Love that panel. Ben gazzara is awesome. And i love dorothy Killgallen. Rest in peace, all of those amazing people. Its 2024 and i fall asleep every nite listening and watching these amazing shows. I love getting lost in the past , in a different and more innocent time .
Eddie Hodges is a really bright young man, with a sense of humour (Ms. Kilgallen : are you a curvaceous young leading lady?Eddie; i'm afraid not. Mr. Cerf: Would it be possible you're masculine? Eddie (quizzically) Yes. Ms. Francis: But not for long). I always try to watch at least one of these What's My Line Episodes before bed - it lets me go to sleep relaxed, and this episode did that & brought a smile to my face. 😉 Always a plus. Thank you!
Thankfully Eddie survived child stardom unscathed, unlike so many of his peers. He grew up to become a mental health counselor and is now happily retired.
I always love the way John makes every guests home town seem so interesting. "Tell me, where are you from?" "Oklahoma City" "OKLAHOMA CITY! Wonderful country down there!"
That's the way it was. We had to greet any visitors to our classroom and sing the Good morning song. We all said in unison, Good morning Mr. or Mrs. Jones. Boys were lads and girls were lasses. The boys had to bow and the girls had to curtsy to visitors. We were raised like this, it came naturally. Even the T. V. shows were courteous. But it started to change after the 1960's.
@@WhatsMyLine totally agree a nice 25 mins before bed! Some of these shows like this one were broadcast 32 years before I was born I cannot get enough of them. :) I cannot believe that these stars and ordinary people are sadly largely forgotten. thank you for the uploads, you have given me an insight to what life was like back then, for which I cannot thank you enough.
I love how this show is, WAS So classy I don't see things like this anymore. Even though I wasn't even born yet the panel and contestants dripping class.
I vaguely remember seeing Run for Your Life as a small child, but I never realized until I saw this video just how mezmerizingly handsome Ben Gazzara was.
She took the game very seriously. I just read the Lee Israel biography, and according to her, one evening either John or Bennett (can't remember which) found her crying backstage. When he asked what the problem was, she answered that she was upset that she hadn't guessed one guest in three weeks.
Two years after this, at age 14, Eddie had a top 12 hit song with "Gonna Knock on your door." He's still alive. He quit show biz and became a therapist.
Hodges was drafted into the Army during the Vietnam War in the late 1960s, but remained in the U.S. in a non-combat assignment. After he was discharged, he returned to Hollywood and became disillusioned with show business. He decided to return to his native Mississippi and entered the University of Southern Mississippi where he received his B.S. in Psychology and an M.S. in Counseling. He became a mental health counsellor and is currently retired from practice after a long career in the field. He converted to the Roman Catholic faith in 1998. He is divorced and has two grown children and six grandchildren. He occasionally gets in touch with his old show business friends and still writes songs, though he is unable to play guitar due to spinal nerve injuries. Hodges rode out Hurricane Katrina in 2005 and informed his fans that he was fine after being without water, electricity and telephone/internet contact for 19 days when the utilities were restored.
I first saw Eddie in a very funny episode of 'The Dick Van Dyke Show' in which he plays a young teen who is seriously smitten with Laura Petrie (what American male wasn't?).
Eddie was the featured guest star in "A Natural Wizard," a classic 1965 episode of BONANZA. He played a young man who had a natural affinity for animals (and naturally interacted well with the great Dan Blocker as "Hoss.") He was 18 at the time, and the screenplay writer, Suzanne Clauser, had originally envisioned the character as a much younger child. She was disappointed with the rewrite (although admitted the revised episode turned out very well) and was determined to use the appealing character again. She did, changing the sex and incorporating the character into her classic novel, "A Girl Named Sooner," which was adapted successfully for the screen.
John Daly's acknowledgement of a guest's home town, area of the country they come from, demonstrates the cognizance of a national American collective spirit no longer prominent in a 21st century America so divided.
That's all in the media perception. In my day to day reality, there is no division, except for that between the "haves" and "have nots". But that's been going on since January 20, 1981.
@@kenanacampora most hollywood movie stars of the 40s through the 60s were tied up with sprawling organized crime networks. so it looks like some things never change.
@@kenanacampora - lol, get a load of this clown...."Desegregation killed America." Racist upbringings is what killed America, of which you are a shining example. If your son loves pimps and drug dealers, that's a reflection of YOU...he's from YOUR DNA and YOU raised him, supposedly.
@@kenanacampora - the fault lies not in our stars nor in our rightful societal Desegregation....it lies in you. If your son LOVES pimps and drug dealers as you freely admit, its a reflection of his upbringing and personal values - it ain't anybody else's fault, Bubbie. Your blame-game attitude was captured brilliantly by Lee J Cobb in "12 Angry Men" - always looking to blame your personal mismanagement and ineptitude on something or somebody else.
Yes, thank you for uploading these, binge viewing for the last 24 hours. 'Anatomy of a Murder' is a classic. See it if you haven't. Filmed in Michigan, it deals with some pretty hot topics for 1959 - Jimmy Stewart is fantastic.
Good for Paul; he used his size to his advantage. In spite of his stature, he was a big man on the inside as he didn't let his size deter him from pursuing the education & training needed to inspect jet engines.
Jonathon Edwards I was afraid that someone from the panel would make a joke at that point, about the height of the guest. Of course they didn't - being always so polite and tactful. 👍
@@JuusoVainio They made loads of puns and jokes about a very hefty man, who was a guest on the show. I guess, as today, making fun of someone's weight was okay, but making fun of their height was not.
A few weeks before CBS broadcast this at 10:30 pm, 2 August 1959, WML did two shows. During the 8 o'clock hour, they did this show, which was videotaped for later broadcast; then at 10:30 pm, they did the live broadcast. This is a technological landmark: the 2nd of 77 WML pre-recorded by videotape for a delayed broadcast later. The record we see here, of course, was originally a kinescope. Whether any of the ancient videotapes survive -- notably the color videotapes of 1966 - 1967 remains to be seen, but none have turned up quite yet. Fates noted in his book that every so often the company would do two shows in one evening and videotape one of them. This way, the company took some breaks, notably in July and August. This scheduling and videotaping technique was one way WML managed to do 876 broadcasts without one rerun --- ever.
This was another great episode of the show.It would be very hard to guess the product of chinese fortune cookies and I thought Eddie Hodges was wonderful on the show.God Bless him.
