She was no dumb blond by nature. She was an educated lady who also played piano and violin. Is was just a way in those days for some women to get famous in Hollywood. God bless her soul.
Any good looking woman had to play the dumb blond to get ahead. The actresses who succeeded in being taken seriously then were generally more “handsome” than pretty and not “voluptuous”. Hollywood was then (and to some extent still is) all about the male gaze.
R I P dearest Miss Mansfield ...you´ll never be forget ! Greetings from Germany . My grandpa was on Ramstein Airbase in 1967 and saw you , we´ve just wonderful Fotos from you and give it from generation to generation !
Jayne Mansfield had a helluva lot more talent than the movie industry allowed us to see. The proverbial "they" only wanted her to be a Marilyn Monroe clone, and she was so much more than that.
MARTIN: Is the person you're married to male? ARLENE: WHAT?!?! (After the audience erupts in laughter): SHE is slinky. MARTIN: Yes, but it's a he that's up there, the way it sounds. ARLENE: If you know a slinky, voluptuous HE I wish you'd tell me about that. Back to Hollywood, Martin. Arlene is so naturally funny. I can't get enough of watching her on all these WML shows.
@@dancelli714 Even though Lucille Ball has always been my favorite actress and comedienne, and I have always found her to be funny, I have to hand it to Arlene because she didn't have writers to make her funny, she was just naturally funny. Check out some of the other Arlene postings people have put on you tube. Of course, even other than What's My Line she was funny on Password and The Match Game.
Did Martin have an affair? One of the comments on the previous episode said he did, and if he did, then Arlene didn't seem upset about it at all, because on that episode when they were all saying goodbye, Arlene's like, "Goodbye Martin. When are you coming home?"
@@kristabrewer9363 I actually can imagine both of them having affairs, Arlene did a lot of flirting on WML and she has made other sexualized comments on other shows as well like Password. They certainly had ample opportunities, since they were constantly globe trotting everywhere when they were performing in plays and musicals all around the country. In fact, I would even say I would find it unusual that they DIDN'T have affairs.
Four months ago, Jayne and her then-husband, Hungarian Body Builder, Mickey Hargitay, welcomed their newest child in Mariska. Mariska is now a very successful cast member on "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit". Both she and Jayne have stars very close to each other on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Her daughter is beautiful like her mother. What a shame she lost her mom at such an early age. Jane would be so proud of her. Jane deserved better acclaim than they have her. That's Hollywood for you. 😢 R.I.P. Jane. 🙏💋
Tracy Barnes went on to have a very successful career with his business in balloons and blimps. Before all that he was he a decorated paratrooper. He died only just last year in January 2019 at the age of 79. There's even a documentary on his accomplishments in the works.
Thank you for that information. I hope to watch the documentary you mention. It is nice to know that in 1964, intelligent people without connections to show business earned respect from others. Network television was about more than celebrities.
I feel sad when I see videos of Jayne. She was talented and beautiful and didn't deserve what fate dealt her. R.I.P dear Jayne, you lit up the world in your all too short life.
No one does. And her accident had nothing to do with the age of the driver. At 20 many men were driving tanks and flying planes in the armed forces. And at 20 I was responsible for the lives of 30 patients on an acute medical ward. I expect the accident was about judgment and reaction times but we’ll never know. It was certainly a tragedy.
True, but she was in a downward spiral. She'd been divorced three times, had countless affairs, became an alcoholic, and was in drunken brawls. She certainly wasn't headed in a positive direction in life. If she had lived, her children, most likely, would have been taken away from her before too much longer. She already wasn't raising the fifth child, and her second husband had custody of the three she had with him, even though they were still living with her. She was accused of allowing her oldest daughter to be beaten by a boyfriend.
Jayne wonderful!!! I wish like other actresses during that period of all ages that some producer could have written some good stuff for her before her passing. she needed a good script!!!
While he was a writer for Jack Parr on The Tonight Show, Dick Cavett wrote an intro for Parr to read when introducing Jayne. "Ladies and gentlemen, here they are, Jayne Mansfield!". I met her once backstage at the Casino Royale in Washington D.C. when I was a young theatrical agent. She had been reading and wore glasses. She was the loveliest, most charming and sweetest person, and I was immediately smitten. Tragically, she died in a horrific automobile accident just a short time later. I have such a fond memory of her.
I am sure the guest knew it was no good in 1964. As John said, he was a salesman. And if you aren't limited to telling the truth, you can be a very good salesman.
