Janet Leigh just out of doing Psycho and beginning Manchurian Candidate. These were her golden years.

@jubalcalif9100

5 жыл бұрын

How true ! She was at the top of her game in the late 50s and early 60s ! A fine & underrated actress !

@rogerpropes7129

2 жыл бұрын

How ironic that Tony Curtis was then filming 'Taras Bulba' in Argentina when he met and married his co-star Christine Kaufman after Janet divorced him !

@michaelrudzick9038

2 жыл бұрын

Janet Leigh was wonderful as actress and as beloved human being . You gave her a role and she ever know how to show the best.

This is tons better than what's to watch on television now.

@joesmith5642

9 жыл бұрын

Yes, that's why I watch these old shows instead.

@angelajoseph6709

5 жыл бұрын

B Kavanaugh Well of course! Sadly so are the people:-/

@preppysocks209

4 жыл бұрын

True in many respects, like reality shows, but there are excellent dramas on TV now -- it is like the early days -- smaller audiences for programs and money available to go above the lowest common denominator

@davidsanderson5918

4 жыл бұрын

B Kavanaugh What IS to watch on television now? Television is over.

@juanettebutts9782

3 жыл бұрын

I gave up television many years ago, there was very little on it I wanted to see. I much prefer watching older movies, classic TV shows, and my favorite: What's My Line? on KZread.

I love Arlene‘s reaction when she guesses the line.😂❤

I cannot get enough of WHAT'S MY LINE? here recently. It's such a good, clean, and witty show. And the manners seem to be from another planet. I wish the manners would come back, but I'm sure we all know that this era in time is just a footnote of history.

@leesher1845

2 жыл бұрын

I feel the same way. I watch episodes at night to relax me and make me forget about all the ills in the 🌎

@p.o694

Жыл бұрын

if all the people who wished so actually did, then it would for them

@paulchristopher8634

Жыл бұрын

Amen to that

@JulieStJohn-jb4cy

Жыл бұрын

I love reading other people say how much they love what’s my line because I know they understand my own love for the show. It’s become one of my favorite things to do on KZread, every evening, It’s a throwback to my family’s home on Sunday night, it’s a reminder of my father‘s humor and both my parents’ love for the show, it’s so relaxing. Plus, I am in love with Bennett Cerf! ❤️

@margerymark8520

Жыл бұрын

For some reason, these started coming up in my KZread feed in the last month and I’m totally addicted! I was a little kid in its latter years but never watched it back in the day. And Julie St. John, I too have fallen for Bennett Cerf! Never mind that he’d be 125 years old now- I’m smitten!

Every school of communication should show these episodes to give students knowledge of proper speaking and investigative services. These older shows have so much to offer.

@dennisbedard9850

2 жыл бұрын

You are spot on. Teach people how to conduct themselves in a civil society. The word that always captured the essence of this show is "urbane."

@davidahlstrom7533

Жыл бұрын

I think some people do still speak like this. But sadly, it is not the norm (especially the politeness).

@catedemallie2129

8 ай бұрын

Can also be used in education to demonstrate critical thinking, problem solving, and deductive reasoning.

I will always love John Payne in the original "Miracle on 34th Street."

@rickw3243

2 жыл бұрын

He was also great in The Restless Gun.

Second contestant, Nelson Cruz Arias....my biological father...

@piyushmisra1839

2 жыл бұрын

This would be a special episode for you and to be able to see your father in his youth must be an amazing experience.

I remember well this show from when I was a child. The panelists and host were so much more sophisticated than I or my friends or family would ever be. It was like they were from another world. My family always watched this show, though.

So sorry to see how badly injured John Payne was as he was a very handsome man. And also a very nice man which comes across in his movies. Well educated, he had wanted to be a writer and was interested in the books written by C. S. Lewis. He was in such pain, I would think being on the show was difficult.

@JDAbelRN

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, the bags under his eyes show extreme lack of sleep, presumably secondary to extreme pain.

@sbalman

Жыл бұрын

The accident had happened quite some time before (1959, I think). He was almost 50 years old in the program and went on to have a very long life.

@sbalman

Жыл бұрын

@@JDAbelRN He was about 50 years old and looks great to me.

