This is my Grandfather, Master Sgt Peter Lomagistro. He was an amazing man, who lived a long life, yet towards the end was only able to remember the horrific aspects of war, when he was able to remember anything at all. I love to watch this video, and remember the happy, funny man, he once was able to be. Toughest man I have ever met...ever....
+Scott Lomagistro -- I was fascinated by the beautiful name when he wrote it. When I was a kid in the '50s in Ohio, the skirt blowing machine would entertain people for hours. Good clean fun.
I wish I had a video of my long lost father. At the age of 7 my father was lost in a fatal auto accident. Your grandfather shown here is the exact twin of his. My god I'll show my mother tonight. I'm now 57 years old a wish nothing but happiness.
Thank you for posting this. 1958 was the year you first saw women's hairstyles that had been set in rollers. Arlene is sporting this brand new look, a "bubble" hairdo. Sandra Dee made it famous in "A Summer Place," released in 1959. Dorothy's hair is still being set and styled in a more "fifties" look.
The Whats my line cast would go after doing the show and bowl at Falaise a private estate in Sands Point Long Island NY. The ex chicken coupe was made into a 2 lane bowling alley. The estate was of the late Capt. Harry F Guggenheim. My grand father and great uncle and I all worked their for a great man. He always treated his help well.
"I would say this: That there is an element of application here in the performance of the service insofar as is necessary for Peter to have contact with the inanimate something which moves that he touches." .... Nobody crafts a sentence like John Daly ;)
Ahhh. You have not watched “Yes Minister”/“Yes Prime Minister” and the creative ways Sir Humphrey could speak English. If you want a laugh look up some clips on UA-cam.
I just watched an episode of To Tell The Truth and Tom Poston gave a long, drawn out sentence. Then said something like John Daly isn’t the only one who can do it.
I think the reason that this man was such an amusing contestant was that he was so enthusiastic in his answers: "I do!" "I do not!", etc. He must have really enjoyed his job!
I applied for his job when he retired,the interviewer to me I would have to go to Lands End I said "Is that where the interviews are being held ?" he said " No that's the end of the Queue".
I think it’s also the fact that he answered in a variety of ways (“That’s right”, “Correct”, “They do” &c.) with that intonation you mention. I don’t think it’s so much that he really enjoyed his job in particular, which likely became rather mundane in itself, but that he enjoyed life in general and really fed off the audience’s, host’s and panel’s responses.
There are people who just love their jobs that no amount of $$ can replace. I had an old neighbor back in HS who passed away in his sleep and all he did for 40 years was turn on the roller coaster at the nearby carnival. Told us many times he won't want to do anything else, and will do it until he dies. Indeed, he did.
If you look into why she did it's quite shocking. She had gotten an exclusive interview with Jack Ruby in prison, and told everyone that she had gotten an amazing story and was going to break open the truth about the Kennedy assassination to the whole world. She ended up dead, and all of her notes taken and never found again.
So fun when the guest is clearly having a good time! His delivery is part of it; the mischievous smile and twinkling eyes were most entertaining. Wish we had shows like this today!
Social justice warriors today would have a field day deriding this contestant as sexist and abusive. They would fail to see the humor in him or his job.
I don't see the humor in it, and never did. For women, anyway. I see what men liked about it, but i don't think most women in the 50s wanted to show their underwear to strangers.
@@ammaleslie509Lighten up!! It was just a bit of fun at an Amusement park, why can't people today just see it for what it was.All this woke crap today started with the "political correctness" movement. You Americans have a lot to aslnswer for!
The clarification by Dorothy about what part of New York City was she referring to is the long continuing problem that even NYC dwellers have in describing what is the City of New York. Since 1898, the City of NY has consisted of the 5 Boroughs or Counties comprising the unified City of NY-New York County ( Borough of Manhattan), Kings County( Borough of Brooklyn), Queens County and Borough, Bronx County and Borough, and Richmond County ( Borough of Staten Island).
She was great. Did you know she quite publicly doubted the conclusions of Warren Report on President JFK’s assassination and was shortly found dead by what was reported as an accidental overdose combination of alcohol and barbiturates.
Andrews: These services you perform....would I enjoy them? Peter: DEFINITELY! Andrews: And could you do those services for either of the two young ladies in the panel Peter: I MOST CERTAINLY COULD! LMFAO!!
Sadly, these skirt puffing machines have all but disappeared from amusement parks, likely as a result of fewer women wearing skirts and objections from feminist snowflakes. I operated one in 1969 (17, just before the Army) and none on the receiving end ever complained. The few objections always came from uninvolved third-parties.
The brilliant Bennett Cerf came within an ace of it at the end, "blowing the wind in the tunnel of love" in the blizzard of flying theories as the time wound up.
His wrangling with Bennett was my favorite part of the show. Once, one of them spoke a line from a classical Greek play... in the original... and the other one understood.
I don't know if it was true for What's My Line, but in a media studies class a few years ago, I remember we watched a documentary that said (among other things) the problem with old, single sponsor game shows was that many of them were actually fake/scripted. Contestants were told the answers ahead of time and it was decided who would "win" and who would "lose." Again, I'm NOT saying definitely that it was the case for this particular game show, but if it was true for other shows, it's possible it could be true for this one as well. If you do a Google search for: "single sponsor" "game show" scandal (with quotes), you'll probably find what I'm talking about.
alvallac21 As a kid in the 70s, I read the what’s my line book (wish I had it now, it’s super expensive used on amazon) by the producer. Once in a blue moon, in the early days, they would give Steve Allen on the panel a ‘lead’, a hint that if he went in a certain direction he would get laughs. It was not in any way to help him or anyone else solve it, quite the contrary. I think of the one where they had a young lady on who worked on zippers, and Steve’s question, “Well would every young woman who works in an office know how to work one of these?” sent the audience into howls of laughter. I don’t know if that’s one where they gave him a direction to head in for laughs, but they never gave any panelist the answer. And he said in the book after the quiz show scandal of the late 50s broke, they even stopped doing that. So the three regulars (Dorothy, Arlene and Bennett) really were that clever. Bennett was very good at nailing voices of mystery guests, and with sports guests. Dorothy could follow trails like the investigative reporter she was. And Arlene was super intuitive. They really were a deadly combination and it’s why they were so rarely stumped. It’s too bad they never really found a great fourth panelist after Steve Allan left for his own show and Fred Allen passed away. Tony Randal was probably my favorite of the subs, and Arlene’s husband guesting was always fun.
Thank you for this clip. I laughed so hard my family asked what was so funny. I worked in Playland from 1974 - 1976 summers as the Cotton Candy Girl, and the Waffles and Ice Cream Girl (seriously). Mr. Lomagistro was no longer there by then but I would give anything to have met him. Scott, you were very blessed to have him in your life.
