Arlene Francis' marriage to Martin Gabel was a long and happy one. They had a son, Peter, and stayed married over 40 years until Martin died in 1986. She always wore that lovely heart shaped diamond pendant, designed and given to her by Martin. Two years after his death Arlene was mugged getting out of a taxi in New York City and lost the pendant. She was 86 at the time (1988) and lived 13 years longer. She died in 2001 at the age of 93 from Alzheimer's related problems. I was terribly saddened when learning of the loss of her husband after such a long and happy marriage compounded by that ugly incident of losing her pendant and her tragic death. She was always so joyful. It was a lousy ending for one who brought so much joy to so many people for so many years
I dont feel sad or sorry. Arlene had a long career, a long marriage, and a long life. Yes, you say she had some Alzheimer's. She was in her nineties and by then most people have some of that. I'd say hers was a life well lived and she must have been very happy throughout most of it.
When this episode first aired on CBS, I was just a year and a half old. I like to imagine what my parents, siblings, and I were doing while this episode was being broadcast live. Were my parents watching our 21-inch black-and-white Zenith TV set on that night, and did I hear What's My Line while lying in my little bed? I enjoy wondering such things.
On a similar note I can remember when this came on at 9:30 Sunday night. My mom would let us watch it but when it was over we immediately had to get in bed.
Arlene is consistent in her admiration of younger men. I happened to notice just now that her husband is five years her junior. Everything I've seen and read would indicate it to have been a very loving pair-bond.
It was quick-witted but didn’t actually make sense. The joke was presumably that he was big-headed but then it would have worked properly as a response to “Is it bigger than my head?”
Both of Meadows sisters were so gorgeous. It’s amazing how much alike they were. I think I was in my late teens before I realized they were actually 2 separate people.
Yes, everyone is such a good sport on the panel! I especially love it when they react like "ohhh, so *that* was it!" and laugh at themselves for skirting around the service/product.
All-in-all a thoroughly entertaining episode. (I have to admit that I find anything with either Steve or Jayne entertaining, so having both of them is a real treat.) Thanks +What's My Line?
If you get to Venice do splurge and go on a gondola, it is great fun and you see parts of Venice that aren't on the usual track. Warning the gondoliers are not all as handsome as this one.
I was 10 years old when this aired so I could not stay up to watch it. I am quite familiar with all the references made on these shows. Very nostalgic for me.
I was 11, yet was allowed to stay up till 11 p.m. on Sunday nights, just to watch WML. I even remember "Poof! There goes perspiration", so I must have started pretty young.
They are just so clueless about animals. All living creatures are animals, including fish, insects, birds etc. However, I am also totally hooked on this show.
I found the first guest to have an incredibly delightful smile. He was obviously having a lot of fun and was the definition of charming. Ah, the bloom of youth. Not only Arlene but I would bet every woman in the audience, and probably not a few gay men, wanted to jump his bones the minute he started smiling.
The last contestant performed a SERVICE in Pawnbroking. Saying there was a product involved got the panel off on the wrong path and left the lady in a impossible situation with her answers.
John Daly and the Renaissance English. "...they have received some benefit therefrom." Would that I could just call up that kind of parlance whenever I wished. LOL!
Interesting. Just checked it out after Dorothy's little 'so-so' reaction to Kilgallen's question about 'children'. Steve had three children with his first wife who he divorced in '52. He had a son with Jayne but not till '57. I can't find a date but the likelihood is that Dorothy may even be pregnant with their first child here. :) I don't think Kilgallen would've asked the question out of politeness (ie. two years married but no children yet) had she known who the MG was before the show started. And curious (sorry, doing a gossip columnist job on it here) that they donated the winnings specifically to the 'foster parents' related scheme.' Behind such a happy little game show there's so much else going on!!
I loved this episode. I cant believe they missed the gondolier and the man who vaccinated chickens!!! It was quite funny to see an episode where they were all off their game. 😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊
As much fun as this episode is for regular viewers, I wouldn't suggest using it as an example if you're trying to get someone else hooked on the show. Too many category errors and misunderstandings; too many over-specific questions. There is a nice bit in John's end greeting, acknowledging that some viewers would not see it till after Christmas. This means that at the end of 1956 there were still some stations not on the live network who would get kinescope copies for later playback.
