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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
★ 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.
*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...
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.
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 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'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)...
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.
He was a good President (although I disagreed with some of his policies vehemently) but a mediocre at best actor. No really memorable performances, and he was always overshadowed by his leading ladies.
@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.
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.
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.
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....
--> KaptKan1. Yeah. When you have to pick on someone's phenotype, calling her "the chinless wonder," it's pretty sad. On the other hand, she really insulted Patsy Cline in her review of Cline. People dish, they're probably gonna get it back.
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?
I JUST LOVE THE SEGMENTS HERE, WITH TWO of MY FAVORITES from SHOW BIZ. The FIRST being "ROSALIND RUSSELL"...Thank You for Posting ALL these DELIGHTFUL SEGMENTS !!! *** !!! And for the Second Segment which you have Included here, I am so greatful to see MISS LAUREN BACALL here, as One evening I got to Meet Her in PERSON, & to Speak with Her, and to Shake Her by the Hand...She was and has been the SHOWBUSINESS Personal "Highlight" of my Life to this Date... for which I was and I STILL am so greatful to her, She is Forever in my memory !!! *** !!!
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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.
Groucho..."Are you a corrupt politician....or am I being redundant." Priceless!
The Rosalind Russell part was absolutely hilarious!!!!!! Hahahahaha!!!!!!!!!!!😆🤣😂
Rosalind was a Love! Her autobiography was a joy to read!
Yes!
A little bit of Groucho goes a long way.
Not a big groucho fan
The cut of Lauren's dress was divine.
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.
"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.
Wonderful to see everybody again, may they Rest In Peace.
Great entertainment back then.....funny and clean...so missed those days
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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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.
I loved this show just to watch my dad and mom laugh for 30 minutes.
What a wonderful memory!
Fredric March, damn near every movie you see made between 1935 & 1955 seems to feature him.
I could watch every episode of What's My Line over and over
Me too..
Jack Benny looked like he was ready to throw down 😆 oh man, that was my fav
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.😕
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.
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
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.
Rosalind Russell..just Amazing!
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?
★ 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
How I love Jack Benny!
I loved this show when I was a kid. Loved Arlene Francis lash mask.
*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...
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.
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.
I wish Game Show Network had another station for just rerunning the old game shows. I love them.
I so agree!
I loved this show....loved that era....1955-1965.....the rest you can throw away! 😉
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.
The best people as well as the best performers, appearing on what appears to me in retrospect as one of the classiest quiz shows.
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
John and his conferences with Lauren Bacall .... hilarious! 8:55
ooooohhhhh to have these kind of shows with class again!!!
oh how I wish....
MrMartybearass +q
They're all right here: ua-cam.com/users/WhatsMyLineCBS
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!
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.
Yul had the signature of a star.
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.
Wow... when I saw Ronald Regan I just cried. What a leading man and soooo funny!
Polly Pocket He was a US President and his last name is Spelled Reagan.
He was a good President (although I disagreed with some of his policies vehemently) but a mediocre at best actor. No really memorable performances, and he was always overshadowed by his leading ladies.
thank you for this video..so wonderful to see all these stars
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.
Jack Webb was the only one who managed to fool the panel
The one with Dorothy's kids as guests was a great one.
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.
I love and Ms Russell. She was classic.
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.
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.
I like their signstures📝🤩
Everyone's handwriting (penmanship) was so nice.
This is so funny!! True entertainment 😃
Wow, so many memories
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.
Bennett Cerf nailed it! 😁
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!
Rosalind Russell was def the funniest and Lauren Bacall the most beautiful.
Hard to argue with that!
Goldena Medina Screaming with laughter!! Soo funny!
Lauren Bacall had so much sex appeal , while at the same time , she was funny!!!! Beautiful woman
These are still fresh today. Thanks for posting!
Ani Merci that's because they were real stars not the bill s*** you see today
What great time capsules these are.
Yes they R and old it makes me feel. The good old days!
They had so much fun!
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.
When it was fun to enjoy celebrities....
Dorothy: "When you deal with people, do you touch them above the waist?"
Guest: "Yes"
Groucho: "For how much?"
