The semi Brit accent almost worked but once you sit on the panel, they'll sniff you out. When Sean Connery was on, he hilariously used a small boy's voice. It really should BE a mystery guest.
I had the pleasure of meeting, and talking with Mort Sahl and his wife 18 years later outside of CBS Studios in Los Angeles. They participated on the Game Show Tattletails the show I was in the audience for
As of October 3, 2019, Mort Sahl is still alive. His stand-up comedy was largely based on social and political commentary, leading Steve Allen to call him "the only real political philosopher we have in modern comedy." Like Dorothy Kilgallen, he was vocal in his questioning of the Warren Report.
@@PaulTesta So sad to hear that, Paul. I wasn't aware until seeing your response that he passed away 26 October 2021. I saw no news reports about it. RIP, Mort.
I love Tony Randall as a panelist, but he's also hilarious as a mystery guest. First discovered him while watching the Odd Couple on MeTV. He's so funny -- and I love the way he always makes use of his extensive vocabulary. I also noticed that Bennett Cerf was the one who guessed Tony both times he was the mystery guest. I guess he just knew him well enough from all the occasions on which they were fellow panelists.
Mary Hoffman To be fair his disguise, despite being a strange accent, had his usual intonations and distinctive throat tone about it. He has such a strong projective voice which is pretty unmistakeable.
I’ve only ever seen him on this. His fake voice seemed very different to me, but the panel will also have seen him playing parts in different accents or just known him joking around off camera.
In the days of black and white television, men wore light blue shirts. This was done due to the streaking caused by the bright studio lights and sensitivity of the image orthicon camera tubes.
Another time Tony Randall was the MG and he very successfully disguised his voice. There was some very funny talk between Tony and Buddy Hackett who was a panelist. Bennett did eventually successfully guess the MG.
Yet another bullfighter. This really is the most common line they have. How can they have had so much trouble with this one, when they've had no less than 3 prior women bullfighters? Maybe they thought, "We CAN'T have another lady bullfighter after so many others!"
It was clear by that stage that she did a rather physical job that was unusual for a woman, and in which she could get injuries. I took him to mean that she was something like a mechanic.
Dear God, I love Tony Randall. Love. Everything from his intellect, to his timing, to his wit, to his hair. After Martin Gabel, and probably after Robert Q Lewis, Randall eventually became the third most-scheduled WML guest panelist. Mort Sahl. Great stand up comic. Then comic on political themes. Then political analyst and commentator.
I don't think anyone else has said it but I do like it when Serf first hits the stage. Always a nice cool stroll and the suit always cuts a nice sharp line.
Cerf was not only smart like Arlene and Dorothy but he had extrasensory perception, the skill of feeling the presence of the mystery guest without help of physical senses. Rare talent.
He was closest to the sign in board and probably had extra sharp ears, as well as scent. They were also all well-informed about who was in town, who was "seasonal" such as ball players, etc. ESP ought to be called "All Senses alert."
@@igkoigko9950 . Mostly I agree, except for the few I work with that never learned to properly address an envelope. I very much like the quick response though.
I'm wondering if many of the mystery guests really wanted to be guessed. If I were a famous celebrity, and especially one like Tony Randall who was very familiar to the panelists, I certainly wouldn't be giving full sentences as my answers. I think the most successful mystery guests were ones that gave as little away in their voice as possible.
Yes, but on the other hand, longer answers can often be more fun. (Obvious example being Debbie Reynolds, but I think Tony here also was aiming more for fun than winning.)
@@RikardPeterson I agree. Tony unless he is totally tone deaf (and opera lovers such as he are not) had to know he was virtually giving it away, for fun. Maybe not, though.
The mystery guests working in show business would have understood that the point of the game was entertainment, not whether or not they beat the panel.
I had a feeling that Tony Randall would have difficulty disguising his voice. I remember him saying during an interview that it was difficult to do vocal impressions of him because he had perfect pitch. Perhaps that made it difficult for him to do an alternate voice.
He should have used a falsetto voice, as should all mystery guests. Tony Randall also could never bring himself to maul the English language as do so many of us Americans, dropping "g"s and saying "yeah" a lot.
