I attended an Italian American dinner back in the 70’s and Fabian was the guest. My cousin and I met him afterwards and we both kissed him on the cheek at the same time. He was very gracious and polite.
Tab Hunter, who had similar fame as Fabian Forte was a closet homose•ual...Tab eventually got married to a man when the laws against same sex marriages were relaxed.
Shelley Berman to challenger - "Have you passed the bar"?….Arlene's reply - "Haven't we all" - L O L Arlene was hilarious. One of hundreds of great retorts she came up. Love you Arlene
Thank you for these videos, I wasn't born during this time and now have become addicted to these shows and a BIG fan of Arlene's, love Dorothy, Bennett and John Daly. And getting used to seeing Martin Gabel, he seemed like a nice man.
+just4mygrl me too! i was not even an egg cell, waiting for fertilization! I'll just say this - these Ricky Nelson and Fabian characters - what guy would not have a fantastic life would if they looked like these dudes!?!?
2:24 Judge Juanita Kidd Stout...first African American woman elected judge in the United States and the first African American woman appointed to a state Supreme Court (PA 1988). Attended Lincoln Univ, Univ of Iowa, Howard University with a JD and MA of Laws from Indiana University Law School. American pioneer and role model in her field.
@@lang-ed3bk Who is Fabian!!!? My goodness! 😳 He was an actual teen idol! He might not have been the best singer, but he was so good looking tbe teenage girls didn't care. He was up there with Bobby Rydell, Frankie Avalon and Paul Anka. All of them were in their teens in competition with Elvis Presley.
You talk about "Fabian" as if he's Marlon Brando, Elvis, or the Beatles....geez, its only 'Fabian' for crying out loud, a totally industry-manufactured pop idol. Couldn't point to any of his work (music/movies) that has had any multi-generational appeal/impact past its initial marketing period of popularity and past the teens who contemporaneously consumed/swallowed it.
The panel was simply great! Often funny as hell . Thanks for these memories. A time when celebrities actually had a talent or a reason for their fame! I've keep going back to this show daily. They should air it on TCM to honor all the celebrities in all the arts, sports, politics etc that appeared . Just having them in one place just for the memories is a joy. Just seeing them laughing , joking, and at various ages is the most wonderful time capsule. Especially the couples -those who stayed married as well as those who didn't. Debbie Reynolds (the guest) & Eddie Fisher (bought out to surprise the panel) were on 4 yrs years before he left her for Elizabeth Taylor. Taylor appeared on the show in Nov 1954 , 3 months after Debbie.
I've keep going back to this show daily. They should air it on TCM to honor all the celebrities in all the arts that appeared just to have them in one place just for the memories. Just seeing them laughing , joking, and at various ages is the most wonderful time capsule. Especially the couples -those who stayed married as well as those who didn't. Debbie Reynolds (the guest) & Eddie Fisher (bought out to surprise the panel) were on 4 yrs years before he left her for Elizabeth Taylor. Taylor appeared on the show in Nov 1954 , 3 months after Debbie.
Sadly, the day this episode aired was also the day the Clutter family (subject of Truman Capote's book 'In Cold Blood' ) was murdered in Holcomb, Kansas. ' In Cold Blood' would later be published by Bennett Cerf's Random House. I was about 15 hours old when this show aired.
My mom may have been in the hospital watching this as I was born two days earlier. I am also very well acquainted with Truman Capote's book as that event happened that weekend.
I hope it's clear I was kidding about "Mr. Line"! :) My name's Gary, if anyone wants to call me that. And you're very welcome, Dixie. I appreciate the comments you've been leaving.
I reached the ripe old age of 7 the day after this show aired. I was in the second grade class of Mrs. Helen Headley in Queens that school year. It was a good year, I liked her as a teacher. She also happened to be the first black person I ever met. (This was before school busing and I had no black classmates ... in fact none in three different schools in grades K-12.) So it has special meaning for me to see that Judge Stout was on this particular episode of WML. (Being a Dodger fan and proud of their role in bringing Jackie Robinson into the major leagues is also connected to this.)
@@debbiecarroll5672 I moved to the suburbs in November of my third grade year. I never had to deal with the principal. I know the name and I think there is a rubber stamp of his signature on my report cards, and that's about my only recollection of him.
@Lois Simmons the fantastic days of Ozone Park .we did the opposite..moved from the suburbs back to Queens.but I eventually came back to the suburbs after I married..
