I met Ethel Merman when I was a kid at The Camden County Music Fair and what a nice lady. Ethel asked me how I knew her because I was so young and i told her I loved her appearance on The Lucy Show and she laughed so loud and she said hold on for a minute she stepped away and came back an gave me her laminated pass with her picture on it and signed it and I still have it. Ethel was a great lady and wonderful singer.
Watch one episode everyday! What an absolute joy. Love how the panel dresses and the simple & uncomplicated set. They don't even have an extra chair if there is more then one contestant. So fun to see all the stars of that time too. Obsessed with the mystery surrounding Miss Kilgallen's death. WOW
The first guest in this episode, Sheila Bell, was my mother. She passed away last week. If the date on this episode was correct she was almost 19 years old here.
1965 one of the last years for Real Glamour...Look at those ladies in those gorgeous Empire gowns and those magnificent ornate hairdos!! It never got better than this time period and the Kennedy Era.
My pleasure-- glad you enjoy the videos. :) I just uploaded a rare complete episode of the BBC version of WML: ruclips.net/video/7Thk2OZ6lAY/видео.html
That was very thoughtful of Arlene to clue the bald guy in on why the audience was laughing. The comment she made about liking him the way he was was also very kind.
I have always adored how Arlene wears such exquisite gowns, and nearly all of them have perfectly place and useful POCKETS! I don't think ANY gowns worn today for women have pockets. Don't know why. Walking in with a single hand in the pocket is quite elegant. Beautiful as always.
You know I thought they had pockets too but recently I saw her hands looking like they were in pockets but she was pushing the gown out with her hands under the folds. I saw it. Either way she looks great.
I enjoy seeing Dorothy when the celebrity is someone she cares about : look how she stands to hug Ethel M. and how she's smiling and watching her walk offstage : heart is on yer sleeve, Miss K !!!!!!!
Ethel and Dorothy were great friends - Ethel remembers her fondly in her autobiography as being one of the only writers she knew she could get dinner with, and not have to worry about her personal woes ending up in the next days paper.
Well, our dear Ethel had already appeared (at this point in time) on a Broadway stage for more than 10,000 times. She was used to it. Cheers to Ethel and bless her memory!
Very delicately and professionally handled by Arlene at 10:15 Someone HAD to do something with all that hubbub building. Then later she manages to loosen up a rather tetchy Daly over the 'eating' issue with her 'just get it down' bit. These little windows reveal a lot about a person if you add them up. This isn't just a game show, it's a human study.
I have noticed on several episodes that Dorothy makes effort to show she "Knows" the mystery guest by reaching out to them, as she did Ms. Merman. And the mystery guest always reaches out to Arlene first, as Ms. Merman did.
20:02 -- we can clearly see that the final contestant, Miss Cummins, is wearing a diamond heart necklace, very similar to Arlene's. At 24:30-:35, when Arlene greets her, it looks as if she has noticed too and shows Miss Cummins that she has hers on, even though it has been somewhat hidden beneath her clothing and other jewelry.
SaveThe TPC I noticed this too, but couldn't find a clear enough shot of the necklace to decide if it was really heart shaped or not, so I didn't say anything about it. :) You may very well be right about Arlene mentioning it when the guest is leaving.
As big as Miss Merman voice famously was, her all-embracing theatrical personality was bigger still! In "it's a Mad...World" she emerged as the funniest of all the comic stars.
eoselan7 ... I agree with you 100%. She's the reason that I watch "it's a mad mad mad mad world." Ms. Merman came off as the funniest one in that picture among all the great comics.
Arlene is so witty and intelligent - she was able to diffuse the bald man's embarrassment at following a toupee salesperson where John Daly was otherwise speechless.
In 1979 Merman released a disco album and I found a promotional copy of it about ten years later in a thrift shop. It included a mimeographed copy of a magazine article, from Variety if I remember correctly, titled "Can Ethel Disco? Yes She Can Can Can!" Looking back, that sounds like a Bennett Cerf joke.
