How nice to see Artie Shaw in a relaxed setting. That was part of the charm of this show, the glimpse of the 'real' person behind the celebrity. Of course the polite interactions and humor (without the constant lewdness of today) makes this timeless.
@@rayjr62 I don't know much about Shaw as person , but I've become quite familiar with this music. He was a "rock star" of the day. Need to find out more about him I guess
Jean Herscholt, the humanitarian award given by the Academy Awards is named after him. He played a big part in starting the Screen Actors Guild Retirement Home. The late Canadian actor Leslie Nelson was his nephew.
Dorothy Gross appears to have married a Wisbeki, stayed in South Bound Brook, become a children's librarian, and raised various otters and groundhogs, writing about them in books like The True Story of Okee The Otter. (Much adored by those of a certain era.) Apparently, the library had animals, too? (I find that part dubious.) Had at least one kid, and a legion of fond reminiscences from former library children, when she died in 2001. Was 24 here, which basically fits, although I wonder what her mice research was /for/.
I saw that too. One book is still on Amazon in November, 2022, the one about the otter. It looks like the other books may yet be lost. Groundhogs are supposed to be affectionate animals, strangely. South Bound Brook NJ is quite near to a locality called 'Ukrainian Village'. בס״ד
Juliansinger and Kelikaku, thanks for all that info! I often wonder what happened to the various contestants and their (sometimes) odd professions! Dorothy Gross I found an interesting person. At first glance, I thot hmmm, shy and "mousy". But then Ms Gross answered the questions so confidently! And went on to an interestong, productive life.
I'm having a hard time getting my head around the fact that this was _70 years ago._ If I was my age back when this was first broadcast I would've been born in 1887.
Jean Pierre Carl Buron (12 July 1886 - 2 June 1956), known professionally as Jean Hersholt, was a Danish actor. He is most famous for starring on the CBS radio series Dr. Christian from 1937-1954. Hersholt died of cancer in Hollywood in 1956 and is interred in Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Glendale, California. His grave is marked with a statue of Klods-Hans (English: Clumsy Hans), a Hans Christian Andersen character who left home to find his way in the world - much as Hersholt himself had done. He was 69.
Thomas Nunziato, I can't find much on; he bounced at the Sunnyside Horse Shoe Club and/or Bar. This was in Queens (which means he had quite a commute from Woodlawn, which is in the Bronx). The place was founded in 1942, and was an actual place where people played horseshoes, or more accurately, was a bar which sponsored a horseshoe team. There was apparently a thriving horseshoe pitching community in New York City (and organizations) in the 40s and 50s. (There's still a bunch in the state, but it seems to have mostly suburbanized.) Anyway, Nunziato died in 1972.
+juliansinger Not Woodlawn. Thomas Nunziato said that he was from Woodside (9:23), right next door to Sunnyside to the east. You may recall that Hal Block's free guess made a reference to the Long Island RR. Quite possibly that was Hal connecting Mr. Nunziato to the LIRR's major 6-track Woodside railroad station and the nearby Sunnyside rail yards. It was also likely a dig at LIRR's poor service with many trains running late. I do appreciate the information on where Mr. Nunziato worked. When Arlene asks where, there's a glitch in the tape where it seems to freeze (at least on my computer - I've tried it 3 times) and when it starts again, it is obvious that he had already answered the question and about 6 seconds elapsed. I wondered if there was some legal reason why it was being elided, or if some notorious event happened there which the syndicators of the show didn't want to draw attention to in later years.
@@loissimmons6558 Ah, thank you, it helps if I listen. As for the Horse Shoe Club, I confess I relied on tv.com's listings. (OTOH, they often get contestant names wrong.)
Wonderful to see this. Wish more of Shaw's TV appearances were available here. Shaw was a guest of Johnny Carson and Les Crane among others. Would love to see those as well.
