What's My Line? - Mickey Rooney; PANEL: Steve Allen, Jayne Meadows (Jan 16, 1966)

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  • MYSTERY GUEST: Mickey Rooney
    PANEL: Steve Allen, Arlene Francis, Jayne Meadows, Bennett Cerf
    NOTE: The Jan 9, 1966 show was posted early a while back in tribute to Polly Bergen on her passing. You can find it here:
    • What's My Line? - Hugh...
    NOTE: Closing credits added from an older rerun pre-GSN-credit-crunching.
    Many thanks to Steve M. Russo for providing this episode in much higher quality than the version I had previously. Folks interested in high quality, well packaged, well-edited DVDs of WML (and other game shows) can contact him directly for more information at RetroTVFestival@comcast.net.
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Комментарии • 212

  • @renaultduck1
    @renaultduck1 4 года назад +85

    Today 10/14/19 we lost our dear friend Louisa Arnold AKA Louise Davidson she blessed our lives with her sweet kind heart and wonderful spirit we will miss her dearly. At the age of 93, she was a sharp and witty as you see her in this episode WML. We are thankful and lucky to have shared our lives with her. She is now gone home with her dear husband Phil.

    • @margaretmcgroarty2152
      @margaretmcgroarty2152 3 года назад +6

      I’m so sorry for your loss 😢🤗❤️

    • @michaelbrown6032
      @michaelbrown6032 3 года назад +9

      Ahh, man! So sorry for your loss. Her poise, humor and just great attitude made this such a highlight episode to watch. Rest in peace Louisa.

    • @YonatanZunger
      @YonatanZunger 2 года назад +7

      She seems so utterly charming! You were lucky to have her in your lives.

    • @rmelin13231
      @rmelin13231 Год назад +7

      I'm saddened to hear this. What an absolute delight she is on this show. I have no doubt whatever that she was even more so sans camera and audience. My condolences. She certainly brought a smile to my face tonight.

    • @oughtssought1198
      @oughtssought1198 Год назад +6

      one of the smartest, funniest guests I've seen on these shows
      and not shy about debating John's "corrections" with him to be sure they get it right
      I enjoyed that she broke script to take the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to
      (I guess or surmise)
      tell Arlene Francis how much she appreciated Arlene's kindred spirit as the
      smartest, funniest presence on the panel

  • @16Lizards
    @16Lizards 9 лет назад +64

    Mrs. Davidson is one of the funnest contestants ever on WML of all the episodes I have seen thus far, second only to the guy who operated a skirt blowing machine at an amusement park. She really enjoyed her experience and we enjoyed her!

    • @doodahman101
      @doodahman101 9 лет назад +9

      16Lizards
      I like that Mrs. Davidson, she had some personality and a great smile! Yes, she was very funny

    • @kenowens9021
      @kenowens9021 3 года назад +2

      The shaving cream and varnish were great lines.

  • @AllenMQuinn
    @AllenMQuinn 4 года назад +37

    Mickey Rooney was such a superstar without even trying. He just had IT

    • @satori03
      @satori03 3 месяца назад

      When you met him you were bowled over by his energy...I met him when I was a teen and Oh my goodness!

  • @kenyongray2615
    @kenyongray2615 4 года назад +18

    Mrs. Davidson was a great contestant. She really appeared to enjoy her time on and show and did not seem to be nervous at all. She was great.

  • @perpieta
    @perpieta 3 года назад +13

    Huh--never knew this was when Fifth and Madison Avenues became strictly southbound and northbound respectively. Love learning old facts like this!

  • @michellecalling
    @michellecalling 6 лет назад +25

    I am having such a wonderful time watching WNL. Thank you for making them available.

  • @princeharming8963
    @princeharming8963 5 лет назад +24

    Jane Meadows was super smart and super classy. She and Steve Allen (beyond brilliant in his own right) were the perfect couple.

    • @beachelbowels2769
      @beachelbowels2769 3 года назад +1

      She was also conceited as hell.

    • @princeharming8963
      @princeharming8963 3 года назад +3

      @@beachelbowels2769 -ya think? Did you know her.. or have any evidence of that? Even if she was... Who cares?? LoL

    • @beachelbowels2769
      @beachelbowels2769 3 года назад +1

      @@princeharming8963 You care because you commented.. hahaha hohoho

  • @dancelli714
    @dancelli714 4 года назад +18

    I liked the jokes with that traffic boss, and Mrs Davidson is a cheerful sort. Mickey was one of the great actors. Jane Meadows is so cute, and her laugh makes her even cuter. The varnish joke was a good one by Steve.

  • @michaelknittel5259
    @michaelknittel5259 9 лет назад +37

    This has to be one of the most entertaining WML shows I have seen. Cheers to Mrs. Davidson!

    • @FlockOfHawks
      @FlockOfHawks Год назад

      She was indeed a delight , plus i never realised doorknobs were actually designed - never too old to learn i guess ☺

  • @shuboy05
    @shuboy05 6 лет назад +16

    For those wondering why Mickey Rooney's publisher Putnam might get a rise out of Bennett, Bennett Cerf was the co-founder of Random House which is still a major publishing house today. Putnam, which is also still around, would be one of their bigger competitors!

