Arnold Palmer - amassed the largest personal fortune of any golfer, including Nicklaus and Woods, at nearly 800 million. Quite a run for an extremely nice guy.
Meh, Dina was a run of the mill blond, a dime a dozen in Hollywood those days. She's has a great sexy smile I'll give her that and probably a really nice person but breathtaking? Nah don't think so. IMO.
Michael Jackson became a big time radio host in LA on KABC with a large following. He was also a big time liberal who enjoyed needling conservatives. As for Arnold Palmer, I was stunned that he came out without the panel being blindfolded. Even though it was 1960 he was the most famous golfer in America and it's amazing that not one panelist could identify him. He had been on the cover of Sports Illustrated, and even though they weren't televising golf that much, he would change everything. By 1961 he was one of the most famous atheletes in the world. Long live Arnie!
That's like when Col. Sanders came out without the panel being blindfolded. He looks EXACTLY like the signs on his restaurants, but apparently none of the panelists had ever seen a Kentucky Fried Chicken.
Absolutely love Dina Merrill! Elegance and class! I've seen her on a ton of game shows and you'd never know she was a bazzillionaire by the way she participated with the other contestants. She never stuck her nose in the air.
Dina Merrill was the last of the genuine Gilded Age heiresses. Amazing that she was accidentally a great actress when she really didn't have to DO anything.
Yes, and it was great Dina played it fair and square with the panel, not getting cute with the answers to try to throw them off- she's definitely a legit stumper.
If you examine all actors, especially stars, you'll find the vast majority of them have something distinctive in their voice or mannerisms. Even beautiful men and women need something to set them apart because Hollywood's full of beautiful people. Dina's natural voice here is great but it's rather ordinary and could pass for many other people on the street, but since she personally knew some of the panel, she needed the accent and yes, it was very good.
I met Mr. Palmer back in 1973 and my mother was a masseuse and I was lucky enough to play a round of golf with him, and he was a very kind and generous man even then
About 2 months before this episode aired, Arnold Palmer came from 7 strokes back at the start of the 4th round of the US Open and won the tournament. It's still the record for the greatest 4th round deficit overcome by a US Open winner.
Dina Merrill was a beautiful woman, inside and out. An heiress to a fortune, but the exact opposite of a snob. Really a stylish and talented lady, generous and gracious. As of this writing, Ms.Merrill is still with us and in her 90s (3/18/17)
+Greg Patrei I had the great pleasure to have a chance meeting her, I was working as a makeup artist at the beauty salon in Chevy Chase Washington DC ( Red Door Elizabeth Arden ) she came at the salon, she had a big event to attend and needing a clear eyelashes adhesive Duo and I had that and gave it to her and a week later I had a package from NYC and it was from her with a signed picture of her and yes she was so beautiful and very very classy and elegant and a very respectful lady .. I cherish my short conversation and her signed picture of her . 💙
The man they didnt recognize as Arnold Palmer would go on to popularize the sport so much no one would mistake him or any of the game's greats. We miss you, Arnie. Thanks.
Amazing that the legendary golfer Arnold Palmer was almost unknown at this point in his career. It might be safe to say, that he became more famous than all of the panelists.
@@trock6577 - it was way before the global media explosion that would follow the invention of cable TV, the internet, and its digital offshoots in the 1980's/90's. In 1960, most American homes only had 5 or 6 channels they could get on TV. Few followed golf. Baseball was America's game...golf's biggest ratings jump across the sport really didn't come until the 20 yr period Tiger Woods dominated the sport, 1998-2018. The balloon in ratings helped more PGA golfers become more widely visible to even the non-golf follower.
You can barely hear it, but when Mr Jackson learns that John was born in Johannesburg, he starts to say (at 9:03) "Aangename kennis" which is Afrikaans for "Pleased to meet you."
Wow, Arnold Palmer says there are 3,000 golf courses in America (which was 1960) and I just looked up that there are now 19,000 golf courses in America. The population from 1960 to 2015 hadn't even doubled yet the number of golf courses increased 6 times what it was.
Yes, she reminds me of women on the North Shore of Long Island or the tony areas of Connecticut. She was created to play a matriarch of a wealthy family on a TV show.
What a line-up of guests! I was in the 10th grade. Most famous golfer, incredibly elegant South African, epitome of American aristocracy... and Arlene's dress.
Beauty, grace, and class. I remember shopping in Palm Beach in the early 1980s; my friend-who resembled a young Isabella Rosellini-was asking about an elaborate and very expensive piece of jewelry. She asked what type of person would be wearing this fabulous jewelry, and the salesman replied, “Dina Merrill “.
Not another dog catcher! After watching a decade of these now I think the most common lines are: dog catcher, bullfighter, female traffic cop, female mens barber, worm raiser, rubbish/garbage collector, men involved with maternity clothes or diapers, and people running classes for expectant parents.
Dina Merrill was beautiful and so poised and polished. Arlene was easily jealous when beautiful women were contestants and her husband, Martin was one of the panelists.
My mother often commented on how Arlene and Dorothy would look the women and the better looking men up and down from the bacsidek as they left the stage.
I had to add a second comment after watching this again. I never thought Dina Merrill was that good looking. Well, I was wrong, wrong, and more wrong. Stunning woman. Arlene looked great too.
A little odd that they brought out Arnold Palmer without the panel wearing blindfolds, even if they concealed his name. Golf just wasn't that big back then as a spectator sport, but Palmer himself would help change that.