The mystery guest did something big in Hollywood other than acting. He was president of the Motion Picture Relief Fund for 18 years. Therefore, AMPAS named the humanitarian achievement Oscar for him in 1956. Hersholt was also president of AMPAS in the late 1940s. The last five winners of the humanitarian Oscar -- Jerry Lewis ; Oprah Winfrey ; Jeffrey Katzenberg ; Angelina Jolie ; Harry Belafonte.
soulierinvestments I had never heard of Jean Hersholt before, but there's quite an extensive little biography of him on IMDb: www.imdb.com/name/nm0380965/bio?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm. Interesting career, and in fact at one point in his life, he did indeed play a lot of villains. I never heard of "Dr. Christian" before either, but I'm sure I must have seen Jean Hersholt as the grandfather in "Heidi."
***** I'd love to be under 45 again (if that were possible ;) ! ), but I'm afraid my ignorance comes more from the fact that I have never been particularly interested in medical drama shows, and if IMDb is correct, it looks as if "Dr. Christian" was only on TV from 1956-57, which _is_ before I was born. I've heard of most of the others you mentioned, though (the exception is Dr. Gillespie), but out of all those, the only show I ever watched with any frequency was "M*A*S*H." As you may have guessed, that's because it was more comedy than drama (although it touched on some very serious subjects).
That's not a "great line" - would you say that to a woman you'd just met 2 minutes earlier, in a professional setting? I sure as hell hope not. It's crass and disrespectful
John Daly had so much more hair back then... makes me a little worried because I have a similar hairline. :-/ LOL at the question on the "alcohol rub." Of course leave it to Arlene to get right to the truth. That was a fun guest segment.
I noticed that neither of the men on the panel made the least effort to stand up while shaking hands with Jean Hersholt after Hal Block identified him as "Dr. Christian", his most famous role. Also, immediately after that handshaking, with Hersholt still on the stage near Hal Block, we could see the final contestant making a premature entrance. I have to wonder whether that contestant came wandering out on his own or whether a backstage employee who guided the contestants didn't do his/her job correctly. They got the camera off the premature entrance in short order . . . .
I think back then, the custom was for men to stand when there was a woman contestant, which was part of the day's standard of etiquette. Of course, they did stand at other times, but the pattern generally was the men on the panel stood for women, and the women on the panel never stood.
Really enjoy these shows. Everyone is so much classier than current celebrities and game show contestants! Miss those days when people showed courtesy and respect for others!
This was a time when women were publicly referred to as *BROADS* or 'girls' by men. This was also a time when almost EVERY FAMOUS WOMAN ACTRESS (whether they admit it or not) had sex with studio brass at one time or another to get a significant part or a leading part in high budget movie or Broadway play. Men and women would act sophisticated and proper in public but whored around in private, cheated on their spouses, and looked down on each other. Dorothy Kilgallen was cheating on her husband while filming the show and her husband had numerous sexual flings while married to her. Dorothy would drink heavily and used various drugs for depression and to rest. This was also a time of EXTREME racism in the entire nation (including New York) Nat King Cole stated in an interview, when asked about being on WML, that he had to come into the theater at the back entrance and remain in a dirty room the size of a small closet until his guest appearance at the end of the show. ALL the famous African American guests had to stay in a small, dirty dressing room until called to the show at the end.
What's My Line? corner moose I was also wondering if it might have been deliberately cut, either for GSN or possibly even for its original West Coast broadcast for some reason.
Bigfoot Mangiacavallo I agree that it was too good a quip to be overlooked, but Block tries too hard. He talks too much and his lame comments crowd out the clever ones.
he was married 8 times. I loved Gracie Allen's line "I bet every woman would like to know what it's like to be married to Alan Ladd, to bad he isn't Artie Shaw so we could find out."
I like black & white, but we do miss out. If John Daly hadn't mentioned it, I would never have guessed that that was a "fine red corduroy sport-jacket".
My second time watching this series, and the first time I didn't notice this whole tension between Hal block and the others. There's definitely no love lost there and I can see why they all probably wanted him off the show, which is only my assumption, because I don't know, but he's definitely very combative with everyone else. John Daly didn't like anybody who talked back.
But Grandfather didn't get to say anything!! I was looking forward to that because I have never heard nor seen him outside of "Hedi"! And can I just say....he looks SO different then his character. I would never believe it was him unless I just zone into his eyes.
PepsiMama2 That was just a mannerism he had when he was being facetious about something or made a bad joke, I think. He'd deliberately look away from the camera, as if in embarrassment over his own remark. (Btw, I think the moment is closer to 11:08.)