After the mystery guests came out and were seated, Daly says, "...and we'll begin it all with [pause] Martin Gabel." I could almost hear him say the name, "Steve Allen" instead.
@@williamdunphy352 Note that Arlene introduces him as "back by popular demand". Per the IMDB his first appearance as a panelist was 12/9/56, two weeks before this.
As others have said, John Daly was wrong and rather patronising to correct the pawnbroker who said there was no product in her work. She was right in that her main service is lending money with the goods held as security due to their value rather than their identity. I wonder if ever a challenger challenged Mr Daly's judgement and corrected him, or were they all too nervous or perhaps deferential to try that? He is normally charming and helpful but he sometimes prompts people too much by nodding the answer he expects the person to give. Let them speak for themselves!
@Just a Girl All those criticizing John should stop and think because not one of them is perfect. He was in front of a large audience, being taped, and on a deadline. I doubt they'd do his job as good as John did! I think he did a wonderful job on this show! 👏👍🥰
See, when they're on their game, when the audience laughs so much at an answer, the panelists follow up. Or at least listen. With the transportation answer, they didn't. Also, at 16:52, Jayne walked off with the chalk. (On top of all that, her snowflake appurtenance is the only reference to Christmas to be seen. OK, except for later wishes of Merry Christmas, I admit.)
EVERYTHING! That was the point. You can pawn pretty much anything at all. I love these ones the most because they're hilarious. My favorite is still "garbage men" (Their product is 'garbage', which can also be anything)
As I come from Maine, my first guess with the surname Amato would have been that he makes Italian sandwiches! [Amato's being a well-known locality specializing in said Italians, which I believe everyone else on earth refers to as a sub or hoagie.] Just seeing the name makes me think I need one : )
I lived in Italy for three years and there were no gondoliers anywhere near my place. Only one city had gondoliers and it was at the other end of the country. Pizza, or the Vatican came to my mind first.
+oldfart4751 Actually, Bennett was quite general when he asked, "are you engaged in some kind of transportation service like an airplane or steamship or railroad company?" This question gives examples that represent all three main modes of general transportation, namely air, sea (or water) and land, respectively. Since a gondola can be used as a form of water transportation (represented by a steamship), the question warranted a "yes".
The fact that Bennett said, "some kind of transportation service like" provides evidence that he was not talking specifically about airplanes, steamships or railroads, but instead using those as representational examples of the three modes of transportation. If John cleverly responded with "Yes, it is some kind of an air, water or land type of transportation", then it would have shown that he completely understood Bennett's question, instead of misleading him. This was not the only time John made a mistake in this episode. Bennett pointed this out in the following episode when he introduced John describing him as "leading contestants and misleading.our panel."
+Barbazzo Fernap I agree completely with your take on this. The word like creates an analogy to the referred modes of transport, not specificity. That being said, I see it as a no harm, no foul kind of situation. Despite the fact that John often tells the contestants "every time you can give a no answer, it will cost the panel $5," it really doesn't. They're all there to have a good time and entertain, which they do. I think that John's efforts to mislead the panel are part of that entertainment. He does get it wrong from time to time but he is working off the cuff so to speak. We are Monday morning quarterbacks.
Twice they got tripped up by Bennett being too specific with his guesses. The pawn broker was looking to fool them too if there would have been enough time to flip all the cards.
The pawnbroker had it right saying there was no product. John Daly purposely led the panel astray. Other times he'd say it was a service but a product was associated but not to put weight on it.
Yeah, I was kind of surprised at that. I guess knowing that they were short on time, he maybe decided just to have fun with it. I don't think it was the right path to take, but all in good fun nevertheless.
I know there are products involved in pawning but isn't it misleading of Daly to say there's a specific product involved? Seems like she was correct by answering no initially.
