She was the toast of Broadway. No female lead had captivated NYC theatergoers as much since Mary Martin 20 years earlier. 'My Fair Lady' was the biggest stage musical hit of the postwar period, and Julie was acclaimed as the Broadway equivalent of Audrey Hepburn- ironically, in view of the film version's casting.
She was well on her way to become a super star by this point. IMHO, Jack Warner made a huge mistake picking Audrey Hepburn to supplant Miss Andrews as Eliza Doolittle in the film version of "My Fair Lady". For one thing, they would not have needed the talented Marni Nixon to overdub the singing. Julie Andrews would have still won her first Oscar, but for "My Fair Lady" instead of "Mary Poppins". (Miss Hepburn wasn't even nominated.)
@@subliminalcity6892 Not much of a commercial hit? That is not the general opinion or supported by the facts. The movie had the highest budget of any movie of that time, ~$17 million and still made a huge profit, grossing over $72 million. As far as Audrey Hepburn's looks, beauty is in the eye of the beholder. The consensus is that she, in her mid-30's, looked far too old to play someone who was 19. And I have always found Julie Andrews to be far more attractive. I concede that others may think differently.
@@loissimmons6558 God bless ur understanding. It was commercial hit coz of Aundrey. It would have been semi hit if julue was in lead. Aundrey is timeless beauty like liz and marilyn. Julie was not in that line
@@subliminalcity6892 "My Fair Lady" was nominated for 12 Oscars and won 8. Miss Hepburn was not nominated. Brendan Gill of "The New Yorker": "Miss Hepburn isn't particularly convincing as a Cockney flower girl ..." Richard L. Coe of the Washington Post found the casting of Miss Hepburn to be the movie's "basic flaw" and described her as "recognizably exquisite-but not 21-as the flower girl and to the later scenes she brings a real flirtatiousness quite un-Shavian." Because "My Fair Lady" was such a smash on Broadway, it's film debut has been described as the most highly anticipated by the American public since "Gone With the Wind". Somehow GWTW was a commercial success even with a relative unknown (Vivian Leigh) playing Scarlett O'Hara. "Mary Poppins" made the same year as "My Fair Lady" did just fine with Julie Andrews as one of the co-stars. And American audiences would have been just as charmed by her and would have flocked to see her as Eliza Doolittle. She was well known by American audiences by this time. In addition to Broadway, an estimated 107 million viewers saw her on TV in 1957 in the lead role as "Cinderella". She was good enough to be nominated for an Emmy in that role. She had also been seen on "The Ed Sullivan Show" and other popular TV shows prior to "My Fair Lady" was cast. And after "Mary Poppins", her next five films were also hits. It is incredibly hard to believe that Julie Andrews would have hurt the box office for "My Fair Lady", regardless of what Jack Warner may have thought. And a lot of high profile people in the profession, like Alan Jay Lerner, lobbied hard for Julie Andrews to be the lead in the film.
I have sung in many Gilbert and Sullivan operas. I just love them. The music is gorgeous and the script is hilarious. The audience always enjoys the performances. And I still quote lines from these works.
This show is way before my time but I love it. It’s got class, sophistication, it’s educational, and has manners. I just love the way the panel says goodbye to each other at the end of each episode.
It was great seeing her, but her appearance was a bit frustrating, to be honest. I love her speaking voice and she could barely get a word in edgewise, between all the motormouths on the panel and the one seated next to her. God they love to hear themselves talk. smh
i knew the mystery guest was really popular judging by how crazy the audience got when the guest signed on the board. Julie Andrews smile just lit up the room
The person who yelled "YEAAAAAHH" when Julie Andrews came in, that would've been me, had I been alive, that is. Lmao. Arlene and Dorothy looked especially pretty in this episode.
One of the rare post 1955 shows where the panel was introduced while sitting. Done to accommodate Mr. Green, who had his leg amputated in an elevator accident the year before.
I was born in 1949 and remember my parents watching this. When I came of age the hippie thing exploded, then when I had my own family I remember thinking my generation didn't seem like "grown-ups." I wondered if all generations felt like this. However, watching this I know for sure my generation never became adult!! I was right! These people are so articulate and well mannered. A pleasure to watch.
Julie Andrews was passed over for movie version of My Fair Lady, as were most members of the Broadway production because, with the exception of Rex Harrison, they weren't film stars. When Warner Brothers bought the film rights to the play, Jack Warner insisted on having major film stars in the major roles. He wanted James Cagney for the role of Alfred Doolittle, but he declined. Audrey Hepburn got the role of Eliza Doolittle despite her limited singing experience. That's why Eliza's singing voice was provided by Marnie Nixon who also did the singing for Deborah Kerr in The King and I. The year My Fair Lady was up for Oscars so was Mary Poppins. When Julie Andrews won best actress for Mary Poppins, she thanked Jack Warner.
James - she thanked Jack Warner at the Golden Globes not the Oscars. Carole - Maria in the stage production of the Sound of Music was Mary Martin not Julie.
Julie Andrews is so adorable. It's great to see a mystery guest round go down to the wire like that. Only when Bennett Serf is absent can it make it that far!
Easily one of the biggest names to emerge from the 1960s. Although she is among the greatest singers of the theater, she never became a recording artist in the conventional sense. Andrews maintained a unique construct to her career that didn't over-saturate with marketing. I think it adds to her regal icon that she went this route and also by avoiding too much kitsch, yet allowing a sprinkle here and there, just to show she could be fun and down-to-earth. Great to see her in this classic TV show.
Not sure what you mean by " never became a recording artist in the conventional sense". I don't _think_ she ever released any singles, and I'm pretty sure never appeared on TOTP or any similar prog., but she _has_ released quite a few albums - including in genres you might not expect. (Some, IMO, less successful than others: if a lyric includes a word like
Interesting point about not letting herself become involved in so many projects that people ever tired of her. At this point Americans only knew her from The Boyfriend, and MFL, Cinderella and a series of TV guest appearances on Ed Sullivan, Gary Moore, Dinah Shore, Jack Benny Show
The dedication it took from everyone on WML, from Daly and the panel on down to producers Goodson-Todman and crew, to do 50 shows/yr is nothing short of extraordinary. The standard season run now is 13 shows for newbies up to 30+ for a successful show. Thank you for making these shows available we will never see the like of them again..
