GET THE MESSAGE - Christmas with Arlene Francis! (Dec 25, 1964)

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GET THE MESSAGE - Christmas with Arlene Francis! (Dec 25, 1964)

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A star-packed special Christmas show of the short-lived series "Get the Message" (sort of a PASSWORD variant).
PANEL: Arlene Francis & Barbara Cook vs. Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. & Marty Ingels
"CONTESTANTS": Joan Fontaine vs. Mitch Miller; Julia Meade vs. Orson Bean
HOST: Robert Q. Lewis
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@WhatsMyLine 7 жыл бұрын

We've arrived, folks: The final week of the out-of-control rollercoaster ride of emotion that has been the 1st Annual Summer of WML Miscellany. But don't despair, because not only is this an especially fun video to end this summer series with, there are actually still a *lot* more great new videos to come. But I urgently need to take a break of indeterminate and unspecifiable duration from posting new videos for a while, or the WML book we've been working on for over a year may never get finished. :) And in the meantime, don't forget there are still new episodes of TTTT being posted to the TTTT channel every weekday! TTTT channel: kzfaq.info/love/ZkBUfTQ_tmKAlUV_sQqrTQfeatured

@4seeableTV 6 жыл бұрын

I have a question? Did WML ever have a person on that actually made bread boxes? That would've been so funny.

@someguy23475 4 жыл бұрын

Yes they did. Steve Allen was on the panel of course!

@maudeboggins9834 2 жыл бұрын

I clicked on this for two reasons, I love Arlene Francis & I wanted to check the year. I was born 4 days after this aired.

@neilmidkiff 6 жыл бұрын

Even before the game starts, I'm smiling. It's so great to see these filmed-live and live-to-tape programs, the way TV was when I was young. If a technician had to cross behind Q, he just crouched and went for it (0:32). Nowadays, "portions of the show not affecting the outcome have been edited" or words to that effect, and so Alex Trebek and Pat Sajak are never shown making endearing gaffes nor do we see techies in the background. A little lack of perfection is enjoyable just because it's common to humanity.

@ronflatter1235 3 жыл бұрын

“Get the Message” was done in the same West 58th Street theater as “The Dick Cavett Show.” The Elysee is long gone, but the firehouse across the street is still there with its attendant sirens that used to punctuate TV productions, once prompting a frustrated Cavett to say (paraphrasing), “Wouldn’t it be nice if we had an indoor studio?”

@dg1006 7 ай бұрын

$10,000 Pyramid was also taped there.

@allenjones3130 2 жыл бұрын

Boy, what a cast!

@mshow81 Жыл бұрын

With a voiceover promo at the end for the short lived soap opera FLAME IN THE WIND, which premiered the following Monday (12-28-64).

@libertyann439 6 жыл бұрын

Never seen this game before

@gnirolnamlerf593 2 жыл бұрын

I'ts hard to believe that Joan Fontaine, considered to be a distinguished actress, Oscar winner and all, appeared on game shows. I don't remember her doing so -- I was 13 when this aired, but I wouldn't have been watching TV on Christmas Day -- but there are several appearances now available, thank you, on KZfaq. This game is not exactly riveting, particularly with all the Christmas clues making the answers too easy. Lewis was also better on other shows. So funny that they had to raise hands to let the host know they were ready back in the day.

@disvids8754 7 жыл бұрын

According to Wikipedia, "an episode from May 1, 1964 with celebrity guests Ann Sothern, Nancy Dussault, Abe Burrows, Darryl Hickman is held by the UCLA Film and Television Archive as a 16mm kinescope recording."

@zachalderton2057 3 жыл бұрын

end of season

@jvcomedy 7 жыл бұрын

Thanks for posting. I find all of these old game shows interesting, but I can see why this one didn't last too long. It's a little slow to develop. A bit of a Password knockoff

@rogermunyon6867 5 жыл бұрын

If you think this dragged, it's better than Goodson's attempt to revamp Get The Message - titled Oddball, eight celebrities wrote clues, and if any clue matched another's, it was eliminated. This original version moved a lot better. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ic-oipaDnZqpdoE.html

@ericsamuelson5656 Жыл бұрын

In 1986, there was an attempt to revive this show titled Odd Ball on NBC with host Jamie Farr. In Odd Ball, it's also men vs women and there's 4 each. If there's a duplicate of a one word clue, they're disqualified. Can you imagine if CBS revived this show by the 70s?

@yeahnoonecaresifyouarefirst 9 ай бұрын

Yay

@timothyball7502 Жыл бұрын

3-15-2023. He was born 1883, and this show was done 1964. So do the math as how old Douglas is!

@bitscolumn 6 жыл бұрын

I was curious if Ed Asner ever appeared on the television version of WML? I had heard he may have appeared on the radio version. Thank you.

@heatherkeown4761 Жыл бұрын

Rosa prayer the rosary

@messiahapostle8239 8 ай бұрын

Look at how they love The HOLY BIBLE.

@MitchellHang 7 жыл бұрын

Do you have the episode of the show with Johnny Olson announcing?

@WhatsMyLine 7 жыл бұрын

You mean of "GET THE MESSAGE"? This is the only episode I have.

@MitchellHang 7 жыл бұрын

What's My Line? Oh, never mind then.

@epaddon 7 жыл бұрын

GSN aired two other episodes from earlier in the run with original host Frank Buxton. Initially, the clue-giving was tougher in that you couldn't use a proper name for a clue but they changed that rule during the run.

@disvids8754 7 жыл бұрын

Mitchell Hang wut?

@user-sg9rp4wz3w Жыл бұрын

end of series

@moonlightray8493 Жыл бұрын

The design of this game seems a bit too similar to Password, in my opinion. The only significant difference is that there are *two* teammates giving clues in a joint effort, instead of just one.

@user-sg9rp4wz3w Жыл бұрын

I need the rules