They never showed it, but I think probably all the men held the women panelists chairs. I agree, very gentlemanly. I also noticed he always waited for the contestant to pass by before sitting back down.
I love Marty and Arlene. But I think the manners thing I know the manners thing just a sign of the times and unfortunately something women themselves chased off acting like they never needed to be pampered and yet still scream when males don’t make the right fuss over them. We wanted our cake and eat it too. Sad state of affairs. I have had two boyfriends that open the car door for me.
@@hizgrase My adult children are 32 and 28. I taught my son to open doors for females and those older than him. I taught my daughter to open doors as well, but to expect a male to open the door for her. When in high school, my son told me that some girls did not want the door opened. I explained that it was because they never learned manners.
Todd Brandt I agree. He put his right hand on the back of her chair. It’s only conjecture on our part since that’s all we see, but it fits Martin’s character and their loving relationship to think he was in the process of pulling out his wife’s chair. Good catch!
For the second week in a row, Arlene is wearing the most elegant gown and opera gloves. But maybe the most remarkable thing is that in the week between the two shows, she celebrated her 52nd birthday. Breathtaking!
A few people commented on this already - but Arlene looks amazing! I love her dress. Arlene and Dorothy always look so sophisticated. I love the styles the women wore from that era. I also love WML!
For the first guest John Daly is literally giving the answer to Arlene Francis and she still doesn't get it straight away lol. One of the best occupations on WML so far I think. Almost bamboozled the panel. This episode aired about 6 months after the Mercury astronauts were selected. And of course, it's always good to see Phil Silvers.
Those Mercury astronauts should have gone into space as soon as they were chosen so they could have beaten the Soviets into space. At least we got to the moon first and the Russians have yet to get there. :) :)
I love how when Martin asks with the first contestant if it could improve his appearance because it sadly needs it and Arlene is like, "aww, martin, no" lol. Just had to throw that out there. Haha.
I'm from Salisbury, NC, & have lived here my entire life. Simply amazed that the last guest is from this little town about 40 miles north of Charlotte.
Arlene and Dorothy look especially glamorous on this episode. I enjoy how Bennet usually knows some tidbit of information about different localities around the states.
Colley was one of the most prestigious contestants the program ever scheduled. And of course the whole concept of American space program was so new that we can overlook Arlene's pronunciation of "astronaut" --- unless of course that is how it got pronounced in certain parts of the USA way back in 1959.
There is another episode with a man who worked for one of the contractors who, with NASA and other companies, were working on the rockets used in the Gemini program. I tried looking for that episode so drop in here but I cannot remember who else were guests on that show. I love the episodes with guests like these in a time where space exploration was truly in its infancy.
She must have misread it as "austronaut" at some point. "Astro-" comes from Greek ᾰ̓στήρ ("star"), which comes from Proto- Indo-European *h₂stḗr ("star"; the h₂ represents a mystery consonant that was probably guttural). The "-naut" part is derived from the Greek ναύτης ("sailor"), which comes--by way of Greek ναῦς ("ship")--from PIE *néh₂us ("boat"). (Before you ask, my line is not actually "Linguist" but "Ad inserter for a newspaper concern"; I just have an interest in languages)
There have been several mispronunciations or alternate pronunciations from 1950 till this point in the run of the series. For example Dorothy once pronounced bicycle as bye-cycle and no one batted an eye.
I'm watching this 1959 episode in 2014 and I wonder how nowadays we seem to always say (mostly on tv) how men's roles are NOW becoming worked by women - and vice versa. Watching a lot of this show What's My Line? seems to show me the exact opposite: the start of most occupations becoming worked by both men and women began in the '50s! Why is it that our generation wants all the credit for something that started decades ago?!
Because "the man" wants to keep us segregated and at each other for what ever gain. There is a gain, we "layman" aka ordinary citizens do not see. Please understand that the "government" has wanted to control the population. To whatever means, that remains to this day, to be seen. (2020, the year from hell.)
Actually, women working at men's jobs probably occurred during all the wars we have had: Revolutionary, Civil, WWI, WWII....What's My Line liked to do that, have a woman contestant and her job would be something a man would traditionally do, like a Judge, or a Garbage Collector, Prison Warden, etc.
