The fans of WML in 1967 had no home video or Internet at the time, so it was indeed a sad day when this last episode aired. Nearly 50 years later, we, on the other hand, have nearly every available WML episode to pick and choose from at any time of the day or night. And for this I am truly grateful. :-)
I agree whole heartedly as i was not quite 3 months old at the time this last episode aired. I remember watching the reruns as a child and i am so grateful someone thought to put it on youtube. Thank you so much for your services. just out of curiosity what does loa stand for? is it league of angels? i play as well and just wanted to know if you have seen the character steve1221949? what server are you on? I am with ub 14
born on east coast in 1962, and never saw this program till youtube. It was certainly a class act, and continues to be enjoyable as I watch these episodes between other topics on youtube.
I would like to add my thanks to Gary for all the hard work and uncounted hours he has spent on his preservation of this show. More than any other, WML is a picture of the cultural and language of the US during this era. As one interested in the progression of the English language, this preservation is especially valuable. Unlike other kinds of programs which are scripted and polished, the language of WML (and other game shows) is the common tongue without the fine tuning of professional writers. For that alone, this collection is an extremely valuable source, as it represents language and accents from across the US, and other parts of the English speaking world during an important era of history. As time goes on, language scholars, especially grammarians and linguists, will undoubtedly find this archive invaluable. Thanks again, Gary.
The cultural preservation aspect impresses me greatly. We have an episode from Feb of '64, just an hour or so after the Beatles made their first appearance on the Ed Sullivan show. Thanks to John Daly's day job, we have fresh first hand commentary on JFKs election and meetings like the one between Nixon and Krushchev. Plus we have the preserved words and images of hundreds of famous people who have since died - all speaking with their own words. It blows my mind!
D Jensen my thoughts exactly. I was 10 years old when this last show aired and was one week from h.s. graduation when the 25th year special with Arlene and John Daly aired in May ‘75. Well put.
I wasn’t sure who preserved all these episodes but thank you Gary I wasn’t born till 1963 so I missed this whole era and then glad you preserved it so I could see it you did a phenomenal job!😁
John Daly was the news anchor of ABC News from 1953 to 1960. This was when ABC News was a distant third in the ratings. ABC News broadcast the Army McCarthy hearings. At the time, ABC had no daytime programming. The broadcasts were highly successful. The hearings helped bring down Senator Joseph McCarthy.
Yes, the last days of class , then the hippie movement took off and ushered in slob mania . It has not stopped to this day , tattoos , piercings and so much more ugly .
I'm 70, and it's now 2019, and I watch and listen to all the very dreadful things that happen now, and when I want to find some refuge from it all, I watch WML. It's been a great comfort. Robert.
I’m 70 now (2021). I remember listening to the show when I was a kid from my bedroom. The TV was in the living room. I couldn’t watch because I was supposed to be sleeping. As I got older I watched it religiously. Love it!
Beautiful people, fabulously well mannered and kind, well spoken, classy, oozing charm that was not fake....you can't find a program today like this. Arlene Francis, one of those women who will always be of the type called lovely. Wish we had even one show today like WML!!
Amazing how an old literate TV program could evoke such emotion today. Yet after watching the many surviving episodes I know many of us feel a part of the WML family. Maybe that was their secret, that they shared their lives with us. And here we are 50 years later caring about the regulars enough to comment and be saddened that this is the finale. It has been a great time. Thanks Gary.
and even though I never knew her during her lifetime I was still saddened by the death of Dorothy Kilgallen. Remarkable how reruns of a show like this can make you know someone you never got the chance to know.
just before i go to bed i usually watch an episode and many i have watched more then once. I actually thought about sending a letter and a photo of me when an episode comes on and asks if we want to appear and gives us the address to write to. lol the sad episodes was the final show, Dorothy passing, and Fred Allen passing. But so many happy and fun episodes.
When he wouldn't have Mike Wallace on as a "mystery" guest, she gave a story to a newspaper reporting that some were saying Daly wouldn't have him on because there were rumors Wallace was going to replace Daly as head of ABC News. According to Bennett Cerf, in 1973: "He never forgave her. After this episode, we got so that we were very careful of what we said in front of Dorothy. We recognized her point of view and she was entitled to it, but we had to be very careful of what we said in front of her. When she came in, any intimate conversation ceased immediately." Cerf also pointed out that although Daly and the other panelists were like family, Dorothy was "an outsider." Like Daly, it was obvious Cerf never forgave her, either. If Daly mentioned her in the last show it was probably because he knew people might comment on the omission if he didn't. And if he was emotional, it might have been because he realized that he had never forgiven her.
I wish they could have known how the show would live again on UA-cam. I LOVE this show and the fashion and manners of the day. Wish we could be more like that.
This happened 55 + years ago. There were 17 years' worth of fun, friendship, incredible entertainment and indelible memories shared by these people. Fifty five years ago, but the lump in my throat is here and now. I loved this show and these people when I was a little kid, and I will love' em for another 55 years.
I'm not sure why I've never bothered to comment before, but I just want to say THANK YOU!!!! Thank you so much for all the hard work that you have put into this channel, thank you for taking time to edit the videos and for adding the commercials. All your hard work is greatly appreciated. I will miss having a new episode to look forward to everyday, it was the highlight of my day. I've been watching the postings since around 1962, I plan to go back to the beginning and watch them all. I have been fascinated with old TV shows for a long time, some of my friends might think I'm slightly weird. When I discovered WML I immediately fell in love with it. Watching this final episode I'm getting really sentimental, it really is a bittersweet day. I'm gonna miss John, Bennett, and especially Arlene, even though I know they'll still be here thanks to you. So thank you, thank you, thank you. This is the best channel on UA-cam hands down.
I've crammed 17 and 1/2 years into about 2 as I watched these in chronological order. Now I'm at the end and I don't imagine I'll ever be back, but it's been a lot of fun and loveliness. Thank you John, Bennett, Arlene, Dorothy, Martin, Steve, and Fred, and thank you lovely hard-working people who uploaded and edited all of these. I can imagine how much love and energy was put into it. I hope many people will come after us and enjoy these in the forever to come.
I watch an episode every night. Once I finish this one, I go back to the start. It is my nightly routine and I have NO streaming services. Who has time to watch TV? haha!
Today we have rubbish reality shows, sleazy talk shows and vulgar sitcoms. Some people will argue there's no such thing as the "good old days." Show them WML reruns from the CBS era and they'll have to change their minds.
And there it went...50 years ago on this day and date, Sunday September 3rd, 1967. Sunday nights were never the same again. Thanks to Gary Wetstein for all the good work he has done over the years to bring this wonderful piece of American culture back to us. Bravo!
I loved this show. The year after the final show I joined the military and was sent to Vietnam. I survived that ordeal and still watch reruns of WML and occasionally even see one I haven’t seen before which is a great treat. My whole family would watch the show and seeing those old shows reminds me of my parents long gone and my five brothers and sisters when they were young, although one of my sisters is gone now too, but the rest of us are still alive and kicking although “gifted with age” as my Irish priest says. Thanks for putting up WML over the years, it means a lot to me.
