In her own way, in questioning the human cannonball, Arlene showed that Dorothy may be the Queen but Arlene is quite up to snuff when it comes to playing the game. She had one flip of the cards to go and she was careful and uncovered clues bit by bit, until she fell right into it! Bravo!

You'll Never See Anything like this ever again, Period!!!!!

For all of Berle's faults, according to the Guinness Book of World Records, Milton Berle held (maybe still holds) the record for the greatest number of charitable benefit performances. More than Bob Hope. Didn't seek much publicity for them. Much to praise there.

@feraudyh

6 ай бұрын

I thought you were going to mention another record.

I used to DVR WML when it was on the GSN years ago and was so disappointed when they stopped showing them. It was my daily laugh fix, and always brightened up my day. I'm so grateful that it can now be seen here on You Tube. THANK YOU! :-)

Arlene is....tipsy....again !!! 😂😂🤣🤣 But clever as always.... I LOVE IT 😁😅😍😍💗💗

AT 2:43, Bennett said "John, I must tell you there are a lot of big brass here from the 42nd Rainbow Division." The 42nd Army National Guard Division was called the "Rainbow Division" because it contained personnel from across the country and, in the words of Douglas MacArthur, "stretched over the country like a rainbow". The 42nd Division served in World War I, World War II, Iraq, and Afghanistan. In 1945, the division liberated some 30,000 inmates of the Dachau concentration camp.

I was planning on screaming with laughter if Mr. Hamilton guessed correctly at the suntan oil salesman! ;-)

@keetrandling4530

3 жыл бұрын

I imagined the gentleman bringing samples for the cast, but pulling them out of various pockets when he shook hands, and handing them all to George!

@leesher1845

3 жыл бұрын

Milton Berle was a real talent and a real mensch. Unlike most celebrities, he acknowledged the audience. ❤️

@leesher1845

3 жыл бұрын

George Hamilton was quite handsome.

@heatherwalker5557

Жыл бұрын

215io8

@toddsubjent7142

Жыл бұрын

@@leesher1845 And he's still here with us, tanned of course!!

Bravo to Arlene who guessed that cannon one in the ninth inning.

Awesome episode and George is still with us, tan and all with his handsomest at his age! Milton was hilarious and popping up at end as panelist great, he was awesome in the comedy movie mentioned "Its a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World" race to find the "Big W"!! It's still the best comedy movie ever with massive talented cast!!

One thing I can say the panel and the guests on what's my line live life to the fullest

I remember seeing this episode when it first aired in 1965, and I am delighted to have found it here. I remember so well how Arlene rather glossed over tthe possibility that the guest was shot out of a canon.

Arlene and Dorothy - smart and beautiful ladies - strong and sharp - wish today's women to be like them

That Mrs. Moses, the cannon lady was gorgeous.

George Hamilton was probably the lotion seller's best customer....LOL....

I always enjoy it when the MG signs in with something other than his actual name. I remember Woody Allen signing in as Cary Grant, for example,

Milton Berle was the best! 😂❤️

@lopa2828

2 жыл бұрын

Yup

When Dorothy asked Milton Berle her obscure question, I could barely hear Bennett say, "Good Lord." Sounds like Bennett was getting a bit tired of those questions...

George Hamilton would have had a head-start in guessing the suntan-oil guy's 'line'

As comely as the first challenger was, the first thing that came to mind when her line was revealed was that she had the perfect coif to fit under a helmet.

If anyone should have guessed the suntan lotion it was George Hamilton. I think the guess was chosen precisely because he was on the panel.

I laughed out loud when they brought out a suntan oil salesman with George Hamilton as a panelist. That must have been the night he became hooked on the stuff. lmao

In the Inro Arlene mentions the Tappan Zee Playhouse in Nyack. I grew up in Nyack; it was a small town but the Playhouse frequently had big starts. And not just Helen Hays, who lived about a mile north.

