What's My Line? - Martha Raye (Dec 11, 1955)
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- Опубліковано 28 вер 2024
- MYSTERY GUEST: Martha Raye (Film and TV comedienne and singer)
PANEL: Dorothy Kilgallen, Fred Allen, Arlene Francis, Bennett Cerf
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Didn't know who Fred Allen was. Turns out he died just over 3 months after this episode aired. So glad to be able to see these shows.
I was born five days after this episode aired. I’d like to think that my mom watched this and that listening to the show inside her made me the erudite fellow I am today!! And may I also say that yesterday marked nine months of being isolated in my home due to COVID, and watching What’s My Line here from the start has gone a long way toward maintaining my sanity and sense of humor. Thank you so much for providing this halcyon show for our pleasure! Happy holidays to all!
Me too. (Helping keep me occupied during Covid)
I enjoy the comments, too. 😀
Great sentiment!
It’s saved mine, too😂
I would’ve liked to have heard that the two department store heads were donating their (whopping) $35.00.
I was saddened when Gimbels closed. I was only a kid, but it helped define New York City for me along with Macys. It was replaced by a mall. It was slow going at first but soon was rich in shops and food service. The TV audience of The People's Court would film there. Then it fell apart. They closed the top floors, and now it's just a shell. It's not a destination place to shop.
Martha Raye was the fifth person to be awarded Honorary Green Beret. While in Vietnam she would assist those in combat hospitals instead of performing because she was a LPN...Registered Nurse
Jack Valley -- LPN: Licensed Practical Nurse, also called LVN: Licensed Vocational Nurse in some areas of the country.
RN: Registered Nurse.
While their duties are similar, they aren't the same.
😊
That is a real honor.
Arlene is wearing a stunning dress. Love it!
She has lost some weight and looks great.
A stunning dress for a gorgeous woman 😊
Always a pleasure to watch this wonderful show.
The Fred Allen episodes are magic!
Blech.
He's so quick and witty.
Agree!
Fred Allen's interaction with the IRS Commissioner was hilarious!
RIP Dorothy Killgallan ❤❤❤
I don't think anyone we're seeing here is still alive. So RIP everyone.
I always loved her as a kid. So smart..and lovely and the whole panel.
She was such a wonderful person
I've seen all the shows for the umpteenth time. I think this is the first time I've seen 2 guests not sharing the same chair.
Given it was such a high class show, the fact that they would not bring out a 2nd chair when they had 2 guests, completely baffles me. It makes no sense.....at minimum, where was the etiquette???
These were very well known business tycoons, two chairs were required 😊
Martha Raye was Mel Sharple's mom on "Alice"
In Memory of Manuel Guara (Valencia, Spain January 1, 1930 - Miami March 19, 2011). During his time in Havana, "Guarita" was considered not only one of the best Jai-Alai players of his generation, but of all times. He was crowned World's Champion in 1955, and played in several tournaments around the world and for heads of state including Francisco Franco of Spain.
InBoccaChiusa • He faintly reminds me of Jim Nabors. Something about his facial lines and expressions.
"including Francisco Franco" who is still dead. :D
@@gomphrena-beautifulflower-8043 wtf???
MarthA Raye is buried in FT. Bragg NC As she was a Nurse during WW2 the only Civilian Buried in this Military Honor Place of Rest etc, She received the Rank Of LT Col. also.
MyREDTAIL didn't know she could sing beautifully and was a hoot to laugh at...
That talent is found any more
she was a wonderful lady
Wow! That's fascinating. Thank you for sharing.
I had the pleasure of knowing Martha. A warm, funny lady. She was a natural comedienne. She could hold you spell bound with the stories she told. RIP, Martha
@@mikegehre570 oh you are so lucky to have known her
Has anyone ever made a documentary on Fred Allen?
If not, they should!!😊
For those commenting on Martha Raye's hat:. First, it was a joke -- the price tag was still on it, hanging just over her right eye. More to the point, take look at women's hats over the years, there has always been a percentage that were beyond ridiculous. And do you ever see the "creations" worn at the Kentucky Derby EVERY year -- and some of them cost thousands if dollars.
That is a jewel hanging on the brim, not a price tag!
You're thinking of Minnie Pearl.
I looked through all the comments and didnt see any making fun of her hat.
