Burt Reynolds, great sense of humor, cool, and was Quint on Gunsmoke for a couple of years in the mid 60's before a year or two as Dan August, A Quinn Martin Production. My first car, black 1977 Trans Am, got it in November 1976 for my 16th birthday, 7 months before Smokey and The Bandit came out. RIP.
This was just a few months before Deliverance which made him a star followed later by Smokey and the Bandit which made him a superstar. To me Deliverance was Burt Reynold's finest hour.
Pretty much everything from this point through the first Smokey is considered a classic , except for the Bogdonavitch musical he did, which was a mess.
Yep sad. I looked him up and it said he died of natural causes, however to me he looks thinner and not quite healthy here as compared to his last season just 4 years before in 1967. I think he may have had an underlying sickness of some sort here ??
Oh I was born and raised in Louisville Kentucky Delta queen was docked in Cincinnati and race the Bell of Louisville every year a derby time. They don’t let the Delta queen come down as far as Louisville anymore I don’t live there right now so I’m not real sure why they stop that.
@@fastguned Bennett ‘s poor health probably was exacerbated by the scandal dogging his “Famous Writers School” scam. Jessica Mitford had blown the lid off this massive fraud the year before his 1971 appearance on WML.
It honestly boggles my mind as to why this and I've Got a Secret aren't permanently on GSN at 3am. It's not like they have anything better to show in that time.
Awesome to see Bennett Cerf on the color WML? I liked how he and Arlene were trying to switch places to where they sat on the original WML? The Delta Queen used to race the Belle of Louisville every year in the Great Steamboat Race until they deemed her a “fire hazard”. Thanks so much for sharing this with us 👍
It was possible to continue with both Arlene Francis and John Charles Daly until 1975. Both were still in excellent health in 1975 to continue working with the show. It wasn't possible to continue Dorothy Killgallen on the panel after her death in 1965 and Bennett Cerf continuing on the panel after his death in 1971 but I wish the show in colour after 1967 could have continued with John Charles Daly hosting until 1975.
John Charles Daley stopped being host 9/3/67 and became head of Voice of America. In syndication, there were 2 hosts: Walley Bruner and Larry Blyden (1968-1975).
This was the last time Arlene Francis & Bennett Cerf were together in the panel. This was just before Burt Reynolds had a mustache. Burt is one of the greatest stars of all time. Love how funny he was. We miss you, rest well.
Arlene is despite her age a tough panelist, a kind of steel magnolia. She really doesn't look THAT old. The has a solid voice and is very focussed, and still attractive.
@@sissygamache ua-cam.com/video/NvjptG7jKGg/v-deo.html. This one supposedly, but the date is before this one. I'd say, either this one I posted is misdated, or this one we're on is pretty close.
@sissygamache - On August 5, 1971, Bennett Cerf participated in a day of What’s My Line videotaping for the last time. He died three weeks later. Mystery guests included Mary Healy without her husband Peter Lind Hayes.
@@4seeableTVLove when she played Quincy’s girlfriend on his great show. May have married him in the last season. Anita Gillette had a lovely personality and was so pleasant
Notice how Sales interrupts and changes the subject when Reynolds is talking about his Cherokee heritage. Sales says something about the Riverboat Captain and a TV show. Burt snores, lol!!
Wow. a Mississippi River boat captain. I doubt that he ever met Mark Twain. He mentions Mark Twain. I checked and apparently you can still ride the Delta Queen.
It seemed as though Burt were somewhat touchy about his heritage. Here on WML? he actually called Wally a dummy for one of Wally's questions concerning where Burt lived. But on another short-lived game show hosted by Tom Kennedy, Burt was inadvertently kidded about a 'reservation' when asked a question. Although it was an April Fool's response, Burt actually charged at Tom...
Research the Trail of Tears...Burt was very sensitive to anyone making jokes about the American Indian culture. He was very proud of his Cherokee roots.
@@JamesJohnson-nv8zo I'll agree with you, he might have handled that a bit better, but at the same time, he was very sensitive to the topic...& frankly, the continued ignorance of the topic is equally annoying, which clearly comes through on Burt's end.
Soupy had someone feeding him the answers. In the first two rounds he shouted out the correct answer with no specific clue as to what it might be. Very bad form.
I feel like the two younger ones were almost disrespectful in a way to Bennett and Arlene. Maybe I’m just protective. Like they can’t protect themselves.
I was too young to have seen the live Sunday night WML?, I was 2 and a half, in 1967, when it ended. I grew up watching the color, syndicated versions, hosted by Wally Bruner and Larry Blyden. I love seeing Bennett and Arlene, in color. Bennett did not live long, after this show.