That album is one of my favorite entertainment train wrecks, which I return to often when I really need a good laugh. The amazing thing about it is not so much that Ethel Merman did a disco album in 1979-- there are a slew of godawful disco albums by artists who should have known better. It's the way it was recorded: she recorded her vocal tracks with the accompaniment of her usual pianist, having no idea whatsoever what the arrangement that was laid over them would sound like. And you can tell, because she sings in her usual style with no modulation whatsoever for the genre. It just makes the insanely conceived album that much more over-the-top insane in execution. You haven't lived till you've heard Merman belting out "Alexander's Ragtime Band" set to a disco beat. ruclips.net/video/0Gao8l3xQbQ/видео.html
What's My Line? I think the disco version of "There's No Business Like Show Business" works in spite of itself - "why why WHY baby?" If you like (?) that album you might enjoy (?) the movie _Sextette_ with Mae West, possibly the worst trainwreck at the junction of old Hollywood and '70s cheese.
Kind of dislike the comments criticizing Randle. Randle was just a big puppy in my opinion that said the first thing that came to his head but meant no harm often. But secondly this is one of the only times I have seen the girls rise for another girl guest star.
Four months to go....and still no sign whatsoever of the 'decline' people have said Kilgallen supposedly suffered. Been watching chronologically since 1950 so waiting for the 'decline' to start. As yet, she looks in perfectly good nick to me as well as very clear and articulate...as I'm sure her reporting will've been at this juncture.
He interrupted people frequently on this show through the years. I remember one night Henry Morgan called him on it rather sharply. Cerf pouted for the rest of the show.
And even when they do answer he speaks at the same time or nods or shakes his head at the same time. I remember in one episode when the mystery guest was talking, Daly was saying the exact same sentences right over their sentences.
Today was a double-up, as the July 4 show (yes, Independence Day), which we'll be seeing tomorrow, was taped earlier that same night. The cast and crew had the night off on July 4.
RE: Gary’s posting the 1965 Ethel Merman “What’s My Line?” -- Memory is a strange critter. I remember watching this episode on live TV when I was 9. What do I remember? Not that striped thing on Dorothy. Not the bald guy selling vitamins for pets. What I remember is the question for the Merm posed by Bennett at 17:12. Go figure.
Johan Bengtsson Very good, Johan! You know your Americana. For 10 bonus points, who played Marty in the live television play that ran in 1953, before the motion picture came out (in 1955). No peeking!
Johan Bengtsson It took me a while to figure out why the audience was laughing so hard, because we did not see anything but his hand and arm at first -- but once I saw the rest of him, I laughed too! I felt kind of bad for him for getting laughed at like that, though -- leave it to Arlene to put it in perspective in a way that did not make fun of him and probably helped him feel more comfortable -- good going, Arlene! (I personally couldn't help noticing that his name rhymes with ballerina, but I suppose after he'd already drawn laughs once, just by walking onto the stage, nobody dared embarrass him further by mentioning that!)
Johan Bengtsson To get a laugh-- just as happened on the show. I'm not saying they did, I'm just saying I wondered. Mainly cause the guy wasn't just bald, he was *very* bald.
Beautiful..... classy......talented....... handsome....... few celebs of this caliber in our world now. So glad I was a kid in the 60s to grow up in that wonderful era.
This episode aired on my mom's 24th birthday when she lived in The Bronx married to her previous husband and they had my sister Valerie who was 8 months old then
Why were people laughing when that second contestant signed in? Maybe because he was bald? Arlene was so gracious by telling him that she liked him just the way he was.
When I was 5 or 6 we saw "It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World" at the Orange Drive-in in Orange California and I still remember when Terry Thomas and Milton Berle turned her over and shook out the car keys. I have seen it several times since then and I'd say she had some great legs!
Ethel Merman was one of the all-time greats. In addition to her prodigious talent, she loved to have fun and had many friends (as is evident in this video).
What happened to all the What's My Line videos which are suddenly private? I've spent two years watching every episode since the first, and now I'm here finding several upcoming episodes which were available a few days ago are now gone.
