I always wonder about the relatives of the people who appear on What's My Line? and if they look back fondly on this footage. It seems like a wonderful record of somebody you cared about at a time when image/sound of this quality was rare for someone outside of show business.
In his book, Gil Fates complained that the panel's introductions of each other were often longwinded -- but that objection can't be applied in this case! Most concise introductions in the history of the show, I think we can safely say.
Dorothy is always brilliant- once she gets close to the idea she nails it. Sometimes too soon for John.. I like it when the panel gets more 'no's" so the contestant gets a bigger prize-less than 25 seems a gyp for all their work! Thank you so much!! i adore these show, such wit and humor and nd civility!
I only recently discovered this channel and have become quite the addict. I love Steve Allen's wit. I think he's funnier on his own than when he's doing the gambits, though. I wish there were more of him just doing his own thing.
Glad you're enjoying the channel! I think Steve relied less on obvious gambits as his tenure on the panel went along-- or at least, he got better at concealing them. :)
Thank you so much for uploading these. I’m 50 years old , so I wasn’t around for this show. ( I absolutely love Dorothy and Arlene) I am a fan of ‘old Hollywood’ and anything to do with the 1950s and 1960s, so I am familiar with most of the MGs. I’ve also noticed after almost a weeks worth on binge watching- my vocabulary had improved.lol . I love the way the panel interacts with each other. I wish more public figures / famous people talked and acted that way. (At least in public, on tv etc) instead of these stupid reality shows we have now. Thanks again. ❤️
(I was born in the 2000s) All my friends: I loved watching America's got talent last night Me: (spent all last night watching what's my line) I think I was born in the wrong time
@Sydney Cogan - It's funny to consider all the ways of hiding the MG they considered that were ridiculous prior to hitting upon the simple solution of the mask over the eyes, a la the Lone Ranger. They had a barrier put up in front of the panel and had the MG hidden and something else that I don't recall now from having read the books by these folks. Just a simple mask, please. It seems so obvious to us watching the shows with them.
There's a steakhouse in NYC called Keens Steakhouse ...Billy Rose use to hangout there..You can still see the pipe he used to smoke with .under glass they keep it..Plus many other famous pipes from people like ..Babe Ruth...Will Rogers.....Teddy Roosevelt....George M. Cohan..Keens is over 130 years old..When you go to Keens, you go back in time..Nothing has changed..
At 3:51, Bennett asked, “Is it larger than, what we may now consider, Steve Allen’s outmoded breadbox?” This was the 18th use of the term, and Bennett’s first. Did the panel play some kind of inside joke by not giving full introductions of the person “on my left.”
Mrs Park from Katonah, NY - -which is maybe 5 miles from Mt Kisco, where Bennett Cerf lived, and both suburbs of NYC. The parkway he mentioned is the Saw Mill Parkway, completed in 1954, a major commuter highway now. Just a little more useless trivia.
One of the things that make me so awed is, that after watching these, from 1953, and watching episodes from 1963, they all seem fresh. They never got bored, nor did the audience! Of course there were some boring episodes with occupations already seen a couple of times, but still, almost every week they said something new and funny. Shows of the 21st century, after 7 seasons I have cried: "please stop already! You have done everything". Whether it would be sitcom, drama or reality. Maybe it is the pace of things. In an episode let's say How I met your mother, there would be maybe 3 to 5 times more words than in WML.
She's definitely the smartest person on this show. The way she susses out the truth by careful deduction is incredible to watch. Unfortunately, that's probably what got her murdered in the end I suspect.
After watching many episodes of this show on CZcams, I can say that John Daly's most dangerous words are 'We don't want to mislead you' because that is exactly what he does next. He would have made a very oily politician.