@bethdeesb

Жыл бұрын

@@sbalman actually the life threatening accident was on March 1, 1961 so I thought Payne looked really great considering his injuries.

Poor Dorothy. She gets introduced by some guy off stage shouting as "the columnist read from coast to coast" while Arlene gets introduced in hushed reverent tones as the gorgeous, divine, most beautiful....

No one mentioned this yet - Janet Leigh & John Payne would be in the famous COLUMBO episode 14 years later (1975) where Janet plays a "has been" singer and dancer and watches her old movies as she is slowly losing her memory. They used real footage of Janet's movie "Walkin' My Baby Back Home" from 1953 with Donald O'Connor

@DDumbrille

8 жыл бұрын

A very sad episode. Payne looks like he's about 85, instead of 63. But he looked at least 10 years older than his age here, and even before his accident. Not sure if he drank or smoked, but something surely took a huge toll on his looks...

@jmccracken1963

7 жыл бұрын

In which movie she does, indeed, do her own singing and dancing. She's very good at both!

@Movieman1776

7 жыл бұрын

DDumbrille John Payne would have been 49 years old if this episode was filmed in 1961.

@danielfronc4304

6 жыл бұрын

Al Yerbury He's a old 49 here. Lots of wear and tear so to speak.

@loissimmons6558

5 жыл бұрын

+dept2 It so happens that I just watched a clip from that "Columbo" episode, the part where Columbo drops down from the tree to his dog in the yard of Miss Leigh's home. Miss Leigh comes down to check on him. It was an episode that borrowed a bit from "Sunset Boulevard", but while you can see that Miss Leigh is no longer an ingenue, she still looks quite lovely (i.e. better than Gloria Swanson did), even if her outfit is a bit out there.

It's always great to see John Payne on any show, though not quite as old as this show I've come to 💘 every episode I've watched so far, thanks to the advent of you tube, otherwise millions of people would never even hear about it, thank you so much for posting

I wonder what Arlene's IQ is. She so good at this and seems very intelligent. They all sound and act so distinguished and articulate, but also show great wit and have fun. It's so superior to today's behaviors. They showed a lot more consideration also. And this game is addictive! Thanks for upload!

@Frankcastlepunisher74

Жыл бұрын

She reminds me of Marilu Henner! I wonder if she had a photographic memory!

@momabug75

10 ай бұрын

Very sad that she died with Alzheimer’s very smart lady.

@WBCRO

9 ай бұрын

@@momabug75Awwww! I didn’t know her cause of death…. such a horrific disease. 😢

Janet Leigh and John Payne appear together in 1975 episode of COLUMBO Forgotten Lady.

@jaengen

Жыл бұрын

That was a classic Colombo episode.

Janet Leigh and John Payne were in a memorable episode of Columbo together: Forgotten Lady! (:

@caroler01

3 ай бұрын

Was that the one where she played a forgotten actress and he takes the rap for her having killed her husband?

@mercedeslatapie9772

21 күн бұрын

@@caroler01 Yes. A lovely episode. Just saw it this evening on Prime. Colombo Season 5, Episode 1. Different from regular Columbo stories. Very sweet! Janet Leigh and John Payne were excellent. Peter Falk even dressed in a tuxedo in one scene!!!!!

Inadvertently, the audience gives the panel hints. Part of the fun.

Janet had the most incredible beautiful face in her heyday. Unbeatable beauty.

True about what Dorothy says here about John Payne. He was hit by a car in NYC in March of that year and suffered serious injuries. Facial scars may be detected here upon closeup. A very good actor and singer as well as an astute businessman. Look him up.

@jmccracken1963

7 жыл бұрын

One can also see the bruises on the knuckles of both hands, particularly his left hand.

@rogerpropes7129

5 жыл бұрын

I think what you see is hairy knuckles, something you rarely get to see of the stars.

@jubalcalif9100

5 жыл бұрын

I never knew about that auto accident till I saw this episode ! THANKS for the additional info ! John Payne was a truly gifted actor who could do it all: act, sing, dance, etc & was equally good in both dramatic & comedic parts.

With the director of the mint, I was waiting for the panel to ask her if she made money doing her job. That would have gotten a huge laugh 😂

@mehboobkm2018

Жыл бұрын

But there was another funny question, " is it a valuable product!? "

Curious to see John Payne. What a bonus Janet Leigh. Thank you.

