This has just become the first *original* video I've ever posted to pass the 100k view mark, a milestone which I would probably be crowing about here under any circumstances, but there's a particularly good reason for doing so now: To pay some form of tribute to the recently passed Robert M. whose major contribution to the creation of this video is noted in the description. I've missed him, and will continue to. R.I.P., Robert. And thank you, as always, to the many folks who've been such supportive viewers of this channel.
This show never fails to lift my mood. What a wonderful way to start the day! Clearly before celebrities took themselves too seriously and just had fun.
Well, actually, celebrities did take themselves quite seriously, and in some cases, perhaps, a little too seriously. (The word "diva" comes to mind.) However, this show opened them up to being themselves and was wonderfully heart warming.
I am amazed how people say times were better then., before penacilen and sulfa drugs,? People were crippled by polio. My baby had cancer surgery as a baby. He is now almost 44 from a disease that might have killed him in those " simpler times,." Ba grateful for the time we r living in.
@@LindaHunkins Your knowledge of medical history is severely lacking. Sulfa antibiotics were first used in the 1930s, and they revolutionized medicine. After a few years, bacteria started to develop resistance to the sulfa drugs, and eventually penicillin replaced them as a first-line treatment. After World War II, Australia was the first country to make penicillin available for civilian use. In the U.S., penicillin was made available to the general public on March 15, 1945. Penicillin was being mass produced by June 1945 with production of 646 billion units per year. Fleming, Florey, and Chain shared the 1945 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the development of penicillin. in the early 1950s, the first successful polio vaccine was created by US physician Jonas Salk. Salk tested his experimental killed-virus vaccine on himself and his family in 1953, and a year later on 1.6 million children in Canada, Finland and the USA. The results were announced on 12 April 1955, and Salk’s inactivated polio vaccine (IPV) was licensed on the same day. By 1957, annual cases dropped from 58 000 to 5600, and by 1961, only 161 cases remained. What's My Line debuted on February 2, 1950, which was well after Sulfa drugs and Penicillin first became available to the public. The show ran on CBS until September 3, 1967, which was well after the polio vaccine became available.
I am 14 and I have started to watch these videos. Their amazing! I love watching older shows to compare now and then. I'm glad you post these years instead of the younger ones. Thanks again!
Im watching this on my birthday night, thinking of my parents and watching this great show with them in the good ole days of my childhood. Such comfort, with a bit of sadness thrown in.
Thank you so much for your effort. I'm a 50s television fan and this just warms my heart. John Charles Daly is so cute lmao I bursted out laughing: "Thanks for visiting "What's my name""
Sorry for replying to a two-year-old comment but... I absolutely lost it at that!!! It's that split second gap between Arlene laughing and Bennett realized what he'd just said.
In one of Debbie Reynold's appearances, while leaning over for a conference with John Daly, her necklace broke and she gracefully and without missing beat caught it without anyone even noticing.
It’s nice to watch a show where you can tell everyone truly cared a lot for one another and the were all enjoying so very much what they were doing. Like a very happy family. ❤️❤️❤️
+What's My Line?: One of my favourite things to do is to unwind before I go to sleep - I just watch episode, after episode, and it's wonderful. This channel you've put together is a wonderful place. Thanks so much.
@@robertbrooks7001 Actually WML is what she excelled at. Even Password she was not one of the better players but not bad at all. I think she was in her element and comfort zone on What’s My Line for sure.
Edward Caire, Jr. ....and to be fair I've often wondered, in all seriousness, if she hadn't had a few late nights. She often shows a five o'clock shadow. And it even might explain the eye patches!!
I think Arlene would have been a blast to be around, especially as a drinking buddy. I get the feeling her sense of humor was much racier (and even funnier) off camera!
Thanks for the acknowledgement, Robert, cause this DID take a lot of time to put together-- and I never would have been able to do it if I hadn't had a ton of suggestions for clips to include from folks in the Facebook group!
Ive watch a lot of episodes of WML. My favorite three seconds are during Arlenes raspy laugh after Bennet asks about "the wee ones" and the whole studio goes crazy.
@@jubalcalif9100 Tony had long been one of my favorite tv (and in 2 movies) people, long before playing Felix Unger in the tv series "The Odd Couple" (1970-74). I saw him in a live stage production of the series with Jack Klugman in Miami in the early-'70s. He was terrific in "The Mating Game" (1959) with Debbie Reynolds, and with a very attractive and younger Shirley Jones in "Fluffy" (1965). What a loss it was with those two, and so many other highly-talented actors and actresses of that 1955-2000 era. Hollywood has gone sharply downhill since, with fewer real talents (with some exceptions) and definitely the classiness of them has also precipitously declined.
@@freeguy77 So well & said & so well put ! Thanks SO much for your thoughtful, perceptive & heartwarming comment ! Reading it has made my day, my week & my weekend ! :-)
@@jubalcalif9100 Thank you for your kind words, and of course I agree with you. Something suddenly changed in the people (new generation, reared differently?) that makes or re-makes words into brand new meanings and other strange things! Math (among other inanimate things) is racist??? These people are totally nuts!
