I had the privilege of interviewing Jack Lemmon. He was charming, a gentle man and a gentleman. No airs, no huge ego - just a great and talented guy. I really enjoyed speaking with him.
@@philippesauvie639 Oh my, yes !! What classic Neil Simon at his peak, and with two of my favorites - Jack Lemmon and Sandy Dennis. It was unsurpassed comedy from the first scene to the last.
I am 44, born in 1976. We don't have cable or ANY streaming service. I am HOOKED on every one of these WML episodes and it makes me so nostalgic for an era I never lived in. I WANT to live in a time when people talked like they do in these shows.
You can act like you are living in this era, that is what I do. If you do then everyone else behaves a little better too, although sometimes I am the one needing to act better.
I am an Australian and just before Covid hit, I went to see William Shatner live on stage, he was just being William Shatner and telling the stories of his life experiences, it was a fascinating evening, loved every minute of it
I saw him also here in the US doing his tour and I was amazed that he was literally on stage for over two hours talking and didn’t seem a bit tired at all.
@@latsnojokelee6434 be good to be going as well as Bill when we are 93, he still has all of his faculties, sharp as a tack and more stamina than a lot of people 20 years younger
And here we are 55 years later and now an almost 90 year old William Shatner is busting people's balls on Twitter like he's 25! His mind is so sharp it's amazing, he's constantly battling trolls with all the bombastic brilliance that has always been a part of the Shatner legend.
“His mind is so sharp...” What? 🤣 Tweet: It’s amazing how Shatner always manages to reply to fans and non-fans alike (or something like that) Response: “😳 I think you mean fans and future fans” Delusional, much? 🤔😒
Little did William Shatner or the panel or anyone else know at that time what a success and Life changing show Star Trek was going to be for the World, happy time for sure.
This appearance wasn’t to promote Star Trek. That was still over a year and a half away. He was starring in a different tv show “For The People”. If it had been successful he wouldn’t have been on Star Trek.
@@RyKinder "'For the People' is an American legal drama that aired from January 31 until May 9, 1965. The series starred a pre-Star Trek William Shatner as a New York City prosecutor."
@@ruthkidney3582 The Twilight Zone episode would have been "Nightmare at 20000 Feet" in 1963 and is an excellent example of his acting skills. Then in the 1983 movie, "The Twilight Zone" they revisited the same story with John Lithgow as the actor. Then, on the TV sitcom "3rd Rock from the Sun", John Lithgow plays the head alien Dr. Solomon and William Shatner plays "The Big Head (the alien's supreme leader)." The Big Head comes to visit and gets off the airplane and is asked how his trip was. The Big Head (Shatner) answers, "Horrifying! I looked out the window and I saw something on the wing of the plane!" Dr. Solomon (Lithgow) says, "The same thing happened to me!" Nice inside joke that nowadays many probably didn't get.
Around the beginning Bennett stated that Arlene was presently stuck in an airplane. Was Shatner at the time sufficiently famous that Bennett would have been referring to the Twilight Zone episode?@@trainliker100
Shatner's 1965 series was _For the People_ in which he played a prosecutor. It lasted 13 episodes and was canceled. The following year, he was cast as the lead in _Star Trek_ .
@@virginiahanna869 Now i'm addicted! ive binged watched quite a few over the past few days. Dont know how i happened across it. Im from Australia and was not aware of it's existence til last week. Oh how refined people were back then!
What an absolutely gorgeous time capsule. The winter storm, the dinner party dress, that Jack had just been to dinner with two people on the panel, and young Bill Shatner on the panel. How great to see that iconic moment when he and Jack shook hands!
Jack Lemmon was an avid golfer but he never improved to anything better than mediocre as one, purportedly. Just after he died in 2000 (2001?) I saw a cartoon in the paper: it was Jack at the Pearly Gates with his golf clubs and he was saying to St. Peter, surprisedly, "I.... made the cut?" Gave me a lump, throat-wise.
The knitting needle man was very direct in his answers. Not shy, he. Is he the first contestant to ever ask a panelist to explain herself further as he did Kitty? Bravo!
Joe Postove I don't think he's the first, but he is one of the rare few that I have seen do that. Yes, I liked his bold directness in answering without deferring to John. And at one point, John was going to contest or qualify one of his answers but then thought better of it and realized the contestant was right. Way to go, Mr. Angell!
I would have thought William Shatner would have been the mystery guest... but to be one of those ordinary folks questioned by William Shatner before Star Trek would be the memory of a lifetime.
He wasn't as well known at the time as he is today. This was a year before Star Trek. He was a character actor. Hollywood knew him, but he wasn't a house hold name.
@@geraldkatz7986 Yes. As I wrote elsewhere here, I doubt if most TV viewers had any idea who he was. CBS put him on the panel to promote the debut of his new TV show "For the People" the following week. He appeared one other time six weeks later as they were still pumping the show. Maybe a few recognized him from the Twilight Zone episode with the gremlin on the jet's wing. He was a rising character actor shooting for leading-man roles. He got one!
William Shatner, still going strong today, has had a remarkable career. Despite having a reputation for being someone who is difficult to work with, he has always seemed to be a fan favorite.
Consider the source of these complaints. For example, the shrill, profane and screeching George Takei - with playing Sulu his only claim to fame. Decades of bitching from him, like a Harpy. Just an Example. I have seen nothing but talent, grace, charm, wit, self-deprecating humor and absolute candor from William Shatner. Great sense of humor. Sounds like pettiness born of jealousy.
@@colemcleod941 Well said. Too often, a celebrity's reputation... or anyone's for that matter... fails to consider the sourse. It's impossible for any of us to really know "celebrities," but Mr. Shatner has had a remarkable life indeed, and no amount of belittling from those with personal vendettas can alter that.
Nice little extras, thanks...Daly often looked like he was sad about something, but was brushing it off. He also had some gentlemanly mannerisms familiar in Wm Powell.
Save the Tiger, The Fortune Cookie, China Syndrome, Missing, Some Like it Hot, The Prisoner of 2nd Ave, etc. Jack could do both comedy and drama, like a champ. He still blows my mind in one of his last major roles, Glengary Glenn Ross. Genius.
Mr. Angel from Rochester, NY... funny to hear my hometown, makes me ears perk up. Glad to no longer live there, but gotta love the representation. Incredible to hear it be recognized as the HQ of Kodak so readily, long time since that would be the case. Also, these videos are a goldmine, I think we're all very very thankful to have these preserved in this manner.