It has been so much fun to discover this great program during the Pandemic. Everyday i watch one episode and it really brings joy & lots of laughs to some long dreary days.
Just one? I can't stop at just one! So funny and I love the banter between cast and guests. It's a breath of fresh air after being stuck in a dank basement. Like night and day, and welcome light it is! 👏👏😍😍👍
***** Have to say, I think Jeff O's point is pretty easily understood. Yours is the one that escapes me. Does the fact that Julie Andrews did a brief topless scene imply that she lacked class? We should all be so lacking in class.
Here, here. When my friend went through her parents’ old mementos, she found several playbills from broadway musicals they had attended in the late 50s and 60s, extending up to the original Funny Girl production. Imagine living in a place and time allowing that to be a common activity. The My Fair Lady playbill was front and foremost and obviously the most viewed. I was downright jealous!
When I was 10 or 11 years old, I went with my family to see the movie Sound of Music. It was there, thanks to Miss Andrews (and Charmian Carr), I first came to appreciate beautiful women. She was - and is - absolutely stunning.
Let it go. That's a long time to be sour grapes. No one "owns" a role. Audrey Hepburn brought enormous grace and beauty to the role.... she made look like a boy. Each had a gift.
Thank you for posting these shows. I'm feeling nostalgic lately (maybe because of the holidays?) and I remember watching this show in the '60's with my parents and grandparents. It brings back good memories and I enjoy seeing all these names from the past!
Julie Andrews is one of the greatest talents ever. Amazing that she had to answer no about being in movies. In just a few years, she becomes maybe the biggest star in the world. Dorothy looks great in this episode. 500 What's My Lines is a great accomplishment at the time and the show will go way beyond 500. Thanks for the video.
Julie Andrews is one of the most beautiful and brightest stars ever to grace the silver screen. The Sound Of Music will be enjoyed for as long as there are people who love great entertainment.
Those WML names defined in full (continued) Daly - (i) An extremely verbose fellow. (ii) Mildly creepy, especially around beautiful young women (iii) A corn merchant.
We seem to have commented quite a bit on Martyn Green's monocle, his leg, and his teeth, as well as his Gilbert & Sullivan career (which I knew best, since I have many of his LP recordings with the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, and have myself sung in and/or conducted lots of G&S shows). But I don't think anyone has mentioned that he did a terrific job as a first-time guest panelist. His questions were intelligent and helpful.
All I can find are mentions to his monocle, where did you find all the other stuff. I am also a huge G&S fan, I memorized the entire ENO production of ‘The Mikado’. So I am glad to find another G&S fan on a non G&S related video.
@@Nicholas32906 I'm not quite sure what you're asking -- but I was talking about the comments left here earlier, on this UA-cam video. A couple of them mentioned that one of Green's lower legs was crushed in an elevator accident and had to be amputated, so he used an artificial leg thereafter (which is why the panel was shown seated from the start). One commenter jested that the monocle was to draw attention away from his bad teeth. Do you know Green's G&S performances, either on audio recordings or in the 1939 Technicolor movie of The Mikado? I would guess that someone will have uploaded those to UA-cam.
@@blueelkmarketing3436 ...maybe not as good, though Wally Bruner and Larry Blyden gave the hosting job fair shakes. The fact that it was revived for another seven televised years (1968-1975) is really a testimonial of how much people really loved the game itself. But there's no denying that the original was the best...
Wow. Julie Andrews was very beautiful. My parents met her around 9 years ago and she was allegedly somewhat snobbish to my mother when she mentioned her love of the sound of music. My father mentioned a play of hers he attended and she acted warm towards them once again.
In case anyone is wondering why Julie Andrews *seemed* to have been unemployed for the past year according to the questioning, it's because My Fair Lady played in London beginning in April 1958 with the principal stars of the Broadway production. The London cast album was recorded February 1, 1959, in stereo (the 1956 Broadway recording was mono). Andrews continued in the London cast until August 1959.
Julie Andrews was such a beautiful, talented lady The sound of music always one of my fave movies. I love these old shows and happy somebody back then had the foresight to keep the tapes secured and safe for future gens to experience.
Julie Andrews was 24 years old in this clip, and a huge star of the musical theater already, after four record breaking seasons on Broadway in New York and London's West End.
Julie Andrew's was my favorite actress when I was a little girl. I remember watching The Sound of Music in the movie theater as a little girl in 1965. My eyes & ears were glued to the screen!
I was born in 1997 and have absolutely adored Julie Andrews since I was a little kid. She really is a legend. I got to see her speak in Sydney and was one of the youngest in the audience. She was warm and sweet and also absolutely hilarious. The highlight was getting to sing Edelweiss with the audience to her. I belted my heart out. She also directed a new production of 'My Fair Lady' in Sydney too and I got to see that as well. It was very exciting.
There was a long running BBC WML in the 50s as well, hosted by Eamonn Andrews. Sadly, almost the entire run of the series is lost, but I will be posting a very rare complete episode in April.
Time Lord Victorious Unfortunately, I don't think there's much of the later series surviving today either. Probably more than the 1950s version, but not a lot.
Julie Andrews was and is such an absolute baby doll! what a wonderfully gifted woman in so many ways! I don't know much about her background but can you imagine when she was little and would begin singing just like a lot of kids do, if you were her parents and heard that voice coming out. I think I would have fainted!
. At times, it's almost spooky how perceptive she could be (assuming, of course, she (and anybody else on the panel) didn't get any "help" from the producers of this show)........and if you believe in conspiracies, it's that same perceptive 'curiosity' that may have ended up getting her killed......if, in fact, she was.... 🤨 .
