What's My Line? - Eamonn Andrews hosts! Red Buttons; Martin Gabel [panel] (Jun 28, 1959)

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  • NOTE: Eamonn Andrews fills in for John Daly as guest host on this program.
    MYSTERY GUEST: Ruby Goldstein; Red Buttons
    PANEL: Dorothy Kilgallen, Martin Gabel, Arlene Francis, Bennett Cerf
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  • @ryanschroer
    @ryanschroer Před 9 lety +92

    You can tell Andrews was much more comfortable as a guest host than the others were. He didn't try to be John, like the others did.

    • @wschmrdr
      @wschmrdr Před 6 lety +18

      Hey, when you host for 8 years, you're comfortable in the position, so why change? Rare chance for American audiences to have at least somewhat of an idea of how the British show goes.

    • @kristabrewer9363
      @kristabrewer9363 Před 4 lety +12

      I dunno, I thought Bennet was a great host!

    • @jacquelinebell6201
      @jacquelinebell6201 Před rokem +1

      I liked that he wasn't all handsy over the guests. Not touchy feely and had respect for personal space.

    • @RonGerstein-tf5tp
      @RonGerstein-tf5tp Před měsícem

      He was a host of a couple of UK shows; WML and This is Your Life

  • @robertmelson2130
    @robertmelson2130 Před 9 lety +86

    I enjoyed Eamonn Andrews' performance a lot more than I expected. His eight years experience shows--he's the best guest host we've seen. Daly has his own talents, but he could have taken some lessons from Andrews in a few areas. Dorothy at 21:44 "He's really worse than John!" She was, of course, referring to the rigor with which he controlled the game and the panel.

    • @JRIJR75
      @JRIJR75 Před 2 lety +6

      Agreed. Something about his voice was very enjoyable, and a nice change of pace from John (who is still an amazing moderator).

    • @bluecamus5162
      @bluecamus5162 Před rokem +6

      I love the fact that he brought his British-ness and his own style to the American show, instead of trying to imitate John Daly.

    • @dariawells7438
      @dariawells7438 Před 5 měsíci

      Notice Bennett tried to interrupt with a silly question like he did with John all the time and Eamonn politely shut him up without even trying.

  • @MrDavey2010
    @MrDavey2010 Před 7 lety +55

    How professional and at ease is Eamonn Andrews. Very impressive!

    • @slaytonp
      @slaytonp Před 3 lety +5

      I did note his adoption of a rather "American" accent, compared to the way he spoke when he was a panelist. Sometimes he sounded almost like John Daly.

    • @jean6872
      @jean6872 Před rokem +3

      @@slaytonp *_Eamonn Andrews was Irish and he sounded Irish too which can be almost mid-Atlantic._*

    • @RonGerstein-tf5tp
      @RonGerstein-tf5tp Před měsícem +1

      ​@@jean6872He was the founder of Irish TV.

  • @gregmoorhead7203
    @gregmoorhead7203 Před 5 lety +25

    Really enjoyed Eamonn Andrews as host. He did an outstanding job and I believe the panel really enjoyed him as well.

  • @chrisjohnson4165
    @chrisjohnson4165 Před 5 lety +28

    Eamonn Andrews was a great presenter, and very modest. He was also a great amateur boxer, being Irish middleweight champion at one time.

    • @esmeephillips5888
      @esmeephillips5888 Před 2 lety +3

      He started on radio as a boxing commentator and became an all-purpose host and linkman on BBC television, as well as the launch director of the Irish service in 1961.
      No doubt the first guest was chosen as a nod to Andrews's fistic past.

  • @dannydoc1969
    @dannydoc1969 Před 5 lety +27

    I never thought anyone could match John Daly's charm, and ease of handling the show, but Mr. Andrews did a great job, by far the best sub ever, some were absolutely horrible and dull.

  • @rmelin13231
    @rmelin13231 Před rokem +6

    20th century - "sells false teeth". 21st century - "Senior marketing representative for a dentifrice manufacturing subsidiary".

  • @16Lizards
    @16Lizards Před 9 lety +43

    This was a real treat! I love Eamonn Andrews! His style was so different than JDC but just as enjoyable in different ways. He moderated similarly to the way he did as chair on the BBC version, of which I have seen 1-1/4 episodes. It's such a shame that nearly all the BBC run is lost.

    • @16Lizards
      @16Lizards Před 8 lety +4

      Michael Mantle LOL just realized that!! You're right. :}

    • @bluebear1985
      @bluebear1985 Před 4 měsíci

      I think a few episodes he did for ITV in the mid-80s are still around somewhere. During one series of that version, they tried having five panel members instead of the usual four.