William Shatner is now 83 years old, and could not look anymore ageless. Mr. Shatner, may you continue to live live long and prosper. *Holds up Vulcan sign*
Don't forget to see him on the Twilight Zone. Two famous episodes: the one where he gets hooked on asking the fortune telling machine in the diner, and the one where he hallucinates that someone is out on the wing of an airliner he is a passenger on. Very fine acting.
Bill Shatner's first question to the first contestant was what's your telephone number. He had that same line in the movie Star Trek, The Voyage Home when he was speaking to Catherine Hick's character towards the end of that movie. In immediate response to Shatner's telephone number question, the lady said something and everyone laughed. What did she say? I can see why he asked for her telephone number too (even though it was made in jest).
He is wonderful in comic roles, such as in 3rd Rock From the Sun where he was the Big Giant Head, the alien boss. He was hysterical in that, pure gold.
@@shirleyrombough8173 My fav MM movie. Just love Jack as Daphne. FYI Jerry Lewis was offered the role but declined coz he declined to work with Marilyn after they had an affair & it didn't work out. True
This was back in the day when adults understood how to be an adult and adulting wasn’t hard work it was just done. They so did know how to do it right!
Jack Lemmon is unforgettable. It's impossible not to love him. Intelligent, warm, lovable, always marvelous in his portraits, in comedy and in drama. One of the greats, without doubt.
+Purple Capricorn I agree...she seemed such a lovely lady...no 'side' at all. She enters into the fun of it. All the 'regulars' are ok in my book. It's so good to look at these episodes...takes me away from all the bad news in the world...I go to bed happier for having watched them...
Yet in another sense, the era was not without a sense of losing a grip on reality either, with the increasing chaos of Vietnam looming, the oncoming "hippie" generation rocking societal norms, civil rights heating up, and particularly with the threat of nuclear war.
Jack Lemmon, the Great, promoting HOW TO MURDER YOUR WIFE. First Hollywood film with one of my favourite actrees, flawless Virna Lisi. Thanks for posting. I wish you could post the episode with Lisi as a mistery guest (Nov, 20, 1966). Please!!! What's my line forever
I enjoy watching the 'Mystery Guest' segments from these old WHAT'S MY LINE .... ? shows. Neat also the now 56 yrs later Bill Shatner is still with us too !
My thumbs up for this one was in honor of the woman preaching like a televangelist for Bayer Aspirin! And as of this post in January of '20.. Shatner is the only one left.
The knitting needle man is a great contestant. He didn't just sit there and defer to John for any possible questions as to the questions. Kitty: Does this product have more than one part? Contestant: Could you explain yourself a little more... He was really engaged in playing the game. That's nice to see.
By the way, I knit and Susan Bates is still making needles in 2021! There are all kinds and types out there but Bates has become the “Chevrolet” of needles: reliable, affordable and available.
Not me. For years I recorded everything so I could forward thru em.....and then this year I got rid of my TV licence. Somehow I've managed to avoid them till now!!
1:00 -- 1:15 > When Shatner hosted "TV"s Funniest Game Show Moments" in 1984, this clip was used to introduce Shatner to the audience. I saw that broadcast and it was the first time since 1965 that I had seen anything of Dorothy Kilgallen on network TV since 1965.
That was probably the fastest round of a Mystery Challenger I've ever seen! I've heard that Jack Lemmon was very big around his time, as mentioned in the episode. :)
Jack Lemmon disguised his voice better than just about any other mystery guest, yet they knew who he was immediately. He must have been making a lot of appearances to publicize his new movie so the panel was expecting him. Also love the vintage commercials.
When "For the people" was cancelled, it made Shatner available for a show called "Star Trek". Jeffery Hunter had the role but was demanding too much money.
@Steven Chappell - Jeffrey Hunter died a week before the last episode of the original series aired on network TV, so he would certainly not have benefitted from the career boost it could have afforded him, as it did for William Shatner who parlayed it into comedy work, too.
Before they mentioned the movie Jack Lemmon was in I thought it might be The Great Race (1965). His disguised voice sounded a lot like Professor Fate. Someone below said it sounded like Peter Falk (who was also in The Great Race).
William Shatner. Later that same year, he would boldly go where no man or woman had gone before by filming a pilot for a certain new series created by Gene Roddenberry about galaxy exploration.
My friends and I were at a restaurant being served by a really cute guy who was kind of flirty with me. My friend Diane wanted to make something of it. Diane: She (pointing at me) wants your phone number. Me: I like my own number just fine, thank you.
It always amazed me when I was little (I was born in 1965) how much my dad’s brother looked so similar to William Shatner, but when I see him now, looking back, it’s even more so! They have both aged much, and my uncle remained slim, while Mr. Shatner gained excess weight, but as I pause this and study William Shatner’s individual features, they nearly exactly matched my uncle’s back then, even down to the Sandy blonde hair! And then I realized that part of his features resemble my father’s, too, except he had dark hair. It’s just uncanny how much he resembles the men in our family!!!
William Shatner is the only member of the panel still living. Everyone else is dead including the host. Difficult to know if the two guests Sandi Kane and Bob Angel are still living. They were not celebrities and as such, I was unable to find any information about them. The mystery guest Jack Lemmon passed away in 2001.
Charm and sanity Sunday nights before the Monday return to the rat race. Cool episode that features Jack Lemmon in his prime, a youthfull William Shatner, the charming Kitty Carlisle from To Tell The Truth next to Bennett, and commercials that if not from when this episode aired do look to be from 1965 or close to 1965.
Jack Lemmon went to the same Elementary School as I did. Albeit a lot of years before me. But he attended Private schools thereafter, not Public schools.
He wasn't there to promote Star Trek. This was before Star Trek. The show was not a success. That enabled him to do Star Trek when the Powers That Be fired Jeffrey Hunter.
It was a very carefully worded ad, "It's as gentle on the stomach as any other product made of the same thing." and "It's works just as quick as..." because one Acetylsalicylic acid is the same as another brand. Wow they thought people were gullible back then. * May cause stomach bleeding, low blood pressure, testicular shrinkage, and 57 other side effects...
+crystalheart9 Not to far behind you. I still watch the series now and then. I comes on Saturday night here at 8. Last night was one of the best episodes. "City on the edge of forever" with Joan Collins. I was 14 when Star Trek debuts.
I love watching these old reruns. Makes me wish I lived during this era. People were very classy and respectful of others. The ladies looked so beautiful and elegant.
