@paulasnow8420 Totally Agree. The... ..ONE Individual (panelist[s] and mystery guest[s] i Ever Remember Seeing who just really did not look like they were having even a millimeter of fun was Spike Jones.. ... I'd be Happy to be disagreed with but he looked (Absolutely) Miserable... . (Still) Not Sure why
Best game show ever! I was too young to watch it back when it was originally aired, but I’ve been having a wonderful time watching them over the past couple of years. I somehow stumbled upon an episode and haven’t stopped watching since. ❤
Same here! I watch 2 or 3 (or 4) episodes at night before going to sleep, instead of a movie. But I remember watching with mom dad and very young siblings back in the 60s.
I just finished watching the movie It Happened in Brooklyn, one of my favorites, so I had to see the what’s my line program with Katherine Grayson. Isn’t she lovely, and boy can she sing! Another wonderful show, thank you to whomever you are putting these shows on for us.
Ms. Grayson carried herself as a true star. Always enjoyed Arlene Francis. Dorothy was a particularly good questioner. Tom and Martin added great value to the panel.
She was my favorite female singer at the same time that Mario Lanza was my favorite male singer. I had a crush on her! She was, as you say, classy and beautiful!
lewisner I would agree, Linda was a beautiful women. I had a crush on her, too! Tragic on the way she died. It was in a fire. I was a teenager in the 1950s and had a crush on at least a few of females from the movies. Lol. Joan Leslie was another of my favorites.
Oh, he was on quite a few times, rick charles. Eight times, in fact, which is quite a hefty number. I have at least 7 of those shows, quite a few coming up on this channel very soon, since a lot of them are from 1958. This is just the first-- stay tuned!
rick charles If I take a while sometimes it's only cause it's pretty cumbersome keeping track of comments on 4 different channels, having to log in and out constantly; it's a real pain. But I enjoy the comments so much I do my best!
The other thing is, if I don't have anything to add to a comment someone makes, I at least try to +1 every comment I like, but this system is so damned glitchy, they only register about 50% of the time. They really made a mess out of the comments since the Google+ integration.
Steven Torrey -- Tom Poston was well known back in those days as a regular panelist (from 1959 to 1957) on "To Tell the Truth" with Bud Collyer as the panel moderator. I didn't know Poston was an actor until, one time, I went to the movies with my family and he starred in a very funny 1962 comedy called "Zotz!". (As you probably know, "To Tell the Truth" was, like WML, a Goodson-Todman production. Other regular panelists I remember from TTTT were Polly Bergen [succeeded by Peggy Cass], Kitty Carlisle and Don Ameche, though there were others over the years).
He was almost dead pan, but so quick witted. I always loved him. His velvet voice, and gentle demeanor was so attractive. Then he’d zing a fast line. Just loved him.
What a surprise to see Tom Poston as a panelist on here. He was so funny on the Bob Newhart shows (both versions). I loved how he would say something hilarious with a straight face.
@@peternagy-im4be I would define his style as more defined as a "dry sense of humor ", in other words some thought goes into formation of the comment, and some thought is required of the receiver.
Man, a totally saucy Kathryn Grayson. Scrumptious! I think I've only seen one of her musicals ... Showboat. The song I remember most from that show is "After the Ball Is Over". Starts off timid and uncertain, but when her papa, Captain Andy (I think) whispers to her, "Smile".
If you think this scene is great in the 1951 film, you ain't seen nothing yet. Irene Dunne in the 1936 film absolutely owns this number for all time, in my opinion, aided by Charles Winninger as Captain Andy.
Miss Grayson was also one of my favorite singers in movies. Unfortunately, her movie career was over by the time she made this appearance on What's My Line?
Kathryn Grayson's film career has become permanently non-existent at the time she filmed this What's My Line episode. She never starred in another motion picture again.
Peter Kaplan graduated in 1960, and passed away in 2006, He did not continue as a private detective. He entered medical school and became a respected teacher and physician .
