What's My Line? - The Kingston Trio; Tony Randall [panel]; Phyllis Newman [panel] (Aug 11, 1963)

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  • Опубликовано: 18 июл 2014
  • MYSTERY GUEST: The Kingston Trio
    PANEL: Arlene Francis, Tony Randall, Phyllis Newman, Bennett Cerf
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  • @dawnfalvey6766
    @dawnfalvey6766 4 года назад +113

    I just wanted to share a quick story- I only recently started watching WML ( I’m 50 yrs old) and am just finding out who some of these people are- especially members of the panel. I am now a big Arlene fan. Well the other day I’m watching an episode, and my 20 year old daughter (who’s in college) started watching with me and she says “ Oh, that’s Arlene Francis” . I asked her how she knew and she told me in one of her classes they have a few chapters on women who were pioneers of radio, tv, other media , and there’s almost a whole chapter dedicated to her . I thought that was wonderful. Arlene now has 2 new fans.

    • @davidsanderson5918
      @davidsanderson5918 3 года назад +5

      Dawn Falvey I may be wrong but I think her status of 'pioneer' only applies to US radio, TV and other US media thereof. I would guess she was ineffectual to media outside of America and certainly she's unheard of here in the UK. But hey!! Nevertheless I have learned a lot about her during my chronological trawl through WML here and I like her an awful lot!! Wish I'd seen her perform.

    • @leesher1845
      @leesher1845 3 года назад +5

      Thanks for sharing such a great, inspiring story.

    • @GeneRogers-xl9um
      @GeneRogers-xl9um 2 года назад +3

      @@davidsanderson5918 But, they had a British version of WML! Several of the Celebrities if I may call them that came across the “Pond “ to be on the panel and as a contestant who sat next to John Daly.

    • @tufur08
      @tufur08 Год назад +1

      @@GeneRogers-xl9um David is known as a council housing resident to us Americans. UK council housing people will understand as their mothers are not like woman. They tend to follow the American poor in staying married or gaining an adverse to an education for the idea of being independent and fully not inspiriting.

    • @mehboobkm2018
      @mehboobkm2018 9 месяцев назад +1

      ​@@GeneRogers-xl9um😅😅😅

  • @scottmiller6495
    @scottmiller6495 Год назад +16

    Superb people from a time that we will never ever see again Period!!!!!

    • @waldolydecker8118
      @waldolydecker8118 11 месяцев назад +1

      The people before them were even more superb...and the ones before them more superb than those, and so on...that's how it goes

    • @scottmiller6495
      @scottmiller6495 11 месяцев назад +1

      @@waldolydecker8118 Then why are many people today rotten to the core? Because history is repeating itself and it will soon be The End of the World!!!!!

  • @kenyongray2615
    @kenyongray2615 3 года назад +20

    Arlene looked great. Phyllis Newman was gorgeous. The first guest Lesley was a lovely young lady. The Kingston Trio was one of my father's favorite groups. Thanks for the video.

    • @joycoombs349
      @joycoombs349 Год назад +3

      The Kingston Trio led by Bob Shane is my all time favorite. This show must have been around 1959
      when I was a Junior at
      CORNELL & first heard them there. I enjoyed them all over the US & at sea!

  • @ofrabjousday1
    @ofrabjousday1 3 года назад +14

    I was just a toddler when The Monkees' "Daydream Believer," written by John Stewart, was released. Being such a tender age, and not knowing the subtleties of shaving, I thought Davy was singing, "My shaving razor's cold, and it stinks."

  • @leannsherman6723
    @leannsherman6723 Год назад +10

    Arlene was smart to figure out the mosquitoes. Funny segment. 😂

  • @brunozauhar1879
    @brunozauhar1879 2 года назад +12

    Tony Randall is always a gentleman.

    • @julieb7785
      @julieb7785 2 года назад

      Felix Unger was the best character on t.v....

  • @ableland64
    @ableland64 6 лет назад +20

    I once set up the sound system for the Kingston Trio

  • @miketheyunggod2534
    @miketheyunggod2534 5 лет назад +23

    what i like about this show is bringing in women with non traditional women jobs. i know it’s to make it harder for the panel to guess, but it’s nice to see these women pioneers who paved the way and inspired other women.

    • @rosemma34
      @rosemma34 5 лет назад +1

      here, here

    • @shirleyrombough8173
      @shirleyrombough8173 4 года назад +5

      MiketheYung God - The show also brought in members of minority groups as both regular and mystery guests. Bravo for them.

    • @poetcomic1
      @poetcomic1 2 года назад +6

      @@shirleyrombough8173 Sammy Davis Jr. was a panelist and his great friend Phyllis Diller, without even giving it a thought, as she went out kissed him right on the cheek. People were outraged throughout the South but they refused to cut the two second moment for viewing.

  • @dh3279
    @dh3279 Год назад +15

    Their version of Pete Seeger’s incredible song ‘Where Have All The Flowers Gone?” is one of the greatest songs ever recorded.

  • @carolynwoodman1734
    @carolynwoodman1734 2 года назад +9

    Oh, they are so classy and interesting, polite, and love it.

    • @julieb7785
      @julieb7785 2 года назад +2

      I know...wish we could revive those styles and social habits.