Actor Russell Crowe knits, Randy Grossman tight end for Pittsburgh Steelers and Rosey Grier, minister and former professional football player, musician Ringo Star, actors David Arquette, Ryan Reynolds and Scott Baio all knit, crochet and do needlepoint. Rosey Grier wrote a book on needlepoint for men. So it's not just for mommies.
What's My Line? So did mine!!!!! He was a master at it, and I think everyone in my family has at least one of his beautiful needlepoint pictures. Before he came to America, he also used to weave rugs on a loom. My living room rug is an impressive, Persian style one that he made. Unfortunately, time and my family's feet have not been good to it, and after more than 75 years it is very, very worn out.
Joe Postove Yikes! No, I don't. Do you mean "Mr. Bill?" I think that was the clay creation that was constantly being abused by a pair of hands belonging to some otherwise unseen sadist. I never thought it was funny, and I guess I've blocked out the memory of any specific abuses.
Bill Shatner's new show "For The People" lasted for only thirteen episodes. Shatner starred in the 1966 gothic horror film Incubus, the second feature-length movie ever made with all dialogue spoken in Esperanto.
Joe Postove Really?!! I wonder if my father has ever seen that film. He is an Esperanto enthusiast. I'll have to ask him about it. Of course, if "For The People" had been more successful, we might never have had William Shatner as Captain Kirk. I wonder if he has any regrets in that regard or ever wonders about what different paths his career might have taken.
SaveThe TPC Hard for me to imagine Shatner being anything other than grateful for Star Trek. Unlike a lot of actors who make a big mark in a single role and get typecasted (*cough* Leonard Nimoy *cough*), he's gotten to do a LOT of other types of roles over his career. And he's certainly never been reticent to return to the Star Trek world. But one never knows!
It's a good thing that For the People only lasted thirteen episodes - it got cancelled just in time for him to be cast as James Kirk in the second Trek pilot, "Where No Man Has Gone Before"
A message to Gary at the "What's My Line? editing station" in California: Please take as long a vacation as you want before you resume the "love job" that you were doing for a major chunk of your life. Fremantle Media in Burbank owns the rights to all your video, but they cannot pay you and never will pay anyone to do your job. They make their money from American Idol. The occasional Idol contestants who try to sound like Sinatra attract many more viewers than does the 1966 "Line" episode where Sinatra gamely dons a blindfold -- ** but he doesn't sing ! ** Singing attracts the most viewers and pays the salary of digital video editors. "Line" mystery guests never sing, unfortunately, when you watch them on "Line." Louis Armstrong is a fluke. It doesn't last long enough for Fremantle Media to pay Gary to insert it in documentaries on the 1960s that have the theme "If you remember it, you weren't really there." Maybe the following can help people understand why Fremantle Media doesn't pay Gary. In the United States, advertisers believe music always trumps brainy, sophisticated humor. They buy advertising time with radio disc jockeys who talk like stupid, egotistical jerks. Why? Because no matter how vulgar those guys are -- some are worse than Howard Stern -- they introduce millions of people to music they like even though the musicians have ripped off other musicians. Harry Connick Jr. rips off other crooners. Doesn't matter. The Beatles stole some of their melodies. Doesn't matter. They make so much money that disc jockeys and their advertisers get some gravy. Ditto for the classic rock people who promote Led Zeppelin, the members of whom are testifying in a Pennsylvania courtroom now because they, too, are thieves. They evidently stole the melody of "Stairway to Heaven." Doesn't matter to the classic rock radio stations who depend on advertising dollars. So Fremantle Media follows suit -- introducing millions of people to a lot of music, some of which turns out to be awesome even though the singing contestants often steal from Sinatra, Connie Francis and other "Line" mystery guests. The mystery guest segments don't make money. The video of singing does -- a lot of money. Ed Sullivan video makes money. The people using Final Cut Pro X to chop up Sullivan episodes make money. Gary doesn't make any. So Gary should take as long a vacation as he wants -- three months?!
Kittys husband Moss Hart wrote an autobiography. I found it touching that he said his ambition was to marry a great and classy woman. And he did! She spoke at my county library late 70s. What an experience. She was just as you expect.
Is the fact that television and motion picture conversations of this era sparingly use the verb 'do' and its forms of regional or historical significance? For instance, "Do you have a pencil?" is typically asked, "Have you a pencil?" (Note Mr. Cerf's inquiries and Miss Killgallen's winning query beginning @ 18:40.)
Wow, it's weird because this show feels so much like a different age. So archaic. Yet William Shatner is on it, looking like he's in his thirties, and he's still around and I don't think of him as being super, super old.
Excellent show tonight, Gary. Really good contestants and nice turn by Kitty Carlisle.For many years, straight up at 11PM ET, The CBS late news was broadcast on Sunday. It was on at 11, 11:15, and 11:30 to cover affiliates with no Sunday late news (a lot back then) a 15 minute newscast (also very many) and the last one for stations with a full 30 minute news program. I wonder if there are air checks around with the news on the tape. That would be fascinating to see.
I was thinking the same thing. This was an especially fun episode, despite Arlene's absence. William Shatner had quite an impressive first game, all the "lines" were interesting, and Jack Lemmon was very entertaining. The little "in-group" thing between Bennett, Kitty and Jack also added an extra dimension.
William Shatner came to promote his new drama series "For the People" which prefigured "Boston Legal by 40 years. What nobody knew at the time: "For the People" had put in jeopardy the most successful science fiction franchise in history before it even got started. If "For the People" had been a hit and Shatner had been unavailable for STar Trek, who would have starred? Would it have been a a three-year run? Would the franchaise have been a hit? Fortunately, "For the People" was uprightly serious in "The Defenders" mode; CBS canned it within a few months.
soulierinvestments You mention THE DEFENDERS....the producers wanted Shatner for the role of the son in the father/son legal team that was played by Robert Reed. Bill didn't want to commit himself to a series at that time, but did agree to make guest appearances on the show.
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I had the privilege of interviewing Jack Lemmon. He was charming, a gentle man and a gentleman. No airs, no huge ego - just a great and talented guy. I really enjoyed speaking with him.
OperaJH- Wasn't he one of the stars in Some Like it Hot? Playihg Daphne? One of my favorite movies.
@@shirleyrombough8173 Yes, he was alongside Tony Curtis.
No doubt! My favorite Jack Lemmon movie is ‘the out of towners.’