At the time of this show, Julie Andrews had only a handful of TV credits, mainly the TV version of Rogers and Hammerstein's "Cinderella" in 1957. Of course, she was well-known on stage, having appeared on Broadway in "My Fair Lady," and was soon to open in what would be another Broadway hit: "Camelot."
I've always had the greatest respect for Julie Andrews; she is forever one of the absolutely greatest "Stealth Genius" Artists. I'm 64, so when I first experienced her incredible virtuosity, I was completely "taken in" for a number of delightful years. As I grew older and, who knows, perhaps a little bit wiser, I started to realise that she was strategically satirically self-strafing her performances with a brilliance second to none. My epiphany came during *The Sound of Music,* when I was thunderstruck by how obviously she played the entire film for laughs. I later learned that she'd asked director Robert Wise, "How can we kill all this schmaltz before it kills *us*?" She went on to elfinly absolutely *slay* that role, and hardly anyone even had the first clue. Cutting to the chase ... her collaboration with real-life husband Blake Edwards on the much-suppressed *S.O.B.* stands as the greatest comedy ever filmed. If anyone cares to know why, I'll continue this.
@gcjerryusc ... Hey, gcy. I don't really understand it either. I'll try to explain that, lol. A professional singer-teacher heard me singing when I was in college, locked onto me, and told me she wanted to evaluate my voice professionally because she thought I had something worthwhile. After she tested me (using a piano) she explained that "3-octave range" thing to me, and her explanation was dizzyingly complex. She pressed me to become one of her (paying) students, but I demurred, because 1) I didn't have the money, and 2) I wasn't interested in going in that direction with my Life. It all boils down to I just really like singing, and when I do, people react very warmly to it, which is quite nice. But I was always cautious about all that. The only thing I'm really good for is painting, sculpting and writing, which suit me perfectly, because I can lock myself away in my Fortress Of Solitude Studio. The World has always scared the living shit outta me.
@gcjerryusc ... Wonderful response, much appreciated :))) I have an older sister who has always made me wish that I had been an only child. Ah, well. All we can ever do is to play the hand we're dealt as ethically as possible ...
Those WML names defined in full (continued) Daly - (i) An extremely verbose fellow. (ii) Mildly creepy, especially around beautiful young women (iii) A corn merchant.
Dorothy was Catholic, as was that school, and Dorothy was an investigative reporter and journalist. It surprises me not one bit that she knew of this college and its specifics.
God, I love Julie Andrews. I love Audrey Hepburn too, but not giving Julie Andrews the part in the movie MFL is possibly the greatest travesty in film history. Notice that when they ask her if she had appeared in film, she said no? That's why they gave the part to Audrey- Julie was unknown to most of the American public. Of course, the producers of My Fair Lady had no idea how big a star she would become. But looking at her, she oozes appeal, so I don't know how they could have missed it!
I think getting the main part in Sound of Music would more then compensate . Saying that I would love to have seen Julie in the stage version of My Fair Lady .
Imagine telling Audrey Hepburn that her iconic appearance in My Fair Lady was "the greatest travesty in film history"... You'd have to be stupid and rude at the same time... to Audrey Hepburn... which makes it unbearably stupid and rude.
Kudos Forever to Julie for backing up her real-life husband Blake Edwards, by creatively conspiring with him to rip Hollywood up one side and down the other as much as it could ever possibly deserve to be. Their film *S.O.B.* may very well eventually prove to be the Mt. Everest Summit of Satire and Comedic Vindication.
Good Grief!! I checked out Martyn Green's big book on Gilbert and Sullivan from the grade school library a bunch of times in the 60s! I loved the pictures! Then i got into G & S big in College. I think i have a used copy of that book now!
Oh! That's why I know his name, thank you. I have that book myself; brought it back from my parents' house a few years ago. Learned a bunch of songs from it as a kid.
I remember Loretto Heights School from when I lived in Denver. And as a Catholic Dorothy would be aware of it too. I think the girls may have played basketball but I'm not sure.
"Camelot" was still in the future. "Mary Poppins" was four years off, thought Disney started talking to Andrews about it within 18 months. Andrews would soon be in competition with "The Sound of Music on Broadway".
David Soulier & Tom Barrister I was at first puzzled when she said she'd never been in motion pictures, but of course, you are both correct. Despite the fact that I've recently been watching these shows from the earliest 1950s episodes onwards, it's just hard to imagine a time when the films of "The Sound of Music" and "Mary Poppins" were not yet classics -- let alone not even made yet!
David Soulier -- I remember reading that, despite Julie Andrews's great success in "My Fair Lady" and "Camelot", movie producers had some concern she wouldn't be photogenic enough for the motion picture camera. "Mary Poppins" in 1964 proved that she was actually quite nice looking on camera and launched her appearance in a whole bunch of movies, "The Sound of Music" being the next musical movie. Her second film, though, was "The Americanization of Emily", a non-musical role, and, of course, Julie Andrews appeared in a number of non-musical pictures because she proved she could act. 1966, for example, found her in "Torn Curtain", a political thriller, and "Hawaii", a film adaptation of James Michener's historical novel of the same name. I still don't know why they didn't put her opposite Rex Harrison in the film version of "My Fair Lady" in 1964, which was an excellent movie. Apparently the Motion Picture Academy didn't know either, because "My Fair Lady" won Best Picture and Rex Harrison got Best Actor for it -- and the move won a bunch of other Oscars but not Best Actress. They gave that Oscar to Julie Andrews for "Mary Poppins".
ToddSF 94109 Audrey was a bigger box office draw and had been an Oscar winner. She was not nominated. Julie was. Big mistake not putting Julie Andrews in that film. She would have done a great job all around and could have done the singing.
+ToddSF 94109 I think Ihave read somewere, the producers of My Fair Lady didn't trust the quality of her performance alone. She had no name in the whole country, was mostly famous for her stage appearance on broadway. But Adrey Hepburn was a name you coul'd put on top beside Rex Harrison. Simply this reason and I think they had bet on the wrong horse. That means not at all Audrey was bad in this movie, but from a small audio here on youtube I know Julie had been the better choice. But she get her oscar in this year anyway and as Mary Poppins she was also marvelous!