@@ltrain4479: There's one there.
Just love Martha Raye.... wonderful woman!!!! 💕💕🤣
$50.00 in 1955 had the same buying power as $452.12 in 2017
And a Corvette cost around $3500 Haha
@@Theyralltakenfu That was half the price of a three bedroom house. Housing prices have risen 40X since then.
@@garyfrancis6193 👍
@@garyfrancis6193 Yes, much more than inflation.
$50 was a weeks pay or a mortgage payment 😊
Fred Allen's comment after hearing the last contestant introduced as Man-u-el: "a 'man you will' enjoy" lol.
Other than Buster Keaton (not including Paulette Goddard as a guest panelist), I suspect that Martha Raye was the only MG who made a movie with Charlie Chaplin, "Monsieur Verdoux."
manners and decorum ... ahh ... the good old days
That's debatable imho - take a look at how they talk to overweight people, among other things..
Rather to have lived back then than now
@@Ladywolf-du9lw I've done both, and prefer it back then.
@@slaytonp Me, too and people were a lot nicer back then. A young girl could walk down a street alone at nite to visit a friend without having to worry about being kidnapped, raped, having her throat slashed and thrown in a ditch.
@@jerrylee8261 Well, it still depended a lot upon where you lived, and the neighborhood you were walking through.
Can we call the first segment "Miracle on 47th Street"? (That's the location of the theater where this was recorded.)
The audience gives too many clues.
I can remember when jai alai matches had a brief surge of popularity somewhere during the late 1950's/early 60's and were televised in the NYC area, perhaps nationally. But the popularity didn't last.
It is known as the fastest sport on earth because the ball travels faster than in any other sport when played by the top players. The record is 204 mph (328 km/hr).
very popular in South Florida
The audience could’ve been instructed not to react initially so as to not give the game away, or could have done so without instruction.
I think booing the IRS man (a WML first) sort of gave the game away
WML doesn't need an audience and especially doesn't need the phony planted laughers.
@@jerrylee8261I was a teenager and would go see the show. Free admittance. I can tell you that the loud laughter was from the audience not any paid person😊
That hat!
What's with the low volume too low .
right
Old video probably
Old ears, most likely.
The material is 67 years old.............if that answers your, Marie.
The settings were loud enough on my phone, with ear buds all the way turned up.
I have to adjust the settings level on my speakers from 50 to 80 and turn sound way up.
Never thought I'd hear a resounding boo-ing from a live audience.
First episode where the "What's My Line" is superimposed over the entrances shot.
Get a life
@@joeambrose3260 not cool
@@joeambrose3260 Like your sad, lonely life?
@@nelsonricardo3729Ambrose should have been removed from this site years ago 😮
Serf’s last question to Harrington( spoken as a true capitalist)
“Will we be getting a tax reduction next year?”
Mr. Guara played at the fronton in Miami. That building has since been converted to Casino Miami and it’s near Miami international Airport. No more jai alai in Miami. Just fools who like to throw their money away in the same building.
Rip
Does the same person have to complain about the sound on every episode?
I have no idea what jai alai is! (:
Now why would they have known who the heads of department stores are? That isn’t something people would know.
Famous rivalry back in the day.
Miracle on 34th Street played on it for the movie.
Today most know the names of the heads or founders of Amazon, Facebook, Alphabet, Microsoft. Department stores were similarly influential and popular in the 1950s
People back in those days knew exactly who owned what!!!
Dorothy's introduction of Fred Allen seems a little confused.
The only problem with this show is John Daly's explanations are too long winded and convoluted and of very little help .
paacer:. Wasn't that his role?
That’s part of his charm!
Paacer. Exactly!!
Somebody doesn't understand the premise of the show.
I love these shows. I wasn't even been born yet but these are clean shows and an era gone. Ladies dresses, the men in tuxes, standing for a lady. Such a good era
I was born the day after this show aired (12-12-1955). I love watching these old programs.
I wonder if your mom watched this as she went into labor.
@@donaldmanthei1224 : I'll never know, since she's no longer around.
@@gj4578 .... Gregg I'm glad you're still around. BTW, I miss all those times! The good ole days.
Fred Allen and the tax commissioner was classic:
"What are you doing here may I ask?"
