I love the gracious, solicitous way that John Daly handles the nervous final contestant, and the panel obviously went out of their way to be extra friendly when she exited, as well. Class acts, all around.

John was a master of making all the contestants feel comfortable and at home. Arlene was, too.

The final contestant is my mother. What a great find!

@loissimmons6558

5 жыл бұрын

+jtcann How wonderful for you. Did she ever talk about her appearance on WML and is she still alive to enjoy seeing it again?

@Kat-fw9se

4 жыл бұрын

Yes, do tell!

@sbalman

4 жыл бұрын

I love that you told us that!!!

@Dolphin-cb9sq

4 жыл бұрын

How wonderful! She was beautiful.

@michaelmiller1215

4 жыл бұрын

jtcann How wonderful! I read somewhere that Judy’s IQ was a few points higher that Einstein’s! And that when she was filming “ Born Yesterday “, that the film crew couldn’t stop laughing, because your mother was a ‘genius ‘, but played a character that seemed not too bright so wonderfully!

What’s great about these shows is that those (few) of us not up to speed on stars like Judy Holliday in my case (and I am 62) can get an education and start watching her films!

Judy Holliday was a remarkable actress and comedienne; apparently very generous and extremely clever. So sad her life and career were cut short less than two years later by cancer.

@WhatsMyLine

8 жыл бұрын

She left us far too young. I was deeply moved when I read her biography about ten years ago-- a remarkable woman. And not only clever-- she had a Mensa-level IQ, which makes it all the more fascinating that most of her career was spent playing ditsy characters. But part of what makes her portrayals so special, for me, is that while she's fully believable as a ditz, there was always a sparkle of intelligence just beneath the surface. A totally unique person and performer. I love her work dearly.

@neilmidkiff

3 жыл бұрын

@@WhatsMyLine It takes an intelligent actor to portray a ditz in a way that comes across to the audience and is faithful to the author's intentions. Casting a real ditz wouldn't work -- the performer couldn't be relied upon to be in control, to stay on script, to react properly to other actors. (It's akin to playing a drunk: it's not a good method to get drunk before the performance!) Maybe the most fun I've had onstage is playing the somewhat dimwitted Wilfred Shadbolt, assistant jailer in Gilbert & Sullivan's "The Yeomen of the Guard" -- the little photo of me at left is in that role; yes, the beard is real, grown for half a year before the performances.

@helenesteppe6091

Жыл бұрын

Dorothy Killgallen died in 1965 too. She was 53. My father thought she was beautiful.

@bluecamus5162

Жыл бұрын

In about 2005, before I ever saw a Judy Holliday film, I was refurbishing an apartment house built in 1965 and found an old newspaper left in the wall by a construction worker 40 years prior. It should've never seen the light of day again. On the front page was the announcement of Judy's death. I've always felt a little connection to Judy because of that.

@patrickryan1515

Жыл бұрын

@@WhatsMyLine Couldn't agree with you more. Loved her!

12:48 -- Bennett's look is priceless. Apparently ticked that John used that particular line of reasoning to give him a no. Daly was the master of interpretive semantics

@Noone58319

Жыл бұрын

…and so very fast. Sharp as a tack

Mr Bennett Cerf ❤ What a handsome man. Such an example. A handsome smile and a perfect gentleman. And what a sense of humor! I admire him!

Apropos of a couple of things: The Chicago nightclub that Shelley Berman was opening at a few days after this episode was Mister Kelly's, at 1028 N. Rush Street, part of the then-infamous strip of "Outfit joints" in that neighborhood on Chicago's Near North Side. The club opened in 1953, and finally went out of business in 1975. A number of very good recordings of live music and live comedy were made there (including Mort Sahl's "The Next President" and Bill Cosby's "I Started Out As A Child"). Gibson's Bar & Steakhouse (another "Outfit joint") is currently in business at that address. Washington Park, in south suburban Homewood, Illinois (the racetrack that Barbara Dickerson was going to be working at after she finished her stint at Gulfstream Park), was then in its 2nd year of hosting harness-racing meets, after almost 40 years of thoroughbred racing (including the famous 1955 match race between Swaps and Nashua). The track burned to the ground on Saturday, 5 February 1977, and was never rebuilt.