It is a pleasure to watch the politeness in this show. When a slightly uncomfortable question is asked, John Daly smooths it over nicely. A real pro and a great show to watch. And as one person below pointed out, Jayne Mansfield was the mother of Mariska. Mariska of Law & Order SVU.
Never realized since this vid... Just HOW MUCH Mariska Hargitay resembled HER mother!! Considering what happened 2 Ms. Mansfield in the NOT 2 distant future!... It's SOMEWHAT BITTERsweet!!
That’s absurd. Especially this episode, UA-cam suggested three videos. This one, one about Agnetha from ABBA, and one about physics by Sabine Hossenfelder (sp?). Agnetha looked like a different species than Dorothy, but even the physics professor was far more beautiful. Each to his own.
Jame Mansfield was also a stage actress where some of the most famous actresses never performed on stage. Acting on stage is a bigger challenge . Good for her !
First contestant. Illustration of why WML was so difficult to direct. The panel gets bogged down about ten miles from the service without a laugh. I longed for Dorothy to get things on track with a question like "Do you move people from one place to another?" Second contestant. I would have never suspected that ground up tobacco could be so funny. Arlene is always funny when she gets hit by revelation. Snuff said LOL.
I read Jayne had a very high IQ, she really was beautiful. And yes, daughter Mariska looks so like her mom- law & order svu, my favorite crime show. I love viewing these WML episodes; the panel was charming, refined & so witty; loved all of them especially Mr Bennet Cerf, he seemed like such a lovely man.
One day I think it'd be amazing if she dressed up as her mom for a photoshoot or something. The bones are there, imagine Mariska with a blonde bouffant. Would look just like her mom
Jayne Mansfield was not the dumb blonde movies and publicity allows us to know. Intelligent, played violin and piano and can speak other languages than english. Tragic and sad loss.
Jayne Mansfield was one of a kind. Better looking at her age now then a decade younger. More than that under appreciated then and largely forgotten now. More is the pity. A microcosm of what could have been--different not just in degree but by orders of magnitude.
Just watched her in Diamonds & Dust. Wow, that beautiful Jayne Mansfield signature says it all. This was no typical blond bombshell victim. This was a woman with confidence who worked hard and did whatever it took to put food on the table in her mansions. She said early, they lightened my hair & tightened my dresses & that's the way it was. She went with that & ran with it making as much as she possibly could out of that. Good for her & her scrappiness paid off for her daughter Mariska eventually.
I was wondering if it was a wig. That's what led to people thinking she was decapitated when she died, because, what looked at first like her hair, was found apart from her body. But, it was actually a wig.
This is something I've noticed with many of the mystery guests but a lot of them mention doing theater. While many film actors and actresses are still performing on stage, it's obvious that filming movies and television are taking away from that today.
I have a feeling it's about the same as before. Most of the time, they're most known for the movies, and then you don't know about the plays unless you happen to be a Broadway follower or read something biographical about them. A lot of the stars from years ago weren't in plays, or not much while in movies. Some started out more in theater or went to that as their movie career waned.
In the early morning hours of 29 June 1967, on a narrow country road near a Louisiana swamp, a grey 1966 Buick Electra glided through the dark on its way to New Orleans. The road ahead was obscured by a white haze laid down by a distant mosquito fogger which prevented the car’s driver from discerning the presence of a slow-moving tractor-trailer ahead of him. At approximately 2:15 a.m., the Electra slammed into that truck, then slid under it. All three adults sitting in the car’s front seat were killed instantly, but surprisingly, the three children riding in the back seat were cushioned from serious harm. Dead at the scene were the driver, Ronnie Harrison; actress Jayne Mansfield; Mansfield’s boyfriend Sam Brody; and Mansfield’s small dog. Three of Mansfield’s five children (Mariska, 3; Zoltan, 6; and Miklos Jr., 8; all fathered by her second husband, Mickey Hargitay), survived the accident. Although Mansfield’s actual mode of death was gruesome, she was not beheaded. According to the police report on the accident, “the upper portion of this white female’s head was severed.” Her death certificate notes a “crushed skull with avulsion (forcible separation or detachment) of cranium and brain.” One thinks of a beheading as the neck’s being sliced through, causing the head to be separated from the body, but that is clearly not what happened here. Scalping is perhaps a closer description of Mansfield’s fate, but even that word does not accurately reflect the cranial trauma she suffered, because scalping victims at least retain an intact skull. The Angel of Death did not afford Mansfield this luxury: Her skull was cracked or sliced open, and a sizeable piece of it was carried away. As gruesome as this mode of death was, it at least had the benefit of being quick. Mansfield probably never felt what happened to her, and because of the sharply reduced visibility conditions on the road that night, she likely had only an instant of “We’re going to crash!” shock to cope with before the impact.