I agree. Golf, was, by 1960 a pretty popular sport that was regularly covered on television. I was a kid, but I remember that people loved Arnold Palmer not just for his golfing prowess but for his aw, shucks manner and friendly smile. He was so popular in the 60's that his fans were called "Arnie's Army" because they would follow him from hole to hole.
@@Walterwhiterocks If Cerf knew who Palmer was before the questioning started he should have disqualified himself. Gil Fates in his book indicated that at times Bennett wasn't a team player.
@@ericstuart7748 That is true as a general statement -- there were times Bennett wasn't a team player, such as frequently blurting out the answer out of turn. And sometimes he cut things short rather than giving everyone a chance -- those traits would define him as not being a team player, as Dorothy was often not a team player with the MG, asking questions that gave her fellow panelists no help. But Bennett disqualified himself on a number of occasions when he knew who the guest was. There is no indication he ever participated when he knew who the guest was in advance (sometimes he had a hunch from who was in town who the guest would be). So yes, there were times Bennett wasn't a team player but no indication he was ever dishonest.
She was on an episode of Batman when I was little. Her husband played a cowboy villain named Shane and she played his girlfriend. I thought she was the most beautiful woman I'd ever seen.
Beautiful Dina Merrill in a beautiful dress, which would have been harder to carry off than it looked. She consistently made the best dressed list. She is exactly what you think of when you see multi million dollar mansions. You can just picture her welcoming guests to a formal dinner. She would have made a great first lady had some president snapped her up.
Dina Merrill's lineage is impressive: Merrill of Merrill Lynch; Post of the cereal fortune ...and several others. Growing up at MaraLago had to be a beautiful experience. Her mother was a force with exquisite taste as evidenced by MaraLago.
Wake up kiddies. In those days golf was not televised. A world series baseball game was broadcast one time only. There was no DVR or Tivo [much less VHS :)] so if you missed something, you could not record it for later. You could not flip on UA-cam later. Few athletes were instantly recognizable to the vast majority. The average working or middle class person did not travel around watching golf tournaments. They were working to buy the 2 door Chevy Malibu.
@@dph22013 right you are! i couldn't believe the panel didn't recognize him. i think that the coasts were more distant from one another back then.... had betty white or someone from cali been on the panel, he probably would've been guessed right away. he was well-known in 1960. i also remember him being quite charming as my old uncle smiled whenever palmer would win and uncle didn't really smile much otherwise, being a stern fellow.
True, but newspapers and magazines were huge, and by that time Arnold had been on the cover of Sports Illustrated and pics in the newspapers. The major tournaments were on network TV. I wonder if some of them did recognize him, but didn’t want to spoil it right at the start, though they did guess him pretty fast. Blindfolds should have been used.
I watched every game of the 1960 World Series on TV. I don't know if golf was on TV in 1960. My father might have recognized Arnold Palmer anyway. Our family lived in Hartford and my father started attending the Insurance City Open in 1954, when it was won by Tommy Bolt. In later years, as the tournament changed its name several times, I went with my father and saw Palmer and the other great folders of the day.
My dad had a 1967 Impala Super Sport. So much chrome! I needed sunglasses to see it when the sun light reflected off it! P.S. Super Sport, or SS, is the signature performance option package offered by Chevrolet on a limited number of its vehicles. All SS models come with distinctive "SS" markings on their exterior. The SS package was first made available for the 1961 Impala.
It would have been interesting to compare Arnie's signature from the beginning of his career to what it looked like in his later years. R.I.P. Mister Palmer!
+poetcomic1 Poor??? I call that amount of money enough to live and therefor she is rich. And be able to give away for others make you rich too in a better sense than many can understood.
+Sabine Beyer I understand that facetiousness can sometimes be misinterpreted when written out in a comment,still though,could you POSSIBLY have thought that peotcomic was being serious when he said she is "only" worth 5 billion dollars?!
Mrs. Mossotto was Dog Warden from 1957 until at least 1971, with a brief hiatus in 1964 in which she was a Democrat and the Republican Town Committee removed her (or... something -- possibly the Police Chief did), and then her replacement survived 3 months before quitting. She then happily took back over. She eventually moved to Seymour (CT), and thence to Florida in 1982. She died in 2012. Obit: www.legacy.com/obituaries/sptimes/obituary.aspx?page=lifestory&pid=157774519
I met Arnold Palmer twice. Once as a young boy I walked the course with him at the Diplomat Hotel in North Miami Beach. I've never met anyone with more charisma.
Arnold Palmer was one of golf's greatest blessings. He was not only a great golfer and very charismatic, he genuinely liked people, and he understood that golf needed the interest of the television crowd to succeed. He signed autographs by the millions, he responded to mail, he waved at the crowds when other golfers ignored the people who followed them. Any golfer who won a tournament could expect to find a note of congratulations from Arnie in the next week's mail, and even when he was in the last couple weeks of his life he wrote a note to a young girl who hoped to join the LPGA when she grew up. One young golfer who was practicing before an important tournament realized that someone was coming up from behind, and then realized that he had actually cut someone off. Arnold Palmer then asked, very politely, if he could join him. He was a great man in many ways. The sport would not be what it is if not for him.
Also, I'm watching this at my computer in Willimantic, CT (famous in recent years for the Boom Box Parade on the 4th of July and the "Frog Bridge") and the woman after Dina Merrill is someone from Trumbull...
Dina Merrill's accent was so perfect in both tone and inflection that it was worth at least 5 "No's" just from the confusion that she was a native American.
Dina Merrill is still alive at age 91. I note that she was the only child of Marjorie Merriweather Post, heiress to the Post Cereals fortune, and her second husband, Edward Hutton.