  • @soulierinvestments
    @soulierinvestments 9 лет назад +23

    The panel arrangement and the number of times Steve Allen has shown up of late indicates clearly the producers feel panicky about the issue of WML seeming fresh and interesting without Dorothy.

    • @kristabrewer6736
      @kristabrewer6736 3 года назад +5

      They no doubt chose Steve to be on here because he was so popular! (he and Martin were the 2 BEST guest panelists ON this show)!

    • @greenvilla7
      @greenvilla7 Год назад +2

      Of all the panelists Steve Allen was the most affected by the death of Dorothy Kilgallen ever si😢the news of her death broke after which he never recovered his previously happy demeanor …

    • @rhondablack8079
      @rhondablack8079 Год назад +1

      I love Mickey Rooney❤️

  • @robertbowman7382
    @robertbowman7382 Год назад +7

    20:00: "Gotta get a new upper plate!" Arlene was priceless.

  • @romeman01
    @romeman01 9 лет назад +24

    Mike Quill was a union leader who called a 12-day transit strike in New York City, beginning on New Year's Day 1966. This event undoubtedly contributed to the decision to have Henry Barnes appear at this time, although it was mentioned only in passing. Quill died less than two weeks after this show was broadcast.

    • @WhatsMyLine
      @WhatsMyLine  9 лет назад +5

      Thanks for the explanation; I didn't really know what they were talking about here.

    • @exapno
      @exapno 9 лет назад +5

      The many interesting things about that strike :
      1. It started 12:01 New Year's Day 1966 - the very day John Lindsey took office as New York Mayor!
      2. Since the subway workers were public employees, it was illegal for them to strike. A judge had issued a back to work order, but Mike Quill's answer was classic: "The judge could drop dead in his robes, but I still would not order my people back to work!"
      3. Quill got thrown in jail, of course, and him and Lindsey 'negotiated' through the press and not at the table, with both sides throwing barbs at each other,
      4, Quill had heart problems, and actually had a heart attack while in jail. And when he died two weeks after the strike was over, the city's hearst drivers were on strike! But their local authorized a driver for Quill's funeral and burial.

    • @WhatsMyLine
      @WhatsMyLine  9 лет назад +1

      exapno This has nothing to do with anything you just said, but I have to ask: Your username comes from Harpo Marx, doesn't it, Mr. Mapcase? :)

    • @WaltGekko
      @WaltGekko 9 лет назад +5

      That Transit Strike led to the Taylor Law in New York State that forbids strikes by public employees being implemented a year later in 1967. The Taylor Law calls for fines of two days pay for every day out on strike.

    • @vincentdaly78
      @vincentdaly78 28 дней назад

      I was a little surprised that they didn't explain that for the rest of the country. I was living in New York at the time so the name was well known to me.

  • @Beson-SE
    @Beson-SE 9 лет назад +19

    Steve Allen says "Thank you Johnny (Olson)!" when he comes in. That's the first time ever I hear someone mentions his name that way. 1:01

    • @Scot913319
      @Scot913319 6 лет назад +1

      I think he usually did?

  • @rust44
    @rust44 8 лет назад +15

    Who knew the idea of holding a doorknob would be so amusing.

    • @Kat-fw9se
      @Kat-fw9se 4 года назад

      40 lashes lol!🤣

  • @joelfogelsanger5773
    @joelfogelsanger5773 2 года назад +4

    Mickey Rooney was a sheer delight

  • @poetcomic1
    @poetcomic1 9 лет назад +11

    Jayne Meadows did her hair a little plainer here - wow what a difference. She always over did her hair, her clothes and her make up and she sure didn't have to!

  • @romeman01
    @romeman01 9 лет назад +18

    Henry Barnes was the subject of a Allen and Rossi joke on What's My Line?, which becomes even more amusing when told in the context of Barnes's remarks on this episode:
    Rossi: ... here's the director of traffic of New York City, Mr. Barnes.
    Allen: Hello Dere!
    Rossi: Mr. Barnes, how are you going to solve the traffic problem here in New York City.
    Allen: I'm going to make all the streets one-way going west.
    Rossi: And then what?
    Allen: Then it's New Jersey's problem.
    ruclips.net/video/I1nnNKQ7pec/видео.html

    • @savethetpc6406
      @savethetpc6406 9 лет назад +2

      romeman01 I remember watching that one when it was posted here, and I did laugh at that joke. :) During the morning rush hour, 5th Ave. traffic can still get mighty bogged down -- I can't even imagine what it would be like if it were a 2-way street! As to Mr. Barnes's appearance on this episode, I have to wonder, though -- outside of New York, how many people watching WML really knew or cared about NYC's traffic problems or the subway strike?

    • @loissimmons6558
      @loissimmons6558 5 лет назад +3

      Ironically, Barnes himself would often joke that the way to solve NYC's traffic problems would be to make all the north-south avenues one way north.

