My father and I met Charlton Heston when he was in Dayton, Ohio campaigning for a president. A very nice man, he was. We had a photo taken with him which I have framed in my house. When referring to him, my father always called him Moses.
I like it when all the contestants, when they are finished get to walk over & shake hands with the panel. I think it shows respect to the contestants! ❤️
Well, your question is better than the answers you got below. The Ten Commandments had been out, and it won Best Picture in 1956, and Heston's voice was showcased in that. I would guess that the Manhattan elite panel likely would not go to it. But, Heston had also been active on and off-Broadway so their snootiness kept them from that too.
I recognise that iconic signature immediately, because Heston signed my programme right after narrating Peter and the Wolf at the Hollywood Bowl. After finding out that I was taking piano lessons at 7 years old, he wrote in my programme that he hoped to be in the audience when I played the Hollywood Bowl someday. He was awesome - he wouldn't let the stage manager chase the kids away, but took the time to talk to all of us and sign our programmes. I'm not an autograph hound but I'm glad I got that one way back in 1969.
I'm not surprised. He was a class act all the way. A great artist, a wonderful humain being. He even went to Vietnam during the war to boost the GI's moral. Going so far as to personally call up the GI's families to reasure them. Now that is a man with a BIG HEART. God bless him?
You are absolutely right! He is kind and gentle to everyone, never condescends, never treats anyone as less no matter what occupation they have. He protects their ego and relates directly to them with equal respect. He strives to put guests at ease especially when they are nervous. He even quietly guides some to the right spot with a touch. I admire him greatly and fervently wish we had hosts like him currently. I know your statement is two years old but I hope you see this.
@@bobmarlowe3390 maybe they knew but they wish to keep him longer either that or he wasn’t as well known this is after the Ten Commandments had just came out
Thanks for posting the Charlton Heston episode! This TV show was so simple, but was still entertaining without a lot of frenetic activity or drama. The panelists, the visitors, John Daly, the studio audience, and the home audience all always had a good time, and did so without any fancy bells or whistles. One of the few pleasant memories from my early childhood was being in the room while my mother did chores while watching shows like What's My Line and the original Password. My older sister and I even had the password game. I got into reading a lot fairly early, so I was better at Password than my sister, but we both had fun with it. She probably remembers What's My Line better than I do, because she is a few years older than me. Yesterday the Mohammed Ali episode showed up in my RUclips feed, so I had fun watching that one too. I love how the show mixed celebrities and non celebrities. It definitely made the show work very well.😃
The way the ladies held their purses always fascinated me. I was born in 1955. As a child my mother gave me a little purse. I remember imitating the way the women held their purses. It strikes me as being very funny now.
And so was he, it takes two to have a good marriage but it takes a very strong, committed wife to trust her husband playing opposite the most gorgeous actresses all around the globe.
@@roninsdog261 Emcee literally means "a master of ceremonies," and it is the _correct_ term for MC (although MC is completely acceptable). #GoogleIsYourFriend
@@CharlieTheTexan Well, isn't that the strangest thing. Clearly the M and the C make sense but why would they add 3 E's? I wonder where that spelling originated and why? Gotta be an American thing for sure.
@@roninsdog261 English language, came about in the 1930s, just a verbal pronunciation of the word. So, it's not incorrect, and the history is older than you... dopey.
One of the things i enjoy about viewing these as a look back (these were current programs when I was a child), is seeing the usually difficult ones for the panel to guess are ones that were rare forcwomen to work at that time in history.
Miss the glamor, kindness, respect, class and, of course the wardrobe on WML- Didn't get to see it first time around- So happy and grateful for you posting these marvelous shows! Thank you!
The Ten Commandments film was mentioned and then at around 20:36 Douglas Fairbanks Jr. asks the mystery guest if he was "in a very successful long-run play in New York that was made into a picture recently", to which a puzzled Charlton replies "No." The play/movie Doug Jr. was referring to was The King and I, starring Yul Brynner--who'd appeared in The Ten Commandments.
I understand that this is a joke, but in Judaism, God rather than Moses receives the credit for this achievement. Traditionally, in the Passover seder, Moses' name is never mentioned
@Beumadine Sweevy Yes, according to Haggadah, read at the Passover seder, God, rather than Moses, receives the credit for freeing the Israelites from bondage. Moses' name appears nowhere in the story. And Charlton Heston played Moses, not God.
So many puzzled that the panel did not guess Heston sooner. Well, hindsight is 20-20. In 2019, we've experienced a lot more of Heston than they had in the 1950s.
