Beginning in 1955 Daly simply greeted and seated the contestant, who later met the panel at the end of the game. Betty Furness and Abe Burrows fill in for Dorothy Kilgallen and Hal Block respectively. Lost segments include one in which panelists tried to determine that a contestant was a lawyer. At that time, the immediate concern of Mark Goodson and Bill Todman was that John Daly, anchor of the ABC network's nightly newscasts, would be allowed to visit Moscow to cover, in that capacity, a breaking news story. Garry Moore fills in for Bennett Cerf. Dollar signs for "no" answers were replaced by sequential numbers. [40] The last episode aired in black & white was taped on July 17, 1966, and the last episode to be produced there in black & white aired live on July 24. Four panelists must determine guests' occupations - and, in the case of famous guests, while blindfolded, their identity - by asking only "yes" or "no" questions. Jack Barry, partner of Dan Enright, both of whom had taken falls in the quiz-show scandals of the 1950s, hosted the What's My Perversion? In 2014, another pilot for a revival was shot to offer to stations in 2015, but it also failed to sell. This episode is missing. Two days later, the New York Times announced that, This episode exists at The Paley Center for Media. Fred Allen makes his first appearance as a panelist, filling in for Steve Allen, and beginning a transition into the fifth version of the regular panel. panelist: 1 n a member of a panel Synonyms: panellist Types: juror , juryman , jurywoman someone who serves (or waits to be called to serve) on a jury foreperson the presiding member of the jury and the one who speaks on their behalf petit juror , petty juror a member of a petit jury Type of: critic anyone who expresses a reasoned judgment of . Enter the length or pattern for better results. Mark Goodson, Bill Todman and (briefly) Johnny Olson appeared on-camera as well.[49][50][51]. Allen left in 1954 to launch The Tonight Show, and he was replaced by comedian Fred Allen (no relation),[13] who remained on the panel until his death in 1956. Martin Gabel fills in for Bennett Cerf for this and the following three consecutive episodes. That practice continued until the beginning of the final season in 1974, when announcer Chet Gould began introducing the panelists and host Blyden at once, in a conventional fashion. This episode exists at The Paley Center for Media. Jackie Gleason appeared in character as Ralph Kramden to promote the 39 episode Season of. Betty Furness fills in for Arlene Francis. Mark Goodson, Arlene Francis and John Charles Daly appeared on-camera in 1975 having a conversation that introduced the old kinescope clips. John Fulton Short from December 06, 1953 returns. For the next four months until January 1955, the program would alternate between Fred Allen and Robert Q. Lewis. There, company employees Gil Fates, Bob Bach, Pamela Usdan and Bill Egan[59] worked round-the-clock for three days to compile the 90-minute special under deadline pressure from ABC network official Bob Shanks. This is chronicling the 1968 version of What's My Line?. They could also request a conference, in which they had a short time for open discussion of ideas about occupations or lines of questioning. the Amazon Associates Program via amazon.com. There have been a dozen international versions, radio versions, and a live stage version. Joey Adams fills in for Hal Block. - Andy Griffith; Jack Lemmon [panel] (Jun 22, 1958) What's My Line? [1][2], More than 700 episodes exist as kinescope recordings (filming a television screen in 16mm), which was the only way moving pictures and sound from spontaneous, unscripted television shows could be preserved on a long-term basis before the digital era. was Pat Finch, a hat check girl at the Stork Club. Appearing as panelists were Robert Q. Lewis, who had been a panelist on the original What's My Line?, and Pamela Mason, who had been a mystery guest. One expects such shenanigans might have . Steve Allen guests for this, and the following two episodes. Four members of the studio audience were lined up on stage, and their occupations were printed on cards. is a panel game show based on the US version of the same name. The first contestant on What's My Line? Dorothy Kilgallen tribute show. Only the Mystery Guest segment exists