What's My Line? - Anne Jeffreys & Robert Sterling; Phil Rizutto [panel] (Jul 28, 1957)

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  • @poeiabird
    @poeiabird 5 лет назад +36

    I love these. Thank you so much for the many, many hours you must have put in getting them ready to share with us.

  • @baskervillebee6097
    @baskervillebee6097 6 лет назад +18

    Anne Jeffries and Robert Sterling! I loved them on Topper! They were so beautiful and glamorous to my country girl eyes.

  • @MountainFisher
    @MountainFisher 4 года назад +16

    Anne Jefferys was on a PBS Visiting With Huell Howser show titled The Two Anns in 2010 with her friend and co-actress Ann Rutherford who was in the Andy Hardy series with Mickey Rooney and she was in Gone With the Wind as Scarlett Ohara's younger sister. Ann Jeffreys who actually was an opera singer as well as actress died in 2017 at the age of 94. In the 2010 Huell Howser show she was still quite beautiful especially considering she was in her mid 80s. The Huell Howser The Two Anns show is on RUclips if anyone would like to see it.
    Huell Howser was well known in California as he visited many places and people in CA. He made 100s of shows for PBS.

    • @roberttelarket4934
      @roberttelarket4934 2 года назад +1

      Mountain Fisher: Yes I saw them with Huell on his PBS program the day it came on. I posted a comment on that and also did you see her son? He was absolutely not good looking!
      Huell died several years after from prostrate cancer.

    • @MountainFisher
      @MountainFisher 2 года назад +1

      @@roberttelarket4934 He looked like that chubby Beach Boy.

  • @princeharming8963
    @princeharming8963 5 лет назад +30

    Some of Thee Coolest people who ever lived.... hard to believe they're all gone now.

  • @lemorab1
    @lemorab1 7 лет назад +63

    Back in the 1950's, I thought Anne Jeffreys was one of the most beautiful women I had ever seen. Her husband was also easy on the eyes. "Topper" was one of my favorite TV shows. Anne had the first French roll hairdo, as Marion Kirby, I had ever seen. I love that she wears it that way here.

    • @barrykendrick3146
      @barrykendrick3146 6 лет назад +10

      +lemorab1 I've seen photos of Anne Jeffreys in the 1940s: she had to be one of the most beautiful women in the world!

    • @hairyscotman
      @hairyscotman 5 лет назад +8

      Anne Jeffreys was well-loved in Hollywood and was in the inner circle of all the Hollywood Beauties of the Golden Era....I thought the same.....beautiful, lovely, smart, clever....not something you see, today....

    • @bobtaylor170
      @bobtaylor170 5 лет назад +6

      @@hairyscotman , and classy, classy, classy. When I was in third grade, I used to rush home from school to see "Topper" reruns.

    • @hairyscotman
      @hairyscotman 5 лет назад +6

      @@bobtaylor170 CLASSY is the word! Lovely lady....

    • @siggylloyd3566
      @siggylloyd3566 3 года назад +4

      Here in the 2020s we still agree!

  • @garyzerr9821
    @garyzerr9821 9 лет назад +38

    I remember watching those greatTopper shows as a child. They were lots of fun. Great too see them out of character.

    • @carolv8450
      @carolv8450 6 лет назад +5

      Me too - named my cat topper.

  • @jmccracken1963
    @jmccracken1963 10 лет назад +43

    Don't you just love Bennett's aside to Dorothy: "I just want to ask Dorothy a question. Is Liberace married?" Anne Jeffreys and Robert Sterling are yet another pricelessly funny and entertaining Mystery Guest segment - AND they were married to each other (second marriage for each of them) for over 55 years "till death do us part," namely, his death at the age of 88 in 2006. Anne Jeffreys will turn 90 on January 26 this year - in just 2 days, in fact.....

    • @WhatsMyLine
      @WhatsMyLine  10 лет назад +15

      I know Jeffreys and Sterling mainly from "Topper", which I loved as a kid. Charming couple.

    • @jvcomedy
      @jvcomedy 10 лет назад +13

      Anne will now turn 92 in about two months. Surprisingly she's had an acting role as recently as last year in an HBO series. They made a very glamorous looking couple.

    • @roberttelarket4934
      @roberttelarket4934 2 года назад +4

      @@jvcomedy: Anne was fabulously beautiful but passed away very recently.

    • @littlebigman6957
      @littlebigman6957 Год назад +7

      What a stunning natural beauty, and not a tattoo in sight.

    • @shirleyrombough8173
      @shirleyrombough8173 7 месяцев назад

      That's because What's My Line aired long before this craze for tattoos began.

  • @Baskerville22
    @Baskerville22 5 лет назад +20

    Eva Lamouret was born Veda Victoria Ross (also known as Eva Vicki Ross; stage name "Maggie") on November 8, 1927, in Roscoe, Texas. She later adopted the name Eva from her elder sister's birth name and was known as Eva Vicki. She married ventriloquist Robert Lamouret in Paris in 1950, and had two daughters with him. Lamouret's act included a talking duck puppet dressed in a sailor's outfit, and he also appeared in episodes of the Ed Sullivan Show. After her husband's death in 1959, Eva Vicki Lamouret married Robert Sherman Hender; they divorced in 1973. She died in Maitland, Florida on May 29, 2002.
    She was one of the famous Ross Sisters during the 1940s - SEARCH for Solid Potato Salad on RUclips. No wonder she qualified as a chiropractor.

  • @gailsirois7175
    @gailsirois7175 3 года назад +4

    Topper !!! Loved that show...I watched the reruns for a long time

  • @mmjhcb
    @mmjhcb 5 лет назад +21

    They were my cousins. A highlight of my youth was being able to bandy their names around at school.

    • @RoseCalyx
      @RoseCalyx 9 месяцев назад

      I just found out that Sterling is my 2nd cousin once removed 😮 (had to use a family relation calculator I found online for that lol)

    • @mmjhcb
      @mmjhcb 9 месяцев назад

      @@RoseCalyx Hello, Cuz! 😁

  • @jeffzest8393
    @jeffzest8393 2 года назад +4

    Thought would not get since would not get back to Cerf, but when Rizutto passed, it gave him another chance. He is the best panelist easily.