At 4:54 when Artie asked whether women might ever have a need for white rice, John calls for a conference. Apparently, he was confounded by the idea of a woman working as a scientist. Ms. Gross managed to enlighten him! “Yeah, I guess you’re right,” he mansplained with a chuckle after the conference. The audience seemed to think the idea was pretty funny as well. GIRLS CAN DO ANYTHING!
Actually, the question asked if it was used MORE by males than females. Since most scientists at that time were male, the answer should have been changed.
I can watch the show during the holidays at midnight, West coast, on Game Show channel. I have asked them multiple time to show it all year around but to no avail. They only show it, and To Tell The Truth, for two weeks at Christmas time. How can we as a group persuade them to do it year around?
The people that leave comments here have a way of researching the past history of some of the contestants on this show, maybe someone could look up his name and find out where he was employed.
Interesting, as new features get introduced, I thought initially the first lady's answers of 'no' in response to their first wild guesses had been encouraged beforehand. But then the second guest was gently discouraged by Mr Daly!! So maybe not. Shame though, it looked and sounded like a good idea.
I actually made that same observation this episode too. My working theory is that she shifts it a little on purpose to allow some light in. I imagine it could get quite claustrophobic blindfolded for so long.
I always figured it was difficult to get the mask on without messing up the hairstyle. They switched to opaque sunglasses in a later season to help with that.
soulierinvestments It converts to a bed. The most famous company (and likely the first) is probably still Castro Convertibles, but today there is also Jennifer Convertibles, and many other furniture companies make convertible sofa-beds as well.
I think the best known brand for sofa-beds or convertible sofas (at least on the West Coast) was Hide-A-Bed. People even used "Hide-A-Bed" to mean any old sofa-bed, the way people say "Kleenex" to mean a facial tissue or the way some older folks used to say "Frigidaire" instead of "refrigerator".
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What's My Line? You forgot to fill in the date, Gary, but based on the time stamp on your comment, it looks as if perhaps I am finally catching up with the rerun schedule again. :)
SaveThe TPC Thank you-- I corrected it. I often do the daily postings-- which involve about two dozen steps at this point-- first thing upon waking up, while still in a semi-hypnotic trance. ;)
What's My Line? Btw, I don't remember this episode at all, and I don't see any previous comments from me, so I wonder if I somehow had missed it the first time around. On the other hand, I didn't really remember the previous episode either, but I *had* posted comments on that one, so I can't always trust my own memory!
Lorna Badeo I don't think it's the only time, and though I'm not 100% sure, I think Louis Untermeyer might have called her Dottie in some of the very early episodes.
Inadvertently depends on the house, or doors.... insects much less. Sure the Bouncer was going to last longer :( Too much side time wasted, sure would not gotten it.
After watching many of these programs, I have come to the conclusion that in John - 'I would say this' - Daly’s role as a moderator, his enthusiasm was both the best and worst part of his performance, (it’s fair to say, in the broadest sense of the term, in the terms of reference, if you will, pertaining to, but not excluding, in a manner of speaking... blah blah blah
Some commenters have said that in the early episodes, the producers gave panel members what they called "gambits", i.e. questions that were meant to be amusing. That appears to explain some of Hal Block's questions for the second contestant, the bouncer, especially the one about giving the people he served an alcohol rub. In later episodes, it is likely that an "applause" sign appeared when a contestant's occupation was revealed to them. That would explain why the applause always seemed to start and stop abruptly and last about the same amount of time from one contestant to the next. However, in this episode, the applause sign was illuminated when the contestants signed in but not when their occupations were shown. Therefore, the spontaneous reactions of the audience to the occupations are not obscured. For example, there was a lot of surprise when the first contestant's occupation was revealed and there was laughter when second contestant's occupation was revealed. This reaction can give clues to the panel.
Jack, have griped incessantly about tv's penchant for sillying up its format-using canned laughter, even hiring pro laughers, making the audience a part of the show, etc. It bothers me because it seems to be an insult to the tv audience's intelligence. They should not have shown the guests' lines to the audience.
Thank you for displaying your virtuousness so ostentatiously. I’m sure that future readers tweny years from now will be impressed by your judgement. Speaking however, as a person raised during the era in which the show was broadcast, I am confident that most of my contemporaries would judge you to be a humorless and sanctimonious git.