The sponsors used to run the content and the network was more like UA-cam where they network didn't procure and choose the content, but just deliver it. This changed when the FCC chairman told the networks that *they* need to run the network. This is according to an Andy Griffith interview. After that statement, the networks became leaders of setting content, rather than servants to the sponsors. The networks didn't know they had the power to lead, since the airwaves we're seen as their property. They they began to capitalize their business like the motion picture industry and try new shows from writers and producers. With that, the industry changed and content improved and evolved (and the sponsors loved it). The network would go forward and look mostly at viewership rather than ask sponsors to fund a show and make decision regarding content (remember announcers would say long ago "brought to you by...").
I love how Mr Lomagistro barks out his answers at the panel! On one side you have the witty urbanity and polished manners of the panel and on the other the blunt, never mind the baloney abruptness of a hardened military veteran. In a sense it's like mixing oil and water but in this case everything blends beautifully and very entertainingly. I also love how non PC the whole thing is to the delicate sensibilities of much of our modern society. They knew how to let their hair down in those days and have fun without all the tight lipped pseudo political nonsense. RIP Peter Lomagistro and thank you for your service.
Bennet Cerf is sneaky and clever: when he asks 'athletics or entertainment?', he knows that a contestant will fall into the trap of saying which it is. Also, he reads the audience's laughter when he uses the word 'titillating' - they were clearly titillated in a way that was surely risque in 1958. A great show with a very simple format that allowed people to think and talk in a witty, suspenseful way.
Dorothy Kilgallen was the most insightful and best panel member. Time and again she would either find the answer - almost eerily - or as she did here, ask questions which led to it. I am really in awe of her. I know that Frank Sinatra famously had a long-running feud with her and mocked her in his acts. It is really a black mark on Sinatra's character and legacy that he was so easily upset by this brilliant woman.
inkyguy It's very similar to Trump and Hillary. Despite their great success in their field, some men seem threatened by accomplished women for some reason. I think it will sadly be a good while yet before we have a female president.
I don't know, Bennett Cerf figured it out fairly often (even if one question too late). Dorothy's questions may have frequently got them (or her) on the right track, but also frequently tended to get way too complex and make it harder to figure out.She overthought things way too much. Also, even Arlene figured out Dorothy's dad in one episode just before Dorothy did.
@@brch2 in a media's created society of lies.. With media's technology... The end of the Kennedy Oz enigma begins with Dorothy death and the monkey virus.. The media's mandella effect is A Oz enigma to Os enigma... The original Kennedy story was an Oz enigma.. Due to Mandela lies.. Kennedy Os enigma.. Mandela effect stands for media's altering Perceptions of the past... The Kennedy Oz homage to three dead Disney associates and Dorothy and monkey virus... Media's rule earth in lies and Illusions.. Humans first lie they learn is media's santa clause.. Using parents to lie to THIER offspring..
Oh really? So sexual harassment masked as entertainment is 'intelligent'? I think not. We know better now than we did then. Less ignorance in some respects. Unfortunately there are plenty of people who happily wallow in ignorance, and others who can't afford the time to educate themselves, but we still are better off all around, regardless. (We only need get rid of those who happily spew ignorance, like our leaders for the moment, for instance.)
It requires a certain level of intelligence to take a joke. If they can live through and laugh at the concept of some skirts being lifted then it's fine. Offense is only taken and never given. We could really do with some politically incorrect and light-hearted comedy like in the old days.
Just out of curiosity, I did a Google search on this guest. He passed away in 2007. He was awarded a Bronze Star during World War II. Sad. He lived a nice long life though (b. 1919) and made for a perfect guest on "What's My Line?".
Can't he be both? Does a man really have to appear tough to be tough? (Not to seem insulting; sorry if I do appear that way. Just that I really hate macho stereotypes.)
I wonder how those involved would have reacted back then if you told them ‘ over 60 years from now people (lots of people) will be interested enough to sit and watch this segment right through and find it entertaining on its own terms’.
I bet they would have been delighted to know that, probably with a hint of doubt but delighted nonetheless. I myself just happened to come across this old show this year during lockdown. :) I love it!
They would respond "Isn't that whats so? Folks sitting at home and in these stands behind watching this performance of wit and comedy, purely for pleasure and close interactive enjoyment".
I don’t ever remember seeing a show like this in Australia 🇦🇺 but I think they should bring back this show, much better than these reality (non-reality) rubbish shows they have these days - an innocent genuine laugh 😁😂🤣 ❤️
The best and most amusing guest ever on WML. I love how John, the emcee, looked after Peter's first answer and other answers, of course. He lived to be 87 years old and actually served in the Army during WWII, earning a Bronze Star. And his grandson below (Scott Lomagistro) speaks of his sad memory, only remembering the horrific aspects of war. I wondered what he meant and received an answer after reading his obituary, stating that any contributions be made The Alzheimer's Association. So sad, so ad.
Extremely intelligent speaking people while on a game show! How far, society has declined . Look how regal everyone on the show, dressed each week; tuxedos and formal dresses
What a nice norm! With manners and speech to go with it. ... not anymore, over 60 years hence. For some reason, when humanity hits a peak, it declines, instead of maintaining a beneficial high standard.
John Daly wanted it that way and so that's the way it was. It's not an indictment on modern times that the host of a show from the 50s had a particular idea of how he wanted the show to me and got his way. There may be more vulgarity on television these days, but that's just one aspect of society. Personally, I think it's better to live at a time when women aren't so subservient to their husbands, when mental ill-health is something people aren't afraid to acknowledge, etc.
i must admit that i had a big smile on my face the entire appearance. hands down the most amusing guest and i have seem almost all. i was impressed by him and even more now, now that it appears he is a war veteran. love this guy. simply wonderful
I've met very few people under the age of 40 who even know what a Mid-Atlantic accent is. And fewer still who know what Upper Received Pronunciation accent is.
I was 14 when this aired and may have seen it back then, my parents let me stay up late! It was on at 10:30 PM Sunday night in NYC. It was a fun and lighthearted way to be amused by famous, and not so famous, people. I am so glad these old TV shows are available on You Tube. I have watched this one two or three times. Your grandfather was a nice man.
My favorite part of this game is at 8:35 when he tricks Dorothy into asking a question that required a "no" answer. Great timing. Mr. Lomagistro was a great guest.
@@freeguy77 ah, the wind city. Well as it were, I hardly believe women wear skirts, they need to feel akin to a man and never want to feel attractive to fit into current societies ideals. I find more poor people with dresses than rich...as though this is some lost symbol of merit. And not a comfort in the winter, and an extra breeze in the summer since skirts were flowing and let air circulate throughout giving the wearer a pleasure of staying cool and formal.
@@WitchKing-Of-Angmar Such nonsense. Men and women are equal and really no one wears trousers for any other reasons than it being very practical and comfortable.