You do, but it is rare. I know two people who wear one (I'm in the UK). Of course, Green's predecessor at the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, Sir Henry Lytton, also wore a monocle.
@@karldelavigne8134 Thank you for acknowledging Martyn’s career. All people talk about is his monocle instead of his work, which I think is sad considering his contributions.
@@Nicholas32906 I have known about Green since I was a child and nobody ever talked about his monocle, especially as he was usually seen on stage in character where a monocle was sometimes part of the costume. I am sure that his eyeglass was never meant to draw attention and his talent spoke for itself.
A few years ago, I submitted my avatar picture that I currently use to one of those services that match you with the celebrity you most resemble. While I thought I would get Blair Brown, I was thrilled to match closest to Julie Andrews. I don't know if Miss Andrews is very thrilled about it.
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I find interesting that less than 5 years after this was aired Julie Andrews would be more known for her work in movies, rather than the theater.
She was the toast of Broadway. No female lead had captivated NYC theatergoers as much since Mary Martin 20 years earlier. 'My Fair Lady' was the biggest stage musical hit of the postwar period, and Julie was acclaimed as the Broadway equivalent of Audrey Hepburn- ironically, in view of the film version's casting.
Interesting and completely INEVITABLE
That’s hardly a surprising development.
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What was inevitable ?! 🤨
Im 25 years old and this is easily my favorite tv game show ever. Timeless classic
Isn't it great!?
I'm 36. Watching this show to relax before bed has become a new habit for me recently.
@@grantdavis5945 - I started watching these episodes to relax. It brings me to a state of well-being.
I'm 31 and have a great appreciation for these classics.
She’s 25 in this clip too haha
I adore vintage jewelry...I'm just salivating!
Julie Andrews has always been classy, but she was absolutely adorable in this clip!
Nate Bronson She is always adorable. I adore her!
Indeed.
The panel are always so delighted to see the mystery guest, which I love, but I think especially so here.
She's even classy when she's working a little blue. Check out her appearances with Craig Ferguson.
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Love Craig 😊
Have Not seen him in ages.
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Omygosh. This is even before 'Mary Poppins' and 'The Sound of Music'. She is yet to become a super star.
She was well on her way to become a super star by this point. IMHO, Jack Warner made a huge mistake picking Audrey Hepburn to supplant Miss Andrews as Eliza Doolittle in the film version of "My Fair Lady". For one thing, they would not have needed the talented Marni Nixon to overdub the singing. Julie Andrews would have still won her first Oscar, but for "My Fair Lady" instead of "Mary Poppins". (Miss Hepburn wasn't even nominated.)
@@loissimmons6558 well but maybe then it hasnt been that much of a commercial hit. Moreover Audrey hepburn looks divine
@@subliminalcity6892 Not much of a commercial hit? That is not the general opinion or supported by the facts. The movie had the highest budget of any movie of that time, ~$17 million and still made a huge profit, grossing over $72 million. As far as Audrey Hepburn's looks, beauty is in the eye of the beholder. The consensus is that she, in her mid-30's, looked far too old to play someone who was 19. And I have always found Julie Andrews to be far more attractive. I concede that others may think differently.
@@loissimmons6558 God bless ur understanding. It was commercial hit coz of Aundrey. It would have been semi hit if julue was in lead. Aundrey is timeless beauty like liz and marilyn. Julie was not in that line
@@subliminalcity6892 "My Fair Lady" was nominated for 12 Oscars and won 8. Miss Hepburn was not nominated. Brendan Gill of "The New Yorker": "Miss Hepburn isn't particularly convincing as a Cockney flower girl ..." Richard L. Coe of the Washington Post found the casting of Miss Hepburn to be the movie's "basic flaw" and described her as "recognizably exquisite-but not 21-as the flower girl and to the later scenes she brings a real flirtatiousness quite un-Shavian."
Because "My Fair Lady" was such a smash on Broadway, it's film debut has been described as the most highly anticipated by the American public since "Gone With the Wind". Somehow GWTW was a commercial success even with a relative unknown (Vivian Leigh) playing Scarlett O'Hara. "Mary Poppins" made the same year as "My Fair Lady" did just fine with Julie Andrews as one of the co-stars. And American audiences would have been just as charmed by her and would have flocked to see her as Eliza Doolittle. She was well known by American audiences by this time. In addition to Broadway, an estimated 107 million viewers saw her on TV in 1957 in the lead role as "Cinderella". She was good enough to be nominated for an Emmy in that role. She had also been seen on "The Ed Sullivan Show" and other popular TV shows prior to "My Fair Lady" was cast. And after "Mary Poppins", her next five films were also hits. It is incredibly hard to believe that Julie Andrews would have hurt the box office for "My Fair Lady", regardless of what Jack Warner may have thought. And a lot of high profile people in the profession, like Alan Jay Lerner, lobbied hard for Julie Andrews to be the lead in the film.
Isn’t it lovely to see them introduce each other.
So respectful. It is the manners that I love watching.
I have sung in many Gilbert and Sullivan operas. I just love them. The music is gorgeous and the script is hilarious. The audience always enjoys the performances. And I still quote lines from these works.
So do I. Unfortunately these times are long gone.
@@shirleyrombough8173 too bad in this these our times called bull sh t
No worries
Yes, tis delightful to witness such politeness
Dorothy was really special. The other panelists are as well, but she is such a wealth of knowledge. Her discernment was second to none.
Very true. So sad we lost her at age 52. I only discovered her and the show this year and as they say better late than never.
This show is way before my time but I love it. It’s got class, sophistication, it’s educational, and has manners. I just love the way the panel says goodbye to each other at the end of each episode.
there has never been anyone past or present who exudes the radiant and natural beauty that Julie Andrews does.
