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What's My Line: Nun contestant
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- Опубликовано: 10 окт 2009
- Sister Mary Christina from Framingham Center, MA, appears to stump the panel on the classic show, What's My Line? This is from January 31, 1960. Her special talent? She's a dentist.
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Omg that’s my Aunt Mary Ann (Sister Christina) who later taught Dentistry at Marquette University. I’m so pleased this popped up tonight. We loved her spirit and energy❤️
When did she become a dentist?
In the 1950s before I was born she became a dentist and later taught dentistry at her alma mater Marquette University after she was done being a Marist missionary nun. She was a kind, loving and bubbly person .
What a blessing, hope you’re still living out the faith. May our Lord watch over you, and our Lady put her mantle over you.
@@michaelcaza6766 she passed away 11 yrs ago but had a good life. Always kind with a smile on her face.
@@monicafedel3307 I hope you continue on her legacy of faith and good works, and always remembering to frequently receive the sacraments of confession and Holy Communion.
I love how respectfully the panel responds to this nun when she exits, they all stood up out of respect for her. This was a different time in American history when good manners prevailed.
Right you are.
@@BJ-fj6jw I've only seen the ladies stand up two other times, one was for Bishop Fulton Sheen and the other was Eleanor Roosevelt.
Dorothy jumping up and back down into her chair as if it were the entrance of a Sister into the classroom when she was in 1st grade. Priceless.
Years of Catholic school instills that habit (ask me how I know!)
You know how can we still watch this stuff from 60 years ago and still come away happy to have seen it. I really wish the shows of today were still like this.
+Robert Taggett So true! I was just thinking that :)
The shows of today use too much ignorance and vulgarity to get their points across. Plus, this is too much a 'me' generation. People were much more courteous then.
Honestly, I've never paid for Cable TV. and I never will.
It's the natural restraint on show ....the show, the panel and the host were of their time. Life was never perfect in human history but today we'd have music, probably some lewdness, loudness and in-your-face brashness... or am I being too cynical?
I’m in my late 30s and just came across this! I CANNOT get enough of it.
there is a channel on now called "buzzr" i think and they do show these b&w games (1950's & 60's) shows and constantly watch them, however they also air games shows from the 1970's and later which i don't watch, am i strange to prefer the ones before my birth
I would be embarrassed to admit how many times I've watched this nun. She has so much saint like charisma, I can't help being mesmerized by her charm.
This show seemed to have so many epic guests over the years...
I went to Catholic school from 2-12. The nuns were awesome. I know that some people had somewhat negative memories of nuns when they attended Catholic school but I never had a problem. The nuns teaching me were much like Sr. Mary Christina. They helped us learn self-discipline, manners, respect and consideration for others - basically a good foundation for later life. Certainly, the secular schools don't teach that today. Kids today are lucky if they leave school able to read and write let alone know anything about their country and the world around them.
as a small child i do remember visiting an older relative who was a dominican nun in New Orleans and playing billiards with other nuns in a convent, i always thought that was a different memory for me
She served as a missionary nun after this was filmed before ending her career teaching dentistry at Marquette University. She was very loved and was my Aunt.
@@monicafedel3307 was your aunt a dentist before she became a nun?
Sister Mary christina - she finally passed away in 2014, at the age of 89. R.I.P.
A wonderful life lived I'm sure.
ohhh... thanks for the information. I appreciate it.
I got a chuckel out of your "she finally......." as if it's about time. Not being mean--it just struck my "funnybone".
sorry-- my spelling!!!
Reginald Riley thank you for the update. great show!
This is much better than today's game shows
Not like today's game shows, this one was segregated, so much better, huh?
@@deependz3231 How was it segregated? They had plenty of non white guests for one thing, Asian, Black etc. They even had a black panellist/questioner at least a few times.
@@LyingSecret The early years of the show, starting in 1953 when the South was still embroiled in the Jim Crow era all the way up to the late 50's. It got better as civil rights was injected into the American bloodstream thanks to people like MLK.
Notice the grace and respect Dorothy demonstrated to Sr. Mary?
