Dorothy looks swell here, as she did the two previous episodes also. It's nice to watch how much more relaxed she seems to be, whatever the reason might have been.
SuperWinterborn I agree that she seems relatively stable and healthy here. I also don't mind this hairstyle as much as some of her others -- but those eyelashes were a bit much.
SaveThe TPC 60s fashion choices aside, this was a very strong period for Dorothy. She's together, ultra sharp, and a much more relaxed "member of the gang" than she was in the 50s.
Charles Nelson Reilly had a one man show a few years ago where he talked about the difficulties of growing up and being in Hollywood as a gay man (and trying to keep that a secret). It was called "The Life of Reilly" and you can actually watch it here on RUclips: ruclips.net/video/U1gTQ5Gxhpw/видео.html Such a funny guy. I always thought he and Paul Lyndt were the best celebrity guests back in those days.
I remember him as the mail room clerk in How to Succeed in Business--He was great--playing against Robert Morse. I think those comedic villainous roles must require an incredible amount of talent.
Charles Nelson Reilly survived as a very young boy one of the worst fires in the history of American disasters: he escaped the Ringling Brothers Circus tent fire in Hartford Connecticut in 1944. The fire lead within a few years to RB B B Circus's abandoning its tents and performing in more-safe arenas.
His autobiographical film "Life of Reilly" talks about the fire. He wasn't supposed to go, but snuck out to go. His mother yelled something to the effect of "I hope there's a fire in the big top!" and it haunted him for years. In fact, if he wasn't working, he never sat in the audience because of a fear of something happening"
Fans of 1970's "Match Game" should get a kick out of this episode, because it has Charles Nelson Reilly as a guest panelist. A far cry from when he was a regular on virtually the whole run of the 1973-1982 version, which had more outrageous humor, than the original 1962-1969 version did.
Charles Nelson Reilly is really interesting. People think of him as a "Paul Lynde" type who is really out there without saying the words (not that he could or would). Both men were stage trained actors who, while making loads of dough, are remembered for their "nance" act on a couple of game shows. But a week of "Squares" or "Matchgame" probably paid more than months in a Broadway production. I loved Paul Lynde on Hollywood Squares, but I will always remember him as the Dad in Bye Bye Birdie. Both deserve a fair and total review of their work, which they probably will never get.
Joe Postove Reilly was also an accomplished stage director. It bugs me when people one dimensionalize him and Paul Lynde, but I suppose they did play into that with their eyes wide open.
***** I checked IMDb to confirm my suspicion that this was Charles Nelson Reilly's very first appearance on a game show. Indeed it was, but I was surprised to discover that apparently quite a number of years passed before his second game show gig. Despite his apparent nervousness (on which even John comments at the end of the episode), he did quite well as a panelist, I thought, and I'm surprised that he never appeared on WML again. I had expected to find that this was his "discovery" episode that launched him on his long association with Goodson-Todman. Apparently not. See link: www.imdb.com/name/nm0717650/ , and scroll down to click on "Self" to find his game show credits, among many others.
Joe Postove I was just thinking about that. Charles Nelson Reilly seemed to be better adjusted to his later career path than Lynde was, but he also had won a Tony award (as mentioned in the intro here) and did other things besides the game show circuit and sitcoms.
Charles Nelson Reilly said during the McGuire Sisters set that he had a feeling before the show that the mystery guest spot would be two people. I'll never forget in one of his many appearance on Johnny Carson that he said he wanted the world to come together, that indeed, the whole world's problems would be solved if it would just come together and be one person. Carson was following along like there was going to be some resolution to this philosophy, but CNR was just riffing, and doing a fine job of it. One of the funniest men ever.
I used to watch Match Game with my son before he went to school and I went to work. It was so much fun. Charles Nelson Reilly was entertaining in his banter with the other panel members. Watching the show put us in a good mood for school and work.
"If I can't take...my coffee break..." CNR was hilarious at the 1974 Tonys, which you can find on RUclips, one of the funniest performances ever on the Tonys, and all done at a frantic pace as a solo with orchestra. Loved him on Match Game. And yet he was also an excellent acting teacher, and director ("Belle of Amherst" on B'way). I wish Charles had remained with us much longer.
@ 2:17 John comments on Bennett's inability to ever get his full name right after all these years. Actually, there have been a few times when Bennett has correctly introduced John by all 5 names: John Charles Patrick Croghan Daly -- and each time John has commented on how amazing it is that he has *finally* gotten it right after all these years!