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This is still funny stuff! I get more laughs out of these than anything on tv now.
i just love this is like a time machine
I am learning about so many people from these shows. Thank you for broadening my horizons.
i am always impressed with 1. how legible the hand writing is of the names. 2.the many varied careers people have, especially the women.
How nice to see Artie Shaw in a relaxed setting. That was part of the charm of this show, the glimpse of the 'real' person behind the celebrity. Of course the polite interactions and humor (without the constant lewdness of today) makes this timeless.
Based on hearing him interviewed and reading about him, I am surprised that he even agreed to do this show.
@@rayjr62 he admitted to being too uptight in every part of his life.
Well said Bambi. Those are exactly the aspects that make this programme so compelling as well as fun.
@@rayjr62 I don't know much about Shaw as person , but I've become quite familiar with this music. He was a "rock star" of the day. Need to find out more about him I guess
@@onecake34244 He apparently was an absolutely awful human being, at least to women.
Jean Herscholt, the humanitarian award given by the Academy Awards is named after him. He played a big part in starting the Screen Actors Guild Retirement Home. The late Canadian actor Leslie Nelson was his nephew.
Dorothy Gross appears to have married a Wisbeki, stayed in South Bound Brook, become a children's librarian, and raised various otters and groundhogs, writing about them in books like The True Story of Okee The Otter. (Much adored by those of a certain era.) Apparently, the library had animals, too? (I find that part dubious.) Had at least one kid, and a legion of fond reminiscences from former library children, when she died in 2001. Was 24 here, which basically fits, although I wonder what her mice research was /for/.
Dorothy, meet your namesake the panelist...
I saw that too. One book is still on Amazon in November, 2022, the one about the otter. It looks like the other books may yet be lost. Groundhogs are supposed to be affectionate animals, strangely.
South Bound Brook NJ is quite near to a locality called 'Ukrainian Village'.
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@@KelikakuCoutin Thanks for those details, I often wonder what became of the competitors and their various professions.
Juliansinger and Kelikaku, thanks for all that info! I often wonder what happened to the various contestants and their (sometimes) odd professions! Dorothy Gross I found an interesting person. At first glance, I thot hmmm, shy and "mousy".
But then Ms Gross answered the questions so confidently! And went on to an interestong, productive life.
The best convertible sofas were made back in these days. Full actual body support that did not need a mattress and also had storage below.
I'm having a hard time getting my head around the fact that this was _70 years ago._ If I was my age back when this was first broadcast I would've been born in 1887.
As far as I know, Jean Hersholt and Frankie Laine are the only mystery guests that Hal Bloch guessed correctly. His reaction was priceless.
Jean Pierre Carl Buron (12 July 1886 - 2 June 1956), known professionally as Jean Hersholt, was a Danish actor. He is most famous for starring on the CBS radio series Dr. Christian from 1937-1954. Hersholt died of cancer in Hollywood in 1956 and is interred in Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Glendale, California. His grave is marked with a statue of Klods-Hans (English: Clumsy Hans), a Hans Christian Andersen character who left home to find his way in the world - much as Hersholt himself had done. He was 69.
Thomas Nunziato, I can't find much on; he bounced at the Sunnyside Horse Shoe Club and/or Bar. This was in Queens (which means he had quite a commute from Woodlawn, which is in the Bronx). The place was founded in 1942, and was an actual place where people played horseshoes, or more accurately, was a bar which sponsored a horseshoe team. There was apparently a thriving horseshoe pitching community in New York City (and organizations) in the 40s and 50s. (There's still a bunch in the state, but it seems to have mostly suburbanized.) Anyway, Nunziato died in 1972.
+juliansinger
Not Woodlawn. Thomas Nunziato said that he was from Woodside (9:23), right next door to Sunnyside to the east. You may recall that Hal Block's free guess made a reference to the Long Island RR. Quite possibly that was Hal connecting Mr. Nunziato to the LIRR's major 6-track Woodside railroad station and the nearby Sunnyside rail yards. It was also likely a dig at LIRR's poor service with many trains running late.