Dorothy was far and a away the best player. She took it so seriously and even though Bennett and Arlene were also very good, the way Dorothy bared down on the line of the lady barber was very impressive.
Joe Postove She was grating at times, often irritating, and a sizable chunk of the audience apparently hated her, but I've always felt Dorothy was a vital ingredient to the chemistry that made WML work so well for so long.
What's My Line? I think the key to her importance is that the panel needed that one person who played the role of a kind of tough game player who loved to zero in with a reporter's/prosecutorial style to rein in things from being too loose. Without her, suddenly the balance was all out of whack and things were much too loose and more informal. I've been watching my own copies of the show from 66 of late and the difference is like seeing a show that's gone adrift.
Phil Silvers answers "Lovely" to repeated questions about his singing. This is prescient, as it anticipates the song "Lovely" in "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum" (1962 musical on Broadway, 1966 film, many stage revivals), originally sung by the two young lovers, then comically reprised in Act II by Pseudolus and Hysterium. Phil Silvers was originally considered for the role of Pseudolus, but declined the part at the time. He did play Pseudolus in a 1972 revival, and so indeed sang "Lovely." (In the 1966 film he played the procurer Marcus Lycus.)
The letter font style that was on hand on stage to make hand-lettered cards is the dead giveaway that Silvers was a last-minute choice. Silvers does not get remembered as much as he should be: a huge and funny talent. He appeared 4 times a a mystery guest and he was funny every time.
To my eye, the "PHIL SILVERS" superimposed text was done with the type of movable white plastic letters that have a tab on the back to fit into the horizontal slots of a "corrugated" black fabric background. This sort of signboard was often used in those days by hotels and conference venues to announce who was meeting in which room that day, and similar kinds of temporary signage. The plastic letters for those almost always had corners cut at a 45 degree angle rather than being rounded.
I watched him in an early 1960s TV sketch with Lucy where they did the "Slowly I Turn" bit that Lucy did on her show during I Love Lucy's first season. This time Lucy was the one who reacted and Phil was the one who got the pie in the face. Here is the clip from CBS Opening Night 1963: ruclips.net/video/ZN87rLDfzeM/видео.html
The entire flippin' Guerrieri family went into barbering/haircutting, practically. Or anyway, Florenzo (the grandfather, who originated the barbershop Nancy worked in at the time), Dino (Nancy's father), and two of her brothers (and one sister). Nancy later went on to marry a high school football coach, and open her own eponymous barbershop. (I assume she's had at least one other one, that's how barbershops tend to go.)
There is enough of the closing credits to indicate that this is a rare broadcast where some other piece of music was used other than "Rollercoaster." Would be interesting to know why.
Mr. Colley, the first contestant, had been working on space suits since 1934. Why? No human-made object was sent into space until the V-2 rocket crossed the Kármán line in 1944, and Project Mercury didn't start until 1958. Probably Mr. Colley worked on pressure suits, which were worn by high-altitude pilots long before the space program began. Pressure suits were modified to make space suits.
Really, Mr. Colley is pretty famous in and of himself, though definitely not in any sense where people'd recognize him. Three things: a) Received over 60 patents, for, among other things, the airplane de-icer. b) Once he retired, he made jewelry, and also, c) painted (miniature) watercolors with alcohol-based paint. (I am confused. ... Ah, actually, it turns out this is mostly an excuse to drink in good company -- www.whiskeypaintersofamerica.org/about_wpa.html. Fair enough.) Died in 1996.
Of course, one also has to make the sacrifice to drink the contents before you can put the ship inside the bottle. It's especially appropriate when it's a bottle of Cutty Sark.
Whenever Bennett refers to a woman's attractiveness, I call him a perv while I am watching. He isn't as bad as Hal Block, but Bennett could be pretty obnoxious. And I remember seeing him comment on underage girls like 15 and 16 as well. I think at that time adult men admiring underage girls wasn't as taboo as it is now.
