Oh heavens. You come on You Tube for one thing, but start watching these wonderful old clips of What's My Line, and one leads to another just like potato chips...and two hours later...

@kolab18

7 жыл бұрын

Anastasia Beaverhausen

@FayeJones

6 жыл бұрын

Lol

@deborahlosekelly1520

5 жыл бұрын

Exactly!!!!

@horseshowevents7975

4 жыл бұрын

yeah who needs sleep anyway

@chaunceytomlinson5232

3 жыл бұрын

yep

I've been binge watching these episodes for two days now. Thanks to whomever is preserving these fine shows.

@cathytigges9373

4 ай бұрын

I am 70 and it’s so wonderful to go back in time.

So fun to see Francis the Talking Mule!😄😍

@JanetM-ro6xc

9 ай бұрын

Francis the Talking Mule is still so much fun!

Love Arlene’s detection of garbage in this episode! She is utterly charming.

It seems like every time I watch What's My Line I really enjoy it. Can't say that about a lot of shows on TV today !

@jamesanthony8438

4 жыл бұрын

Heck, I can't say it about _any_ of the shows on TV today. =)

@Farrah300

2 жыл бұрын

I wholeheartedly agree.

@SonnyBubba

Жыл бұрын

Then why can’t this show be rebooted?

There is something very nostalgic about What’s My Line ...

I love the ability to visit the past, the golden age of television, by watching quality television.

Arlene has powerful skills of deduction!

@LarsRyeJeppesen

7 жыл бұрын

Do you have any documentation or links that confirms this?

@byte01010101me

7 жыл бұрын

Another conspiracy theorist.

@jimboy819

3 жыл бұрын

Bennett is smarter.

@justthinking526

3 жыл бұрын

Dorothy, Bennett and Arlene employ critical thinking

@johnmh1000

3 жыл бұрын

Agreed - but sometimes I'm blown away how Bennet just pulls a question out of the air and it leads to the correct answer. I think a very, very clever man.

What a joy this show is! An absolute joy!

@rmelin13231

Жыл бұрын

It is that!

I was born in 1955...I remember this program as well as to tell the truth. I always thought the women were glamorous

Hal Bloch was so impressed by Dr. Kleppenger that he asked if the panel could shake her hand after her "line" was guessed. I thought that was so touching.

@yellowleaf28

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, but he kept interrupting John who was trying to fill them in on what kind of doctor she was

I am so addicted to this show. I love the panel- even Hal. I think he’s funny. I’m a woman and don’t find him offensive at all. I think it’s just his Schtick so to speak. I love Arlene and Dorothy. They’re smart, beautiful, classy, and glamorous. I’ve watched later episodes and Arlene gets more attractive as she gets older. Thanks for uploading these.

@slaytonp

4 жыл бұрын

I think Hal improves over time during his times on this show. Either that, or you just get used to him. I was young back then and we weren't normally offended by the "sexist" type comments by men. It was supposed to be complimentary and flattering. Attitudes have decidedly changed since then---even mine, not that I hear whistles and sexual comments anymore, myself. Alas! No one has the audacity to offend me anymore!

@richardberman3050

3 жыл бұрын

I cannot imagine any Not finding Hal Block offensive. Nothing more than a crude thug. There is a reason his tenure on WML was incredibly short.

@pambayyari8573

3 жыл бұрын

Block was vulgar and tried to be as funny as the Allen's etc ...also on the prowl always...yuck

@miketheyunggod2534

Жыл бұрын

Only liberals get offended at his type of comedy. Snowflakes who get offended at a drop of a hat. It's comedy and that's all it is.

@miketheyunggod2534

Жыл бұрын

@@pambayyari8573 let's Go Brandon!

Francis the Talking Mule from the movies was the predecessor to Mr. Ed the Talking Horse on television.

@jetnut89

6 жыл бұрын

You mean its not the same horse?

@libertubey2199

5 жыл бұрын

Both Francis and Mister Ed were the brainchild of Arthur Lubin.