    • @paulmason329
      @paulmason329 Před měsícem

      The BBC didn't repeat What's My Line as it went out live and wasn't syndicated. However one or two were recorded for posterity
      Eamonn Andrews was offered the moderator/chairman role on the CBS version but he was concerned that he might be "cancelled" as US commercial TV was very fickle and he had family ties in Ireland Sadly the BBC did finish WML in 1963'and Eamonn Andrews worked for ITV the commercial British station . He bought the British rights for This Is Your Life, which he had hosted for the BBC. TIYL was to be his main show from 1969 until his death in 1987
      ITV revived What's My Line in 1984 but by then EA was in poor health after the loss of his Irish based business interests.So this is what might have been.

  • @comedyshorts2
    @comedyshorts2 Před 8 lety +44

    I enjoyed Eamonn Andrews as Host (Chairman). Great show.

  • @Deah92fooeee
    @Deah92fooeee Před 3 lety +16

    I’m rewatching what’s my line and at first I loved mrs. Killgallan but I absolutely adore Arlene. She is so sharp and sweet

  • @jacquelinebell6201
    @jacquelinebell6201 Před rokem +7

    I loved Eamonn. He didn't let the panel get away with dodgy "no" questions lol. 🤣🤣🤣

  • @graperonto
    @graperonto Před 9 lety +74

    What I particularly like was how he let the contestants tell the panel what they did.

    • @ToddSF
      @ToddSF Před 9 lety +18

      graperonto -- Yup. He had his own particular style and that was part of it -- it worked very well to let the contestants state their professions if they "defeated" the panel.

    • @davidsanderson5918
      @davidsanderson5918 Před 4 lety +15

      Yeah and the panel liked thst too. Especially the last guest with her accent. It made the reveal much more punchy and raised the roof.

  • @sandydog291
    @sandydog291 Před rokem +4

    I'm from North Carolina, so, Mr. Gabel, I posthumously make you an honorary Tar Heel. We would have been honored if you had been from our state.

  • @loissimmons6558
    @loissimmons6558 Před 6 lety +22

    At the peak of his refereeing career, Ruby Goldstein was widely rated as one of the finest, if not #1. The one knock against him was something that Eamonn Andrews zeroed in on when he chatted with Goldstein after the panel quickly guessed him. Since Floyd Patterson was defending his title as undisputed Heavyweight Champion of the World, there were many ring observers who felt Goldstein had called the bout too quickly, giving Ingemar Johansson the bout on a TKO. This was a charge that had been leveled against Goldstein in other fights as well.
    The one time that Goldstein went against this MO, it was tragic. It was the third bout between Emile Griffith and Benny "Kid" Paret. Paret was the reigning Welterweight Champion. Paret had lost the championship to Griffith in their first bout and regained it in their second. They fought for the third time at Madison Square Garden on March 24, 1962. It was televised nationally on ABC and I remember the fight well as any fight between two champions would generate a lot of interest in those days. In fact, I am fairly certain I watched that fight as my dad was a boxing fan (as was I at that time) and the Rangers weren't scheduled that night. (Hockey would have taken precedence if both had been on.) I was 9 years old. It was the first in a number of reasons why I am no longer a boxing fan.
    Paret had come close to winning the fight in the sixth round, but Griffith was saved by the bell. The 12th round was the quietest of the whole bout until Griffith backed Paret into a corner and hit him with a flurry of punches until Paret was no longer able to defend himself and had even fallen part way through the ropes. At some point, Griffith was holding up Paret with one hand and hitting him with the other. 29 consecutive punches were landed by Griffith (it was one of the first times instant replay was used to analyze a fight) before Goldstein finally stopped the bout. At that point, Paret slumped to the canvas and was taken to the hospital where he died 10 days later.
    While Goldstein defended his decision, he was haunted by the results and only refereed one more fight, two years later. Some blamed Goldstein for the death. Some blamed the NY Boxing Commission for allowing Paret to fight again so soon after three difficult fights (three months earlier, he had tried to move up to the middleweight division and lost badly to the Middleweight Champion, Gene Fullmer). Some noted the ferocity of Griffith's assault and tied it to a homosexual slur that Paret said to Griffith at the weigh-in that morning. Whatever the reason, the third Griffith-Paret fight began a decline in American's interest in boxing and effectively ended Goldstein's career as one of the top referees in the business.

    • @robbycan
      @robbycan Před 3 lety +5

      wow very informative thank you

  • @AaronHahnStudios
    @AaronHahnStudios Před 4 lety +12

    Mr Andrews did a great job filling in.

  • @joelwatson3999
    @joelwatson3999 Před 5 lety +20

    Mr. Andrews was a great host! He cracked me up, kept it moving. A wonderful “chairman.”

  • @Steff2929again
    @Steff2929again Před 10 lety +43

    Eamonn Andrews did a really good job.

  • @alexzzzzzzzzzz247
    @alexzzzzzzzzzz247 Před rokem +18

    The striking difference with Eamonn Andrews is that he keeps the show moving, something which is obvious from the UK episodes that are still around. He doesn't tie the panel up in knots like John does, and as a result he's able to get through all the rounds without cutting any of them short. It might seem like he's strict with the panel, but really he's strict with the timekeeping.