What have we come to? For ages, postal was 3 cents, and the 4 cent samples brought by the second contestant was the first postage increase in a long time. LOL Arlene wearing her stamp on her shoulder like a beauty mark. I'd accept a package like Arlene any day, stamped or COD.
The 49-star flag depicted on the stamps was only official for one year, from July 4, 1959, to July 3, 1960. Though both Alaska and Hawaii were formally admitted as states during 1959, Hawaii's statehood was effective as of August 21 (just two days before this show aired!). Since 1818 the rule has been that new flag designs become official on the next Independence Day, which is why the 50-star flag had to wait till 1960. Since Hawaii's admission was a "done deal" (Congress had approved it in March 1959), I imagine that many members of the public did as our family did, deciding not to invest in a 49-star flag, and waiting to buy the 50-star version. Of course government buildings and other "official" flagpoles had to fly the 49-star version for one year's use.
Everyone knows all that, but the forty-nine star flag would have been a nice souvenir and now a bit valuable. That said, it’s bizarre of any family to specifically have a flag.
The mystery guest segment in this show is another prime example of a guest saying way more than they needed to and just gave themselves away. Just a "yes" or "no" is all that is needed.
Evidently you don’t understand the point of the game. It’s for entertainment. If it were to keep the guest a secret then they wouldn’t have them in the studio at all!
Pillow Talk and Lover Come Back are two of the best comedies ever made, and Tony Randall played a large part in making them so. Doris Day and Rock Hudson also had outstanding comedic chops, and Thelma Ritter in Pillow Talk was a riot.
@John Dee When in the hell is RUclips/Google going to fix their completely broken commenting system? Yet again, I can't reply in any way, shape or form to a comment left by you here, and since this isn't a direct reply, you won't be notified of the response. What a total mess they made of this! Anyhow, I was just going to say, I can certainly understand people reacting that way to Tony Randall-- I've heard it plenty of times from other folks-- but I love him (especially on The Odd Couple) and think he's great on the panel. Jack Klugman wrote a book about his friendship with Tony Randall which was really quite touching. Tony Randall is the guy who he credits for being able to recover his voice enough after throat cancer to return to acting. Jewish mother nagging, but in a positive way. :)
I think some people can set their accounts so people can't reply to them. I think I came across an option like that when I was fooling with the googleplus/youtube settings.
Stephanie McCoy Could be, but if this is the same guy who's been commenting on my You Bet Your Life channel, this is the first time one of his comments was posted in such a way as to not be able to respond in any form, on RUclips or on Google+. And what on earth is the point of a setting to make it so no one can respond to you? Is this something people actually want??? ;)
What's My Line? Idk, I like to make sarcastic comments time to time that I wish people couldn't respond to, but that's about it lol. The whole comment thing is rather buggy. It might because his profile is private maybe :o? i think not, nvm lol
@John Dee -- too bad there's no reply button with your post, but there isn't, so I'm responding here. I happen to think Tony Randall was funny and entertaining and urbane, whether he was on WML or the Hollywood Squares. Nothing "prissy" about his hairstyle that I can see -- it's just a short haircut, typical of 1959, nicely parted and nicely combed. What's prissy about it? Also, Mr. Randall was intelligent and witty. You're welcome not to like Tony Randall, of course, but don't expect everyone here to agree with you. I suspect that most people will not.
Another great episode of WML.The only thing I didn't like was the woman bullfighter.It wasn't her I didn't like however because I love all animals I disagree with this.Tony Randall is very good.I'm sure it was him who was in the movie The seven faces of Doctor Lau.he was superb in the movie and he's funny too!
Bennett forgot another MGM movie featuring a female bullfighter, Esther Williams in "Fiesta" (1947), a fairly daffy film in which she plays the twin sister of Ricardo Montalban, a matador who composes concertos on the side. He skips a ring appearance for a music opportunity, and she has to dress in his clothes and pin her hair under her hat and.... you get the idea. I love both actors, but they don't in the least appear plausible as twins.
A slightly less than tactful remark from John at 11:30 when he says that bullfighting is great to *read* about, implying that he wouldn't be in the audience, just as he is saying goodbye to the contestant. He could at least have waited till she was offstage. Not that I don't agree with his point of view, and even go beyond it -- I don't even want to read about bullfighting.
