What's My Line? - Gloria Swanson; Panelists' Spouses (Feb 14, 1965) [W/ COMMERCIALS]

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  • Опубліковано 28 вер 2024
  • This is a special show on several counts. This marks the 15th anniversary of WML, as well as introducing the final version of the WML theme song. We get a truly major star as the first contestant, Gloria Swanson (usually the mystery guests in the first segment are lesser known figures), a clip of an important moment in WML history from 12 years earlier, and one of those precious segments where the spouses of all the panelists show up as mystery guests.
    To make it even more special, this is another of the very rare shows for which I had an alternate copy with original commercials, thanks again to epaddon. Once again, I preserved as much as possible of my original copy due to its much higher a/v quality. But what a treat to have the original commercials in any watchable video quality-- and for such a special episode, too.
    MYSTERY GUEST: Gloria Swanson; Martin Gabel, Jayne Meadows, Richard Kollmar, & Phyllis Cerf
    PANEL: Arlene Francis, Steve Allen, Dorothy Kilgallen, Bennett Cerf
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  • @oobaka1967
    @oobaka1967 4 роки тому +285

    I did a little googling after Arlene mentioned she was happy she still had Martin as her husband. They were married for 40 years until Martin passed in 1986 at the age of 73. 2 years later, Arlene was mugged and had her necklace / pendant stolen that Martin gave her. She was 79 at the time. Imagine how much of a coward you have to be to mug a 79 year old.

    • @LoomingWren
      @LoomingWren 3 роки тому +9

      That’s correct, she was coming out of a taxi and it was ripped off her neck. She became more reclusive after this.

    • @richardpoplis6777
      @richardpoplis6777 3 роки тому +8

      What a piece a crap... mugging a 79 year old women with a dear piece of hers worn money times

    • @richardpoplis6777
      @richardpoplis6777 3 роки тому +38

      @@LoomingWren i hope the same thing happens to him.... that was a special necklace.. worn by arlene many times on the show

    • @pennylane2304
      @pennylane2304 3 роки тому +48

      I often think of the beautiful necklace, and realise that it is still 'somewhere' with hopes that one day it will see the light again and be returned to the original family. Arlene - beautiful soul.

    • @richardpoplis6777
      @richardpoplis6777 3 роки тому +4

      @@pennylane2304 that scumbag that stole that necklace that Arelene tresured needs to rot in hell... she wore that beautiful necklace so many years on whsts my line her husband bought her... a horrible thing

  • @ladyyuna2000
    @ladyyuna2000 2 роки тому +43

    💐💐 RIP Arlene Francis (born Arline Francis Kazanjian)(October 20, 1907 - May 31, 2001)(aged 93), Martin Gabel (June 19, 1911- May 22, 1986)(aged 74), Stephen Valentine Patrick William Allen (December 26, 1921 - October 30, 2000)(aged 78), Dorothy Mae Kilgallen (July 3, 1913 - November 8, 1965)(aged 52), Bennett Alfred Cerf (May 25, 1898 - August 27, 1971)(aged 73) and John Charles Patrick Croghan Daly (February 20, 1914 - February 24, 1991) (aged 77), Gloria May Josephine Swanson (March 27, 1899 - April 4, 1983)(aged 84), Jayne Meadows (born Jane Cotter)( September 27, 1919 - April 26, 2015) (aged 95), Richard Tompkins Kollmar (December 31, 1910 - January 7, 1971)(aged 60) and Phyllis Cerf Wagner (born Helen Brown Nichols)(April 13, 1916 - November 24, 2006)(aged 90) you will truly all be missed and my prayers go out to you all and their families. 💐💐

  • @TheRealMrAndrew
    @TheRealMrAndrew Рік тому +19

    This show concluded decades before I was born, but I love watching it and it never fails to put a smile on my face.

  • @gra-emed3617
    @gra-emed3617 3 роки тому +36

    Gloria Swanson looks younger here than she did on her 1951 appearance. She was Beautiful, glamorous and pure class. I am loving these old episodes! Thank you for sharing! ❤️

  • @kat35lulu88
    @kat35lulu88 2 роки тому +67

    How elegant and sophisticated the way they introduce each other. A time to never be repeated. Even the commercials are beyond comparison.

    • @peterchios9637
      @peterchios9637 Рік тому +7

      Absolutely correct so true great comment.
      ☮️👊

    • @chad3358
      @chad3358 Рік тому +3

      I’m very much a millennial 90s baby and I find 1960s American television very classy. It’s just a shame they didn’t put more people of colour onto the tv.

    • @steviem8466
      @steviem8466 11 місяців тому +1

      How elegant people dressed back in the day, compare to today's sacks of Potatoes!

    • @steviem8466
      @steviem8466 11 місяців тому

      WOKE!@@chad3358

  • @bluecamus5162
    @bluecamus5162 Рік тому +66

    Episode 751 --- holy guacamole! They would be shocked to find that 58 years later they still have a loyal and adoring fan base.

    • @erilindigmaya2707
      @erilindigmaya2707 3 місяці тому +1

      I've only recently discovered WML and I'm absolutely 💯 loving it. What a beautiful treasure! A gift, truly. After watching so many shows I feel like I know them. Yes, WML is a treasure ❤

  • @Lilysnowy5571
    @Lilysnowy5571 6 років тому +95

    Such class and glamour,something that Hollywood lost along the wsy somehow,what an era to live in and experience,those days will never come back,very sad

  • @asteverino8569
    @asteverino8569 Рік тому +8

    Wonderful!
    Glad to be a boomer and understand the character and wit of these shows.