Mr Krandall's father ran a jewellery business in Detroit that diversified into diamond mining. Krandall pere was a noted jewellery collector - the 40.62 carat Krandall Diamond was listed for sale by Sotheby's in 2013. www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/2013/magnificent-jewels-n09054/magnificent-jewels/2013/11/the-krandall-diamond.html
Steve Allen was intelligent, witty, urbane and very entertaining and even classy when it came to his comedy. He did a lot of the writing for the original version of _The Tonight Show_, of which he was also the host, and even played the piano and wrote songs. He did some acting in films, too -- his most famous role was Benny Goodman in the 1955 movie _The Benny Goodman Story_. He also took a stand politically when it came to social justice and wrote some treatises on various issues such as nuclear proliferation, the treatment of migrant farm workers, and capital punishment, styling his politics as "middle of the road radicalism". He was married to actress Jayne Meadows from 1954 to 2000 and I remember enjoying him and Jayne Meadows as guest panelists together on at least one episode of _WML_.
He also produced and appeared in a PBS series with his wife and guests that features people from history. It was called "Meeting of Minds" and was very entertaining. Unfortunately he became rather preachy and convinced he knew all the answers in a tiresome way very late in his career. I share your enthusiasm for his many, many talents.
@@maxreger100 Shame that we often apply the characterization of "preachy" and "know all the answers" to those whose opinions we tend to disagree with. At least that's the vibe I get from your remarks. You're not being unfair, but a bit petty (IMHO). Steve took a definite attitude toward what he considered "smut" late in his life, which I disagreed with, but he was always the liberal in the political and show business arena.
Joe Postove Sorry you interpreted my remarks in that manner. I too was, and still am, a great admirer of his. Musical, witty, smart, open-minded. A real renaissance man. I simply found that he got bitter and a bit pessimistic towards the end of his life. I can only imagine how he’d feel in today’s climate! I get the sense that, underneath it all, we’re both big fans of his remarkable talent.
I’ve watched this show since I was a ,title kid and I’m so glad to find them again! But I’m wondering if there would be any celebrities intelligent enough to be in the panel today!!! These people knew how to speak well, use vocabulary properly, etc. Most of us who still have that capability are way too old😅😅
Just love this program. I was 4 when this episode came out, but just love it and all the panel members. I have started binge watching this from the beginning and in order mostly.
One of the fun things about this show is that the challengers can be from anywhere. The minister from Ferrum, VA is a good example. I find myself Googling these places a lot. Ferrum is a tiny town even in 2018 about 12 miles south of Roanoke. It did not look like John Daly even knew where Roanoke was.
Billy Rose was Fanny Brice's second husband -- they were married from 1929-1938. He was a diminutive man, just 4'11" in height. A highly fictionalized account of the relationship between Billy Rose and Fanny Brice can be found in the 1975 musical film _Funny Lady_, which starred James Caan and Barbra Streisand. The film is considered a sequel to _Funny Girl_, though in my opinion _Funny Girl_ is topnotch and _Funny Lady_ is mediocre. I note that both films tell fictionalized stories about Fanny Brice . . . .
Wow! U know your Brice better than I know my Fanny! Thanks for all the wonderful history. God bless U for your love of Theatre and entertainment. Gregg Oreo somewhere U. S.A.
He was married to Fanny Brice and was only 4 ft 11 in, died in 1966. In 1968 Omar Sharif played the character Nicky Arnstein, her husband before she married Rose, in the 1968 Oscar winning film Funny Girl with Barbra Streisand. In the 1975 follow up Funny Lady James Caan played Rose. He wrote the lyrics to Me and My Shadow but was mostly known as a Broadway producer. He ran the famous Diamond Horseshoe club in NYC. When I was very young he had a short-lived half hour television show on the new network ABC in 1950-51
Why do you think that during the introductions of this episode, no one but Dorothy, who was introduced by the announcer, received accolades about their careers as they usually do?
Caitlin Fitzpatrick - There are so many possibilities. They could have gotten a signal to move along quickly, even in error. This would not be a problem because John Daly could always extend the time of the mystery guest or 4th guest or the goodnights at the end. One time they all ended up barking and howling like dogs in the farewells. Then there is the possibility that they decided together in the green room to be succinct for a change. My guess is, since they often can be seen to follow a lead in such things, that once Dorothy was brief, Steve followed suit and so on down the line. It gave them a breath of fresh air in a way because they were often under pressure from producers prior to the show about what they are going to say about one another. This made it easy for all on this night's show.