Bring on a black nun, and that 1950's panels jaws would drop.😆😅🤣😂
@@deependz3231 They actually had a handful of black guests on the WML show, regular panel member Arlene Francis from what I've read apparently went bonkers with excitement when Willie Mays was revealed as a "mystery guest". It was pretty progressive, and there are multiple WML episodes where the panelists also did astonishingly suggestive humor (Ms. Francis once asked a young male gym instructor for his business address on behalf of "millions of American women"). Wild stuff.
@@thunderbird1921 That's probably all true, I'm only familiar with the show around the time it started, early fifties, because of RUclips.
While watching those early shows, all I viewed were an all white panel, and all white contestants show after show. Then it dawned on me, oh right, Jim Crow era, this was the time period where the deep South still had "Whites Only" drinking fountains, a few years before Rosa Parks refused to sit in the back of the bus, and several years before Dr. King took up the banner of civil rights and became a national figure.
So the show, like society, progressed later on. My mistake was I should have prefaced my earlier comment about the show related to a specific time period.
That nun was a beautiful soul, God Bless!
She still is a beautiful soul.
@@Tao33316 very good point.
Notice how Dorothy Kilgallen, who was raised Catholic, stood and curtseyed when Sister Mary Christina was introduced...
John Holton But of course she would!
DORTHY HAD A LOT OF CLASS !!!
John Holton - - - I noticed that too! I love that Dorothy stood as a sign of respect.
She didn't want to get whacked on the back of her knuckles by a ruler.
I wondered why she did that... & I'm Catholic! Thx for info.
I love the elegance , & dignified way the panel & Mr Daly interact, their wit & class. I was impressed with Dorothy Killgalen as she stood when Sister Christina was introduced; so much refinement & manners, We could use more of this today
In Catholic school we were taught to greet with a bow from the boys and a curtsy from the girls. This was in the 1960's. Even when parents visited or other visitors to our class. This brings back memories.
I also liked how all the panelists stood when Sister Christina was leaving, such respect!
Oh, how I miss this!
Interesting, John Daily described growing up in South Africa, which we know at that time practiced apartheid, and apparently so did "What's My Line", because you never saw people of color as guests, or on the panel for that matter. No Sydney Poitier, no Ella Fitzgerald, no Duke Ellington, no Louis Armstrong, ,........the list could go on and on, apparently they were all the wrong color?
Maybe the show should have been called "What's My White Line"?
@@joycejean-baptiste4355 What did the children do when a person of color entered the room? Wait, that would never happen in the 60's, never mind.
Look at the difference between these videos and the ones made today. Not just in terms of people in the video being more articulate, educated and polite than anyone seems to be now, but also how the comments make it clear that viewing is a positive experience. People don't shout insults at each other or criticize the appearance of the people in the video. It's actually refreshing to just see some politeness for a change.
One of the greatest TV shows ever!
"What's My Line" was segregated, they say it was televised in black & white, funny, all I ever see is the white?
I am so glad the courtesy and etiquettte of this era was recorded, as a model to newer generations who never got to witness it. ♡ Bring it back, it is highly contagious! "Be the change you want to see in the world."
Not like today's game shows, this one was segregated, courtesy and etiquettte was reserved for white America back then.
Camaraman: Let's have Rosa Parks on?
Producer: "Are you out of your mind"
@@deependz3231 You really need to do some research.
@@barbarak2836 Said the person who can't provide one iota of evidence to counter my claims. That's real smart on your end.😆😅🤣😂
This was a time when racism was much more common, but as someone who has watched nearly all the episodes of What's My Line I can say whenever an African American or someone from another culture appeared on this show they were always treated with the utmost respect and kindness. All of us are imperfect, but this show was and is as the original comment suggests a wonderful example of courtesy and good manners.
Both Dorothy and Arlene stood to shake Sr. Christina's hand; they very rarely did that.
They also stood to shake Eleanor Roosevelt hand
My aunt is a sister in Melbourne for over 60 years. She taught for decades in elementary school.