Neil Midkiff But Daly doesn't talk about a contestant's line 'after' thry leave the stage. Also it would've drawn attention to his stance on it even more if he delivered it facing the camera before announcing the next guest.
When he made that remark, I first assumed he was placing himself in the ring rather than the audience. Like he didn't fancy the thought of taking on such a dangerous task. But the face he made certainly suggested displeasure with the "game" as a whole. Guess he likes Hemingway though.
I just noticed that right after the remark, he tugs on his ear! Ha ha, was he warning himself to get off the topic? Haven't seen one of those since the Hal Block era. :)
hcombs0104 and What's My Line? and David Soulier and +John Dee So because of the inability to respond directly to John Dee's comment, we all end up posting our good feelings about Tony Randall in separate posts! Perhaps not such a bad thing for Tony fans. ;) I decided to respond to this one, mostly because it was the last one I came to as I read down the list of comments. I am also a big fan of Tony Randall's, especially in "The Odd Couple" TV series, and I've enjoyed seeing him in these WML episodes. I think he was a genuine intellectual (not "pseudo" at all) and also a warm, funny, charming personality. I was fortunate enough to attend several of Randall's National Actors Theater productions in the early 1990s, including the fundraising presentation of Neil Simon's original "The Odd Couple" play, which reunited Tony Randall and Jack Klugman as Felix and Oscar. I think it was the first time Jack Klugman had attempted to use his surgery-modified voice in performance (and this was probably part of the help Tony Randall gave to Jack after the surgery -- by insisting that he be in this production), and though it was different, and a bit harder to hear, he and Tony both did a wonderful job, and it was a fantastic experience seeing them together, performing those classic characters live on stage! I also love Bennett Cerf, though he is to me a complex character. I admit that I find certain things he does or says to be annoying, but I also find him to be a rare combination of intelligence and ignorance; the dignified intellectual and the silly little kid; the professional man-of-the-world and the wide-eyed innocent, unabashedly admiring young boy. His habit of blurting out exactly what he is thinking sometimes gets him into trouble (and I don't always like what he says), but it is quite the opposite of pretentious (though I don't deny that he does sound pretentious at times). Overall, I find his blend of intelligent dignity and childlike innocence/silliness to be quite endearing.
SaveThe TPC Well-put observations on Bennett. And I'm incredibly jealous that you got to see Randall and Klugman reprise their "Odd Couple" roles. "The Odd Couple" has always been a favorite show of mine!
What's My Line? Thanks. "The Odd Couple" is one of my favorite TV shows too. I paid a fortune for tickets way at the back of the theater to see Randall & Klugman in the play, but it was worth it for that once-in-a-lifetime experience! Here's a link to an archival article with more information about that performance, in case you're interested. It was an all-star cast, but the combination of Tony Randall & Jack Klugman as Felix and Oscar was worth the price of admission to me, even if the rest of the cast had been unknowns! www.nytimes.com/1991/06/20/theater/odd-couple-is-returning-to-do-a-good-deed.html Btw, I have been having a lot of technical difficulties while trying to reply to comments today, and this is the first time today that I have been able to post a comment on RUclips. Actually, it remains to be seen whether it will work or not and whether or not I will afterwards be able to post or reply to any other comments.
SaveThe TPC Thank you again, broken comments system. Well, I saw your comment anyway. That's no guarantee anyone else on the internet will. If you haven't checked out Klugman's book about his friendship with Tony Randall, "Tony and Me", I can't recommend it highly enough. You're obviously a big enough fan to appreciate it, so I'd be sort of surprised if you haven't read it yet. Truly a touching book, and it comes with a DVD containing outtakes from the filming of "The Odd Couple" which, you know, might have been nice as bonus features on the barebones DVDs for seasons 2-5. Let's not even talk about how they butchered seasons 3-5 due to not wanting to clear any music rights. www.amazon.com/Tony-Me-Friendship-out-takes-1971-75/dp/0976830302/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1404864613&sr=8-1&keywords=tony+and+me
Pygiana Interesting-- I wondered the same thing. Because sometimes-- being a live show-- there were words said on WML that were absolutely forbidden on TV at the time, so I thought it might have been a slip on John's part (though a very uncharacteristic one!) I remember Bennett said "damn" once, and Groucho sang a song that had the word "hell" in it (this is just from memory-- I'm sure there were more).