Mr. Grey eventually moved to Toledo and shows up in various news articles in the 60s, teaching sex ed for teenagers and others. (As well as the expectant families gig.) I can't find him past about 1969, alas.
Joe Debono class has nothing to do with money- it’s about manners, being respectful , taking pride in one’s appearance . It’s about being the best person you can be. You don’t need money to have class.😁
The first contestant Mr Gray lived to age 98,died in Jaanuary 2022 and donated his body to science. He led an incredibly interesting life since his teens and had a huge family.
Yes! And I've read a few remarks that Arlene deserved "better" than Martin! I think they make an excellent example of a lovely couple in a true partnership.
I'm in Australia, and I thought of Miss Grayson just a few days ago when I checked the breeding of a racehorse named Villon and found its dam was named, Only A Rose. Kathryn Grayson had the lead female role in the 1956 film, The Vagabond King; in which the lead male character is Francois Villon. Together they sang, Only A Rose.
Interesting bit.While Kathryn was filming a "Madama Butterfly" scene, her co-star Mario Lanza kept attempting to french kiss her, which Grayson claimed was made even worse by the fact that Lanza would constantly eat garlic before shooting. Grayson went to costume designer Helen Rose and she sewed pieces of brass into her gloves. Any time Lanza attempted to french kiss her after that, she hit him with the brass-filled glove. She wasn't a dummy, she could stand her grounds. Loved her in "Anchors Away" and "Showboat" Wish John would have talked to her a bit..
That's a great story, I had not heard that one. (For once, I'm aware I'm posting this comment from the wrong account. But I think I'm about to just give up on the constantly switching accounts, it's getting hopelessly tedious.)
@@CarloQuinto It's a matter of fact Kate Grayson and Lanza were best of friends and they both loved to play jokes on each other . When Lanza died Grayson and Al Martino headed Lanza's Fan Club which was enormous at the time.
@@fringelilyfringelily391 Keel and Grayson attended the premier of "Serenade " and Keel not knowing Lanza was sitting right in front of him mentioned to Grayson " Only a Mad Man can sing like that" and Lanza turned around and said to Keel :" That's right Howard, fuck up a little bit when you sing it might make you a better singer".
This aired on July 20th, 1958. Grayson had a long career in movies (Show Boat), on stage (Camelot), and in night clubs. Her coloratura soprano voice made her a peer of Deanna Durbin in the 1940s. Grayson was married to Johnny Johnston from 1947 to 1951; she never remarried. Grayson appeared twice with tenor Mario Lanza. Grayson was so turned off by Lanza's boorish behavior that she had her seamstress sew metal slugs into her gloves and used them to sock Lanza when he got fresh.
Yes, Grayson did have a long career in movies but her movie career was long over by the time she appeared in this 1958 What's My Line episode. She had starred only one motion picture in the five years previous to this WML show and it turned out to be her last.
@@TomBarrister You obviously hate Lanza because your comments are total bullshit. Kate Grayson and Mario got along great and Yea he was a prankster but he never was rude or lewd with her. When Mario died she and Al Marino took over Mario's Fan club and hosted many honorary events in Mario's honor. James Bacon was the perv and evil jerk, a half-assed journalist who promoted all the false and disgusting things Mario supposedly did but in a documentary Grayson is on record saying Mario never did any of those things he was accused of.
I too loved Kathryn Grayson's films. However, by the time she appeared in this What's My Line episode, her film career had become permanently non-existent. She never starred in another motion picture again.
Cortland Johansen That's the best thing in the world I can hear, cause that's the whole point behind the channel. I know a good deal of this stuff already exists elsewhere, but what a chore finding anything specific or trying to go in any order! So glad you're enjoying the shows.
+What's My Line? Thanks very much for posting all these. I've been watching them on here for a good while now and loving them. Don't remember these first time round as we had the Eamon Andrews ones here in the UK.