I'm so excited that this is the very first time i see Douglas Fairbanks actually moving and talking because no matter how big i am as a movie fan, i never see any of Fairbanks' movies here in Indonesia since i was a kid. I can only find informations about him by reading his biography.
As Daly and the panelist’s come I realised these people mixed in the company of celebrities and famous people which most of us can only ever dream about! What a fascinating life they must have led!
Imagine a time when television performers had so much respect for themselves and their viewers, they routinely wore tuxedoes and elegant evening gowns, even for half-hour game shows. Note the carefully framed and grammatically correct questions and comments; Miss Francis carrying her matching purse; Miss Kilgallen in her delicate gloves; Mr. Daly artfully expostulating on the content or syntax of a panelist's remark. I personally cannot get enough of WML.
Actually, Bennet Cerf said in an audio-interview that he gave in the late '60's or early '70's that the panelists would come to the studio wearing regular street clothes, change into their "evening wear" for the show, then put their regular attire back on after the show was over.
……he exercised daily, a strict routine, as well, he was a excellent tennis player, who often had Aussie Davis Cup tennis legends’ to play against. As he said, ‘my body is my tool-of-trade, so it must be fit, & healthy’………
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr was a decorated Naval officer during WWll and was married to Joan Crawford when he was only 20 years old. You can learn so much by watching WML.
My refuge, my time capsule for a more civilized era (I never missed that Sunday night broadcast at 10:30 when I was a youngster! Then it was straight to bed, school the next day!)
Me too! It was my favorite as a child and is my favorite again as an older adult! I’m enjoying watching them in chronological order. Thank you for posting them!
Heston's voice is unmistakable but there are a couple of times I can see where a very deep, simple yes or no could possibly sound like Yul Brynner. It seemed that his deepest notes were hard for the panel to hear or distinguish.
3/16/21 Wow! 😃 The lovely lady that's a Ferry 🚢 Boat Pilot was from my hometown Vallejo, CA where I live! 🤗 (Northern California). I was born in 1966 and love these old shows! 👍🏾🙂
When the 10 Commandments movie was in our town my mother really wanted to see it ( I did too) but a terrible storm came up, the wind/rain and my father said we weren't going...my mother said she'd go without him. We all went. While in the theater you could hear the rain & all but after they introduced Mr. Heston all the rain stopped ! During this time the man who'd done the introduction made mention of the rain stopping and Mr. Heston stated that he had parted the Rea Sea. 🤗🤗🤗 was heard big time ! It was a thrill to see him in person and the movie was great too. My mother bought Mr. Heston's verstion of reading the Bible. I hope to see if they still make copies one day. May he rest in peace.
@@esmeephillips5888……yes, in 1952………the Director, Cecil B. DeMille, chose Mr Heston as the circus manager, after seeing his performance in 1950 Hal Wallis’ film, ‘Dark City’.
@@davidmaneti9788The show is living history, combining everyday lifestyles with occasional guests of historic or iconic importance. Be well and stay healthy.
Heston was so full of himself that he wouldn't lower himself to disguise his voice. After all he played Ben-Hur, Moses and Michelangelo and it all went to his head!
John Daly's opening comment about being called a "big bore" Bennett's punning on "boar" was furthered by Daly's "Boer". Daly was born in South Africa and the reference was to the Boers, the Dutch settlers who warred with the British in South Africa. Winston Churchill fought in that war.
Well, they did have a point. South Africa was Dutch-owned until Britain captured it during the Napoleonic Wars. They Boers did not mix with English “roorneck” colonists much, and I can’t imagine Dalt’s family being accepted or much welcomed by Boers, so describing him as a Boer was rather a stretch. Both BC and JD could sometimes be boorish, but rarely boring.
+atsf1920 Yeah, the puns were flowing there! I don't think most would get that joke today, maybe the 'swine and bore' but not the aside he made of being from S. Africa missing the 'Boer' association. I'm sure today, most would just say he mentioned South Africa, 'he's a racist!'
This was the second time they had a contestant who breeds worms. The first time (which was a couple of years earlier, I guess), they started such a big fuss over what type of animal a worm is that the discussion continued into the next episode or two as they received letters on the topic from viewers! I am surprised that neither John Daly nor any of the panelists made mention of this prior experience during this episode. I'm quite sure none of them could have forgotten it!
How delightful. I happen to live in Vallejo and watch the ferries ply the Napa River from time to time, though these days they're more likely destination would be the City (San Francisco).
