Carter is a profoundly good man. At the end of his life, he's seen a radical reassessment of his time at the big house on Pennsylvania Avenue NW. His presidency was full of accomplishments but also of disappointments and problems that weren't his fault. Carter's legacy will be seen in an even more positive light in the coming years and decades. That's in contrast to his successor, who was insubstantial in comparison. This is why Carter is so loathed by those on the right. They hate him because he was the embodiment of decency. And they know it.
Jimmy Carter is one of the nicest men you could ever meet. He and Rosalyn smiled because they have The Love of Jesus all over them. Thank you for your service as our President, and my governor !
Amazing. He was so unknown here that the panel didn’t wear their blindfolds. Later he became President. In fact, every president from 1974-1988 appeared on “What’s My Line?”
That's only three. Ford, Carter (obviously), and Reagan. The order of appearance was Reagan, Ford then Carter. It would've been nice had they appeared in the reverse order that they had taken the office of POTUS. But that would've only been possible if Carter went on while he was still a Senator.
@@tj.espygil4544 He was a Georgia State Senator from 1963 to 1967. I know he wasn't, and never said he was, a United States Senator. I also never said anything about the blindfolds. Not sure why you even brought that up.
@@neecicoleman1690 I brought up the blindfold because Jimmy Carter unlike the other men was so unknown at the time that nobody knew who he was, so no blindfolds.
He was an honest president, who told Americans the truth about the problems that confronted us. He didn't tell us we could have our cake and eat it too. He urged us to confront long-term problems -- like energy -- instead of ignoring them. People didn't want to hear that. That, and problems he didn't cause (like inflation), brought him down. He was a victim of bad timing. I don't see how anyone could have been president from 1977 to 1981, and remained popular.
I would never have voted for him but I love Mr Carter. Good and decent man. We sure disagree but I respect his gentlemanly personality and his kind soul
I don’t know much about Carter, but I had recently been reading books about different presidents that were written by either staff or Secret Service agents. None of them had anything to say that was positive about him. They pretty much called him a phony and said it was all for show…that he was very different when he knew the public wasn’t looking. Downright nasty to staff and agents which is really sad. Consequently, they also agreed that the Carter children were the most difficult. The agents and the White House staff loved Mrs. Carter… They said with her, what you see is what you get.
@@fremontpathfinder8463 if I remember correctly, bc it was a few years ago - it was when I was reading, at least three of the Ronald Kessler books about his time in the Secret Service. If you, Google them, you will find them easily. I think it was also in Gary Byrne “ Secrets of the Secret Service” I hope this is sufficient for you. You could also just Google in general .
What a delight! I had forgotten that I saw it "live" at the time. (1974). He was actually "cute." I am pleased to say that we share October 1st as our respective Birthdays. I agree ... he's one of the Good Guys.
During the Three Mile Island incident, he and his family went inside the reactor complex, calming the hysteria, by virtue of his naval experience in the nuclear submarine field. That took guts, and showed class. His primary difficulty in Washington was that he had no network of allies when he went there.
Wow, David!!! I forgot, or perhaps, didn't even know that one! And I was in grades 4 through 8 when he was in office. Though, I did know that he had served on a nuclear sub while in the US Navy. Now, HE was a GREAT LEADER--both in the Navy and in the White House--but, he's an even BETTER HUMAN BEING!!!!! :-)
Carter's Presidency was hurt by the Federal Reserve with high interest rates .Carter was a nice mainstream Centrist that got dump on by Conservatives and Liberals like Ted Kennedy.
I remember Carter. I think he had the right idea, had a good heart. He just needed more experience before becoming president. Thanks for posting. I didn't know he did this.
Jimmy Carter was a Senator and a Governor before he was elected President. What kind of experience would you propose he should have had first? Maybe he should have been a successful businessman or peanut farmer or something.? 😆 The only criticism I ever heard about President Carter was that him being a pacifist got in the way of him being a hardened militarty leader.
I thought he wasn't a strong leader at first. But he worked until the day he left office to get those hostages out of Iran. If they weren't released when Reagan got in, Reagan would have sent in the military. But Carter got them out peacefully.
