This is one of my favorite "Mystery Guests" of all time on What's My Line with Announcer: Johnny Olsen. He is absolutely hysterical! Arlene Francis, Martin Gabel, Sheila MacRae, Bennett Cerf
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@stevekerp19 ай бұрын
They were ALL such classy people. Back in the day when television was wholesome.
@toddmiller61582 ай бұрын
Not no more!!
@tugginalong Жыл бұрын
Johnny Olson was an amazing guest and is familiar voice we’ve all have heard for decades.
@FocusBeyond7772 жыл бұрын
I love Johnny Olsen. He was announcing The Price Is Right when I was a child. My mom and I used to watch it together everyday. His death was the first time I had to process the concept of gone forever. I cried for hours and couldn't watch the show without him for weeks. It's cool to see him as a young-ish man.
@philduritza7717 Жыл бұрын
I was 9 years old when he died and I remember the exact same feelings. He looked nowhere near 55 years old in this clip! (And indeed if you watch 1985 TPIR clips of him in he looked nowhere near 75 then.)
@melanieanderson22624 ай бұрын
Same here, before 1969, He announced what’s my line also
@scottmiller64953 жыл бұрын
One of the greatest game show announcers of all time and a real gentleman as well, sadly missed!!!!!
@madamerotten9 жыл бұрын
The Olsen segment is one of the best in the entire history of this show.
@kayandaeddings48038 жыл бұрын
He was also a mystery guests in the 1970s version of what's my line. I wonder if someone can post that very episode.
@georgemaster18385 жыл бұрын
madamerotten Johnny must have been a great guy to hang around with. Every emcee who worked with him as their announcer has said he was a lovely gentleman. RIP John!
@Magnetron335 жыл бұрын
smiles from beginning to end!
@academyofshem4 жыл бұрын
It was a classic.
@manofthehour68564 жыл бұрын
@@georgemaster1838 Isn't it great when someone who is so engaging as an on-air personality is just as decent (by all accounts) off screen? I remember when he died, and knew he was irreplaceable. There hasn't been someone like him since.
@ajsmith52952 жыл бұрын
Arlene Francis sheer class and Style
@rivaridge7211 Жыл бұрын
Johnny Olson was so greatly respected as an announcer, that once a week he travelled (for years) from NYC to Miami to perform his duties for "The Jackie Gleason Show." I can still hear (in my mind) his great introduction: "From the sun and fun capital of the world, Miami Beach, it's the Jackie Gleason Show!" I was only about 10 or 11 at the time, but absolutely loved that opening (and wished I could be in Miami Beach too!)
@markschildberg1667Ай бұрын
Johnny was so good at warming up audiences that Goodson-Todman and Jackie Gleason wouldn’t use anyone else, even though they had to pay extra to fly him around the country every week. Johnny only got the summers off and lived at his home in Connecticut. Glamorous but tough work.
@sueoorbeck48873 жыл бұрын
Arlene's reaction to Johnny is priceless.
@kenyongray26154 жыл бұрын
Is it safe to say that the voice of Johnny Olson has been heard by more people than any other person in the world? His career spanned decades with shows that had viewerships in the millions every day.
@billoddy5637 Жыл бұрын
Maybe Jeremy Clarkson since then. Or maybe Daniel Craig.
@nanaberry4120 Жыл бұрын
Probably a long time tv announcer in China has been heard by more people.
@shawnmiller4781 Жыл бұрын
Rod Roddy
@sandybruce9092 Жыл бұрын
I had no idea that Johnny Olsen could do so many different voices. And I still miss his voice for all those program way back when!!!!!
@robinhill2442 Жыл бұрын
Paul Harvey
@LenHummelChannel8 жыл бұрын
One of the best "stumper-guests" EVER on the program. A very talented man with a golden voice.
@jimhanold90264 жыл бұрын
Indeed!
@mshroye26 жыл бұрын
Wow who knew Johnny Olsen could do all those voices. He’s the gold standard in announcers
@margaretklos89379 ай бұрын
Johnny Gilbert and Johnny Olson. They did so many game shows between them.
@carlfalt1742 жыл бұрын
I love how Johnny did such an excellent job of working the 'Price Is Right' in his concluding days
@michaelbaucom40193 жыл бұрын
Johnny Olson was funny as hell, I'd bet he was great at parties.
