As I wipe away the nostalgic tears, as a child of the 1950s I grew up with TV and these people. What nice entertainment and great actors. Pure entertainment without nudity, car crashes and fake super heroes. Our time has passed. The memories endure. Thanks for taking the time to put this together.
I too grew up in the era and as i look back it's amzing how the changes in technology have changed the culture. Btw, hope u get relief from that stomach ulcer!😉
BTW, John Charles Daley was from South Africa. He had sort of an accent, and that is why. My mother thought he was a dream. You all know that on Sunday, Dec. 7, 1941, it was he who announced the Pearl Harbor attack on American radio.
★ 3:30 Mischa Elman and Jascha Heifetz. Both were world famous violinists. If you know anything about Jack Benny you will most certainly understand Bennet's humorous jab. : ) And now you know.
Wonderful idea to compile these TV memories. I can only dimly recall What's My Line as a small child, but now it all makes me laugh in the best sense of humor.
My dad knew Jack Benny. Dad was the broadcast director for the Lucky Strike Hit Parade and major news shows. Met lots of famous people and even dated top female music stars. He said Jack Benny was a favorite. The nicest of nice. A truly great person.
I have two teenagers. I was shocked when told they no longer taught script writing or world history in schools. My 18 year old had to recently sign a legal document. The best he could do was print his name in lower case. WTF!!!
Ray Bolger was the man! Wizard of Oz was the tip of the iceburg. He could really dance! I loved watching him. He was every bit as good as Gene Kelly, who I also loved to watch.
I wonder how many folks know who even half of these mystery guests are? I’m so sorry for them. Most are gone now but for us older folks, they will never be forgotten.
*Dorothy Kilgallen wasn't a mega beauty in the classic sense but she was gorgeous to me. She wasn't just pretty but she was also highly intelligent , witty and classy. A 💎 of a woman. I wish I could travel back in time to meet her and the rest of the panel.*
Glenn Hoddle I can't tell you how many baby boomers have said Dorthy Kilgallen was one of their first or oldest memorable crushes. I think she was pretty enterprising and untraditional in the 1950s expectations of women sense. That's pretty cool. May be wrong about that though.
@Redcoat’s Return - A possible exhumation of Dorothy’s body from Gate of Heaven Cemetery is the latest approach that her biographer Mark Shaw has taken during his long campaign to give her justice. Dr. Cyril Wecht has promised to examine her body for DNA that a murderer might have left behind. Dr. Wecht has served as a consultant on investigations into many other unsolved deaths including the death of JonBenet Ramsey. Me, I feel Mark Shaw could spend his time more productively if he allied himself with a member of the United States Senate or House of Representatives so they can petition the FBI and CIA to declassify all documents. Mark should fight for the release of every document that mentions Dorothy’s name and every document that mentions Ron Pataky’s name. You are familiar with him, I presume.
@@ilonabaier6042 ok now, I'm missing the punchline...I mean, this is some kind of running inside joke right? DK was not murdered for real, was she!?!?! Methinks this be a shocking Googling session I'll be diving into in a sec...
One of my all time favs, loved his show. Sometimes watching old shows, he reminds me of Robin Williams in the way he would take over the show..... Not in humor but in the way he would dominate. Brightest , outshone even the biggest stars.
I love these old shows. They are a blast from my past when I was a child. It was after WWII and everything was starting to settle down. Humor was free of vulgarity (a little "fuck" now and then was harmless) and the topics were quaint rather than edgy.
Sorry, but f--- was never said on TV in the "50's that I remember. Of course a child may not notice or know what it meant in my home since cuss words were not allowed.
You've listed all the attributes I find sooo attractive in a man. And yes, I do find him attractive as well as funny! It's quite a shame that there's not more like him in this day in age...(sigh)...
so sad to think of her dad when she read discovered dead from an overdose at age 52. she seemed so sweet. Theories floated of being murdered over her tell all book of the Kennedys.
