What's My Line? - Dan Dailey (Dec 19, 1954)
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- MYSTERY GUEST: Dan Dailey
PANEL: Dorothy Kilgallen, Robert Q. Lewis, Arlene Francis, Bennett Cerf
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I can’t believe this is almost 70 years old
Can you imagine if they had an autograph book of all of the celebrities throughout the years. Just to look through it would be amazing
They probably would not have signed it though.
My late father was a well-known Chicago DJ, who continually interviewed famous musicians who came to town. In 1957, he bought an autograph book, and asked that every guest sign it, with their address, and write a comment. I have the book, and it's pretty amazing; it covers from '57- through '65 (I think). Many of the signatures are repeats, since he interviewed the same person multiple times. But it's still an excellent document of the profession at that time. LR
I saw a signed WML paper from Lucille Ball that sold for $7,000. Apparently, they kept some and sprayed them with shellac.
I'm very pleased we have these videos to enjoy. Autographs don't cut it.
Dan Dailey was another performer who could do it all. Sang, danced and acted. Kind of a faux pas when he was asked if he was Donald O'Conner because O'Conner's wife left him for Dailey. O'Conner warned him about her, he did not listen, married her and they were divorced 5 years later. He played O'Conners father in the picture, too.
Sara n.....yeah, Ouch!!!
Dan is so funny. Such a talented singer, dancer and actor. 😍
Thank goodness they got rid of that business of having contestants leave by walking behind John Charles Daly. That was ridiculous, especially in light of the fact that the celebrities didn’t do that.
Behind Dan Dailey's smile was a lot of heartaches and pain.
I am a big Betty Grable fan and enjoyed the 4 movies she and Dan Dailey made in the late 40s and early 50s.
It's a good thing they switched to only one question each for the celebrity round. Here's a prime example. Dan Daily would have been fun to listen to a bit longer. Clever gentleman!
I was exactly one year old when this aired....boy I'm old :)
.not old, just seasoned 😊
I was 3 😉
Miss Wieland was what we now call a "personal shopper", a service offered by many upscale department stores nowadays, except she did it at Christmas. I had no idea that "personal shopper" was a term used in 1954, but Dorothy used it.
Dorothy had a full time personal shopper😊
Thank You for posting this.
Arlene is so funny and classy.
Dorothy often wears the most expensive looking jewellery I've ever seen on tv.
Last guy buys and sells Ocean Liners - I reckon he takes the prize for the largest ever product, unless I've missed the person who buys and sells Apollo Moon Rockets!
One guy bought and sold banks
Dorothy was so beautiful during these years
Rip. Great reporter. Murdered for being too good.
@@davidarcudi230 Awful.
@@davidarcudi230 No she was not.
@@scotnick59 No one should believe that Dorothy was murdered. In 2019, the Manhattan DA reopened the investigation into her death and found no evidence of foul play. She died of an overdose of alcohol and barbituates. Case closed.
@@preppysocks209 coverups are popular with the deep state to avoid detection!
Ms. Wieland is a good representative of the fact that Switzerland has always been an multi-ethnic country, and that it presently has four official languages. She comes from Geneva, which is in the French-speaking part of the country, seems to have a slight French accent, yet has a German last name. I've met many Swiss whose first and last names don't seem to "go together," so to speak. Well, this is interesting to me, anyway! :)
That Swiss lady caused quite some storm...
Absolutely stunning😊
Mr. LeSauvage died in 2007; he'd been in WWII as a crew chief for B-17 bombers, and eventually retired in 1981.
www.legacy.com/obituaries/tcpalm/obituary.aspx?n=stephen-c-le-sauvage&pid=86806461
Miss Wieland was the 15th known regular guest from a foreign country. Although she was currently living in NY, she had only arrived 6 months ago, so would not be a US citizen.
I love this.
My "free guess" -- Mr. Le Sauvage formulated my favorite men's cologne, Eau Sauvage, for Christian Dior. Oh, wait, that didn't come out until 1966 and now it's virtually impossible to find.
Said this one another video. I'm watching the episodes from each year the one before and after Christmas.
Dorothy was given the answer by Bennett and she fluffed it, I was surprised . Dan Dailey always had a deeper voice than the other 2 guys that were mentioned. Maybe she didn't want the answer on a platter or she didn't want to pay Bennett the dollar ?
Rare to see Dorothy whiff such a sure thing.
@dancelli714 Dorothy wasn't paying attention 😅
Really enjoyed Dan Daily moviesy
The same raspy-throated backstage crewmember always acted as laugh-generator, prodding the audience to laugh by leading the way with his own overdone guffaws. He does it throughout this episode, and many others through the years.