    • @jaykroeker961
      @jaykroeker961 3 года назад

      @@savethetpc6406, in the book The Power Broker. Henry Barnes might be mentioned in it, but the book mostly focuses on the NYC Parks Commisioner Robert Moses, who leveraged his way into being over the whole Hwy, bridge and road systems of NYC. The author described mass public frustration over the city’s traffic gridlock. It’s long, but an excellent read.

  • @hairyscotman
    @hairyscotman 9 лет назад +6

    NO ONE did a better job at being in a movie than Mickey....always made me smile....God BLESS you, always....

  • @davidsanderson5918
    @davidsanderson5918 4 года назад +5

    I still find it bizarre to think I saw the great Mickey Rooney in pantomime at the Sunderland Empire in the UK about ten years before he died.
    I went with my elderly father who sat there in disbelief, seeing the firecracker in the flesh several decades after seeing him at the movies with Garland.

  • @galileocan
    @galileocan 6 лет назад +26

    You go from Henry Barnes who had absolutely no personality whatsoever, to Mrs. Davidson who was loaded with personality

    • @sweeney60
      @sweeney60 4 года назад +2

      She would have made a great panalist on this show.

    • @michaelbrown6032
      @michaelbrown6032 3 года назад +2

      Gotta love a bureaucrat -- Barnes -- who denies his line has to do with politics. :D

    • @raynehall5464
      @raynehall5464 2 года назад +1

      @@sweeney60 That was my thought, too.

  • @VahanNisanian
    @VahanNisanian 9 лет назад +20

    Mickey Rooney had appeared 6 times. One time a Panelist on the special Los Angeles edition (January 12, 1958), and 5 times as a Mystery Guest, including the lost April 27, 1952 episode, and the infamous lost October 2,1960 episode with Kirk Douglas coming on in Game 1 with a side business as his occupation.
    And the film Mickey promotes here was titled "Ambush Bay".

  • @wcwindom56
    @wcwindom56 4 года назад +7

    Mrs Davidson was a lot of fun. Needed more guests like her

  • @Theyralltakenfu
    @Theyralltakenfu 4 года назад +4

    So interesting to hear about our University here, which was once known as Carnegie Tech, and presently known as Carnegie Mellon University. CMU.
    Mickey Rooney seems to have an abundance of energy.

  • @Steezey7
    @Steezey7 5 лет назад +8

    Mrs. Francis' comment at 20:06 made me spit take. Her satisfied smile almost makes me think she knows what happened.

  • @WaltGekko
    @WaltGekko 9 лет назад +8

    Notable about this episode is it's one of the few times a man was in the first spot on the original version (that would happen more frequently in the syndicated version that began two and a half years later in the fall of 1968). Also, it was notable how they had Arlene between Steve and Jayne.

    • @jvcomedy
      @jvcomedy 8 лет назад +2

      +Walt Gekko The show prior to this one 1/9/66 also had a similar line up, but with Suzy Knickerbocker in the spot Jayne occupied tonight. Unusual it's not their usual boy/girl arrangement.

  • @courtneywilliams5565
    @courtneywilliams5565 Год назад +1

    I was a Disney kid growing up my first introduction to the late great Mickey Rooney was Pete’s Dragon and his voice work for The Fox and the Hound both Disney films 🤘🏽🤘🏽✊🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽 his was an phenomenal talent and great humanitarian

  • @greenvilla7
    @greenvilla7 Год назад +2

    Of all the panelists Steve Allen was the most affected by the death of Dorothy Kilgallen ever si😢the news of her death broke after which he never recovered his previously happy demeanor …

  • @galileocan
    @galileocan 9 лет назад +11

    Henry Barnes was 59 in this video and he looked 79 to me. Maybe even older

    • @jvcomedy
      @jvcomedy 8 лет назад +2

      +Galileocan g You're absolutely right. He's either lived one hell of a tough life or was unfortunate to inherit some bad genes.

    • @preppysocks209
      @preppysocks209 4 года назад +1

      Perhaps he was not well. He died of a heart attack two years later.

    • @RetiredForNow
      @RetiredForNow 2 года назад

      Henry Barnes was my Grandfather. He died of a heart attack in his boss's office that year. My guess is the stress of the job eventually did him in.

  • @soulierinvestments
    @soulierinvestments 9 лет назад +8

    Henry Barnes: when he was traffic commissioner of Denver, he came up with a pedestrian friendly system. At intersections with traffic lights the pedestrian walk signs came in clusters of three -- left, forward and diagonal. At a given point all traffic at an intersection would stop and pedestrians could walk any which way they wanted. Very useful idea nicknamed Barnes Dance. . Anyone from New York know if he tried that in NYC?

    • @savethetpc6406
      @savethetpc6406 9 лет назад +3

      soulierinvestments
      I don't know of any intersections like that now, but I don't know what might have been tried back then. I was too young to be aware of things like that. There are a few intersections I know of in which there are times that the "Walk" signs are on in all directions and other times when the "Don't Walk" signs are on in all directions to allow for turning cars. I've never seen any encouragement to cross the street diagonally, though.