@loissimmons6558

5 жыл бұрын

+Kenneth Butler Hey neighbor, I grew up in Blauvelt and now live on the other side of the county. I remember my parents going to see shows now and then at the Tappan Zee Playhouse. Around this time Nyack started to get a bad reputation for crime and the Playhouse became shabby and was usually closed. An attempt to revive it by renaming it after Helen Hayes failed. The antique industry revived the Village of Nyack and it is quite gentrified and upscale now. But the playhouse was wound to be in such bad shape that it wasn't worth saving. It was knocked down and an ugly scar was there for a while. While the building that's in its place looks similar to the old playhouse, it is a multi-purpose building: a bar and grill at street level (Brickhouse Food and Drink) and apartments on the second and third floor. I had a friend who was a classmate years ago who lived in a separate house on Miss Hayes' property and I have visited there many times. But I never had the fortune to meet Miss Hayes or her son, James MacArthur.

The appearance of the suntan oil salesman is disconcertingly full of unexpected events. As he enters, there is some kind of whining noise (between 12.52 and 13.18) that sometimes seems like ringing, specifically the ringing of a Salvation Army bell, which is most improbable in a July program. The questioning then gets under way and at the first mistake, Daly says (14:24) "That's 9 down and 1 to go, Mr. Hamilton." How can this be? says Romeman to himself, looking up from his dinner. Suspecting that maybe the episode had been edited and mixed up, I went backwards to find out if this was the case and, paying more attention than before, I discovered that Sitting Calf made a mistake, as the card he turned was the first with nine more to go rather than the ninth with one more to go.

@savethetpc6406

9 жыл бұрын

romeman01 Good catch on both counts! I didn't notice either event when I was watching, but when I went back to listen, sure enough there was the ringing bell and John's mistake as well.

Bennett's Weekly Pun: "There are very few ladies of Mrs. Moses' (Human Cannonball) caliber." 11:57

@savethetpc6406

9 жыл бұрын

Johan Bengtsson What's My Line? \ Now there's an example of a pun that I actually think is clever! John must have thought so too, despite his pretense of disparaging it, because he made sure to repeat it even though Bennett refused to do so!

@WhatsMyLine

9 жыл бұрын

SaveThe TPC If you'll indulge my being pedantic about this, that may be because it's not a pun. "Caliber" just has a double meaning in this context. Puns are substituting a word or phrase for a sound alike, which is (for me) the lowest form of verbal humor unless there's *also* a double meaning behind it. When puns are just one word subbing for another meaninglessly, I don't even get what's supposed to be funny about it. Groucho did this just as much as Bennett did, to be fair. And you know how much I love Groucho.

@savethetpc6406

9 жыл бұрын

What's My Line? From: grammar.about.com/od/pq/g/punterm.htm: *pun* [definition]: A play on words, either on different senses of the same word or on the similar sense or sound of different words. Known in rhetoric as paronomasia. "To pun is to treat homonyms as synonyms." (Walter Redfern, Puns: More Senses Than One. John Wiley & Sons, 1986) And, from the same web page, here are two *classic* examples of puns by two of your favorite people: "Hanging is too good for a man who makes puns; he should be drawn and quoted." (Fred Allen) "Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana." (Groucho Marx)

@savethetpc6406

9 жыл бұрын

What's My Line? And from: literarydevices.net/pun/ *Pun Definition* A pun is a play on words in which a humorous effect is produced by using a word that suggests two or more meanings or by exploiting similar sounding words having different meanings. Humorous effects created by puns depend upon the ambiguities words entail. The ambiguities arise mostly in homophones and homonyms. For instance, in a sentence “A happy life depends on a liver”, liver can refer to the organ liver or simply the person who lives. Similarly, in a famous saying “Atheism is a non-prophet institution” the word “prophet” is used instead of “profit” to produce a humorous effect.

@WhatsMyLine

9 жыл бұрын

SaveThe TPC Is there supposed to be anything in these definitions contradicting what I said? I'm not seeing it. "Caliber" isn't a substituted word, it's simply a word that has two meanings in this context.

Uncle Miltie was in his come-back mode full-throttle. This culminated in his 1966 ABC variety show that generated the joke about the Milton Berle calendar. It has 13 weeks. I would like to think the show’s problem was bad writing and not that he was a has-been. “The Oscar.” *shudder* If anyone likes that movie, be my guest.