  • @contraryMV
    @contraryMV 6 лет назад +37

    I love Arlene. She is on my dinner party A list.

    • @Retroscoop
      @Retroscoop 4 года назад +2

      You'll get a tommy ache from that somewhat snobbish way of talking... Have you ever seen the spoof of WML, the actress who played Arlene hit that nail very hard: ruclips.net/video/KF1UsdzvJP8/видео.html Enjoy :)

  • @ingsve
    @ingsve 2 года назад +18

    Very interesting time capsule. Mr Harding who work with eradicating mosquitos mention books that condemn certain practices. He there was referring to "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson which was released not even a year before this show aired. The book and the activism that followed is what eventually banned the use of DDT for pest control and this is likely the method that Mr Hardings group was mostly using.

    • @randydavidson7189
      @randydavidson7189 7 месяцев назад

      Great observation. There's a further irony that John Daly was talking about giving speeches on water pollution, and DDT was found to contaminate water and get taken up by marine animals.

  • @scotnick59
    @scotnick59 2 года назад +6

    Loved the Kingston Trio - for like, um = over 50 years!

  • @karenbarlow-goodsell8483
    @karenbarlow-goodsell8483 3 года назад +12

    I have a small booklet that is 3 generations old of the life of Tom Dooley and it is signed by the Kingston Trio. I live about 10 miles from Tom's grave and 15 miles from Laura's grave. It's a very intriguing story.

    • @bbailey7818
      @bbailey7818 Год назад +1

      I knew the song as a kid but never knew he was a real person! Cool.

  • @bigred997
    @bigred997 8 лет назад +44

    man, did they have a megahit with "tom dooley". off the charts. a once-in-a-lifetimer.

    • @schmo047
      @schmo047 7 лет назад +8

      "Tom Dooley" was so popular it spent months as #1 on the Billboard charts. One disc jockey got so fed up with playing it, he staged a public funeral and smashed the record. It didn't work - the song stayed even longer on the charts.

    • @dovbarleib3256
      @dovbarleib3256 3 года назад +10

      They had other great hits. They were much more than a one hit wonder.

    • @waldolydecker8118
      @waldolydecker8118 3 года назад +7

      One song they premiered that got 'stolen' away from them was Ervin Drake's "It Was a Very Good Year." They had premiered it in 1961. Frank Sinatra heard the Kingston Trio's record on his car radio while driving in Los Angeles/Palm Springs and when he later performed and recorded it, it completely overwhelmed the Trio's original association with the tune. Most today who know the song would probably tell you that Sinatra premiered it and not know the Trio had anything to do with it.

    • @sandydog291
      @sandydog291 Год назад +4

      With me, for whatever reason, when I think of them I think of Where Have All the Flowers Gone. In fact, after watching this, I just listened to it.

    • @melvinquinney5580
      @melvinquinney5580 Год назад +1

      @@waldolydecker8118 Great information on "It Was a Very Good Year." I had never heard it by The Kingston Trio, but I will definitely listen to it after posting this. Thanks!

  • @tomreedyjr3631
    @tomreedyjr3631 Год назад +5

    Phyllis . My father loved her laugh , very hearty.

  • @ubilo
    @ubilo 3 года назад +8

    Very entertaining show back in the day. So simple and still so interesting.

    • @GeneRogers-xl9um
      @GeneRogers-xl9um 2 года назад +1

      Stll entertaining to me today! I quit watching television years ago and being an expat watch the older movies, TV shows and music. 再见👋

  • @maynardsmoreland
    @maynardsmoreland 10 лет назад +44

    John Stewart of the Kingston Trio later wrote The Monkees' "Daydream Believer."

    • @savethetpc6406
      @savethetpc6406 10 лет назад +9

      maynardsmoreland
      He certainly did. His original lyrics to the song included the line, "now you know how *funky* I can be," but The Monkees changed the word "funky" to "happy." I am a huge Monkees fan and absolutely love The Monkees' version, but I am aware that this seemingly small lyric change completely changed the meaning of that verse.

    • @rosemma34
      @rosemma34 5 лет назад +8

      @@savethetpc6406 Funky rhymes with Monkee...Kingston Trio fan here

    • @bogieviews
      @bogieviews 2 года назад +1

      I have a vinyl album by John Stewart - California Bloodlines that once in a while I still listen to.

    • @imoldgreggboosh3467
      @imoldgreggboosh3467 Год назад

      @@savethetpc6406 When they changed it, John remarked, "Happy doesn't make any sense."
      When it was no.1 worldwide, John said, "Happy works just fine."

  • @leesher1845
    @leesher1845 3 года назад +6

    Excellent Kennedy impersonation by one of the Kingston Trio.

  • @shirleyrombough8173
    @shirleyrombough8173 4 года назад +15

    Someone made a remark criticizing the Kingston Trio for not wearing formal wear on the program. But those striped shirts were part of their act and it waa fine.

    • @waldolydecker8118
      @waldolydecker8118 3 года назад +1

      That's a persnickety criticism if it was made. They came authentically dress as they often performed. Nothing could be more genuine than that. If they showed up in formal wear, it would come across as phony to those familiar with them.