I have to say that I really like how polite they were with first guest; today, you couldn't even acknowledge someone was short. But there is a way to do that and be respectful. And even nicer: no sense of the guy feeling like a victim. married with three kids! And handsome too!
Ben Gazzara gave me my first screen kiss..I mean he gave me my first interview kiss. I interviewed Ben for a fan mag in the mid Sixties. It was one of my first if not my very first interview and I began doing stuff for the fan mags. As I was leaving, Gazzara twirled me around and planted one directly. Very likeable. Very charming. Cute. Audrey Hepburn wanted to marry him but apparently he did not want to leave the USA and Audrey lived elsewhere. Arlene and Dorothy both seem smitten.
1959 to 2018 --- even in this brief video recording, the steep decline of American society is self-evident. What it will resemble in the next fifty-nine years, one shudders to imagine.
@gcjerryusc Of course many whine about PC'ers being offended by everything in today's world, but few recall we had 90 yrs of conservative christian censorship, and even today, whether it had to do with sex, morals, or saying fuck,shit,etc. Yet I'm sure you're one that complains about today's PCer's being offended by everything. What hypocrisy
@@martinwoyzeck2634 Being politically correct has nothing to do with terrible language and bad manners. Being PC means you have to think and say whatever is deemed acceptable to certain society. And those demanding certain words be used generally bully people via cancel culture. They silence dissent. Not using bad language is a manners thing. Not a conservative or liberal thing. You can be a leftist and not curse or a conservative. And you can get into PC trouble and say no bad words at all. It is two different things
Think. People in 1959 were fighting civil rights as hard as they could. Literacy rates weren't what they are now. It wasn't that great. On the other hand, nobody had to deal with crazy people denying reality the way they do in 2020, so maybe it wasn't that bad.
+Ron McGill Perhaps he was quoting an earlier draft (facetious) . Contrary to legend, Lincoln spent some time on it with several revisions over a couple of weeks.
wholeNwon Interesting. I had read that he wrote it on the train he took through Baltimore to Gettysburg. I'm definitely going to have to research it more.
@@DarylReeceJames It was called the "Palmer Method" and one was expected to deviate from it into some individuality as one matured. Doctors in particular went way out into outer space with their handwriting. Now, I understand, the schools have stopped teaching cursive writing altogether. I wonder what will happen with that decision?
I cannot for the life of me understand how so many people in the comments think this. It’s irregular and unattractive. You all must have really horrible handwriting to be impressed by his.
In 1959 at age 12, Eddie Hodges became Mississippi's first Grammy Award winner for his contribution to the original Broadway cast album of for which he sang a solo and was credited as the lead singer on another song. It was the first year that the Grammys were awarded
Ben Gazarra was so handsome. He reminds me of Louis Jourdan. He was an amazing actor too. He originated the male lead role of Brick in the original Broadway stage production of _Cat on a Hot Tin Roof,_ Tennessee Williams Pulitzer Prize winning play, opposite Barbara Bel Geddes. He was likely performing that role in the play when he was appearing here on the panel.
Also, I was impressed with how considerate he was in the way he phrased his question: "Would the fact that you are shorter than I am play a role in what you do?" (Or however he put it--very polite and respectful.)
Eddie Hodges. Oh my yes. He and Brandon deWilde were the youngest mystery guests; though Brandon went with a voice that sounded like Marilyn Monroe with a chest cold, and Eddie sounds like he flunked Disney's animated barnyard. Eddie appeared in all sorts of 1960s movies and TV. In TV I remember him in 1 The Lucy Show episode where Lucy and Viv sang "Big Girls Don't Cry" at the beach and 2 a Dick Van Dyke Show episode where he was Richie's sitter. Eddie looks just thrilled [ 20:20 ] to be recognized. Many adult mystery guests really wanted to deceive the panel. However, as a 12 year old kid -- he must have wondered if the panel really paid attention to him.
One of my favorite movies is "Hole in the Head" starring Frank Sinatra and Eddie Hodges played a major character in that film. I was fortunate to have a conversation with Eddie one time and I asked him how he was treated on the set as there were many big stars in the movie including Sinatra, Edward G. Robinson, Carolyn Jones, Thelma Ritter and Keenan Wynn. He said Frank Sinatra made it clear from day one that he (Eddie) was to be treated with respect on the set and as an equal. He said he couldn't have been treated any better. He also said Sinatra had many friends drop by the set during filming including Sammy Davis, Jr. that he got to interact with and they too treated him with utmost respect. Eddie is now a retired Mental Health counselor in Mississippi.
+newjerseybt ''Tap on your window too...If you don't come out tonight when the moon is bright I'm gonna knock and ring and tap until you do...'' I loved it...
When I was in eighth grade, my teacher chose me to present the Gettysburg Address at the town’s Memorial Day service. I shrunk away from it, because I would have to recite it from memory. My classmate who did give it nailed it.
Guest appearances by then child actor Eddie Hodges on network TV productions included Bonanza, Gunsmoke, Cimarron Strip and The Dick Van Dyke Show. He was also a "mystery guest" on What's My Line?. On October 4, 1957, the day the Soviet Union launched the Sputnik 1 satellite, Hodges made a memorable appearance on the game show Name That Tune in which he partnered with then Major John Glenn, Jr., the future astronaut and United States senator. The Sputnik factoid might explain why they guessed the jet engine inspector has something to do with space craft.
I went to school in the 70s and 80s and I think the handwriting of 12-year-olds then (and before) was closer to text book style. As a youngster my handwriting was much better and more legible than it is now. At that age most young folks were still writing as they were taught and were less likely to have developed their own style of to have become lazy with their handwriting.
@tigergreg8 I can only guess you are younger. I went to school in the 70s and Eddie's handwriting, for a 12-year-old, is actually pretty poor. Compared to a 12-year-old of today, perhaps it would be deemed "exceptional" but I think that is because penmanship is not valued, nor taught, today.
@@tigergreg8 I disagree, but I suppose there may've been a tiny number whose handwriting were worse than Eddie's. Anyway, I really don't care to belabor such a trivial silly matter.
To be fair, later episodes, in the mid sixties on, did slip in class and intellectual rigor. Times change, and businesses learn what sells. With exceptions, aiming for an audience of low taste is a safer, more profitable path.
watuwaitn4 Not all kids are thugs these days...I know many outstanding young men and ladies who are amazing people including my 6 children. And 6 grandchildren that are being raised to love the LORD and their country.
