What's My Line? - Jack Benny; Steve Allen [panel]; Jayne Meadows [panel] (Jun 21, 1959)
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- MYSTERY GUEST: Jack Benny
PANEL: Arlene Francis, Steve Allen, Jayne Meadows, Bennett Cerf
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John Charles Daly was such a gracious host and always made everybody feel comfortable and respected regardless of their profession.
Jack Benny commanded the stage during this mystery guest segment. He was hilarious, inventive, witty, and intertwined it all with being a great contestant.
Jack Benny was one of the greatest entertainers ever, irreplaceable
I simply love Steve Allen ❤️ In the most platonic way in which you can love a person whom you've never met. Such a kind man, and a wonderful sense of humor.
I totally agree! He was quite the quick wit!!! 🥰😂🤣
Jack Benny is probably the most beloved entertainer ever. A poll at the time gave him a 97% popularity rating. Jack asked “”what did I do to the other 3%”?
"what did I do to the other 3%?"--that's funny!
Too bad he didn’t get 39%.😉
He was always 39 at age. If you see the Jack Benny show you will immediately understand my comment.
The most beloved entertainer and perhaps the most respected comic, as well. Many of our greatest comedians say Jack was their mentor, the one they were most in awe of.
@Steve Bezirganian THAT's funny!
15:25 is the kind of the live TV moment that made me really start to love this show. Steve was so sure Arlene's "no" on water meant land was a given, so his shock when he also got a "no" is hilarious. As much as I love the whole run of this show, I always miss Steve a little bit after he left the panel.
Laurie - I just love watching this show!
Oh yes! To me, Steve had it all. So intelligent and yet that magical ability to be so silly and funny. I think Jayne, his wife, was blessed in her choice of husband!!!
I love this show. Everyone is so respectful and elegant.
Thanks for posting.
I absolutely love Jack Benny.
"I would like to ask a rather personal question. Do Mischa Ellman and Jascha Heifeitz scream with horror at mere mention of your name?" "Oh, shut up!" With the startled and genuine laughter that follows, one of my favorite moments of the entire WML run.
Who were mischa e!!man and jascha Heifetz?
@@robinheuver1915 Celebrated violinists of the era. Heifetz remained pretty much the gold standard.
@bikefixer I loved it too!!!!
I read somewhere that Jack Benny was a serious musician when not doing his comedy routines.
It would have been fabulous if Jack Benny and Victor Borge had performed together!
@@amethystanne4586 Oh, that would have been glorious.
Steve Allen was a topnotch guest panelist and someone I am compelled to like -- and his wife Jayne Meadows, too. It's always nice when the two of them appear as guest panelists together, too.
It would have been fun one time have sister Audrey Meadows on the panel with Jayne and Steve when two of the three other regulars were not able to be on.
Jack Benny is my favorite comedian of all time. Steve Allen is my favorite fourth contestant, and Jayne Meadows is a delight. A practically perfect episode (I just miss Dorothy)!
Jack Benny's timing, I observe unoriginally, is absolute perfection.
Part of his comedy genius,I would submit. He could simply walk on stage,look disdainful,not say a word,and get more laughs than any other comedian.
Many years after this show was aired, Jack Benny was asked about how he felt about growing older. Benny said, "Mark Twain once said--not to me--"Age is a matter of mind. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter.'" The timing of that "not to me" was very important to make the line funny, and it was perfect.
I love it! Steve Allen even makes an outline of a breadbox with the contestant at the end... and she does it too!
The great Jack Benny only needs to walk out and sit down and the audience is howling! Funniest man ever.
Two other very funny men: Groucho Marx and W C. Fields.