    • @daler.steffy1047
      @daler.steffy1047 3 месяца назад

      Let's see, this is the first part of the first sentence: "Thought would not get since would not get back to Cerf...". I'm sorry, but I just can't figure out this Morse code message.

  • @asteverino8569
    @asteverino8569 2 года назад +6

    'Topper ' was a fun show, as a kid.

  • @wchumphries
    @wchumphries 8 лет назад +25

    Phil Rizutto was such an incredible hunk.

    • @parkze3855
      @parkze3855 3 года назад +1

      He lived to a ripe old age!

    • @satori03
      @satori03 3 месяца назад

      YES!

  • @44032
    @44032 6 лет назад +12

    The Yankees had played a double header with Detroit that day, losing the first game 5-6 in 9 innings and winning the second 4-3 in 15 innings. Thus 24 innings. the only thing I can think of that Arlene was referring to was that there had been a single game that lasted 26 innings in 1920 between between the Dodgers and Braves. The 24 inning double header would not have broken any records. but it was along day for Phil who must have rushed to the theater to do this show. It was his first of 40 seasons broadcasting Yankee games after having played shortstop for them for 16 seasons.

    • @kevinmadden1645
      @kevinmadden1645 Год назад

      The Yankees always had trouble with the Tigers back then. If they had played half as well against the rest of the American League, they would have been solid contenders every year(besides 1961). They were generally thought to have the second best talent in the league after the Yankees.

  • @Wizardofgosz
    @Wizardofgosz 7 лет назад +15

    I love watching WML and being introduced to some of the celebrity guests. I had never heard of either Anne or Robert.

    • @TheCometHunter
      @TheCometHunter 6 лет назад +4

      They've never heard of you, either!!!

    • @bobtaylor170
      @bobtaylor170 5 лет назад +3

      Watch them in "Topper" on RUclips.

    • @roberttelarket4934
      @roberttelarket4934 2 года назад +3

      Richard Wielsgosz: Look at Anne and see the most beautiful woman ever!

    • @paulamiles9559
      @paulamiles9559 5 месяцев назад +1

      Later in life, Anne Jeffreys played elegant ladies on soap operas, and was a fashion maven, affectionately referred to in soap opera magazines as "AJ"

    • @robertjean5782
      @robertjean5782 Месяц назад +1

      Before your time😊

  • @ToddSF
    @ToddSF 8 лет назад +18

    I always thought that Anne Jeffreys and Robert Sterling were both nice to look at -- even when I was a kid and I saw them in syndicated re-runs of the half-hour sitcom "Topper" where they played ghosts Marian and George Kerby, whom only Cosmo Topper (Leo G. Caroll) could see and hear after he bought the Kerby's house and moved into it. So here I am looking at them 50-odd years later and I still think they're nice to look at. Anne Jeffreys is still alive at the age of 93 -- Robert Sterling died in 2006 at age 88 after having been married to Ms. Jeffreys for 55 years (since 1951). I think they were made for each other.

    • @mckavitt13
      @mckavitt13 7 лет назад +7

      ToddSF 94109 She is gone now too... on Mozart's BDay... 27 Jan 2017 😢 at the ripe age of 96. They were both so wonderful.

    • @wholeNwon
      @wholeNwon 5 лет назад +4

      And don't forget Lee Patrick who reprised Billie Burke's role.

  • @melissashaw1311
    @melissashaw1311 3 года назад +4

    Veda Victoria Ross (also known as Eva Vicki Ross; stage name "Maggie") was born on November 8, 1927, in Roscoe, Texas. She later adopted the name Eva from her elder sister's birth name, and was known as Eva Vicki. She married ventriloquist Robert Lamouret in Paris in 1950, and had two daughters with him. Lamouret's act included a talking duck puppet dressed in a sailor's outfit, and he also appeared in episodes of the Ed Sullivan Show. On the July 28, 1957 broadcast of What's My Line?, she appeared as a guest. She used the name Eva Lamouret and surprised the panel (but didn't stump them) by revealing that she was a chiropractor. After her husband's death in 1959, Eva Vicki Lamouret married Robert Sherman Hender; they divorced in 1973. She died in Maitland, Florida on May 29, 2002.

  • @rosepearl7092
    @rosepearl7092 5 лет назад +33

    Eva Lamouret was an AMAZING contortionist! There's got to still be a clip around somewhere of her as part of the Ross Sisters trio in the number "Potato Salad".
    She's also the only person I've seen correct John Daly's impeccable English (and she was right!).

    • @jackkomisar458
      @jackkomisar458 3 года назад +1

      ruclips.net/video/d1J3NLNWAPU/видео.html

    • @39thala
      @39thala 3 года назад +5

      Yes, she's why I searched for this video

    • @dotsywotsy18
      @dotsywotsy18 2 года назад +1

      @@jackkomisar458 oh my gosh. That was an amazing Clip!!

    • @YY4Me133
      @YY4Me133 Год назад

      The Ross Sisters - Solid Potato Salad (DVD Quality) {3:50}
      ruclips.net/video/jutuEhkSnCU/видео.html

  • @savethetpc6406
    @savethetpc6406 10 лет назад +13

    Classy of Bennett to remind everyone at the end that it was really Dorothy who guessed the Mystery Guest, even though the answer came out on his turn.

    • @moontheloon5
      @moontheloon5 9 лет назад +6

      I noticed that too, and many other moments between Bennett and Dorothy where they seem to be laughing and chatting amicably, which baffles me all the more considering Bennett later comments about her.

    • @Arthur_McGowan
      @Arthur_McGowan 8 лет назад +2

      I've heard, but have not read, comments from Bennett about Dorothy. He said the rest of the panel didn't like her politics (Republican), and he called her column "disgusting," and he said they were all careful not to talk about confidential matters in her presence, but he never said they loathed each other!

    • @lemorab1
      @lemorab1 7 лет назад +4

      This is also my impression from listening to Bennett's interviews about 25 years after this broadcast. However, do we know for a fact that Dorothy was a Republican or conservative, politically? She was Irish Catholic and my memory is that they, as a demographic, were overwhelmingly in favor of John Kennedy for President in 1960. Or maybe she jumped the fence in this particular election. Also, Bennett sounds more curmudgeonly in his old age in those interviews. They may not reflect his feelings in the 1950's and '60's.