Very true-- it definitely happened more than once. Usually what Bennett got wrong was the pronunciation of the name "Croghan", which he often said with a hard "g" sound. It was supposed to be pronounced "crowan". :)
@@davidsanderson5918 "Hippopotamuses" and "hippopotami" are both given as plurals by the Oxford English Dictionary. By the way, Danny Kaye had his own way of saying "hippopotamus". It was "hippop on top of the omnibus."
At six minutes John Charles Patrick Croghan Daly spoke of making people "of more pleasant mind and mien". When is the last time you heard a TV host use the word mien? Hmmm?
I've noticed a few guests, in particular here the Sisters, Lucille Ball, and Joan Crawford, where they almost look mesmerized as they look around while they're sitting there with John, looking up and around into the audience, maybe at the cameras, the lights, the stage....almost entranced (or surprised?) Given their stardom it seems odd they'd be awed.
Merrida100 In the case of Joan Crawford she was just so incredibly vain that she was most probably making her eyes look as big as possible and posturing around trying to get her best side on camera.
I had the pleasure of seeing the McGuire Sisters in Reno (1985). They were lovely and in beautiful voice. P.S. Why are there so many comments about Charles' (later) "rug?" I am asking in a general sense because I see these comments everywhere - men get called out for wearing a "hair-piece" ("rug") and women are not at all criticized for wearing a "wig." In fact, lady celebrity wigs and "extensions" are often praised and copied. Can anyone enlighten me?
What was going on with the boom mic at the start of the MG sequence? Never noticed a boom-mic shadow before, and the McGuires seemed distracted momentarily.
Did you notice how Bennett Cerf would not even allow Dorothy Kilgallen to complete her guess when he knew that she knew who the mystery guess was? He just had to garner all the attention and steal her thunder and blurt out "The McGuire Sisters!" What a immature and childish little boy he was.
First contestant. Some animals are just funny. Hippopotami. The word is funny. Its images are funny. Years ago in the British Sitcom "The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin," every time stressed-out Reggie thinks of his mother-in-law [who we never see in person], we see on screen an image that goes though Reggie's mind -- a trotting Hippo. Also years ago, in "The Dick Van Dyke Show reunion," Herman Glemsher got a big laugh when he said he wanted to get back to the Animal Channel because the hippopotami were about to --- well, you know. Actual hippos are very dangerous, but they are funny to think about.
I used to love that show! Leonard Rossiter was wonderful in it! I have boxed sets of many BBC sitcoms but haven't found this one yet. Nor "Waiting for God".
In the late 1950s, the McGuire Sisters were involved in one of the most misguided ideas that Gil Fates ever approved for WML. Their mother, The Reverend McGuire living in Ohio, appeared as a second contestant. I don't remember if she used her name instead of X. Then after her appearance, the daughters appeared as the mystery guest. As I recall, the panel identified both segments really rather quickly, which left lots of time for Daly to interview. Too bad the daughters didn't get to sing.
Expected my wife's father Richard Snyder to appear in this episode as a guest " contestant". But he's not there. Episode was taped April 29.. and aired in early May in Detroit. In previous episode there are TWO celebrity guests, Louis Jordan and Yogi Berra.. so I'm wondering if Richard got edited out ?
Dorothy was a beautiful woman. Do people know she was a redhead. I don’t think I can get over what happened to her. I wish I never googled her name. So unfair. My heart breaks for all of them. Richard Kollmar had something to do with her death. It was so orchestrated.
I notice that Charles Nelson Reilly is calling the contestants by their first name. Other than children, have the regulars ever done that, and was it frowned upon? Or perhaps it was just an unstated accepted practice. Huh?
I don't know if it *never* happened, but certainly, the style of the show was for the contestants to be referred to formally. John went back and forth on whether he referred to the panelists by their first or last names, but the contestants were virtually always referred to by last name. I hadn't noticed Reilly breaking this pattern-- good catch.
@@WhatsMyLine and yet he said good night to "Ms Kilgallen" rather than Dorothy, who chastised him gently for it. I guess he knew on which side his bread was buttered.
soulierinvestments You're right, unless it's a uniform, one should avoid it. It's not that adorable on children either, when one is short, the other tall, one slim, the other fat, and so on. (The McGuire Sisters *could*, because their size and height matched) I suppose you have seen husband and wife with matching outfit? My goodness...!