    • @hoteldennis
      @hoteldennis 9 лет назад +5

      soulierinvestments The Barnes Dance was used in Baltimore when he was commissioner here. Barnes also hated the streetcars. He said that the only thing that he didn't like about streetcars was that they were in the street. We no longer have the streetcars or the Barnes Dance.

    • @loissimmons6558
      @loissimmons6558 5 лет назад +5

      I am going to trust this quote from Wikipedia because most of it is cited as having been taken from NYC DOT reports as recently as 2017.
      In New York City, there are numerous signals with a pedestrian scramble phase; those are most often found in intersections with only one vehicle phase. A notable pedestrian scramble exists in Lower Manhattan at the intersection of Vesey Street, Broadway, Park Row, and Ann Street. Another notable scramble occurs at the busy intersection of Nostrand Avenue and Flatbush Avenue in Midwood, Brooklyn; this particular signal was the site of several crashes due to pedestrians crossing against the light, since pedestrians have a "don't walk" signal when vehicles in either direction have a green signal.
      Elsewhere Barnes is credited with having tried it in NYC. However, he never claimed to have invented it, but did claim to have made it popular.

  • @ccbsnyc
    @ccbsnyc 3 года назад +3

    Look up Henry Barnes, he iss quite interesting, and many of his innovations affected public life in many ways. Coordinated stoplights, for example.

  • @Arthur_McGowan
    @Arthur_McGowan 4 года назад +4

    Mickey looks better here than he did in 1957.

  • @soulierinvestments
    @soulierinvestments 9 лет назад +11

    In this time period on ABC-TV -- Batman premiered and Tabitha Stevens was born on "Bewitched."

    • @VahanNisanian
      @VahanNisanian 9 лет назад +1

      soulierinvestments And they spent seasons 1 & 2, working around a pregnant Liz Montgomery.
      A similar thing happened with Barbara Eden during the filming of the first season of "I Dream of Jeannie" all through 1965, except IDOJ didn't add a child to the program.

    • @soulierinvestments
      @soulierinvestments 9 лет назад

      Time period was January 1966

    • @latsnojokelee6434
      @latsnojokelee6434 3 года назад

      The original Star Trek was on this time to .

  • @JulieStJohn-jb4cy
    @JulieStJohn-jb4cy Год назад +1

    I had to Google Mike Quill to find out what all the fuss was about him. As president of the transport workers union, he led a strike in January of 1966, then died three days after the strike was over on January 29, 1966, of a heart attack. This show was aired Jan 9, 1966.

  • @FlockOfHawks
    @FlockOfHawks Год назад +2

    After this great performance , they should have made Mrs Davidson a regular contestant with a different exotic fake profession each time

  • @ajs11201
    @ajs11201 Год назад +2

    The traffic commissioner must have been prescient because some 56 years later, Fifth and Madison Avenues are still one-way avenues, just as he set them up many decades ago.

    • @RonGerstein
      @RonGerstein Месяц назад

      ALL north/south avenues in Manhattan are ONE WAY, including Broadway.

  • @henrywyche
    @henrywyche 5 лет назад +5

    Mrs Davidson is delightful!

  • @christianheitmann4922
    @christianheitmann4922 2 года назад +2

    Mickey Rooney was for 88 years in Film Business.

  • @enriquesanchez2001
    @enriquesanchez2001 Год назад +1

    MIKE QUILL actually died 19 days after this broadcast at the age of 60. Three days after the Union's celebratory win.

  • @soulierinvestments
    @soulierinvestments 9 лет назад +6

    Cannibal humor. Always a sure sign of sophistication.

    • @alanfollett6242
      @alanfollett6242 8 лет назад +6

      +soulierinvestments Oh, good, then let me establish my credentials as a Glittering Sophisticate:
      "So, this cannibal asks another cannibal, 'Have you ever eaten a Kazakh?'
      "'Sure,' the second cannibal replies. 'Tastes just like Chechen.'"

    • @loissimmons6558
      @loissimmons6558 5 лет назад +2

      1st Cannibal: I'd don't like my mother-in-law.
      2nd Cannibal: So just eat the noodles.

  • @MrJoeybabe25
    @MrJoeybabe25 4 года назад +6

    This is the ONLY time that I have seen, where the first contestant has thanked the announcer (Johnny Olsen here). About time!
    Has anyone seen this before, where the announcer is thanked by name.

  • @VSV659
    @VSV659 4 года назад +4

    Sadly, Mike Quill died within days of this telecast.

  • @leannsherman6723
    @leannsherman6723 Год назад +2

    Bennett Cerf always asked the question:
    Has the product ever “bean”alive?” 😂😂

    • @YY4Me133
      @YY4Me133 Год назад

      I read that in his voice. ☺

    • @FlockOfHawks
      @FlockOfHawks Год назад

      "Are you or have you ever bin alive ?"
      Mr Laden : "yes"

    • @RonGerstein
      @RonGerstein Месяц назад

      ​@FlockOfHawks Bemett Cerf always talks funny and mispronounced words.

