What's My Line? - Van Johnson; Mary Healy [panel] (May 22, 1955)
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- MYSTERY GUEST: Van Johnson
PANEL: Arlene Francis, Fred Allen, Mary Healy, Bennett Cerf
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"John, if you ever had to eat your words...it would be the longest meal in history."
great line from Fred
My mother danced with Van Johnson at a party at June Havoc's house in Port Washington, NY, about 1942. He was a chorus boy on Broadway and was friends with June Havoc. My mom lived across the street and saw him mowing the lawn shirtless, she said he was extremely handsome. This was just before she met and married my father
Thank you for the history.
@@stanmaxkolbe hi van
Van had been understudy to Gene Kelly in 'Pal Joey' during the 1940 Broadway season. June Havoc was also in that Pal Joey cast.
She had a house in Weston, CT, I was there. I think it was called Trolhagen.
Historical note: when Fred asks early on "Are you Peter Lind Hayes?" he's naming the husband of guest panelist Mary Healy.
I enjoy these shows but also the comments here are in some cases entertaining.
HOOAH!
Nice big wave Van Johnson gives the audience as he exits. Classy. I always appreciate the mystery guest acknowledging the studio audience. :)
Laura Collins The classiest one was Fred Astaire bowing upon exit. Vaudeville habits still alive!
@@davidsanderson5918 My favorite!
Do you always judge people by how they perform in front of an audience? I call that naïve
@@GOLDVIOLINbowofdeathtad harsh:one assumes this only ONE aspect the poster judges them by?🤔🎩
When Arlene said good night to the person to her left and called him "Van Allen" she really belted him!
Best comment that only a very few get!!!
That's a groaner!
mrs america was one of the few who said yes i do John.. politeness is noted
Wonderful show. Love watching it every evening.
Two of my other favorite TV appearances by Van Johnson was an episode of I Love Lucy as well as Batman (as the Minstrel). Great personality!
I looked up information on the first contestant Mr. Draper and found that he committed suicide in 1964 after having a heart attack and was depressed after being no able longer to fly. A sad end to an interesting life. He was only 44 years old.
Jeff Vaughn having a heart attack as a pilot makes you medically unfit to fly again.
Jeff Vaughn - God save us, such a young man, what a tragedy. :(
I did that also and it was sad to see that his only son (no mention of mother) was only 8 yrs old at the time. He died at age 18 and is bur. in Arlington Cem, with his name engraved on the back of his father's marker.
How extremely sad but interesting info.
That is so sad...
Sherman is about an hour north of Dallas, just a few miles south of the Oklahoma border. I used to live there. There's a town connected to it on the north side called Denison. That's the town that Dwight Eisenhower was born in and there was still a little museum there last I know of. So we had Eisenhower's pilot, and a lady who lived probably under 5 miles from where Eisenhower was born on the same night
I love Denison, and the Eisenhower house is right down on the RR tracks...
Van Johnson was involved in a serious car accident in the early 1940s that caused significant facial scars and left him with a metal plate as well. He normally used heavy makeup to cover them. The year before this episode, he deliberately let some scars show through for the character he played in The Caine Mutiny. This is an unusual public appearance in which one can see some of Johnson's disfigurement on his right forehead.
Van Johnson was a mystery guest rarity------He appeared as a mystery guest on both the US and England versions (a brief snippet of the English version appears on a BBC game show special)
The person Fred Allen refers to at the opening of the show sounds more like a Philadelphia Lawyer than one from Buffalo. Knowing him after all these WML episodes, I suspect the change was deliberate to indicate that the topic wasn't meant to be taken seriously. Quite possibly it was a friendly honed needle at John Daly for the latter's frequent hair-splitting answers.
I lived in Fort Worth for almost 30 years. I love that city! Live in the Houston area now. Miss the DFW metroplex!
I am a 3rd generation Dallasite, most of my friends in Ft.Worth....I photograph race horses
Mr Draper actually had quite an interesting life, but ended rather sadly
So at the end of the Van Johnson segment, I thought Fred said he sat next to Bonnie Baruch (there was a Bonnie), but he actually said Bernie Baruch (who's not related to Bonnie). Either way, I had no idea what he meant. Turns out, he meant economist Bernard Baruch, who was in the Wilson White House, and advised other presidents as well. This I knew. (Mostly, I know of him from his UN Atomic Energy Commission efforts.)'Apparently, he often did his later advising on park benches, which I did not know. The world is an interesting place.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_Baruch#Park_bench_statesman
Winston Churchill often met with Bernard Baruch in the twenties and thirties. When Winston’s son Randolph appeared on WML, at the end of his session he muttered something about visiting Mr. Baruch later during his trip.