It's almost ridiculous. I've been watching this show from the beginning for the past several months. Maybe a year, I've forgotten when I started. Now I have reached the end, and the water works won't stop. Of course I could always start over and rewatch from the beginning, but it's not the same as this first time. Such emotion for a television show that ended before I was even born. I couldn't choose whether it's Match Game or The Price Is Right as my favorite game show, then here comes What's My Line to make the choice harder.
What a great finale to one of the greatest game shows of all time.. so much historic value. However, the only thing I wished the producers had done for this finale episode? I wished they had shown Dorothy during the special montage clip of the panel throughout the years. It would have been nice..
Arline was a golddigger. She married her first husband for money and started dating Martin Gable while still married. She admitted that she did not love her first husband when she married him. Martin’s parents were jewelers in Philadelphia. Both of her husbands in addition to having money had careers in show business that helped her get work.
Poof...there goes What's My Line! A classy end to a remarkable show that brought together dignity and wit. And now (or technically, tomorrow), all existing programs are right here on UA-cam, for all the world to see. Three cheers!
Born in 57 I grew up with this and all the other shows of the time. Looking back it's sad that the etiquette and style of the time are so long gone. I truly miss those days. But thank you for showing these so a new generation can see what it was like to have lived during that time.
I was also born in 1957. The show reminds me of a time long past, when my grandfather would take me out to lunch at a fancy restaurant and I would wear a dress, a hat, and white gloves. I can remember wanting a hot dog for lunch, and the restaurant did not serve hot dogs. Since it was my 5th birthday, my grandfather slipped the waiter some money and sent them to the grocery store to buy hot dogs and buns so that I could have what I wished for on my birthday.
I hope no one will take offense to this, but if Dorothy kilgallen was still alive and she was there to try to guess the 1st 3 guests that appeared on the 1st episode she would get them all because she was on the very 1st episode of what's my line. miss her very much.
I wasn’t aware of Dorothy until three years ago when I started watching this on UA-cam I read both books and found out what an amazing woman she really was.It really is too bad we don’t have that integrity today in broadcasting.
I was ten days old the night of the first show, February 2, 1950! I enjoyed watching this great show with my parents and siblings as we grew up during the 1950s and 60s! In my opinion, nothing has been better than WML for good family entertainment! TV may have been in its infancy back then, but the entertainment value was light years ahead of its present state! Thanks for helping rekindle so many wonderful memories!
I am huge fan of these old shows, which have such a lovely, timeless aspect to them. Both the panel and the guests always maintained a high standard of geniality, class, and sparkling intelligence. It's so refreshing to have access to these priceless gems.
Thank you for uploading all of these episodes. I have been watching them all recently and enjoying every moment. I was only a young child when the show aired on television and remember my parents/brothers watching it when it aired. I wish Dorothy was still around to the end-so very sad. The show was never the same in absence. I wish today that there would be a WML special with the children as the panel and host. Bring in special guests that are still alive who appeared back then or perhaps their children too. A two hour special or even a couple of episodes since TV times have changed. It would be fun for everyone especially those who watched it back when it aired. Wish it would happen.
This episode came to mind tonight for some reason. I've seen it 3-4 times over the years, and it never fails to make me a bit sad. I wasn't around yet for the show's original run, but I became a fan when GSN was a real channel, and watched it there until 2009 and again here on this wonderful UA-cam channel over the last three years. And every time I see this finale, I can't help but feel that not only am I saying goodbye to old friends I never met, but also that we're witnessing the end of an era. This truly was and is a special, special series.
Alas, I am incapable of liking this comment about 50 times or so. It may well have been THE very last of an era gone by. I hear about all the censorship on radio and TV (which there most certainly was), but just look at how these shows have held up over the decades! I am one of those who criticizes the foul-mouthed, minimal-talent "stars" of 2019. This was truly the passing of an era. Thank you for having this channel. It warms my heart to see the politeness and class that once was.
Wonderful seeing this again, John Daly as the last Mystery Guest..... Always loved watching the show, there was always lots of laughs along the way in each show.... Of all the Mystery Guests over those wonderful years the late and great Audie Murphy still remains my personal all time favourite, he was such a humble young man and I just loved his wonderful laugh and smile..... This last show had a wonderful ending to it's great run, but a sad night all the same..... Watching this again brings back all those many wonderful memories..... Thanks for this posting it has been much appreciated, well done.
I didn't know until I saw this that Daly was the "emergency" mystery guest. Kind of makes sense, since they recorded live, and couldn't hold up taping if the guest was late.
If you go back into the program, you'll hear him talk about how he was considered a "back-up" mystery guest just in case the planned guest didn't make it on time. He said that one MG came in one minute before going on stage. I loved how it happened. His voice totally fooled them for a while. :)
@@libertyann439 - Very sad, considering how many years she was with the show. It seems her alleged "suicide" was very suspicious. Knowing who might be the suspected perpetrators, it would be understandable that the rest of the panel and host were terrified into near-silence about a lovely, bright, wonderful lady and journalist who accomplished so much in her short life.
This episode made me so sad in previous watchings that I forgot to comment. Let me rectify that. Thanks for changing my life in a small but significant way, G. Such a good time.
During the pandemic, I've turned to What's My Line for comfort. It's just such a wonderful time capsule, marked by wit, good humor, and a feeling of belonging. Watching this last episode is like saying goodbye to an old friend. But unlike old friends that fade away, I can always start at the beginning a few minutes later!
This episode really made me sad. Sorry to see this end. As someone who was just a small child when the show ended its run - I'm just so glad we can enjoy the series over and over again in today's online world. And a special thanks to Gary for making this all possible. I really appreciate your hard work in making these episodes as enjoyable as if we were watching them live decades ago.
Here in November 2022, I am once again watching the collection of WML. This collection of the show on UA-cam is a treasure and I so appreciate the work done to present this to everyone who comes across it. I have come to miss the panel of wonderful celebrities and most especially, the ones who passed away. Like many others who have posted their thoughts, the differences in today's celebrities and those of the WML era is monumental. I prefer those of the past. Also, I have read many of the comments and I find well written, articulate thoughts. I think that those of us who enjoy WML are educated people who belong to a group of thinkers who like watching these shows that actually meant something. So thank you to those who shared their thoughts.
The only bad review I heard of WML came from a great good clean fun comic: Stan Laurel (of Laurel & Hardy), according to Dick Cavett (who at the time was writing for Carson and also an occasional panelist on WML).
It’s amazing how these people feel like friends after watching multiple episodes. I had to look up information on many them to see how their lives went. What a wonderful program. Thank you.
At the risk of sounding melodramatic.... words can not express how grateful i am to you for uploading these videos. it has absolutely opened up another world for me. I feel like such a nerd because I cried like a baby when I saw the mystery guest for this episode, but once again thank you thank you thank you so much for maintaining such a great channel. Having said all that do you have any plans to include the 72-75 episodes?