  • @MartinWillett
    @MartinWillett 5 лет назад +2

    "In the film industry, a 'mickey' is a gentle camera move forwards. It is named for Mickey Rooney (a 'little creep')."

  • @byte01010101me
    @byte01010101me 7 лет назад +4

    They always invited mystery guests who were working in the area. So the panel would always figure out who it was.

    • @loissimmons6558
      @loissimmons6558 5 лет назад +1

      They tried as often as they could to find celebrities who were in town without much fanfare. But that didn't happen very often. Besides there were basically two types of Mystery Guests: those who tried hard to fool the panel and those who wanted to be guessed (although some would say they tried to fool the panel).

  • @tylerpaul1825
    @tylerpaul1825 9 лет назад +2

    Mr. Barnes was in show business. He was appearing regularly on a radio show which he clearly states after Arlene guesses him. He definitely was in show business and "no" was the correct answer to Steve Allens question.

    • @loissimmons6558
      @loissimmons6558 5 лет назад +2

      However, John Daly was trying to make it clear that show business wasn't Barnes' principal line of work.

  • @Beson-SE
    @Beson-SE 9 лет назад +13

    Mrs Davidson talks with Arlene a little bit too long which makes Steve glance at his watch. :) 18:17

    • @savethetpc6406
      @savethetpc6406 9 лет назад +1

      Johan Bengtsson
      Yes, I had to play that part back a few times to figure out what the audience was laughing about. If you divert your eyes for a second, you miss it!

    • @Beson-SE
      @Beson-SE 9 лет назад +3

      SaveThe TPC Never ever divert your eyes or your attention when you are watching WML! ;-)

    • @WhatsMyLine
      @WhatsMyLine  9 лет назад +3

      Johan Bengtsson See, this is why I count on you, Johan. My eyes are almost always diverted!

    • @savethetpc6406
      @savethetpc6406 9 лет назад

      Johan Bengtsson What's My Line?
      LOL!

    • @ginnylorenz5265
      @ginnylorenz5265 7 лет назад +1

      Dear Johan, thanks for spotting that. Hilarious. I love Steve.

  • @morganrussell6783
    @morganrussell6783 2 года назад +1

    Mickey Rooney G.O.A.T. 💖💯...

  • @algoritmosalfredohipicasig7116
    @algoritmosalfredohipicasig7116 5 лет назад +4

    The delightful Mrs. Davidson shut the door on the panel. #Top10Challenger

  • @georgiayost550
    @georgiayost550 4 года назад +4

    Sad Mickey ended with $1,800 as family stole his money

  • @richatlarge462
    @richatlarge462 3 года назад +3

    I had to look up Mike Quill, and see that he died just 12 days after this episode aired.

    • @k.g.1259
      @k.g.1259 3 года назад

      I had to look him up too !! 🤔
      ** this episode is from the weekend after I was born !! 😮😀👍

    • @jackkomisar458
      @jackkomisar458 3 года назад +1

      He is worth looking up. His union, the Transit Workers Union, was a strong supporter of civil rights and of Dr. Martin Luther King.

    • @RetiredForNow
      @RetiredForNow 2 года назад +3

      Henry Barnes was my Grand Father. He died not long after this as well. He had a massive heart attack and died in his boss's office.

  • @YY4Me133
    @YY4Me133 Год назад +1

    During that transit strike, NY Telephone provided some transportation for its employees. As such, I got one ride to work in a white, stretch limo, and one on the Cable Queen.
    *CS Cable Queen lays underwater telephone cable in the Hudson River between Liberty and Ellis Island*
    ruclips.net/video/yqufGtTR5MQ/видео.html
    EDIT: I met Mickey Rooney, once, in a movie theater lobby. He had a wonderful smile.

  • @simeonbaumel7293
    @simeonbaumel7293 Год назад +3

    Was it every alive?
    No, it's as dead as a doorknob....

  • @soulierinvestments
    @soulierinvestments 9 лет назад +3

    The humor of door knobs. Knobs are serious. Nowadays, public building codes go into painful detail about what can and cannot be put onto a door.

  • @VahanNisanian
    @VahanNisanian 9 лет назад +6

    Henry Barnes signed in as "Mr. X" in Game 1 on February 18, 1962.
    This is kinda like when Vidal Sassoon signed in as "Mr. X" in Game 1 on March 19, 1967. When he came on again on the Syndicated revival in 1969, he was now a full-fledged Mystery Guest.

  • @TheNeodermskin
    @TheNeodermskin 7 лет назад +7

    I know Louisa Davidson! AMAZING LADY!!!!

    • @WhatsMyLine
      @WhatsMyLine  7 лет назад +2

      Cool! Does she know this video is available?

    • @odelski
      @odelski 7 лет назад +2

      What's My Line? She did see it early this year and me and my friend found it for her..

