This show is one of the best things on You Tube.

Arlene was the epitome of CLASS.

I am continually aware of how impressed I am with the high caliber of folks that grace this “stage.” Wow.

Jayne Meadows was an excellent guest panelists - one of the very best I've seen.

How elegant, how clever, how gracious these people are. Great roles models in any era.

Only Steve Allen would come up with an idea that somebody might "letter a barber pole". Had me on the floor!

I LOVE how the men always stand up every time a woman comes by! Such chivalry!

I love Arlene's laugh. At 16:45, she just explodes at the irony of her own question.

Arlene is one of the most gracious ladies I have ever seen....absolutely beautiful.

Wow! Jayne was good at this too! And she used hubby's breadbox!

The window washer was adorable... so cute.

I just love Arlene - she's such a good player!

Gee, I could watch this show every night. Oh, that's right, I am. I think it's every bit as enjoyable to read the comments as it is to watch the show. Keep those comments coming! You contributors add so much to the overall experience.

When movie stars were TRUE stars. Such grace & respect.

"Then it's Ajax the foaming cleanser." I love it!

Steve Allen and Jayne Meadows are such an amazing couple. >

That cast of Dinner at 8 is pretty impressive.

I discovered this program on this site, very entertaining, I have seen several and the charismatic and intelligent Dorothy Kilgallen is truly missed.

she is knockout beautiful. I remember these shows in the 60s and loved to feel I was learning with humor from people of integrity to me. thank you kindly 🐬

Miss Meadows looks wonderful with her beautiful hair down. I'm used to seeing her with her hair up.

We've lost so many shining stars. This is like meeting with friends when you grow up seeing them.

21:25 Arlene looks stunning what a jaw dropping outfit she has on!

Arlene Francis had such a wonderful jolly way about her brilliant

RIP Jayne Meadows. Long overdue condolences to the family :-(

I've only got to meet these actors recently....as being a very young fellow at the time in the late 50s & early 60s I usually was in bed when this show was on.....its like seeing these shows for the 1st time.... There's something pleasant about their demeanor and down to earth quality

That was quite a star cast for Dinner at Eight!

Wow Jane meadows looks beautiful!!

I was a window washer for over 30 years. Mainly residential... but great views of Puget Sound. They needed their windows washed !

Absolutely brilliant show so entertaining I enjoy it so much lolx 😀❤😀

I would have loved to have seen this show in person!

I was only 11 years old when this episode of WML aired. I don't recall ever having seen an episode back then, but with good reason. It was on at 10:30 pm on a school night! However, I did watch many of the talk and game shows that were on in the late afternoon and early evening back in the sixties. And I knew almost all of the panel members, as well as many of the mystery guests from either the movies or other TV shows from back then. No matter what mood I'm in, whenever I watch an episode of WML, I almost always laugh out loud several times, and it just brightens up my day! I can't think of any other TV show that has aired during my lifetime that is consistently as jubilent and entertaining as WML. It's been so great to have had the opportunity to watch these episodes, first on GSN a few years back, and now on KZfaq. Hopefully, this great show will continue to find an appreciative audience for many years to come.

One of the best words to say on Arlene Franscis... class!!!!

As a southpaw myself, I would hazard a guess that the window washer wrote her name vertically so as to not smear the chalk with her hand.

Arlene 's Broadway revival of the comedy Dinner at Eight by George Kaufman and Edna Ferber performed for near four months, closing in January 1967. The large, illustrious cast, in addition to Ms. Francis, included Walter Pidgeon, June Havoc, Pamela Tiffin, Darren McGavin, Jeffrey Lynn, Blanche Yurka and Ruth Ford. Arlene has the showy role of Carlotta Vance, a fading actress/star played by the great Marie Dressler in the 1933 film classic.

June Havoc! "My name's Dainty June! What's yours?"

Edna Ferber, who died a couple of years later, was something of an industry to herself. Anybody who wrote both "Showboat," "So Big," "Dinner at 8," and "Giant" cannot be all bad. She was active practically to the end.

I loved the way that Bennett Cerf showed off his knowledge of two words that aren't used very often. I agree that John Daly is loquacious, but he doesn't use a lot of gobbledygook when he speaks. I always enjoy the puns that the panel and John Daly use. Lol. They can really be wags! Yes, the word "wag" can be used as a noun.

I don't remember ever seeing Jayne Meadows so young! She was a television perennial for decades.

According to some of the very early episodes of WML, Bennett had published an earlier unabridged dictionary and seems to have published a new one in 1966. At 260,000 words, English has the most words of any language. It is an incredible language and was very fortunate in its development to be the language of Shakespeare, the King James Bible, and to have been the subject of the dictionary by Dr. Samuel Johnson. All of those words mean that there are more rhyming words in English. And it allows shades of meaning and versatility not available in other languages. For instance, one of the greatest works of literature in any language is Gabriel Garcia Marquez's "One Hundred Years of Solitude." That work was translated into English by Gregory Rabassa. The translation was so good that Garcia Marquez stated that when he went back to re-read the book, he preferred Rabassa's English translation to his own original Spanish. Obviously that meant that Rabassa was an excellent translator. But I don't think any other language than English would permit something to be "gained in translation,." especially given how great was the original Spanish. (Rabassa also translated sentence by sentence as he went along, not having read the book before he started translating).