I'm glad I was not the only one that cried, I am old sentimental fool. WML reminds me of my grandparents, where I spent a lot of time watching Game Shows and they, enjoying their "highballs".😥
I use to take my mother to work, near UCLA, during the late 1980's. We had to pass-by the famous Beverly Hills Hotel, on Sunset Bl. Almost every weekday morning we'd see Mark Goodson coming down the big hotel driveway (he lived in the hotel while on the "coast") in a yellow Rolls-Royce convertible,top-down, license plate: MG NY LA. He was a small, dapper man, tanned and silver-haired. We always waved at him, at the stop-light and he always waved back and smiled. Both my mom and Mr. Goodson are gone now, but I'm sure are playing WML, up there, with those other wonderful panel members,
Thank you for an invaluable contribution to the preservation and distribution of this important part of American culture. It has been a staple of my evenings. Here's hoping it remains available ad infinitum.
Watching this episode has me now completing my first watching of all the episodes chronologically. It has been a familiar part of my routine in the evening, something I looked forward to after work. I'm not sure if I'll ever watch it through chronologically, but maybe watch episodes occasionally...it provides a comfort, an escape, that I rarely have found in a show. To the individual who created this channel and uploaded the episides....my IMMENSE THANKS!!!!!
Arlene was amazing. Look at her on an early show compared to this. She aged well. In fact she looked better in 67 than in 50. Surprisingly, John's hairline was about the same.
I was 7 years old when this program went off the air. It was a different time and we shall never live it again except through the magic of You tube. I was sad to see this show end when I was a kid and this video brought back those memories that we all shared at that time once again. It was a different time and thinking back in the "old days"... Society was changing and some not for the good. A classic TV program forever in our hearts to be shared with our children's children and beyond. Thank you for posting these great shows of the past!
I was born 29 years after WML ended but this program feels timeless to me. Even though it's in black and white and most people in the show have long since passed away, there's still something very modern about the show.
Gary, thank you. Others have said more eloquently than could I, how much I appreciate your preserving this entertaining snapshot of civility and fun, the likes of which have never been repeated.
I was only 3 years old when this debut, we did not have a TV then, but dad had gotten us one by 1953, I remember watching this a few years later, and mom and dad continued watching this every week. The last show on 3Sep67, was my first day of duty at Marine Barracks, Pearl Harbor, I had reported there from Vietnam....Where did the time go.....
It's rather strange... Having been born in late 1963, I never got to see or was even aware of the CBS network run of W.M.L. as by 10:30 on a Sunday night I was down for the night. My initial exposure to the program was the syndicated color episodes that began in 1968, with Wally Bruner and then Larry Blyden as hosts. It was GSN's "Sunday Night In Black & White" which first introduced me to the erudite John Daly and the legenday panelists such as Dorothy Kilgallen, Fred Allen, Martin Gabel and many others. Arlene and Bennett had done episodes of the color run, so they were known to me. Thank you for affording me a chance to see those 17 years of truly classy entertainment. Time to go back to 1950 and start over again. All the BEST !!!
I remember this show being on when I was a real small kid. My mom and dad would always watch it. It's funny, but the thing I remember most was Arlene Francis's diamond heart shaped necklace!
I got a bit choked up watching this, even knowing my quest to watch all the shows on this channel is still back before Fred Allen joined the panel. Thanks, Gary, for bringing us this wonderful bit of entertainment.
February 24th 1991 was John's last day on this earth. I've enjoyed his humor and his dedication to the service that he had given to our wonderful Country. RIP.
Watching at 3 a day while in lockdown at home during the Covid-19 pandemic. It is such comfort to know that it is always there. And as fresh today as it was over 50 years ago. And much thanks to our leader, Gary!
My goodness. The world may as well have been another planet in 1950. Thank you so much for posting these. Coming form the UK the panel were completely unknown to me but I feel I have come to know them, a gay company of friends. I have enjoyed their gentle wit, bonhomie and manners from another time. One is missing as we're all aware. It's churlish to single out anyone but I've enjoyed especially the warmth between Mr Daly and Mr Cerf. All gone now as all of us must. Sad? Just a little.
My wife, who is French, and I, a Canadian, have been watching this wonderful show for the last three months every evening after finishing our supper. WML came into existence only five years after the end of the most destructive era in human history. This means that nearly everyone, panelist and guests, passed through that period, often in uniform. This is what marked the fifties in television, a chance to turn away from so much tragedy to celebrating our finer, human qualities. These people were elegant, witty, joyous interesting and deeply respectful. Through the magic of video recording, we are looking forward to seeing the remaining 750 shows not yet seen. With our deepest gratitude, God bless all of you.
It was a time of great creativity We still had problems, but the culture that came out of mid-century America is a testament to the human spirit. This show is a fine example of that culture.
What a bittersweet thing; to watch this with all my friends from our FB page. The end of an era; I leave this teary eyes, with thanks to Gary, as always.
Two of the commercials were for products made by Norwich Pharmacal Company, in my home town. Good to see them again, and glad to be part of What's My Line?
Wow, such a lovely and bittersweet show. I was too young to remember the originals, and I would also like to thank you a million times over for your tireless dedication. I laughed and thought how clever the network was to have John Daly as the last mystery guest. He did an excellent job of fooling them, and I had a feeling that Mr. Cerf would be the one to crack the case!
Well said. I great era in America. Honesty and cleverness abound. There was a formalness embedded in the culture then that has since vacated the country. People dressed more formally. Comportment mattered. First names were often passed by to accord someone the respect of Mr. or Mrs. And yes, Bennett was very sharp. A gifted writer. Hard to believe he was born in 1898. My grandparents were all born in that era. They had such style and modesty. I miss it.
Very well said. I was one if the 70 million children born while it was on the air, but was still too young to have watched this live. Thank you for uploading these for all of us to enjoy.
What's my line is timeless simply because it was a class act! And the panel along with John Daly inspired me when I was only a child.we are indeed fortunate to have that on film for future generations to enjoy what a wonderful show that it was. Thank you so much for giving us a glimpse of the past.
I was fortunate enough to be able to watch WML throughout my childhood, in the 50s and early 60s. What a marvelous experience! There will never be another show like it.
Thank you so much for all of your hard work and time preserving this wonderful show, Gary! :) i used to stsy up snd watch this at 3 am on GSN, then the few episodes around Christmas that would air. This has been my nightly spot for WML for years. I always looked forward to it. Thank you kindly!
I may always be upset at the loss of over 100 episodes of the show, but I am really glad that at least the first three episodes exist, as well as a few more from the first couple of years.
One of my favorite episodes from 1950 is the last one of that calendar year - which happened to be New Years' Eve. Garry Moore and Betty Furness were guest panelists that evening, along with regulars Arlene Francis and Louis Untermeyer. That was the one with the beautiful (and demure) young lingerie model (the first time for that "line" on the show, but not the last), and the Mystery Guest was Guy Lombardo. Garry Moore is very funny and very entertaining on that episode (I think that was his first appearance on the show, too).
What a Bittersweet day...thank God for reruns! I think they would all be tickled to know that somebody that wasnt a thought in my mother's womb for a other 8yrs is watching it today and loves it
thanks so much for doing this. it amazes me how I can feel a sense of closeness with a bunch of people who haven't been on in 50 years and have all passed away. thank you
Well, It took me a while to get through the whole show(nearly a year) because I watched on and off, but I thank you for not only posting these, but putting them in order as well. With them being posted it us who are under 30 as well as others who weren't born during that time a chance to enjoy this classic and get a glimpse into that era. I started off watching clips with my favorite celebs as the mystery guest and from there I fell in love with Arlene, John and the entire show so thank you.