@slaytonp

4 жыл бұрын

I was introduced to Mr. Ed before I even heard of television, by a serial publication in either "Colliers" magazine or "The Saturday Evening Post." I can't recall which, but remember it being very funny. During a fox hunt, Mr. Ed yells "Yoiks yoiks, the fox." having a much better time than his rider who is barely hanging on--- Well, it was funny way back then---

@marthagill8336

2 жыл бұрын

Mr. Ed was a beautiful animal, even in b&w. Francis was . . . a mule.

@aileen694

2 жыл бұрын

@@marthagill8336 Yes but Martha, mules are often valued these days in certain environments! They apparently are clever, have great strength, stamina and agility for certain types of work. Also, they make excellent watchdogs!

John Daly: "Yes, she is a male." LOL!

I loved this video when Francis the talking mule walked in!! Lol.

It’s 2023 and this is still really entertaining.

This was always a good show, but they were wise to eliminate the awkward walk or hike of inspection and the free guesses!

Been watching for a month or so and couldn't refrain from making a few comments. I'll try to do better and be less opinionated, but from the time we got TV in 1958, my family and I were addicted. You've provided me with a long-awaited relapse. Thank you doesn't cover the joy you've given me. It's like my parents and brother and sister are back in the livingroom eating it up with me. Fudge and popcorn and love, oh my.

@gabbyg7315

2 жыл бұрын

Ah, nostalgia.

@dinahbrown902

Жыл бұрын

How Wonderful

@wharfrat7900

Жыл бұрын

What a great memory to have. Thanks for sharing it.

@lemorab1

7 ай бұрын

I feel the same way. This takes me back to the den watching TV with my folks back in the 1950's.

what a job for the "panel" people to have. Getting paid great money, having tons of fun, and best of all- meeting all of these Hollywood celebrities.

@JimBalter

3 жыл бұрын

Most of the panelists already knew most of the celebrities, and they made far more money in their day jobs.

@tc556guy

2 жыл бұрын

I doubt they made much money in those days. Just look at what passed for prize money on the show. And when they said they were taking a commercial break, they really meant *a* commercial break. TV then was a poor stepchild to the movie industry

@randysills4418

Жыл бұрын

The panelists were paid $750 per show (plus profit sharing according to Bennett Cerf)...

I didn’t grow up with a television so I missed all these shows. Now at 73 I watch WML and love it. It’s better than anything on television today.

Arlene did a great job with the Garbage truck lady.

@LarsRyeJeppesen

7 жыл бұрын

She totally killed it.. amazing woman

@esmeephillips5888

Жыл бұрын

My guess is that by about 1970 the audience would not have laughed at a woman driving a garbage truck.

What a great program . All of these people where so part of their world then. I find it so sad that they have all moved on and have passed on, they can no longer meet and be a part of each others lives any more.

Dorothy looks really nice with her longer hair style.

In the early 1950s I used to go to the theater for all the Francis the talking mule they were funny

Watching this on the 67th anniversary of its airing! This was such a great TV game show.

Oh I so wanted to see this show. I love Francis the Talking Mule movie more than the Mr.Ed TV Show. All the gang on this one too.

Totally love these shows.

I was born the day after this show.

@vaec58

5 жыл бұрын

plutoplatters I want born yet...

@slaytonp

4 жыл бұрын

I had just graduated from high school and married my first husband directly after, which was the kind of thing that one tended to do in those days.

@jeffgumer3784

3 жыл бұрын

I was born 3 days after this show.

All of these generations, all of these lives. I have to assume that everyone who appeared on this episode is "no more." That's why I am more interested in the "non-celebrity" guests. For most of them, this is a kind of "immortality."

@capuchinosofia4771

2 жыл бұрын

Indeed! It's neat to see. A piece of history, for the non-famous

@macmcleod1188

Ай бұрын

I have seen episodes with guests who were world famous at the time and yet we have completely forgotten them

@519djw6

Ай бұрын

@@macmcleod1188 Can you give one or two examples?