  • @moontheloon5
    @moontheloon5 Před 9 lety +40

    Eamonn Andrews was a fantastic sub for John Daly! I always enjoy him on the panel as well, a very personable man. I did miss the camaraderie Daly has has with the regulars...felt as though something were missing, as when Dorothy passed away...not quite the same.

    • @ToddSF
      @ToddSF Před 9 lety +19

      moontheloon5 -- I agree. Eamonn Andrews kept things moving right along and was completely personable. Bearing in mind that no one could do it the way John Daly did, and that John Daly's way of doing it was so entertaining, I have to say that any guest moderator had his work cut out for him. However, Eamonn Andrews as a guest moderator was well more than merely adequate and was way better at it than Clifton Fadiman, whose personality wasn't quite right to moderate WML. Better than Bennett Cerf was a a guest moderator, too -- Bennett admitted moderating made him very uneasy and he was just too well suited to be a regular panelist. I'm certain it helped that Eamonn Andrews had moderated on the BBC's version of WML for as many years as he had, and he'd been a guest panelist enough on the U.S. version that he was familiar with the differences. So if John had to be out of town (which he very seldom was), Andrews was just the ticket for filling in.

    • @Nicolas-zb9uw
      @Nicolas-zb9uw Před 5 lety +6

      I share your opinion.

  • @dougw.4788
    @dougw.4788 Před 9 lety +58

    I like when Eammon warns you in case you want to close your eyes and guess the guest on your own. I dont believe John ever did that. I preferably like to know the occupation so I can laugh at the questions.

    • @davidsanderson5918
      @davidsanderson5918 Před 4 lety +8

      Doug w. Newscasters over here in the UK always do that with the football scores on the bulletin if they're showing the recorded match after the news. "If you don't want to know the score, just look away,"

    • @michaelmayoh656
      @michaelmayoh656 Před rokem

      I like to close my eyes on the mystery guest segment!

    • @shuroom57
      @shuroom57 Před 10 měsíci +1

      ​@@michaelmayoh656That's hard to do if you select the episode off of CZcams by tapping the thumbnail. The celebrity guest's face is right there.

  • @kennithumperovitch1312
    @kennithumperovitch1312 Před 2 lety +5

    Al Goldstein, and Dave Goldstein were the referee's Brothers. I worked with Dave Goldstein we called him Goldie. Al Goldstein was the publisher of Screw magazine.

  • @saran3214
    @saran3214 Před 2 lety +6

    I read the comments then watched the program. People were right, he really was good. Comanding, calm, at ease, funny, he ran the show. I think it was his extreme self confidence. I guess if you are the former midfleweight champ of a country hosting a tv show is a breeze. He did do the English version for years, and you can see why.

  • @marvinfanny8989
    @marvinfanny8989 Před 5 lety +22

    This was one of my favorite episodes. I loved the rapport that Mr. Daly had with the panelists, but Mr. Andrews was a hoot with the group. Such a natural at his job!

  • @byrd56
    @byrd56 Před 8 lety +19

    Eamonn Andrews was quite multi-talented over in Britain way back then. In addition to hosting the British version of "What's My Line?", he was also the UK's answer to Ralph Edwards on "This is Your Life". And that's to say nothing of Eamonn also having been a boxing commentator and chat show host. Plus in 1982, he also hosted a UK-US-Australia quiz show entitled "Top of the World", which was shown on PBS stations in the US, and whose US contestants played out of WPBT-2 Miami.

    • @JohnNoonan1
      @JohnNoonan1 Před 6 lety +10

      Steve Byrd not to mention he was one of the founders of public television in Ireland (RTE).Multi talented and a proud Irish man.

    • @goodiesguy
      @goodiesguy Před rokem +1

      Don't forget he also hosted kids show Crackerjack!

    • @michaelmayoh656
      @michaelmayoh656 Před rokem +1

      He also hosted a chat show!

  • @libertyann439
    @libertyann439 Před 6 lety +19

    Arlene's dress...wow!

    • @steelcantuna
      @steelcantuna Před 4 lety +1

      Sorry... but that dress make me think she needs to complete the outfit with a red rubber ball on the end of her nose.

  • @crabbyoldman8209
    @crabbyoldman8209 Před 2 lety +7

    I've seen every program so far, and I have to say that I liked Mr. Andrews as much as I've liked Mr. Daly. Very well done. He was far smoother and more capable than any of the other guest hosts so far.

  • @Bigbadwhitecracker
    @Bigbadwhitecracker Před 7 lety +27

    Eamonn was a rock star here. Talk about keeping the team in order when they were trying to be manipulative as they were with Clifton. Too bad he wasn't under consideration to come back to the USA to do the syndicated version. He would have been my first pick.

    • @esmeephillips5888
      @esmeephillips5888 Před 2 lety +3

      He could have written his own contract with any US network, but he was prime time in Britain, hosting 'This is Your Life' as well as WML, talk shows and sports coverage. He liked variety.