Second straight episode of small town America. Last week it was a pig hatchery owner from Washta, Iowa. This week a worm farmer from Priddy, Texas. Priddy is even smaller than Washta.
Actually, "The Ten Commandments" is 3 hrs. and 39 mins. long, plus a ten-minute intermission. Almost 4 hours! It was the second longest movie, after "GWTH" ever released by Hollywood at that time. Bennett Cerf's reaction was in response to the influx of 3+ hour releases in 1956, including "Giant," "War and Peace," and "Around the World in 80 Days." The panelists' reaction to "TTC" is understandable, since it hadn't premiered in NYC until 2 weeks later - November 8th, 1956. It would become the biggest BO hit released in 1956, and one of the most successful movies of all-time (8th place worldwide adjusted for inflation as of 2022.)
Yes, Charlton Heston have a deep rich baritone voice. Very theatrical. He narrated the holiday classic animation movie titled, Noel. Also he voiced other animated biblical programs on the Trinity Broadcasting Network. Charlton Heston have been in motion pictures since the late 1940s. He won an Academy Award for the 1968 science fiction movie titled The Planet of the Apes. He wasn't at the awards ceremony. In his place they had a chimpanzee came on the stage and accepted the award for him. Charlton Heston; "From My Cold Dead Hand !" 1924- 2004 RIP.
.…Mr Heston’s first H*wood film was ‘Dark City’, in 1950. He didn’t win an ‘Oscar’ for ‘P o t A’ film, but did win Best Actor for his titular role in film, ‘Ben-Hur’. He died in April 2008, just 3 weeks’ after celebrating his 64th Wedding Anniversary to his beautiful wife, Lydia. May they R I P………
I guess I'm a bit young to remember Douglas Fairbanks Jr, he was really handsome, what a smile! I did watch this show often with my parents, however. I distinctly remember Dorothy Kilgallen and Bennett Cerf the most. I thought Mr. Cerf looked so kind - at least to a little girl.
……he was the loveliest man to meet in person. Along with his beautiful wife, Lydia, I’d the great honour, & privilege of meeting them many, many times’ between 1966 & 1996. We’d lots if great conversations’, much laughter, & they were very down-to-earth people. They’re both gone now. May they R I P…………
![What's My Line? - Beatrice Lillie; Jack O' Brien; John Cameron Swayze [panel] (Nov 4, 1956)](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/-qwpYctAADs/mqdefault.jpg)
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![What's My Line? - Sammy Davis, Jr.; Errol Flynn [panel] (May 26, 1957)](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/uOC4IzEmhpU/mqdefault.jpg)
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Heston's characterization of Moses will always remain one of the greatest performances in the history of the cinema.
True. He was even better in Ben Hur. He was an epic movie legend. Great actor.
Ben Hur was also amazing Al.
In my humble opinion, Ben Hur is the better of the 2 films.
Ben Hur much better
Heston's second greatest performance was in this: ruclips.net/video/6eWsFFQP0gA/видео.html
My father and I met Charlton Heston when he was in Dayton, Ohio campaigning for a president. A very nice man, he was. We had a photo taken with him which I have framed in my house. When referring to him, my father always called him Moses.
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He played a great Moses too ;)
Charlton Heston was one of the few great actors who had real, commanding 'presence'.
Charleston Heston- so very handsome! But his voice is undeniable, can’t mistake him for anyone else!
he didnt even try to disguise his voice they knew who it was from the moment he spoke so fake that show was
Charlton's voice was unmistakable to me!!!
Not woody peck pecker
It's Moses
His voice is so rich and mellifluous and deep.
Ohh Charlton what a man, what a voice!!! one of a kind, i love that man!!!
Ben Hur magnificent movie great actor gorgeous voice and a very attractive man R.I.P.
Heston was one of the most impressive men around.
John Daly is not mailing it in--he is incredibly present and enjoying every minute of WML.
I like it when all the contestants, when they are finished get to walk over & shake hands with the panel. I think it shows respect to the contestants! ❤️
To me Mr. Heston's rich bass-baritone speaking voice was unmistakable. How did this game go on so long?
He wasn't the huge star yet at this point that he soon became, for one thing.
+What's My Line? Your totally right. I looked up the chronology of his filmography and it all makes sense now :) A voice I would know anywhere.
+Song Thief I think it was so obvious from the start who it was, they were just stretching it out for tv.