@macmcleod1188

Ай бұрын

@519djw6 I would have to go back and re-watch the episodes to find them. Daily said they were world famous and I didn't recognize them so I looked them up. And already I don't remember their names. If you watch enough, you'll stumble across those episodes

When I was a kid, my local town had a theater that played old movies on Saturday afternoon: Francis the Talking Mule pictures was shown often

@janbreden553

3 жыл бұрын

The talking mule be a winner under young and old.

This is a simpler time but not an easier time.

I have always loved this show and am so glad that I can see this anytime!!!

@brandonflorida1092

Жыл бұрын

Unfortunately, only selected episodes exist on DVD and the majority of episodes filmed have been lost.

Kind words by Hal Block, there, in praise of country doctors

Still a great show as I remember it! WML had . . . everybody . . . who was . . . anybody . . . on this show. It had a great run! Thanks for sharing.

@janeiwasduncan8463

3 жыл бұрын

Could you imagine any of todays stars being on this show.. Tom Cruise?? Tom Hanks?? I don't thinkso!

Good clean program. Wish we had something like this program today.

These shows are wonderful!

I’m so hooked on these and hooked on Arlene .

@brandonflorida1092

Жыл бұрын

Me too.

I grew up watching this show every Sunday evening at 9:30pm. I never realized how addicting it was.

@yellowleaf28

Жыл бұрын

I was going to say that’s a little late for a Sunday, but I write this at 11:54pm on a Sunday…

That was a Generous Gift for The Country Doctor, Awesome. I 💖 This Show 💖💯

Francis the Talking Muel was sensational

Hal gave me the biggest laugh of the series so far with the end of his first line of questioning that first lady. Such a good set-up for comedy that first part and it just emerges naturally. Brilliant!

@craigvandyke5136

Жыл бұрын

Block was not given the answers, however he was sometimes given a certain type of questions to ask for comedic purposes. The practice was discontinued around the time of the quiz shows scandals.

@nicolecampanello5161

10 ай бұрын

@@craigvandyke5136what were the quiz show scandals?

@janetaylorparris

9 ай бұрын

@@nicolecampanello5161Nicole, just google your exact words and that will get you started!

That’s the cutest mule I’ve ever seen

I’ve never seen Bennett in a light colored suit. Looks nice.

Francis is beautiful!

@c0mputer

3 жыл бұрын

Which one!

@jimgriffiths9071

2 жыл бұрын

And the mule wasn't so bad either....

I like how he says 'prizes' ... much less coarse than 'cash'.

@belindaalbright8798

2 жыл бұрын

The guests also received gifts of products provided by the sponsors. The reference to prizes was all inclusive.

"What would you do with a thing (garbage) like that?" "This is your chosen work?" Obviously not Arleens idea of a dream profession.

Very funny - every episode is hilarious.

I loved the Francis the mule movies.

Some of Hal Blocks *wild free guesses* are subtly disguised and thoughtfully clever.... "I think she punches out the wholes of Lifesavers... and makes a *mint* ." 😂

@tejaswoman

Жыл бұрын

You'll notice the delayed groan as various people in the audience suddenly get the joke. 😆

@dcasper8514

Жыл бұрын

Holes of lifesavers

@tomgraves6463

Жыл бұрын

@@dcasper8514 Lol, yea thanks.

"Yes, she is a male" xD the next line about jackass is a killer too.

"Francis" was actually a female mule named "Molly". (Female mules, like many species, being easier to work with.)

@Kerithanos

5 жыл бұрын

Many species, perhaps, but certainly not ours.

@SueBeaWho

5 жыл бұрын

@@Kerithanos lol

@cjb8010

4 жыл бұрын

Sam, aren’t female mules called jennies?

@capuchinosofia4771

2 жыл бұрын

This just makes the "yes, she is a male" comment way funnier!

The doctor donating money to the Polio Fund. In 2021 we don't even think of Polio being a thing that people need to think about, or contribute to it's eradication.

@CottonO

2 жыл бұрын

For some who had recovered from Polio, the weakness returned forty years later as Post Polio Syndrome.