@loissimmons6558

5 жыл бұрын

I remember talk of the Nashua-Swaps match race many years after it took place in 1955. Nashua was the two year old horse of the year in 1954, but Swaps beat Nashua in the 1955 Kentucky Derby with Nashua coming in second. Nashua came back to win the final two legs of the Triple Crown (the Preakness and Belmont). Swaps was injured with a split hoof and did not race in either of those meets. Clearly these two horses were champions in their own right, a class above the rest of the three year olds that year. Either of them might have swept the Triple Crown races if they didn't have the misfortune of coming of age in the same year and were healthy. It was also a match of East vs West, and there was a rivalry back then as to which part of the country had the best horses. And it was a match of two of the great jockeys of all time. Nashua was raised in Bowie, Maryland and was ridden by Eddie Arcaro. Swaps was from California with Willie Shoemaker aboard. Because Swaps had won the big race when the two went head to head, the California horse was the betting favorite that day. What the bettors didn't know was that Swaps had reinjured its foot on the wet track the day before. Those rains also influenced the race. Arcaro had scoped out the track and found a narrow strip of track in places where his mount would have better footing. Nashua also had drawn the inside position and Arcaro made sure to get his colt out quickly to maintain control of the position on the track. In the Derby, Swaps had challenged Nashua's lead and overcame it. At Washington Park on August 31, 1955, when Swaps challenged, Nashua held him off. Then the horses headed for the finish. To see how it came out and which horse won the $100,000 for his owners, watch this: kzread.info/dash/bejne/m2uFk4-bY6yfkZs.html Nashua would go on to be the second horse to win over a million dollars during his racing career, surpassing the mark set by Triple Crown winner, Citation. He would also be named the best three year old and horse of the year in 1955. Swaps was named horse of the year in 1956 with Nashua second. Because of frequent injuries, Swaps fell about $150,000 short of the million dollar mark in winnings.

Sadly Judy Holliday died from breast cancer on June 7, 1965, aged 43.

I just love Judy Holiday. Born Yesterday is one of my favorite movies of all time.

Judy Holiday seemed like a lovely person.

Message at the end about schools and exercise/physical fitness. This was one of President Kennedy's ideas.

@loissimmons6558

5 жыл бұрын

I was in school when the increased emphasis on physical education was introduced into the schools with certain benchmarks for the students to achieve. I also remember the promotion of adults doing 50 mile hikes. The President's Council on Youth Fitness was actually established under President Eisenhower in 1956. President Kennedy changed the name to The President's Council on Physical Fitness, broadening the scope and giving it greater emphasis. He named Bud Wilkinson, famous as the football coach at the University of Oklahoma, as the Chair.

@donaldwarren463

5 жыл бұрын

@@loissimmons6558 , I took that test every year, yes there was a test.. as someone who was in shape and have been a prof. Skater, there were parts of that test I did not pass.. I can't imagine what they would do today with all the obese kids ..

@loissimmons6558

5 жыл бұрын

+donald warren I missed out on those tests because I switched from public school to private school after fifth grade and the tests (at least in my area) weren't given in grammar school. But I certainly heard of them. Fortunately I stayed in pretty good shape during the year: soccer or cross country for two of my high school years, ice hockey for three of them and baseball for four of them. I was also active in gym class in junior high (soccer, touch football, one of the captains of the gym class softball teams in eighth grade). And starting in the summer after 8th grade, I took long walks (just a hair under 5 miles one way) over hilly terrain (a climb on the way home of 463 feet, 331 feet on the way there) to visit a female classmate. That doesn't mean I have any idea how I would have done on the test.