Her mother, nee Merriweather(originally spelled Meriwether), descends from Nicholas Meriwether of the Jamestown colony(c1652), of which lineage, Capt Meriwether Lewis of the Lewis and Clark Expeditions also descends from. I know since I descend from that same lineage.
Bennett Cerf definitely knows who Arnie is, he just plays along to prolong the game. Bennett frequently knew who the guest was but played "dumb" for myriad reasons.
Thomas Smith I disagree. He had a hunch at most but as he asks the questions (only three or four, hardly prolonging anything at all) his eyes are in 'search mode' while his brain is whirring.
Arnold Palmer was already a big star at the time of this appearance. He'd won the Masters twice, the U.S. Open and was the Sportsman of the Year in Sports Illustrated the year of this appearance. I'm quite certain that book publisher and sports aficionado Bennett Cerf knew who he was and is putting on an act. Bennett knew of a double bogey. Call me skeptical :)
You're not "skeptical," you're just pulling nonsense out of your rear end. You have zero facts that Cerf recognized Palmer and was merely "putting on an act." You are essentially insulting Cerf's integrity that he didn't have the decency to immediately announce that he recognize Palmer and instead, would infringe on the veracity of WML by pretending like he didn't recognize him. Ridiculous. Clearly you have no sense of how relatively obscure pro golf was to the general public in 1960, especially when compared to more popular sports at the time, like Baseball.
two thoughts- this had to be right before arnold palmer became a household name. and second- i presume this is the same michael jackson who had a very popular west coast based radio talk show in the 1980s and 90s.
Dina Merrill is a good actress as well as rich and fabulous. She played a quirky villain on Batman ( Calamity Jan to husband Cliff Robertson's Shame). A more recent role - she was great as the producer's major domo in The Player.
Michael Jackson (born April 16, 1934 in London, England) is an American talk radio host based in the Los Angeles, California area. Jackson is best known for his radio show which covered arts, politics, and human interest subjects, particularly in the Los Angeles and greater Southern California area in the era before "shock jocks." His show originally aired on L.A. radio station KABC and briefly aired on KGIL.... Jackson is married to Alana Ladd Jackson (the daughter of the actor Alan Ladd) and they have three children..
I wonder if Arnold had his pilot's license by this time? I knew at one time he owned and flew a Learjet around but I don't know what model it was and when he started flying.
As it turned out, they should have blindfolded the panel for Mr. Palmer, although it may not have made it more difficult. Axx soon as they guessed the sport, they knew who it was.
As many times as John Daly has explained the rules of the game, it's astonishing how often he gets it wrong. At 3:31 while explaining the rules to Arnold Palmer, he says "Every NO answer that you can get from the panel..." which is just backward. The contestant gives the NO or YES answers to questions asked by the panel.
is thrilled, this came up, as a suggested video. I've crushed on Ms. Merrill(aka, Mrs. Robertson), since first seeing her, when I was ten years old. That'd be fifty-one years!
PROFESSIONAL GOLFER (ARNOLD PALMER) ROCK AND ROLL DISC JOCKEY DOG CATCHER I wonder what color Dina Merrill's dress was? Whatever the color, it was TIMELESS!
*I have tremendous respect for Mr. Jackson, as he went on to become the best known-known radio talk-show host in the Los Angeles area--and as he helped me a great deal when I was just a teenager. About five years after appearing here, he married the late Alan Ladd's daughter Alana, and remained married to her until her death in 2015. Mr. Jackson died in 2022.*
Having watched many, perhaps most, WML episodes, there has been no dearth of attractive women, including Arlene. To me, Merrill is the most attractive Ironically, in her long movie career there were probably occasions when like, Donna on 90210, she played the role of a lazy millionaire, when in reality she was a hard working billionaire.
Arnold Palmer cause of death: Arnold Palmer died on September 25, 2016 at the age of 87. His reported cause of death was complications from heart problems. He was staying at UPMC Presbyterian in Pittsburgh at the time of his death. He was also a cancer survivor.
Wow, if he's still in radio he's now 81 years old. Although my father was in the radio and TV business for more than 60 years and just retired from his daily radio show at 85 years of age. BTW, in this video Michael Jackson said he was born in South Africa, but the two bios I found on him said he was born in London. Odd.
***** -- Except that Michael Jackson HATED being a disc jockey (he disliked rock and roll music) and soon transitioned into being a talk radio host, even in San Francisco. He soon moved to Los Angeles and after a couple of jobs with stations that didn't work out, he ended up having a talk radio show on KABC radio for many, many years in L.A. I remember him fondly from my teenage years in the 1960s and on into the 1970s until I moved to San Francisco. Anyway, Michael Jackson hasn't been a DJ since 1961 or so. I note that he has a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame, with an old-fashioned microphone symbol for "radio". The other Michael Jackson also has one with an LP record symbol for "recording artist". When the other Michael Jackson died a few years ago, people started leaving flowers and other tributes on this Michael Jackson's star. When asked what he thought of this, he said, "I am willingly loan[ing] it to him and, if it would bring him back, he can have it. He was a real star." But this is definitely the radio talk show host Michael Jackson who has been based in Los Angeles since the earlier 1960's.
Arnold Daniel Palmer was an American professional golfer who is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most charismatic players in the sport's history
I’m surprised John and Michael Jackson (😂 the name) didn’t speak Afrikaans without whispering for a conference! The panel wouldn’t have had any idea what they would’ve been talking about!
Arnold Palmer - amassed the largest personal fortune of any golfer, including Nicklaus and Woods, at nearly 800 million. Quite a run for an extremely nice guy.