    • @barrykendrick3146
      @barrykendrick3146 6 лет назад

      +Vincent Fitzpatrick I think I've been in the same sitch as Bennett where my explanatory comments about a friend came out sounding more negative than intended:all of us have our faults. Bennett makes it clear that he liked Dorothy in his book, & was the panelist who would bring up her name after she died. Daly would never do that after his initial comments re her husband saying she would want the show to go on: a conversation that quite apparently never took place.

    • @Sylvander1911
      @Sylvander1911 5 лет назад +1

      @@lemorab1 His actual comment about them not liking her politics was followed by the explanation that "she was a Hearst girl" Take that any way you like. (She was employed by a Hearst newspaper)

  • @loissimmons6558
    @loissimmons6558 7 лет назад +15

    Topper was in syndication by the time this episode was aired and that was how it was on the air when I saw it. This was one of my favorite acted (i.e. not animated) shows as a child. I loved Anne Jeffreys & Robert Sterling (as the Kerby's), Leo G. Carroll (as Cosmo Topper) and the invariably drunk St. Bernard (Neil). I also loved Carroll in "The Man From U.N.C.L.E.". But for some reason, Topper only lasted two seasons. And I don't understand why Anne & Robert never really found another vehicle that showcased their great talents (as well as their physical attractiveness).

    • @barrykendrick3146
      @barrykendrick3146 6 лет назад +4

      +Lois Simmons Some years ago I found a book on great comediennes & Anne Jeffreys was one of the 7 or 8 covered. The author moaned over her talents not being properly utilized.

    • @bobtaylor170
      @bobtaylor170 5 лет назад +4

      Lois Simmons, I have always thought the same about especially Anne Jeffreys. But consider how Hollywood trampled over the great Buster Keaton! As an actor once said, "It's a rotten damned game."

    • @bobtaylor170
      @bobtaylor170 5 лет назад +3

      Barry Kendrick, that author was absolutely right. Another one who wasn't properly appreciated was the hilarious deadpan singer, Virginia O'Brien.

    • @bobtaylor170
      @bobtaylor170 5 лет назад

      @@barrykendrick3146 , do you happen to remember the name of that book?

  • @graperonto
    @graperonto 7 лет назад +13

    22:29 when Dorothy asks if they have a baby and Bennett says: "That doesn't do anything for me at all." I had to stop playback until I stopped laughing.

    • @wholeNwon
      @wholeNwon 5 лет назад +3

      He couldn't resist a snide remark about Liberace.

  • @MarthaCarnahan
    @MarthaCarnahan 4 года назад +10

    Phil Rizutto was the first mystery guest on the debut show, Feb 2, 1950. I'm glad to see him back as a panel member a few times!

  • @stanochocki8984
    @stanochocki8984 4 года назад +4

    Loved the 'Topper'' TV show---great fun, a Hoot---having Ghosts in one's house that you could be friendly with and interact...Anne, always looked so good and at times, quite Glamorous on the show...Robert just was so Damn handsome a Dude, a typically good-looking 50's guy....had such a 'boyhood' crush on him as a youngster....(I, was OUT from the Get-go)....and the booze loving St. Bernard....they did some fine and classy Cigarette commercials, also....And Phil Rizutto----Damn, a fine good-looking Man's Man.....with classy charm and New York Mannerisms......

  • @mmjhcb
    @mmjhcb 4 года назад +11

    When Anne says at the end that they're doing "Anniversary Waltz" in Dayton, that's where I met them. Bob was my cousin, and I was so thrilled at meeting them with my family after the show (at the Key Motel, where they were staying in Dayton). I fixated on Neil, asking them all about him. Ann said he was over 200 pounds, and as a child, I thought that was about the size of Trigger.

  • @Tuning_Spork
    @Tuning_Spork 7 лет назад +21

    Too bad Dorothy wasn't sipping water at 20:35 . Bennett: "Is Liberace married?" Dorothy: "...ppppppp!"

    • @rtususian
      @rtususian 3 года назад

      Dorothy should have responded, "No, and he never will. I'll explain after the show".

    • @daler.steffy1047
      @daler.steffy1047 3 месяца назад

      If it were 2024 (at present), that question would not need to be asked, in light of the changing views about marrying the same sex. For all of Bennett's Cerf's Northeastern arrogance and culture, he could be rather naive about some of the (more) simple, common sense aspects of life.

  • @EllenbergW
    @EllenbergW 3 года назад +3

    Baley's nod when he meets the first guest and says: "It is _Misses_" immediately reminded me very much of Stan Laurel.

  • @scottpardee6303
    @scottpardee6303 2 месяца назад +1

    As I recall, Phil Rizzuto was the mystery guest of the first show back in 1950.

  • @fob1xxl
    @fob1xxl Год назад +3

    I loved them on "TOPPER" ! THEIR DAUGHTER TISHA, IS GEORGEOUS ! What else would you expect when your parents are these two ?

    • @gbrumburgh
      @gbrumburgh Год назад +1

      Tisha is Robert Sterling's daughter from his first marriage to Ann Sothern. Anne is Tisha's stepmother.

  • @kenr9545
    @kenr9545 2 года назад +2

    Anne Jeffreys was stunning. Incredibly beautiful.

  • @michellepost5232
    @michellepost5232 4 года назад +3

    Topper was a very funny show, it was shown on a local TV channel, M-F, at 11pm, during 1981 and 1982, but hasn't been on TV since, at least not locally, here. I also liked the Topper movies. The Ghost and Mrs. Muir is another great ghost sitcom, the storyline is simply different.

  • @Wizardofgosz
    @Wizardofgosz 7 лет назад +15

    Oh wow. Anne Jeffreys just died two months ago. She was stunning.

  • @jimhilliker2450
    @jimhilliker2450 3 года назад +6

    Thise was wonderful. I wish they had been mystery guests more often.

    • @robertjean5782
      @robertjean5782 Месяц назад +1

      Mystery guest were on every show😊

  • @rr7firefly
    @rr7firefly 7 лет назад +18

    "Is Liberace married?" -- that got a good laugh.

  • @kevinmadden1645
    @kevinmadden1645 Год назад +1

    The next night,(7-29-57), Jack Paar became host of the Tonight Show and remained the host for five years.