Well, your question is better than the answers you got below. The Ten Commandments had been out, and it won Best Picture in 1956, and Heston's voice was showcased in that. I would guess that the Manhattan elite panel likely would not go to it. But, Heston had also been active on and off-Broadway so their snootiness kept them from that too.
He had just made Ten Commandments - it probably had just hit the theaters; Ben-Hur wouldn't be made for several years yet.
I recognise that iconic signature immediately, because Heston signed my programme right after narrating Peter and the Wolf at the Hollywood Bowl. After finding out that I was taking piano lessons at 7 years old, he wrote in my programme that he hoped to be in the audience when I played the Hollywood Bowl someday. He was awesome - he wouldn't let the stage manager chase the kids away, but took the time to talk to all of us and sign our programmes. I'm not an autograph hound but I'm glad I got that one way back in 1969.
That’s a lovely story, nice to hear he was kind to the children, and so encouraging to you. That’s was so sweet of him. 😊
I'm not surprised. He was a class act all the way. A great artist, a wonderful humain being. He even went to Vietnam during the war to boost the GI's moral. Going so far as to personally call up the GI's families to reasure them. Now that is a man with a BIG HEART. God bless him?
Yes God bless him big time!
Great! Thank you for sharing your wonderful experience. I had a feeling he was “the real deal.”
The Hollywood Bowl
I love Charlton's voice. It's so commanding. Great great actor too.
"10" commanding?
Gun loving MORON!
Charlton Heston did the voice of G-d at the burning bush
If Heston were not such an NRA gun lover I could respect his acting roles more. And he didn’t even try to disguise his voice.
Again : Did you notice that Mr. Daly protects everyone from being embarrassed by a question or action & he does it with class & humor.
Pam Hamilton ALWAYS!
You are absolutely right! He is kind and gentle to everyone, never condescends, never treats anyone as less no matter what occupation they have. He protects their ego and relates directly to them with equal respect. He strives to put guests at ease especially when they are nervous. He even quietly guides some to the right spot with a touch. I admire him greatly and fervently wish we had hosts like him currently. I know your statement is two years old but I hope you see this.
@@sleb99 couldn't be said any better
YES--- John Daly was quite the gifted host--- Imagine John on his own Talk HOst show>>>>
You are certainly Correct !
Charlton Heston played such bigger-than-life epic characters that it's somehow pleasantly surprising to see the real him so personable and chill
comically i don't think he tried to change his voice
@@paulrichards6894, I'm wondering why they didn't recognize his voice from the start. He sounds exactly like Moses and Judah Ben Hur.
@@bobmarlowe3390 maybe they knew but they wish to keep him longer either that or he wasn’t as well known this is after the Ten Commandments had just came out
@@bobmarlowe3390 This is 1956, so Ben-Hur was in the future. I'm surprised though that Heston made no effort to disguise his voice.
Thanks for posting the Charlton Heston episode! This TV show was so simple, but was still entertaining without a lot of frenetic activity or drama. The panelists, the visitors, John Daly, the studio audience, and the home audience all always had a good time, and did so without any fancy bells or whistles.
One of the few pleasant memories from my early childhood was being in the room while my mother did chores while watching shows like What's My Line and the original Password. My older sister and I even had the password game. I got into reading a lot fairly early, so I was better at Password than my sister, but we both had fun with it. She probably remembers What's My Line better than I do, because she is a few years older than me. Yesterday the Mohammed Ali episode showed up in my RUclips feed, so I had fun watching that one too. I love how the show mixed celebrities and non celebrities. It definitely made the show work very well.😃
The way the ladies held their purses always fascinated me. I was born in 1955. As a child my mother gave me a little purse. I remember imitating the way the women held their purses. It strikes me as being very funny now.
We did the same when we were little during the 70s. :)
John Daly was such a class act.
i loved watching this program waaay back then as a kid .....and i love watching reruns now!
Just watched Heston in Ben Hur the other nite. What a magnificent actor he was. A handsome, manly man and he led an exemplary life as an American.
……yes, with his wife, Lydia, they’d just celebrated their 64th Wedding Anniversary, 3 weeks’ before he died. May they R I P………
One of my favorite actors all time.
That voice is unmistakable and just... wonderful. His wife was a very very blessed woman.
Indeed, the wife & the children were very, very lucky & blessed. Nov. 2023.
And so was he, it takes two to have a good marriage but it takes a very strong, committed wife to trust her husband playing opposite the most gorgeous actresses all around the globe.
