Sammy Davis Jr. was one of the most, if not The most complete entertainers ever. He could sing, act, dance. He could do comedy, as well as impressions.

@steveburrus9347

7 жыл бұрын

ya Davis had a p[retty good role in the original "Oceans 11" movie.

@pameladavis895

2 ай бұрын

AKA a Triple Threat!

Sammy was a rare talent. I grew up with him (I was 4 when this aired) and he broke through a lot of barriers that black people at that time had trouble getting past. I enjoyed his career through my life, he was an amazing singer and dancer, and a pretty good actor too.

@satori03

Ай бұрын

He was good at everything

This is the 3rd episode I watched tonight with Sammy Davis as the mystery guest. Even with his comicly great voice disguises, he lost every time. His great talent just couldn't be hidden.

Along with Judy Garland, Sammy Dsvis, Jr. was perhaps the greatest all-around entertainer of the 20th century. There was NOTHING he couldn't do in the way of entertainment... and did it all with remarkable skill and style. Surprisingly, I believe his talents were underrated... few could match his vocal skill or dance prowess, before or since. And he was a gifted actor as well. If anyone was ever born to entertain, it was Sammy Davis, Jr.

@preppysocks209

4 жыл бұрын

Not too many could have come back the way he did, and he was also a great humanitarian.

@Noone58319

3 жыл бұрын

He was a national treasure. I miss him and his abundant talent.

@oldwestguy

3 жыл бұрын

@@Noone58319 Amazingly talented man... and he basically could do it all seemingly at birth. He was entertaining people as early as age five or so I believe.

@kelloggs5473

3 жыл бұрын

@oldwestguy Another performer who could do it all was Nina Simone. Her lawsuit against a record company was mentioned in Dorothy Kilgallen’s column on January 6, 1965. That was the date of the column item’s publication in the New York Journal-American.

@oldwestguy

3 жыл бұрын

@@kelloggs5473 I'm not familiar with her. I'll have to check it out. Thanks.

They couldn't have found a better host.

“Do you ever have your points of difference with a gentleman named Frank Sinatra?” “I take the fifth.” Hilarious!!

Sammy was one cool dude

I remember the story in the National Enquirer about Sammy Davis, Jr., Peter Falk and Sandy Duncan with the title, "They Made It To the Top --- With 1 Eye."

My favorite Sammy Davis Jr....multi talented and speaks so well......wonderful personality...too bad we don't have that caliber of entertainers today...

Sammy Davis, Jr. was the only person who could play 'Sportin Life' in Porgy & Bess, he was born for that role. Of course he could do anything, and well.

I'm having fun watching What's My Line! I was born yet , I'm a 60's Child . Thanks for sharing this with us!!

Did anyone else notice at the 22:27 mark when Sammy Davis Jr. was leaving that Bennett tried to get John Daly's attention to ask a question and Daly gave him a "not now" kind of look?

@WhatsMyLine

9 жыл бұрын

Not until you pointed it out, but wow. If looks could kill!

@bigwilson8794

8 жыл бұрын

+Jeff Vaughn I noticed it too. Bennett could be a pain sometimes

@arbyfatbuckle1733

7 жыл бұрын

wow. the look a father gives his kids when they screw up.

@servalspots7133

7 жыл бұрын

I wonder if Daly was worried that Bennett would ask Sammy Davis Jr. to perform a little. Gil Fates (the executive producer) mentioned that Daly didn't like it when the guests were asked to perform. Of course, it could also have to do with them being pressed for time, as we see at the end of the episode.

@dpm-jt8rj

5 жыл бұрын

Jeff Vaughn I probably would not have noticed if I did not see your comment, but there was something there being communicated non-verbally! Mr. Daly looked very ticked off there. It was fairly pronounced look of disapproval.

Back in the days of live television, the timing clock was ever present. It’s fun to watch John Daly’s face when he realizes “the time is up.” Frivolity disappears very quickly.

I like it when the panel knows who the mystery guest is and plays with the guest before guessing him.

6:08 John Daly uncharacteristically gets a little flustered. He almost refers to the guest as "Doctor" (we hear him say, "It's very difficult for Dah...uh") after which he realizes his information-giving near flub and spends several seconds trying to recover with as little notice as possible.