"Do you collect taxes from human beings?"
"I haven't any money with me."
"That's the longest conversation I ever had with a tax man."
Martha Raye, thank you for your dedication and care for our service men and women!
Idolized by my father, who served in WWII. The one my father detested was John Wayne.
I wish that this age of fun, respectful, family television entertainment had never ended .....
-Yes,That really is to bad. I wish the same thing & the thing is This TV game show could come back to TV if certain people would push for it. One thing is It's a matter of the sponsors making money And they would If they would only give this TV game show a chance. And it would be Really nice if it were to come on once a week for one hour instead of half a hour due to TV commercials being longer in today's world.
@@auggie803 The only television I watch now is reruns of "The Andy Griffith Show" and "The Rifleman". I had been watching world news on CNN and MSNBC until putin's (I never capitalize the names of vermin) invasion of Ukraine, but I can't take seeing the inhumanity and utter evil being perpetrated by this wicked tyrant. I can only pray and donate to organizations who are aiding the poor people of Ukraine. I sometimes wonder why I even keep my cable TV service. I spend most of my time on the internet.
I wish we could return to a style and politeness that was evident back then.
Agreed
This wasnt a time of FUN & RESPECT! You cant judge the emotional climate of the country from a quiz show🤔
Martha had such a beautiful and tender voice. ❤
Beautiful and tender?!
@@dpf5939 Yes, I think so.
She also (at least earlier on) had lovely skin and very attractive legs.
First time I've ever seen a guest booed on this show. Granted that second guest's line would be prone to that, but the crowd pretty much gave that one away
I totally agree 💯 percent 😊
a funny side note: when I was in high school in 1995/6 I was sick at home for a week and watched these WML all day and developed a secret and major crush on Bennett Cerf 🤣🤣🤣
Opie Goldenberg You poor child. ❤
Sicko
I have had those moments, I understand perfectly. I had Bennet Cerf's Book of Riddles" when I was small and adored it.
Boy, you must have been really sick! But Cerf could be entertaining and fun.
He does seem like an endearing person.
Martha Raye was very pretty when she was young. But she was more comfortable being funny than being a glamour girl.
Classic. Macys and gimbels. Wow. Thats history
Oh my, they had TWO CHAIRS for the TWO GUESTS!
It's truly the BIGGEST thing about this episode. Rather epic!
@@debbigray1752Two world renowned business tycoons needed two chairs.😅
She has such a distinctive voice, I would know it from the word go. Darling of a woman.
@@CatinthehatOct1989 Martha Raye
Arleen Francis was a doll !!
Arlene was incredibly witty too, just so much fun!!! ❤️💕❤️🤣
A gorgeous woman 😊
Martha Raye is a Hysterical Cyclone HOOT ! 😂😂😂
LOVE 'Er!.
If was wonderful as a child in the 50s and 60s to go into large department stores and see toys being demonstrated, especially leading up to Christmas. Sadly all gone now in the UK.
The last contestant- the champion jai alai player reminded me of a young Ray Romano! Very handsome
Hai Alai was quite popular in Florida. I was just a kid at that time living in Satellite Beach! It was my understanding it was a dangerous game for the players, and thought they must be very brave!
Fred Allen was so witty. But so was the tax man.
HEAD OF MACY'S DEPARTMENT STORE, HEAD OF GIMBEL'S
COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE
WORLD'S CHAMPION JAI ALAI PLAYER
I have very fond memories of watching the hysterical "Martha Raye Show" in the mid-50s, with Rocky Graziano as her TV husband. It was a show for adults, that was still funny for a 10-year-old kid.
I remember these shows and the fact they were black & white only enhances my viewing pleasure.
Sad that the volume is so low, because Martha Raye was the only reason that I tuned in. 😞
Close caption 😊
FredAllen is hysterical. He sounds like, and even looks a little like, Gilford Gottlieb. But Gottfried was annoying.
This show was a great way for American citizens to mask the racial turmoil, huge amounts of organized crime, and love affairs and corruption in Hollywood that was going on at the time. It was a short 30 minutes every Sunday night for American society to forget the numerous problems & issues plaquing this nation.
How beautiful the girls look.
Actually, the head of internal Revenue had a good sense of humor, despite the booing.
Tax man got booed which he laughed at the booing.