And who can forget his namesake drink!
Dina Merrill is breathtaking. On top of that she was a super clever mystery guest with one of the best disguised voices/accents ever!
She and Lauren Bacall hit on a hair style that never went out of date.
Meh, Dina was a run of the mill blond, a dime a dozen in Hollywood those days. She's has a great sexy smile I'll give her that and probably a really nice person but breathtaking? Nah don't think so. IMO.
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If She's So "Ho-Hum"; then why are You watching ,?.. 🤔😐😐😐
@@Etnalleb She was a big step up from those "run-of-the-mill blondes" from that era. Dina Merrill had style & grace.
Michael Jackson became a big time radio host in LA on KABC with a large following. He was also a big time liberal who enjoyed needling conservatives. As for Arnold Palmer, I was stunned that he came out without the panel being blindfolded. Even though it was 1960 he was the most famous golfer in America and it's amazing that not one panelist could identify him. He had been on the cover of Sports Illustrated, and even though they weren't televising golf that much, he would change everything. By 1961 he was one of the most famous atheletes in the world. Long live Arnie!
That's like when Col. Sanders came out without the panel being blindfolded. He looks EXACTLY like the signs on his restaurants, but apparently none of the panelists had ever seen a Kentucky Fried Chicken.
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Mr. Jackson has an excellent voice for broadcasting, as well as an engaging personality. No surprise that he had a large following in a top-3 market.
Now, he has his tea in every store nationwide.
Arnold Palmer was a gem and a Sentimental one at that, besides being a great golfer.
Absolutely love Dina Merrill! Elegance and class! I've seen her on a ton of game shows and you'd never know she was a bazzillionaire by the way she participated with the other contestants. She never stuck her nose in the air.
Dina Merrill was the last of the genuine Gilded Age heiresses. Amazing that she was accidentally a great actress when she really didn't have to DO anything.
@@davemattia - either do something or be the standard no-load 'socialite.'
She really was stunning and always quite elegant.
Dina Merrill's accent was just right -- not overdone, not anything like a caricature, actually subtle, but completely sufficient to fool the panel.
Yes, and it was great Dina played it fair and square with the panel, not getting cute with the answers to try to throw them off- she's definitely a legit stumper.
If you examine all actors, especially stars, you'll find the vast majority of them have something distinctive in their voice or mannerisms. Even beautiful men and women need something to set them apart because Hollywood's full of beautiful people. Dina's natural voice here is great but it's rather ordinary and could pass for many other people on the street, but since she personally knew some of the panel, she needed the accent and yes, it was very good.
Yes
I met Mr. Palmer back in 1973 and my mother was a masseuse and I was lucky enough to play a round of golf with him, and he was a very kind and generous man even then
How was his game then in 1973?
How lucky are you! He was my idol!
Dina Merrill was gorgeous. She lived to be 93. RIP.
Most of the panellists
Thank you for posting another splendid episode of 'WHAT'S MY LINE?"
Dina Merrill looked as stunning in person as she did on film.
About 2 months before this episode aired, Arnold Palmer came from 7 strokes back at the start of the 4th round of the US Open and won the tournament. It's still the record for the greatest 4th round deficit overcome by a US Open winner.
Arlene was just 3 months shy of her 53rd birthday here. Stunning.
She always looked like a "million bucks!"
And she always had words for Martin if he stepped out of line with any woman. 😂
In Arlene's biography ... Arlene complained of people asking, "How Old Are You?" Question was resented / not answered.
Dina Merrill was a beautiful woman, inside and out. An heiress to a fortune, but the exact opposite of a snob. Really a stylish and talented lady, generous and gracious. As of this writing, Ms.Merrill is still with us and in her 90s (3/18/17)
She died May 22, 2017.
+Greg Patrei
I had the great pleasure to have a chance meeting her, I was working as a makeup artist at the beauty salon in Chevy Chase Washington DC ( Red Door Elizabeth Arden ) she came at the salon, she had a big event to attend and needing a clear eyelashes adhesive Duo and I had that and gave it to her and a week later I had a package from NYC and it was from her with a signed picture of her and yes she was so beautiful and very very classy and elegant and a very respectful lady .. I cherish my short conversation and her signed picture of her . 💙
Dina Merill is simply stunning in this clip.
She was also stunning on "To Tell the Truth." Very.
"To Tell The Truth" she is one classy lady.
She was the richest actress in America and is the WASP goddess incarnate. She ended up worth 5 billion.
She was by Edward Francis Hutton (founder of E.F. Hutton) out of Marjorie Merriweather Post (Post Cereals Heiress). And, yes. she was stunning.
@@leonardbennett9903 Indeed. Mar a Lago, Russia, White Cloud, Faberger, etc. (Eventually Alzheimer's...tragic).
One of the best episodes. I met Ms. Merrill years ago. She was lovely and as breathtakingly beautiful as she is here.
The man they didnt recognize as Arnold Palmer would go on to popularize the sport so much no one would mistake him or any of the game's greats. We miss you, Arnie. Thanks.
Aired in 1960. In 5 years everyone on this panel would know Arnold Palmer on site. Amazes me that wasn't the case in 1960.
I enjoy his iced tea/lemonade combination beverage.
Amazing that the legendary golfer Arnold Palmer was almost unknown at this point in his career. It might be safe to say, that he became more famous than all of the panelists.
The same is true with respect to a very young and similarly not then well known Frank Gifford.
Very few athletes in history if any were more famous or recognizable than Arnold Palmer. How different the world was in 1960.