This show was long before my time, but I remember my parents talking about many of these stars who appear on the show, and now through these old films, I get to see what they looked like. I like to see the old-fashioned clothes and the manners that the guests exhibit. So different from today! I also love the interactions of Bennett and John--the teasing and good-natured barbs remind me of myself and my best friend from high school.

My mother was born on this date so cool

I always remember Janet Leigh’s voice in the fog , Great film 🎥

The audience tonight was very lively and reacted very enthusiastically to almost everything. I wonder if newly hired Johnny Olson had anything to do with it. He used to rev up audiences before taping. I remember him doing this when we would attend tapings of the Price is Right and he was so very good at it.

@Walterwhiterocks

5 жыл бұрын

As well as on To Tell The Truth.

@davidsanderson5918

4 жыл бұрын

Gary Zerr Ahhhhh that explains it. I was wondering if "cheering for the US mint" was a peculiarly American thing maybe. Ha ha.

@rivaridge7211

Жыл бұрын

Gary Zerr, Yes, Johnny Olson was absolutely wonderful at what he did - so much so, that (in the 1960's) he was flown from New York City down to Miami, Florida (every week, for years!) to do the warm-ups/announcing duties for the "Jackie Gleason Show." I can still hear his great voice in my head; "From Miami Beach, the fun and sun capital of the world - It's the Jackie Gleason Show!"

RIP Janet Leigh. Overdue condolences to the family

What a pretty, demure, and classy lady Janet Leigh was!

@jubalcalif9100

5 жыл бұрын

i have a notion to second that emotion ! A class act all the way !

Dorothy to Bennett: "Milking steers?" That was rich!

Janet Leigh was so pretty and so was her husband Tony Curtis was very handsome. What a handsome couple they were!!

@jubalcalif9100

5 жыл бұрын

Amen to that ! Sad that their marriage ended in divorce due to Tony's extramarital affairs.

Psycho and Manchurian Candidate. Two great movies back to back. And of course there's Touch of Evil.

@LANCSKID

4 ай бұрын

Along with ‘Old Bores Get Snuckered’, ‘How to Talk a Lot and Say Nothing’ and, that all time favourite ‘Cackle and Corn’.

I have learned so much Googling the panel and some of the guest. It is fascinating how the lives of President Kennedy and Dorothy Kilgallen were about to intersect so tragically.

I'm fascinated by the fact that some of the actual dialogue within this particular episode can be found in the Wikipedia article on John Payne!

Earlier that same night, the December 31, 1961 episode was recorded.

@loissimmons6558

5 жыл бұрын

Too bad the final challenger couldn't bring samples ...

Wow, this must have been just before Tony Curtis left Janet Leigh for his young German co-star from that very film he was working on in Argentina, "Taras Bulba".

@loissimmons6558

5 жыл бұрын

It might have been mutual, although it was Curtis who filed the divorce papers on Leigh. Miss Leigh didn't take long to remarry and that marriage lasted until her death 42 years later. Curtis on the other hand was married five more times after his divorce from Miss Leigh, four of them ending in divorce and the last one with his death.

@ElCid48

5 жыл бұрын

@@loissimmons6558 Tony Curtis was an A-hole.

Two things: John Payne asked one of the most bizarre questions I've heard on these episodes, 'Is it fibrous?' Many things have fibres, so it wasn't a shrewd move. Secondly, the cow dentist from Colombia was working in his 2nd language and clearly wasn't fluent in English. The word 'livestock' confused him and John Daly had to mime most of his answers by nodding a yes. Oh yes, and Janet Leigh's tartan dress looked great from the front but clumsy from behind with the square cut-outs from the fabric. I wish we could see what colour it was.

Janet Leigh is very charming.

I guess Dorothy isn't all-knowing. She should have known where paper money comes from.

Another of Arlene's $3,000.00 mink coats. I remember someone bringing that up once. She loved her furs and always wore them so well. How did she get them to drape over her shoulders, or the one shoulder, without falling off? No matter whether it was her arm or between each of her eyes, she always manages to look gorgeous.