It was great seeing her, but her appearance was a bit frustrating, to be honest. I love her speaking voice and she could barely get a word in edgewise, between all the motormouths on the panel and the one seated next to her. God they love to hear themselves talk. smh
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Harlow
Just saying.
Great job, Julie! Incidentally, Ms. Andrews and Martyn Green collaborated on an album of nursery rhymes set to music in the late 50s.
@@Cosmo-Kramershe looked different like she had dental work done sometime after the show and before her Mary Poppins/Sound of Music years.
i knew the mystery guest was really popular judging by how crazy the audience got when the guest signed on the board. Julie Andrews smile just lit up the room
The person who yelled "YEAAAAAHH" when Julie Andrews came in, that would've been me, had I been alive, that is. Lmao. Arlene and Dorothy looked especially pretty in this episode.
Julie’s radiant smile can illuminate any room. So elegant, so naturally beautiful inside and out.
Im not even 40 but I am stunned how beautiful Julie Andrews was back then. Like wow.
One of the rare post 1955 shows where the panel was introduced while sitting. Done to accommodate Mr. Green, who had his leg amputated in an elevator accident the year before.
I was born in 1949 and remember my parents watching this. When I came of age the hippie thing exploded, then when I had my own family I remember thinking my generation didn't seem like "grown-ups." I wondered if all generations felt like this. However, watching this I know for sure my generation never became adult!! I was right! These people are so articulate and well mannered. A pleasure to watch.
An actual person wearing an actual monocle in real life. Awesome.
Nondescript lololol
As is your comment.
I worked with someone who wore a monocle about ten years ago. He was odd.
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I came to the comments just for this conversation.
Julie Andrews was so young and beautiful and STILL is❤️❤️❤️Love her so much😍😍she is so talented and very bubbly in this video which is cute🎊
Dorothy is just sharp as a tack. Love these old episodes!
Arlene is just great! And Julie Andrews is a blinding, brilliant light from heaven!
Yap, this was before Sound of Music too. And the "new musical in September" was...... Camelot. She was Guinevere!
A pleasure hear the voice of Julie Andrews. She is a lady in all the sense of the word.
Much like my Mistress.
Martin Gabel had the richest and most refined voice.. no wonder he was such a Lion in the world of theater (a Tony winner too!)
Julie has one of the best profiles in show biz. Love the face
I never knew how spectacularly pretty Julie was at that young age, having only seen her when she was somewhat older.
They're so kind, polite and respectful of one another.
Julie is so pretty. She should have been in the movie version of My Fair Lady.
Julie Andrews was passed over for movie version of My Fair Lady, as were most members of the Broadway production because, with the exception of Rex Harrison, they weren't film stars. When Warner Brothers bought the film rights to the play, Jack Warner insisted on having major film stars in the major roles. He wanted James Cagney for the role of Alfred Doolittle, but he declined. Audrey Hepburn got the role of Eliza Doolittle despite her limited singing experience. That's why Eliza's singing voice was provided by Marnie Nixon who also did the singing for Deborah Kerr in The King and I. The year My Fair Lady was up for Oscars so was Mary Poppins. When Julie Andrews won best actress for Mary Poppins, she thanked Jack Warner.
James Knoblock Poor Warner Brothers, poor film-going public.
She was in the play and the film version of Sound Of Music
James - she thanked Jack Warner at the Golden Globes not the Oscars.
Carole - Maria in the stage production of the Sound of Music was Mary Martin not Julie.
Chris Norton
Oh, that's right!! I used to listen to the album of the play with Mary Martin! My memory needs improvement.
Arlene is so incredible. She would always make joking comments and be spot on!!! Episode after episode!
Julie Andrews is so adorable. It's great to see a mystery guest round go down to the wire like that. Only when Bennett Serf is absent can it make it that far!
Easily one of the biggest names to emerge from the 1960s. Although she is among the greatest singers of the theater, she never became a recording artist in the conventional sense. Andrews maintained a unique construct to her career that didn't over-saturate with marketing. I think it adds to her regal icon that she went this route and also by avoiding too much kitsch, yet allowing a sprinkle here and there, just to show she could be fun and down-to-earth. Great to see her in this classic TV show.
Not sure what you mean by " never became a recording artist in the conventional sense". I don't _think_ she ever released any singles, and I'm pretty sure never appeared on TOTP or any similar prog., but she _has_ released quite a few albums - including in genres you might not expect. (Some, IMO, less successful than others: if a lyric includes a word like
Interesting point about not letting herself become involved in so many projects that people ever tired of her. At this point Americans only knew her from The Boyfriend, and MFL, Cinderella and a series of TV guest appearances on Ed Sullivan, Gary Moore, Dinah Shore, Jack Benny Show
The dedication it took from everyone on WML, from Daly and the panel on down to producers Goodson-Todman and crew, to do 50 shows/yr is nothing short of extraordinary. The standard season run now is 13 shows for newbies up to 30+ for a successful show. Thank you for making these shows available we will never see the like of them again..
It has been so much fun to discover this great program during the Pandemic. Everyday i watch one episode and it really brings joy & lots of laughs to some long dreary days.
Same here. It was perfect. I’m still watching!
Just one? I can't stop at just one! So funny and I love the banter between cast and guests. It's a breath of fresh air after being stuck in a dank basement. Like night and day, and welcome light it is! 👏👏😍😍👍
Julie Andrews has such class. And all the panel members on the show were charming. Today, american pop culture is pockmarked by vulgarity.
***** Have to say, I think Jeff O's point is pretty easily understood. Yours is the one that escapes me.
Does the fact that Julie Andrews did a brief topless scene imply that she lacked class? We should all be so lacking in class.
***** Glad to see that you didn't mean to imply otherwise about Julie Andrews.
What's My Line? She had a classy chassis.
Ain't that the truth...I'm a few years too young to remember these episodes but I completely concur.
Yeah, modern celebrities never do anything like that. Yeesh.
A rare orchid of beauty and class is Julie…..
Dorothy looks particularly great in this episode.
Yes she does.
Her hair was so pretty and full. very becoming. I think Arlene glowed!