Ahhhh... Charlton Heston. First celebrity crush I ever had. ❤️❤️❤️
I can't stop watching, John Daly is such a clever, polite emcee. We don't see that anymore
What's an "emcee"? I know an MC is a Master of Ceremony but I have no idea what an emcee is.
@@roninsdog261 Emcee literally means "a master of ceremonies," and it is the _correct_ term for MC (although MC is completely acceptable).
#GoogleIsYourFriend
@@CharlieTheTexan Well, isn't that the strangest thing. Clearly the M and the C make sense but why would they add 3 E's? I wonder where that spelling originated and why? Gotta be an American thing for sure.
@@roninsdog261 English language, came about in the 1930s, just a verbal pronunciation of the word.
So, it's not incorrect, and the history is older than you... dopey.
This is a very cool show. I can't believe that Dorothy Kilgallen was murdered a few years later for...getting too good of a scoop.
John was in a quirky and fun and lively mood this evening!
Charlton Heston is so handsome and charming, yet he has that "guy next door" look! :)
My thoughts exactly, I thought he had a couple of shots to drink
One of the things i enjoy about viewing these as a look back (these were current programs when I was a child), is seeing the usually difficult ones for the panel to guess are ones that were rare forcwomen to work at that time in history.
Charlton Heston's signature matches him perfectly. Big and bold! oh my. x
Heston's voice was a dead giveaway. I'm surprised no one guess right off the bat.
Jess4metoo I have a feeling that, after the first response, John must have leaned over and told Heston to disguise his voice.
TRUTH amen
He could have been mistaken for Yul Brynner.
At the time he wasn’t a household name. He only became that after the release of the 10 commandments that same year.
Me too-usually the panelists are very knowledgeable in this regards
Both Arlene and Dorothy are dressed to perfection 👌
Are you in a picture called The Ten Commandments?
"Yes'
'Oh, you're heaven in it!'
These folks are so witty. Great stuff.
They don't make movie stars like him anymore!!!
Handsome man!
One thing about Big Chuck, there was never a hint of any scandal against him...never, ever. A true Class Act...RIP
@@CLASSICALFAN100……Mr Heston, & his beautiful wife, Lydia, celebrated their 64th Wedding Anniversary just 3 weeks’ before he died. May they R I P………
One of my All Time Favorite Artists.🎨
Miss the glamor, kindness, respect, class and, of course the wardrobe on WML- Didn't get to see it first time around- So happy and grateful for you posting these marvelous shows! Thank you!
They assumed the voice was NOT the real voice, that's why they didn't guess correct straight away.
Met charlton heston at a book signing here in dublin about 20 years ago nice guy
Ben-Hur my fav movie!
One of the most attractive men in Hollywood, Mr.Charlton Heston, at a time when there were so many. So handsome and virile, very sexy.
20th century. a privilege to be alive, educated, mannered, inquiring, and with values/morality, connecting the dots. thank you..
Interesting comment...
I was 3 years old when these shows 1st aired. This is like watching them for the 1st time. Thanks so much for posting them.
The Ten Commandments film was mentioned and then at around 20:36 Douglas Fairbanks Jr. asks the mystery guest if he was "in a very successful long-run play in New York that was made into a picture recently", to which a puzzled Charlton replies "No." The play/movie Doug Jr. was referring to was The King and I, starring Yul Brynner--who'd appeared in The Ten Commandments.
Also Anastasia, Brynner made 3 movies in 1956.
Thank you for clearing that up. I forgot that Brynner had a similar sounding voice and was in "The Ten Commandments".
No play, just movie😊
GREATEST ACTOR OF ALL TIME, THE TEN COMMANDMENTS, BEN HUR, THE MOUNTAIN MEN AND PLANET OF THE APES 💖💯
The Greatest Show on Earth with Heston, Betty Hutton, Cornel Wilde, and Jimmy Stewart. That may have been his first big movie. All star cast
I guess Heston wasn't nearly as famous at this time, that they couldn't recognize his voice. It would be unmistakable in a few years.
--Do you deal in services?
--Yes, freed Israelites from Bondage.
I understand that this is a joke, but in Judaism, God rather than Moses receives the credit for this achievement. Traditionally, in the Passover seder, Moses' name is never mentioned
@Beumadine Sweevy Yes, according to Haggadah, read at the Passover seder, God, rather than Moses, receives the credit for freeing the Israelites from bondage. Moses' name appears nowhere in the story. And Charlton Heston played Moses, not God.