This is one show I wish we could see in color... the pretty pawnbroker was wearing a beautiful plaid gown, which very likely was Christmas red and green taffeta. You can catch glimpses of it as she walks with Daly, and again briefly when she leaves. She was very graceful.
Ugh, I hate when they put these fun ones at the end of the show. Then they have 8938439834983 wrestlers,, 28909093 worm raisers, 38484873 Girdle makers, etc....LOL
Contestants on"What's My Line?" knew in advance that they weren't going to win a new car, large amounts of cash or a free trip to some out-of-the-way place.
Looks like they are all dressed for an Oscar ceremony!!! Thought they would have got the Gondolier easily, and they definitely fouled up in the second round. The last lady rightly said twice there was no product and only changed her mind under pressure. This completely ruined the round. She performed a service.
I called that cheating. He should’ve told Arlene that she had narrowed down the animal to a chick and now she had to find out what he did with chickens. Still would not have gotten it but he let her keep going thinking she had to specify what kind of chicken it was and she had already gotten it.
Why does Martin Gable, a jewish kid from Philadelphia, put on that annoying regal fake British accent. Also, I think that John should not have "corrected" the pawnbroker's first response. She is not involved in a "product", but more accurately a service (pawnbroking). John's correction led the panel down a wrong path.
I disagree. The pawnbroker has a wide variety of products, but she does have a product. It is no different than if she ran a general store, which might sell everything from buggy whips to licorice whips. There's more than just a service provided. Merchandise (i.e. products) are bought and sold by a pawnbroker.
I notice Arlene has an "English" accent which I've never understood but it could be due to their stage career. Martin possibly learned it at the time he went on stage also. As a Cdn, I've noticed Arlene's often and others when the guest is English. Dick possibly doesn't realize that wk after wk, the panel can exist of only one non-Jew, Dorothy.
Additon for those interested in such topics: education and strictness there in use of language greatly influences pronunciation. I saw this clearly from researchers who did Ph.D or post doc work in the UK vs. the USA in the 1990s. Those who did it in the UK almost all spoke excellent English with a neutral accent, those did that in the USA usually spoke atrociously bad English, in being hard to understand from a bad pronunciation and a very strong accent coming from their original language... I presume the panel here have all had a good education and if at the time at universities in the USA there was more a culture of precise talking rather than 'as long as I can guess what you mean it's ok" then this likely influences how many of the panelists speak...
as much as i like Steve Allen I am still haunted by that irritating pretentious laugh of the grating annoying fake woman and laugh of his wife ! Yet her sister was so very nice in the honeymooners what a difference
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Salvatore Amato, the Venetian gondolier, was adorable. So full of energy and good cheer. I hope he led a long and enjoyable life.
Here in Venice, we would call him an ICBM pilot, not a gondolier. (Italian Canal Boats Mainly)
He was obviously having so much fun!! He was a joy to watch, I couldn't help but smile.
And such wonderful English!
This show is way before my time but I have found that it’s more entertaining than the modern reality andcrap crime shows on modern TV
Well said!
So true!!! 👏👍
No. Not before but on time, as it simply was a product thereof. Think on that a moment.
I'll bet the Christmas parties at the household of Steve and Jayne were great fun.
'The breadbox family' was spot on 😂
The Meadows family had some great genes, Audrey and Jayne were so beautiful!
JimmyFoxhound And they looked so alike, too!
@Just a Girl They are not what?
@@icturner23 tbisnk she's saying no they're not beautiful. They are too
@@icturner23 she is a nutjob from Twitter. Nasty girl. 🙄👎🏼
@Just a Girl
No, you are not.
Now after binge-watching these episodes, it has become like a family event for me.. Glad to see Mr and Mrs Allen on mystery guest panel!
Aw isn’t it funny, I’ve never met any of these people but seeing Steve again was like seeing an old friend...I actually got quite emotional!
So good to see Steve Allen again..
So beautiful people back in those days totally respectful. No bad words just talk. The way my family did
So good to see Steve Allen again.
Interesting to watch, as Jayne Meadows just passed away yesterday, April 26, 2015 at the grand age of 95.