  • @Terry-tree
    @Terry-tree 5 месяцев назад +1

    The handwriting of the contestants was so much better in the fifties!

  • @dovbarleib3256
    @dovbarleib3256 3 года назад +3

    I was doing a youtube search for Tom Dooley on the MTA, and this episode came up.

  • @libertyann439
    @libertyann439 6 лет назад +24

    As soon as Arlene guessed mosquito she scratched her neck!

    • @shirleyrombough8173
      @shirleyrombough8173 4 года назад +3

      liberty Ann - And I could smell cigarette smoke when Edward R. Murrow was smoking on the program. Ah, the ways of the human brain+

    • @philippapay4352
      @philippapay4352 3 года назад

      @liberty Ann - I noticed that, as well, and think I scratched my arm or shoulder.

    • @poetcomic1
      @poetcomic1 2 года назад

      She and Dorothy were superb players. One of the biggest worries the producers had when creating the show was that the panelists would guess so few occupations it would get boring. After ten years they averaged OVER one in three winning guesses.

    • @tinat9486
      @tinat9486 Год назад

      @@poetcomic1 I think they gave the correct guesses to the regular panelists. The guest panelists rarely get it right. They had to keep up percentages or they would have had to change regular panelists. They liked their Arlene, Dorothy and Bennet. I wonder how competitive Arlene and Dorothy were. Arlene doesn't look at Dorothy when she is introduced.

    • @dinahbrown902
      @dinahbrown902 Год назад

      😂

  • @elainemcdonnell683
    @elainemcdonnell683 4 года назад +11

    ...and Bob Shane just passed away at age 85, in January 2020.

  • @PhilBagels
    @PhilBagels 6 лет назад +25

    As was mentioned, Phyllis Newman won a Tony Award, but what isn't as well-known is that Tony Randall won a Phyllis Award.

    • @davidsanderson5918
      @davidsanderson5918 3 года назад +3

      PhilBagels Nice little-known fact there...and not only that but in Bennett's "Random House Dictionary Of The English Language" the word 'gullible' was left out on its first edition. All these facts and more can be found on the website.

    • @rmelin13231
      @rmelin13231 Год назад +1

      That's hilarious! (Don't tell Bennett).

  • @rosemma34
    @rosemma34 5 лет назад +14

    "If there aren't too many books out to condemn control methods," says the civil servant in response to Rachel Carson's Silent Spring, condemning pest control methods

    • @julieb7785
      @julieb7785 2 года назад +2

      I grew up in MA...beautiful place, but oh the toxins there...

    • @dinahbrown902
      @dinahbrown902 Год назад +2

      The poisoning of the peoples

    • @rosemma34
      @rosemma34 Год назад +2

      @@julieb7785 the toxic cleaning fluids poured down the drains of the guest cottages on fragile cape cod every stinkin' week, arghgh

  • @soulierinvestments
    @soulierinvestments 10 лет назад +11

    Of the first 18 broadcasts and taping sessions, one of the ten that Dorothy missed due to illness.
    Tony Randall introduced Phyllis Newman exactly the same way twice when he got the duty. Of course these episodes appeared months from each other, so not 1 in 1,000,000 in those days would notice.

    • @philippapay4352
      @philippapay4352 Год назад +2

      @soulierinvestments - Tony, having deep learning in the theater & opera arts (while he did a lot of TV & movies), would have established ahead of the intro what he wanted to say about the person and particularly the fine work they had done, awards they had won. However, the producers at times gave presenters suggestions that took into account what the PR people for the panelist wanted emphasized or de-emphasized something that might embarrass the game-player. In the case of Phyllis Newman one was also dealing with a performing artist married to one of the finest creative artists in theater, so that may have played into a carefully crafted introduction. She had a superb sense of humor, which is one reason she was Johnny Carson's go-to gal when his show was in NYC still, as she lived near where they filmed and could jump into TV clothes and fill-in for a missing guest without missing a beat. She was full of funny stories. He more or less replaced her with Suzanne Pleshette after the move to Burbank. She had a history in theater, a fabulous sense of humor, a wealth of funny stories, and was game to fill-in, help out.

  • @paulreah5657
    @paulreah5657 8 лет назад +18

    John Stewart did a good John Kennedy imitation.

    • @robertfiller8634
      @robertfiller8634 3 года назад +1

      Yes! And no one on the panel acknowledged it, which was disappointing.

  • @fliegeroh
    @fliegeroh 3 года назад +6

    August 1963. Oh my God, America and the world was still in the placid 1950's really. But in just just 3 short months, the country would go through great tribulation when JFK was murdered and 3 months after that, the Beatles would change music and popular culture forever. The Kingston Trio was riding high but the Folk music craze was about to end suddenly. Rock and roll would have a revival and the Trio wouldn't get much air play ever again.

    • @kentetalman9008
      @kentetalman9008 11 месяцев назад +1

      There was nothing "placid" about the 1950s.

  • @dominicpiscopo7915
    @dominicpiscopo7915 3 года назад +5

    With all do respect Mr Bennett Cerf had a problem with who was the most intelligent person on this most wonderful program and a few years later he finally realized by showing respect to Mr Charles Daly that his intellect was over shadowed by his superior man of the hour Mr CharlesDaly

    • @donnacook8994
      @donnacook8994 11 месяцев назад +1

      It's my understanding that the two were great friends and held each other in high regard.