@depressedhomo9330

3 жыл бұрын

My bet is safety pins, probably not the most comfortable but you know how things were back then appearances were everything

@christinecatt5391

3 жыл бұрын

As much as l liked her, l found it very pretentious of her to wear her furs indoors, especially on the set of WML.

@19gregske55

2 жыл бұрын

@@christinecatt5391 : Fur was the ultimate status symbol for women at this time. Methinks she's wearing a slightly larger than normal bolero trimmed with a very nice brown mink.

@dennisbedard9850

2 жыл бұрын

@@19gregske55 Arlene was such a beautiful and elegant woman.

@lllowkee6533

2 жыл бұрын

None of these people seemed to care about the slaughter of animals, the breeding of lab dogs or rabbits etc or the trapping and caging of elephants! It all seems UNBELIEVABLE! !

Janet Leigh is the most composed and poised, almost natural, film star from the Golden Age.

The beautiful janet Leigh has a face that was designed for the camera...

@jubalcalif9100

5 жыл бұрын

You speak the truth, Kemo Sabe !!

Dr. Cruz Arias shows up in a spate of newspaper-related things in ’61, and then disappears somewhat, so I think I shall assume he went back to Colombia. Anyway, he graduated from dental school in Colombia, and then went to NYU and City College of New York. And then started creating new and better false teeth for cows. (Which, as WML has found before, are a) a source of entertainment, and b) an extender of a cow’s lifespan, sometimes by years.)

I adore Arlene's outfit. I'd wear that today. Just gorgeous.

Well Johnny Olson mentioned the arthritis foundation at the end of this episode. All these years later and there is no cure for arthritis. 😔

I am suprised that Bennett Cerf didn't make a pun about Eve Adams...(Adam and Eve, Eve's Adam...) And it was clear that she was new since she said, echoed by Daly, that paper money was made by the Bureau of Printing and Engraving. It was the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, who were also the printers for US and many other country's, postage stamps.

Must say, that's my favourite channel since yesterday.

Add this to the dozens and dozens and dozens of spoken missteps that Bennett made on WML. This time he calls Miss Adams - "Miss Adamson".

@juliansinger

7 жыл бұрын

Also, he calls Cruz Arias ’Cruz Orios’; more like Oreos, really.

Mr. Brown did a little bit of everything; the champagne, was a cabinet maker, and a hunter. Married, had a kid. Died at age 90 in 2014. The wine company he worked for, meanwhile, died in 1995, but it was pretty prominent in its day. Mr. Brown’s obit: www.legacy.com/obituaries/the-leader/obituary.aspx?pid=172812612

This is only the second time I've noticed that the microphones were left on to capture the conversation of the panelists with the mystery guest as she shook their hands - although I still can't make out what was said.

Sometimes the audience gives too much away with their laughter.

@Walterwhiterocks

3 жыл бұрын

Or gasps.

@erichanson426

3 жыл бұрын

No kidding

@sbalman

3 жыл бұрын

I think it's part of what makes this show so fun.

John Payne looks just like Kevin Spacey when he was introduced.

6:30 Arlene: "I don't think you should have anything out all the time." 😆

Janet Leigh mentioned Tony Curtis filming Tara's Bulba He met actress to be his next wife Christine Kauffman Luckily Janet Leigh went on to have good final marriage after TC

Once again, Bennett scrutinised the celebrity list that week, hence he always identifies the celebrity guest so quickly.

Janet Leigh, very, very classy, as is her daughter.

I didn’t know that Mrs. Roosevelt sponsored a Hanukkah festival back then. Very nice!

@RonGerstein-tf5tp

7 ай бұрын

"Chanukah"

With regards to the last contestant, it is kind of neat that the the company that he worked for is still around and prospering.

She seems to have recovered nicely from that shower

@LANCSKID

4 ай бұрын

I just hope ol’ Perkins wasn’t lurking … or his Mommy!

Arlene asks the last contestant if his product might be in her home (22:08). I really doubt that she would serve New York State "champagne-style" sparkling wine. Nothing but the authentic French Champagne for her, I'm sure. The Taylor Wine Company of Hammondsport NY was the sixth largest US producer in the 1960s, went public, then was acquired by Coca-Cola (!) in 1977, with three later changes of corporate ownership until it was shut down in 1995. I haven't tasted Taylor in many years but remember it as mediocre at best.