I miss this time ... and all the times where intellectual humor trumped the crass.
Thank you for posting this. Just wonderful. Just good fun.
Thank you so much for sharing!!! LOVE These episodes!!
love Arlene
Lynn South • She put the “class” in classy lady!
I would watch this show just for Arlene's laugh.
I never laughed so hard in my life! Love but love Groucho!!!
This video was so much fun!
I agree. However, scandals were kept hush hush and celebs were better protected; also no phone cameras
I never realised just how handsome was Ronald Regan.wow
The Debbie Reynolds and Lucille Ball ones are hilarious.
Great montage,,loved this show!!
Rosalind Russell was so special!
Yes
Really enjoyed this upload. Didn’t recognise some of them but great fun anyway compared to today’s crap
The reaction to Jerry Lewis was thunderous.
I have enjoyed every minute❤️
Knowing the Shows in full length, this compilation is hilarious to watch ~ THANKS!
The women were so beautiful and classy back then.
YES THEY WERE. WHAT HAPPENED! and what is so bad with that is some don't care.
I dont care what sinatra said, dorothy kilgannon was a very attractive woman
--> KaptKan1. Yeah. When you have to pick on someone's phenotype, calling her "the chinless wonder," it's pretty sad. On the other hand, she really insulted Patsy Cline in her review of Cline. People dish, they're probably gonna get it back.
@David Brown - Just trying to follow, did KaptKan1 delete his post or did you by any chance post under the wrong comment?
@@ToniHunterOne : What I think happened is that KaptKan1 changed his handle to Bat Fastard.
@@kennymurphy2116 Hey, thanks Kenny. I don't think that would have occurred to me. Where is the Sinatra comment? Just curious.
I MOST CERTAINTLY AGREE!
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.
Now this is a good idea for a video upload. As a video maker myself, I appreciate it.
Yul Brynner --- outstanding!
Blonde hair WITH curls! Just think [if] Yul did wear a wig that fit what was said, how funny!
Rossalind Russell was hilarious...
Thank you so much, Ralph for putting these videos together. They are fantastic.
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?
Lauren Bacall is one of the most stunning women ever - but Rosalind Russell was soooo 😁
For as long as I can remember I've always had a crush on her. She was great in Key Largo and Murder on the Orient Express
Renzo, Those gentleman do not exist today. All ladies are women, but not all women are ladies.
GROUCHO IS THE ABSOLUTE BEST!
He's better on WML than his own show- ("You Bet Your Life").
That Khrushchev lookalike bamboozled me.
Best show ever.
They were all of the greatest generation.
Its so sad that the shows cast and most of all the guests are gone now.
Oh, they're all gone. There isn't a single person (of the famous ones, at least) on this video that is alive today, unfortunately.
Didn't Olivia de Havilland appear on the show?
@@matteusconnollius1203 She is dead at 105 years old.
this is hilarious!! thanks!
Lauren Bacall was just GORGEOUS
Yes she was
Heavy smoker who was in favor of RADICAL LEFTIST CAUSES.
Ronald Reagan...
WHAT A SMILE!!!
Rosalind Russell and Mickey Rooney were the best!!
OMG yes susieQ128 I so agree that both Rosalind Russell and Mickey Rooney were by far the best IMO!
Reagan was a handsome guy. I sure miss him
Thanks for posting.Wonderful.
Great to see all these... now older... entertainers. Brings back great memories of my younger years.
I JUST LOVE THE SEGMENTS HERE, WITH TWO of MY FAVORITES from SHOW BIZ. The FIRST being "ROSALIND RUSSELL"...Thank You for Posting ALL these DELIGHTFUL SEGMENTS !!! *** !!! And for the Second Segment which you have Included here, I am so greatful to see MISS LAUREN BACALL here, as One evening I got to Meet Her in PERSON, & to Speak with Her, and to Shake Her by the Hand...She was and has been the SHOWBUSINESS Personal "Highlight" of my Life to this Date... for which I was and I STILL am so greatful to her, She is Forever in my memory !!! *** !!!
@Take Your Seats - How very sweet and very special for you.