at UCLA. Often Daly would need to clarify a potentially confusing question, but he had a penchant for amusingly wordy, long-winded replies that often left panelists more confused than before, which Danny Kaye once parodied as a panelist. See production, box office & company info, CBS Broadcast Center, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA. USA. [citation needed]. Soon, other panelists were asking this question as well. - Eddie Albert & Eva Gabor; PANEL: Martin Gabel, Suzy Knickerbocker (Feb 20, 1966) What's My Line? At the start of each regular game, John Daly tells the panel whether the contestant deals in a product or services. Johnny Olson continued as announcer until a short time into the 197273 season, when he departed for California to begin his tenures as announcer of the revivals of The Price Is Right (which he continued to do until his passing in 1985) and I've Got a Secret (197273). Panelist Arlene Francis stuck it out all 24 years. This episode is missing. In 2008, another revival of the show with David Hasselhoff was planned in cooperation with FremantleMedia, which had taken over ownership of all Goodson-Todman and Mark Goodson Productions programming, that never got off the ground. (In the first episode, the mystery guest was New York Yankees shortstop Phil Rizzuto. The second version, based on the Bruner/Blyden era, was released by Whitman in 1969. Dorothy and Arlene's first show together. Poet, editor, critic, anthologist. (TV Series 1950-1967) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. ET slot where it would remain until the end of its network run on September 3, 1967. The show is now an authorized production as it is licensed by FremantleMedia, the owners of What's My Line?. On the occasions on which there were two mystery guests, the first would usually appear as the first contestant. Preempted 13 out of 25 times the following week for. - 1955 - Episode 03 January 16, 1955 30min TV-G Four celebrity panelists try to guess the occupation of a guest by asking questions that result in yes or no answers. However, Blyden never got to host the series as he was killed in an automobile accident while traveling in Morocco just before taping was to begin. In addition, the panelists were simply referred to by name and only their first names were displayed in front of them. "[38][39], The first four episodes (#001 #004; February March 16, 1950) were broadcast live from a converted loft at the former CBS Studio 41 Grand Central Studios at Grand Central Terminal (15 Vanderbilt Ave., NY). Steve Allen and Hal Block (in his final appearances) guest in this, and the following five episodes. 10 cemeteries found within miles of your location will be saved to your photo volunteer list. After the first four episodes, the show gained its initial sponsor when Jules Montenier paid to have his product, Stopette spray deodorant, featured in advertising on the program. 259K views 8 years ago What's My Line? Barbara Kelly (from the British version of. In September 1966, all three networks began broadcasting their prime-time schedules entirely in color television, including What's My Line? [14] Finch appeared again on the fifth anniversary show (with the "line" of "chorus girl" appearing in the musical Fanny) and on the final broadcast in 1967 as a guest.[14]. Series creators Mark Goodson & Bill Todman appear in Game 1 to congratulate the show on 12 years and 600 episodes. Nicole Germain from the Canadian version of. Six episodes were taped for playback for Summer Break 1966. However, the panel might be blindfolded, or the contestant might sign in simply as "X," depending on whether they would be known by name or sight. When mystery guests came from other walks of life or were non-famous individuals whom the panel but not the studio audience might know, they were usually played as standard rounds. The best "What My Lines" to me are the ones from the 1950's I tape 7 days a week from the Game Show Network. Whats My Line 660000 Af0640 Eve Gaboreddie Albert.mp3. It was seen by viewers from 1968 to 1975. The show featured a panel of four celebrities who questioned the contestants. Actor. Please ensure you have given Find a Grave permission to access your location in your browser settings. Also, the animated intro was done away with in favor of the show's announcer (usually