@@Lisa-di1wi - What a laugh. Carter failed to get those hostages out for well over a year. The ONLY reason they were released is because of the election of Reagan. The Irani's knew damned well they couldn't run over Reagan the way they ran over Carter.
+Pancho Villa - it was not quite that miraculous. The what's my line episode is from 1973 (he was elected in 1976), and it was not until after his Governorship ended in 1975 that he began to go for President (or close before that ended). Still, that was one of his strengths..he had a strong record as Gov, on all the right issues and came out of left field as a breath of fresh air and a non-typical politician at a time where people distrusted their political leaders. Some elements are similar today, but not all.
A disproportionate amount are between this sweet man and the cheeto head in office. Out of nowhere entry against 16+ mediocre insiders, improbable primary sweep, went onto face a bland, moderate, but over-experienced insider with tons of baggage, absurdly close victory...
It’s amazing that prior to the advent of 24 hour news and the internet, otherwise intelligent, articulate people could be unaware who was Governor of a significant state
Jimmy Carter sold the motion picture/television industry to film in Georgia and now it is a multi billion dollar industry there. He did a lot to help modernize the state in the 1970s.
I live in Georgia. Had I been on the panel, I would have first bet that we would have gone to a fourth round, then after the questioning came to me, I would state " Your name is Jimmy Carter and you are the Governor of the State of Georgia. You may leave now, Mr. Carter. " Incidentally, on a rainy night in Georgia, you sit in your house and watch Brian Kemp mess up.
Arlene: "Well, they're crazy about your service.Would I be?" Jimmy: "About my service? Yes, I think so." Arlene: "Is it, um, is it a service that has to do with, uh, women?" Jimmy [with soft drawl and gleaming smile]: "Yes. It certainly does. (laughter) Not enough." (more laughter) Arlene: "Well, I'll see if we can fix that."
Yes. The panelists did wear blindfolds when both Reagan (a very popular actor at the time) and Gerald Ford (then a prominent member of the US House of Representatives) appeared on the show.
This show was 1974, when hardly anybody in the USA knew who Jimmy Carter was. What's My Line also had two other presidents on the show: Ronald Reagan and Gerald Ford, both, of course well before they became president, Reagan in the 1950's and Ford in 1972.
He was kind of in a way a victim of bad timing as you claim. He inherited a lot from the previous presidents such as the economic effect of the Vietnam War. Also he tried to deal with the high inflation(which the fed has a lot to do with, not the pres. himself) skyrocketing without increasing the national debt tremendously(which Reagan did, but he really had no choice with those tremendous tax cuts),and with the hostages where he had to free them with the concern of the risk of them getting shot
Prez Jimmy Carter was innovative, for example had solar panels installed on the White House roof. When Reagan took over the White House he had them removed. That says something! Thanks for uploading this gem!
Reagan didn't remove until five years into his administration. It was to fix the white house roof. Carter, like Obama were fools to think that solar and wind can replace oil.
@1macboo Actually, becaused of the botched rescue attempt of the hostages and asylum granted to the Shah of Iran by Carter in the first place, the Iranians held the hostages longer than they had probably planned. The hostages were released January 20th, 1981, shortly AFTER Reagan was inaugurated and Carter was no longer the U. S. President, so Carter couldn't claim they were released during his administration. And the Iranians didn't want to encounter Reagan's wrath. Remember Grenada in '83?
What? You're suprised that he got elected president because the panelists didn't know who he was? His appearance on that show was 3 years prior to the beginning of his presidency. As he campaigned, he made himself known to the country. That fact that the panelists didn't know who he is should not be a surprise to anyone. Countless leaders of many countries were unknown prior to taking office.
Jimmy Carter is now the longest living ex-president, living 31 years, 7 months, and 23 days after his White House reign ended. Herbert Hoover had the record until last week, living 31 years, 7 months, and 16 days after he left the WHite House.
@@nmgscp Herbert Hoover had 31 years 7 months and 23 days, the longest post White House life. Ford was a close second at 25 days shy of 30 years. Carter broke Hoover's record on September 13, 2012.