@@teresaf991 Kilgallen was a top investigative reporter, and had just had the only interview with Jack Ruby, the assassin of Lee Harvey Oswald. It seems like Ruby spilled his guts, and named names. She was going to expose some rather high-level government officials *coughcoughLBJcough* and so had to be taken out.
@@teresaf991I read that both of her parents & her sister all lived into their 90s. Dorothy could have had another 40+ yrs if the mysterious overdose hadn't happened.
Steve Allen hated Rock and Roll and when Elvis appeared on his show he told him to sing "You Ain't Nothin but a Hound Dog", then while Elvis was signing the song he rolled a hound dog out on a chair right next to him to embarrass him. Elvis was furious and refused to ever work with Allen again.
Such classy people. This is what used to be called good clean fun. The ladies were all elegant and graceful, the men all entertaining and respectful. Wow, Lauren Bacall, is the definition of a knockout. Her smile alone lit up that stage - she was the kind of lady you just had to talk to, as intelligent as she was beautiful. I’m going to watch another one of these.
If you haven't seen it, watch Tommy Smothers of the Smothers Brothers impersonating Johnny on The Tonight Show. It is really uncanny how he looks and speaks like him virtually exactly. And after Tommy sits down, he takes one of Johnny's pencils and starts playing with it.
i watch WML reruns to remind myself how far entertainment has declined. This show was classy and entertaining. You won't find that combination too often in 2018.
reina coffee His smoking took him away from us. As he was dying of lung cancer, he made TV ads for the American Cancer Society saying "Don't start" . I think it's on UA-cam.
I found him annoying to be honest. I wish he had stuck to the point of the game instead of trying to divert the attention to himself. I can understand the nature of show where it's fine to add humor here and there but he was contantly cracking jokes, trying to be funny when it was beginning to get irritating to the point he wasn't taking the game seriously, he never even asked one proper question.
Signatures * for God's sake, because education was extremely important and taken seriously in those times, cursive was mandatory unlike now, pre-computers ruining everything sacred and holy...🎉🎉
the best of American USA ...genuine humor yet with erudition, spontaneity, and best of Hollywood when it had class, I could go on and on....I don't even want the hitech lack of humanity of today......bring back even a sliver of that age....
Margaret - Because it turns out it was rigged. Listen to Daly throw clues at the panel right before he goes into "conference" with the contestant. On one show the guest was a ballplayer and an in-law of Arlene.
Wow, what a line up of legendary talent. Makes you realize just how the entertainment world, especially in the U.S., has declined in such a dramatic way. Who would ever have believed it back then.
j.d. di giusto - the “talent” of today pales in comparison to back then. I loved this show then and watched it years later when it was the last program of the evening before “signing off” with the national anthem.
I wonder if the talent seemed so much better for two reasons. 1 - not so much dirty laundry aired all over the media and more importantly 2 - FAR fewer "actors" and "actresses" parading much less talent and far fewer 2-rate films being made?
@gcjerryusc Perhaps true, but it was honestly no picnic to be black back then. Black people were literally banned from certain jobs, businesses and even buying property in many places, plus many colleges would not accept them. It wasn't so great for women either. They had to work twice as hard as men and still got paid less, plus that glass ceiling was real and it was much lower then. That era was better in many ways but not every way Let's be honest and not idealize it.
Mickey Rooney may have not been a “very attractive leading man” by their standards back then but he had more talent and charm than most of the guests that were on the show.
![What's My Line? - Paul Newman; David Niven [panel] (Jan 25, 1959)](/img/n.gif)
As I wipe away the nostalgic tears, as a child of the 1950s I grew up with TV and these people. What nice entertainment and great actors. Pure entertainment without nudity, car crashes and fake super heroes. Our time has passed. The memories endure. Thanks for taking the time to put this together.
I too grew up in the era and as i look back it's amzing how the changes in technology have changed the culture. Btw, hope u get relief from that stomach ulcer!😉
@@sweetpealee056 Thanks for your comments. Very few pickup on my username. And yes, triple therapy worked.
@@H.pylori
Try dry bar comedy dear. Makes me laugh without the filth.