A partial obituary of Linda Louise Earnhardt Lawson ... She passed away on November 28, 2020, in Raleigh, NC. Everyone has one natural mother - Linda was the epitome of what it means to be a tender, kind, and loving mother to her two sons. Linda was an accomplished artist in the kitchen, on canvas, and in life. She did all things with pose and grace. Her gentle touch was remarkable when she worked on her art - while sitting at her painting table in the natural light - which is how those closest will remember her. Linda showed her love through her art; most notably her religious icon paintings. It was no surprise for those who knew her that she was an acrobatic wing walker in her early years because she was always daring and fearless. Linda has left an indelible mark on those who knew her, especially her family members and her sons.
This is very nice… with the name Earnhardt and being from North Carolina I can’t help but wonder if she is somehow related to the famous racing family? (Ralph, Dale, DaleJr, etc.)
*poise and grace
@@johnholtz7801 That was my very first thought, too. The name commandeered speed on land and air! ✈️ 🚗
@@johnholtz7801 and I was wondering the same thing that's why I scroll down until I found this. 08
Given her wings work, how appropriate she was an Earnhardt!
Rest in Peace Mr. Benny you were a lovely man
Linda Ernhardt Lawson passed away on November 28, 2020 in Raleigh, NC at the age of 74.
Jack Benny was the most popular comedian both on radio and on television.
"No, No reason at All. .."
*flips card*
😂😆😅😂😂😂
I Mostly Love this Show. 🎨🎭🎨
Oh man, they should have brought out the breadbox designer second. If Steve had asked if it was larger than a breadbox, it would have been one of the funniest moments in the history of the show. What a missed opportunity!
Absolutely 💯.
Possibly why they saved her for last; that question would have been a dead giveaway.
Benny mentioned that he had been on "the Sullivan show" just before. That was probably very common, since obviously both were Sunday night on CBS, just a short walk between venues
Jayne Meadows & Steven Allen on the show - strangely made my day (and it's only 7:37 am ). Great fun - I really missed Steve on the show. Almost like I missed Hal Block :)
+Lars Rye Jeppesen
And Jack Benny gave you a Hal Block moment starting at 18:25.
Criswell researched, wrote and published one of the first and most authoritative catalogs that dealt with Confederate currency. I am retired from the business for about 15 years but until that time it was the "bible" of the subject.
Great information! I love reading things like this about contestants. Thanks for sharing. (What is a $1,000 Confederate bill worth on the market today? Just curious).
Steverino AND Jack Benny!?! Spectacular
The last contestant's job (designing breadboxes) wasn't lost on avid "What's My Line?" fans of that time; One of Steve Allen's favorite questions about products was "Is it bigger than a breadbox?", and of course, Daly chose Allen go first, hoping that he'd ask that question.
I loved one of the later games with the breadbox maker. Steve complained that despite 20 years in show business he would always be remembered for that question. And we will probably remember that forever.
Benny getting huge laughs without saying anything reminds me of something George Burns once said. "Radio consisted of sound and silence. While the rest of use were trying to figure out how to use the sound, Jack was smart enough to figure out how to use the silence."
I love Jack Benny. I used to watch his Sunday night show every week as a small black kid. I can vaguely remember his show.
I love Jack Benny too. I wasn't born yet when Jack Benny's show was first on TV, but I watch reruns of it now on the Antenna TV network, and it's great! You can probably also find a few episodes here on RUclips. When I was a kid, I remember Johnny Carson talking about how great Jack Benny was, but I never really understood until I saw reruns of his show in recent years.
Linda Earnhardt died nov 28 2020 at 74. A very full life.
Great to see these big stars...
11:06 - I find it fascinating that in 1959, someone was concerned about how low the "definition" of the cameras were to pick up fine detail.
I just said the same thing and was about to comment this!
Mr Benny, I’ve been playing the violin for two years.
“Do you sound like me”?
I used to. Badum tsssssss. Here for two shows. Thank you. Thank you very much.
A superb entertainer from the great never to see again Past !!!!!
Mr. Benny was funny, funny, funny. Unlike most of today's so called comedians.
I miss the days of comedians like Jack Benny, Red Skelton, Bob Hope, George Burns, and Steve Allen.