  • @neilmidkiff
    @neilmidkiff 5 лет назад +10

    At 7:58 it appears that Bennett is about to make a rare nonverbal joke in response to John's comment about Bennett not being under water. The director cuts to another camera, so we don't see it all, but it looks as if Bennett is going to hold his glass of water over his head to disprove John.

    • @GabrielWilsonCollins
      @GabrielWilsonCollins 3 года назад +1

      So in 1963, Bennett's head was underwater was breathing fine?

  • @stlmopoet
    @stlmopoet 10 лет назад +23

    Sadly, of the Kingston Trio original lineup, only Bob Shane remains. And he had to quit performing in 2004 after a serious heart attack.

    • @stlmopoet
      @stlmopoet 10 лет назад +11

      At this point they had already replaced one of the founders, Dave Guard, with John Stewart.

    • @rosemma34
      @rosemma34 5 лет назад +4

      @@stlmopoet Dave quit

    • @darrenjray
      @darrenjray 4 года назад +6

      And Bob passed away on January 26, 2020.

  • @waldolydecker8118
    @waldolydecker8118 11 месяцев назад +2

    Kingston Trio first recorded "It Was a Very Good Year," then Frank Sinatra heard it on the radio on a drive back to Palm Springs...recorded it, and it totally drowned out the Kingston's version and became a Sinatra signature song.

  • @1201NColombo
    @1201NColombo 8 лет назад +14

    In the live episodes in July, Phyllis Newman was visibly pregnant (if you cared to notice). This is a good clue that the episode was pre-recorded in batches before July 1963. She gave birth to her child in December 1963.

    • @WhatsMyLine
      @WhatsMyLine  8 лет назад +4

      +1201NColombo Neat observation-- I had never caught this.

    • @dcasper8514
      @dcasper8514 3 года назад +1

      She was extremely hot this episode.!!

  • @willisknapick4405
    @willisknapick4405 9 месяцев назад +1

    Folk music was a popular genre in the early 60s, particularly in NYC. The Trio was one of nationally known entertainers.

  • @dancelli714
    @dancelli714 4 года назад +6

    Nick Reynolds would bring his little boy into our shop to get his haircut IN SAUSALITO, 1960's. I would cut John Stewart's hair . On my radio show, I played one selection by him from a live event, from the venue; THE FRONT ROOM.

    • @geraldkatz7986
      @geraldkatz7986 2 года назад

      Folk music would make its own comeback with Simon & Garfunkel and John Denver.

  • @cbranalli
    @cbranalli 3 года назад +7

    at this time the Kingston Trio were nearing the end of their stratospheric popularity which began in 1958 with Tom Dooley.
    Peter Paul and Mary - who had appeared on WML a month earlier - were just taking over the airwaves.

    • @imoldgreggboosh3467
      @imoldgreggboosh3467 Год назад +2

      Not - The "British Invasion" took over the airwaves . . .

    • @Snoball131
      @Snoball131 11 месяцев назад +1

      Peter, Paul and Mary can’t hold a candle to the Kingston trio.

    • @kentetalman9008
      @kentetalman9008 11 месяцев назад +1

      @@Snoball131 Not true. Both groups were great.

  • @johnnyg3681
    @johnnyg3681 3 года назад +7

    THE TRIO PASSED UP A CHANCE FOR MORE NATIONAL RECOGNITION BY NOT SINGING A BAR OR TWO WHEN ARLENE ASKED IF THEY WOULD...!

    • @slaytonp
      @slaytonp 3 года назад +3

      They were probably under some contract forbidding any kind of performance outside of their venue.

  • @gbrumburgh
    @gbrumburgh 3 года назад +9

    Nick Reynolds and Bob Shane were founding members of The Kingston Trio. John Stewart joined the group in 1961 after the other original member, Dave Guard, left the group over artistic differences. Like many American groups. they lost favor with the arrival of the "British Invasion." The group disbanded in 1967, but other variations were formed in later years. Both Reynolds and Stewart died in 2008; Shane died in 2020. Other popular Kingston Trio songs, aside from the #1 hit "Tom Dooley," were "Where Have All the Flowers Gone" and "Greenback Dollar." Stewart, a prolific songwriter, wrote The Monkees' hit "Daydream Believer."

    • @rosemma34
      @rosemma34 Год назад +1

      I didn't like John Stewart for a long time until I discovered "Desert Pete"

    • @bluecamus5162
      @bluecamus5162 Год назад +2

      John Stewart's big hit as a solo artist was 'Gold' from 1979 and he hated it so much that he quit doing it live. He only wrote it to satisfy the record company.

    • @imoldgreggboosh3467
      @imoldgreggboosh3467 Год назад +2

      @@rosemma34 Have you heard "Reverend Mr. Black" ? Same kind of talking narrative but builds up emotionally.
      "The Reverend Mr. Black was my old man."

    • @rosemma34
      @rosemma34 Год назад +1

      @@imoldgreggboosh3467 yes I like that song very much

    • @rosemma34
      @rosemma34 Год назад +1

      @@bluecamus5162 I hated it at the time and glad to know he hated it too hahahaha

  • @Johnnycdrums
    @Johnnycdrums 6 лет назад +8

    Miss Somerville was a boss.