Arlene Francis' marriage to Martin Gabel was a long and happy one. They had a son, Peter, and stayed married over 40 years until Martin died in 1986. She always wore that lovely heart shaped diamond pendant, designed and given to her by Martin. Two years after his death Arlene was mugged getting out of a taxi in New York City and lost the pendant. She was 86 at the time (1988) and lived 13 years longer. She died in 2001 at the age of 93 from Alzheimer's related problems.
I was terribly saddened when learning of the loss of her husband after such a long and happy marriage compounded by that ugly incident of losing her pendant and her tragic death. She was always so joyful. It was a lousy ending for one who brought so much joy to so many people for so many years
I dont feel sad or sorry. Arlene had a long career, a long marriage, and a long life. Yes, you say she had some Alzheimer's. She was in her nineties and by then most people have some of that. I'd say hers was a life well lived and she must have been very happy throughout most of it.
Salvatore Amarto was this episodes highlight. A sweet young man who very definitely was having a ball with the game.
Definitely agree! He obviously had a great time, and what a joy to watch.
The Gondolier got a great kick out of stumping the panel. They had no clue that Gondoliers could be working outside of the Venice city limits.
Can they? But it’s by the by - he likely worked in Venice and lived just outside?
This goes to show that the panelist don't have information about guests before the show!!😊
When this episode first aired on CBS, I was just a year and a half old. I like to imagine what my parents, siblings, and I were doing while this episode was being broadcast live. Were my parents watching our 21-inch black-and-white Zenith TV set on that night, and did I hear What's My Line while lying in my little bed? I enjoy wondering such things.
karlakor, what a delightful thought! I'll bet you did!
Yes, I always envision such also.
On a similar note I can remember when this came on at 9:30 Sunday night. My mom would let us watch it but when it was over we immediately had to get in bed.
And two days before Christmas
Arlene is consistent in her admiration of younger men. I happened to notice just now that her husband is five years her junior. Everything I've seen and read would indicate it to have been a very loving pair-bond.
How did Arlene stoop so low as to have married a moron like Gabel?
@@kenretherford1197: What?? He was far from a moron.
I believe they had a long and happy marriage.
@@jacquelinebell6201 Was a lavender marriage.
Martin Gabels 2nd show, amazing how 10 years or so later he would have been guest another 110 times.
Martin Gable: "Is it smaller than my head?"
Arlene Francis: "Oh, WHAT is?", as a playful quip!
It was quick-witted but didn’t actually make sense. The joke was presumably that he was big-headed but then it would have worked properly as a response to “Is it bigger than my head?”
Both of Meadows sisters were so gorgeous. It’s amazing how much alike they were. I think I was in my late teens before I realized they were actually 2 separate people.
as usual, started with one, and on my 4th episode. You really can't watch just one!
Sal Bazaz WML is the Lays potato chips of TV shows. :)
+What's My Line?
Which related to the Mystery Guest on the episode following this one!
And better then lays potato chips 😂
I just love it when the panel miss the job is uncovered they laugh and smile
Always one of my favorite parts of the episode. 💕
Yes, everyone is such a good sport on the panel! I especially love it when they react like "ohhh, so *that* was it!" and laugh at themselves for skirting around the service/product.
It made my night seeing Steve again!
All-in-all a thoroughly entertaining episode. (I have to admit that I find anything with either Steve or Jayne entertaining, so having both of them is a real treat.) Thanks +What's My Line?
I never get tired of the beautiful signatures
Cursive was required years ago 😊
Nice that Steve & Jayne were also philanthropic, which doesn’t surprise me. ❤️
Phil and who?
The young man who was the first "contestant" sure had a fun time. :-)
+Jack Decker And so did we! (Not only that, but he was darned cute.)
If you get to Venice do splurge and go on a gondola, it is great fun and you see parts of Venice that aren't on the usual track. Warning the gondoliers are not all as handsome as this one.
@@ludenasan1 Yes, absolutely. By the way our guy didn’t sing. I thought they all did. It was great though, and very relaxing to just glide along.