Very informative, most likely accurate, and oh so painful to read. Incidentally, Jayne was originally a dark-haired beauty. What I found most attractive about her (other than her obvious voluptuous body) were her eyes, which were so expressive and yet gentle. Truly a remarkable beauty and charming person too.
And since then, tractor trailers (18 wheelers) have a bar under the back end to prevent such a gruesome death from happening again. It is called a Mansfield bar.
Dorothy's Yonkers quote . . . . is an Ira Gershwin lyric, for a George Gershwin show tune. Touche. . . . The question when Martin and Jayne worked together in the late 1950s in "Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter" was will success spoil Martin?
And Jayne Mansfield would be dead in another three years. Really strange to watch people on shows like this who you know are going to die unexpectedly.
These words of yours are important: "who you know are going to die unexpectedly." They are the famous people. There were non-famous contestants who died within a few years of their appearances. Google can't show you an obituary from the 1950s or 1960s unless it was newsworthy and circulated nationally. The really strange feeling you get reflects only some of the tragedy.
Caroline Wiggins I remember hearing on a car radio that she died, and how she died. I was just old enough to have that horrible image in my mind for the rest of my life.
I doubt if any other person including Marilyn Monroe could have looked as stunning as Jayne Mansfield does here. Quite often it seems the way a person signs their name is an indication of their intelligence and a quick alert mind - Jayne’s is exceptional.
Many millennia ago, two of our ancient ancestors, Og and Charlie, were sitting around the fire trying this new substance they made out of a plant that they had found. They enjoyed it, but they couldn't decide what to call it. Finally Charlie said to Og, "Would you like some more?" Og replied, "No, that's 'snuff." And Charlie answered, "Oh, that's what it's called." And the name stuck. Not long after that, s'mores were named as a result of a similar conversation.
@@truerosie Smores are little sandwiches made with a toasted marshmallow and a piece of milk chocolate between two graham crackers. A campfire favorite to accompany ghost stories. The name is actually two words smushed together: some + more = s'more they are so delicious everyone wants some more.
When I was a little kid, back in the '50s, my mom used to take me with her on the train, to go shopping downtown (there were no department stores in the 'burbs back then). She was always dressed up with high heels, kid gloves and a hat with a veil -- just to go shopping in a department store.
Very true, yes you do, it is so much better hearing and seeing Miss Mansfield being herself and not the ditz she portrayed because that is what she thought was wanted from her.
In her first appearance on this show, she gave a more natural voice. I absolutely loved her whistles on that episode, and in profile she looked, sort of, like Emilia Clarke (Khaleesi).
I don't know if I mentioned it here before or not, but my family spent about a week and a half in the same hotel as Ms.Mansfield, her kids, and puppies. She stayed in her room but the kids (including Ms. Margitay) enjoyed the pool including jumping all over on my teenage brother while the nannies relaxed.
Dorothy's choices in gowns. This is the third empire style high waistline in a row that Dorothy has put her shape into. I have a vague memory from my childhood TV watching days that my mother wondered if Dorothy were pregnant. That would be a good trick for a 50-year-old journalist.
When the balloon pilot replied, 'seldom' It struck me how infrequently we hear such words now. It seems today's people are stuck on speaking in abbreviation :-)
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She was no dumb blond by nature. She was an educated lady who also played piano and violin. Is was just a way in those days for some women to get famous in Hollywood. God bless her soul.
Any good looking woman had to play the dumb blond to get ahead. The actresses who succeeded in being taken seriously then were generally more “handsome” than pretty and not “voluptuous”. Hollywood was then (and to some extent still is) all about the male gaze.
@@gilliankew
Indubitably.
@@davidadams2395 What was the gist of what Gillian Kew said? His comment was deleted.
@@valerieann8007
For the life of me, I cannot remember. I'm sorry.
And joined the church of Satan
R I P dearest Miss Mansfield ...you´ll never be forget ! Greetings from Germany . My grandpa was on Ramstein Airbase in 1967 and saw you , we´ve just wonderful Fotos from you and give it from generation to generation !
Wow that's very cool. What a unique and fun family heirloom!
I love Martin for making Arlene so happy for as long as he lived.
Or 1986
Jayne Mansfield had a helluva lot more talent than the movie industry allowed us to see. The proverbial "they" only wanted her to be a Marilyn Monroe clone, and she was so much more than that.
So was Marilyn.
What a sweetheart Jayne was. A true Hollywood movie star in every way!