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Ethel Merman was in "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World" as Jim Backus' wife and her "son" movie is Dick Shawn. AND... she was in "Airplane"... for just a minute. In a mental hospital and she sings "There's No Business Like Show Business"... and she's given a shot. She's out ! ;-)
To Merman -- Is your spouse in show-biz? Uh yeah. The year before she married Ernest Borgnine for a month. I hear that chapter in her biography is blank.
+soulierinvestments She wasn't asked if her spouse was in show biz. She was asked if her spouse was a singing star. Plus she was divorced from Borgnine. So your comment was STUPID>
@@brkitdwn He was in publishing and had a lot of inside information, and also apparently would scour the newspapers for celebrities in town. Not exactly cheating but would have been nice for him to have just gone in blindly.
OK, John. There is a special character to the vitamin. Say it twice, so that you put the panel on the right track. Maybe he's making up for all of the times he's mislead them.
Joe Postove No, Joe, it's not sad. A lot of men who have full heads of hair shave their heads because male baldness is considered fashionable these days.
schwul1956 I see that. But if you look at the hairlines of many "voluntary" heads many are going through the process of losing their hair. As long as I've got enough hairs I will continue to weave and crochet.
It's the effects of abundant testosterone. Notice how deep a voice he has, especially for a relatively short and slender man. (Amazing how the same naturally produced substance that puts hair on the lower part of the face takes it off the top of the head.)
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I met Ethel Merman when I was a kid at The Camden County Music Fair and what a nice lady. Ethel asked me how I knew her because I was so young and i told her I loved her appearance on The Lucy Show and she laughed so loud and she said hold on for a minute she stepped away and came back an gave me her laminated pass with her picture on it and signed it and I still have it. Ethel was a great lady and wonderful singer.
Arlene Francis was probably one of the most down to earth and genuine persons of the world of celebrities. She was kind, caring and funny!!
She exuded elegance, kindness, humor and good taste.
I want to see them both in the next life
There is no next life, when you're dead you're dead.
Don't forget GRAND!! Classy and very fashionable. :-)
@@design17 Better not google Peter Gabel recent pic.
Watch one episode everyday! What an absolute joy. Love how the panel dresses and the simple & uncomplicated set. They don't even have an extra chair if there is more then one contestant. So fun to see all the stars of that time too. Obsessed with the mystery surrounding Miss Kilgallen's death. WOW
A real tragedy regarding Dorothy.
Can’t understand why two people must share a chair 🤔
@@lethaluks2942hahahaha
I love Arlene Francis. She's witty and attractive. She draws the best one-liners and reactions from John Daly and the guests.
Indubitably !
The first guest in this episode, Sheila Bell, was my mother. She passed away last week. If the date on this episode was correct she was almost 19 years old here.
It’s wonderful when someone sees a relative on this show. We can only say, RiP for this person’s mother.
Pretty lady. And what a lovely, feminine voice
I'm one year older than your beautiful mom. RIP.
my condolences and may she rest in peace
Weird seeing your Mom so young, huh?
1965 one of the last years for Real Glamour...Look at those ladies in those gorgeous Empire gowns and those magnificent ornate hairdos!! It never got better than this time period and the Kennedy Era.
That era ended in Nov. 1963, not extending into future years.
Just want to thank you again for showing these. I watch these more than i watch anything on British television today.
My pleasure-- glad you enjoy the videos. :) I just uploaded a rare complete episode of the BBC version of WML:
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That was very thoughtful of Arlene to clue the bald guy in on why the audience was laughing. The comment she made about liking him the way he was was also very kind.
I liked Arlene's Kindness concerning that gentleman also!
I agree with you, I love people who clear things up when they realize someone has been embarrassed.
Very kind!
I can't get over how this show makes me smile to the point of having my face hurt.
Read with a huge smile on my face!
It has that effect.
And what a wonderful "hurt" it is, compared to the dreck that comes out of the television now!
Proves you have excellent taste.
I have always adored how Arlene wears such exquisite gowns, and nearly all of them have perfectly place and useful POCKETS! I don't think ANY gowns worn today for women have pockets. Don't know why. Walking in with a single hand in the pocket is quite elegant. Beautiful as always.
The pockets are my favorite.