Arlene couldn't know that it would be, what, another 34 years before the first American woman was in outer space (Sally Ride). Weren't there cosmonaut women for the Soviet space mission in the 60's, however?
+Joe Postove But "Mustang Sally" would be recorded only 6 years later and become a hit by Wilson Pickett the following year. Two years later, Sly and the Family Stone would sample the lyric "ride Sally ride" from "Mustang Sally" in their first big hit, "Dance to the Music". It was uncanny.
Joe Postove - Interesting that Arlene asked if someday a girl could use the space suit and the contestant said that yes someday a woman would use the space suit. He was so much ahead of his time in that sense.
They have lady barbers on all the time. In that era, I gather we were transitioning away from the idea there was something racy about a woman touching a man, even in a professional way. Currently, their is a club I go to where they have women at the door to frisk ALL patrons before entering. Apparently men don't mind being frisked by a woman. It's more a novelty. And women are generally ok being frisked by a woman. So, all the door workers are women. But, one time I did see a woman object to being touched by any woman and she was allowed to choose between two men nearby who would do this. She never explained her reasoning.
Gee Whillijer's Batman! Arlene is 52 years old and Martin Gabel DOES have one of the most attractive women on television, Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr! Dig that strapless gown! I'm going back to 1959!. Dorothy was a good six years younger than Arlene. I wonder if there was any jealousy there in the looks department?
Maybe I haven't noticed it in the past, but I did see what I suppose is a "Sunbeam" coffee pot on the cards. I really never noticed; was this a regular thing with sponsors to have their product or logo on the cards?
Joe Postove Most definitely. Sometimes, though, the shape is abstract enough that it's hard to make out what it's supposed to be when we don't get to see the original commercials.
Definitely in the 1950s. It wasn't until 1964 that WML finally confined their sponsors strictly to the commercial ads. My favorite commercial shape on a card was for Florida Citrus, back in the ancient days when it was still pretty good. The shape was Florida itself. Somewhat Freudian.
What was the story behind a newspaper disclosing the mystery guest? Gee, the show had been on for almost a decade, it was a Sunday institution, and I have to wonder why a newspaper would do that? And...who was supposed to be on that night?
Joe Postove It didn't sound like a joke, when Daly confirmed it. I don't understand why it should be so funny for a newspaper to disclose who the mystery guest would be myself. One the other hand, I've never understood gossip-columns either.
SuperWinterborn "I've never understood gossip-columns either." Then you probably share my opinion of Dorothy Kilgallen. She had the writing chops to be a serious journalist, but mostly squandered them to pay for her ultra-chic lifestyle via her "Voice of Broadway" gossip column. I have a great deal of sympathy for her, but I find this aspect of her life (which is, admittedly, central) pretty distasteful.
SuperWinterborn I went back to check and John said in response to one of the panelists that he wasn't going to tell them who it was because he might be on next week. Then Phil said it was "Marlon Brando" in a joking way, and John said "yes, Marlon Brando" I don't think they were serious at all. This must have been one of the minor newspapers in NYC in that not only did no one on the panel see the blurb, but no one told them about (They certainly would have disqualified themselves if they knew)
Hey panel game fans! Did you hear that To Tell The Truth is being revived for prime time? I'm not expecting it to be as good as the original (especially with today's crop of celebrities), but I'm still happy that panel shows are getting another chance. Maybe WML will be next!
Reluctant Dragon Both shows deserve to be revived, as Joe Postove has suggested at least WML to be too. I just wonder how long it will last, before the producers decide that the numbers of wievers are to few, and take it off? It all seems to be about the expected amount of wievers vs sponsors, and then not be given enough time to settle among the public, before it's gone?
Reluctant Dragon I was alerted to this by a friend earlier today, but I didn't know it was intended to be a prime time series. If it's a once-a-week show with a healthy enough budget for good stars, it has a shot, I think. The 2000 version, which I only saw a few episodes of, I thought was terrible.
