What's My Line? - Lucille Ball (Feb 21, 1954) [W/ COMMERCIALS - UPGRADED A/V QUALITY!]
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- NOTE: This video replaces an earlier version which was very washed out, thanks to the very kind contribution of Stu Shostak. This a rare episode with original commercials intact. Lucille Ball's segment is a real hoot. This one was never rerun on GSN-- apparently this film is not part of the Goodson-Todman archive. This show might not have ever made its way back to the public if it weren't for Stu having made it available years ago through his wonderful company, Shokus Video.
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MYSTERY GUEST: Lucille Ball
PANEL: Dorothy Kilgallen, Steve Allen, Arlene Francis, Deborah Kerr
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I remember reading about this episode and the significance behind it. The topic of the show is clearly maternity & pregnancy, which was a touchy movie/TV/radio topic back then. Lucille Ball (the mystery guest) was the first actress to show her pregnancy on television (which was actually termed as "expecting", not pregnant, as a compromise). From what I understand, Dorothy was only allowed to appear on this episode of WML because the panel desk hid her pregnancy from the cameras. The movie censor contestant was also not a coincidence (she might even responsible for censoring such content in Kansas). It might not seem like it now, but this episode made a significant statement back then and I feel fortunate that we can go back and watch and (re)live history in the making.
Wow. I had no idea about any of this, aside from Lucy being the first actual pregnant woman shows in TV.
It's probably no coincidence they finished with a checker player, since that was the old joke back then, husbands and wives playing checkers was the anti-romantic "TV-safe" thing to do together.
Dorothy gave birth to her son 19/03/1954 and missed only one episode being on panel it was WML on 21/03/1954.
Lucy cracked me up. Thanks to whoever maintains this channel.
My pleasure-- and thanks for the thanks. :)
@@WhatsMyLine you are the hero we all need
Steve Allen's questions tend to get the biggest laughs from the audience. Then he looks around all confused.
dancepiglover He got them as suggestions before the show
@@LarsRyeJeppesen WHAT? people don't SUGGEST to the panelists what to ask?
@Jeff, the God of Biscuits and it wasn't all the time.
My understanding is that it was mostly along the lines of "maybe assume the product is for men" or something very vague like that.
@@kristabrewer9363 Yes, sadly they did feed Steve Allen (and Hal Block before him) many, many questions to ask. They never told them what the product was but did in fact give them questions in advance.
It has been 60 years since this program was aired. Was. Still very watchable.
Hopefully grands can get turned on to this and see class as it was then.
But grandma might be too young herself
Lucy's expressions when she looks at Daly just crack me up.
I'm off to buy a Remington Electric Shaver if my gal doesn't buy it on the sly for me first.
Bigwave2003 - Yes! And the “whopping big $7.50 trade-in allowance” for your old electric shaver is 50% more than anyone else will give you! Better rush right out and get one.
Lucille ball's Martian kept drifting into German.
Maybe she was a German Martian
What a real treat! No GSN logo, a clean and crisp copy, commercials intact, and the CBS eye at the end - the way it was meant to be seen!
Oh, and Deborah Kerr, it was nice hearing an English accent on the program and I think she would have grown into a fine panelist given half the chance.
Laughing and crying at the the joy of seeing Miss Lucy again allows me to remember my nana. Like I said earlier they were twins without being related
I love Steve Allen's face ..so confused and bewildered
I absolutely love to see the old ads! It adds something special to the historical aspect to these shows today.
What elegant handwriting Lucille had!
To be fair to the panelists, that Lucy "Martian" episode didn't air until March so they wouldn't have known from that
The I Love Lucy Martian episode was first shown on March 29,1954 and she must've been rehearsing that episode when she came on WML and still had that "Martian" talk very fresh. Lucy was amazing, I'm thankful to her and Desi for the laughs!
I love how, when Lucy replied in "Martian", she turned to Mr. Daly and tilted her head with a look of: "What? You don't understand me?" Then, Dorothy Kilgallen replied..."What did it say?" Hysterical!
It had already been filmed.
I would have to put this show in the top 10 of anything that I've ever watched including movies I am enthralled with this series.
You have good taste.
Lucille was also a very good dramatic actress, this was another great episode
I like seeing the old ads. Thumbs up for including them.
People were definitely happier and more laid back in those days!
Nope
A more guarded society; maintain a proper facade (even shield a pregnancy in Dorothy’s case), and stress and suffer in private, often at great personal cost
Watching the series in order, I think this is the first time Daily flipped all of the cards “just for fun.” About time.