The panel went bread box crazy in the introductions :O
You just have to love Jack Benny
I don't understand why the bread box lady wasn't on first! Steve Allen should have had his time with her!
16:03 - -I don't think Ive ever seen the panel so astonished!
At 7:53, Arlene says "confederate money is all I can think of"! She had it, but then didn't pursue it!
A small amount of Trivia! George Burns and Jack Benny were going to make a movie called the Sunshine Boys starting in 1975 ! Unfortunately. Jack Benny died the day after Christmas 1974! He was and still is one of the finest comedy performers that ever took the stage! Never anything crude or vulgar! Always a class act! No one today could even come close to his genius and style!
You're partially correct. George Burns (real name: Nathan Birnbaum) took the part in "The Sunshine Boys" due to Jack Benny's passing (real name: Benjamin Kubelski).
Walter Matthau took the role in The Sunshine Boys that Jack Benny was suppose to act in.
They should have had the breadbox designer on FIRST!
He was my favorite
Jayne looks pretty pleased after that second kiss from Mr Benny. During the Waukegan exchange, poor Mr Bradbury was in a corner thinking ‘and I?’ I think they are tied for First Son. Both giants in their fields.
Jack can do no wrong. He's my favorite comedian........... next to Fred Allen that is. :)
When they were having their mock feud, it wasn't easy to get Jack Benny next to Fred Allen! :-)
Some entertainers found fame through effortlessly just being themselves and having a calm loveable charm. Three names which spring to mind are Dean Martin, Bob Hope and Jack Benny.
Alas, the famous is it bigger/smaller bread box joke was foiled!
In case you were wondering why Bennett Cerf makes such a big deal in his introduction about "confirming" John Daly as the moderator, this June 21, 1959 episode followed just two days after a historic confirmation battle in the U.S. Senate.The Senate's own history site discusses:
"On June 19, 1959, by a dramatic 46-to-49 roll-call vote, the Senate rejected President Dwight Eisenhower's nomination of Admiral Lewis Strauss to be secretary of commerce. Strauss was a seasoned administrator who expected quick approval to this essentially noncontroversial post...however, he had accumulated powerful enemies as the outspoken head of a regulatory commission."
The site goes on to recount how the Democrats had won the midterm elections and were itching for a confrontation with Eisenhower. Strauss would be one of only three cabinet appointments rejected by the Senate in the twentieth century.
Well if yoiu know, who WAS finally confirmed as Eisenhower's Sec. of Commerce? And who were the other 2 Cabinet rejectees?
Frederick Mueller was confirmed as Secretary of Commerce on August 10, 1959 after serving as acting Secretary starting on June 30. Strauss had been serving as acting Secretary from Nov. 13, 1958 until June 30.
Mueller was a native of Michigan who graduated from Michigan State with a degree in Mechanical Engineering and then went into his family's business. He had served in various posts in the Commerce Department starting in 1956.
The other two Cabinet nominees who were rejected by the Senate in the 20th century were Charles Warren who was unsuccessfully nominated by President Coolidge twice to become the Attorney General, and John Tower who had been nominated by President George H.W. Bush to become Secretary of Defense.
An interesting side note on Warren: the first time he was nominated, the initial vote was deadlocked at 40-40. But Vice President Dawes arrived too late to cast the tie-breaking vote as is one of the Constitutional powers of the office of Vice President. By the time he arrived, a Senator switched his vote from Yes to No. In essence, Warren was denied becoming Attorney General because of tardiness.
He always makes a big deal when he introduces him because Bennett is a boring nerd
For some reason only part of my post (the dates) appeared. After watching this episode I wanted to see what the young wing walker, Linda Earhardt, went on to do. It seems she left the business and had a long and happy life, passing away only recently in November, 2020.
I was just over a month old , when this show aired . She died at the age of 72 .
The breadbox designer was gorgeous.
Absolutely! I wish she hadn't been the last contestant.
She was striking and had a lovely smile and demeanor too.