The cast and John Charles Daly had so much fun doing this greatest of all the game shows! Miss it terribly, compared to the dreck that passes for game shows today. R.I.P. "What's My Line?", 17 (1950-1967)
I wasn't going to watch the whole thing because I didn't think I had the time right now, but this was so entertaining, I couldn't stop watching. Thanks .
Seeing everyone else crack up -- including the contestant and the other panelists, and the way John feels compelled to get up and walk away for a while -- all adds to the hilarity of that moment! :D
I made this video last year to celebrate the two year anniversary of the WML channel, but haven't been able to post it directly to RUclips till now due to outrageous copyright claims from Fremantle. All claims have finally been released, so it's with great pleasure I can finally make this video available where it rightfully belonged all this time, here on the WML channel! Many thanks again to the members of the Facebook group for all the suggestions of clips to include-- I couldn't have done this otherwise! --------------------------- Join our Facebook group for WML-- great discussions, photos, etc, and great people! facebook.com/groups/728471287199862/ Please click here to subscribe to the WML channel if you haven't already-- you'll find the complete CBS series already posted, and you'll be able to follow along the discussions on the weekday "rerun" videos: ruclips.net/channel/UChPE75Fvvl1HmdAsO7Nzb8w
I discovered WML on television in the form of a local channel called BUZZR. Only they keep showing the same episodes over and over again so imagine my delight that in the first month on getting on the RUclips bandwagon, that I find this!! Last night as a matter of fact. I'm in my thirties and thanks to my upbringing I like classic movies, music and now television. These were the days of class and innocence. I like a little bit of modern television but for the most part can't stand it. It's fun to watch this type of show in B&W and see how well the panel got along. Such fun! Thank you for creating this channel and yes, I've subscribed. What a great find!
You have no possible way of knowing how gratifying it is to me personally to read this comment. Buzzr and the company that owns it have been a major problem for this channel for a year now, having gone on the attack due to Buzzr's launch last year. All of these shows are in the public domain, but that hasn't stopped them from filing literally hundreds of copyright claims, which I have to fight off one by one. Not only don't they have any legal right to do what they're doing, but as you so correctly noted, they're not even bothering to run the shows themselves! They've been showing the same small handful of episodes now over a dozen times, leaving over **700** to languish in their "vault". It's a disgrace. To think that GSN used to treat this show with more respect when they were running it than the company that actually owns the film library (Fremantle)! Thanks for your comment, sincerely, and I'm glad you discovered the channel. I've also got one for To Tell The Truth, if you're interested in that series too: ruclips.net/channel/UCZkBUfTQ_tmKAlUV_sQqrTQfeatured
I was born 1960 and since last year I've been watching all these amazing videos... Would've love to meet all of these funny, great people by that time. And also this video is superb! THANKS!
I really don’t know how, but just before watching this compilation, I somehow managed to watch the show that broadcast the day I was born, Sunday, September 27th, 1959! Maybe that’s what sent my Mother into labor!!!😅
After watching dozens of episodes (in random order).. I feel I know the panel and guests with a warm soul.. these bloopers brought tears to my eyes. So wonderful and genuine.
That's one of the things that's so great about RUclips-- vintage entertainment is all but nonexistent on TV, outside a few digital subchannels like Antenna TV. Glad to read you've discovered WML!
I was born in the middle of it's time on t.v., but my family did not get a television until I was 6 years old. Idk if it was still on by then. I've watched so many episodes online now that I feel like I know these people.
@@grouchomarx-youbetyourlife7476 I recently found another channel that shows almost all old '50s and '60s series: 'Decades'. The other two I regularly watch are: MeTV and FeTV, so there are at least those 4 channels that concentrate on the real tv classics!
+What's My Line? ...and rightly so! Best 24 minutes of my day! Thanks for compiling this!
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+What's My Line? I happened upon WML RUclips videos just about 7 years ago. I've been a fan ever since. I think people are slowly discovering and enjoying WML just as I have. Keep up the good work!
I've watched this several times since you uploaded it to Google Drive. It's clear that a considerable amount of collaborative work went into this - sure that is an understatement! Thank you for including the air date for each clip by the way! I created my own play list of all the episodes for my viewing pleasure. :) So many great moments but my personal favorite is when Daly reveals SteveAllen as the mystery guest. Hilarious! Thanks again!
Thanks for your comment, Elisa-- it means a lot to me! And yes, this absolutely was a community effort. I wouldn't have thought to include half the clips here without the suggestions from folks in the Facebook group. Plus which, even when I remembered the moments, I couldn't remember what shows they were in. Definitely not a solo effort!
The Uncle Milty "legend" as inside information known by fellow industry members of the era --- priceless! Excellent compilation, by the way, thanks for sharing.
I was wondering if anyone else caught that! I lost it when John said, "What do you mean by "large physically". I don't think the audience knew about the legend, but the panel members obviously did!
How professional. I watch these bloopers and see beautiful, talented people at work. Of course there are a few chuckles, regarding the errors; but they either work through it or just do a repeat. I LOVED when Tony Randall called that lady a fake name because she forgot his last name....lol. --- I watch some of the bloopers of present day 'stars'....especially those on 'funny sit-coms' Smh at SOME of the egos!! I think SOME of them think everything they do or say is worth an Oscar.