The only "panel" shows (and they are not strictly speaking) are those "Talent" shows and dancing contests. And what I have seen of those, which are on network tv in several countries, the panelists are boring, or irritating or both. But then again, they aren't the real thing. I'd like to see it given a chance again. There's always room for programming with our ever expanding appetite for entertainment. There was a very cheap looking "I've Got A Secret" from 10 or 15 years ago with Stephanie Miller as host (she was William Miller's daughter. He was Barry Goldwater's running mate in 1964). She was rather good, and the panel had somewhat medium sized names. I watched it, but I don't think it lasted long.
What's My Line? I liked all the versions of TTTT, from the 1956-1968 version, to the 1990-1991 version. The 2000-2001 version never really did it for me at all.
SuperWinterborn Unfortunately that's true, if it doesn't get good numbers it's likely to be taken off very quickly. The good thing is that game shows are relatively cheap to make, so they might be more likely to give it an extra chance.
Just as welll Daly was generous & gave the $50 rather than a guest go home without prize money. Dorothy wasnt even going to let a 16 year old pocket $50 as a treat, for her troubles appearing on the show. She was Not "the most intelligent", often asked damn silly questions, Cerf, Arlene & Martin were just as Sharp but they were generous, wanted ordinary people to win money & Cerf admitted they would delay, pretend they didnt know the answer for laughs too only for Dorothy to show off & claim all credit. Dorothy Needed to get ir right, Cerf said he found her Crying because she had got it wrong. The others could take the audience laughing at them or being amused but she was hurt or offended. She lacked a sense of humour. The others would find it funny or be apologetic when they got it in 1 or quick whereas Dorothy would sit there with a "I got the Gold Star" expression, that toss of her head. She was only 16 Dorothy, give her a break? Oh No. And that laugh of hers, constantly whooping in the background. She did Not make WML so popular, Arlene provided the warmth.
Bennett always refers to where the person lives as some indication of what their job is, as if the one major thing a state is known for is what all their residents are involved with. Examples on other episodes are Atlanta = Coca Cola or Florida = tourism. Pretty boneheaded thinking.
Normally the women come across so smart. But, not so with regard to the space suit gentelman. Are they flumoxed in the presence of so much raw intellect?
+Joe Postove I read the comments with the "Newest First" sort, so indeed "the first shall be last." Of course, my comment may have repositioned you in the posting order.
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Again, Wow Arlene! She is glowing and radiant here. The tight, black dress suits her.Just gorgeous at 52.
Agreed! I don't like some of her dresses, but her outfit here is gorgeous. Love the long black gloves too.
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Arlene is just so gorgeous, funny, and came across as a really nice lady.
100% class act.
Martin Gabel was a very lucky man.
This was my first thought too, that Arlene looks especially beautiful tonight.
I noticed before the camera paned over to John Daly before he came out that Martin started to pull out the chair for Arlene. Such a gentleman!
They never showed it, but I think probably all the men held the women panelists chairs. I agree, very gentlemanly. I also noticed he always waited for the contestant to pass by before sitting back down.
I love Marty and Arlene. But I think the manners thing I know the manners thing just a sign of the times and unfortunately something women themselves chased off acting like they never needed to be pampered and yet still scream when males don’t make the right fuss over them. We wanted our cake and eat it too. Sad state of affairs. I have had two boyfriends that open the car door for me.
@@hizgrase My adult children are 32 and 28. I taught my son to open doors for females and those older than him. I taught my daughter to open doors as well, but to expect a male to open the door for her. When in high school, my son told me that some girls did not want the door opened. I explained that it was because they never learned manners.
Arlene looks absolutely ravishing in that black column gown and gloves -- shades of Rita Hayworth in "Gilda"!
Todd Brandt I agree. He put his right hand on the back of her chair. It’s only conjecture on our part since that’s all we see, but it fits Martin’s character and their loving relationship to think he was in the process of pulling out his wife’s chair. Good catch!
100% agreed! Arlene was a beautiful dresser and I would love to see her (and her outfits) in color. She was a Diva before it was even a word. 😍
She looked stunning this episode. And her funny comment and her intelligence…she was a treasure.
For the second week in a row, Arlene is wearing the most elegant gown and opera gloves. But maybe the most remarkable thing is that in the week between the two shows, she celebrated her 52nd birthday. Breathtaking!