Susan Sackrison I do not believe that all kids are thugs. I have been a mother, grandmother, and a Girl Scout leader for 15 years and can attest to that. I just commented that he looks younger than most 12 year olds today. Today, the kids seem to be taller, go through puberty younger and grow up way to fast.
Boys mature at different rates, and that was true back then as it is now. Eddie was obviously a bit of a late bloomer at 12 years and almost 4 months of age here. I think I caught a bit of voice-breaking in the Gettysburg Address opening lines, but another comment here says that was character acting based on a scene in "The Music Man". I sang in school and church during the year I was twelve, and was an alto in the spring and a bass in the fall -- voice never cracked, it just slid. But I was also nearly my adult height by then, too, and it's clear that Eddie hasn't started that growth spurt at this time. No matter -- his maturity of talent and manners are much more important than the schedule of his physical maturity.
Eddie Hodges was so adorable! (I just learned who he was tonight.) Not only can most elementary school kids not recite any of the Gettysburg Address today, but they don't even know what it is! :( We have fallen as a society so very much! Tradition, values, and manners out the window! I've recently substituted quite a lot in middle school, so I speak with some current knowledge, sorry to have to say! ...On another note, I wonder whether if the panel knew that they could be watched repeatedly by so many people in the future, would they have been so comfortable with being themselves on the show, such as with no script, for example?? How would the producers have structured the show differently? (I'm glad they didn't, 'cause I really enjoy the show, and just discovered it last year! Its taken over many a bedtime routine since then! ;D I usually end up falling asleep while watching it, then wake up disappointed the next morning that I didn't even get to watch it to the middle!
Children are taught by the adults around them. The parents and teachers of today were children in the 1960s. If they chose not to teach the same things, we cannot judge the children. Besides, there are many wonderful, well-mannered, kind, and intelligent young people around today.
@@gilliankew Yes, I agree with you about the children of today. I have taught public school for eleven years now, and I love all my students. And, of course, I think highly of all five of my own children. But, most of the teachers of today did not grow up in the 60s - most of them are retired by now; rather, they grew up in the 70s, 80s, and even the 90s.
I thought he might be 9, this is the first time I’ve heard of him, I was 4 in 1959. I loved the movie “Music Man” that’s when I fell in love with Shirley Jones 😘 Also seeing her in “Oklahoma.” 🎥
+Edwin Rivera I do and many of my friends do as well. You know, there are still millions of us who treasure the English language and speak it correctly.
And to think now-a-days they're not even teaching cursive handwriting ! I'm making sure all my grandchildren know how to read & write cursive . If one doesn't know this form of writing, they'll have difficulty reading their ancestors letters. Slightly makes difficulty in a legal signature as well, printing would sure be easy to forge!
I grew up watching Ben Gazara in Run for your life,' also Harrison Ford played in a similar movie called 'The Fugitive.' It's was based on a true story. Both these actors seem to play in movies with serious content. Two of my favourite actors. I like Mr. Gazara on WML, very negligent man.
Ford's movie was based on David Janssen's TV series 'The Fugitive', (1963-67), the success of which led to the production of 'Run For Your LIfe'. Both could thank 'Route 66', (1960-64) to create interest in traveling heroes, a concept that could be further traced to the Westerns, ('Cheyenne', 'Maverick', 'Sugarfoot', 'The Restless Gun', etc.). Roy Thinnes' 'The Invaders' is in the same vein.
The final contestant is the perfect example of how the lack of product or service as initial information given could set the panel 180 degrees away from what the contestant actually does. I’m glad they added the product/service distinction as default information, along with salaried/self-employed, shortly after this.
Ben Gazzara. Yes indeed in his early luscious period. Elaine Stritch said that she nearly married him but got distracted by a relationship with Rock Hudson. "And we all know what a bum decision that turned out to be," she concluded. Well, live and learn.
Eddie would have a #12 hit nationwide in 1961, "I'm Gonna Knock On Your Door". This was followed by "(Girls, Girls, Girls) Made To Love" (Written by Phil Everly). Both were very enjoyable recordings.
You know, I see a lot comments about how nice and polite everyone was in this time period, and I don’t necessarily disagree, but don’t forget that this was also a time when black people couldn’t eat at the same lunch counter as whites, nor use the same restroom. Homosexuality was considered a crime and interracial marriage was illegal. I agree that we should all be more civil to each other and I wish some of the charm of this period would return, but just remember that a television show never gives you the full picture of what’s going on.
some scenes during this show are disturbing today. " the question if "miss or mrs" right at the beginning, the touching of the guests hand at the beginning, and even the penal : the male guests are spreading the arms behind the female members of the penal. not very polite
Member When I agree to a point, but people always bring up how racist, sexist , etc the world was ‘back then’ . But those things are still going on today, and not only still going on, they’re worse . No one respects anyone. All one has to do is go on social media, watch t.v., read papers, or just go out in public. People are down right cruel to each other, you see much more hatred and not just for people of different color, sex, sexual orientation , and religion. These days a person can get beaten up or , killed for just having an opinion. So if given a choice, (I was born in the 70s) I’d choose to live ‘back then’ any day.
Member When Member When I agree to a point, but people always bring up how racist, sexist , etc the world was ‘back then’ . But those things are still going on today, and not only still going on, they’re worse . No one respects anyone. All one has to do is go on social media, watch t.v., read papers, or just go out in public. People are down right cruel to each other, you see much more hatred and not just for people of different color, sex, sexual orientation , and religion. These days a person can get beaten up or , killed for just having an opinion. So if given a choice, (I was born in the 70s) I’d choose to live ‘back then’ any day.
Eddie Hodges, the original Winthrop Paroo in "The Music Man", would (among other things) star in a big film version of "Huckleberry Finn" in 1960 (with Archie Moore) and make a guest appearance in the Dick van Dyke show's "The Lady & the Babysitter" (1964), playing a love-sick young man, who idolizes Mary Tyler Moore; it's a rather bittersweet episode, one of my favorites. LR
contraryMV LOL... yes it will certainly be culture shock after watching these episodes. Clean, good-natured fun from a bygone era. I miss this show, and the dignity that vanished with it.