Here it is 4:00 a.m. (in the new month of October, 2024...and, oddly, with 105 degree days presently), and I can't sleep, so I am watching "What's My Line." And in this episode I was laughing so much because it was so entertaining, so delightful, so humorous, and Arlene Francis was "at her best!" I also looked up Mrs. Stout on Wikipedia and was quite amazed at all of her accomplishments in the field of law and justice, especially as a Black woman in her era. And I also now found a three-part recorded interview that was done with her through the University of Virginia Library (via the Avalon Media System), but it's too early in the morning to have the kind of concentration to appreciate all that she had to say, so I'm saving it for a more lucid time to listen to (and that would be later today, as it is going to be another scorching day here in Sonoma County!)
Shelley Berman. Funny funny man. He appeared fairly regularly on WML from 1959 through 1961. As a game player he was pretty good, though it is his asides that kept him coming back for more.
Does our Mr. Daly seem more animated and jovial than usual? He had several bouncy, hearty laughs, and I enjoyed his good natured threat to backhand Bennett at 15:20. :D
I had no idea he was only 16. He does have a commanding presence. I was impressed also. I have heard he name before but I am not familiar with him or his career.
Interesting that Ricky Nelson and Fabian were scheduled as mystery guests back to back. Considering their teen idol status, that this didn't fall on any school holidays, and that the show was broadcast at 10:30pm on Sunday nights, there must have been a lot of heartbroken 'tweens and teens who found out on Monday what they'd missed!
Arline always wore a diamond heart pendant. Note that it is no longer visible. Apparently, she was mugged when exiting a cab. She suffered a broken collarbone, injuries, and a concussion when her necklace was torn from her. Sad. She looks lovely again. 🏵
You're mixing a couple of incidents together. The pendant wasn't stolen until the 1980s, after her husband's death. The injuries were suffered when her car was forced into oncoming traffic on a highway, killing one of the passengers in the car she hit. That was in '63.
They might have called it "chemistry". The Oxford English Dictionary has this quote from George Bernard Shaw in 1898, "No, no, no. Not love: we know better than that. Let's call it chemistry...Well, you're attracting me irresistibly--chemically."
Bennett wrote in the introduction to one of his books that one measure of the quality of a pun was the depth of the groans it elicited (paraphrasing from memory). He certainly had every right to be proud of this one, by those standards.
18:45 - Another example of Cerf pronouncing words in a way nobody else does. AB BORE ZCENE instead of AB SORB BEAN. I will file this with PIT ZAH for PIZZA.
AmeRicanItalian Israel When Raquel Welsh walked off the last lady on the panel had her eyes wide open at Raquels short dress....:) It is on UA-cam,. worth watching.
Arlene's mention of Fabian earlier in the year was in the August 1959 episode with the writers Max Shulman, Dorothy, and Bennett, Senator Long of Hawaii -- and Rick Nelson..
Shelley kept working well into his eighties on TV. He played Larry David's father on Curb Your Enthusiasm. Funny episode where he uses medical marijuana. He died recently at 92.
Ouch! Shelley Berman: "If your product fell out of a window and fell on me would it kill me?" About 7 months later a tourist was struck and killed by a dumbbell falling from Arlene and Martin's 8th floor apartment.
First of all, John, at 17:38 or so, seems to be saying he himself got spavins. That is a horse thing, John-of-the-past! You do not get spavins, human! (Probably I am misunderstanding him, but it amused me.) Second of all, Mr. Wishart was the son of a Scottish immigrant, grew up in MA, went to BU School of Communications, was Director of Radio Gypsy in the Korean War, and probably sooner rather than later became Kendall's Managing Director. With a 30 mile or so commute to Griswoldville. (Also wrote for Yankee, was a volunteer firefighter, and did local theater.) After a career change, retired in 1992, moved to South Carolina, had a life there, died in 2014, had 3 kids and a wife. Obit: www.goldfinchfuneralhome.com/obituaries/Robert-Wishart/#!/Obituary
+Antonio Caban As far as I saw, he still performs but he doesn't record music any more. You might say that he is semi-retired as he deliberately limits his appearances. It sounds like he wouldn't want to do the type of touring required to promote a new album.
He was like Cher or Madonna in more recent decades. Most people only know them by their first name and have never heard the last name unless, these days, they google them.
Shelley’s question about the object falling out of a window was spooky, in light of that unfortunate incident a few years later, involving Arlene’s window.
You'd never hear such an abrupt PSA on diabetes today. We are more aware of it now and how to manage it. It was kind of taboo among people then a bit, especially among athletes like Ron Santo of the Cubs.
the end: it would be darned interesting to know why this episode does not end with the musical piece known as "Roller Coaster." I wonder if they somehow lost the recording or had to get it replaced and for whatever reason the music was not on hand, so they got something else for this broadcast. Or if the producers were thinking of getting a new closing signature and tried this on for size.