I think it makes sense when part of an act; not so much in everyday life. I've also seen some singing groups (Pointer Sisters and Martha & the Vandellas come to mind) that have a common color scheme and pattern but the individual dress style varies to flatter the individual wearing it. An example is this music video of the Pointer Sisters: "I'm So Excited". ruclips.net/video/8iwBM_YB1sE/видео.html
Hardly. She doesn't look like a crazed, love-starved has-been living in a fantasy world all her own; rather, she looks like an attractive, focused, highly professional young lady.
It's sooo distracting to watch John get uncomfortable as he keeps looking at what I can only guess is a timer or clock behind the panel, especially as he tries to rush guests off and shoo them away? In all these years they never thought to (1) get a bigger seat for when people are forced to share or (2) maybe put a similar clock so that the panelists or even guests could see it and be warned about it in advance, so they'd know when it was important to pick up the pace? That would be so much more polite than John's constant disgruntled face as he keeps staring over the panelists' heads in a rush of anxiety to keep time managed.
Lilly Beans Yep. I'm aware of it EVERY WEEK.....and have been for the last fourteen years!! So much so, I end up looking at the red line under the RUclips clip and worrying ON HIS BEHALF. Not just in case he's running out of time but also if he has TOO MUCH TIME. I wish Daly could do it in a less worried way. Everyone and everything else is relaxed, cool, and dandy while Daly's having kittens in his pants looking at that darned clock!!!
I'm More than willing to admit to one and all there are Two, possible Key Words that are maybe hard to discern; it SOUNDS like She Says "Are They Animals.. Rather Than Fish.. ." 😐🤨😐😐😬😬😬😬😬😐🤔😬 In Just Two Words, What Dorothy ,?. 😐😬😬😬🤔😬😬
What was one of the comments about? What happened with Martin? Someone said, "So it's true then; he did have an affair?" Well that was the case, Arlene didn't sound too upset about it, asking when he was coming back!
I don't to step on any open toed shoes, but I thought The McGuire Sisters were nice looking, strong, independent, and did not need the help of ANY men whatsoever.
Joe Postove That's what happening when there's trouble with the network. A quick reply lost, because the net broke down. But ok. Not a great loss, and I had to do some work anyway. ;) She was good looking, but her hairdresser shoud have made rococo curtains, not hair.
Joe Postove I'm just hinting at the 18th century's "Rococo" or "Late Baroque" style, in design. Everything, from furniture to hairstyle was affected by it, but mainly made for, and used by the upper classes. Very ornamental, rich decorations, flowers, laces, and romantic interieurs. Not that bad, and some of the furniture were absolutely beautiful. But in particular ways it went too far. Like those powdered wigs, and other ridiculous things. The curtains had several layers, often with laces, etc.
stlmopoet Marge? Wow! ;) I admit it. I don't like the 60's hairstyle at all, and I find the rococo style with rice-powdered wigs ridiculous too. Some could wear it, but they were few. As you can see of another comment on this page, I think "our Dorothy" looked good with her hairstyle (and perhaps her mood) the last 3-4 episodes. I'm old enough to remember my cousins hair in the 60's, and yiiikes!
SuperWinterborn maynardsmoreland stlmopoet Way too much big hair and false eyelashes in this episode! The McGuire sisters' hairdos must have been responsible for punching one of the first holes in the ozone layer, and Dorothy's eyelashes -- Yikes!
:( after that first one when he flipped all the cards over for no reason, I didn't even BOTHER watching the second one. I FF through to see if he was gonna flip them over for the second one; he did and I knew there was no point watching it. As much as I SHOULD hate John by now, I can't seem to. But he ruins the entire show by doing that, and it's not FAIR to the game. When he does that, it's not even a gameshow anymore :( although it was nice seeing Charles Nelson Riley. I never knew he did any other game shows
Krista Krista Krista ... I've been a handful of episodes behind you for months now (or years, from their perspective) and you get so upset with JC(PC)D almost every episode when he flips the cards! Don't skip segments for something so silly. You will feel so much better if you stop approaching WML? as a game show and accept it as pure, wonderful entertainment. Not to mention a special opportunity to travel back in time! Does he talk too much at times? Yes. Does he flip those darned cards too much? Sure. But please try to look past that and just appreciate the beauty of our show. You've watched 15 years of it now! You know and love all the regulars. They are like family now. Right? So enjoy them while we have them. :) And remember: the challengers all get the $50 regardless of the outcome of the questioning. They're just there for the fun too.