    • @_ItsOnlyMe
      @_ItsOnlyMe Před 2 lety +2

      He would have been so much better than Soupy Sales! I guess they wanted to take the syndicated show in a much different, more casual direction. I can’t watch the syndicated version unless there’s a mystery guest I really want to see.

    • @esmeephillips5888
      @esmeephillips5888 Před 2 lety +2

      @@_ItsOnlyMe Unlike John, Eamonn never ventilated his acquaintance with the famous or tried to steal the show from 'my friends on the panel'. Andrews combined self-effacing modesty with a firm grip on procedure, applied with enough geniality not to come over as a bully.
      I like Daly, in truth can hardly imagine WML without him, but at times his grandstanding can become tiresome, as if he is afraid the audience will forget that he is a Real Newsman like Murrow and Cronkite.

  • @soulierinvestments
    @soulierinvestments Před 8 lety +22

    Andrews does good interviews.

  • @soulierinvestments
    @soulierinvestments Před 6 lety +12

    Red Buttons mention of his next movie "The Big Circus" -- big in the old slang sense of "great" -- was produced by Irwin Allen in his pre" Lost in Space" / pre-"Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea" days" Years later, Buttons made another movie with Irwin Allen called "The Poseidon Adventure"

  • @bbailey7818
    @bbailey7818 Před rokem +5

    Andrews is so in command as host, better than he was as a panelist on earlier episodes. Makes you wonder how Daly would have fared on the panel. 🤔

  • @johnabbott9526
    @johnabbott9526 Před 4 lety +5

    Eamonn Andrews was at liberty to host this edition of What's My Line? because the British version wasn't running in June 1958. Its usual slot before the Sunday evening play was filled at the time by the sitcom "Whacko";

  • @davidsanderson5918
    @davidsanderson5918 Před 4 lety +9

    Eamonn. Well done, mate! Not having Daly is like removing the furniture out of the sitting room but you parked yourself well and truly in the hotseat with humour, audacity and smooth aplomb.
    To be fair I wrote that before looking at the comments below because I was sure they'd be critical. No one likes change, after all! But hey, it looks like the regular viewers liked him too.
    Bless 'im. He was never what you would call a personality in the UK. His strength was in being neutral, passive and preparing ways for his guests on This Is Your Life (his most famous show) to be the focus.

    • @esmeephillips5888
      @esmeephillips5888 Před 2 lety +3

      Must have been strange for Andrews, who then was a BBC man through and through, to say 'but first, a word from our sponsor.'

    • @FlockOfHawks
      @FlockOfHawks Před rokem +2

      i'd even go so far as to prefer Eamonn over John
      would be great if the channel dug up some British episodes

  • @dalekloss4682
    @dalekloss4682 Před 4 lety +5

    Turn on CC and you get text from some show apparently named. WHAMMY. Me laughing. I watched this as a teenager in the 50's. Still love it!

  • @KCGeno
    @KCGeno Před 5 lety +7

    Very surprised to learn that, apparently, WML was on in the U.K. before it was on here in the States. (Bennett says Mr. Andrews has been the “Chairman” longer than John Daly has been the U.S. “moderator”.)

    • @WhatsMyLine
      @WhatsMyLine  Před 5 lety +4

      I'm not sure what it is you heard, but I doubt you heard it correctly, or if so, Bennett seriously misspoke. The UK WML debuted a year after the US version-- WML was created by Goodson-Todman, who then licensed the format for many foreign countries, England being the first.

    • @KCGeno
      @KCGeno Před 5 lety +10

      @@WhatsMyLine - Bennett did, indeed, misspeak, but he was immediately corrected by the other panel members. That's what I missed upon my first viewing.
      “Eamonn Andrews has been the ‘chairman’ for eight years - that’s longer, even, than John Daly has been obfuscating us here in New Yawk.”
      At that moment, something - probably my dog - momentarily distracted me from the clip, so I didn’t catch the correction.

    • @WhatsMyLine
      @WhatsMyLine  Před 5 lety +10

      Just another example of Bennett not letting the truth get in the way of a good story, I guess. :)

    • @KCGeno
      @KCGeno Před 5 lety +1

      @@WhatsMyLine LOL

  • @dovbarleib3256
    @dovbarleib3256 Před 6 lety +10

    I love that Carolina accent.

  • @gailsirois7175
    @gailsirois7175 Před 3 lety +3

    Eamonn is very funny...like him a lot

  • @kateluxor2986
    @kateluxor2986 Před 7 lety +13

    Mr. Andrews was certainly a better guest moderator (chairman) than Bennett and Clifton plus he kept it moving. On the flip side, he wasn't as warm or as endearing as John Daly. Very exacting when it came to giving "no" answers, such as the word "use" when it came to Mr. Gems. John would have obfuscated and then have given a "yes" to the question. To each his/her own but give me Mr. Daly!