Kilgallen was a master of leading questions that were vague enough that she wouldn't receive a "no" answer but would gain information by John's explanation. Daly and the other contestants tolerated it, because nothing was at stake (each contestant got a fixed fee for appearing, regardless of the score), and because Kilgallen was popular with viewers.
And in the end, it turned out the show was rigged. Funny how the panel on this guest was so far afield of what he did they looked hopeless, until Kilgallen pulled the amusement park out of her ass and Cerf goes right for the wind machine when they were still miles away? This show and I've Got A Secret got in hot water when it was discovered the panels were given "hints" ahead of time.
Tom Barrister ... Kilgallen was murdered a year or two after this video. She was also a respected columnist,...and she was working/investigating on the JFK murder.
This was hysterical, I was laughing out loud. Plus this man spoke so clearly and loud..loved it. This episode was the loudest of all the others. Usually I have to turn my volume on loud this time I didn't. Thank you for this wonderful upload. :)
This version of the show requires so much more intelligence than the version on television today. Today's version has the panel behaving so much more juvinile, which is pervasive throughout our current culture.
It's been an anti-intellectual society ever since. Back then it was space race and no social promotions in school. You earned it and the best and brightest were highly desired, not diversity for the sake of diversity.
With the exception of Dorothy, these people wouldn't get past the first round of Jeopardy. You're confusing intelligence with social niceties. As evidenced by David's assumption that diversity has no benefit in itself, when everything from food to housing is a product of it.
@@tiawilliams5690 I voted up David, and after your comment I voted for you also. You both have valid points, and David was so into smarts ( that's necessary !) that he kinda got carried away. And I might remind you that different to be different is not correct either. Different to contribute something different is what you had in mind perhaps.
It was a great show but only worked because of erudite and articulate people like Daly, Cerf, et. al. It would be very difficult to assemble a comparable cast from our population these days.
+wholeNwon agreed--networks would not be able to find one literate classy person in the entertainment industry if the show was resurrected (maybe Meryl Streep).
There must be some! There are always young musicians coming up in ALL genres. Hip hop may have replaced rock & roll in some populations, but far from all, and unfortunately, it's too stuck in its gangsta roots to reach its potential as an agent of change in the foreseeable future. There are plenty of movie stars with brains and a keen awareness of today's world issues. George Clooney and Leo DiCaprio come immediately to mind. I haven't heard Meryl Streep discuss world affairs, but she's a GREAT actress. I don't watch much TV, though.
Cerf was a publisher and humorist, Kilgallen was a newspaper columnist, Francis was an actress and radio/TV personality. They were New Yorkers. Most TV doesn't originate in New York, now. It's from LA, and it's dumbed down. There are still intelligent, witty people around, but nobody's going to put them on network TV today.
I am a Native midwesterner, and I have lived in New York City. When I lived in Brooklyn, I put "Brooklyn." When I received mail at my job in Queens, it was addressed "Jamaica," or 'Spring Gardens," and when I lived on 110th Street in Manhattan it came to "New York, NY." "New York" is the name of the county in which Manhattan Island ("Manhattan" happens to be the name of one of the islands located in New York City). Brooklyn, for example is in "Kings" County.
Funny guy. Check out Debbie Reynolds on "What's My Line?" channel. She was unexpectedly hilarious and absolutely adorable. May she rest in peace, as well as her daughter, Carrie Fisher.
I love your grandfather. I bet your grandpa was having a great time during his appearance on WML. John Daly seem to have a hard time keeping from laughing at several points during the questioning by the panel. Your grandpa was a natural entertainer. I bet he was quite a comic in his family. I remember going with a friend when I was about 8 years old-- along with our two mothers. Our mothers went through that very same attraction where your grandfather worked. They may have even met him. I may have met him from a distance. It truly seemed to be a fun experience for all as I recall.
This show had intelligent erudite panels. Educated and sophisticated. The opposite of any panel's you see on the boob tube now. Wish they would show reruns
I’ll give it to you for American quiz shows. But try watching some British game/quiz shows. Like “Eggheads”, or “Mastermind”, or “Countdown” (the real one, not “8 out of 10 Cats”). Or, above all, “University Challenge”.
Was popular way before that. Some old films of amusement parks showed this contraption and the ladies went through because they thought it was cute and fun ... and a little risqué.
@@auapplemac1976 you are so right. The idea came from burlesque, vaudeville maybe even naughty cavemen pulled this ?! Anyway, lots of early silent comedy shorts featured this kind of humor and THAT most likely is where the MM blowing dress got its genisis.
Goddd...I just said the exact same thing to my dog. Where did they get that chalk...I need it..I'm trying to pay attention but I'm just thinking about the chalk
My grandfather operated a skirt-blowing machine when he first arrived in America. Kids today wouldn't do a job like that because they don't want to work hard.
Many, many people would take such a job, even if it only payed minimum wage. BTW, this guest was probably payed way above current minimum wage if you adjust for inflation. Poor paying jobs back then were not on the same low level as those today.
David Maxfield I'm guessing you have never worked around actual people, ever, or at least not for a very long time. People work very hard, everywhere, every day. Yes, even in the modern world.
@@BillGreenAZ Something happened to the people of this once great land. Maybe it was far too much government encroaching on personal and economic freedoms, and the hard money of silver coinage/dollar-gold link that existed then.
They are all good as well as Mr. Lomigistro. Two that come to mind for mare Ms. Toni West and she can be seen under this title: _Toni West (Marilyn look-alike Judo Instructor) on What's My Line?_ And the other is: _Game Show Deja Vu! ("Name's The Same" Recycles "What's My Line?" Gag Questions)_
I miss such dignified, civilized behavior so much. You can tell the men from the women and Madames Killgallen and Francis exude charm, intelligence, and femininity all without the aid of tatoos! Everone has now passed but I did get to shake hands with Bennett Cerf when he spoke 55 yrs ago at a high school. Such class will never be seen again
Yes, it was real. It was hidden underneath a grating that was set up at the exit of a ride. You stepped off the ride, walked on the grate on your way out and the fan would go off and blow your skirt up in front of everybody in the amusement park. (It happened to me and some school friends once.) If you were a girl wearing a dress it was very embarrassing.
Look up the iconic photo of Marilyn Monroe wearing a white dress standing on a grate having her dress blown up. This is the same thing ~~ Marilyn graciously posed for the photo circa 1954 during the filming of "The Seven Year Itch". The scene infuriated her husband, Joe DiMaggio, who felt it was exhibitionist, and the couple divorced shortly afterward.
Yes, I read that they divorced because he couldn't stand the way she was made a spectacle and the way other men ogled her. But he never stopped loving her, and he brought roses to her grave regularly.
And Jim Crow still ruled the Solid South. Sucks the rest of the US had to drag them kicking and screaming into the modern world. Sucks their resentment destroyed so much. Sucks Jim Crow discrimination was still alive and well when our economy was strongest. Sucks.