Mr. Cerf had 'spies' all over the Production to sniff-out clues as to the occupations or Lines of the Guests, including the Mystery Guest...the Main reason the Fred Allen, had a distinct Dislike for Mr. Cerf---and kept his distaste for Cerf off camera....
Mrs. Park was also an artist. Sculptor, specifically. Often of elephants, possibly unsurprisingly. www.bronze-gallery.com/sculptors/item.cfm?itemID=560 www.bakkerproject.com/madeleine-park/ Also, Mr. Krandall died in 2010. www.legacy.com/obituaries/azcentral/obituary.aspx?n=jerry-krandall&pid=145242090
Director Gil Fates said in his book about WML that when John Daley told the panel there's "only ___ minutes left" it was a warning for them to extend the questioning for that length of time and fill out the show, not to hurry up and guess correctly.
Love when Steve Allen asks the first guest if a man could fit into her "product". He got a no. But a man actually can. Wouldn't want to. But it is possible.
Daly gave away the elephant answer on this one. Bennett said that it must be an elephant and the contestant looked at John, but not with a definitive facial expression and the audience laughed. However, they did not applaud and get louder until John reeled backward, laughing broadly, and clapping. The contestant and audience followed his lead into greater gaiety and then Bennett caught on.
He was probably known more by reputation than by sight. In addition to being the producer of Aquacade shows, he'd been married to Fanny Brice, and at the time of the show was married to Eleanor Holm, who was an Olympic gold medalist in swimming. So he was almost known more for his personal life than for his accomplishments.
@@nancypine9952 Besides producing shows like "Jumbo" (songs by Rodgers & Hart) and "Carmen Jones" (adapted from Bizet by Oscar Hammerstein), he also collaborated on lyrics to many popular songs. Anyone aware of popular entertainment would have known of his professional side even more than his personal life, I'd think.
He was quite a self-promoter: "Billy Rose's Aquacades," "Billy Rose's Jumbo." I wonder if his name was shown to the audience before or as he was signing in.
They thought the last contestant had something to do with Virginia Hams. Actually, Virginia Hams was a stripper on the Orpheum circuit in the 50's and early 60's. She was best known for her smoked hams.
Can you imagine today admitting to buying and selling elephants. We are now horrified at the thought and yet back then it was still a perfectly honourable profession.
I just noticed this but, why the really short introductions of the panelists. did the producers think that maybe they were wasting too much time introducing each other and not giving enough time to guess the contestants line? it just sounds really weird
Yes, Joe, I do it all the time. If the contestant is an attractive woman, I guess that he'll start with Bennett and get it right about 90% of the time. If the line strikes me as having funny connotations, I guess Steve Allen and get it right about 75% of the time. With other contestants and occupations, I occasionally guess it right.
Who exactly is eppadon? Is he/she a member of the Facebook group or does he have some official connection to WML? Whoever it is thank you for providing all these great episodes.
Yes, he's well known to everyone in the Facebook group. As fas as "official connection", I'm not sure what you have in mind there-- the show went off the air 50 years ago. There's hardly anyone left alive who has an "official connection" to the show. We're all just fans.
What happened to the contestants after their appearance? Were they killed? KIDDING! Did they stay and watch the rest of the show, or were they thrust out into the Manhattanian concrete jungle with their package of dimes and nickles?
Since this is so long ago, I can't really hold the first two contestants to blame for their "line", but I doubt if they would be so popular now. Such a different time, like watching people smoke on the show...but it is always funny.
I think that without a doubt These panelists are very smart indeed. I would say Bennett Cerf was the smartest of the smart, I love watching just for him.
wilbert schaffer Ernest Hemingway described one of the other panellists as 'the greatest female writer in the world'....but I take your point, Bennet was indeed a smart guy!! :)
@@davidsanderson5918 The subtitles, (click on the "CC"), has him saying "I'm 6 foot wide". LOL. It sure sounds to me like he says "6 foot 5" at the 4:11 mark.
+Robert Dvorkin I think it more probable that, given his tan, he spent some time in a chlorinated swimming pool and then sat in the sun. The combination has quite a bleaching effect.