  • @suzannepelosi6164
    @suzannepelosi6164 3 года назад +5

    I didn’t realize how handsome Phil was in his younger days!

  • @usermikes
    @usermikes 6 лет назад +4

    Topper...Use to watch it as a kid..

  • @bethe192
    @bethe192 6 лет назад +15

    ooooo, shampoo plus egg!! no wonder, all the shiny hair out there in 50's Land. awwww.

    • @rtususian
      @rtususian 3 года назад +1

      You can take a shower and eat your breakfast at the same time!!

  • @scotnick59
    @scotnick59 7 лет назад +18

    Robert Sterling was a handsome ham!

    • @stanochocki8984
      @stanochocki8984 4 года назад

      Wonder if he wasn't a bit of Jon Hamm ?

    • @scotnick59
      @scotnick59 2 года назад

      @@stanochocki8984 hahaha

  • @lotusbuds2000
    @lotusbuds2000 5 лет назад +7

    Arlene wore these backless dresses....I didn't think fashion was that forward then..

  • @epsteinisms1483
    @epsteinisms1483 8 лет назад +12

    Sometimes I'm a tad slow on the uptake! I just realized that you've been posting tons of vintage stuff on several different channels. Can't thank you enough!
    I had just viewed an episode of Topper and RUclips, who apparently knows me better than I know myself, suggested this video. Back in the '60's I had the pleasure of seeing Anne and Robert in NY in a revival of the musical "Kismet". I remember how much I loved it, particularly because of them - imagine Anne in an Arabian nights costume!!

    • @WhatsMyLine
      @WhatsMyLine  8 лет назад +4

      Glad you've been enjoying the videos! No particular reason anyone should know the same person is doing several channels, don't worry about it. I'm just happy people watch them.
      I LOVED Topper as a kid, absolutely loved it. I don't find it holds up all that well for me as an adult, but I still enjoy watching for nostalgia value-- even though it aired 15 years before I was even born. :)

    • @michaelledererwriter
      @michaelledererwriter 5 лет назад +3

      I also saw that production of Kismet. 1965. I was 8 years old. I was SO excited a real TV star -- Anne Jeffreys from Topper, which I loved -- was in the same physical space as I was. Half a century later, I work in theatre because of that show!

    • @philippapay4352
      @philippapay4352 5 лет назад +2

      @@WhatsMyLine I watched the TV show years ago and liked these actors. However, the 1937 film "Topper" with Cary Grant, Constance Bennett, Roland Young & Billie Burke does hold up over time. It has rather a different flavor, mood, rhythm. It is comedic, quirky, a bit slapstick, busybodyish and contains a light touch of sadness, though they adapt quite quickly to death.

    • @williamlynnroden
      @williamlynnroden 3 года назад

      @@michaelledererwriter .
      Would you happen to have been related to Ann Landers?

    • @thediamonddog95
      @thediamonddog95 3 года назад

      What shows is he posting?

  • @scottpardee6303
    @scottpardee6303 2 месяца назад +1

    They were married from 1951 to 2006, and we can see why from how they bonded on this show.

  • @Beson-SE
    @Beson-SE 9 лет назад +13

    11:52 The audience laughed and I wondered why. I had to listen 3-4 times before I noticed that the contestant said "Yes, sir (!)" to Dorothy. :)

    • @shirleyrombough8173
      @shirleyrombough8173 3 года назад

      I heard him call Dorothy "sir" and even though he got a laugh he never corrected himself.

  • @gilliankew
    @gilliankew 3 года назад +9

    Bennet Serf, always the gentleman, making sure Dorothy got credit for her work.

  • @robertmelson2130
    @robertmelson2130 9 лет назад +9

    This is a video of the Ross Sisters, a song/dance/contortionist act that the first guest, Eva Lamouret, the chiropractor, had been a member of. ruclips.net/video/d1J3NLNWAPU/видео.html
    You can read more about it on Wiki: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ross_Sisters

    • @jennybrown75
      @jennybrown75 9 лет назад +3

      +Robert Melson That was *insane*. Thank you for posting this! No wonder she got in to chiropractic work : )

    • @robertmelson2130
      @robertmelson2130 9 лет назад +2

      +Jenny Brown I thought so, too! I wasn't sure at first which one in the video was Eva, the one on the left or the one on the right, but when I posted it on the WML Facebook group's page (administered by our benefactor, the owner of this channel facebook.com/groups/728471287199862/ ), someone said it was obvious she was the one on the left. I agree, now.

    • @lucindasommer720
      @lucindasommer720 8 лет назад +1

      I can't believe how fabulous those girls were. Thanks so much for posting this link.

    • @robertmelson2130
      @robertmelson2130 8 лет назад +1

      I was quite entranced by them. It makes this show doubly interesting to find "easter eggs" like this!

    • @LarsRyeJeppesen
      @LarsRyeJeppesen 7 лет назад

      OMFG insane flexibility in those spines.. absurd

  • @ToddSF
    @ToddSF 8 лет назад +9

    As I've observed before, many things have changed since WML was on the air, including use of terminology. Back then, "lie detector" was pretty much the standard term for "polygraph", and if the second contestant's profession had been shown as "Operates Polygraph", I think most people in 1957 wouldn't have known what that was. Nowadays, though, I seldom hear anyone use the term "lie detector" and almost everyone says "polygraph", and the latter term is almost universally understood.

    • @barrykendrick3146
      @barrykendrick3146 6 лет назад +4

      When I use the term "photostat," I often must explain:"xerox."

    • @rogerpropes7129
      @rogerpropes7129 5 лет назад +3

      Buggy--horse drawn vehicle. Ice box--refrigerator. Grammar school--elementary education, etc. (Do you remember the hectograph? Carbon copies in triplicate, the last one illegible?)

    • @neilmidkiff
      @neilmidkiff 4 года назад +1

      @@barrykendrick3146 Actually the two processes are much different: a photostat used photochemical means to make a copy of a document, sometimes resulting in a negative image (white writing on a black background). It involved paper with a light-sensitive emulsion coating, wet developers, and so forth. Photocopy machines like those made by Xerox use a dry process: a light-sensitive drum or belt is given an electrostatic charge which dissipates when the light parts of an image are projected onto it. The charged dark parts then attract a powdered toner, a mix of plastic and carbon black, which is then transferred to plain paper and heat-fused to it, just as in a laser printer.