Steve and Jayne's falsetto voices were amusing!
must.... stop..... sleep............ can't ........ ... stop
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I was 10 years old when this aired so I could not stay up to watch it. I am quite familiar with all the references made on these shows. Very nostalgic for me.
I was 11, yet was allowed to stay up till 11 p.m. on Sunday nights, just to watch WML. I even remember "Poof! There goes perspiration", so I must have started pretty young.
20 years of age for me😊
I am getting old, every time they say Remington Rand, I hear Remington Steele :)
They are just so clueless about animals. All living creatures are animals, including fish, insects, birds etc. However, I am also totally hooked on this show.
I just checked and there is actually a definition of animal that is just mammals, as opposed to fish, birds, etc. It must be an old-school thing.
@@bleepiestofbloopsExactly 😊
I found the first guest to have an incredibly delightful smile. He was obviously having a lot of fun and was the definition of charming. Ah, the bloom of youth. Not only Arlene but I would bet every woman in the audience, and probably not a few gay men, wanted to jump his bones the minute he started smiling.
John Charles Daly should have a lawyer with his beautiful and colorful use of the English language. The first guest spoke excellent English.
He was South African born
Daly spoke seven languages 😊
The last contestant performed a SERVICE in Pawnbroking. Saying there was a product involved got the panel off on the wrong path and left the lady in a impossible situation with her answers.
😅
John Daly and the Renaissance English. "...they have received some benefit therefrom." Would that I could just call up that kind of parlance whenever I wished. LOL!
It's not Renaissance English. It's called double-talk.
Yes, but Daly had the nasty habit of saying "from whence", which is not correct.
The chicken segment was hilarious. Arlene was funny.
That first young man was very charming
Interesting. Just checked it out after Dorothy's little 'so-so' reaction to Kilgallen's question about 'children'. Steve had three children with his first wife who he divorced in '52. He had a son with Jayne but not till '57. I can't find a date but the likelihood is that Dorothy may even be pregnant with their first child here. :)
I don't think Kilgallen would've asked the question out of politeness (ie. two years married but no children yet) had she known who the MG was before the show started. And curious (sorry, doing a gossip columnist job on it here) that they donated the winnings specifically to the 'foster parents' related scheme.' Behind such a happy little game show there's so much else going on!!
I'm confused. Dorothy isn't pregnant here. And how can Dorothy react to Kilgallen's question with Dorothy IS Kilgallen?
The "Breadbox Couple"......now I've heard everything.
"Is it bigger than a breadbox?"
Oh, if only women were so exquisitely elegant and beautiful these days.
Agreed! Today they have tattoos and purple hair.
@@rmelin13231Totally outrageous 😮
LOL at 19:16 when Arlene says the only man she ever knew "that was larger than a breadbox was Steve Allen." Wow, lucky Jayne! ;)
lmao
This is one of the few episodes where they failed to guess every guest, except the Mystery Guest. They were not even close with any of them!
You'll notice that nobody has yet left a comment on *this* episode claiming that the show was rigged.
@@neilmidkiffExactly this proves the panelist never had any inside information 😊
I loved this episode. I cant believe they missed the gondolier and the man who vaccinated chickens!!! It was quite funny to see an episode where they were all off their game.
😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊
So funny
This eliminated the idea that the panelist knew who and what they did😅
The chicken vaccinator was fun, too, especially since they got led down the garden path by the negative answer to his raising of animals.
Isn't a vaccine made of viruses that were once alive? That would be mean his product was once alive.
I was waiting for Bennett to make a Chicken Pox comment
Vaccinates chickens. Geez. Didn’t realize they were doing that that far back.
As much fun as this episode is for regular viewers, I wouldn't suggest using it as an example if you're trying to get someone else hooked on the show. Too many category errors and misunderstandings; too many over-specific questions. There is a nice bit in John's end greeting, acknowledging that some viewers would not see it till after Christmas. This means that at the end of 1956 there were still some stations not on the live network who would get kinescope copies for later playback.