It's funny because I think, how could a Lucille Ball fan, as these panelists are, not recognize the Martian talk. It is verbatim what she says in the Martian episode. Then I realize that this appearance was about 1 month prior to that episodes air date. She was giving them a preview!
They knew who she was if I would have. There is no hiding that voice
Today's "rerun" episode, a show never rerun on GSN and not part of the Goodson-Todman archive, was badly in need of a copy in better a/v quality. Here's a much improved copy, thanks to the fellow who made this show available to the public in the first place, Stu Shostak (www.shokus.com/).
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Thank you for the improved copy!
I love when the commercials are included.
The Remington commercial is amazing with the quartet. Also a trade in allowance - wow. Lucy was awesome - also she did get nervous frequently.
Lucy never made an attempt to hide her voice, which was Very distinctive. It's almost as if she wanted to give it away. Awesome episode - The maternity clothes segment was about as much fun as I've seen with the panel in quite some time.
I agree, when she did that Eweew, which was a trademark of her show, I thought for sure the audience would get it.
It seems some people get a bruised ego when they aren’t quessed
Yeah I was thinking how Lucy treats it more like how many comedians in the uk treat modern panel shows, using the game as a framework to do some excellent comedy and not caring about the game/prize. Modern panelists/guests generally don't have the opportunity to win money, I think 50$ is about 500$ in today's money, maybe a bit more really. And that might change a contestants point of view.
There is also the other factor which is that if you are guessed quickly you have more time to just chat and promote what you are there to plug. Lucille Ball was there to promote a charity on this episode I believe.
Deborah Kerr fits in really well as a panelist. She doesn't even seem like a guest.
This was hilarious. Lucille Ball was a gift! ❤
That one word opening utterance from Lucille Ball has got to be the funniest most hysterical single word ever spoken ......EVER.
Wow!! That's Deborah Kerr!!!! She's beautiful!
This was one of your best videos so far - complete with commercials and even the CBS "eye" right at the end. Loved every minute! Thank you so much!
30 years before Mork and Mindy there was Lucille Ball.
No comparison
Mrs. Vaughn was part of the Kansas State Board of Review from 1942 to 1956, and was Chair for a bunch of that time. At the beginning of her time on the Board, censorship (and/or community standards, depending on your POV) was accepted fact; by the time she resigned/was kicked off (a bit of both), the public and studios were pushing back.
She was also a long-time newspaper woman, co-publishing the Bonner Springs Chieftan for decades. She got into the business via her first husband, who she married in 1910. (He bought it in 1909.) When he died in 1921, she continued as publisher, ceding the title to her second husband, Marion Vaughn, who she married in 1930.
Her first husband was Imri Zumwalt; he was pretty conservative, religiously, and pushed for prohibition, stopping public dancing, and that sort of thing. Mr. Vaughn was a conservative Republican as well, but of a reformist bent. Not sure how any of the three of them affected the editorial stance of the paper; that is a rabbit hole I really don't need to go down.
Mrs. Vaughn died in 1966, age 76; she and Zumwalt had a daughter together, and a few grandchildren.
Thanks for -the deep dive into Mrs. Vaughn!-
*[Censored by the Kansas State Board of Review]*
Are you her daughter or granddaughter ?
Happy 65th anniversary of this episode! The MG segment was what truly introduced me to What's My Line. 😊😄 (Feb. 21, 2019)
"It's a moo-moo!" 😜
Look, it's Deborah Kerr on the panel! :-D
This was hilarious When I saw "sell maternity clothes" and realize Dorothy was 8 month pregnant, and then came Steve question and John nodded his head for YES! Precious.
I didn't know she was pregnant, so I was pretty confused.
Dorthy and Arlene both look fantastic in this episode.
+balconi71 And Dorothy remember is eight months pregnant at this point!
I didn't know Dorothy was pregnant at this time. That would explain the explosive laughter of the audience during Steve Allen's questioning! How lucky are we that Mr. Shostak provided this video and it's "upgraded" A/V? Thank you to him and to you Gary for posting it! This was so cool to see! About the movie censor: I'm not trying to be crude but Mrs. Vaughn must be rolling in her grave, with all the crap in the movies and television. Ye Gods!
don't they always?
You got the second part correct. Arlene looks fantastic
3 ladies on the panel. Reckon unique.
I seem to recall one other occasion and maybe one with 3 men. Very rare though.
Same thought occurred to me.
