Wally Cox had a brilliant mind.

Helen Traubel’s reacting to Wally Cox had me on the floor.

I love getting lost in the past. Im 60 but i never really got along with people of my age. I like going back in time and watch shows like this. A simple time in history. All of these people are dead, but theyre still alive when i watch these. I love Arlene Francis and Dorothy Killgallen. Its before the world changed when Kennedy got shot . It would have been nice to live back then .

Wally Cox was adorable and hilarious. His personality is enjoyable and comes naturally. To bad he died early in his life 😪 😮😢

Helen Traubel was one of the greatest Wagnerian sopranos who ever lived. And she was a good popular singer as well. She also had a great sense of humor. She was a girl from Missouri. She liked Jerry Lewis and was in one of his movies.

Love not only the voice but the spirit of Helen Traubel. Her tremendous capability to sing Wagner and laugh with vigor during a game show gives me a portrait of a remarkable person I would have loved to have met.

Just for fun I searched this show's price around the web. Amazon has sets of 4 for $14, pretty expensive in my opinion. Another site had 45 episodes for $25+ $6 for shipping. We are fortunate to see these episodes on u-tube. Thanks to the uploader!

Glad to see Helen Traubel. There is a lovely rose named after her, sort of a soft coral. I bought a bush many years ago and it's still going strong.

The horse dentist came on again 15 years later and no one remembered him till they were told.

Wally Cox did the best deer-in-headlights look I've ever seen.

Helen had the best laugh. She played Ms. Helen Wellenmellon in The Ladies Man w/Jerry Lewis. I saw an outtake from it where he had her cracking up. Had me rolling.

One of the funniest eps. I love Wally, he took a bit too much time but this was one of the funniest episodes, he had Traubel in stitiches.

It is amazing how quickly Arlene got onto the scent here -- It was great fun to see how funny this great soprano was!

John never lost his boyish enthusiasm whenever the panel got one right.

Miss Traubel possessed a sense of humour that enriched her spectacular voice with love of humanity.

Wally Cox was hilarious 😂

Helen Traubel seemed to have a really good time! A great performer and one of many victims of Rudolph Bing at the Met ...

I have been watching all the episodes. Steve Allen is definitely the funniest male panel member. Arlene and Dorothy are tied for funniest females. They were fantastic too!

Having watched these programs when they were first aired, I am just now realizing how many hints John Daly gave to the panel, especially when "clarifying" or answering FOR the contestant.

Wally Cox was fantastic and had the perfectly appreciative audience in Helen Traubel!

I wish Wally Cox would have lived longer. I'm in stitches with laughter!

One of the funniest episode of WML I've ever seen! I love Wally Cox and Steve Allen -- watched them whenever possible in the 1950s and later on. Thanks for the enjoyment!

Steve Allen and Wally Cox make this a classic.

Steve Allen: "I think Eve is in the apple business!" :) 2:55

Walley Cox and Steve Allen are a great combination. There self deprecating humor is subtle. They remind me of Bob Newhart.

Wally Cox is just hysterical! Good old Mr. Peepers.

I think Wally Cox is hysterical!

Oh Wally, oh Wally, love you the most out of any male panelists.

love this show and this is one of the funniest for me. wally cox was a comic genius (and Marlon Brando;s ex roommate).

Helen came from St. Louis, my hometown. She was a world-famous opera star and quite unexpectedly when television came in was invited to appear on popular variety shows such as the Jimmy Durante Show, where she began doing comedy and popular music. The reaction from the public was amazing; the reaction from the opera world was disdain. In the end she decided to move to a new part of her saga and became one of the most popular night club performers in the nation, including the posh Chase Club in St. Louis where during her engagement she did a press conference with high school journalists and performed her show for them. They loved her! She also served as a vocal coach for Margaret Truman, President Truman's daughter (not to mention Bess Truman's daughter), neatly keeping it all in the Missouri family. She wrote a great autobiography, "St. Louis Woman" and had a late-year career few artists experienced.

More of Helen Traubel...the great movie Deep in my Heart...great voice, great personality!

The opera ain't over till the ...... no, forget it, she seems like a class act.

Victor Borge: No one is worse than me on the show. Wally Cox: Hold my beer.

This episode makes one really appreciate Bennett Cerf.

Helen Traubel was on I've Got A Secret which she tried NOT to laugh, but Garry Moore made so many funny faces, would laugh out loud.

Helen Traubel's contract at the Metropolitan Opera was not renewed in 1953 when its General Manager, Rudolf Bing, expressed disapproval of her radio and TV appearances alongside the likes of Jimmy Durante and her expressed desire to expand her lucrative career in major supper and night clubs.