Arlene is so smart ❤❤❤❤❤

My grandmother used Railroad Mills snuff for many years and enjoyed it. when I was a kid I would go to the store and buy it for her.

Just wonderful, great, I love this👀

It is astonishing to see Arlene 's transformation from the first few seasons. By the 60's she had invested in her image.

"Yes, she is a male." I can't breathe...!

@Bigbadwhitecracker

9 жыл бұрын

So... was Francis the original Ladyboy from Thailand?

@aileen694

2 жыл бұрын

@Jamie Scott 🥴🤣

I love that John Daly pet Francis.

I’ve watched so many of these episodes now, it’s wonderful to see Miss Arlene wearing the same heart necklace. It must have been a special gift and cherished by her.

@keithhyttinen8275

3 жыл бұрын

It's sad her heart necklace was stolen sometime in the early 70's. Snatched off her as she strolled down Park Avenue in New York I heard.

@keymaninmusic

3 жыл бұрын

By a black man, no doubt.

@nolitetebastardescarborund9761

3 жыл бұрын

@@keymaninmusic Yeah, & a immigrant, no less. Troll!

@janeiwasduncan8463

3 жыл бұрын

It was gifted to her by her husband... He gave her another after the theft...

@Farrah300

2 жыл бұрын

Yes it was. It was a gift from her husband, Martin Gabel, who sometimes was a panelist.

Best legs on a mystery guest EVA!

what a great to have been a kid, tv was so much fun and new

@janbreden553

3 жыл бұрын

Yes the Mr. Francis the talking mule is still popular for young and old. For how many years now. Please give us more of the popular person

Bennett's line of questioning with the last contestant, especially the last question about physical strength, leads me to believe he suspected she was a chiropractor.

23:59 - She donated her prize to The Polio Fund - two years after this show the first effective and commercially available polio vaccine (Salk) was released to the world. Around the time of this show (1952) and into 1953, the US experienced an outbreak of 93,000 polio cases with deaths numbering 4,600 - just in those two years. 2,996 people died in the September 11 attacks to put it into perspective. Today, in 2019, we still have dangerous fools who are against vaccinations - they are the people who hold back civilisation and in many respects, take us backwards.

@MyNamesNotLars1

3 жыл бұрын

Muh vaccines muh vaccines The majority of polio today is caused by vaccines

@stevekru6518

3 жыл бұрын

Paul wrote his absolutely correct comments a month before the Covid19 pandemic which in early January 2021 is killing as many Americans in ONE DAY as polio did in TWO YEARS. The good news, effective vaccines have been made in one tenth the normal time.

@icturner23

3 жыл бұрын

My father had mild polio as a small child before this, and has a physical impairment ever since. He was luckier than most children who caught it. The rise of anti-vax gibberish is truly horrifying.

@icturner23

3 жыл бұрын

@@MyNamesNotLars1 If that’s even true, it’s because all the other polio is prevented. It’s still by far a better overall outcome.

@MyNamesNotLars1

3 жыл бұрын

@@icturner23 Tru but the cult of vaccines is very silly

Hal was the only one who gave Francis some type of affection. An every day Joe.

The mystery challenger is *SOOOO* cute! :P

When men carried handkerchiefs. You don’t see them much today. People prefer their sleeves today.

This is a very early show when they still had the "free guesses" and what has become called the "Walk of Shame". In some of those, a panelist would even ask to see the label in a woman's dress. Or ask a woman to turn around and such. The free guesses were almost always useless, corny, and often a panelist trying to be funny and not successfully. They eventually dropped the free guesses and John Daly in a very perfunctory manner said something like, "We're going to do things a little differently tonight and not have the free guesses" and he moved on and that was that. Never again. With those two things gone, the show was then 100% class.

country doctor today known as a general practitioner

boy when tv was classy unlike the crap they peddle today

What a treat is What's My Line in 2021

WOW, I was 2 days old when this aired! (I doubt I was watching that night) LOL

Great episode. Thanks for sharing. 😊

Arlene is so good at this.