Interesting that this episode stars the lovable and ever popular Lucille Ball and it has over 16,000 views yet only 36 comments. Also the episode has 4 "thumbs down". What's not to like about this episode that also includes the original commercials? Just observations.
Every video on UA-cam that has more than a few thousand views gets downvotes. Such is the nature of the internet, and human nature!
To Tell the Truth (CBS)
Unfortunately you're correct, but I'd love to ask those 4 people what they didn't like about a great episode of a great show that included the original commercials and even though it is over 60 years old that it's magically made available for free for their enjoyment. Not only did they not like it, but they disliked it enough to take the time to give it a thumbs down. I can only imagine the "brilliant" response they would give.
Here I am writing from November of 2019, and there are seven "dislikes." Some people have nothing better to do than go through "UA-cam" and give a "thumbs-down" to whatever they see. If they could express *why* they didn't like it, I might actually pay attention to their explanations--but it's surely just that they're empty "people" who have nothing better to do with their time.
It would interesting to know where the commercials were done if they were live. In an age where TV is ads interrupted occasionally by entertainment, it is startling to see commercials kept to a minimum. 3. and two sponsors.
I'm fairly certain that all the commercials were pre-filmed.
Sometimes I wish the audience didn't know the line, because they give a lot away with their laughter (to that end, I love when John gives the contestant the full $50 anyway). But then, a lot of the joy comes from the times when the panels questions are way off.
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I get you but the audience really adds to the fun. Without them we'd just be laughing alone.
@@libertyann439 It also helps that there isn't a lot of loud, shrill, deafening filler music between guests. Allows the words to hang in the air and be enjoyed for their wit.
It would be nice if the people in the audience thought before they reacted
Like how Steve tells his boys to get in their pajamas. :)
Oh my! Gorgeous can stay and Bennett can stay away!!
Thank you for uploading!🙂
She's lovely, but I adore Bennett!
I loved the electric razor commercial, such class and creativity. Makes me want to get one. Just like this show, you don't get commercials like these anymore. Most are so dumb.
There really is something special about these old ads. Modern ads are just so disingenuous and cheesy.
It was very rare, during this early period, for John to throw all the cards, unless it was because time ran out. Later on he frequently did so "becasue we've had so much fun" or something to that effect. One wonders whether this was the first time he did that -- although with so many of the early shows missing, there's no way to know.
He added two cards to a $5 win in an earlier episode (the bathtub salesman), really generous of him!
Yup. $50 back then was like today's $700. Not too shabby.
New York must have been a culture shock for Lucy because she lived in LA where she filmed her series at Desilu Stuios in Hollywood California. I have always wondered what the Big Apple was like during the 1950s compared to other small cities such as London, Paris and Sydney..
DreamLink4U she was born in New York state (Jamestown / Celeron) and her first job was in NYC as a model
Great show! Keep up the good work !
The last contestants line was so impressive and interesting that they should've held him for the next game. They easily could have made small talk for the 2 minutes that they gave him. Going out of his way for this treatment was an insult.
Dude plays checkers. Get that shit outta here.
Milo, lol!
It would've been funny if Dorothy had stood up to show off her maternity outfit.
Deborah Kerr is SO lovely. 😍
I love & miss the ‘50s & I was born in the ‘70s. And of course I love Lucy. Ironic she mentioned the heart fund & she died due to a heart complication. God I miss her to this day. 😞
A lifetime smoker, hence the deepening voice as time went on.
What Steve Allen doesn't mention when he describes Arlene Francis' show, Talent Patrol, is that he was a prior emcee of the same show.
I love Lucy 💕 always!!! Deborah Kerr did well too; love her too 🥰
Absolutely hilarious. Thanks for sharing!
Hard to not love Lucy. She really did kick all kinds of ass.
Damn, Lucy’s penmanship is phenomenal
Lucy was an absolute riot!
love everything about it
I LOVE LUCY… Can’t believe she been gone so many years 1989 wow😞
Unsurprising that Stopette stopped being produced. $1.25 was expensive in 1954.
So in 1954 they had started to refer to her as Lucy!
Stopette, what is "Anti-Immunity factor"? Sounds dangerous, lol
Lucy...classic comedienne, simply the best!
I wonder how much that 1954 Remington cost to justify a $7.50 trade-in allowance (nearly $68 in 2015 dollars).
Advertisements from 1954 say that the shaver cost $23.50, so with trade-in you could get it for $16.00.