I never heard of Helen Traubel but from this episode she seemed like such a fun person so I've been googling and reading on her and she was a very fun and down to earth person... her personality was not suited for Opera even though she had one of the greatest voices, but she said she just didn't fit the prima donna persona that goes with being in the Opera... she preferred the more personal level of nightclubs and loved doing comedy... when her contract was not taken back up because she wouldn't give up doing what she liked, she got some pretty nasty letters and telegrams from her friends in the Opera saying that she was disgusting to give up the prima donna role... jeez those Opera people sound like creeps.. Thumbs up to Helen Traubel.. sounds like a wonderful person...

Wally Cox was funny 😊.

There's no need to fear: Wally Cox.

I was curious about the reference to Helen Traubel having recently caused an uproar. What could an opera singer have done? From Wikipedia: "Traubel's association with the Metropolitan Opera ended in 1953; General Manager Rudolf Bing chose not to renew her contract after expressing disapproval of her radio and TV appearances alongside the likes of Jimmy Durante, and her wish to expand her lucrative career in major supper and night clubs." Ahh. Associating with "low" arts.

It's a little sad to see the only few people know that Miss Traubel was one of America's most gifted wagnerian soprano.

Poor little Wally Cox - hilarious but vulnerable. I don't know who Ms Traubel was, but she played a good game, and had a great sense of humour to judge from her appearance here. So long ago .... these shows can make one feel VERY old. I wasn't even 4 at the time, and now I'm an old man....

I just had to watch this one again... Wally Cox is a riot... I can't stop laughing...

I've seen every episode so far, and I can tell you I don't believe any guest has ever enjoyed him or herself as much as Ms Traubel. Rarely has anyone laughed so hard so long. Of course, Wally Cox gave her a little help, but everyone was spot on tonight, and the comic energy was flowing. Come to think of it, I've never seen the panel and Mr. Daly laugh harder either. Speaking of Wally Cox: I would have understood if they reeled him in after 20 or 30 seconds, but he was getting laughs from everywhere - the house, the panel, Helen Traubel, et al, so I guess they let him go. One thing I like about him is that he's able to do what he does without upstaging everyone, like Victor Borge (imo), and without coming across as cringefuly sleazy as Hal Block, who keeps on going no matter how few laughs he gets. Just one more thing: I've not heard any other guest panelist get the extended applause Wally Cox did at the end of the show - including applause from all three of the other panelists. Thanks for all these; we appreciate all your hard work, time, etc!!!

My cousin is a horse dentist. Fascinating career

Helen Traubel seems soooooooo amused by this experience.

"And the softest sound in the uproar...BING!" That was very clever of Arlene! :)

I found it very funny that after the Fuller brush lady the following guest was named Harry Ball!!!!

There's a limit to Mr. Cox's (or anyone's) taking over -- or should be. This was beyond the pale.

So interesting, I was a Fuller Brush Man too back of in the day for extra income when my children were little. I wonder if that company is not defunct now.

Helen Traubel, a baseball fan, was for a time, a part owner of the St. Louis Browns MLB team (St Louis was her hometown; the Browns moved in the 1950s to become the Baltimore Orioles).

According to one internet source, Bennett Cerf supposedly considered Wally Cox as a lousy panelist, explaining Cox could not ad lib. Given the choice, I would have paid to hear Wally Cox speak, but I would listen to Bennett Cerf only if there were no charge.

The horse dentist should have been able to answer yes, to Steve's question "could you perform this service on the opposite sex". What's more opposite that a lady horse. They gave to much away too early by leading them directly to animals. And besides Johns pronunciation of Homo sapiens is not accepted by any source I've got including Dr. Reason A. Goodwin The Editor of World Book Encyclopedia Dictionary.

I wish the Fuller woman had given Wally Cox the brush.

i was curious to read what others thought of this, or more specifically, the Wally Cox episodes...i guess its one of those things where everyone has their own opinions, but i personally found his appearances hilarious, especially the horse dentist segment

If Dorothy Kilgallen stood up, then Helen Traubel would have been another one that the whole panel stood up for...

I would like Wally Cox more if he remembered that time is a precious thing on this show.

My in-laws got a TV and once I saw Mr. Peepers I hoped I could slip in & watch the show because Wally Cox would completely break me up without doing anything. By the time we got our own TV, the show went off the air! Tony Randall played the history teacher. Their humour was quite a bit the same when you think of it. Remember how slow Tony was when he first became a panelist? He couldn't think of a thing to say.

Why did John give such a big clue for the Horse Dentist?!

One of my favorite Wagnerian sopranos!!!

Yes, OK, Cox is definitely playing a character the audience is familiar with, with which I do not have acquaintance, and which I am less amused by than I would be if I had the connection. (I'm glad the audience is having fun, though.) Meanwhile, Ms. Traubell has a great laugh. Interesting lady.

Thanks for the comment, Rick. I wish I was able to watch these again as I post them, but it's only when I read comments like yours that I can really remember the specifics of any given episode. I noticed some people commenting negatively on Victor Borge's clowning in another episode, but I personally grew much more impatient with Wally Cox here. As for Miss Traubel, whatever her considerable worth as a human being, the wolf whistles are indeed inexplicable. ;)

The days when appearing on TV was a sensation, 22:56.