You know I thought they had pockets too but recently I saw her hands looking like they were in pockets but she was pushing the gown out with her hands under the folds. I saw it. Either way she looks great.
I enjoy seeing Dorothy when the celebrity is someone she cares about : look how she stands to hug Ethel M. and how she's smiling and watching her walk offstage : heart is on yer sleeve, Miss K !!!!!!!
She was above all a theater goer and critic and could be just as starry eyed as anyone.
Ethel and Dorothy were great friends - Ethel remembers her fondly in her autobiography as being one of the only writers she knew she could get dinner with, and not have to worry about her personal woes ending up in the next days paper.
@@maggiehall3471 Dorothy was a real reporter, not a scandal monger like Hedda Hopper and Louella Parsons.
They were good friends.
@@SymphonyBrahms Amen
Ethel Merman had NO stage fright. None. No jitters. NOTHING. It was downright spooky.
Well, our dear Ethel had already appeared (at this point in time) on a Broadway stage for more than 10,000 times. She was used to it. Cheers to Ethel and bless her memory!
No one can belt out the Star-Spangled banner like" Ethel merman"
🇺🇸 Best Ever
I love how Ethel Merman through a kiss to the audience. ❤
Miss Francis: "Jolly good, let's swallow it. Let's not suck it; let's not chew it; let's just get it down!"
Lolol. Arlene had a naughty wit.
It sure is nice to see women's beauty not ruined by tattoos!
I know, seriously. Tackiness knows no higher example.
Getting a tattoo is like keying your own car.
Amen!
The cameraman was also very good when the panelists found out what the line was; he always focused right on all four of their faces.
Arlene died from Alzheimers and Cancer. So wonderful she is preserved.
"When you belt out a song, can it be heard several blocks away?" 💀💀💀
Ethel kept good care of herself and moved up in years looking great, as can be seen here.
Very delicately and professionally handled by Arlene at 10:15 Someone HAD to do something with all that hubbub building. Then later she manages to loosen up a rather tetchy Daly over the 'eating' issue with her 'just get it down' bit. These little windows reveal a lot about a person if you add them up. This isn't just a game show, it's a human study.
Bennett and Phyllis Cerf had famous parties at the house all the time and got to know everyone - and often their voices.
The great Ethel Merman... Who could ask for anything more?
I have noticed on several episodes that Dorothy makes effort to show she "Knows" the mystery guest by reaching out to them, as she did Ms. Merman. And the mystery guest always reaches out to Arlene first, as Ms. Merman did.
Mary Tyler More. No, it's Moore. ... okay, I'm not good at this.
When that question is asked, my brain automatically answers, "Toyota!" Lol.
Ethel Merman looked absolutely fabulous! What a talent she was, so beautiful!
Ethel Merman was a delightful and very talented singer.
Indeed. The biggest star Broadway ever had.
20:02 -- we can clearly see that the final contestant, Miss Cummins, is wearing a diamond heart necklace, very similar to Arlene's. At 24:30-:35, when Arlene greets her, it looks as if she has noticed too and shows Miss Cummins that she has hers on, even though it has been somewhat hidden beneath her clothing and other jewelry.
SaveThe TPC I noticed this too, but couldn't find a clear enough shot of the necklace to decide if it was really heart shaped or not, so I didn't say anything about it. :) You may very well be right about Arlene mentioning it when the guest is leaving.
23 years after this episode a mugger snatched the necklace from Miss Francis’ neck and it was never recovered.
Poor Dorothy had only a little over four months to live. So sad.
the grace, intelligence, innocence and energy of the panelists is so desperately needed in today's rotting culture.
Tont Randall was a loveable fellow
Oh my goodness Dorothy Kilgallen actually got up entirely. So did Arlene Francis.
There was one episode with a nun and Dorothy actually did a curtesy.
@ 11:02 mark......I just looked up the word comestible, it means an item of food. Damn that Tony Randall using complicated words. lol.
He had a bountiful vocabulary...
"is it masticated?"
As big as Miss Merman voice famously was, her all-embracing theatrical personality was bigger still! In "it's a Mad...World" she emerged as the funniest of all the comic stars.
eoselan7 ... I agree with you 100%. She's the reason that I watch "it's a mad mad mad mad world." Ms. Merman came off as the funniest one in that picture among all the great comics.