@smfbiz

8 жыл бұрын

I saw that as well

@oobaka1967

5 жыл бұрын

Noticed that too. The panel isn't as observant as I believed.

@davidsanderson5918

4 жыл бұрын

Flustered?? Hardly! For several seconds? Not a chance. He stops in his tracks for a split-second at most then slows the pace to consider the best wording....I mean, big deal!

"Is it non-explosive?" ...every mommy has had the experience of a young infant having a diaper bow-out! ...the kind where the contents travel much further up than one would ever imagine; the kind when an instant bath is required!

@deboraholsen2504

5 жыл бұрын

*diaper BLOW-out!!

@davidsanderson5918

4 жыл бұрын

Yes but as 'Daly' might say....there may be something explosive in the vicinity of or 'in association with ' the product but the product ITSELF does not explode. So that's three down, seven to go, Miss Kilgallen. :)

@dianefiske-foy4717

3 жыл бұрын

😂🤣😂🤣🥰‼️

@bluecamus5162

Жыл бұрын

I don't know if the good doctor meant 'disposable' diaper or just 'pin-less' diaper, but the man with the patent for the disposable diaper would've become very, very wealthy.

Funny that,That was my line as a TV repairman and antenna installer..Still love you Dorothy.

10:37 Arlene's hilarious risque comment about something that extends below the knee: "That's a long one!"

R.I.P KING (MR. SAMMY DAVIS JR.) YOU DEFINITELY WAS THE ROLLS ROYCE OF ENTERTAINMENT 👑👑👑👑

Not long after my daughter was born in 1974, the pin- less diapers came out, they had tapes. But I always kept cloth diapers around in case I ran out. We had cloth adult diapers with snaps on them at the nursing home I worked at in 1995. Shortly after that the adult disposable ones came out. This inventor had already started experimenting with the idea. Wow, I didn't know that they had been around that long.

@virghammer1

Жыл бұрын

They are an environmental NIGHTMARE, alas.

Fun to watch.

The "pinless diaper ". Thank you Dr for pampers.

@amandahuber2775

8 күн бұрын

Today's paper and silica diapers are worlds easier than the pinned diapers I first learned on!

This show took place the day after I was born.

That Rolls Royce salesman has quite the mouthfull o' teeth!

@stephanieperry1119

Жыл бұрын

How old was he back in 1962? Is he still living?

Ok. I knew the diaper one would be funny. 😂

Sammy is so adorable. ♥️♥️♥️

I had my first child in January of 1962 and disposable diapers were just starting to hit the market. They were not very good in the beginning

Ah, how far we have come.

Again the most fun challenging guest if cut short :( Wasnt that complained about? Some are amzingly doneover fast.

I was lucky enough to meet Sammy Davis Jr at the funeral of Elvis Presley

It must be disappointing for a guest to get on stage and then be ushered back off in only a minute because they ran out of time.

Totally mesmerised even to this day with the talent and charisma of sammy x so much talent and also handsome to go with it x was a sad day when he passed away x r.i.p. sammy x

Tv Antennas on the roof......haha. Ol'school.

@arbyfatbuckle1733

7 жыл бұрын

at least it was free and descent. better than the crap today.

@chewie2055

5 жыл бұрын

Purple Capricorn The good ole days

@accomplice55

2 жыл бұрын

@@arbyfatbuckle1733 : It was descent only when they fell down. ;)

@DavidMcdonald-df8tb

3 ай бұрын

Clever reply?​@@accomplice55

This Dr. Spar 8s probably the one that either brought or opened the door for the disposable diaper. 😊

I think it was incredibly rude of them to rush through the final contestants.

@DavidMcdonald-df8tb

3 ай бұрын

At least they got the full 50 bucks

There is a "Burt Riley Waters" in Clearwater, FL at age 80 (as of 8-4-19). If that is him, he'd be 20 here.

@gailjackson8941

4 жыл бұрын

Wow!

@jacquelinebell6201

Жыл бұрын

Found the same guy in Florida in Feb, 2023. 84 now.

And sooo talented!

Sammy Davis was the mystery guest at least twice before this appearance. You would think that the panelists would remember his voice from those previous times, even when disguised slightly.

@loissimmons6558

6 жыл бұрын

Sammy was a great vocal impressionist and he used that to his advantage during other appearances. For some reason, he didn't do so this time.

