Jason was in my mother’s graduating class at Hollywood High School. He was known back then more for his athletic prowess than his acting chops: was Los Angeles city champion in the mile his Senior year.

Jason Robards- wonderful actor. No one like him today, sad to say.

Robards was also a real live American Hero. He was on board the Northhampton when she was sunk in Iron Bottom Sound off Guadalcanal and treaded water all night until a destroyer picked him up the next day.

Hope they know people are laughing and enjoying the show many decades later.

"I'm not speaking to you anymore." 🤣🤣 They are so cute and entertaining!

As I recall, the first contestant's famous writer-philosopher uncle died on 22 November 1963 and that news got completely buried in the aftermath of the Kennedy assassination. Brave New World.

Buddy Hackett Was smart. He apparently had guest diaper pins and was seemingly too shy to say it out loud and only showed it to Dorothy Kilgallen on his notes. Then he guessed Jason Robards. He came across as kind of a goofball but he was a pretty smart guy.

Love Jason Robards

Jason Robards - an actor with an incredbible screen presence and a fantastic voice. I saw him in younger years in "Once upon a time in the West", and since then I am a great admirer of him. Very notable in "All the President's Men" where he gave the best performance in a line up of first rate actors like Rdeford, Hoffman, Warden, Balsam, Holbrook, Beatty.

My beloved sister's 14th birthday! She's 70 now and we're closer than ever. Family is everything!!

That was so opportune to have Arlene and Martin are at opposite ends of the panel which of course made Martin's raised voice for the $3000 quip so much more necessary and all the more juicy for it!! Really enjoyed it. I like Arlene an awful lot but she's pecked comedically at Martin quite a few times in the past. At last Martin got her back!! Ha ha. Take THAT!!

Jason Robards Jr., one of the few undisputedly truly great American actors was never as well know as he ought to have been.

Always jolly to see Martin Gabel in the panel! Aldous Huxley (uncle to the first contestant) died on 22 november 1963, same date as John F. Kennedy and author C.S. Lewis.

And so here we are, at long last, in 1965. 1965 was easily,without a shadow of a doubt, the most infamous year in the history of "What's My Line?".

Unlike some of the unfunny and boorish so-called comedians that come on the panel, Buddy Hackett was actually funny and didn't even have to try. Miss Huxley was a very attractive young lady who got more attractive, the more you looked at her. Jason Robards was a talented man. Thanks for the video.

Robards was a very underrated actor. He was brilliant in the hour of the gun.

I love Buddy Hacket. A sweet, funny man. 😊❤

This was a REALLY funny episode!

Jason Robards, one of the great American actors. Can never be replaced.

Dang ! I was surprised the panel got Jason Robards so quickly ! One of my favorite actors. Equally good in both comedy or drama ! A stage legend..I wish I could have seen him in a play. But at least we have MANY wonderful screen performances !

Hackett shows wit and intelligence here.

And thus begins Dorothy's last year in this world.

Hackett is a racket tonight! One of the funniest guest spots in a long time. Even better than Groucho's last appearance (I hope I have not blasphemed here)!

14:07 “because, dear, it costs less than 3000 dollars!” “you may have to live in baker’s street after that one!” “that narrows the field, Arlene.” “i’m not speaking to you anymore” i love that little interchange😂 24:40 - “long run to you too martin!… in the other direction!”

This is only time I ever heard Johnny Olsen say at the end "announced by Johnny Olsen". If I'm not mistaken up until then it was always "this is Johnny Olsen speaking".

I first saw Mr. Robards in, " Something wicked this way comes."

My favorite movie of Jason Roberts was a made for TV movie House Without a Christmas Tree (1972).

Jason was in LONG DAYS JOURNEY INTO NIGHT and I have been wanting to see it again on TCM although I might have to purchase it.

Long Day's Journey into Night is my comfort blanket.

Buddy Hackett (born Leonard Hacker) came across as not too bright, but he actually was pretty good at this game, and his speech impediment came from an illness (Bell’s Palsy) he had as a child.

See the film "Long Days Journey Into Night", for 4 great actors in a great O'Neill play featuring an unforgettable performance by Jason Robards Jr..

Enjoyed as a kid the movie "A Thousand Clowns" and later as a journalism enthusiast, "All The Presidents Men". Jason Robards was great.

"Because dear...it costs less than $3,000"!......LOL.... Love ya Martin Gabel!

I am convinced no one listens to John Daly closely. He's given yet another clue to the panel with the first guest who works with cattle: he mentions "Not a large HUMAN population comes to this building" and no one catches on.

Who had a better voice Martin or John? When I was in radio I would have died, just died for lungs like those!