I feel you! I'm 64.
May God bless and protect you and yours. 🌻🪻🌷🫵👍
@@sweetpealee056
Yup!
You live up to your name! 🫵👍
@Echo-ux3wo thank you! (I'm 70 btw) Blessings!✌️🫶😊
“Are you my father?”
It was so sweet how Dorothy asked that question. 🥰
Thank you for posting this. Just wonderful. Just good fun.
This is only, what, 10 times better than anything on television these days? Okay, 20? Simply wonderful television entertainment.
BTW, John Charles Daley was from South Africa. He had sort of an accent, and that is why. My mother thought he was a dream. You all know that on Sunday, Dec. 7, 1941, it was he who announced the Pearl Harbor attack on American radio.
★ 3:30 Mischa Elman and Jascha Heifetz. Both were world famous violinists. If you know anything about Jack Benny you will most certainly understand Bennet's humorous jab. : ) And now you know.
Ever see the video where Fred Allen crashes Benny's show at the Roxy in '47 to keep him from torturing the audience with his violin?
@@academyofshem I have not, sounds like a riot. I will look for it : )
Thank you for the explanation.
Benny was rated 995
Few people knew Benny was a world class violinist.
Wonderful idea to compile these TV memories. I can only dimly recall What's My Line as a small child, but now it all makes me laugh in the best sense of humor.
Thank you so much, Ralph for putting these videos together. They are fantastic.
My dad knew Jack Benny. Dad was the broadcast director for the Lucky Strike Hit Parade and major news shows. Met lots of famous people and even dated top female music stars. He said Jack Benny was a favorite. The nicest of nice. A truly great person.
That’s great to hear! I’ve been watching The Jack Benny Program lately and now I’ll enjoy watching it even more.
What fun to hear your story! 🌻
@Andrea what a wonderful story. Must have been so much fun and certainly very interesting growing up with him.
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How cool is that? Thanks for sharing.
Fredric March, damn near every movie you see made between 1935 & 1955 seems to feature him.
I grew up in the 50s also. I find the older I get, the more nostalgic I become. This was a great time😊
Rosalind Russell was my favorite.
Groucho..."Are you a corrupt politician....or am I being redundant." Priceless!
Perfect question to start a debate.
@@susannaCdonovan23 It is an oxymoron
@@H.pylori Actually it's the opposite -- it's a tautology.
"Are you a corrupt politician? Or am I being redundant?"
That Groucho chap is quite the shining wit, unlike so many in his line of business today.
Most of them today are just plain STUPID.
Funny, that Groucho Chap
@@bethewalt7385 He is!
I loved this show just to watch my dad and mom laugh for 30 minutes.
What a wonderful memory!
Aww, what beautiful memories. 👍
Everyone's handwriting (penmanship) was so nice.
I have two teenagers. I was shocked when told they no longer taught script writing or world history in schools. My 18 year old had to recently sign a legal document. The best he could do was print his name in lower case. WTF!!!
@@richardclifford003Sad,unfortunaely true it seems.
Illegible.
How I love Jack Benny!
John and his conferences with Lauren Bacall .... hilarious! 8:55
I could watch every episode of What's My Line over and over
Me too..
Me too!
Absolutely
Perhaps, gen Z would learn pretty cursive🤓
I have watched it repeatedly!
Rossalind Russell was hilarious...
Wonderful to see everybody again, may they Rest In Peace.
Ray Bolger was the man! Wizard of Oz was the tip of the iceburg. He could really dance! I loved watching him. He was every bit as good as Gene Kelly, who I also loved to watch.
I was growing up watching this.Did anyone notice how nice there hand writing is?
I bet they worked and practiced to have those signatures.
@@22lyric I was taught to write my name perfectly. It was deemed to be essential.
And THEIR spelling was probably very good, as well as their HANDWRITING.
I live in the Wash DC corridor. Many many school districts stop teaching cursive handwriting decades ago which is shameful.
Their
I wonder how many folks know who even half of these mystery guests are? I’m so sorry for them. Most are gone now but for us older folks, they will never be forgotten.