What's My Line? One of the classics, of course, is when Groucho Marx was on the panel and basically insinuated that the contestant (a female wrestler) was a prostitute. Followed by Dorothy's hilarious "sex" slip up.:)
I don't like it, but I'm SERIOUSLY getting to the point of NOT liking John. I'm so SICK of him flipping those cards at 25 or 30 (there was a recent episode where the person had 45 points, and he STILL flipped those stupid cards. WHY DIDN'T THE PRODUCERS EVER SAY ANYTHING TO HIM!!!!
"Goat from a cheese." A very rare Dorothy Kilgallen blooper.
Right????? HAHAHAAHAHAHAHA!!!
Whether on the panel or as a Mystery guest, Tony Randall is always a treat to watch!!☺
The semi Brit accent almost worked but once you sit on the panel, they'll sniff you out. When Sean Connery was on, he hilariously used a small boy's voice. It really should BE a mystery guest.
I had the pleasure of meeting, and talking with Mort Sahl and his wife 18 years later outside of CBS Studios in Los Angeles. They participated on the Game Show Tattletails the show I was in the audience for
Pillow Talk is one of my favorite movies ever
As of October 3, 2019, Mort Sahl is still alive. His stand-up comedy was largely based on social and political commentary, leading Steve Allen to call him "the only real political philosopher we have in modern comedy." Like Dorothy Kilgallen, he was vocal in his questioning of the Warren Report.
Update: As of May 8, 2021, Mort is still alive at age 93.
@@mikejschin
Not anymore...😪
@@PaulTesta So sad to hear that, Paul. I wasn't aware until seeing your response that he passed away 26 October 2021. I saw no news reports about it. RIP, Mort.
Death reported in NYTimes .
he croaked
I love Tony Randall as a panelist, but he's also hilarious as a mystery guest. First discovered him while watching the Odd Couple on MeTV. He's so funny -- and I love the way he always makes use of his extensive vocabulary. I also noticed that Bennett Cerf was the one who guessed Tony both times he was the mystery guest. I guess he just knew him well enough from all the occasions on which they were fellow panelists.
Mary Hoffman To be fair his disguise, despite being a strange accent, had his usual intonations and distinctive throat tone about it. He has such a strong projective voice which is pretty unmistakeable.
I’ve only ever seen him on this. His fake voice seemed very different to me, but the panel will also have seen him playing parts in different accents or just known him joking around off camera.
Tony is my all time favorite mystery guest. All three times he was hilarious.
To see the extent of the man's remarkable talents, watch "The Seven Faces of Dr. Lao", in which he has 7 speaking parts. You'll be glad you did.
In the days of black and white television, men wore light blue shirts. This was done due to the streaking caused by the bright studio lights and sensitivity of the image orthicon camera tubes.
Tony Randall was great as a panelist whenever he was on it. Miss Lee was an attractive and brave young lady.
There were so many bullfighters on these shows; didn't realize how popular it was when I was a wee lad at the time these aired.
Another time Tony Randall was the MG and he very successfully disguised his voice. There was some very funny talk between Tony and Buddy Hackett who was a panelist. Bennett did eventually successfully guess the MG.
Yet another bullfighter. This really is the most common line they have. How can they have had so much trouble with this one, when they've had no less than 3 prior women bullfighters? Maybe they thought, "We CAN'T have another lady bullfighter after so many others!"
Bennet stuck a postage stamp on Arlene's shoulder and she left it there.
poetcomic1 Yeah spotted it.
I was wondering what on earth that could be! xD
I thought she did that herself. 😎
Loving Tony Randall! What a special treat.
Always.
“Do you work covered in grease" has got to be the weirdest question I’ve heard on this show so far 😆
Joan Brigid race car driver? Auto mechanic? I agree, strange question and based on what clue?
The only grease-covered occupation I can think of would be Channel swimmer, but it was already established that it was not done in the water.
Didn't females who used snakes in their stage act get greased up for it once upon a time?
It was clear by that stage that she did a rather physical job that was unusual for a woman, and in which she could get injuries. I took him to mean that she was something like a mechanic.