Arlene was wearing hot pants! It's like high society hot pants! Burt had no problem with older women. He and Dinah Shore were an item when she was in her sixties.
I have just been reading Judy Carne’s book, “Laughing on the Outside, Crying on the Inside: the Bittersweet Saga of the Sock it to me Girl.” She describes how she and Burt Reynolds fell in love, married, but eventually divorced, 1963-5. She found him too controlling. He married again, Loni Anderson, 1988-94. He also had a five-year affair with Sally Field, who dropped him when she decided it wouldn’t last. A great actor and attractive guy, but couldn’t settle into a long term relationship.
. Yeah, I'm starting to wonder too.......just watched an episode from 1974 with Arlene Francis's husband, Martin Gabel as the "Mystery Guest".......but the show opened with a woman who wrote an "Encyclopedia" on Dreams.....and for most of that game the panel didn't seem to be getting anywhere, right before Soupy asked for a 10 second "conference" with the panelists, and then suddenly blurted out to everyone that they should ask about dreams! Maybe, MAYBE it was completely coincidental (because Arlene Francis immediately said she was going to say the same thing as Soupy), but just the way they didn't really seem to be getting anywhere with the guest, and suddenly, seemingly out of nowhere, they had the answer with only one further question from Arlene seemed rather "lucky".... 🤨 .
Which is ironic, because for some reason Brando absolutely despised Burt Reynolds. I always figured it was jealousy, because Brando probably looked at Burt and saw a younger version of himself.
I was raised and born in Louisville Kentucky and the Delta queen was right up the river in Cincinnati. Used to come down and race the bill of Louisville every derby week. It was a big deal. For some reason they change that. If you’re lucky to be downtown where the Bella Louisville docks you hear the Calliope play occasionally. I don’t live there anymore I don’t know why they changed the race between the bell and the Delta.
Paul newman steve McQueen participated at this games it was amazing and fun but I'm huge fan of burt reynolds more than paul Newman and McQueen I think burt was more than an actor he was handsome smart talented and magnitic I love him so much you will be missed RIP burt reynolds
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Burt was true to form here. Notice the high heeled shoes? Reynolds wore high heels every waking moment of his life. Burt's Achilles heel was his insecurity of not being tall. So, between the toupee and the high heels, he was phony from head to toes, LITERALLY.
![What's My Line? - Elizabeth Ashley; Anthony Perkins [panel] (Nov 22, 1964)](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/mPWJsvioVkc/mqdefault.jpg)
Burt calling our precious Grandma Arlene "Hotpants" was hilarious.
Burt Reynolds, great sense of humor, cool, and was Quint on Gunsmoke for a couple of years in the mid 60's before a year or two as Dan August, A Quinn Martin Production. My first car, black 1977 Trans Am, got it in November 1976 for my 16th birthday, 7 months before Smokey and The Bandit came out. RIP.
Burt went on to be a major movie star, he was the man!
Deliverance, right around the corner. Who needed Dan August? (He did about 15 years later.)
This was just a few months before Deliverance which made him a star followed later by Smokey and the Bandit which made him a superstar. To me Deliverance was Burt Reynold's finest hour.
Pretty much everything from this point through the first Smokey is considered a classic , except for the Bogdonavitch musical he did, which was a mess.
Arlene Francis is absolutely everything.
Interestingly I grew up hearing Arlene Francis on the radio everyday - my mother listened to her program on WOR in New York!
This brings backs memories of me as a teenager watching this up in my bedroom at night
He never got enough credit for his sense of humor IMO
Burt Reynolds.. was a great actor... and had a great sence of humor... longest yard great movie
I agree totally
@richardpoplis6777 *sense
@@nancyhowell4505 thank you mrs spelling be.. hope you also check all other spelling errors also
Terrible boyfriend apparently.
@@richardpoplis6777Spelling Bee.
Sad to think that Bennett Cerf would pass away in only 5 months
I had the exact same thought, on August 27th, 1971. He was 73 years old. 😓
Yep sad. I looked him up and it said he died of natural causes, however to me he looks thinner and not quite healthy here as compared to his last season just 4 years before in 1967. I think he may have had an underlying sickness of some sort here ??
So sad. Too soon. Wiki says natural causes But I think that’s still too young for natural causes.
Oh I was born and raised in Louisville Kentucky Delta queen was docked in Cincinnati and race the Bell of Louisville every year a derby time. They don’t let the Delta queen come down as far as Louisville anymore I don’t live there right now so I’m not real sure why they stop that.