  • @pem1974
    @pem1974 Před 5 lety +17

    Anyone else notice that police siren outside the studio at 8:53?

  • @gws51284
    @gws51284 Před 7 lety +20

    RED BUTTONS! Didn't consider himself a leading man although the What's My Line host DID...and still, NEVER GOT A DINNER.

    • @MrMathesonk
      @MrMathesonk Před 6 lety +6

      That response more than just ONE "Like". "Never.....Never Got a Dinner". Awesome!!

    • @loissimmons6558
      @loissimmons6558 Před 6 lety +6

      To be sure the Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts are far from the apex of great entertainment. For the most part, they were mildly amusing if somewhat predictable. I have to say that for me, Red Buttons' shtick about all the people who never got a dinner grew tiresome very quickly. I couldn't wait for him to say "sayonara!" But I will admit he did a pretty good job as MG on this episode.

  • @joshuasmith6439
    @joshuasmith6439 Před 3 lety +2

    I know Eamonn from This Is Your Life, I never knew he did the British What's My Line? fabulous performance

  • @mikemorgan7893
    @mikemorgan7893 Před 4 lety +3

    He had his own talk show in the UK starting in 1964

  • @tomitstube
    @tomitstube Před 5 lety +10

    mr. andrews had a unique style, i like how he rushed thru to get the last contestant in, the panel wasn't quite ready to be thrown off so quickly, john would keep the same pace and end the questioning, mr. andrews brushed off the panel quicker giving the contestant a better go at it.

  • @kristabrewer9363
    @kristabrewer9363 Před 4 lety +6

    I love that last girl's accent!

    • @_ItsOnlyMe
      @_ItsOnlyMe Před 2 lety +3

      And her total fearlessness of being on television! She wasn’t too used to the fast northern pace, but she was ready with a quip and a smile whenever called upon. I think she’d be great fun to know!

  • @kennithumperovitch1312
    @kennithumperovitch1312 Před 2 lety +2

    The second guy was the son of the Wax Figures for the movie with Vincent Price. Been to the wax museum at Niagara Falls.

  • @allanshulstad1783
    @allanshulstad1783 Před 3 lety +4

    The man from the wax works said something about the head hairs being inserted by hand
    They are able now, of course,
    to do so with humans.

  • @dorothykilgallenwasmurdere1653

    I really like Mr Andrew's style.

  • @kenp3L
    @kenp3L Před 10 lety +17

    There's no way Mr. Andrews should have flipped a card on Arlene at 22:22 for asking whether or not a certain question had already been asked.

    • @ToddSF
      @ToddSF Před 9 lety +6

      ***** -- I think that's right, darijoe. I note that John Daly occasionally flipped a card or two capriciously when a contestant followed the mystery guest and very little time was left anyway, knowing he'd likely be flipping over all the cards when time actually ran out.

    • @stuartharris2165
      @stuartharris2165 Před 5 lety +7

      It was obvious that Eamonn was trying to get Becky Swanzy the full money so that he could go back to the UK and tell everyone he won in the USA. Eamonn was very good at anything tv wise he took his hand to, I have watched Ralph Edwards on This Is Your Life and certainly when Eamonn presented the British version, it was not so stiff and formal, and he let the show flow freely.

    • @michaelmayoh656
      @michaelmayoh656 Před 3 lety +9

      It was a joke Arlene loved it!

    • @michaelmayoh656
      @michaelmayoh656 Před rokem +1

      Don't take it so seriously

  • @gailsirois7175
    @gailsirois7175 Před 3 lety +3

    Dorothy looks particularly adorable tonight

  • @kennithumperovitch1312
    @kennithumperovitch1312 Před 2 lety +2

    The Longest Day was Red Buttons best movie. John Wayne, Sean Connery, Richard Burton amongst many cast members.

  • @kenowens9021
    @kenowens9021 Před 3 lety +3

    I saw Andrews doing the English version and he was more subdued, almost calm.

  • @johnjaybonstingl9007
    @johnjaybonstingl9007 Před měsícem +2

    Andrews did not pull out the chair for the ladies. John always did.

  • @519djw6
    @519djw6 Před 4 lety +8

    *Becky Swanzy sure was a cutie!*

  • @JG-op4de
    @JG-op4de Před 6 lety +2

    Damn, vicious - "that's a long way of saying no."

  • @Frottussle
    @Frottussle Před 4 lety +4

    Heard a siren at 900.

  • @yeahnoonecaresifyouarefirst
    @yeahnoonecaresifyouarefirst Před 6 měsíci

    Been there twice! Love it! I kept asking them to give me their autograph and they kept ignoring me 🤔

  • @johnjaybonstingl9007
    @johnjaybonstingl9007 Před měsícem +1

    Dorothy adopted a southern accent!

  • @lydiarodgers
    @lydiarodgers Před 4 lety +6

    anyone else confused by the subtitles?

    • @su8483
      @su8483 Před 3 lety

      First time I've seen closed captioning that bore no relation to the show. Very odd.

