Her bio is sooooo funny and honest.

It's amazing after her accident that she lived so long. A testament to an incredibly strong soul.

amen

Fun fact: Later from what I've seen she became a businesswoman and sold backyard pools for families to install in their homes. One wild career journey to say the least.

That’s the way of life in the 50’s. My how life has changed. What a shame!

And the way they dress. The contestants dress beautifully.

Today we see monkey full of tattoo who wants the same right as NP

This is TV ?? The two ends, didn't like each other! You need to stop hanging with conservatives traitors! at 68 I still stand for lady's, and still say Mr, Mrs, sir... I just never take my hat off in doors, That's BS ! And in 55' there was there was only about 150million people in the US ,alot less Ego's and guns, now 360 million. And nothing but Ego's and guns! BTW there was systemic racism then and still today ! No one was mister, and miss, to black, and the Indian nations people! I'm white and grew up seeing this all my life, and in the logistics world too ! The Philosophy of hateful people haven't changed... only their political partys ! Rosey classes, those good old days, of sundown town's, and red lining that most white people have no idea about! I've met people from all over the world, and no one loves this country more then an immigrants. India, Egypt to Jamaica they all taught me something! Time release capsules, and how the sun shines and a very little French. It's religion that spreads hate and kills ! and like very great nation, it will kill America too !

well it wasn't natural courtesy, it was taught to them. that's sort of important. i guess you could say it BECAME natural to them with early teaching and long practice, but you know.

Who wouldn't be?

John really likes the ones with Jayne Mansfield , Liz Taylor.....etc

Actually Arlene was not too far from the answer because if a chicken wears glasses, its vision is improved in order to avoid danger from all points of view while crossing the street.

Yes, she gets an "A" for that! Very charming, funny, completely entertaining, and the singing was a great ploy for disguising her voice and misleading the panel while pleasing the audience thoroughly. John Daly enjoyed it, and I think the panel even had fun being misled. How could they not have?

Esther also swam at the 1939 Golden Gate Exposition on Treasure Island in San Francisco Bay before she became "famous"

NO kidding! I never realized how vivacious she was -- and SMOKIN' hot! Wow!

She was a force of nature!

She gets the cutest guest award- (what a smile).

she is so funny in other episodes too

Great sense of humor on the part of Esther Williams -- not a hint of self-importance in her answers. She certainly was there to have fun and entertain the audience in the process. I loved her response of "Conference, please!" I don't often laugh out loud when I'm by myself, but there are times I have to and that was one of them! Miss Francis: One would consider you an actress, then, rather than a singer. Miss Williams: Conference, please! Me: LOL. One of the best mystery guests ever!

For some reason l cant explain I have gone a little bit of John Daly

You might like this clip then: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/graBZs6b0NXGf4U.html

barbara palmer / gone what?

I know it’s been 3 years since this comment. But I recommend the film “Dangerous when Wet.” 1953.

She is very funny and charming in other episodes too

I LOVED her movies growing up! Gorgeous sets, colorful, great choreography in swimming. Never heard a bad thing about her. Please do watch her movies! 👏❤️👍👍

Esther Williams initially regarded her whole movie career as a marvelous joke, although she took it more seriously once it became clear she was more than a novelty item to the public. The advent of realistic Technicolor was a great advantage. She choreographed her numbers (hardly anyone else could), practically inventing a new genre, the 'aquamusical'; and she paved the way for synchronized swimming as an artistic Olympic sport. She can only be compared with Sonia Henie for durability as a specialist performer who could top the bill in expensive movies. Henie made audiences conscious of figure-skating as a thing of beauty, as Esther did swimming. Before TV, people went to cinemas to see such spectacles. Both gals worked hard: Sonia became quite a deft comedienne, and Esther even gave a good account of herself in a straight and dry role in 'The Unguarded Moment'. Only Johnny Weissmuller among the men parlayed sporting accomplishment into stardom.

Arlene Francis' remark was wonderful!

He looks like Jerry Nadler's father

He’s prob nervous

Same here!! 😂 Probably one of my favorites!

Absolutely hilarious! Glasses for Chickens!😂

She was about to do a straight part as a school teacher in 'The Unguarded Moment'. She is dressed appropriately, but in my eyes she is as lovely as Kim Novak or Ava Gardner- and as good an actress.

@rivaridge7211 Bless her heart indeed..

Very kind of you to say that about me.

What a wit.

Marcus Divine You said it!

Marcus Divine She has a strange personality, and she's one of those women that without makeup, not so gorgeous. Totally not my type.

almost 92 is too young?

That cliche about stars, 'indomitable', applies more to her life than most.