I love when she says" We're in the Imperial and we're in last?!"😀
True, but still, my favorite Ethel Merman film role is that of Lt Hurwitz. No one in the world could play Lt Hurwitz like her.
There is only one Ethel Merman...and I love her
There will never be another Merman!
Arlene is so witty and intelligent - she was able to diffuse the bald man's embarrassment at following a toupee salesperson where John Daly was otherwise speechless.
LOL, Dorothy Kilgallen looks like Snow White with her hair style and puff up sleeves.
In 1979 Merman released a disco album and I found a promotional copy of it about ten years later in a thrift shop. It included a mimeographed copy of a magazine article, from Variety if I remember correctly, titled "Can Ethel Disco? Yes She Can Can Can!" Looking back, that sounds like a Bennett Cerf joke.
A disco album? Wasn't the disco era rather out in 1979?
Nope, that was right at the tail end, 1974-ish to 1980-ish. Ethel killed it! :-P
That album is one of my favorite entertainment train wrecks, which I return to often when I really need a good laugh. The amazing thing about it is not so much that Ethel Merman did a disco album in 1979-- there are a slew of godawful disco albums by artists who should have known better. It's the way it was recorded: she recorded her vocal tracks with the accompaniment of her usual pianist, having no idea whatsoever what the arrangement that was laid over them would sound like. And you can tell, because she sings in her usual style with no modulation whatsoever for the genre. It just makes the insanely conceived album that much more over-the-top insane in execution. You haven't lived till you've heard Merman belting out "Alexander's Ragtime Band" set to a disco beat.
ruclips.net/video/0Gao8l3xQbQ/видео.html
What's My Line? That record must have been a real floorfiller at the discos... My goodness... :)
What's My Line? I think the disco version of "There's No Business Like Show Business" works in spite of itself - "why why WHY baby?" If you like (?) that album you might enjoy (?) the movie _Sextette_ with Mae West, possibly the worst trainwreck at the junction of old Hollywood and '70s cheese.
Arlene was so gracious.
I love how Ethel Merman acknowledged the audience. Not very many of the celebrities did that.
Kind of dislike the comments criticizing Randle. Randle was just a big puppy in my opinion that said the first thing that came to his head but meant no harm often. But secondly this is one of the only times I have seen the girls rise for another girl guest star.
Man women in the 60s were so beautiful especially Ms.Francis and Dorathy are gorgeous.👍❤👍
Elio Cuellar Arlene yes, Dorothy no.
Four months to go....and still no sign whatsoever of the 'decline' people have said Kilgallen supposedly suffered. Been watching chronologically since 1950 so waiting for the 'decline' to start. As yet, she looks in perfectly good nick to me as well as very clear and articulate...as I'm sure her reporting will've been at this juncture.
What decline? Dorothy was always healthy looking, bright, humble, kind, witty, and extremely on point!
I agree. So tragic.
When we get closer to her demise, you will see more comments about her behavior.
Dorothy is so smart!
Arlene Francis isn't too happy Cerf interrupted her at 8:36
+buyvital HA! You're right. She looks ready to cut him in two with that glare!
You're right. It wouldn't happen today, but if it did, Arlene's retort would contain the word "mansplain."
He interrupted people frequently on this show through the years. I remember one night Henry Morgan called him on it rather sharply. Cerf pouted for the rest of the show.
NICE Watch Anthony Randall. I want one.
So sophisticated
I wish Daly would let the contestants respond more in their own words.
And even when they do answer he speaks at the same time or nods or shakes his head at the same time. I remember in one episode when the mystery guest was talking, Daly was saying the exact same sentences right over their sentences.
@@taraxacum Yes! and the Panel started asking him why he kept answering questions for the guest xD
Agree that was wrong and i think the first contestant noticed
When I grow up I want to sign my name like Ethel Merman.
Today was a double-up, as the July 4 show (yes, Independence Day), which we'll be seeing tomorrow, was taped earlier that same night.
The cast and crew had the night off on July 4.