@@trock6577 - it was way before the global media explosion that would follow the invention of cable TV, the internet, and its digital offshoots in the 1980's/90's. In 1960, most American homes only had 5 or 6 channels they could get on TV. Few followed golf. Baseball was America's game...golf's biggest ratings jump across the sport really didn't come until the 20 yr period Tiger Woods dominated the sport, 1998-2018. The balloon in ratings helped more PGA golfers become more widely visible to even the non-golf follower.
You can barely hear it, but when Mr Jackson learns that John was born in Johannesburg, he starts to say (at 9:03) "Aangename kennis" which is Afrikaans for "Pleased to meet you."
I believe either that John Daly wanted to get on with the show, or that he didn't understand Afrikaans--or probably both.
@@519djw6 John was still thinking of his joke of getting out of here. He was paying no attention to Mr. Jackson.
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Wow, Arnold Palmer says there are 3,000 golf courses in America (which was 1960) and I just looked up that there are now 19,000 golf courses in America. The population from 1960 to 2015 hadn't even doubled yet the number of golf courses increased 6 times what it was.
they've been closing many per week since the decline of tiger woods....although, maybe they might re-open a few in light of recent events
And Arnold Palmer is in no small way responsible for this growth.
Dina Merrill just ooooozzzzzed elegance!!!
Yes, she reminds me of women on the North Shore of Long Island or the tony areas of Connecticut. She was created to play a matriarch of a wealthy family on a TV show.
The like of which is utterly unknown today...
Her father was Wall Street baron EF Hutton, and her mother was the heiress to the Post cereal fortune.
She came from old money...
@@rogerd777 and the show she was on had Kellogg’s cereal ads staring at her throughout her questioning 😄
What a line-up of guests! I was in the 10th grade. Most famous golfer, incredibly elegant South African, epitome of American aristocracy... and Arlene's dress.
Beauty, grace, and class. I remember shopping in Palm Beach in the early 1980s; my friend-who resembled a young Isabella Rosellini-was asking about an elaborate and very expensive piece of jewelry. She asked what type of person would be wearing this fabulous jewelry, and the salesman replied, “Dina Merrill “.
This DJ has to be one of my favorite challengers.
Interesting period, wherein a Masters champion wasn't immediately recognized. Palmer sure helped change that on television in short order.
Not another dog catcher! After watching a decade of these now I think the most common lines are: dog catcher, bullfighter, female traffic cop, female mens barber, worm raiser, rubbish/garbage collector, men involved with maternity clothes or diapers, and people running classes for expectant parents.
That accent was so good I thought it was her normal speaking voice. I bet the panel thought so too. That's why they didn't guess her. 🤓
Dina Merrill was beautiful and so poised and polished.
Arlene was easily jealous when beautiful women were contestants and her husband, Martin was one of the panelists.
@@leesher1845 But that didn't stop her from taking multiple looks of pretty men.
Dina Merrill was not only beautiful, she just ooooozed elegance!!
I’m amazed at how fast the panel can pick these people’s job up
Arlene gives the young Arnold Palmer the 'goodbye head to toe once over'.
My mother often commented on how Arlene and Dorothy would look the women and the better looking men up and down from the bacsidek as they left the stage.
I had to add a second comment after watching this again. I never thought Dina Merrill was that good looking. Well, I was wrong, wrong, and more wrong. Stunning woman. Arlene looked great too.
Amazing how many famous people John Daly was able to meet! I am SO jealous!
A little odd that they brought out Arnold Palmer without the panel wearing blindfolds, even if they concealed his name. Golf just wasn't that big back then as a spectator sport, but Palmer himself would help change that.
I agree. Golf, was, by 1960 a pretty popular sport that was regularly covered on television.
I was a kid, but I remember that people loved Arnold Palmer not just for his golfing prowess but for his aw, shucks manner and friendly smile.
He was so popular in the 60's that his fans were called "Arnie's Army" because they would follow him from hole to hole.
I think Bennett knew right from the start when he first saw him, that it was Arnold Palmer and then just played along until he "guessed" him.
@@Walterwhiterocks If Cerf knew who Palmer was before the questioning started he should have disqualified himself. Gil Fates in his book indicated that at times Bennett wasn't a team player.
@@ericstuart7748 That is true as a general statement -- there were times Bennett wasn't a team player, such as frequently blurting out the answer out of turn. And sometimes he cut things short rather than giving everyone a chance -- those traits would define him as not being a team player, as Dorothy was often not a team player with the MG, asking questions that gave her fellow panelists no help. But Bennett disqualified himself on a number of occasions when he knew who the guest was. There is no indication he ever participated when he knew who the guest was in advance (sometimes he had a hunch from who was in town who the guest would be). So yes, there were times Bennett wasn't a team player but no indication he was ever dishonest.
Dina was ravishing, and loaded with charm. Good actress too, although her beauty and aristocratic bearing probably limited the roles she was offered.
Yes, she was always being dumped for some tart. As though that would happen!
She was on an episode of Batman when I was little. Her husband played a cowboy villain named Shane and she played his girlfriend. I thought she was the most beautiful woman I'd ever seen.
Beautiful Dina Merrill in a beautiful dress, which would have been harder to carry off than it looked. She consistently made the best dressed list. She is exactly what you think of when you see multi million dollar mansions. You can just picture her welcoming guests to a formal dinner. She would have made a great first lady had some president snapped her up.
Dina Merrill's lineage is impressive: Merrill of Merrill Lynch; Post of the cereal fortune ...and several others. Growing up at MaraLago had to be a beautiful experience. Her mother was a force with exquisite taste as evidenced by MaraLago.
