The epitome of charm and elegance, Charles Boyer suffered family tragedies in later life. His only son Michael, 21, committed suicide in 1965 after a breakup with a girlfriend. His beloved wife, British actress Pat Paterson, died of cancer in August of 1978 and a grief-stricken Boyer took a fatal overdose of pills two days later.
Oddly enough, both Boyer and Dorothy will die from the effects of Seconal (secobarbital). Overdoses from Seconal killed a lot of people, accidental or otherwise.
@@alexvaliansky7707 He committed suicide late in life after the loss of his dear wife of 44 years. It had nothing to do with his film career and came years after he retired.
@@keithhyttinen8275 A well-known earlier film is "Algiers" with the gorgeous Hedy Lamarr. Boyer whispers to her the famous line "Come with me to the Casbah, and we will make beautiful music together". It sounds better with his French accent.
This episode is yet another example in which the mystery guest is denied the opportunity to speak for himself. So much praise was heaped upon him, but Charles Boyer hardly said a word in his own voice. What a shame!
Raymond Emmett Berry Jr. (1933- ) was an American former professional football player and coach in the National Football League. He played as a split end for the Baltimore Colts from 1955 to 1967, and after several assistant coaching positions, was head coach of the New England Patriots from 1984 to 1989.
The final contestant, whom Bennett identifies, was Raymond Berry, a wide receiver for the Baltimore Colts, who would go on to a Hall of Fame career and be regarded as one of the greatest receivers of all time. (At this point he was in his fourth year in the league, but would play until 1967, still with the Colts). Earlier in the day, in a game that Bennett had obviously seen, the Colts suffered their first loss of the season to the New York Giants, 24-21. As Bennett comments, the Colts starting quarterback had been George Shaw, substituting for the injured legend Johnny Unitas. The Giants and Colts would meet again that season in the 1958 NFL Championship Game, in which the Colts (with Unitas starting) would defeat the Giants 23-17 in overtime. (Berry would have 12 receptions for 178 yards and a touchdown in that final game).
Thanks for the information. I started watching the NFL in the early 70’s. I never got to see them play, but those two are such easily recognizable names.
And today, July 2nd, 2024, I just read the Wikipedia page on his life, and he died from suicide, and I believe it was a day before his 80th birthday. This came just four days after he lost his beloved wife of 45 plus years from cancer; and coupled with the tragic loss of his son a number of years ago, it was just too much for him. We know that wealth and fame cannot "win over"--or replace--the sadness that moves deeply into our being after a profound loss, and then trying to cope with the emptiness, the loneliness, the deep sorrow which follows from it.
I just read in the Wikipedia article about this actor that, now I'm trying to remember it correctly as far as the time frame, but his wife of close to 50 years passed away and with that and the loss of his son years before he took his own life at his home in arizona Southern ArizonaI think just a day before his next birthday maybe at 79th or 80th birthday and I think it was 4 days after his wife passed that he took us on life.successfame and moneyare definitelybest defined as ephemeral. A body and a mind that are working in a beautiful rhythmic dance through life guess what ultimately matters, certainly more importantly thanthe material things.
I thought I lost this FIRST comment posting, as I accidentally hit some button on the keyboard and everything went away; and, all of a sudden, I was on to another program on the computer screen. So I went back into this location to see if anything was saved, but I didn't find anything--until right now, but AFTER I had just completed my comments a second time! So, obviously, in some weird fashion, the first posting was saved, but it's a disaster because I did not have a chance to edit it. So just read the next one, if you desire, as it's a little more coherent. Thanks.
Raymond Berry was a noted perfectionist, (he gave himself a 'C' grade in the championship game game despite all the big passes he caught because he failed to make a key block that might have produced a touchdown that could have won the game in regulation). Being identified as "the end who almost caught the pass that could have won today's game" must have made him cringe. .
Insignificant football game that night compared to the crushing Overtime defeat Johnny U, Raymond Berry & Co. handed the G-Men on December 28 for the 1958 NFL Championship. Glad I wasn't around to witness it. Also thrilled the future HOFer retired in 1967, before his Colts met the NY Jets in Super Bowl III.
Just found out that Arlene and Martin's son Peter and Bennett's son Jonathan have formed a band together called Central Park Zoo. They each have other careers and perform for the fun of it, mostly covering 1960s music.
