Oh my gosh. So funny!!! What a great show!!!

Quite historic having that cast of characters on stage at once.

Ed McMahon not too long after he started with the Tonight Show (filmed in NY in those days). Bud Collyer was an early radio voice of Superman (and Clark Kent). All real pros, including John Daly. A pleasure to watch intelligent, polite, literate people on TV. I think this episode was in 1967, toward the end of John Daly's run as host.

@bluebear1985

4 жыл бұрын

It was toward the end. The primetime run on CBS would come to an end on September 3 of that year. It would return in first-run syndication the following fall.

What a wonderful time in life and great weekly entertainment like...."What's My Line"....😉

Never knew Mark Goodson ever sat on the panel. To quote Bennett Cerf from the final episode, "I smell eight rats!"

@kevins.butler3402

4 жыл бұрын

Mark Goodson also served as a substitute host/moderator of"To Tell the Truth"..when the mc was not available.

@bluebear1985

4 жыл бұрын

@@kevins.butler3402 In the first instance, he seemed a bit more prepared, as Bud Collyer had already been ill for a bit, back in 1967. As for the 1991 incident, he had to step in suddenly when Alex Trebek rushed to the hospital to be with his wife, who was giving birth at the time.

Lol that was great , on of my favorite shows and all great show of by gone day - those were great times in tv now not so much.

It's a shame that not one foot of video tape exists of the original show exists when it was in color.

@marshamariner7897

2 жыл бұрын

U MAY find a few on utube. I subscribe and hv seen a couple in color

I never knew Ed McMahon hosted a game show back then

It is interesting how the shows changed over the years. For "To Tell the Truth", Bud Collyer was very affable with a very professional speaking voice. But especially if you watch a bunch of reruns back to back, you notice he was also rather mechanical. When Garry Moore was host, he was also very likeable but introduced a little comedy and meandering here and there. (There were other hosts in later incarnations including even Alex Trebek for awhile.) In 2016 a new, and modified, version of the show has been running and in my opinion it is just awful. I don't know if it is pandering to the "dumbing down of America", or is part of the cause. A voice you heard a lot in these old shows but is often overlooked is that of Johnny Olson, the announcer. He announced this and many other shows and on the final WML episode John Daly had him come out and be introduced on camera.

@briankooker2627

2 жыл бұрын

spot on observations.

Loved this series and now enjoying these reruns. Thanks for making these as part of your schedule!!

4:51 Rayburn's best line for this What's My Line.

@Hithere-ek4qt

3 жыл бұрын

Never liked Gene, he seems like a fellow too full of himself.

Great show!

Hooray for Allen and Gene! My two favorite hosts!

@Hithere-ek4qt

3 жыл бұрын

Allen, I agree, but not Gene.

I thought I remembered this episode being in color.

You wanna know something sad: I believe that of all the celebrities on this particular episode, only Ed McMahon and Arlene Francis made it to the 21st century

@JordanMB94

2 жыл бұрын

Don't forget Sue Oakland! She passed away earlier this year I think?

@rah62

Жыл бұрын

Not sure why it's sad. Death is a fact of life.

Even the Johnny was the king. He sent Ed in his place.

What was the date of this?

Did he come out ever?

Are there any tapes of what"s my lin of august 27 1968?

@sgsmozart

4 жыл бұрын

Well...that was my birthday..I was 19 !

You forgot about Bill Cullen price is right and Gary Moore to tell the truth! Maybe Johnny Carson whom do you trust? If that was a Goodman and. Toddman production?

Who's the woman, not Arlene Francis the other one?

@toddwacha5108

4 жыл бұрын

Sue Oakland, who did editorials for WCBS-TV in New York City in the 1970s as Sue Cott.

@benoitpellet1657

4 жыл бұрын

She’s gorgeous! What a stunner! Brains and beauty rolled into one!

They just needed Garry Moore!

@bluebear1985

5 жыл бұрын

I think "I've Got a Secret" had already been cancelled by this point. For the last couple of years that show was in primetime, it was actually hosted by Steve Allen.

@xoStarstruck

5 жыл бұрын

@@bluebear1985 Oh right, I don't really know that much about I've Got a Secret

@zarabada6125

5 жыл бұрын

@@bluebear1985 IGaS was cancelled on 3 April 1967 while WML was cancelled on 3 September 1967. If the reason why Steve Allen isn't present is due to the cancellation this will be somewhere in the last 6 months of the original WML run.

@ajk

5 жыл бұрын

@@zarabada6125 Looking up Snap Judgment just to see where it fell in this era of shows, it indeed would be the case, because it debuted the same day IGaS was cancelled. So IGaS would not have been a thing when this was aired based on that fact.

The OLDEST mystery guest should have sat, so either Gene or Allen

@OldRustySteele

Жыл бұрын

Actually, Bud Collyer who was seated, was indeed the oldest. He was born in 1908. Rayburn and Ludden both born in 1917, and McMahon in 1923. Bud only lived three more years after this episode was filmed, dying in 1970. He was only 61 when he passed away.

@maddyhayes617

Жыл бұрын

Who is the other lady besides Arlene

@maddyhayes617

Жыл бұрын

@@OldRustySteele cause of death?

@OldRustySteele

Жыл бұрын

@@maddyhayes617 Maddy, that was Sue Oakland. She was a local TV newscaster and performer in NYC.

@OldRustySteele

Жыл бұрын

@@maddyhayes617 I’m not sure. The Wikipedia article said he had been in ill health for a while but it didn’t really say more.

This was staged, they knew from the start of the show it would be these guys appearing, especially Mark Goodson because he got the say who could and could not appear on the show..

@marcuspd7502

5 жыл бұрын

Then why didn’t they guess who it was?

@gedias1

5 жыл бұрын

I'm pretty sure that they were able to surprise him with these guys, since they were all employed by him.

@lewisc215

4 жыл бұрын

rubbish

@justrelax1539

3 жыл бұрын

Well maybe Bill Todman called and wanted them to come, but he didn't tell Mark about it

@marcwaxman7429

3 жыл бұрын

Interesting comment with no evidence to back it up! So, I guess it's just an opinion!