Absolutely One of NeatestTelevison programs ever made. Really enjoyed What’s My Line! The panel and John Charles Daly were fantastic. Back when manners were used all of time. Great contestants and loads of Fun !Grateful to be able to see these programs. Thank you.
These are truly great times from the past. I realized after watching about 5 or 6 is I always am smiling and or laughing during and after watching them.
22:52 In this 45 second improv, Borge proves he is a master clown who dressed in a tuxedo instead of heavy makeup and a funny outfit. Even though he doesn't say a word in this case, he was equally adept at physical and verbal comedy. A unique talent!
I watch all these clips all the time. And this was one of the funniest that you have posted or I have seen! Groucho and Steve Allen are hilarious! Thank you and keep posting!!
Always loved to watch this vintage game show. It was great in the days of live TV ( in the words of Uncle Miltie) you got what you saw,and saw what you got. No retakes as you will see here. Especially his Texaco Show.
Hello from Canada.Great dea for the video and well edited to boot.Someone else commented that they felt just like they spent some time with old friends.I absolutely felt likewise.Thanks for posting and Peace.
I don't put a lot in my favorites, but this one is going in there. Superb job! I had watched WML? for years on B&W overnight on GSN, and most of these were new to me.
They certainly had a lot of fun on this show, and so did the audience and viewers at home. So glad we can relive these wonderful memories thru these videos. :)
Amazing video, thank you for posting it! Keep up the great work! Everyone should familiarize themselves with WML, after all it's one of the greatest comedic shows of its time.
"If you can pluck sheep, then we have to assume that you can shear chickens-- and that's no yoke!" ~ Several times I watched the video clip where Victor Borge was "attempting" to drink a glass of water. I laughed so hard that my throat hurt. That was beautifully staged, beautifully orchestrated, and truly showed what an amazing comedian and humorist he really was in all facets of his creative work. This compilation video of bloopers and mistakes was beautifully put together. It went by way too fast because I really enjoyed it--and I laughed most of the way through. I used to watch this show with my mother when I was a child back in the 1950s, and so now I get to "relive some of those childhood memories" when watching reruns of this program, which I've been binge-watching for a while now because I'm not getting tired of them. There's just so much entertainment, so much fun and such revelation of humility and joy, all of which have been captured in the previous viewers' comments to this one. Thanks to all those who wrote comments in paying the proper respect and love for all those folks who made this show, "WML," so successful and so beautiful. (P.S. One of the comments I read stated that Steve Allen looked like Clark Kent of Superman fame of the 1950s. For all of these years I kept thinking, subconsciously, that Steve Allen reminded me of somebody, but I couldn't not put my finger on it; it just did not come to the surface--until I read one of the comments that precedes the one I'm writing here. Thank you for such an astute and humorous observation; it was both funny and appreciated. And with respect to Arlene Francis, I thought she was the funniest of all the panel members, including the various guests that held that particular "guest spot" over the 17 years. She was really a joy to see and hear (of course), as she demonstrated a quick wit and an "intelligent eye" that beautifully showcased her appreciation for the value of humor and understanding the intelligence that belies it; and she had perfect timing for the delivering of humorous comments and observations. Ms. Francis was just plain funny! And, again, speaking of the viewers who contributed comments prior to this one, I have to say that, collectively, they were beautifully written tributes to a provocatively entertaining program. The comments all held within them a deep respect for all of the elements that made this program so successful, especially the respect shown through the various tributes given towards the panel and to the loveable host, John Charles Daly. They are missed, but may God continue to Bless them all.) ~drs (06/19/24)
This is absolutely wonderful!! I haven't laughed so much in ages. just one after the other. and seeing all those people - nothing like this show ever!! thank you and your friend so, so much for editing and creating this video. ever grateful. :)🌷🌼
Very entertaining, especially the Groucho Marx part. I never liked his Marx Brothers films, but as a comedian on his own he could make me break up quite a lot.
A time when there were manners, class and civility. Unfortunately, you do not see that very often today. Very sad. A gem of an upload. Thank you very much.
I am stuck at home alone because of the virus situation happening. Thank god for your channel. (Although I was born in 61). I always enjoyed more retro. Please stay safe and well. And thank you for this enjoyment. M. Stuck in Home Boston.
Glad you enjoyed it-- thanks for the comment! And if you hadn't seen that Groucho clip before now, then that means you haven't seen the episode it comes from, an oversight which I highly recommend correcting for the sake of your funny bone. :) Funniest WML ever, and it has more views by FAR than any other episode, out of 760 posted! ruclips.net/video/p6wxrLjJobM/видео.html
"I'm speaking of a four foot animal that Ms. Levinson could either ride upon or alongside without, uh, diminishing the appearance of the other animal." ?!?!?!?!?!?!?
This has just become the first *original* video I've ever posted to pass the 100k view mark, a milestone which I would probably be crowing about here under any circumstances, but there's a particularly good reason for doing so now: To pay some form of tribute to the recently passed Robert M. whose major contribution to the creation of this video is noted in the description. I've missed him, and will continue to. R.I.P., Robert.
And thank you, as always, to the many folks who've been such supportive viewers of this channel.