@elizabethpease947

3 жыл бұрын

Lois Simmons Maybe they told him not to, so he would be on for a while.

Just seen what y’all talking about. If looks could kill....oh my..

I'm surprised at how often they make a *big* deal, about peoples weight, back then. Hm... Actually, not much has changed, I guess. 😶😮😊

According to my mother I'm related to David Susskind, but he's a cousin many times removed. I've met my once removed Susskind cousins.

Little did they know that a few years later Pampers would be introduced, they completely revolutionized the diaper industry.

Having viewed many episodes of WML, this is the first I have seen in which all four challengers were men. Just as the panelists were always 2 men and 2 women, the producers of WML always had at least one member of each gender as a challenger on each episode except this one.

@sleb99

4 жыл бұрын

And chickens!

Wow now I have to look up when the Pamper.

@battlegirldeb

2 жыл бұрын

Re watching this episode and had fun reading about the beninning of Pampers. Now here we are in 2020's and people are trying to go back to the days of dipers with pins.

I knew I saw a publicity shot for this episode somewhere.

It was so funny, specially the scientist that had worked on dippers.

John would remarry, and have 3 more children, so I'm sure he kept the diaper business very busy!

John looked a little annoyed at Bennett when Sammy was standing up to leave.

So great

Mr Davis is very handsome here. The whole episode was enjoyable.

I've noticed that the more common lines, the panel has trouble with, but the unusual ones, they seem to get quick.

They should have known that the fellow selling rolls-royces done a high paid job because of the cut of his suit

@Jake-bq9wz

2 жыл бұрын

Just seeing this for the very first time. Re: The suit, yes, I was always trying to make myself appear older then. Not any more!!!

(11:50) Here we are now in 2020 -- I would imagine now there would be an infinitesimal number of babies that would be wearing diapers secured with pins. Very few are probably using washable or reusable ones either. I wonder how many people would even know how to fold them or use them at all or how to safely use the safety pins near the baby's skin. I remember using them with my baby brothers and sisters in the 1960's.

Ok, now why in the WORLD would they bring that last guy on? They KNEW he they weren't gonna guess his occupation in 2 minutes and yet John STILL brought him on. WOOW

The female contestants are always asked if they are Miss or Mrs, yet Arlene Francis always gets introduced as Miss, despite being married. Interesting.

A show staffer told us some panelists were tipped off about the "lines" so they could come up with witty questions and comments. I'm apt to believe it

Sammy did a bunch of voices in his other appearance on WML. He was pretty humdrum in this one

8:44 Actually, people put diapers on monkeys and dogs too. (...At least in *this* era.)

@sleb99

4 жыл бұрын

HiYa Pal and chickens!

@mikejschin

3 жыл бұрын

Horses, too. At least the ones that pull carriages for city tours.

@ray_ray_7112

Жыл бұрын

I was thinking the same thing. I'm pretty sure there were some TV shows back then that featured a chimpanzee wearing diapers.

@ChrisHansonCanada

Жыл бұрын

Joe Biden wears one, too.

John Daly was not Irish he was born in Johannesburg South Africa

I sure wish Mr Davis would have separated himself from the Brat pack. He was so much better than they!

I am in Indianapolis and wanted to see where the closest Rolls Royce dealership is located but their website is not working and playing well with others at this moment. He does look young.

@julier.1902

4 жыл бұрын

I saw a RR dealership in OK City once years ago. Wild!

@timothydouglas7949

4 жыл бұрын

We have one of the R.R. plants here in Indy

Imagine that pinless diapers who would have thunk😅

Today in no one cares: Sammy and I shared a birthday ❤

show was used to Tout ny acts

Anybody know how tall Sammy Davis Jr. was? He sure was a cutie, wasn’t he? And he had a wonderful voice!

@elizabethpease947

3 жыл бұрын

Diane Fiske-Foy : 5 foot 6 inches supposedly

@dianefiske-foy4717

3 жыл бұрын

Mark Richardson ... Thanks 😊

@mikejschin

3 жыл бұрын

IMDB lists his height as 5' 3 1/2". That site is not always spot-on accurate, but it's quite believable when you see Sammy next to other people..

@dianefiske-foy4717

3 жыл бұрын

@@mikejschin ... Yeah, I can believe he’s 5’ 3 1/2” tall. And I can also believe he would make sure to add that 1/2” to his height when he would state it. My son is 5’ 5 3/4” tall and he always makes sure he adds the 3/4”. I tell him he’s lucky to be that tall, since his dad was only 5’ 2” tall.