Gould) offering a brief preview of one of the contestants' games. [31], The program began with Daly and panel entering from off-stage as they were introduced. USA. [8] In such instances, cast and crew worked on two episodes consecutively during the same Sunday night: the "taped" one, followed immediately by the "live" one. From 1950 to 1966, the game show was broadcast in black and white, as was typical of most game shows at the time. [citation needed] Later in the series, Daly would throw all the cards over with increasing frequency and arbitrariness (frequently to give a particularly interesting or worthy panelist the maximum available prize money), evidence the prize was secondary to game play. Whats My Line 650425 Af0606 Barbra Streisand.mp3. The GSN version was hosted by Bil Dwyer and, unlike the earlier versions, featured a permanent panel that appeared on each episode, consisting of Billy Bean, Frank DeCaro, Jermaine Taylor, and Suzanne Westenhoefer . Occasionally Daly would amiably one-up Cerf if he felt the pun was of lesser quality. John Daly announces on air that this is the 800th episode, and that the 16th year anniversary Special would be three weeks from now. Bennett Cerf wrote that the network had decided that game shows were no longer suitable for prime time, and that the news was broken by The New York Times on February 14[46] before anyone involved with the show was notified. In 2016, episode #018, aired live on October 1, 1950, was discovered by a film archivist. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Amusingly, the occupations of the three regular contestants in this episode were Butcher, Baker, and Candlestick Maker respectively. USA, Plot info: Section 47, Corridor: 5, Grave: 1. [58] Just days after disbanding their technical crew, Mark Goodson and Bill Todman pitched the idea of a retrospective network special to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the program's CBS debut, called What's My Line at 25. , Ashes scattered. For the final season, from episode #830 to episode #876 (September 11, 1966 September 3, 1967), in conjunction with the program's permanent move to color, the show used CBS Studio 50 (later renamed the Ed Sullivan Theater, 1697 Broadway at 53rd St., NY). CBS reportedly committed to air six episodes for its fall 1999 schedule. 10 cemeteries found in will be saved to your photo volunteer list. This involved featuring the product in the show's opening, on the front of the panel's desk, above the sign-in board, and on Daly's scorecards. Faye Emerson fills in for Dorothy Kilgallen for two consecutive shows, starting with this one. Justice William O. Douglas also appeared. [3], After the Sunday-night series' cancellation by CBS in 1967, it returned in a syndication package for local television stations that committed to airing it five days a week. Coleen Gray fills in for Arlene Francis. The first part of the book was amusing sorties about the behind the scenes goings on at What's My Line. The following is an alphabetized list of persons who were Mystery Guests (originally called Mystery Challengers) on one (or both) version(s) of the United States version of the television game show What's My Line?. During his tenure, Hal Block sat in the final seat and began the practice of introducing Daly with a pun. The host, then called the moderator, was veteran radio and television newsman John Charles Daly. The majority of the contestants were from the general public. A typical episode featured two standard rounds (sometimes a third, and very rarely a rushed fourth) plus one mystery guest round. Cerf also played a myriad of games with Daly's full name, John Charles Patrick Croghan Daly, reciting it correctly only a handful of times over the course of the series.[26]. The syndicated series ran for 1,320 episodes over seven seasons. However, there was one weekly celebrity "mystery guest" for which the panelists were blindfolded. What's My Line? Season 9, Episode 20: EPISODE #397", "Only One Prime-Time TV Show Will Be Produced Here In Fall", "Image: Week_008_August_27_1968_0036_0040, (640 284 px)", "Image: Week_167_September_28_1972_0831_0835, (640 283 px)", "What's My Line? Gene Wood also sub-announced an episode in 1970.