Fred Allen made an interesting point with his joke lawyer's letter at the beginning. The lawyer wanted panel members to say 'at my left' instead of 'on my left'. Maybe 'at' is an American usage but here in England 'to my left' sounds OK but 'on my left' sounds more natural. I think it's short for 'on my left side'. The letter from the Buffalo lawyer allows Fred to make the joke that this lawyer handles people as well.
Every time the panel ask a contestant who deals in a product if it's useful, they get a "yes". What else?
The only exception that springs to mind is garbage, but they did have many garbage collectors on the show over the years.
+Johan Bengtsson The distinction they used to make is useful vs decorative vs luxury item. Can openers vs oil paintings vs. diamond bracelets.
Well most products are. They also probably feel obligated to say that it is or get a stern talking to by their boss later on.
Despite the injury described in another comment, Van Johnson looks in particularly good nick here. In fact I'd say a good stone lighter than usual!
Didn't realize being a housewife back in 1955 was highly favored enough to be a What's My Line of work
She was not just a housewife, she was "Mrs. America"; a pageant similar to Miss America, but for married women.
John what is wrong for being a housewife only.
@@bweatherman3345 Nothing wrong with just being a housewife!
Most women were housewives in the early 50s, a huge pressure to be married and have children , to have the perfect household....My city Grandmother and Mother had their children, then went to work....my country relatives worked the farm, no outside jobs for men or women
It still is if you have children
I have this episode on my DVR and have always enjoyed it. I especially like seeing Colonel William Draper, USAF, who was the pilot for President Eisenhower. He was a wonderful guest. So imagine my sadness after doing a Google search, seeing his entry in the Wikipedia, and learning that he died by suicide on Thanksgiving Day, 1964. Apparently he was depressed after having a heart attack and therefore being declared unfit to fly, something he had done since he was 19. A very sad ending. It's doubly tragic that a new generation of flyers could not benefit in other ways from Colonel Draper's love of flying, such as sharing his years of aviation wisdom. I'll never see this episode in quite the same way.
"Is it edible by men and women?" I can't think of anything that's edible by one and not the other...
Katarina......maybe he was thinking along the lines of baby food (???) Other then that I'm as confused as you
the alternative might be that it is eaten by animals and not by people, but instead of people said men and women
They actually have a list of questions they could ask to a contestant, like "is it enjoyed by both men and women" and they replace the first phrase with something that fits the situation and get a new question but in this situation the asked question sounded a little confusing. ..
Only one I can think of is Viagra..
It seems awkward when a guest leaves and walks behind John.
They switched this up eventually, starting around 1957, so that the contestants would shake hands with the panel upon leaving. It was a huge improvement.
Maybe the [unkown] guest should skip the walk-in-fromnt-of-the-panel and do that after they have had their chance at that $50.
Four who lived past ninety: Van Johnson, Mary Healy, Arlene Francis and Ramona Deitemeyer.
Van Johnson came from my town, Newport Rhode Island. Lived in a house about 3 blocks from my house.
Gotta love John Daly
I like when Johnson is leaving he acknowledges the audience. I have a bad habit of looking at Fred Allen's ear's and that's because one is bigger than the other . . . hahaha.
Was anyone else left with the impression that President Eisenhower sometimes took the controls of his plane? Can you imagine a president doing that in later days?
even back then, planes were easy to fly. anyone can do it
you only need a trained pilot for takeoff, landing, storms and when an engine catches on fire.
He was Retired Five Star General so yeah he was in a lot of Military Aircraft. I agree Presidents in later days Presidents would never do that.
If John ever ate his words it would almost be as historical as The last supper
Van Johnson was a guest on I Love Lucy three weeks before this.
Hey, Allen said once that he never won one :D
I really like Mary Healy
Laraine Day and Mary Healy were much better players than the male guest stars that they tended to get in this period of the show. Victor Borge and Wally Cox were completely inept. Only Robert Q Lewis seemed to be able to play the game with any ability on the male side.