Gary, I'll add another 'thank you for posting' to the chorus here. My main reason for re-viewing is to go back to one of the most enjoyable TV viewing experiences of my childhood. Also, to get a time capsule experience of the events of the 1950's and early '60's as they happened, mentioned in casual quips on the shows, in real time. Also, I get to see people like Sir Robert Boothby, Randolph Churchill, Elliott Roosevelt, Ann Landers, Bunny Yeager, et al that I wouldn't get to see anywhere else.
I know it wasn't what Dorothy meant, but when Dorothy asks "Is there anything liquid about this" to the second challenger, she should have received a yes. We would be in big trouble if our coinage was illiquid. They didn't guess her profession anyway, but it would have been a legitimate answer to send the panel down the garden path.
And at the end of her (Rae V. Biester) turn and she was approaching the men to shake hands good bye, weren't they unusually slow in getting to their feet? Slow enough to possibly be considered rude? Sorry guys, but the female challengers can't ALL be young and beautiful.
I can't totally account for Martin Gabel's slowness as the camera comes upon him just as Mrs. Biester approaches and he rushes to get up after his initial tardiness. In Tom Poston's case, he is clearly writing down notes when Mrs. Biester approaches. He gets up, startled that she is in front of him. Both of them may have been a bit surprised that she came over that quickly, perhaps expecting that John would have talked with her a bit more. If this was the reaction by the male panelists to every older and more matronly looking woman challenger, I would call them out. But they were usually quite gracious in all cases. As it appears to me that it was unintentional and is atypical, I'm willing to give Martin and Tom a pass.
Film star Kathryn Grayson's answer that she wasn't in movies at the present time was actually the most correct one. She never starred in another motion picture after this WML show.
like when they assume that if an article of apparel is worn above the waist that it is only worn above the waist -- they think they have asked the question as if the word "exclusively" were in the question when it is not.
In episode after episode, as soon as someone asks a contestant about training, John immediately starts talking about graduate degrees (here at 7:40). Although the word "training" is sometimes used in connection with graduate education, it is far more common to use it to refer to instruction in the performance of a specific job. I don't know whether John's reaction is a sign of the times or his own predilections.
Having watched a lot of these episodes in a row, there's definitely a little something-something between Dorothy and Martin. Martin might just be the only one who's truly nice to her (the others just seem to tolerate her), so she feels warmer towards him. It's very sweet how kind Martin is to her when the others are cold or indifferent.
Tho they all seemed great friends, the panel couldn’t tell Dorothy any news, gossip or secrets they didn’t want printed in the newspaper the next day….. Money above friendship.
Dorothy was politically conservative. The other 'regulars', - Cerf, Francis & Allen were all liberals. Arlene's husband, Martin Gabel, was even caught up in the 1950s HUAC investigations into Communist influence in the movie industry.
@@Baskerville22 I could tell Daly and Cerf were libs, cheering JFK & JOHNSON and the unions. I didn’t know Dorothy was conservative tho. Many guests you look up state they were Republicans! IMO, had Dorothy lived to tell it, she would have written the Earl Warren investigation covered up JFK cause of death. ( warren was Dalys father in law) Tks for info.
I believe in one episode it said he’s Arlenes husband. And Dorothy worked as a gossip columnist for 6 months when she first started but she utterly hated it, so she left very quickly.
On a side note, here's an interesting article on mrs Biester - www.coinnewstoday.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=98:rae-biester-first-lady-of-the-philly-mint&catid=34&Itemid=71
According to an interview with Grayson herself.. Lanza was not a perv.. had a wonderful voice and he was the best she ever sang with.. Unless you haters were around at that time to witness your statements, yours is just an opinion.. Matter of fact Grayson who I loved, herself admitted to multiple affairs.. Does that make her a slut?..I think not..
An enjoyable episode due to the absence of *_boring_* and *_stuffy_* Bennett Cerf. Kathryn Grayson was a big star whose movie career was over by the time she was 35.
Mr. Gabel: "The greatness of America is made up of many people from many lands." Yes, LEGAL immigrants are a good thing for our nation. I'd also add to his comment the fact that we are a stronger nation when we are part of an alliance w/ other free nations (democratic republics).