  • @jackkomisar458
    @jackkomisar458 Před 3 lety +5

    At 5:53, Mr. Goldstein says that he has been refereeing since "nineteen hundred and forty-three." That old way of expressing dates was often shortened to "nineteen and forty-three" and then to "nineteen forty-three".

  • @blueduck5589
    @blueduck5589 Před rokem

    Eamonn Andrews was surprisingly very good!

  • @steelcantuna
    @steelcantuna Před 3 lety +5

    Becky was the best!!!!!!!!!!

  • @leesher1845
    @leesher1845 Před 3 lety +1

    Red Buttons was born Aaron Chwatt, in Manhattan, to Jewish immigrant parents.

  • @staporinac
    @staporinac Před 7 lety +1

    I remember I saw an elder host in the place of John Daly. I know of Cerf and Andrews, but who was the third guest host?

  • @amberola1b
    @amberola1b Před 2 lety +1

    It would be funny if Dorothy caught hell when John came back from his trip for that comment she made that Eamonn was worse than John about the no answers.

  • @hariseldon2450
    @hariseldon2450 Před 7 měsíci

    Eamonn is better than John Daly. More to the point and no boring conferences. He managed to introduce 4 contestants to the panel and let them talk and answer the questions.

  • @jeffstumpf9129
    @jeffstumpf9129 Před 6 lety +4

    Good job, Eamonn. Many of the Irish sound as if they have an American accent. Mr Andrews does here.

    • @chrisjohnson4165
      @chrisjohnson4165 Před 5 lety +7

      It's the other way round. The American accent originated in various forms of British accent, not least Irish.

    • @shuroom57
      @shuroom57 Před 10 měsíci

      ​@@chrisjohnson4165When country singer Johnny Paycheck died, a columnist eulogized his life and career, pointing out that he came from a part of the deep south where the accent oddly resembles the English Cockney. For instance, the way Paycheck pronounced the word "night spot" in song; he sang it as "noit spawt".

  • @percyweasley9301
    @percyweasley9301 Před 8 měsíci

    ❤❤😊

  • @puffnstuff12
    @puffnstuff12 Před 2 lety +1

    Does anyone else how Eamonn has adjusted his accent to a more American sound while hosting the show?

  • @steveburrus9347
    @steveburrus9347 Před 7 lety +1

    was he Rudy oer Ru by Goldstein?

    • @loissimmons6558
      @loissimmons6558 Před 6 lety +2

      He was known as Ruby Goldstein. His given first name was Reuven.

  • @mirahsamiyahrajwan7903

    Mr. Andrews reminds me of Terry Wogan.
    Almost same look and so very pleasant voice.

    • @rogerlephoque3704
      @rogerlephoque3704 Před 3 lety +1

      They were both Irish and had evidently kissed the Blarney Stone

    • @mirahsamiyahrajwan7903
      @mirahsamiyahrajwan7903 Před 3 lety +1

      @@rogerlephoque3704 Anyway, I liked them both. Nice English accent .

    • @rogerlephoque3704
      @rogerlephoque3704 Před 3 lety +3

      @@mirahsamiyahrajwan7903 The accent is indeed most pleasant to listen to but it is an Irish accent although the language is English. Most British people would have no difficulty in identifying it as Irish, typical of the Republic of Ireland, but noticeably different from the denizens of the UK province of Northern Ireland (Ulster), who speak English with a Northern Irish accent, again markedly different to the English spoken in the Republic and in England, Scotland and Wales.

  • @catelynstark5689
    @catelynstark5689 Před 4 lety +2

    You can hear an ambulance from 8:50

    • @brad_8711
      @brad_8711 Před 4 lety +1

      Haha oh yes! I don't think I'd have liked to have crewed one back then though.

  • @kali3665
    @kali3665 Před rokem

    Had no idea Eamonn Andrews hosted the US series. Interesting.

  • @pittwaterplayground
    @pittwaterplayground Před 8 lety +1

    Never mind. Life's too short

    • @WhatsMyLine
      @WhatsMyLine  Před 8 lety +3

      That I fully agree with. So why not go do something more productive with your time than telling people to "chill" about Eamonn Andrews when no one has left any comments warranting that reaction? Because this is NOT welcome. Thanks for brightening my day.
      And once again-- learn to use the REPLY link. Leaving new posts every time you want to reply to something is pointlessly confusing. It's not really all that challenging to click REPLY; rather than leave a new, separate post every time.

    • @WhatsMyLine
      @WhatsMyLine  Před 8 lety +6

      And I see now you've deleted your earlier comments, making this separate comment absolutely, totally impossible for anyone but me to understand in the slightest. What a waste of energy all of this is. Good night.

  • @1jamyc
    @1jamyc Před rokem +3

    I'm surprised - -usually there are so many comments about the good old days, and all the proper manners, etc on this show. Did nobody else notice that the refined British host did not hold the chairs for any of the contestants, including the 2 women?