The weirdest question I ever heard on this show was when Dorothy asked someone, do you sleep on velvet sheets?
I'm a huge Tony Randall fan! 🌼
As a then 52 year old, Arlene looked particularly fetching is this episode ...
Dear God, I love Tony Randall. Love. Everything from his intellect, to his timing, to his wit, to his hair. After Martin Gabel, and probably after Robert Q Lewis, Randall eventually became the third most-scheduled WML guest panelist.
Mort Sahl. Great stand up comic. Then comic on political themes. Then political analyst and commentator.
David Soulier I
Steve Allen appeared far more than Robert Q. Lewis as a guest panelist.
I don't think anyone else has said it but I do like it when Serf first hits the stage. Always a nice cool stroll and the suit always cuts a nice sharp line.
And the elegant slight bow he makes. Classic.
@@Noone58319 And the little swerve when he gets behind his chair!
Cerf.
Cerf was not only smart like Arlene and Dorothy but he had extrasensory perception, the skill of feeling the presence of the mystery guest without help of physical senses. Rare talent.
He cheated.
Dorothy had some ESP too.
@@peternagy-im4be There has never been any proof of that whatsoever.
@@accomplice55 OK have a great day y'all!!
He was closest to the sign in board and probably had extra sharp ears, as well as scent. They were also all well-informed about who was in town, who was "seasonal" such as ball players, etc. ESP ought to be called "All Senses alert."
The good ole' days...four cent stamps !!
Between computer cost and monthly ISP bill, each email might cost > 4 cents but it still beats snail mail. These are the good days.
@@igkoigko9950 .
Mostly I agree, except for the few I work with that never learned to properly address an envelope.
I very much like the quick response though.
"Goat from a cheese." So funny from the usually unflappable Dorothy.
That reminded me of Mary Livingstone's famous malapropism "chis sweeze sandwich" from the old Jack Benny Show.
I think they had Tony Randall from the very start.
He cannot disguise THAT voice!
I don't like bullfighting.
It's so unfair to the bull
i was howling when she said that XDDDDDD
@@MrJoeybabe25 can you send a link to that?? it sounds hilarious!!
R.I. P. Mort Sahl
I'm wondering if many of the mystery guests really wanted to be guessed. If I were a famous celebrity, and especially one like Tony Randall who was very familiar to the panelists, I certainly wouldn't be giving full sentences as my answers. I think the most successful mystery guests were ones that gave as little away in their voice as possible.
Yes, but on the other hand, longer answers can often be more fun. (Obvious example being Debbie Reynolds, but I think Tony here also was aiming more for fun than winning.)
@@RikardPeterson I agree. Tony unless he is totally tone deaf (and opera lovers such as he are not) had to know he was virtually giving it away, for fun.
Maybe not, though.
The mystery guests working in show business would have understood that the point of the game was entertainment, not whether or not they beat the panel.
I had a feeling that Tony Randall would have difficulty disguising his voice. I remember him saying during an interview that it was difficult to do vocal impressions of him because he had perfect pitch. Perhaps that made it difficult for him to do an alternate voice.
That claim of his makes no sense.
He should have used a falsetto voice, as should all mystery guests. Tony Randall also could never bring himself to maul the English language as do so many of us Americans, dropping "g"s and saying "yeah" a lot.
I think bullfighter was the most overused line on the show.
They certainly seemed less surprised by it than I expected.
Or governors
Or bartenders.
Erland Stevens was adorable. I'm surprised Arlene wasn't flirting with him, but I guess there wasn't much time.
What have we come to? For ages, postal was 3 cents, and the 4 cent samples brought by the second contestant was the first postage increase in a long time.
LOL Arlene wearing her stamp on her shoulder like a beauty mark. I'd accept a package like Arlene any day, stamped or COD.
The 49-star flag depicted on the stamps was only official for one year, from July 4, 1959, to July 3, 1960. Though both Alaska and Hawaii were formally admitted as states during 1959, Hawaii's statehood was effective as of August 21 (just two days before this show aired!). Since 1818 the rule has been that new flag designs become official on the next Independence Day, which is why the 50-star flag had to wait till 1960. Since Hawaii's admission was a "done deal" (Congress had approved it in March 1959), I imagine that many members of the public did as our family did, deciding not to invest in a 49-star flag, and waiting to buy the 50-star version. Of course government buildings and other "official" flagpoles had to fly the 49-star version for one year's use.