LOL......Groucho says"You realize no one is listening to you?"Groucho is out of control!lol.
Cigar smoke should have told them who he is!
Completely
*Dorothy Kilgallen wasn't a mega beauty in the classic sense but she was gorgeous to me. She wasn't just pretty but she was also highly intelligent , witty and classy. A 💎 of a woman. I wish I could travel back in time to meet her and the rest of the panel.*
Glenn Hoddle I can't tell you how many baby boomers have said Dorthy Kilgallen was one of their first or oldest memorable crushes. I think she was pretty enterprising and untraditional in the 1950s expectations of women sense. That's pretty cool. May be wrong about that though.
Glenn Hoddle Me too! I could protect her from being murdered ...a great and evil tragedy of that time!
@Redcoat’s Return - A possible exhumation of Dorothy’s body from Gate of Heaven Cemetery is the latest approach that her biographer Mark Shaw has taken during his long campaign to give her justice. Dr. Cyril Wecht has promised to examine her body for DNA that a murderer might have left behind. Dr. Wecht has served as a consultant on investigations into many other unsolved deaths including the death of JonBenet Ramsey.
Me, I feel Mark Shaw could spend his time more productively if he allied himself with a member of the United States Senate or House of Representatives so they can petition the FBI and CIA to declassify all documents. Mark should fight for the release of every document that mentions Dorothy’s name and every document that mentions Ron Pataky’s name. You are familiar with him, I presume.
she got dusted by the killers of JFK due to her ambitious research into his murder.
@@ilonabaier6042 ok now, I'm missing the punchline...I mean, this is some kind of running inside joke right? DK was not murdered for real, was she!?!?! Methinks this be a shocking Googling session I'll be diving into in a sec...
Great entertainment back then.....funny and clean...so missed those days
My favorite is Groucho. There aren’t any like him anymore. He was brilliant, hilarious, sharp and witty. Love him.
One of a kind. Legend.
Phenomenal Woman Sure was
One of my all time favs, loved his show. Sometimes watching old shows, he reminds me of Robin Williams in the way he would take over the show..... Not in humor but in the way he would dominate. Brightest , outshone even the biggest stars.
@@edwardbietsch993I AGREE!! I was also reminded of Robin Williams!
The Marx Brothers were hilarious anarchists.
Thank you so much for sharing!!! LOVE These episodes!!
The Rosalind Russell part was absolutely hilarious!!!!!! Hahahahaha!!!!!!!!!!!😆🤣😂
Rosalind was a Love! Her autobiography was a joy to read!
Yes!
The Yul Brynner clip is priceless. I've watched it over and over again.
I never missed watching a show!!! It was great to just hear the questions and how bright everyone was!!!!
Wonderful programme. One of the best there's ever been.
I loved that show. Class,poise and humor all missing in today’s TV
These days the height of class is when they DON'T consume beaver rectum.
For sure.
Why is Steve Allen wearing glasses OVER his blindfold?? LOL
He was nearsighted
Just being funny and silly as always. I always thought he was very funny
Rosalind Russell..just Amazing!
These are still fresh today. Thanks for posting!
Ani Merci that's because they were real stars not the bill s*** you see today
Rosalind Russell is an absolute scream! Lovely lady. What a great programme!
One of my favorites.
She's great.
I love her first name.
As fair as a rose.
Rosalind Russell was born and raised in my hometown of Waterbury, CT. Her autobiography "Life is a Banquet" is a great read!
@@AnnaPace-t5vThank you,for sharing your information on Ms.Russell.
I think I enjoy the chalkboard sign-ins as much as anything else on this show, fascinating and wonderful
"Mr. and Mrs. John Smith." Talk about a devilish sense of humor.
Andrew Hall yes!
I love to see the elegant penmanship!
...couldn’t make out nearly half of the signatures.😕
I loved this show when I was a kid. Loved Arlene Francis lash mask.