@@philippesauvie639 Oh my, yes !! What classic Neil Simon at his peak, and with two of my favorites - Jack Lemmon and Sandy Dennis. It was unsurpassed comedy from the first scene to the last.
You're quite fortunate indeed!
I am 44, born in 1976. We don't have cable or ANY streaming service. I am HOOKED on every one of these WML episodes and it makes me so nostalgic for an era I never lived in. I WANT to live in a time when people talked like they do in these shows.
Nothing on cable compares to these
You can act like you are living in this era, that is what I do. If you do then everyone else behaves a little better too, although sometimes I am the one needing to act better.
❤️❤️❤️…you must be a kindred spirit to me. God bless you!
@@chynnadoll3277 ❤
they spoke English back then
I am an Australian and just before Covid hit, I went to see William Shatner live on stage, he was just being William Shatner and telling the stories of his life experiences, it was a fascinating evening, loved every minute of it
Very lucky !!!
I saw him also here in the US doing his tour and I was amazed that he was literally on stage for over two hours talking and didn’t seem a bit tired at all.
@@latsnojokelee6434 be good to be going as well as Bill when we are 93, he still has all of his faculties, sharp as a tack and more stamina than a lot of people 20 years younger
I am jealous. You are lucky,
@@margareteplaetzer3127 Not really Lucky, he didn't come to Australia for free, we had to pay🤣🤣🤣🤣
And here we are 55 years later and now an almost 90 year old William Shatner is busting people's balls on Twitter like he's 25! His mind is so sharp it's amazing, he's constantly battling trolls with all the bombastic brilliance that has always been a part of the Shatner legend.
“His mind is so sharp...”
What? 🤣
Tweet: It’s amazing how Shatner always manages to reply to fans and non-fans alike (or something like that)
Response: “😳 I think you mean fans and future fans”
Delusional, much? 🤔😒
@@C21L01 WTF? Did the 90 year old bust your ass on Twitter? Is that why you're crying?
Absolutely!
ha.. a Shatner troll here already
*wait until you are 90.. if you even come close to that
Shatter looks so young here. I’ve never seen him this young
Little did William Shatner or the panel or anyone else know at that time what a success and Life changing show Star Trek was going to be for the World, happy time for sure.
This appearance wasn’t to promote Star Trek. That was still over a year and a half away. He was starring in a different tv show “For The People”. If it had been successful he wouldn’t have been on Star Trek.
Shatner would shoot the second pilot, "Where No Man Has Gone Before" in July of 1965.
@@RyKinder "'For the People' is an American legal drama that aired from January 31 until May 9, 1965. The series starred a pre-Star Trek William Shatner as a New York City prosecutor."
The moment he opens his mouth, it's obvious he was born to be Captain Kirk
@@RyKinder I wonder if Shatner was a Habs fan.
These shows are addictive.
Yep
Yeah, Laura!! I agree!! Can NEVER get enough of them!!
With all I can watch on Netflix this is what I love to see 2019...
It's good for the soul.
@@princeharming8963 llllllllll
This is what I choose to do watch too, despite the choices.
I meant to say this is what I choose to watch too.
2021 and I am addicted.
And last week William Shatner flew into space in a Blue Shepard Rocket at age 90 to become the oldest human to do so as of now. Respect!
He has outlived most of the guests on this show & others.
He's a great actor. 1st saw him in an episode of Twilight Zone. And he was great in one of my favorites Miss Congeniality 🤩
@@ruthkidney3582 and SEXY
@@ruthkidney3582 The Twilight Zone episode would have been "Nightmare at 20000 Feet" in 1963 and is an excellent example of his acting skills. Then in the 1983 movie, "The Twilight Zone" they revisited the same story with John Lithgow as the actor. Then, on the TV sitcom "3rd Rock from the Sun", John Lithgow plays the head alien Dr. Solomon and William Shatner plays "The Big Head (the alien's supreme leader)." The Big Head comes to visit and gets off the airplane and is asked how his trip was. The Big Head (Shatner) answers, "Horrifying! I looked out the window and I saw something on the wing of the plane!" Dr. Solomon (Lithgow) says, "The same thing happened to me!" Nice inside joke that nowadays many probably didn't get.
Around the beginning Bennett stated that Arlene was presently stuck in an airplane. Was Shatner at the time sufficiently famous that Bennett would have been referring to the Twilight Zone episode?@@trainliker100
Shatner's 1965 series was _For the People_ in which he played a prosecutor. It lasted 13 episodes and was canceled. The following year, he was cast as the lead in _Star Trek_ .
Who was the actor who played his father? Part of "For The People" was shown on "Boston Legal".
I can’t stop watching these 🙂
Yeah. It's like you get to see the actors in a relaxed and natural state
Me either.
Me neither. I am addicted and I have never watched this show in my life!
@@virginiahanna869 Now i'm addicted! ive binged watched quite a few over the past few days. Dont know how i happened across it. Im from Australia and was not aware of it's existence til last week. Oh how refined people were back then!
good clean fun
I wish the Jack Lemmon segment ran longer. He was hilarious.
What an absolutely gorgeous time capsule. The winter storm, the dinner party dress, that Jack had just been to dinner with two people on the panel, and young Bill Shatner on the panel. How great to see that iconic moment when he and Jack shook hands!
William Shatner outlives the entire panel. Little did they know he would be the oldest man to ever go to space
I thought that Chuck Yeager was the oldest 🤔🤔🤔
I looked it up and John Glenn was the oldest American in space
Kerman line doesn't count as space
Jack Lemmon. One of the finest actors of all time. Loved him all the way up to "Grumpy old Men".
He was my favorite actor too. In 1988, I went to a gala in NYC for his lifetime achievement award.
He was great! Equally adept at both comedy and drama. Jack is sorely missed.
"up to?" that was a great film. too bad they guessed him so quickly; he should have talked less!
One of our favorites is The Great Race. Absolute classic!
Jack Lemmon was an avid golfer but he never improved to anything better than mediocre as one, purportedly. Just after he died in 2000 (2001?) I saw a cartoon in the paper: it was Jack at the Pearly Gates with his golf clubs and he was saying to St. Peter, surprisedly, "I.... made the cut?" Gave me a lump, throat-wise.
The knitting needle man was very direct in his answers. Not shy, he. Is he the first contestant to ever ask a panelist to explain herself further as he did Kitty? Bravo!