Everyone enjoyed it requardless of the circumstances 😊
After the mystery guests came out and were seated, Daly says, "...and we'll begin it all with [pause] Martin Gabel." I could almost hear him say the name, "Steve Allen" instead.
That would come a decade later.
@@44032 Was this Martin Gabel's first appearance on "What's My Line?" I think he made 112 appearances on the show until the show ended in 1967.
@@williamdunphy352 Note that Arlene introduces him as "back by popular demand". Per the IMDB his first appearance as a panelist was 12/9/56, two weeks before this.
@Ed Miller I know. I was referring to this: ruclips.net/video/irgJ2AHRToM/видео.html
@@williamdunphy3522nd😊
The gondolier is cute a button.
Oh that cute gondolier!
Dorothy's coif is getting taller every week!
RIP Jayne
As others have said, John Daly was wrong and rather patronising to correct the pawnbroker who said there was no product in her work. She was right in that her main service is lending money with the goods held as security due to their value rather than their identity. I wonder if ever a challenger challenged Mr Daly's judgement and corrected him, or were they all too nervous or perhaps deferential to try that? He is normally charming and helpful but he sometimes prompts people too much by nodding the answer he expects the person to give. Let them speak for themselves!
I guess he was just trying to finish the last round in time.
If the loan is not paid back,, the collateral becomes the product, which is then sold. So she deals in a service AND a product, correct?
@Just a Girl All those criticizing John should stop and think because not one of them is perfect. He was in front of a large audience, being taped, and on a deadline. I doubt they'd do his job as good as John did! I think he did a wonderful job on this show! 👏👍🥰
John Daly totally messed up the questioning for the pawnbroker.
Arlene Francis had a favorite heart bracelet she wore on every show.. beautiful jewelry
It was a gift from her husband Martin on their first anniversary. She never took it off.
It was mugged when she was over 80.
@@ilzamaria6424 It was stolen when she mugged is my understanding. Her late husband designed it for her. So sad, because they adored each other! ❤️❤️
It was insured, and was replaced 😊
Pendant 😊
Whoa, bit of a shock switching fom 1959 to 1956. Dorothy's hair. And Arlene looks Older!
See, when they're on their game, when the audience laughs so much at an answer, the panelists follow up. Or at least listen. With the transportation answer, they didn't.
Also, at 16:52, Jayne walked off with the chalk. (On top of all that, her snowflake appurtenance is the only reference to Christmas to be seen. OK, except for later wishes of Merry Christmas, I admit.)
Pawnbroker is an excellent trick. Did they ever try that again with more time?
Not in the 340 videos I've watched!😊
alright john thats enough just let them get on with it.
Re the last guest, what "product" is involved?? She performs a service as a pawnbroker.
EVERYTHING! That was the point. You can pawn pretty much anything at all. I love these ones the most because they're hilarious. My favorite is still "garbage men" (Their product is 'garbage', which can also be anything)
did they get rid of the awful seating arrangement for two mystery guests?
it looked like all three were on one bench.
Bennett is just adorable.
@Mark Richardson but he has such a mischievous boyish smile...
Pawnbroker is a service.
None of the contestants had anything to do with Christmas in this Christmas WML.
In 1956, WML had it's Christmas related challenger on the first Sunday of December.
Wow the pawnbroker is a good one you're always going to get a yes and a maybe and it could be. 🤔
Those types of 'lines' are my faves. That and a garbage man. (could also be anyting)
John Daly was wrong to say the pawnbroker was involved with a product. That was totally misleading.
The products were items for sale pawn store😅
I didn't know Steve and Audrey were married.
Hope they were happily married.
Jayne.
How could they not have guessed the Gondolier ?
Coming from Italy, that should have been the 1st question asked.
As I come from Maine, my first guess with the surname Amato would have been that he makes Italian sandwiches! [Amato's being a well-known locality specializing in said Italians, which I believe everyone else on earth refers to as a sub or hoagie.] Just seeing the name makes me think I need one : )
+Jenny Brown I spend a great deal of time in and out of Maine and that was my first thought too!
