If TV like this still existed i would have no problem paying for cable

@lynnedonaldson4010

3 жыл бұрын

Me either

@mcmlxii4419

2 жыл бұрын

RustbeltRob classic ~ And back then you didn't even have to!

@kennithumperovitch1312

2 жыл бұрын

Shur nuff Restbelt Rob!

@KDoyle4

Жыл бұрын

If TV like this still existed, you wouldn't need to pay for cable.

This is my first viewing of Make the Connection. Love it!

I'm a big fan of What's my Line, but never saw this show before. It must have been on when I was already asleep at night back when I was a kid. Lovely to see Gene and Betty and even Fred Allen and Gloria Dehaven. Strange that Fred said he needed to live 10 more years. He died well before that time.

@fromthesidelines

5 жыл бұрын

It was seen during the summer of 1955 on Thursdays at 8:30pm(et).

@ArmenianBishop

2 жыл бұрын

Same with me. Also, my birthday is September 2, 1955, and the one shown here was aired on the previous day.

@jacquelinebell6201

Жыл бұрын

Sadly, it was only the next year Fred passed. 😪

Fred Allen said (in the early days of television, yet) that "Imitation is the sincerest form of television." Prescient.

@denimadept

Жыл бұрын

I expect it worked for radio and likely publications, too. Still does, I figure.

At first I thought remembering $19 owed seemed a little bit petty, but then I looked it up and $19 in 1950 is $204 today! Makes a bit more sense (cents wink wink).

I love it…Fred comes out with, “I’ve got nothing prepared.” He then proceeds to present a composition or rather an ode to the city dweller , arranged for choir, piano, guitar and soloist, that is, himself!😂

For those of you who don't know who Meredyth Wilson was, he wrote the iconic musical The Music Man -- both the music and book/lyrics!

@4seeableTV

4 жыл бұрын

The correct spelling is MEREDITH WILLSON

@MrJoeybabe25

4 жыл бұрын

@@4seeableTV Yes, sir.

@DrApplegate

3 жыл бұрын

@@4seeableTV Pl] p

This is absolutely fascinating. My great-grandparents were 31.When this showed aired and they're still with me.I'm happy to say. They were in World War two and my grandparents were only six at the timeand they were in Vietnam, My dad was in Desert Storm, and I was in Afghanistan, Army Captain. This is fascinating, though. Going back all this time. Where is this film hidden? It's 70 years ago.

I wish Fred Allen lived as long as Betty White

@cookie5335

2 жыл бұрын

Betty has looked the same. She looked 55 when she was 30. I think it's the hair

Gosh Look At Betty White. So beautiful.

Fred Allen was a one of a kind guy... 😊😅 he always made me laugh

Anymore please of these shows

Sad and ironic that Fred Allen mentions needing another 10 years to finish his book since he died just 6 months after this broadcast (assuming the Sept 1955 date is correct).

@cookie5335

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for great information and facts it makes watching soo much more interesting when u know back stories etc.

The correct air date (per newspaper database) is September 22, 1955.

That song lol. 😂😂🤣🤣😆😆😄😄

Thanks for sharing, this was fun. One of the more interesting game shows I’ve seen.

Those kids gave their addresses. Wow! Cute little ditty. Gene didn't need the guitar.

@arturdent5168

6 жыл бұрын

liberty Ann kinda scary

@Finians_Mancave

6 жыл бұрын

Yep, but only scary nowadays, and if it were filmed today, they no doubt would have edited it out. Back then it clearly wasn't much of a concern.

@BroadcastJohn

4 жыл бұрын

A few years ago, I watched an old back and white game show that had Audrey Meadows (Alice Kramden from The Honeymooners) as a guest. And she gave out her social security number.

@smilesfordays

4 жыл бұрын

As a child of the 90’s I was taught to know my home address in case of emergency. It’s better she knows the home address than not and it was much harder to get around back then. Less chance of someone entertaining the idea of coming over so to speak. Just a different time for sure.

@patriciamooney928

2 жыл бұрын

Things were SOOooo different. Remember the first time some psychotic put something in Halloween apples? Shocking!

Fred only lived one year after saying at 14:22 "I'll have to live ten more years".

@Heres_Johnny.

6 ай бұрын

Actually he lived just over 6 months after this appearance. :(

Gene Rayburn was teamed up with Dee Finch at the time hosting WNEW AM radio's morning drive time program. He left the show in 1952 and was replaced by one of the program's panelists, Gene Klavan.

How beautiful this old good TV show was. Sorry if I beat someone feelings, but that looks to me that the real America... ❤️❤️❤️

Gene Rayburn played the guitar!

I LOVE this USA!

This was fun.

Betty looks so young here.

@theblake5356

4 жыл бұрын

That’s because she literally IS significantly younger.

@strivingformindfulness2356

3 жыл бұрын

Betty White was born on January 17, 1922, so she was 33 here.

$150 was a lot of money back then, but damn I would still take the $150 that is more then a days pay for me

I have never seen this before! I love it! Lol

OMG! That song is hysterical, lol.

Betty Whites still going strong long after those others have been long gone....shes been in alot of shows thru the years

@deangeloball588

2 жыл бұрын

RIP Betty White

Betty is stunning....

Fred Allen only had less than six months to live.

I thought Eddie Bracken looked familiar. Just realized it's Mr. Duncan.

This aired a week before my brother was born and he's 63! A month before James Dean died

@smilesfordays

4 жыл бұрын

Happy 64? 😎

@Airestotle09

3 жыл бұрын

was your dad part of Miss Evans class?

If the person running this is still active, this aired September 22, 1955...