@poetcomic13 жыл бұрын
Johnny and Arlene were great friends and I loved that he fooled her.
@larrypryor88102 жыл бұрын
@@poetcomic1 by y B
@markalancirino6 жыл бұрын
I just LOVE it when Arlene throws her head back and laughs out loud. Such pure emotion!
@williamlinington91665 жыл бұрын
She was a class act and a lovely lady.
@austinl1694 жыл бұрын
She was indeed a treasure. She made an appearance on Match Game '73 the first year it was on, too. Delightful personality!
@michaelj.r4573 жыл бұрын
Watch when Ed Sullivan was the mystery guest
@lovealways2609 Жыл бұрын
i find Arlene so delightful
@lovealways2609 Жыл бұрын
@@austinl169 she was wonderful, wherever she went
@donnacook8994 Жыл бұрын
Maurice was such a handsome and genteel man! 👏👏👏🥰
@TheRealMrAndrew8 ай бұрын
My goodness was Johnny Olson hilarious.
@Skp186 Жыл бұрын
Johnny Olson! He was the best! So nice to see him in his younger years! He was always so bubbly on the PIR and such a sincere smile! Such a talent! Love this show....TYVM!
@valium2able11 жыл бұрын
I absolutely enjoy watching these shows and give a lot of thanks to all those responsible for uploading and I was born in 1950
@emilyhayek11325 ай бұрын
I was also born in 1950 and appreciate very much these shows on KZfaq. I am so happy to see these old episodes of this great tv show again after all these years thanks to the person or persons responsible for these episodes
@djintheatl3 жыл бұрын
“Yes, I should hope to tell you would!” Is a callback to Liz Taylor’s appearance in 1954. Johnny O was brilliant!
@donnacook8994 Жыл бұрын
I noticed that too! Johnny was brilliant! What a star ! 👍👏
@gaffneyrailroading19825 жыл бұрын
Johnny O: a true legend in the television world.
@ajsmith52952 жыл бұрын
John Daly 100-percent pure gentleman and I can't keep from looking at Arlene Francis I love her
@unclebillmusic4 жыл бұрын
There will never be any one else as great as Johnny Olsen !!! ALSO > Technically speaking, a telephone book does grow !
@mitchmiller23823 жыл бұрын
Johnny Olson would have been fabulous at parties. He could probably keep people in stitches with his impersonations.
@coreygrua32713 жыл бұрын
The applause for Maurice Chevalier says so much about love and energy. We could all use more of both.
@user-tt3qq1zn7d5 ай бұрын
Such a gentleman he was! And so handsome, too!
@caseyjonessnr12004 ай бұрын
One of the few occasions when all of the panel stand to greet the mystery guest (Maurice Chavalier). So respectful.
@richardpoplis67774 жыл бұрын
Arlene Francis was the best
@patriciamontgomery3651Ай бұрын
Johnny’s segment is one of the funniest ever.
@CarloQuinto8 жыл бұрын
Yes, this is one of the greatest segments of all time, the great Johnny Olsen who reveals some of his other talents
@joeykardos76028 жыл бұрын
Johnny Olson was the GREATEST game show announcer, bar none!!!
@manofthehour68564 жыл бұрын
@@joeykardos7602 Amen Brother!!!! I remember when he died, and how irreplaceable he was. Loved when he appeared in the silly showcase sketches at the end along with the models.
@Bronzebk10 жыл бұрын
7 months later, on November 8, 1965, my beloved Dorothy Kilgallen would depart this earth. Wish she was born in my time.
@Jostanos6 жыл бұрын
I never knew that Johnny O. could even _DO_ impersonations and other voices!
@dstuart29185 жыл бұрын
Had no idea Jonny Olson so talented.
@donnacook899410 ай бұрын
Johnny Olson was just amazing! So many voices 🤣 in one man! What a marvelously talented guy, and beloved by so many!!! 🥰👏🥰👏👏
@innotafanofanyofjlbjlbissd67773 жыл бұрын
Of course a huge thumbs up to this episode , I loved Johnny Olson .
@sherry-lynnbeardslee42882 жыл бұрын
Johnny Olsen was just great, made my day.