    • @loissimmons6558
      @loissimmons6558 5 лет назад +4

      She was one of the most fun and entertaining non-celebrity challengers to appear on WML. She was totally at ease on camera. Whittier isn't that far from Los Angeles. She could have had her own show!

  • @user-ne8lh2vr2t
    @user-ne8lh2vr2t Год назад +1

    Jayne had a wonderful laugh but its usually drowned out by the audience.

  • @carlfalt174
    @carlfalt174 2 года назад +1

    Door knobs have never been so complicated

  • @kenhenderson1762
    @kenhenderson1762 2 года назад +1

    Not sure, but I think the "business achievement" Bennett was credited with is Random House merging with RCA. It meant a lot of money to the firm and to Bennett personally. And Bennett remained in his post as publisher as well as becoming a major stockholder in RCA.

    • @RonGerstein
      @RonGerstein Месяц назад

      You lie as this merger never happened.

  • @rust44
    @rust44 8 лет назад +3

    When she said Henry Barnes, it sounded like "honey buns."

  • @randylovering24
    @randylovering24 6 лет назад +6

    800th show

  • @edmundpower1250
    @edmundpower1250 7 месяцев назад

    Mrs Davidson was beautiful and she was soooo into John.

  • @tonycevallos7513
    @tonycevallos7513 6 лет назад +2

    That commishener Barnes sure knows how to throw some real hum dingers. I gotta look him up.

  • @rangerboy7877
    @rangerboy7877 2 года назад +4

    sometimes john interrupts too often

    • @RonGerstein
      @RonGerstein Месяц назад

      It is the law that John Charles Daley must interrupt.

  • @joelfogelsanger5773
    @joelfogelsanger5773 2 года назад +2

    Mrs. Davidson was totally cool!

  • @ediebaxter6194
    @ediebaxter6194 3 года назад +4

    Didn't Johnny Olsen do the Price Right with Bob Barker?

  • @jimlaguardia8185
    @jimlaguardia8185 6 лет назад +4

    When America was great... I lived through that strike in NYC. Quite an adventure!

  • @ginnylorenz5265
    @ginnylorenz5265 9 лет назад +2

    Mickey (whom I adore!) and John have the hair-do!

  • @leannsherman6723
    @leannsherman6723 Год назад +1

    Mickey Rooney was married eight - count them - eight times.

    • @RonGerstein
      @RonGerstein Месяц назад

      Just like Elizebeth Taylor.

  • @lindaroper2654
    @lindaroper2654 2 года назад +1

    Arlene just had to say who it was knowing Bennett had it.

  • @alskndlaskndal
    @alskndlaskndal 9 лет назад +4

    I wonder why they didn't seat the panelists Arlene - Steve - Jayne - Bennett, to alternate male-female and put the husband and wife together?

    • @jvcomedy
      @jvcomedy 8 лет назад +3

      +R.D. Dragon The did the same thing in the prior 1/9/66 episode. The only difference being Suzy Knickerbocker occupied the spot Jayne did in this episode. Definitely a switch from their usual boy/girl arrangement.

    • @gailsirois7175
      @gailsirois7175 3 года назад

      What does it matter ??

  • @ElectrologyNow
    @ElectrologyNow 2 года назад +1

    Oh yes ... Mickey my hero ... all those awesome women ... the guy was a little stick of dynamite.

  • @jacquelinebell6201
    @jacquelinebell6201 Год назад +1

    Bennett's joke 😂😂😂. It's funny if corny lol.

  • @VahanNisanian
    @VahanNisanian 9 лет назад +6

    Speaking of my last post, let me say this about Dinah Shore: She is easily the most jinxed celebrity to ever be on "What's My Line?". She was Mystery Guest three times (1st and 3rd solo; 2nd with her then-husband George Montgomery). Her WHOLE segment from March 11, 1956 is gone, and so is the WHOLE January 23, 1966 show.
    No question about it: They were both victims of the rushed assembling of "What's My Line at 25". What was so special about Dinah Shore that made Gil Fates want to use her clips for the special anyway? Only her 1959 appearance (her only existing episode) made it to the special.

    • @WaltGekko
      @WaltGekko 9 лет назад +5

      Dinah Shore was still very big at the time of "What's My Line at 25" in 1975. She had a daytime talk show then as I remember along with her LPGA Tournament, then the biggest in Women's Golf. That was why they wanted to use her appearances.

  • @VahanNisanian
    @VahanNisanian 9 лет назад +7

    It has been almost five years since Jayne Meadows was last on the panel!

    • @savethetpc6406
      @savethetpc6406 9 лет назад +5

      I think she looked more attractive and younger-looking in this episode than she did in her earlier appearances!

    • @preppysocks209
      @preppysocks209 4 года назад +2

      @@savethetpc6406 this hair style was much more flattering

  • @scottpardee6303
    @scottpardee6303 11 месяцев назад

    I liked it when John admitted that they do their homework, which is why they guess the mystery guest so often. All those viewers who comment that they cheat should know this.