Gloria Dehaven was gorgeous.

@ninnerj6400

3 жыл бұрын

She was Peter Marshalls (Hollywood Squares) sister!

@JT-nf9tk

2 жыл бұрын

@@ninnerj6400 No, she wasn't Peter Marshall's sister. Joanne Dru was his sister.

Fred is such a queen.

@dennistucker9081

2 жыл бұрын

I’m not sure I would say a queen. Perhaps a showboat. He certainly was extroverted to say the least. I thought he did fit in well on “What’s My Line,” where he served for some time before his death. He was funny for sure.

The Gloria panelist is quite good.

Nice show!!

Woah! almost 63 years ago.

@smilesfordays

4 жыл бұрын

Despite the differences, and advancements, it’s amazing video was available at that time haha.

love it

The format of Make the Connection is very similar to I've Got a Secret. Maybe that's why it didn't catch on.

I think the clues Gene gives before the game are a bit too generous.

@dennistucker9081

2 жыл бұрын

I must say I agree. I expect they were provided by the writers or producer.

Never heard of this show.

It was a much more innocent time.

What's My Line 2.0. Pretty cool.

Professionally threw the phone book lol

@aidennewell4034

3 жыл бұрын

Hello Lucy, How are you doing?

Gene Rayborn? Don't remember him looking so young!

@poolside123canadian7

6 жыл бұрын

Nancy Christiansen watch old match game episodes from the 60’s.😄

@baskervillebee6097

6 жыл бұрын

Dylan P I'm a major "What's My Line " fan, but not so much the Match Game. John Charles Daley set a high bar. I don't remember this show at all, but this is similar.

@Bigbadwhitecracker

6 жыл бұрын

Check out "The Name's the Same" with Gene and Meredith is most episodes; even younger.

Betty White? WOW!

Gene was goodlooking💜

HELP I'm looking for a particular episode, not based on the Special Feature or Star...it was a challenger lady who designs bridges for a mid=Eastern state..? Missouri, or Kentucky? the state doesn't matter, but the panel doesn't get the line....it's the episode trying to fine HELP

I wonder whether or not Fred Allen knew that there was already an urban folksong, "The Man Who Never Returned," written in 1949. It probably wasn't popularized until The Kingston Trio recorded it in 1959, but according to Wikipedia, it was originally adapted from an older folksong about a ship, as a mayoral campaign song for Boston candidate Walter A. O'Brien. [en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M.T.A._(song) ]As a native Bostonian, Fred might have heard the original. Anyway, here's a link to the Kingston Trio version, recorded about 4 years after this "Make The Connection" episode. :) kzread.info/dash/bejne/dpxtm5aDk6jMm6w.html

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3:10 - "I'm getting TIRED of this game - would you be interested in some Post Office???

will we look back to today with the same strangeness we see this?

I wonder if Fred Allen completed his book since ha passed away 6 months after this episode aired

@fromthesidelines

3 жыл бұрын

When "Much Ado About Me" was published after his death in 1956, it was about 95% completed.

Was Ms Evans on What's My Line

Gene Rayburn from Match Game!

Is that Durwood Kirby announcing

Just wondering, do you have the episode of What's My Line where Clint Eastwood attended?

@BroadcastJohn

4 жыл бұрын

I could not find Clint Eastwood mentioned as appearing as a mystery guest at www.kinescopes.com/WML_cbs.html. Did he appear as a panelist?

@danahsutton101

3 жыл бұрын

Im an Eastwood expert and never heard of him appearing on a game show.

This show is similar to "I've got a secret"

It seems as though,these days, the more flash and technology, the dumber the show.This show,from an era that now seems like a million years ago, obviously borrows from What's My Line, which was then,as Jeopardy is now, the most intelligent and entertaining game show on the tube.

The female John Travolta LoL

Familiar tune.. Old Joe Clark.

Who cut his hair? I like Gene Rayburn, but he looks really...don’t know...but Betty White is always a joy...

@poolside123canadian7

6 жыл бұрын

Karen Dinsfriend for 80 years 😂 yep

@saran3214

4 жыл бұрын

His suit is all over the place. Does not fit the sleeves are puffy the front opens up too wide. It needed burning. His shirt is too tight at the neck and you can see the necktie outline. I really like him but he looks awful here. Like a football player in a cheap suit.

@tonygalano6825

3 жыл бұрын

Gene Rayburn sporting the Nathan Christmas haircut.

Wow, it's Betty white. She's young! And not saying crude things

😉

I'm not a big Fred Allen fan but I've always liked Gene Rayburn.

mmm...as usual, the first 2 I've seen, the woman tees it up and the dude gets the answer

THE NEXT COMMENT IS NOT RELEVANT TO THIS SHOW BUT WHATS' MY LINE

Is this What's my line? Doesn't look like it... Why did this show up as listed as What's my line? Anyone know?

@jacquelinebell6201

Жыл бұрын

Its called Make the Connection. It probably came up because of Fred Allen's connection to WML. Just my thought. I've found all sorts of programs going on from WML.

That is America at its peak. Only downhill from that.

Sad to say, but if a TV host today asked a little girl for a kiss on the cheek, he'd get into real trouble.

The show is a blatant ripoff of (and not nearly as good as) I've Got a Secret.

@LandondeeL

3 жыл бұрын

As Allan Sherman, creator of "I've Got a Secret", once said: "If you don't steal from yourself, others will!"

@TheCalico72

2 жыл бұрын

I actually enjoyed this. The producers of I've Got a Secret created Make the Connection so I guess they did kind of ripoff their own show. I would've watched both shows, but it was 1964 before we got our first TV.