The play Jason Robards was in, "Hughie" opened on Dec. 22, 1964, 56 years to the day before I typed this note. I just happened to watch this particular episode by coincidence.

Have seen many theatrical productions over the years both on Broadway and the West End including TWO Oscar winners on BOTH continents in FOUR separate plays: KEVIN SPACEY and VANESSA REDGRAVE but one actor I would have given my eyeteeth to see on stage was JASON ROBARDS. One of the few actors to win back-to-back, consecutive Oscars back in the mid-70s. They don't make actors like him anymore. RIP.

oooooooooooooh good one... I LOVE Jason Robards...

Miss Huxley's uncle, Aldous Huxley, died on November 22nd, 1963 as well as C. S. Lewis, author.

"a $4 top" - assuming that is the highest ticket price - wowzers!

Robards was married to Lauren Bacall at the time. Not many people remember that Bacall in fact did marry again after Bogart's death.

I wish there was a color photo of Dorothy's outfit!

Really funny show

He did it again ! Once again John says "you've done quite well tonight, panel." Actually, they didn't. They didn't get the "line" of either the cattle groomer OR the diaper pin maker. Hackett did nail Jason Robards but in general the panel had a bad night.

He is legally Jason Robards JUNIOR.

Loved Jason Robards in Julius Caesar!

Jason Robards Jr was married to Lauren Bacall at this time. They married in 1961, divorced in 1969 after 8 years of marriage. They have a son together Samuel Robards.

Whenever I hear York (PA) mentioned, I always think of the famous York Barbell company. Pierre Hill looked like someone who worked for a company that promoted weightlifting, not diaper pins.

Watching these shows I’ve come to realize many of the special guest were very good friends with some of the panel , when Martin spoke of Jason I felt it.

Robards wife at the time that Gabel mentions is Lauren Bacall.

Within a few months, Martin Gabel would look like "The 5th Beatle" or something.

One hates to see the calendar turn to1965, with mid1967 so close by. I will have to start rationing my daily fix of watching these. The format had matured beautifully by this point.

I walked up to him at a bus stop in NYC so many years ago. I lived near him. We just glanced at each other. Both of us are tall!😊

Watch "A Big Hand for the Little Lady". When Mr. Robards was telling his future son-in-law to shut-up, it was hilarious!

Jason's voice came through

The diaper pin man was on for 9 minutes! That seems extraordinarily long. John seems to usually want to get a third contestant on after the mystery guest, but tonight I think he was so into it, he lost track of time. Normally, I think he would have thrown the cards over earlier here.

A tale of three plays..... "I Had A Ball" (book by Jerome Chodorov; music and lyrics by Jack Lawrence and Stan Freeman), in which Buddy Hackett played Garside, opened on Broadway on Tuesday, 15 December 1964 (after a week of in-town preview performances) at the Martin Beck Theatre, and closed on Saturday, 12 June 1965, for a respectable 6-month run of 199 performances. The production was directed by Lloyd Richards and choreographed by Onna White, with sets and lighting designed by Will Steven Armstrong, costumes designed by Ann Roth, and hair designed by Ronald De Mann. Others in the cast included Richard Kiley, Rosetta Le Noire, Luba Lisa, Morocco, Karen Morrow, Al Nesor, Steve Roland, Ted Thurston, Jack Wakefield, and Conrad Yama. (In the Dennis McGovern/Deborah Grace Winer book "Sing Out, Louise!", Rosetta Le Noire has a number of things to say about Buddy's professionalism - or lack thereof - in performance during the Broadway run.) Luba Lisa was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical (she played Addie) and did receive a 1965 award from Theatre World for her performance in "I Had A Ball." (The 1965 Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical that year was awarded to Maria Karnilova, for her performance as Golde in "Fiddler On The Roof.") Hers was the only Tony Award nomination which "I Had A Ball" garnered. "Hughie" (by Eugene O'Neill), in which Jason Robards, Jr. played "Erie" Smith and Jack Dodson played A Night Clerk, opened on Broadway on Tuesday, 22 December 1964 (after 8 in-town preview performances) at the Royale Theatre - and closed on Saturday, 30 January 1965, after a run of only 51 performances. This was the play's first run ever on Broadway. The production was directed by Jose Quintero (who had also directed the original Broadway production of "Long Day's Journey Into Night," if I remember correctly), with sets and lighting designed by David Hays and costumes designed by Noel Taylor. (By the way: Dana Elcar understudied both Mr. Robards and Mr. Dodson.) Jason Robards, Jr. was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Leading Actor in a Play - but the Tony Award in that category in 1965 went to Walter Matthau for his performance as Oscar Madison in "The Odd Couple." And, since Martin Gabel was the other male panelist in this episode..... "Baker Street" (book by Jerome Coopersmith; music and lyrics by Marian Grudeff and Raymond Jessel, with three additional songs written by Sheldon Harnick and Jerry Bock), in which Martin Gabel played Professor Moriarity, opened on Broadway on Tuesday, 16 February 1965 (after 6 in-town preview performances) at the Broadway Theatre, and closed at the Broadway on Saturday, 30 October 1965. It then ran an additional two weeks at the Martin Beck Theatre (but Martin Gabel did not play Professor Moriarity at the Martin Beck), opening there on Tuesday, 3 November 1965 and closed there on Sunday, 14 November 1965. Its total Broadway run was 311 performances. The production was directed by Harold Prince and choreographed by Lee Becker Theodore (who had played Anybodys in the original Broadway production of "West Side Story"), with sets designed by Oliver Smith, costumes designed by Motley, lighting designed by Jean Rosenthal, special makeup designed by Dick Smith, hair designed by D. Rusty Bonnacorso, and the Diamond Jubilee Parade by Bil Baird's Marionettes. The other cast principals were Fritz Weaver, Inga Swenson, Paddy Edwards, Teddy Green, Patrick Horgan, Daniel Keyes, Jay Norman, Peter Sallis, and Martin Wolfson. "Baker Street" garnered three Tony Award nominations in 1965: Motley, for Best Costume Design (Patricia Zipprodt won, for "Fiddler On The Roof"); Jerome Coopersmith, for Best Author of a Musical (Joseph Stein won, for "Fiddler On The Roof"); and Inga Swenson (Irene Adler), for Best Leading Actress in a Musical (Liza Minnelli (Flora Mezaros in "Flora, The Red Menace") won). Oliver Smith did win the 1965 Tony Award for Best Scenic Design, but that was for his set designs for "Baker Street," "Luv," and "The Odd Couple," not just "Baker Street."