@@preppysocks209 I would like to thank you for the correction--of course you are right! I guess Moses is middle management at best.
Love it!
i love being able to go back in time and watch excellent television..
Still miss Charlton Heston.
what a wonderful guy and good actor mr Heston
Xavier Quiñones de León qqqq
So many puzzled that the panel did not guess Heston sooner. Well, hindsight is 20-20. In 2019, we've experienced a lot more of Heston than they had in the 1950s.
wow, those dresses... so glamorous!
Charlton Heston- Va Va Voom! 🎉🎉🎉 I think I have a new CRUSH! 😍😍😍
I had the great privilege of meeting Charlton Heston in the early 1990s. He was awesome! I still have his signed autobiography.
Autograph worth some money😊
Love to watch these old shows before all the b.s. we get today.
Boo by----- Imagine the females dressing and acting like Dorothy and Arlene. and the Jimmys like JDaley. lol
I'm so excited that this is the very first time i see Douglas Fairbanks actually moving and talking because no matter how big i am as a movie fan, i never see any of Fairbanks' movies here in Indonesia since i was a kid. I can only find informations about him by reading his biography.
Charlton Heston, an outstanding actor... loved him as Andrew Jackson in "The President's Lady" starring with Susan Hayward as Rachel Jackson.
As Daly and the panelist’s come I realised these people mixed in the company of celebrities and famous people which most of us can only ever dream about! What a fascinating life they must have led!
Imagine a time when television performers had so much respect for themselves and their viewers, they routinely wore tuxedoes and elegant evening gowns, even for half-hour game shows. Note the carefully framed and grammatically correct questions and comments; Miss Francis carrying her matching purse; Miss Kilgallen in her delicate gloves; Mr. Daly artfully expostulating on the content or syntax of a panelist's remark. I personally cannot get enough of WML.
Actually, Bennet Cerf said in an audio-interview that he gave in the late '60's or early '70's that the panelists would come to the studio wearing regular street clothes, change into their "evening wear" for the show, then put their regular attire back on after the show was over.
As he said, "...even for half hour game shows."
@@519djw6Interesting 😊
Damn what an athletic looking guy Charleston Heston was.
……he exercised daily, a strict routine, as well, he was a excellent tennis player, who often had Aussie Davis Cup tennis legends’ to play against. As he said, ‘my body is my tool-of-trade, so it must be fit, & healthy’………
Please bring this concept back for a game. I love it & it would be a great game for the family to watch together.
Are you ready for Nikki Minaj and Meghan the Stallion?
@@imsixftsix
😂😂😂
As much as we would love this, people just aren't the same these days 😢
Ñot happening 😅
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr was a decorated Naval officer during WWll and was married to Joan Crawford when he was only 20 years old. You can learn so much by watching WML.
Charlton Heston.... great signature..... great actor!
You are right about his autograph. I have a letter from Mr. Heston with his signature on it.
oh good grief....when he said he was in the 10 commandments, should have been a dead give away.
Many of the people in that movie were famous.
Yea after watching that, it makes me wanna watch the Ten Commandments again
This program is why I watch youtube.
I think Dorothy is much more beautiful with darker hair. I love her voice and class.
Abundant inner beauty but Dorothy has a scrawny body and a face only a WML fan or maxillofacial plastic surgeon would appreciate.
Her natural hair is black😊
My refuge, my time capsule for a more civilized era (I never missed that Sunday night broadcast at 10:30 when I was a youngster! Then it was straight to bed, school the next day!)
Me too! It was my favorite as a child and is my favorite again as an older adult! I’m enjoying watching them in chronological order. Thank you for posting them!
You were lucky they let you stay up to watch it!
Exactly, normal sleeping time was 8pm😊
Charlton Heston Legend for sure!!!!!! They don’t make men like that anymore!!!!!!
Yes, he is unmatched.
TRUTH!
Heston's voice is unmistakable but there are a couple of times I can see where a very deep, simple yes or no could possibly sound like Yul Brynner. It seemed that his deepest notes were hard for the panel to hear or distinguish.
It is also possible to hear Orson Welles sometimes. I wonder if they came through the same voice training.
@@chrisbanbury……they acted together in 1958 noir film, ‘Touch of Evil’, which Welles also directed…………
Amazed that the panel didn’t guess him earlier. He made no effort to disguise his voice!
His movie came out only 2 weeks prior to this show.
Women were so elegant and glamorously dressed back in the day! Well spoken and classy men and women. What went wrong?