[56]. What's My Line? Last episode broadcast from CBS Studio 59. and included audio from the mystery guest segment featuring Betty Grable from that now-lost episode. There was a problem getting your location. Last episode to be a Mark Goodson-Bill Todman Production. Fred Allen was not replaced on a permanent basis, and for the majority of the show's network run, between 1956 and 1965, the panel consisted of Kilgallen, Cerf, Francis and a fourth guest panelist. The fifth version of the regular panel starts here. The contestants and Mystery Guest are all twins. [3], TV Guide ranked it #9 in its list of the 60 greatest game shows ever [5] and Time Magazine ranked it as one of the 100 "All-Time" TV shows ever.[6]. The Los Angeles version of the live show went on hiatus when van Straaten relocated to New York, then resumed in June 2007. It's unclear if it ran too long, or if the final segment is missing. Preempted 4 out of 25 times the following week for a. Support staff ("helper") and the user ("sharer") can start Quick Assist in any of a few ways: Type Quick Assist in the Windows search and press ENTER. The producers considered the revival a merger of What's My Line? This episode is missing. Richard Kollmar, Dorothy's husband, also appeared. Whats My Line 660000 Af0638 Carol Channing.mp3. Frequent sponsors in the 1960s were Kellogg's cereals, Allstate Insurance, and Geritol. Season 5, Episode 4: EPISODE #174", "Audio of Hawkins interview with Cerf from Youtube", "What's My Line? Origination. This browser does not support getting your location. The second version of the regular panel debuts here. Edgar Bergen appears with Mortimer Snerd. Here's a look at how the 2023 NFL Draft is set to shape up for each team, with picks listed by overall number in the draft. Dinah Shore's missing is curiously missing from the otherwise existing kinescope. She was the witty actress and television Trevose, Six episodes were taped for playback for Summer Break 1961. Steve Allen appears as a contestant in Game 1 for the panel to try to identify his side business. Please try again later. did not emphasize formality as the panelists did not dress in formal wear. This episode exists. Please reset your password. [33][34] After Montenier sold Stopette to Helene Curtis,[35] the series was sponsored by a variety of companies which were either regular or rotating. Alpha Video released a DVD containing four episodes on February 26, 2008. This set debuted when the show premiered, made the move from Broadway to Rockefeller Center in 1971, and was used until the end of the 197374 season. If their question elicited a yes answer, they continued questioning. In July 1959, this was state-of-the-art technology. While ostensibly a game show, if there was time, it also was an opportunity to conduct interviews. This account has been disabled. One of the classic game shows (and one of the simplest), and the first hit for producers Mark Goodson and Bill Todman ('I've Got a Secret,' 'To Tell the Truth'). Mystery guests have included Ed Begley Jr., Stephen Bishop, Mr. Blackwell, LeVar Burton, Brett Butler, Jos Canseco, Drew Carey, Andy Dick, Michael and Kitty Dukakis, Hector Elizondo, Nanette Fabray, Peter Falk, Bruce Jenner, Larry King, Kathy Kinney, Bruno Kirby, Tara Lipinski, Lisa Loeb, Shelley Long, Leonard Maltin, Rose Marie, Wink Martindale, Sally Struthers, Rip Taylor, Judy Tenuta, Alan Thicke, Dick Van Patten, Lindsay Wagner, Wil Wheaton, Noah Wyle, and Sean Young.[61]. A transition between eras of regular panelists would begin here, and last to March 01, 1953. The game ended when the panel was stumped or if a panelist placed the occupations with the right contestants. For the Mystery Guest Round in Game 3, Merv successfully identified James Mason at $0, who was there to promote his new film. [52] In 1971, production of What's My Line? is the long-running panel game show where the celebrity panelists try to figure out unusual occupations of everyday people. After its 17-year CBS. The same panel was present, but there were signs and clocks with "Give the United Way" on there. A panelist chosen by Daly would begin the game. Just like with Fred Allen nine years ago, it was decided to leave Dorothy's seat open to rotating guests, and thus, the seventh version of the regular panel begins. Live episodes resume with a new set. [citation needed] As a result, only about ten episodes exist from the first two years of the series, including