Everyone knows all that, but the forty-nine star flag would have been a nice souvenir and now a bit valuable. That said, it’s bizarre of any family to specifically have a flag.
@@icturner23 Bullsh*t. It's very common.
Arlene looks most gorgeous in this show!
The mystery guest segment in this show is another prime example of a guest saying way more than they needed to and just gave
themselves away. Just a "yes" or "no" is all that is needed.
Evidently you don’t understand the point of the game. It’s for entertainment. If it were to keep the guest a secret then they wouldn’t have them in the studio at all!
Pillow Talk and Lover Come Back are two of the best comedies ever made, and Tony Randall played a large part in making them so. Doris Day and Rock Hudson also had outstanding comedic chops, and Thelma Ritter in Pillow Talk was a riot.
Dixie Lee was just as lovely as could be! I wonder if she’s still alive. I’m always glad when we find out some of the contestants are still with us.
14.30 'Did we get letters already' ;-)
+Katarzyna Kopeć Funny line!
@John Dee When in the hell is RUclips/Google going to fix their completely broken commenting system? Yet again, I can't reply in any way, shape or form to a comment left by you here, and since this isn't a direct reply, you won't be notified of the response. What a total mess they made of this!
Anyhow, I was just going to say, I can certainly understand people reacting that way to Tony Randall-- I've heard it plenty of times from other folks-- but I love him (especially on The Odd Couple) and think he's great on the panel. Jack Klugman wrote a book about his friendship with Tony Randall which was really quite touching. Tony Randall is the guy who he credits for being able to recover his voice enough after throat cancer to return to acting. Jewish mother nagging, but in a positive way. :)
I think some people can set their accounts so people can't reply to them. I think I came across an option like that when I was fooling with the googleplus/youtube settings.
Stephanie McCoy Could be, but if this is the same guy who's been commenting on my You Bet Your Life channel, this is the first time one of his comments was posted in such a way as to not be able to respond in any form, on RUclips or on Google+. And what on earth is the point of a setting to make it so no one can respond to you? Is this something people actually want???
;)
What's My Line? Idk, I like to make sarcastic comments time to time that I wish people couldn't respond to, but that's about it lol. The whole comment thing is rather buggy. It might because his profile is private maybe :o? i think not, nvm lol
Stephanie McCoy Don't try to explain it. It's Chinatown, Jake. ;)
@@WhatsMyLine Yes, so that they can have the last word.
Goat from a cheese. Dorothy was laughing along wit everyone else. Americans seem to have lost the ability to laugh at ourselves.
Tony was the best
Dixie Lee (the bullfighter) was wonderful!
@John Dee -- too bad there's no reply button with your post, but there isn't, so I'm responding here. I happen to think Tony Randall was funny and entertaining and urbane, whether he was on WML or the Hollywood Squares. Nothing "prissy" about his hairstyle that I can see -- it's just a short haircut, typical of 1959, nicely parted and nicely combed. What's prissy about it? Also, Mr. Randall was intelligent and witty. You're welcome not to like Tony Randall, of course, but don't expect everyone here to agree with you. I suspect that most people will not.
He played a "prissy" role with Jack Klugman in "The Odd Couple," but that was just a role.
Another great episode of WML.The only thing I didn't like was the woman bullfighter.It wasn't her I didn't like however because I love all animals I disagree with this.Tony Randall is very good.I'm sure it was him who was in the movie The seven faces of Doctor Lau.he was superb in the movie and he's funny too!
Our boy Bennett tryin' to charm the skirt off Miss Lee. LMAO!🤣
Bennett is a charmer.
Hilarious, Cerf worried about the stamps! :D
Bennett forgot another MGM movie featuring a female bullfighter, Esther Williams in "Fiesta" (1947), a fairly daffy film in which she plays the twin sister of Ricardo Montalban, a matador who composes concertos on the side. He skips a ring appearance for a music opportunity, and she has to dress in his clothes and pin her hair under her hat and.... you get the idea. I love both actors, but they don't in the least appear plausible as twins.