Borge and Cox were comedians that were intentionally going for laughs rather than playing the game properly. Lewis at this time was a game show host of a panel show called the Name's the Same so he knew what he was doing (and I recommend watching the episode of Lewis' show where Steve Allen is the guest)
I think it's important to remember that the producers were going for a panel of varied personalities and talents. They didn't want a panel of all Kilgallen or Cerf types. Still I agree that Borge and Cox didn't fit well. Men like Steve Allen and Fred Allen were rare, while ladies like Mary Healy and Lorraine Day, while nice to look at and were charming, were not particularly entertaining otherwise.
Van Johnson lived til age 91🥰
Interesting. I read somewhere that Van Johnson portrayed more military roles than any other actor. His car accident kept him out of the military.
Grace Brice "owns pickle factory". Isn't "the pickle factory" code talk for the CIA?
That walking in front of the panelists was so idiotic. Thank goodness they got rid of that and decided that it was appropriate for everyone to shake hands with the panelists, not just the celebrities.
I thought that the name of the President's plane was Air Force One? Maybe that was later? 4:15
+Johan Bengtsson -- They started using the designation Air Force One in 1953 for the "Columbine II", the immediate predecessor to the plane referred to in this episode of WML, which was the Columbine III. They came up with the call-sign Air Force One for the President's official plane when the Columbine II was flying under the designation Air Force Flight 8610 and came into the same air space as Eastern Airlines Flight 8610, causing confusion that almost resulted in a mid-air collision due to confusion on the part of air traffic control over New York City. So it was decided that the President's official plane would always use the call sign Air Force One. As mentioned, those were prop planes, Lockheed Constellations with four engines. The first jet, a Boeing 707, came into use in 1961 with President Kennedy. Anyway, Johan, I think the American public wasn't familiar with the designation Air Force One in 1955 -- they had only called it that for a couple of years. Later on, the public caught on to it, and I think that might have begun when the Kennedy administration started using a Boeing 707 because the change to a jetliner from a prop plane was big news at the time. One good thing about "Air Force One" catching on as the almost universally recognized way of referring to the U.S. President's official aircraft is that it doesn't matter which particular plane is in service. Whichever plane is in use at any given time can be referred to as Air Force One, and there have been a good many of them by this time.
ToddSF 94109 Thank you for an utmost educating and interesting answer! :) Do you know which type of plane the President(s) travels with nowadays?
Yes, it's a specially adapted version of the Boeing 747 -- quite a large plane and it can go a very long distance without refueling. They're going to replace it with a more updated and specially adapted version of the Boeing 747. It can also land at a lot of airports and doesn't require special docking equipment.
To be very, very pedantic Air Force One is not the name of a plane. It is the call sign used for any Air Force plane carrying POTUS. Now there is a specified plane POTUS uses but if for some reason another plane had to be used that plane would use the same call sign.
Thank you for the clarification. I learn something new every day. :)
Does anyone know if this program was broadcast live at the time? If they were recorded for later broadcast what medium was used?
If I remember correctly, “What’s My Line?” was the last program to air on Sunday nights before stations left the air. I haven’t watched the episodes carefully enough to look for edits and the quality of these programs looks far too good to be kinescope recordings.
These are kinescope
Mary Healy has a beautiful face.
F. Allen is right; It should be "AT my left". Else it could be "ON the chair to my left" (side)... Am I right? (I'm not from a English speaking country)
Ryszard Pajak Thanks for reply! I've corrigated myself below the next video, but could it be, that it's a slightly difference in between American and British here?
SuperWinterborn -- I disagree, SW. Everyone says "on my left" and "on my right" -- it's one of those idiomatic expressions. I know when I'm driving people around who are new to my area, I'll say, "Right up here, on your left, is the Transamerica Pyramid," or "the building with the huge dome on your right is City hall". "At my right" is completely intelligible, but it sounds just a little bit off. I note that in Britain, people will say "He lives in Great Portland Street" but Americans and Canadians will say "He lives on Park Avenue". For us Americans, if someone is "in the street" it means they're out in the street where the cars are driving. Prepositions are difficult, I think, because they're absolutely idiomatic and arbitrary. I note that in America, you turn a light on or off and light switches are often marked that way, but in Sweden you turn a light "to" and "from" ("till" and "från"). New Yorkers stand "on line" whereas other Americans stand "in line" and Brits stand "in a queue". Go figure.