Hey, it takes a long time to watch 758 shows! I don't know if you're aware, but we've been doing daily "reruns" of the WML episodes, one per weekday, and we're not too far into the run yet. If you're going to go back to the 50s and add comments-- which I sure hope you do, I appreciate your contributions very much-- you might enjoy watching along with us, as there is a lot more activity in comments and replies to comments on the "rerun" episodes. I post a link to the daily rerun every day in the Facebook group, but if you're not on FB, you can also check the main channel page, where the current "rerun" episode should be featured at the top (for subscribers to the channel-- non-subscribers just see a video clip of the show opening). This is the main channel page: ua-cam.com/channels/hPE75Fvvl1HmdAsO7Nzb8w.html This is the FB group: facebook.com/groups/728471287199862/ But regardless, thanks for all the great comments you've been leaving for so long.
What's My Line? • I realize 2 years have passed since you posted this, but I get a white page with the msg "an error occurred" when I click on the UA-cam link. Is the channel still viable?
Welcome to our world from 50 years ago, Purple Capricorn! :-) It does my heart proud to see younger people enjoying what so many of us grew up with (even though I missed this show in original run -- I was only 5 when it went off the air). I have made comments elsewhere about how heavily censored TV and radio were in our era. Yet these are the shows so many of us turn to for QUALITY entertainment! Glad to have you aboard.
WML was a little before my time chronologically, but definitely not spiritually. I had never before seen the show, and I came to see the episode with Carol Burnett. Just ONE episode, and now I've seen dozens. I am hopelessly, blissfully hooked. I do wish we could go back to a time when people dressed and acted as if they cared about how they appeared. It isn't about money or even education. It is about common human decency. I still see it, but it is so rare, I tend to find it remarkable rather than pedestrian. Thank you so much for making these available. I treasure them.
Pat Finch passed away in 2020 at the age of 93. Became an evangelical Christian in the 1970s and worked for several United Methodist churches in the St. Petersburg area.
The year is 2021, I am 42 years old, and I've been watching reruns of the show for maybe the last year now. Kind of interesting to watch the final show of this show, even though it was 55 years ago. How times have changed.
I watch this show nightly, daily in 2022….tv is garbage today and has been for the past 10 years…and I don’t watch tv so I just said the past 10 years. It probably was horrible before that too. What a great, great show. Thank you for supplying all the episodes…Merry Christmas everyone….it’s December 2022
It was unusual even in the 50s and 60s for a long-running TV show to have a staff -- Fates, +Francis, Daly, Heller --that started at the beginning and stayed to the end.
I was in the womb when the show debuted and I was a senior in high school when this final episode aired. I watched the show every Sunday night with my family just about as far back as I can remember. I'm grateful that all these episodes are still available to enjoy. Thank you so much!
Thanks to whoever posted these memorable WML videos. They brought back memories of my childhood. WML was the last TV program I watched before having to return to dreaded school the next day, so it marked the end of my two days of freedom. I especially enjoyed the parade of fashions and hair styles that changed over the years. Although almost everyone who appeared on the show is now dead, the videos brought them back to life.
@@WhatsMyLine I was also lucky that my parents allowed me to stay up till 11 p.m. to watch it all. (The Honeymooners were on before it at 10 p.m.) This was in Montreal, Canada and I was born in 1949. Next day was Monday morning and school!
This show ended a year before I was born. I have recently watched and loved most through these posts. Class act show and final episode. Some obvious beautiful friendships came out of it. Great to see all the celebrities of the day.
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This makes me cry. The end of a beautiful era in television. So sad that Dorothy didn't make it to the finish. Sunday nights were never the same.
Anybody have film of the 1968-70 shows??
Joan Harrington They're all present on the site
Lovely tribute
Neither did Fred Allen, who passed back in 1956.
She was clintoned
The fans of WML in 1967 had no home video or Internet at the time, so it was indeed a sad day when this last episode aired. Nearly 50 years later, we, on the other hand, have nearly every available WML episode to pick and choose from at any time of the day or night. And for this I am truly grateful. :-)
I agree whole heartedly as i was not quite 3 months old at the time this last episode aired. I remember watching the reruns as a child and i am so grateful someone thought to put it on youtube. Thank you so much for your services.
just out of curiosity what does loa stand for? is it league of angels?
i play as well and just wanted to know if you have seen the character steve1221949?
what server are you on? I am with ub 14
Me too!
born on east coast in 1962, and never saw this program till youtube. It was certainly a class act, and continues to be enjoyable as I watch these episodes between other topics on youtube.
Not only at any time of the day BUT at any country of the world. I love that program.Hello from Athens Greece to beautiful America
LOA1955 ~ I am truly grateful as well!!! ❤️
I’m in tears my self. This is the best show I’ve watched,and I’m only 62.I love nastalsia and reminiscing
I would like to add my thanks to Gary for all the hard work and uncounted hours he has spent on his preservation of this show. More than any other, WML is a picture of the cultural and language of the US during this era. As one interested in the progression of the English language, this preservation is especially valuable. Unlike other kinds of programs which are scripted and polished, the language of WML (and other game shows) is the common tongue without the fine tuning of professional writers. For that alone, this collection is an extremely valuable source, as it represents language and accents from across the US, and other parts of the English speaking world during an important era of history. As time goes on, language scholars, especially grammarians and linguists, will undoubtedly find this archive invaluable. Thanks again, Gary.
Very well-articulated by one so articulate. :)
The cultural preservation aspect impresses me greatly. We have an episode from Feb of '64, just an hour or so after the Beatles made their first appearance on the Ed Sullivan show. Thanks to John Daly's day job, we have fresh first hand commentary on JFKs election and meetings like the one between Nixon and Krushchev. Plus we have the preserved words and images of hundreds of famous people who have since died - all speaking with their own words. It blows my mind!
D Jensen my thoughts exactly. I was 10 years old when this last show aired and was one week from h.s. graduation when the 25th year special with Arlene and John Daly aired in May ‘75. Well put.
@@d.jensen5153 so true; keen insight.
I wasn’t sure who preserved all these episodes but thank you Gary I wasn’t born till 1963 so I missed this whole era and then glad you preserved it so I could see it you did a phenomenal job!😁
John Daly was such a class act.
John Daly was the news anchor of ABC News from 1953 to 1960. This was when ABC News was a distant third in the ratings. ABC News broadcast the Army McCarthy hearings. At the time, ABC had no daytime programming. The broadcasts were highly successful. The hearings helped bring down Senator Joseph McCarthy.
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@@mikewrasman5103 I grew up watching Mr. Daly broadcast the news. (Don't figure out my age, LOLOLOLOLOL, but have a Happy Thanksgiving.)
The host or the mystery guest? 😂
Yes, the last days of class , then the hippie movement took off and ushered in slob mania . It has not stopped to this day , tattoos , piercings and so much more ugly .
Love that they were able to find the original contestants and bring them back for the last show. That was pure genius.
I'm 70, and it's now 2019, and I watch and listen to all the very dreadful things that happen now, and when I want to find some refuge from it all, I watch WML. It's been a great comfort. Robert.
