Untermeyer and the shrink whose name I forget got the ax early. Too dull. Hence Bennett Cerf, who had an encyclopaedic stock of anecdotes, and Fred Allen, a sharp ad libber, got their breaks. Hal Block, a comedy writer, appeared now and then but was eventually fired for being too loud and sleazy. Arlene and Dorothy clicked at once. WML was ahead of its time in giving equal time on a panel to confident, smart women.
Louis Untermeyer was actually a casualty of the early fifties Red Scare. His politics were considered too left-leaning and he was retired in favor of Bennett Cerf.
Hard to believe this was 70 years ago.
This was on my dad's 15th birthday. He would've been 85 if he were still living today.
Sorry I meant to say 87.
4/12/50: Elsa Maxwell, mystery guest. [Arlene Francis, Dorothy Kilgallen, Hal Block, Louis Untermeyer]
Amazing TV showing everyone smoking on live tv.. back in the 50s
1950...Major sponsors of early television 📺 were cigarette companies..
Thank God the guys on the panel did not last long as well as the paper sign in sheet
A female lawyer- and still Daley answers a lot for her….
Hal Block lasted about three years but his extreme forwardness towards women guests most likely cost him his job.
Untermeyer and the shrink whose name I forget got the ax early. Too dull. Hence Bennett Cerf, who had an encyclopaedic stock of anecdotes, and Fred Allen, a sharp ad libber, got their breaks. Hal Block, a comedy writer, appeared now and then but was eventually fired for being too loud and sleazy.
Arlene and Dorothy clicked at once. WML was ahead of its time in giving equal time on a panel to confident, smart women.
Louis Untermeyer was actually a casualty of the early fifties Red Scare. His politics were considered too left-leaning and he was retired in favor of Bennett Cerf.
I don't care for hal brock