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Arlene is grace and elegance personified. And Dorothy's perception is amazing.
All I can say is a huge thank you!!!!...Love your channel!
You're very welcome! Glad you've been enjoying it. :)
Those sisters were gorgeous and voluptuous.
Look how young CNR is. Wow great episode 👏 the panel is so smart Arlene and Dorothy so smart.
Very elegant and talented singing trio :-)
I never realized CNR was so tall. When he stood to shake the animal trainer's hand he towered over the guy..
Dorothy looks swell here, as she did the two previous episodes also. It's nice to watch how much more relaxed she seems to be, whatever the reason might have been.
SuperWinterborn
I agree that she seems relatively stable and healthy here. I also don't mind this hairstyle as much as some of her others -- but those eyelashes were a bit much.
SaveThe TPC 60s fashion choices aside, this was a very strong period for Dorothy. She's together, ultra sharp, and a much more relaxed "member of the gang" than she was in the 50s.
SuperWinterborn 'Swell".....do people still say that in the States or are you in the spirit of the time there? :)
Looks like she's really come into her own on the show
Just wait ... the next month she would go on to meet that infamous mystery man, Ron Pataky.
Charles Nelson Reilly had a one man show a few years ago where he talked about the difficulties of growing up and being in Hollywood as a gay man (and trying to keep that a secret). It was called "The Life of Reilly" and you can actually watch it here on RUclips: ruclips.net/video/U1gTQ5Gxhpw/видео.html
Such a funny guy. I always thought he and Paul Lyndt were the best celebrity guests back in those days.
I remember him as the mail room clerk in How to Succeed in Business--He was great--playing against Robert Morse. I think those comedic villainous roles must require an incredible amount of talent.
Charles Nelson Reilly survived as a very young boy one of the worst fires in the history of American disasters: he escaped the Ringling Brothers Circus tent fire in Hartford Connecticut in 1944. The fire lead within a few years to RB B B Circus's abandoning its tents and performing in more-safe arenas.
soulierinvestments
Interesting.
His autobiographical film "Life of Reilly" talks about the fire. He wasn't supposed to go, but snuck out to go. His mother yelled something to the effect of "I hope there's a fire in the big top!" and it haunted him for years. In fact, if he wasn't working, he never sat in the audience because of a fear of something happening"
+soulierinvestments Wasn't that the fire in which a young girl was found but not identified until many years later?
Funny lines about the jungle and New York City!
That was classic! Leave it to Arlene to one-up JCD!
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I almost didn’t recognize Charles Nelson Reilly as I’m used to seeing him on Match Game! I had to go back and look again and then his voice told me!!!
Fans of 1970's "Match Game" should get a kick out of this episode, because it has Charles Nelson Reilly as a guest panelist.
A far cry from when he was a regular on virtually the whole run of the 1973-1982 version, which had more outrageous humor, than the original 1962-1969 version did.
***** I love "Match Game", too-- but yes, the tone of these two "celebrity panel" shows couldn't have been more night and day different!
Charles Nelson Reilly is really interesting. People think of him as a "Paul Lynde" type who is really out there without saying the words (not that he could or would). Both men were stage trained actors who, while making loads of dough, are remembered for their "nance" act on a couple of game shows. But a week of "Squares" or "Matchgame" probably paid more than months in a Broadway production. I loved Paul Lynde on Hollywood Squares, but I will always remember him as the Dad in Bye Bye Birdie. Both deserve a fair and total review of their work, which they probably will never get.
Joe Postove Reilly was also an accomplished stage director. It bugs me when people one dimensionalize him and Paul Lynde, but I suppose they did play into that with their eyes wide open.
*****
I checked IMDb to confirm my suspicion that this was Charles Nelson Reilly's very first appearance on a game show. Indeed it was, but I was surprised to discover that apparently quite a number of years passed before his second game show gig. Despite his apparent nervousness (on which even John comments at the end of the episode), he did quite well as a panelist, I thought, and I'm surprised that he never appeared on WML again. I had expected to find that this was his "discovery" episode that launched him on his long association with Goodson-Todman. Apparently not. See link: www.imdb.com/name/nm0717650/ , and scroll down to click on "Self" to find his game show credits, among many others.