    • @barrykendrick3146
      @barrykendrick3146 4 года назад +2

      +@@neilmidkiff Interesting that even though I knew the processes to be different I never considered "photostat" incorrect. When Xerox machines appeared, those of us who knew the term continued to use it meaning "a copy" or "to copy," exactly as those who used the term "xerox." No doubt it slowly disappeared, not because it was incorrect, but because it was a simpler word!
      And I'm still "dialing" my telephone; are you punchcoding yours?!

    • @barrykendrick3146
      @barrykendrick3146 4 года назад +2

      Oops: Of course I meant to say "photostat" disappeared since "xerox" was a simpler word.

  • @donaldwarren463
    @donaldwarren463 4 месяца назад +1

    I love Robert and Anne ...

  • @demorineau
    @demorineau 7 лет назад +13

    Anne Jeffreys 1923 - 2017 has now joined her husband on Topper 1953 - 1955 and in real life Robert Sterling 1917 - 2006 as ghosts once again.

    • @wholeNwon
      @wholeNwon 5 лет назад +2

      I remember them fondly and was about to look them up to see whether, at least, she was still with us.

  • @loissimmons6558
    @loissimmons6558 7 лет назад +4

    The Detroit Tigers were the Yankees opponent for a doubleheader at Yankee Stadium on July 28, 1957. The Yankees were in the usual position in first place while the Tigers were tied with Cleveland for fourth place with a .500 record.
    The Tigers held off a 7th inning rally by the Yankees to win the opening game, 6-5. The game took 2:47, a long game at that time.
    In the nightcap, the Tigers took a 1-0 lead in the top of the fourth, but the Yankees answered with three runs on a lead off double by Tony Kubek, Bill Skowron hit by one of Billy Hoeft's pitches with two out, followed by a Hank Bauer triple and a single by Elston Howard.
    The fifth inning was lengthened when Harvey Kuenn of the Tigers was thrown out at first base and in the ensuing argument over the call, both Kuenn and Tigers manager Jack Tighe were thrown out of the game by first base umpire Frank Tabacchi. Less than two years later, Tabacchi would be demoted to the minor leagues, presumably for not measuring up to snuff as a major league umpire, and never umpired in the major leagues again. He retired after the 1962 season, perhaps because he was not promoted back to the majors when expansion during the 1961 and 1962 seasons required the promoting of 8 more umpires to the major leagues.
    The Tigers rallied to tie the score in the seventh on a lead off double by Frank Bolling, a walk to Jim Finigan, a sacrifice bunt by Hoeft to move along the runners one base and a double by Bill Tuttle. But Art Ditmar came on in relief of Johnny Kucks to retire Jim Small for the final out of the inning.
    The Yankees loaded the bases in the 8th inning, but Hoeft retired Bauer on an infield pop up to end the threat.
    In the 14th inning, the Tigers loaded the bases with one out (including a single by their starting pitcher, Hoeft, who was still in the game), but relief pitcher Bob Grim got Tuttle to foul out to first baseman Skowron and struck out Small.
    The Tigers loaded the bases again in the 15th inning on a lead off double by Dave Philley, an intentional walk of Ray Boone, a sacrifice bunt by Red Wilson, and an intentional walk of Bolling. But Grim rose to the occasion again by striking out pinch hitter J W Porter (yes, his full name) and getting Hoeft (allowed to bat for himself in the 15th inning) on a ground ball to short. Charlie Maxwell, who had injured his ribs on Friday, apparently was not available for pinch hitting duties and the Tigers had used up most of their bench because of Kuenn being ejected in the fifth inning. They used three different shortstops in his place during the game.
    The Tigers' weakness was their bullpen, so Hoeft, even though he was bothered by a sore arm during the season, went back to the mound in the bottom of the 15th. With one out, Mickey Mantle walked and scored on Skowron's triple to end the game.
    It should be noted that the Rizzuto was by far the junior of the three Yankees announcers in 1957, behind Mel Allen and Red Barber. He would not have announced all 24 innings.
    Still, it was impressive that he made it from Yankee Stadium to midtown Manhattan in less than 90 minutes and had time to dress in evening clothes and look as cool as a cucumber. At some point, the WML staff must have been getting nervous and were looking for someone to take his place, if necessary. Theoretically, the game could have continued until the AL curfew at the time of 1 AM. The Tigers weren't scheduled to play again until Tuesday night in Boston and they would have no problem getting there in time from New York.

    • @Sylvander1911
      @Sylvander1911 5 лет назад +3

      Today it would take (according to Google Maps) 21 minutes to drive from what was then Yankee Stadium to the (then) Mansfield Theater (later named the Brooks Atkinson) so its not that surprising he could get on air dressed up and looking in his prime in 90 minutes. But yes I'm sure the producers were monitoring the game closely.
      We know now that they had a Plan B if an MG didn't show (John) but wonder what their Plan B was if the Guest Panelist didn't.

    • @preppysocks209
      @preppysocks209 5 лет назад +2

      @@Sylvander1911 on a summer Sunday night? coming back into Manhattan? surely you are unfamiliar with NYC traffic

  • @juliansinger
    @juliansinger 8 лет назад +5

    Mr. Arther later went on to be in charge of his own lie detecting firm, and was apparently durn good at it, as he was the person engaged to go over both Jack Ruby's and James Earl Ray's polygraph tests. Died in 2007.
    More info: www.zoominfo.com/p/Richard-Arther/32901586
    1950s era polygraph machine, being used by a Lincoln police inspector; it's a weirdly damaged picture, but it shows the set-up better than most pictures of that era's machines --
    brynmawrcollections.org/traces/archive/files/504e01b2531e3963b2c4dad74c4fbab9.jpg

  • @karencarter8292
    @karencarter8292 Год назад +1

    The great Phil Rizzuto - Holy Cow !

  • @tjbnyc76
    @tjbnyc76 9 лет назад +9

    I always feel a little badly for the husbands in these husband and wife teams when the wife is better known, even though they're both performers, and this disparity in fame and name recognition is put into sharp relief during the questioning. In this case, Bennett guesses the couple at the 11th hour, but can't remember Robert Sterling's full name (and then John can't get the title of their show correct!). On a recent previous episode, Tony Franciosa experienced the same when Arlene admitted that she knew that the Mystery Guests were Shelley Winters and spouse, but couldn't remember what the husband's name was. Similar things happened to Mr. Dinah Shore (George Montgomery) and Mr. Hope Lange (Don Murray) on later episodes.