He was a regular audience pertisapater.😊
@@robertjean5782 - In every episode???
@@terryv yes others on here have mentioned him being in the audience!
@@robertjean5782 - So what? A staffer can stand or sit wherever he wants, to prod the audience by kicking off the laughter and applause! That’s what "warm-up" staffers do! Every game show and talk show has them - from "What’s My Line" to "The Price is Right" and from "The Tonight Show" to "The View" - the most famous example being Ed McMahon on "The Tonight Show". How do you think the same loud, distinctive laugh was on every episode?? Do you think some dude had a daily ticket - and time on his hands - to attend EVERY SINGLE EPISODE??? Come on, guy - get with it.
70 years ago this was before your time, you don't have a clue how this show was done!
+What's My Line?
+dylan plantenga
The woman who counted fish going over the Bonneville Dam on the Columbia River was an exception to the general rule of government employees' segments being on the dry side: both literally and figuratively.
Robert Q. Lewis was only 33, but looked about 45.
He loved cooking, especially pork chops with peanut butter.
well, yuckeroo! - lol
Five days before this episode aired, the Brooklyn Dodgers announced that they had signed a Brooklyn native, 16 days shy of his 19th birthday, to a $20,000 bonus contract. Under the rules at that time, that meant he would need to stay on the major league roster for at least two years. It was a surprising move because this young man had a mediocre baseball career up to this point. His best sport in HS was basketball. He then went to U of Cincinnati and had a good season on their freshman team as a starting forward on the 12-2 team as their third leading scorer and powerful rebounder. An unplanned stint on the college baseball team as a pitcher saw mixed results: lots of strikeouts but also lots of walks.
He struggled in the early years of his career. One game might see him pitch a masterful shutout with as many as a record-tying 18 strikeouts. But many other games would see him unable to throw strikes consistently and he would be pulled out of the game quickly.
In 1961, it started to all come together for him. Then from 1962 to 1966, he dominated major league pitching the way most knowledgeable observers of baseball believe no one else has over a five year span. During that time, he threw four no-hitters (one each year from 1962-65) with the last one a perfect game; won 3 Cy Young Awards at a time when only one was given out for pitchers in both leagues (the Sporting News named him NL Pitcher of the Year in 1964 when he didn't win the Cy Young); pitched over 300 innings and struck out over 300 batters in three of those seasons (the other two were partially interrupted by injuries) in which he led the NL in strikeouts in all of those years (plus in 1961) including a record-setting 382 in 1965; led the NL in wins with 25 in 1963, 26 in 1965 and 27 in 1966 while compiling a won-lost record of 111 and 34 (a .766 winning percentage); pitched 33 of his 40 career shutouts including an NL leading 11 in 1963; despite his early career wildness and mindful of his blazing fastball he hit only 18 batters in 2324 career innings (minuscule compared with other fastball of that era: 154 in 3432 innings by teammate Don Drysdale and 102 in 3884 innings by Bob Gibson;, was named NL MVP in 1963 and runner up in 1965 and 1966; was World Series MVP in 1963 and 1965 with a microscopic 0.95 ERA in 8 World Series appearances (7 starts in which he never gave up more than 2 earned runs in a start and pitched two shutouts); set a single-game World Series record (since broken) of 15 strikeouts at Yankee Stadium in 1963; led the NL in ERA in every one of his last 5 seasons (3 times under 2 earned runs per 9 innings and a career best 1.73 in his final season in the major leagues).
He pitched most of those last five years in increasing pain from traumatic arthritis, yet he completed 27 of his 41 starts in each of his last two seasons and never missed a turn (although he delayed his start by one day in the 1965 World Series because of Yom Kippur), Because of the arthritis and bone spurs, by the end of his career his left arm was permanently bent at a 22.5º angle. Shortly before his 31st birthday after the end of the 1966 season, he retired from baseball as a player. He was named to the Hall of Fame in his first year of eligibility in 1972 with the most votes ever up to that time. Casey Stengel called him the greatest pitcher he ever saw. His name is Sandy Koufax.
As you said, he was wild at first, but his curveball mixed with his fastball made him virtually unhittable when he learned to throw strikes. When scouts saw his stuff, they didn't care about the wildness.
Another very interesting and well crafted comment! thank you Lois
No pitcher has ever been as dominant over 5 seasons as Koufax from '62 to '66. My all-time favorite pitchers, Gibson and Spahn, never approached that. Hats off to Sandy.