This is my Grandfather, Master Sgt Peter Lomagistro. He was an amazing man, who lived a long life, yet towards the end was only able to remember the horrific aspects of war, when he was able to remember anything at all. I love to watch this video, and remember the happy, funny man, he once was able to be. Toughest man I have ever met...ever....
+Scott Lomagistro -- I was fascinated by the beautiful name when he wrote it. When I was a kid in the '50s in Ohio, the skirt blowing machine would entertain people for hours. Good clean fun.
Your grandfather was cool...you're so lucky to have this big of history to watch.
I wish I had a video of my long lost father. At the age of 7 my father was lost in a fatal auto accident. Your grandfather shown here is the exact twin of his. My god I'll show my mother tonight. I'm now 57 years old a wish nothing but happiness.
+jceepf my grandfather fought the Germans and Italians in Africa, and Europe.
+KDramaIsLife Yeahbaby Inwood is south shore. Just north of Long Beach.
At the very end, jokingly and sarcastically, “No, he’s the guy that blows the wind on people!” Oh, how right he _actually_ was lol.
He really was the best contestant I ever saw. Really funny the way he answered the questions so straightforward, sort of like deadpan humor.
Marvelous all around. And yet another reminder that John Daly was the perfect game show host.
Thank you for posting this. 1958 was the year you first saw women's hairstyles that had been set in rollers. Arlene is sporting this brand new look, a "bubble" hairdo. Sandra Dee made it famous in "A Summer Place," released in 1959. Dorothy's hair is still being set and styled in a more "fifties" look.
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the way they talk and ask questions are like what you hear in court houses
It's called RULES of the GAME. They still have those! We just throw them out unread now. It's not cool to read the instructions!
The Whats my line cast would go after doing the show and bowl at Falaise a private estate in Sands Point Long Island NY. The ex chicken coupe was made into a 2 lane bowling alley.
The estate was of the late Capt. Harry F Guggenheim. My grand father and great uncle and I all worked their for a great man. He always treated his help well.
He's very, very handsome!
Right?!
I would rather live in the 60’s. No question.
And dibs on Arlene
@Tyler DeBoy: Fine. As long as I can have Dorothy . . .
3:18 That wheeze laugh is so amazing
"I would say this: That there is an element of application here in the performance of the service insofar as is necessary for Peter to have contact with the inanimate something which moves that he touches." .... Nobody crafts a sentence like John Daly ;)
Ahhh. You have not watched “Yes Minister”/“Yes Prime Minister” and the creative ways Sir Humphrey could speak English. If you want a laugh look up some clips on UA-cam.
@@brontewcat Yeah, but John Daly was doing it on the fly, not with a pre-written script like Sir Humphrey!
jimbobeire. That’s true. Maybe John Daly was the inspiration.
I just watched an episode of To Tell The Truth and Tom Poston gave a long, drawn out sentence. Then said something like John Daly isn’t the only one who can do it.
Had he not found infinitely more beneficial to society employment in the entertainment field, he could have been quite a lawyer!
I think the reason that this man was such an amusing contestant was that he was so enthusiastic in his answers: "I do!" "I do not!", etc. He must have really enjoyed his job!
Can you blame him? :)
I remember the Fun House at Rye Playland, and how hilarious it was...my Dad never laughed so much. ...a simpler time. ;o)
I applied for his job when he retired,the interviewer to me I would have to go to Lands End I said "Is that where the interviews are being held ?" he said " No that's the end of the Queue".
I think it’s also the fact that he answered in a variety of ways (“That’s right”, “Correct”, “They do” &c.) with that intonation you mention. I don’t think it’s so much that he really enjoyed his job in particular, which likely became rather mundane in itself, but that he enjoyed life in general and really fed off the audience’s, host’s and panel’s responses.
There are people who just love their jobs that no amount of $$ can replace. I had an old neighbor back in HS who passed away in his sleep and all he did for 40 years was turn on the roller coaster at the nearby carnival. Told us many times he won't want to do anything else, and will do it until he dies. Indeed, he did.
Some day, when I'm before the gates of Heaven and St. Peter has all those questions for me, I hope John Daly is there to explain my answers.
Wow...Nice~
personally i'd rather speak for myself as i'd get through the gate quicker!
Steven Chappell (1) ur assuming there is a "Heaven" & (2) if it exists ur assuming it wont be the other gate manned by Lucifer's 2nd in command......
orgonko the wildly untamed I'd still like John Daly to explain my answers.
+orgonko the wildly untamed 1. Yes Heaven is a real place. So is Hell. 2. I too hope John Daly went to Heaven as well as the rest of the panel.
"These services you perform, would I enjoy them?"
"Definitely."
Rest in powerful peace Dorothy Mae Kilgallen 🙏
3 July 1913 ~
8 November 1965⚘
they say that she was murdered by the cia because she was getting too close to unravelling the jfk assassination
She was a really elegant and nice lady.
If you look into why she did it's quite shocking. She had gotten an exclusive interview with Jack Ruby in prison, and told everyone that she had gotten an amazing story and was going to break open the truth about the Kennedy assassination to the whole world. She ended up dead, and all of her notes taken and never found again.
@@TryTheBLTHave you read "The Reporter Who Knew Too Much "....by Mark Shaw....Its about EXACTLY what you just refered to in detail......JRS
@@johnsewell6593 Yes, I have. I've been a dedicated student of the assassination since I was a teenager, almost obsessed by it.
Arlene was always full of grace & beauty
She seems a lot younger, now.
I adored Arlene she was such fun. Dorothy's life was cut short by her dogged pursuit of justice. RIP those two ladies
She was the best! She had just what you said, to be sure!
Yes, she was so gracious
The part I love is that you can tell this guy is having a ball
So fun when the guest is clearly having a good time! His delivery is part of it; the mischievous smile and twinkling eyes were most entertaining. Wish we had shows like this today!
I love the manners, grammar, and diction. Lost arts today.
Political Correctness erased education standards down to the level of IDIOCRACY now.
The late great Steve Allen called it the "Dumbing Down of America."
I absolutely agree. They are refined, articulate, and charming. It's horrifying how far standards have dropped.
@@kathyflorcruz552 Isn't that the truth! Culture and Class have gone out the window!
Yes. People who speak formally with eloquence nowadays are seen as eccentric.
Sigh, why don't they have more programmes on TV like this, good honest entertainment.
Imagine this would be boring to people of today because of all the technology. I was there and a great time we had.
You couldn’t find this quality of a panel now in 2022..
Because contestants and panels aren’t nearly as well spoken and well read and imaginative now
@@grahamparks1645 And hosts. Nobody today would come close to John Charles Daly.
Cuz the people today ain't got no class!