My mom didn't think much of Fabian, either, as she preferred classical music and opera. When I read the comment I decided to listen to a few of this young man's songs. Yes, you're right: looked good but could not sing. Give me opera any day! Thank you for these MARVELOUS videos!! Your hard work and dedication bringing hours of enjoyable programming to us is greatly appreciated!!
There was also a _Laverne & Shirley_ episode where they were desperate to meet Fabian but could not get concert tickets, so they devised a plan to sneak into his hotel room, instead. Hilarity ensues.
Fabian Forte, Fabian, was only 16 here, he seems very poised for his age. Very handsome, but I was disappointed after hearing him sing, I guess his looks floated what musical career he had, but he seems a very nice person.
I realize it's late at night so my hearing is probably tricking me, but when John Daley said "Shelley Berman" I could have sworn, for real, that what he actually said was "Jelly Bean."
Nondescript If it were *on* the camera lens it would be so far out of focus that it couldn't be seen. And it wasn't present in the main studio TV camera at all, and quite possibly didn't exist until the kinescope film of this episode was converted to video for cable TV in recent years. The hair is in the film gate: the metal frame through which the film passes between the lamp and the lens. It wasn't there when the animation was originally put on film, because that is shot frame by frame rather than in real time, and the tuft of hair is dancing about and leaving the film gate just as it does during film projection. Also, the animation would have been re-shot to eliminate the hair. It could have been present in the film chain (a combination film projector and TV camera) just as the broadcast of the show was beginning, while the filmed animation was being played back before switching the broadcast source to the studio cameras. This would have been a lapse from broadcast quality standards; I'll bet they cleaned the film gate before every live show. Most likely the hair was sticking to the decades-old kinescope film at the time that it was converted to video for cable TV.
No commenters suggesting any WML PANELIST thought of BOBBY RYDELL who already had hit songs as RYDELL/FABIAN/ started around APRIL 1959 with major songs and AVALON/NELSON/were on the pop charts since 1957 for NELSON and 1958 for AVALON (and AVALON would continue right up to DECEMBER 1959 tru FEBRUARY 1960 with the #1 SONG:WHY** then oddly AVALON was not heard again tru 1963!!!! Probably doing night club/vegas type acts but came back strong with those BEACH PARTY MOVIES: 1963 tru 1967** FABIAN went tru APRIL 1959 tru FEBRUARY 1960 and then seemed to dissapear from the POP CHARTS!! RYDELL went from JUNE 1959 tru FEBRUARY 1964 with song hits--HIS last big song hit: FORGET HIM first heard on pop radio stations from early NOVEMBER 1963 and played tru FEBRUARY 1964 ( and please stop blaming the BEATLES showing up and causing the AMERICAN TEEN IDOL YEARS to slowly break down and dissapear as it is the PRODUCERS STARTING TO MANIPULATE WHO THEY SIGN UP AS NEWCOMERS AND THE TOP 100 CHART CREATORS AND RADIO STATION 45 SINGLE RECORD PLAYERS ANNOUNCING JUST:WOW!EVERYBODY HERES A FUTURE #1HIT FOR YOU,LISTEN TO THIS!!!! ******BOBBY VINTON was always timeless from BLUE VELVET heard AUGUST tru OCTOBER 1963 and then HE had more POP HIT SONGS tru 1974--WOW!!!!!!!!! CONNIE FRANCIS/RYDELL/NELSON/DARIN/SEDAKA/ORBISON/GORE/4 SEASONS/ELVIS/CANNON/COOKE/ and many other artist continued to turn out SONGS after that BRITISH INVASION but it was as I,VE said the placing of songs/artist positions on those TOP 100 CHARTS that made a difference in an opinion of who is more POPULAR THAN THE OTHER ARTIST!
+Jade Shannon That's basically how he was discovered and chosen: for his looks. The owners of the record company that first signed him felt he had the looks to become a teen idol (he just needed to grow out his hair from crew cut to pompadour). The quality of his voice was an after thought.
I have been trying to find out if Arlene had a grandson. Google said, "yes" but I can't find out anything about him. I was a member of the What's My Line Facebook but haven't heard from them for a long time
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Ms. Francis was always the onecoming up with off handed quips. Sometimes racy, always funny. She was a gem.
I luv Arlene! She was smart as a whip, funny, and personable!
I attended an Italian American dinner back in the 70’s and Fabian was the guest. My cousin and I met him afterwards and we both kissed him on the cheek at the same time. He was very gracious and polite.