John Payne was intelligent! At some point he left show business and took up astronomy as a hobby! His great movie is Kansas City Confidential.

Camera mistake at 15:00. Bennett gets a no and the camera moves to the right to the next panelist - but he's on the end of course.

@davidsanderson5918

4 жыл бұрын

Smith Smith Ha ha. Yeah I think Ben Turpin was on Camera 2 that time.

When Bennett was asked if he was ‘using a double negative’ , I thought for a second he was going to faint .

This episode of "What's My Line?" was broadcast exactly 2 years to the month after the famous are some have put it infamous shower scene in "Psycho" was shot. The shower scene was Filmed in December 1959 which actually contains the most iconic corpse stare in movie history.

Hearing both voices, you can hear some of Janet's similar tones in Jamie Lee Curtis' voice, as well. Ironic that both are known for their legendary roles in horror.

You'd think that after the first year, the panelist would have learned not use double-negative questions, or ones that can't be answered with a YES or NO.

Tv is now, crime, detectives, police, fire dept., awful scripted reality shows. Music shows with twerking, ….. This is refreshing.

@peternagy-im4be

Жыл бұрын

Thankfully i stopped watching television many years ago.

Psycho premiered in 1960 so Ms Leigh was hot!

Janet appeared on WML seven years earlier as a mystery guest and the panel got her just as quickly. That was the episode in which Bennett mispronounced her last name as "Lay." Often it takes Bennett longer than most so called intelligent people to catch up with everyone else regarding popular culture.

Janet Leigh aka Marion crane could have been in psycho 2 and 3 in the 80s decade reprised her shower scene role and made it out alive

@WhatsMyLine

5 жыл бұрын

That would be pretty tough to pull off, plot-wise, since her character was killed in the original "Psycho". . .

Janet looked so beautiful here. This , sadly was just weeks away from when Tony Curtis would serve divorce papers to her while on the set of Manchurian Candidate

@shirleyrombough8173

4 жыл бұрын

Linda Easley - What a louse.

all the whoops & whistles, & John Payne asked " are you a man "

What a screaming reception for Janet Leigh . . . I was surprised, She's part of a famous couple, is that why ?

Bennett always seems just a little surprised when he get's an affirmative to his questions. Love him though a sweet man.

@TheCometHunter

6 жыл бұрын

If he's so sweet, why does he get snippy when the mystery guests don't answer his questions right away? You see this year, after year, after year....

@davidsanderson5918

4 жыл бұрын

Silverstone L I put that down to him having a keenness for the game. He LOVES it and wants to get on with it. And why not? To be fair the mystery guests do 'indulge' a bit before answering the question sometimes. Even I find it irritating and I'm not even wearing a blindfold. :) As for Bennett he's GUSHING with respect for the mystery guest. Regardless of being eager for them to get on with it, he genuinely marvels at a performer's talent....which he himself doesn't really have....and compliments them handsomely. I've watched a decade's worth of this show now and Bennett is consistently polite, disciplined and enthused. I also thought his glistening eyes, when offering a tribute to Fred Allen following his death, showed a touching, emotional side which defies his rather stiff appearance. Good guy.

@Walterwhiterocks

3 жыл бұрын

At times, yet other times he pouts when he gets a "no" that he didn't expect.

@LANCSKID

4 ай бұрын

Those WML Panellists’ names defined in full. Cerf - (i) An overbearing a rather pompous person who makes creepy remarks to females. (ii) A Pisstaker (iii) A Smartarse.

Dorothy: “in the CORR-all?” 😆

@LANCSKID

4 ай бұрын

Not many of them down on 5th Avenue.

@perrybarton

4 ай бұрын

@@LANCSKID Indeed!

Sooo funny! A cattle dentist! He makes dental crowns for cattle! Arlene remarked "Yes well, they Look better, when they smile, in pictures..." One of the most bizarre professions on this show!

Hard to believe Tony left her for a 17 year-old B actress less than a year after this appearance. He really was the epitome of the perpetual adolescent.

@peternagy-im4be

2 жыл бұрын

No he was not.

@sw5114

Жыл бұрын

That’s altogether too kind to say of that lecherous person. 17 years old? Please. Another Leonardo DiCaprio .