@@katharinefilocamo7947 It would be wonderful to hear what memories you have of attending a production. There seem not to be too many people on here who had the experience of being in the audience and who can tell us what it was actually like to be there.
Mr Daly pulled out an "A Priori" and I fell out of my chair. How many people knew immediately that was Latin? I did not know the meaning but I knew how to spell it and went right to Websters! With the exception of having less hair, Mr Gazzara looked quite like he did 30 years later in "Road House." Benefits of having parents married pre-Vatican Two!
I knew that he was using a Latin phrase. I am confused as to how your parents marrying prior to Pope John XXIII's 21st ecumenical council has anything to do with anything though.
That woman who is from Oklahoma City, Mrs.Miller, looks like she could be Delta Burke's mother, the way Delta looked as Suzanne.Weird. I always thought women in their 40's up to age 65 who lived during the 1960's and every decade before, looked so much older than those same ages since the 1980's.Alot has to do with hair styles, not coloring it, and the clothes.You know, the Edith Bunker look.A 70 year old woman today could wear jeans,Rebok sneakers, and a tee shirt, and have brown or blond hair.She could jog, and drive a sporty car.Any and/or all of that help make women look younger, as opposed to the Edith Bunker and Thelma Harper look.Alot of people eat more nutritionally today, get out more, and take better care to feel and look younger.Some grandparents today aren't even age 50 yet, and look 38 or 40.All of that is just my opinion.
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Love that panel. Ben gazzara is awesome. And i love dorothy Killgallen. Rest in peace, all of those amazing people. Its 2024 and i fall asleep every nite listening and watching these amazing shows. I love getting lost in the past , in a different and more innocent time .
Eddie Hodges is a really bright young man, with a sense of humour (Ms. Kilgallen : are you a curvaceous young leading lady?Eddie; i'm afraid not. Mr. Cerf: Would it be possible you're masculine? Eddie (quizzically) Yes. Ms. Francis: But not for long).
I always try to watch at least one of these What's My Line Episodes before bed - it lets me go to sleep relaxed, and this episode did that & brought a smile to my face. 😉
Always a plus. Thank you!
Thankfully Eddie survived child stardom unscathed, unlike so many of his peers. He grew up to become a mental health counselor and is now happily retired.
Bennett always had that wonderful smile when the Mystery Guest was revealed. Always.
Yes. I'm glad I'm not the only one who noticed that.
I was surprised no one else mentioned that. He had a wonderful smile.
Indeed, it is the mini highlight of each show, such a warm smile.
Loved Arlene s dress !
Was just going to make the same comment.
I always love the way John makes every guests home town seem so interesting. "Tell me, where are you from?" "Oklahoma City" "OKLAHOMA CITY! Wonderful country down there!"
Dick Wilson I think he sincerely loved our country. It showed in what he said and what he did.
yes, Cary Grant would have said that if things ever got dull there, she could go to Tulsa for the weekend (The Awful Truth)
I love how polite Edie Hodges was. “Yes, Sir.”
I’m so glad these shows are uploaded for us. It’s so fun to watch them!
That's the way it was. We had to greet any visitors to our classroom and sing the Good morning song. We all said in unison, Good morning Mr. or Mrs. Jones. Boys were lads and girls were lasses. The boys had to bow and the girls had to curtsy to visitors. We were raised like this, it came naturally. Even the T. V. shows were courteous. But it started to change after the 1960's.
AND he knows the first line of the Gettysburg Address! Gotta love this kid!
He was told how to answer.
Thank you for taking the time to upload these shows. They bring us back to a time when "something simple" made for great entertainment.
You're very welcome, Tony. It's a great show to watch before you go to bed, I find. That's why I miss the GSN reruns so much!
+Tony Kool I certainly second that, Tony! Thank you.
I wish we could still watch TV shows like this with no worry of vulgarity and violence. These shows are fun and enjoyable.
I couldn't agree more! ...on a totally different genre, I take pleasure in watching Little House on the Prairie for the same reason!
@@WhatsMyLine totally agree a nice 25 mins before bed! Some of these shows like this one were broadcast 32 years before I was born I cannot get enough of them. :) I cannot believe that these stars and ordinary people are sadly largely forgotten. thank you for the uploads, you have given me an insight to what life was like back then, for which I cannot thank you enough.
I love how this show is, WAS
So classy I don't see things like this anymore. Even though I wasn't even born yet the panel and contestants dripping class.
Great to see a young and handsome Ben Gazzara! He grew into a fine actor with his TV series - Run For Your Life.
These are all priceless! Thank you!
I vaguely remember seeing Run for Your Life as a small child, but I never realized until I saw this video just how mezmerizingly handsome Ben Gazzara was.
I love these shows. The women always dressed so beautifully.
We need to get back to that. Especially the guys. We are too casual today.
So are my mistresses … hot!
@@scottlevin4487 You're Absolutely right 👍
"That still leaves you, Bennett"
BUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUURN!
Dorothy was an amazing detective 🔎
she's really good..she was investigating jfk
@Dan fuckin Conner true
She took the game very seriously. I just read the Lee Israel biography, and according to her, one evening either John or Bennett (can't remember which) found her crying backstage. When he asked what the problem was, she answered that she was upset that she hadn't guessed one guest in three weeks.
Catherine Leary: Absolutely unquestionably!!! It may have cost her life! Highly intelligent!
@Dan fuckin Conner : Dan chuckin Conner!
These shows provide an incredible amount of entertainment for so many. Thank you!
Indeed!!!
Two years after this, at age 14, Eddie had a top 12 hit song with "Gonna Knock on your door." He's still alive. He quit show biz and became a therapist.
Hodges was drafted into the Army during the Vietnam War in the late 1960s, but remained in the U.S. in a non-combat assignment. After he was discharged, he returned to Hollywood and became disillusioned with show business. He decided to return to his native Mississippi and entered the University of Southern Mississippi where he received his B.S. in Psychology and an M.S. in Counseling. He became a mental health counsellor and is currently retired from practice after a long career in the field. He converted to the Roman Catholic faith in 1998. He is divorced and has two grown children and six grandchildren. He occasionally gets in touch with his old show business friends and still writes songs, though he is unable to play guitar due to spinal nerve injuries. Hodges rode out Hurricane Katrina in 2005 and informed his fans that he was fine after being without water, electricity and telephone/internet contact for 19 days when the utilities were restored.