Tab Hunter, who had similar fame as Fabian Forte was a closet homose•ual...Tab eventually got married to a man when the laws against same sex marriages were relaxed.
Yes, I’m saying it for the 000th time, I absolutely ADOOOOOOOORE Arlene Francis 💖💖💖
100% class!
I detest her and her husband! For the billionth time!
Shelley Berman to challenger - "Have you passed the bar"?….Arlene's reply - "Haven't we all" - L O L Arlene was hilarious. One of hundreds of great retorts she came up. Love you Arlene
Galileocan g ~ Loved your entire comment. Arlene was always so pleasant, she had a very quick wit and I loved her as well. ❤️
Arlene always added that extra touch to the shows.
I'd think it was far more common for the panelists *not* to pass the bar but to stop in instead.
@@neilmidkiff And for some, just before they went on the show. lol
@@kevinkool3 you stole my thunder. Pre program pauses. Elevated elbows
Thank you for these videos, I wasn't born during this time and now have become addicted to these shows and a BIG fan of Arlene's, love Dorothy, Bennett and John Daly. And getting used to seeing Martin Gabel, he seemed like a nice man.
+just4mygrl Glad you're enjoying them-- it's a very addictive show!
+just4mygrl me too! i was not even an egg cell, waiting for fertilization!
I'll just say this - these Ricky Nelson and Fabian characters - what guy would not have a fantastic life would if they looked like these dudes!?!?
You're right jas22! I remember Ricky Nelson and Fabian when I was a kid, I was born 1964.
What's My Line? Yes very addictive!
Same here - Martin Gabel is my favorite - along with Hal Block of course ;)
2:24 Judge Juanita Kidd Stout...first African American woman elected judge in the United States and the first African American woman appointed to a state Supreme Court (PA 1988). Attended Lincoln Univ, Univ of Iowa, Howard University with a JD and MA of Laws from Indiana University Law School. American pioneer and role model in her field.
Some of the men in the audience 𝒐𝒃𝒗𝒊𝒐𝒖𝒔𝒍𝒚 thought Judge Stout was Caucasian when she initially walked on the set🤔
I'll bet that she knew who Dred Scott was and could define what is a woman without being a biologist.
@@rentslave - yep, and so could you, so that's not saying much.
I love these shows from my childhood. I wish I could go back in time, because I also love John Daly!
The episodes from the fifties were the best. Thank you 'What's My Line" for your work in posting this wonderful program.
Fabian was drop dead gorgeous!!!!!!!!
A good looking guy, but what was that crap they put in their hair back then?
@@larrygrebler5054 Brill cream I think.
My mom and aunties and babysitters loved him
....and only 16 here.
@@larrygrebler5054 vitalis
can't believe Fabian was only 16 in this Video!!! WOW!!!
Yes...I know just had to ask my wife what 43 from 59 was because I was astounded.
@gloria hodge good one, Gloria.
who is fabian? he's so handsome, i clicked on the video
WOW. I never would have thought. I thought he was in his early 20's. He carried himself very well.
@@lang-ed3bk Who is Fabian!!!? My goodness! 😳
He was an actual teen idol! He might not have been the best singer, but he was so good looking tbe teenage girls didn't care. He was up there with Bobby Rydell, Frankie Avalon and Paul Anka. All of them were in their teens in competition with Elvis Presley.
Fabian was a class act - how far we’ve fallen from this calibre of celebrity
The Kardashians. What are they up to this week?
@@keithhyttinen8275 who cares.?
Exactly!
So there is not a living person who can rival Fabian? Is your statement an ABSOLUTE? Please provide us with your list of disappointments.
You talk about "Fabian" as if he's Marlon Brando, Elvis, or the Beatles....geez, its only 'Fabian' for crying out loud, a totally industry-manufactured pop idol. Couldn't point to any of his work (music/movies) that has had any multi-generational appeal/impact past its initial marketing period of popularity and past the teens who contemporaneously consumed/swallowed it.
Judge Kidd Stout was the first African American judge in PA. She was later on the PA Supreme Court.
She was getting a lot of the questions wrong. Maybe she was the first DEI hire.
'Life begins at Forte''. The way Daly looked at the camera. Priceless.
I was born on 11/24/59 so there is a good chance my mom watched this show, in great discomfort, praying for me to be born soon.
Love Fabian's hair!
The panel was simply great! Often funny as hell . Thanks for these memories. A time when celebrities actually had a talent or a reason for their fame!