@kateym78363 жыл бұрын
I have never appreciated how Mr Daly gives hints including laughing and interpretation of answers
@megancrager4397 Жыл бұрын
He's trying to help the contestants win, not the panel 😒
@asteverino8569 Жыл бұрын
Great to see Johnny Olsen after so many shows he's been part of.
@rayeckert2427 ай бұрын
Johnny, tell us what we’ve won! The gift of your inimitable voice. What a lovely parting gift. Beats the heck outa Turtle Wax…
@caroldannenberg97782 жыл бұрын
Johnny O had a lot of hidden talent! He's hilarious here.
@leannsherman6723 Жыл бұрын
Johnny Olsen was so talented and funny!
@CruiseControlOne10 жыл бұрын
How ironic and prophetic that Mr. Daly told Maurice Chevalier and the WML panel that he hopes that when he's 77 (years old), he wishes to have Mr. Chevalier's and in his own words, "ebullience of spirit, your perennial and wonderful youth, and that glorious confidence". That's the exact age that the beloved John Charles Daly left us to go to the big panel up in the sky and to be with the ultimate moderator. 19:28 God bless him (February 20, 1914 - February 24, 1991).
@donaldleroy65023 жыл бұрын
I'm really glad I've clicked on this episode once again, I've watched it once before on a different channel. Johnny O had me laughing out loud with those voices of his, absolutely hilarious, one of my top five episodes of all time.
@spectrumlocalb1914 жыл бұрын
YOU GOT TO LOVE JOHNNY OLSON. YOU NEVER HEARD ANY BAD THINGS ABOUT HIM. WHAT A GREAT CAREER HE HAD. I CAN STILL HERE HIM YELLING COME ON DOWN ON THE PRICE IS RIGHT AND CALLING OUT FROM MIAMI BEACH ON THE JACKIE GLEASON SHOW.
@johnmahoney35663 жыл бұрын
Old “big mouth”, they called Johnny
@muttonchopsgayever2 жыл бұрын
Johnny Olson’s mother was my dad’s babysitter in the late ‘30s early ‘40s. Windom Minnesota
@joeblaumer20852 жыл бұрын
Another treasure. So many great shows, my favorite game show ever.
@allenjones31302 жыл бұрын
Johnny Olson ranked along with the Met Opera's Milton Cross and NBC's Don Pardo as one of the finest broadcast announcers of all time.
@mooncrab2 жыл бұрын
Most definitely 🎉
@Dolphin-cb9sq4 жыл бұрын
True movie stars. Lots of respect shown.
@AllenMQuinn3 жыл бұрын
Love Maurice Chevalier, but Johnny Olson absolutely stole the show
@rrz5182 жыл бұрын
I love watching this show. Simple, to the point, and so much fun. Sad, however, to see how far our current entertainment has fallen into the gutter compared to these erudite people.
@valentinr.dominguez28922 жыл бұрын
So true. They run away from people of quality.
@diamonddog1311 ай бұрын
That's because we're in an anti-intellectual age. The host and panelists on this show would now be ridiculed as "coastal elites".
8 жыл бұрын
What a talented voice actor!
@TheConorsmithusa4 жыл бұрын
It's so eerie at 19:30 minutes in that John mentioned about living to age 77 as he actually died aged 77 in 1991
@joeambrose32604 жыл бұрын
U don't say. Now what ?
@legrandeanorey386010 жыл бұрын
love what´s my line!!!!
@armstronglance5 жыл бұрын
This is one of the funniest of all What’s my Lines!!!!!!!!!!
@4bibimimi11 жыл бұрын
Wow, the panel was hurting in the game-playing department without Dorothy there. Great show, hope to see more of it from you!
@jaysmith14082 жыл бұрын
Here weenies had a way of weeding out clues
@honeyboynton21063 жыл бұрын
I love this show!
@TheBatugan775 жыл бұрын
Arlene is great with Maurice. She knows it's entertainment. And the very best at that.
@kenp3L8 жыл бұрын
At 4:04 and 10:17 Johnny Olsen acknowledges the audience. That's class. Less than one in twenty guests do that.