This brings back memories, I went to a Catholic school in from 1963 till 1969 and the nuns dressed just like her. I had no idea that a nun could be a dentist. Learn something new every day.
Why not? Many nuns were Sadists who enjoyed inflicting pain on young children, dentist just would have been another outlet for them.
This blessed me how nice people can be and show such kindness to a Sister in Nunhood.
$45 would be a months rent in the 50s.
@@twc8356 You're so right about that!!
In the 50's my first apt. was a sleeping room and kitchen. I shared the bathroom with 2 other girls. My rent was $9 a week. If I wanted to pay an extra dollar, which I usually did, I would just shove my dirty clothes down the back stairs and my landlady would wash and iron them.
Bring on a black nun, and that 1950's panel would have a totally different reaction.😆😅🤣😂
This was the first time I ever saw Dorothy and Arlene stand up to greet a guest. Class acts.
No, the entire panel including Dorothy and Arlene stood up for quite a few people.. these are the ones that I remember right off hand that the entire stood up for...
Ethel Barrymore
Eleanor Roosevelt
Bishop Fulton Sheen
Frank Lloyd Wright
Sophie Tucker
Anna Magnani
Jimmy Durante
James Kilgallen
Pearl Mesta
Senator Margaret Chase Smith
General James A. Van Fleet
Helen Hayes
Gertrude Berg
Senator Karl E Mundt
Helen Traubel
Mayor Robert F. Wagner Jr.
Jayne Meadows
Ivy Baker Priest
Roy Rogers & Dale Evans
I think they stood for the aged Frank Lloyd Wright.
@@PepsiMama2 Marian Anderson
@@PepsiMama2 Now look at that long list you presented and tell us how many were people of color? Allow me answer for you, none, zero, zilch, nada. Segregation was in full swing on "What's My Line". Maybe you should check to see if the Grand Wizard of the KKK should be on that list?
They all stood up to greet Bishop Fulton Sheen as he was leaving the stage.
So charming and polite of Dorothy Kilgallon to stand up out of respect for the sister when she was introduced.
Hardly.
Someone else here in the comments mentioned Ms. Kilgallon was raised Catholic, so it may have been only natural for her to be so respectful of the sister.
@@mishtaromaniello8295
As a Nazi would Hitler, or Hitler would the Pope.
@@20alphabet Hitler didn't like or trust the Pope, and saw him as a rival in authority over the Germans.
He was raised Catholic but (unlike Ms. Kilgallon here) rejected it as a young adult and did not practice.
Private correspondence and interviews with people who knew him well seem to indicate that he was probably, privately, an agnostic or atheist... And also, not a vegetarian. He loved sausage. But I digress...
About a third of Germans were Catholic at that time period, so the Nazis couldnt begin by being openly hostile to the church, and they tried to appeal to traditional values, which meant seeming as Christian as possible at first.
Meanwhile they tried to weaken the authority structures of the churches, especially any church that resisted them, and the Catholics were markedly resistant.
(Catholic Leaders were one of the targets in the Night of the Long Knives)
They also tried to gradually mold Christianity into an "Aryan Christianity", with Hitler's goal being the slow transition of the population from a "semitic religion" that encouraged Germans to worship Christ, a Jew,
into Germans worshiping a very German Jesus,
Into a kind of Germanic neo-paganism
and then ultimately into a direct self-worship of and by the Volk. (For example, they encouraged young couples to be intimate in old cemeteries to reincarnate the spirits of old Aryan warriors)
Hitler closed German convents and monasteries and confiscated their buildings and land.
(A nun who knew Eva Braun sent her a letter pleading for intervention, but she replied "let your hair grow". Many orders of nuns cut their hair short as a sign of humility and celibacy. The message was, he will close your convent and he wants you to become secular German women and marry)
Hitler sent so many Catholic clergy to concentration camps that Dachau had a barracks of just priests, and a huge number of Jesuits (a specific order of Catholic priests famous for work in science and education)
In time, Hitler sent any religious leader who opposed the Nazis to Dachau, and well over 90% of them were Catholic.