    • @moontheloon5
      @moontheloon5 9 лет назад +3

      I would've thought Bob Sterling would've been more recognizable of the two. He was a well-known movie actor, as was Bob Montgomery.

    • @moontheloon5
      @moontheloon5 9 лет назад +3

      George! Guess I proved your point.

    • @daler.steffy1047
      @daler.steffy1047 3 месяца назад +1

      I love the way that you composed your opinions and perspectives here. It's always refreshing to read the writing of a good writer.

  • @wcwindom56
    @wcwindom56 5 лет назад +2

    If you look up the Ross Sisters you can find videos of Eva/Veda and her sisters performing

  • @DAVEJJR
    @DAVEJJR 3 года назад +6

    God I wish I was born in this generation! I’m a late 60’s baby and in my heart I’m a 50’s teenager!

  • @gnirolnamlerf593
    @gnirolnamlerf593 5 лет назад +2

    Poor Mr. Daly. First he got the Sterling-Jeffreys show wrong. (It was Richard Denning and Barbara Britton, not married in real life, in _Mr. and Mrs. North_ , which was a mystery show with a sense of humor.) Then, trying to correct himself, he referred to them as Mr. and Mrs. Topper. But Mr. and Mrs. Topper were played (very annoyingly, I always found) by Leo G. Carroll and Lee Patrick. Yes, I know, that's the way the Mr. and Mrs. Topper characters were written, in the _Topper_ films too. Jeffreys and Sterling played the ghosts of Mr. and Mrs. Kerby in the _Topper_ TV series, and I loved their performances, which made the show click. Thank goodness, Miss Jeffreys let that error slide and instead gave a plug to the theater performances she and her husband were doing. Oh, and they could both sing, she in operetta as well as musical comedy including the original run of Kurt Weill's _Street Scene, _ in which she sang "What Good with the Moon Be?"

  • @ncooty
    @ncooty 4 года назад +3

    When the camera panned, you could _really_ see the spherical aberration. Nearly filmed through a fish bowl. :)

    • @robertjean5782
      @robertjean5782 Месяц назад

      When the first 12 inch tvs came out their was water between the front glass and back one. It was to keep the tubes cool 😮

  • @phil2u48
    @phil2u48 7 лет назад +10

    Rizzuto was so good-looking!

    • @Bigbadwhitecracker
      @Bigbadwhitecracker 7 лет назад +2

      Good panelist too!

    • @preppysocks209
      @preppysocks209 5 лет назад +1

      @@Bigbadwhitecracker watch his induction speech into the Hall of Fame -- utterly and unintentionally hilarious

  • @ncooty
    @ncooty 4 года назад +2

    Given the rules, it is odd that they asked most questions inefficiently. That is, if they had suspected a guest might have been a teacher, they tended to ask something like, "Are you involved in teaching?" The answer is likely "no," which yields very little information.
    However, it accomplishes the same thing to ask the reverse and it is _far_ more likely that someone is _not_ involved in teaching--or most anything else--than that they are.
    Asking, "Is it correct to say you are _not_ involved in teaching?" ensures that if you get a "no," you really learned something for it.

  • @llyngibson4160
    @llyngibson4160 3 года назад +4

    J love watching this show. I think the dresses Dorothy & Arlene are so elegant & ahead of their time. They are so beautiful & the men's suits are trendy too. Strange to think these people have passed away & sadly Dorothy was murdered. We are watching history. Some of the guests actually invented things. But it's fascinating how things have changed, sometimes Tey smoke, wear fur, do bull fighting, look after lab monkeys.

  • @OperaJH
    @OperaJH Год назад +1

    I have had chiropractic perpendicular above my neck at the jawbone-cheekbone for severe sinus problems. And boy did it help! So that was incorrect …but maybe at the time, they never did that…

  • @spectrum10
    @spectrum10 3 месяца назад +1

    Phil Rizutto for The Money Store....

  • @kulturekritik9665
    @kulturekritik9665 4 года назад +4

    Mrs. Lamouret was lovely.

    • @daler.steffy1047
      @daler.steffy1047 3 месяца назад +1

      In my opinion, of all the guests on the "What's My Line" program, Mrs. Lamouret was at the "top of the list"when it came to women of incredible beauty and stateliness.

    • @robertjean5782
      @robertjean5782 Месяц назад +1

      Gorgeous 😊

  • @poetcomic1
    @poetcomic1 3 года назад +5

    Worst mistake I've ever seen John make on the air: he attributed the husband and wife mystery show Mr. and Mrs. North to this mystery guests when their show was Topper. OUCH!

    • @rtususian
      @rtususian 3 года назад +5

      I disagree. The worst mistake John made was when Steve Allen was the mystery guest and John told one of the panelists, "Your turn, Mr. Allen". He says that was the only time he ever did that.

    • @poetcomic1
      @poetcomic1 3 года назад +2

      @@rtususian OUCH! That was pretty bad.

    • @markclark289
      @markclark289 11 месяцев назад +2

      The worst I ever saw him do was when he complimented Doris Day on her recent movie, saying how much he enjoyed it. She looked at him strangely and said she had not started filming that movie yet. OUCH!!!

    • @robertjean5782
      @robertjean5782 Месяц назад +1

      Just a few errors while hosting a show for 17 years😊

  • @shannydavis1973
    @shannydavis1973 9 месяцев назад +1

    John Dailey was a great wordsmith

  • @MountainFisher
    @MountainFisher 2 года назад +3

    Eva Lamouret was a heck of a contortionist.

  • @neilmidkiff
    @neilmidkiff 8 лет назад +10

    Arlene's intro about a 1912 baseball game "way back before any of us were born" is a little disingenuous. She herself was born in 1907, and Bennett was born in 1898. Dorothy (1913) and John (1914) didn't miss it by much.

    • @princeharming8963
      @princeharming8963 4 года назад +1

      Kind of a tongue-in-cheek hyperbolic expression.