Man! Mark! Are you informed!!! Bravo! Stars would kill to have ONE FAN just like you! Gregg Oreo long Beach Ca
Never heard of him.
I first saw Eddie in a very funny episode of 'The Dick Van Dyke Show' in which he plays a young teen who is seriously smitten with Laura Petrie (what American male wasn't?).
Eddie was the featured guest star in "A Natural Wizard," a classic 1965 episode of BONANZA. He played a young man who had a natural affinity for animals (and naturally interacted well with the great Dan Blocker as "Hoss.") He was 18 at the time, and the screenplay writer, Suzanne Clauser, had originally envisioned the character as a much younger child. She was disappointed with the rewrite (although admitted the revised episode turned out very well) and was determined to use the appealing character again. She did, changing the sex and incorporating the character into her classic novel, "A Girl Named Sooner," which was adapted successfully for the screen.
Unfortunately, your post failed to credit Wikipedia where you copied it verbatim.
I always watch one of these when my mind needs a little peace and calm..
Never thought I'd see it again. (What's My Line). Thank you.
Eddie Hodges was a tremendous and talented young man and wonderful entertainer and a perfect mystery guest !!!!!
Much like myself.
John Daly's acknowledgement of a guest's home town, area of the country they come from, demonstrates the cognizance of a national American collective spirit no longer prominent in a 21st century America so divided.
Desegregation killed America. Now, your son LOVES pimps and drug dealers. Loves them. They’re heroes don’tcha know.
That's all in the media perception. In my day to day reality, there is no division, except for that between the "haves" and "have nots". But that's been going on since January 20, 1981.
@@kenanacampora most hollywood movie stars of the 40s through the 60s were tied up with sprawling organized crime networks. so it looks like some things never change.
@@kenanacampora - lol, get a load of this clown...."Desegregation killed America." Racist upbringings is what killed America, of which you are a shining example. If your son loves pimps and drug dealers, that's a reflection of YOU...he's from YOUR DNA and YOU raised him, supposedly.
@@kenanacampora - the fault lies not in our stars nor in our rightful societal Desegregation....it lies in you. If your son LOVES pimps and drug dealers as you freely admit, its a reflection of his upbringing and personal values - it ain't anybody else's fault, Bubbie. Your blame-game attitude was captured brilliantly by Lee J Cobb in "12 Angry Men" - always looking to blame your personal mismanagement and ineptitude on something or somebody else.
Yes, thank you for uploading these, binge viewing for the last 24 hours. 'Anatomy of a Murder' is a classic. See it if you haven't.
Filmed in Michigan, it deals with some pretty hot topics for 1959 - Jimmy Stewart is fantastic.
Not to mention Lee Remick
Ben Gazzara is not only gorgeous, but an awesome actor...
Indeed
So great Eddie, loved him, I’m 71 and remember him well, singing and acting
Good for Paul; he used his size to his advantage. In spite of his stature, he was a big man on the inside as he didn't let his size deter him from pursuing the education & training needed to inspect jet engines.
@hannah harder Cool; bet you're very proud of him.
Curiously entertaining. Appreciated.
Another John & Bennett 'in love' episode. I love these too so much :)
Eddie Hodges...a blast from the past if ever there was one. He sang with Sinatra...
Frank Burns He was excellent in A Hole in the head!
Well, of course! Eddie was only 12! :p
Even at 12, he had high hopes . . .
I loved when John Daly said; " I think we'll need a small conference" in talking with the jet engine inspector.
Jonathon Edwards I was afraid that someone from the panel would make a joke at that point, about the height of the guest. Of course they didn't - being always so polite and tactful. 👍
He said this with everyone.
@@JuusoVainio
They made loads of puns and jokes about a very hefty man, who was a guest on the show. I guess, as today, making fun of someone's weight was okay, but making fun of their height was not.
@@lisahinton9682 because iin most of of the cases, you can do something about your weight, but not height
A few weeks before CBS broadcast this at 10:30 pm, 2 August 1959, WML did two shows. During the 8 o'clock hour, they did this show, which was videotaped for later broadcast; then at 10:30 pm, they did the live broadcast. This is a technological landmark: the 2nd of 77 WML pre-recorded by videotape for a delayed broadcast later. The record we see here, of course, was originally a kinescope. Whether any of the ancient videotapes survive -- notably the color videotapes of 1966 - 1967 remains to be seen, but none have turned up quite yet. Fates noted in his book that every so often the company would do two shows in one evening and videotape one of them. This way, the company took some breaks, notably in July and August. This scheduling and videotaping technique was one way WML managed to do 876 broadcasts without one rerun --- ever.
This was another great episode of the show.It would be very hard to guess the product of chinese fortune cookies and I thought Eddie Hodges was wonderful on the show.God Bless him.
Fantastic clip! Thanks for posting this historical piece!
I have to say that I really like how polite they were with first guest; today, you couldn't even acknowledge someone was short. But there is a way to do that and be respectful. And even nicer: no sense of the guy feeling like a victim. married with three kids! And handsome too!
People were so classy and smart back than.
There are still classy and smart people. It's just that they aren't invited anymore to be on television.
@Wilbetube:
You are so funny! But, unfortunately, you're correct! That's why I lost interest in most current TV several years ago!
@@Wilbtube That is so accurate! So sad, yet so true... (and this is coming from an 18-year-old)
Ben Gazzara gave me my first screen kiss..I mean he gave me my first interview kiss. I interviewed Ben for a fan mag in the mid Sixties. It was one of my first if not my very first interview and I began doing stuff for the fan mags. As I was leaving, Gazzara twirled me around and planted one directly. Very likeable. Very charming. Cute. Audrey Hepburn wanted to marry him but apparently he did not want to leave the USA and Audrey lived elsewhere. Arlene and Dorothy both seem smitten.
1959 to 2018 --- even in this brief video recording, the steep decline of American society is self-evident. What it will resemble in the next fifty-nine years, one shudders to imagine.
@gcjerryusc Of course many whine about PC'ers being offended by everything in today's world, but few recall we had 90 yrs of conservative christian censorship, and even today, whether it had to do with sex, morals, or saying fuck,shit,etc. Yet I'm sure you're one that complains about today's PCer's being offended by everything. What hypocrisy
I agree with you Marc.
@@martinwoyzeck2634 - Sound's like you got your little feeling's hurt. How sad.