(The German priests, unlike Poles, were give the chance to "redeem" themselves and get out if they joined the army, but except for a few who volunteered for medical service, they declined.)
They were harrassed and beaten regularly, particularly those who wanted to hold religious services.
Many were tortured to death there. Well over 300 died just in an experiment involving malaria.
So, no...I wouldnt say that Hitler had an automatic respect for the Pope.
@@20alphabet blocking your nonsense and hatred.
This show always puts a smile on my face
Me too.
Interesting, John Daily described growing up in South Africa, which we know at that time practiced apartheid, and apparently so did "What's My Line", because you never saw people of color as guests, or on the panel for that matter. No Sydney Poitier, no Ella Fitzgerald, no Duke Ellington, no Louis Armstrong, ,........the list could go on and on, apparently they were all the wrong color?
Maybe the show should have been called "What's My White Line"?
@@deependz3231 stop race baiting. Ella Fitzgerald, Eartha Kitt, Duke Wellington, Harry Belafonte were all mystery guests on WML. POC were also on the panel as guests
@@joyciejd9673 Just saying it's so doesn't make it so. Nice try but there's something called Google, you might want to try it next time you open your mouth.😆😅🤣😂
This is only the second time I have seen the ladies on the panel stand, the other time was for Eleanor Roosevelt.
it was considered to be polite to stand for members(nuns) of a religious order, bishop, cardinal, especially if you were of the catholic faith. Watch the episode of "What's My Line " featuring Bishop Fulton Sheen and the panel stands to greet him, also.
Katy Bauer
I was thinking of the same thing too.
They stood up for Frank Lloyd Wright also.
All the panelists also stood up for singer Marian Anderson.
I remember both women standing when a very elderly woman greeted them as she was leaving.
I never thought anyone would guess it. I loved how everyone stood to shake her hand. Lovely respect.
What a great segment from one of the best game shows. Timeless.
The good ole days for some. Segregation was in full swing on "What's My Line".
This one made me cry. I was moved by Sister Mary Christina's occupation and her abilities. So touching.
YES
When the world was polite and intelligent. I never knew you and yet I miss you terribly.
God I feel the same. How well spoken everyone was back then!
I wonder what makes you think that this small sample of some elite represents everyone back then.
I'm sure there's a fairly large subset of society that doesn't miss the 1960s.
Well said ! I was born at the end of the 50's so my parents still treated people like this and I was raised this way. And I'm proud to say my children were raised this way.
@@grandexandino doubt there have always been crude people. But my sense (this is before my time fyi) is that the society standards for behavior, language, social interaction, and so on were higher. People expected more of each other, not less, back then. Now it's truly anything goes.
I get more entertainment from this than I do for 99% of what’s on tv right now.
"What's My Line" was segregated, they say it was televised in black & white? Funny, all I ever see is the white?
I love how gentle and sweet the nun is.
Her answers were so simple and the reactions were so funny. :)
Miss kilgallen must have been a serious traditionalist Catholic because she stood up for Sr. Mary and and curtsied to her. Amen!
I noticed that, too.
It was true, people showed courtesy to different religions, it was Dorothy Kilgallen who was the only one who stood up, and curtsied, not Arlene Francis.
My grandmother who was educated in a convent never genuflected, she curtsied to the Blessed Sacrament. Miss Kilgallen was a true lady.
@@carolynargabright8132 However, at the end of the segment, Arlene and Dorothy both stood to shake Sister's hand.
As a Catholic who went to parochial school in the 1960s, all laypersons stood up for the religious when they walked in a room.
I love the way Sr. Mary Christina physically backfired when Mr. Daly said "perhaps if children are lied to" (at 4:50)- lol - too cute!
I love how the entire panel stood to show her respect. Such class. Nowadays people would be all over social media bitching about a nun being on TV. It’s hard to believe we have digressed in so many ways
You mean we've learned to be more open and honest and not simply respect someone because they pretend to be morally superior based on some immoral antiquated ancient book? Yeah, we're better off now. You must have been raised back then or something. (something being something like a Trump supporter...)