What a DISH was Julie Andrews in those days! The gents were obviously beside themselves, and I would be too!
I appreciate how clearly they communicated
If I could go back in time, I would very much like to be sitting front row seat for My Fair Lady at Broadway with Julie Andrews and Rex Harrison.
Stone Salter Yes,so would I!!
Here, here. When my friend went through her parents’ old mementos, she found several playbills from broadway musicals they had attended in the late 50s and 60s, extending up to the original Funny Girl production. Imagine living in a place and time allowing that to be a common activity. The My Fair Lady playbill was front and foremost and obviously the most viewed. I was downright jealous!
@@MA_C24 It's "hear hear".
Me too and she and Rex had incredible chemistry.
I saw Rex Harrison in "My Fair Lady" in San Francisco in 1980. By then he was way too old for the part.
God, I love how cordial they are.
You just do not get this level of authenticity etc nowadays.
One of my favorite shows now at 29 years.
A wonderful treasure…totally enchanting!
They started on February 2nd, 1950 - that is literally my birthday - the day I was born!
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PeggyfromPorcupine Happy Birthday to you & the show!
When I was 10 or 11 years old, I went with my family to see the movie Sound of Music. It was there, thanks to Miss Andrews (and Charmian Carr), I first came to appreciate beautiful women. She was - and is - absolutely stunning.
This, my internet friends, is an example of what is called class and decorum. It used to be required to be part of civil society.
Arlene brightened this episode a lot
Stephanie McCoy her “horse blanket” comment was hilarious!
Julie says had she been given the fair lady role she wouldn't have been abl to to Mary poplins
Let it go. That's a long time to be sour grapes. No one "owns" a role. Audrey Hepburn brought enormous grace and beauty to the role.... she made look like a boy. Each had a gift.
Thank you for posting these shows. I'm feeling nostalgic lately (maybe because of the holidays?) and I remember watching this show in the '60's with my parents and grandparents. It brings back good memories and I enjoy seeing all these names from the past!
Julie Andrews is one of the greatest talents ever. Amazing that she had to answer no about being in movies. In just a few years, she becomes maybe the biggest star in the world. Dorothy looks great in this episode. 500 What's My Lines is a great accomplishment at the time and the show will go way beyond 500. Thanks for the video.
Weee 10 years , I've watched every episode so far... great show, thanks Gary
Julie Andrews is one of the most beautiful and brightest stars ever to grace the silver screen. The Sound Of Music will be enjoyed for as long as there are people who love great entertainment.
John Daly was a class act.
Guardmn 7315 he had a bromance with Bennett
Moderating the show is the hardest part and he handled it very successfully.
No one like him on Television now. Civility in language is an artifact and a thing if the past.
Those WML names defined in full (continued)
Daly - (i) An extremely verbose fellow. (ii) Mildly creepy, especially around beautiful young women (iii) A corn merchant.
We seem to have commented quite a bit on Martyn Green's monocle, his leg, and his teeth, as well as his Gilbert & Sullivan career (which I knew best, since I have many of his LP recordings with the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, and have myself sung in and/or conducted lots of G&S shows). But I don't think anyone has mentioned that he did a terrific job as a first-time guest panelist. His questions were intelligent and helpful.
All I can find are mentions to his monocle, where did you find all the other stuff. I am also a huge G&S fan, I memorized the entire ENO production of ‘The Mikado’. So I am glad to find another G&S fan on a non G&S related video.
@@Nicholas32906 I'm not quite sure what you're asking -- but I was talking about the comments left here earlier, on this UA-cam video. A couple of them mentioned that one of Green's lower legs was crushed in an elevator accident and had to be amputated, so he used an artificial leg thereafter (which is why the panel was shown seated from the start). One commenter jested that the monocle was to draw attention away from his bad teeth. Do you know Green's G&S performances, either on audio recordings or in the 1939 Technicolor movie of The Mikado? I would guess that someone will have uploaded those to UA-cam.
Mr. Green collaborated with JA on an album of nursery rhymes in the late 50s.
Julie Andrews, what a lady and fox.
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Julie Andrews was so young here!!
I'm so happy to share a birthday with the lovely Julie Andrews.
I see why this show was on for 10 years. It’s interesting and funny
it was on for 25 years!
@@darinkakralj4347 Actually it went from 1950 to 1967. It was revived in 1972 with a color version and Bennet Cerf and Arlene. Not as good.
@@blueelkmarketing3436 ...maybe not as good, though Wally Bruner and Larry Blyden gave the hosting job fair shakes. The fact that it was revived for another seven televised years (1968-1975) is really a testimonial of how much people really loved the game itself. But there's no denying that the original was the best...
Wow. Julie Andrews was very beautiful. My parents met her around 9 years ago and she was allegedly somewhat snobbish to my mother when she mentioned her love of the sound of music. My father mentioned a play of hers he attended and she acted warm towards them once again.
+Barney Os. Maybe because he was a man?! Women are like that sometimes.
In case anyone is wondering why Julie Andrews *seemed* to have been unemployed for the past year according to the questioning, it's because My Fair Lady played in London beginning in April 1958 with the principal stars of the Broadway production. The London cast album was recorded February 1, 1959, in stereo (the 1956 Broadway recording was mono). Andrews continued in the London cast until August 1959.
Julie Andrews was such a beautiful, talented lady
The sound of music always one of my fave movies. I love these old shows and happy somebody back then had the foresight to keep the tapes secured and safe for future gens to experience.
Julie Andrews just shines!
This was a double milestone 10 years and show # 500 in one program
Julie Andrews was 24 years old in this clip, and a huge star of the musical theater already, after four record breaking seasons on Broadway in New York and London's West End.
I’m 50 and I’m loving this sweet, wonderful production for the first time. My mom spoke about it when I was young.
This made me smile.
Dorothy has a lot of class
Julie Andrew's was my favorite actress when I was a little girl. I remember watching The Sound of Music in the movie theater as a little girl in 1965. My eyes & ears were glued to the screen!