    • @Noone58319
      @Noone58319 Рік тому +2

      And remember it all too. And have that ingrained in our “DNA” too.

  • @shirleyrombough8173
    @shirleyrombough8173 4 роки тому +45

    My favorite panel. I love Steve Allen.

    • @kristabrewer9363
      @kristabrewer9363 3 роки тому +5

      Mine too. I like Martin, but Steve comes first

    • @lopa2828
      @lopa2828 2 роки тому +1

      Mine too

    • @IncogNito-gg6uh
      @IncogNito-gg6uh Рік тому +1

      He was a genius.

    • @bbailey7818
      @bbailey7818 Рік тому +1

      The immortal inventor of the immortal question, 'Is it bigger than a breadbox?"

  • @marioPop76
    @marioPop76 7 років тому +36

    I absolutely love how Jayne Meadows disguised her voice, especially at 22:20.
    By the way, when Steve asked about crazy costumes, Jayne did appear as a mystery guest in the Dec. 21, 1958 episode wearing a Santa costume, including the beard. Okay, it probably wasn't that crazy, but she wore a fake beard.

  • @robbob1234
    @robbob1234 3 роки тому +16

    Anyone else cry when they showed the clip? I love our family.

    • @robbob1234
      @robbob1234 3 роки тому +3

      Ah crap, crying again with the spouses!

  • @jamesr1703
    @jamesr1703 5 років тому +18

    Fascinating! Before the discotheque, there were orchestras. God I feel so young!

  • @bobhayett2376
    @bobhayett2376 3 роки тому +18

    What a PRECIOUS episode!!!

  • @nandofigueira2005
    @nandofigueira2005 2 роки тому +7

    Gloria filled the screen with her feline features, beautiful, glamorous and pure class.

  • @marthab.higgins635
    @marthab.higgins635 Рік тому +5

    I loved this program from the beginning and love it still on UA-cam! Thank you!

  • @SymphonyBrahms
    @SymphonyBrahms 3 роки тому +14

    Gloria Swanson was one of the most glamourous stars in Hollywood history. And she was a great actress as well. Read her autobiography, "Swanson on Swanson". She tells all.

  • @shirleyrombough8173
    @shirleyrombough8173 4 роки тому +14

    John was right. The years have done gently with all of them.

  • @VahanNisanian
    @VahanNisanian 10 років тому +98

    Fun fact: Gloria Swanson was friends with former Beatle John Lennon. She testified on his behalf at his immigration hearing in New York to become permanent resident, which, in 1976, he became.
    Swanson was one of Lennon's neighbors at The Dakota, as were Peter Boyle, Lauren Bacall, and singer Roberta Flack.

    • @hillingwarner1985
      @hillingwarner1985 10 років тому +13

      So did Gilda Radner and her then husband George Edward Smith. Leonard Bernstein and his wife lived there, too, until she died in 1978. Bernstein remained there as a widower.

    • @milenabenton9333
      @milenabenton9333 6 років тому +1

      Vahan Nisanian way

    • @brightstar928
      @brightstar928 4 роки тому +4

      We had it all, just like Bogie and Bacall. Starring in our own late, late show. Sailing away to Key Largo.. 🎵🙂

    • @shirtless6934
      @shirtless6934 Рік тому +1

      She was also old man Joe Kennedy's openly flaunted mistress.

  • @VahanNisanian
    @VahanNisanian 10 років тому +99

    Love this episode. Look how much fun everyone was having. From the host, to the panel, to the Mystery Guest in game 1 and the ones in game 3.
    Sadly, exactly 9 months later, their happiness and laughter turned to tears and sadness.
    The whole family of Dorothy Kilgallen also fell apart after her death. Her husband took his own life in 1971 (I wouldn't doubt that he never got over her death), and her Father, Jim, died in 1982 (Again, I wouldn't doubt that the death of Dorothy made him so heartsick).

    • @janinegaston6068
      @janinegaston6068 10 років тому +17

      I take issue with "The whole family of Dorothy Kilgallen fell apart after her death." Her widower Dick married dress designer Anne Fogarty in 1967. She became his breadwinner. During that period, Jill Kollmar, daughter of Dorothy and Dick, was married to Broadway musical composer Larry Grossman. Jill and Larry had their first and only child in December 1966. Click below for Larry's Wikipedia article that makes him seem like a high achiever when his former father-in-law Dick was married to Anne, hitting it big with the musical Minnie's Boys in 1970. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Grossman_(composer)

    • @libertyann439
      @libertyann439 6 років тому +2

      Miss Dorothy did not have a good night.....

    • @Rosey01222
      @Rosey01222 5 років тому +8

      As sad note to this episode. Yes, Dorothy only had a little over 9 months to live and Bennett Cerf only 6 more years. Cerf died in 1971.

    • @zarabada6125
      @zarabada6125 4 роки тому +6

      @@johndonahue3162 There appear to be quite a few sources out there that claim suicide. However, all the ones I found were either forum posts or publications related to the death of JFK.
      I tend to be a little skeptical of unsourced claims by conspiracy theorists.