Same here. Our favourite show in 2020.
I've been watching a lot during the current pandemic. A classy. funny show.
The 70th anniversary of this show is 2020. You basically grew up with WML.
I would rather watch WML then anything on tv now!!
I’m 70 now (2021). I remember listening to the show when I was a kid from my bedroom. The TV was in the living room. I couldn’t watch because I was supposed to be sleeping. As I got older I watched it religiously. Love it!
Beautiful people, fabulously well mannered and kind, well spoken, classy, oozing charm that was not fake....you can't find a program today like this. Arlene Francis, one of those women who will always be of the type called lovely. Wish we had even one show today like WML!!
And 62 years later we can still watch What's My Line!!!!
Amazing how an old literate TV program could evoke such emotion today. Yet after watching the many surviving episodes I know many of us feel a part of the WML family. Maybe that was their secret, that they shared their lives with us. And here we are 50 years later caring about the regulars enough to comment and be saddened that this is the finale. It has been a great time. Thanks Gary.
and even though I never knew her during her lifetime I was still saddened by the death of Dorothy Kilgallen. Remarkable how reruns of a show like this can make you know someone you never got the chance to know.
just before i go to bed i usually watch an episode and many i have watched more then once. I actually thought about sending a letter and a photo of me when an episode comes on and asks if we want to appear and gives us the address to write to. lol the sad episodes was the final show, Dorothy passing, and Fred Allen passing. But so many happy and fun episodes.
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You can feel the sadness in Johns voice talking about Dorothy Kilgallens passing. Love this show.
When he wouldn't have Mike Wallace on as a "mystery" guest, she gave a story to a newspaper reporting that some were saying Daly wouldn't have him on because there were rumors Wallace was going to replace Daly as head of ABC News. According to Bennett Cerf, in 1973: "He never forgave her. After this episode, we got so that we were very careful of what we said in front of Dorothy. We recognized her point of view and she was entitled to it, but we had to be very careful of what we said in front of her. When she came in, any intimate conversation ceased immediately."
Cerf also pointed out that although Daly and the other panelists were like family, Dorothy was "an outsider." Like Daly, it was obvious Cerf never forgave her, either. If Daly mentioned her in the last show it was probably because he knew people might comment on the omission if he didn't. And if he was emotional, it might have been because he realized that he had never forgiven her.
@@ejej6934 Dorothy made herself enemies. You can be a reporter without doing that. The whole thing is so tragic.
How can it be after Dorothy’s death, the date is 1967
@@Timbergal Dorothy passed in November 1965.
@@lechatbotte. yes, if only she hadn’t been so smart, or if she had pretended to be just a dumb woman, Cerf wouldn’t of hated her
I noticed John got choked up when he mentioned Miss Kilgallen. She was a wonderful and astute panelist.
Definitely not the same without her
Yeah I watch lot of these episodes because of her, very smart lady.
That's what happens when you loved a dear friend who left too early.
And I thought she was only an alcoholic and drug abuser. Who knew?
Where does he mention her? Must have skipped it
I wish they could have known how the show would live again on UA-cam. I LOVE this show and the fashion and manners of the day. Wish we could be more like that.
This happened 55 + years ago. There were 17 years' worth of fun, friendship, incredible entertainment and indelible memories shared by these people. Fifty five years ago, but the lump in my throat is here and now. I loved this show and these people when I was a little kid, and I will love' em for another 55 years.
I'm not sure why I've never bothered to comment before, but I just want to say THANK YOU!!!! Thank you so much for all the hard work that you have put into this channel, thank you for taking time to edit the videos and for adding the commercials. All your hard work is greatly appreciated. I will miss having a new episode to look forward to everyday, it was the highlight of my day. I've been watching the postings since around 1962, I plan to go back to the beginning and watch them all. I have been fascinated with old TV shows for a long time, some of my friends might think I'm slightly weird. When I discovered WML I immediately fell in love with it. Watching this final episode I'm getting really sentimental, it really is a bittersweet day. I'm gonna miss John, Bennett, and especially Arlene, even though I know they'll still be here thanks to you. So thank you, thank you, thank you. This is the best channel on UA-cam hands down.
I missed Dorothy Kilgallen it's sad she is gone.
A lovely Classy Lady she was, We will miss all of them may the RIP.
amber!....we can now watch WML FOREVER...aint it sweet?
The internet wasn’t around in 1962
You're not weird at all, dear. You simply have very good taste.
I've crammed 17 and 1/2 years into about 2 as I watched these in chronological order. Now I'm at the end and I don't imagine I'll ever be back, but it's been a lot of fun and loveliness. Thank you John, Bennett, Arlene, Dorothy, Martin, Steve, and Fred, and thank you lovely hard-working people who uploaded and edited all of these. I can imagine how much love and energy was put into it. I hope many people will come after us and enjoy these in the forever to come.
I watch an episode every night. Once I finish this one, I go back to the start. It is my nightly routine and I have NO streaming services. Who has time to watch TV? haha!
Today we have rubbish reality shows, sleazy talk shows and vulgar sitcoms. Some people will argue there's no such thing as the "good old days." Show them WML reruns from the CBS era and they'll have to change their minds.
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Ain't that the truth
And there it went...50 years ago on this day and date, Sunday September 3rd, 1967. Sunday nights were never the same again. Thanks to Gary Wetstein for all the good work he has done over the years to bring this wonderful piece of American culture back to us.
Bravo!
Thank you Gary! You made millions of American lives wittier and more fun!
I loved this show. The year after the final show I joined the military and was sent to Vietnam. I survived that ordeal and still watch reruns of WML and occasionally even see one I haven’t seen before which is a great treat. My whole family would watch the show and seeing those old shows reminds me of my parents long gone and my five brothers and sisters when they were young, although one of my sisters is gone now too, but the rest of us are still alive and kicking although “gifted with age” as my Irish priest says. Thanks for putting up WML over the years, it means a lot to me.
Nice comments. Thank you for your service,
It's still a quality and wonderful show to watch. It's irreplaceable!
52 years ago this week the greatest game show of all time came to a close in a grand style
It's almost ridiculous. I've been watching this show from the beginning for the past several months. Maybe a year, I've forgotten when I started. Now I have reached the end, and the water works won't stop. Of course I could always start over and rewatch from the beginning, but it's not the same as this first time. Such emotion for a television show that ended before I was even born. I couldn't choose whether it's Match Game or The Price Is Right as my favorite game show, then here comes What's My Line to make the choice harder.
What a great finale to one of the greatest game shows of all time.. so much historic value. However, the only thing I wished the producers had done for this finale episode? I wished they had shown Dorothy during the special montage clip of the panel throughout the years. It would have been nice..
It wasn't right to not show her.
And Fred. Even though it was such a short time, he was part of their family.
But Dorothy wasn’t Jewish
Arline was a golddigger. She married her first husband for money and started dating Martin Gable while still married. She admitted that she did not love her first husband when she married him. Martin’s parents were jewelers in Philadelphia. Both of her husbands in addition to having money had careers in show business that helped her get work.
I agree.
Poof...there goes What's My Line!
A classy end to a remarkable show that brought together dignity and wit. And now (or technically, tomorrow), all existing programs are right here on UA-cam, for all the world to see. Three cheers!
dizzyology Nice tribute to the Stopette ads that ran during the early years of WML. :)
Hip hip!!