She's also wearing a fur...disgusting. ☹
Hilarious the way Daly prompted Arlene with the "suitable" answer.
A few people commented on this already - but Arlene looks amazing! I love her dress. Arlene and Dorothy always look so sophisticated. I love the styles the women wore from that era. I also love WML!
For the first guest John Daly is literally giving the answer to Arlene Francis and she still doesn't get it straight away lol. One of the best occupations on WML so far I think. Almost bamboozled the panel. This episode aired about 6 months after the Mercury astronauts were selected.
And of course, it's always good to see Phil Silvers.
Those Mercury astronauts should have gone into space as soon as they were chosen so they could have beaten the Soviets into space. At least we got to the moon first and the Russians have yet to get there. :) :)
Arlene is really rocking that black gown. Same as last week.
I love how when Martin asks with the first contestant if it could improve his appearance because it sadly needs it and Arlene is like, "aww, martin, no" lol. Just had to throw that out there. Haha.
I'm from Salisbury, NC, & have lived here my entire life. Simply amazed that the last guest is from this little town about 40 miles north of Charlotte.
Arlene and Dorothy look especially glamorous on this episode. I enjoy how Bennet usually knows some tidbit of information about different localities around the states.
Colley was one of the most prestigious contestants the program ever scheduled. And of course the whole concept of American space program was so new that we can overlook Arlene's pronunciation of "astronaut" --- unless of course that is how it got pronounced in certain parts of the USA way back in 1959.
There is another episode with a man who worked for one of the contractors who, with NASA and other companies, were working on the rockets used in the Gemini program. I tried looking for that episode so drop in here but I cannot remember who else were guests on that show. I love the episodes with guests like these in a time where space exploration was truly in its infancy.
soulierinvestments Unique. My favorite guest and Arlene guessing was icing.
She must have misread it as "austronaut" at some point. "Astro-" comes from Greek ᾰ̓στήρ ("star"), which comes from Proto- Indo-European *h₂stḗr ("star"; the h₂ represents a mystery consonant that was probably guttural). The "-naut" part is derived from the Greek ναύτης ("sailor"), which comes--by way of Greek ναῦς ("ship")--from PIE *néh₂us ("boat").
(Before you ask, my line is not actually "Linguist" but "Ad inserter for a newspaper concern"; I just have an interest in languages)
There have been several mispronunciations or alternate pronunciations from 1950 till this point in the run of the series. For example Dorothy once pronounced bicycle as bye-cycle and no one batted an eye.
I'm watching this 1959 episode in 2014 and I wonder how nowadays we seem to always say (mostly on tv) how men's roles are NOW becoming worked by women - and vice versa. Watching a lot of this show What's My Line? seems to show me the exact opposite: the start of most occupations becoming worked by both men and women began in the '50s! Why is it that our generation wants all the credit for something that started decades ago?!
Because "the man" wants to keep us segregated and at each other for what ever gain. There is a gain, we "layman" aka ordinary citizens do not see. Please understand that the "government" has wanted to control the population. To whatever means, that remains to this day, to be seen. (2020, the year from hell.)
Actually, women working at men's jobs probably occurred during all the wars we have had: Revolutionary, Civil, WWI, WWII....What's My Line liked to do that, have a woman contestant and her job would be something a man would traditionally do, like a Judge, or a Garbage Collector, Prison Warden, etc.
Very astute of Arlene asking would women be using the spacesuit any time soon.
Dorothy was sharp as a tack!! I love it when she gets on a roll!!
At 24:27 Martin, Dorothy, and Bennett look at Arlene all at the same time. It caught my attention - that was it.
Dorothy was far and a away the best player. She took it so seriously and even though Bennett and Arlene were also very good, the way Dorothy bared down on the line of the lady barber was very impressive.
Joe Postove She was grating at times, often irritating, and a sizable chunk of the audience apparently hated her, but I've always felt Dorothy was a vital ingredient to the chemistry that made WML work so well for so long.
I have trouble imagining the show without her and as others have said, it was not the same for the two years after her death in 1965.