That shaver is 217 in 2019 dollars. Things that seem cheap to us were quite expensive even then.
The trade in is not quite 71 dollars now.
Omg Deborah is such a sweetheart
Arlene broke the rules of the mystery guest round. She asked like 10 questions in a row.
Tom wiswell was also a contestant on the syndicated version.
Lucy was always great!
Check out the Stopette commercial. It's the first one we have that refers to the "new anti-immunity factor." How creepy that bit of scientific-sounding advertising jargon sounds in the modern era! Of course nobody then was worried about immunodeficiency viruses, and this was before the age of immune suppression for transplant recipients, so the immune system wasn't quite as much in the public eye. Still, one would think that Dr. Jules Montenier would have known better.
Ha! Good point. We're all paying attention to immunity now, in the time of covid!😉
Love you Dorothy,
Lucille Ball, AKA Star Trek's momma
18:11 John explains that Lucy is giving her answers in Martian. Curiously, they filmed an episode of "I Love Lucy" on February 16th (5 days before her What's My Line appearance) called 'Lucy is Envious' (S03E23) where Lucy and Ethel pose as "Women from Mars". So this WML show served as a kind of a preview for the future I Love Lucy "Martian" episode that would air on March 29, 1954.
Everyone loves Lucy!
Not everyone
So much class !!!!
Lol The audience response anytime to anything concerning any type of female garment
So famous, she’s the original Star that was known by only her first name. She didn’t have to create that.
The last ad makes one wonder the number of Remington, or of any other brand, typewriters and business machines that are still in use.
State film censor...just a few years before the supreme court declared movies were free speech.
I like when they show the old commercials!
Wonder what show Deborah Kerr was referring to when she said the second contestant looked like the man coughing on the front row last night?
It looks as though Deborah Kerr was still starring in a play called, "Tea and Sympathy," by Robert Anderson, at the time of this show.
I love Lucy!
Wow, what self promotion every panelist received. And the different companies that got to promote their services and wares. What a huge commercial endeavor this program was.
They all knew that voice in the first second. Just "drew it out."
I love lucy
Lucy had a beautiful speaking voice before chain smoking ruined it.
I believe living in this are was a lot better than today
Correct
I would know that voice!!!
Bennett looks gorgeous in this episode ;o)
Baffling applause for a Movie Censor though
My favorite episode..Lucys on😅
18:58 - *It's* a muu-muu. :D
Maternity clothes were prettier then. Now they wear tight t shirts and look like watermelons.
I think Dorothy was pregnant with Jill.
liberty Ann Actually, it was Kerry.
that remington song's kind of a bop
Fun!
strangely so the censor woman is still alive and runs twitter
Censorship 👎
I love Deborah Kerr so much!! She is the one women.
The Stopette girl looked exactly like a previous guest who was a gorilla hunter.
The commercial with barbershop singing has aged badly in that it seems hopelessly clumsy and even a bit sinister. The show itself is still crisp and funny - it could work today if there were 5 people witty and charming enough to create such a cheerful atmosphere. The studio audience love it and so do I 65 years later.
At 16:05... an interesting angle. ;-)
"🎶....the shaver that can shave a peach.... 🎶" lol!
I love that lucy has been on this shiw a few times she is one of my favorite ladies from the 1950's i wish i was born when she was doing i love lucy and the lucy show but sadly i was born in 1984 and i jad to watch her shows in reruns i would have loved to have seen her shows when they first came on tv.
NEH It's a Mu mu!! GRABITZ!!!!
+Robert Martin To fans of "I Love Lucy", the "Martian" talk would have been a dead giveaway that it was Lucille Ball -- I guess the panelists missed the "Lucy is Envious" episode!
+MeowingKittyCat As soon as I heard the voice she opted to use,I said to myself,"Awww,come on,guys you gotta know this",lol. Everybody knows the episode where Lucy and Ethel dress up like martians. Lucy was,and always will be,the best!
+MeowingKittyCat The episode hadn't aired yet. While Lucy had just finished filming he episode, "Lucy Is Envious," that week (in Feb.), it didn't air until March 29, 1954---after this live episode of WML. Keep in mind that the two television shows were contemporaries of one another.
+Imapeach1 Please see my reply to MeowingKittyCat. "Everybody knows the episode...". No, only those people who have seen it in reruns over the past century. The WML panelists couldn't have known about an episode which hadn't been aired yet.
Is this the first show with a female guest in place of Bennett, i.e. three women one man?
Only Lucy would come on and give all her answers in a made-up language