YES!!SHE WAS A BEAUTY💋💋💕💕.LOVE HER.
Bimbo worship.
MARTIN: Is the person you're married to male?
ARLENE: WHAT?!?! (After the audience erupts in laughter): SHE is slinky.
MARTIN: Yes, but it's a he that's up there, the way it sounds.
ARLENE: If you know a slinky, voluptuous HE I wish you'd tell me about that.
Back to Hollywood, Martin.
Arlene is so naturally funny. I can't get enough of watching her on all these WML shows.
That was very funny. He couldn't get out of that goof. Faux pas.
@@dancelli714 Even though Lucille Ball has always been my favorite actress and comedienne, and I have always found her to be funny, I have to hand it to Arlene because she didn't have writers to make her funny, she was just naturally funny. Check out some of the other Arlene postings people have put on you tube. Of course, even other than What's My Line she was funny on Password and The Match Game.
RUFUS T. FIREFLY Ha ha. Everyone knows that already!! :)
Did Martin have an affair? One of the comments on the previous episode said he did, and if he did, then Arlene didn't seem upset about it at all, because on that episode when they were all saying goodbye, Arlene's like, "Goodbye Martin. When are you coming home?"
@@kristabrewer9363 I actually can imagine both of them having affairs, Arlene did a lot of flirting on WML and she has made other sexualized comments on other shows as well like Password. They certainly had ample opportunities, since they were constantly globe trotting everywhere when they were performing in plays and musicals all around the country. In fact, I would even say I would find it unusual that they DIDN'T have affairs.
This show had class. I'm not a handwriting analyst but the way Jayne writes her name makes me think of a person with a lot of confidence.
Lots of confidence and a lot of 'front';
Also a high I Q
Andrew Brendan definitely! Such a bold and cute signature
Mariskaʼs Mama. All you need to know.💕
People back then wrote more in cursive. More classy than today
Four months ago, Jayne and her then-husband, Hungarian Body Builder, Mickey Hargitay, welcomed their newest child in Mariska. Mariska is now a very successful cast member on "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit". Both she and Jayne have stars very close to each other on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Mariska Hargitay...Mariska Hargitay
Jayne would be very proud.
I saw a SVU episode where Mariska wore a blond wig. She looked like her moms twin.😍🥰
3 months and 1 day
Jayne's star burned out too soon in that horrible car accident. Leaving two little kids behind. U can C the resemblance N her daughter's eyes.
Her daughter is beautiful like her mother. What a shame she lost her mom at such an early age. Jane would be so proud of her. Jane deserved better acclaim than they have her. That's Hollywood for you. 😢 R.I.P. Jane. 🙏💋
She is referring to Mariska Hagartig
Tracy Barnes went on to have a very successful career with his business in balloons and blimps. Before all that he was he a decorated paratrooper. He died only just last year in January 2019 at the age of 79. There's even a documentary on his accomplishments in the works.
Thank you for that information. I hope to watch the documentary you mention.
It is nice to know that in 1964, intelligent people without connections to show business earned respect from others. Network television was about more than celebrities.
Thanks for sharing!
I've just been reading up about his career. He was actually a notable guest to have on the show. He exuded a lot of confidence too at age 25.
I feel sad when I see videos of Jayne. She was talented and beautiful and didn't deserve what fate dealt her. R.I.P dear Jayne, you lit up the world in your all too short life.
thats what happens when you put a youth of 20 in charge of driving your car.
YES,I AGREE💋🙏🙏😥
No one does. And her accident had nothing to do with the age of the driver. At 20 many men were driving tanks and flying planes in the armed forces. And at 20 I was responsible for the lives of 30 patients on an acute medical ward.
I expect the accident was about judgment and reaction times but we’ll never know. It was certainly a tragedy.
True, but she was in a downward spiral. She'd been divorced three times, had countless affairs, became an alcoholic, and was in drunken brawls. She certainly wasn't headed in a positive direction in life. If she had lived, her children, most likely, would have been taken away from her before too much longer. She already wasn't raising the fifth child, and her second husband had custody of the three she had with him, even though they were still living with her. She was accused of allowing her oldest daughter to be beaten by a boyfriend.
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ROFL!! "If you know a slinky voluptuous HE I wish you'd tell me about it." Arlene cracks me up so bad!! 20:19
That caught me, too!
That was precious coming after Martin question !
Back to Hollywood, Martin!
Martin Gabel was in the movie "Marnie" with Tippi Hedron and Sean Connery.
Thank You!!
The most perfectly put together woman of all-time. Jayne had it all Brains, Beauty and a Bodacious body 2nd to none.