I looked up Martin Gabel on Wikipedia to find out more about his career. The listing mentioned his son Peter, so I clicked on that, too. Turns out Peter became a lawyer and law professor ... and now a long-haired rock musician. You can Google "Central Park Zoo band" to see photos of Peter on bass and Bennett's son Jonathan on keyboards.
There's a WML video titled Jonathan Cerf and Peter Gabel that shows them as mystery guests when they were Harvard Lampoon editors together. Surprisingly they mention that they've stated a band called Central Park Zoo. So they've been playing music together since 1966/1967 until 2014.
SuperWinterborn It's okay, I just think it's best not to speculate on something as sensitive as parentage without evidence. Besides, like I said, to my eyes the adult Peter Gabel bears such a striking resemblance to Martin Gabel I can't even believe anyone could doubt who his father was.
I heard that Charles Boyer didn't like Claudette Colbert (one of my fave actresses) and called her a upstager. I don't know how true it is, but I loved them in Tovarich.
I knew Bennett would get Raymond Berry easily. Even though he was only in the league 2 years he had just played in the greatest game in nfl history and was the best receiver in his time.
+Doug w. A few weeks premature, but the mistake is understandable. The game that was played on 11/9/58 at Yankee Stadium was a regular season game. The game you are referring to was the NFL Championship game played in December between the same two teams and at the same stadium. Berry and QB Johnny Unitas were instrumental in the Colts comeback to tie the game and send it into overtime, and again in the winning drive capped by Alan Ameche's touchdown plunge. In the process, Unitas became known as the first master of the two minute drill, being able to engineer comeback drives at the end of a close game. I acknowledge that Bennett was a sports fan. But he totally mispronounced the name of Johnny Unitas. Even casual football fans knew how to pronounce it by the end of the year. His long crew cut, distinctive square jaw line and his blue and white #19 jersey would be a familiar sight on winning football teams for the rest of the 1950's and over another decade more.
Rita Francis Gaglio was born in Brooklyn in 1938 (approximately). She was 2 years old during the 1940 census. It would appear that she married Lawrence Amato in Brooklyn in 1961. After that, the trail grows cold. Despite her attractive appearance, she does not appear to have made a mark as a singer. 5509 Ocean Avenue, where she worked as a barber, is now a tire shop. There is a beauty salon next door at 5507 Ocean Avenue.
Doesn't she say 5509 Church Avenue in Brooklyn? According to Google Street view it looks like it's still a salon or at least was at the time the street view image was taken.
Raymond ("Don't call me Ray") Berry and Johnny Unitas may have been the best receiver and passer combination in the history of the NFL. They may have also been the most unlikely. Berry wasn't considered good enough to start for his HS team until his senior year, and his father was the head coach! Drafted by the Colts in the 20th round of the 1954 draft, it was expected that he would be cut from the team before he would ever play a down in the NFL. He was considered too small, too slow and he had poor eyesight. He also needed to wear a back brace for most of his pro career. But he had great determination, excellent hands (he only fumbled once in his entire career), quick moves (he practiced 88 different moves to get open) and ran precision pass routes. Unitas had come out of a college not known for football (U of Louisville), was cut by the Steelers and was playing semi-pro football for $6 a game to supplement his construction work income when the Colts took a chance on him at a last minute tryout with another player. He would go on to become one of the greatest players in NFL history, known for his golden arm, his field generalship and coolness under pressure. He was league MVP three times and for 52 years held the record for most consecutive games with a TD pass. Unitas and Berry didn't terrorize opposing defenses. They dissected them with precision routes and passes. Evoking Knute Rockne and Gus Dorias at Notre Dame decades earlier, Unitas and Berry practiced on their own in addition to the team's regular practice. Part of their routine was for Unitas to throw passes that Berry could only catch by diving or leaping for the ball in a location that he could barely reach but the defender could not. Thus Berry became proficient at holding onto such passes when he was closely defended. Both players are members of the Pro Football Hall of Fame, were named to the NFL's 75th Anniversary team and have had their numbers retired by the Colts. They were a combo from 1956-67. By 1957, they were acknowledged as rising stars in the NFL as they led the Colts to their first winning record in franchise history. If the NFL was as popular in November 1958 as it is now, the panel would have been blindfolded for Berry's appearance. The Unitas to Berry catches during their game-tying drive in the final seconds of regulation time and game-winning drive in overtime were a big part of starting the NFL down the road of the popularity it now enjoys.
I think there should be a class at school for this program. Tells a lot of history and how many products come from oil. Also how many people had their own businesses, men and women. America at It's best.