ToddSF 94109 I vaguely remember something like; "the one who sits *at* the left/right side of NN" from my English class at school, but I might be wrong. (We were taught British English). At least now I'm aware of that today's Americans use "on my left/right". I'm strictly referring to when someone sits next to you here, not the usage in other connections. ;) Thanks for the other linguistic tips! :)
SuperWinterborn Edit.: It should be *corrected* not "corrigated"! ;D
I just remembered an historical example extracted from the Book of Common Prayer: "He ascended into heaven, and sitteth on the right hand of God the father almighty . . . . " which comes from the Apostles' Creed. So, in England, in 1662, they were using "on" rather than "at", it would seem. Also, in giving directions, I would typically say something like, "Turn right on Broadway and it's the third house on the right after Franklin Street."
What :services" did Mrs. America provide?
Domestic help.
at my left ok on my left ok but to my left is correct
Van Johnson was supposed to play the role of "Elliott Ness" in "the Untouchables"(1959-1963) but his wifey called the Arnaz household on a Sun. nite and spoke to Desi Arnaz saying to pay Van Johnson MORE money or he would not show up Mon morning and Arnaz said he shook hands with Van Johnson to seal the deal but his wifey then said , "This is America" You should have made a contract b/c you are NOT going to hold up production, pay overhead, etc. Arnaz said " F U Bitch. I am a Latino. Not an American male where you women CUT the BALLS of your men. He can be replaced. I can be replaced. ANYONE can be replaced. " She then spoke to Lucille Ball who said, "Desi is in charge of hiring. You need to speak to him". Desi then put out the word he needed an " Elliott Ness" to audition and @ 2am, Robert Stack's agent found him in a bar and Stack showed up for the audition and became "Elliott Ness"! The wifey SCREWED her husband " BIG-TIME"!
WOW I didn't know that thank your for this history. HOOAH!
To be fair, Van was scheduled for a two part performance and would ordinarily have received double pay. Van's wife, who was his agent, effectively put Desi Arnaz over a barrel by insisting about the double pay and Arnaz said he was not going to play along...
What about TO MY LEFT?
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_G._Draper
Information on first guest
A plane with a propeller on top, now that's some witty way to describe a helicopter.
since a helicopter is NOT classified as an airplane, its not really a "witty" description. Helos are rotary wing aircraft, as opposed to planes, which are all fixed wing. Her description was more inaccurate than witty.
13:00 "Is it edible by men and women?"
I'm sorry, what?
(Madam) Mary Healy is SO, PRETTY!,
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16:14 Grows pickles? Lol
A very rare and esoteric variation of hydroponics. You grow them in brine and vinegar! :-D
WML's lack of scientific knowledge strikes again!
I heard they like to grow the pickle trees along side of the raisin trees.
Technically, they are not vegetables either, since a cucumber is a fruit. Anything grown from a flower with a stem end, the hat of the cucumber, is a fruit.
@@SnowWalker1 Right next to the lollipop trees!! :)
That was a bit confusing
@16:16, this is where the joke with blonde and intelligence came up!!
On this date, the Dodgers beat the Phillies 8-3 at Ebbets Field, yet saw a half game chipped off their lead when the fast-charging Giants won a doubleheader in Pittsburgh. The cooled off Dodgers saw their lead drop from 9 games to 6 during this week.
Carl Erskine picked up his 8th victory and knocked in 3 runs in his own cause. He faltered in the ninth, giving up home runs to Del Ennis and Roy Smalley. He turned the ball over to Ed Roebuck with two on and one out. Roebuck promptly got pinch-hitter Peanuts Lowery to hit into a game-ending double play.
Earlier in the week, the Dodgers lost a pair of low-scoring games in St. Louis and the first game of their 3-game series with the Phillies. Coupled with their loss to Cincinnati in the second game of a doubleheader the previous Sunday, it was a four game losing streak in all. The only time they had a longer one was after they had clinched the pennant. The Cards and Redlegs would be the only two teams that the Dodgers posted a losing record against on the road, 5-6 against each team.
In the first game in St. Louis, rookie Larry Jackson scattered nine singles and a double en route to a 3-0 win. The Dodgers had him on the ropes in the first inning when they loaded the bases. But he struck out Gil Hodges to end the inning The Dodgers only had two runners past first base the rest of the way.