the first three broadcasts. Many, but not all, episodes of the 196875 syndicated run were preserved and have been rebroadcast, since the 1990s, on several cable and broadcast networks, notably GSN and Buzzr. This was the 77th and final prerecorded episode. Simon Vozick-Levinson, Jonathan Bernstein, Kory Grow. The first and only episode to have a teaser of a mystery guest, likely to hype up the James Bond franchise, which was highly popular among younger people. Joyce Matthews fills in for Dorothy Kilgallen. [40][44], Episode #323 (August 12, 1956), in conjunction with the 1956 Democratic National Convention, was a special Chicago episode broadcast from the studios of CBS owned-and-operated WBBM-TV (630 N. McClurg Ct., Chicago, IL). Please check your email and click on the link to activate your account. Another 1,000 service personnel will line the route, but the overall . Other frequent guest panelists include Jack Lemmon, Tony Randall, Robert Q. Lewis and Phyllis Newman. It was originally aired on BBC Television Service from 16 July 1951 to 13 May 1963, hosted by Eamonn Andrews. At the time of Blyden's death, a handful of new episodes of What's My Line? Dorothy Kilgallen is absent for two weeks. Martin Gabel fills in for Bennett Cerf for two weeks. Louis Untermeyer's last show. Anyone have it? While Daly moderated the first live episode after his return from Moscow, he praised his employers' use of videotape. Journalist, Game Show Host, and Radio Personality. Arlington, The first guest on the New York show (#75 in the production overall) was Pat Finch, who was the first guest on the first CBS episode. This pilot started with three panelists playing the Mystery Guest round; the guest would then be the fourth panelist for the remainder of the episode. This episode is missing. What's My Line? (For the first few telecasts, the contestants signed their names on an artist's sketch pad; but when the brightness of the studio lights made it difficult for the signatures to be seen clearly by the viewers, the white sketchpad was replaced by a black chalkboard.) What's My Line? No regular panelists were present, and unlike the Chicago episode, the set-pieces weren't brought over from New York City. Please enter your email and password to sign in. June Taylor and her dancers also appeared. Martin Gabel fills in for Bennett Cerf for this and the following two episodes. Colonel Harland Sanders (founder of Kentucky Fried Chicken, or KFC for short) is a contestant in Game 1. Edgar Bergen appears with his dummy Charlie McCarthy. Peter Lind Hayes fills in for Steve Allen for this and the following episode. With an occasional exception, the preservation era of. Bruner left the series at the conclusion of its fourth season in 1972, and Broadway actor Larry Blyden, who had already helmed several other gameshows and served as both a Line panelist and mystery guest in the past, stepped in at the beginning of the 19721973 season to host the remaining three seasons. [40], At least by episode #034 (January 21, 1951),[41] the show moved to CBS Studio 59 (Mansfield Theatre, later renamed the Brooks Atkinson Theatre in 1960, 256W. 47th St., NY), and stayed there until Episode #516, June 5, 1960. Chicago Mayor Richard J. Daley also appeared. Roland Young fills in for Bennett Cerf. Originally an American show, What's My Line? Walter Slezak and Jinx Falkenberg fill in for Bennett Cerf and Arlene Francis respectively. The July 16, 1967 show featured as Mystery Guests the hosts of other Goodson-Todman shows: Bud Collyer ( To Tell the Truth ), Allen Ludden ( Password ), Ed McMahon ( Snap Judgment) and Gene Rayburn ( Match Game ). This episode exists at UCLA, albeit in very poor audio quality. Bennett Cerf is absent for this and the following five shows. Please complete the captcha to let us know you are a real person. Only an audio recording of Game 1 exists. Season 10, Episode 49: EPISODE #476", "Image: 33_April_14_1963_662, (640 299 px)", "First Breadbox episode. 