Charles Boyer seemed rather uncomfortable about being there, and even anxious to leave. He seemed to dislike the small talk banter at the end of his appearance.
@oldwestguy I was wondering, if maybe he was getting annoyed at John Daly, for repeatedly calling him Charlie, without asking if it's okay. Also John Daly's hand movements while he was talking, came awful close to clipping Charles Boyer's face.
Speaking of singing barbers such as Miss Gaglio and Perry Como, Dean Martin's father was a barber in Steubenville. Is being a barber or hairdresser a common occupation for Italian Americans? Here in the UK Italian immigrants more or less took over the ice cream trade.
I think it was cool they had Raymond Berry on. This was after the Giants win 24-21 during the 1958 regular season. They didn't know that the 1958 NFL Championship that the Colts won in overtime was under 2 months away. Unitas had been injured in a game against Green Bay before that game which is why Shaw played in the loss. Bennett didn't pronounce Unitas correctly. Raymond Berry had a LOT to do with the success of Unitas. He studied the receiver position much more than players had at the time and he and Unitas practiced a lot and knew what each other would do very well. That wasn't so much of a given in the 1950s.
On this day, Johnny Unitas was unavailable to play due to an injury. The Colts starting QB was George Shaw, who had been the Colts starter in 1956 until he suffered a broken leg. That was what opened the door for Unitas to become the starter, a position he didn't relinquish for over a decade. Shaw was a good QB and he almost led the Colts to victory this day. But he wasn't in Unitas's class. It was their first loss of the season after opening with 6 straight victories. When Unitas started, the Colts were 8-1. With Shaw as the starter, they were 1-2. Berry caught 4 passes for 49 yards, including a 23 yard TD. The big star that day for the Colts was Lenny Moore who caught 6 passes for 181 yards (including 2 TD's) and ran an additional 6 times for 27 yards. The winning Giants field goal this day was kicked by Pat Summerall, who later would go on to an even more prolific broadcasting career, primarily in football and golf, for over 40 years. He announced a record 16 Super Bowls and also was behind the mike for 26 Masters and 21 US Open golf tournaments. He also announced ABA basketball and hosted local radio programs in NYC among many other broadcasting roles. Summerall would kick an even bigger field goal five weeks later, one that beat the Browns in the final regular season game of the season, forcing a playoff for the Eastern Conference championship the following week. (The Giants beat the Browns in that game, putting them in the NFL Championship game against the Colts on December 28.) Pat's kick traveled 49 yards through snow and swirling winds. It was only one yard shorter than his career best. He hadn't been successful from longer than 42 yards that season (his first with the Giants) and from longer than 43 yards since 1954 until that clutch kick during the last game of the 1958 regular season.
Funny whenever Bennett Cerf - -who tries to show how smart he is about everything - displays his ignorance. Asking Raymond Berry about Johnny You-knit-ass, and the game at The Yankee Stadium. I bet Dorothy even knew that Unitas is pronounced You-Night-us. And any NY sports fan would know the Stadium is only referred to as Yankee Stadium - -NEVER Thee Yankee Stadium..
@@dianefiske-foy4717 I'm an avid reader who's pronunciations are offered corrected for putting the acent on the wrong sil-ah'-bul. Bennett's would be the nearly correct Spanish pronunciation of the written word: u'-nee-toss.
I've noticed on many occasions, Bennett's mispronunciations come from his reading a word rather than hearing it. Then, when hearing it, assuming the other person is mispronouncing it.
here is a man who publishes a dictionary, a main purpose of which is to standardize pronunciation of words and he calls the death of unfortunate insects their "de-meez". No, the only correct pronunciation is"de-MIZE"
It always annoys me when John asks do you know how we keep score. They should be told how before they come out on the stage. It just always seemed a waste of time and redundant to me.
Another annoying time-waster is Daly’s “we’ll give the folks at home and our audience in the theater a chance to learn exactly what his/her line actually is.” Why not just say, “We’ll show our two audiences the answer”?
The epitome of charm and elegance, Charles Boyer suffered family tragedies in later life. His only son Michael, 21, committed suicide in 1965 after a breakup with a girlfriend. His beloved wife, British actress Pat Paterson, died of cancer in August of 1978 and a grief-stricken Boyer took a fatal overdose of pills two days later.
Oddly enough, both Boyer and Dorothy will die from the effects of Seconal (secobarbital). Overdoses from Seconal killed a lot of people, accidental or otherwise.