@@janetmarletto6667: Her lineage is from Post and E. F. Hutton. "Merrill" was a stage name.
Wake up kiddies. In those days golf was not televised. A world series baseball game was broadcast one time only. There was no DVR or Tivo [much less VHS :)] so if you missed something, you could not record it for later. You could not flip on UA-cam later. Few athletes were instantly recognizable to the vast majority. The average working or middle class person did not travel around watching golf tournaments. They were working to buy the 2 door Chevy Malibu.
@@dph22013 right you are! i couldn't believe the panel didn't recognize him. i think that the coasts were more distant from one another back then.... had betty white or someone from cali been on the panel, he probably would've been guessed right away. he was well-known in 1960. i also remember him being quite charming as my old uncle smiled whenever palmer would win and uncle didn't really smile much otherwise, being a stern fellow.
By 1960 golf WAS televised. Not like it is today but it WAS televised.
True, but newspapers and magazines were huge, and by that time Arnold had been on the cover of Sports Illustrated and pics in the newspapers. The major tournaments were on network TV. I wonder if some of them did recognize him, but didn’t want to spoil it right at the start, though they did guess him pretty fast. Blindfolds should have been used.
I watched every game of the 1960 World Series on TV. I don't know if golf was on TV in 1960. My father might have recognized Arnold Palmer anyway. Our family lived in Hartford and my father started attending the Insurance City Open in 1954, when it was won by Tommy Bolt. In later years, as the tournament changed its name several times, I went with my father and saw Palmer and the other great folders of the day.
My dad had a 1967 Impala Super Sport. So much chrome! I needed sunglasses to see it when the sun light reflected off it! P.S. Super Sport, or SS, is the signature performance option package offered by Chevrolet on a limited number of its vehicles. All SS models come with distinctive "SS" markings on their exterior. The SS package was first made available for the 1961 Impala.
Wow the reaction from the audience and panel when the DJ said everybody should migrate ... could hear a needle drop
Lars Rye Jeppesen They should have told him to Beat It.
Unfortunately, many did...and destroyed my home state of California. I had to move east to South Carolina.
It would have been interesting to compare Arnie's signature from the beginning of his career to what it looked like in his later years.
R.I.P. Mister Palmer!
Poor Dina Merrill, she still around at 91 but gave much of her fortune to charities. Now she is only worth 5 Billion dollars.
+poetcomic1 Poor??? I call that amount of money enough to live and therefor she is rich.
And be able to give away for others make you rich too in a better sense than many can understood.
+Sabine Beyer I understand that facetiousness can sometimes be misinterpreted when written out in a comment,still though,could you POSSIBLY have thought that peotcomic was being serious when he said she is "only" worth 5 billion dollars?!
Maybe. Sometimes it's not so easy to find that whithout some smileys, especially, if english is not your first language. Thanks for the clarification.
poetcomic1 - Oh, alas.My breaking heart.
Thanks for the drink! Greatest golfer of all time
Mrs. Mossotto was Dog Warden from 1957 until at least 1971, with a brief hiatus in 1964 in which she was a Democrat and the Republican Town Committee removed her (or... something -- possibly the Police Chief did), and then her replacement survived 3 months before quitting. She then happily took back over. She eventually moved to Seymour (CT), and thence to Florida in 1982. She died in 2012.
Obit: www.legacy.com/obituaries/sptimes/obituary.aspx?page=lifestory&pid=157774519
From the look on Martins face as soon as the golfer came out he recognized him immediately.
I met Arnold Palmer twice. Once as a young boy I walked the course with him at the Diplomat Hotel in North Miami Beach. I've never met anyone with more charisma.
Arnold Palmer was one of golf's greatest blessings. He was not only a great golfer and very charismatic, he genuinely liked people, and he understood that golf needed the interest of the television crowd to succeed. He signed autographs by the millions, he responded to mail, he waved at the crowds when other golfers ignored the people who followed them. Any golfer who won a tournament could expect to find a note of congratulations from Arnie in the next week's mail, and even when he was in the last couple weeks of his life he wrote a note to a young girl who hoped to join the LPGA when she grew up. One young golfer who was practicing before an important tournament realized that someone was coming up from behind, and then realized that he had actually cut someone off. Arnold Palmer then asked, very politely, if he could join him. He was a great man in many ways. The sport would not be what it is if not for him.
I met Arnold Palmer in Las Vegas Nevada at the Desert Inn. I played blackjack at the same table with him. As a matter of fact I sat right next to him!
This is my favorite panel with John Daly! Love to see these shows that I remember watching, plus seeing Arnold Palmer is a special treat!
Imagine in 1960, Arnold Palmer wasn’t immediately recognized by sight. The world was so different back then.
There's a WML episode where the panel did not recognize Colonel Sanders by sight. No blindfolds were used.
Yes! I replied this exact same thing on another similar comment above!
Sporting events weren't nearly as widely broadcast back then, particularly in minor sports (as was golf then).
I agree. I can’t believe they didn’t recognize him on sight. He had already won the Masters twice and US Open by this time.
Also, I'm watching this at my computer in Willimantic, CT (famous in recent years for the Boom Box Parade on the 4th of July and the "Frog Bridge") and the woman after Dina Merrill is someone from Trumbull...
Wow, Wow! Dina Merril was gorgeous!
Gorgeous Dina is 91 and apparently in poor health. She is an extremely wealthy woman with a net worth estimated at 5 billion dollars.
In her comments about the actors she worked with, she was always complimentary and gracious. She absolutely adored Deborah Kerr in "The Sundowners."