    • @perfumeaddict1204
      @perfumeaddict1204 3 роки тому +5

      Kollmar didn't kill himself - he died in his sleep, and he had remarried after Kilgallen's death.

  • @Janine11155
    @Janine11155 7 років тому +17

    All I can say is "Wow" (for Gloria Swanson)

  • @wheninrome345
    @wheninrome345 6 років тому +10

    At 6:42: "Would you consider yourself a leading lady in film?" Hell yeah!! Always and forever.

  • @margaretmcgroarty2152
    @margaretmcgroarty2152 5 років тому +9

    This was the best panel

  • @FermatWiles
    @FermatWiles 4 роки тому +11

    That diskjockey was BEAUTIFUL!

  • @lauracollins4195
    @lauracollins4195 6 років тому +6

    Great anniversary show, lots of fun. Thanks for posting with these classic commercials! :)

  • @ellenbarrett4264
    @ellenbarrett4264 Рік тому +3

    I have so much fun watching WML. Loved watching it all those years ago.

  • @skypuppy7724
    @skypuppy7724 4 роки тому +13

    This is just super - the best game show ever!

  • @2508bona
    @2508bona 10 років тому +24

    Nifty episode indeed, commercials included.

  • @mariehowlett25
    @mariehowlett25 4 місяці тому +1

    I love how the cast members get along so famously they're like a little mini family. Even though I was born in 1984 and I found this great show on UA-cam I watch it every time I can. I get a great laugh out of how the members are trying to figure out someone's secret and when you get the celebrities and they're trying their best not to sound like themselves I get a great big laugh still even when they can't figure them out until like it's almost too late at times this is a wonderful TV show so much better than what they have on now. Rip All of the members of this television show you all are wonderful and inspirational in your own rights.

  • @withonelook1985
    @withonelook1985 3 роки тому +13

    I had the great pleasure of being a neighbor of Miss Swansons when I was a very small child. My grandmother lived two houses down from her in Capo Beach, California. I was only 5 or 6 when she died, but I vividly remember she had the most beautiful Snow White hair I had ever seen in my life

  • @edwinrivera8449
    @edwinrivera8449 8 років тому +26

    Airport 75... Miss Swanson was in that movie playing herself... She was as elegant and beautiful as when she was on What's My Line in 1965.

  • @gugurupurasudaikirai7620
    @gugurupurasudaikirai7620 4 роки тому +14

    I was surprised to see Bennett Cerf acknowledge Hal Block near the end of this even though he was fired from the show 12 years prior. From what I've read about Hal Block I was under the impression that Cerf in particular really didn't like him. Though the show never would have gotten as big as it did without Block's early contribution so maybe Cerf appreciated that later.

    • @debbigray1752
      @debbigray1752 2 роки тому +2

      Cerf was being gracious and inconclusive. Doubt Block had much else bigger to celebrate than that he had been on WML.

  • @VahanNisanian
    @VahanNisanian 10 років тому +14

    They also brought out a TV to show clips during the series finale.

  • @TippyNorth
    @TippyNorth 9 років тому +29

    Swanson looked pretty good here for being almost 66. No idea how common or successful plastic surgery was at the time but I think she actually looks better than her original appearance 15 years earlier. Checking her wikipedia page it seems she became a vegetarian in 1928 so that may have contributed to her being in good shape in her later years.

    • @tomservo56954
      @tomservo56954 7 років тому +7

      The makeup people on SUNSET BOULEVARD had to put wrinkles on Swanson's face to make her look as ravaged by time as the character of Norma Desmond presumably was...

    • @Janine11155
      @Janine11155 7 років тому +2

      she's gorgeous

    • @marjoriemargel1567
      @marjoriemargel1567 7 років тому +3

      It's been said by people in the Industry that Gloria Swanson had seven face lifts during her life!.

    • @4seeableTV
      @4seeableTV 6 років тому +4

      You're looking at a kinescope of a low-resolution TV broadcast. Most people would look good under those conditions.

    • @trinhdangngoc5859
      @trinhdangngoc5859 6 років тому +2

      CrazyWedz Good reminder there!

  • @Beson-SE
    @Beson-SE 10 років тому +10

    At the end of the show John says this was the 751th episode of WML.

  • @savethetpc6406
    @savethetpc6406 10 років тому +76

    Everyone on the show seemed to be having a good time except Miss Clark, the "disc-aire." (sp?) She came across as so serious that it almost seemed as if she really did not want to be there at all. Perhaps she was just nervous. She seemed truly appalled at the idea of having to dance her way off the stage -- and I can't blame her. I love Arlene, but she did have a habit of requesting performances from guests a bit too much. Miss Clark seemed much more relaxed and smiley when she realized that her guest segment was over and she would *not* have to dance offstage after all. She looked perfectly happy while greeting the panelists on her way out.

    • @brigitkelly5317
      @brigitkelly5317 9 років тому +14

      I thought the same thing,

    • @MrAngel53944
      @MrAngel53944 7 років тому +9

      SaveThe TPC She couldn't have been a very fun dj.

    • @markxxx21
      @markxxx21 7 років тому +23

      She plays records in a discotech and she can't answer if her job has anything to do with dancing and music???