Born in 57 I grew up with this and all the other shows of the time. Looking back it's sad that the etiquette and style of the time are so long gone. I truly miss those days. But thank you for showing these so a new generation can see what it was like to have lived
during that time.
I was also born in 1957. The show reminds me of a time long past, when my grandfather would take me out to lunch at a fancy restaurant and I would wear a dress, a hat, and white gloves. I can remember wanting a hot dog for lunch, and the restaurant did not serve hot dogs. Since it was my 5th birthday, my grandfather slipped the waiter some money and sent them to the grocery store to buy hot dogs and buns so that I could have what I wished for on my birthday.
I hope no one will take offense to this, but if Dorothy kilgallen was still alive and she was there to try to guess the 1st 3 guests that appeared on the 1st episode she would get them all because she was on the very 1st episode of what's my line. miss her very much.
I wasn’t aware of Dorothy until three years ago when I started watching this on UA-cam I read both books and found out what an amazing woman she really was.It really is too bad we don’t have that integrity today in broadcasting.
Sadly this show will be remembered for strange death of dot kill
I was ten days old the night of the first show, February 2, 1950! I enjoyed watching this great show with my parents and siblings as we grew up during the 1950s and 60s! In my opinion, nothing has been better than WML for good family entertainment! TV may have been in its infancy back then, but the entertainment value was light years ahead of its present state! Thanks for helping rekindle so many wonderful memories!
On your mark, get set, yawn.
Thank you so much from Montreal, we Canadians also enjoyed these shows. So much more intelligent and polite than what we now have.
I absolutely echo those sentiments completely!
It's bittersweet watching this knowing they're all gone now.
That’s great that John Daly was the mystery guest... hilarious!
F A N T A S T I C S H O W.
I am huge fan of these old shows, which have such a lovely, timeless aspect to them. Both the panel and the guests always maintained a high standard of geniality, class, and sparkling intelligence. It's so refreshing to have access to these priceless gems.
Thank you for uploading all of these episodes. I have been watching them all recently and enjoying every moment. I was only a young child when the show aired on television and remember my parents/brothers watching it when it aired. I wish Dorothy was still around to the end-so very sad. The show was never the same in absence. I wish today that there would be a WML special with the children as the panel and host. Bring in special guests that are still alive who appeared back then or perhaps their children too. A two hour special or even a couple of episodes since TV times have changed. It would be fun for everyone especially those who watched it back when it aired. Wish it would happen.
This episode came to mind tonight for some reason. I've seen it 3-4 times over the years, and it never fails to make me a bit sad. I wasn't around yet for the show's original run, but I became a fan when GSN was a real channel, and watched it there until 2009 and again here on this wonderful UA-cam channel over the last three years. And every time I see this finale, I can't help but feel that not only am I saying goodbye to old friends I never met, but also that we're witnessing the end of an era. This truly was and is a special, special series.
Alas, I am incapable of liking this comment about 50 times or so. It may well have been THE very last of an era gone by. I hear about all the censorship on radio and TV (which there most certainly was), but just look at how these shows have held up over the decades! I am one of those who criticizes the foul-mouthed, minimal-talent "stars" of 2019. This was truly the passing of an era. Thank you for having this channel. It warms my heart to see the politeness and class that once was.
Wonderful seeing this again, John Daly as the last Mystery Guest..... Always loved watching the show, there was always lots of laughs along the way in each show.... Of all the Mystery Guests over those wonderful years the late and great Audie Murphy still remains my personal all time favourite, he was such a humble young man and I just loved his wonderful laugh and smile..... This last show had a wonderful ending to it's great run, but a sad night all the same..... Watching this again brings back all those many wonderful memories..... Thanks for this posting it has been much appreciated, well done.
The last mystery guest was a brilliant idea!
I didn't know until I saw this that Daly was the "emergency" mystery guest. Kind of makes sense, since they recorded live, and couldn't hold up taping if the guest was late.
+almostfm Yes it does :) I'm glad they used him for the last one, it was so special and funny.
he isn't the emergency mystery guest, this was his only time being the mystery guest.
If you go back into the program, you'll hear him talk about how he was considered a "back-up" mystery guest just in case the planned guest didn't make it on time. He said that one MG came in one minute before going on stage. I loved how it happened. His voice totally fooled them for a while. :)
He never had to have a "small conference" with himself. That gave it away!
This is the second of only two times Dorothy Kilgallen received a mention on WML after her death in November 1965
The theory is her death was mysterious and those who knew her were terrified to talk about her.
@@libertyann439 This theory is false.
preppy socks why do you think it is false? It seemed highly suspicious to me.
@@libertyann439 - Very sad, considering how many years she was with the show. It seems her alleged "suicide" was very suspicious. Knowing who might be the suspected perpetrators, it would be understandable that the rest of the panel and host were terrified into near-silence about a lovely, bright, wonderful lady and journalist who accomplished so much in her short life.
@@preppysocks209 how so?
This episode made me so sad in previous watchings that I forgot to comment. Let me rectify that.
Thanks for changing my life in a small but significant way, G. Such a good time.
During the pandemic, I've turned to What's My Line for comfort. It's just such a wonderful time capsule, marked by wit, good humor, and a feeling of belonging. Watching this last episode is like saying goodbye to an old friend. But unlike old friends that fade away, I can always start at the beginning a few minutes later!
John Daly being the mystery guest was marvellous
PERFECT!
He was always the back-up MG if the real MG never made it to the studio by the time of the MG segment.
This episode really made me sad. Sorry to see this end. As someone who was just a small child when the show ended its run - I'm just so glad we can enjoy the series over and over again in today's online world. And a special thanks to Gary for making this all possible. I really appreciate your hard work in making these episodes as enjoyable as if we were watching them live decades ago.
Galileocan g You were one of the earliest people to start adding comments to the videos-- thanks for your longstanding support of the channel!
Here in November 2022, I am once again watching the collection of WML. This collection of the show on UA-cam is a treasure and I so appreciate the work done to present this to everyone who comes across it.
I have come to miss the panel of wonderful celebrities and most especially, the ones who passed away. Like many others who have posted their thoughts, the differences in today's celebrities and those of the WML era is monumental. I prefer those of the past.
Also, I have read many of the comments and I find well written, articulate thoughts. I think that those of us who enjoy WML are educated people who belong to a group of thinkers who like watching these shows that actually meant something. So thank you to those who shared their thoughts.
Thank you for posting all of these. Appeals very much to those of us who appreciate great wit, civility, good manners and good clean fun.
Agree fully. The panel were of their time.
I agree thanks for this.
Totally true.
The only bad review I heard of WML came from a great good clean fun comic: Stan Laurel (of Laurel & Hardy), according to Dick Cavett (who at the time was writing for Carson and also an occasional panelist on WML).
@@ChristopherUSSmith: What did Stan Laurel have to say about WML? (Yes, I can look it up, but I want it here for the record.)
23:53 The most perfect WML moment ever, as Bennett Cerf asks host/mystery guest John Daly if he is impersonating himself. :)
It’s amazing how these people feel like friends after watching multiple episodes. I had to look up information on many them to see how their lives went. What a wonderful program. Thank you.