@@zachhoran Yes, but that's the longest post-presidency, not the longest life. Anyway now Carter has the longest life at 97. 9 years ago he had only the longest post-presidency
@@nmgscp George HW Shrub Sr. lived to 94, and was the oldest. Carter is now the oldest, and will be then Jimmy Crack Corn Carter becomes a contestant on Presidential Bucket Kickers.
( 1:36 ) Dana Valery, internationalist singer in a classic just-another-pretty-face moment. I rate this in the top 10 of great panelist misidentifications. Interesting though her mention of the spiritual: years later she became a a Reiki-hypnotherapy healer. Gil Fates wrote that Carter made contact with WML with the idea of appearing as an X. Part of his campaign strategy. Gil Fates and Wally Bruner made contact with Gerald Ford in 1969 to book him as a mystery guest.
This aired on Dec 13 1973 in the midst of the Watergate scandal, thus the comments about how easy the Republicans were making Carter's job at the time. Interesting references to "Deliverance" and "The Longest Yard". I'm not sure I'd be too quick to brag about having "Deliverance" made in my state, but I'm sure Carter had no idea at the time how deeply ingrained the "squeal like a pig" line was going to become in popular culture.
Freeze at 3:36 and see a rare shot of Arlene Francis wearing her eyeglasses. Way back sometime in the Steve Allen ?? WML era, a broadcast ended with Dorothy Kilgallen, Arlene Francis, Steve Allen (I think) and Bennett Cerf all wearing each others' eyeglasses. I forget why they did that but I remember it was very funny.
In a certain sene, each state of the U.S. is kind of like it's own country. As far as Carter having the presidency in mind at that time, all I could do is guess, but if he did have it in mind, I wouldn't be surprised.
6:05 Larry Blyden says: "We hope at some future time you'll come back and play with us again." Well, maybe he'll be able to work a visit in around the Camp David Peace Accord negotiations and the Panama Canal Treaty ratification.
I would say it's pretty clear that the panel pays little to no attention to politics I couldn't imagine that they wouldn't know who the governor is of one of the top 10 most populous states in the nation I find that to be a little odd?
A decent and friendly person who I found to a pleasure to talk to. I am, of course talking about Gene Shalit. Jimmy Carter, on the other hand, was an egomaniac who thought the only thing missing from some intractable problems was his wisdom. Sound familiar?
Dana comes across as really duncey here, but she was from Italy and recruiting nuns is probably a common profession there. And you can never be too sure on this show...
@CkMaverick I remember that History Channel documentary on the Presidents - it said that Jimmy Carter was "perhaps the greatest man ever to be a lousy President."
@djAmericantoast178 Definitely, he approached the presidency as an engineer, not a politician. A president MUST be a politician, which is what Bill Clinton was good at. Unfortunately, Barak Obama hasn't acted enough like a politician, although maybe he finally wised up.
Though he was an uninspiring president, he was highly intelligent and a true Christian and if we had followed his energy conservation policies we would have 99 cent gasoline and plenty of time to develop alternative energy.
The 1976 election was the very first one that I voted in, and I voted for Jimmy Carter. I remember my father saying, "There's a Ford in your future." But I voted for Jimmy Carter instead. I strongly believe that Gerald Ford lost the election because he pardoned Nixon, and let Nixon get away with murder.
Hi Nan! Same here. I just turned 18 the year before and it was my first election. I voted for Carter too. He wasn't perfect as president, but he made up for it by being a top notch humanitarian.
I think he lost because he made himself look a fool in the debate with Carter. If they didn't have that debate then Ford would've won the election. The funniest thing about it was that while Ford was making a fool of himself, Carter was just standing in the back pane of the camera, looking half amused and half dumbfounded. I could've imagined him slowly opening a bag of peanuts and eating them through the rest of the debate.
Back then the south was treated like a colony of the north. You would have no more been able to identify the governor of Georgia than you would be able to identify the governor of Puerto Rico today.
@@neecicoleman1690Exactly. He is saying that he was so unpopular (as a President; everyone loves him as a person) that his successor, a Republican, won by a landslide.
Jimmy Carter had a very dry sense of humor, it was barely humor at all. I don't think anyone could beat Reagan's wit, but Carter probably should have practiced his wit a little more.