@@fastguned Bennett ‘s poor health probably was exacerbated by the scandal dogging his “Famous Writers School” scam. Jessica Mitford had blown the lid off this massive fraud the year before his 1971 appearance on WML.
Burt Reynolds is legend.
It honestly boggles my mind as to why this and I've Got a Secret aren't permanently on GSN at 3am. It's not like they have anything better to show in that time.
It aired during the overnights during the 2000s (but not the syndicated version of the show).
Burt was great. RIP sir.
Burt often used humor & sarcasm as a means to get past how shy he really was.
I never bought that....I believe it was narcissism
@@stephenalberston9108 You think?
He was funny today.
So shy he posed for Playgirl.
The original WML was only on once a week making it more of a special event than seen all week in syndication .
Burt looked Amazing in 1971!
Check him out in 1961.
Awesome to see Bennett Cerf on the color WML? I liked how he and Arlene were trying to switch places to where they sat on the original WML? The Delta Queen used to race the Belle of Louisville every year in the Great Steamboat Race until they deemed her a “fire hazard”. Thanks so much for sharing this with us 👍
Bennett died 6.5 months after this show of natural causes...he looked a little gaunt here.
Soupy sales... very funny.. but miss the old crew from the 50s and 60s... miss John Daly too
John Daly was such a great gentleman!
Wally was better then Larry
Me too. I love the John Daly era.
Yes.
I prefer Larry@@davidchildress6432
OMG MY BABY BURTTTT he’s so fine I know he’s up there resting in peace MY BABAAYYYY💕💕💕💕
Burt Reynolds,so versatile.
Serious actor come comic actor.
I really miss him
RIP.
Really
@@annaritaranalli1791 Yes.
Haven't you seen his work?
First time watching all these old shows, I see the host wally bruner is all business.
to be fair, he has to keep to schedule.
If anything so was John Daly. John had a good sense of humor though
I love seeing Bennett Cerf when he makes his appearances. Unfortunately I believe he died this year, only 73.
Burt Reynolds hilarious 😂 😃 😄 😁 🤣!!!
Bennett died in 1971. So sad.
It was possible to continue with both Arlene Francis and John Charles Daly until 1975. Both were still in excellent health in 1975 to continue working with the show. It wasn't possible to continue Dorothy Killgallen on the panel after her death in 1965 and Bennett Cerf continuing on the panel after his death in 1971 but I wish the show in colour after 1967 could have continued with John Charles Daly hosting until 1975.
What???
John Charles Daley stopped being host 9/3/67 and became head of Voice of America. In syndication, there were 2 hosts: Walley Bruner and Larry Blyden (1968-1975).
This was the last time Arlene Francis & Bennett Cerf were together in the panel. This was just before Burt Reynolds had a mustache. Burt is one of the greatest stars of all time. Love how funny he was. We miss you, rest well.
at 20:52 Burt Reynolds calls the host "you dummy" ..... and he seems serious about it. He radiates masculinity in the Marlon Brando fashion
He was dead serious. See the history of The Trail of Tears. I think it was Burt's most gentle way of expressing how annoyed he was.
sutherland9 He adopts that kind of arrogant masculinity that’s, thankfully, now mostly lost to the winds of time.
@@elspethcoogan1499 I agree with you.
I thought he was a bit rude.
I too could sense Burt was touchy.
Arlene is despite her age a tough panelist, a kind of steel magnolia. She really doesn't look THAT old. The has a solid voice and is very focussed, and still attractive.
She was a good looking woman even in her 60's
Indeed. Arlene seemed to look more beautiful as she aged.
Arlene in hot pants!! And, why not? She had a Great pair of gams 🦵🏻
@augerontgen8240 *focused 🙂
Its weird without Dorothy Killgallen an John Charles Daly
Unfortunately Dorothy was murdered, a very sad occurrence
Unfortunately Dorothy wasn't possible. But I wish John Charles Daly was there
And Fred Allen!
@@Joy-of-collecting Unknown whether it was murder but it was definitely suspicious.
John Daly was working as a Peabody Award Council Jurist (one of a group of people who decided who should win the award each year).
It is amazing that Anita Gillette is still with us (8/15/24)
Poor Bennett, he'd be dead in a few months after this taping. He looks quite frail here. But what a wonderful life he had. Lived it to the fullest.
His son sold his business 😧
Do you happen to know what & when his last episode was?