Five days before this episode aired, my sister Nancy was born. She has lived in NYC for about 40 years now, very near the theater where WML was filmed. LR
I'm always astonished at your memory being so spectacular accurate 😊 WOW
Haha poor Qsie was awestruck over contestant 1 and in a tizzy over number 2.
he kinda reminds me of Pat Paulsen...
I didn't know they did the yachta yachta yachta in the 50's!
According to the Dec. 12th show, this episode was to be broadcast in color.
I have to wonder why the surprise celebrity is almost always appearing in New York at the time with these panelists who know all those people. Not too much to guess at. Of course they are in town at the time making it handy for them to appear on the show.
Such a perfect 5.......
Comments left on prior version of this video:
MattTheSaiyan 4 months ago
I hope CZcams is not marking my comments as spam. Also, forgive me if I make this comment too often, but I am looking forward to the planned "To Tell the Truth" channel. Random fact of the day: a late-1960s Australian version (minus the "To") was produced in Melbourne, and unfortunately no footage remains of it! (yet the same station kept at least one episode from their version of "Queen for a Day", yuck). There was also a Sydney version, and a 1958-1960 Melbourne version, not sure if anything remains of those.
What's My Line? 4 months ago
+MattTheSaiyan I actually just started to really work on TTTT today!
MattTheSaiyan 4 months ago
+What's My Line? Cool!
Lokus199 1 year ago
very amusing episode
Johan Bengtsson 9 months ago
When the second contestant signs in, you can hear a man from the audience snigger. If it was aimed at the woman I consider such behaviour reprehensible. All women can't look like beauty queens or film stars. Mrs Keselman didn't appear to hear or pay any attention to it while she looked merry and enjoyable during the game.
I have made this remark Before; I think it was deep unfair that some women got wolf whistles and some did not. Everybody or none!
dylan plantenga 1 year ago
Every once in a while I get tired of watching government employees on the show which are less humorous & find the episodes with 2 contestants that being about humorous questioning .(:
What's My Line? 1 year ago
Yeah, sometimes the government employee segments can be on the dry side.
Johan Bengtsson 9 months ago
We learn from Bennett that Random House Office is just one block from Saks Fifth Avenue.
joed596 6 months ago
thank you :-)
Ryszard Pajak 1 year ago
Did Lili Lisande Wieland ever make it as an actress?
Jeff Vaughn 1 year ago
I would say no. I not only googled her name which showed nothing but her appearance on What's My Line, but also IMDB (internet Movie Database) shows no results for her name which means she's never had any credits for a TV or movie. I also searched IBDB (Internet Broadway Datebase) and it also shows no credits for her in a Broadway show. Alas, it would appear Lili's only claim to fame was this appearance on What's My Line.
David Casterline 1 year ago
+Jeff Vaughn you're right... there's nothing on IMDB or IBDB. I got curious however, did some checking, and found her bio on a website called widowedpathfinder.com. Here's an excerpt: to New York City where a brief career in the spotlight was launched. She continued singing in French as well as some modeling gigs, an occasional off Broadway performance role, dancing at the Copacabana and most notably, acting as a stand in double for Marilyn Monroe. Her stage name was Lili Lisande.
Jeff Vaughn 1 year ago
+David Casterline
Very interesting and thanks for sharing. I'm not familiar with that web site so I looked at it since you posted the link. Wonder why in the world her personal information is included in a web site that is intended to help those that have been widowed?
Robert collins 1 year ago
Robert Q Lewis making the leering comments about the female contestant is funny. He was Gay but of course then he had to hide that.
What's My Line? 1 year ago
I really wish people wouldn't persist in posting these kinds of comments. I've yet to see anyone point to actual evidence that Lewis was gay. Seems like just speculation to me.
For the record-- to quote Seinfeld-- "not that there's anything wrong with that", if he was gay, by any stretch of the imagination. I couldn't care less what his sexual orientation was. But since no one yet has been able to point to one scintilla of evidence on it, I personally consider this speculation undignified. More importantly, it's boring.
Jeff Vaughn 1 year ago (edited)
+What's My Line?
You're correct that it doesn't matter and we shouldn't care what his sexual orientation is although most any material you reference will tell you that he was (google it, I did after reading these comments and found several references). Even though it doesn't and shouldn't matter, it's still an interesting observation that because of the times he would feel the need to go out of his way to act as though he's interested in the pretty contestant. I found the initial comment to be nothing more than an interesting observation with no disrespect shown and saw nothing undignified or inappropriate about it. But that's just my opinion. It was a sign of the times. BTW, thanks so much for posting these videos. They're very interesting.