What's My Line? I adore this show! Thank you so very much for posting. I've subscribed!!
215K now.
Nice job putting this together, thanks for doing it.
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From Brasil, 2021 ... kudos. I adore the videos.
I feel just as if I've spent 25 minutes visiting with some dear old friends......
Me too ! They were all so well mannered !
Me too....I love them even though I just discovered them a couple of months ago. I'm addicted...
I feel the same!
@@bettycogswell9851 Me too! I watch at least one every night before bed. It's very calming.
@@leesher1845 I try and watch every day...
This show never fails to lift my mood. What a wonderful way to start the day! Clearly before celebrities took themselves too seriously and just had fun.
Well, actually, celebrities did take themselves quite seriously, and in some cases, perhaps, a little too seriously. (The word "diva" comes to mind.) However, this show opened them up to being themselves and was wonderfully heart warming.
I am amazed how people say times were better then., before penacilen and sulfa drugs,? People were crippled by polio. My baby had cancer surgery as a baby. He is now almost 44 from a disease that might have killed him in those " simpler times,." Ba grateful for the time we r living in.
I love to see what the ladies wore in the 50s and 60s..
@@LindaHunkins Your knowledge of medical history is severely lacking.
Sulfa antibiotics were first used in the 1930s, and they revolutionized medicine. After a few years, bacteria started to develop resistance to the sulfa drugs, and eventually penicillin replaced them as a first-line treatment.
After World War II, Australia was the first country to make penicillin available for civilian use. In the U.S., penicillin was made available to the general public on March 15, 1945. Penicillin was being mass produced by June 1945 with production of 646 billion units per year. Fleming, Florey, and Chain shared the 1945 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the development of penicillin.
in the early 1950s, the first successful polio vaccine was created by US physician Jonas Salk. Salk tested his experimental killed-virus vaccine on himself and his family in 1953, and a year later on 1.6 million children in Canada, Finland and the USA.
The results were announced on 12 April 1955, and Salk’s inactivated polio vaccine (IPV) was licensed on the same day. By 1957, annual cases dropped from 58 000 to 5600, and by 1961, only 161 cases remained.
What's My Line debuted on February 2, 1950, which was well after Sulfa drugs and Penicillin first became available to the public. The show ran on CBS until September 3, 1967, which was well after the polio vaccine became available.
My deep depression is completely gone, watching these shows😊
The moments where Bennett zips Arlene and Dorothy helps a girl with her snap are so sweet.
People were always on the lookout to help in wardrobe malfunctions
My face was frozen in a 25 minute smile. Thank you.
I am 14 and I have started to watch these videos. Their amazing! I love watching older shows to compare now and then. I'm glad you post these years instead of the younger ones. Thanks again!
Same. I still love and appreciate game shows now even more
How is it to be able to watch a TV program that was so spotlessly clean... I enjoy watching these old shows....
Im watching this on my birthday night, thinking of my parents and watching this great show with them in the good ole days of my childhood. Such comfort, with a bit of sadness thrown in.
Sad but wonderful memory. Happy birthday ( a little late).
@@wholeNwon How sweet, thank you! It 's just another day when you're older, LOL, but still was a happy one. 😉
Thank you so much for your effort. I'm a 50s television fan and this just warms my heart.
John Charles Daly is so cute lmao I bursted out laughing: "Thanks for visiting "What's my name""
Bennett and "the wee ones"...one of the funniest moments ever. Before he's even finished the question, you can hear Arlene breaking up,
Sorry for replying to a two-year-old comment but... I absolutely lost it at that!!! It's that split second gap between Arlene laughing and Bennett realized what he'd just said.
It's always a good gesture to include the timestamp 15:51
In one of Debbie Reynold's appearances, while leaning over for a conference with John Daly, her necklace broke and she gracefully and without missing beat caught it without anyone even noticing.
2020 discovered this show...with corona and everything it warms my heart when I watch it...
Thanks for the video. I am 36 and I love these old shows. They were good, clean fun. I wish the shows today were like this.
Well said and well put ! I have a notion to second that emotion !
I'll third it
Daly's belly laughs at 20:38 and 21:36 are wonderful. The veneer of the ultra-professional drops right there.
It's no wonder that John had to disqualify Groucho!!
Arlene's bloopers in 1963 are so funny. It looks like she's got a couple of drinks backstage :P
Either that or that bow on her head was cutting off her circulation!! She was really loopy this time it was through the whole show haha
They were all from one episode and a few drinks is what I thought too. Good for her!
Pre-show cocktails for sure.
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Iirc someone explained she had been sick with the flu those days, and back then medicine gave that effect lol.
Loved the elegant gowns and jewelry of the ladies. So very feminine and lovely! Thanks and blessings for sharing. 🙏👏♥️
Ah, the good old days when CBS had classy people working for them.
so true
@@jubalcalif9100 Before it was taken over by left wing reptiles.
@@oldhippie81 All of these people were left wing, you imbecile.
I'll bet even the un-seen janitors in those days were classier people than those working at CBS, etc. today!
@@freeguy77 no doubt.