Oh no, not Tom Poston... Whenever he's on the TV I switch channels, can't stand that man - slow witted, thinks he's funnier than he actually is, and he just comes of as arrogant. Hope there aren't more appearances by him...
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I think one of the endearing qualities of the show was that they had fun doing it.
They did seem to really enjoy each other's company and witticism
Fun working, you can’t beat that
@paulasnow8420
Totally Agree. The... ..ONE Individual (panelist[s] and mystery guest[s] i Ever Remember Seeing who just really did not look like they were having even a millimeter of fun was Spike Jones.. ... I'd be Happy to be disagreed with but he looked (Absolutely) Miserable... .
(Still) Not Sure why
Best game show ever! I was too young to watch it back when it was originally aired, but I’ve been having a wonderful time watching them over the past couple of years. I somehow stumbled upon an episode and haven’t stopped watching since. ❤
Same here! I watch 2 or 3 (or 4) episodes at night before going to sleep, instead of a movie. But I remember watching with mom dad and very young siblings back in the 60s.
Rest In Peace Kathryn Grayson. Lived till the young age of 88. Overdue condolences to the family for your loss. 😔💐
And the producers audiance,panel, RIP😊
She was fantastic in Showboat! Favorite movie with Beautiful songs!!😊
I just finished watching the movie It Happened in Brooklyn, one of my favorites, so I had to see the what’s my line program with Katherine Grayson. Isn’t she lovely, and boy can she sing! Another wonderful show, thank you to whomever you are putting these shows on for us.
Gary is the fantastic guy who has made these films possible 😊
Kathryn so beautiful and talented
Kathryn was STUNNING!!!
Stunningly beautiful
Kathryn...
Ms. Grayson carried herself as a true star. Always enjoyed Arlene Francis. Dorothy was a particularly good questioner. Tom and Martin added great value to the panel.
Peter Kaplan graduated from Princeton in 1960 and went on to become a physician. He died in 2006.
Arlene and Martin really do make a cute couple. In my opinion, their personalities compliment each other.
These 1950's women had such style. What a classy beauty Kathryn is.
She was my favorite female singer at the same time that Mario Lanza was my favorite male singer. I had a crush on her! She was, as you say, classy and beautiful!
@@johndangelo7434 I think my favourite in the episodes I have watched is Linda Darnell. She was staggeringly beautiful.
lewisner I would agree, Linda was a beautiful women. I had a crush on her, too! Tragic on the way she died. It was in a fire. I was a teenager in the 1950s and had a crush on at least a few of females from the movies. Lol. Joan Leslie was another of my favorites.
The peak of her classiness is "Beauty", the amazing sequence featuring a young Cyd Charisse that closes 'Ziegfeld Follies' (1944).
U just gotta love ARLENE
Kathryn Grayson was a superb singer and a wonderful actress.
I've always admired Kathryn Grayson. So much so that I talked my wife into naming our second daughter Kathryn.
The only problem with your decision to name your daughter Kathryn is that Ms. Grayson’s birth name was Zelda Hedrick. Oops.
@@alexvaliansky7707 It's only a problem if my daughter finds out that she should have been named Zelda. lol
@@mikejschin I won’t tell if you won’t-and that’s a promise.
@@mikejschin Correction: Kathryn Grayson’s birth given name was Zelma, not Zelda. Sorry for the error.
@@alexvaliansky7707 I thank you, Alex, and Kathryn/Zelda/Zelma would thank you too if she ever learned of this.
Should have had Poston more he was quick and witty with come-backs. Was great in Newhart.
Oh, he was on quite a few times, rick charles. Eight times, in fact, which is quite a hefty number. I have at least 7 of those shows, quite a few coming up on this channel very soon, since a lot of them are from 1958. This is just the first-- stay tuned!