Joe Postove I was just thinking about that. Charles Nelson Reilly seemed to be better adjusted to his later career path than Lynde was, but he also had won a Tony award (as mentioned in the intro here) and did other things besides the game show circuit and sitcoms.
Wow.. CNR is super young.. so used to seeing him on Match Game..on I didn’t know he was that tall!
Dorothy looks sensational. The best I've seen her.
Charles Nelson Reilly said during the McGuire Sisters set that he had a feeling before the show that the mystery guest spot would be two people. I'll never forget in one of his many appearance on Johnny Carson that he said he wanted the world to come together, that indeed, the whole world's problems would be solved if it would just come together and be one person. Carson was following along like there was going to be some resolution to this philosophy, but CNR was just riffing, and doing a fine job of it. One of the funniest men ever.
I used to watch Match Game with my son before he went to school and I went to work. It was so much fun. Charles Nelson Reilly was entertaining in his banter with the other panel members. Watching the show put us in a good mood for school and work.
"If I can't take...my coffee break..." CNR was hilarious at the 1974 Tonys, which you can find on RUclips, one of the funniest performances ever on the Tonys, and all done at a frantic pace as a solo with orchestra. Loved him on Match Game. And yet he was also an excellent acting teacher, and director ("Belle of Amherst" on B'way). I wish Charles had remained with us much longer.
I vividly remember him on Match Game!! He was a riot with Brett and Richard!
This is the earliest footage I've ever seen of the late Charles Nelson Reilly!!!
(He looked way better with a "rug", though.)
I love the use of "delightful" to describe women...
"Please call my Dorothy, Charles, after all these years, hanging in Sardi's together" That's adorable, oh to sit at that table
"Goodnight, Martin...when are you coming back?!" ...I thought he was already given the a-okay to come home the other night... The saga continues!
So is it true then? Martin actually had an affair? He cheated on our lovely First Lady of daytime?
I'd guess he was in Hollywood helping with post-production (perhaps re-dubbing dialog lines) on Hitchcock's "Marnie", released in summer 1964.
Gabel's a dirty stop-out. :)
huh?
@@davidsanderson5918 Outside of Bennet, Martin Gable is the BEST male panelist there is, THANK YOU!
OMG! I don't believe it. I only know Charles Nelson Reilly from Match Game.
What a difference he looks being ten years earlier.
I didn't know hippos had tusks.
@ 2:17 John comments on Bennett's inability to ever get his full name right after all these years. Actually, there have been a few times when Bennett has correctly introduced John by all 5 names: John Charles Patrick Croghan Daly -- and each time John has commented on how amazing it is that he has *finally* gotten it right after all these years!
Very true-- it definitely happened more than once. Usually what Bennett got wrong was the pronunciation of the name "Croghan", which he often said with a hard "g" sound. It was supposed to be pronounced "crowan". :)
The answer is Croghan in the wind ...
@@loissimmons6558 You'll always get a thumbs up from me when you channel Bennett ;)
Yes. I remember those too. But he definitely inserted a Francis in this intro lol.
I like how Bennett says hippopotamus it's hilarious
Katie Hoffman -- Bennett said "hippopotami" which is the plural of hippopotamus.
Katie Hoffman He doesn't attempt to say 'hippopotamus'....he's says 'hippopotami'.
What would you say for the plural?
@@davidsanderson5918 "Hippopotamuses" and "hippopotami" are both given as plurals by the Oxford English Dictionary. By the way, Danny Kaye had his own way of saying "hippopotamus". It was "hippop on top of the omnibus."
At six minutes John Charles Patrick Croghan Daly spoke of making people "of more pleasant mind and mien". When is the last time you heard a TV host use the word mien? Hmmm?
i thought he meant "mean" and was wondering!
mr daly was a very literate fella!
Mien is a good crossword puzzle word.
Very few people countenance the word "mien" these days.
Lois Simmons Good thing too. There's enough variety with the word 'mean' as it is without another word sounding the same.
how did dorothy guess that animals were involved.....shes sharp!
She generally asks that question more than the others.
Miss Berlin’s hairdo...that would scare anyone being fingerprinted into confessing.
Gary Zerr looks like something from Star Wars or Star Trek
Kat I think Miss Berlin anticipated Zira in the Planet of the Apes.
Charles with his real hair
I've noticed a few guests, in particular here the Sisters, Lucille Ball, and Joan Crawford, where they almost look mesmerized as they look around while they're sitting there with John, looking up and around into the audience, maybe at the cameras, the lights, the stage....almost entranced (or surprised?) Given their stardom it seems odd they'd be awed.