Joe Postove
I don't think he's the first, but he is one of the rare few that I have seen do that. Yes, I liked his bold directness in answering without deferring to John. And at one point, John was going to contest or qualify one of his answers but then thought better of it and realized the contestant was right. Way to go, Mr. Angell!
The exercise lady should demonstrate those straps that make the legs and thighs tight.
I noticed that.
Yea imagine that the contestant answering the question! Y'know as if he knew his line.
Captain Kirk and "To Tell the Truth" regular Kitty Carlisle! Great episode; thanks for posting.
Who doesn't love Jack Lemmon?
my favorite actor.
eoselan7
Exactly. He was awesome!
walter matthau?
the odd couple
Great actor I agree.
I would have thought William Shatner would have been the mystery guest... but to be one of those ordinary folks questioned by William Shatner before Star Trek would be the memory of a lifetime.
He wasn't as well known at the time as he is today. This was a year before Star Trek. He was a character actor. Hollywood knew him, but he wasn't a house hold name.
@@geraldkatz7986 Yes. As I wrote elsewhere here, I doubt if most TV viewers had any idea who he was. CBS put him on the panel to promote the debut of his new TV show "For the People" the following week. He appeared one other time six weeks later as they were still pumping the show. Maybe a few recognized him from the Twilight Zone episode with the gremlin on the jet's wing. He was a rising character actor shooting for leading-man roles. He got one!
My sister and I saw Shatner in the lead roal in a Twilight Zone episode.
I also heard him in the My Little Pony episode "The Perfect Pear" as Applejack's regretful grandfather.
Amazing how many different people Bill Shatner has worked with and still entertaining us now at 90 years old!
Yeah, they are all gone except for Bill but I loved Jack.
I'd forgotten how handsome William Shatner was when he was a young man.
He was gorgeous.
THE MOST ADDICTIVE SHOW EVER!
OMG, the way Shatner is flirting with the first guess is hilarious!
Ye she should wish he wanted her. Haha. It was just a joke. He was married to his first wife then
'Ridiculous' would be more apt. He doesn't have the usual class of that panel.
William Shatner, still going strong today, has had a remarkable career. Despite having a reputation for being someone who is difficult to work with, he has always seemed to be a fan favorite.
he is scheduled to go into space Oct 15 (which is today). amazing life he has had
@@karenc1564 And a long one too. There Isn't much he hasn't done.
Consider the source of these complaints. For example, the shrill, profane and screeching George Takei - with playing Sulu his only claim to fame.
Decades of bitching from him, like a Harpy.
Just an Example.
I have seen nothing but talent, grace, charm, wit, self-deprecating humor and absolute candor from William Shatner.
Great sense of humor.
Sounds like pettiness born of jealousy.
@@colemcleod941 Well said. Too often, a celebrity's reputation... or anyone's for that matter... fails to consider the sourse. It's impossible for any of us to really know "celebrities," but Mr. Shatner has had a remarkable life indeed, and no amount of belittling from those with personal vendettas can alter that.
@@colemcleod941 I agree. I'm sure Shatner was not easy to work with at times, but George is the one who strikes me as the prima donna.
Nice little extras, thanks...Daly often looked like he was sad about something, but was brushing it off. He also had some gentlemanly mannerisms familiar in Wm Powell.
He was such a fun guest! He did more than the same squeak sound every time like some of them do. William Shatner was a babe!
Gotta love Jack Lemmon. Such a great actor. So many great performances. My favorite of all time was Days of Wine and Roses.
Salicious Bum Mine was The Odd Couple as Felix Unger.
Especially when he was making that noise in the cafe.😅
That was a great role as well. Love that film!
Save the Tiger, The Fortune Cookie, China Syndrome, Missing, Some Like it Hot, The Prisoner of 2nd Ave, etc. Jack could do both comedy and drama, like a champ. He still blows my mind in one of his last major roles, Glengary Glenn Ross. Genius.
Brilliant! "The Apartment ", with Shirley McLain, absolutely sublime film in every respect.
@Salacious Bum - One of the greats of all time and from any nation. He could do anything and draw you in.
Mr. Angel from Rochester, NY... funny to hear my hometown, makes me ears perk up. Glad to no longer live there, but gotta love the representation. Incredible to hear it be recognized as the HQ of Kodak so readily, long time since that would be the case. Also, these videos are a goldmine, I think we're all very very thankful to have these preserved in this manner.
Was there ANYONE that Bennett DIDN'T know in the business? His home must have been filled with mega stars every night.
@MichaelKingsfordGray A pedant writes...
@@jasonburns4071 ...and one who should have written "whom". 😜
@MichaelKingsfordGray - "whom" (?)
Wonder why he picked that night for dinner when he was on the show?
In answering questions from the panel, Mr Angel, who makes knitting needles,was the best I've ever seen, very quick and very accurate.
Yes, John even gives the audience the look to say, "If everyone answered like him, I'd be out of a job."
Best "normal" guest ever.
He knew what was going on.
William Shatner is now 83 years old, and could not look anymore ageless.
Mr. Shatner, may you continue to live live long and prosper.
*Holds up Vulcan sign*
Don't forget to see him on the Twilight Zone. Two famous episodes: the one where he gets hooked on asking the fortune telling machine in the diner, and the one where he hallucinates that someone is out on the wing of an airliner he is a passenger on. Very fine acting.
Bill Shatner's first question to the first contestant was what's your telephone number. He had that same line in the movie Star Trek, The Voyage Home when he was speaking to Catherine Hick's character towards the end of that movie. In immediate response to Shatner's telephone number question, the lady said something and everyone laughed. What did she say? I can see why he asked for her telephone number too (even though it was made in jest).
I THINK she said, "It's been changed."
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He is wonderful in comic roles, such as in 3rd Rock From the Sun where he was the Big Giant Head, the alien boss. He was hysterical in that, pure gold.
Odd to think all of these folks have passed on, such as Dorothy by almost 60 years, but Bill is still chugging along strong.
I'm just loving discovering some of these stars. William Shatner! Wow!!!
Thank you for posting these, folks. It's a privilege to watch these. cheers!
In the 1980s, Shatner hosted a game show history special in which it began with Dorothy's introduction of Shatner.
WOW! I only wish TV limited itself to ONE commercial during a break....today, you get more advertisement than show. Ah, the good old days.
3GDOSRSFS yep it’s sad too.... pay lots of money for services and still get advertisements
that ad was full of bullshit sooo
Have you ever tried Netflix?
I love Jack Lemmon!!! His put on voice sounds like Peter Falk.