@Cerph

Жыл бұрын

I read somewhere recently, that she was paid way more than the other panelists.

God bless you Francis for your patience, dealing with these PATIENTS!! 🤪🤪🤪

$50 in 1952 is the equivalent of $500 in 2019 terms

Wow, refreshing to see my favorite - Francis... They know who the MG are.........

The episode guide for the Syndicated revival says that Lassie was also a Mystery Guest. As far as live animals on WML are concerned.

So cool they had on Francis the Talking Mule! Terri Johnson

Francis was the first one to get a Patsy award.

Awww. I wanna hug francis!!

Sad Dorothy died 1965 unexectedly

Love this gameshow. Fun and direct to the point in opposition to today's overdramatized freakshows.

@bigredracingteam9642

2 жыл бұрын

I wholeheartedly agree.

Watching these early WML episodes, I miss the practice of the contestants meeting the panel members at the conclusion of their game (which was later adopted). It's interesting to see the people being acknowledged by the panel and their brief interaction. On the other hand, I like the fact that the show later removed the practice of allowing free guesses by the panel. I felt that was a waste of time and provided little entertainment value.

It just struck me that Arlene had had her nose done a few years ahead of this. Good for her - it made her look even better than ever!

I don't understand why so many commentators have a thing against Hal Block. Not just this particular episode but other airings also. He seems normal enough to me.

@R.M.MacFru

3 жыл бұрын

According to Wikipedia, he was fired for "inappropriate on-air behavior."

@capuchinosofia4771

2 жыл бұрын

@@BobDobbs681 same lol

@shadowgirl8038

Жыл бұрын

I agree. He is funny.

@jodie4609

10 ай бұрын

He crossed the line on air by a hair

Arlene Francis is adorable.

Funny how surprised to see a lady garbage truck driver they were in the 50s. This one cleaned up well.

Arlene is very bright !

I 💖 Mr Ed 💖💯

The contestants' handwriting is beautiful.

@bigredracingteam9642

2 жыл бұрын

Indeed. Alas that skill is all but extinct today.

I have never thought of snuff as being a food.

@portagee66

5 жыл бұрын

GD Blackthorn It's no longer allowed here, but at one time, high-end snuff sometimes contained true natural flavorings, like shredded peppermint leaves, cocoa powder, etcetera. I didn't catch whether the challenger or Daly SAID it was food, and assumed the panel made the food assumptions after it was said it could be used in the mouth...and Daly simply didn't correct them.

@vincentdaly78

3 жыл бұрын

@@portagee66 The answer to the question "Is it edible?" was yes. Pretty dubious if you ask me.

@anselm4360

3 жыл бұрын

Probably because it isn't food. 😂

Mr. Francis the mule, be there but something be missing. Please could we get more of the pure Mr. Francis the mule

Well, whatever else one is to think of Hal, I give him a buncha comedy points for his kiss to FtTM. (And always more sympathy points for his particularly unpleasant death many years later). If I'm ever a contestant on some next-worldly WML ("Minion who would have been sent out with a shovel and a brain bottle if the Regional Commissioner of his Federal agency had decided to build a Creature"), I rather hope that Hal will be on the panel.

Another mistake by Mr. Daly. He allowed Ms. 'Drives Garbage Truck' to lead the panel astray thinking her line deals in a product. Driving a garbage truck provides a _service_ to those for whom she picks up garbage. Therefore, the act of picking up garbage and disposing of it is firmly a service, not a product. Yes, her garbage service does handle many different types of products (including food) when disposing of said garbage, but the products themselves being disposed of are not her line. In this show's defense, I know this was early into the run of this series (2 years), so Mr. Daly may not have been nearly as fastidious as he would later become farther into the run of this series.