I lived in Italy for three years and there were no gondoliers anywhere near my place. Only one city had gondoliers and it was at the other end of the country.
Pizza, or the Vatican came to my mind first.
Or mafioso
Isn't a gondolier a guide of sorts?
but a gondola is transportation?
+oldfart4751 Actually, Bennett was quite general when he asked, "are you engaged in some kind of transportation service like an airplane or steamship or railroad company?" This question gives examples that represent all three main modes of general transportation, namely air, sea (or water) and land, respectively. Since a gondola can be used as a form of water transportation (represented by a steamship), the question warranted a "yes".
The fact that Bennett said, "some kind of transportation service like" provides evidence that he was not talking specifically about airplanes, steamships or railroads, but instead using those as representational examples of the three modes of transportation. If John cleverly responded with "Yes, it is some kind of an air, water or land type of transportation", then it would have shown that he completely understood Bennett's question, instead of misleading him. This was not the only time John made a mistake in this episode. Bennett pointed this out in the following episode when he introduced John describing him as "leading contestants and misleading.our panel."
+Barbazzo Fernap I agree completely with your take on this. The word like creates an analogy to the referred modes of transport, not specificity. That being said, I see it as a no harm, no foul kind of situation. Despite the fact that John often tells the contestants "every time you can give a no answer, it will cost the panel $5," it really doesn't. They're all there to have a good time and entertain, which they do. I think that John's efforts to mislead the panel are part of that entertainment. He does get it wrong from time to time but he is working off the cuff so to speak. We are Monday morning quarterbacks.
suzycreamcheesez If I may ask, where do I know that moniker from? It sounds so familiar.
A gondola is transportation the same as a roller coaster is transportation -- you go somewhere, but you go nowhere.
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Twice they got tripped up by Bennett being too specific with his guesses. The pawn broker was looking to fool them too if there would have been enough time to flip all the cards.
As many people have noted many times, biology is not the strong point of this show. =D
Are FISH animals?? wtf?
Lars Rye Jeppesen they repeated several times: animals are the opposite of plants, so in this case it's fine
Right, these were big city panelists, more accustomed to Broadway and the theater. Maybe never had to take biology in school?
75 years ago the terms were different 😅
Do you polish up the animals 🤔 omg funny
It’s strange that they had so many jobs multiple times.
Not really, majority of people did manual work😊
The pawnbroker had it right saying there was no product. John Daly purposely led the panel astray. Other times he'd say it was a service but a product was associated but not to put weight on it.
Yeah, I was kind of surprised at that. I guess knowing that they were short on time, he maybe decided just to have fun with it. I don't think it was the right path to take, but all in good fun nevertheless.
Jayne mugged the Queen of England and took her jewelry!
Jane Meadows looks so much like Rosalind Russell here.
What in the world was in Mrs. Allen's hair?
Looks like a Christmas-season tiara to me, styled to look like a snowflake with rhinestones to make it sparkle.
I know there are products involved in pawning but isn't it misleading of Daly to say there's a specific product involved? Seems like she was correct by answering no initially.
Totally misleading.. ruined everything for the panel..
This is one show I wish we could see in color... the pretty pawnbroker was wearing a beautiful plaid gown, which very likely was Christmas red and green taffeta. You can catch glimpses of it as she walks with Daly, and again briefly when she leaves. She was very graceful.
Isn't the actual product money??
@@AnnA704-aaI doubt that as she is apparently Jewish...by her surname and being single
Ugh, I hate when they put these fun ones at the end of the show. Then they have 8938439834983 wrestlers,, 28909093 worm raisers, 38484873 Girdle makers, etc....LOL
Dorothy's hair looks as though it was squashed between two heavy boards. She almost looks 2-D.
Why didn't they add another chair when they had 2 contestants at the same time?
Why don't you mind your own damn business?
Why don't you dry up?
Because the panel would have known two people were coming out.
@@TheBatugan77Very impolite 😊
He's nice, the Italiano! He should have gone west instead of east, easily could have been in movies
What's with Jayne Meadows left eye? She seem to have a lazy eye.