He had to be expecting that response, and may be used to it. What else could he do on a public show? Brave of him to present himself, and not feel endangered of being stalked...?
@@donnawoodford6641He was just appointed the job😊
One of the rare times that they provided two chairs for two "contestants". Normally they're forced to share one. These two look like men who would not take kindly to that and probably why they got separate chairs. Then again, maybe this is the start of separate chairs for multiple "contestants".
I agree 💯 percent 😊
... and many happy returns ... "
Hahahaha!
Great to see Martha Raye in this episode but that hat is very unflattering.
So much of many things were not exactly to the tastes of people/women today. I remember a pretty ugly beige hat I wore for Easter along about 1962! Have the picture so,e where🥴🥴🥴🥴
Martha was not well-educated and often had to have her scripts read to her in making movies. "I used to think that success in show business was the answer to everything. it isn't. I don't know what is" - Martha Raye.
Martha Raye was certainly an educated woman. She held a nursing degree. She certainly knew how to read.
Oh, hell: - Horse Bananas, Belinda@@belindaalbright8798
I can understand why the Audience boo'd the tax collector. But they still shouldn'tve done it
Despite their bad reputation taxes are very necessary in running a modern society.
It's still the same today, I'm afraid.
C'mon...we all boo IRS goons. But this once I wish the audience had kept quiet!
I agree, I think the audience forgets that they are giving away hints to the panel members
If you owe you pay.
@@erichanson426They get into the game and just want to participate 😅
When some of the audience booed with the IRS man,that was a dead giveaway!
Especially low volume sound on this one.
Why are you reloading them?
I had to put my ear buds on for this one.
Try close caption 😊😊
The energy has changed in the last few episodes and wondered what had happened behind the scenes.
Was it something big that happened in November / December during 1955 ? Or some drama on the show?
"Are you married?" "Yes, but not to each other."
Oh, Bennett, you name and destination dropper. Go back to the beach and keep swimming. LOL
Where i come from he would not have that long to get that old
?
Mark Harris on Howard Stern brought me here xD
Oh Davyd!
The Straus who died on "The Titanic" was an early president of R H Macy and Company.
jhow long did Gimbels last as a retail bizness? Di d Macy's end up acquiring Gimbels?
+Steve Burrus
The name Gimbels was used to identify its stores until 1987, 100 years after they were founded. But the family sold the business to Brown & Williamson, who is the American subsidiary of British American Tobacco. While primarily a tobacco company as its name indicates (makers of Dunhill, Lucky Strike, Kent, Pall Mall, Kool and Benson & Hedges brands), they were a diversified conglomerate by this time. When they acquired Gimbels (which included Saks 5th Avenue), they already owned Marshall Field's and Kohl's among their retail holdings). Most of the stores were sold or spun off in 1986 and the flagship Milwaukee store was folded into Marshall Field's in 1987. No longer would it matter if Macy's told Gimbels.
+soulierinvestments
That was Isidor Straus. He was originally a major domo of the Abraham & Straus stores along with his brother Nathan and Abraham Abraham (yes, his real name). Around 1915 after Abraham's daughter married Isidor's son Percy, they divided the retail empire: Isidor's family ran Macy's and Nathan's family ran A&S.
Nathan's son, Nathan Jr., became a politician and journalist and eventually the chairman of NYC radio station WMCA. It was under Nathan Jr. that the radio station, previously known for its programming on public issues, became a Top 40 rock & roll station and eventually the home of the "Good Guys". A WMCA Good Guy sweatshirt in its (usually) bright colors and smiley face, became a much sought after possession in the 1960's in the NYC metro area. Even some of the rock stars are seen sporting them.
A picture of Mick Jagger wearing one: danwoog.files.wordpress.com/2016/06/mick-jagger-wmca-good-guy-sweatshirt.jpg
Lois Simmons • The link stopped working:(
@@gomphrena-beautifulflower-8043 Works for me now.
What a hoot. She’s got her head inside a giant light bulb. That’s the ugliest hat I’ve ever seen. 🤣
That's a bucket hat, a fashion trend that lasted for far too many years. My mom had a few that she liked to wear, but I thought they were unflattering, to say the least.
Does Macy's tell Gimbels?
GIMBEL DIDN'T MAKE IT.