    • @teddytodorova
      @teddytodorova 4 года назад +1

      I think she said: Before HE even was born

    • @neilmidkiff
      @neilmidkiff 4 года назад +1

      @@teddytodorova Listen again at 1:05. She says "any of us".

    • @accomplice55
      @accomplice55 3 года назад +1

      I assumed she was joking.

    • @jessicaphillips4542
      @jessicaphillips4542 3 года назад

      John was the youngest really

  • @shirleyrombough8173
    @shirleyrombough8173 3 года назад +3

    Robert Sterling is really cute, though I never heard of either. Both cute.

  • @CoxJoxSox
    @CoxJoxSox 5 лет назад +3

    These were the years that Arlene had brow lines

  • @timothydouglas7949
    @timothydouglas7949 4 года назад +2

    I was born the next day, monday the 29th.

  • @louisromao7183
    @louisromao7183 3 года назад +2

    Holy cow!

  • @feraudyh
    @feraudyh Год назад +1

    Anne Jeffreys is gorgeous.

  • @thediamonddog95
    @thediamonddog95 3 года назад +2

    Many beautiful women in one episode.

  • @Arthur_McGowan
    @Arthur_McGowan 5 лет назад +3

    Just learned Sterling was married to Ann Sothern. Had a daughter.

  • @erichanson426
    @erichanson426 4 года назад +3

    I didn't even know lie detectors existed back then

  • @jvcomedy
    @jvcomedy 10 лет назад +17

    The chiropractor is smokin' hot........just an observation.

    • @wiguy3
      @wiguy3 10 лет назад +4

      as was Phil Rizutto...........

    • @joncheskin
      @joncheskin 6 лет назад +1

      Yup

    • @ladya1953
      @ladya1953 6 лет назад +4

      She reminds me a bit of Brooke Shields.

    • @grecomic
      @grecomic 5 лет назад +2

      As mentioned in the program, she and her sisters were entertainers back in the 40's as the Ross Sisters. Be sure to search for their "Solid Potato Salad" number in the movie Broadway Rhythm!

    • @lLoveCarolCleavland
      @lLoveCarolCleavland 2 года назад

      I agree, she came across as very sexual.

  • @rtususian
    @rtususian 3 года назад +4

    After TOPPER went off the air, I always thought Anne and Robert could have easily portrayed a married couple on a sitcom, but maybe it was their choice to pursue other projects. Does anyone know if they ever considered going back on TV in their own show? I remember seeing Robert in an episode of NAKED CITY a few years later.

  • @drumbum3.142
    @drumbum3.142 11 месяцев назад +1

    *Whisper Whisper, whisper..*

  • @roberttelarket4934
    @roberttelarket4934 2 года назад +1

    Yes Liberace was married. Here on the program he did the woman’s voice and his wife did the man’s!

  • @tjbnyc76
    @tjbnyc76 9 лет назад +6

    20:00 mark, Bennett to Dorothy: "Is Liberace married?"

    • @orgami100
      @orgami100 8 лет назад +1

      Todd Brandt ...did they known Liberace was Gay.. now he could've been married. .

    • @TheNomadicview
      @TheNomadicview 5 лет назад +2

      It was the adamant way she said it that made it so funny. Like, "Obviously not!"

    • @rtususian
      @rtususian 3 года назад

      @@TheNomadicview I am pretty sure Dorothy and Bennett were homophobic, but Arlene I think was very liberal. At least she seems to be the way she converses.

    • @dorothykilgallenwasmurdere1653
      @dorothykilgallenwasmurdere1653 2 года назад +2

      @@rtususian crap. Dorothy had a secret kid with a known bisexual

    • @randysills4418
      @randysills4418 Год назад +1

      You mean a child with Johnnie Ray?

  • @TheCometHunter
    @TheCometHunter 6 лет назад +12

    Poor John. Not only was he having problems saying "chiropractic", He neglected to refer to her as Doctor Lamouret

    • @stevekru6518
      @stevekru6518 4 года назад +4

      Knowing the difference in education between “doctors,” including physicians, and chiropractors, calling a chiropractor Mr or Ms is more appropriate

    • @39thala
      @39thala 3 года назад +3

      ​@@stevekru6518 Not necessarily. Technically, the reason anyone is called Dr. is because they have earned their Doctorate Degree and not strictly based on what profession they are in even though it's common for people to wrongly restrict using the title for Doctors in the medical profession only. In other words, a Medical Doctor is supposed to be addressed as Dr. because he has a Doctorate Degree in his field, and not simply because he is 'in' that field.

    • @shirleyrombough8173
      @shirleyrombough8173 3 года назад +1

      Yeah, I wondered about that. John, dang it, she was as much a doctor as any man.

    • @sdacj
      @sdacj 3 года назад +2

      Her being a woman wasn’t the issue- it’s that she was a chiropractor.

    • @sdacj
      @sdacj 3 года назад +1

      Her being a woman wasn’t the issue- it’s that she was a chiropractor.

  • @englishcountryside4581
    @englishcountryside4581 10 месяцев назад +1

    Female chiropractors are not so uncommon these days 😂 Beautiful dress by the way

  • @donnawoodford6641
    @donnawoodford6641 3 года назад +2

    Dorothy should not be whispering the answer to Bennett.

  • @Beson-SE
    @Beson-SE 9 лет назад +7

    Bennett to the chiroractor: You don't work above the neck. It should rule out the dentist.. unless someone stood on their own false teeth. :) 7:35

    • @WhatsMyLine
      @WhatsMyLine  9 лет назад +6

      See, *these* are the times I find Bennett genuinely funny, when he's making off the cuff comments like this. Not. His. Puns.
      Never.

    • @Beson-SE
      @Beson-SE 9 лет назад +2

      What's My Line? I enjoy his bad puns as much as his ad libs. But it is more of an art to be able to make something funny in the present time. One of my favorite is when a designer of midget submarines was the contestant. After the game Carol Channing asked for whom it was designed and Bennett immediatley said "for midgets". :) Very funny!

    • @Beson-SE
      @Beson-SE 9 лет назад +1

      +oldfart4751 I have read that some people with dwarfism prefer to be called "little people" instead of dwarfs.