@@sissygamache ua-cam.com/video/NvjptG7jKGg/v-deo.html. This one supposedly, but the date is before this one. I'd say, either this one I posted is misdated, or this one we're on is pretty close.
I think Burt Reynolds knew Dan August was about to be on the chopping block. Reynolds looked his best here.
@sissygamache - On August 5, 1971, Bennett Cerf participated in a day of What’s My Line videotaping for the last time. He died three weeks later. Mystery guests included Mary Healy without her husband Peter Lind Hayes.
Long before Norm Macdonald played Burt Reynolds on “Saturday Night Live.”
What's very sad is that within just a little over five months of this show....Cerf would pass away.
Anita’s voice is awesome.
And a cutie too.
@@4seeableTVLove when she played Quincy’s girlfriend on his great show. May have married him in the last season. Anita Gillette had a lovely personality and was so pleasant
Burt Reynolds was so handsome
Almost unrecognizable without his mustache.
He was quite handsome both ways... with & without his great mustache.
And a natural comedian.
Soupy was pretty sharp, as well as funny.
Yes, I was pleasantly surprised at how sharp Soupy was! I have memories of him as a "silly guy" but he was, apparently, quite smart.
I liked his hair dye.
Waitress Black #109
He was never funny. How he was ever famous is a huge mystery.
@@richardvinsen2385I liked Soupy Sales.
burt always steals the show
I like the Who's Who Feature, where they try to guess the professions of the different people.
WOW!!!! BURT REYNOLDS 1/2 ITALIANO...
Well that explains his magnificence CHARM !😁👍🏻👍🏻
Burt what a doll.
Notice how Sales interrupts and changes the subject when Reynolds is talking about his Cherokee heritage. Sales says something about the Riverboat Captain and a TV show. Burt snores, lol!!
That was very noticable and very deliberate .
Wow. a Mississippi River boat captain. I doubt that he ever met Mark Twain. He mentions Mark Twain. I checked and apparently you can still ride the Delta Queen.
Arlene looks Sensationally Gorgeous ❤️
It seemed as though Burt were somewhat touchy about his heritage. Here on WML? he actually called Wally a dummy for one of Wally's questions concerning where Burt lived. But on another short-lived game show hosted by Tom Kennedy, Burt was inadvertently kidded about a 'reservation' when asked a question. Although it was an April Fool's response, Burt actually charged at Tom...
Research the Trail of Tears...Burt was very sensitive to anyone making jokes about the American Indian culture. He was very proud of his Cherokee roots.
And I always thought he was 100 percent Caucasian.
He came off as being a bit rude.
@@JamesJohnson-nv8zo I'll agree with you, he might have handled that a bit better, but at the same time, he was very sensitive to the topic...& frankly, the continued ignorance of the topic is equally annoying, which clearly comes through on Burt's end.
He was neither Italian nor Cherokee, it was just part of his act.
Why would they announce such a specific hint with transportation? They never were so giving in the older episodes
Wally was born March 4, 1931 and was 40 in 1971.. He died from Liver Cancer at 66 in 1997..
It really bothers me that it seems Soupy can’t stand for somebody else to be the center of attention.
Arlene looked so cute in her pajamas.
🤣
The host answering the questions along with the guest drives me crazy
Burt Reynolds RIP.
Soupy had someone feeding him the answers. In the first two rounds he shouted out the correct answer with no specific clue as to what it might be. Very bad form.
I feel like the two younger ones were almost disrespectful in a way to Bennett and Arlene. Maybe I’m just protective. Like they can’t protect themselves.
Lady’s got some legs at 60 plus years old. I’m 59. Wish I had those legs.
Burt is funny lol.
This was just 5 months before Bennett died.
I love Anita’s hair!!
I was too young to have seen the live Sunday night WML?, I was 2 and a half, in 1967, when it ended. I grew up watching the color, syndicated versions, hosted by Wally Bruner and Larry Blyden. I love seeing Bennett and Arlene, in color. Bennett did not live long, after this show.
Anita would later play the wife on the show “Quincy”. She would also play Catherine’s Mother on “ Crime scene investigation “.
She is a very pretty woman.
Arlene was wearing hot pants! It's like high society hot pants!
Burt had no problem with older women. He and Dinah Shore were an item when she was in her sixties.
Lord, this isn’t even fun. How could a great show sink to this level?
Once they hired Soupy Sales, they should have given up.
I loved Soupy Sales as a kid. Still do
I did too, but now I find him incredibly annoying. This episode he's okay.
@@BigbadwhitecrackerHe was never funny. Even as a kid, I found him deeply annoying.