The first contestant is a time traveller from the future. At 2:50 she pulls out of her dress something which won't be around for another 45 years, a flat compact mobile phone! Well Spooky!
sadly it would seem it was around this period when the panel were given 'clues' before the show as to what the contestants did arlene went with diamonds with very little information but didn't know what the man did with them.
Hmmmm.... Jerry Krandall 9:31 owns a diamond mine. Then there’s this Jerry Krandall: m.legacy.com/obituaries/azcentral/obituary.aspx?n=jerry-krandall&pid=145242090&referrer=0&preview=false Both from Detroit, both in the diamond business, both seem like they’d be in their mid-thirties in the early ‘fifties. Don’t look like the same guy, though. One mined diamonds, the other used diamonds for manufacturing. What’s up with that???
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Steve Allen made me and the entire panel-laugh when he thought the diamond mine owner was a diamond thief.
Madeleine Park was my great-grandmother. Thank you for sharing these timeless videos. 💜🐘
🐘 She must have had some wonderful stories to share.
So neat! I always hope that I will stumble on a contestant that is a relative of mine on the show. She looks like a lovely woman 😊
I bet it was such a thrill being 'on TV' in the early 50s!!
@@BlackIjs For many people, it still is.
I always wonder about the relatives of the people who appear on What's My Line? and if they look back fondly on this footage. It seems like a wonderful record of somebody you cared about at a time when image/sound of this quality was rare for someone outside of show business.
I love hearing Dorothy's giggle: it was positively melodious!
lemoncrinckles Always after a Steve Allen comment.
Oh please ....she's as melodious as a FART!!!
In his book, Gil Fates complained that the panel's introductions of each other were often longwinded -- but that objection can't be applied in this case! Most concise introductions in the history of the show, I think we can safely say.
"delinquent girls".
how times have changed.
in 1953, delinquent girls needed a charity to assist them, today they are given their own realty TV show.
Whatever happened to the old fashioned delinquent girls? The kind you wouldn't bring home to Mom.
Sad isn’t it
Ain’t that the truth 😢
Today they are daughters of a soon-to-be-incarcerated farcical and felonious former president.
I just loved what John kindly said about the minister at the 23:03 mark! What a joyous compliment : )
I was just going to comment the same thing! What kind sentiments!
Agree, that was an especially sweet moment.
Indeed!
Dorothy is always brilliant- once she gets close to the idea she nails it. Sometimes too soon for John.. I like it when the panel gets more 'no's" so the contestant gets a bigger prize-less than 25 seems a gyp for all their work! Thank you so much!! i adore these show, such wit and humor and nd civility!
The ad-lib humorous interaction between them all is fantastic!
What a clean copy. Great sound, on this day The War of the Worlds movie was released with Gene Barry. Thanks for an enjoyable 30 minutes.
Glad you enjoyed it!
I love this show
I only recently discovered this channel and have become quite the addict. I love Steve Allen's wit. I think he's funnier on his own than when he's doing the gambits, though. I wish there were more of him just doing his own thing.
Glad you're enjoying the channel! I think Steve relied less on obvious gambits as his tenure on the panel went along-- or at least, he got better at concealing them. :)
Thank you so much for uploading these. I’m 50 years old , so I wasn’t around for this show. ( I absolutely love Dorothy and Arlene) I am a fan of ‘old Hollywood’ and anything to do with the 1950s and 1960s, so I am familiar with most of the MGs. I’ve also noticed after almost a weeks worth on binge watching- my vocabulary had improved.lol . I love the way the panel interacts with each other. I wish more public figures / famous people talked and acted that way. (At least in public, on tv etc) instead of these stupid reality shows we have now.
Thanks again. ❤️
Diamond mine owners are a girl's best friend.
(I was born in the 2000s)
All my friends: I loved watching America's got talent last night
Me: (spent all last night watching what's my line) I think I was born in the wrong time
John:" Are those blindfolds all in place panel"
Me: yes John
(Never gets old)
@Sydney Cogan - It's funny to consider all the ways of hiding the MG they considered that were ridiculous prior to hitting upon the simple solution of the mask over the eyes, a la the Lone Ranger. They had a barrier put up in front of the panel and had the MG hidden and something else that I don't recall now from having read the books by these folks. Just a simple mask, please. It seems so obvious to us watching the shows with them.