Joe Postove I'm definitely one of the ones who has said that, yet I'm also pretty vocal about how irritating I often find her!
What's My Line? I think the key to her importance is that the panel needed that one person who played the role of a kind of tough game player who loved to zero in with a reporter's/prosecutorial style to rein in things from being too loose. Without her, suddenly the balance was all out of whack and things were much too loose and more informal. I've been watching my own copies of the show from 66 of late and the difference is like seeing a show that's gone adrift.
epaddon I think you nailed it E!
Phil Silvers answers "Lovely" to repeated questions about his singing. This is prescient, as it anticipates the song "Lovely" in "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum" (1962 musical on Broadway, 1966 film, many stage revivals), originally sung by the two young lovers, then comically reprised in Act II by Pseudolus and Hysterium. Phil Silvers was originally considered for the role of Pseudolus, but declined the part at the time. He did play Pseudolus in a 1972 revival, and so indeed sang "Lovely." (In the 1966 film he played the procurer Marcus Lycus.)
She was the best!
Phil Silvers was always on
TV when I was a little kid.
Arlene had a super black frock on and more make-up on than usual and she looked super attractive, and gave one of the funniest introduction ever.
The letter font style that was on hand on stage to make hand-lettered cards is the dead giveaway that Silvers was a last-minute choice. Silvers does not get remembered as much as he should be: a huge and funny talent. He appeared 4 times a a mystery guest and he was funny every time.
To my eye, the "PHIL SILVERS" superimposed text was done with the type of movable white plastic letters that have a tab on the back to fit into the horizontal slots of a "corrugated" black fabric background. This sort of signboard was often used in those days by hotels and conference venues to announce who was meeting in which room that day, and similar kinds of temporary signage. The plastic letters for those almost always had corners cut at a 45 degree angle rather than being rounded.
I watched him in an early 1960s TV sketch with Lucy where they did the "Slowly I Turn" bit that Lucy did on her show during I Love Lucy's first season. This time Lucy was the one who reacted and Phil was the one who got the pie in the face. Here is the clip from CBS Opening Night 1963:
ruclips.net/video/ZN87rLDfzeM/видео.html
9:07
Poor Arlene just about fell out of her chair lol :)
"If you were sober, yes!" Very funny line.
He was a class act, and a very nice fellow.
The entire flippin' Guerrieri family went into barbering/haircutting, practically. Or anyway, Florenzo (the grandfather, who originated the barbershop Nancy worked in at the time), Dino (Nancy's father), and two of her brothers (and one sister). Nancy later went on to marry a high school football coach, and open her own eponymous barbershop. (I assume she's had at least one other one, that's how barbershops tend to go.)
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This is one of the rare times when I appreciate reading "cutting" remarks.
There is enough of the closing credits to indicate that this is a rare broadcast where some other piece of music was used other than "Rollercoaster." Would be interesting to know why.
Arlene was so cute. :)
Arlene Frances' dress tho! Wow!
I just love Martin Gabel.
Mr. Colley, the first contestant, had been working on space suits since 1934. Why? No human-made object was sent into space until the V-2 rocket crossed the Kármán line in 1944, and Project Mercury didn't start until 1958. Probably Mr. Colley worked on pressure suits, which were worn by high-altitude pilots long before the space program began. Pressure suits were modified to make space suits.
Really, Mr. Colley is pretty famous in and of himself, though definitely not in any sense where people'd recognize him. Three things: a) Received over 60 patents, for, among other things, the airplane de-icer. b) Once he retired, he made jewelry, and also, c) painted (miniature) watercolors with alcohol-based paint. (I am confused. ... Ah, actually, it turns out this is mostly an excuse to drink in good company -- www.whiskeypaintersofamerica.org/about_wpa.html. Fair enough.) Died in 1996.
+juliansinger Funny, I always thought they painted whiskey bottles. ;)
Of course, one also has to make the sacrifice to drink the contents before you can put the ship inside the bottle. It's especially appropriate when it's a bottle of Cutty Sark.
RE: Dorothy in the second game -- you go girl!