Fred Allen came prancing out like a fruitcake.
Comments left on prior version of this video:
Mandeley100 6 months ago
Why is Martha Raye wearing a bucket on her head and what is that dangling from the brim?
What's My Line? 6 months ago
I don't know, and. . . I don't know. ;)
doginstine 1 year ago
I was born 6 months before this ep aired.
Robert Anderson 4 months ago
It is a shame that "The Martha Raye Show" was never recorded so that it could be put on DVD. Martha had so many great guests on her show just like Judy Garland, Dean Martin or Dinah Shore had on their show. I remember her TV show and I thought at the time that she was the funniest lady on TV And Martha had a great singing voice too.
George Alexander 6 months ago
Fred Allen was ahead of his time.
Tova V 1 year ago
When this aired I was almost 16 years old. I was a faithful viewer of all the WML episodes. Today I'm 75 and enjoy them all.very much again. It's full with enjoyable memories of times past and am glad to see them on UA-cam. The "mystery guests" are a treasured part of the program. I appreciate the opportunity to see them.
What's My Line? 1 year ago
+Tova V Glad you're enjoying the shows, Tova. Thanks for the comment!
Johan Bengtsson 8 months ago
Nice joke from the head of the IRS; before he left, he wished everybody "Many Happy Returns."!! 15:23
genesislover 7 months ago
I think Macy's won the competition.
Darius Shojaei 10 months ago
I was born 33 years after this episode aired.
joed596 5 months ago
good episode
mrpuniverse2 10 months ago
Miracle on 34th Street a great movie great to see the two dept heads on the show a great thing to see the two on the show Gimbel and Macy
Pygiana 10 months ago
I was born just four days before it was aired.
dodge96neon 8 months ago
it would have been funny if someone who was a notorious tax cheat was on the panel
dodge96neon 8 months ago
I loved how the head of the irs received boos
dodge96neon 8 months ago
I have been watching these videos of this show [what's my line] and I've really enjoyed it. bennet, Dorothy, and Arlene are great they are to this show as Charles, brett, and Richard became to match game
'Wears a lampshade for a hat, what could be witter than that?' ... slice from a song line ...
The other possibility was an upturned flower pot (as Jean Shepherd used to describe some of women's hats from back in the day). No wonder I developed such an aversion to hats!
maybe it was in style that year..or maybe she did it for comedic effect.we will never know. what a tremendously talented lady
What's My Line? • How sweet of you to copy everything everyone said on a prior upload! I think that’s neat and surely appreciated by all of them, and us.
What's My Line? My Puniverse- this was not Mr Macy. The current CEO back then was Mr. Strauss with Mr. Gimbel.
Sound is so low it cannot be heard on this one on even my highest setting. Such a waste.
wow this is way back,marilyn monroe was still warm
ya she was un til august 5, 1962.
Poor taste on an otherwise civil channel
What the hell is the male "persuasion". They are whatever they are (well, until recently anyway). Dorothy and Bennett use this peculiar phraseology often. It's not grammatically, anatomically or logically correct.
Yes. It is. Read something.
It's the opposite of the female persuasion.
This was used back when people knew the difference between being born male or female, and they knew they would continue to be the same. The word "persuasion" was used here in an attempt to be facetious.
Faith Adams • Thank you! The voice of reason is refreshing.
Jargon. Just think how confusing it would be for them, or is for some today, to hear "OMG" or "selfie".
Notice how the greedy retailers didnt donate their money to charity. haha.
davidrbecken: You're being rather presumptuous. Mr. Gimbel said that Macy's, Gimbel's with the "help of Miracle on 34th Street". The original film was released in 1947 but the story had been repeated on radio and just before this show had been redone with Thomas Mitchell as a one hour show on 20th Century Fox Hour.
If indeed they took the money, which I'm sure they didn't need, they just as likely donated to some charity and didn't feel the need to announce it.
@@michaeldanello3966 Given is father's history, it is indeed a good assumption that Mr Strauss did indeed do that.
I guess you work for free then?
@@thesweeples3266 I've always worked for low wages in social work, and have donated heavily to St. Jude's for decades. Thanks for asking.
2 chairs for 2 guests!!!
Don't know why they couldn't do this for all two person guests.
World renowned guests,, tycoons😊