There's a steakhouse in NYC called Keens Steakhouse ...Billy Rose use to hangout there..You can still see the pipe he used to smoke with .under glass they keep it..Plus many other famous pipes from people like ..Babe Ruth...Will Rogers.....Teddy Roosevelt....George M. Cohan..Keens is over 130 years old..When you go to Keens, you go back in time..Nothing has changed..
I was a week old when this was one; lovely to notice the Italian hairdos and hoop earrings! This reminds me of my first memories of mom.
At 3:51, Bennett asked, “Is it larger than, what we may now consider, Steve Allen’s outmoded breadbox?” This was the 18th use of the term, and Bennett’s first.
Did the panel play some kind of inside joke by not giving full introductions of the person “on my left.”
Mrs Park from Katonah, NY - -which is maybe 5 miles from Mt Kisco, where Bennett Cerf lived, and both suburbs of NYC. The parkway he mentioned is the Saw Mill Parkway, completed in 1954, a major commuter highway now. Just a little more useless trivia.
Thank you for explaining. I lived in Somers in 1987-2003 and often drove on the Saw Mill Highway.
One of the things that make me so awed is, that after watching these, from 1953, and watching episodes from 1963, they all seem fresh. They never got bored, nor did the audience!
Of course there were some boring episodes with occupations already seen a couple of times, but still, almost every week they said something new and funny.
Shows of the 21st century, after 7 seasons I have cried: "please stop already! You have done everything". Whether it would be sitcom, drama or reality. Maybe it is the pace of things. In an episode let's say How I met your mother, there would be maybe 3 to 5 times more words than in WML.
Your very lucky to have a actual footage of a distant relative...thats,a gem..
*You're very lucky to have actual footage.
I still think Dorothy Kilgalen is lovlier than lovely!
When this show aired, I was six days old.
Ralph Wooden I was 6 mos...
This show aired 3 days before my birthday.
WHO CARES!!!
I am in awe of Dorothy Kilgallen - My God Bless her soul.
She's definitely the smartest person on this show. The way she susses out the truth by careful deduction is incredible to watch. Unfortunately, that's probably what got her murdered in the end I suspect.
I believe this is the first time I have guessed a contestants occupation before the panel with Madeleine Park
Used to love Steve Allen's piano with the mirror over the keys
After watching many episodes of this show on CZcams, I can say that John Daly's most dangerous words are 'We don't want to mislead you' because that is exactly what he does next. He would have made a very oily politician.
I love john daly's longwinded explanations he did on the spot.
Praise be, this one has good sound levels. Some of my favorites are LOW. Thanks to everyone involved. I get saddest when I can't hear Fred Allen.
Mr Krandall's father ran a jewellery business in Detroit that diversified into diamond mining. Krandall pere was a noted jewellery collector - the 40.62 carat Krandall Diamond was listed for sale by Sotheby's in 2013.
www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/2013/magnificent-jewels-n09054/magnificent-jewels/2013/11/the-krandall-diamond.html
Steve Allen is so funny!
Steve Allen was intelligent, witty, urbane and very entertaining and even classy when it came to his comedy. He did a lot of the writing for the original version of _The Tonight Show_, of which he was also the host, and even played the piano and wrote songs. He did some acting in films, too -- his most famous role was Benny Goodman in the 1955 movie _The Benny Goodman Story_. He also took a stand politically when it came to social justice and wrote some treatises on various issues such as nuclear proliferation, the treatment of migrant farm workers, and capital punishment, styling his politics as "middle of the road radicalism". He was married to actress Jayne Meadows from 1954 to 2000 and I remember enjoying him and Jayne Meadows as guest panelists together on at least one episode of _WML_.
He also produced and appeared in a PBS series with his wife and guests that features people from history. It was called "Meeting of Minds" and was very entertaining. Unfortunately he became rather preachy and convinced he knew all the answers in a tiresome way very late in his career. I share your enthusiasm for his many, many talents.
@@maxreger100 Shame that we often apply the characterization of "preachy" and "know all the answers" to those whose opinions we tend to disagree with. At least that's the vibe I get from your remarks. You're not being unfair, but a bit petty (IMHO).