Amen😀
And also a kind gentle and intelligent soul
Fun fact if anyone cares: Jayne Mansfield was the Momma of Mariska Hargitay, who plays Olivia on Law and Order SVU. (Also crossed over to Chicago PD)
So nice there was time to have the balloon pilot talking about his work after his game-segment.
She simply takes my breath away. wow
Thanks much for making these available.
+Graham Barnard It's been my pleasure!
On a television show Jayne could recite all Seven Wonders of the World. Very intelligent!
Jayne Mansfield with a ❤️
Aired one day before Cerf's 65th birthday. Wow, what amazes me about that was how hard all the regulars worked and did the show on the side live.
Jayne Mansfield is such a beautiful woman
WAS a beautiful woman, I think she was better than Marilyn .
@@Etnalleb she was beautiful, but Marilyn had something extra... The magnetism of Marilyn is incomparable
Etnalleb way hotter than Norma Jean
@@ronnysterling7694 absolutely not
@Kiran Rana but Marilyn is unique
Jayne wonderful!!! I wish like other actresses during that period of all ages that some producer could have written some good stuff for her before her passing. she needed a good script!!!
There were two very big reasons why Hollywood didn't give her more substantial roles.
Not many people know that Jayne Mansfield had quite a musical talent with the violin. I think she also briefly studied viola and piano as well.
In one movieI believe she played the piano briefly.
I think most people who know about her know that.
I didn’t know that!
What a shame the way Jayne died!Life can be so hard at times when tragedies like this happen.
@Marque Markofthebeast that doesn't even make sense though
My uncle saw her get killed when she die
She was decapitated in that car wreck….horrible!
@@cbass2755 she was not its hoax
@@cbass2755 she was scalped not decapitated. Look up dearly departed tours with Scott micheals and look up his video on the car. He owns the car.
It was interesting to hear the balloon pilot talk about using altitude to navigate. It is a bit obvious, but I'd never thought about that before.
While he was a writer for Jack Parr on The Tonight Show, Dick Cavett wrote an intro for Parr to read when introducing Jayne. "Ladies and gentlemen, here they are, Jayne Mansfield!". I met her once backstage at the Casino Royale in Washington D.C. when I was a young theatrical agent. She had been reading and wore glasses. She was the loveliest, most charming and sweetest person, and I was immediately smitten. Tragically, she died in a horrific automobile accident just a short time later. I have such a fond memory of her.
"Is snuff good for you?" "Yes!". Oh, how far we've come.
I am sure the guest knew it was no good in 1964. As John said, he was a salesman. And if you aren't limited to telling the truth, you can be a very good salesman.
@@preppysocks209 Smoking was known to be dangerous, but snuff was just inhaled without burning, and not considered nearly as dangerous.
@Danny Erlandson Well, he was absolutely delightful on his turn here. Got a big smile from me, at least.
Dry snuff for sniffing does not carry the number of or kinds of health problems as the kind you are thinking of.
White powder for Snort A Line …
She's beautiful of course.
Definitely her daughter's mom.
I didn't think anyone could have bigger hair than Dorothy, then Jane came on!
I didn't like the big hair that Dorothy had on this show...
Yes, but Jane’s hair is worth looking at, as is the whole package.
"Snuff said!" Arlene is the queen of wit on this show! Classy and smart as always.
It is a pleasure to watch the politeness in this show. When a slightly uncomfortable question is asked, John Daly smooths it over nicely. A real pro and a great show to watch. And as one person below pointed out, Jayne Mansfield was the mother of Mariska. Mariska of Law & Order SVU.
nice signature from JM
"If you know a slinky, voluptuous male I wish you'd tell me about that". I love Arlene.
Martin Gable's confusion about the mystery guest was one of the most hilarious moments I've seen in this show.
A slinky voluptuous lesbian, well ahead of her time. :)
@@theunrealtimemmShe was straight as an arrow: Married to Micky Hargitay, mother to Mariska Hargitay, star of Law and Order: SVU for 25 years.
It's apparent that the panel is genuinely fond of one another.
What a woman! God Rest her soul. I just watched "Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?" just last week.
She looks better in this episode than she did in the one years before in the 50's. She is about 30 here, and only lived another 3 or 4 years.
Jayne Mansfield - Hubba hubba. I've always loved her. Sweet, classy and gorgeous. ...and Mariska Hargitay's momma. RIP Jayney.
Never realized since this vid...
Just HOW MUCH Mariska Hargitay resembled HER mother!!
Considering what happened 2 Ms. Mansfield in the NOT 2 distant future!...