I wonder if Janet was aware her marriage to Tony was on the rocks at this point as they divorced in 62 so he could marry his co star he’d been cozying up to while filming in Argentina. If she WAS aware, she was a good actress to cover it up on this show. Janet seemed such a great lady, he was an idiot for letting her go. Still, they both got on with their lives, I only hope she got over his betrayal quickly and didn’t suffer too much.

@zquark1

6 күн бұрын

I believe Miss Leigh was caught off guard by the adulterous affair and Curtis asking for a divorce. He made his move just before filming on The Manchurian Candidate began.

I really liked her. Janet Leigh I mean.

So why didn’t Daly ask Leigh about having worked with Hitchcock?

Now I’ve heard of everything: a cow dentist!!!

Money has nothing to do with marriage? LOL! Yeah right.

*_DIRECTOR OF THE U.S. MINT_* *_COW DENTIST_* *_BOTTLES CHAMPAGNE_*

13:00 John Payne - "Do you look like you do what you do?" lol

I think this was right after Psycho.

@LANCSKID

4 ай бұрын

Yes, the phoney gore was still moist!

After John shook Mr. Cruz Aria's hand, I honestly thought he was about to kiss him the way he moved right up to his face!

John Payne looks really down here.... 😭

Janet Leigh is so cute it should be illegal!

@JDAbelRN

2 жыл бұрын

One if her daughters is Jamie Lee Curtis, dad Tony Curtis, born 1958, no slouch in the movies either.

Miss Adams of the Mint had the look of the cat that swallowed the canary.

I really enjoy John Payne's movies, but I never noticed those hairy knuckles before. 😁

Marion Crane is back from the dead💀

In the original "Angels In the Outfield",Janet explained to Paul Douglas the reason why a player was the only one who did not sign a baseball:"He was in the shower."

If Mr. Cruz Arias is a cow dentist, does that mean he should be from cattle-onia.

There’s a Mr Bates here to see you, ma’am …

I gotta say, John Payne is my least favorite type of guest player on WML, but it's not personal to him, it's the questioning style. It's players like this who are often very self serious (although possibly just really nervous) trying to sound erudite by asking oddly esoteric questions that are, at best, dead-ends (at 13:00 for instance) but often result in confusion and don't help the panel. I thought Tony Randall played a bit like that at first but he really loosened up over time and become a fun panelist and a much better questioner. So maybe it's just practice.

@lemorab1

7 жыл бұрын

Sometimes this can be entertaining. Like when Orson Welles asked the guest if his work might be more appropriately performed in another century rather than in the twentieth. Probably didn't elicit a helpful answer, and I'm paraphrasing here obviously, but I liked the way his mind worked on this show.

@tw364

3 жыл бұрын

Jolarn70 over analytical and boring post.

@Jolar70

3 жыл бұрын

You can't see, but I "liked" the first thoughtful reply with a different opinion than mine. But yours is just rude and typical YT Warrior so, thank you for your lost time and feedback.

Milking steers is very raunchy for 1961 😂

@RonGerstein-tf5tp

7 ай бұрын

John Charles Daly said cattle, and considers cows to be part of cattle.

Cerf is WAY< WAY, Way, Way, Way better than any of the other panelists.

@LANCSKID

4 ай бұрын

Those WML Panellists’ names defined in full. Cerf - (i) An overbearing a rather pompous person who makes creepy remarks to females. (ii) A Pisstaker (iii) A Smartarse.

That cow guy doesn't act like he knows what he's doing

The dentist had a mooving experience.

@kentetalman9008

Жыл бұрын

That's udderly ridiculous.

And one more thing about poor John Payne. Those dark, hairy knuckles are absolutely CREEPY!

@jillgordon1003

9 жыл бұрын

Holy crap! I thought that was a thick layer of dirt on his hands o_o

She might have lasted longer if she had also used oui, jawohl, and da.

Dorothy is such a snake with her questioning.

President Kennedy appointed the contestant to be head of the US Mint. Doesn't it break your heart? A real president- one of the best - appointing a woman to such a high level position? I just want to cry?

@shirleyrombough8173

Ай бұрын

Is it a useful product? Look at your own fur wrap,baby.