Awww! Ray Bolger...The ScareCrow from Wizard of Oz
❤
“When is Passover? It was a few weeks ago.” 😂
I love and Ms Russell. She was classic.
Dorothy was one of the smartest people ever & it's so sad how she died. :( Bacall was a real looker from her youth to old age. Just stunning!
"Sweet Georgia Brown" in Polish......... now that's class.
She was murdered because she knew too much about JFK assassination
Jack Benny looked like he was ready to throw down 😆 oh man, that was my fav
I love these old shows. They are a blast from my past when I was a child. It was after WWII and everything was starting to settle down. Humor was free of vulgarity (a little "fuck" now and then was harmless) and the topics were quaint rather than edgy.
Sorry, but f--- was never said on TV in the "50's that I remember. Of course a child may not notice or know what it meant in my home since cuss words were not allowed.
No...not in the 50's and 60's.
Actually, it was in the Motion Picture "MASH" in 1970.
@@mvies77I agree with you.
I've always believed a little fuck was harmless, now and then, that's how I got my daughter
@@mvies77the commenter never said fuck was said on air those days, pick up the pace, snap snap stay with it..
.😂😂😂😂
I wish Game Show Network had another station for just rerunning the old game shows. I love them.
I so agree!
Absolutely.
Great idea!
John Daly is elegant, articulate,polite, intelligent...we don’t see the likes of him often.
Unfortunately, we don’t see the likes of him at all.
Best host for WML
You've listed all the attributes I find sooo attractive in a man. And yes, I do find him attractive as well as funny! It's quite a shame that there's not more like him in this day in age...(sigh)...
John Charles Daly was, what was known in previous generations, a gentleman. Sadly that's something young men are simply never taught to be anymore!
Renzo Butttty He has a horrible hair comb!
The episode that had Dorothy Killgallen's dad as the mystery guest was a really good show.
so sad to think of her dad when she read discovered dead from an overdose at age 52. she seemed so sweet. Theories floated of being murdered over her tell all book of the Kennedys.
@@teresaf991 Kilgallen was a top investigative reporter, and had just had the only interview with Jack Ruby, the assassin of Lee Harvey Oswald. It seems like Ruby spilled his guts, and named names. She was going to expose some rather high-level government officials *coughcoughLBJcough* and so had to be taken out.
@@academyofshemPossibly.
@@teresaf991I read that both of her parents & her sister all lived into their 90s. Dorothy could have had another 40+ yrs if the mysterious overdose hadn't happened.
"Do your have blond, curly hair ?" is the all time best question ever uttered by the panel !!! 🤣😆😂
That's bizarre, perhaps you refer to Harpo Marx but it certainly is the "BEST" question, how queer?
@@bethewalt7385 It was what Arlene questioned when Yul Brynner was the mystery guest, look for it in 27:57.
Great to see all these... now older... entertainers. Brings back great memories of my younger years.
Sadly, most of them have passed on.
What a treat to see Yul Brynner and Ray Bolger.
Steve Allen was a man for all times, he'd have fit in during any era. His talent was subtle, intelligently funny, and wonderful. I miss him.
I miss him too. He was a truly understated, and formidably talented class act, uniquely unpretentious yet assertive without being agressive.
I miss Jayne Meadows!
@@Marsbonfire007 AUDREY ! even more. 😊😉
Only problem with Steve: he hated Rock & Roll.
Take away one star.
Steve Allen hated Rock and Roll and when Elvis appeared on his show he told him to sing "You Ain't Nothin but a Hound Dog", then while Elvis was signing the song he rolled a hound dog out on a chair right next to him to embarrass him. Elvis was furious and refused to ever work with Allen again.
Wow, we will never see entertainment like this again. Thanks for posting.
Yul had the signature of a star.
Such classy people. This is what used to be called good clean fun. The ladies were all elegant and graceful, the men all entertaining and respectful. Wow, Lauren Bacall, is the definition of a knockout. Her smile alone lit up that stage - she was the kind of lady you just had to talk to, as intelligent as she was beautiful. I’m going to watch another one of these.