I LOVE JACK!
Class and intelligence; style and elegance; they sure knew how to live life back then.
What a pity they had no time for the last contestant.
If it means more time for Jack Benny, I'm fine with it!
What's My Line? -- Me, too. Few comedians were as funny as Jack Benny, and he could appear as a mystery guest and be just as funny "on the fly" as when he was doing something scripted. His timing was always perfect and his ad libs were always hilarious. He was one of the best comedians ever and it speaks volumes about him that he and George Burns were best friends.
+hopicard The one thing I hated even more than the 'walk of shame' on the early WML is how they put on a last contestant and rush him on and off. Lots of time the last contestants were the most interesting occupations if they could give them some time.
Sarah Brandy
Thanks for the tip, Sarah!
I agree! That has frustrated me since the first show. I didn't mind the "walk of shame" as much as others do. I figure it gave the panelists a chance to look them over (Dorothy looking at their hands to see if they worked with them for example) and a chance for the contestants to settle a bit before being quizzed. In this case they happened to take nearly half the show with the first contestant which didn't leave enough time for 3 more. I did love Benny though, what a card!
Do you realize Jack Benny was only 39 at the time of this show?
Haha.
Try 65. Feb. 14, 1894 birthdate.
@@freeguy77 It was a joke. Benny claimed to be thirty-nine his entire career.
@@theemmjay5130 I knew that it was his best-known running gag in his radio and then TV series. Unless his best-known gag is how "stingy" he was! He was a superb comedian, and Johnny Carson's idol growing up.
Serf nailed Jack's hide to the wall.
As Benny passed, Steve probably quipped, "two kiss limite." I wonder if somehow, the precocious Miss Earnhardt inspired Allen to do his own famous wing-walk in '67.
Heifetz, of course, a violinist.
"Oh shut up!!!" LOL!
+Bill Smith Niiiiice!
Well !
"Oh, shut up!!!" was one of Benny's retorts on his radio programs. Check out the OTR collections on RUclips; they're great!
He whispered, "Ask for a small conference."
I always thought Steve liked Arlene on the older shows. At least that's the impression I always got.
John Smith -- They were definitely good friends and liked working together. I'm sure the Allens (Steve and Jayne) were on the best possible terms with the Gabels (Arlene and Martin). Steve Allen was a regular panelist long enough to have formed lasting friendships with the other panelists, including Bennett and Dorothy. When he came back multiple times as a guest panelist, with or without Jayne Meadows, he was very much welcomed by the other panelists and the moderator.
Poor Jayne, no jewelry to wear that night.
Ronnie McGill - You don't think she wore it all that night?
They probably went to dinner so she’d have to wear all looks good I remember as a kid really putting all my jewelry on to show it off to my aunts and they didn’t wear jewelry so got teased by them said I was a show off they in later life were more I never owned real jewelry.
She didn't need any. She was very attractive in her own credit.
@@lopa2828 What other episodes, she is blinged out.
My God; how many times was Jack Benny the Celebrity Guest on WsML ? At least 3 times that i'm aware of
I like how Jayne Meadows comes out with her purse.
Arlene and Dorothy do that sometimes, too! I always wonder what they put in those evening bags just to carry out onto the stage. Lipstick? A brush?
Times were so different. Back then, if a woman wasn't using her looks and body, it was considered a waste. They're so dismissive of females having skills, but highly approving of anything involving glamour.
I just saw a (rare) picture of Jayne Meadows lightly made up, free of junk jewelry and 'big hair' and what a lovely woman she was. Boy, did she need a fashion consultant!
Big missed opportunity to not put breadbox girl at the beginning of the show
That was really funny when Jack Benny went over and kissed Jayne Meadows on the cheek after her husband Steve Allen asked if he (Jack) was a glamorous star! Lol.
To gloria kates;"is it bigger than a bread box?"
20:06 "OH, SHUT UP!"