@manofthehour68564 жыл бұрын
I felt badly for him that Shelia McRae didn't stand for him or give him a kiss like she did Maurice Chevallier. I'm thinking that she would appear on The Jackie Gleason Show soon after as the second "Alice", a show on which Johnny was announcer.
@rockymarino5849 жыл бұрын
When Bennett says the word "PLAY" notice he says it as 2 or 3 syllables. Also I love how he pronounces "moderator" in most introductions of John. He talks like a cartoon character. I love to hear him talk.
@gameshowfan8411 жыл бұрын
Johnny was hilarious! Thanks so much for sharing!
@OTseven3 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for posting these shows. They bring me hours and hours of pleasure. What a breath of fresh air !
@robertszvetics21010 жыл бұрын
johnny was the greatest come on downnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn
@cats01824 жыл бұрын
Johnny Olson "invented" that line.
@brandoOhalloran844 жыл бұрын
I miss the days of Johnny Olson.
@nancyhowell45058 ай бұрын
Lucy and Betty made a formidable team! A great pleasure watching them. Thanks and blessings for sharing! 🙏👏❤
@soulierinvestments11 жыл бұрын
Spring 1965: Dorothy Kilgallen broke her collar bone when she slipped on a throw rug. The week before, she showed up with her arm in sling. The break and the complications [ drug use side effects?/ hard to tell ] kept her off about six broadcasts and taping sessions. The shape of things to come: Shiela McRae would within a year work with Johnny Olsen when she joined the Jackie Gleason Show cast
@leahscott123457 ай бұрын
Johnny Olson was so fun and funny. Thank you so much for bringing this wonderful show back.
@scottmiller64955 жыл бұрын
This was hilarious and very special !!!!!
@nandofigueira20057 ай бұрын
Johnny olson "Come on down!"
@jimhanold90264 жыл бұрын
He went on to announce for MANY Mark Goodson/Bill Todman game shows, AFTER "What's My Line?"-including "Match Game"; "Tattletales"; "The Price Is Right"; and MANY others! :)
@stevie68a5 жыл бұрын
They're all deceased. R.I.P.
@stanpatterson50335 жыл бұрын
A few commenters here before me have alluded to one of Johnny's later (and very famous) lines... He was the guy who made the line "Come On Down! ... You're the next contestant on The Price Is Right" famous in his role as announcer on that show until his passing. His replacement, Rod Roddy had to take up where Johnny left off, and while Rod was good as an announcer, nobody seemed to have the same persona and personality that Mr. Olson blessed us with, in his work.
@jillrosenberg34424 жыл бұрын
LOVE LOVE LOVE
@iamintheburg7 жыл бұрын
Msr. Chevalier was a good-looking ol' guy, wasn't he ? He was really beloved in his day.
@jimhanold90264 жыл бұрын
Husband and wife entertainers were the parents of the lovely, gracious, multi-talented, multi-faceted comedic actress Meredith MacRae-she played Sally Ann Morrison/Douglas-the longtime girlfriend and eventual wife of Tim Considine's character of "Mike Douglas" on "My Three Sons" (1963-1965). Additionally-she played one of the daughters on "Petticoat Junction" (1966-1970). Sadly enough-she died in 2000, at the age of 56, after a long battle with brain cancer and then a botched brain operation conducted by an egregiously incompetent "brain surgeon"! :(
@jimhanold90264 жыл бұрын
Gordon and Sheila MacRae were Meredith's famous show business parents.
@oldschoolmuscle44362 жыл бұрын
The last words you want to hear on your deathbed is Johnny Olson saying "Come on dooooown!“
@pearlshifer17766 жыл бұрын
I love John Daly's conferences, wish I could have had one!
@MerleOberon9 жыл бұрын
I was in the audience of The Price is Right in '81, and Mr. Olson did the warm up and announcing, also, they do an after the show segment with a prize, to keep the audience jacked up.
@joeambrose32604 жыл бұрын
Tell me more. Tell me more !
@joeambrose32604 жыл бұрын
I call BS, Merle. Sorry
@lkramberg5 жыл бұрын
Went to a Merv Griffin game show with my elementary school class and Johnny did the warm up. Treated us kids as nice and as warmly as the rest of the audience. Thanks for the great memories of a truly nice man.