Since there are few comments on this video than some, let me just take the time to say that I love and appreciate these uploads. I don't have time to watch them everyday, so I just stick them on my Watch Later list (which explains why I'm like four years behind, lol). Despite my young age, I'm a huge classic game show fanatic. I wish that this show still existed, mainly because I have an occupation that might make me qualified to be a contestant, lol.

@WhatsMyLine

9 жыл бұрын

If you're on Facebook, we sometimes play rounds of the game in the WML group there. In fact, we're playing a couple of rounds on March 29th. Please check it out if you're interested! Thanks for the comment. :) It's always great to read that younger people are discovering the show.

@goldenchick85

9 жыл бұрын

That sounds like fun! I'd love to join.

@WhatsMyLine

9 жыл бұрын

goldenchick85 Ah, well, I forgot that I posted this episode before the group was formed so there's no link to it in the description. Here it is-- hope to see you there: facebook.com/groups/728471287199862/

@lauraminer9542

6 жыл бұрын

goldenchick85 . I grew up watching the show and to this day make a mental note when encountering someone whose job would be fun to guess on the show. For example, the allergist who was among the first official pollen counters.

@loissimmons6558

5 жыл бұрын

+Laura Miner I've done something similar. A lot of the people I know are in professions: doctors, nurses, social workers, pharmacist, teachers, lawyers, stockbrokers, clergy, engineers, computer programmers and scientists. Women in some of those fields were rare but not any more. I think my most unusual are Uber driver (because it is relatively new), professional fencer (because it isn't a very common sport in the U.S.) and a school custodian who is legally blind. At one time, I had a client who as a part-time job did horror makeup for a Halloween-themed event that ran for about a month.

Sadly, Judy and Dorothy would "shuffle off this mortal coil," 7 months apart in 1965.

I'm 65 (!) and Judy Holiday was my favorite Musical Comedy star. "Bell's are Ringing" was my fave. Idk why it hasn't gotten the fame it deserves. RIP Judy.

@hcombs0104

2 жыл бұрын

I have heard that it didn't do particularly well when first released. Part of the reason for that was those who had seen the Broadway production hated the filmed version. I love Judy Holliday, and I'm fine with the picture UNTIL DEAN MARTIN MAKES HIS FIRST APPEARANCE! To me, they're as well-suited together as a dog and a cat. Too bad Jack Lemmon didn't sing...they had great chemistry.

Two questions from Dorothy that I wouldn't have expected to hear in sequence, at 14:40 : "Would I ever wear this to the beach?" "Is it a bikini?"

@leesher1845

Жыл бұрын

😂👍

Dorothy was very smart.

When Arlene smells blood, there’s no stopping her! The way she reveals the last contestant is a delight.

She was never quite well after her first throat cancer surgery two years before this and would die two years later. There is a quiet sadness here that I find hard to endure. R.I.P. Judy Tuvim ( her real last name which is a yiddish word meaning GOOD.. This is her last television appearance..

Poor Judy Holliday. This was one of her very last television appearances, before her death in 1965. Her career had all but dried up completely by 1963.

@WhatsMyLine

10 жыл бұрын

So unbelievably talented, and so brilliant a mind-- I read her biography a few years ago. She was almost, but not quite, ruined by the blacklist.

@druidbros

10 жыл бұрын

What's My Line? I loved her in Born Yesterday. I knew she had to be smart to do the role in that film.

This is really digging from the past, but does anybody else think that the last contestant looked like actress Sue Randall that played Beaver Cleaver's teacher, Miss Landers, in Leave it to Beaver?

@robertmelson2130

9 жыл бұрын

Jeff Vaughn Yes, she does. I've seen Sue Randall appear as a guest star on random b&w tv shows from the late 50's and early 60's, so I've just now looked on IMDB for her credits, and, being a fan of Twilight Zone, I noted the two episodes on which she appeared. So, to tie her in to WML, I should mention her appearance with WML's beloved Wally Cox on the episode titled _From Agnes--with Love_.

@sbalman

4 жыл бұрын

I do!!!!

On April 22. 1963, Arlene Francis and Jack Klugman replaced original stars Margaret Leighton and Anthony Quinn in the Broadway play " Tchin, Tchin." Quinn appeared earlier as a mystery guest while starring in the show.