It’s nice to watch a show where you can tell everyone truly cared a lot for one another and the were all enjoying so very much what they were doing. Like a
very happy family. ❤️❤️❤️
Hollywood was not a kind place then either, they just put more effort into hiding the deviance of their craft. Sad, but true. Sorry to be a bummer.
Indeed. And that was a mere Game Show! Imagine the rest of society!
John Daly’s “What’s My Name” killed me.
+What's My Line?: One of my favourite things to do is to unwind before I go to sleep - I just watch episode, after episode, and it's wonderful. This channel you've put together is a wonderful place. Thanks so much.
Amen!!!
Arlene was such a cool lady.
She was terrible on Match Game!
@@robertbrooks7001 Actually WML is what she excelled at. Even Password she was not one of the better players but not bad at all. I think she was in her element and comfort zone on What’s My Line for sure.
@@robertbrooks7001 Not terrible, just slowed down a bit. She knew it and Match Game was her last regular TV appearances.
Her beauty overrides everything else 😊
"Do you pluck sheep?" That totally cracks me up, every time I watch it! :D
Me too! 😂 answer- “yes, straight after i shear my eyebrows!”
24:03 No, but she shears chickens!
It sounds awfully painful.I guess they do it differently in Bennett Cerf's are of the country. 😀
@@HappyLife693 It's helpful when he's pulling the wool over your eyes.
How many people thought, "Oh...he said 'PLUCK'..."
THANK YOU for this obvious labor of love and tribute to the greatest panel TV show of all time.
Love the one where Arlene is three sheets to the wind..."Bagpipe you use your blow...PHTTTTTTTT!"
That must have been so scandalous in the 50's, lol.
She was definitely toasted.
I've seen Arlene Francis schnokered a few times on WML.
Edward Caire, Jr. ....and to be fair I've often wondered, in all seriousness, if she hadn't had a few late nights. She often shows a five o'clock shadow. And it even might explain the eye patches!!
I noticed that too...So funny...
The panelists were all so bright, educated, worldly and funny! God... how I miss that on modern TV! Thank you for the post!
I think Dorothy knew Arlene was HIGH.. I had never had seen Arlene like this, very funny.
I think Arlene would have been a blast to be around, especially as a drinking buddy. I get the feeling her sense of humor was much racier (and even funnier) off camera!
Arlene does appear as if she was at a cocktail party before the show.
Arlene Francis was just the epitome of Manhattan culture. Love her.
How true ! I would love to have had cocktails with her at the Stork Club !
She's from Boston. DUHHHH
I love Arlene! ❤️😅😅😅
Cheers Arlene 🥃
15:54 "The wee ones".... and John Daly walks out. LOL!!!! Thanks. That just made my day.
of course he would exit the stage...it gets more attention than just remaining seated does.
graperonto Nancy reagan on Larry king live
Nancy reagan interview on Larry king
Carole Thomas Huh?What does that have to do with this show?
@@AlphaGeekgirl Agree. Nancy was a nothing compared to the talent and class of people on WML? and other tv series of that time!
A lot of work & time went into this release, Thanks Gary
Thanks for the acknowledgement, Robert, cause this DID take a lot of time to put together-- and I never would have been able to do it if I hadn't had a ton of suggestions for clips to include from folks in the Facebook group!
God Bless you for all the effort and time to make this happen 😊
I was just imagining if for one episode the panel consisted of Groucho Marx, Victor Borge, Buddy Hackett and Joey Bishop. Nothing would get done.
😁😁😁
Well said.
Ive watch a lot of episodes of WML. My favorite three seconds are during Arlenes raspy laugh after Bennet asks about "the wee ones" and the whole studio goes crazy.
Yeah that was funny.
Arlene's hat !! I think that's one of the best laughs WML has given me (out of many, I must say.) Thank you so much.
Mr. Random House says "pluck sheep." LOL This is a wonderful video. Thank you.
Thank you so much for taking the time to put all these clips together. Just wonderful.
Tony Randall is so funny ... "Yes friends, it's me!" and "Thank you, Ella" - I am crying from laughing so hard
Actually, it was because of Tony Randall that I got hooked on WML about three years ago.
Mr Randall was a very witty man ! A class act all the way !
@@jubalcalif9100 Tony had long been one of my favorite tv (and in 2 movies) people, long before playing Felix Unger in the tv series "The Odd Couple" (1970-74). I saw him in a live stage production of the series with Jack Klugman in Miami in the early-'70s. He was terrific in "The Mating Game" (1959) with Debbie Reynolds, and with a very attractive and younger Shirley Jones in "Fluffy" (1965). What a loss it was with those two, and so many other highly-talented actors and actresses of that 1955-2000 era. Hollywood has gone sharply downhill since, with fewer real talents (with some exceptions) and definitely the classiness of them has also precipitously declined.
@@freeguy77 So well & said & so well put ! Thanks SO much for your thoughtful, perceptive & heartwarming comment ! Reading it has made my day, my week & my weekend ! :-)
@@jubalcalif9100 Thank you for your kind words, and of course I agree with you. Something suddenly changed in the people (new generation, reared differently?) that makes or re-makes words into brand new meanings and other strange things! Math (among other inanimate things) is racist??? These people are totally nuts!