Merrida100 in the case of this show, I think the sisters were watching that the boom mic was not going to bonk them in the head! 😂
Merrida100 In the case of Joan Crawford she was just so incredibly vain that she was most probably making her eyes look as big as possible and posturing around trying to get her best side on camera.
@@davidsanderson5918 And thinking about those wire hangers.
I had the pleasure of seeing the McGuire Sisters in Reno (1985). They were lovely and in beautiful voice. P.S. Why are there so many comments about Charles' (later) "rug?" I am asking in a general sense because I see these comments everywhere - men get called out for wearing a "hair-piece" ("rug") and women are not at all criticized for wearing a "wig." In fact, lady celebrity wigs and "extensions" are often praised and copied. Can anyone enlighten me?
Love Charles Nelson Riley
Ms. Berlin’s hair looks like some sort of alien hat. Hahaha!!
Dorothy's hair looks just as stiff.
It looks like a Princess Leia 'do.
What was going on with the boom mic at the start of the MG sequence? Never noticed a boom-mic shadow before, and the McGuires seemed distracted momentarily.
Did you notice how Bennett Cerf would not even allow Dorothy Kilgallen to complete her guess when he knew that she knew who the mystery guess was? He just had to garner all the attention and steal her thunder and blurt out "The McGuire Sisters!" What a immature and childish little boy he was.
They didn’t get along that well.
the hippo is related to the whale!!!
liked CNR's appearance on X-files
First contestant. Some animals are just funny. Hippopotami. The word is funny. Its images are funny. Years ago in the British Sitcom "The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin," every time stressed-out Reggie thinks of his mother-in-law [who we never see in person], we see on screen an image that goes though Reggie's mind -- a trotting Hippo. Also years ago, in "The Dick Van Dyke Show reunion," Herman Glemsher got a big laugh when he said he wanted to get back to the Animal Channel because the hippopotami were about to --- well, you know. Actual hippos are very dangerous, but they are funny to think about.
I used to love that show! Leonard Rossiter was wonderful in it! I have boxed sets of many BBC sitcoms but haven't found this one yet. Nor "Waiting for God".
Speaking of funny hippos and recent WML Mystery Guest Allan Sherman ...
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I just love the British Comedies but the one you mentioned was not on here. "Waiting for God" was on PBS. I liked it a lot.
In the late 1950s, the McGuire Sisters were involved in one of the most misguided ideas that Gil Fates ever approved for WML. Their mother, The Reverend McGuire living in Ohio, appeared as a second contestant. I don't remember if she used her name instead of X. Then after her appearance, the daughters appeared as the mystery guest. As I recall, the panel identified both segments really rather quickly, which left lots of time for Daly to interview. Too bad the daughters didn't get to sing.
Expected my wife's father Richard Snyder to appear in this episode as a guest " contestant". But he's not there.
Episode was taped April 29.. and aired in early May in Detroit. In previous episode there are TWO celebrity guests, Louis Jordan and Yogi Berra.. so I'm wondering if Richard got edited out ?
I know The McGuire Sisters were guests in 1955, 1959, 1961, 1962, and 1964. Were there any other times? Were any other guests on more than them?
Lucille Ball holds the record with 6 appearances as mystery guest.
He said "I pass because I'm doing so good". In my books it's "I pass because I'm doing so well".
Well thanks a lot Dorothy K. for ruining it way too early!
I think Dorothy would consider anything outside her 5 story manse to be the Asphalt Jungle.
OMG. Miss Berlin was had a strong UNPLEASANT demeanor as if she DID NOT want to be there! How HORRID!
Charles Nelson Reilly seemed a little awkward. I wonder if it was his first time on WML.
*I think the McGuire sisters may have been the most frequent mystery guests on WML. Anyone know for sure?*
That McGuire sister's 'A' is actually a D flat.
There's no "Francis" in John Daly's name. Bennett got that wrong.
No s***
What ever happened to Geritol. Watching these shows is the only time i've heard of it.
Geritol is still being made.
What's My Line?
Interesting. It's like a multivitamin?
Purple Capricorn Something like that, yes.
Purple Capricorn what are the reasons Geritol was so popular was it and had a very high alcoholic content not unlike Vita meata vegamin
Well Vita Meta Vegamin contains Vitamins, meats and vegetables.....It's so tasty too. Tastes just like candy.