Will do and WOW that was the fastest answer I've ever gotten! Thanks
rick charles If I take a while sometimes it's only cause it's pretty cumbersome keeping track of comments on 4 different channels, having to log in and out constantly; it's a real pain. But I enjoy the comments so much I do my best!
Glad to hear that. Once you start watching these you're addicted.
The other thing is, if I don't have anything to add to a comment someone makes, I at least try to +1 every comment I like, but this system is so damned glitchy, they only register about 50% of the time. They really made a mess out of the comments since the Google+ integration.
MARAVILLOSA KATHRYN !!!!!!!!
The last contestant is seriously adorable.
He certainly is...
I did not know Tom Poston went that far back. Always enjoyed him on Newhart.
Steven Torrey -- Tom Poston was well known back in those days as a regular panelist (from 1959 to 1957) on "To Tell the Truth" with Bud Collyer as the panel moderator. I didn't know Poston was an actor until, one time, I went to the movies with my family and he starred in a very funny 1962 comedy called "Zotz!". (As you probably know, "To Tell the Truth" was, like WML, a Goodson-Todman production. Other regular panelists I remember from TTTT were Polly Bergen [succeeded by Peggy Cass], Kitty Carlisle and Don Ameche, though there were others over the years).
Tom Poston was also hilarious in "Cold Turkey".
He was almost dead pan, but so quick witted. I always loved him. His velvet voice, and gentle demeanor was so attractive. Then he’d zing a fast line. Just loved him.
seven years since your comment, but still -- poston was a regular on the steve allen show (the first tonight show) as was Louis Nye.
Perfect to learn american English for me as a dumb German. They speak so clear and understandable. It's a great pleasure.
So far you're doing quite well. Just be sure to capitalize "American" in the future.
wow! kathryn grayson was pretty.
What a surprise to see Tom Poston as a panelist on here. He was so funny on the Bob Newhart shows (both versions). I loved how he would say something hilarious with a straight face.
Funny how?
@@peternagy-im4be 'Funny' as in comical. What else would I mean?
@@peternagy-im4be I would define his style as more defined as a "dry sense of humor ", in other words some thought goes into formation of the comment, and some thought is required of the receiver.
Man, a totally saucy Kathryn Grayson. Scrumptious! I think I've only seen one of her musicals ... Showboat. The song I remember most from that show is "After the Ball Is Over". Starts off timid and uncertain, but when her papa, Captain Andy (I think) whispers to her, "Smile".
Kathryn Grayson was one of my favorites growing up. Many singers today pale in comparison with her. She was especially good with Howard Keel.
If you think this scene is great in the 1951 film, you ain't seen nothing yet. Irene Dunne in the 1936 film absolutely owns this number for all time, in my opinion, aided by Charles Winninger as Captain Andy.
Miss Grayson was also one of my favorite singers in movies. Unfortunately, her movie career was over by the time she made this appearance on What's My Line?
Kathryn Grayson's film career has become permanently non-existent at the time she filmed this What's My Line episode. She never starred in another motion picture again.
@@margaretmccleskey6971 Hopefully you've seen her and Howard Keel in Kiss Me Kate.
Great movie
Peter Kaplan graduated in 1960, and passed away in 2006, He did not continue as a private detective. He entered medical school and became a respected teacher and physician .
Exactly 😊
Mr. Grey eventually moved to Toledo and shows up in various news articles in the 60s, teaching sex ed for teenagers and others. (As well as the expectant families gig.) I can't find him past about 1969, alas.
When America (and most of the world) was a classier place to live
Amen
It’s very easy to be classy if you’re a millionaire socialite.
Joe Debono class has nothing to do with money- it’s about manners, being respectful , taking pride in one’s appearance . It’s about being the best person you can be. You don’t need money to have class.😁
Mark Richardson - Actually one can have grace, class and manners without money and having money is absolutely no guarantee one will have class.
To be sure!
The first contestant Mr Gray lived to age 98,died in Jaanuary 2022 and donated his body to science. He led an incredibly interesting life since his teens and had a huge family.
Related , ? ... He was quite articulate and pleasant ...