  • @leesher1845
    @leesher1845 3 года назад +6

    Arlene was so smart!

    • @dinahbrown902
      @dinahbrown902 Год назад

      In some ways but sure wasn’t about the destruction of all mosquitoes.

    • @JanetM-ro6xc
      @JanetM-ro6xc 11 месяцев назад +1

      Above all she was ambitious. She reinvented herself in the first few months of the show:hair, makeup, clothing styling. Some affectations which worked for her.She was on multiple shows and in plays simultaneously. She received over $500 -$750 per show..
      The mystery guests received $500. That was a LOT of money in the 1950's when a week's pay would be around $100. Arleen went on the be a Board member (paid) of Bonwit-Teller which also supplied her with clothes....very smart!

  • @philippapay4352
    @philippapay4352 3 года назад +4

    John does it again: skin diving is not the same as deep sea diving nor is their gear, costume.

  • @drchilledair
    @drchilledair 8 лет назад +6

    Plus ca change. Interesting that Daly offhandedly remarks that he gives lectures on the dangers of water pollution. He would have a field day dealing with current events in Flint, Michigan.

    • @stephensaunders1845
      @stephensaunders1845 7 лет назад +2

      John had many interests outside of show business and journalism. Among them, he sat on the Water Pollution Control Advisory Board from 1960 to 1962. He even contributed to this academic paper: www.jstor.org/stable/25036441?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents

  • @grandexandi
    @grandexandi 10 лет назад +6

    Bennett and the field of transportation, lol

    • @dcasper8514
      @dcasper8514 3 года назад

      Or another of his....is this, or was this, ever alive ?

  • @VahanNisanian
    @VahanNisanian 10 лет назад +7

    Videotaped on March 24, 1963.
    Dorothy was still in what was then her most-recent month-long relapse. The next-aired episode was also from that same relapse phase; that was taped on April 14.

    • @davidhenschel1990
      @davidhenschel1990 5 лет назад +2

      As of March 24, 1963, a New York City newspaper strike had been going on for three months, so reporters could not investigate or explain Dorothy's absence from a few television broadcasts.

    • @dinahbrown902
      @dinahbrown902 Год назад

      She was very sick. Very sad

    • @davidhenschel1990
      @davidhenschel1990 3 месяца назад

      @@dinahbrown902Do you know exactly why Dorothy Kilgallen was hospitalized in March 1963 when this episode was videotaped? Newspapers did not report that she was hospitalized. All the New York City daily newspapers suspended publication because of a printers’ strike. The word “difficult” is more accurate than “sad” for describing what was going on in New York in March 1963.

  • @poetcomic1
    @poetcomic1 9 лет назад +8

    When I was a teenager I loved black soul music, my square brother liked The Kingston Trio.

  • @channelwoodgrange
    @channelwoodgrange 4 года назад +5

    Funny as I listen to both the Chad Mitchell Trio and the Limeliters.

    • @whlrradio
      @whlrradio 4 года назад

      Chad Mitchell Trio is my favorite!

    • @dcasper8514
      @dcasper8514 3 года назад +1

      I go further back to the best of all....the four freshmen..

  • @jimsteele9261
    @jimsteele9261 7 лет назад +14

    I wonder if Mr Harding's comment at the end referred to "Silent Spring" published a year or so earlier.

    • @rogerwhite95
      @rogerwhite95 6 лет назад +4

      Jim Steele, almost certainly. She was viciously attacked as a fool and liar, or worse, in a smear campaign by the chemical manufacturers. Now we know that she was all too right.

    • @edwardvogel9094
      @edwardvogel9094 4 года назад +1

      Yes. The jerk. Nice man, but terribly misguided. We hate mosquitoes, but remember, they feed the birds by the ton.

  • @prchristman
    @prchristman 10 лет назад +5

    I don't believe for five seconds that John Daly got the "Tony" joke at the end.

    • @savethetpc6406
      @savethetpc6406 10 лет назад +2

      *****
      He certainly didn't get it at first, and you may be right that he just pretended to appreciate it at the end, because he wasn't familiar with the meaning of the word as Bennett used it. It certainly wasn't like him to be so appreciative of any of Bennett's puns, but then again, this one was a compliment.

    • @prchristman
      @prchristman 10 лет назад +2

      SaveThe TPC
      I watched it again and still didn't think John really got the word "tony." But 15 years ago, I didn't get the word myself when someone used it to describe a town in Connecticut. ... And no, it wasn't Bridgeport!

  • @dotsywotsy18
    @dotsywotsy18 3 месяца назад

    I'm confused as to why Dorothy Kilgallen is not mentioned in these episodes with Phyllis Newman.

  • @Pudentame
    @Pudentame 2 года назад +1

    Was the second guest any relation to the former President of the same name?

  • @soulierinvestments
    @soulierinvestments 10 лет назад +7

    Lou Gottlieb was a bassist and comic spokesman for The Limeliters. Owls in comparison to the Kingston Trio.
    Chad Mitchell Trio did folk music.
    Interesting that Warren Harding came in a tux when he did not have to and the Kingston guys did not wear ties when they should have.