@preppysocks209

4 жыл бұрын

Hal Block was one of Berle's writers on his early TV show

I’ll bet there were TV viewers who were disappointed beyond words that it was NOT Sophia Loren. Aside from Groucho and Carol Channing, was anyone on WML more ON than Berle. Only Jack Paar comes to mind as sticking around on stage after his scheduled appearance. And Paar did not come down to the panel for the last camera pan on the panel. Intro with all the Indian cliches and then 19:20 Could Bennett be any more tactless?

Mrs. Moses was a very attractive woman. It was funny that the suntan lotion salesmen was not guessed by George Hamilton. Milton Berle might have been a comedian but he could also do serious roles.

Arlene's Robert Moses comment was great

To Uncle Milty: Are you a female? Depends on how he was dressed. Are you a male? Undressed, no one would have any doubt.

I love Mr. Television. Milton Berle he is so funny. I miss him. He was great in Mad, mad, mad World.

13:22 Hey, there's a product George Hamilton would invest in!

@savethetpc6406

9 жыл бұрын

***** Yes, when Arlene asked if the men on the panel could use the product too, I was thinking -- "especially George!" And did you see the earnest way he was speaking with Mr. Siepp at the end of the segment? Could it be that we have discovered the very moment in time when Mr. George Hamilton decided to make a deep suntan his trademark look?! (Actually, I rather doubt that, but it's fun to think about. :D ) Perhaps he was telling him how much he already enjoyed using his product.

@Bigbadwhitecracker

9 жыл бұрын

I wonder if that's where he got the idea to invest in sun tan lotion!

@gailsirois7175

3 жыл бұрын

Probably did

The youngster in the Coppertone advertisement that John mentioned is Jodie Foster.

George Hamilton wears a suit and tie here. Not often do you see a gentleman panelist doing that on this show.

You can see the edges of the film reel on the bottom at the start of the episode.

When there is a mystery guest why doesnt the panel understand when John flips a card it means no?

@sdacj

5 жыл бұрын

Agreed!! I have noticed several times that a guest will answer and John will say that's so many down and so many to go, and the panelist will say "but I didn't hear if it was yes or no". Well, if he's flipping a card it's no!

@gailsirois7175

3 жыл бұрын

Ummmm... because they're blindfolded ??? Duh !!!

@kentetalman9008

4 ай бұрын

@@gailsirois7175 But they can still hear John. Duh!!

George Hamilton in his early luscious period. Wowzers. I wonder if Dorothy and Arlene did rock paper scissors or arm-wrestled to determine who would take him out for drinks afterwards. It cannot be a coincidence that a suntan lotion salesman showed up on George’s episode.

@PhilBagels

9 жыл бұрын

soulierinvestments I was going to mention the Hamilton-suntan lotion connection.

Man George Hamilton was handsome!!

Is it my imagination (falsie memory) or did they ever have Miss USA and Miss Universe on the same night?

Berle: "Were you once a publisher?"

Not another human cannonball..they should get this right away

Im a little disappointed Dorothy was out casted by the others, I understand why they did it, I would have too. She just seemed so refined and elegant on this show, but that is what being popular can do to a person, and power. :-( For those wondering, she was a reporter and ended up splattering backstage confidences across headlines, the cast felt betrayed. Again I would too. Such a shame.

Mr. Hamilton is my birthday twin. I don’t know how tanned he was here, but hen was surely handsome.

MR. TELEVISION!

Arlene sounds drunk

@arbyfatbuckle1733

7 жыл бұрын

I thought so myself. she seemed to be slurring her words.