In the second and final game of the series in St. Louis, the Cardinals jumped out to an early 3-0 lead, helped by two Dodger fielding errors. Dodger pitching held them scoreless the rest of the way, and they had a run in and the tying run on second with one out in the ninth, In one of his last games as manager of the Cards, Eddie Stanky lifted starting pitcher Harvey Haddix and threw rookie knuckle ball pitcher Barney Schultz into the fire. Schultz promptly struck out Sandy Amoros and got pinch-hitter Rube Walker to ground out to preserve the win.
On Friday, Robin Roberts avenged two earlier defeats with a 5-3 complete game victory for the final nail in the Dodgers losing streak. The Phillies would win only one other game at Ebbets Field that year.
On Saturday, the Dodgers found their way back into the win column despite being outhit by the Phillies 12-4. Thanks to Phillies pitchers largess of 10 walks and two of the four hits being home runs, the Dodgers prevailed, 6-4. It was a typical outing for starting pitcher Dave Cole who pitched for three major league teams since 1950 and battled wildness every year. On May 21 in 4 1/3 innings, he was charged with six runs on only two hits (both home runs) plus six walks and a wild pitch. He nursed a 1-0 lead through three innings, but the wheels came off in the fourth on back to back home runs by Roy Campanella (with one on) and Amoros. When he walked Jackie Robinson and Jim Gilliam in the fifth inning (a ground out by Don Newcombe sandwiched in between) and then fell behind Pee Wee Reese, that was the final straw for Manager Mayo Smith. But pitcher Bob J. Miller, a Phillie for all or part of 10 years including a start in the 1950 World Series, couldn't find the plate either. He completed the walk to Pee Wee (that was charged to Cole), surrendered three more walks (one intentional) and recorded only one out: a sacrifice fly by Campanella. When the dust settled, the Dodgers scored three runs without benefit of a hit and led 6-1. Newcombe faltered in the late innings and when Ennis hit a 2-run home run off him, Roebuck came in to get the last six outs and preserve Newk's 6th win without a loss.
The Dodgers must have seen something they liked about Cole. On June 7, they became the fourth organization that thought they could solve Cole's control problems. Sending minor league pitcher Ron Negray to Philadelphia, they acquired Cole and sent him to the minors. They thought they found a problem with his grip during spring training in 1956. But there were too many pitchers competing for too few major league roster spots on the defending World Champions. 19 year old Don Drysdale, a future member of the Hall of Fame, would get the final spot on the roster. Cole never made it back to the majors despite trials with two other teams. With a growing family to support, rather than go back to the minors in 1959, he retired.
I’m getting tired of commentators who do not adhere to the rules of courtesy that usually are asked for. Please, please be careful, when you write comments that thousands of people will read.
PRESIDENTIAL PILOT
OWNS PICKLE FACTORY
HOUSEWIFE (MRS. AMERICA 1955)
Please remove this complete and utter troll from the comments section. Unfortunately today's awful society is full of pathetic losers intent on ruining other people's enjoyment of social media. Thank you.
Please, please.
Fred's lawyer is a Buffalo lawyer, but he handles people too?!? Too corny, Fred, too corny.
How sick does Ed Allen look. I'd say his age there looks 68 to 72.
How old was he there,? He looks horrible for 74. Too
My goodness, John Daly was a real pain in the neck.
the voice is too recognizable so it ruins the game
The first guest William Draper committed suicide in 1964
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BC’s see thru mask once again
The name of the plane was Columbine? Hmmm. Sounds familiar in recent times. 🤭
The show is so much better when Dorothy is not there, that determined pushy way she has wearing that 'this is really serious now' expression ... although it looks odd without Arlene next to Bennett ...
The show would not even be without Dorothy.
I disagree. I think Dorothy brought a level of game play that was appreciated by those who watched the show. I know I enjoy watching her meticulously work through the clues to determine the “line” of each person. And honestly, this episode aired 66 years ago (as of 2021) and all the panel members and the host have all died. It is a pleasure to just enjoy each show. Thank you to the person who has taken the time and effort to bring the “What’s My Line” programs to this format!
She is missed by most watchers when not there. After her death, the show lost much of its spark.
John's one of the best game show hosts there is, but for the last "couple of months" he's has gotten SO annoying. His ridiculous explanations were funny at first, but now I just wanna shut him off every time he does it!
ON AT TO WHO. CARES 😂❤
Pickles with butter? Any pregnant women? No? Ok then 😂
Very ironic that he said ground zero