Awww this video skips a little..... I'm not complaining.... I just would've loved to hear Wally's intro of john and other parts where it skips..... The whole episode is just hilarious because of steve, wally, and hellen, her laugh is just infectious! Sadly missing the outro but anyway thanks for uploading! 😂❤

Helen Traubel looks a little like Madge Blake who played Larry Mondello's mom on "Leave It To Beaver" and "Aunt Harriet", Bruce Wayne's aunt on "Batman"

Helen Traubel was a St. Louis girl, very beloved, amazingly talented and totally utterly down to earth. She appeared at the posh Chase Club in St. Louis doing a club act which got raves and she gave a matinee performance for the high school kids who wanted to see and hear her and they of course loved her.

This is a classic WML, what with Steve Allen's quick wit and Wally Cox's slow hilarity, it is a smash.

Numerous "comedians" have made a "funny" throughout the years by asking "what is it, or what do you do for a living"? Always a golden moment in the history of yacks. However watching Wally Cox do it in 1954 makes me think who was the first to do that. And, Gary, I know it's probably too much work but it WOULD make a good gag reel if you ever find the time. Actually Wally was funny here because he indeed, does give the impression of expecting an answer. Also the glasses on the blindfold bit. I wish Bennett had done it, just once.

Willy-nilly witty Wally !!! Never have I seen such an amusing episode of the show! Smashing stuff !!!

"Did you cause somewhat of an uproar this year?" Every time the panel references some kind of minor contemporary event like that with a big reaction, I always get really curious what it is they were talking about. 1954 was a quite a while ago by now, I don't suppose anyone knows what that was about?

Looking at the first contestant, Miss Witt, is anyone else reminded of Julia Child, had she chosen a career in door-to-door sales instead of cooking?

I enjoyed the back and forth between Mr. Ball and Mr. Cox. What? Whaaaaaat?

Wally Cox makes me wish I was born 30 years before I was. His comedic brilliance was lost on mini-me and I wish I could have experienced him live. It is clear here that he was one of the 1950's comedy greats. That was not always apparent in his character work. Of course if I was born 30 years earlier (which would have seen me growing up in the roaring 20's, I'd be long dead by now, so perhaps missing the young Cox was a fair tradeoff (and online videos will keep him young forever - me not so much)

Steve Allen's suit looks like he bought it off the rack.

Very very very clever of Steve: Eve sells apples!!!!

The Fuller Brush Man don't cometh no more. No ice man, either, Ma.

Its' a real shame about the audio on a lot of these cutting out or skipping a few seconds, but, I guess we are lucky to have them at all, but they can be quite annoying.

Steve Allen to horse dentist: can you take a bet? Very very very clever!!!

John Charles Daly gave a major clue by saying Homosapien.

Marlon Brando's best Hollywood pal was Wally Cox.

Omg. Lol. Wally cox is the best. I cant stop laughing. I needed that. He died wayyyy too young . I love these people

Also Arlene dress very pretty,,,and I love this show,,,iam 80

One of my favorite episodes.

Bennett Cerf, in an interview that is available on KZfaq, claimed that Wally Cox was one of the two worst guest panelists in the history of What's My Line, the other being Rudy Vallee. He said that Wally Cox was so used to having lines written for him that he couldn't even ad lib "I pass". John Daly had to bail him out on that score.

Wally Cox was hilarious!

Wally wearing glasses over his mask was the 9th time this happened. Steve already did it 8 times. Robert Q. had glasses drawn on his mask before that.

4:05 Steve Allen: "Is it smaller than a medicine ball?" I wonder why this didn't catch on like the "bread box" question did?

Hadcto blink when I see the first contestant actually has a job that I actually worked forv3 months one summer. Late 60s, just after high school, and I still remember 1 man whonanswered the doir calli g out to his wife: "Hey, hon! It's the Fulker Brush man, onky she's a woman!" Although my earliest memories of Fuller Brush men is that's where my mom bought her mop supplies for years. !

Wally is so adorable! He has confusion down to an art form.

Wally insanely funny! Glasses over his mask!

Can you imagine Victor Borge and Wally Cox on the same panel? Polar opposites of comedy.

Thank God Harry Ball didn't have an "s" at the end of his name.

Why is there no audio for this episode? This was one of the funnier shows of WML.

👍🤣"Why, STEVE!" 😂

C'mon, c'mon...the more I watch WC on this WML the better he gets. "I'm afraid when I get too close to the thing"!

Used to be widely known for wolf whistling. Many european perfomers have testified about this, they were horrified when they first experienced it because over here it is an expression of disapproval.

Miss Witt, Plainville, Connecticut. That's about as all American as they come.

Wally was hilarious in this segment-“hairy outdoor animal.”

i dont get you guys. Mr. Cox was hilarious

I love Cerf, but Cox was a great guest panelist. He was hysterical. By the way, I love the whole gang, especially Arlene. WML might be the classiest show I've seen on TV.