Isn’t Martin Gabel particularly fun and charming in this episode? :)
Yes! And I've read a few remarks that Arlene deserved "better" than Martin! I think they make an excellent example of a lovely couple in a true partnership.
@@aileen694Martin had a lot going on in his life and faithful till his death😢
she booked it outta there!
I'm in Australia, and I thought of Miss Grayson just a few days ago when I checked the breeding of a racehorse named Villon and found its dam was named, Only A Rose. Kathryn Grayson had the lead female role in the 1956 film, The Vagabond King; in which the lead male character is Francois Villon. Together they sang, Only A Rose.
Interesting bit.While Kathryn was filming a "Madama Butterfly" scene, her co-star Mario Lanza kept attempting to french kiss her, which Grayson claimed was made even worse by the fact that Lanza would constantly eat garlic before shooting. Grayson went to costume designer Helen Rose and she sewed pieces of brass into her gloves. Any time Lanza attempted to french kiss her after that, she hit him with the brass-filled glove.
She wasn't a dummy, she could stand her grounds. Loved her in "Anchors Away" and "Showboat" Wish John would have talked to her a bit..
That's a great story, I had not heard that one. (For once, I'm aware I'm posting this comment from the wrong account. But I think I'm about to just give up on the constantly switching accounts, it's getting hopelessly tedious.)
rick charles Good for her, such boorish behavior deserves a belt with a brass filled glove.
Let's not forget the wonderful "Kiss Me Kate", with the equally wonderful Ann Miller and Howard Keel.
@@CarloQuinto It's a matter of fact Kate Grayson and Lanza were best of friends and they both loved to play jokes on each other . When Lanza died Grayson and Al Martino headed Lanza's Fan Club which was enormous at the time.
@@fringelilyfringelily391 Keel and Grayson attended the premier of "Serenade " and Keel not knowing Lanza was sitting right in front of him mentioned to Grayson " Only a Mad Man can sing like that" and Lanza turned around and said to Keel :" That's right Howard, fuck up a little bit when you sing it might make you a better singer".
Arlene s hair looked great❤
This aired on July 20th, 1958.
Grayson had a long career in movies (Show Boat), on stage (Camelot), and in night clubs. Her coloratura soprano voice made her a peer of Deanna Durbin in the 1940s. Grayson was married to Johnny Johnston from 1947 to 1951; she never remarried.
Grayson appeared twice with tenor Mario Lanza. Grayson was so turned off by Lanza's boorish behavior that she had her seamstress sew metal slugs into her gloves and used them to sock Lanza when he got fresh.
some controversy on the glove thing,, many say never happened..
I've often read that Lanza, glorious voice aside, was a real perve and Grayson truly disliked him as did most people.
Lanza was a pervert. But he couldn't hold a candle to Errol Flynn in that department.
Yes, Grayson did have a long career in movies but her movie career was long over by the time she appeared in this 1958 What's My Line episode. She had starred only one motion picture in the five years previous to this WML show and it turned out to be her last.
@@TomBarrister You obviously hate Lanza because your comments are total bullshit. Kate Grayson and Mario got along great and Yea he was a prankster but he never was rude or lewd with her. When Mario died she and Al Marino took over Mario's Fan club and hosted many honorary events in Mario's honor. James Bacon was the perv and evil jerk, a half-assed journalist who promoted all the false and disgusting things Mario supposedly did but in a documentary Grayson is on record saying Mario never did any of those things he was accused of.
Kathryn was in a class of her own. Her elegance and beauty were enchanting, and her unique talent was demonstrated in her acting and singing.
I too loved Kathryn Grayson's films. However, by the time she appeared in this What's My Line episode, her film career had become permanently non-existent. She never starred in another motion picture again.
@@jackanthony976 she had some kind of sickness-she was obese in her later years...
