Only John showed surprise. The panelists may have been surprised because WML was in NY, and coastal big cities have ALWAYS ignored "fly-over country" (midwest), where the women played. The league, established by Mr. Wrigley of Chicago, had teams in these cities: Kenosha (9 years), Racine (8), Rockford (12), South Bend (12), Milwaukee (1), Minneapolis (1), Fort Wayne (10), Grand Rapids (10), Muskegon (4), Kalamazoo (5), Peoria (6), Chicago (1), Springfield (1), Battle Creek (2), Muskegon (1).
I don't get all these brickbats aimed at Hal Block. The line of questioning he chose was quite natural and he was abetted in it by the contestant, who took obvious delight in leading him up the garden path, as did the studio audience who found it hilarious. Who cares if the rest of the panel weren't amused, the important thing is the audience enjoyed it. Hal Block was the wittiest of the panelists; the others, who somehow thought themselves superior, were arrant snobs.
WOOT!! MY HOME TOWN REGINA!! (& it's NOT pronounced Sass-katchew-wan, a la Mr. Daly lol. its Sa-scat-chew-win. FYI) (&its Ruh-jyna, NOT Re-Gina lol. sorry, but i'm picky)
Gravydog316 a long time ago I met a girl who said she was from Ruh-Jyna. I said excuse me?! I thought she was pulling my leg! I explained to her what I thought she had said. She wasn't amused at all and I could tell she was thinking, "dumb American!"
The league received extremely limited coverage in daily newspapers outside the cities with franchises in the American Midwest. LIFE magazine published a feature article with photos during the war, but otherwise the league was pretty much ignored, a situation which did not change until the movie "A League of Their Own" was released in 1992.
Well Block chose to immortalize himself in any number of entertainment media, so I think he took on the risk of people commenting on his performances after he was gone. He also chose to behave in a rather embarrassing manner on what was otherwise a genteel panel.
![What's My Line? - Salvador Dali; Lillian Roth; Peter Lawford [panel] (Jan 27, 1957)](/img/1.gif)
Who is here after the Heritage minute?
Impressed and surprised to learn that "A League of Their Own"/Geena Davis' character was loosely based on a Canadian trailblazer.
Me too! 😊
To the last question not answered: Bonnie's career batting-average was .235
Only John showed surprise. The panelists may have been surprised because WML was in NY, and coastal big cities have ALWAYS ignored "fly-over country" (midwest), where the women played. The league, established by Mr. Wrigley of Chicago, had teams in these cities: Kenosha (9 years), Racine (8), Rockford (12), South Bend (12), Milwaukee (1), Minneapolis (1), Fort Wayne (10), Grand Rapids (10), Muskegon (4), Kalamazoo (5), Peoria (6), Chicago (1), Springfield (1), Battle Creek (2), Muskegon (1).
I don't get all these brickbats aimed at Hal Block. The line of questioning he chose was quite natural and he was abetted in it by the contestant, who took obvious delight in leading him up the garden path, as did the studio audience who found it hilarious. Who cares if the rest of the panel weren't amused, the important thing is the audience enjoyed it. Hal Block was the wittiest of the panelists; the others, who somehow thought themselves superior, were arrant snobs.
What a beautiful letter B. As someone who signs with a capital B I’m going to try and copy hers.
WOOT!! MY HOME TOWN REGINA!! (& it's NOT pronounced Sass-katchew-wan, a la Mr. Daly lol. its Sa-scat-chew-win. FYI)
(&its Ruh-jyna, NOT Re-Gina lol. sorry, but i'm picky)
Gravydog316 a long time ago I met a girl who said she was from Ruh-Jyna. I said excuse me?! I thought she was pulling my leg! I explained to her what I thought she had said. She wasn't amused at all and I could tell she was thinking, "dumb American!"
If the league had been around since 1943 and this show was 1951 or '52, why were the panelists so surprised to hear about the league?
The league received extremely limited coverage in daily newspapers outside the cities with franchises in the American Midwest. LIFE magazine published a feature article with photos during the war, but otherwise the league was pretty much ignored, a situation which did not change until the movie "A League of Their Own" was released in 1992.
Episode 116 ... August 17, 1952
In the early episodes Daly would give away much more than in later episodes.
Notice how stone-faced the rest of the panel is when Block goes through his imaginings.
Well Block chose to immortalize himself in any number of entertainment media, so I think he took on the risk of people commenting on his performances after he was gone. He also chose to behave in a rather embarrassing manner on what was otherwise a genteel panel.
So typical. Man-dog got caught up in the uniform thinking about scantily clad women. Thank you Dorothy to getting the show on track.
Hal Block was such a boor.
I agree.
Bennett has whiter hair here than he did in later episode