I don't think the 60's were simpler with all that was going on with assassinations, riots, Vietnam, the Counter-culture, but the mainstream was much more elegant and intelligent as we see here. There were crude, dumb people then, but they were not valorized by putting them on TV as happened later.

I was too. Twas but a few hours old

And Audrey Meadows on The Honeymooners reminded me of Wilma.

@@m.e.d.7997 Probably because Wilma was BASED on her.

@@infonut Yes I know. But do wonder about the Betty/ Betty connection.

You don't know about the "ordinary contestants"--especially the ones who were college students.

@@519djw6 I was thinking about that, though. I was looking at Jane there and just had the jolting thought that if she is alive she must be in her 70s. That gave me a bit of a shock. She seems so young and with that simple hairstyle, less dated and sort of timeless.

@@Skyesoceaneyes I wonder how many of the younger contestants have seen themselves some 50+ years later. A few years ago, I made a complimentary comment about a contestant on Groucho Marx's "You Bet Your Life," and I heard back from her several times. She was 18 at the time--and that was from 1960! (There's a Facebook Group dedicated to "Password," and I might ask them if any past contestants have become members.)

And the audience

And parents don't help their children.

His show was called World Wide Sports and it was on CBS Radio weeknights. ABC’s Wide World of Sports debuted back in 1961, hosted by Jim McKay.

Fun fact: Frank was having an affair with Johnny Carson's wife at the time.

@@bneale And let's not even venture into what else he'd go on to do....

@@bneale Gifford was good looking, but seemed to have a rather dense or blasé personality. Poor Kathie Lee

He was so relaxed. So young here

It's perfectly normal she's feeling a bit embarrassed or uneasy because she's both wife and partner of Allen Ludden. That notwithstanding she's doing quite fine, natural and given the circumstances she's playing quite smart and being lovely all the way.

@@LisaDawnn a lot of this is very untrue. Betty had a brilliant relationship with her step-kids, she (almost) always referred to them as hers. the eldest of the kids was uneasy with betty to begin with but that’s normal for a child who had just lost their mother. But betty spoke and saw her (step) children regularly until her death. Betty and bea were good friends and bea would confine in betty regularly. Bea was less secure than betty so she would be annoyed by how happy betty was sometimes but she didn’t hate her. As for the other golden girls, rue and betty were the closest. Estelle and betty were friendly but not as close as rue and betty.

I don't get this trivia. Why wear contacts and prescription glasses at the same time wouldn't that interfere with his vision.

@@Clearbluesky771 ... has it caught up yet?

Hope you don’t teach English then.

And smart as a whip!

Really!? When I go to the store, I see noodles of all shapes and sizes 🥴

Egg noodles

Not a fair summary. There were the usual mix of good and poor answers.

@@lawsonj39 I said mix

Doubt it. But Joanne Carson was on the idea of Betty White. She had a classically beautiful face and was a dark brunette.

I think you are correct on that one. In fact, when Betty White won that first game and Gifford had no points at all on his side, the smile on Alan Lunden's face was extra wide and extra intense -- he was happy to see Gifford go down.

betty seemed fond of frank, allen sensed it....

Nonsense.

It's Allen. And Ludden. And you're imagining things.

​@@christopherthorkon3997 Are you serious or just kidding ? Alan almost always smiles whichever side wins