An uncharacteristic slip from John Daly at 13:30 when he mentions a second panelist rather than a second contestant. Understandable in the circumstances, as the first segment was getting a bit out of control both on topic and time, and John seemed a bit flustered.

@shirleyrombough8173

4 жыл бұрын

Neil Midkiff - It is so gratifying to hear John pronounce "antennae" correctly. He said "antenn-eye." It's a Latin word and the combination "ae" is pronounced like the long "i." People mispronounce "nostrae" as "nostray." That is wrong. I am gratified that John would pronounce it correctly.

@neilmidkiff

4 жыл бұрын

@@shirleyrombough8173 In looking this up, it seems that there are several different sets of rules, and I hope you can help me understand which set applies in which circumstance. Your rule for pronouncing ae as long i seems valid for Classical Latin. In Church Latin, ae is pronounced "eh" (pure long a, without the diphthong glide to "ee") in words like "saeculorum" -- I sing classical music, which often has Latin liturgical texts, so this is the rule most familiar to me. In British English and older American usage, words adapted from Latin with ae spellings are often pronounced with a long e, like encyclopaedia or caecum (intestinal pouch). So the spelling "cae" can be pronounced "see" as in the last example, "ky" in Classical Latin (caelum=sky), or "chay" as in Church Latin (caelum again). What do we do for Modern Latin technical words like "antennae"? You won't find that word in Virgil, so it's not clear to me that the Classical rule applies. For mid-century English rules for WML I go to my 1961 Webster's Third New International unabridged dictionary. It gives the long e ending for antennae first, then "also" the long i ending. My 1993 American Heritage third college edition has only the long e pronunciation (and only for the biological definition, as for insect antennae; for a radio antenna, the only plural given is "antennas"). I'd be interested in your explanation of what set of rules applies when.

I don't think Daly was angry at Bennett for trying to ask Sammy a question at the end. At first, Daly was smiling expectantly at Bennett -- but then the audience applauded and Sammy was already on his feet and Daly knew that it was too late. I think he grimaced at the sudden, awkward moment.

I believe Pampers are better than diapers. and Pampers came out in the very early 70's; possibly late 60's.

@ToddSF

9 жыл бұрын

Brooke Hanley -- Pampers are diapers. Disposable diapers, in fact. The first disposable diapers came out in 1949 with the brand name "Chux".

@brookehanley3659

9 жыл бұрын

ToddSF 94109 Never knew they were around that long. I do remember them in full force in the 1970's. You still would see the diaper service trucks in the 60's. No one in the circle I lived in used disposables in the sixties. From what I ever knew the early disposables were not what they later became. Great invention.

@ToddSF

9 жыл бұрын

When I was born in 1952, the hospital gave my mother a complimentary of "Congratulations", a glossy format magazine that the the hospital-issued birth certificate with inked footprints of the baby (which is not the legal one the county recorder had). The magazine advertised lots of baby products, such as baby food in jars, baby bottles for feeding the baby, baby powder (and oil and lotion) and those disposable diapers (the Chux brand). Of course, they weren't "pinless" then and you probably need to provide "plastic pants" as well as diaper pins as were also used with cloth diapers. The improvement in the late 1960's included a "stay-dry" liner on the insider of the diaper, an integral plastic layer on the outside and, eventually, built-in peel and stick strips to keep the folded diaper closed instead of having to use pins. One thing I can say about cloth diapers -- I managed to survive them -- is that they didn't end up in the landfill as an unsanitary item. I shudder to think how many disposable diapers replete with their contents end up as landfill. On the other hand, given the current severe drought in the U.S., the fewer loads of laundry one does, the better.

I wonder if Hollywood was as leacherous back then as it is now.😢

Plus was known as a real fast draw

Is it solid rather than liquid? LOL

Can someone explain the dinner jacket thing

@WhatsMyLine

8 жыл бұрын

What "dinner jacket thing"?