It's SOMEWHAT BITTERsweet!!
Smart lady with a high IQ
163 IQ; spoke 5 foreign languages; and played close to every instrument in an orchestra, all of which she taught herself.
Was that the loudest reception ever?!? And for Mariska Hargitay's mom? I love it!
Audie Murphy had the best reception of anyone.
@@MrDeterioration, Audie deserved it.
Anita Ekberg was louder i think
@@eatpigsnot, I'll have to look that up. :-)
Jane Mansfield had class and was beautiful! I loved her.
Jayne Mansfield, what a beautiful woman.
Darling Jane.. beautiful girl. We love you always..💕♥️
Omg I am blown away i looked up jane Mansfield 1964 and found this confirmation thank you
When Hollywood stars were truly glamorous. Jayne had it all.
Loved this Jayne Mansfield had the host stuttering at the end!!!! "The Girl Can't help it" 🥰❤️
Dorothy looked so beautiful here.
That’s absurd. Especially this episode, UA-cam suggested three videos. This one, one about Agnetha from ABBA, and one about physics by Sabine Hossenfelder (sp?). Agnetha looked like a different species than Dorothy, but even the physics professor was far more beautiful. Each to his own.
Ms Jayne Mansfield .RI.P.
Jame Mansfield was also a stage actress where some of the most famous actresses never performed on stage. Acting on stage is a bigger challenge . Good for her !
She wasn't successful in an off Broadway production of Bus Stop later that year. Ann B Davis of The Brady Bunch found her difficult to work with.
First contestant. Illustration of why WML was so difficult to direct. The panel gets bogged down about ten miles from the service without a laugh. I longed for Dorothy to get things on track with a question like "Do you move people from one place to another?"
Second contestant. I would have never suspected that ground up tobacco could be so funny. Arlene is always funny when she gets hit by revelation. Snuff said LOL.
I read Jayne had a very high IQ, she really was beautiful. And yes, daughter Mariska looks so like her mom- law & order svu, my favorite crime show. I love viewing these WML episodes; the panel was charming, refined & so witty; loved all of them especially Mr Bennet Cerf, he seemed like such a lovely man.
One day I think it'd be amazing if she dressed up as her mom for a photoshoot or something. The bones are there, imagine Mariska with a blonde bouffant. Would look just like her mom
I don’t think Mariska looked like her mother at all.
She was a member of mensa ie my understanding. She was, literally, a genius.
Jayne Mansfield was not the dumb blonde movies and publicity allows us to know. Intelligent, played violin and piano and can speak other languages than english. Tragic and sad loss.
I loved me some Jayne Mansfield! ❤️
God bless her
Well, your invisible friend didn't do much blessing on the day she so hideously died.
Jayne Mansfield was one of a kind. Better looking at her age now then a decade younger. More than that under appreciated then and largely forgotten now. More is the pity. A microcosm of what could have been--different not just in degree but by orders of magnitude.
Just watched her in Diamonds & Dust. Wow, that beautiful Jayne Mansfield signature says it all. This was no typical blond bombshell victim. This was a woman with confidence who worked hard and did whatever it took to put food on the table in her mansions. She said early, they lightened my hair & tightened my dresses & that's the way it was. She went with that & ran with it making as much as she possibly could out of that. Good for her & her scrappiness paid off for her daughter Mariska eventually.
Jayne is the MOST BEAUTIFUL WOMAN WHO EVER lived on earth! I share her birthday April 19th!
I adore Jayne Mansfield's hairstyle 😍😍😍😍
I was wondering if it was a wig. That's what led to people thinking she was decapitated when she died, because, what looked at first like her hair, was found apart from her body. But, it was actually a wig.
This is something I've noticed with many of the mystery guests but a lot of them mention doing theater. While many film actors and actresses are still performing on stage, it's obvious that filming movies and television are taking away from that today.
I have a feeling it's about the same as before. Most of the time, they're most known for the movies, and then you don't know about the plays unless you happen to be a Broadway follower or read something biographical about them. A lot of the stars from years ago weren't in plays, or not much while in movies. Some started out more in theater or went to that as their movie career waned.