@byrd564 жыл бұрын
If it was a Merv Griffin game show and Johnny O. was the announcer, would it have been "Play Your Hunch", which Merv hosted in the late '50s and early '60s?
@billkalivas97504 жыл бұрын
One of the best ever! Thank you so much for all your work bringing this delightful show for us
@Steve2777510 жыл бұрын
Arlene Francis, before the show: "Oh Martin, you'll never guess who I saw in the lift earlier! Maurice Chevalier! You know what THAT means!"
@kennethbutler13434 жыл бұрын
A rare episode where the panel gets skunked by everyone except the second mystery guest!
@Impailer676 жыл бұрын
good wholesome and now historic entertainment
@Rockaria239 жыл бұрын
Love watching these
@mooncrab10 жыл бұрын
Johnny Olson born 5-22-1910 exactly 104 years ago today
@barbarahubert97865 жыл бұрын
Oh, how funny. I stumbled upon this today and it just so happens to be 5-22-2019.
@poochillipickles85253 жыл бұрын
I’m late but 110 now
@mooncrab2 жыл бұрын
@@poochillipickles8525 better late than never lol 😊
@brucer129 жыл бұрын
What a talent he was----enjoyed this show lots--thx Match Box!
@ckersh744 жыл бұрын
Johnny gave himself away about a half dozen times, and they still couldn't pick it up.
@fromthesidelines11 жыл бұрын
Originally telecast live on April 4, 1965.
@wolfie56 ай бұрын
Before my time but love these episodes
@guitarbrad10 жыл бұрын
Arlene seemed to be enamored of Johnny Olsen. These are great!
@helenfraser60329 жыл бұрын
Le8na le27s
@kenretherford11976 жыл бұрын
When Arlene and Gabel are side by side you wonder what in the world was she thinking.
@johnpeel23005 жыл бұрын
Johnny Olsen on What's My Line spelled his name EXACTLY that way, so I wouldn't disagree with him. Check out the show again.
@johnpeel23005 жыл бұрын
Ward Wilson Thank You For your comments. They help me a LOT!
@fanboy201510 жыл бұрын
Then a few years later, Johnny would strike gold with The New Price is Right.
@altfactor9 жыл бұрын
I think he also was announcer for the first few years of the syndicated version of "What's My Line?".
@americanmanhood11 жыл бұрын
John said to Chevalier that he wished when he was himself 77 that he would have the same perennial youth and glorious confidence. Sadly John Daly in fact died four days after his 77th birthday.
@daviddisplayfireworks21118 жыл бұрын
" Tell them what they won Johnny". Seems like I heard that a few times over the years. LOL
@filmidioten11 жыл бұрын
Poor gal, the pool hall lady. Tough act to follow, first the hilarious Johnny Olson who had the panel in stitches and then living legend Maurice Chevalier!
@ChadQuick270W10 жыл бұрын
That was a great impersonation of Frank Nelson at 7:45 Hilarious
@karlakor11 жыл бұрын
This episode contains some of the sharpest repartee between John Daly and Bennett Cerf.
@valentinr.dominguez28922 жыл бұрын
I think that it was more than kidding around.
@Joesfosterdogs6 жыл бұрын
always wanted someone to do multiple voices...johnny o does it well!
@poetcomic13 жыл бұрын
Note the women stand for a distinguished older man as a sign of respect
@caroldannenberg97782 жыл бұрын
They stood for the older celebrity, but not the older phone book producer.
@poetcomic12 жыл бұрын
@@caroldannenberg9778 The key word is 'distinguished'. Older vital men do NOT want to be treated like elderly statesmen.
@ckersh748 жыл бұрын
With their knack of figuring out mystery guests (especially Bennett), I'm amazed that he didn't give himself away at the 5:15 mark.
@johngranoski444010 жыл бұрын
Bennet now an Admiral in the Nebraska Navy. Ok, that would narrow it down to Lake McConahay and the Platte River! Congrats Admiral!
@bubgum0011 жыл бұрын
Johnny was so very funny.
@spactick Жыл бұрын
THE ALL TIME GREAT WHAT'S MY LINE MYSTERY GUEST SEGMENT
@billbright17554 жыл бұрын
He sings, he dances, he makes with the wisecrackers. It was like the blind leading the blind.