It's the lighting😊
Contestants on"What's My Line?" knew in advance that they weren't going to win a new car, large amounts of cash or a free trip to some out-of-the-way place.
$50 was a weeks pay or a house payment 😂
Arlene must have had a facelift AFTER this year.
The old lighting was replaced, as well as the cameras😊
Do the chickens that Albert vaccinates,have covid?
Who actually cares?
Government just going about poisoning our food- old news
@@peternagy-im4beInquiring minds want to know😅
Looks like they are all dressed for an Oscar ceremony!!!
Thought they would have got the Gondolier easily, and they definitely fouled up in the second round. The last lady rightly said twice there was no product and only changed her mind under pressure. This completely ruined the round. She performed a service.
Not true😮
I called that cheating. He should’ve told Arlene that she had narrowed down the animal to a chick and now she had to find out what he did with chickens. Still would not have gotten it but he let her keep going thinking she had to specify what kind of chicken it was and she had already gotten it.
Calm your skin down rooster.
@@peternagy-im4be😂
Everyone has passed on decades ago😮
Right around the 17:21 mark.. ...Bennett Serf Looks (a bit) Like Dick Van Patten ,! O.O 0.0 O.O 🤯😳🤯😮🤔😮😮😮
one of the few times Arlene didnt look adorable
She looks the same as always through 1956.
then you're not looking it's blatantly obvious maybe bad lighting, maybe one of times she tied a few on before a show, etc
I think she had a facelift after these first years
@@orgonkothewildlyuntamed6301Exactly 😊
@@brookehanley3659It's the old lighting and cameras 😊
Why does Martin Gable, a jewish kid from Philadelphia, put on that annoying regal fake British accent. Also, I think that John should not have "corrected" the pawnbroker's first response. She is not involved in a "product", but more accurately a service (pawnbroking). John's correction led the panel down a wrong path.
+Dick Wilson Yes, I think that was a glaring category error on Daly's part.
actually only 1/2 correct--she was involved both an example of service only would be dr, therapist, etc professions where nothing is bought/sold
I disagree. The pawnbroker has a wide variety of products, but she does have a product. It is no different than if she ran a general store, which might sell everything from buggy whips to licorice whips. There's more than just a service provided. Merchandise (i.e. products) are bought and sold by a pawnbroker.
I notice Arlene has an "English" accent which I've never understood but it could be due to their stage career. Martin possibly learned it at the time he went on stage also. As a Cdn, I've noticed Arlene's often and others when the guest is English. Dick possibly doesn't realize that wk after wk, the panel can exist of only one non-Jew, Dorothy.
Additon for those interested in such topics: education and strictness there in use of language greatly influences pronunciation. I saw this clearly from researchers who did Ph.D or post doc work in the UK vs. the USA in the 1990s. Those who did it in the UK almost all spoke excellent English with a neutral accent, those did that in the USA usually spoke atrociously bad English, in being hard to understand from a bad pronunciation and a very strong accent coming from their original language... I presume the panel here have all had a good education and if at the time at universities in the USA there was more a culture of precise talking rather than 'as long as I can guess what you mean it's ok" then this likely influences how many of the panelists speak...
Martin gable never fails to amaze me. Short, not exactly good looking, overweight. God knows what she saw in him.
Never underestimate the inner man...a sharp mind and a quick wit and a kind heart can be highly compelling.
Who cares i mean who actually cares what he looks like?
@@debbigray1752Exactly 😊
@@peternagy-im4beinquiring minds want to know😅
@@robertjean5782 or in your case empty mind
I don’t like the way Arlene scolds her husband. She does it all the time. Jerk
Calm your skin down
All in jest, no scolding😊
Steve Allen married Jayne Meadows because he was allergic to talent.
@Just a Girl
You must be allergic to simple English. Moron.
SJ... SHOVE your allergies.
as much as i like Steve Allen I am still haunted by that irritating pretentious laugh of the grating annoying fake woman and laugh of his wife ! Yet her sister was so very nice in the honeymooners what a difference