I loved her too! Particularly on Kiss Me Kate co-starring Howard Keel who I adored? ( What a hunk!! And what beautiful voices!) 😘🎶🎵
A woman head of the US Mint in 1958! Wonderful for her!
at least THIS time they didn't mistake the mint for the bureau of printing and engraving which make the bills
“Kiss me Kate”or “Showboat” both great movies of hers .
Wow, a young Tom Poston haha. I can still hear him getting yelled at by Betty White (who's also been on this show! lol) on That 70's Show :P
Yeah, Poston is on a few of these shows-- he was already well known for his appearances on the Steve Allen show.
What's My Line? I'm still pretty young. I've just been enjoying these full episodes instead of searching through all the random videos on here
Cortland Johansen That's the best thing in the world I can hear, cause that's the whole point behind the channel. I know a good deal of this stuff already exists elsewhere, but what a chore finding anything specific or trying to go in any order! So glad you're enjoying the shows.
+What's My Line? Thanks very much for posting all these. I've been watching them on here for a good while now and loving them. Don't remember these first time round as we had the Eamon Andrews ones here in the UK.
Gary, I'll add another 'thank you for posting' to the chorus here. My main reason for re-viewing is to go back to one of the most enjoyable TV viewing experiences of my childhood. Also, to get a time capsule experience of the events of the 1950's and early '60's as they happened, mentioned in casual quips on the shows, in real time. Also, I get to see people like Sir Robert Boothby, Randolph Churchill, Elliott Roosevelt, Ann Landers, Bunny Yeager, et al that I wouldn't get to see anywhere else.
Kathryn Grayson had one of the fastest exits in the history of the show.
I wonder why?
Maybe she was hurrying to the show she was in that night.
Their wasn't any speed limit😂
@@scottpardee6303Exactly 😊
Beautiful lady
I know it wasn't what Dorothy meant, but when Dorothy asks "Is there anything liquid about this" to the second challenger, she should have received a yes. We would be in big trouble if our coinage was illiquid. They didn't guess her profession anyway, but it would have been a legitimate answer to send the panel down the garden path.
And at the end of her (Rae V. Biester) turn and she was approaching the men to shake hands good bye, weren't they unusually slow in getting to their feet? Slow enough to possibly be considered rude?
Sorry guys, but the female challengers can't ALL be young and beautiful.
I can't totally account for Martin Gabel's slowness as the camera comes upon him just as Mrs. Biester approaches and he rushes to get up after his initial tardiness. In Tom Poston's case, he is clearly writing down notes when Mrs. Biester approaches. He gets up, startled that she is in front of him. Both of them may have been a bit surprised that she came over that quickly, perhaps expecting that John would have talked with her a bit more.
If this was the reaction by the male panelists to every older and more matronly looking woman challenger, I would call them out. But they were usually quite gracious in all cases. As it appears to me that it was unintentional and is atypical, I'm willing to give Martin and Tom a pass.
They were talking about the coins then, weren't they? The product, not the service/process.
Film star Kathryn Grayson's answer that she wasn't in movies at the present time was actually the most correct one. She never starred in another motion picture after this WML show.
I never quite figured out when they ask the question "Is it found in a house?", they then assume it must be found in a house.
like when they assume that if an article of apparel is worn above the waist that it is only worn above the waist -- they think they have asked the question as if the word "exclusively" were in the question when it is not.
In episode after episode, as soon as someone asks a contestant about training, John immediately starts talking about graduate degrees (here at 7:40). Although the word "training" is sometimes used in connection with graduate education, it is far more common to use it to refer to instruction in the performance of a specific job. I don't know whether John's reaction is a sign of the times or his own predilections.
You're speaking of something that was very different 75 years ago 😊
Having watched a lot of these episodes in a row, there's definitely a little something-something between Dorothy and Martin. Martin might just be the only one who's truly nice to her (the others just seem to tolerate her), so she feels warmer towards him. It's very sweet how kind Martin is to her when the others are cold or indifferent.
Tho they all seemed great friends, the panel couldn’t tell Dorothy any news, gossip or secrets they didn’t want printed in the newspaper the next day….. Money above friendship.