Wasn’t he one of the French actors that entertained the Nazis like Maurice Chevalier?
@@GOLDVIOLINbowofdeath what nonsense!
He joined the French army in 1939 to fight _against_ the Nazis and became an American citizen in 1942.
This show is timeless. Cheers to everyone, from Poland. Have a great life!
My Polish friends are the best, kind, smart, humor filled.
@@keithhyttinen8275 I'm really glad to hear that :)
You should go back there.
@@blueduck5589 back where?
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In his prime, Charles Boyer was a matinee idol. He conquered France, and then he conquered Hollywood.
I only know him from "Gaslight". Others? No idea. Conquered?
And then he committed suicide.
@@alexvaliansky7707 He committed suicide late in life after the loss of his dear wife of 44 years. It had nothing to do with his film career and came years after he retired.
@@keithhyttinen8275 A well-known earlier film is "Algiers" with the gorgeous Hedy Lamarr. Boyer whispers to her the famous line "Come with me to the Casbah, and we will make beautiful music together". It sounds better with his French accent.
@@keithhyttinen8275 don't parade your ignorance, he remains to this day the most successful French actor ever to work in Hollywood
Wonderful show!
This episode is yet another example in which the mystery guest is denied the opportunity to speak for himself. So much praise was heaped upon him, but Charles Boyer hardly said a word in his own voice. What a shame!
This is a great observation! Thanks for sharing it.
As a struggling actor Charles Boyer worked in a hospital for awhile and put on stand up comedy shows.
Raymond Emmett Berry Jr. (1933- ) was an American former professional football player and coach in the National Football League. He played as a split end for the Baltimore Colts from 1955 to 1967, and after several assistant coaching positions, was head coach of the New England Patriots from 1984 to 1989.
I don’t think Johnny U is ever called yoo ne taz.
Another wonderful share!
I have watched many videos of this show. So many of women barbers.
Martin Gabel great at 21:00, and John Daly's reaction was at least as great :)
I agree totally!!! That was a perfect call by Martin and John's reaction of being 'caught' was priceless!!!
The final contestant, whom Bennett identifies, was Raymond Berry, a wide receiver for the Baltimore Colts, who would go on to a Hall of Fame career and be regarded as one of the greatest receivers of all time. (At this point he was in his fourth year in the league, but would play until 1967, still with the Colts). Earlier in the day, in a game that Bennett had obviously seen, the Colts suffered their first loss of the season to the New York Giants, 24-21. As Bennett comments, the Colts starting quarterback had been George Shaw, substituting for the injured legend Johnny Unitas. The Giants and Colts would meet again that season in the 1958 NFL Championship Game, in which the Colts (with Unitas starting) would defeat the Giants 23-17 in overtime. (Berry would have 12 receptions for 178 yards and a touchdown in that final game).
I also noticed Bennett mispronounced Unitas. Took me a moment to realize who he meant.
Thanks for the information. I started watching the NFL in the early 70’s. I never got to see them play, but those two are such easily recognizable names.
@@sandydog291 He also pronounced "de-mize" as "day-meese".
Lovely CB! Great actor loved him in Gaslight! Sad personal life loss of son and wife!
And today, July 2nd, 2024, I just read the Wikipedia page on his life, and he died from suicide, and I believe it was a day before his 80th birthday. This came just four days after he lost his beloved wife of 45 plus years from cancer; and coupled with the tragic loss of his son a number of years ago, it was just too much for him. We know that wealth and fame cannot "win over"--or replace--the sadness that moves deeply into our being after a profound loss, and then trying to cope with the emptiness, the loneliness, the deep sorrow which follows from it.
I just read in the Wikipedia article about this actor that, now I'm trying to remember it correctly as far as the time frame, but his wife of close to 50 years passed away and with that and the loss of his son years before he took his own life at his home in arizona Southern ArizonaI think just a day before his next birthday maybe at 79th or 80th birthday and I think it was 4 days after his wife passed that he took us on life.successfame and moneyare definitelybest defined as ephemeral. A body and a mind that are working in a beautiful rhythmic dance through life guess what ultimately matters, certainly more importantly thanthe material things.