@WhatsMyLine

8 жыл бұрын

There were garbage truck drivers on WML many times, and every single time, they were considered to deal in a product. I will grant you that this case is a LOT more questionable than the example you pointed to in another video, the person who tested razor blades. "Product" DOES tend to imply something useful or desirable, rather than garbage, which is pretty much the exact opposite. But. . . in the case of garbage collectors, I think you have to bear in mind that this was intended to be an entertaining program first and foremost. The fun to be had by misleading the panel into asking absurd questions about garbage was far more important than being as technically precise as possible. These garbage collector segments never fail to be a hoot, and always because of the panelists asking things they wouldn't have asked if they weren't thinking in terms of a product. But yes, I have to agree this is one case where the terms they established on the show itself were being stretched pretty thin.

@DeathBringer769

8 жыл бұрын

+Brian Wright Product is literally anything that is produced. People produce garbage. The connotation of a "product" being a desirable thing that people go out and purchase/want should NOT be assumed for the purposes of this show.

@ToddSF

8 жыл бұрын

More of a "waste product" than a regular "product". Not exactly a by-product, but "by-product" would be closer to what garbage is than just "product". Still, in the WML "terms of reference", garbage is a specifically identifiable thing without which a garbage truck driver would not be in business, hence a "product" for want of a better WML term of reference.

@brianwright657

8 жыл бұрын

The act of driving garbage from point A to B is clearly a service, not a product. A product means producing something tangible that you can hold and touch. You can't hold _driving a garbage truck_ in your hand any more than you can hold _razor blade testing_ in your hand. Yes, you can hold garbage in your hand and you can hold a razor in your hand, but the acts of _driving_ and _testing_ are not tangible products. These are services. Therefore, a garbage truck driver deals in the act of driving. Therefore, razor blade testing deals in the act of testing. Performing an act of any kind is always considered a service because it is not tangible.

@ToddSF

8 жыл бұрын

Brian Wright -- Very often the question is asked on WML "Is there a product associated with your service?" I think that's what was asked here, and garbage is the tangible, physical thing that is without question associated with the service of driving a garbage truck. Without garbage, driving a garbage truck would be pointless. The question for me is, "Can garbage really be described as a product?" There's no doubt in my mind that "Is there a product associated with your service?" is a legitimate question, and in cases where the answer is "yes", discerning the product is a good way of getting to the service.

Man, I thought the second contestant's job was "Sells Stuff" XD

@peterwinkler3570

6 жыл бұрын

I did too at first, but then I need new glasses.

@paulmorin6569

Ай бұрын

"sells stuff"would be a broad category

I guess now that cursive is no longer being taught in schools, if they ever revive the show, it will be "Will you print in please."

@bigredracingteam9642

2 жыл бұрын

I don't think kids are learning to write by hand properly anymore. Also, typing on computers are required from very early on in most schools these days.

@shadowgirl8038

Жыл бұрын

It's crazy. Especially when you consider signing your signature on documents. I just don't get it.

¶ I had thought the episode of "What's My Line?" with "Francis the Talking Mule" as Mystery Guest was among those presumed "lost" (no kinescope filmed), as is the episode of December 24. 1950 with Santa Claus as a Mystery Guest. It is nice to see the "Francis" appearance on "What's My Line?" is not lost to the ages. ~ ¶ It was too bad "What's My Line?" producer Gil Fates could not also have arranged for actor Chill Wills (the voice of "Francis" in six of Universal-International's seven films in the "Francis" series) to have appeared on the program as well; with Wills, of course, disguising his voice, at least through most of the questioning segment. ~ ¶ I wonder if there is any chance some of the so-called "lost" episodes (from between 1950-52) of "What's My Line?" might still be unearthed one day? There is or was a person who maintains a library of actual network episodes (complete with sponsor advertisements) of "What's My Line?," ostensibly available by request to those with a close relative who appeared as a guest on the show. I had always wondered if this person who maintains network episodes of "What's My Line?" had any of the so-called "lost" episodes of the classic Goodson-Todman panel game show. As with most, if not all, classic television, it is better to watch episodes unedited and with original sponsor segments.

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The first one confused everybody. Garbage isn't a product

that first guests job shocked me i wouldn't have ever guessed that