This final show aired shortly after I was born. I am seeing these for the very first time. Thank you.
At the risk of sounding melodramatic.... words can not express how grateful i am to you for uploading these videos. it has absolutely opened up another world for me. I feel like such a nerd because I cried like a baby when I saw the mystery guest for this episode, but once again thank you thank you thank you so much for maintaining such a great channel. Having said all that do you have any plans to include the 72-75 episodes?
Was it w the same or any of the same people? Never heard of that! Shame on me!
I'm glad I was not the only one that cried, I am old sentimental fool. WML reminds me of my grandparents, where I spent a lot of time watching Game Shows and they, enjoying their "highballs".😥
I use to take my mother to work, near UCLA, during the late 1980's. We had to pass-by the famous Beverly Hills Hotel, on Sunset Bl. Almost every weekday morning we'd see Mark Goodson coming down the big hotel driveway (he lived in the hotel while on the "coast") in a yellow Rolls-Royce convertible,top-down, license plate: MG NY LA. He was a small, dapper man, tanned and silver-haired. We always waved at him, at the stop-light and he always waved back and smiled. Both my mom and Mr. Goodson are gone now, but I'm sure are playing WML, up there, with those other wonderful panel members,
Thank you for an invaluable contribution to the preservation and distribution of this important part of American culture. It has been a staple of my evenings. Here's hoping it remains available ad infinitum.
Thank you for putting WML on UA-cam. An interesting reminder that the country's cultural life revolved around NYC until the late 60s.
Watching this episode has me now completing my first watching of all the episodes chronologically. It has been a familiar part of my routine in the evening, something I looked forward to after work. I'm not sure if I'll ever watch it through chronologically, but maybe watch episodes occasionally...it provides a comfort, an escape, that I rarely have found in a show.
To the individual who created this channel and uploaded the episides....my IMMENSE THANKS!!!!!
Arlene was amazing. Look at her on an early show compared to this. She aged well. In fact she looked better in 67 than in 50. Surprisingly, John's hairline was about the same.
rick charles • Bennett Cerf looked remarkably the same!
i have a crush on arlene rick
In 1950 Arlene was still sporting a 1940s hairdo.
@@mjsmcd We all do, lol
Nick, I absolutely agree. Arlene looked better as she aged.
I was 7 years old when this program went off the air. It was a different time and we shall never live it again except through the magic of You tube. I was sad to see this show end when I was a kid and this video brought back those memories that we all shared at that time once again. It was a different time and thinking back in the "old days"... Society was changing and some not for the good. A classic TV program forever in our hearts to be shared with our children's children and beyond. Thank you for posting these great shows of the past!
What a Classy way to go out. But then again what else would you expect from these wonderful people.
I was born 29 years after WML ended but this program feels timeless to me. Even though it's in black and white and most people in the show have long since passed away, there's still something very modern about the show.
Gary, thank you. Others have said more eloquently than could I, how much I appreciate your preserving this entertaining snapshot of civility and fun, the likes of which have never been repeated.
When I was young I so looked forward to watching it and Bennett Cerf's puns. I loved his wit and smile.
I was only 3 years old when this debut, we did not have a TV then, but dad had gotten us one by 1953, I remember watching this a few years later, and mom and dad continued watching this every week. The last show on 3Sep67, was my first day of duty at Marine Barracks, Pearl Harbor, I had reported there from Vietnam....Where did the time go.....
Bittersweet. ❤
It's rather strange... Having been born in late 1963, I never got to see or was even aware of the CBS network run of W.M.L. as by 10:30 on a Sunday night I was down for the night. My initial exposure to the program was the syndicated color episodes that began in 1968, with Wally Bruner and then Larry Blyden as hosts. It was GSN's "Sunday Night In Black & White" which first introduced me to the erudite John Daly and the legenday panelists such as Dorothy Kilgallen, Fred Allen, Martin Gabel and many others. Arlene and Bennett had done episodes of the color run, so they were known to me. Thank you for affording me a chance to see those 17 years of truly classy entertainment. Time to go back to 1950 and start over again. All the BEST !!!
I remember this show being on when I was a real small kid. My mom and dad would always watch it. It's funny, but the thing I remember most was Arlene Francis's diamond heart shaped necklace!
I got a bit choked up watching this, even knowing my quest to watch all the shows on this channel is still back before Fred Allen joined the panel.
Thanks, Gary, for bringing us this wonderful bit of entertainment.
I always missed Fred Allan ... someone different sat in his place each ... no replacing him.
Hear, hear. I am also grateful to whoever did this tremendous job of uploading all these episodes. He did us all a tremendous service. Thanks.
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So sad, and so glad this channel keeps it alive.
February 24th 1991 was John's last day on this earth. I've enjoyed his humor and his dedication to the service that he had given to our wonderful Country. RIP.
Watching at 3 a day while in lockdown at home during the Covid-19 pandemic.
It is such comfort to know that it is always there. And as fresh today as it was over 50 years ago.
And much thanks to our leader, Gary!
That was a great show! Miss John & the panel, boo-hoo!!!❤❤❤
My goodness. The world may as well have been another planet in 1950. Thank you so much for posting these. Coming form the UK the panel were completely unknown to me but I feel I have come to know them, a gay company of friends. I have enjoyed their gentle wit, bonhomie and manners from another time. One is missing as we're all aware. It's churlish to single out anyone but I've enjoyed especially the warmth between Mr Daly and Mr Cerf. All gone now as all of us must. Sad? Just a little.
My wife, who is French, and I, a Canadian, have been watching this wonderful show for the last three months every evening after finishing our supper. WML came into existence only five years after the end of the most destructive era in human history. This means that nearly everyone, panelist and guests, passed through that period, often in uniform. This is what marked the fifties in television, a chance to turn away from so much tragedy to celebrating our finer, human qualities. These people were elegant, witty, joyous interesting and deeply respectful. Through the magic of video recording, we are looking forward to seeing the remaining 750 shows not yet seen. With our deepest gratitude, God bless all of you.
It was a time of great creativity We still had problems, but the culture that came out of mid-century America is a testament to the human spirit. This show is a fine example of that culture.
One of THE BEST television shows EVER!
This was great 😊
Thanks. I didn’t see this at the time.
I was busy being a teenager. 💁🏼♂️
The show was great too. Especially in its time.
We've been watching these episodes, and I'm so impressed by Arlene Francis. Such a class act, and a great outgoing personality.
What a bittersweet thing; to watch this with all my friends from our FB page. The end of an era; I leave this teary eyes, with thanks to Gary, as always.
Along with so many others, thank you for posting these episodes.
Truly all the panelists & John Daly were legends.
And thank you so much for putting up all these shows.
So much enjoyment.
Two of the commercials were for products made by Norwich Pharmacal Company, in my home town. Good to see them again, and glad to be part of What's My Line?
I was 4 when it first started and 21 when it ended!!!!Thanks for the memories!!!!