    • @jmoss491
      @jmoss491 7 років тому +6

      She was no fun at all. Reminded me of the wooden Indian guy or the fellow who ran the elevator at the Statue of Liberty.

    • @libertyann439
      @libertyann439 6 років тому +36

      well she was black and they asked her to dance and Bennett to whistle DIXIE... a little racist maybe?

  • @VahanNisanian
    @VahanNisanian 10 років тому +13

    And so begins the era of my favorite opening and theme music.
    NOW it is starting to feel like the 1960's.

  • @MrJoeybabe25
    @MrJoeybabe25 7 років тому +13

    Arlene in Glasses! Does not detract one bit from her effervescent beauty.

  • @feralbluee
    @feralbluee 3 роки тому +3

    that actor in the Special K commercial was a good actor. i loved the way he looked at the scale and then transitioned to the cereal. (l hope he got a lot of work - always so up in the air in the business. 🤨)
    and i had no idea 🤷🏻‍♀️ you could have so much of this cereal!!! LOL 🥣😋🌷
    i don’t know why, but i liked all the commercials. forgot about, “ i’d rather fight than switch.” 😋

  • @cornelispeters6626
    @cornelispeters6626 5 років тому +5

    This is só much fun to see!

  • @MrJoeybabe25
    @MrJoeybabe25 10 років тому +13

    I think that's the only time I've seen Arlene with glasses!

  • @loissimmons6558
    @loissimmons6558 5 років тому +17

    I disagree with those who found racism in the treatment of the second challenger, Miss Clark. Arlene frequently tried to inveigle someone, usually a Mystery Guest, to do a few seconds of their act on the show. My guess is that she thought is was flattering to do so. I've done enough singing to know that many singers would be reluctant to perform even a few seconds without their voice having been warmed up. In general, it was the one thing about Arlene that I find annoying.
    I also didn't find anything unusual or different about the panel's questioning of Miss Clark. Having been given the clue that her job didn't exist in 1950, the try to zero in on which jobs would fit that category. They first ask her if it relates to science or technology: nothing racist about that at all. Once they narrowed it down to her actual place of business, it wasn't long (three questions) before they got her line.
    As far as "whistle Dixie" is concerned, it is an old expression. I seriously doubt that John expected Bennett to actually whistle. We don't even know if he can carry a tune. And it certainly isn't music for the latest dances.

    • @dcasper8514
      @dcasper8514 5 років тому +2

      Lois Simmons. relax Lois.

    • @loissimmons6558
      @loissimmons6558 5 років тому +3

      +D Casper
      It's tax season and I am a professional tax preparer (I watch WML while eating and taking a break). So I will relax in two weeks.

    • @bethe192
      @bethe192 4 роки тому +1

      @@dcasper8514 LOL gosh thanks. She/ they has been full of wind for yeeears. My head hurts from eyerolling when I see her comments, smh. Relax, indeed.

    • @moderne-ist1612
      @moderne-ist1612 3 роки тому +1

      Very well stated, Lois Simmons!

    • @richatlarge462
      @richatlarge462 3 роки тому +2

      @@bethe192 Hers (not "theirs") are easily the best comments on this channel, and are one reason I read the comments. Unfortunately I then stumble over some like yours, full of 2020-era revisionism.

  • @VahanNisanian
    @VahanNisanian 10 років тому +10

    The old logo on the sign-in board is still there. It changed a week later.

  • @ChadQuick270W
    @ChadQuick270W 3 роки тому +22

    Arlene just got more beautiful as she aged. She was such a classy lady ❤️

  • @scotnick59
    @scotnick59 9 років тому +24

    Swanson looks and acts far younger than she did in the 195O installment

    • @dcasper8514
      @dcasper8514 5 років тому +1

      Kirk Barkley. Her diet habits shows..

    • @brkitdwn
      @brkitdwn 3 роки тому +1

      She even looked better in the coming years. Fasting and excellent diet.

  • @charlesmeadows6285
    @charlesmeadows6285 6 років тому +6

    Martin Gabel was a frequent guest panelist when CBS once aired WML.

  • @soulierinvestments
    @soulierinvestments 10 років тому +6

    freeze at 12:24 -- one of three places in Sunday Night WML that I know of where Arlene appears with her glasses on. When she hosted “Home” in the mid 50s, she appeared regularly in her eye glasses. Made her look authoritative.

    • @savethetpc6406
      @savethetpc6406 10 років тому +1

      soulierinvestments
      I'm thinking that one of the other times must have been when everyone put glasses on at the end of the show, in solidarity with Fred Allen, who had worn glasses at a fan's suggestion, to hide the bags under his eyes. What was the third time?

    • @soulierinvestments
      @soulierinvestments 10 років тому +3

      Aside == Arlene appeared in her glasses regularly in syndicated WML. The early 1960s episode I am thinking of is when she sunburned her eyes in rehearsal for summer stock and wore sunglasses on that broadcast. Frankly, I think I have forgotten some episodes.