Social justice warriors today would have a field day deriding this contestant as sexist and abusive. They would fail to see the humor in him or his job.
I don't see the humor in it, and never did. For women, anyway. I see what men liked about it, but i don't think most women in the 50s wanted to show their underwear to strangers.
@@ammaleslie509Lighten up!! It was just a bit of fun at an Amusement park, why can't people today just see it for what it was.All this woke crap today started with the "political correctness" movement. You Americans have a lot to aslnswer for!
Innocent questions, and fun answers. Dorothy Kilgallen was my favorite panelist.
The clarification by Dorothy about what part of New York City was she referring to is the long continuing problem that even NYC dwellers have in describing what is the City of New York. Since 1898, the City of NY has consisted of the 5 Boroughs or Counties comprising the unified City of NY-New York County ( Borough of Manhattan), Kings County( Borough of Brooklyn), Queens County and Borough, Bronx County and Borough, and Richmond County ( Borough of Staten Island).
She was great. Did you know she quite publicly doubted the conclusions of Warren Report on President JFK’s assassination and was shortly found dead by what was reported as an accidental overdose combination of alcohol and barbiturates.
Dorothy is the best panelist period. She’s sharp as a tac
@@justincraig398 they kiled her in 1965 cuz she was going to do expose on JFK and UFOs
She deserved better than what happened to her. Her murder wasn't even investigated and all her work was confiscated by the government.
Andrews: These services you perform....would I enjoy them?
Peter: DEFINITELY!
Andrews: And could you do those services for either of the two young ladies in the panel
Peter: I MOST CERTAINLY COULD!
LMFAO!!
Sadly, these skirt puffing machines have all but disappeared from amusement parks, likely as a result of fewer women wearing skirts and objections from feminist snowflakes. I operated one in 1969 (17, just before the Army) and none on the receiving end ever complained. The few objections always came from uninvolved third-parties.
Well...Today, more women are going commando ;-)
Why do people quote the show? What's the bloody point?
@@philjones45 I think we must accept that the question here requires a degree of dexterity above and beyond the norm.
While morons like you thirive
Scott... your grandfather is priceless !
Laughing and crying here with tears of joy.
And the way he answers... yup. Best ever.
This contestant was a gem. Loved his way of responding, "I do." "Definitely!"
The brilliant Bennett Cerf came within an ace of it at the end, "blowing the wind in the tunnel of love" in the blizzard of flying theories as the time wound up.
6:42 These long-winded over-specific clarifications are probably my favorite part of the show!
That was verbal poetry in action.
I found a few of John's responses with special guest Eleanore Roosevelt particularly elegant and amusing.
His wrangling with Bennett was my favorite part of the show. Once, one of them spoke a line from a classical Greek play... in the original... and the other one understood.
What impresses me most is how smart the panelists are. His job description is obscure, but they came very close to guessing it.
+Judy Sanders agreed--it would be impossible to find their caliber now a days.
@@windstorm1000 *nowadays
I don't know if it was true for What's My Line, but in a media studies class a few years ago, I remember we watched a documentary that said (among other things) the problem with old, single sponsor game shows was that many of them were actually fake/scripted. Contestants were told the answers ahead of time and it was decided who would "win" and who would "lose."
Again, I'm NOT saying definitely that it was the case for this particular game show, but if it was true for other shows, it's possible it could be true for this one as well.
If you do a Google search for: "single sponsor" "game show" scandal (with quotes), you'll probably find what I'm talking about.
@@alvallac2171 even if it was scripted it's still a better script than what we've got in modern times
alvallac21 As a kid in the 70s, I read the what’s my line book (wish I had it now, it’s super expensive used on amazon) by the producer. Once in a blue moon, in the early days, they would give Steve Allen on the panel a ‘lead’, a hint that if he went in a certain direction he would get laughs. It was not in any way to help him or anyone else solve it, quite the contrary. I think of the one where they had a young lady on who worked on zippers, and Steve’s question, “Well would every young woman who works in an office know how to work one of these?” sent the audience into howls of laughter. I don’t know if that’s one where they gave him a direction to head in for laughs, but they never gave any panelist the answer. And he said in the book after the quiz show scandal of the late 50s broke, they even stopped doing that. So the three regulars (Dorothy, Arlene and Bennett) really were that clever. Bennett was very good at nailing voices of mystery guests, and with sports guests. Dorothy could follow trails like the investigative reporter she was. And Arlene was super intuitive. They really were a deadly combination and it’s why they were so rarely stumped. It’s too bad they never really found a great fourth panelist after Steve Allan left for his own show and Fred Allen passed away. Tony Randal was probably my favorite of the subs, and Arlene’s husband guesting was always fun.
A skirt blowing machine? Wow, cant get more 1950's than that!
Thank you for this clip. I laughed so hard my family asked what was so funny. I worked in Playland from 1974 - 1976 summers as the Cotton Candy Girl, and the Waffles and Ice Cream Girl (seriously). Mr. Lomagistro was no longer there by then but I would give anything to have met him. Scott, you were very blessed to have him in your life.
Dorothy's serious questions are sometimes unintentionally funny and perfect set up for comedic laughs.
I think this show was sponsored by Kelloggs. But I'm not totally sure.
Of course. It's a serial.
@@mandolinic
Cereal...
Different sponsors over time, but this episode clearly shows Kellogg’s in front of the panel.
‘Kellogg’s of Battle Creek’
The sponsors used to run the content and the network was more like UA-cam where they network didn't procure and choose the content, but just deliver it. This changed when the FCC chairman told the networks that *they* need to run the network. This is according to an Andy Griffith interview. After that statement, the networks became leaders of setting content, rather than servants to the sponsors. The networks didn't know they had the power to lead, since the airwaves we're seen as their property. They they began to capitalize their business like the motion picture industry and try new shows from writers and producers. With that, the industry changed and content improved and evolved (and the sponsors loved it). The network would go forward and look mostly at viewership rather than ask sponsors to fund a show and make decision regarding content (remember announcers would say long ago "brought to you by...").
Humiliating? He put one son through medical school doing what he did. He also earned a Bronze star in WWII.
I think he did rather well. :)
And it sure seems that he had a lot of fun doing it!
For sure - Top bloke.
And he was Italian !
@@victormarrotti2575 So's a Spinone.
People in this country were so much more decent a century ago.
Dorothy and Arlene were beautiful and glamorous and what good fun from such a simple idea!
And very, very smart. This was one of the few times I've seen them be stumped. Arlene was close at the end though.
So impressed with the good manners: asking contestant if they can call him by his given name, men standing to shake hands, all very well-spoken.
I love how Mr Lomagistro barks out his answers at the panel! On one side you have the witty urbanity and polished manners of the panel and on the other the blunt, never mind the baloney abruptness of a hardened military veteran. In a sense it's like mixing oil and water but in this case everything blends beautifully and very entertainingly. I also love how non PC the whole thing is to the delicate sensibilities of much of our modern society. They knew how to let their hair down in those days and have fun without all the tight lipped pseudo political nonsense. RIP Peter Lomagistro and thank you for your service.