I was born in 1997 and have absolutely adored Julie Andrews since I was a little kid. She really is a legend. I got to see her speak in Sydney and was one of the youngest in the audience. She was warm and sweet and also absolutely hilarious. The highlight was getting to sing Edelweiss with the audience to her. I belted my heart out. She also directed a new production of 'My Fair Lady' in Sydney too and I got to see that as well. It was very exciting.
A special talent in 1960 and with so much more deserved success to come. A truly unique artist.
Just love watching this show. We here in England had a version in the 70's and 80s. 1 of my aunties appeared on it in the 80's.
There was a long running BBC WML in the 50s as well, hosted by Eamonn Andrews. Sadly, almost the entire run of the series is lost, but I will be posting a very rare complete episode in April.
Eamonn Andrews hosted it again when it came back in 84. Would be nice to find the episode with my auntie in it.
Time Lord Victorious Unfortunately, I don't think there's much of the later series surviving today either. Probably more than the 1950s version, but not a lot.
+Time Lord Victorious What was the name of the show?
Same name. Eamonn Andrews brought it back between 1984 and 1987 over here in the UK.
Julie Andrews was and is such an absolute baby doll! what a wonderfully gifted woman in so many ways! I don't know much about her background but can you imagine when she was little and would begin singing just like a lot of kids do, if you were her parents and heard that voice coming out. I think I would have fainted!
She was a child star, a contemporary of Petula Clark. There is a cool film of her on UA-cam doing a patriotic turn..can’t remember specifics.
"Julie Andrews (Aged 13) Sings for King George VI (1948)"
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One of my all time fave mystery guest segments, I've long wanted to see the rest of this episode. Thanks! Again!
Julie Andrews.......just seeing this lady fills one with joy and hope
Nice to hear about Loretto Heights College in Denver. I graduated from Loretto Academy High School in El Paso, Texas in 1959.
Julie was just 25 years old here. Gorgeous.
I wish Audrey would have been a guest on this show :)
Oh I just ADORE Arlene Francis! ❤️❤️❤️
Julie Andrews is so adorable and beautiful!❤️❤️❤️
They just don't make them like Julie Andrews anymore. Such a talent and such a natural beauty. Please don't tell my wife.
Kilgallen has brilliant perception.
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At times, it's almost spooky how perceptive she could be (assuming, of course, she (and anybody else on the panel) didn't get any "help" from the producers of this show)........and if you believe in conspiracies, it's that same perceptive 'curiosity' that may have ended up getting her killed......if, in fact, she was.... 🤨
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At the time of this show, Julie Andrews had only a handful of TV credits, mainly the TV version of Rogers and Hammerstein's "Cinderella" in 1957. Of course, she was well-known on stage, having appeared on Broadway in "My Fair Lady," and was soon to open in what would be another Broadway hit: "Camelot."
Don't forget "The Boy Friend", which came a year or so before "My Fair Lady".
I saw her in Camelot.
There's some videos on youtube of Julie Andrews when she was 12, 13, and 15. Fascinating.
Fifteen going on sixteen. . . .
I've seen (by now) very old B&W film footage of Ms. Andrews singing as a child-- *with her 3 octave range.* Jaw-dropping.
I've always had the greatest respect for Julie Andrews; she is forever one of the absolutely greatest "Stealth Genius" Artists. I'm 64, so when I first experienced her incredible virtuosity, I was completely "taken in" for a number of delightful years.
As I grew older and, who knows, perhaps a little bit wiser, I started to realise that she was strategically satirically self-strafing her performances with a brilliance second to none. My epiphany came during *The Sound of Music,* when I was thunderstruck by how obviously she played the entire film for laughs. I later learned that she'd asked director Robert Wise, "How can we kill all this schmaltz before it kills *us*?" She went on to elfinly absolutely *slay* that role, and hardly anyone even had the first clue.
Cutting to the chase ... her collaboration with real-life husband Blake Edwards on the much-suppressed *S.O.B.* stands as the greatest comedy ever filmed. If anyone cares to know why, I'll continue this.
@gcjerryusc ... Hey, gcy. I don't really understand it either. I'll try to explain that, lol. A professional singer-teacher heard me singing when I was in college, locked onto me, and told me she wanted to evaluate my voice professionally because she thought I had something worthwhile. After she tested me (using a piano) she explained that "3-octave range" thing to me, and her explanation was dizzyingly complex. She pressed me to become one of her (paying) students, but I demurred, because 1) I didn't have the money, and 2) I wasn't interested in going in that direction with my Life.
It all boils down to I just really like singing, and when I do, people react very warmly to it, which is quite nice. But I was always cautious about all that. The only thing I'm really good for is painting, sculpting and writing, which suit me perfectly, because I can lock myself away in my Fortress Of Solitude Studio. The World has always scared the living shit outta me.
@gcjerryusc ... Wonderful response, much appreciated :))) I have an older sister who has always made me wish that I had been an only child. Ah, well. All we can ever do is to play the hand we're dealt as ethically as possible ...
Oh my gosh is she beautiful and what an artistic genius!
Not something that I’ve ever seen before, Julie Andrews with a frown. We love you Julie!
By far John is the best host I’ve ever seen.
Those WML names defined in full (continued)
Daly - (i) An extremely verbose fellow. (ii) Mildly creepy, especially around beautiful young women (iii) A corn merchant.
Dorothy was very knowledgeable to know immediately that a specific college in far-away Denver was a girl’s college.
Dorothy was Catholic, as was that school, and Dorothy was an investigative reporter and journalist. It surprises me not one bit that she knew of this college and its specifics.
this is really a historic episode, I was mouth open to know Julie wasn't known to be in movies.
Ms Andrews wow what a performer 💖💯
Oh, man. I can go years without thinking of those single-serving boxes of Kellogg's cereal-and then I see them and it takes me back!