@@martinwoyzeck2634 Being politically correct has nothing to do with terrible language and bad manners. Being PC means you have to think and say whatever is deemed acceptable to certain society. And those demanding certain words be used generally bully people via cancel culture. They silence dissent. Not using bad language is a manners thing. Not a conservative or liberal thing. You can be a leftist and not curse or a conservative. And you can get into PC trouble and say no bad words at all. It is two different things
Think. People in 1959 were fighting civil rights as hard as they could. Literacy rates weren't what they are now. It wasn't that great. On the other hand, nobody had to deal with crazy people denying reality the way they do in 2020, so maybe it wasn't that bad.
I wasn't expecting much from Eddie Hodges, but he turned out to me a wonderful Mystery Guest!
I love Eddie Hodges's in Summer Magic . . . One of Walt Disneys best films ever!
Did Eddie Hodges appear in the Superman movie serial with Kirk Allynin 1948
@@kevinmadden1645 Eddie Hodges was born in 1947, so I doubt it.
Hayley Mills' least favorite of her movies, according to her.
Great voice disguise by Eddie Hodges. Sweet little guy.
How many 12-year-olds today could say the first line of the Gettysburg Address?
+segoon2000 He didn't get the line exactly right...
+Ron McGill Perhaps he was quoting an earlier draft (facetious) . Contrary to legend, Lincoln spent some time on it with several revisions over a couple of weeks.
segoon2000 Homeschoolers my kids memorized a lot of different things from scripture to poems and historical documents. . .
wholeNwon Interesting. I had read that he wrote it on the train he took through Baltimore to Gettysburg. I'm definitely going to have to research it more.
+Daniel Fronc
A research project! Who says television wasn't educational?
I love the dresses the ladies wore back then! Dorothy with her gloves.
She’s wearing white gloves! Dorothy is awesome. Ben so young. Love this show
Eddie Hodges 2 years later had the hit song I’m Gonna Knock On Your Door
Eddie's handwriting is fantastic!
Victoria Odegaard true
I was thinking that, he actually has better handwriting than the adults who appeared on this show!
@@DarylReeceJames It was called the "Palmer Method" and one was expected to deviate from it into some individuality as one matured. Doctors in particular went way out into outer space with their handwriting. Now, I understand, the schools have stopped teaching cursive writing altogether. I wonder what will happen with that decision?
I cannot for the life of me understand how so many people in the comments think this. It’s irregular and unattractive. You all must have really horrible handwriting to be impressed by his.
@slaytonp They still teach joined-up handwriting, just not with all the silly loops.
In 1959 at age 12, Eddie Hodges became Mississippi's first Grammy Award winner for his contribution to the original Broadway cast album of for which he sang a solo and was credited as the lead singer on another song. It was the first year that the Grammys were awarded
I like the camaraderie between John and Bennett. It's spot on.
4:11 John roasting Bennett like a boss (in a joyful way lol)
I never get tired of these shows!
Bernie in locked down covid Sydney
Ben Gazarra was so handsome. He reminds me of Louis Jourdan. He was an amazing actor too. He originated the male lead role of Brick in the original Broadway stage production of _Cat on a Hot Tin Roof,_ Tennessee Williams Pulitzer Prize winning play, opposite Barbara Bel Geddes. He was likely performing that role in the play when he was appearing here on the panel.
Also, I was impressed with how considerate he was in the way he phrased his question: "Would the fact that you are shorter than I am play a role in what you do?" (Or however he put it--very polite and respectful.)
dang arlene looked good with that tan
Dave Orton Yes... but she ALWAYS looked GREAT! Natural beauty at its finest.
Thank you Tony! Such a gift!
That boy's in his mid 70's now
Glad to hear.
He rode out Hurricane Katrina without running water, electricity or contact for nineteen days.
Eddie Hodges. Oh my yes. He and Brandon deWilde were the youngest mystery guests; though Brandon went with a voice that sounded like Marilyn Monroe with a chest cold, and Eddie sounds like he flunked Disney's animated barnyard. Eddie appeared in all sorts of 1960s movies and TV. In TV I remember him in 1 The Lucy Show episode where Lucy and Viv sang "Big Girls Don't Cry" at the beach and 2 a Dick Van Dyke Show episode where he was Richie's sitter. Eddie looks just thrilled [ 20:20 ] to be recognized. Many adult mystery guests really wanted to deceive the panel. However, as a 12 year old kid -- he must have wondered if the panel really paid attention to him.
One of my favorite movies is "Hole in the Head" starring Frank Sinatra and Eddie Hodges played a major character in that film. I was fortunate to have a conversation with Eddie one time and I asked him how he was treated on the set as there were many big stars in the movie including Sinatra, Edward G. Robinson, Carolyn Jones, Thelma Ritter and Keenan Wynn. He said Frank Sinatra made it clear from day one that he (Eddie) was to be treated with respect on the set and as an equal. He said he couldn't have been treated any better. He also said Sinatra had many friends drop by the set during filming including Sammy Davis, Jr. that he got to interact with and they too treated him with utmost respect. Eddie is now a retired Mental Health counselor in Mississippi.
Mental health's gain was Hollywood's loss.
soulierinvestments I'm gonna knock on your door, ring on your bell...
soulierinvestments I'm gonna knock on your door, ring on your bell...
+newjerseybt ''Tap on your window too...If you don't come out tonight when the moon is bright I'm gonna knock and ring and tap until you do...'' I loved it...
When I was in eighth grade, my teacher chose me to present the Gettysburg Address at the town’s Memorial Day service. I shrunk away from it, because I would have to recite it from memory. My classmate who did give it nailed it.
The ever brilliant Dorothy almost gets the short contestant’s line of work(engine inspector)!!!!!
It is 2025 and I wish What's My Line was resurrected!!!!! It is so innocently entertaining.
A contestant under 5 foot signs in is like an elephant in the room moment when asking questions
Eddie Hodges was replaced in the movie version of Music Man by little Ronnie Howard! Ronnie was adorable. Eddie was too old by then!
A sweeter gentler time. Pray for us.
Guest appearances by then child actor Eddie Hodges on network TV productions included Bonanza, Gunsmoke, Cimarron Strip and The Dick Van Dyke Show. He was also a "mystery guest" on What's My Line?. On October 4, 1957, the day the Soviet Union launched the Sputnik 1 satellite, Hodges made a memorable appearance on the game show Name That Tune in which he partnered with then Major John Glenn, Jr., the future astronaut and United States senator. The Sputnik factoid might explain why they guessed the jet engine inspector has something to do with space craft.
