Parading in front of the panel was so absurd and Dorothy asking to see their hands in their rings was absurd and insulting. So glad they got rid of that.
I agree...I think the blind folds are ridiculous also...use a curtin and John Daley should know how to pronounce the names if they are married and everyone knows the rules.
"Francis was known for wearing a heart-shaped diamond pendant, a gift from Gabel, which she wore on nearly all of her What's My Line appearances. A mugger robbed her of the pendant as she was leaving a New York City taxi in 1988." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arlene_Francis
Barry, are you referring to the fact that the episode number in the actual video on-screen title is different from the RUclips title (for example, here, onscreen says 113 while up here says E48? The difference is that the on-screen title refers to the episode number based on the full series while the RUclips title refers to the episode number based on the season. Hope this helps! Thank you so much for watching :)
Thank you so much for posting these, Marcus. I do find the season/episode numbers a bit confusing, which is why I've been adding comments with the air date, mystery guest and panel members. Bear in mind, WML was aired 52 weeks a year, it really didn't adhere to seasons like traditional TV shows did. I think it would be clearer to just use air dates. Just a thought. I really appreciate these uploads.
@@MrJoeybabe25 No competition here, and Marcus was among the folks who expressed willingness to share WML episodes with me that I didn't have at the time he started his channel. As I recall, there's another video on his channel where I left a comment asking if he'd object to my adding info in the comments about the panelists and guest stars, and he said to feel free, so I did. :) He stopped posting WML fairly soon, I assume (with no arrogance, it's just reality) because he saw that the series was already being posted in a more comprehensive manner on my channel. But there was never any ill will whatsoever, none. It's a freak thing I'm even aware of your having left this comment-- I only ever see notifications on YT of direct replies to my comments (like yours), not to general comments on my video posts. And I think you know by now that I've checked out of even trying to read comments on my YT channels or engaging on Facebook. . . but I saw your comment, so I replied. :) I hope you're well.
@@WhatsMyLine I am well Gary, I hope you are too. You are missed on the FB page, wish you were there more often. Glad to know there is no ill will between you and Marcus! 🙂🙂🙂
From TIME Magazine, July 1948 - "Hollywood, which is no place to be bald in, is an excellent place for people who claim they can cure baldness. Red-haired Patricia M. Stenz runs a hair and scalp clinic across the street from Hollywood's "Radio City" at Sunset and Vine. She has a theory that all baldness is caused by a fungus. A bald head, says Miss Stenz, is something like athlete's foot, at the other end of the body; it runs in families, as athlete's foot does, not through heredity but because sons catch it from their fathers". "
@Mary C Hal Block was a gifted comedy writer, but in his years on WML, he frequently exhibited lack of control when making ad libs about women, sex and other topics that were still taboo back then. The producers of the show received quite a few complaints from their viewers, and ultimately decided to put Hal on the chopping Block.
Check episode from February 8 1953. The first contestant was Leila Dell Miller, a minister from Georgia. Before she began to walk by the panel Hal Block mentions her "tomatoes".
Parading in front of the panel was so absurd and Dorothy asking to see their hands in their rings was absurd and insulting. So glad they got rid of that.
I agree...I think the blind folds are ridiculous also...use a curtin and John Daley should know how to pronounce the names if they are married and everyone knows the rules.
Many people did physical work 70 years ago and the hands would be a tell tale sign😊
Incredible.too.see.this
The.day.i.was.born
Happy.happy.days
Great.great.memories
I can only imagine how lousy these kinds doors looked when the show was telecast on the west coast, where they were not live.
- Bennett: On my left a little lady.
- Arline: Waddaya mean a little lady? This is 1954!
Unfortunately she didn’t react to Cerf’s patronizing introduction.
Did Hal say to Victor "Loved you in Borge and Bess?" YIKES!
Victor Borge was a legend
Love that heart you wore so many times arlene.. it must be very close to your heart..
