @Johnnycdrums
    @Johnnycdrums Před 6 lety +4

    Daley helps the panel, not fair.

    • @rosemma34
      @rosemma34 Před 5 lety +1

      I noticed that

    • @GH-oi2jf
      @GH-oi2jf Před 4 lety

      Johnnyc drums - It’s entertainment.

  • @MrJoeybabe25
    @MrJoeybabe25 Před 10 lety +9

    I love John Daly. He is the best there is. But I don't know how the regular panelists took his sometimes exhausting expositions on this or that question for seventeen years. Were they not polite people, I'm sure somewhere along the line, someone would have thrown up his hands and said "oh just shut up John". Thank goodness Soupy Sales wasn't on the network show.

    • @VahanNisanian
      @VahanNisanian Před 10 lety +5

      Joe Postove Actually, he was, on four occasions:
      May 9, 1965; Mystery Guest
      May 30, 1965; Panelist
      May 29, 1966; Mystery Guest
      April 9, 1967 (Recorded on March 5, 1967); Mystery Guest (episode doesn't exist anymore; the only pre-taped episode to no longer exist.)

    • @WhatsMyLine
      @WhatsMyLine  Před 10 lety +7

      Well, that's just what Groucho said during one of John's long winded explanations: "You realize that no one is listening to you?"

    • @MrJoeybabe25
      @MrJoeybabe25 Před 10 lety +5

      Only Groucho!

    • @orgonkothewildlyuntamed6301
      @orgonkothewildlyuntamed6301 Před 9 lety +2

      Joe Postove they seemed fine with it; it's you who seems the only one perturbed. but if you're doing to hit one side dont ignore the other when just about every panelist(especially Dorothy & Arlene) would ask 5+ questions when you knew they already knew who the person was--some would call that hogging the time but John never batted an eye

    • @shirleyrombough8173
      @shirleyrombough8173 Před 4 lety +1

      Joe Postove - No, I I think they accepted and were amused by his verbosity - it was parr of his act.

  • @jimsteele9261
    @jimsteele9261 Před 7 lety +14

    I wonder if Mr Harding's comment at the end referred to "Silent Spring" published a year or so earlier.

    • @rogerwhite95
      @rogerwhite95 Před 7 lety +4

      Jim Steele, almost certainly. She was viciously attacked as a fool and liar, or worse, in a smear campaign by the chemical manufacturers. Now we know that she was all too right.

    • @edwardvogel9094
      @edwardvogel9094 Před 4 lety +1

      Yes. The jerk. Nice man, but terribly misguided. We hate mosquitoes, but remember, they feed the birds by the ton.

  • @preppysocks209
    @preppysocks209 Před 4 lety +5

    This is the funniest collection of wrong MG identities. The Mills Brothers? The Marx Brothers? The Gottlieb Trio? None of the Kingston Trio ever visited Kingston.

    • @GabrielWilsonCollins
      @GabrielWilsonCollins Před 3 lety +3

      They did perform in Plymouth, MA once. Assuming they were picked up in Boston, the highway to Plymouth would pass through Kingston, MA. So, maybe they stopped in Kingston.

    • @imoldgreggboosh3467
      @imoldgreggboosh3467 Před rokem

      "My heart is down
      My head is turning around
      I had to leave a little girl in Kingston Town."
      Don't think it's Kingston, MA.

    • @waldolydecker8118
      @waldolydecker8118 Před rokem

      They mentioned the music of Harry Belafonte inspired the name. It was Belafonte's 1956 LP, 'Calypso' that was the very first record album in America to sell over 1 million copies. He was a major influence in music, especially in the decade preceding the arrival of The Beatles.

  • @robertfiller8634
    @robertfiller8634 Před 3 lety +1

    I was waiting for Bennett to ask Warren G. Harding if he was president....of his company

  • @gatewayski1
    @gatewayski1 Před 6 lety +4

    It's not hard to tell which one is Tim Robbin's father.

    • @colikil
      @colikil Před 5 lety +2

      Garbage - that's wrong!!

  • @markthomas6703
    @markthomas6703 Před 2 lety +3

    While John Charles Daly is making speeches about water pollution, he's hosting the DDT guy.

    • @dinahbrown902
      @dinahbrown902 Před rokem

      Poisoning us and our food and water supply. Arlene says can’t you kill them all and he says he hopes so. How shallow was that little conversation?

  • @wookinooki9023
    @wookinooki9023 Před rokem

    bob shane was sooooooo cuuuuuuuuuute.

  • @orgonkothewildlyuntamed6301

    phyllis newman had major blonde moments with the mystery guest

  • @Johnnycdrums
    @Johnnycdrums Před 6 lety +3

    Phyllis Newman was a doll.

  • @MrJoeybabe25
    @MrJoeybabe25 Před 10 lety +2

    Arlene used the word crustation, finally! But it has nothing to do with the line at hand. Gee, Whiz!

  • @MrJoeybabe25
    @MrJoeybabe25 Před 10 lety +2

    Did WML when they would tape a show way in advance ever have an embarrassment like the syndicated version had when Bennett Cerf died and his appearances continued to play? Why tape so far in advance?