The cast and John Charles Daly had so much fun doing this greatest of all the game shows! Miss it terribly, compared to the dreck that passes for game shows today. R.I.P. "What's My Line?", 17 (1950-1967)
Well said and well put !!
Very well said.
I’m 17 and I’ve never even met these people but somehow they’re like family. It’s amazing I can still watch these videos
I wasn't going to watch the whole thing because I didn't think I had the time right now, but this was so entertaining, I couldn't stop watching. Thanks .
Likewise - and I’ve watched it before. 😂
Born 1937 got to be in the audience live show, very noisy theater built over a busy train station. Hot as hell, no AC invented yet😢
15:37 So great that Bennett Cerf's question still makes me laugh nearly 60 years later! :-)
Seeing everyone else crack up -- including the contestant and the other panelists, and the way John feels compelled to get up and walk away for a while -- all adds to the hilarity of that moment! :D
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Great video showing a tyime and a class of people that sadly does not exist anymore.
We exist, you and I. I learned everything I know about good decorum from old TV.
Tony Cevallos w
What, New York upper class socialites? Oh they exist alright.
oooohhh, they're around, just not on tv any more
They weren't always classy either
I made this video last year to celebrate the two year anniversary of the WML channel, but haven't been able to post it directly to RUclips till now due to outrageous copyright claims from Fremantle. All claims have finally been released, so it's with great pleasure I can finally make this video available where it rightfully belonged all this time, here on the WML channel! Many thanks again to the members of the Facebook group for all the suggestions of clips to include-- I couldn't have done this otherwise!
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+What's My Line? thank you!
Thank you so much!!! Many laughs and memories!
Who is that group with 30 girls?
The June Taylor dancers.
Thank you for this! One of the funniest things I've seen in a long time!!
Brilliant! When people were decent and still incredibly funny and witty! I wished I had been about 25 back then!
I discovered WML on television in the form of a local channel called BUZZR. Only they keep showing the same episodes over and over again so imagine my delight that in the first month on getting on the RUclips bandwagon, that I find this!! Last night as a matter of fact. I'm in my thirties and thanks to my upbringing I like classic movies, music and now television. These were the days of class and innocence. I like a little bit of modern television but for the most part can't stand it. It's fun to watch this type of show in B&W and see how well the panel got along. Such fun! Thank you for creating this channel and yes, I've subscribed. What a great find!
You have no possible way of knowing how gratifying it is to me personally to read this comment. Buzzr and the company that owns it have been a major problem for this channel for a year now, having gone on the attack due to Buzzr's launch last year. All of these shows are in the public domain, but that hasn't stopped them from filing literally hundreds of copyright claims, which I have to fight off one by one. Not only don't they have any legal right to do what they're doing, but as you so correctly noted, they're not even bothering to run the shows themselves! They've been showing the same small handful of episodes now over a dozen times, leaving over **700** to languish in their "vault". It's a disgrace. To think that GSN used to treat this show with more respect when they were running it than the company that actually owns the film library (Fremantle)!
Thanks for your comment, sincerely, and I'm glad you discovered the channel. I've also got one for To Tell The Truth, if you're interested in that series too:
ruclips.net/channel/UCZkBUfTQ_tmKAlUV_sQqrTQfeatured
I was born 1960 and since last year I've been watching all these amazing videos... Would've love to meet all of these funny, great people by that time. And also this video is superb! THANKS!
I really don’t know how, but just before watching this compilation, I somehow managed to watch the show that broadcast the day I was born, Sunday, September 27th, 1959! Maybe that’s what sent my Mother into labor!!!😅
I remember watching this show back when I was in elem school. Love these videos
After watching dozens of episodes (in random order).. I feel I know the panel and guests with a warm soul.. these bloopers brought tears to my eyes. So wonderful and genuine.
A million times thank you for these posts! I've commented before and I'll do so again, this is by far one of my most favorite shows.
Glad you're enjoying the videos-- and thanks for the comment! :)
This clip was put together so well. The titles made all of the humour much funnier. Thanks so much for sharing
A belated thanks for the compliment, Steve Ross! (I'm not able to stay on top of reading comments anymore.)
Thank you for the fun. Have been smiling and laughing, just plain having fun. Such a happy time tonight finding your channel. Thanks.
That was fun. WML was before my time, so I never saw it until RUclips. Interesting program.
That's one of the things that's so great about RUclips-- vintage entertainment is all but nonexistent on TV, outside a few digital subchannels like Antenna TV. Glad to read you've discovered WML!
I was a toddler/child during its run.
I was born in the middle of it's time on t.v., but my family did not get a television until I was 6 years old. Idk if it was still on by then. I've watched so many episodes online now that I feel like I know these people.
@@grouchomarx-youbetyourlife7476 I recently found another channel that shows almost all old '50s and '60s series: 'Decades'. The other two I regularly watch are: MeTV and FeTV, so there are at least those 4 channels that concentrate on the real tv classics!
I've never had a video reach 10,000 views in under a month. Not even *close*. Until now!!!
+What's My Line?
...and rightly so!
Best 24 minutes of my day!
Thanks for compiling this!