@@FallingGalaxy Why don't you go someplace else? That's quite enough sir.
@@FallingGalaxy The respect Nuns have did stem from their religious profession, but the respect they usually illicit from people today are due to the nature of their services, as helpers of the poor and non-parented. It isn't always religion, you know.
Oh, brother! What rock did you crawl out from under?
@@FallingGalaxy How in the world did you equate someone who spoke of manners when #45 is the most uncouth, misogynistic, narcissistic, egotistical, racist, pseudologia fantastical, mythomaniacal, egomaniacal..oh, pardon my manners for using three words that essentially mean the same thing. How did you EVER think the gentleman would be a supporter of such a rude embarrassment to this country?
The conversation on this show was always so cordial and entertaining.
I was born and raised in Framingham on the edge of Framingham Center. I was born in 1961, so I imagine Sister Mary Christina was a couple of miles away when I was growing up. And I was raised Catholic. Small world.
Mr. Cerf is so good at this game
Oh! the pleasure in watching good and kindly manners. And by the way, doesn't Bennett Cerf have a sweet smile? Thank you, dear Vicki Quade, for sharing.
Ginny Lorenz His smile is cute. Impish.
Ginny Lorenz I love to see Bennet Cerf with his endearing smile.
Kind gentle soul
What stunning manners and etiquette. I can't believe the US was at the forefront of good taste and class. The entire world is lacking in grace. Thanks for the memories.
The first few show were without basic etiquette. Mr Daly didn't pull out the chair they blow smoke at each other. Professors were panelists and inspected them quite personally.
The US is at the forefront of the current decline in manners and grace, too.
OMG what an awesome show!!!!! I LOVE watching these old reruns!
"What's My Line" was segregated, they say it was televised in black & white, funny, all I ever see is the white?
I've never seen someone burn through the panel so fast, only to have it turn around and be discovered in the very end!
Bennet was great at this game!
all about making a question reveal (and rule out) enough % of the available universe, if you go too specific you risk a no
Despite it's often superficial nature, etiquette has no doubt great positive affects on socialization...particularly with strangers.
Fascinating!
Nice to see the panel respectfully standing when they meet her. Dorothy & Arlene rarely did that.
Six people, articular, witty, well dressed, well spoken, polite, funny.
America, what the h*ll happened in 60 years?
"Articular"?
I misspelling of articulate. Gimme a break.
Mitch Young
Pretty ironic isn't it.
Well said. This show is relaxing to watch as a counter today's culture.
They had nice bone joints. I suppose They were arthritis free at the time.
🥺 That was the sweetest thing !! Dorothy showed her respect to Sister by standing to greet her ❣️ Sooo Sweet
Sr. is so happy when Dorothy gets a string of right answers.
john daly the perfect gentleman
For the first time, I found myself applauding a youtube video when Mr. Cerf correctly divined the sister's occupation -- brilliant.
Seeing Sister Christina come out on the WML stage immediately transported me back to September 1962, when I was enrolled at my local Catholic school, as a first-grader. I was absolutely terrified, but the very loving "Sisters" soon put me at ease. My school was in a very "modest" neighborhood, and the school itself was relatively small in terms of student population. I spent eight years there, and in retrospect, I fully realize how my school "Nuns" truly taught me about self-determination and integrity. Were they sometimes tough? Certainly they were, but never in any way which could be termed physically or mentally abusive. Growing kids will test the boundaries, and I was no exception. Well, I learned. Cheers to Sister Christina and all of those dear ladies I am now thinking about.
All but 1 of my sister teachers In the catholic school classes were fair and intelligent. The 1 exception should have been retired from teaching / interacting with young children. She had no patience , was excitable and often cruel to one or another in a 9 month yr. A 60 year old shouldn't be teaching 11-12 year olds.
You've got to be kidding, nuns carried in their pocket two wooden blocks hinged together called a "clapper", they used it to communicate to a line of students when to stop, and when to continue moving in an orderly line, but the sadist nuns, and their were plenty, also used their clapper like a blackjack if they deemed you unruly, and ripe for punishment, believe me when I say most transgressions were minor, whispering to another student, eyes wandering during a class lesson, etc.