I've keep going back to this show daily. They should air it on TCM to honor all the celebrities in all the arts, sports, politics etc that appeared . Just having them in one place just for the memories is a joy. Just seeing them laughing , joking, and at various ages is the most wonderful time capsule. Especially the couples -those who stayed married as well as those who didn't. Debbie Reynolds (the guest) & Eddie Fisher (bought out to surprise the panel) were on 4 yrs years before he left her for Elizabeth Taylor. Taylor appeared on the show in Nov 1954 , 3 months after Debbie.
I've keep going back to this show daily. They should air it on TCM to honor all the celebrities in all the arts that appeared just to have them in one place just for the memories. Just seeing them laughing , joking, and at various ages is the most wonderful time capsule. Especially the couples -those who stayed married as well as those who didn't. Debbie Reynolds (the guest) & Eddie Fisher (bought out to surprise the panel) were on 4 yrs years before he left her for Elizabeth Taylor. Taylor appeared on the show in Nov 1954 , 3 months after Debbie.
I want Arlene’s dress! (And thanks again WML for posting all these.)
I love Dorothys laugh. So genuine. Almost girl like
Sadly, the day this episode aired was also the day the Clutter family (subject of Truman Capote's book 'In Cold Blood' ) was murdered in Holcomb, Kansas. ' In Cold Blood' would later be published by Bennett Cerf's Random House. I was about 15 hours old when this show aired.
Orange male Oscar I was just thinking that
My mom may have been in the hospital watching this as I was born two days earlier. I am also very well acquainted with Truman Capote's book as that event happened that weekend.
Well then a real happy birthday that day! I was also born this day at 11:48 am!
Thanks, Mr. Line! It's always a delight to find new treasures you've posted.
I hope it's clear I was kidding about "Mr. Line"! :) My name's Gary, if anyone wants to call me that.
And you're very welcome, Dixie. I appreciate the comments you've been leaving.
+What's My Line?
We just don't want to be out of line with any of our comments!
I reached the ripe old age of 7 the day after this show aired. I was in the second grade class of Mrs. Helen Headley in Queens that school year. It was a good year, I liked her as a teacher. She also happened to be the first black person I ever met. (This was before school busing and I had no black classmates ... in fact none in three different schools in grades K-12.) So it has special meaning for me to see that Judge Stout was on this particular episode of WML. (Being a Dodger fan and proud of their role in bringing Jackie Robinson into the major leagues is also connected to this.)
I had Mrs. Headley in first & 6th grade..P.S. 108 yes? I adored her
@@debbiecarroll5672 Yes, that was the school I attended.
@Lois Simmons the great days of P.S 108..I didn't like Mr. Kleinberg..
@@debbiecarroll5672 I moved to the suburbs in November of my third grade year. I never had to deal with the principal. I know the name and I think there is a rubber stamp of his signature on my report cards, and that's about my only recollection of him.
@Lois Simmons the fantastic days of Ozone Park .we did the opposite..moved from the suburbs back to Queens.but I eventually came back to the suburbs after I married..
Juanita was quite a woman - broke so many barriers before they were being broken.
Fabian is so young and handsome.
I wonder where he is now! I bet he is still good looking.
Fabian was never much of a singer, but he sure was a beauty.
he was manufactured as a singer by Frank M
HE POSED NUDE IN PLAYGIRL
His name was mentioned NON STOP in "Laverne and Shirley" lol 😂Finally I looked up on google, "what's a FABIAN?" lol!
Juanita Kidd Stout. Met her as an undergrad. She was keynote speaker at an pre law forum.
I wasn't born yet.. but I would have squealed too when Fabian came out!!
Here it is 4:00 a.m. (in the new month of October, 2024...and, oddly, with 105 degree days presently), and I can't sleep, so I am watching "What's My Line." And in this episode I was laughing so much because it was so entertaining, so delightful, so humorous, and Arlene Francis was "at her best!" I also looked up Mrs. Stout on Wikipedia and was quite amazed at all of her accomplishments in the field of law and justice, especially as a Black woman in her era. And I also now found a three-part recorded interview that was done with her through the University of Virginia Library (via the Avalon Media System), but it's too early in the morning to have the kind of concentration to appreciate all that she had to say, so I'm saving it for a more lucid time to listen to (and that would be later today, as it is going to be another scorching day here in Sonoma County!)
Shelley Berman. Funny funny man. He appeared fairly regularly on WML from 1959 through 1961. As a game player he was pretty good, though it is his asides that kept him coming back for more.