The people on the show had real class.
Bennet Cerf is sneaky and clever: when he asks 'athletics or entertainment?', he knows that a contestant will fall into the trap of saying which it is. Also, he reads the audience's laughter when he uses the word 'titillating' - they were clearly titillated in a way that was surely risque in 1958. A great show with a very simple format that allowed people to think and talk in a witty, suspenseful way.
You ever know a Jew that wasn't clever?
You bet!
Bennett Cerf is dumb because he speaks words that have to be translated,;he speaks these words so terrible.
Peter Lomagistro was very attractive! Great energy, humour and such a nice face! So great to enjoy him on this show!
Dorothy Kilgallen was the most insightful and best panel member. Time and again she would either find the answer - almost eerily - or as she did here, ask questions which led to it. I am really in awe of her. I know that Frank Sinatra famously had a long-running feud with her and mocked her in his acts. It is really a black mark on Sinatra's character and legacy that he was so easily upset by this brilliant woman.
inkyguy
It's very similar to Trump and Hillary. Despite their great success in their field, some men seem threatened by accomplished women for some reason.
I think it will sadly be a good while yet before we have a female president.
It’s because of her ties to the newspaper... she was always on the up and up
@@williejohnson3866 media lie...
Dorothy kilgallen lie was part of the death of Kennedy by Oz...
A medias lie..
I don't know, Bennett Cerf figured it out fairly often (even if one question too late). Dorothy's questions may have frequently got them (or her) on the right track, but also frequently tended to get way too complex and make it harder to figure out.She overthought things way too much.
Also, even Arlene figured out Dorothy's dad in one episode just before Dorothy did.
@@brch2 in a media's created society of lies..
With media's technology...
The end of the Kennedy Oz enigma begins with Dorothy death and the monkey virus..
The media's mandella effect is A Oz enigma to Os enigma...
The original Kennedy story was an Oz enigma..
Due to Mandela lies..
Kennedy Os enigma..
Mandela effect stands for media's altering Perceptions of the past...
The Kennedy Oz homage to three dead Disney associates and Dorothy and monkey virus...
Media's rule earth in lies and Illusions..
Humans first lie they learn is media's santa clause..
Using parents to lie to THIER offspring..
And they STILL kept everything classy. I can't even imagine any class from today's celebrities for something like this.
Me and my wife still live that way even tv, This laptop is hidden
Today's "celebs" are pigs compared to the greats of yesteryears!
@@benlujan288 Well said
These comments are getting old
Look at what they've done to family feud, you can't watch it with your children
I love how people seemed (or at least sounded) so much more intelligent and thoughtful back then. It is very enlightening to watch and listen to
Education now is a faint glimmer of what it once was . They were more truly capable of the proper use of language .
I'm so sorry that he suffered at the end of his life. He seems to have been a wonderful gentlemen
*gentleman (singular, not plural)
Who suffered?
The man who shot animals for fun?
No not that guy. I don’t know anything about him
@@user-gq1sh4kf4w Are you talking about Donny Trump Jr.?
When did we go from having intelligent people like this in the public sphere to the vacuous celebrities of today?
They were pretty sharp, weren't they.
November 22, 1963.
Oh really? So sexual harassment masked as entertainment is 'intelligent'? I think not. We know better now than we did then. Less ignorance in some respects. Unfortunately there are plenty of people who happily wallow in ignorance, and others who can't afford the time to educate themselves, but we still are better off all around, regardless. (We only need get rid of those who happily spew ignorance, like our leaders for the moment, for instance.)
It requires a certain level of intelligence to take a joke. If they can live through and laugh at the concept of some skirts being lifted then it's fine. Offense is only taken and never given.
We could really do with some politically incorrect and light-hearted comedy like in the old days.
Sexual Harassment? Give me a break.
Just out of curiosity, I did a Google search on this guest. He passed away in 2007. He was awarded a Bronze Star during World War II. Sad. He lived a nice long life though (b. 1919) and made for a perfect guest on "What's My Line?".
He was the toughest man I've ever known.
I'm sure he was tough, but here he seems like such a sweetheart.
B
Can't he be both? Does a man really have to appear tough to be tough? (Not to seem insulting; sorry if I do appear that way. Just that I really hate macho stereotypes.)
@@scottlomagistro69 l bet you are so proud of your Grandfather.you can tell he is a lovely man.handsome too. Thanks for sharing scott.
I love the art of communication so expertly and accurately expressed by our older generations.
This is in part because they were allowed to learn English grammar correctly.
Dorothy Kilgallen died under strange circumstances while digging into the hit on JFK. She was a reporter.
John Daly is a well spoken host
He was a handsome man and looked so happy. :)
This was a delight to watch. Mr. Lomagistro was great fun.
I wonder how those involved would have reacted back then if you told them ‘ over 60 years from now people (lots of people) will be interested enough to sit and watch this segment right through and find it entertaining on its own terms’.
I bet they would have been delighted to know that, probably with a hint of doubt but delighted nonetheless. I myself just happened to come across this old show this year during lockdown. :) I love it!
They would respond "Isn't that whats so? Folks sitting at home and in these stands behind watching this performance of wit and comedy, purely for pleasure and close interactive enjoyment".
I don’t ever remember seeing a show like this in Australia 🇦🇺 but I think they should bring back this show, much better than these reality (non-reality) rubbish shows they have these days - an innocent genuine laugh 😁😂🤣 ❤️
They would have trouble finding a panel of intelligent celebrities.
The best and most amusing guest ever on WML. I love how John, the emcee, looked after Peter's first answer and other answers, of course. He lived to be 87 years old and actually served in the Army during WWII, earning a Bronze Star. And his grandson below (Scott Lomagistro) speaks of his sad memory, only remembering the horrific aspects of war. I wondered what he meant and received an answer after reading his obituary, stating that any contributions be made The Alzheimer's Association. So sad, so ad.
Extremely intelligent speaking people while on a game show! How far, society has declined . Look how regal everyone on the show, dressed each week; tuxedos and formal dresses
normal for Television
What a nice norm! With manners and speech to go with it. ... not anymore, over 60 years hence. For some reason, when humanity hits a peak, it declines, instead of maintaining a beneficial high standard.
John Daly wanted it that way and so that's the way it was. It's not an indictment on modern times that the host of a show from the 50s had a particular idea of how he wanted the show to me and got his way. There may be more vulgarity on television these days, but that's just one aspect of society. Personally, I think it's better to live at a time when women aren't so subservient to their husbands, when mental ill-health is something people aren't afraid to acknowledge, etc.
i must admit that i had a big smile on my face the entire appearance. hands down the most amusing guest and i have seem almost all. i was impressed by him and even more now, now that it appears he is a war veteran. love this guy. simply wonderful
Back when broadcasters and actors were still expected to have a mid-Atlantic accent.