He's always smiling and that's why he is still alive today. Also, he was smiling the whole time he was there.
Yes, Jimmy Carter has a Spiritual quality about him...God Bless Jimmy Carter 🙏
Carter is a profoundly good man. At the end of his life, he's seen a radical reassessment of his time at the big house on Pennsylvania Avenue NW. His presidency was full of accomplishments but also of disappointments and problems that weren't his fault. Carter's legacy will be seen in an even more positive light in the coming years and decades. That's in contrast to his successor, who was insubstantial in comparison. This is why Carter is so loathed by those on the right. They hate him because he was the embodiment of decency. And they know it.
Jimmy Carter is one of the nicest men you could ever meet. He and Rosalyn smiled because they have The Love of Jesus all over them. Thank you for your service as our President, and my governor !
God Bless Jimmy, he built my habitat for humanity house.
Jimmy Carter: one of the good guys. I thank him for his service.
He did not directly lied. But he intently misled about the service for women.
Good guy, horrible president
what a great president, good fellow at heart, a people leader.
Amazing. He was so unknown here that the panel didn’t wear their blindfolds. Later he became President. In fact, every president from 1974-1988 appeared on “What’s My Line?”
That's only three. Ford, Carter (obviously), and Reagan. The order of appearance was Reagan, Ford then Carter. It would've been nice had they appeared in the reverse order that they had taken the office of POTUS. But that would've only been possible if Carter went on while he was still a Senator.
@@neecicoleman1690 Jimmy Carter was never a United States Senator nor was he a House Representative.
@@neecicoleman1690 The panel did wear blindfolds for both Reagan's and Ford's appearances.
@@tj.espygil4544 He was a Georgia State Senator from 1963 to 1967. I know he wasn't, and never said he was, a United States Senator. I also never said anything about the blindfolds. Not sure why you even brought that up.
@@neecicoleman1690 I brought up the blindfold because Jimmy Carter unlike the other men was so unknown at the time that nobody knew who he was, so no blindfolds.
He was an honest president, who told Americans the truth about the problems that confronted us. He didn't tell us we could have our cake and eat it too. He urged us to confront long-term problems -- like energy -- instead of ignoring them.
People didn't want to hear that. That, and problems he didn't cause (like inflation), brought him down. He was a victim of bad timing. I don't see how anyone could have been president from 1977 to 1981, and remained popular.
I would never have voted for him but I love Mr Carter. Good and decent man. We sure disagree but I respect his gentlemanly personality and his kind soul
I can respect that very much. Though you really cant argue against his contributions to society after leaving office. That man is practically a saint.
I don’t know much about Carter, but I had recently been reading books about different presidents that were written by either staff or Secret Service agents. None of them had anything to say that was positive about him. They pretty much called him a phony and said it was all for show…that he was very different when he knew the public wasn’t looking. Downright nasty to staff and agents which is really sad. Consequently, they also agreed that the Carter children were the most difficult. The agents and the White House staff loved Mrs. Carter… They said with her, what you see is what you get.
Knowing what we know now and the criminal direction this country is going, he was ideal.
@@cher_cher Source? Can you cite a source for this information?
@@fremontpathfinder8463 if I remember correctly, bc it was a few years ago - it was when I was reading, at least three of the Ronald Kessler books about his time in the Secret Service. If you, Google them, you will find them easily. I think it was also in Gary Byrne “ Secrets of the Secret Service” I hope this is sufficient for you. You could also just Google in general .
What a delight! I had forgotten that I saw it "live" at the time. (1974). He was actually "cute." I am pleased to say that we share October 1st as our respective Birthdays. I agree ... he's one of the Good Guys.
Great man and politician even in his early days. Great love for this Soul.
He is a beautiful human being. His courage, generosity, and wisdom are an example to which all Americans should aspire.🇺🇸❤️
During the Three Mile Island incident, he and his family went inside the reactor complex, calming the hysteria, by virtue of his naval experience in the nuclear submarine field. That took guts, and showed class. His primary difficulty in Washington was that he had no network of allies when he went there.