Jack Benny and What's My Line. They don't make classy entertainment like that anymore.
daltexasone - Jack Benny gets a laugh with just an "mm hmm."
WELL!!!
I love the part where Jack hit John
Very rude
Only time in the 17 year history of WML where John got physically abused for one of his "explanations."
It was part of the shtick. No harm was done.
@carolv8450 It was done in jest and it was funny.
Somebody started to wolf whistle Lynda Earnhardt when she first entered, but when it became evident she was just a girl, they quickly stopped!
The young lady is named Earnhardt and is from North Carolina. I wonder if she is related to the famous NASCAR family...
Mu question as well
We miss Dorothy for the last contestant.
Grover C. Criswell - www.pcgs.com/news/grover-c-criswell-jr-died-april-8-following-a-heart
And the very next day, Steve went down to Pascagoula Mississippi and got himself a real He-man Confederate haircut.
Sunbeam is still around!
Wow Linda Earnhardt was amazing.🏆👑
18:47
😂😂🤣😂😍
It's a crime that the last guest had so little time!
Heifetz!
Why did Jack Benny sign Heifetz?
@@greggh As great as violinist as Heifetz was, Benny was horrible (but always pretended he was great)
@@jamesrawlins735 actually like so much of his persona, Benny was different in real life than he portrayed himself to be. He was not a great violinist but he was not the horrible violinist he played on his show. He owned a Strad and gave numerous serious violin concerts for charity (at variance with his cheapskate image).
Say what you will, but I think Jack Benny had good taste in women. Jayne Meadows was pretty in this show.
Mr. Benny wouldn't recognize Waukegan today.
jayne meadows told her husband "you better" 3 times. yikes.
Why did Jack Benny sign Heifetz?
@RockManLP Right on.
Gregg H, one of Benny's comedic personas was that of a horrible violinist who thought he was great. In reality, he was quite good. I believe he was friends with Heifetz.
I think I hear a different closing theme to the usual one? Des anyone know what it might be?
I'm wondering if Miss Earnhardt is related to the famous Dale Earnhardt, the Nascar Driver? Just a curious thought...She was so cute and accomplished at 13 years old!
did anyone ever bring bread boxes on the show for the panel
dodge96neon No, but one contestant was a bread box maker.
+DLAN 1122 I remember that, I think Steve was back that night too after having been gone for awhile too.
So good of the Confederate money guy to hand out free samples. How come those who own goldmines don’t do the same?
Looks like crinolines were back in fashion!
Pardon my ignorance, but what was Jack Benny's relationship to Jayne Meadows? That kiss made it seem like they were close, but she was of course married. :-) What a fun guest nonetheless.
They were married from 1955 to his death in 2000
@@multoc That's Steve Allen's relationship to Miss Meadows.
@@multoc Jack and Jayne? :D
@@accomplice55 Jack was just being his usual friendly type of guy!
I may be wrong but isn't the last time he was on WML Dorothy gave him a quarter or something like that
@Sydney Cogan.
Yes, he stood in the middle and ask if he was getting paid. (His cheapskate was always part of his act)
Dorothy went into her 👛 and gave him a quarter.
He took it in the comedy vein it was intended and it got laughs.
RE: Jack Benny's socking John Daly on live TV. So far as I can remember, Benny was the only mystery guest to lay a hand on Daly.
The other day, I happened across my personal copy of that memorable 1966 WML episode in which Jack Benny appeared under his birth name and was listed as a "concert violinist." Benny socked him AGAIN, hard. We hear stories that Benny in real life was such a nice guy -- but this does not seem terribly nice.
I'm a huge, lifelong fan of Jack Benny, so feel free to dismiss me on those grounds, but I'm not exaggerating when I say that Benny was a universally beloved man in real life. Like Harpo Marx, he was genuinely well liked by everyone whose path he ever crossed. You can't find an unkind word said about either of them anywhere.