I have just been reading Judy Carne’s book, “Laughing on the Outside, Crying on the Inside: the Bittersweet Saga of the Sock it to me Girl.” She describes how she and Burt Reynolds fell in love, married, but eventually divorced, 1963-5. She found him too controlling. He married again, Loni Anderson, 1988-94. He also had a five-year affair with Sally Field, who dropped him when she decided it wouldn’t last. A great actor and attractive guy, but couldn’t settle into a long term relationship.
Burt Reynolds was sooo cool and HOT 🔥!! I adored him. ❤😊
I am sorry but I would suspect they are given the answers. How would Soupy guess Mississippi river boat!?
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Yeah, I'm starting to wonder too.......just watched an episode from 1974 with Arlene Francis's husband, Martin Gabel as the "Mystery Guest".......but the show opened with a woman who wrote an "Encyclopedia" on Dreams.....and for most of that game the panel didn't seem to be getting anywhere, right before Soupy asked for a 10 second "conference" with the panelists, and then suddenly blurted out to everyone that they should ask about dreams!
Maybe, MAYBE it was completely coincidental (because Arlene Francis immediately said she was going to say the same thing as Soupy), but just the way they didn't really seem to be getting anywhere with the guest, and suddenly, seemingly out of nowhere, they had the answer with only one further question from Arlene seemed rather "lucky".... 🤨
.
I always liked Anita.
Soupy got every one right!
before Burt was a movie star
Reynolds was already a movie star at this point . He made movies in the 60's just no break out ones .
I didn't know Burt was half Italian... cool...
Burt look like Brando
Which is ironic, because for some reason Brando absolutely despised Burt Reynolds. I always figured it was jealousy, because Brando probably looked at Burt and saw a younger version of himself.
There was a smaller steam boat one near Milton Iowa
It's funny I watched What's my Line sometimes when it was on back in the day and I remember Dorothy and Arlene but do not remember Bennett Cerf. ??
Bennett was the best
Bennett Cerf was a Regular WML Panelist.
I was raised and born in Louisville Kentucky and the Delta queen was right up the river in Cincinnati. Used to come down and race the bill of Louisville every derby week. It was a big deal. For some reason they change that. If you’re lucky to be downtown where the Bella Louisville docks you hear the Calliope play occasionally. I don’t live there anymore I don’t know why they changed the race between the bell and the Delta.
RIP Turd Ferguson.
Did Burt call the host a dummy
Paul newman steve McQueen participated at this games it was amazing and fun but I'm huge fan of burt reynolds more than paul Newman and McQueen I think burt was more than an actor he was handsome smart talented and magnitic I love him so much you will be missed RIP burt reynolds
I like to see what's my line again
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Arlene looks beautiful here and Anita Gillette looks gorgeous
I dont like how the host handled Arlene or Serf, they are the OG, gotta be more respectful
Come aboard!
Sadly, Bennett Cerf would only live five more months.
i've noticed several times when the mystery guest goes to shake hands with the panel that the men all seem to wear lifts in their shoes.
Burt Reynolds was kind of short anyhow...
Did Johnny Olson call Mr. Sales a turkey?!
Why is this so fast since the 50s version? Did peoples attention span die in a decade?
Burt Reynolds was wearing a nice wig .
But looks natural. Later it didn´t look natural. Lots of stars did wear hairpieces including John Wayne, Frank Sinatra, Jimmy Stewart.
Joseph Forest Toupee or not toupee, that is the question.
@@elspethcoogan1499 Toupee
Burt looks so much better w/the mustache.
He looked great either way.
what is arlene francis wearing, a picnic tablecloth? And I'll bet Bennet wishes he was wearing those hotpants!
That was very late 60s and early 70s fashion. Most of us had something like that material at that time.
I always thought Reynolds was an unfunny dud .
Certainly seems very full of himself
18:35; Not yet, anyway.
Pedro Pascal....Burt Reynolds.
Bennet cerf died just weeks later
Arlene is wearing hot pants,
meow!
Burt was true to form here. Notice the high heeled shoes? Reynolds wore high heels every waking moment of his life. Burt's Achilles heel was his insecurity of not being tall. So, between the toupee and the high heels, he was phony from head to toes, LITERALLY.
He was a great actor. That's all that counts!
Rip
Wally lamenting he was 39. smh
Today, he would be considered to be rather young.
Did they turn a classy weekly game show into a daily '70s syndicated show? Ugh!
You can see Burt's hair piece. Never liked his personality...always seemed liked he had to prove something.
HA! I nailed Who's Who!!