Steve took a definite attitude toward what he considered "smut" late in his life, which I disagreed with, but he was always the liberal in the political and show business arena.
Joe Postove Sorry you interpreted my remarks in that manner. I too was, and still am, a great admirer of his. Musical, witty, smart, open-minded. A real renaissance man. I simply found that he got bitter and a bit pessimistic towards the end of his life. I can only imagine how he’d feel in today’s climate! I get the sense that, underneath it all, we’re both big fans of his remarkable talent.
@@giorgioarturociompi9313 😀😀😀😀
I’ve watched this show since I was a ,title kid and I’m so glad to find them again! But I’m wondering if there would be any celebrities intelligent enough to be in the panel today!!! These people knew how to speak well, use vocabulary properly, etc. Most of us who still have that capability are way too old😅😅
Just love this program. I was 4 when this episode came out, but just love it and all the panel members. I have started binge watching this from the beginning and in order mostly.
One of the fun things about this show is that the challengers can be from anywhere. The minister from Ferrum, VA is a good example. I find myself Googling these places a lot. Ferrum is a tiny town even in 2018 about 12 miles south of Roanoke. It did not look like John Daly even knew where Roanoke was.
I googled it too. I grew up in Virginia and there are so many places there I am unfamiliar with.
Billy Rose was Fanny Brice's second husband -- they were married from 1929-1938. He was a diminutive man, just 4'11" in height. A highly fictionalized account of the relationship between Billy Rose and Fanny Brice can be found in the 1975 musical film _Funny Lady_, which starred James Caan and Barbra Streisand. The film is considered a sequel to _Funny Girl_, though in my opinion _Funny Girl_ is topnotch and _Funny Lady_ is mediocre. I note that both films tell fictionalized stories about Fanny Brice . . . .
Wow! U know your Brice better than I know my Fanny! Thanks for all the wonderful history. God bless U for your love of Theatre and entertainment. Gregg Oreo somewhere U. S.A.
Billy Rose's Jumbo takes on a whole new perspective 🤔
Given Arlene's quick wit I was surprised she didn't ask the second contestant if he had brought any free samples!
I'm surprised to hear Bennett Cerf is 6'5"... for some reason I'd always thought of him as being diminutive, gnome-like.
I learn about more famous people from these mystery guests. Had no idea who Billy Rose was until today.
He was married to Fanny Brice and was only 4 ft 11 in, died in 1966. In 1968 Omar Sharif played the character Nicky Arnstein, her husband before she married Rose, in the 1968 Oscar winning film Funny Girl with Barbra Streisand. In the 1975 follow up Funny Lady James Caan played Rose.
He wrote the lyrics to Me and My Shadow but was mostly known as a Broadway producer. He ran the famous Diamond Horseshoe club in NYC.
When I was very young he had a short-lived half hour television show on the new network ABC in 1950-51
@@michaeldanello3966 ..thanks for that, very interesting 👍
Im so glad that I’m pushing 76!!!
That is great ! You have this film forever!
Why do you think that during the introductions of this episode, no one but Dorothy, who was introduced by the announcer, received accolades about their careers as they usually do?
Caitlin Fitzpatrick
It messed them all up, too! They had time to kill at the end.
Caitlin Fitzpatrick - There are so many possibilities. They could have gotten a signal to move along quickly, even in error. This would not be a problem because John Daly could always extend the time of the mystery guest or 4th guest or the goodnights at the end. One time they all ended up barking and howling like dogs in the farewells. Then there is the possibility that they decided together in the green room to be succinct for a change. My guess is, since they often can be seen to follow a lead in such things, that once Dorothy was brief, Steve followed suit and so on down the line. It gave them a breath of fresh air in a way because they were often under pressure from producers prior to the show about what they are going to say about one another. This made it easy for all on this night's show.
@@lottalady73 I wonder if this was the only time they did that.
Wow that "elephant" quip was such a random guess by Mr. Cerf.
Mr. Cerf had 'spies' all over the Production to sniff-out clues as to the occupations or Lines of the Guests, including the Mystery Guest...the Main reason the Fred Allen, had a distinct Dislike for Mr. Cerf---and kept his distaste for Cerf off camera....