    • @rmelin13231
      @rmelin13231 Před rokem

      I did notice that, and I'm glad you pointed it out. While I respect Mr. Andrews and recognize that the comments appear to strongly praise his performance in this episode, he made several glaring errors (and what could be perceived as somewhat of an insult) which detracted from my enjoyment somewhat. Nevertheless, I applaud his effort.

  • @jackseward7779
    @jackseward7779 Před rokem

    Just roll Red Buttons into a giant hoagie with some Colby slices and you'd have a ham and cheese sandwich.

  • @gaelengesser9484
    @gaelengesser9484 Před 10 lety +6

    Wow! The rules are very different for Eamonn.

    • @savethetpc6406
      @savethetpc6406 Před 10 lety +8

      Dixie Alexander and ***** and Steff2929again
      I agree with all of you about Eamonn Andrews. I think he did a better job and was certainly more comfortable in the role of moderator on this program than either Bennett Cerf or Clifton Fadiman, but he definitely had a very different style than John Daly. A few examples:
      With the 2nd contestant, who made wax figures, he agreed with the contestant's "no" to the product being used by either men or women, on the basis that "used" was not quite the right term. I think John would have said something like. "Well, I would say that both men and women could benefit from this product," thus modifying the terminology to allow a "yes" answer. Similarly, when Dorothy asked if the product was "sold for the benefit of children," Daly might have said that although it was not specifically sold for their benefit, children, as well as adults, might gain benefit from this product. And surely, John Daly would have taken Arlene's question at 22:22 (as pointed out by kenp3L) as a point of information and not given her the "no" for it.
      But I also agree that his way of doing things kept the show going at a much faster clip and was a refreshing change of pace (pun intended ;) ). And I also liked that he let the un-guessed contestants announce their own lines, as darijoe mentioned. Still, I'll be glad to see John Daly back in his usual role on the next episode. :)

    • @thisisthatsong8352
      @thisisthatsong8352 Před 9 lety +5

      SaveThe TPC Yes. Apparently, the way Eamonn handled Arlene's "point of clarification" question is the same way that he handled similar questions on his own show. I've only ever seen one segment of the BBC version, and he did the exact same thing to a panelist.
      I also learned by watching that BBC segment that the studio audience would applaud a panelist's question if it got them closer to guessing the guest's line. Much more than the US audience did, anyway.

    • @ToddSF
      @ToddSF Před 9 lety +2

      This is That Song -- Also, every time a panelist got a "yes" answer on the BBC version, the audience would applaud, which I found to be a bit tiresome as it was unnecessary and tended to slow down the flow and pace of the show. (That's based on the one episode I've seen, as far as I know, the only extant full episode.)

    • @loissimmons6558
      @loissimmons6558 Před 6 lety +2

      +This is That Song
      Giving Arlene a "no" on her clarification question was the one time I took issue with how Eamonn carried out his duties. I don't blame Arlene for shouting, "Murder! Murder!"

  • @RonGerstein-tf5tp
    @RonGerstein-tf5tp Před měsícem +1

    Prize fight referee need blindfolds by the panelists.

  • @garynordeen4296
    @garynordeen4296 Před 5 lety +2

    What is with the obviously wrong captioning?

    • @WhatsMyLine
      @WhatsMyLine  Před 5 lety +1

      It's automatically generated.

    • @garynordeen4296
      @garynordeen4296 Před 5 lety +3

      @@WhatsMyLine it does not match at all. in fact it goes with the WHAMMY game show.

    • @WhatsMyLine
      @WhatsMyLine  Před 5 lety +3

      @@garynordeen4296 That is strange, indeed. I assumed you were commenting only on how atrociously inaccurate the automatically generated captions usually are. I have no idea why this happened (it certainly wasn't anything that I did!)

  • @brendanrichards4056
    @brendanrichards4056 Před rokem

    Hang on, who set up the false subtitles?

  • @rtflone
    @rtflone Před 2 lety +4

    Much as I love John Daly his granular approach to the language makes the program almost tedious as the panelists work harder avoiding a NO than guessing the vocation of the contestant. Eamonn Andrews is just the opposite and the show cracks along as a result. Mr Andrews was a delightful change of pace..

    • @sandybruce9092
      @sandybruce9092 Před rokem

      Personally I love the actual very good vocabulary from all the panel and Mr. Daley - it’s sadly lacking in todays vocabulary!

  • @Lee90000
    @Lee90000 Před 11 měsíci

    is his face asymmetrical ?

  • @ChrisHansonCanada
    @ChrisHansonCanada Před rokem +2

    *_Prize Fight Referee_*
    *_Makes Figures For Wax Museum_*
    *_Sells False Teeth_*
    An excellent episode due to the absence of John Daly's shameless showing off with the English language, which often resulted in a lot of wasted time.

  • @thomasgranville7498
    @thomasgranville7498 Před rokem +1

    I recently saw a friar's club roast with Red Buttons as M.C. Gratuitous filth! I will NEVER see Mr Buttons the same way. He ruined himself, in my opinion. It's offered here on CZcams. Judge for yourself.