Probably its because he worked with him on The Great Race.
He starred in the best comedy ever: Some Like It Hot.
@@shirleyrombough8173 My fav MM movie. Just love Jack as Daphne. FYI Jerry Lewis was offered the role but declined coz he declined to work with Marilyn after they had an affair & it didn't work out. True
Wow, Shatner is such a handsome man, and he clearly knew it at that age too, lol.
Jack Lemmon was a class act. Well respected. Very talented and funny.
People were so well mannered and had so much class
Because white people are more civil.
It was a time when GMRC (Good Manners and Right Conduct) was still being taught and graded in schools. Such a wonderful time and Era it was.
This was back in the day when adults understood how to be an adult and adulting wasn’t hard work it was just done. They so did know how to do it right!
Charles Ross Yes, I would say late 80's and 90's on, was the de-evolution of the human race.
@@ivangranger8494 it was all happening back then too, it just wasnt as highlighted...we have to remember we are seeing the quality people of the era
captain kirk time traveled back to 1965 to be on this show and to search for klingons.
And collect phone numbers.
HA HA HA
FYI Susan Bates knitting needles are still manufactured today.
Jack Lemmon is unforgettable. It's impossible not to love him. Intelligent, warm, lovable, always marvelous in his portraits, in comedy and in drama. One of the greats, without doubt.
For me, Arlene adds a lot to the show. The show is different when she isn't there and lacks a little something...
+Purple Capricorn I agree...she seemed such a lovely lady...no 'side' at all. She enters into the fun of it. All the 'regulars' are ok in my book. It's so good to look at these episodes...takes me away from all the bad news in the world...I go to bed happier for having watched them...
Amen! It's nice to time-travel back to a time when the world was less crazy.
Yet in another sense, the era was not without a sense of losing a grip on reality either, with the increasing chaos of Vietnam looming, the oncoming "hippie" generation rocking societal norms, civil rights heating up, and particularly with the threat of nuclear war.
Purple Capricorn, no one nailed that Transatlantic accent quite the way she did.
@Jim Stark Indeed.
Kitty and Captain Kirk together? This should be fascinating-and WITH commercials, too!
Jack Lemmon, the Great, promoting HOW TO MURDER YOUR WIFE. First Hollywood film with one of my favourite actrees, flawless Virna Lisi. Thanks for posting. I wish you could post the episode with Lisi as a mistery guest (Nov, 20, 1966). Please!!!
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A Baco We'll get there! I assume you know the shows are being posted in order.
Fun fact: the first audience member to die of laughter was wearing a red shirt.
Well, William Shatner was my favorite and I love him in his role as Captain Kirk.....
My mom thought he was pretty sexy back in the day.
I enjoy watching the 'Mystery Guest' segments from these old
WHAT'S MY LINE .... ?
shows. Neat also the now 56 yrs later Bill Shatner is still with us too !
My thumbs up for this one was in honor of the woman preaching like a televangelist for Bayer Aspirin!
And as of this post in January of '20.. Shatner is the only one left.
She sounds awfully familiar... Is she (or did she go on to be) a film or tv actor voice actor?
Why did TV shows deteriorate after that era? Every one is so classy and polite🙂
The knitting needle man is a great contestant. He didn't just sit there and defer to John for any possible questions as to the questions.
Kitty: Does this product have more than one part?
Contestant: Could you explain yourself a little more...
He was really engaged in playing the game. That's nice to see.
By the way, I knit and Susan Bates is still making needles in 2021! There are all kinds and types out there but Bates has become the “Chevrolet” of needles: reliable, affordable and available.
I love the ads, they really add to the experience.
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Not me. For years I recorded everything so I could forward thru em.....and then this year I got rid of my TV licence. Somehow I've managed to avoid them till now!!
I laughed so hard when Dorothy asked Lemmon if he's been a guest at her house and he answered, "Aah, where do you live?" Lol.
1:00 -- 1:15 > When Shatner hosted "TV"s Funniest Game Show Moments" in 1984, this clip was used to introduce Shatner to the audience. I saw that broadcast and it was the first time since 1965 that I had seen anything of Dorothy Kilgallen on network TV since 1965.
Jack Lemon is one of my favorite actors, only second after Jimmie Stewart. There were so many really talented actors back in the post war to mid 60's.
Cary Grant
That’s because back then, stardom in Hollywood relied exclusively upon actual acting talent as opposed to looking ugly like today.
That was probably the fastest round of a Mystery Challenger I've ever seen! I've heard that Jack Lemmon was very big around his time, as mentioned in the episode. :)
Huge applause for Jack Lemmon🥰
Hello Dear
How are you doing today?
Great actor!🇨🇦
Jack Lemmon disguised his voice better than just about any other mystery guest, yet they knew who he was immediately. He must have been making a lot of appearances to publicize his new movie so the panel was expecting him. Also love the vintage commercials.
Yes. It was during the Great Race with Tony Curtis and Natalie Wood with Blake Edwards directing.
The voice is Peter Falk!
@@tomdumb6937 "Push the button, Max!"
I thought his voice was so poorly disguised that he must have been drunk!
When "For the people" was cancelled, it made Shatner available for a show called "Star Trek". Jeffery Hunter had the role but was demanding too much money.
@Steven Chappell - Jeffrey Hunter died a week before the last episode of the original series aired on network TV, so he would certainly not have benefitted from the career boost it could have afforded him, as it did for William Shatner who parlayed it into comedy work, too.
@Rick Gross Not forgetting, but it would not have seemed as much of a stretch to cast him in that as some of the fine comedy work he got.
Love the voice Lemmon used. At least he tried to sound different.
+CrazyWedz Yeah, he sounded more like Peter Falk than himself.
Too bad they'd all had dinner just before. I'd have liked to see more of him.
@@RikardPeterson He said one syllable that sounded exactly like Jack Lemmon, and I think that's what tipped Bennett Cerf off.
Before they mentioned the movie Jack Lemmon was in I thought it might be The Great Race (1965). His disguised voice sounded a lot like Professor Fate. Someone below said it sounded like Peter Falk (who was also in The Great Race).
Push the button max!
Also at that time: "Days of Wine and Roses".
William Shatner.
Later that same year, he would boldly go where no man or woman had gone before by filming a pilot for a certain new series created by Gene Roddenberry about galaxy exploration.
Vahan Nisanian yes. Now 87, William Shatner is a wonderful underappreciated actor and a good active man to this day.