Mort Sahl lives on!!!!!
Tony Randall’s voice - couldn’t disguise it very well. What was on Arlene’s left shoulder? Looked like a small piece of paper taped!!
A postage stamp.
I have to know, what episode had a woman who washed and ironed money???
What does Arlene say to Mort Sahl during the "good nights" (starting at 25:07)? I've replayed it over and over, but I can't figure it out.
"Goodbye, you're very shy tonight, Mort."
TanRu Nomad
Thank you!
I take it they didn't get Mort Sahl because Lenny Bruce was unavailable...
A slightly less than tactful remark from John at 11:30 when he says that bullfighting is great to *read* about, implying that he wouldn't be in the audience, just as he is saying goodbye to the contestant. He could at least have waited till she was offstage. Not that I don't agree with his point of view, and even go beyond it -- I don't even want to read about bullfighting.
Neil Midkiff But Daly doesn't talk about a contestant's line 'after' thry leave the stage. Also it would've drawn attention to his stance on it even more if he delivered it facing the camera before announcing the next guest.
When he made that remark, I first assumed he was placing himself in the ring rather than the audience. Like he didn't fancy the thought of taking on such a dangerous task. But the face he made certainly suggested displeasure with the "game" as a whole. Guess he likes Hemingway though.
I just noticed that right after the remark, he tugs on his ear! Ha ha, was he warning himself to get off the topic? Haven't seen one of those since the Hal Block era. :)
Bullfighting was big occupation on game shows in the 60s, so sad
We were better people then.
She was wonderful.
Wow. The flag having 49 stars and a stamp being only 4 cents.
If it's not female bullfighters, it's female wrestlers or cops.
or female men's barbers
LOL I like Tony Randall, too. Nothing prissy or pretentious as far as I can see.
Bennett Cerf, on the other hand...
hcombs0104 and What's My Line? and David Soulier and +John Dee
So because of the inability to respond directly to John Dee's comment, we all end up posting our good feelings about Tony Randall in separate posts! Perhaps not such a bad thing for Tony fans. ;) I decided to respond to this one, mostly because it was the last one I came to as I read down the list of comments.
I am also a big fan of Tony Randall's, especially in "The Odd Couple" TV series, and I've enjoyed seeing him in these WML episodes. I think he was a genuine intellectual (not "pseudo" at all) and also a warm, funny, charming personality. I was fortunate enough to attend several of Randall's National Actors Theater productions in the early 1990s, including the fundraising presentation of Neil Simon's original "The Odd Couple" play, which reunited Tony Randall and Jack Klugman as Felix and Oscar. I think it was the first time Jack Klugman had attempted to use his surgery-modified voice in performance (and this was probably part of the help Tony Randall gave to Jack after the surgery -- by insisting that he be in this production), and though it was different, and a bit harder to hear, he and Tony both did a wonderful job, and it was a fantastic experience seeing them together, performing those classic characters live on stage!
I also love Bennett Cerf, though he is to me a complex character. I admit that I find certain things he does or says to be annoying, but I also find him to be a rare combination of intelligence and ignorance; the dignified intellectual and the silly little kid; the professional man-of-the-world and the wide-eyed innocent, unabashedly admiring young boy. His habit of blurting out exactly what he is thinking sometimes gets him into trouble (and I don't always like what he says), but it is quite the opposite of pretentious (though I don't deny that he does sound pretentious at times). Overall, I find his blend of intelligent dignity and childlike innocence/silliness to be quite endearing.
SaveThe TPC Well-put observations on Bennett. And I'm incredibly jealous that you got to see Randall and Klugman reprise their "Odd Couple" roles. "The Odd Couple" has always been a favorite show of mine!
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Thanks. "The Odd Couple" is one of my favorite TV shows too. I paid a fortune for tickets way at the back of the theater to see Randall & Klugman in the play, but it was worth it for that once-in-a-lifetime experience! Here's a link to an archival article with more information about that performance, in case you're interested. It was an all-star cast, but the combination of Tony Randall & Jack Klugman as Felix and Oscar was worth the price of admission to me, even if the rest of the cast had been unknowns! www.nytimes.com/1991/06/20/theater/odd-couple-is-returning-to-do-a-good-deed.html
Btw, I have been having a lot of technical difficulties while trying to reply to comments today, and this is the first time today that I have been able to post a comment on RUclips. Actually, it remains to be seen whether it will work or not and whether or not I will afterwards be able to post or reply to any other comments.