The final contestant (from Ireland) resembles Sue Randall (Miss Landers on "Leave It To Beaver").

She’s originally from Ireland and now lives with the queens in Queens!

Berman's last appearance in WML, and his first appearance since that famous WML night when he utterly broke down in hysterical laughter. Bennett's comment about the incredible expense of Daly comes at a time in 1963 when Daly publicized that he was leaving the show -- I'll bet it was a strategy -- and G-T probably had to pay up on a lavish scale to keep him on.

@reno1uest

4 жыл бұрын

2nd appearance since his laugh attack in 1961.

unfortunately for Miss Holliday, Hot Spot closed after only 43 official performances (and 58 preview shows under the guidance of 5 different directors)

@jmccracken1963

6 жыл бұрын

In fact, there is no listed director or choreographer for "Hot Spot" on its IBDB profile list of opening-night credits. Milton Rosenstock was the music director. Sets and costumes were desinged by Rouben Ter-Arutunian; lighting designer was John Harvey.

@loissimmons6558

5 жыл бұрын

It was also her final performance on stage or screen. She was another victim of smoking.

@kenlieberman4215

Жыл бұрын

@@loissimmons6558 I thought she died of BREAST cancer. No conection to smoking.

Vivien Leigh was the star of "Tovarich." Neither "Tovarich" nor "Hot Box" lasted long. But Leigh got a Tony award.

@preppysocks209

4 жыл бұрын

Vivien Leigh would have made a wonderful MG. I don't think she ever appeared.

The last Broadway show of her short life and career...and it WOULD be an expensive failure!

And weather! Oh tempore! Oh Mores!

A bathing suit is a necessity? Sometimes I wonder about John Daly’s answers. I also noticed that he often answered for the contestants; I don’t know why he did that so often. 😜

@kenlieberman4215

Жыл бұрын

Well if you don't want to go to the beach naked, you need one. He often answered because guests were nervous, hesitant or just did know what was correct in terms of the rules of the show. Yes and no answers can be difficult. Part of his jobwas to keep it the same from week to week.

“Irish girls are very pretty, indeed.”

@dinahbrown902

Жыл бұрын

Some

May The Force be with you Bennett, when you handicap 9/1 Derby runner, Chateaugay.

I was born in 1985, so I haven't really had experience with a telephone information and weather person. How exactly does that work? Was there a specific number to call or something?

@jvcomedy

9 жыл бұрын

goldenchick85 Yes, you could call a specific local number and it would give you time and temperature.

@neilmidkiff

8 жыл бұрын

In the 1960s when I was a boy, the special numbers like 411 for directory assistance or 911 for emergencies had not yet been established, at least not in Kansas City. Simply dialing 0 would connect you to a live operator who would handle any request, from connecting you to police or fire departments to telling you the correct time or looking up a phone number for you. It seems that this contestant also would use her pleasant voice to record the weather forecast on a tape loop every hour. I don't recall if there was a separate number to call to hear the forecast, or if you just dialed 0 and asked for the weather, but I do remember that you would be connected at whatever point of the tape loop was then playing, so you'd listen till the end, then it would start over at the beginning and you'd listen until you heard the spot where you came in.

@lauraminer9542

6 жыл бұрын

In New York area you would get a recoded message. MEridian 7-1212. "At the tone the time will be..x o'clock and y seconds" repeated every ten seconds. Or "x o'clock....precisely" And later a weather forecast recording service was offered. WR 6-1616 I think. I miss the weather service. For a good time, to learn about the history of the "Speaking Clock" --search that plus BBC. Fun history of British invention and changing accents.

@lauraminer9542

6 жыл бұрын

goldenchick85 When I was young all,you had to do was pick up the receiver and the operator would come on and say, "Number Please" .....If you asked for information or to place a long distance call you would be connected to a different operator.