@LN-sw2cq

8 жыл бұрын

With Sammy Davis Jr. "Do you own a dinner jacket thats lined with red"

@LN-sw2cq

8 жыл бұрын

+Lyndsey Newman 20:24

@WhatsMyLine

8 жыл бұрын

***** Oh, okay-- well, it's just one of the many "insider knowledge" questions Dorothy liked to ask during the mystery guest rounds. I've always found her tendency to do this quite annoying, personally. For a while in the early 60s she was asking practically every mystery guest, "Have you ever studied dentistry", simply because she knew this to be true of Casey Stengel and was convinced he would be a guest. And then when Stengel finally did appear as mystery guest, she never got to spring her favorite question.

odd looking as dorothy was i still say shes pretty. appealing and even sexy.....sinatra wouldnt agree.

RE: game one. Dorothy was so serious about game playing, when she got a bunch of big laughs, it was a bonanza. It would be darned interesting to know how the first contestant was related work-wise to my long-time neighbor Carlyle Harmon who -- when working in his Johnson and Johnson career in New Jersey-- found himself as the official holder of patients dealing with disposable diapers.

@loissimmons6558

6 жыл бұрын

And I was wondering if the first challenger was related to Joseph A. Spahr, a meteorologist for many years at UCLA who I went to college with at Cornell.

Can people who see these episodes truly say that we were a racist country? I have seen many episodes that f this show and they have African American guests often and i have not noticed a hint of any negative feelings whatsoever. So where are all these claims of widespread racism in the past? This is the early to mid 50’s. Over a decade before the turmoil of the 1960s and the equal rights movement. Where was the less than equal rights of the 1950’s occurring? Certainly not here. On this show. The audience reactions don’t sound like unusual at any point, do you think so? I’m just wondering where this evidence is, if not recorded here, for us to see?

Sammy was the greatest however, DK no doubt insisted on the see thru mask on this occasion.

@elizabethpease947

3 жыл бұрын

Stephen Vincent : Maybe Mr. Daly didn’t want the panel to have to take long to guess the person’s identity?

@stephenvincent4989

3 жыл бұрын

Elizabeth Pease Yup, you could be right the guessing certainly fluctuated but I suppose that’s the name of the game. However, great to see all those stars but really feel old when I realize the episodes are over 60 years old.

@susanrutherford866

Жыл бұрын

They knew it was Sammy from the get go.

*_Scientist in Charge of Research on Diapers_* *_Sells Rolls Royce Automobiles_* (would *_you_* buy a car off a guy with that slimy grin?) *_Mounts Television Antennas on Rooftops_*

susskind always gave me the creeps. always looked like he was up to no good.

@kelloggs5473

3 жыл бұрын

@Patrick McKenna Susskind does not give me the creeps. During 1959, his Sunday night TV talk show had a wide variety of guests, including Dorothy Parker. No recordings of them from that far back exist.

Instead of giving Bennett a dirty look, John should have let him ask SDJ whatever he wanted instead of saving one minute to bring on a final contestant and then quickly running out of time. It wasn't fair to that antenna guy.

Arlene Francis is too me a beautiful woman with the most sexy eyes....I wish I could love like her

No talent like there was..

My husband is Irish but he renounced his heritage when the IRA bombed children!

Yes, those were happy days. Too bad it has all gone to sh**.

This was filmed before Sammy lost his eye in an accident. I wish it was kn color to see Arlene’s dress better.

@lauracollins4195

5 жыл бұрын

Cyndi Foore - The auto accident where he lost his left eye was in November 1954, several years before this 1959 WML appearance. Also interesting to see his appearance on WML wearing an eye patch, just four months after the accident, on March 13, 1955. What a talented and courageous man. :)

@elizabethpease947

3 жыл бұрын

Cyndi Foore : This was from March 1959. His eye is hidden by his smart looking glasses.

I dearly love WML but the show would have been more fun for everyone if the panel had more to go on than just salaried or self employed. John Daly is forced to give so many convoluted explanations to the panel's dbl/triple negative questions. So much time is wasted asking the same 20 odd tedious questions of every contestant. Loved WML when it ran originally love it even more all these yrs later..

@YY4Me133

Жыл бұрын

Daly's convoluted explanations have always been one of my favorite parts of the show, even when I was a child.

what that junk David Susskind doing there?

Cerf is so uncouth. He asks questions to get tips from gamblers tries to ask rocket scientists professional proprietary information, he's crude in how he talks about women, and he asks dreadfully embarrassing questions of the guests often. He's not very cultured for being so well traveled.