Miss Bells hair was amazing!
RE: Gary’s posting the 1965 Ethel Merman “What’s My Line?” --
Memory is a strange critter. I remember watching this episode on live TV when I was 9. What do I remember? Not that striped thing on Dorothy. Not the bald guy selling vitamins for pets. What I remember is the question for the Merm posed by Bennett at 17:12. Go figure.
Ms. Bell has quite a hairpiece herself.
Dorothy Kilgallen was smart. Tony Randall was doing was frustrated that he didn’t guess it😢
‘Tell her about the women I know John’. Classic Arlene.
Ethyl Merman. Practically stole the show in “it’s a mad mad mad world”.
Ethel was great at disguising her voice
She sounded a bit like Julie London here.
“ I thought it was Kirk Douglas “ #ripkirkdouglas Mr Douglas just passed early February 2020
This was in a period of time when to have class was cool.
Tony asking Ethel if she's known for her recordings. Could u imagine trying to unwind at the end of the day and putting on an Ethel Merman record?
In 1964 Ethel Merman was married to Ernest Borgnine. The marriage lasted one month.
I think EB and EM separated because they looked too much like each other.
Joe Postove Birds of a feather flock together?
Johan Bengtsson I was just thinking if they had a child together would it be a singing butcher?
Joe Postove Named Marty. :)
Johan Bengtsson Very good, Johan! You know your Americana. For 10 bonus points, who played Marty in the live television play that ran in 1953, before the motion picture came out (in 1955). No peeking!
Arlene very funny tonight
Ethel Merman was one of my mom's favorites
That Dorothy Kilgallen was really smart.
Sometimes I think Bennett knows who the star is early on but doesn't say so.
I think you're right. He probably wanted to keep the game going & not end the suspense too quickly.
What an irony for an almost bald man to follow a contestant who sells hairpieces...
Johan Bengtsson
It took me a while to figure out why the audience was laughing so hard, because we did not see anything but his hand and arm at first -- but once I saw the rest of him, I laughed too! I felt kind of bad for him for getting laughed at like that, though -- leave it to Arlene to put it in perspective in a way that did not make fun of him and probably helped him feel more comfortable -- good going, Arlene! (I personally couldn't help noticing that his name rhymes with ballerina, but I suppose after he'd already drawn laughs once, just by walking onto the stage, nobody dared embarrass him further by mentioning that!)
SaveThe TPC I can't decide if the producers did this on purpose.
What's My Line? Why should they have done that? Perhaps it was only an unfortunate coincidence.
Johan Bengtsson To get a laugh-- just as happened on the show. I'm not saying they did, I'm just saying I wondered. Mainly cause the guy wasn't just bald, he was *very* bald.
Well, who would you EXPECT to sell a hairpiece? Captain Caveman? :-)
Seems like a terrible idea for a private detective to reveal her identity in front of millions. Cover blown?
Beautiful..... classy......talented....... handsome....... few celebs of this caliber in our world now. So glad I was a kid in the 60s to grow up in that wonderful era.
I totally agree!!
This episode aired on my mom's 24th birthday when she lived in The Bronx married to her previous husband and they had my sister Valerie who was 8 months old then
Why were people laughing when that second contestant signed in? Maybe because he was bald? Arlene was so gracious by telling him that she liked him just the way he was.
Did John, when they began coming out to be introduced, rather than already being seated, ever come out without his cards?
Ethel merman was a fabulous lady and terrific singer and entertainer!!!!!
Ethel Merman was only discovered 1 out of 3 times on WML.
When I was 5 or 6 we saw "It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World" at the Orange Drive-in in Orange California and I still remember when Terry Thomas and Milton Berle turned her over and shook out the car keys. I have seen it several times since then and I'd say she had some great legs!
She stole every scene she was in, and she was the surprising, hilarious character in doing that from some of the greatest comics in history!
this was the day after my mum was born
Ethel Merman was one of the all-time greats. In addition to her prodigious talent, she loved to have fun and had many friends (as is evident in this video).
Good night, John boy. Good night, Ellen. ...