+What's My Line? I happened upon WML RUclips videos just about 7 years ago. I've been a fan ever since. I think people are slowly discovering and enjoying WML just as I have. Keep up the good work!
You deserve it! And many more views to you. Thank you for this channel. It is one of the best .
So much has changed since you posted this 4 years ago.. Now channels have millions of subscribers, and videos will get 10K views within minutes.
I've watched this several times since you uploaded it to Google Drive. It's clear that a considerable amount of collaborative work went into this - sure that is an understatement! Thank you for including the air date for each clip by the way! I created my own play list of all the episodes for my viewing pleasure. :)
So many great moments but my personal favorite is when Daly reveals SteveAllen as the mystery guest. Hilarious! Thanks again!
Thanks for your comment, Elisa-- it means a lot to me! And yes, this absolutely was a community effort. I wouldn't have thought to include half the clips here without the suggestions from folks in the Facebook group. Plus which, even when I remembered the moments, I couldn't remember what shows they were in. Definitely not a solo effort!
The Uncle Milty "legend" as inside information known by fellow industry members of the era --- priceless! Excellent compilation, by the way, thanks for sharing.
I was wondering if anyone else caught that! I lost it when John said, "What do you mean by "large physically". I don't think the audience knew about the legend, but the panel members obviously did!
Is it possible to have nostalgia for a time you were not alive in? I feel more connected to these people then people now.
How professional. I watch these bloopers and see beautiful, talented people at work. Of course there are a few chuckles, regarding the errors; but they either work through it or just do a repeat. I LOVED when Tony Randall called that lady a fake name because she forgot his last name....lol. --- I watch some of the bloopers of present day 'stars'....especially those on 'funny sit-coms' Smh at SOME of the egos!! I think SOME of them think everything they do or say is worth an Oscar.
Absolutely One of NeatestTelevison programs ever made. Really enjoyed What’s My Line! The panel and John Charles Daly were fantastic. Back when manners were used all of time. Great contestants and loads of Fun !Grateful to be able to see these programs. Thank you.
As Bob Hope so many times at the end of his shows sang ... "Thanks For The Memories" ...
We thoroughly enjoyed this video ....
These are truly great times from the past. I realized after watching about 5 or 6 is I always am smiling and or laughing during and after watching them.
22:52
In this 45 second improv, Borge proves he is a master clown who dressed in a tuxedo instead of heavy makeup and a funny outfit. Even though he doesn't say a word in this case, he was equally adept at physical and verbal comedy. A unique talent!
Victor Borge is a one man comedy show.
thank you. they are truly like family.
I watch all these clips all the time. And this was one of the funniest that you have posted or I have seen! Groucho and Steve Allen are hilarious! Thank you and keep posting!!
Always loved to watch this vintage game show. It was great in the days of live TV ( in the words of Uncle Miltie) you got what you saw,and saw what you got. No retakes as you will see here. Especially his Texaco Show.
Thanks for the upload. Just love watching these old shows from a vanished world!
Hello from Canada.Great dea for the video and well edited to boot.Someone else commented that they felt just like they spent some time with old friends.I absolutely felt likewise.Thanks for posting and Peace.
Love Arlene Francis’s smile and laugh.
And gorgeous 😊
14:14 she didn't look sober😂
I don't put a lot in my favorites, but this one is going in there. Superb job! I had watched WML? for years on B&W overnight on GSN, and most of these were new to me.
Thanks, Brian-- what a welcome comment to read on a day when I've been subjected to reading the most asinine comments elsewhere on my videos. :)
What's My Line? glad I could cheer you up a little. You do great work.
@@WhatsMyLine Ignore the trolls. You're doing God's work here and we are so grateful.
@@brianjohnson7Fantastic work above and beyond 😊
So sweet and classy how they were fixing each other’s zippers and buttons.
So true a lot of hard work went in to this Gary
Very much appreciated it's a great show
Nice clean fun all with the high of good manners
steve allen looks like clark kent from the 50_s,the actor. thanks for this joy,it_s so funny
I loved watching this show when I was very young. You appreciate it more as an adult than as a 5 yr old, though. Love this!
This is just a delight to watch, very well done, Thank You
They certainly had a lot of fun on this show, and so did the audience and viewers at home. So glad we can relive these wonderful memories thru these videos. :)
Amazing video, thank you for posting it! Keep up the great work! Everyone should familiarize themselves with WML, after all it's one of the greatest comedic shows of its time.
Nice to see this incredible collection of bloopers, I loved the show back then as a boy!!!!!!!!!
I used to hide behind the sofa and watch. Past my bedtime.😊😅
Love this so much! Thank you Gary.
I'm glad you enjoyed it!
Very well put together...thanks for a glimpse into the past.
Thanks, Joe-- glad you enjoyed it! :)
"Do you pluck sheep" damn near killed me 🤣
Shows us that Cerf wasn't 💯 percent on everything 😅
MANY SMILES - really enjoyed this......
Thanks so much for making this compilation! It was hilarious!!! Your Channel is really amazing.. so many episodes that I want to watch!
Thanks, Deborah-- I'm so glad you enjoyed it, and are exploring the channel!