    • @barrykendrick3146
      @barrykendrick3146 6 лет назад +2

      +oldfart4751 The PC thing may be all too confusing. The few Indians I've met much prefer to to be called such than "Native Americans." Technically midgets are in perfect proportion & dwarfs are not, yet many wish to be called "dwarfs." I'm unwilling to speak more than a few syllables of PC confabulations.

    • @rogerpropes7129
      @rogerpropes7129 5 лет назад +1

      How do you know that they suffer?

  • @leannsherman6723
    @leannsherman6723 2 года назад +2

    Why did the chiropractor keep looking at John Charles Daly when asked simple questions like: do you do anything to save people - or are you a general practitioner? Those we’re simple yes or no answers.

    • @daler.steffy1047
      @daler.steffy1047 3 месяца назад +1

      When you watch Mrs. Lamouret stand with Mr. Daley at the chalkboard, she was gyrating her upper body around in a quietly seductive way; and when sitting beside Mr. Daley, she was still making that same "seductive movement," but now with just her upper body. She was pretty, and she knew it; and she felt comfortable enough in herself to promote her beauty. Coming from a man's perspective, I liked watching her!

    • @robertjean5782
      @robertjean5782 Месяц назад +1

      ​@@daler.steffy1047Absolutely agree 😊

  • @garydeblasio8810
    @garydeblasio8810 3 года назад +4

    I get the impression that Rizzuto is way out of his league.

  • @perpieta
    @perpieta 7 лет назад +3

    Phil was working at the Yankee game(s) until nine twenty-seven/9:27 pm that night? What time did they tape WML?

    • @Bigbadwhitecracker
      @Bigbadwhitecracker 7 лет назад +5

      I'm sure this was live at 10.30. I don't think they had started taping episodes just yet.

    • @perpieta
      @perpieta 7 лет назад +2

      Thanks, Mic!
      And yeah, I should have written what time did they "shoot" or film WML (not tape).

    • @neilmidkiff
      @neilmidkiff 4 года назад +6

      @@perpieta Just to clarify matters: in this era the show was broadcast live to most of the country at 10:30 pm Eastern Time on Sunday evenings. A few locales (e.g. Alaska and Hawaii territories, and perhaps some remote mountainous areas) weren't reached by nationwide hookups, so the show was kinescoped: a film camera was aimed at a high-quality studio monitor which displayed the same video signal that was being broadcast. Copies of the film would be sent out to local stations in the remote areas for delayed broadcast, and a copy was kept by the producers for an archive; this is the source from which we can now see these episodes. In the early 1950s, live TV from NYC reached only part of the eastern half of the country, and many areas saw the show on kinescope. By the end of the run in 1967, with the final season broadcast in color, they were still archiving the show on black-and-white kinescope film, probably out of habit as well as for economy and accessibility.

    • @perpieta
      @perpieta 4 года назад +2

      @@neilmidkiff Thank you, appreciate the info!

    • @robertjean5782
      @robertjean5782 Месяц назад +1

      ​@Bigbadwhitecracker Agree 😊

  • @contrarian8870
    @contrarian8870 2 года назад +2

    "Is Liberace married?"
    Oh, no, you didn't...

  • @robertjean5782
    @robertjean5782 Месяц назад

    The mikes cant be turned off, and the acoustics in the theater were bad snd carried their voices😊

  • @roberttelarket4934
    @roberttelarket4934 2 года назад +1

    Phil Rizzuto a baseball player must be intelligent to be on the panel!

  • @keithnaylor1981
    @keithnaylor1981 Год назад

    I wonder how many people go see the chiropractor even though they know they had nothing wrong with them!

  • @joshl4971
    @joshl4971 3 месяца назад +1

    Was is pseudoscience day or something?

  • @danielfronc4304
    @danielfronc4304 6 лет назад +3

    In 1912 the Philadelphia baseball team was the Athletics.

    • @preppysocks209
      @preppysocks209 5 лет назад +2

      In 1912 Philadelphia had two major league baseball teams, the Athletics and the Phillies and nearly 100 years before interleague play, the only Philadelphia team that played the Braves (one of two Boston teams in that era) was the Phillies.

  • @shadowgirl8038
    @shadowgirl8038 Месяц назад

    Bennet Cerf: "Is Liberachi married"? Lol 😅😂

  • @ncooty
    @ncooty 4 года назад +4

    A doctor of "chiropractic" and an operator of a lie detector. Hmm. Good combo.

  • @FermatWiles
    @FermatWiles 3 года назад +3

    That chiropractor was HOT!

  • @ChrisHansonCanada
    @ChrisHansonCanada Год назад +1

    Snooty John Daly had his English corrected by the Chiropractor. ha ha! He also messed up by giving the wrong name of the series starring Robert Sterling and Anne Jeffreys. It's always nice to see a snob getting corrected.😂

    • @robertjean5782
      @robertjean5782 Месяц назад +1

      Send email with your complaints 😊

  • @mrb8993
    @mrb8993 2 года назад +1

    Is LIBERACE married? 20:35 LOL!!!!!!

  • @roberttelarket4934
    @roberttelarket4934 2 года назад

    Anne Jeffreys from the South is the most beautiful woman I’ve seen!!! She just passed away very recently.
    Robert her husband is very handsome! They made a very beautiful couple!
    I saw Anne on Huell Hauser’s PBS program a decade ago before he took her and Anne Rutherford to a restaurant in downtown L. A. Ca. at her house in West L.A. and her son appeared. He absolutely is not good looking unlike his parents unless he was adopted or there was an extra-marital affair!

  • @fairlyvague82
    @fairlyvague82 3 года назад +1

    Why does the chiropractor keep looking at Mr Daly at every question? She doesn’t know she’s not a GP??

  • @ChrisHansonCanada
    @ChrisHansonCanada 10 месяцев назад +2

    CHIROPRACTOR
    OPERATES LIE DETECTOR

    • @peternagy-im4be
      @peternagy-im4be 10 месяцев назад

      Please remove this moronic troll from the comments section. Unfortunately today's awful society is full of losers intent on ruining other people's pleasure in using social media. Thank you.

    • @scottpardee6303
      @scottpardee6303 2 месяца назад +1

      Please keep your comments respectful. Some of us oldsters need to check what the line is after it has been announced.

  • @smilingkevin
    @smilingkevin 5 лет назад +5

    Chiropractors? Polygraphs? Must be Pseudoscience Sunday on What's My Line?