Wow, David!!! I forgot, or perhaps, didn't even know that one! And I was in grades 4 through 8 when he was in office. Though, I did know that he had served on a nuclear sub while in the US Navy. Now, HE was a GREAT LEADER--both in the Navy and in the White House--but, he's an even BETTER HUMAN BEING!!!!! :-)
Carter's Presidency was hurt by the Federal Reserve with high interest rates .Carter was a nice mainstream Centrist that got dump on by Conservatives and Liberals like Ted Kennedy.
@@pinedelgado4743 Our first fanatically pro-abortion president.
@@Arthur_McGowan fanatically pro abortion is a ridiculous over exaggeration
@Vincent Fitzpatrick Always good to hear a man’s opinion on women’s choices, eh Vincent?
I remember Carter. I think he had the right idea, had a good heart. He just needed more experience before becoming president.
Thanks for posting. I didn't know he did this.
Jimmy Carter was a Senator and a Governor before he was elected President. What kind of experience would you propose he should have had first? Maybe he should have been a successful businessman or peanut farmer or something.? 😆
The only criticism I ever heard about President Carter was that him being a pacifist got in the way of him being a hardened militarty leader.
One of our Greatest and underrated Presidents.
funny.
*ex-presidents. Not that flash while in office, but a very great man after leaving the presidency.
Our 2nd worst.
Google what ex ss members say about Carter.
Great man, terrible President.
Best ex-president ever
+George Washington Now that's what I call an expert endorsement! :D
+Charlotte Tan Many thanks
I thought he wasn't a strong leader at first. But he worked until the day he left office to get those hostages out of Iran. If they weren't released when Reagan got in, Reagan would have sent in the military. But Carter got them out peacefully.
@@Lisa-di1wi - What a laugh. Carter failed to get those hostages out for well over a year. The ONLY reason they were released is because of the election of Reagan. The Irani's knew damned well they couldn't run over Reagan the way they ran over Carter.
Fanatically pro-abortion.
Unknown on this show on this date... but President of the United States a few short months later... Wow
+Pancho Villa - it was not quite that miraculous. The what's my line episode is from 1973 (he was elected in 1976), and it was not until after his Governorship ended in 1975 that he began to go for President (or close before that ended). Still, that was one of his strengths..he had a strong record as Gov, on all the right issues and came out of left field as a breath of fresh air and a non-typical politician at a time where people distrusted their political leaders. Some elements are similar today, but not all.
A disproportionate amount are between this sweet man and the cheeto head in office. Out of nowhere entry against 16+ mediocre insiders, improbable primary sweep, went onto face a bland, moderate, but over-experienced insider with tons of baggage, absurdly close victory...
Arlene flirting with the future prez here LOL.
Bless that sweet man. If we ever elected a good man president we did with him. I hate hearing his health news today.
Thankfully he survived 3 years ago, and hopefully he survives his 2018 diagnosis.
And today
Our first fanatically pro-abortion president.
@@Arthur_McGowan No one is Pro-abortion you twit. It is Pro women's choice
He's still with us in 2020 baby! And pray many more to come
As of today, President Carter, Dana Valary and Gene Shalit are still with us
Dana Valery probably stays here some years more, but President Carter and Gene Shalit may pass away any day now...
The panel should have had to guess what state he was governor of.
And two years later he was elected president. Amazing clip
It’s amazing that prior to the advent of 24 hour news and the internet, otherwise intelligent, articulate people could be unaware who was Governor of a significant state
He may not have been one of the better Presidents, but he is most definitely one of the greatest human beings to ever become President.
Gene Shalit with the W. Greetings from the great state of Georgia and the county of Gwinnett, home to Jimmy Carter Blvd! God bless
Jimmy carter is a nice gentleman.
That Dana Valery is a natural beauty. Too bad we didn't see more of her after this.
She's married now. Both she and her husband are involved in wholistic healing.
Carters book, "A Full Life" tells an amazing story of a genius who helped build the first nuclear power of a submarine.
And Jimmy's legacy with motion pictures stands today, I mean, there's a reason The Walking Dead and Stranger Things are filmed there.