I thought I lost this FIRST comment posting, as I accidentally hit some button on the keyboard and everything went away; and, all of a sudden, I was on to another program on the computer screen. So I went back into this location to see if anything was saved, but I didn't find anything--until right now, but AFTER I had just completed my comments a second time! So, obviously, in some weird fashion, the first posting was saved, but it's a disaster because I did not have a chance to edit it. So just read the next one, if you desire, as it's a little more coherent. Thanks.
Raymond Berry was a noted perfectionist, (he gave himself a 'C' grade in the championship game game despite all the big passes he caught because he failed to make a key block that might have produced a touchdown that could have won the game in regulation). Being identified as "the end who almost caught the pass that could have won today's game" must have made him cringe. .
Raymond Berry , professional football player is 89 years old today!! Happy Birthday Sir!!
Insignificant football game that night compared to the crushing Overtime defeat Johnny U, Raymond Berry & Co. handed the G-Men on December 28 for the 1958 NFL Championship. Glad I wasn't around to witness it. Also thrilled the future HOFer retired in 1967, before his Colts met the NY Jets in Super Bowl III.
Love those dresses! So elegant. 🥰
finally a guest who didnt have to ask john how to answer the questions.
Just found out that Arlene and Martin's son Peter and Bennett's son Jonathan have formed a band together called Central Park Zoo. They each have other careers and perform for the fun of it, mostly covering 1960s music.
How'd you find this out? Very cool info.
I looked up Martin Gabel on Wikipedia to find out more about his career. The listing mentioned his son Peter, so I clicked on that, too. Turns out Peter became a lawyer and law professor ... and now a long-haired rock musician. You can Google "Central Park Zoo band" to see photos of Peter on bass and Bennett's son Jonathan on keyboards.
There's a WML video titled Jonathan Cerf and Peter Gabel that shows them as mystery guests when they were Harvard Lampoon editors together. Surprisingly they mention that they've stated a band called Central Park Zoo. So they've been playing music together since 1966/1967 until 2014.
What's My Line? I'm sorry you took my comment as an offend, which was not the meaning. I'll remove it now.
SuperWinterborn It's okay, I just think it's best not to speculate on something as sensitive as parentage without evidence. Besides, like I said, to my eyes the adult Peter Gabel bears such a striking resemblance to Martin Gabel I can't even believe anyone could doubt who his father was.
Oh, that fabulous voice. So elegant and refined.
I heard that Charles Boyer didn't like Claudette Colbert (one of my fave actresses) and called her a upstager. I don't know how true it is, but I loved them in Tovarich.
I knew Bennett would get Raymond Berry easily. Even though he was only in the league 2 years he had just played in the greatest game in nfl history and was the best receiver in his time.
+Doug w.
A few weeks premature, but the mistake is understandable. The game that was played on 11/9/58 at Yankee Stadium was a regular season game. The game you are referring to was the NFL Championship game played in December between the same two teams and at the same stadium. Berry and QB Johnny Unitas were instrumental in the Colts comeback to tie the game and send it into overtime, and again in the winning drive capped by Alan Ameche's touchdown plunge. In the process, Unitas became known as the first master of the two minute drill, being able to engineer comeback drives at the end of a close game.
I acknowledge that Bennett was a sports fan. But he totally mispronounced the name of Johnny Unitas. Even casual football fans knew how to pronounce it by the end of the year. His long crew cut, distinctive square jaw line and his blue and white #19 jersey would be a familiar sight on winning football teams for the rest of the 1950's and over another decade more.
@@loissimmons6558 And black high-top shoes.
Wow my jaw dropped to sthe floor when they said that the perennial singer Perry Como started out his professional life by being a barber!
If Perry sang opera, he could have been the barber of Seville.
Steve Burrus. That's right Steve, Perry did start as a barber.
Rita Francis Gaglio was born in Brooklyn in 1938 (approximately). She was 2 years old during the 1940 census. It would appear that she married Lawrence Amato in Brooklyn in 1961. After that, the trail grows cold. Despite her attractive appearance, she does not appear to have made a mark as a singer.
5509 Ocean Avenue, where she worked as a barber, is now a tire shop. There is a beauty salon next door at 5507 Ocean Avenue.
Lois Simmons. Drive by...Lois
Doesn't she say 5509 Church Avenue in Brooklyn? According to Google Street view it looks like it's still a salon or at least was at the time the street view image was taken.
@@marcopuleo Yes, she said Church Avenue.
How many women barbers did they have as guests on WsML ?