They would approach their unlucky target and whip out that blackjack, er, I mean clapper, command you to hold out your hand, palm down, and crack. Not only painful as hell, but the biggest welt you ever saw would form on the topside of your hand. But not to worry if you were a girl, no such punishment, the sadist nuns only got off on leveling such punishment on young boys who weren't their pets.
@@deependz3231 Not in my experience - ever! Your cartoonish reply begs for some kind of "ghetto lottery" against the Catholic Church. Well good luck with that, and do let us know how you made out.
@@rivaridge7211 "ghetto lottery" ??
Don't look now but your white supremacist is showing. Oh, that's right, ever since criminal Trump arrived on the scene, it's now acceptable to say the out loud what was once only spoken in whispers to like minded folks. Go crawl back under your rock, you haven't a scant of Christianity in your whole being. Whatever the nuns taught you, you ditched that a long time ago.
Sister Mary Christina was great. I had to watch this video today of all days. It just seemed kind of appropriate to me.
When I was a kid in NYC, schools actually used to have dentists. This was in public school. The dentist rotated, coming to your school one day a week. Your mother made an appointment, and when the dentist came, he'd send the monitor to your classroom, & you'd be brought to a fully equipped dentist's office in the school itself & be treated free of charge, believe it or not. And this was NOT in a poor neighborhood, but in a pretty prosperous area of Staten Island.
I"love it! Maybe employed by the school system by the state. What a great thing. Dentistry was not what it has now become and families maybe did not routinely visit the dentist especially with large families of children. Teeth were important.
I have never heard of that but how wonderful that had to be, for the kids whose parents couldn't or wouldn't take them to a dentist. Teeth and gum health are very important.
@@su-rv2uq All schools had nurses in those days. I don't know if they do anymore.They'd even give you your polio booster shot, if your parents signed the permission slip. I can't imagine they do that nowadays (because of lawsuits, etc.) I remember every year at the beginning of the year, they'd send all the kids down to the nurse's office (5 or 6 at a time) for a hearing test. You'd put on these big earphones and they'd play "beeps" and you were supposed to put your hand up when you heard them. I guess if you didn't put your hand up, that meant you were deaf. Anyway, it was a way to get out of class for a half hour.
I went to public school in Toronto in the 1950s and our school had a nurse, and a school dentist who examined the children's teeth annually right in the classroom. He was in private practice but was still designated the school dentist. There was also a speech therapist, a music coordinator and art coordinator who would visit the school regularly.
@@L1V2P9
Where I went to school, they also had a speech therapist. And we had a music teacher to whose class we were taken once a week, but the only instrument I remember playing in her class were Swiss hand bells.
The respect, etiquette and style of Mr. Daly and the panel is so much missed... By me at least.. Seem's like for all of our so called progress in society, we lost basic respect and etiquette towards one another and how we conduct ourselves in public.
Sad but true! Morals of country gone downhill last 40 yrs!
And the topics chosen on the talk shows are appalling.
Another dive with Conald - Worst American EV-ER
That's because our culture has become too obsessed with how people think as opposed to how people behave.
@@Thomas-dw1nb Best comment I've heard. I will borrow it. Wonderful
She is so cute!
I've only starting watching this show on RUclips - I love it!
It makes me sad to see Dorthy kilgellan after realizing what happened to her. Another victim of the Kennedy curse.
I was thinking the same thing today. So sad 😭 and almost mad 😠
It makes me sad too.
No justice in her death
Patrick coffin has a great segment on the Kennedy connection
Oh, please. Her writing, about Kennedy or whatever, had nothing to do with it. Dorthy Kilgallen was an alcoholic & drug abuser. As her autopsy showed, she did herself in. Do you really think her father (well-known journalist), her associates, and the Hearst Corporation (the many newspapers she was associated with) would have let it slide had it been anything else? Stop the wacky conspiracy theories.
A hidden life in Christ. How beautiful. And in those days, people had respect for religious faith in general, not only the Catholic Church.