I do appreciate the information on where Mr. Nunziato worked. When Arlene asks where, there's a glitch in the tape where it seems to freeze (at least on my computer - I've tried it 3 times) and when it starts again, it is obvious that he had already answered the question and about 6 seconds elapsed. I wondered if there was some legal reason why it was being elided, or if some notorious event happened there which the syndicators of the show didn't want to draw attention to in later years.
@@loissimmons6558 Ah, thank you, it helps if I listen.
As for the Horse Shoe Club, I confess I relied on tv.com's listings. (OTOH, they often get contestant names wrong.)
The recording's been redacted/censored as to where Mr. Nunziato worked.
It's on the video that way.
Nice to fill in the cut portion. 👍
@cjohnson7251I've noticed that for a few places actually. Not often but every once in awhile.
I love..LOVE.. how giddy John Daly was when able to keep flipping cards for Ms. Gross!
Wonderful to see this. Wish more of Shaw's TV appearances were available here. Shaw was a guest of Johnny Carson and Les Crane among others. Would love to see those as well.
Hal is the scene stealer on this. hysterical!!!
The mystery guest did something big in Hollywood other than acting. He was president of the Motion Picture Relief Fund for 18 years. Therefore, AMPAS named the humanitarian achievement Oscar for him in 1956. Hersholt was also president of AMPAS in the late 1940s. The last five winners of the humanitarian Oscar -- Jerry Lewis ; Oprah Winfrey ; Jeffrey Katzenberg ; Angelina Jolie ; Harry Belafonte.
soulierinvestments I had never heard of Jean Hersholt before, but there's quite an extensive little biography of him on IMDb: www.imdb.com/name/nm0380965/bio?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm. Interesting career, and in fact at one point in his life, he did indeed play a lot of villains. I never heard of "Dr. Christian" before either, but I'm sure I must have seen Jean Hersholt as the grandfather in "Heidi."
SaveThe TPC I know him mainly from Eric Von Stroheim's "Greed".
***** I'd love to be under 45 again (if that were possible ;) ! ), but I'm afraid my ignorance comes more from the fact that I have never been particularly interested in medical drama shows, and if IMDb is correct, it looks as if "Dr. Christian" was only on TV from 1956-57, which _is_ before I was born. I've heard of most of the others you mentioned, though (the exception is Dr. Gillespie), but out of all those, the only show I ever watched with any frequency was "M*A*S*H." As you may have guessed, that's because it was more comedy than drama (although it touched on some very serious subjects).
+Jim Stark "You must be under 45."
Nice ageist assumption that proved to be false. Please try to remember age doesn't dictate everything.
IT WAS A RADIO SHOW!
3:44 "I think she's the kind of a girl you can take home to your mother if you could trust your father." Hal Block occasionally has some great lines!
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Great???? As in, cringeworthy.
That's not a "great line" - would you say that to a woman you'd just met 2 minutes earlier, in a professional setting? I sure as hell hope not. It's crass and disrespectful
Definitely bad form. And it wouldn't be so bad if it wasn't every word that came out of his flabby mouth.
This was a different Era where no one was offended by his statement 😊
John Daly had so much more hair back then... makes me a little worried because I have a similar hairline. :-/
LOL at the question on the "alcohol rub." Of course leave it to Arlene to get right to the truth. That was a fun guest segment.
I'm thinking that John Daly was the model for Donald Trump's current hairdo.
Daly wore a toupee which was easily recognized 😊
I got to see Arti Shaw in New Haven,Ct....He had quit playing, but travelled with the band for a while.He was born in New Haven.
about 21:19 >> one of the few traffic jams ever recorded on the WML stage.
soulierinvestments Huh?
Hersholt leaving the wrong way. The next guest coming in . . . . all in the same space. Rarely saw that sort of thing on this program..
I noticed that neither of the men on the panel made the least effort to stand up while shaking hands with Jean Hersholt after Hal Block identified him as "Dr. Christian", his most famous role. Also, immediately after that handshaking, with Hersholt still on the stage near Hal Block, we could see the final contestant making a premature entrance. I have to wonder whether that contestant came wandering out on his own or whether a backstage employee who guided the contestants didn't do his/her job correctly. They got the camera off the premature entrance in short order . . . .