She was about to quit MGM (and forgo millions of bucks in deferred payments) b/c she was tired of the 'Doris Day with fins' parts it kept feeding her.

@@esmeephillips5888 Interestingly, Esther Wiliams apparently hung out with Grace Kelly for a while. When the latter came to do a film with MGM, Williams in a display of her humor nailed a star on the door of Kelly's dressing room at the studio (apparently to joke that a star was in the house). A picture of her doing this survives and is online.

cassiemoira My pleasure-- glad you enjoy the shows!

What's My Line? Yes- thank you very much! I've been watching these for years on KZfaq, and it's fantastic to now have them all in one convenient location.

nowadays it's the opposite with many charities they keep 90% for "administrative fees" & other bs

@@orgonkothewildlyuntamed6301 Cheats and selfish scumbags.

The Salvation Army is the best in using 90+% for helping people 😊

Goodwill doesn't give a red cent to anyone, 100% profit 😮

I think Maureen O'Hara revealed some pretty shocking behind the scenes stuff in her autobiography that probably upset some as well. She knew of scandals that had they gone public, could have caused international headaches for Hollywood and maybe even the US government (particularly with Australia IIRC).

How much more?

@@peternagy-im4be 😉

She designed swimwear but refused to wear bikinis.

Ironically, Jo Anne Worley would graduate from HS and start her professional career in 1955. Somehow after graduating from Lowell HS in NW Indiana, she found her way to the tiny town of Blauvelt (NY) in Rockland County that was in the early stages of transitioning from rural to suburban with the recent completion of the Tappan Zee Bridge. It's a town I know well as I lived there from 1960 to 1981 (except for college and about a year living in NYC). Miss Worley came there to became a professional member of a small theater company, but left to go to college in Texas before my family moved there. Eventually she would be part of the initial cast of "Laugh In" with the famous tag line, "Is that a chicken joke?" And she would go on to make many game show appearances after that.

Chickens are innately funny for some reason.

They're always funny lol.

Thank ya very much 😊 🐥

They film movies over a couple months so probably yes.

Let's not get carried away.

Well, I think she did do a couple of musicals, Neptune's Daughter and Skirts Ahoy. Skirts Ahoy is probably one of the weirdest films I've ever seen. It's supposed to be a military comedy involving the Navy WAVES, and it was written by a woman, but one of the songs has Williams' character and two others literally moaning to a restaurant crowd how BADLY they want a boyfriend (titled "What Good is A Gal Without A Guy?"). It does have some empowering scenes for the gals, but other times you wonder if they were on drugs when they made the film.

orgonko the wildly untamed Thank you for the recommendation. She was delightful and so into the game. Loved her showing her roots and her falsetto "Conference please!" As much as I've enjoyed her films, never would have thought she'd be such a fun guest. You know some "starlets" like to play the role and others are more let-the-hair-down type. EW seems to be the latter.

you're quite welcome--stars like Esther made it a fun, entertaining show & that is the point--it's not a spelling bee lol

Love it at 20:59 when Dorothy asks her if she has children and she joyfully sings 'Oh yes!'. Through all the ups and downs, Esther always put her kids first and they all turned out well. When she wrote in her memoirs about how Joan Crawford's and Bette Davis's daughters had dished dirt on their mothers, Esther knew that none of her three would do so.

Me too

She is stunning!🤗

You mean, the anaesthetist?

@@davidsanderson5918 What do you think?

Anne Roy, Kilgallen was a serious bluestocking who probably should have been a federal prosecutor. I find her charming. Lol.

That's one thing that helped to balance the program so well among the panel.

Kartrashian …

I agree about the screenplays, but Esther was so naturally humorous and quizzical that it hardly mattered. What strikes one about her 'aquamusicals' today is the light-heartedness with which she carries herself: sharing the camp, lavish, crazy absurdity of the spectacle with the audience. You can't laugh AT Esther- she got there before you. No amount of chlorine in the pool could dim the twinkle in her eye. The daring and imagination with which she infused her routines are a bonus.

@@esmeephillips5888 "You can't laugh AT Esther, she got there before you." Well said. And her movies are fun, I just would love to see what she could have done with writing that matched her natural wit.

I had the same thought, but they got closer than I ever thought they would.

My uncle had a farm in New Jersey at the time this episode aired. He had chickens, and they had black, opaque glasses, similar to the ones shown here, so that they would not see one another and peck one another. I only saw them once, but I will never forget it.

Or wrestlers, or airplane brokers... when women were less likely to have such jobs it was easier to stump the panel. But the opening cartoon credits are all men!

She had a hit song from one of her films -- "Baby it's cold outside." A great Christmas / winter season song.

@@davidahlstrom7533 Fairly or not, today this song is extremely controversial.

They are still around too.