Really enjoyed this upload. Didn’t recognise some of them but great fun anyway compared to today’s crap
Johnny Carson on the panel: "I don't know what I have this pencil for."
If you haven't seen it, watch Tommy Smothers of the Smothers Brothers impersonating Johnny on The Tonight Show. It is really uncanny how he looks and speaks like him virtually exactly. And after Tommy sits down, he takes one of Johnny's pencils and starts playing with it.
I bet Johnny steamed his voice☺️
i watch WML reruns to remind myself how far entertainment has declined. This show was classy and entertaining. You won't find that combination too often in 2018.
You're right. Amazing, unpretentious stars just having a bit of fun. PR managers would chop their heads off for being this unscripted these days.
Sadly, it's now 2024 and it's only gotten worse.
Lauren Bacall is stunning.
If she didn’t smoke, I would’ve chased her after Bogart was gone.
I never laughed so hard in my life! Love but love Groucho!!!
The cut of Lauren's dress was divine.
Rosalind Russell had one of the very best MG appearances in the show's history. I can't stop laughing, and I've watched it at least a dozen times.
I loved this show....loved that era....1955-1965.....the rest you can throw away! 😉
Post 65, went downhill on some things
At least, as a kid, you could play outside..
I also love the car chassis and dresses of those years
Great fun watching this ....I especially love Jerry Lewis and Ronald Reagan ......what a great show that was .....truly enjoyable
Take a look at Jerry Lewis' haircut - it is flawless and is being channeled today.
When it was fun to enjoy celebrities....
A little bit of Groucho goes a long way.
Not a big groucho fan
@@mattalbrecht7471I disagree with your comment. It is so much fun when Groucho is been on this show or anything!!!
I can never get enough of Groucho
...and a lot of Groucho usually goes too far, and he'd be the last to admit it.
LOVE Groucho
John loves those whispering sidebars with Bacall.
Lucky guy
They did seem to go on a touch long :).
And who not my man?
Wouldn't anyone?
I would have developed a sudden problem with English. Could you repeat that for me, please?
This is so funny!! True entertainment 😃
Rosalind Russell was def the funniest and Lauren Bacall the most beautiful.
Hard to argue with that!
Goldena Medina Screaming with laughter!! Soo funny!
Both gorgeous and both funny!
OMG, Yul Brenner....looked great! "The Ten Commandments". ...my Sweet!
Steamy!
reina coffee His smoking took him away from us. As he was dying of lung cancer, he made TV ads for the American Cancer Society saying "Don't start" . I think it's on UA-cam.
@@conniecrawford5231Yes,he did express to the public not to begin smoking.
The marx Brothers rock. Groucho is one of a kind. So glad we can still see him in videos and tapes and movies
Rosalind Russell has to be the funniest mystery guest!
the segment with the lady wrestler so funny!
Lucille ball is also very funny
@@Catherine-sd8mu poop
Have you seen Andy Williams? ua-cam.com/video/xI9lv-dx0Ss/v-deo.html
Saxon C - Rosalind Russell was priceless. She seemed not to realize that her phony deep voice would work so well.
Ronald Reagan...
WHAT A SMILE!!!
I ❤️ these people. I am so happy they were in my childhood. ❤❤❤
Thanks for posting.Wonderful.
The Golden Age of Entertainment.....Just a Great Show....John Daly a great host
Groucho can dish it out but like most comics, he has problems taking it -- way to go John Daly!!
Groucho is a tad too overbearing...
Groucho has always been extremely rude. I never cared for his type of comedy.
I found him annoying to be honest. I wish he had stuck to the point of the game instead of trying to divert the attention to himself. I can understand the nature of show where it's fine to add humor here and there but he was contantly cracking jokes, trying to be funny when it was beginning to get irritating to the point he wasn't taking the game seriously, he never even asked one proper question.
I think he's Great! 🤓🖒👀👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
He seemed grumpy like he didn't want to be there.
Lauren Bacall had so much sex appeal , while at the same time , she was funny!!!! Beautiful woman
She was tremendously intelligent
Mr Bogart was a very lucky man, and so was Francis A Sinatra.