I think back then, the custom was for men to stand when there was a woman contestant, which was part of the day's standard of etiquette. Of course, they did stand at other times, but the pattern generally was the men on the panel stood for women, and the women on the panel never stood.
You live in SF but have a double standard for men standing vs women?
Really enjoy these shows. Everyone is so much classier than current celebrities and game show contestants! Miss those days when people showed courtesy and respect for others!
This was a time when women were publicly referred to as *BROADS* or 'girls' by men.
This was also a time when almost EVERY FAMOUS WOMAN ACTRESS (whether they admit it or not) had sex with studio brass at one time or another to get a significant part or a leading part in high budget movie or Broadway play.
Men and women would act sophisticated and proper in public but whored around in private, cheated on their spouses, and looked down on each other.
Dorothy Kilgallen was cheating on her husband while filming the show and her husband had numerous sexual flings while married to her. Dorothy would drink heavily and used various drugs for depression and to rest.
This was also a time of EXTREME racism in the entire nation (including New York) Nat King Cole stated in an interview, when asked about being on WML, that he had to come into the theater at the back entrance and remain in a dirty room the size of a small closet until his guest appearance at the end of the show.
ALL the famous African American guests had to stay in a small, dirty dressing room until called to the show at the end.
@@tumarbongrox6074great days indeed.
@@peternagy-im4be yea they were definitely great times....but it's looking like they won't be GREAT AGAIN🙂
I'm afraid there's a glitch in the video from about 14:05 to 14:08. As a result, we miss the location of the bouncer's work.
I wouldn't be surprised if GSN took that out because the place is still in business, and well-known.Wild guess.
corner moose No, I'm afraid it's just a glitch in the video. I don't have an alternate copy to patch it with. Sorry.
What's My Line? corner moose I was also wondering if it might have been deliberately cut, either for GSN or possibly even for its original West Coast broadcast for some reason.
SaveThe TPC It's just a glitch in the video.
TV. Com gives the place as Sunnyside Horseshoe Barroom.
Hal Block's second finest moment on WML
Hal Block: "And thereby hangs a tail..." and John Daly missed it completely!
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I agree that it was too good a quip to be overlooked, but Block tries too hard. He talks too much and his lame comments crowd out the clever ones.
Holy cow, a double pass. And I thought that the Shelly Berman panel appearance was the only one........
I love when Arlene said Mice with a classic beautiful voice of hers 💖💯💖💯💖💯
Artie Shaw was a genius
he was married 8 times. I loved Gracie Allen's line "I bet every woman would like to know what it's like to be married to Alan Ladd, to bad he isn't Artie Shaw so we could find out."
He certainly was
@@markxxx21 Charlie Barnet beat him with 11 marriages!
@@markxxx21 each woman must not have talked to her predecessor, because apparently he was incredibly abusive.
Loved playing Begin the Beguine in high school but not goin to say what a great guy he was based on a WML appearance like most.
I know that some people were raising mice for researching cancer back then.
John forgot to put up Jeans placard while he was signing in. Oops.
I like black & white, but we do miss out. If John Daly hadn't mentioned it, I would never have guessed that that was a "fine red corduroy sport-jacket".
My second time watching this series, and the first time I didn't notice this whole tension between Hal block and the others. There's definitely no love lost there and I can see why they all probably wanted him off the show, which is only my assumption, because I don't know, but he's definitely very combative with everyone else. John Daly didn't like anybody who talked back.
Man, as much as Hal Block is the weak link in these early panels, his reaction when he guesses Dr. Christian frickin' slays me. ARE YOU KIDDIN???
Hal Block was one of the best panelists, I thank him for his priceless humour.
@Mary C You were absolutely right. His intelligence and humor was totally underrated and underappreciated by Goodman and Todson. Asshole producers.
Jean Hersholt seemed 2 B a happy man!
But Grandfather didn't get to say anything!! I was looking forward to that because I have never heard nor seen him outside of "Hedi"! And can I just say....he looks SO different then his character. I would never believe it was him unless I just zone into his eyes.
At about 11:15, what did John Daly turn around and look up at???
PepsiMama2 That was just a mannerism he had when he was being facetious about something or made a bad joke, I think. He'd deliberately look away from the camera, as if in embarrassment over his own remark. (Btw, I think the moment is closer to 11:08.)