SaveThe TPC Thank you again, broken comments system. Well, I saw your comment anyway. That's no guarantee anyone else on the internet will.
If you haven't checked out Klugman's book about his friendship with Tony Randall, "Tony and Me", I can't recommend it highly enough. You're obviously a big enough fan to appreciate it, so I'd be sort of surprised if you haven't read it yet. Truly a touching book, and it comes with a DVD containing outtakes from the filming of "The Odd Couple" which, you know, might have been nice as bonus features on the barebones DVDs for seasons 2-5. Let's not even talk about how they butchered seasons 3-5 due to not wanting to clear any music rights.
www.amazon.com/Tony-Me-Friendship-out-takes-1971-75/dp/0976830302/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1404864613&sr=8-1&keywords=tony+and+me
***** Excellent point. I never thought about it that way.
Randall had a baby at age 70. Just sayin' ….
Actually Randall had a baby at 77, and another one later on. A couple.
He helped to make the baby - his wife had the baby!
His first wife and he could not/did not have children. She passed, he remarried, and they had to children.
*_Bullfighter_*
*_Prints U.S. Paper Money_*
*_Paints Fire Hydrants_*
.4$ stamps. Now about to be .58
Any Idea of how much those stamps would sell in today's market?
Not a whole lot. One dealer (www.mysticstamp.com) is currently offering them for forty cents mint, fifteen cents used.
I think Dorothy was able to get enough money.
I thought the same.
What Bennett did was what they call covering your ass haha
8th or 9th bull fighter so far.. 3rd female.. wth was wrong with WML?
Oooooh! Look at all the shoulders! ... And 4 cent postage stamps!
Mr. Conlin makes money by making money
All of the others have to think of an intro, but Arlene just names a random book by Random House each week.
Not true! Arlene and Dorothy alternate first and third chair every week.
Goat from a cheese..................HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! leave it to Dorothy!!1 so funny!
Tony talked to much. His voice was very distinct....
Dorothy killgalion
10:08 Could John Daly really get away with saying "a lot of bull" on late 50s TV? The censors there did know what "bull" is short for, right?
Pygiana Interesting-- I wondered the same thing. Because sometimes-- being a live show-- there were words said on WML that were absolutely forbidden on TV at the time, so I thought it might have been a slip on John's part (though a very uncharacteristic one!) I remember Bennett said "damn" once, and Groucho sang a song that had the word "hell" in it (this is just from memory-- I'm sure there were more).
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One of the classics, of course, is when Groucho Marx was on the panel and basically insinuated that the contestant (a female wrestler) was a prostitute. Followed by Dorothy's hilarious "sex" slip up.:)
What's My Line? More edgy was Arlene's comment, "What bull did SHE throw?" - which everyone in the studio obviously interpreted as a double entendre.
fishhead06 What did she mean by that? Hinting at leaving Eddie?
+Purple Capricorn Well, Eddie left her for Elizabeth, so it might have been a roundabout crack at Fisher.
Bullfighter... Atrocious!
She was wonderful!
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Killing animals for fun... is barbaric.
@@elisabethlinz4256Only thing barbaric is your small brain.
What a horrible barbaric blood “sport”. I fast forwarded thru her…
She was wonderful!
An honerable profession
I don't like it, but I'm SERIOUSLY getting to the point of NOT liking John. I'm so SICK of him flipping those cards at 25 or 30 (there was a recent episode where the person had 45 points, and he STILL flipped those stupid cards. WHY DIDN'T THE PRODUCERS EVER SAY ANYTHING TO HIM!!!!
Krista Brewer The cash is immaterial to it all really. Unlike other panel shows where it is.
Because no one cared. The point of the show was entertainment, not money.
Gosh Krista: i hope your able to get over your frustration and anger that a few people was awarded a few five dollar bills…. More than 60 YEARs ago.
Angry over something that occurred over 60 years ago.