@davidsanderson5918

3 жыл бұрын

People forget (or maybe they haven't been drunk themselves to know) that being drunk affects sharpness, coherence and physical co-ordination. There's no evidence of that whatsoever here...and never is. Nevertheless I can hear the slurry drawl that you describe. MY strong hunch (bolstered by the fact that Dorothy sometimes does the same thing) that it's some sort of 'fashionable' way of speaking that women in certain peer groups like Arlene's and Dorothy's adopted in the early 60s in Manhattan.....(oddly enough, they speak like that in the spoken sections of a certain song friom Sweet Charity, set in Manhattan, of course in what was the present day....and Arlene being a stage girl n'all, it figures). I can imagine that it was deemed 'cool' and 'casual', if not 'sultry', to drag out certain speech elements. Jazzzzzy, maaan! Drinking enough to slur would be enough to affect someone's fitness to play the game.

Arlene appears to be rather "relaxed" during this show.

Was Milton Berle ever on the panel? (Besides sitting on Dotty's lap tonight).

@Beson-SE

9 жыл бұрын

Yes, he will be on the panel October 17, 1965.

@MrJoeybabe25

9 жыл бұрын

Johan Bengtsson What kind of gown will he be wearing?

@Beson-SE

9 жыл бұрын

Joe Postove Wait and you shall see! :)

@preppysocks209

4 жыл бұрын

Milton Berle wrote in his autobiography that he had an affair with Dorothy Kilgallen.

@shirleyrombough8173

2 жыл бұрын

@@preppysocks209 - Serious?

arlene acted a bit like she was fighting off the affects of a drink or two before the show. she slurred a couple of times and was more deliberate than usual.

@gailsirois7175

3 жыл бұрын

They ALL had drinks before the show..this was nothing unusual at that time...its what folks did. Get over this folks...no one should be surprised ... At all

Are there any Berleaphile's out there? At one million dollars a year, NBC signed him to an exclusive, unprecedented 30-year television contract in 1951. I must think that the contract had to be renegotiated at some point when Uncle Miltie became America's perpetual comeback act.

@savethetpc6406

9 жыл бұрын

Joe Postove That renegotiation must be what he was referring to beginning around 23:21.

@2508bona

9 жыл бұрын

I think Milton Berle's Jackpot Bowling may have been the tipping point in that regard.

@MrJoeybabe25

9 жыл бұрын

Chris Barat Jackpot Bowling is available on the web. It is sad.

@loissimmons6558

5 жыл бұрын

NBC must have been extremely profitable to absorb the outflow of a million dollars a year for 30 years for so little in return after the first few years. The contract the Mets signed with Bobby Bonilla in 2000 pales in comparison.

@barrykendrick3146

3 жыл бұрын

+Joe Postove I recall thinking in 1980: This is the year of Uncle Miltie's last million, not being aware of the renegotiation. Can't help but suspect some sort of intimidation to force Berle to renegotiate.

I think Arlene's a bit hammered here.

can someone tell me what is the name he signed in with? milton obviously, its kinda hard for me to understand

@beadyeyedbrat

10 ай бұрын

Sophia Loren

17:21 LOL! Also 17:56 Double LOL!

Little bit of palpable tension in the panelist introductions after Arlene. George doesn't get any kind of consolation from Dorothy and she doesn't get any from Bennett. I know Dorothy and Bennett weren't really getting along by this time, but she really could've said something congenial to George as a guest panelist. And, of course, Arlene was "three sheets to the wind" again here, especially at the start of the episode. Wonder how many times she showed up drunk to the tapings by this point in the show's original run.

With Phyllis Newman's passing earlier this year, there are very few panelists who are still living, although a higher number from 1965. As of this episode, they include Woody Allen, Paul Anka, Orson Bean, Harry Belafonte, Jeannie Carson (obscure British -- from 1957!), Jane Fonda, Anita Gillette, George Hamilton, Steve Lawrence, William Shatner, Marlo Thomas, Dick Van Dyke, and Betty White.

@preppysocks209

4 жыл бұрын

@gcjerryusc Yes, indeed. At the time I wrote my comment he was still living, however.

So fixed. Shot out of a cannon indeed.

This is when George Hamilton discovered suntan lotion and bought stocks in the company. 😅😆

Between the way the audience gave it away when the panelists guess was close, & JD corrected their assumptions and they just blurted things out to each other the cards were really stacked against these contestants. the BBC version was more fair.