It was in 9/66 that the first Star Trek series came on.
And that was the SECOND pilot. The first had a different captain entirely.
They said during the intro that he was just starting another show.
2:56 Marsbonfire , I wonder what show that was? 🤔
"So what's your telephone number?"
"It's just been changed."
Now that's how you turn a guy down!
My friends and I were at a restaurant being served by a really cute guy who was kind of flirty with me. My friend Diane wanted to make something of it.
Diane: She (pointing at me) wants your phone number.
Me: I like my own number just fine, thank you.
Jack Lemmon sounds like he's impersonating Peter Falk! He's pretty good! Ha!
Indeed, Kali! At least, he got to match wits, with the Lieutenant.
It always amazed me when I was little (I was born in 1965) how much my dad’s brother looked so similar to William Shatner, but when I see him now, looking back, it’s even more so! They have both aged much, and my uncle remained slim, while Mr. Shatner gained excess weight, but as I pause this and study William Shatner’s individual features, they nearly exactly matched my uncle’s back then, even down to the Sandy blonde hair! And then I realized that part of his features resemble my father’s, too, except he had dark hair. It’s just uncanny how much he resembles the men in our family!!!
Hello Deborah
How are you doing today?
Shatner was quite the flirt. I'll bet he was at least half serious when he asked for her number.
What was her response after he asked her for her phone number?
I'm sure he was at least half serious if not more!
She said she'd just changed it.
Thank you, *jonnyquest037* ; the exchange takes place at 06:49, and I could not understand her response which got such a laugh.
There's a reason why Captain Kirk couldn't keep it in his pants, what with being played by him.
Now it’s 2021 and I’m lovin’ it too.
William Shatner is the only member of the panel still living. Everyone else is dead including the host. Difficult to know if the two guests Sandi Kane and Bob Angel are still living. They were not celebrities and as such, I was unable to find any information about them. The mystery guest Jack Lemmon passed away in 2001.
Jack Lemmon was just great !
R.I.P. SIR !
Lemmon was fricken amazing. You could have just pointed a camera at him for half an hour and then broadcast that.
Charm and sanity Sunday nights before the Monday return to the rat race.
Cool episode that features Jack Lemmon in his prime, a youthfull William Shatner, the charming Kitty Carlisle from To Tell The Truth next to Bennett, and commercials that if not from when this episode aired do look to be from 1965 or close to 1965.
Love these episodes & I’m hooked on them too!
The old commercials were a riot especially the Bayer aspirin!
Love the added commercials!
Bill Shatner was dreamy in those days. Now he's just wonderful.
William Shatner, always sharp as tack. He would have guessed that gym educator if he got more time... the others screwed it up.
The regular panelists developed often used questions that worked. "Is it bigger than a breadbox?"
How to Murder Your Wife was a real fun movie...and Lemon and Virna Lisi were both aptly cast for their roles.
A good accompaniment to "Mad Men", yes?
@@kennethlatham3133Like "The Dick Van Dyke Show" in color: good trifecta.
I love the movie that Jack Lemmon was starring in. Last movie I watched of his was "Save The Tiger". Always a class act!
Jack Lemmon went to the same Elementary School as I did. Albeit a lot of years before me. But he attended Private schools thereafter, not Public schools.
Shatner's new program... Wow....Who would have known Star Trek would make such an impact that night.
He wasn't there to promote Star Trek. This was before Star Trek. The show was not a success. That enabled him to do Star Trek when the Powers That Be fired Jeffrey Hunter.
Life is funny. Had Shatner's new show been a success, he never would have been Captain Kirk. Fascinating.
After watching this Bayer commercial, I have a headache!
It's brilliant marketing, when you stop and think about it. The commercial itself creates the need for the product.
lol
+What's My Line?
_"The commercial itself creates the need for the product."_
But what if the prospect goes for Tylenol instead? ;-)
It was a very carefully worded ad, "It's as gentle on the stomach as any other product made of the same thing." and "It's works just as quick as..." because one Acetylsalicylic acid is the same as another brand. Wow they thought people were gullible back then.
* May cause stomach bleeding, low blood pressure, testicular shrinkage, and 57 other side effects...
+Watcher3223
A rising tide raises all boats. As long as your sales increase, you don't care if it also increases the others.
Shatner's sooo young!!
+Anna Ferrara He was gorgeous. I had a super crush on him when Star Trek was on. I was 18 then, a very long time ago.
+crystalheart9 Not to far behind you. I still watch the series now and then. I comes on Saturday night here at 8. Last night was one of the best episodes. "City on the edge of forever" with Joan Collins. I was 14 when Star Trek debuts.
+Anna Ferrara You think he looks young here, you should see him when he was a baby.
@@lynnturman8157 Shirley you must be joking.
@@lynnturman8157 Saw him on the Twilight Zone, Nightmare at 20,000 Feet (1960)...long before Star Trek. Might have been his first ever TV appearance.
I love watching these old reruns. Makes me wish I lived during this era. People were very classy and respectful of others. The ladies looked so beautiful and elegant.
Dorothy's introduction of William Shatner would later be used in the 1984 "TV's Funniest Game Show Moments" special hosted by BIll.
When Bennett mentioned Arlene stuck on a plane, I immediately pictured her trying to deduce the jobs of her fellow passengers!
What a fine and quality actor from the great past when acting was an art and class all the way !!!!!
Actor Russell Crowe knits, Randy Grossman tight end for Pittsburgh Steelers and Rosey Grier, minister and former professional football player, musician Ringo Star, actors David Arquette, Ryan Reynolds and Scott Baio all knit, crochet and do needlepoint. Rosey Grier wrote a book on needlepoint for men. So it's not just for mommies.
My grandfather did needlepoint.
What's My Line?
My grandmother taught me how to crochet, and I taught my wife.
What's My Line?
So did mine!!!!! He was a master at it, and I think everyone in my family has at least one of his beautiful needlepoint pictures. Before he came to America, he also used to weave rugs on a loom. My living room rug is an impressive, Persian style one that he made. Unfortunately, time and my family's feet have not been good to it, and after more than 75 years it is very, very worn out.
SaveThe TPC Does anyone remember Mr. Mike of Saturday Night Live poking knitting needles into his eyeballs. We all laughed.
Joe Postove
Yikes! No, I don't. Do you mean "Mr. Bill?" I think that was the clay creation that was constantly being abused by a pair of hands belonging to some otherwise unseen sadist. I never thought it was funny, and I guess I've blocked out the memory of any specific abuses.