Dorothy was a beautiful woman. Do people know she was a redhead. I don’t think I can get over what happened to her. I wish I never googled her name. So unfair. My heart breaks for all of them. Richard Kollmar had something to do with her death. It was so orchestrated.
I notice that Charles Nelson Reilly is calling the contestants by their first name. Other than children, have the regulars ever done that, and was it frowned upon? Or perhaps it was just an unstated accepted practice. Huh?
I don't know if it *never* happened, but certainly, the style of the show was for the contestants to be referred to formally. John went back and forth on whether he referred to the panelists by their first or last names, but the contestants were virtually always referred to by last name. I hadn't noticed Reilly breaking this pattern-- good catch.
@@WhatsMyLine and yet he said good night to "Ms Kilgallen" rather than Dorothy, who chastised him gently for it. I guess he knew on which side his bread was buttered.
Perhaps it was a sign of the times to come, with less formality toward strangers. Also, John referred to him as "Charlie" all night!
I think it was a sign of the times. People were starting to use first names on TV shows more.
Sisters dressing in matching outfits is so adorable -- when they are younger than 12.
soulierinvestments You're right, unless it's a uniform, one should avoid it. It's not that adorable on children either, when one is short, the other tall, one slim, the other fat, and so on. (The McGuire Sisters *could*, because their size and height matched) I suppose you have seen husband and wife with matching outfit? My goodness...!
I think it makes sense when part of an act; not so much in everyday life. I've also seen some singing groups (Pointer Sisters and Martha & the Vandellas come to mind) that have a common color scheme and pattern but the individual dress style varies to flatter the individual wearing it.
An example is this music video of the Pointer Sisters: "I'm So Excited".
ruclips.net/video/8iwBM_YB1sE/видео.html
Ms. Berlin has a bit of a "Norma Desmond" thing going for her. (if anybody remembers who Norma Desmond is)
Hardly. She doesn't look like a crazed, love-starved has-been living in a fantasy world all her own; rather, she looks like an attractive, focused, highly professional young lady.
Wasn't she from Sunset Boulevard? "Ready for my close up Mr. deMille"
I guess I was riffing off Mr. Vaughn's statement.
@@shirleyrombough8173 yes, as played by Gloria Swanson!
I don’t know what year he started it, but regardless if the panel got the line, John threw all the cards over anyway. 🤷🏻♀️
It's sooo distracting to watch John get uncomfortable as he keeps looking at what I can only guess is a timer or clock behind the panel, especially as he tries to rush guests off and shoo them away? In all these years they never thought to (1) get a bigger seat for when people are forced to share or (2) maybe put a similar clock so that the panelists or even guests could see it and be warned about it in advance, so they'd know when it was important to pick up the pace? That would be so much more polite than John's constant disgruntled face as he keeps staring over the panelists' heads in a rush of anxiety to keep time managed.
Lilly Beans Yep. I'm aware of it EVERY WEEK.....and have been for the last fourteen years!! So much so, I end up looking at the red line under the RUclips clip and worrying ON HIS BEHALF. Not just in case he's running out of time but also if he has TOO MUCH TIME.
I wish Daly could do it in a less worried way. Everyone and everything else is relaxed, cool, and dandy while Daly's having kittens in his pants looking at that darned clock!!!
They needed to eliminate the final contestant which was always hurried along and Daly flipping the cards after two or three questions.
What's My Line... Uncle Croc's Block... Something about CNR's resume simply doesn't parse. :-)
CNR was okay on UNCLE CROC'S BLOCK--but Jonathan Harris (Dr. Zachary Smith) was WILD as Mr. Bitterbottom on that show!!
John botched Brenda Berlins name! he doesnt botch often!...btw...what a HAIRDO on miss Berlin...
*_HIPPOPOTAMUS TRAINER_*
*_FINGERPRINT EXAMINER FOR ONTARIO POLICE DEPARTMENT_*
*_MAKES GOLF TEES_*
phyllis was that gun moll wasnt she?
She was Chicago mob boss Sam Giancana's girlfriend.
@@sallyhaid7030
ya... "that gun moll"
that was her.
actually its MOLL
a "moll" is a gangsters girlfriend
that was her...