Fabian was always a heart Throb ☺️
Does our Mr. Daly seem more animated and jovial than usual? He had several bouncy, hearty laughs, and I enjoyed his good natured threat to backhand Bennett at 15:20. :D
Noticed that as well. Always good to see him laughing and enjoying himself.
I been looking for this episode for a while. I've watch these episode more than a few times, but I've only seen this one oncce before.
Fabian is Italian, Forte, and it was a common name.
I like how all the 50s pop stars are so polite and clean-cut on this show.
Hard to believe that Fabian was only 16 here. So poised, so mature.
He certainly carried himself well during this appearance.
I had no idea he was only 16. He does have a commanding presence. I was impressed also.
I have heard he name before but I am not familiar with him or his career.
@@samualcrocket1405He is a contemporary of Frankie Avalon
@@RonGerstein They are similar.
Interesting that Ricky Nelson and Fabian were scheduled as mystery guests back to back. Considering their teen idol status, that this didn't fall on any school holidays, and that the show was broadcast at 10:30pm on Sunday nights, there must have been a lot of heartbroken 'tweens and teens who found out on Monday what they'd missed!
Ms Kilgallen's beautiful dress reminds me of the Jiffy Pop popcorn when it gradually fans out as it fills out. Very lovely dress.
I want you doing the clothes descriptions during fashion shows.
loved Fabian in North to Alaska with John wayne 💋
That was a funny movie. That song "North to Alaska" was how I got my youngest brother to remember which direction north is.
Mrs. Stout now has a courthouse named for her.
she seems quite an unpleasant person ... not pleasant in the least ...
She struck me as lovey, certainly bright and poised.
@@anneroy4560 I disagree with you she seemed a confident, determined and bright lady.
Exceedingly excruciatingly handsome Fabian.
Shelley Berman: Have you passed the bar?
Arlene: Haven’t we all? 😂❤
Great singer a legend
Fabulous Fabian
I love Arlene !
Dorothy always has to watch the handsome ones walk out of the room!
Arline always wore a diamond heart pendant. Note that it is no longer visible. Apparently, she was mugged when exiting a cab. She suffered a broken collarbone, injuries, and a concussion when her necklace was torn from her. Sad. She looks lovely again. 🏵
Correction: Arlene
Wow; I didn’t know that. Thank you for sharing.
You're mixing a couple of incidents together. The pendant wasn't stolen until the 1980s, after her husband's death. The injuries were suffered when her car was forced into oncoming traffic on a highway, killing one of the passengers in the car she hit. That was in '63.
@@tanisdevelopment: Correct she was mugged decades later!
Audience laughter response at times sorta guides the questioning.
I don't know what they called it back then, but what we call now "chemistry" between Mr. Cerf and Mr. Daley is an undiluted genius.
They might have called it "chemistry". The Oxford English Dictionary has this quote from George Bernard Shaw in 1898, "No, no, no. Not love: we know better than that. Let's call it chemistry...Well, you're attracting me irresistibly--chemically."
23:51 "Bennett would you mind leaving the room... " after that horrible pun.
And then Daly's "stunned silence." Lol, he got called out on that bad joke big time.
Bennett wrote in the introduction to one of his books that one measure of the quality of a pun was the depth of the groans it elicited (paraphrasing from memory). He certainly had every right to be proud of this one, by those standards.
Can't believe Mr. Cerf came up with such a corny pun. One would have expected that from someone like Hal Block.
Have you passed the bar?
HAVEN'T WE ALL!!!!!
One of the best lines!!!!!
18:45 - Another example of Cerf pronouncing words in a way nobody else does.
AB BORE ZCENE instead of AB SORB BEAN.
I will file this with PIT ZAH for PIZZA.
Dorothy Killgallen's smile at 15:58, really sweet ☺️🙏
Indeed
"It's called horse liniment ... we'll get you some."
Check out Dorthy checking out Fabian a the very end as he walks off the stage..
Oh who could blame her? ;)
A lot of them have actually done the same to other guest, men and women who walk off.
Interesting :)
AmeRicanItalian Israel When Raquel Welsh walked off the last lady on the panel had her eyes wide open at Raquels short dress....:) It is on UA-cam,. worth watching.
Arlene's mention of Fabian earlier in the year was in the August 1959 episode with the writers Max Shulman, Dorothy, and Bennett, Senator Long of Hawaii -- and Rick Nelson..
Shelley kept working well into his eighties on TV. He played Larry David's father on Curb Your Enthusiasm. Funny episode where he uses medical marijuana. He died recently at 92.
YIKES.......hope this episode occurred before the poor man was killed when the weight fell from Arlene's window.
iamintheburg it did yes, this episode is from a year before that incident
@@Bonobanos oooh that's spooky!