I love this channel. Dorothy is gone, but never ever forgotten
Wow, such a lovely and bittersweet show. I was too young to remember the originals, and I would also like to thank you a million times over for your tireless dedication. I laughed and thought how clever the network was to have John Daly as the last mystery guest. He did an excellent job of fooling them, and I had a feeling that Mr. Cerf would be the one to crack the case!
i grew up in the weird 70s (born 1970). I like this classy black and white stuff.
Well said. I great era in America. Honesty and cleverness abound. There was a formalness embedded in the culture then that has since vacated the country. People dressed more formally. Comportment mattered. First names were often passed by to accord someone the respect of Mr. or Mrs. And yes, Bennett was very sharp. A gifted writer. Hard to believe he was born in 1898. My grandparents were all born in that era. They had such style and modesty. I miss it.
I was six years old when we watched these shows live.
Very well said. I was one if the 70 million children born while it was on the air, but was still too young to have watched this live.
Thank you for uploading these for all of us to enjoy.
What's my line is timeless simply because it was a class act! And the panel along with John Daly inspired me when I was only a child.we are indeed fortunate to have that on film for future generations to enjoy what a wonderful show that it was. Thank you so much for giving us a glimpse of the past.
17.5 years thanks for the memories
As a Graphologist, I watch this shop with such pleasure. The handwriting is revealing and such a treat.
A Burrage I agree and they don’t even teach cursive writing anymore ☹️
I was fortunate enough to be able to watch WML throughout my childhood, in the 50s and early 60s. What a marvelous experience! There will never be another show like it.
Thank you so much for all of your hard work and time preserving this wonderful show, Gary! :) i used to stsy up snd watch this at 3 am on GSN, then the few episodes around Christmas that would air. This has been my nightly spot for WML for years. I always looked forward to it. Thank you kindly!
Glad I could see the final episode of one of my favorite shows. I was overseas in 1967 when it aired.
I may always be upset at the loss of over 100 episodes of the show, but I am really glad that at least the first three episodes exist, as well as a few more from the first couple of years.
One of my favorite episodes from 1950 is the last one of that calendar year - which happened to be New Years' Eve. Garry Moore and Betty Furness were guest panelists that evening, along with regulars Arlene Francis and Louis Untermeyer. That was the one with the beautiful (and demure) young lingerie model (the first time for that "line" on the show, but not the last), and the Mystery Guest was Guy Lombardo. Garry Moore is very funny and very entertaining on that episode (I think that was his first appearance on the show, too).
What a Bittersweet day...thank God for reruns! I think they would all be tickled to know that somebody that wasnt a thought in my mother's womb for a other 8yrs is watching it today and loves it
I can't stop crying. So sad that all of them are gone now.
Rest in Peace, my friends. 🌹
thanks so much for doing this. it amazes me how I can feel a sense of closeness with a bunch of people who haven't been on in 50 years and have all passed away. thank you
So well said!!
Well, It took me a while to get through the whole show(nearly a year) because I watched on and off, but I thank you for not only posting these, but putting them in order as well. With them being posted it us who are under 30 as well as others who weren't born during that time a chance to enjoy this classic and get a glimpse into that era. I started off watching clips with my favorite celebs as the mystery guest and from there I fell in love with Arlene, John and the entire show so thank you.
+Purple Capricorn And because I rushed through the 50's to get to a certain era, I will go back and re-watch the 1950 episodes.
Hey, it takes a long time to watch 758 shows!
I don't know if you're aware, but we've been doing daily "reruns" of the WML episodes, one per weekday, and we're not too far into the run yet. If you're going to go back to the 50s and add comments-- which I sure hope you do, I appreciate your contributions very much-- you might enjoy watching along with us, as there is a lot more activity in comments and replies to comments on the "rerun" episodes.
I post a link to the daily rerun every day in the Facebook group, but if you're not on FB, you can also check the main channel page, where the current "rerun" episode should be featured at the top (for subscribers to the channel-- non-subscribers just see a video clip of the show opening).
This is the main channel page: ua-cam.com/channels/hPE75Fvvl1HmdAsO7Nzb8w.html
This is the FB group: facebook.com/groups/728471287199862/
But regardless, thanks for all the great comments you've been leaving for so long.
Okay, thanks!and No problem.
What's My Line? • I realize 2 years have passed since you posted this, but I get a white page with the msg "an error occurred" when I click on the UA-cam link. Is the channel still viable?
Welcome to our world from 50 years ago, Purple Capricorn! :-) It does my heart proud to see younger people enjoying what so many of us grew up with (even though I missed this show in original run -- I was only 5 when it went off the air). I have made comments elsewhere about how heavily censored TV and radio were in our era. Yet these are the shows so many of us turn to for QUALITY entertainment! Glad to have you aboard.
WML was a little before my time chronologically, but definitely not spiritually. I had never before seen the show, and I came to see the episode with Carol Burnett. Just ONE episode, and now I've seen dozens. I am hopelessly, blissfully hooked.
I do wish we could go back to a time when people dressed and acted as if they cared about how they appeared. It isn't about money or even education. It is about common human decency. I still see it, but it is so rare, I tend to find it remarkable rather than pedestrian.
Thank you so much for making these available. I treasure them.
Wonderful way to begin the show!!
WML is a program that never old. We watch the episodes on UA-cam over and over again. The program idea is great. The panelists are smart and witty.
Like saying goodbye to an old friend, sad😢 such a wonderful show , glad they have been preserved😊
Pat Finch passed away in 2020 at the age of 93. Became an evangelical Christian in the 1970s and worked for several United Methodist churches in the St. Petersburg area.
The year is 2021, I am 42 years old, and I've been watching reruns of the show for maybe the last year now. Kind of interesting to watch the final show of this show, even though it was 55 years ago. How times have changed.
I watch this show nightly, daily in 2022….tv is garbage today and has been for the past 10 years…and I don’t watch tv so I just said the past 10 years. It probably was horrible before that too. What a great, great show. Thank you for supplying all the episodes…Merry Christmas everyone….it’s December 2022
It was unusual even in the 50s and 60s for a long-running TV show to have a staff -- Fates, +Francis, Daly, Heller --that started at the beginning and stayed to the end.
OMG!!! I LOVE the mystery guest. I wasn’t expecting that at all.
John gave it away when he cleared his throat after going from a high voice to his normal voice.
I was in the womb when the show debuted and I was a senior in high school when this final episode aired. I watched the show every Sunday night with my family just about as far back as I can remember. I'm grateful that all these episodes are still available to enjoy. Thank you so much!
Thanks to whoever posted these memorable WML videos. They brought back memories of my childhood. WML was the last TV program I watched before having to return to dreaded school the next day, so it marked the end of my two days of freedom. I especially enjoyed the parade of fashions and hair styles that changed over the years. Although almost everyone who appeared on the show is now dead, the videos brought them back to life.
I'm glad you enjoyed rewatching the shows!
@@WhatsMyLine I was also lucky that my parents allowed me to stay up till 11 p.m. to watch it all. (The Honeymooners were on before it at 10 p.m.) This was in Montreal, Canada and I was born in 1949. Next day was Monday morning and school!
This show ended a year before I was born. I have recently watched and loved most through these posts. Class act show and final episode. Some obvious beautiful friendships came out of it. Great to see all the celebrities of the day.
A great show i just watched from start to finish(The whole series) Thank you again for putting this out to all of us on the internet.