    • @epaddon
      @epaddon Před 10 lety +5

      Because in those days, syndication was different as Fates explained in the book about the "bicycling" process. If a station signed up to air the program as it was in its second year, it would get the tapes for year 1, meaning those markets that had been with the show from the beginning would be "current" but other stations might be airing shows more than a year old. This process was continuing all the way to the late 70s.
      I remember that when Hollywood Squares had a nighttime version in 1968 and pretaped shows in advance they had to censor a question that had to do with who was going to run LBJ's re-election campaign because by the time the episode aired, LBJ had withdrawn from the race.

  • @Pudentame
    @Pudentame Před 2 lety +1

    Was the second guest any relation to the former President of the same name?

  • @vanceox
    @vanceox Před rokem

    I can imagine that Bob Shane SOOOO wanted to hit on Phyllis Newman

  • @scotnick59
    @scotnick59 Před 2 lety +1

    Phyllis Newman is such a MIss Nerd

  • @njhollywood
    @njhollywood Před rokem +1

    Arlene always tried to get the musical guests to perform. PS John Stewart wrote Daydream Believer.

    • @waldolydecker8118
      @waldolydecker8118 Před rokem

      Arlene's only annoying trait....she should have known better than constantly asking guests to perform on their off day and when not prepared/expected. Its one of the main things that annoys performers - being imposed upon - yet she constantly did it

    • @njhollywood
      @njhollywood Před rokem

      @@waldolydecker8118 Louis Armstrong did do Hello Dolly acapella. It was great!

    • @waldolydecker8118
      @waldolydecker8118 Před rokem

      @@njhollywood - yes he did...Bobby Darin also sang a few bars of "Mack the Knife" but the overwhelming number of guests rightfully refused Arlene's requests for performances...and she made dozens of them over the years.

  • @dotsywotsy18
    @dotsywotsy18 Před 5 měsíci

    I'm confused as to why Dorothy Kilgallen is not mentioned in these episodes with Phyllis Newman.

  • @Retroscoop
    @Retroscoop Před 4 lety +1

    Only one of the trio should answer, it's giving away too much... It's not as if there were 40 trio's likely to be invited to the WML show....

  • @galileocan
    @galileocan Před 9 lety +4

    I haven't watched the episodes to come, but I'm curious to know as to whether any reference is made to President Kennedy's assassination in the weeks or months following Nov. 22??

    • @WhatsMyLine
      @WhatsMyLine  Před 9 lety +2

      Never mentioned even in passing, no.

    • @galileocan
      @galileocan Před 9 lety +1

      Well that's disappointing to hear...

    • @WhatsMyLine
      @WhatsMyLine  Před 9 lety +9

      Galileocan g I think it was quite deliberate. WML was always an escapist show. The only somber events I can recall ever being referenced in its entire run were completely unavoidable: the deaths of Fred Allen and Dorothy Kilgallen.

    • @WhatsMyLine
      @WhatsMyLine  Před 9 lety +1

      Jay Spector Your point being? For the love of Mike. What else could you possibly think was the reason why JFK's assassination wasn't mentioned on WML except the reason I said? List all the other references to current events on the show that you want. It doesn't change the point I made, which was pretty straightforward. They didn't mention it because it was a light entertainment program. It's that simple.

    • @WhatsMyLine
      @WhatsMyLine  Před 9 lety +3

      Jay Spector Yeah, obviously I responded here before I realized that it was you again, Dave. Don't worry. I won't respond again. And this account, as well as "Nyann Smith" have been banned. Pathetic, useless waste of time.

  • @ferdinandthecrow
    @ferdinandthecrow Před 11 měsíci

    Note the pest control's guy attack on Rachel Carson (not by name)...

  • @leannsherman6723
    @leannsherman6723 Před rokem

    I’ve never heard of the Gottlieb Trio. 😂

  • @pamshewan9181
    @pamshewan9181 Před 9 měsíci

    Love the Trio kinda miss Dave Guard

  • @sueoorbeck4887
    @sueoorbeck4887 Před 3 lety +1

    Still have some of their records.

  • @leesher1845
    @leesher1845 Před 3 lety

    Gottlieb Trio; that’s funny!

  • @dovbarleib3256
    @dovbarleib3256 Před 2 lety

    Mosquitos live ON the water not IN the water. That should have been established early on.

  • @kristabrewer9363
    @kristabrewer9363 Před 3 lety +4

    John STILL flips over the cards for absolutely no reason (I used to be sad when he did that, now I'm just INFURIATED)! but from watching THIS episode, I realized that he finds loop holes so he CAN turn them all over
    I've noticed before (MANY times) that the panel will guess what the person does, but John says "Yes but..." (even though they guessed it, he finds loopholes so he can turn the cards ALL over (I never noticed that before)

    • @teddytodorova
      @teddytodorova Před 3 lety +2

      He flips them for different reasons. If panel guesses the occupation very fast and the contestant spent too little time on air, he flips the cards. When the segment was interesting and everybody had fun and good laugh, he flips them as well. He just flips them when he decides. At the end EVERYBODY gets 50 dollars, no matter how many cards are flipped. The cards serves for following the YES-es and NOs

    • @johnmoreland6089
      @johnmoreland6089 Před 3 lety +1

      Why does it infuriate you that he turns over all the cards and gives the full $50 to the contestants? That’s actually very generous of him.