    • @kentetalman9008
      @kentetalman9008 4 месяца назад

      Stupid people always accuse smart people of cheating.

  • @beachelbowels2769
    @beachelbowels2769 3 года назад +2

    Mr Henry Bons?

  • @lyndapierson6338
    @lyndapierson6338 Год назад +1

    i remember how important penmanship was. kinda sad to see it go.

  • @davidsanderson5918
    @davidsanderson5918 4 года назад +1

    I wonder if the panellists would be interested in the restricted train services in Devon, England.

  • @stevenginsberg8471
    @stevenginsberg8471 7 лет назад +4

    And to this day, more than 50 years later, Fifth Avenue still runs southbound and Madison runs northbound.

    • @loissimmons6558
      @loissimmons6558 5 лет назад +2

      They were the last north-south avenues to convert to one way traffic. The conversions started in the late 1940's. The major exceptions to conversion are basically only Park Avenue with a median or an elevated train trestle, most of 11th/West End Avenue (which used to have a median), Broadway (north of Columbus Circle, which has a median until its intersection with St. Nicholas Ave), Central Park West and any avenues east of First or west of Fifth for their sections north of Central Park.
      This final conversion also "changed" the line of one of TV's most iconic characters. On at least one occasion, Ralph Kramden remarked that he made his meager living with the difficult job of driving a bus "up and down Madison Avenue." Now for most of their routes, the M-1, M-2, M-3 and M-4 buses go up Madison and down Fifth.

    • @preppysocks209
      @preppysocks209 4 года назад +3

      @@loissimmons6558 Fifth Avenue used to have a median as well. In 1931, Winston Churchill crossed part of Fifth Avenue to the median. He looked left as a Briton is want to do, saw no traffic, and proceeded safely to the median. He then looked left again, saw no traffic, and continued on his way. Fifth Avenue, then being two way, had uptown traffic to Churchill's right, which he did not see. He was hit at 30 mph and severely injured (he was able to procure from his doctor a prescription for "medicinal" alcohol during his convalescence (this was during Prohibition)). Fortunately, he survived to save the world -- things might have been different if he had been killed. On the other hand, had Fifth Avenue been only southbound then, he would not have been injured at all.

    • @loissimmons6558
      @loissimmons6558 4 года назад +2

      @@preppysocks209 I always appreciate learning something new. I had never heard about Churchill's accident on 5th Avenue before. Perhaps it is because he wasn't seriously injured, so it is mostly talked about now by people who wonder what if he had been killed (what if FDR had been killed in 1933 when he was shot at, etc.).
      However, I can find no evidence that 5th Avenue had a median, especially in the area where he crossed the street (around 76th and 77th Streets). 5th Avenue was actually one of the narrower north-south avenues in Manhattan but it had wide sidewalks. At some point, the widened the road at the expense of the sidewalks. But this is only south of 59th Street. From 59th Street to 110th Street, the west side of 5th Avenue is the eastern border of Central Park. Traffic was relatively light there, especially before WWII and there wouldn't be much need for a median near a park.
      I checked this three ways. First I did a Google satellite view of the area where the accident occurred. It is only two lanes plus curbside parking on both sides: no room for a median.
      Second, I found a story about it online. It includes an artist's sketch of the accident. Although the artist was incorrect about the car that hit Churchill (the artist confused the fact that Winston had just exited a cab and thought a cab hit him) but would have been familiar with what the area looked like. The sketch shows Churchill being hit and an oncoming car going in the opposite direction with no median in between. winstonchurchill.hillsdale.edu/contasino/
      Third, a researched the history of Fifth Avenue. This was where I found that it was a relatively narrow avenue that was only widened south of 59th Street.
      Fourth, I did a Google Image search for "Fifth Avenue NYC 1930's". None of the pictures show Fifth Avenue with a median.
      According to the story I linked to, Churchill exited the cab, saw a break in the traffic (which was light) and started to cross the street. When he got to the center line (a single white line in those days), he stopped to look but looked the wrong way. Someone reading that he stopped in the middle of the avenue incorrectly interpreted the middle as being a median.

    • @preppysocks209
      @preppysocks209 4 года назад +1

      @@loissimmons6558 Thanks for your comment. The article you linked is excellent -- it even has a copy of the doctor's prescription for Churchill to obtain alcohol! His injuries were fairly serious -- he was in the hospital for 8 days. I have read stories about Churchill having stopped at a median but it is possivle that your explanation is the correct one -- that someone who wrote that piece incorreclty described the middle as being a median. If you like learning new things, there is nothing like reading a good biography of Churchill. He was one of a kind --- brilliant, erudite, confident, courageous, an expert in history, a great speaker and writer, farsighted, wise, and more.

  • @adamodeo9320
    @adamodeo9320 10 месяцев назад

    Mike Quill was an amazing man.

  • @Retroscoop
    @Retroscoop 4 года назад +1

    How many times did Mickey R. came to this show ?