“Where’s my elephant?!”
Mrs. Park was also an artist. Sculptor, specifically. Often of elephants, possibly unsurprisingly.
www.bronze-gallery.com/sculptors/item.cfm?itemID=560
www.bakkerproject.com/madeleine-park/
Also, Mr. Krandall died in 2010.
www.legacy.com/obituaries/azcentral/obituary.aspx?n=jerry-krandall&pid=145242090
Director Gil Fates said in his book about WML that when John Daley told the panel there's "only ___ minutes left" it was a warning for them to extend the questioning for that length of time and fill out the show, not to hurry up and guess correctly.
+Bigwave2003 oh, interesting!!!
Yeah I can see they slowed down and tried to fill time with the minister. Very cool.
Love when Steve Allen asks the first guest if a man could fit into her "product". He got a no. But a man actually can. Wouldn't want to. But it is possible.
Oh They introduced each other by name only, without additional comments. Only for Dorothy
Daly gave away the elephant answer on this one. Bennett said that it must be an elephant and the contestant looked at John, but not with a definitive facial expression and the audience laughed. However, they did not applaud and get louder until John reeled backward, laughing broadly, and clapping. The contestant and audience followed his lead into greater gaiety and then Bennett caught on.
Love Bennett’s laugh/laughter.
Do we think the audience would have recognized Billy Rose? The applause was somewhat tepid.
He was probably known more by reputation than by sight. In addition to being the producer of Aquacade shows, he'd been married to Fanny Brice, and at the time of the show was married to Eleanor Holm, who was an Olympic gold medalist in swimming. So he was almost known more for his personal life than for his accomplishments.
@@nancypine9952 Besides producing shows like "Jumbo" (songs by Rodgers & Hart) and "Carmen Jones" (adapted from Bizet by Oscar Hammerstein), he also collaborated on lyrics to many popular songs. Anyone aware of popular entertainment would have known of his professional side even more than his personal life, I'd think.
He was quite a self-promoter: "Billy Rose's Aquacades," "Billy Rose's Jumbo." I wonder if his name was shown to the audience before or as he was signing in.
The shortest introduction to each other that I have ever seen on the show. .
They thought the last contestant had something to do with Virginia Hams. Actually, Virginia Hams was a stripper on the Orpheum circuit in the 50's and early 60's. She was best known for her smoked hams.
I wish we had more of the weird jobs in this day and age. It's too bad some of these are as dead as the dodo....or are they?
There may be even more weird jobs today than then. But there are no Bennetts, Dorothys, Arlenes, Steves, or Johns, anymore.
Can you imagine today admitting to buying and selling elephants. We are now horrified at the thought and yet back then it was still a perfectly honourable profession.
Omg had to lol when Bennet made a joke about elephant 🐘 and got it right.
Great song from Billy Rose...'Don't Bring LuLu.'
John with the elephant one acts like he just smoked a doobie or dropped some mescaline 🤣
I just noticed this but, why the really short introductions of the panelists. did the producers think that maybe they were wasting too much time introducing each other and not giving enough time to guess the contestants line? it just sounds really weird
Aired 2 months before my birth.
Where in the world did they find people with such add jobs.
They weren't odd jobs 70 years ago 😂
I think this is one of the first episodes I've seen where John had to stall for time after finishing the 3rd contestant.
Does anyone else try to guess who John will choose to start off the questioning on a contestant or MG?
Yes, Joe, I do it all the time. If the contestant is an attractive woman, I guess that he'll start with Bennett and get it right about 90% of the time. If the line strikes me as having funny connotations, I guess Steve Allen and get it right about 75% of the time. With other contestants and occupations, I occasionally guess it right.
Thank goodness elephants are no longer parts of circuses. That went on for far, far too long.
Now masquerading as humans in the audiences.
@@Fush1234Best comment I've read so far !!
BUYS ELEPHANTS FOR CIRCUSES
OWNS DIAMOND MINE
MINISTER
"I've been in Pittsburgh all evening..." Was that a common US slang expression? I can't find anything about that or how/why that phrase originated.