Dina Merrill's accent was so perfect in both tone and inflection that it was worth at least 5 "No's" just from the confusion that she was a native American.
Yes, and unlike several mystery guests, she really was elated to have stumped the panel. Most MGs deep down want the panel to guess (get) them.
I grew up watching Arnold and listening to Michael Jackson as a bay area brat. Jackson's voice brings back memories.
"Do they understand that, sir?"
"I hope not!"
:)
The golf tournament that What's My Line called the "National Open" was really called the "U.S. Open", and it has had that name since it began in 1895.
Dina Merrill is still alive at age 91. I note that she was the only child of Marjorie Merriweather Post, heiress to the Post Cereals fortune, and her second husband, Edward Hutton.
ToddSF 94109 Dina (she was youngest) had two other sisters both of whom are now dead.
Dave Matas -- Yes, they were her half sisters by her mother's previous (first) marriage to Edward Close.
I always thought her date of birth was December 9, 1925, which would now make her 89.
Dave Matas Her two half-sisters are the the Aunts of Glenn Close.
Her mother, nee Merriweather(originally spelled Meriwether), descends from Nicholas Meriwether of the Jamestown colony(c1652), of which lineage, Capt Meriwether Lewis of the Lewis and Clark Expeditions also descends from. I know since I descend from that same lineage.
Bennett Cerf definitely knows who Arnie is, he just plays along to prolong the game. Bennett frequently knew who the guest was but played "dumb" for myriad reasons.
Everytime Bennett remarks with "You do?" to the contestant saying "yes," I know that he wasn't surprised ny the answer.
Thomas Smith I disagree. He had a hunch at most but as he asks the questions (only three or four, hardly prolonging anything at all) his eyes are in 'search mode' while his brain is whirring.
S. B. He responds to guests like that most weeks though.
Miss Dorothy also did this- you could tell when she knew by her pleased little smile. She always wanted to give the MGs more time to do their stuff.
Arnold Palmer was already a big star at the time of this appearance. He'd won the Masters twice, the U.S. Open and was the Sportsman of the Year in Sports Illustrated the year of this appearance. I'm quite certain that book publisher and sports aficionado Bennett Cerf knew who he was and is putting on an act. Bennett knew of a double bogey. Call me skeptical :)
You're not "skeptical," you're just pulling nonsense out of your rear end. You have zero facts that Cerf recognized Palmer and was merely "putting on an act." You are essentially insulting Cerf's integrity that he didn't have the decency to immediately announce that he recognize Palmer and instead, would infringe on the veracity of WML by pretending like he didn't recognize him. Ridiculous. Clearly you have no sense of how relatively obscure pro golf was to the general public in 1960, especially when compared to more popular sports at the time, like Baseball.
Dina Merrill so beautiful. RIP
Is there anything better than this on UA-cam? I think not!
Paint drying and/or grass growing.
Funny that in 1960 Mr. Palmer was not well known. Dina Merrill was stunning.
two thoughts- this had to be right before arnold palmer became a household name. and second- i presume this is the same michael jackson who had a very popular west coast based radio talk show in the 1980s and 90s.
Yes, he is. And he continued on radio into the 2000's.
The ladies’ dresses look amazing! Beautiful!
Oh man, Arlene's dress...
She must have been on her way to a children's birthday party playing the clown. .
Oh, woman! I guess that’s the risk of her being so fashion forward. When you take big risks, you can miss big!
It reminded me of a wrapped gift or wallpaper. I wonder what the colors on the dress were.
Oh it's a dress. I thought it was a bow-tie.
Ha! What women wear just because someone said it was fashion.
Mr Jackson had a wonderful sense of humor, and a marvelous accent and quite handsome! Lucky those who tuned into his San Francisco show!
I thought it was fascinating to see Michael Jackson before all that surgery.
Prince Harming - I was thinking that. He should have stuck with what he had. His nose might not have fallen off.
You're right. The surgery radically changed Michael Jackson's appearance. His nose looks pretty stable here.
This is actually very close to the time the more famous Michael Jackson was born! Interesting that this fellow was a DJ. Foreshadowing?
@@shirleyrombough8173 a great that memories
@@stevenjoyal6565 a great memories
Wow. Before he was really famous.
Arnold, what a nice guy.
The famous Michael Jackson, a radio legend in LA.
What a lovely polite man
15:44 Funniest part: “but first hear a word from our sponsor.” BREAK. “Diabetes” END. 🤣
Martin Gabel is the most innocuous panellist ever. I only noticed him around the halfway mark.
Dina Merrill is a good actress as well as rich and fabulous. She played a quirky villain on Batman ( Calamity Jan to husband Cliff Robertson's Shame). A more recent role - she was great as the producer's major domo in The Player.
Dina Merrill was so classy and poised………. As were the ladies on the WML panel.
It's funny how the panel is so uncertain about that new thing called rock n roll.
Bennett wasn't "uncertain" about it at all. He hated it.
Michael Jackson (born April 16, 1934 in London, England) is an American talk radio host based in the Los Angeles, California area. Jackson is best known for his radio show which covered arts, politics, and human interest subjects, particularly in the Los Angeles and greater Southern California area in the era before "shock jocks." His show originally aired on L.A. radio station KABC and briefly aired on KGIL....
Jackson is married to Alana Ladd Jackson (the daughter of the actor Alan Ladd) and they have three children..
He is still alive as of May 22nd, 2019.
He's 85
@@oobaka1967 Unfortunately, he passed away yesterday, January 15th, 2022, aged 87.