With freedom comes responsibility and many people don't respect that.
The hippies, and parents not teaching manners and respect😊
Thank you! It's nice to see my favorite, Doug, on here!
Heston was a true gentleman.
I was 26 days old when this show was aired!
3/16/21 Wow! 😃 The lovely lady that's a Ferry 🚢 Boat Pilot was from my hometown Vallejo, CA where I live! 🤗 (Northern California). I was born in 1966 and love these old shows! 👍🏾🙂
When the 10 Commandments movie was in our town my mother really wanted to see it ( I did too) but a terrible storm came up, the wind/rain and my father said we weren't going...my mother said she'd go without him. We all went.
While in the theater you could hear the rain & all but after they introduced Mr. Heston all the rain stopped ! During this time the man who'd done the introduction made mention of the rain stopping and Mr. Heston stated that he had parted the Rea Sea. 🤗🤗🤗 was heard big time ! It was a thrill to see him in person and the movie was great too.
My mother bought Mr. Heston's verstion of reading the Bible. I hope to see if they still make copies one day. May he rest in peace.
……out on DVD for a few years’ now…………
The Ten Commandments was released on Oct 5th of that year. Hestons true first big movie, so it is possible they did not know who he was.
Ahem. 'The Greatest Show on Earth' was not exactly a dualler, and Heston was literally the boss in it.
@@esmeephillips5888……yes, in 1952………the Director, Cecil B. DeMille, chose Mr Heston as the circus manager, after seeing his performance in 1950 Hal Wallis’ film, ‘Dark City’.
Exactly 😊
I love watching this at 59 years old
You’re younger than the show
@@igkoigko9950 I know but, I love it. I turned my granddaughter on it. You learn history true history.
@@davidmaneti9788The show is living history, combining everyday lifestyles with occasional guests of historic or iconic importance. Be well and stay healthy.
I've hit 40 and I'm going to start making my boy watch with me. WML and Password are my favorites.
I'm 87 and attended the live show as a teenager, now enjoying them immensely again 😊
I recognized Chuck's voice right away. He was such a good actor someone should have told him try a new voice.
danahsutton101 actually i think he was too serious for trying a new voice
He told John he tried but didn't work😊
Disguise your voice, Charlton, geez!
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Heston was so full of himself that he wouldn't lower himself to disguise his voice.
After all he played Ben-Hur, Moses and Michelangelo and it all went to his head!
It was him being naive and ignorant of the show rather than full of himself.
difficult with a voice like his
@@Eddy438 rubbish he was actually very humble
John Daly's opening comment about being called a "big bore" Bennett's punning on "boar" was furthered by Daly's "Boer". Daly was born in South Africa and the reference was to the Boers, the Dutch settlers who warred with the British in South Africa. Winston Churchill fought in that war.
Thank you for the reminder clarification! :)
Well, they did have a point. South Africa was Dutch-owned until Britain captured it during the Napoleonic Wars. They Boers did not mix with English “roorneck” colonists much, and I can’t imagine Dalt’s family being accepted or much welcomed by Boers, so describing him as a Boer was rather a stretch. Both BC and JD could sometimes be boorish, but rarely boring.
I never realized how incredibly handsome Douglas Fairbanks Jr was until I saw him very young. Holy macaroni
My Favorite NRA President May he RIP
Agree, but Theodore Roosevelt and Joe Foss were pretty awesome as well.
"From my cold, dead hands". NRA: Not Representing Americans.
I loved him in El Cid. My favorite actor since I was a child.
Douglas Fairbanks Jr: "Can I ride it?"
Paul Atreides: "Hold my beer..."
Fairbanks what a dream boat
Glad to see the "big laugher" was in the audience again (e.g. 9:26). This guy was also in the audience for many of the Honeymooners shows
My friend JIM and I would attend these shows regularly, he was the one with loud laughing 😂
$50. in 1953 had the same buying power of $436. in 2014.
Still very little for a show. This program made highway robbery by giving peanuts to the contestants.
@@HarryRacer18realize the $50 was a weeks pay or mortgage payment 😊
Interesting aside by Mr. Daly, in his opening remarks, about his banter with Bennet Cerf concerning pigs and hogs and a "big Boer" . . .
+atsf1920 Yeah, the puns were flowing there! I don't think most would get that joke today, maybe the 'swine and bore' but not the aside he made of being from S. Africa missing the 'Boer' association. I'm sure today, most would just say he mentioned South Africa, 'he's a racist!'