Raymond ("Don't call me Ray") Berry and Johnny Unitas may have been the best receiver and passer combination in the history of the NFL. They may have also been the most unlikely. Berry wasn't considered good enough to start for his HS team until his senior year, and his father was the head coach! Drafted by the Colts in the 20th round of the 1954 draft, it was expected that he would be cut from the team before he would ever play a down in the NFL. He was considered too small, too slow and he had poor eyesight. He also needed to wear a back brace for most of his pro career. But he had great determination, excellent hands (he only fumbled once in his entire career), quick moves (he practiced 88 different moves to get open) and ran precision pass routes.
Unitas had come out of a college not known for football (U of Louisville), was cut by the Steelers and was playing semi-pro football for $6 a game to supplement his construction work income when the Colts took a chance on him at a last minute tryout with another player. He would go on to become one of the greatest players in NFL history, known for his golden arm, his field generalship and coolness under pressure. He was league MVP three times and for 52 years held the record for most consecutive games with a TD pass.
Unitas and Berry didn't terrorize opposing defenses. They dissected them with precision routes and passes. Evoking Knute Rockne and Gus Dorias at Notre Dame decades earlier, Unitas and Berry practiced on their own in addition to the team's regular practice. Part of their routine was for Unitas to throw passes that Berry could only catch by diving or leaping for the ball in a location that he could barely reach but the defender could not. Thus Berry became proficient at holding onto such passes when he was closely defended.
Both players are members of the Pro Football Hall of Fame, were named to the NFL's 75th Anniversary team and have had their numbers retired by the Colts. They were a combo from 1956-67. By 1957, they were acknowledged as rising stars in the NFL as they led the Colts to their first winning record in franchise history. If the NFL was as popular in November 1958 as it is now, the panel would have been blindfolded for Berry's appearance. The Unitas to Berry catches during their game-tying drive in the final seconds of regulation time and game-winning drive in overtime were a big part of starting the NFL down the road of the popularity it now enjoys.
Lois Simmons very well written! Kept my attention, well summarized. Thanks, Lois!
The last guy looks like he could have played Superman if he were an actor.
Well, at least one football player did play Superman professionally....
Listen carefully to Bennett 's pronounciation of Unitas. For an avid sport fan, he surprises me with his pronouncing of names..
Bennett pronounces so many things oddly. For instance, he says "Pits-ZA," instead of Pizza. And that is just one of many oddly pronunciations.
@Mark Richardson Deh-meez?
His name was Johnny Unitas
Randy Lovering. Bennett called him. Uuunitas. With a long U.. some big sports fan, huh ?
@@dcasper8514 he did but he liked the giants
the perfect name for a quarterback, who is supposed to be the team's leader: Unite Us.
I think there should be a class at school for this program. Tells a lot of history and how many products come from oil. Also how many people had their own businesses, men and women. America at It's best.
Charles Boyer seemed rather uncomfortable about being there, and even anxious to leave. He seemed to dislike the small talk banter at the end of his appearance.
@oldwestguy I was wondering, if maybe he was getting annoyed at John Daly, for repeatedly calling him Charlie, without asking if it's okay. Also John Daly's hand movements while he was talking, came awful close to clipping Charles Boyer's face.
I didn't think so.
@@jenniferyorgan4215 I agree. You don’t just change people’s names. Charles sounds much more refined and French.
I wanted to hear more of his famous voice.
classic!
Speaking of singing barbers such as Miss Gaglio and Perry Como, Dean Martin's father was a barber in Steubenville. Is being a barber or hairdresser a common occupation for Italian Americans? Here in the UK Italian immigrants more or less took over the ice cream trade.
I think it was cool they had Raymond Berry on. This was after the Giants win 24-21 during the 1958 regular season. They didn't know that the 1958 NFL Championship that the Colts won in overtime was under 2 months away. Unitas had been injured in a game against Green Bay before that game which is why Shaw played in the loss. Bennett didn't pronounce Unitas correctly. Raymond Berry had a LOT to do with the success of Unitas. He studied the receiver position much more than players had at the time and he and Unitas practiced a lot and knew what each other would do very well. That wasn't so much of a given in the 1950s.
Im sorry i missed that game..... My mother was about 5 years old 😂
At least Arlene admits it’s not what you know, it’s who you know. His parents also own a Jewelry store in Philly
The women were not impressed with the insect guy. 😝
On this day, Johnny Unitas was unavailable to play due to an injury. The Colts starting QB was George Shaw, who had been the Colts starter in 1956 until he suffered a broken leg. That was what opened the door for Unitas to become the starter, a position he didn't relinquish for over a decade.