  • @CatherineAKennedy
    @CatherineAKennedy 3 роки тому +4

    such a great show

  • @romeman01
    @romeman01 10 років тому +4

    About 12 years before this show you would have never guessed John Daly's real thoughts. With guest Gloria Swanson on Feb. 14, 1965: "And actually in 1950 Sunset Boulevard brought a nomination for an Academy Award to Miss Swanson. It should have gotten the Oscar, absolutely should have gotten the Oscar." With guest Judy Holliday, winner of the Academy Award for Best Actress in 1950 in Born Yesterday, on July 5, 1953: "Well, I must say, we are very pleased and very proud to have an Oscar winner on What's My Line? ..." What's My Line? Judy Holliday (1953)

    • @terrihenricks4160
      @terrihenricks4160 7 років тому +3

      Which is better remembered today: Gloria Swanson in Sunset Boulevard or Judy Holliday in Born Yesterday? Sunset Boulevard may have been hindered in the Oscar voting because some believed it put Hollywood in a bad light.

    • @jmccracken1963
      @jmccracken1963 6 років тому +5

      +Terri henricks Not only that, although such Hollywood moguls as Louis B. Mayer did, indeed, think that about "Sunset Boulevard," but 1950 was also a strong year for the movies, particularly "All About Eve." Which of its many Academy Awards should that film NOT have won?
      And there were FIVE strong performances at play in the Best Actress category that year, not only Gloria Swanson in "Sunset Boulevard" and Judy Holliday in "Born Yesterday," but also Bette Davis in "All About Eve," Anne Baxter in "All About Eve," and Eleanor Parker in "Caged." Any one of the five could have won, and would have deserved to have won. I've seen all four movies, and they're very good films, and those five actresses are very, very good in those films.
      Gloria Swanson was actually performing on Broadway in "Twentieth Century" in early 1951 - including the night of the Academy Awards presentation. Her co-star in "Twentieth Century" was Jose Ferrer, who won Best Actor that year for his performance in "Cyrano de Bergerac." The two of them and Judy Holliday (who was making a New York-based film at the time) were at a party at La Zambra in New York City, listening to the Academy Awards on the radio. When the winner of the Best Actress award was about to be announced, Gloria Swanson leaned over and whispered in Judy Holliday's ear, "One of us is about to be very happy, my dear." And she was right - and very gracious and professional (in the best sense of the word) to have done so.....

    • @preppysocks209
      @preppysocks209 4 роки тому +1

      @@jmccracken1963 Yes, Daly was an equal opportunity complimenter of who was deserving of the 1950 Oscar for Best Actress. Three of these actresses appeared at least 3 times as MG. Swanson appeared in an intervening episode between 1950 and 1965 and she was referenced there as having been a MG in 1950 as well. Bette Davis appeared as MG multiple times, the first time is reported to have been the occasion that meant the end of Hal Block's run. Judy Holliday appeared and twice was asked to speaka in her voice from Born Yesterday. And although Anne Baxter was never an MG to my knowledge, her grandfather was one of the most memorable MGs -- Frank Lloyd Wright, whose daughter was Baxter's mother.

  • @brigitkelly5317
    @brigitkelly5317 9 років тому +12

    born Stephen Valentine Patrick William Allen......I had to look up Arlene's comment about Steve Allen, when I discovered that one of his middle names is Valentine.

  • @randylovering24
    @randylovering24 6 років тому +8

    The funniest mystery guests of all time

  • @call2872
    @call2872 4 роки тому +7

    Probably most of us remember Gloria Swanson more than the winner of Best Actress that year. She was phenomenal in Sunset Boulevard. A true masterpiece and commentary on a less happy side of Hollywood.
    It's a delight we get to see these old episodes, which otherwise we don't get to see stars of yesteryears.

    • @shirtless6934
      @shirtless6934 Рік тому

      Gloria Swanson did not win the Oscar that year. They said so in the show.

    • @ChrisHansonCanada
      @ChrisHansonCanada 2 місяці тому

      @@shirtless6934 That wasn't what was stated. The commenter said we remember Gloria more than the actress who won the Best Actress Oscar the year that Gloria was nominated.

  • @magicsenna3455
    @magicsenna3455 2 роки тому +3

    Gloria Swanson est définitivement mon actrice préférée de l'époque du muet. Sans oublier qu'elle fût éblouissante dans "Boulevard du Crépuscule"... ❤

  • @dalabaso428
    @dalabaso428 9 років тому +11

    That live episode was aired on February 14, 1965 [Which is exactly 50 days and 1 day ago]: there was indeed the What's My Line? 15th Anniversary Show, hosted by: John Charles Daly on CBS Primetime. What a amazing classic anniversary episode, indeed.

    • @HelloooThere
      @HelloooThere 2 роки тому

      Sounded like Johnny Olsen said it was the 16th year right before introducing the panel.

    • @rmelin13231
      @rmelin13231 Рік тому

      @@HelloooThere "Beginning" their 16th year, which is accurate. Just semantics.

    • @HelloooThere
      @HelloooThere Рік тому

      @@rmelin13231 Understood, Commander!

  • @marioPop76
    @marioPop76 6 років тому +13

    I just finally noticed how Bennett got startled when his wife said "NOOOooooo" at about 22:49. 😜

  • @poetcomic1
    @poetcomic1 9 років тому +28

    Gloria Swanson never smoked, ate health foods, exercised religiously and looked GREAT.

    • @Ransomhandsome
      @Ransomhandsome 7 років тому +6

      poetcomic1
      Actually, GS smoked for years.