There are still a lot of movies made in Georgia. They use Tybee Island a lot.
Jimmy Carter sold the motion picture/television industry to film in Georgia and now it is a multi billion dollar industry there. He did a lot to help modernize the state in the 1970s.
He was a good president..i remember that..
I'd have to say no, though we should have listened to him on his Energy Independence plan.
It's Dec. 2018 and Carter and Shalit are both still alive.
It's May 2020 and Carter and Shalit are both still alive.
Call that really taking care of oneself, especially with COVID-19...
June 2021 Gene Shalit is 95 and Carter 96.
@@MarshalltonUMC792 February 2024 - Gene Shalit is 97 and Jimmy Carter is 99.
0:25 "GOVERNOR JIMMY CARTER OF GEORGIA."
Reports coming in that the poor man has been taken into hospice at home. Bless his heart.
They didn’t need blindfolds in 1974, and two years later he was elected President. (The media landscape in the Seventies was a different place.)
I live in Georgia. Had I been on the panel, I would have first bet that we would have gone to a fourth round, then after the questioning came to me, I would state " Your name is Jimmy Carter and you are the Governor of the State of Georgia. You may leave now, Mr. Carter. " Incidentally, on a rainy night in Georgia, you sit in your house and watch Brian Kemp mess up.
So strange to see these famous people not recognizing this now-very-famous-but-then-not-at-all-famous man.
Arlene: "Well, they're crazy about your service.Would I be?"
Jimmy: "About my service? Yes, I think so."
Arlene: "Is it, um, is it a service that has to do with, uh, women?"
Jimmy [with soft drawl and gleaming smile]: "Yes. It certainly does. (laughter) Not enough." (more laughter)
Arlene: "Well, I'll see if we can fix that."
I can’t believe he’s still alive!!
I’m going out at 81.
“81 and done!”
So Ronald Reagan, Jimmy Carter and Gerald Ford have all appeared on What's My Line at different times?
Don't overlook Theodore Roosevelt's wife, Eleanor; and Harry Truman's daughter, Margaret...
@@terencedove5047 uhhhh..no? I'm pretty sure Eleanor was FDR's wife not teddy's, but I could be wrong
@@hussain6469 ...you are absolutely right there. My apologies. I should have remembered that the Roosevelts were not all the same...
Yes. The panelists did wear blindfolds when both Reagan (a very popular actor at the time) and Gerald Ford (then a prominent member of the US House of Representatives) appeared on the show.
@@terencedove5047 And FDR and Eleanor's son James Roosevelt also appeared on What's My Line.
Haven't thought of "Deliverance" in ages. The scenery DID look great, even though I wanted to scream at what went on in front of the scenery.
This show was 1974, when hardly anybody in the USA knew who Jimmy Carter was. What's My Line also had two other presidents on the show: Ronald Reagan and Gerald Ford, both, of course well before they became president, Reagan in the 1950's and Ford in 1972.
Makes sense for Reagan to have been on there since he was an actor then
I also saw Reagan on the panel once.
Arlene's still such a flirt ROFL
He was kind of in a way a victim of bad timing as you claim. He inherited a lot from the previous presidents such as the economic effect of the Vietnam War. Also he tried to deal with the high inflation(which the fed has a lot to do with, not the pres. himself) skyrocketing without increasing the national debt tremendously(which Reagan did, but he really had no choice with those tremendous tax cuts),and with the hostages where he had to free them with the concern of the risk of them getting shot
He was not a good President, but he is our best ex-President.
Still the best in 40 years
He was a wimpy president but could build nice houses for people who needed them!
she talks about him looking "spiritual" - well carter does look like a televangelist!
Hahaha!!!!! Good one.
🤣
Prez Jimmy Carter was innovative, for example had solar panels installed on the White House roof. When Reagan took over the White House he had them removed. That says something! Thanks for uploading this gem!
Reagan didn't remove until five years into his administration. It was to fix the white house roof. Carter, like Obama were fools to think that solar and wind can replace oil.
The solar panels got removed because of roof repair and the fact they weren't working worth a damn.
@@joecole5643 Oil is a damage to the Earth.