  • @joelfogelsanger5773
    @joelfogelsanger5773 2 года назад +2

    Bennett was ticked off and pouting over the whole Mike Quill thing.

  • @SenorZorrozzz
    @SenorZorrozzz 3 года назад +1

    Gee Mickey was so bald by then!

  • @lindaroper2654
    @lindaroper2654 2 года назад +1

    Dint know why the men didn't whistle for Mrs Davidson, she was prettier than slot of the women they whistled for. 🤦

  • @scottpardee6303
    @scottpardee6303 11 месяцев назад

    Mickey Rooney had eight wives!

  • @originalmatchgame
    @originalmatchgame 9 лет назад +4

    Does Bennett ever miss ?

  • @VahanNisanian
    @VahanNisanian 9 лет назад +1

    Also, as someone who loves finding out these things, was Dinah Shore left-handed or right-handed?
    If there is any Dinah Shore fan, who is also a fan of "What's My Line?", please help me out here.

    • @YouDummy
      @YouDummy 9 лет назад +5

      A quick Google images search shows her signing autographs with her right hand and another holding right-handed golf clubs, unless both images had been reversed.

    • @philippapay4352
      @philippapay4352 4 года назад +1

      @Vahan Nisanian - The only WML episode on which I know Dinah Shore appeared was as Mystery Guest with her husband, George Montgomery. He signed them in on the chalkboard as "Mr. & Mrs. George Montgomery." So? She was entered into the LPGA Hall of Fame and the only couple of photos I could find in a brief search of her golfing were at a distance, but she appeared to be using a right-hand swing. I'm sure there are more photos of her golfing around.

  • @ElectrologyNow
    @ElectrologyNow 2 года назад

    I remember these programs when I was a little kid. I always thought John Charles Daily was good, until he attempted to sound intelligent. Instead, he sounded pompous ... and, usually ended up screwing-up whatever he was trying to say. I still think the same ...

  • @srothbardt
    @srothbardt 2 года назад

    Wish they didn’t whistle at the women who come in

  • @pattimaeda6097
    @pattimaeda6097 Год назад

    Who tf is Mike Quill?

    • @deepdrag8131
      @deepdrag8131 10 месяцев назад

      Michael Quill was the fiery head of the Transit Union. The transportation union was on strike starting on Jan 1, 1966 (John Lindsay’s first day a mayor) and New York City was at a standstill (thus the joke about the Quill cocktail being Manhattan on the rocks)

    • @RonGerstein
      @RonGerstein Месяц назад

      ​@deepdrag8131 The transit union closed down the NYC subways and buses in January by going out on strike.

  • @1928gerry
    @1928gerry 5 лет назад +3

    Bennett ruins most of the mystery guest segments because of his advance studying. He should have done less advance research or excused himself.

    • @gregmoorhead7203
      @gregmoorhead7203 5 лет назад +2

      1928gerry ~ I totally agree!!!

    • @TheGreatAtario
      @TheGreatAtario 4 года назад +3

      Meh. I'm fine with getting some more conversation with the mystery guests

    • @peternagy-im4be
      @peternagy-im4be 3 года назад

      Bennett always opens his mouth before his turn to question the guest.

    • @FlockOfHawks
      @FlockOfHawks Год назад

      i.m.o he ruins many an episode with his mere presence . . .

  • @SenorZorrozzz
    @SenorZorrozzz 3 года назад

    What’s that white spot in her hair?

    • @TheBlackhawkbrat
      @TheBlackhawkbrat Год назад +2

      I think it's the overhead lights shining off a small part of her scalp exposed by her hairstyle

    • @josepocos
      @josepocos Год назад +1

      @@TheBlackhawkbrat It looks too bright for that; maybe some sort of pin or badge with a jewel in it.

    • @deepdrag8131
      @deepdrag8131 10 месяцев назад

      Aliens have an extra eyeball on their scalp. Mrs. Davidson is from Planet X.

  • @geraldinemilo2804
    @geraldinemilo2804 10 месяцев назад

    Examine the current state of the world. 2 Timothy 4:1-5 states "You should know this, Timothy, that in the last days there will be very difficult times. People will love only themselves and their money. They will be boastful and proud, scoffing at God, disobedient to their parents, and ungrateful. They will consider nothing sacred. They will be unloving and unforgiving; they will slander others and have no self-control. They will be cruel and hate what is good. They will betray their friends, be reckless, be puffed up with pride, and love pleasure rather than God. They will act religious, but they will reject the power that could make them godly. Stay away from people like that!" Jesus is coming back. Are you ready?

    • @kentetalman9008
      @kentetalman9008 4 месяца назад

      Oh please, spare us from your delusional piety.

  • @kennithumperovitch1606
    @kennithumperovitch1606 2 года назад +1

    Ah ha Ms. Davidson is the one! She was so hot she could turn my doorknob! And open my door!😉

  • @dorisisaacs7740
    @dorisisaacs7740 2 года назад

    The mountainous atom monthly juggle because granddaughter undeniably lighten as a tan packet. itchy, sleepy tea