Thank you for this commemt because now I just googled "Mid-Atlantic accent"and learned so much.
@Ru22eLL ok. and his accent?
You mean, 'speak properly'
I've met very few people under the age of 40 who even know what a Mid-Atlantic accent is. And fewer still who know what Upper Received Pronunciation accent is.
Don't you mean Trans-Atlantic accent?
I was 14 when this aired and may have seen it back then, my parents let me stay up late! It was on at 10:30 PM Sunday night in NYC. It was a fun and lighthearted way to be amused by famous, and not so famous, people. I am so glad these old TV shows are available on You Tube. I have watched this one two or three times. Your grandfather was a nice man.
My favorite part of this game is at 8:35 when he tricks Dorothy into asking a question that required a "no" answer. Great
timing. Mr. Lomagistro was a great guest.
John Daly's reactions. His faces cracked me up all the time !
Peter was the best guest ever!!!
This show is like a Lays potato chip: I can’t just watch one!
And now a word from our sponsor!
@@KayAteChef for El Kabong: Bert Lahr would agree!
You watch potato chips?
@@bryanb3352 Yes, it's very much like watching paint dry and grass grow! Try it sometime!
And he was able to support himself with such a job!!!!
thats what i kept thinking. It must have cost 25 cents to get your skirt blown
@@gaguy1967 If you live in Chicago, you can have your skirt blown most days of the year, no charge! ;)
I'd have done it for free
@@freeguy77 ah, the wind city. Well as it were, I hardly believe women wear skirts, they need to feel akin to a man and never want to feel attractive to fit into current societies ideals. I find more poor people with dresses than rich...as though this is some lost symbol of merit. And not a comfort in the winter, and an extra breeze in the summer since skirts were flowing and let air circulate throughout giving the wearer a pleasure of staying cool and formal.
@@WitchKing-Of-Angmar
Such nonsense.
Men and women are equal and really no one wears trousers for any other reasons than it being very practical and comfortable.
Kilgallen was a master of leading questions that were vague enough that she wouldn't receive a "no" answer but would gain information by John's explanation. Daly and the other contestants tolerated it, because nothing was at stake (each contestant got a fixed fee for appearing, regardless of the score), and because Kilgallen was popular with viewers.
And in the end, it turned out the show was rigged. Funny how the panel on this guest was so far afield of what he did they looked hopeless, until Kilgallen pulled the amusement park out of her ass and Cerf goes right for the wind machine when they were still miles away? This show and I've Got A Secret got in hot water when it was discovered the panels were given "hints" ahead of time.
Tom Barrister ... Kilgallen was murdered a year or two after this video. She was also a respected columnist,...and she was working/investigating on the JFK murder.
RIGGED? FOR 50 BUCKS?
Paul Carpool - You mean the evidence that was never found? And, it turns out, probably didn't exist?
MICHO1 - Rigged.
This was hysterical, I was laughing out loud. Plus this man spoke so clearly and loud..loved it. This episode was the loudest of all the others. Usually I have to turn my volume on loud this time I didn't. Thank you for this wonderful upload. :)
This version of the show requires so much more intelligence than the version on television today. Today's version has the panel behaving so much more juvinile, which is pervasive throughout our current culture.
It's been an anti-intellectual society ever since. Back then it was space race and no social promotions in school. You earned it and the best and brightest were highly desired, not diversity for the sake of diversity.
With the exception of Dorothy, these people wouldn't get past the first round of Jeopardy. You're confusing intelligence with social niceties.
As evidenced by David's assumption that diversity has no benefit in itself, when everything from food to housing is a product of it.
@@davidb2206 Poor you being terrified of smart minorities.
Exactly!!!! It’s like reading letters, etc. from the 1700’s...even children spoke eloquently, almost as adults. Penmanship was amazing..
@@tiawilliams5690 I voted up David, and after your comment I voted for you also. You both have valid points, and David was so into smarts ( that's necessary !) that he kinda got carried away. And I might remind you that different to be different is not correct either. Different to contribute something different is what you had in mind perhaps.
It was a great show but only worked because of erudite and articulate people like Daly, Cerf, et. al. It would be very difficult to assemble a comparable cast from our population these days.
+wholeNwon not to mention, where could you get anyone under 30 who didn't listen to rap and noise instead of music??
+wholeNwon agreed--networks would not be able to find one literate classy person in the entertainment industry if the show was resurrected (maybe Meryl Streep).
There must be some! There are always young musicians coming up in ALL genres. Hip hop may have replaced rock & roll in some populations, but far from all, and unfortunately, it's too stuck in its gangsta roots to reach its potential as an agent of change in the foreseeable future.
There are plenty of movie stars with brains and a keen awareness of today's world issues. George Clooney and Leo DiCaprio come immediately to mind. I haven't heard Meryl Streep discuss world affairs, but she's a GREAT actress. I don't watch much TV, though.
Cerf was a publisher and humorist, Kilgallen was a newspaper columnist, Francis was an actress and radio/TV personality. They were New Yorkers. Most TV doesn't originate in New York, now. It's from LA, and it's dumbed down. There are still intelligent, witty people around, but nobody's going to put them on network TV today.
There are plenty of articulate people nowadays.
How Puritan we have sadly become. This man’s job no longer exists and if it did, this show would be cancelled for all the “misogyny” and “sexism.”
I hate the way the word 'misogyny' is misapplied these days.
Marilyn Monroe's influence at work! 😁
But that was her choice to stand over the vent grate.
Dorothy, like most Manhattan folks, thinks "New York City" means Manhattan.
Lance Baker That's what I thought!
These people thought California was a fly-over State.
I am a Native midwesterner, and I have lived in New York City. When I lived in Brooklyn, I put "Brooklyn." When I received mail at my job in Queens, it was addressed "Jamaica," or 'Spring Gardens," and when I lived on 110th Street in Manhattan it came to "New York, NY."
"New York" is the name of the county in which Manhattan Island ("Manhattan" happens to be the name of one of the islands located in New York City). Brooklyn, for example is in "Kings" County.
Actually, we can narrow it down to the Upper East Side...
He reminds me of Kirk Douglas
Funny guy. Check out Debbie Reynolds on "What's My Line?" channel. She was unexpectedly hilarious and absolutely adorable. May she rest in peace, as well as her daughter, Carrie Fisher.
Arlene just might be the perfect woman. What do you guys think? Attractive and so much natural charm, one of my all time favorites.
Definitely! Very beautiful and talented.
Arlene was the best panelist on WMY.....by far!!
i would definitely not put her in the attractive category
Uh......"salaried" at operating the skirt blowing machine ???