Beautifully edited video. Nicely done.
Now this is a good idea for a video upload. As a video maker myself, I appreciate it.
Joan Fontaine was precious in her Southern Belle affect.
Cynthia Lyman; Yes she was precious.I've seen Rebecca directed by Hitchcock and Joan was great in the movie. All the best
06:43 And then John Daly and Steve Allen continued with the accent.
She's a sweetheart. 😍
i know i wish this showed their complete part of the episode.
This video was so much fun!
Great montage,,loved this show!!
I love love love Arlene Francis...........she will be missed in our lines today !!! Hear the applause and laugh from all the dead people ..
I have enjoyed every minute❤️
I like their signstures📝🤩
Signatures * for God's sake, because education was extremely important and taken seriously in those times, cursive was mandatory unlike now, pre-computers ruining everything sacred and holy...🎉🎉
Little did Dorothy’s father know what was to happen to his daughter. So sad.
Those accidental overdoses were once all too common & that’s what happened to Marilyn Monroe as well
Our gov't agents got rid of her. What a web of lies we live UNDER.
@elizabethmartin4328 someone did... government, mob, police-- who knows? But overdose🤨 look harder
Overdose? Hmm look harder.
the best of American USA ...genuine humor yet with erudition, spontaneity, and best of Hollywood when it had class, I could go on and on....I don't even want the hitech lack of humanity of today......bring back even a sliver of that age....
Classy ...love it
These celebrities are the nexus of communism today.
I agree with you.
Man I miss these old shows , today's modern game shows will never match them
these were played for fun...now they're played for money! ....and so that's what the show promotes...
Xenomorph1111 You are so right.
Even though it turns out it was rigged?
Still don't know how they guessed some of these obscure occupations.
Margaret - Because it turns out it was rigged. Listen to Daly throw clues at the panel right before he goes into "conference" with the contestant. On one show the guest was a ballplayer and an in-law of Arlene.
Great selections, very well presented. Thanks!
Wow, what a line up of legendary talent. Makes you realize just how the entertainment world, especially in the U.S., has declined in such a dramatic way. Who would ever have believed it back then.
Paul Lewis - what talent?
@@celtic0317 If you watched the program why even ask that question? DUH! 👀
j.d. di giusto - the “talent” of today pales in comparison to back then. I loved this show then and watched it years later when it was the last program of the evening before “signing off” with the national anthem.
@@celtic0317 : One would not know that from your initial reply.
I wonder if the talent seemed so much better for two reasons. 1 - not so much dirty laundry aired all over the media and more importantly 2 - FAR fewer "actors" and "actresses" parading much less talent and far fewer 2-rate films being made?
Knowing the Shows in full length, this compilation is hilarious to watch ~ THANKS!
What great time capsules these are.
Yes they R and old it makes me feel. The good old days!
this is hilarious!! thanks!
I miss this time ... and all the times where intellectual humor trumped the crass.
So fun thank you!!! I've talk to young people who told me they wished they'd lived back then!
LadyT I did live back then, and it was spectacular! Better than anyone under 40 today can imagine.
We'll do it live!
@gcjerryusc
Perhaps true, but it was honestly no picnic to be black back then. Black people were literally banned from certain jobs, businesses and even buying property in many places, plus many colleges would not accept them. It wasn't so great for women either. They had to work twice as hard as men and still got paid less, plus that glass ceiling was real and it was much lower then.
That era was better in many ways but not every way Let's be honest and not idealize it.
Wow, so many memories
I miss the 20th Century very much.
Loved watching them all!
Big time Jack Benny fan.................
Mickey Rooney may have not been a “very attractive leading man” by their standards back then but he had more talent and charm than most of the guests that were on the show.
Jack Webb was the only one who managed to fool the panel
The best people as well as the best performers, appearing on what appears to me in retrospect as one of the classiest quiz shows.
I agree. However, scandals were kept hush hush and celebs were better protected; also no phone cameras