@1macboo Actually, becaused of the botched rescue attempt of the hostages and asylum granted to the Shah of Iran by Carter in the first place, the Iranians held the hostages longer than they had probably planned. The hostages were released January 20th, 1981, shortly AFTER Reagan was inaugurated and Carter was no longer the U. S. President, so Carter couldn't claim they were released during his administration. And the Iranians didn't want to encounter Reagan's wrath. Remember Grenada in '83?
He is a distant cousin of Presidents John F. Kennedy and Thomas Jefferson, among many other famous people...
2nd cousin to Berry Gordy. Yes, Berry Gordy of Motown.
@@porkinwitz And distant cousin to June Carter Cash.
What? You're suprised that he got elected president because the panelists didn't know who he was? His appearance on that show was 3 years prior to the beginning of his presidency. As he campaigned, he made himself known to the country. That fact that the panelists didn't know who he is should not be a surprise to anyone. Countless leaders of many countries were unknown prior to taking office.
Love the cutesy music playing as the guest enters LOL
You know: if NBC had broadcast WML and G-T had been more careful in preserving its videotapes, we would have color WML records as early as 1959!
They didn't have to guess the state? Daly would not have been so easy.
Soupy Sales' face @ 3:10 is very meme-able.
He's done a few good things. He builds houses for the underprivileged and makes furniture. What a great carpenter.
It was on ABC11 in Atlanta back in 1973.
Jimmy Carter is now the longest living ex-president, living 31 years, 7 months, and 23 days after his White House reign ended. Herbert Hoover had the record until last week, living 31 years, 7 months, and 16 days after he left the WHite House.
He's over 38 years now. That's quite amazing.
Then he had the longest retirement. Now he's also the longest living president: 97
@@nmgscp Herbert Hoover had 31 years 7 months and 23 days, the longest post White House life. Ford was a close second at 25 days shy of 30 years. Carter broke Hoover's record on September 13, 2012.
@@zachhoran Yes, but that's the longest post-presidency, not the longest life. Anyway now Carter has the longest life at 97. 9 years ago he had only the longest post-presidency
@@nmgscp George HW Shrub Sr. lived to 94, and was the oldest. Carter is now the oldest, and will be then Jimmy Crack Corn Carter becomes a contestant on Presidential Bucket Kickers.
Before the internet and the 24 hr. news cycle.
( 1:36 ) Dana Valery, internationalist singer in a classic just-another-pretty-face moment. I rate this in the top 10 of great panelist misidentifications.
Interesting though her mention of the spiritual: years later she became a a Reiki-hypnotherapy healer.
Gil Fates wrote that Carter made contact with WML with the idea of appearing as an X. Part of his campaign strategy. Gil Fates and Wally Bruner made contact with Gerald Ford in 1969 to book him as a mystery guest.
This aired on Dec 13 1973 in the midst of the Watergate scandal, thus the comments about how easy the Republicans were making Carter's job at the time.
Interesting references to "Deliverance" and "The Longest Yard". I'm not sure I'd be too quick to brag about having "Deliverance" made in my state, but I'm sure Carter had no idea at the time how deeply ingrained the "squeal like a pig" line was going to become in popular culture.
Freeze at 3:36 and see a rare shot of Arlene Francis wearing her eyeglasses. Way back sometime in the Steve Allen ?? WML era, a broadcast ended with Dorothy Kilgallen, Arlene Francis, Steve Allen (I think) and Bennett Cerf all wearing each others' eyeglasses. I forget why they did that but I remember it was very funny.
It looks like Arlene was really smitten by President Carter. At the time, Governor Carter
In a certain sene, each state of the U.S. is kind of like it's own country.
As far as Carter having the presidency in mind at that time, all I could do is guess, but if he did have it in mind, I wouldn't be surprised.
@rucksplash08 He oughta be closer to the middle of the pack. He only inherited the mess that was made of this country after Watergate.
6:05 Larry Blyden says: "We hope at some future time you'll come back and play with us again." Well, maybe he'll be able to work a visit in around the Camp David Peace Accord negotiations and the Panama Canal Treaty ratification.