Dorothy was politically conservative. The other 'regulars', - Cerf, Francis & Allen were all liberals. Arlene's husband, Martin Gabel, was even caught up in the 1950s HUAC investigations into Communist influence in the movie industry.
@@Baskerville22 I could tell Daly and Cerf were libs, cheering JFK & JOHNSON and the unions. I didn’t know Dorothy was conservative tho. Many guests you look up state they were Republicans! IMO, had Dorothy lived to tell it, she would have written the Earl Warren investigation covered up JFK cause of death. ( warren was Dalys father in law)
Tks for info.
I believe in one episode it said he’s Arlenes husband. And Dorothy worked as a gossip columnist for 6 months when she first started but she utterly hated it, so she left very quickly.
What nonsense 😮
Tom Poston?
I didn't think he did anything before Newhart.
I was born in 1959.
He was one of the stars on Steve Allen's Tonight show, among other good stuff!
I knew him first on Mork & Mindy
You out there, Kayla? ❤️
Who knew Bob Newhart's sidekick was on Broadway?
And, also,in real life, is married to Bob Newhart's TV wife, Suzanne Pleshette..
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I really appreciate this listing, thank you very much.
According to an interview with Grayson herself.. Lanza was not a perv.. had a wonderful voice and he was the best she ever sang with.. Unless you haters were around at that time to witness your statements, yours is just an opinion.. Matter of fact Grayson who I loved, herself admitted to multiple affairs.. Does that make her a slut?..I think not..
I'm sure there's a point in there somewhere... but I just couldn't quite figure out what it was.
The word perv is kicked around a lot. and is often unfairly used on men who have a voracious sexual appetite.
4:28 Dorothy: Ask very reasonable question for clarification
John: forgets everything
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Too bad Mario Lanza did not appear with her on this show!
Mario was in Italy at this time plus he was in bad shape he only had one more year to live ,died October 7, 1959.
9:10 Nowadays, it does not.
An enjoyable episode due to the absence of *_boring_* and *_stuffy_* Bennett Cerf. Kathryn Grayson was a big star whose movie career was over by the time she was 35.
Send a email complaint 😂
Was Arlene into the sauce?
William Linington here maybe
I've seen more than a few episodes where it seems she's half in the bag.
Dorothy was always accused, but Arlene had her share.
Ah, but money CAN be liquid. Opportunity for defensible confusion lost.
Liquid as in wet, so you are totally wrong.
Not surprised that Peter Caplan went to Princeton. I wonder what he became.
He became a physician 😊
Flint Michigan famous for its mineral water.
Mr. Gabel: "The greatness of America is made up of many people from many lands." Yes, LEGAL immigrants are a good thing for our nation. I'd also add to his comment the fact that we are a stronger nation when we are part of an alliance w/ other free nations (democratic republics).
I did not know who Kathryn Grayson was until this show. She looked a bit wall eyed.
You never saw any of her numerous famous movies.
@@RonGersteinExactly 😊
*_Teaches Course For Expectant Parents_*
*_Head of U.S. Mint_*
*_Private Detective_*
Arlene shushing Martin like a child. Then Dorothy following up with some platitudes. Then he giving a slight flirt. How childish and distasteful.
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Always miffed she got reduced in screen time for the one Road film that still lay in her future...because she was "too old " allegedly 🎩
Anyone over 40 was considered a has been😢
Dont remember Anyone doing volunteer work here, All are salaried.
Not true😊
Gable and his phony continental accent, he is from Philadelphia for god’s sake!
His name is GABEL, so your comment is totally stupid
I'm sorry but Arlene and Martin? Really?
They have been married since 1946.
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Looking in the mirror for the best adjectives for self description?
Oh no, not Tom Poston... Whenever he's on the TV I switch channels, can't stand that man - slow witted, thinks he's funnier than he actually is, and he just comes of as arrogant. Hope there aren't more appearances by him...
Um, sorry, MArcus, but he's on many more times. Most of them coming up soon, from 1958.