"If you can pluck sheep, then we have to assume that you can shear chickens-- and that's no yoke!" ~ Several times I watched the video clip where Victor Borge was "attempting" to drink a glass of water. I laughed so hard that my throat hurt. That was beautifully staged, beautifully orchestrated, and truly showed what an amazing comedian and humorist he really was in all facets of his creative work. This compilation video of bloopers and mistakes was beautifully put together. It went by way too fast because I really enjoyed it--and I laughed most of the way through. I used to watch this show with my mother when I was a child back in the 1950s, and so now I get to "relive some of those childhood memories" when watching reruns of this program, which I've been binge-watching for a while now because I'm not getting tired of them. There's just so much entertainment, so much fun and such revelation of humility and joy, all of which have been captured in the previous viewers' comments to this one. Thanks to all those who wrote comments in paying the proper respect and love for all those folks who made this show, "WML," so successful and so beautiful. (P.S. One of the comments I read stated that Steve Allen looked like Clark Kent of Superman fame of the 1950s. For all of these years I kept thinking, subconsciously, that Steve Allen reminded me of somebody, but I couldn't not put my finger on it; it just did not come to the surface--until I read one of the comments that precedes the one I'm writing here. Thank you for such an astute and humorous observation; it was both funny and appreciated. And with respect to Arlene Francis, I thought she was the funniest of all the panel members, including the various guests that held that particular "guest spot" over the 17 years. She was really a joy to see and hear (of course), as she demonstrated a quick wit and an "intelligent eye" that beautifully showcased her appreciation for the value of humor and understanding the intelligence that belies it; and she had perfect timing for the delivering of humorous comments and observations. Ms. Francis was just plain funny! And, again, speaking of the viewers who contributed comments prior to this one, I have to say that, collectively, they were beautifully written tributes to a provocatively entertaining program. The comments all held within them a deep respect for all of the elements that made this program so successful, especially the respect shown through the various tributes given towards the panel and to the loveable host, John Charles Daly. They are missed, but may God continue to Bless them all.) ~drs (06/19/24)
This is absolutely wonderful!! I haven't laughed so much in ages. just one after the other. and seeing all those people - nothing like this show ever!! thank you and your friend so, so much for editing and creating this video. ever grateful. :)🌷🌼
I watch this show twice a day (from my collection) and really enjoyed the Bloopers! Back when life was grand!
Oh man, that Steve Allen mess-up! Totally understandable yet completely embarrassing...
Very entertaining, especially the Groucho Marx part. I never liked his Marx Brothers films, but as a comedian on his own he could make me break up quite a lot.
Thanks for putting together this great compilation.
A time when there were manners, class and civility. Unfortunately, you do not see that very often today. Very sad.
A gem of an upload. Thank you very much.
Glad you enjoyed it-- thanks for the comment. :)
Manners, class and civility that went right out the window when Groucho is on the panel.
@gcjerryusc There was one episode of WML that he tore the place apart.
You're all insane. Groucho was hilarious! Hop off your high horses
This is the first time that I not only laughed, but laughed out loud at Groucho. Thank you for that.
19:42 listen to John Daly's cackle there haha. That is his laugh for sure
They are all having TREMENDOUS fun! And each member of the panel was paid a small fortune for each episode.
A truly excellent compilation. Thanks very much. I laughed uproariously several times.
This was great!! It's nice to see all these celebrities so "un-stuffy" back then
So funny! Thanks for posting this for us. We all made mistakes and were mature enough to laugh WITH you and not AT you.
Such gentlemen and women! Thanks for posting. Hilarious.
Thanks very much for your editing perseverance, making this an absolute delight to watch!
I am stuck at home alone because of the virus situation happening.
Thank god for your channel. (Although I was born in 61). I always enjoyed more retro.
Please stay safe and well.
And thank you for this enjoyment.
M. Stuck in Home Boston.
Now we know the whole covid was government controlling the world 😢
"Diapers would have to do to protect the wee ones!" lmao
No matter how many times I watch this video, I still laugh just as hard if not harder every time.
I'm so happy to read that-- thanks, Caitlin!!!
Dorothy was such a kind soul. Seeing her help the guest with her dress and just hearing her wholesome laugh almost moves me to tears
Great job on this! Lots of laughs here. I don't believe I've heard Groucho's song before. What a treat!
Glad you enjoyed it-- thanks for the comment! And if you hadn't seen that Groucho clip before now, then that means you haven't seen the episode it comes from, an oversight which I highly recommend correcting for the sake of your funny bone. :) Funniest WML ever, and it has more views by FAR than any other episode, out of 760 posted! ruclips.net/video/p6wxrLjJobM/видео.html
Knowing Victor Borge, he probably did that on purpose. He was so hilarious.
I think it was on purpose, too. :)
Definitely 😅
"I'm speaking of a four foot animal that Ms. Levinson could either ride upon or alongside without, uh, diminishing the appearance of the other animal."
?!?!?!?!?!?!?
Arlene was. . . let's say. . "not her usual self" that evening. :)
John Daly looked like: "And I thought MY explanations were long enough!"
Arlene sounds like she had been at the Copacabana BEFORE the show!
she may have been hanging out with Ed McMahon prior to the show.......................
She was on a strong medication for the flu 😊