RE: Bennett's post game question to the 16 year old barber -- oh shut up.
soulierinvestments Right?? I really don't care for Bennet. I love John Daly's response to him!
John really "cut" Bennett down to size with his reply!
Whenever Bennett refers to a woman's attractiveness, I call him a perv while I am watching. He isn't as bad as Hal Block, but Bennett could be pretty obnoxious. And I remember seeing him comment on underage girls like 15 and 16 as well. I think at that time adult men admiring underage girls wasn't as taboo as it is now.
Arlene couldn't know that it would be, what, another 34 years before the first American woman was in outer space (Sally Ride). Weren't there cosmonaut women for the Soviet space mission in the 60's, however?
Joe Postove Yes, Valentina Vladimirovna Teresjkova (I don't know how you spell her last name in English) in 1963.
+Joe Postove
But "Mustang Sally" would be recorded only 6 years later and become a hit by Wilson Pickett the following year. Two years later, Sly and the Family Stone would sample the lyric "ride Sally ride" from "Mustang Sally" in their first big hit, "Dance to the Music". It was uncanny.
Joe Postove - Interesting that Arlene asked if someday a girl could use the space suit and the contestant said that yes someday a woman would use the space suit. He was so much ahead of his time in that sense.
I should add that I love them all.
They have lady barbers on all the time. In that era, I gather we were transitioning away from the idea there was something racy about a woman touching a man, even in a professional way. Currently, their is a club I go to where they have women at the door to frisk ALL patrons before entering. Apparently men don't mind being frisked by a woman. It's more a novelty. And women are generally ok being frisked by a woman. So, all the door workers are women. But, one time I did see a woman object to being touched by any woman and she was allowed to choose between two men nearby who would do this. She never explained her reasoning.
Gee Whillijer's Batman! Arlene is 52 years old and Martin Gabel DOES have one of the most attractive women on television, Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr! Dig that strapless gown! I'm going back to 1959!. Dorothy was a good six years younger than Arlene. I wonder if there was any jealousy there in the looks department?
Dorothy is most delightful, smart and witty!
Did I hear you perform the other night of the party? if you were sober yeah. jajajaja
Dorothy is so damn clever
Arlene could hardly deliver her first line, cracking herself up as she did.
I think with that spacesuit guy we found Gene Hackman's long lost father.
I love to see that the female guests dressed elegantly regardless of their age. These days too many p
I wish to retract what would have been my comment. It was going to sound too rude.
i agree.now most people are covered in tattoos. no class whatsoever
haha arlene at 9:00
just another 24 yrs before the 1st fem astronaut
Sgt. Bilko Rocks!
Is it just the bald head or did Phil Silvers resemble Jack E. Leonard quite a bit?
*_Develops and Makes Space Suits for Astronauts_*
*_Men's Barber_* (she was an *_OLD_* looking 16 year old)
*_Prints Race Track Programs_*
It's so ridiculous. Every time they ask if it covers the body above the waist they never think to ask below the waist as well
Maybe I haven't noticed it in the past, but I did see what I suppose is a "Sunbeam" coffee pot on the cards. I really never noticed; was this a regular thing with sponsors to have their product or logo on the cards?
Joe Postove Most definitely. Sometimes, though, the shape is abstract enough that it's hard to make out what it's supposed to be when we don't get to see the original commercials.
Definitely in the 1950s. It wasn't until 1964 that WML finally confined their sponsors strictly to the commercial ads. My favorite commercial shape on a card was for Florida Citrus, back in the ancient days when it was still pretty good. The shape was Florida itself. Somewhat Freudian.
25 years to develop a space suit and only 6 months for the jab.
What was the story behind a newspaper disclosing the mystery guest? Gee, the show had been on for almost a decade, it was a Sunday institution, and I have to wonder why a newspaper would do that? And...who was supposed to be on that night?
Joe Postove Marlon Brando.
That who someone said, but I thought that was in jest.
Joe Postove It didn't sound like a joke, when Daly confirmed it. I don't understand why it should be so funny for a newspaper to disclose who the mystery guest would be myself. One the other hand, I've never understood gossip-columns either.