Robert collins 1 year ago
I will add that I knew Mr. Lewis personally. I worked with him in the mid 80s in a movie appearance he made and struck up a friendship with him. He was definitely Gay. He never publicly acknowledged his sexuality in any way. My observation was just that of the interest in the era and how gay people had to act to keep their careers alive. We should care if only so that future gay people can see how it was then. Not having Role Models or a sense of history is damaging to the mental health of gay and lesbian youth.
What's My Line? 1 year ago
+Jeff Vaughn I didn't find the original comment disrespectful, either. If I had found it disrespectful I would have deleted it outright. All I said was that I simply don't want to hear about this stuff unsubstantiated. If Robert Collins knows about this from personal interaction with Lewis, that's fine, but It's the first time anyone who has commented on Lewis's sexual orientation offered any "proof" at all-- it's purely anecdotal, but at least it's something.
I'm gay myself, I don't need to be educated on the issues facing gay youth, honestly. I tend to doubt that the gay youth of America is helped very much by comments about Robert Q. Lewis's sexuality on a What's My Line channel. But hey, that's just my opinion.
daniel stanwyck 1 year ago
+Robert collins Well, you know what Tallulah Bankhead said when someone asked her if Cary Grant was gay, don't you? You figure it out.
What's My Line? 1 year ago
+daniel stanwyck Wait-- is "You figure it out" the actual Tallulah quote, or or are you advising me to figure it out. . . ? ;)
daniel stanwyck 1 year ago
+What's My Line? Hi - oh we are on at the same time! Unusual for me , anyway. It was addressed not to you as it was to the first person who replied. Tallulah's comment was hilarious and had nothing to do with figuring anything out. It was a crack that would have silenced anyone from speculations of any nature. Not to be written here, however. Also, want to thank you - What'sMyLine - for these posts. They are a treat for several reasons and they are pretty addictive. I should space my viewings of them so as to enjoy them all the longer. Thanks again for your time and trouble
What's My Line? 1 year ago
+daniel stanwyck I'm ashamed to say I'm going to have to look up that Tallulah quote. . . and I've read several bios about her already!
Really glad you've been enjoying the shows and I always appreciate your comments.
Robert collins 1 year ago
Tallulah like Bette Davis and Dorothy Parker often had Quotes attributed to the that are unverifiable
What's My Line? 1 year ago
+Robert collins My favorite apocryphal Tallulah quote: "I like my cigar too, but I take it out of my mouth once in a while."
Robert collins 1 year ago
When ask why she was going to Hollywood she said " To F*** that divine Gary Cooper"
@What's My Line? - You mention in this string of replies a quote from Tallulah Bankhead, "I like my cigar too, but I take it out of my mouth once in a while." Do you know that she said this, since you've read several biographies that may be well-researched? I ask because it could be apocryphal or Groucho borrowed it from her. On his "You Bet Your Life" in the 1950s he had a man on with 10 kids, as I recall. Groucho asked if he was Catholic. The man replied that he was not, but he loved his wife. The censors did not delete it as Groucho then said to the man, "I love my cigar, but I take it out once in awhile." It aired. Provenance? Whadya think? Really? You think it was apocryphal to Tallulah, so maybe it was his? Or was she supposed to have said it so long before him that it must be someone else's and will we ever know to whom the original should be credited? WC Fields?
@@philippapay4352 I'm not able to find the part of the discussion you're asking about, but I think something must have gotten misunderstood here-- that cigar line has always been attributed to Groucho Marx, had nothing to do with Tallulah. Supposedly this is what he said to a contestant on You Bet Your Life who had 17 children, who, when asked why she had so many children, answered "I love my husband!" Legend goes that the cigar line was Groucho's reply. Long story short, it almost certainly (99.999%) never happened, and if it did ever happen, it certainly never made it air, and does not exist in any of the voluminous outtakes that still survive from the series. But it's a great story. :)
@@WhatsMyLine Thanks for your reply. I sent my note to you because you said the apocryphal attribution was to Tallulah. Anyway, I cannot ask any of these folks anymore, but I know Dick Cavett on his show, with maybe Clement Freud as a guest and perhaps someone else who got great pleasure out of it, confirmed that Groucho had said it on air and it had gotten past the censors in, at least, the live program. They could have deleted it for rerun season or even for broadcast in other time zones. This would have been Cavett's program in the 1970s and it was with some other word person who took great joy in spoonerisms and such things. I had assumed whoever it was knew because they were writing for TV then. Wait, it may not have been Clement Freud because the person Cavett was interviewing was talking with him about a filthy spoonerism Freud had gotten away with on the Cavett show and that's when they mentioned the Groucho incident from the 1950s "You Bet Your Life" contestant. Plus, it is the sort of thing Groucho might have said: critical and hilarious. Thanks.