Bill Shatner's new show "For The People" lasted for only thirteen episodes. Shatner starred in the 1966 gothic horror film Incubus, the second feature-length movie ever made with all dialogue spoken in Esperanto.
Joe Postove
Really?!! I wonder if my father has ever seen that film. He is an Esperanto enthusiast. I'll have to ask him about it. Of course, if "For The People" had been more successful, we might never have had William Shatner as Captain Kirk. I wonder if he has any regrets in that regard or ever wonders about what different paths his career might have taken.
SaveThe TPC Hard for me to imagine Shatner being anything other than grateful for Star Trek. Unlike a lot of actors who make a big mark in a single role and get typecasted (*cough* Leonard Nimoy *cough*), he's gotten to do a LOT of other types of roles over his career. And he's certainly never been reticent to return to the Star Trek world. But one never knows!
What's My Line? How about a show which combines Star Trek and The Walking Dead?
It's a good thing that For the People only lasted thirteen episodes - it got cancelled just in time for him to be cast as James Kirk in the second Trek pilot, "Where No Man Has Gone Before"
exapno Exapno! I know where *that* name must come from!!! I assume you've simply chosen to omit the "Mapcase"? Excellent user name. :)
What I want to know is this: Were the women in the Bayer commercial taking aspirin, or speed?
What were they "taking?" They were actresses "taking" any gig they could get.
A message to Gary at the "What's My Line? editing station" in California: Please take as long a vacation as you want before you resume the "love job" that you were doing for a major chunk of your life. Fremantle Media in Burbank owns the rights to all your video, but they cannot pay you and never will pay anyone to do your job. They make their money from American Idol.
The occasional Idol contestants who try to sound like Sinatra attract many more viewers than does the 1966 "Line" episode where Sinatra gamely dons a blindfold -- ** but he doesn't sing ! ** Singing attracts the most viewers and pays the salary of digital video editors. "Line" mystery guests never sing, unfortunately, when you watch them on "Line." Louis Armstrong is a fluke. It doesn't last long enough for Fremantle Media to pay Gary to insert it in documentaries on the 1960s that have the theme "If you remember it, you weren't really there."
Maybe the following can help people understand why Fremantle Media doesn't pay Gary. In the United States, advertisers believe music always trumps brainy, sophisticated humor. They buy advertising time with radio disc jockeys who talk like stupid, egotistical jerks. Why? Because no matter how vulgar those guys are -- some are worse than Howard Stern -- they introduce millions of people to music they like even though the musicians have ripped off other musicians.
Harry Connick Jr. rips off other crooners. Doesn't matter. The Beatles stole some of their melodies. Doesn't matter. They make so much money that disc jockeys and their advertisers get some gravy. Ditto for the classic rock people who promote Led Zeppelin, the members of whom are testifying in a Pennsylvania courtroom now because they, too, are thieves. They evidently stole the melody of "Stairway to Heaven." Doesn't matter to the classic rock radio stations who depend on advertising dollars.
So Fremantle Media follows suit -- introducing millions of people to a lot of music, some of which turns out to be awesome even though the singing contestants often steal from Sinatra, Connie Francis and other "Line" mystery guests. The mystery guest segments don't make money. The video of singing does -- a lot of money. Ed Sullivan video makes money. The people using Final Cut Pro X to chop up Sullivan episodes make money. Gary doesn't make any. So Gary should take as long a vacation as he wants -- three months?!
Gotta love those crazy old commercials
***** And Anacin had caffeine in it. Wonder where that went.
Brooke Hanley It's still on the market...
I love and miss Arlene but it's fun to see Kitty here
Kittys husband Moss Hart wrote an autobiography. I found it touching that he said his ambition was to marry a great and classy woman. And he did! She spoke at my county library late 70s. What an experience. She was just as you expect.
you should check out the one from 1957, he got a heck of a lot more applause for this appearance than back then!
Is the fact that television and motion picture conversations of this era sparingly use the verb 'do' and its forms of regional or historical significance? For instance, "Do you have a pencil?" is typically asked, "Have you a pencil?" (Note Mr. Cerf's inquiries and Miss Killgallen's winning query beginning @ 18:40.)
Wow, it's weird because this show feels so much like a different age. So archaic. Yet William Shatner is on it, looking like he's in his thirties, and he's still around and I don't think of him as being super, super old.
He is in his 90s.
OMG Kitty Carlisle was so lovely!
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Great! I didn't realized you were posting in order.
I look forward to see.
Thanks a lot!
The panel had dinner with the mystery guest at Bennet's house and they did not invite William Shatner!
Umm, how do you know that?
@@candicegerman2748 Watch the show. It's apparent on Shatner's face.
Wow; how young William Shatner was! Handsome too - and very flirtatious.
Excellent show tonight, Gary. Really good contestants and nice turn by Kitty Carlisle.For many years, straight up at 11PM ET, The CBS late news was broadcast on Sunday. It was on at 11, 11:15, and 11:30 to cover affiliates with no Sunday late news (a lot back then) a 15 minute newscast (also very many) and the last one for stations with a full 30 minute news program. I wonder if there are air checks around with the news on the tape. That would be fascinating to see.
I was thinking the same thing. This was an especially fun episode, despite Arlene's absence. William Shatner had quite an impressive first game, all the "lines" were interesting, and Jack Lemmon was very entertaining. The little "in-group" thing between Bennett, Kitty and Jack also added an extra dimension.
SaveThe TPC Yes, one of the best shows, overall, in some time. Lots of fun!
Great post!
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William shatner was very handsome without a doubt. He still looks very young for his age.
William Shatner looks so young! I'm used to the Shatner now.
toupee?
@@keetrandling4530 oh He had to wear a toupee yrs before this show, he started losing it in early 30's
William Shatner came to promote his new drama series "For the People" which prefigured "Boston Legal by 40 years. What nobody knew at the time: "For the People" had put in jeopardy the most successful science fiction franchise in history before it even got started. If "For the People" had been a hit and Shatner had been unavailable for STar Trek, who would have starred? Would it have been a a three-year run? Would the franchaise have been a hit? Fortunately, "For the People" was uprightly serious in "The Defenders" mode; CBS canned it within a few months.
soulierinvestments You mention THE DEFENDERS....the producers wanted Shatner for the role of the son in the father/son legal team that was played by Robert Reed. Bill didn't want to commit himself to a series at that time, but did agree to make guest appearances on the show.
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