June Havoc, whom Arlene introduces, is the real life sister of the real Gypsy Rose Lee

"Dinner At Eight" opened September 27, 1966 at the Alvin Theatre. Closed January 14, 1967 after 127 performances.

I like how Jayne Meadows had her hair done in this one.

Loved watching this show Sunday nights growing up..

The comments here are fabulous. So erudite and helpful. They eally contribute to the enjoyment of watching the WML videos.

WML is a nice program, and I started watching these many years ago back when I had gsn. Nice to have seen the entire b&w era again. I remember being somewhat disappointed when I found out that these 1966-67 eps werent saved in color. It's too bad that people aren't more interested in trying to colorize this stuff. I know how rare it is to see Mr Daly in color.

Love Jayne's laugh!

I love John's face reactions 💖💯...

@21:20 both Steve and Bennett stand when Arlene stands - they know to stand when a lady stands - such class.

Men standing when women stand❤️

"Dinner at 8" had a pretty good runs both in 1932 and in 1966. I would not judge the play "Dinner at 8" based on the 1933 film adaption, because the Ferber-Kaufman script got somewhat worked over for the film adaption. In fact that famous last coda between Jean Harlow (Pamela Tiffin character) and Marie Dressler (Arlene Francis character much more glamourous) was written by Donald Ogden Stewart for the movie. It would be interesting to know if the 1966 revival put that finale in the play somehow.

Although he was not on this show, one of her costars in Dinner at Eight was future Days of Our Lives Villan Joseph Mascolo (Stefano DiMera)

Not a foul word the panel and host are like a BIG happy family the manners people had then the upmost respect for everyone .

Steve and Jayne must have been sore at each other, they took some subtle shots at each other there. This was a great episode, thank you 🙏

Arlene’s charm is irresistible to me.

I like Janes Long hair and her good looks too. I didn't look to see what she did but I got it right that she was a window washer.

One of my favorite shows and wish it was on DVD

G-T should have sprung for at least a half dozen color videotapes for the archive; this episode should have definitely been preserved on color videotape. I bet the gowns were stunning.

OMG. Prell. Shampoo!!!! Geez do I remember THAT stuff. Lol......boy , do I MISS this show!!!

Arlene's little nose twitch when she and Steve look at each other, LOL.

It would be nice if there were a contestant who grew dandelions.Bennet Cerf would have a field day.

I just love them - my favorite panel members and of course moderator - but I really miss Dorothy.

Binge watching is my problem and I forget to comment! Great thanks!

Love seeing Darrin McGavin.

It seems with the 1st contestant Jayne was the reincarnation of Dorothy(compliment)

Both of the Meadows sisters... Goodness...

Arlene was asked to introduce the cast of "Dinner at Eight" to the audience and the panel. Then Bennett told her to stand up and get a bow for herself. Nice of him! 23:42

Another episode that originally aired in color. See an episode of WML from the 1965-66 TV Season, followed by an episode from the 1966-67 TV Season and you can see the difference of the kinescope film for each episode..

This was a great show - I don't know if the US version was shown in the United Kingdom, (there was of course a British version), but it certainly should have been if it wasn't. If only television were as good as this nowadays. A simple format, probably not very expensive to do, but it worked.

I love the gowns!

Classic!❤️

Arlene was always G R E A T..... FOREVER MISSED😢🙏❤️

The first guest made powder puffs. I haven't seen one in years. We always had them in the powder container when I was growing up. I wonder if they still make powder puffs??

I would have loved to go shopping with Mrs. Crowell just to see the look on the faces of the clerks when she wrote out a check or signed the credit card slip to pay for her purchases.

I would've liked to shake Bennett Cerf's hand to congratulate him for completing his unabridged dictionary and say "may I wish you the most suphiculous of fortunes with it."

Look how well the cast Dressed up...

Very humbling and a good idea to have had contestants who performed such humble professions as window washing - quite the opposite of the privileged celebrities of their day. I will say that they always treated everyone with respect by shaking their hands and the men standing up, etc. Arlene Francis was so smart. Period I believe she got Alzheimer’s at some point or some sort of dementia.