It is interesting that one of the most funny individual games in late 1950s WML (the diaper service in Cleveland) and one of the most funny individual games in the mid 1960s (here) both revolved around diapers. It would be darned interesting to know what $3000 object Arlene stuck Martin for during the holiday that he is still ruminating about it on live TV.

Out of all the guests on the panel I think Buddy Hacket was the smartest

Robards. Too funny. One of the most distinguished actors of that time sounds like a rusty hinge. I wonder if he and Lauren Bacall ever worked together.

Johnson & Johnson introduced the first mass market disposable diaper in 1948, (As far as I know, my mom didn't use disposables on me, born in 1952.) Pampers were introduced by Procter & Gamble in 1961. Diaper pins, even self-closing ones, didn't have much of a future by 1965. Pierre Hill was still a relatively young man. I wonder what he did as his company's business declined.

At times , the panel seems to forget John Is the moderator

If anyone here wants a simple, but complete production guide (not airing guide) to all 45 episodes of "What's My Line" of 1965 from when Dorothy was still alive, here you go. VTR = Video Tape Recorder. January 03, 1965 (Live) January 10, 1965 (Live) January 17, 1965 (Live) January 24, 1965 (Live) January 31, 1965 (Live) February 07, 1965 (Live) February 14, 1965 (Live; first episode with final opening, final theme, and final logo) February 21, 1965 (Live; Dorothy absent) August 01, 1965 (VTR: February 28, 1965) February 28, 1965 (Live) March 07, 1965 (Live) March 14, 1965 (Live) August 08, 1965 (VTR: March 21, 1965; Dorothy absent) March 21, 1965 (Live; Dorothy absent) March 28, 1965 (Live) April 04, 1965 (Live; Dorothy absent) August 15, 1965 (VTR: April 11, 1965; Dorothy absent) April 11, 1965 (Live; Dorothy absent) April 18, 1965 (Live; Dorothy absent) April 25, 1965 (Live) September 05, 1965 (VTR: May 02, 1965) May 02, 1965 (Live) May 09, 1965 (Live) May 16, 1965 (Live) August 22, 1965 (VTR: May 23, 1965) May 23, 1965 (Live) May 30, 1965 (Live) June 06, 1965 (Live) August 29, 1965 (VTR: June 13, 1965) June 13, 1965 (Live) June 20, 1965 (Live) July 04, 1965 (VTR: June 27, 1965) June 27, 1965 (Live) July 11, 1965 (Live) July 18, 1965 (Live) July 25, 1965 (Live) ***Summer Break for the next six weeks from August 01 to September 05*** September 12, 1965 (Live) September 19, 1965 (Live) September 26, 1965 (Live) October 03, 1965 (Live) October 10, 1965 (Live) October 17, 1965 (Live) October 24, 1965 (Live) October 31, 1965 (Live) November 07, 1965 (Live; Dorothy’s last episode)