I wonder if Arnold had his pilot's license by this time? I knew at one time he owned and flew a Learjet around but I don't know what model it was and when he started flying.
Arnold Palmer- A really nice looking man. And seems a decent sort.
The '60s hairstyles............I still love you Arlene.
As it turned out, they should have blindfolded the panel for Mr. Palmer, although it may not have made it more difficult. Axx soon as they guessed the sport, they knew who it was.
"I have nothing to say" "But you will later won't you dear." 🤣
Dina Merrill is stunning. I once saw her in a Hamburger Hamlett in Hollywood having lunch with her grandchildren. She looked fabulous.
If you mean the one on Hollywood Blvd., I used to eat there daily. I worked for TV Guide in the building next door.
As many times as John Daly has explained the rules of the game, it's astonishing how often he gets it wrong. At 3:31 while explaining the rules to Arnold Palmer, he says "Every NO answer that you can get from the panel..." which is just backward. The contestant gives the NO or YES answers to questions asked by the panel.
They could spend the rest of the show talking about golf with Mr. Palmer. I didn't know that he wrote a book on golf.
is thrilled, this came up, as a suggested video. I've crushed on Ms. Merrill(aka, Mrs. Robertson), since first seeing her, when I was ten years old. That'd be fifty-one years!
PROFESSIONAL GOLFER (ARNOLD PALMER)
ROCK AND ROLL DISC JOCKEY
DOG CATCHER
I wonder what color Dina Merrill's dress was? Whatever the color, it was TIMELESS!
*I have tremendous respect for Mr. Jackson, as he went on to become the best known-known radio talk-show host in the Los Angeles area--and as he helped me a great deal when I was just a teenager. About five years after appearing here, he married the late Alan Ladd's daughter Alana, and remained married to her until her death in 2015. Mr. Jackson died in 2022.*
It's interesting how Arlene and Dorothy watch some contestants while they leave the stage while others they don't.
I don't mean to imply anything by this, but I've noticed that Dorothy always watches the gorgeous women leave with great attention.
@@rpc717most likely because she’s interested in their fashion
To those of you who thought the panel should have been masked for Arnold Palmer: Did you see the show with Colonel Sanders? Nobody recognized him.
Holy crap. The disc jockey fellow was absolutely gorgeous 😍
Having watched many, perhaps most, WML episodes, there has been no dearth of attractive women, including Arlene. To me, Merrill is the most attractive
Ironically, in her long movie career there were probably occasions when like, Donna on 90210, she played the role of a lazy millionaire, when in reality she was a hard working billionaire.
can't believe no body on the panel knew Arnold Palmer by sight
Лучшее время для Америки и идеальная женщина Дина Меррилл...
R.I.P. Arnie.
she nailed the accent
Beautiful Precious Memories Darling Blessing's..⚘🎚⭐🍑🦋
In these days of the media covering every event, someone like Arnold Palmer couldn't come out without being recognized.
I'm related to Arnold Palmer on my mom's side.
Love it when they stump the panel.
Rest in Peace to all celebrities in this video who passed, including Dina Merrill. Overdue condolences to all families for your loss. 😔💐💐
Arnold Palmer cause of death:
Arnold Palmer died on September 25, 2016 at the age of 87. His reported cause of death was complications from heart problems. He was staying at UPMC Presbyterian in Pittsburgh at the time of his death. He was also a cancer survivor.
8:35 He is 8 years too early!
Update: Actually, I believe this is the disc jockey Michael Jackson, who is currently based here in Los Angeles.
***** And changing the subject here:
Damn, look how hot Dina Merrill is here!
Wow, if he's still in radio he's now 81 years old. Although my father was in the radio and TV business for more than 60 years and just retired from his daily radio show at 85 years of age. BTW, in this video Michael Jackson said he was born in South Africa, but the two bios I found on him said he was born in London. Odd.
*****
Yes, she's definitely a classic beauty!
***** -- Except that Michael Jackson HATED being a disc jockey (he disliked rock and roll music) and soon transitioned into being a talk radio host, even in San Francisco. He soon moved to Los Angeles and after a couple of jobs with stations that didn't work out, he ended up having a talk radio show on KABC radio for many, many years in L.A. I remember him fondly from my teenage years in the 1960s and on into the 1970s until I moved to San Francisco. Anyway, Michael Jackson hasn't been a DJ since 1961 or so. I note that he has a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame, with an old-fashioned microphone symbol for "radio". The other Michael Jackson also has one with an LP record symbol for "recording artist". When the other Michael Jackson died a few years ago, people started leaving flowers and other tributes on this Michael Jackson's star. When asked what he thought of this, he said, "I am willingly loan[ing] it to him and, if it would bring him back, he can have it. He was a real star." But this is definitely the radio talk show host Michael Jackson who has been based in Los Angeles since the earlier 1960's.
Also used to listen to his DJ program for years. .. very nice gentlemen quite witty but definitely not a shock jock..
Arnold Daniel Palmer was an American professional golfer who is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most charismatic players in the sport's history
Arnold Palmer was pure class and talent. He was quite handsome! Such a talented golfer......⛳🏌️
I’m surprised John and Michael Jackson (😂 the name) didn’t speak Afrikaans without whispering for a conference! The panel wouldn’t have had any idea what they would’ve been talking about!
It's been remarked that John Daly just wanted to get on with the show. But I think there's a strong possibility that Daly didn't speak Afrikaans.
I can't believe they didn't blindfold Arnold Palmer!
So that he couldn't see the panel?
Bizarre!
arnold palmer was on tv in the 60s. are you telling me that he would not be recognized ? i find that a bit odd