Ilene was right that hairpieces are both decorative and functional. Sometimes John Charles Daly didn’t get it quite right.
The greatest Broadway star. Ever.
"I thought it was Kirk Douglas!" Was that an insult or a compliment? 17:43 :)
Johan Bengtsson ... When people disguise their voice to throw other people off sometimes it works to great effect
Only a millennial would ask that question.
Dorothy was somewhat of a detective herself. Sadly, it didn't end well for her.
Is it masticated? Seriously Tony Randall?
What happened to all the What's My Line videos which are suddenly private? I've spent two years watching every episode since the first, and now I'm here finding several upcoming episodes which were available a few days ago are now gone.
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My word! Did Bennett ask the bald guy if he sucks it?
Jeepers!
Ethel Merman was in "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World" as Jim Backus' wife and her "son" movie is Dick Shawn.
AND... she was in "Airplane"... for just a minute.
In a mental hospital and she sings "There's No Business Like Show Business"... and she's given a shot. She's out ! ;-)
She did not play Jim Backus wife in that classic movie!
I thought it was Milton Berle s mother in law.
ETHEL MERMAN WAS MILTON BERLE'S MOTHER-IN-LAW IN IAMMMMW!
To Merman -- Is your spouse in show-biz? Uh yeah. The year before she married Ernest Borgnine for a month. I hear that chapter in her biography is blank.
+soulierinvestments She wasn't asked if her spouse was in show biz. She was asked if her spouse was a singing star. Plus she was divorced from Borgnine. So your comment was STUPID>
TheTerryE although his comment was wrong it was definitely informative and no where close to "stupid".
Yes a blank page in her book.
I love this show but they only gave the contestants $50? Even in 1960 $50 wasn’t a life changer.
But it was worth over $400.00 by today's standards, which was a lot back then.
ethel deserves an enchore for her halarious comedy guest appearance in ''airplane ! ''
*_SELLS HAIRPIECES FOR MEN_*
*_SELLS VITAMINS FOR CATS, DOGS, ETC._*
*_PRIVATE DETECTIVE_*
Ok, Cerf had to have had an inside scoop on Merman being there.
Cerf was savvy and picked up on famous voices easily.
@@brkitdwn He was in publishing and had a lot of inside information, and also apparently would scour the newspapers for celebrities in town. Not exactly cheating but would have been nice for him to have just gone in blindly.
When the first two contestants met backstage, I wonder whether a sale was made.
I heard the whistling for the last contestant and wondered if she was all that attractive. She was.
The schools don't teach handwriting as they used to do.
Gary, did you tighten up the editing on these shows. They look much better without a second of "Game Show" folderol!
Have had a crush on Arlene since I starting watching these videos, but after 12:36, might as well escalate it to lust...she was so hot!
Goodness that's a gorgeous private detective
OK, John. There is a special character to the vitamin. Say it twice, so that you put the panel on the right track. Maybe he's making up for all of the times he's mislead them.
Oh yes, he gave away far more than he had to, I totally agree.
Ethel Merman was a great singer and entertainer.
It's sad when such a young man loses his hair. He must have started to shed it in high school.
Joe Postove No, Joe, it's not sad. A lot of men who have full heads of hair shave their heads because male baldness is considered fashionable these days.
schwul1956 I see that. But if you look at the hairlines of many "voluntary" heads many are going through the process of losing their hair. As long as I've got enough hairs I will continue to weave and crochet.
It's the effects of abundant testosterone. Notice how deep a voice he has, especially for a relatively short and slender man.
(Amazing how the same naturally produced substance that puts hair on the lower part of the face takes it off the top of the head.)
I am with Arlene..I like him just as he is.
After Arlene shakes hands with the vitamin salesman it almost looks like she wipes her hand off on her mask.
Jeff Vaughn ha very true
Yeah. Maybe he was sweaty from being nervous.
What Bennett says at 8:40 was just hilarious.
Something werid happened - a whole bunch of commnents from a Lauren Bacall episode posted here.
Yaaay Toni Randall again.....-_-
I know why the audience was laughing, cause the guy come out mostly balled. But that could of made him feel bad
Those women had hairdonts😮