SuperWinterborn "I've never understood gossip-columns either." Then you probably share my opinion of Dorothy Kilgallen. She had the writing chops to be a serious journalist, but mostly squandered them to pay for her ultra-chic lifestyle via her "Voice of Broadway" gossip column. I have a great deal of sympathy for her, but I find this aspect of her life (which is, admittedly, central) pretty distasteful.
SuperWinterborn I went back to check and John said in response to one of the panelists that he wasn't going to tell them who it was because he might be on next week. Then Phil said it was "Marlon Brando" in a joking way, and John said "yes, Marlon Brando" I don't think they were serious at all. This must have been one of the minor newspapers in NYC in that not only did no one on the panel see the blurb, but no one told them about (They certainly would have disqualified themselves if they knew)
Hey panel game fans! Did you hear that To Tell The Truth is being revived for prime time? I'm not expecting it to be as good as the original (especially with today's crop of celebrities), but I'm still happy that panel shows are getting another chance. Maybe WML will be next!
Reluctant Dragon Both shows deserve to be revived, as Joe Postove has suggested at least WML to be too. I just wonder how long it will last, before the producers decide that the numbers of wievers are to few, and take it off? It all seems to be about the expected amount of wievers vs sponsors, and then not be given enough time to settle among the public, before it's gone?
Reluctant Dragon I was alerted to this by a friend earlier today, but I didn't know it was intended to be a prime time series. If it's a once-a-week show with a healthy enough budget for good stars, it has a shot, I think. The 2000 version, which I only saw a few episodes of, I thought was terrible.
The only "panel" shows (and they are not strictly speaking) are those "Talent" shows and dancing contests. And what I have seen of those, which are on network tv in several countries, the panelists are boring, or irritating or both. But then again, they aren't the real thing. I'd like to see it given a chance again. There's always room for programming with our ever expanding appetite for entertainment. There was a very cheap looking "I've Got A Secret" from 10 or 15 years ago with Stephanie Miller as host (she was William Miller's daughter. He was Barry Goldwater's running mate in 1964). She was rather good, and the panel had somewhat medium sized names. I watched it, but I don't think it lasted long.
What's My Line? I liked all the versions of TTTT, from the 1956-1968 version, to the 1990-1991 version. The 2000-2001 version never really did it for me at all.
SuperWinterborn Unfortunately that's true, if it doesn't get good numbers it's likely to be taken off very quickly. The good thing is that game shows are relatively cheap to make, so they might be more likely to give it an extra chance.
Just as welll Daly was generous & gave the $50 rather than a guest go home without prize money. Dorothy wasnt even going to let a 16 year old pocket $50 as a treat, for her troubles appearing on the show. She was Not "the most intelligent", often asked damn silly questions, Cerf, Arlene & Martin were just as Sharp but they were generous, wanted ordinary people to win money & Cerf admitted they would delay, pretend they didnt know the answer for laughs too only for Dorothy to show off & claim all credit. Dorothy Needed to get ir right, Cerf said he found her Crying because she had got it wrong. The others could take the audience laughing at them or being amused but she was hurt or offended. She lacked a sense of humour. The others would find it funny or be apologetic when they got it in 1 or quick whereas Dorothy would sit there with a "I got the Gold Star" expression, that toss of her head. She was only 16 Dorothy, give her a break? Oh No. And that laugh of hers, constantly whooping in the background. She did Not make WML so popular, Arlene provided the warmth.
Arlene was pretty as a brunette, but she's gorgeous as a blonde.
Who was the mystery guest before Phil saved the day?
5:42....
Bennett always refers to where the person lives as some indication of what their job is, as if the one major thing a state is known for is what all their residents are involved with. Examples on other episodes are Atlanta = Coca Cola or Florida = tourism. Pretty boneheaded thinking.
Normally the women come across so smart. But, not so with regard to the space suit gentelman. Are they flumoxed in the presence of so much raw intellect?
I'm addicted to this show. It's like heroin.
I'm first!
+Joe Postove
I read the comments with the "Newest First" sort, so indeed "the first shall be last." Of course, my comment may have repositioned you in the posting order.