    • @savethetpc6406
      @savethetpc6406 10 лет назад +6

      soulierinvestments
      Those striped shirts were kind of a trademark uniform for The Kingston Trio, I think, much like the original "Beatles suits" were for The Beatles in their early days.

    • @libertyann439
      @libertyann439 6 лет назад +2

      soulierinvestments
      They wore their usual style. Similar to the Beach Boys who also wore striped shirts.

  • @gatewayski1
    @gatewayski1 5 лет назад +4

    It's not hard to tell which one is Tim Robbin's father.

    • @colikil
      @colikil 5 лет назад +2

      Garbage - that's wrong!!

  • @MrJoeybabe25
    @MrJoeybabe25 10 лет назад +2

    Did WML when they would tape a show way in advance ever have an embarrassment like the syndicated version had when Bennett Cerf died and his appearances continued to play? Why tape so far in advance?

    • @epaddon
      @epaddon 10 лет назад +5

      Because in those days, syndication was different as Fates explained in the book about the "bicycling" process. If a station signed up to air the program as it was in its second year, it would get the tapes for year 1, meaning those markets that had been with the show from the beginning would be "current" but other stations might be airing shows more than a year old. This process was continuing all the way to the late 70s.
      I remember that when Hollywood Squares had a nighttime version in 1968 and pretaped shows in advance they had to censor a question that had to do with who was going to run LBJ's re-election campaign because by the time the episode aired, LBJ had withdrawn from the race.

  • @josephforest7605
    @josephforest7605 2 года назад +2

    7 months later , the world changed so fast , Kennedy was gone and The Beatles had arrived .

  • @MrJoeybabe25
    @MrJoeybabe25 10 лет назад +9

    I love John Daly. He is the best there is. But I don't know how the regular panelists took his sometimes exhausting expositions on this or that question for seventeen years. Were they not polite people, I'm sure somewhere along the line, someone would have thrown up his hands and said "oh just shut up John". Thank goodness Soupy Sales wasn't on the network show.

    • @VahanNisanian
      @VahanNisanian 10 лет назад +5

      Joe Postove Actually, he was, on four occasions:
      May 9, 1965; Mystery Guest
      May 30, 1965; Panelist
      May 29, 1966; Mystery Guest
      April 9, 1967 (Recorded on March 5, 1967); Mystery Guest (episode doesn't exist anymore; the only pre-taped episode to no longer exist.)

    • @WhatsMyLine
      @WhatsMyLine  10 лет назад +7

      Well, that's just what Groucho said during one of John's long winded explanations: "You realize that no one is listening to you?"

    • @MrJoeybabe25
      @MrJoeybabe25 10 лет назад +5

      Only Groucho!

    • @orgonkothewildlyuntamed6301
      @orgonkothewildlyuntamed6301 9 лет назад +2

      Joe Postove they seemed fine with it; it's you who seems the only one perturbed. but if you're doing to hit one side dont ignore the other when just about every panelist(especially Dorothy & Arlene) would ask 5+ questions when you knew they already knew who the person was--some would call that hogging the time but John never batted an eye

    • @shirleyrombough8173
      @shirleyrombough8173 4 года назад +1

      Joe Postove - No, I I think they accepted and were amused by his verbosity - it was parr of his act.

  • @Johnnycdrums
    @Johnnycdrums 6 лет назад +4

    Daley helps the panel, not fair.

    • @rosemma34
      @rosemma34 5 лет назад +1

      I noticed that

    • @GH-oi2jf
      @GH-oi2jf 4 года назад

      Johnnyc drums - It’s entertainment.

  • @wookinooki9023
    @wookinooki9023 Год назад

    bob shane was sooooooo cuuuuuuuuuute.

  • @robertfiller8634
    @robertfiller8634 3 года назад +1

    I was waiting for Bennett to ask Warren G. Harding if he was president....of his company

  • @preppysocks209
    @preppysocks209 4 года назад +5

    This is the funniest collection of wrong MG identities. The Mills Brothers? The Marx Brothers? The Gottlieb Trio? None of the Kingston Trio ever visited Kingston.

    • @GabrielWilsonCollins
      @GabrielWilsonCollins 3 года назад +3

      They did perform in Plymouth, MA once. Assuming they were picked up in Boston, the highway to Plymouth would pass through Kingston, MA. So, maybe they stopped in Kingston.

    • @imoldgreggboosh3467
      @imoldgreggboosh3467 Год назад

      "My heart is down
      My head is turning around
      I had to leave a little girl in Kingston Town."
      Don't think it's Kingston, MA.

    • @waldolydecker8118
      @waldolydecker8118 11 месяцев назад

      They mentioned the music of Harry Belafonte inspired the name. It was Belafonte's 1956 LP, 'Calypso' that was the very first record album in America to sell over 1 million copies. He was a major influence in music, especially in the decade preceding the arrival of The Beatles.

  • @galileocan
    @galileocan 9 лет назад +4

    I haven't watched the episodes to come, but I'm curious to know as to whether any reference is made to President Kennedy's assassination in the weeks or months following Nov. 22??

    • @WhatsMyLine
      @WhatsMyLine  9 лет назад +2

      Never mentioned even in passing, no.