    • @rtususian
      @rtususian 5 років тому +6

      I remember reading somewhere that when Gloria was a guest on The Beverly Hillbillies, either Nancy Kulp or Buddy Ebsen said she would talk about the dangers of eating sugar to the cast and the crew.

    • @scotnick59
      @scotnick59 4 роки тому

      @@Ransomhandsome yes

    • @carolv8450
      @carolv8450 4 роки тому

      rtususian / Smart lady, before her time!!

    • @poetcomic1
      @poetcomic1 4 роки тому +1

      @@Ransomhandsome Her health concerns came later in life.

  • @phtevlin
    @phtevlin 6 років тому +46

    WML was one of the very few programs of the time that presented black people in roles other than those of servants or buffoons.

    • @Sokx41
      @Sokx41 4 роки тому +2

      The repeated mention of the word "Watusi" refers to an African "tribe" and a dance that could be associated African-Americans. It might be considered racist considering the mid-sixties political environment.

    • @midnightmilkman1
      @midnightmilkman1 4 роки тому +3

      She was a female DJ how awesome

    • @robertfiller8634
      @robertfiller8634 4 роки тому +1

      @DC PARODIES What do you mean? Explain yourself!

    • @twinsonic
      @twinsonic 4 роки тому

      @DC PARODIES Idiot!

    • @magnificentfailure2390
      @magnificentfailure2390 4 роки тому

      @DC PARODIES Yeah, that's not what racist means.

  • @KevinDee007
    @KevinDee007 5 років тому +35

    Awesome penmanship! Why don't they teach that stuff in school anymore?

    • @Deejaay83urj38
      @Deejaay83urj38 3 роки тому +2

      Yes, I always take note of the signatures. Every Thursday we had to do a sample of copybook writing at night. And every letter better be perfect. Or next day it had to be repeated. I have written in copulate my whole idea, from school education

    • @molly-blue7822
      @molly-blue7822 3 роки тому +6

      When computers came into schools, it was determined that WE would no longer be writing in longhand. My son writes in a combination of script and print. He's 35 now and they weren't teaching script back when he was in 2nd grade. Most kids struggle with decipering script or cursive when they see it. I think that's just a shame myself. We used to get penmanship medals as awards when I was in grade school in the 60s.

    • @MsMarple
      @MsMarple 11 місяців тому

      Yes, it’s a shame. You should see my mom’s beautiful signature at nearly 96! I’ve always related penmanship to character since it does say something about our’s, sometimes rather obviously. Perhaps it’s really like throwing out the baby with the bath water 💦 in that having thrown morals out, we could hardly expect them to keep the penmanship. 🧐😏

    • @ChrisHansonCanada
      @ChrisHansonCanada 2 місяці тому

      They're too busy teaching them that they should be the opposite gender.

  • @ChrisHansonCanada
    @ChrisHansonCanada 2 місяці тому +1

    *_PLAYS RECORDS FOR DANCING IN DISCOTHEQUE NIGHTCLUB_*
    Only one non-mystery guest in this episode. A rarity for the show.

  • @tomservo56954
    @tomservo56954 8 років тому +4

    This was a taped show...likely when Steve Allen flew in from California on a bi-weekly basis to tape two episodes of I'VE GOT A SECRET at a time.

    • @ronflatter1235
      @ronflatter1235 5 років тому +1

      Oh, not so on this episode. It was live.

  • @chrisaustin813
    @chrisaustin813 3 роки тому +2

    Best Special K commercial ever

  • @hoyboys1000
    @hoyboys1000 5 років тому +5

    Dorothy Mae Kilgallen (July 3, 1913 - November 8, 1965)

  • @soulierinvestments
    @soulierinvestments 10 років тому +23

    Cerfs and Kollmars married in 1940. Gabels married in 1946. Allens married in 1954. Daly was in the fifth year of his second marriage.

    • @MrJoeybabe25
      @MrJoeybabe25 10 років тому +18

      All of the panelists and John were on their second marriage, except Dorothy.

    • @soulierinvestments
      @soulierinvestments 10 років тому +1

      good point

  • @MrJoeybabe25
    @MrJoeybabe25 10 років тому +6

    It was nice to mention Hal Block. What was he doing in 1964? I'm sorry they didn't mention Fred Allen, but maybe they thought that might be a downer on the celebration. Now...on to another 15 years! Can you imagine the same cast in 1980? YIKES!

    • @Bigbadwhitecracker
      @Bigbadwhitecracker 10 років тому +2

      Yes, it would have been nice to have hal on as a mystery guest at some point. No mention of Louis U. unfortunately.

    • @CarloQuinto
      @CarloQuinto 9 років тому +5

      Joe Postove Yes, I was so happy that Hal got a mention and that Bennett said he was missed. Would have been nice for him to make an appearance but I guess that would have been too much to ask..

    • @TyrSkyFatherOfTheGods
      @TyrSkyFatherOfTheGods 8 років тому +2

      +Joe Postove Especially Bennett and Dorothy! By 1980, they were REALLY showing their age!

    • @RayNDeere
      @RayNDeere 7 років тому +2

      Considering how Hal's departure from the show wasn't too harmonious, I would have doubted he would have showed.

    • @loissimmons6558
      @loissimmons6558 5 років тому +1

      +Joe Postove
      He had left show business. By 1960 he worked in the investment business, but no specifics on what type of job.