2:05. see bennett, that's how you introduce the host. good for martin gabel 4:30 to recognize the british huxley name, (read further for bennett cerf's connection to the huxley's) susan was the grand daughter and grand niece of intellectual half-brothers julian huxley and aldous huxley respectively. aldous, who died the same day president kennedy was assassinated, (nov. 22, 1963) was also infamously tied to bennett cerf, cerf made public his discovery that aldous was lying about the benefits of an eye sight therapy called the "bates method"... aldous huxley's vision was extremely impaired after an illness in his teens, he had great difficulty reading even with very thick glasses, huxley would later make the assertion (while living in the u.s.) that at times he didn't even need glasses to read, (due to the benfits of the "bates method") in 1962 bennett watched mr. huxley speak at a hollywood banquet (without glasses) in which the orator lost his place and couldn't continue, it became painfully clear according to bennett (who wrote about it) that mr. huxley wasn't reading at all, but speaking from memorization, and that mr. huxley tried in vain to put the paper up to his face to find his place in the speech.

Buddy got it!

I wonder what the audience was laughing at when the diaper pin man came in?

A four dollar top for a Broadway show! Geeeziz. Even in those days that had to be cheap. I wonder if they were down on the price for "Hughie" because the show's future, even then, seemed tenuous? It closed at the end of January after 51 performances. What did a Broadway show cost for good tix back then? BTW Jack Dodson of Andy Griffith fame was his co-star. In fact, in 1966, Andy Griffith hired Dodson for the Howard Sprague role, having previously seen him in Broadway's Hughie.

I love Jason Robards. He seemed always so debonair.

Jason Robards doing his best Sandy Meisner...

Announced by Johnny Olsen just didn't catch on

A very stupid moment for Arlene and Dorothy on the diaper thing :)

Wonder what Arlene got that was $3000. Maybe a new car or furniture or something.

Nice jab by Martin. I wonder if he slept on the couch that night. 14:00.

Boy after that Crack by Martin at Arlene, I'll bet he had to buy her some REALLY expensive jewelry to have her forgive him for embarrassing her on TV.

22:22 WTF jdjdjd I love Arlene

Martin took off too much weight. He's almost skeletal. In the future does he gain some weight back?

Wish that the television station that has game shows would have a return of What's My Line.

A beautiful British Bird (the British slang for "girl") the first contestant is.

He looks different without a beard and a hat.

The sure was Lauren Becall

I didn't think Buddy Hackett was that smart (to guess Jason Robards).

I think at about 15:35 Martin mentions that he is not aware of adults wearing diapers. I don't think he said anything about diaper pins. Were there not adult diapers in 1965? Could someone get June Allyson on the phone?

10:00 -- Dorothy is the one remembered for being humorless and combative, but yet again, here is an example of Arlene getting up on her hind legs and taking Daly to task. This happens pretty regularly with The Delightful Star. Fortunately as was the case with Bennett several weeks early, he does not scratch the side of his face with his middle digit this time.

Martin Gabel looks rather frail here...but Google says he lasted a further 21 years.

The world did come to adult diapers

IT WAS 1965 CANDY WAS 10¢

Are you kidding! He used his normal voice!

Arlene is at her most petulant in this episode. Perhaps being demoted from Broadway to Paramus (NJ) and having it proclaimed to a national audience didn't help her mood? And yet, all she has to do is smile her charming smile a few seconds later and all is forgiven. When Dorothy complained about John's rulings, she was labeled a shrew and a villain. I understand the importance of style when one is presenting to the public. I dislike style being more important than substance. It's not especially important on a television show like WML which is purely for entertainment. It becomes important and counterproductive if and when society begins to value style over substance, whether it be in its political leaders or the members of the news media.

Is Buddy peeking under his mask?

Could one also call a diaper pin a "baby pin"? I seem to recall that.

Top ticket price $4.00 to see JASON ROBARDS in a first run play. Somebody get me a time machine. My 'Woke' Brother paid $500 a ticket to see that snore-fest Hamilton.

Sadly, they let that buffoon Hacket onto the panel. Never could figure out how he made it in show business.

Goodness. Is this on record as the worst episode of WML ever?

DOROTHY KILLGALLIN WAS MURDERED!!!

Beautiful Looking Sue Looks (Slightly) Like Madam Sallly Anne Howes.. 🎨🫶🎨