    • @galileocan
      @galileocan 9 лет назад +1

      Well that's disappointing to hear...

    • @WhatsMyLine
      @WhatsMyLine  9 лет назад +9

      Galileocan g I think it was quite deliberate. WML was always an escapist show. The only somber events I can recall ever being referenced in its entire run were completely unavoidable: the deaths of Fred Allen and Dorothy Kilgallen.

    • @WhatsMyLine
      @WhatsMyLine  9 лет назад +1

      Jay Spector Your point being? For the love of Mike. What else could you possibly think was the reason why JFK's assassination wasn't mentioned on WML except the reason I said? List all the other references to current events on the show that you want. It doesn't change the point I made, which was pretty straightforward. They didn't mention it because it was a light entertainment program. It's that simple.

    • @WhatsMyLine
      @WhatsMyLine  9 лет назад +3

      Jay Spector Yeah, obviously I responded here before I realized that it was you again, Dave. Don't worry. I won't respond again. And this account, as well as "Nyann Smith" have been banned. Pathetic, useless waste of time.

  • @leannsherman6723
    @leannsherman6723 Год назад

    I’ve never heard of the Gottlieb Trio. 😂

  • @Johnnycdrums
    @Johnnycdrums 6 лет назад +3

    Phyllis Newman was a doll.

  • @sueoorbeck4887
    @sueoorbeck4887 3 года назад +1

    Still have some of their records.

  • @markthomas6703
    @markthomas6703 2 года назад +3

    While John Charles Daly is making speeches about water pollution, he's hosting the DDT guy.

    • @dinahbrown902
      @dinahbrown902 Год назад

      Poisoning us and our food and water supply. Arlene says can’t you kill them all and he says he hopes so. How shallow was that little conversation?

  • @davidarcudi230
    @davidarcudi230 5 лет назад +1

    Really Arlene?

  • @leesher1845
    @leesher1845 3 года назад

    Gottlieb Trio; that’s funny!

  • @MrJoeybabe25
    @MrJoeybabe25 10 лет назад +2

    Arlene used the word crustation, finally! But it has nothing to do with the line at hand. Gee, Whiz!

    • @savethetpc6406
      @savethetpc6406 10 лет назад +4

      crustacean

    • @loissimmons6558
      @loissimmons6558 5 лет назад +3

      It's no reason to get crabby because of it!

    • @dcasper8514
      @dcasper8514 3 года назад +2

      Oh. Lois...That's much better than Bennett..

  • @orgonkothewildlyuntamed6301
    @orgonkothewildlyuntamed6301 9 лет назад +4

    phyllis newman had major blonde moments with the mystery guest

  • @njhollywood
    @njhollywood 11 месяцев назад +1

    Arlene always tried to get the musical guests to perform. PS John Stewart wrote Daydream Believer.

    • @waldolydecker8118
      @waldolydecker8118 11 месяцев назад

      Arlene's only annoying trait....she should have known better than constantly asking guests to perform on their off day and when not prepared/expected. Its one of the main things that annoys performers - being imposed upon - yet she constantly did it

    • @njhollywood
      @njhollywood 11 месяцев назад

      @@waldolydecker8118 Louis Armstrong did do Hello Dolly acapella. It was great!

    • @waldolydecker8118
      @waldolydecker8118 11 месяцев назад

      @@njhollywood - yes he did...Bobby Darin also sang a few bars of "Mack the Knife" but the overwhelming number of guests rightfully refused Arlene's requests for performances...and she made dozens of them over the years.

  • @scotnick59
    @scotnick59 2 года назад +1

    Phyllis Newman is such a MIss Nerd

  • @vanceox
    @vanceox Год назад

    I can imagine that Bob Shane SOOOO wanted to hit on Phyllis Newman

  • @rentslave
    @rentslave 5 лет назад +3

    At the time,no one would have believed that this type of music would rapidly fade away within 5 months.

    • @rosemma34
      @rosemma34 5 лет назад

      you don't exist

    • @conniecrawford5231
      @conniecrawford5231 4 года назад +3

      Tom Dockery Many of us are still listening to the Kingston Trio 60 years later! You are a fool! Good music never “ fades away”!

    • @shirleyrombough8173
      @shirleyrombough8173 4 года назад +1

      Tom Dockery - I think that this music lasted longer than five months. And gave the world many years of enjoyment.

  • @keithhyttinen8275
    @keithhyttinen8275 3 года назад +1

    "The Brass Buckle". Wasn't that an Academy Award nominee that year? LOL.

    • @spongevee1
      @spongevee1 2 года назад

      Surely not! But I think it's Bottle.

  • @Retroscoop
    @Retroscoop 4 года назад +1

    Only one of the trio should answer, it's giving away too much... It's not as if there were 40 trio's likely to be invited to the WML show....

  • @pamshewan9181
    @pamshewan9181 7 месяцев назад

    Love the Trio kinda miss Dave Guard

  • @ferdinandthecrow
    @ferdinandthecrow 10 месяцев назад

    Note the pest control's guy attack on Rachel Carson (not by name)...

  • @dovbarleib3256
    @dovbarleib3256 2 года назад

    Mosquitos live ON the water not IN the water. That should have been established early on.