Panel: Soupy Sales, Dana Valery, Gene Shalit & Arlene Francis.
in modern times you can add bush (both) and reagan.
I would say it's pretty clear that the panel pays little to no attention to politics I couldn't imagine that they wouldn't know who the governor is of one of the top 10 most populous states in the nation I find that to be a little odd?
Jimmy Carter - a National Treasure.
Who is the one named Dana?
Other than John Daly, Larry Blyden was my favorite host by far.
So Ford was on WML as House Minority Leader, Carter as Governor of Georgia, and Reagan as an actor.
Were any other presidents on WML?
I'm sure that Trump slept with one of the producer's teenaged daughters at the time. Does that count?
James Polk and Calvin Coolidge also appeared
A decent and friendly person who I found to a pleasure to talk to. I am, of course talking about Gene Shalit.
Jimmy Carter, on the other hand, was an egomaniac who thought the only thing missing from some intractable problems was his wisdom. Sound familiar?
He should have gone straight to his good works as post presidential leader...his years as president were not that spectacular.
0:08 Larry Blyden: "X."
Peaches!
Dana comes across as really duncey here, but she was from Italy and recruiting nuns is probably a common profession there. And you can never be too sure on this show...
Good to see he was talking about servicing women (even back then). :)
I am now an independent registered voter.
@CkMaverick I remember that History Channel documentary on the Presidents - it said that Jimmy Carter was "perhaps the greatest man ever to be a lousy President."
what year was this
1974.
@djAmericantoast178 Definitely, he approached the presidency as an engineer, not a politician. A president MUST be a politician, which is what Bill Clinton was good at. Unfortunately, Barak Obama hasn't acted enough like a politician, although maybe he finally wised up.
Though he was an uninspiring president, he was highly intelligent and a true Christian and if we had followed his energy conservation policies we would have 99 cent gasoline and plenty of time to develop alternative energy.
And we'd never have been under the thumb of the Middle East in general, and could have avoided some conflicts in that area.
Arlene is still hot.
Dana Valery piping hot here
The 1976 election was the very first one that I voted in, and I voted for Jimmy Carter. I remember my father saying, "There's a Ford in your future." But I voted for Jimmy Carter instead. I strongly believe that Gerald Ford lost the election because he pardoned Nixon, and let Nixon get away with murder.
Hi Nan! Same here. I just turned 18 the year before and it was my first election. I voted for Carter too. He wasn't perfect as president, but he made up for it by being a top notch humanitarian.
I think he lost because he made himself look a fool in the debate with Carter. If they didn't have that debate then Ford would've won the election. The funniest thing about it was that while Ford was making a fool of himself, Carter was just standing in the back pane of the camera, looking half amused and half dumbfounded. I could've imagined him slowly opening a bag of peanuts and eating them through the rest of the debate.
So crazy that they didn't need blindfolds
Back then the south was treated like a colony of the north. You would have no more been able to identify the governor of Georgia than you would be able to identify the governor of Puerto Rico today.
Soupy Sales is God!
No reflection on Carter my how had the program deteriorated!
4 years of him as president was the greatest gift the repulican party ever received
What do you mean? He was a Democrat.
@@neecicoleman1690Exactly. He is saying that he was so unpopular (as a President; everyone loves him as a person) that his successor, a Republican, won by a landslide.
Does he recruit nuns? That’s a new one. 😅
@Madnessfan34537 Considering that Obama's presidency is likely not even a third done, it's far too early to judge.
so he wasnt considnered famous yet
strong governor, weak president
No, I am NOT G.W.Bush
Does he recruit nuns? :)
No. My comments are actually based on facts, not baseless opinions.
Donna whom???
Dana Valery was a singer with a brief career in the late 1960s and early 70s
You might know her acclaimed brother singer Sergio Franchi.But Dana was a smoking hottie always as seen here Constantly on Merv Griffin show.
Recruiting nuns lol!!!!
Not the best President but probably one of the the most honest Presidents, right up there with Honest Abe. Probably the most moral also.
Jimmy Carter had a very dry sense of humor, it was barely humor at all. I don't think anyone could beat Reagan's wit, but Carter probably should have practiced his wit a little more.