Hmmmmm..... Good gig, if you can get it....
Probably got the job through association with other veterans of the war - they look out for each other and still do today.
This guy was hilarious.
I love your grandfather. I bet your grandpa was having a great time during his appearance on WML. John Daly seem to have a hard time keeping from laughing at several points during the questioning by the panel. Your grandpa was a natural entertainer. I bet he was quite a comic in his family. I remember going with a friend when I was about 8 years old-- along with our two mothers. Our mothers went through that very same attraction where your grandfather worked. They may have even met him. I may have met him from a distance. It truly seemed to be a fun experience for all as I recall.
This show had intelligent erudite panels. Educated and sophisticated. The opposite of any panel's you see on the boob tube now. Wish they would show reruns
You have that right!
I’ll give it to you for American quiz shows.
But try watching some British game/quiz shows. Like “Eggheads”, or “Mastermind”, or “Countdown” (the real one, not “8 out of 10 Cats”).
Or, above all, “University Challenge”.
Yes much more intelligent than your run of the mill Trump supporter.
@@jflow5601 u sound butthurt
America had dumbed down alot since then
Loved this episode. Growing up in the Rockaways, I enjoyed going to Playland, especially on Wednesday nights, during the summer, to see the fireworks.
So cool that is your granddaddy! I love the way he answered the questions in a very diverse way , not just yes or no like most people did!
Hello beautiful how are you doing today??
Who returns every now and then because this guy is so wonderful? I always laugh! Thanks Peter.
I concur ❤❤❤
Me!
I have watched almost all of the, "What's My Line", shows, and enjoy them so much. This man was so sweet and funny! Bless him...
all made popular by marilyn monroe in "7 year itch" 1955.
Was popular way before that. Some old films of amusement parks showed this contraption and the ladies went through because they thought it was cute and fun ... and a little risqué.
@@auapplemac1976 you are so right. The idea came from burlesque, vaudeville maybe even naughty cavemen pulled this ?! Anyway, lots of early silent comedy shorts featured this kind of humor and THAT most likely is where the MM blowing dress got its genisis.
The most articulate game show host ever!
Dorothy Kilgallan was such an intelligent woman! Her questions and guesses astound me
Yes. And she was so smart, she figured out who killed Kennedy.
We could use reporters/columnist like her today.
Thank you Master Sgt. Lomagistro for your service to our Country. God bless.
Dee Moon
Dear god, that was 2-3 generations ago and this man is long dead.
Would you like to thank someone for having fought in the Civil War, too?
Yes, we certainly should be thankful to all who fought.
Go Navy
It seems you didn’t get my point- at all.
@@Celisar1 You have no point worth getting.
Zekais
In order to claim that I didn’t have a point you should be able to explain then what I said in my comment: go ahead.
Waiting... 😄
The creamy consistency of the chalk is so so satisfying.
You may have ASMR
Goddd...I just said the exact same thing to my dog. Where did they get that chalk...I need it..I'm trying to pay attention but I'm just thinking about the chalk
My grandfather operated a skirt-blowing machine when he first arrived in America. Kids today wouldn't do a job like that because they don't want to work hard.
Operating a fan is hard work?
Many, many people would take such a job, even if it only payed minimum wage.
BTW, this guest was probably payed way above current minimum wage if you adjust for inflation. Poor paying jobs back then were not on the same low level as those today.
***** Nowadays ANY work seems to be too hard for a lot of people. For operating a skirt-blowing fan they would demand $75 an hour.
David Maxfield I'm guessing you have never worked around actual people, ever, or at least not for a very long time. People work very hard, everywhere, every day. Yes, even in the modern world.
Love this! Your grandfather was an awesome man.
Four well-dressed people with well above average intelligence and astonishing charm and wit... It will never happen again. Thank you, hippies.
Peter J. Lomagistro: 1919 - 2007.
Don R. Mueller, Ph.D. Many thanks, Mr. Lomagistro, for your service and sacrifice.
The way of articulating, the grace, the gestures and mimics, the charm, the clothes, that time was something else.
It's rather sad to see society degrade from that wonderful time into what it has become today.
@@BillGreenAZ Something happened to the people of this once great land. Maybe it was far too much government encroaching on personal and economic freedoms, and the hard money of silver coinage/dollar-gold link that existed then.
My absolute favorite contestant! ❤❤❤
They are all good as well as Mr. Lomigistro.
Two that come to mind for mare Ms. Toni West and she can be seen under this title:
_Toni West (Marilyn look-alike Judo Instructor) on What's My Line?_
And the other is:
_Game Show Deja Vu! ("Name's The Same" Recycles "What's My Line?" Gag Questions)_
I miss such dignified, civilized behavior so much. You can tell the men from the women and Madames Killgallen and Francis exude charm, intelligence, and femininity all without the aid of tatoos!
Everone has now passed but I did get to shake hands with Bennett Cerf when he spoke 55 yrs ago at a high school. Such class will never be seen again
Can't believe that guy got it at the end. This skirt-blowing contraption was an actual thing?
Yes, it was real. It was hidden underneath a grating that was set up at the exit of a ride. You stepped off the ride, walked on the grate on your way out and the fan would go off and blow your skirt up in front of everybody in the amusement park. (It happened to me and some school friends once.) If you were a girl wearing a dress it was very embarrassing.
Look up the iconic photo of Marilyn Monroe wearing a white dress standing on a grate having her dress blown up. This is the same thing ~~ Marilyn graciously posed for the photo circa 1954 during the filming of "The Seven Year Itch". The scene infuriated her husband, Joe DiMaggio, who felt it was exhibitionist, and the couple divorced shortly afterward.
Yes, I read that they divorced because he couldn't stand the way she was made a spectacle and the way other men ogled her. But he never stopped loving her, and he brought roses to her grave regularly.
Cee Note He was more upset that, the 1st time she did the scene she wasn't wearing panties.
I'm not a prude, but it was the 1950's and things were so different then, so I can't say I blame him!
Gotta love a show where the winning contestants get, like $50. Nostalgic. I always liked Bennet...and John Charles Daly of course.
What a great guy, nice you can look at this and see him. I wish I had films of my grandfather. You're grandfather sounds like an amazing man.
Wow...back when we had fundamentally sound education and economic systems.
And Jim Crow still ruled the Solid South. Sucks the rest of the US had to drag them kicking and screaming into the modern world. Sucks their resentment destroyed so much. Sucks Jim Crow discrimination was still alive and well when our economy was strongest. Sucks.
god bless your grandfather , Scott :)
I LOVE John Daly's reaction at 7:34 after Mr. Lomagistro's answer hahaha
Arlene Francis . . . what an amazing beauty.
I LOVE this contestant!!! He cute, amusing, and very humorous!!!
they're all so lovely, but props to arlene and bennett for addressing him by his surname consistently and so well!