    • @kristabrewer9363
      @kristabrewer9363 Před 3 lety

      @@johnmoreland6089 Can you HONESTLY tell me that the very first time you watched this, it didn't get to you that he flipped over those cards through the ENTIRE series of the show (most of the time for no reason whatsoever)?
      If I ever decide to watch the show again, it might be different cause I know what he's like now. But I KNOW I'm the only the one who was annoyed by this the very first time someone watched the show
      (and by the way, I'm STILL not through it yet. I still have 2 more years to go)

    • @tinat9486
      @tinat9486 Před rokem

      @@kristabrewer9363 I'm glad he flips them because just as you say he "flips" them for no logical reason, so does the panel, automatically guesses the occupation of some "out of nowhere"
      I mean, the audience would tune out if the panel were consistently losing to the guests. They have to appear "brilliant" after all to keep their jobs. Goodson/Todman loved Arlene, Dorothy and Bennet for so long. So I think a controlled-balance on both sides is what they worked hard to do. Ratings-wise.

    • @kentetalman9008
      @kentetalman9008 Před rokem

      @@kristabrewer9363 Why are you so upset about something that happened so long ago? It's only a game. Get a life.

  • @keithhyttinen8275
    @keithhyttinen8275 Před 3 lety +1

    "The Brass Buckle". Wasn't that an Academy Award nominee that year? LOL.

    • @spongevee1
      @spongevee1 Před 2 lety

      Surely not! But I think it's Bottle.

  • @davidarcudi230
    @davidarcudi230 Před 5 lety +1

    Really Arlene?

  • @keithhyttinen8275
    @keithhyttinen8275 Před 3 lety

    The lady diver looks disappointed she didn't win the prize.

    • @johnmoreland6089
      @johnmoreland6089 Před 3 lety

      She DID win the prize. Daley turned over all the cards and gave her the full $50.

  • @bluecamus5162
    @bluecamus5162 Před rokem

    The hip folk revival and the hipper West Coast Jazz trend would shortly get squashed by the approaching British invasion. Those that were doing pure folk would either adapt, like Dylan and Baez, or they would fade into music history, as the Kingston Trio did.

  • @loissimmons6558
    @loissimmons6558 Před 5 lety +6

    I'm so glad those prison striped shirts are no longer in style.

    • @Retroscoop
      @Retroscoop Před 4 lety +1

      nope today it's sleeveless Nike shirts to make sure everyone sees one's tattoos. Real progress, that is indeed....

    • @dcasper8514
      @dcasper8514 Před 4 lety +1

      Lois, ..They worked well for the Yankees.. But then,I understand, you're
      A Dodger fan..

    • @loissimmons6558
      @loissimmons6558 Před 4 lety +1

      @@dcasper8514 A big difference between prison stripes and pinstripes. But you're right. I don't like baseball uniforms with pinstripes because of the Yankees. I do like a subtle pinstripe on a business suit, man's or woman's.

  • @ChrisHansonCanada
    @ChrisHansonCanada Před 4 měsíci +1

    *_PROFESSIONAL SKINDIVER_*
    *_HEAD OF MOSQUITO CONTROL PROJECT_*

  • @armyvet4081
    @armyvet4081 Před rokem +1

    francis has to be the center of attention- and can not shut her mouth

  • @cynthiarosas8214
    @cynthiarosas8214 Před rokem

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    • @kentetalman9008
      @kentetalman9008 Před rokem

      Do you barge into every discussion with your sick diatribe? Get a life.

  • @shadowg6563
    @shadowg6563 Před 8 lety +6

    is Phyllis really that ditzy????

  • @peterdaniel66
    @peterdaniel66 Před 3 lety +1

    The early 60's were times of class and style.. the late 60's were horrible.. Just look at Phyllis Newman here and later on..

    • @dinahbrown902
      @dinahbrown902 Před rokem

      Late 60s and early 70s we’re a great time to be a teenager. Rock On👍

  • @stevestites9762
    @stevestites9762 Před 3 lety +1

    I guess it’s because he’s a publisher that Bennett is incapable of keeping his mouth shut when it’s not his turn. Way to cheat the guest out of money Bennett.

    • @markthomas6703
      @markthomas6703 Před 2 lety +1

      The contestants get the $50 no matter what plus they get $500 (I believe) as well as air fare and hotel expenses.

  • @michellefricke7942
    @michellefricke7942 Před 2 lety

    Is Phyllis trying to cheat by peaking under her mask?

    • @ChrisHansonCanada
      @ChrisHansonCanada Před 4 měsíci +1

      She always did because she frequently guessed correctly.