Ouch! Shelley Berman: "If your product fell out of a window and fell on me would it kill me?"
About 7 months later a tourist was struck and killed by a dumbbell falling from Arlene and Martin's 8th floor apartment.
Bennett's "forté" pun @23:40 was actually one of his better ones. Pity he received such a poor reaction to it.
good actor In " North To Alaska " and " Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation "
Just found out that Fabian was his real name!
Close....it was Fabiano Forte.
He is too good looking & only 16 here!
Fabian is 71 years old now...
And now he is 78. Possibly 79 depending on what month he was born. Time flies when your having fun.
Still earning a living performing the same three songs over and over.
Fabian was a looker too
First of all, John, at 17:38 or so, seems to be saying he himself got spavins. That is a horse thing, John-of-the-past! You do not get spavins, human! (Probably I am misunderstanding him, but it amused me.)
Second of all, Mr. Wishart was the son of a Scottish immigrant, grew up in MA, went to BU School of Communications, was Director of Radio Gypsy in the Korean War, and probably sooner rather than later became Kendall's Managing Director. With a 30 mile or so commute to Griswoldville. (Also wrote for Yankee, was a volunteer firefighter, and did local theater.) After a career change, retired in 1992, moved to South Carolina, had a life there, died in 2014, had 3 kids and a wife. Obit: www.goldfinchfuneralhome.com/obituaries/Robert-Wishart/#!/Obituary
Does Fabian still record music? I know he's in his 70s (75) but then so is Cher and Elton John.
+Antonio Caban
As far as I saw, he still performs but he doesn't record music any more. You might say that he is semi-retired as he deliberately limits his appearances. It sounds like he wouldn't want to do the type of touring required to promote a new album.
Lois Simmons Thanks for the info, Lois.
They don’t make Gentlemen like Ricky and Fabian anymore
Bennett, will you mind leaving the room. That pun was a killer.
I was born this very day at 11:48 am, I’m old now
It was sad that Dr. Tom Dooley only lived another two years until 1961.
His personal life was detestable.
Interesting comment by Shelley Berman in light of the unfortunate accident from Arlene Francis' apartment.
Alice Berry: the accident occurred AFTER this show.
Mystery guest Fabian begins @19:35. My God, that face.
Arlene was wife material for sure.
So was Dorothy!
@@tomhavens6006 That's poor judgment, I'd say. Dorothy was a nightmare of Oz proportions, with weak chin too.
aka "Mad Dad" Yeah Fabian had his looks to carry him more
than his vocal quality did.
The thumbnail that one sees of this video, Fabian does look might I say slightly like Elvis?
I always thought Fabian was a babe,even as a child.I'm suprised Bennett didn't know Fabaian's last name because I knew that as a child.
He was like Cher or Madonna in more recent decades. Most people only know them by their first name and have never heard the last name unless, these days, they google them.
John's look at 23:47 in response to Bennett's pun... I lost it!
So was Dorothy!
16:45: “Don’t look at me, answer the woman!” :D
They whistled at an African American woman. Surprising for 1959.
Shelley’s question about the object falling out of a window was spooky, in light of that unfortunate incident a few years later, involving Arlene’s window.
Dorothy's beautiful shimmering dress.
Arlene's description of the makeup of Absorbine Jr was as interesting as it was funny; PDF : ) : )
We found out his last name. Life begins at Forte.
You'd never hear such an abrupt PSA on diabetes today. We are more aware of it now and how to manage it. It was kind of taboo among people then a bit, especially among athletes like Ron Santo of the Cubs.
“Be sensible!” Lol (-eats cookies at midnight)
Dig that 50’s hair style.
the end: it would be darned interesting to know why this episode does not end with the musical piece known as "Roller Coaster." I wonder if they somehow lost the recording or had to get it replaced and for whatever reason the music was not on hand, so they got something else for this broadcast. Or if the producers were thinking of getting a new closing signature and tried this on for size.
Fabian-1950's Beiber... can't sing but looks good on stage.
Except that Fabian was not a FTM.
My mom didn't think much of Fabian, either, as she preferred classical music and opera.
When I read the comment I decided to listen to a few of this young man's songs.
Yes, you're right: looked good but could not sing.
Give me opera any day!
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Is that the Fabian that was on The Facts of Life?
Yes, he was on one episode according to IMDB
There was also a _Laverne & Shirley_ episode where they were desperate to meet Fabian but could not get concert tickets, so they devised a plan to sneak into his hotel room, instead. Hilarity ensues.