Show this to an under 25 pop today and I’m not sure they’d get it. Really lovely.
How saintly she looked. Such humility.
I am highly impressed. That's all I can say.
How refreshing and civil.
I was 2 years old when this was broadcast.
There was such respect shown to all of the guests in those days especially to the clergy. Where did we all go wrong?
Breakdown of family , in home civility education in my humble opinion. Very sad.
@@OpenBook-ej7yw You're one of those people who assumed everyone is evil aren't you?
We didn't go wrong. the shepherds turned out to be the wolves
We did go wrong, the shepherds were not wolves, they were infiltrated by wolves, as was the entertainment industry.
i love this show
"Do you have one of those new high speed drills... with water?"
I know!! This show is ancient when it comes to technology!!
@@pianoman551000 That's not such a bad thing. Our technology has advanced too much in some ways.
@@fordsrule35 You're absolutely correct! The addiction that people have with cell phones is ridiculous!
That nun is so unbelievably cute
I enjoyed seeing Sister Mary christina on this episode.Even though I wasn't baptised catholic,I still have admiration for the religion.
As a Catholic, I've attended non-Catholic church services and I, too, respect and admire other Christian denominations as well.
Used too, but now they're part of MAGA, so I don't anymore.
Marist Missionary Sisters. Awesome group of valiant and dedicated Sisters. Bravo.
Very sweet when Dorothy stood when Sister Christina was introduced
That was the coolest nun ever!!
She really was. Played volleyball and laughed a lot with all of us nieces and nephews. Always kind and extremely intelligent.
Why dont we have manners like Dorothy now? My mother started school and on the first day the teacher brought out an American flag. She was the only one who stood up out of respect to the flag being presented because so many of our family served in the armed forces. The teacher gave her a piece of candy for her patriotism. She still tells the story even though her mind makes her forget most things. She remembers how proud she was to be the only one who knew what to do. Dorothy reminded me of her just now. 2 years later I just read my comment again and it saddened me because we just lost her at Christmas.
Excellent episode, bar none!
Loved that show-- too bad we have nothing remotely like it today. :(
"What's My Line" was segregated, they say it was televised in black & white? Funny, all I ever see is the white?
Mr. Daly gave too much away when he explained how some children are 'lied to' or prepared before coming to Sister Mary.
Yes, I think you're right.
Yeah, didn't like that he did that at all. I think this it the worst one I've seen because of that.
Daly gave away her profession as a dentist when she was asked: "Do children enjoy /like coming to see you?" Daly should of kept quiet!!
He knew the panel was too far away from the answer, and had already decided to award the full prize money, so gave it away for a more satisfactory ending
bach baroque I never hated the dentist growing up, though this was obviously 30+ years before I was going to the dentist. It wasn’t right of him to say.
This is one of the very best videos on RUclips
My cousin, Sr Mary Immaclae was a Marist Missionary Sister from Framimgham, Ma. She taught in tbe Solomon Islands for 45 years. I remember my family talking about Framingham all the time. Sr. Mary Immaculae had a big influence on my life. She past away in 2018. I do miss her.
My speech therapist as a kid was a Dominican nun.
I definitely relate with this.
Very refreshing to see this clip. :)
Ah Ms. Kilgallen, that was wonderful of you to genuflect in respect to the good Sister Mary Christina.
Now THAT is a word you don't hear everyday (Genuflect)....Good for you....
The line of questioning reflects what most nuns did at that time which was teach.
Love everything about this show😊
She seemed like a very nice woman.
She was a sweetheart and a kind Aunt.
You could see in Sister Mary's face she really wanted to win.
Rumor had it, whenever in church, she skimmed off the collection basket as it was passed to her? On bingo night, the attendance head count was always greater than the total admittance fee she collected at the door. Also, whenever prize money went missing, she was always seen in the general area.
Daly really let down his guard when it came to scrutinizing the yes or no of the responses because he knew that the nun would speak candidly.
I would like them to remake this show for today's audience I think it would be terrific.