In the early morning hours of 29 June 1967, on a narrow country road near a Louisiana swamp, a grey 1966 Buick Electra glided through the dark on its way to New Orleans. The road ahead was obscured by a white haze laid down by a distant mosquito fogger which prevented the car’s driver from discerning the presence of a slow-moving tractor-trailer ahead of him. At approximately 2:15 a.m., the Electra slammed into that truck, then slid under it. All three adults sitting in the car’s front seat were killed instantly, but surprisingly, the three children riding in the back seat were cushioned from serious harm. Dead at the scene were the driver, Ronnie Harrison; actress Jayne Mansfield; Mansfield’s boyfriend Sam Brody; and Mansfield’s small dog. Three of Mansfield’s five children (Mariska, 3; Zoltan, 6; and Miklos Jr., 8; all fathered by her second husband, Mickey Hargitay), survived the accident. Although Mansfield’s actual mode of death was gruesome, she was not beheaded. According to the police report on the accident, “the upper portion of this white female’s head was severed.” Her death certificate notes a “crushed skull with avulsion (forcible separation or detachment) of cranium and brain.” One thinks of a beheading as the neck’s being sliced through, causing the head to be separated from the body, but that is clearly not what happened here. Scalping is perhaps a closer description of Mansfield’s fate, but even that word does not accurately reflect the cranial trauma she suffered, because scalping victims at least retain an intact skull. The Angel of Death did not afford Mansfield this luxury: Her skull was cracked or sliced open, and a sizeable piece of it was carried away.
As gruesome as this mode of death was, it at least had the benefit of being quick. Mansfield probably never felt what happened to her, and because of the sharply reduced visibility conditions on the road that night, she likely had only an instant of “We’re going to crash!” shock to cope with before the impact.
Very informative, most likely accurate, and oh so painful to read.
Incidentally, Jayne was originally a dark-haired beauty. What I found most attractive about her (other than her obvious voluptuous body) were her eyes, which were so expressive and yet gentle. Truly a remarkable beauty and charming person too.
And since then, tractor trailers (18 wheelers) have a bar under the back end to prevent such a gruesome death from happening again. It is called a Mansfield bar.
Dorothy's Yonkers quote . . . . is an Ira Gershwin lyric, for a George Gershwin show tune. Touche. . . .
The question when Martin and Jayne worked together in the late 1950s in "Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter" was will success spoil Martin?
50 years ago?!...... that's amazing, incredible, sad....
thomas schmitz 55 now!
And Jayne Mansfield would be dead in another three years. Really strange to watch people on shows like this who you know are going to die unexpectedly.
Caroline Wiggins what a tragedy
Is it? I wouldn't go that far. Or do I detect a hint of sarcasm...?
These words of yours are important: "who you know are going to die unexpectedly." They are the famous people. There were non-famous contestants who died within a few years of their appearances. Google can't show you an obituary from the 1950s or 1960s unless it was newsworthy and circulated nationally. The really strange feeling you get reflects only some of the tragedy.
Caroline Wiggins I remember hearing on a car radio that she died, and how she died. I was just old enough to have that horrible image in my mind for the rest of my life.
And in 18months Dorothy Kilgallen would also be dead.
I ❤ love her signature...
The whole world is watching Arlene's eyes dance as she thinks about taking something internally but not through the mouth...suppositories! YIKES!
Joe Postove I think Sir, you are rather telling all of us about your own mind and thinking! Not that of Arlene!
@@oksills you could see it on ther face and its obvious that's what they where talking about.
Bennett loves Jayne Mansfield. He is thinking about her all the time.
It's' high hair day' with Dorothy and Jane
Love Arlene! She's funny and beautiful.
Of course.. your jealous of the really beautiful ones
I think so too!
I doubt if any other person including Marilyn Monroe could have looked as stunning as Jayne Mansfield does here. Quite often it seems the way a person signs their name is an indication of their intelligence and a quick alert mind - Jayne’s is exceptional.
Marilyn had much more beauty and class than Jayne.She would have gotten a bigger reception.
@@marymcdole578 agreed
She was a nice lady too.
Ms. Mansfield was highly intelligent
Even her signature is beautiful
Gosh does Mariska have her eyes and expressions. Awww.
Love her "was" an intelligent woman and she still is !
Many millennia ago, two of our ancient ancestors, Og and Charlie, were sitting around the fire trying this new substance they made out of a plant that they had found. They enjoyed it, but they couldn't decide what to call it.
Finally Charlie said to Og, "Would you like some more?"
Og replied, "No, that's 'snuff."
And Charlie answered, "Oh, that's what it's called." And the name stuck.
Not long after that, s'mores were named as a result of a similar conversation.
Thank you Lois. As an Aussie, I have always been perplexed what s'mores are about when I read the term in novels etc.
@@truerosie Smores are little sandwiches made with a toasted marshmallow and a piece of milk chocolate between two graham crackers. A campfire favorite to accompany ghost stories. The name is actually two words smushed together: some + more = s'more they are so delicious everyone wants some more.
Lois Simmons -Witty!