Dorothy Kilgallen is so cute with her guess. Lol! Now I have to research Tab Hunter.
Turn me loose. Turn me loose all day! LOL!!!
Fabian Forte, Fabian, was only 16 here, he seems very poised for his age. Very handsome, but I was disappointed after hearing him sing, I guess his looks floated what musical career he had, but he seems a very nice person.
What happened with the “stunned silence” at 23:43 ? Something about turning 40.
Shelly Berman's question at 13:48 is unfortunately prescient for the lady sitting next to him.
This show was brilliant. Unlike me.
I realize it's late at night so my hearing is probably tricking me, but when John Daley said "Shelley Berman" I could have sworn, for real, that what he actually said was "Jelly Bean."
At 1:35 Listen to Dorthy say HUM!!! when Arlene comes out in that BUSTY Dress....Guess Dorthy is a "little" Jelous.....lol
I don't think so, Dorothy's chest is much bigger.
I think she cleared her throat.
I love how there's a big clump of hair on the camera lens during the intro
Nondescript If it were *on* the camera lens it would be so far out of focus that it couldn't be seen. And it wasn't present in the main studio TV camera at all, and quite possibly didn't exist until the kinescope film of this episode was converted to video for cable TV in recent years. The hair is in the film gate: the metal frame through which the film passes between the lamp and the lens. It wasn't there when the animation was originally put on film, because that is shot frame by frame rather than in real time, and the tuft of hair is dancing about and leaving the film gate just as it does during film projection. Also, the animation would have been re-shot to eliminate the hair. It could have been present in the film chain (a combination film projector and TV camera) just as the broadcast of the show was beginning, while the filmed animation was being played back before switching the broadcast source to the studio cameras. This would have been a lapse from broadcast quality standards; I'll bet they cleaned the film gate before every live show. Most likely the hair was sticking to the decades-old kinescope film at the time that it was converted to video for cable TV.
No commenters suggesting any WML PANELIST thought of BOBBY RYDELL who already had hit songs as RYDELL/FABIAN/ started around APRIL 1959 with major songs and AVALON/NELSON/were on the pop charts since 1957 for NELSON and 1958 for AVALON (and AVALON would continue right up to DECEMBER 1959 tru FEBRUARY 1960 with the #1 SONG:WHY** then oddly AVALON was not heard again tru 1963!!!! Probably doing night club/vegas type acts but came back strong with those BEACH PARTY MOVIES: 1963 tru 1967** FABIAN went tru APRIL 1959 tru FEBRUARY 1960 and then seemed to dissapear from the POP CHARTS!! RYDELL went from JUNE 1959 tru FEBRUARY 1964 with song hits--HIS last big song hit: FORGET HIM first heard on pop radio stations from early NOVEMBER 1963 and played tru FEBRUARY 1964 ( and please stop blaming the BEATLES showing up and causing the AMERICAN TEEN IDOL YEARS to slowly break down and dissapear as it is the PRODUCERS STARTING TO MANIPULATE WHO THEY SIGN UP AS NEWCOMERS AND THE TOP 100 CHART CREATORS AND RADIO STATION 45 SINGLE RECORD PLAYERS ANNOUNCING JUST:WOW!EVERYBODY HERES A FUTURE #1HIT FOR YOU,LISTEN TO THIS!!!! ******BOBBY VINTON was always timeless from BLUE VELVET heard AUGUST tru OCTOBER 1963 and then HE had more POP HIT SONGS tru 1974--WOW!!!!!!!!! CONNIE FRANCIS/RYDELL/NELSON/DARIN/SEDAKA/ORBISON/GORE/4 SEASONS/ELVIS/CANNON/COOKE/ and many other artist continued to turn out SONGS after that BRITISH INVASION but it was as I,VE said the placing of songs/artist positions on those TOP 100 CHARTS that made a difference in an opinion of who is more POPULAR THAN THE OTHER ARTIST!
Fabian definately had a face
+Jade Shannon
That's basically how he was discovered and chosen: for his looks. The owners of the record company that first signed him felt he had the looks to become a teen idol (he just needed to grow out his hair from crew cut to pompadour). The quality of his voice was an after thought.
I have been trying to find out if Arlene had a grandson. Google said, "yes" but I can't find out anything about him. I was a member of the What's My Line Facebook but haven't heard from them for a long time
Different closing credits music. Sounds like the Raymond Scott Quintet.
His name is Fabiano. He was in college at 16 ? Clarification requested
My guess is he was a 16-year-old actor pretending to be college age for the movie.
He was about to play a college student in a movie.