Mark Walters They would never find celebrities who would be this nice and polite to one another. They wouldn’t be able to joke about anything because everybody is super sensitive now and offended. They would throw politics into everything. The culture has changed. The country has been transformed, and it isn’t an improvement. Sadly.
@@kathyyoung1774 Not to mention the people on the panel would insist on being paid tons of money to appear, the host would be the usual egotistical clod and the mystery guests would probably be people anyone over 30 had never heard of.
Terrific? Trashy is more like it.
@ Kathy Young- What you say is only too true. It saddens me to see what 'humanity' is coming to. (The quote mark because I truly question the humanity of most people I meet or see on tv today)
@@kathyyoung1774 Easy, find comedians.
Hal Block, when he was a panelist in the early days of the show, once told a nun contestant that she was the prettiest nun he'd ever seen. Reprimanded after the show, he asked what was so wrong; "she was a real doll". I wonder what he would have said about this nun.
It would be Bennett Cerf who would figure this out.
Bennett Cerf is a smart man.
Good playing by Bennett. Dentistry would have been non-obvious to me.
I've watched many such episodes and Bennett seems to have an unearthly knack of asking the right questions and naming the right guest/occupation. Perhaps he's from (was) another world?
God bless religious sisters, like Sr. Mary Christina, whogive their entire life to Jesus Christ and His Church.
Amen! Its a sacrifice to be a nun!
I am always surprised when a panelist suddenly latches on a couple of questions and correctly guesses the answer. It still leaves me wondering if some hint or other was passed on before.
Many people complain about how our society doesn’t have manners anymore... we didn’t raise ourselves. You raised us.
how polite the host was, in his whole demeanor
I loved her!!!
What a cute Nun! I wish the Sisters that taught me at St. Joseph's Grade School had been as sweet.
If I recall correctly they also did so for Eleanor Roosevelt when she was on the show.
Such a clutch performance to get the right answer.
Nuns make me feel happy
It always lifts my heart to see a nun in her habit.I ALWAYS INTRODUCE MYSELF TO HER AND THANK HER FOR HER PRESENCE.
You must get enjoyment from being smacked with rulers.
They really did not give the panel a lot of time to guess. Great show despite it all.
The panel actually had control
They can question as long as they get a yes answer. There’s some longer ones, the nudist resort owner is one of the best ones.
Great lady!
So well spoken and entertaining.On a completely higher level to much of what is classed as entertainment today. When did it all go wrong?
Pursuit of money
I noticed that all the questions being posed by the panel reflected what nuns usually did at the time which was teach school.
BG Meadows Or be nurses.
When this aired, a nun still wore full habit 24/7, and priest wore their cassock, John XXIII was still pope, the Second Vatican Council had not been convened yet, the Mass was said in Latin, and America respected those who took the vows of Holy Orders.
People in general were more godly and we were a kinder and gentler nation.
How far have we fallen, indeed!
You should never inherently respect a person, if their conduct makes them unworthy of respect. One should be polite, but that's not the same as veneration or idolatry. The notion of 'inherent respect' was very much used by molesting priests in all religions.
Timmybear well put 👍
@@Timmybear FYI you are only propagating a gross embellishment of a fact. Putting your wicked assertion of molestation into proportion, if one looks at the fact that 3.8% of all priests actually did this sinful act, you try to make it sound as though every priest is guilty of this sin. Why are you not trolling the public school teacher videos or Protestant clergy video were the percentage is 11% and your "precious" Hollywood type sores above 50%!?
"Well, I never heard of such things about the public schools, Protestant clergy, or Hollywood types doing such thing", that because the media helps to cover up that fact! Spew your malicious poison elsewhere or better still...pray for all of those people that need forgiving. I dare you to do so!!
As I enjoyed this episode all I could think is how crude a panel and host would be toward a nun today just to get a cheap laugh. Sad that respect and dignity has disappeared :(
I love this! "Do the children come to you voluntarily?" and she says, "Yes." I think that is a tad optimistic on her part! But what charming people - everyone from the Sister to the host to the panel.