Im fairly certain this is a job that has gone in 2023
I'm More than willing to admit to one and all there are Two, possible Key Words that are maybe hard to discern; it SOUNDS like She Says "Are They Animals.. Rather Than Fish.. ." 😐🤨😐😐😬😬😬😬😬😐🤔😬 In Just Two Words, What Dorothy ,?. 😐😬😬😬🤔😬😬
Dorothy got the mystery guest answer, NOT BENNETT. He's rude and self centered.
Charles Nelson Reilly must’ve had a cleanliness thing going there. I noticed he did not shake hands.
He did shake hands; it was a joke about the fingerprint analyzer. He reaches out to her afterward.
What was one of the comments about? What happened with Martin?
Someone said, "So it's true then; he did have an affair?" Well that was the case, Arlene didn't sound too upset about it, asking when he was coming back!
I don't to step on any open toed shoes, but I thought The McGuire Sisters were nice looking, strong, independent, and did not need the help of ANY men whatsoever.
Joe Postove They were an army themselves. Even dressed in uniforms. ;)
SuperWinterborn I will join that army! Sarge, please assign me to the bras and panties detail!
Joe Postove Sorry! Strictly for sisters!
OK :>(
Funny they are being g posh saying hippopotami when the plural us hippopotamuses
How on earth did Dorothy guess the first guy had something to do with animals?!
Gee wiz, the second contestant doesn't look Canadian at all. She looks like a character from an Ayn Rand novel.
Joe Postove Did all her characters have bad hairstyle too?
No, but they were good looking in a severe manner.
Joe Postove That's what happening when there's trouble with the network. A quick reply lost, because the net broke down. But ok. Not a great loss, and I had to do some work anyway. ;) She was good looking, but her hairdresser shoud have made rococo curtains, not hair.
SuperWinterborn What are Rococo curtains, Miss?
Joe Postove I'm just hinting at the 18th century's "Rococo" or "Late Baroque" style, in design. Everything, from furniture to hairstyle was affected by it, but mainly made for, and used by the upper classes. Very ornamental, rich decorations, flowers, laces, and romantic interieurs. Not that bad, and some of the furniture were absolutely beautiful. But in particular ways it went too far. Like those powdered wigs, and other ridiculous things. The curtains had several layers, often with laces, etc.
Miss Berlin's hair is higher than Dorothy's ever was!
maynardsmoreland Worse than Dorothy's ever was too!
Looks bizarre by today's standards. But one of my aunts had a beehive hairdo in the sixties that would almost match Marge Simpson.
stlmopoet Marge? Wow! ;) I admit it. I don't like the 60's hairstyle at all, and I find the rococo style with rice-powdered wigs ridiculous too. Some could wear it, but they were few. As you can see of another comment on this page, I think "our Dorothy" looked good with her hairstyle (and perhaps her mood) the last 3-4 episodes. I'm old enough to remember my cousins hair in the 60's, and yiiikes!
SuperWinterborn maynardsmoreland stlmopoet
Way too much big hair and false eyelashes in this episode! The McGuire sisters' hairdos must have been responsible for punching one of the first holes in the ozone layer, and Dorothy's eyelashes -- Yikes!
On the general subject of fashion, though, I loved Arlene's gown in this episode! I wish I could see it in color.
Humorless Bennett Cerf already knew who it was with his first question. No fun.
:( after that first one when he flipped all the cards over for no reason, I didn't even BOTHER watching the second one. I FF through to see if he was gonna flip them over for the second one; he did and I knew there was no point watching it. As much as I SHOULD hate John by now, I can't seem to. But he ruins the entire show by doing that, and it's not FAIR to the game. When he does that, it's not even a gameshow anymore :(
although it was nice seeing Charles Nelson Riley. I never knew he did any other game shows
Krista Krista Krista ... I've been a handful of episodes behind you for months now (or years, from their perspective) and you get so upset with JC(PC)D almost every episode when he flips the cards! Don't skip segments for something so silly. You will feel so much better if you stop approaching WML? as a game show and accept it as pure, wonderful entertainment. Not to mention a special opportunity to travel back in time! Does he talk too much at times? Yes. Does he flip those darned cards too much? Sure. But please try to look past that and just appreciate the beauty of our show. You've watched 15 years of it now! You know and love all the regulars. They are like family now. Right? So enjoy them while we have them. :) And remember: the challengers all get the $50 regardless of the outcome of the questioning. They're just there for the fun too.
@@robbob1234 Thank you
Cerf the cheater !!! Read the board