  • @keithhyttinen8275
    @keithhyttinen8275 3 года назад

    The lady diver looks disappointed she didn't win the prize.

    • @johnmoreland6089
      @johnmoreland6089 2 года назад

      She DID win the prize. Daley turned over all the cards and gave her the full $50.

  • @kristabrewer9363
    @kristabrewer9363 3 года назад +4

    John STILL flips over the cards for absolutely no reason (I used to be sad when he did that, now I'm just INFURIATED)! but from watching THIS episode, I realized that he finds loop holes so he CAN turn them all over
    I've noticed before (MANY times) that the panel will guess what the person does, but John says "Yes but..." (even though they guessed it, he finds loopholes so he can turn the cards ALL over (I never noticed that before)

    • @teddytodorova
      @teddytodorova 3 года назад +2

      He flips them for different reasons. If panel guesses the occupation very fast and the contestant spent too little time on air, he flips the cards. When the segment was interesting and everybody had fun and good laugh, he flips them as well. He just flips them when he decides. At the end EVERYBODY gets 50 dollars, no matter how many cards are flipped. The cards serves for following the YES-es and NOs

    • @johnmoreland6089
      @johnmoreland6089 2 года назад +1

      Why does it infuriate you that he turns over all the cards and gives the full $50 to the contestants? That’s actually very generous of him.

    • @kristabrewer9363
      @kristabrewer9363 2 года назад

      @@johnmoreland6089 Can you HONESTLY tell me that the very first time you watched this, it didn't get to you that he flipped over those cards through the ENTIRE series of the show (most of the time for no reason whatsoever)?
      If I ever decide to watch the show again, it might be different cause I know what he's like now. But I KNOW I'm the only the one who was annoyed by this the very first time someone watched the show
      (and by the way, I'm STILL not through it yet. I still have 2 more years to go)

    • @tinat9486
      @tinat9486 Год назад

      @@kristabrewer9363 I'm glad he flips them because just as you say he "flips" them for no logical reason, so does the panel, automatically guesses the occupation of some "out of nowhere"
      I mean, the audience would tune out if the panel were consistently losing to the guests. They have to appear "brilliant" after all to keep their jobs. Goodson/Todman loved Arlene, Dorothy and Bennet for so long. So I think a controlled-balance on both sides is what they worked hard to do. Ratings-wise.

    • @kentetalman9008
      @kentetalman9008 11 месяцев назад

      @@kristabrewer9363 Why are you so upset about something that happened so long ago? It's only a game. Get a life.

  • @loissimmons6558
    @loissimmons6558 5 лет назад +6

    I'm so glad those prison striped shirts are no longer in style.

    • @Retroscoop
      @Retroscoop 4 года назад +1

      nope today it's sleeveless Nike shirts to make sure everyone sees one's tattoos. Real progress, that is indeed....

    • @dcasper8514
      @dcasper8514 3 года назад +1

      Lois, ..They worked well for the Yankees.. But then,I understand, you're
      A Dodger fan..

    • @loissimmons6558
      @loissimmons6558 3 года назад +1

      @@dcasper8514 A big difference between prison stripes and pinstripes. But you're right. I don't like baseball uniforms with pinstripes because of the Yankees. I do like a subtle pinstripe on a business suit, man's or woman's.

  • @bluecamus5162
    @bluecamus5162 Год назад

    The hip folk revival and the hipper West Coast Jazz trend would shortly get squashed by the approaching British invasion. Those that were doing pure folk would either adapt, like Dylan and Baez, or they would fade into music history, as the Kingston Trio did.

  • @ChrisHansonCanada
    @ChrisHansonCanada 3 месяца назад +1

    *_PROFESSIONAL SKINDIVER_*
    *_HEAD OF MOSQUITO CONTROL PROJECT_*

  • @peterdaniel66
    @peterdaniel66 2 года назад +1

    The early 60's were times of class and style.. the late 60's were horrible.. Just look at Phyllis Newman here and later on..

    • @dinahbrown902
      @dinahbrown902 Год назад

      Late 60s and early 70s we’re a great time to be a teenager. Rock On👍

  • @cynthiarosas8214
    @cynthiarosas8214 Год назад

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    • @kentetalman9008
      @kentetalman9008 11 месяцев назад

      Do you barge into every discussion with your sick diatribe? Get a life.

  • @shadowg6563
    @shadowg6563 8 лет назад +6

    is Phyllis really that ditzy????

  • @armyvet4081
    @armyvet4081 Год назад +1

    francis has to be the center of attention- and can not shut her mouth

  • @stevestites9762
    @stevestites9762 3 года назад +1

    I guess it’s because he’s a publisher that Bennett is incapable of keeping his mouth shut when it’s not his turn. Way to cheat the guest out of money Bennett.

    • @markthomas6703
      @markthomas6703 2 года назад +1

      The contestants get the $50 no matter what plus they get $500 (I believe) as well as air fare and hotel expenses.

  • @michellefricke7942
    @michellefricke7942 2 года назад

    Is Phyllis trying to cheat by peaking under her mask?

    • @ChrisHansonCanada
      @ChrisHansonCanada 3 месяца назад +1

      She always did because she frequently guessed correctly.