I believe it was a gift from her husband, Martin Gable.
"Francis was known for wearing a heart-shaped diamond pendant, a gift from Gabel, which she wore on nearly all of her What's My Line appearances. A mugger robbed her of the pendant as she was leaving a New York City taxi in 1988."
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arlene_Francis
@@YY4Me133 The taxi driver snatched the pendent off her neck as she got out of the vehicle!
Anyone know when John flipped all the cards over for the first time?
75 years ago.
71 years ago.
Barry, are you referring to the fact that the episode number in the actual video on-screen title is different from the RUclips title (for example, here, onscreen says 113 while up here says E48? The difference is that the on-screen title refers to the episode number based on the full series while the RUclips title refers to the episode number based on the season. Hope this helps! Thank you so much for watching :)
Thank you so much for posting these, Marcus.
I do find the season/episode numbers a bit confusing, which is why I've been adding comments with the air date, mystery guest and panel members. Bear in mind, WML was aired 52 weeks a year, it really didn't adhere to seasons like traditional TV shows did. I think it would be clearer to just use air dates.
Just a thought. I really appreciate these uploads.
What's My Line? Good call - this is what I will do from this point on. I was getting confused myself! Thank you WML and Barry!
Marcus Charles Thank you, again, for these shows!
7/27/52: Victor Borge, mystery guest. [Arlene Francis, Dorothy Kilgallen, Hal Block, Bennett Cerf]
Gary! Surprised to see you here cavorting with the competition. I am so ashamed.😮
@@MrJoeybabe25 No competition here, and Marcus was among the folks who expressed willingness to share WML episodes with me that I didn't have at the time he started his channel. As I recall, there's another video on his channel where I left a comment asking if he'd object to my adding info in the comments about the panelists and guest stars, and he said to feel free, so I did. :) He stopped posting WML fairly soon, I assume (with no arrogance, it's just reality) because he saw that the series was already being posted in a more comprehensive manner on my channel. But there was never any ill will whatsoever, none.
It's a freak thing I'm even aware of your having left this comment-- I only ever see notifications on YT of direct replies to my comments (like yours), not to general comments on my video posts. And I think you know by now that I've checked out of even trying to read comments on my YT channels or engaging on Facebook. . . but I saw your comment, so I replied. :) I hope you're well.
@@WhatsMyLine I am well Gary, I hope you are too. You are missed on the FB page, wish you were there more often.
Glad to know there is no ill will between you and Marcus! 🙂🙂🙂
Where was the sneak peek?
From TIME Magazine, July 1948 -
"Hollywood, which is no place to be bald in, is an excellent place for people who claim they can cure baldness. Red-haired Patricia M. Stenz runs a hair and scalp clinic across the street from Hollywood's "Radio City" at Sunset and Vine. She has a theory that all baldness is caused by a fungus. A bald head, says Miss Stenz, is something like athlete's foot, at the other end of the body; it runs in families, as athlete's foot does, not through heredity but because sons catch it from their fathers".
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I don’t know what was up with Charles Daly. With the balding head contestant, the product is in fact something that you would always put on.
Hal Block is the funniest panelist What's My Line ever had.
@Mary C Hal Block was a gifted comedy writer, but in his years on WML, he frequently exhibited lack of control when making ad libs about women, sex and other topics that were still taboo back then. The producers of the show received quite a few complaints from their viewers, and ultimately decided to put Hal on the chopping Block.
Both Arline and Dorothy looked better through the years.
@@michaelmantle6043 when contestants were parading in front of the panelists he actually made mention of a womans "tomatoes". Improper.
@@sophiemorrison9820 Uh, that’s really bad, even for Hal Block. Are you sure?
Check episode from February 8 1953. The first contestant was Leila Dell Miller, a minister from Georgia. Before she began to walk by the panel Hal Block mentions her "tomatoes".
I wouldn’t have said that most people use that woman ‘s services for bald men.
They were referring the 'product'- hair.