Shaw was a good QB and he almost led the Colts to victory this day. But he wasn't in Unitas's class. It was their first loss of the season after opening with 6 straight victories. When Unitas started, the Colts were 8-1. With Shaw as the starter, they were 1-2.
Berry caught 4 passes for 49 yards, including a 23 yard TD. The big star that day for the Colts was Lenny Moore who caught 6 passes for 181 yards (including 2 TD's) and ran an additional 6 times for 27 yards.
The winning Giants field goal this day was kicked by Pat Summerall, who later would go on to an even more prolific broadcasting career, primarily in football and golf, for over 40 years. He announced a record 16 Super Bowls and also was behind the mike for 26 Masters and 21 US Open golf tournaments. He also announced ABA basketball and hosted local radio programs in NYC among many other broadcasting roles.
Summerall would kick an even bigger field goal five weeks later, one that beat the Browns in the final regular season game of the season, forcing a playoff for the Eastern Conference championship the following week. (The Giants beat the Browns in that game, putting them in the NFL Championship game against the Colts on December 28.) Pat's kick traveled 49 yards through snow and swirling winds. It was only one yard shorter than his career best. He hadn't been successful from longer than 42 yards that season (his first with the Giants) and from longer than 43 yards since 1954 until that clutch kick during the last game of the 1958 regular season.
7:50 >> did they do gambits with Martin Gabel??
Funny whenever Bennett Cerf - -who tries to show how smart he is about everything - displays his ignorance. Asking Raymond Berry about Johnny You-knit-ass, and the game at The Yankee Stadium. I bet Dorothy even knew that Unitas is pronounced You-Night-us. And any NY sports fan would know the Stadium is only referred to as Yankee Stadium - -NEVER Thee Yankee Stadium..
You’d think Bennett Cerf would know how to pronounce Johnny Unitas’ last name, since he’s a publisher.
Mark Richardson ... I know 😊. I was meaning that, since Bennett was a publisher, he had to have seen Johnny Unitas’ name written a lot.
@@dianefiske-foy4717 I'm an avid reader who's pronunciations are offered corrected for putting the acent on the wrong sil-ah'-bul. Bennett's would be the nearly correct Spanish pronunciation of the written word: u'-nee-toss.
Oops. Whose. But I pronounced it correctly.
Alan Sorensen ... I’ve only ever heard it pronounced U-ny- tis.
I've noticed on many occasions, Bennett's mispronunciations come from his reading a word rather than hearing it. Then, when hearing it, assuming the other person is mispronouncing it.
On December 28, 1958 the colts and the Giants played a classic game 23 to 17 in overtime but what's my line was not on that day
The way Bennett mispronounces Johnny Unitas's name at the 22:57 mark is hilarious.
Jeff Vaughn I thought Berry would correct him but maybe he cant even pronounce his qbs name.
+Doug w. Cerf mispronounced many names over the years.
"Yoonitass"
Jeff Vaughn. yeah Jeff, big sports fan..
here is a man who publishes a dictionary, a main purpose of which is to standardize pronunciation of words and he calls the death of unfortunate insects their "de-meez". No, the only correct pronunciation is"de-MIZE"
It always annoys me when John asks do you know how we keep score. They should be told how before they come out on the stage. It just always seemed a waste of time and redundant to me.
Another annoying time-waster is Daly’s “we’ll give the folks at home and our audience in the theater a chance to learn exactly what his/her line actually is.” Why not just say, “We’ll show our two audiences the answer”?
It seems like a formality. Plus, new viewers at home have a chance to get familiar.
It’s another way of putting contestants at their ease, and something to say while they settle.
Female men's barbers were the most over-used job type on the program.
I agree. "Dog catcher" is another popular one.
Richard Wielgosz yes but so lovely and sweet.
Many, many. And big game hunters. And teachers of classes for expectant parents.
Is it me, or does it seem like every other female contestant was a men's barber? That must have been very rare in those days.
*_Men's Barber_*
*_Breeds Fleas, Ants, Spiders For Research_*
*_Professional Football Player_*
You na Tass? You would think Bennett would have known how to pronounce Unitas.
I hate "demeeses" to pieces. #Cerfism
Just wait until NEXT week! ;)
Dorothy looked hideous in her outfit! Such a drip, who thought she was beautiful 😜
As Sinatra called her, "the no chin wonder."