God, I love Julie Andrews. I love Audrey Hepburn too, but not giving Julie Andrews the part in the movie MFL is possibly the greatest travesty in film history. Notice that when they ask her if she had appeared in film, she said no? That's why they gave the part to Audrey- Julie was unknown to most of the American public. Of course, the producers of My Fair Lady had no idea how big a star she would become. But looking at her, she oozes appeal, so I don't know how they could have missed it!
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Audrey Hepburn was one of the biggest stars at that time, and is great in that movie.
I think getting the main part in Sound of Music would more then compensate . Saying that I would love to have seen Julie in the stage version of My Fair Lady .
Julie already was busy being Mary Poppins while the movie version of My Fair Lady was being filmed
Will Rothfuss Yes,I Completely agree with you.Mr.Rothfuss!
Imagine telling Audrey Hepburn that her iconic appearance in My Fair Lady was "the greatest travesty in film history"... You'd have to be stupid and rude at the same time... to Audrey Hepburn... which makes it unbearably stupid and rude.
I would like to give a shout out to the Arlene Francis Family for donating the Arlene Francis Center to the people of Santa Rosa California.
elbow length gloves! (swoons)
Kudos Forever to Julie for backing up her real-life husband Blake Edwards, by creatively conspiring with him to rip Hollywood up one side and down the other as much as it could ever possibly deserve to be. Their film *S.O.B.* may very well eventually prove to be the Mt. Everest Summit of Satire and Comedic Vindication.
Thomas Cervasio Touché!
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I don't think you're using that word correctly, dear.
think im addicted to this show. wish i lived at this time.
Good Grief!! I checked out Martyn Green's big book on Gilbert and Sullivan from the grade school library a bunch of times in the 60s! I loved the pictures! Then i got into G & S big in College. I think i have a used copy of that book now!
I love that book, the notes are so interesting
Oh! That's why I know his name, thank you. I have that book myself; brought it back from my parents' house a few years ago. Learned a bunch of songs from it as a kid.
@@jennifersheffield Green was quite the interesting fellow! Look him up! :)
I remember Loretto Heights School from when I lived in Denver. And as a Catholic Dorothy would be aware of it too. I think the girls may have played basketball but I'm not sure.
Julie Andrews' voice! :'-) awesome! lol
"Camelot" was still in the future. "Mary Poppins" was four years off, thought Disney started talking to Andrews about it within 18 months. Andrews would soon be in competition with "The Sound of Music on Broadway".
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I was at first puzzled when she said she'd never been in motion pictures, but of course, you are both correct. Despite the fact that I've recently been watching these shows from the earliest 1950s episodes onwards, it's just hard to imagine a time when the films of "The Sound of Music" and "Mary Poppins" were not yet classics -- let alone not even made yet!
David Soulier -- I remember reading that, despite Julie Andrews's great success in "My Fair Lady" and "Camelot", movie producers had some concern she wouldn't be photogenic enough for the motion picture camera. "Mary Poppins" in 1964 proved that she was actually quite nice looking on camera and launched her appearance in a whole bunch of movies, "The Sound of Music" being the next musical movie. Her second film, though, was "The Americanization of Emily", a non-musical role, and, of course, Julie Andrews appeared in a number of non-musical pictures because she proved she could act. 1966, for example, found her in "Torn Curtain", a political thriller, and "Hawaii", a film adaptation of James Michener's historical novel of the same name. I still don't know why they didn't put her opposite Rex Harrison in the film version of "My Fair Lady" in 1964, which was an excellent movie. Apparently the Motion Picture Academy didn't know either, because "My Fair Lady" won Best Picture and Rex Harrison got Best Actor for it -- and the move won a bunch of other Oscars but not Best Actress. They gave that Oscar to Julie Andrews for "Mary Poppins".
ToddSF 94109 Audrey was a bigger box office draw and had been an Oscar winner. She was not nominated. Julie was. Big mistake not putting Julie Andrews in that film. She would have done a great job all around and could have done the singing.
+ToddSF 94109 I think Ihave read somewere, the producers of My Fair Lady didn't trust the quality of her performance alone. She had no name in the whole country, was mostly famous for her stage appearance on broadway. But Adrey Hepburn was a name you coul'd put on top beside Rex Harrison. Simply this reason and I think they had bet on the wrong horse. That means not at all Audrey was bad in this movie, but from a small audio here on youtube I know Julie had been the better choice.
But she get her oscar in this year anyway and as Mary Poppins she was also marvelous!
Julie was so pretty, young and excited as the mystery guest. What a classy, talented lady.
My, my, they all have such respect and dignity in their comments about each other.
When Julie came in, she got lots of well-deserved applause!
Wait a second. I've just watched 500 episodes back to back? Uh oh....
Alas some of the 500 have been lost, especially in the early years.
Merrida100 No you haven't. :) I'm doing it chronologically too.
Why isn’t anyone talking about Martyn and his amazing talent, Julie isn’t the only stage performer there.
Wow! Martyn Green wearing a monocle! You don't see that anymore.
You do, but it is rare. I know two people who wear one (I'm in the UK). Of course, Green's predecessor at the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, Sir Henry Lytton, also wore a monocle.
@@karldelavigne8134 Thank you for acknowledging Martyn’s career. All people talk about is his monocle instead of his work, which I think is sad considering his contributions.
@@Nicholas32906 I have known about Green since I was a child and nobody ever talked about his monocle, especially as he was usually seen on stage in character where a monocle was sometimes part of the costume. I am sure that his eyeglass was never meant to draw attention and his talent spoke for itself.
On the contrary. I wear one and pince-nez. Along with a bow tie and waistcoat. We are not all baseball caps, jeans and t-shirt dummies.
This is the luckiest panel, they met all the top performers, when performers actually had talent!
A few years ago, I submitted my avatar picture that I currently use to one of those services that match you with the celebrity you most resemble. While I thought I would get Blair Brown, I was thrilled to match closest to Julie Andrews. I don't know if Miss Andrews is very thrilled about it.
She wasn't in a Broadway musical in February 1960, but she opened in December as Guinevere in "Camelot".
I saw her in Camelot.