@loissimmons6558

5 жыл бұрын

+Laura Miner 1212 as the last four digits was what the phone company used for various information lines in many cities. We didn't call for the time very often, but I remember calling for the weather NYC and then in the suburbs at WE 6-1212. Apparently someone else did as well when I searched for that phone number. www.rfcafe.com/miscellany/smorgasbord/Anyone-Remember-Calling-WE6-1212-TI4-1212.htm

Though no one knows it at this time - Berman’s last Sunday Night WML panel appearance. Judy Holliday’s last WML appearance. Arlene would not last in Chin Chin for long. And if she had died in May 1963, this would be one of her last countdown appearances. Fortunately - - - as we will see later . . . . she did not.

@kelloggs5473

3 жыл бұрын

soulierinvestments You are alluding to the Long Island Expressway accident in which Arlene Francis was seriously injured. A lady in her age bracket died in that accident. Microfilm at libraries can lead you to newspaper accounts of the accident and the lawsuit that followed it. Google does not lead you to many reports of it. Arlene devoted a few pages of her 1978 memoir to the ordeal. She omits the name of the female motorist who died on that Sunday afternoon in 1963.

So John Daly asked the guy if he understands the rules coming from Sweden and the guy says yes he's been informed and then John proceeds to go ahead and tell him the rules anyway. Frankly I think it's because he didn't like the way the guy said yes I've been informed, so he just thought well I'm just going to tell him anyway.

Bathing suits in Sweden?!

*_EXERCISES RACE HORSES_* *_DESIGNS AND MAKES BATHING SUITS_* *_TELEPHONE INFORMATION AND WEATHER OPERATOR_*

Judy's wig . . . no good. Did it have to do to her illness ?

There's not a person in the audience then or today who cares one bit about John Daly's trip to sweden. Once again it's just his effort to place-drop and name-drop like they all do lol.

Look how proud the young lady was when she said “Miss Dickerson” the women were so gracious ,that also meant she was as pure as the un driven snow....

@washoe4827

3 жыл бұрын

except that she didn't say that...

@LANCSKID

4 ай бұрын

What was with the boy/girl comment?

I love to cringe thats way I like Bennet Cerf.

@dinahbrown902

Жыл бұрын

🤣

@judithsweeney2553

Жыл бұрын

why

Is it just me, or does the first guest look like Sheldon Cooper wearing a wig?

@aileen694

4 жыл бұрын

Just until she smiled...Exercise RIDER, not boy or girl!

@hopelewis5650

Жыл бұрын

LOL

Her number is 0

I’m sure that certain members of the panel were tipped off. Far too often this occurred and hence the audience were deprived of hearing more from the celebrity guest. Great shame!

@dinahbrown902

Жыл бұрын

The audience tipped off the panel quite often as well

I hate to comment on someone's looks, but hey, whatta we gonna do? Does Miss Dickenson, the first contestant, have a bit of a moustache and could she possible pass for a boy?

@EliezerPennywhistler

9 жыл бұрын

No.

@orgonkothewildlyuntamed6301

9 жыл бұрын

Joe Postove possibly & yes

@loissimmons6558

5 жыл бұрын

+Joe Postove With b&w video and stage lighting, shadows creep in on that part of the face. They also did for the last contestant. And I also didn't get any masculine vibe from her. Maybe she could pass for a boy, but definitely not for a man.

@aileen694

4 жыл бұрын

No. Especially when she smiled, that was No Guy! And I agree with another reviewer, harsh TV lighting, angles, etc can drastically change a person's appearance.

@michaelclark6223

4 жыл бұрын

@@aileen694 You're right, she has a great smile, and beautiful hair. I was surprised there were no whistles from the audience.

17:50 The musical that John Daly applauds as a "great personal triumph" for Ms Holliday was actually an infamous textbook flop that had many of the stereotypical flop characteristics - a ridiculous storyline - this one playing off of Kennedy's recent establishment of the Peace Corps; a mediocre music score; 5 or 6 Directors who had their hands involved in the project; a Broadway opening date that was changed 3 or 4 times due to the show being in flux.