271 episodes 1961-1967 Steve Allen Self - Panelist 125 episodes 1951-1967 Hal Block Self - Panelist 124 episodes 1950-1953 Martin Gabel Self - Panelist 114 episodes 1956-1967 Hal Simms Self - Announcer 97 episodes 1952-1967 Lee Vines Self - Announcer 90 episodes 1950-1955 Tony Randall Self - Panelist 66 episodes 1956-1967 Sponsors were accorded the same exposure on the set as Stopette. April 25, 2023. Mystery guest rounds were no longer scored and simply ended with a correct guess or when time ran out. In early 1975, with production on break, it became clear to staff that the seventh season of the syndicated What's My Line? Dorothy Kilgallen's last show. Arlene Francis was absent for two consecutive shows, including this one. Steve Allen first posed this on January 18, 1953, and it was then refined over subsequent episodes. Margaret Truman fills in for Dorothy Kilgallen. Taped while the December 12, 1965 episode was airing. The book suffers from a lack or organization--which is very much in evidence by the end of the book. James Kilgallen, Dorothy's father, also appeared. was a weekly panel game show produced by Mark Goodson and Bill Todman for CBS television.The premiere episode debuted on Thursday February 2, 1950 at 8:00 PM EST and aired on alternating weeks. Helen Corwin from January 25, 1959 returned. Arthur Schwartz fills in for Bennett Cerf. Beginning with episode #517 through episode #829 (June 12, 1960 September 4, 1966), the show used CBS Studio 52 (254 W. 54th St., NY; the future Studio 54). [40], Episode #397 (January 12, 1958) was a special Hollywood episode broadcast from CBS Television City (7800 Beverly Blvd, Los Angeles, CA). First show on every other Wednesday at 9:00 p.m., and first sponsored show. is a window to another era", https://web.archive.org/web/20140314004130/https://www.tvguide.com/news/greatest-game-shows-1066568.aspx/, "What's My Line? Howard Dietz fills in for Bennett Cerf. To increase the probability of affirmative answers, panelists would often phrase questions in the negative starting with "Is it something other than" or "Can I rule out", The show popularized the phrase, "Is it bigger than a breadbox?" A bright, contemporary music package was composed by Charles Fox. The concept was simple: Four celebrity panellists - a polymath, a female egghead, a sunny actress . Four celebrity panelists try to guess the occupation of a guest by asking questions that result in yes or no answers. [27] On more than one occasion, Daly "led the panel down the garden path" a favorite phrase used when an answer had proven misleading to the panelists. Menu Movies Release CalendarTop 250 MoviesMost Popular MoviesBrowse Movies by GenreTop Box OfficeShowtimes & TicketsMovie NewsIndia Movie Spotlight TV Shows This episode exists. Unusually, this episode had three Mystery Guests. The color composition of the What's My Line? The series has also been shown on Buzzr, a digital broadcast television network which is owned and operated by Fremantle.[64]. All the contestants are of Irish descent. This predated the show's eventual move to color by 12 years. Arlene Francis' first show. [62] CBS regularly recycled What's My Line? This episode is missing. Fred Allen tribute show. Others are at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., where procedures to access them are more complicated. According to Fox's book, Killing Me Softly: My Life in Music, Bob Israel of Score Productions paid him a buyout fee of $1,000 (equal to $5,495 today[citation needed]) for the work. USA, Plot info: Court of Liberty Section, Gardens of Heritage Division, Map #H22, Lot 1725, Single Garden Crypt 3, Chicago, [66] Some are off-the-air home recordings of rebroadcasts. It's the long-running panel show that asks . Just off the top of my head, here are some of the Mystery Guests who tried to stump the "What's My Line?" panel: Elizabeth Taylor, Gary Cooper, Kim Novak, James Mason, Charles Boyer, Judy Garland, Eleanor Roosevelt, Edward R. Murrow, Barbra Streisand, Leontyne Price, Sophia Loren, Henry Fonda, Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward, Olivia de Havilland, Oh, yeah, thanks, Mike. Comedian Bobby Van ended up hosting Showoffs. featuring a game show called What's My Perversion? The Crossword Solver found 30 answers to "whats my line panelist", 4 letters crossword clue. 512 episodes 1952-1967 Betsy Palmer Self - Panelist 376 episodes 1955-1967 Bess Myerson Self - Panelist 319 episodes 1958-1967 Steve Allen Self - Moderator 222 episodes 1952-1967 John Cannon Self - Announcer 209 episodes 1952-1967 Jayne Meadows Self - Panelist 199 episodes 1952-1967 Faye Emerson Self - Panelist
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