This show was I think..a watershed show, a turning point for TV because there has not, and there wasn't before, been a show where the respect reflected, whether actually held or not..who knows?..but the respect reflected toward every single person on the show including the non-celebs, showed just how attitudes were back then..in public, if not necessarily in private. Since, and before, there has been no other program like it. And, I think we're all the more lacking because no one really anymore, well..I should rephrase that, not many anymore, based on observation of the culture and the society through all sorts of methods and media/info. portals, that I consume, show public respect to others in general anymore, and I am just referring to respect of people as people, not respect as it would be toward people of accomplishment, or people that you love. And, I am not trying to say that a TV show should be put up on some greater pedestal, but for whatever reason, WML reflected that value system, and I am sure that the general public attitudes most of the time, not all, but most, then, were the genesis of that vibe portrayed by the show. It was truly a watershed, crossroads show because it would not take long before being friendly toward strangers in public, or toward people you know, was considered archaic, the stuff of naivete', with openly displayed distrust, no longer considered a taboo. And, I think people yearn for that showing of respect, and folks of all ages, love WML, because they just want to see it on display, no matter when it happened. There is no question innocence has been lost, and I am not speaking of foolish innocence, rather, benefit of the doubt, non-cynical innocence toward our fellow humans aa a whole. And, as we grow more cynical, we slither back closer to our reason vacating and lacking, animal roots..and we are not the better for it. That's my take on it.

Arlene Francis and John Charles Daly mentioned the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, which was first published in 1966. I have never seen this dictionary on the dictionary stand in any public or academic library. That place always went to Webster's Third New International Dictionary, published in 1961 (If the library had a copy of the 20-volume Oxford English Dictionary, it stayed on the shelf). The Random House dictionary had 315,000 entries, while the Webster dictionary had 476,000 entries. Webster's judgments about words, such as whether or not they were colloquial, were controversial because they were influential. I don't think the Random House dictionary has ever had nearly as much influence.

Johnny Olson is the show's announcer.

I didn't catch the name of the last woman Arlene introduced from the cast of Dinner At Eight -- a short-haired, youngish brunette. Jeffrey Lynn can be seen (as Ashley) with Joan Bennett, Paulette Goddard and other actresses in screen tests for Scarlett in GWTW. Blanche Yurka played Madame DeFarge in "A Tale Of Two Cities" in the 1930's. I think Donald Woods and Ronald Coleman were the stars. Pamela Tiffin starred with Arlene in "One Two Three" in 1961, a very funny Billy Wilder satire on the Cold War. She also starred with Laurence Harvey and Geraldine Page in "Summer and Smoke" in 1961.

Bennett looks damn good here for a 68 year old in 1966. Did he have a regular exercise and/or diet regimen?

Of the stars of "Dinner At Eight" on stage tonight Mindy Carson and Pamela Tiffin are still alive.

freeze at 5:53, 5:49, 6:24, 7:37, 7:55, 9:16 -- with the advent of the new cameras, the director can get fairly close shots of the panel with their name plates not only visible but readable. During most of the 1960s, the name plates in close up showed up only once in a great while.

Yeah I was thinking the lady window washer wrote her name sideways so it could be squeegeed off.

I can't BELIEVE that Arlene played Carlotta Vance in Dinner at Eight. I thought for sure she would be in the Billie Burke role. But if you can find some stills she plays the 'old broad' with lusty gusto.

This show was great because of John Charles Daly. He didn't allow them to turn it in to a sponsored segment, or dumb it down, while he was on. He straight up told them he would leave if they inserted another sponsor. After him they learned not to let one man become so beloved that he could call the shots

Blanche Yurka made few films but she was a terrific Madame DE Farge in the 1930s Tale of Two Cities

I love Bennett Cerf! To me he is sexy because he is so intelligent!!💓💟

Wow Ruth Ford lived till 98! And Mindy Carson is still alive at 90!

Darrin McGavin was the dad in 'The Christmas Story'

Jayne Meadows absolutely stunningly beautiful. Steve Allen was a most lucky man.

Wow! Pamela Tiffin was quite beautiful and talented.

Jeffrey Lynn was a serious contender for the part of Ashley Wilkes in "Gone with the Wind".

Just to think, less than 3 years after this show NASA [with all of its great technology] went to the Moon and back! However, today (over half of a century later with thousands of times more advanced technology) they just don't have the technology to repeat their amazing journey again.

I looked up the cast of the play. What were they thinking? I expected Arlene to be the society hostess wife, Mrs. Jordan, the role played by Billie Burke in the 1933 film. No, they cast her as Carlotta Vance, the Marie Dressler role, the aging impoverished actress. Wouldn't Blanche Yurka have been the obvious choice for that? I don't get it. Walter Kerr in the Times listed Arlene among the "obviously agreeable performers hired for the wrong occasion" in his review, so he may have had similar thoughts.

Since when did a Powder Puff itself become considered "makeup"?? A Powder Puff is an object. What's on the Powder Puff is makeup. You wouldn't call a paint brush a form or type of paint. I think had the panel not had been misled, they may have had a better chance of solving the first guest's line.

June Havoc was the sister of GYPSY ROSE LEE, and lived to be 99.

Miss ........ Dorothy😢

Jayne Is wearing less makeup and her hair is in a more relaxed style than usual. She looks much prettier that way.

GSN logo completely blocks out Walter Pidgeon's face...good going GSN!