My dad was an extremely frugal and unassuming gentle man. He would go to the NYC barber school to get his haircut for $1. For his birthday, my sisters and I chipped in and got him an appointment at Kenneth's Salon where they did cut men's hair. It looked great, but alas, dad went back for his next cut to the school, lol.

Since I don't see a comment from Vahan Nisanian on this episode, I'll just add that this episode is pre-recorded. Taping date was Sunday, 28 May 1961. Mention of Kenneth Battelle working for the Lily Dache salon reminds me that Lily Dache herself once appeared as a contestant on WHAT'S MY LINE? - on 28 August 1955. (Pretty, perky Peggy King was the main Mystery Guest that evening.) The Peter Lind Hayes/Mary Healy Mystery Guest segment is one of the funniest and most entertaining of the segments that I've seen - as funny and entertaining in its own way as the Mystery Guest segments on all of the July 1961 episodes, whether live or pre-recorded. And I enjoyed seeing them once again on the show (they had, of course, each appeared as guest panelist and as Mystery Guest on some of the 1950s episodes - and I like those episodes, too). Apropos of the final contestant, Alfena Barton: While the southwest extremities of the city of Chicago are within a mile or two of the borders of Chicago Ridge, strictly speaking there is no part of Chicago Ridge which is "right across the street from Chicago," as she says. Chicago Ridge is bordered on the north and on the east by Oak Lawn; on the south by Worth; and on the west by Bridgeview (further north) and Palos Hills (further south). Great episode, in general, by the way. Thank you very much for sharing these with us, in as good a quality as we're going to get from kinescopes of episodes which aired 50 to 67 years ago - and for organizing them into playlists, so that those of us who wish to watch them chronologically can do so with relative ease. (And thank you and all of those in your KZfaq community and especially in your Facebook community who helped you to fight a good and tenacious legal battle for right against the corporate media conglomerate which shall remain nameless, the end result being that WHAT'S MY LINE? fans and those who, like myself, came to watch these episodes decades, after the show's cancellation, can watch them whenever we wish - and for free, as is only proper for public-domain material.)

I love that that female judge was a Miss Idaho in 52. It shows that beauty contestants do have brains and can make it beyond their beauty. Good example for Bennett lol.

What a beautiful judge.

At about 2 and 2 1/2 minutes in, Bennett and John mention Webster's Unabridged Dictionary. This was in the month before the new edition (formally Webster's Third New International Dictionary) was published, September 28, 1961, and it would prove to be controversial because of its "descriptive" approach -- recording the language as it was used in practice -- rather than "prescriptive" (saying how the language should be used). Perhaps most commonly cited was its inclusion of "ain't" (even though categorized as "disapproved by many and more common in less educated speech"); teachers could no longer say "that word isn't in the dictionary." It's a massive volume, over 13 x 9 x 4 inches. I bought a copy for a buck or two at a library sale and keep it near when watching WML -- it's especially helpful when KZfaq commenters complain about the way Bennett says something and it turns out to be a formerly acceptable pronunciation that has since become rare, like "helicopter" with a long "e" sound. Bennett's Random House did publish the American College Dictionary at this time (Arlene and Dorothy often mention it in their introductions of Bennett) but the first edition of the Random House Unabridged Dictionary didn't come out until 1966, so he didn't have a direct competitor to Webster's Unabridged at this time.

This episode aired at approx the time I was born almost 60 years ago at around lunch time Aug 14 in Sydney Australia

Peter Lind Hayes has been on as a mystery guest a lot. He must be the one they call when someone else calls off.

The final contestant (building contractor) is the third WML contestant I have noticed wearing a "copycat" Arlene diamond heart necklace. The contestant can be seen chatting a bit with Arlene on her way out -- I wonder if that might have been the topic of conversation. From what I've read, Arlene was responsible for making such necklaces very popular for a while. I can understand wanting to talk to Arlene about it if one wore such an obvious homage to her on the show, but I would think it would be a bit embarrassing to be noticed wearing such a necklace without having a chance to say something about it in that situation. But maybe that's just my own idiosyncrasy. I have not noticed either of the other contestants who wore similar necklaces talking to Arlene beyond the game and the usual quick handshake on the way out. Also, regarding this contestant... Tony Randall seemed to go kind of "loopy" in his questions to her at the beginning! It was funny, and I'm assuming he intended it to be, but his deadpan delivery of the question about the hole in her dress was a bit unnerving -- to me, anyway. I hope the contestant wasn't offended.

Bennett always nails mystery guest segment

Arlene calls Tony Randall a comedian. He wasn't, he was a comedic actor, a very different thing I would say.

This was one of the rare times that I had to Google the name of the mystery guest. I had no idea who this couple was. BTW, Mary Healy is still living.

The judge died in a car accident at age 83 in 2017. Reportedly she also appeared on "To Tell the Truth."

I'm pretty sure that these are the only WML mystery guests that I've never heard of.

The same day East Germany started to build what would become known as the Berlin wall.

Too bad Kenneth hasn't been around to help Dorothy for the few shows prior to this!

Where is the Aug. 6, 1961 episode? I can't seem to find it?

HAIR STYLIST (DOES JACQUELINE KENNEDY'S HAIR) JUDGE BUILDING CONTRACTOR Peter Lind Hayes was a notorious philanderer. Despite that, he and Mary had a marriage that lasted 58 years until his death. 18:40 When you can't afford a new dress, just haul out the sewing machine and transform that picnic tablecloth into a dress.

Could you do something with Daly's hair? LOL!

We pronounce Zoe zoh-ee in uk🎩

I'm watching all the episodes in chronological order; so far no mention of Arlene's trip to Europe. I assume this show was prerecorded as well?

Was Tony a little buzzed here? His reaction to the last guest seemed a little uncouth.

I don't get Peter Lind Hayes

Mr. Kenneth was wearing a double breasted suit! I wonder when they went out of style?

Wow Tony Randall what a way with words, man. Can you insult the contestant any further, by way of an introduction?

Tony Randall was much more amused by his wit than those around him. Watch.

I have never liked Peter Lind Hayes.

Can't fool Cerf...cause he cheats

Yet ANOTHER contestant dealing with the Kennedys, man this show sucked up to them constantly.