John could have said: "On my left, camera 3".
Who exactly is eppadon? Is he/she a member of the Facebook group or does he have some official connection to WML? Whoever it is thank you for providing all these great episodes.
Yes, he's well known to everyone in the Facebook group. As fas as "official connection", I'm not sure what you have in mind there-- the show went off the air 50 years ago. There's hardly anyone left alive who has an "official connection" to the show. We're all just fans.
+What's My Line? Thank you I had always wondered. As an aside official connections was just referring to someone like GSN or a physical archive.
Chickenfarm Nope, just fans.
I found myself weirdly attracted to the minister.
What happened to the contestants after their appearance?
Were they killed?
KIDDING!
Did they stay and watch the rest of the show, or were they thrust out into the Manhattanian concrete jungle with their package of dimes and nickles?
Those dimes and nickels added up to a weeks pay or a mortgage payment 😅
Billy Rose 1899 - 1966
Since this is so long ago, I can't really hold the first two contestants to blame for their "line", but I doubt if they would be so popular now. Such a different time, like watching people smoke on the show...but it is always funny.
Does the second contestant (the diamond mine owner) resemble Bill Todman?
I think that without a doubt These panelists are very smart indeed. I would say Bennett Cerf was the smartest of the smart, I love watching just for him.
wilbert schaffer Ernest Hemingway described one of the other panellists as 'the greatest female writer in the world'....but I take your point, Bennet was indeed a smart guy!! :)
Dorothy was a investigative reporter 😊
So few comments???
I'll add one.
Oh hush up, Bennett, you and your "chitter-chatter" remark.
Am I mistaken, but did the first contestant take something out of her shirt??
Wonder what it was? Maybe a hankie?
Carol V could be. Did you notice it too?
she definitely pulled something up. probably from her bra.
women like to use the bra to hold things.
it looked about the size of a pack of cigarettes.
i just realized, she is clutching something to her chest when she leaves. maybe she had a necklace malfunction and had to fish it out of her bra?
I wonder if it was her hearing aid box?
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How "Corrected"?
See the video description.
Was Bennett really 6-5?
He wasn't even 6'.
He is listed at 6’1” on IMDB
On at least one occasion, John and Bennett teased each other about height, and John at 6'1" edged Bennett out by about half an inch.
Doesn't he say 'six foot flat when I stand up'....not six foot five? Maybe.
@@davidsanderson5918 The subtitles, (click on the "CC"), has him saying "I'm 6 foot wide". LOL.
It sure sounds to me like he says "6 foot 5" at the 4:11 mark.
bennett's hair is so gray! did he dye it thereafter?
+Robert Dvorkin I think it more probable that, given his tan, he spent some time in a chlorinated swimming pool and then sat in the sun. The combination has quite a bleaching effect.
The first contestant is a time traveller from the future.
At 2:50 she pulls out of her dress something which won't be around for another 45 years, a flat compact mobile phone!
Well Spooky!
Makeup compact, no phone. 😅
Coan...good name for a minister!
What a HORRIBLE profession to be dealing in selling captured elephants! What horror!
Used in circuses 😊
Rolling my eyes at John's thanks to the minister.
Was this the first time Bennett didn't stand to shake hands with a guest?
First time I mean
Rose left so fast Bennett was still putting on his glasses. He may not have had time.
if its bigger than I am it must be an elephant?
of all the animals he could have chosen he says elephant
cheat!
sadly it would seem it was around this period when the panel were given 'clues' before the show as to what the contestants did
arlene went with diamonds with very little information but didn't know what the man did with them.
@@sandwichman100false statement no one knew any guest's 😮
Sold. Hindi. Songs. Get. It. ..
Hmmmm.... Jerry Krandall 9:31 owns a diamond mine.
Then there’s this Jerry Krandall:
m.legacy.com/obituaries/azcentral/obituary.aspx?n=jerry-krandall&pid=145242090&referrer=0&preview=false
Both from Detroit, both in the diamond business, both seem like they’d be in their mid-thirties in the early ‘fifties. Don’t look like the same guy, though. One mined diamonds, the other used diamonds for manufacturing.
What’s up with that???
Maybe they were related?