What lovely writing Eddie Hodges had.
His hand writing is exceptional for someone of 12 years of age.
I went to school in the 70s and 80s and I think the handwriting of 12-year-olds then (and before) was closer to text book style. As a youngster my handwriting was much better and more legible than it is now. At that age most young folks were still writing as they were taught and were less likely to have developed their own style of to have become lazy with their handwriting.
Don’t be ridiculous. How long do you think it takes to learn to write?! His handwriting is actually quite poor.
@tigergreg8
I can only guess you are younger. I went to school in the 70s and Eddie's handwriting, for a 12-year-old, is actually pretty poor. Compared to a 12-year-old of today, perhaps it would be deemed "exceptional" but I think that is because penmanship is not valued, nor taught, today.
@@lisahinton9682His handwriting looked better then the adults on the show. 😃
@@tigergreg8
I disagree, but I suppose there may've been a tiny number whose handwriting were worse than Eddie's. Anyway, I really don't care to belabor such a trivial silly matter.
If they reintroduced this show, they would have to enforce a G rating on the panel in order for it to be anywhere near the success of the original.
To be fair, later episodes, in the mid sixties on, did slip in class and intellectual rigor. Times change, and businesses learn what sells. With exceptions, aiming for an audience of low taste is a safer, more profitable path.
They have and though I like the host and his mama, not so much the show.
He looks so young compared to 12 year olds of today.
That's because he's not a stupid thug like the morons today.
watuwaitn4 Not all kids are thugs these days...I know many outstanding young men and ladies who are amazing people including my 6 children.
And 6 grandchildren that are being raised to love the LORD and their country.
Susan Sackrison I do not believe that all kids are thugs. I have been a mother, grandmother, and a Girl Scout leader for 15 years and can attest to that. I just commented that he looks younger than most 12 year olds today. Today, the kids seem to be taller, go through puberty younger and grow up way to fast.
Yet so mature.
Boys mature at different rates, and that was true back then as it is now. Eddie was obviously a bit of a late bloomer at 12 years and almost 4 months of age here. I think I caught a bit of voice-breaking in the Gettysburg Address opening lines, but another comment here says that was character acting based on a scene in "The Music Man". I sang in school and church during the year I was twelve, and was an alto in the spring and a bass in the fall -- voice never cracked, it just slid. But I was also nearly my adult height by then, too, and it's clear that Eddie hasn't started that growth spurt at this time. No matter -- his maturity of talent and manners are much more important than the schedule of his physical maturity.
Ben Gazara is so handsome
*Gazzara
Eddie Hodges was so adorable! (I just learned who he was tonight.) Not only can most elementary school kids not recite any of the Gettysburg Address today, but they don't even know what it is! :( We have fallen as a society so very much! Tradition, values, and manners out the window! I've recently substituted quite a lot in middle school, so I speak with some current knowledge, sorry to have to say!
...On another note, I wonder whether if the panel knew that they could be watched repeatedly by so many people in the future, would they have been so comfortable with being themselves on the show, such as with no script, for example?? How would the producers have structured the show differently? (I'm glad they didn't, 'cause I really enjoy the show, and just discovered it last year! Its taken over many a bedtime routine since then! ;D I usually end up falling asleep while watching it, then wake up disappointed the next morning that I didn't even get to watch it to the middle!
Children are taught by the adults around them. The parents and teachers of today were children in the 1960s. If they chose not to teach the same things, we cannot judge the children. Besides, there are many wonderful, well-mannered, kind, and intelligent young people around today.
@@gilliankew Yes, I agree with you about the children of today. I have taught public school for eleven years now, and I love all my students. And, of course, I think highly of all five of my own children.
But, most of the teachers of today did not grow up in the 60s - most of them are retired by now; rather, they grew up in the 70s, 80s, and even the 90s.
I thought he might be 9, this is the first time I’ve heard of him, I was 4 in 1959. I loved the movie “Music Man” that’s when I fell in love with Shirley Jones 😘 Also seeing her in “Oklahoma.” 🎥
With the man who worked crawling into the jet engines - John says "small conference" ooops!
John always says that.
Jonathon Edwards He’d be fired immediately today and also called a racist
@@rickrick5041: What on earth does that mean? John had "small conferences" with almost every guest.
@@accomplice55 Racist
Young eddie has wonderful smile
These jobs are hard to guess....this would make a good show today why dont they recreate it
Because everything is now made in China... Americans don't work anymore.
And, sadly, I fear many in Hollywood, nowadays, wouldn't be smart enough to be on the panel.
Sadly not one would be able to speak fine English as this panel did.
And where would we find such a literate host?
+Edwin Rivera I do and many of my friends do as well. You know, there are still millions of us who treasure the English language and speak it correctly.
I used to watch Ben Gazara in 'Run for your life' on T. V. when I was a kid.
Eddie hodges as good penmanship.
emerybayblues I noticed that, too - excellent handwriting!
chalkmanship?
Would the ability to multi-task while wearing headphones be "Walkmanship"?
hee heee...very good lois!
And to think now-a-days they're not even teaching cursive handwriting ! I'm making sure all my grandchildren know how to read & write cursive . If one doesn't know this form of writing, they'll have difficulty reading their ancestors letters. Slightly makes difficulty in a legal signature as well, printing would sure be easy to forge!
I grew up watching Ben Gazara in Run for your life,' also Harrison Ford played in a similar movie called 'The Fugitive.' It's was based on a true story. Both these actors seem to play in movies with serious content. Two of my favourite actors. I like Mr. Gazara on WML, very negligent man.
Ford's movie was based on David Janssen's TV series 'The Fugitive', (1963-67), the success of which led to the production of 'Run For Your LIfe'. Both could thank 'Route 66', (1960-64) to create interest in traveling heroes, a concept that could be further traced to the Westerns, ('Cheyenne', 'Maverick', 'Sugarfoot', 'The Restless Gun', etc.). Roy Thinnes' 'The Invaders' is in the same vein.
@@44032 Thanks for the information. I liked the ending of the Fugitive.
The final contestant is the perfect example of how the lack of product or service as initial information given could set the panel 180 degrees away from what the contestant actually does. I’m glad they added the product/service distinction as default information, along with salaried/self-employed, shortly after this.