  • @FlockOfHawks
    @FlockOfHawks 3 роки тому +1

    Well edited , perfect transitions between the two sources 👍
    ( Highly addictive white powder in the Tareyton tip ? Creative use of cocaine ? )

  • @kristabrewer9363
    @kristabrewer9363 3 роки тому +3

    Hal Block called? WOW! I didn't think he'd want any more to do with the show

  • @geraldinepayne2951
    @geraldinepayne2951 3 роки тому +3

    This is one of my favorites, Martin Gable looks so thin. In Arlene mentioned in her book that Martin had a life long weight problem. It's good to see her flirt with her husband for a change.

  • @charlesmeadows6285
    @charlesmeadows6285 6 років тому +2

    At that time,Steve Allen hosted I’ve Got A Secret-the show which revealed all,something Johnny Olson said years later.

  • @MrJoeybabe25
    @MrJoeybabe25 7 років тому +6

    Whatever happened to the WML panel and desk (where John sat)? If Archie Bunker's chair can be in the Smithsonian, I hope this set is preserved somewhere. Did they use the same set on the syndicated version?

    • @dalekelly7639
      @dalekelly7639 4 роки тому +2

      Kramer has it.

    • @lemorab1
      @lemorab1 Рік тому

      I have also asked and tried to find out where the WML panel and John's desk plus all the chairs are. They should be in the Smithsonian.

  • @henkehaandersson
    @henkehaandersson 8 років тому +6

    gloria was great.

  • @fredflintstone1109
    @fredflintstone1109 6 років тому +7

    Dorothy passed that same year. 😪

    • @curtisgriffith2861
      @curtisgriffith2861 3 роки тому +1

      Yes I do recommend the Trace Evidence podcast :Dorothy Kilgallen it spreads a light on her death that would seem more like she was silenced rather than a simple overdose

  • @capecod50s
    @capecod50s 7 місяців тому

    The panelists have hardly aged. ❤

  • @randylovering24
    @randylovering24 6 років тому +4

    They did the wives and husbands of the panel on Xmas day 1960

  • @jamesabrams6908
    @jamesabrams6908 11 місяців тому +1

    The Webster's definition of 'urbane' should have a photo of John Charles Daly as illustration.

  • @southkee6
    @southkee6 7 років тому +12

    Gloria Swanson looks younger here than she did in 1950!

  • @orgonkothewildlyuntamed6301
    @orgonkothewildlyuntamed6301 9 років тому +4

    amazing Walgreen's has been around that long i call them the "rain check store"

    • @neilmidkiff
      @neilmidkiff 8 років тому +2

      Walgreen's dates back to 1901 as a single drug store in Chicago, expanding to 44 stores in the mid-1920s in the Midwest region, and 601 stores in 30 states by 1934. They're now trying to buy out Rite Aid, if the government will allow it.

    • @loissimmons6558
      @loissimmons6558 5 років тому

      +Neil Midkiff
      And it appears that the government did allow it. Some of the Rite Aid stores near me closed; others remained open and still retained the Rite Aid name.

  • @slcutus
    @slcutus Рік тому +1

    Jane Meadows was so glamorous.

  • @tugginalong
    @tugginalong 2 роки тому +1

    Interesting things about fashion and what’s fashionable. I like the ladies hair when they were younger.

  • @magnificentfailure2390
    @magnificentfailure2390 4 роки тому +1

    How have I not clicked the damn thumb before tonight?

  • @jimwheeler4482
    @jimwheeler4482 6 років тому +4

    OMG! Bennett! The Watusi !?
    Geez! At least the lady smiled at that.
    BTW..Hal Block was just fired for being too crass, thus the well wishes from Allen and Bennett Cerf.

  • @berfunkle4588
    @berfunkle4588 Рік тому +2

    Everyone's so well dressed.

  • @taraxacum
    @taraxacum 4 роки тому +4

    Things have certainly changed since the 50's when the were so disdainful of that new-fangled rock and roll.

    • @rtususian
      @rtususian 4 роки тому +1

      I cringe when Bennett Cerf asked an 8-year-old boy musician if he liked rock n roll and the kid said he didn't like it and Bennett was so happy. YUCK.

    • @robbob1234
      @robbob1234 3 роки тому

      @@rtususian The fad lasted longer than Bennett could have dreamed, but its day has passed now.

    • @rtususian
      @rtususian 3 роки тому +1

      @@robbob1234 Bennett passed in 1971, so he was around for the late 60s music scene...wonder what he thought of the loud rock music then? I wonder if he liked the Beatles? I'm thinking maybe cause some of their songs were "gentle" like "Here Comes the Sun" and not all of them were loud. If you watch a lot of the 1964-65-66-67 episodes, you get a feeling that the panelists are getting older and getting out of touch with what is going on with the music scene and the world of culture. To me, they start to come off as being snobbish in these later episodes. Their world is changing and you can see that they don't like some of it. In fact, i just remembered, a young contestant responded "Yeah, man" to Dorothy Kilgallen and she became very angry, and Dorothy responded, "I'm not a man!". I think it was the only time I saw a panelist on this show get visibly upset by a contestant!!

  • @MrJoeybabe25
    @MrJoeybabe25 10 років тому +5

    Phyllis Cerf was nearly 20 years younger than her husband.