Is it tiny as a mice ?
Camera work is lightyears ahead of the first few episodes.
At 4:54 when Artie asked whether women might ever have a need for white rice, John calls for a conference. Apparently, he was confounded by the idea of a woman working as a scientist. Ms. Gross managed to enlighten him! “Yeah, I guess you’re right,” he mansplained with a chuckle after the conference.
The audience seemed to think the idea was pretty funny as well.
GIRLS CAN DO ANYTHING!
Actually, the question asked if it was used MORE by males than females. Since most scientists at that time were male, the answer should have been changed.
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What was it that Jean Hersholt signed in with at first and then crossed it out?
Dr. Christian
I admit I had to look up "Dr. Christian", having no clue what that meant.
And Jean Hersholt was the half-uncle of the comedy legend Leslie Nielsn.
"Manhattan, that's on Long Island"?
It DID sound to me too like "Manhattan," but what was said was "Manhasset." That is, of course, indeed on Long Island.
Hal Simms is the announcer.
Not Lee Vines?
I can watch the show during the holidays at midnight, West coast, on Game Show channel. I have asked them multiple time to show it all year around but to no avail. They only show it, and To Tell The Truth, for two weeks at Christmas time. How can we as a group persuade them to do it year around?
"Too humorous to mention." Cute line!
Where did our bouncer bounce?
I figured that part was cut out for a reason.
The people that leave comments here have a way of researching the past history of some of the contestants on this show, maybe someone could look up his name and find out where he was employed.
Another post said tv.com listed it as Sunnyside Horseshoe Barroom.
Interesting, as new features get introduced, I thought initially the first lady's answers of 'no' in response to their first wild guesses had been encouraged beforehand. But then the second guest was gently discouraged by Mr Daly!! So maybe not. Shame though, it looked and sounded like a good idea.
It bothers me that Dorothy's mask is nearly always off-center.
I actually made that same observation this episode too. My working theory is that she shifts it a little on purpose to allow some light in. I imagine it could get quite claustrophobic blindfolded for so long.
Or to peek
I always figured it was difficult to get the mask on without messing up the hairstyle. They switched to opaque sunglasses in a later season to help with that.
Dorothy had no reason to peek, she was very intelligent and was an outstanding journalist 😊 It's a game show, not who wants to be a millionaire 😊
Curious why did you edit out where the Bouncer worked?Not like he still alive or the place still exist??
I don't think it was on purpose, it's like the DVD froze up.
Glitch in the video 😢
john daly had not learned the hosts gimmick of holding some papers or a microphone so his hands were 'busy' when not behind a desk.
I didn't hear where did the bouncer bounce, I guess it was a well known place.
Yeah, they purposely cut it out.
DOROTHY'S mask is awful crooked, and it's not the first time.
14:22 might be the first time John uses the term “mystery guest.”
Does John Daly say "Merry Christmas to you" to the first contestant at 8:53?
I heard "Merry Christmas to you"
A. Vangelista is right: "Very good to see you."
Merry Christmas from Payless, Merrrrry Christmaaaassss
"Very good to see you". He said similar things to the second contestant and the last contestant.
Mr. Daly shouldn't have given away that the sofa would be a large package.
"Convertible sofa." ?? You can take down its top? It converts to what -- chairs?
soulierinvestments It converts to a bed. The most famous company (and likely the first) is probably still Castro Convertibles, but today there is also Jennifer Convertibles, and many other furniture companies make convertible sofa-beds as well.
what we call sofa beds today.
+soulierinvestments Yet you couldn't figure out what it was from knowing that...?
I think the best known brand for sofa-beds or convertible sofas (at least on the West Coast) was Hide-A-Bed. People even used "Hide-A-Bed" to mean any old sofa-bed, the way people say "Kleenex" to mean a facial tissue or the way some older folks used to say "Frigidaire" instead of "refrigerator".