Lois, you're a lot like me - I love wordplay too!
@@shirleyrombough8173 But likely untrue.
I love it how the ladies wore gloves back then
Very classy
Not everyone could get a manicure.
When I was a little kid, back in the '50s, my mom used to take me with her on the train, to go shopping downtown (there were no department stores in the 'burbs back then). She was always dressed up with high heels, kid gloves and a hat with a veil -- just to go shopping in a department store.
My mistresses still do. Sometimes they are lacy …
Actually Jayne's natural voice was deeper her put on voice was breathy and higher. But in some rare interviews you hear her real voice.
Very true, yes you do, it is so much better hearing and seeing Miss Mansfield being herself and not the ditz she portrayed because that is what she thought was wanted from her.
Twaddles McGee
In her first appearance on this show, she gave a more natural voice. I absolutely loved her whistles on that episode, and in profile she looked, sort of, like Emilia Clarke (Khaleesi).
REST WITH THE ANGELS "JAYNE MANSFIELD"💋💋😍😍😝😝ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS AND SO IS HER DAUGHTER MARISKA!!!
I live close to Biloxi, Mississippi, where she performed at Gus Stevens before she was killed.
“if you know a slinky voluptuous he i wish you’d tell me about that.. back to hollywood martin” 😂 20:41
I don't know if I mentioned it here before or not, but my family spent about a week and a half in the same hotel as Ms.Mansfield, her kids, and puppies. She stayed in her room but the kids (including Ms. Margitay) enjoyed the pool including jumping all over on my teenage brother while the nannies relaxed.
@dorothycordova1678 In what city was that hotel, please?
She is alive in my soul...my incarnation. Ripink
Cool ,she was beautiful 👏👏
Wow! That woman was absolutely gorgeous!!! And actually had a decent hairdo for the period.
Dorothy appears intoxicated, given her slurred first question to JM.
Dorothy is trying so hard to keep it together.
+fishhead06
Poor Dorothy is LOADED.
fishhead06 she died a year later from alcohol and drugs
Not surprised!
The term Mrs Killgallen would use is "over celebrated"
@fishhead She IS keeping it together. Have you read her newspaper column that she wrote that night?
I wonder if these people who used this Transatlantic accent talked that way at home, too, or only when they were in front of the camera.
I randomly came across this video lol and they said my hometown Yonkers ny lol wow
Arlene to Martin, "How many voluptuous, slinky males do you know?"
Tab Hunter !
Martin's reply was Rudolph Valentino. I have no problem with slinky or even sexy, but I am struggling to see how voluptuous would describe Valentino.
Ralph Meeker !
There are lots of voluptuous, slinky males. Eye of the beholder.
Bennett Cerf and I share the same birthday, 66 years apart. I was born about eighteen hours after this episode originally aired.
I think that it was also the birthday of Beverly Sills...I might be off by a day, though...
Dorothy's choices in gowns. This is the third empire style high waistline in a row that Dorothy has put her shape into. I have a vague memory from my childhood TV watching days that my mother wondered if Dorothy were pregnant. That would be a good trick for a 50-year-old journalist.
soulierinvestments
I myself thought she might have been pregnant. Possible at her age but that was the fashion at the time too .
The empire waistline was very lovely, and quite popular!
Dorothy looks gorgeous in any waistline she chooses😊
Perfect fashion if you had a bit of a tummy!
Wow..... her daughter looks some much like her in earlier pictures.... both gorgeous!
Never was a panelist so spectacularly wrong about the sex of the mystery guest LOL
OH YES THEY WERE lol
Watch the clip with Sophie Tucker.
Tomorrow (on the show) would have been Bennett's 66th. Eternally youthful, but died fairly young, at I think the age of 72 or 73.
Yeah, it's sad thinking that when this show aired, he only had around 5-7 years left.. of course Dorothy had much left....
He died at age 73 in 1971, so he still had several years left. His widow died in 2006, so relatively recently.
When the balloon pilot replied, 'seldom' It struck me how infrequently we hear such words now. It seems today's people are stuck on speaking in abbreviation :-)
I know what you mean. The other day I was working on an acrostic puzzle and the word "perhaps" came up. There's a word that isn't used often nowadays.
How about the word "bring", when the word "take" would be more appropriate.
Hard to quantify, but on average Americans are more innumerate than unable to communicate verbally.
Those were the days with classy TV shows.
Sad the way Jayne died three years later.
My how times have changed. We have gone from Bedford Falls to Pottersville.
She only had 3 years I month to live after this who was aired.
4 months after the birth of her daughter Mariska