    • @Beson-SE
      @Beson-SE 10 років тому +2

      She looked younger than in her earlier appearance 1960. Could have been the modern hair style

    • @MrJoeybabe25
      @MrJoeybabe25 9 років тому +3

      ***** I try to listen to my heart. But after awhile, the thump thump thump thump thump thump gets a little tiresome.

    • @Celisar1
      @Celisar1 9 років тому +2

      @RetroGuy: A big age difference was- of course- only common with the men being much older. If you are so much in favour of listening to ones heart you surely wouldn't mind a woman 20 years your senior??

  • @rucksackzen
    @rucksackzen 4 роки тому +4

    Broadcast on the day I was born, Sunday, February 14, 1965.

    • @bryanstorm8291
      @bryanstorm8291 4 місяці тому

      Fun for those of us born on a Sunday to find the episode of the day. On my birthday, Bennett even mentioned my hometown - Youngstown, Ohio.

  • @franklesser5655
    @franklesser5655 3 роки тому +1

    This must have been before Granny arranged for Gloria Swanson's comeback back in Bugtussell.

  • @jackseward7779
    @jackseward7779 Рік тому +2

    Mr. Daly asked Mr. Cerf to whiatle Dixie so that the black disco lady could dance over. Guess he was a bit tone-deaf (even for 1965).

    • @angelface925
      @angelface925 Рік тому

      I'm not disagreeing with you, but I think it was more of a jab at how they were old fashioned and didn't know any disco music. But I can see how it could come off that way! 😅

  • @mistergrandpasbakery9941
    @mistergrandpasbakery9941 5 років тому +3

    I love the Special K commercial. That's what I eat every morning! 😋

  • @djdon60
    @djdon60 6 років тому +1

    I, just, jumped here, from a 1950 telecast; Ms. Swanson`s first appearance. Wait, though...doo-doo-dee-doo,doo-doo-dee-doo, etcetera, with the same, animated ``open``, is the FINAL version, of the WML theme song, I recall, at least.

  • @TheLightFish
    @TheLightFish 8 місяців тому +1

    I AM big! It's the pictures that got small!

  • @randylovering24
    @randylovering24 8 років тому +4

    the 15th anniversary show

  • @kasperjoonatan6014
    @kasperjoonatan6014 5 років тому +8

    "plays records for dancing in discotheque" so a dj 😃

    • @zarabada6125
      @zarabada6125 4 роки тому +1

      That is what Dorothy asked.
      Disk jockey = DJ

    • @dalekelly7639
      @dalekelly7639 4 роки тому

      She used the term "disc-kair", which I've never heard before. 16:45. Dorothy used the more familiar DJ.

  • @quirkyquips9915
    @quirkyquips9915 5 років тому +5

    Shady Arlene. I love it! The last spouse episode Steve Allen had a different spouse. Her "I'm just glad I still have mine!" was a dig. The look on Jayne Meadow's face said it all.

    • @reno1uest
      @reno1uest 5 років тому +10

      The last all spouse episode had Tony Randall in that 2nd chair not Steve Allen. And, it took place in 1960 (I just watched it right before this one). Had Steve Allen been on that episode as well, it would have been with Jayne Meadows as his wife since they married in 1954.

  • @cherylroumillat3660
    @cherylroumillat3660 Рік тому

    Precious Memories Sweetheart's. ⚘🎚🥳🎉🍑⭐🦋🥰

  • @Sylvander1911
    @Sylvander1911 5 років тому +2

    First and only time Hal Block was mentioned since his firing.

  • @kevinw9073
    @kevinw9073 5 років тому +2

    GREAT TV!

  • @estebannemo1957
    @estebannemo1957 4 роки тому +4

    I love the past. Hate today.

  • @soulierinvestments
    @soulierinvestments 10 років тому +10

    Wat -tootsie. Bennett, don't confuse the dance with Dustin Hoffmann's movie, "Tusi."

    • @2508bona
      @2508bona 10 років тому +3

      Toot, toot, wa-tootsie, goodbye! 😆

  • @dariawells7438
    @dariawells7438 2 роки тому +6

    Arlene needs to lay off the guests - she's always asking them to perform like trained animals: ""Will you just show us this?" or whatever. They're already nervous and this may be their first time on television. Give them a break. This is why I like Dorothy better. Arlene seemed like a bit of an aggressive snob.
    Steve Allen was incredibly gallant in saving the guest Arlene was bullying into showing them dance moves by making a little joke as to why the guest couldn't perform.

    • @lorraineb.4698
      @lorraineb.4698 7 місяців тому

      Most of the guests seem to refuse her request.

  • @frankprovasek5394
    @frankprovasek5394 5 років тому +3

    11:00 Kinescope of a kinescope.

  • @zakwinduss
    @zakwinduss Рік тому +1

    Gloria Swanson (Sunset Boulevard) lost out on the Oscar to Judy Holliday (Born Yesterday). It was a shocker at the time as Born Yesterday was a comedy and Judy was considered least likely to win as also nominated was Bette Davis (All About Eve) - but the theory goes that Bette and Gloria split votes and in a way cancelled each other out allowing Judy to come in and take the Oscar.

  • @Merrida100
    @Merrida100 6 років тому +2

    I miss the old original theme song and intro