To a bed. Not unlike a davenport: another older term.
mr Harley gave up on sofas and began making motorcycles
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What's My Line? You forgot to fill in the date, Gary, but based on the time stamp on your comment, it looks as if perhaps I am finally catching up with the rerun schedule again. :)
SaveThe TPC Thank you-- I corrected it. I often do the daily postings-- which involve about two dozen steps at this point-- first thing upon waking up, while still in a semi-hypnotic trance. ;)
What's My Line? Btw, I don't remember this episode at all, and I don't see any previous comments from me, so I wonder if I somehow had missed it the first time around. On the other hand, I didn't really remember the previous episode either, but I *had* posted comments on that one, so I can't always trust my own memory!
first and only time someone's used Dorothy's nickname?
Lorna Badeo I don't think it's the only time, and though I'm not 100% sure, I think Louis Untermeyer might have called her Dottie in some of the very early episodes.
About where in the clip does someone call her Dottie? And who is it who calls her by her nickname?
I've heard Bennett call her Dot. A few others also.
Hersholt, dead of cancer just 4 years later.
Inadvertently depends on the house, or doors.... insects much less. Sure the Bouncer was going to last longer :( Too much side time wasted, sure would not gotten it.
John Harley has a passing resemblance to Bing Crosby.
Faith Adams. Who,s. John Harley ?
Yes he does...... with his own hair, lol.
@@dcasper8514 Last guest..
No
Very vague resemblance, maybe.
After watching many of these programs, I have come to the conclusion that in John - 'I would say this' - Daly’s role as a moderator, his enthusiasm was both the best and worst part of his performance, (it’s fair to say, in the broadest sense of the term, in the terms of reference, if you will, pertaining to, but not excluding, in a manner of speaking... blah blah blah
Groo Vin8tor • That’s what made him so lovable and so John Daly!
John Charles Daly, ever the diplomat in his role as moderator (known today as host)...
I've said that many times/ He tries to impress
In the spirit of the 1950’s, just once I wish one of the panellist would ask: “Are you now, or have you ever been a member of the Communist Party?”
Some commenters have said that in the early episodes, the producers gave panel members what they called "gambits", i.e. questions that were meant to be amusing. That appears to explain some of Hal Block's questions for the second contestant, the bouncer, especially the one about giving the people he served an alcohol rub.
In later episodes, it is likely that an "applause" sign appeared when a contestant's occupation was revealed to them. That would explain why the applause always seemed to start and stop abruptly and last about the same amount of time from one contestant to the next. However, in this episode, the applause sign was illuminated when the contestants signed in but not when their occupations were shown. Therefore, the spontaneous reactions of the audience to the occupations are not obscured. For example, there was a lot of surprise when the first contestant's occupation was revealed and there was laughter when second contestant's occupation was revealed. This reaction can give clues to the panel.
Jack, have griped incessantly about tv's penchant for sillying up its format-using canned laughter, even hiring pro laughers, making the audience a part of the show, etc. It bothers me because it seems to be an insult to the tv audience's intelligence. They should not have shown the guests' lines to the audience.
Nowadays, our first guest's occupation could be testing prophylactics. (That is, on a machine. For leaks.)
Was that last guy really
Bing Crosby? Uncanny!
I just want to make an observation and ask a question: , 1. Block comes across as a sleaze. 2. Is this Artie Shaw the famous bandleader? .
Knott Reel. YES , on # 2...
Artie Shaw was the famous Band leader that played the clarinet.
Artie Shaw was probably the bigger sleaze.
Sleaze?😝😜 Yes to Artie
Artie Show looks old in 1952. Too many romances ???
Who is He?
Stopette has got to be one of the worst cosmetic product names ever. The company went bankrupt spending so much money sponsoring the show
The product wasn't effective!! 😮
I'm so glad they fired Hal Block. His comments were always hinting at sexual orientation and ruined his segments for families of 1952.
I thought Mr. Harley was a motorcycle salesman or manufacturer, Harley Davidson.
Qp
When the “mystery guest” is on, Dorothy K.’s eye covering is placed so that her right eye appears to be able to see the guest.
Block is just disgusting with his sexualized comments toward the women guests. Gross and out of line
Geez..you poor victim!
Calm down woke loon
Thank you for displaying your virtuousness so ostentatiously. I’m sure that future readers tweny years from now will be impressed by your judgement. Speaking however, as a person raised during the era in which the show was broadcast, I am confident that most of my contemporaries would judge you to be a humorless and sanctimonious git.
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@@petemarshall8094 Truth