Ben Gazzara. Yes indeed in his early luscious period. Elaine Stritch said that she nearly married him but got distracted by a relationship with Rock Hudson. "And we all know what a bum decision that turned out to be," she concluded. Well, live and learn.
Oh lor what a story!!
I was Elaine Stritch's massage therapist for awhile in the early90's
@@martinwoyzeck2634 That's cool. Was she the sharp witted bubbly person we saw in interviews?
Wow. 1959. I didn't realize they were doing pajamas for dogs.
Older folks told me that in college that I was a dead ringer for Ben Gazara. Rip
I only know the mystery guest from the movie with Sinatra which he was great.
And the music man,..
@@williamstone436: Yes, the Broadway production. Most people think of Ron Howard as Winthrop.
".. .but Not for LONG. .."
😂😂😂
EDDIE HODGES - IS STILL ALIVE - 77 years old!
Lovely penmanship!
John Daly on top of his game in this one. Fun to watch.
'Eddie' - now Samuel Hodges - is just two-and-a-half years younger than my eldest brother. I must ask him if he remembers him...
Cordiality in those days was the norm.
Eddie would have a #12 hit nationwide in 1961, "I'm Gonna Knock On Your Door". This was followed by "(Girls, Girls, Girls) Made To Love" (Written by Phil Everly). Both were very enjoyable recordings.
You know, I see a lot comments about how nice and polite everyone was in this time period, and I don’t necessarily disagree, but don’t forget that this was also a time when black people couldn’t eat at the same lunch counter as whites, nor use the same restroom. Homosexuality was considered a crime and interracial marriage was illegal.
I agree that we should all be more civil to each other and I wish some of the charm of this period would return, but just remember that a television show never gives you the full picture of what’s going on.
some scenes during this show are disturbing today. " the question if "miss or mrs" right at the beginning, the touching of the guests hand at the beginning, and even the penal : the male guests are spreading the arms behind the female members of the penal. not very polite
Don't judge historical times thru the lens of modern day. It is as ignorant as trying to apply historical mores to modern times.
Member When I agree to a point, but people always bring up how racist, sexist , etc the world was ‘back then’ . But those things are still going on today, and not only still going on, they’re worse . No one respects anyone. All one has to do is go on social media, watch t.v., read papers, or just go out in public. People are down right cruel to each other, you see much more hatred and not just for people of different color, sex, sexual orientation , and religion. These days a person can get beaten up or , killed for just having an opinion. So if given a choice, (I was born in the 70s) I’d choose to live ‘back then’ any day.
Member When Member When I agree to a point, but people always bring up how racist, sexist , etc the world was ‘back then’ . But those things are still going on today, and not only still going on, they’re worse . No one respects anyone. All one has to do is go on social media, watch t.v., read papers, or just go out in public. People are down right cruel to each other, you see much more hatred and not just for people of different color, sex, sexual orientation , and religion. These days a person can get beaten up or , killed for just having an opinion. So if given a choice, (I was born in the 70s) I’d choose to live ‘back then’ any day.
Well said, Dawn Falvey!
Can you imagine any kid today being able to recite the Gettysburg Address from memory? Or even knowing what the Gettysburg Address is?
"are you in pictures?"
Eddie Hodges, the original Winthrop Paroo in "The Music Man", would (among other things) star in a big film version of "Huckleberry Finn" in 1960 (with Archie Moore) and make a guest appearance in the Dick van Dyke show's "The Lady & the Babysitter" (1964), playing a love-sick young man, who idolizes Mary Tyler Moore; it's a rather bittersweet episode, one of my favorites. LR
"But not for long"!!
We share the same town of birth in Mississippi!
Whew! Okay, I got my good manners fix, time to venture out into the real world.
contraryMV LOL... yes it will certainly be culture shock after watching these episodes. Clean, good-natured fun from a bygone era. I miss this show, and the dignity that vanished with it.
As I watch in late August 2020, you can say that again!
Mrs Miller is very pretty !
I remember when this show was on and saw it while in New York City I am delighted to be able see it again 😊
@@katharinefilocamo7947 It would be wonderful to hear what memories you have of attending a production. There seem not to be too many people on here who had the experience of being in the audience and who can tell us what it was actually like to be there.
Leave it to horndog Cerf to ask about styles for male or female dog PJs!
"That leaves you though Mr. Bennet". 😂
I think Mr Cerf may have overhead his real voice in that last conference between Eddie and Mr Daly.
4:18...BURN!!!
I don't think 99% of US 12 year olds could utter the 1st sentence of the Gettyburg's address in 2022.
Are you now a psychologist living in Louisiana?
Mr Daly pulled out an "A Priori" and I fell out of my chair. How many people knew immediately that was Latin? I did not know the meaning but I knew how to spell it and went right to Websters! With the exception of having less hair, Mr Gazzara looked quite like he did 30 years later in "Road House." Benefits of having parents married pre-Vatican Two!
I knew that he was using a Latin phrase. I am confused as to how your parents marrying prior to Pope John XXIII's 21st ecumenical council has anything to do with anything though.
@@kbrock9146: I wondered the same.
Ben was a rather good panelist.
Surprisingly yes!
I agree, I think he did quite well in a sometimes difficult role.
Two years later Eddie would have a huge record called "I'm Going To Knock On Your Door."The voice change was quite apparent.
That woman who is from Oklahoma City, Mrs.Miller, looks like she could be Delta Burke's mother, the way Delta looked as Suzanne.Weird. I always thought women in their 40's up to age 65 who lived during the 1960's and every decade before, looked so much older than those same ages since the 1980's.Alot has to do with hair styles, not coloring it, and the clothes.You know, the Edith Bunker look.A 70 year old woman today could wear jeans,Rebok sneakers, and a tee shirt, and have brown or blond hair.She could jog, and drive a sporty car.Any and/or all of that help make women look younger, as opposed to the Edith Bunker and Thelma Harper look.Alot of people eat more nutritionally today, get out more, and take better care to feel and look younger.Some grandparents today aren't even age 50 yet, and look 38 or 40.All of that is just my opinion.
Not to mention a very thriving plastic surgery industry! People in the public eye in particular now spend 1000’s and 1000’s not ‘to age’
I agree
A lot of teen girls in the 1960s looked about 25.