John Daly appeared to be quite smitten with the first contestant; check him out at 2:36 and again at 4:08.
I never understood what John and the ocean liner buyer/seller were doing with Robert Q. Lewis here. An ocean liner is not likely to be something he would aspire to own. He would not go fishing from it. And it is not a boat. It is a ship. It has boats on it. John did not employ his often excessive clarity to spread even a bit of it onto this set of Q&A. Rushed as clock expired.
Dan Daly should not have answered with long answers. He should have simply said yes or no.
Some of these women were only too happy to leave before the guys on the panel....bet they all wanted to own an oceaniner!
Oceanliner
MR. John Dailey and his sexual innuendo is surprising for 1954 on TV. he does it all the time -
Did you mean John Daly (the Moderator) or Dan Dailey (the mystery guest)? Note that their last names are not spelled the same way.
Yea, I noticed that alot too. He was a nice guy, but as a married man, he probably shouldn't be doing that (although he's got NOTHING on Gene Rayburn (I didn't mind him either, but he was pretty dirty minded alot)
Omg how did Dorothy get it right every time?
Except with Dan Dailey, of course.
Dorothy was a investigative reporter for years 😊
there were only "missis"-es back in the 50's :>
Dan Dailey was only 62 when he died 😢
Does anyone know how many episodes of this program are on you tube?
God knows.
@@peternagy-im4be I love watching these. I'm convinced there are alot. They were on for a lot of years.
@judyd.5026 750 episodes 😊
@judyd.5026 750 episodes 😊
Robert Q. Lewis was smart, too.
I need it larger I have low vshen
XMAS SHOPPER FOR MEN ONLY
COLLECTS TRAFFIC FINES FOR MIAMI POLICE DEPT.
BUYS AND SELLS OCEAN LINERS
Once again, last guest gets gypped after spending $ to go to NY and excited to get on tv….with less than 5 minutes.
@rapunzelz5520 He wasn't gyped,, in fact he got the full prize $50 which was a weeks pay or a mortgage payment 😊
My initial thought was: I've seen her before.... on Gary Larson's strip?
I don't like the 'walk of shame', but I wish they kept the free guess. It was always a kick when someone got it right, which was only 5 times ? (I'm guessing.)
Completely agree, I think the free guesses were fun and didn't take any time but the walk never seemed to achieve much but waste time.
@@GraniteValleyDave 'the walk of shame' made me cringe. I'm glad Arlene helped to get rid of it. "Let me look at your jacket label." "Let me see your Hands." Euwwwww !!!
9 times😊
@dancelli714 All that was able to give the panel a clue of what they may do!😊
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Since the male panel members got a bit sleazy in this episode, I'll follow them downwards in my comment. The 2nd contestant Mrs Kesselman wore a bra that made her chest look like a pair of missiles. One great feature of this show is the fashion of the time which Dorothy and Arlene and female contestants wear, and some of the dresses are weird by today's standards. The men stick to dinner jackets and black bow ties mainly, so they are less interesting as indicators of fashion. Finally, did the 1st contestant Miss Wielande ever make it as an actress in the USA, Switzerland or indeed anywhere? Often a comment gives the answer but so far it hasn't come, so I assume she didn't go far in a showbiz career.
The missile bras were the latest trend 70 years ago 😅
the poor swiss girl. the questioning & audience reaction was cringeworthy
+do ht There was a certain cringe and creep factor at times, all the males acting as if they hadn't seen a woman in years.
All the creepier on the part of Robert Q. Lewis, since he was so oily when he did that sort of thing -- and it was so phoney of him, all part of his efforts to hide in the closet. I know that gay people in show biz in 1954 needed to hide, but in his case, he made such an effort to appear to be heterosexual, it comes off as ridiculous to me.
Grow up snowflake
@@davidarcudi230 Exactly. These losers are always searching out a reason to be offended, when there is ZERO reason.
The casual sexual harrassment before she got asked anything is a great illustration of what women had to go through at that time whether rhey liked it or not, and to judge from some of the replies to your comment there are plenty of idiots around today who regard them as the good old days. Maybe they should try it for a month or two.
I found Dan Dailey irritating in his segment. Answer the questions honestly!
dorothy can ask the stupidest questions sometimes.
the sexism towards the women guest is brutal. It would make for a great study in it. not to mention how white it is. change is so slow.
Actually 60's was more censored especially during prime time. WML had many guests of color not so many on the panel.