Jack was just being playful here. I haven't seen that 1966 show yet, but again, it's just impossible for me to believe that it plays out as you're describing here. Certainly, I wouldn't take whatever comic business he was engaging in, even if it comes across distastefully, as any indication of what kind of a man he was.
Allow me to explain about Benny...I'm a huge fan..despite my youth. Unlike so many actors and comics, he appeared on WML in complete character. His character in radio and TV was beloved because it was so transparent. He thought himself a romantic type on the radio and television who was merely frugal. His regular cast poked fun at him a lot..that was part of his popularity. He was trying so hard to be what everyone knew he wasn't..like the kiss with Jane Meadows. So, that's why he socked Daly playfully. Daly knew those questions would get those reactions, so he was laughing hard because Jack was acting, doing his radio/TV persona.
Jack Benny slapping John Daly on the shoulder was obviously done all in good fun here. They both got a big laugh about it after he did it. Jack Benny was beloved by all..........his wife........not so much.
Vertical Horizon This is what you have to contribute to the comments? Telling someone else-- a person leaves many interesting and welcome comments, by the way-- that "No one" required an explanation? Who appointed you the spokesperson of all the people who read the comments here, exactly? Go away.
soulierinvestments He didn't sock him he slapped him on the arm.
How did Bennet get him? His voice?
Maybe this is a shot in the dark, but I wonder if Lynda Earnhardt is related to Dale Earnhardt in any way. Age is most likely close, both are from North Carolina. Just makes me wonder.
+penske369 mmm possibly, its not that common of a name. Just like if your name is Penske you could have a beautiful home on Nantucket and own or did own Hertz Rental Cars? :)
+penske369 Seems as if it's far-back cousins, if anything; Dale Jr's grandfather was the only male out of five children, and Dale Sr. was born in 1951 (and didn't have Lynda as a sister). Also, of course, Dale's family is from Kannapolis, which is 60 miles or so from Kernersville. (Which isn't indicative of anything, in and of itself. Just a factor.)
This episode aired the day before the June 22, 1959 edition of Life Magazine came out - which had an article in it about Lynda.
Who was Heifitz? Jack signed in as. I don't really know Benny too well.
He was funny tho.
Jascha Heifetz was one of the greatest violinists of the 20th century, and the joke was that Jack Benny was supposedly a terrible violinist. (But in fact, he was fairly good at the fiddle.)
@519djw6 If Jacha Heifitz was rated 1000, Jack Benny would be rated 900-950.
$1000.00 in 1959 when accounted for inflation would be worth $8,187.29 today.
+Doug Mangum interesting; I wish I had that formula that calculated that. If you're referring to the Confederate 1000 bill I wish he would've revealed which state it was from; all of my Confederate money lists the state like Mississippi, Louisiana etc... each Conf state printed its own - some were quite artistic. I believe Miss.'s is the most prolific and GRRRR I can't remember the rarest one..... Maryland? No.... they only WANTED to be Confederate but never actually were.......Virginia.... maybe... OHHHH I'm sorry I brought this up now I'm going to think about that until I look it up lol
Just in case someone reads the 2 year old comment above. This info can be found on multiple sites. I will refrence coinsite here. They only printed 607 $1000 bills. No date on the article. Says the value range is $3,500 - $35,000. The latter price for a uncirculated note. It says there are no Gem CU exist which would bring “multiples of that price”. It says “Confederate States of America” on it.
So there is no state to reveal as it is a Confederate States note. Individual States as well as Banks also issued money. Money printed by Banks and States may or may not be accepted elsewhere than where it was printed to use.
Bad production moment, they should have the breadbox designer as the 2and guest and the timid airplane guest as the last.
This is another example of Arlene speaking out of turn and blurting out her suspicions when it is not her turn. During the first contestant's segment, she blurted out "Confederate money", and even though Steve Allen did not take her cue, she spoiled the game. She is frequently guilty of this.
i wonder if the first guest was the grandfather of the magician..............
orgonko the wildly untamed:. No relation
Can anyone guess where Jane Meadows was born?😅