Dorothy is good at this game.
Dorothy was a investigative reporter for years 😊
This was the second time they had a contestant who breeds worms. The first time (which was a couple of years earlier, I guess), they started such a big fuss over what type of animal a worm is that the discussion continued into the next episode or two as they received letters on the topic from viewers! I am surprised that neither John Daly nor any of the panelists made mention of this prior experience during this episode. I'm quite sure none of them could have forgotten it!
At least 2 sets of worm packers
WML not a talk show😊
How delightful. I happen to live in Vallejo and watch the ferries ply the Napa River from time to time, though these days they're more likely destination would be the City (San Francisco).
Good grief....they should have guessed right away with that deep voice of his. Heston had a voice you couldn't disguise and he didn't even bother.
He wasn't that famous at this point. Ten Commandments barely came out if you didn't notice the way the talk about it.
I wanted to yell at CH to stick to yes and no and then disguise those! His voice is legendary even after the first time you hear it.
Second straight episode of small town America. Last week it was a pig hatchery owner from Washta, Iowa. This week a worm farmer from Priddy, Texas. Priddy is even smaller than Washta.
So nice to see those days 🙏
He truly was one of my favorites.
Mrs. Chapman had a great job. I'd love to pilot a ferry on San Pablo and San Francisco Bays.
Mrs. Chapman...what a lovely Adam's apple you have.
Actually, "The Ten Commandments" is 3 hrs. and 39 mins. long, plus a ten-minute intermission. Almost 4 hours! It was the second longest movie, after "GWTH" ever released by Hollywood at that time. Bennett Cerf's reaction was in response to the influx of 3+ hour releases in 1956, including "Giant," "War and Peace," and "Around the World in 80 Days." The panelists' reaction to "TTC" is understandable, since it hadn't premiered in NYC until 2 weeks later - November 8th, 1956. It would become the biggest BO hit released in 1956, and one of the most successful movies of all-time (8th place worldwide adjusted for inflation as of 2022.)
.…Mr Heston’s 1959 epic, ‘Ben-Hur’ had running time of 3h 53m.
@@elizabethroberts6215 I'm not sure the relevance. Are you mentioning that as an interesting aside, or something else?
I close my eyes every time before the line shows up so I can guess along
Bit hard to hide that deep voice of Moses CH had nice smile
Yes, Charlton Heston have a deep rich baritone voice. Very theatrical. He narrated the holiday classic animation movie titled, Noel. Also he voiced other animated biblical programs on the Trinity Broadcasting Network. Charlton Heston have been in motion pictures since the late 1940s. He won an Academy Award for the 1968 science fiction movie titled The Planet of the Apes. He wasn't at the awards ceremony. In his place they had a chimpanzee came on the stage and accepted the award for him. Charlton Heston; "From My Cold Dead Hand !" 1924- 2004 RIP.
Heston only has one Oscar, for "Ben-Hur, and "Planet of the Apes" only has a Special Oscar for its ape makeup.
Yes, Heston was there in 1960 to get his Oscar.
@@bobbyfrancis8957
He also got the Jean Hersholt Humanitarean Award in 1978, wich is also an Oscar Statuette.
@@christianloepfe179 Yes, and Danny Kaye got that too.
.…Mr Heston’s first H*wood film was ‘Dark City’, in 1950. He didn’t win an ‘Oscar’ for ‘P o t A’ film, but did win Best Actor for his titular role in film, ‘Ben-Hur’. He died in April 2008, just 3 weeks’ after celebrating his 64th Wedding Anniversary to his beautiful wife, Lydia. May they R I P………
I guess I'm a bit young to remember Douglas Fairbanks Jr, he was really handsome, what a smile! I did watch this show often with my parents, however. I distinctly remember Dorothy Kilgallen and Bennett Cerf the most. I thought Mr. Cerf looked so kind - at least to a little girl.
I don't know why a show like this would not work today..
That's what constantly being online has done to college aged people! And school-aged kids are following suit! :(
@@deboraholsen2504: What has constantly being online done to college kids?
Many reasons why it can't happen 😊
Never realized what a likable fellow C. Heston once was.
……he was the loveliest man to meet in person. Along with his beautiful wife, Lydia, I’d the great honour, & privilege of meeting them many, many times’ between 1966 & 1996. We’d lots if great conversations’, much laughter, & they were very down-to-earth people. They’re both gone now. May they R I P…………
Mr. Heston was brought up in a small town not far from me..