  • @thomasgranville7498
    @thomasgranville7498 Před rokem +1

    Add his appearance on What's My Line? to my former comments about Red Buttons. Again, he was completely obnoxious

  • @taraxacum
    @taraxacum Před 5 lety +1

    No small conferences, lol.

  • @virginia7191
    @virginia7191 Před rokem

    I definitely prefer John Daly!!!

  • @jennjenn61
    @jennjenn61 Před 7 lety +1

    If the term had existed then, Eamonn Andrews could be termed a ball-breaker lol

  • @peternagy-im4be
    @peternagy-im4be Před 2 lety +1

    How did they get the fight referee so quickly? They must have known. No other way.

    • @scruffy0928
      @scruffy0928 Před 2 lety +5

      Fights were big news in that time. And that fight was the big time, kind of a Super Bowl. The panel would have been expecting someone from the fight.

    • @vincentdaly78
      @vincentdaly78 Před 2 lety +3

      @@scruffy0928 And it took place in New York.

  • @jeffreycrippen
    @jeffreycrippen Před 10 lety +7

    Definitely not an Eamonn Andrews fan, he's my least favorite of the guest panelists and John was very much missed in this episode but the guests were funny. Thanks for all the downloads.

    • @SuperWinterborn
      @SuperWinterborn Před 10 lety +2

      Jeffrey Crippen Eamonn Andrews is an efficient moderator, but eh... He isn't immediately loveable.

    • @DotDotkins
      @DotDotkins Před 9 lety +5

      Eamonn Andrews is an efficient moderator but he does it his way. He is not John Daly.

    • @johnsiebelink8790
      @johnsiebelink8790 Před 6 lety +3

      I actually loved Eamonn Andrews as Chairman. He was so good at it and don’t try to imitate John

    • @michaelmayoh656
      @michaelmayoh656 Před rokem

      Loved Eamonn!

  • @jasonbeard4713
    @jasonbeard4713 Před 2 lety +3

    Red was truly annoying here.

  • @jeffstumpf9129
    @jeffstumpf9129 Před 6 lety +1

    I don’t appreciate that stupid parallel universe game text going on during this episode.

  • @susanrutherford866
    @susanrutherford866 Před 2 lety

    So easy for martin gabel to guess red buttons they all knew who the mystery.guest was gonna be spoiled the whole show

  • @horatiohornblower5626
    @horatiohornblower5626 Před 3 lety +1

    Eamon doesn't treat the guests as respectfully as John Daly. He doesn't hold the chair for the ladies and almost doesn't stand when shaking the men's hands.

    • @sandybruce9092
      @sandybruce9092 Před rokem

      So? Not a fault!

    • @horatiohornblower5626
      @horatiohornblower5626 Před rokem

      @@sandybruce9092 well, no offense intended, but this was one of the early signs and symptoms of the start of the downward trend of civilized societies towards the belligerent and aggressive attitudes that prevail now.

    • @sandybruce9092
      @sandybruce9092 Před rokem

      @@horatiohornblower5626 I see you have a great vocabulary. - it’s a shame that you are ignorant!

  • @SteveStalzle
    @SteveStalzle Před 9 lety +3

    NOT TO BE MEAN, but am I the only one who thinks Eamonn Andrews has a weird face?

    • @ToddSF
      @ToddSF Před 9 lety +3

      Steve Stalzle -- I can't speak for anyone but myself, but I think his face is just fine. Maybe his face is slightly asymmetrical, but that doesn't bother me at all -- it's not as if he has two completely mismatched ears as a certain talk show host does.

    • @Arthur_McGowan
      @Arthur_McGowan Před 8 lety +1

      +ToddSF 94109 And as Frank Sinatra did.

    • @libertyann439
      @libertyann439 Před 6 lety +4

      I think he's cute.

    • @chrisjohnson4165
      @chrisjohnson4165 Před 5 lety +2

      How superficial are you? He was a great amateur boxer, so his face was 'modified' by the noble art.

    • @michaelmayoh656
      @michaelmayoh656 Před 3 lety +3

      He has a normal face!

  • @skakdosmer
    @skakdosmer Před 6 lety +3

    So much better that John Daly!!

  • @hannibalscipio10
    @hannibalscipio10 Před 3 lety +1

    What's the deal with all the love for Eamonn Andrews' performance? He didn't understand the give and take that made the show great. He allowed contestants to give misleading answers without adding clarifying statements. There was no flow to his performance. He was competent, certainly. But in a month as host, he would have killed the show. There was almost no laughter from the audience for extended periods in the show. It was a sterile environment, except for Red's bit. Instead of playing with the panel, he just railroaded them into confusion. The panel put up with his apparent desire to make them get wrong answers, but they would not have done so for long. Perhaps, if he had started with the show at the beginning, things would have gelled.