Arlene asks the suntan lotion man if there is something fun like or sportsman like about this product. I think would have only been a bit liberal to say that suntan oil was in the sportsman's arena, huh?

funny suntan oil and George Hamilton on same episode

John's really losing it lately! 14:26: "That's 9 down and 1 to go"

@gailsirois7175

3 жыл бұрын

10 questions...9 down, 1 to go...something's wrong with this????

@jackkomisar458

2 жыл бұрын

@@gailsirois7175 Yes. It was really 1 down and 9 to go. Arlene had just gotten the first "No" and John turned over the $5 card.

Arlene looks like she just finished a martini before the show. Not quite her sharp self.

Hamilton and suntan oil. As I recall Hamilton was infamous for keeping tan all over.

@shirleyrombough8173

2 жыл бұрын

Really?

@rmelin13231

Жыл бұрын

Why would that make him infamous??

They had fun when i wasn't around. And when i came, they left me behind.

Lady #1. Holy Moses, Mount Sinais!

"Is it a Male... ..that Performs.. ...Sometimes.." - In Drag? 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂🤣😂😂😂

I knew that the first question for Mrs. Moses from George was going to include some kind of sexual innuendo.

Is it just me, or was Arlene a little tipsy during this episode?

@kumppi

9 жыл бұрын

Definitely. I bet she drank everything Dorothy had.

@2508bona

9 жыл бұрын

The G string comment definitely made me think so.

@jeanie0317

9 жыл бұрын

She looked tired and sounded a bit like she had a cold. Could have been sinus medicines.....why is everyone gotta be tipsy on this show????

@jethro1963

9 жыл бұрын

Arlene was tonight's winner of "Who's in The Bag"

@CaseyRalph

9 жыл бұрын

Arlene doesn't seem to be feeling much pain in this ep. In the first round she forgets that the "men and women" question has already been asked, gives a loopy look at the audience, and even slurs her words badly at 9:40. But she manages to guess the contestant, so maybe a little happiness helps the gameplay. At least Dorothy seems very alert for this show, though her face is sadly looking worse for wear as we get closer to her death in late 1965.

Did anybody get the sense in Milton Berle did not like Bennett Cerf? I liked how Berle acknowledged the audience as he exited. Very few celebrities did that.

Is Arlene drunk

Would Milton Berle have been successful in an established medium?

"Raising things?" "No, just myself." Yuck yuck.

Arlene was slurring her words ... too many drinks before the show.

When Bennett asked if the first contestant had anything to do with raising things, was the 1965 audience laugh a dirty 2014 laugh?

@neilmidkiff

8 жыл бұрын

No, I think it was a clean laugh because the audience realized that the contestant was herself raised into the air by the cannon.

George Hamilton looks no different lol

i always find it annoying when dorothy tries to take credit for the clues others evince that help her nail the guess. as if she figured it out on her own.

An underwater Human cannonball? For obvious reasons, that's not practical.

@alanfollett6242

8 жыл бұрын

+Vahan Nisanian That'd be called a human torpedo, I imagine.

@loissimmons6558

5 жыл бұрын

I believe the first rule of cannons is to keep one's powder dry.

arlene appears a little sloshed as if she had a little more than she could handle that night and she was working to sober up.

You could put Milton Berle in a dress and...oh somebody already said that, sorry!

BENNETT CAN NEVERE SHUTUP

Milton Berle's new movie, "The Oscar", could compete with "Fluffy" for being one of the worst movies of 1965 (or worst movies ever). Michael Sauter writes in "The Worst Movies of All Time": "This bomb has it all: bad story, bad directing, bad dream sequences, bad hair. But worse than everything else - even worse than the awful dialogue - it has the absolute in bad film acting."

@preppysocks209

4 жыл бұрын

the only actor whose performance in that film was praised was Berle. He was surprisingly effective as a dramatic actor.

Fixed!!!!!!!!!!!

@kentetalman9008

4 ай бұрын

Never!!!!!

LOVE George Hamilton...had a crush on him forever...so handsome still