John Daly was one of the classiest men to ever appear on television. Totally charming

He’s also dead.

@@spiritualED - so's your brain; you just don't know it.

@@spiritualED So?

@@spiritualED oh, REALLY,? ??? .. I Thought he was One Hundred Eighteen and Currently Residing in a teeny tiny bread box .. 🤔😐🤔🤔🤔🤪🤯😮😯😮😮😮😐😐😐😐😐😐🤔😐😐

@@spiritualED how "spiritual" of you lol

Daly was the perfect moderator (as long as you excuse his lamentable lack of knowledge of biology). Perhaps the main reason this show lasted so long is the joy that he so consistently displays.

I am so glad he hadn't come up with that routine before his WML appearance. It grew old very fast.

lol

I like her later hairstyles myself. Classy lady.

Betty Boop kinda like

That they are. It's why they're so addicting, I believe. They're just so much fun it's impossible not to keep watching them or, if one has the time, several in a row. Thoroughly entertaining and all about having fun watching. In fact, I think the best panelists are the ones who play the game with the intention of winning, but have lots of fun in the process.

I stumbled on these by accident really... ( Sinatra show ). But I am enjoying them. It is Steve Allen that has had me in stitches at least once per show, and I have only watched the ones with him in up to now..I like the guys style. I hope I get addicted enough to watch them all. Are they as funny without him in them? Either way a chance find that I am really glad about. Fun show : )

Steve Allen is my favorite of the comic panelists, but the show did continue for 13 years after he left. WML was a very consistently entertaining program, only dropping off somewhat in energy in its final couple of years after Dorothy Kilgallen died in 1965. And even the last couple of years were good, just not quite as good. You have around 759 episodes ahead of you assuming you get hooked-- which is not an infrequent occurrence when folks stumble on these shows unawares!

Ryan O'Brien Except for Fauna, the girl Daly knew 😁

They got it off the bat 5-6 times.

Somewhere on this channel, there is a montage that eventually was put together of the various times they did it before the wild-guess segment was dispensed with completely.

+Eddie Power I love Red Buttons....such a funny man. I loved when he was on the Dean Martin Celebrity Roast and he would do his Never Got A Dinner routines. Hilarious!

I remember him dangling by his parachute from a church steeple in the "Longest Day."

OSCAR WINNER FOR SAYONARA W BRANDO!

Moreen Dieden - Me too!

Mmmm. Moreen.

Youngster you are 😊

@@dinahbrown902 When I think of Red I think of the Dean Martin roasts

@@patgalvez4563 So hilarious weren’t they😊

Me too!

I read this comment before watching the episode and assumed that the line came from Steve Allen. It was possibly even funnier, and certainly more surprising, coming from Arlene.

+What's My Line? Happy Anniversary, Gary! :) And thank you again for all your hard work to make this channel so great and provide so much nostalgic enjoyment for so many people!

Thanks for your sharing of WML. As a 69 yo I am binge watching and enjoying remembering one of the great shows of my childhood - which I was not allowed to stay up to watch except on infrequent occasions.

Hilarious and so clever.

Thank goodness they got rid of those two so-called traditions of the contestants parading in front of the panelists and then leaving by walking behind John Charles Daly.

@@leesher1845 - "Steve Allen was funny" was the comment, lol

soulierinvestments www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/government-politics/three-governors-controversy

soulierinvestments - Yes, John revealed that Ms. Talmadge was married to the governor of Georgia. Interesting history you provided. I imagine that this scandal happened after her WML appearance.

Hmm. I thought it was around his left arm. Checking ... Yes, at 22:57 ... left arm. Reminds me of all those gym classes where the PE teacher would tell us to turn to the left, and then would have to tell a couple of the kids "the other left".

I will defend John's decision. She asked if the animal had a coat, and we don't think of pigs as having a coat, we think of pigs as having skin.

Arlene really lobbied hard to get yes answers if she sensed there was any wiggle room. She was successful often enough to warrant continuing to try it. Anyway, you can make coats (and footballs) out of pigskin, but to say that pigs have coats would not be kosher. :-)

In that same discussion, Daly refers to Arlene as "darling". I'm pretty sure I heard correctly and closed captioning backed me up. Hmmmm ... Just interesting.

@@loissimmons6558 . I 👀 what you did there! Lol

I remember Talmadge on the Watergate Committee. The first Republican senator elected from Georgia in ages defeated H T in 1980. Governor Eugene Talmadge was involved I think in 1946 in a complicated hotly-contested governor's election that resulted in several competing governors taking office at the same time, leading to a bunch of acrimonious law suits. Fred Allen made some jokes about the situation in his radio program.

soulierinvestments There was a gag about this on a Jack Benny radio show from the time, too-- a very rare topical joke on the Benny show that flew completely over my head when I first heard it.

romeman01 😮

Jim Stark - Seems like we have a few of those types of politicians today. Will we ever finally be done with that belief system?

In my opinion, the Yul Brynner understudy joke wasn't offensive; and in this day and age, millions of men have adopted the bald look.

Threw, Todd, threw...

He was one of the top comedians of the Golden Age of television, right along with Berle, Caesar, and Gleason.

They were well past their prime at this point. Curly was deceased.

@@retrogamerdad9621 Sad, but true.

@@retrogamerdad9621 They were still making short movies all throughout the 1950s with Shemp and then Curly Jo DeRita.

Another case where people looked older back then

@PhilBagels LOL! :D

+fishhead06 I think a Great Dane would be taller, though. Still, your comment is well-taken. While I think he was a wonderful moderator, John Daly was almost consistently way off-base when it came to animal classification and such. I doubt that he was too familar with the sizes of hogs, either.

These city folk have likely only ever seen a hog in photos!

I see it as John is the Star of the Show, the panel are supporting actors, the MG is tonight's Guest Star and the contestants are minor roles in the show. The audience are purley background actors, they should only be a part of the whole but never take over. It's fun when they laugh and applaud and you notice it's a live audience but they must do their part and not break their "contract". Helping the panel with sounds of yes/no I think is not ok. The floor manager should attend to these behaviours and cue them right. If I am not mistaken; on "You Bet Your Life" Groucho Marx used to say "And please, no help from the audience!" in a playful way but with some sternness.

Oh, I agree. I get perturbed with the audience when they murmur or even outburst when one of the panelist is close, but not right on it.

Joe Postove Ah, but sometimes the audience reaction is priceless! I remember how the laughter from the audience really made a round, such as the man who repaired zippers, and the operator of a nudist park. On the other hand, those audience members who booed the director of the IRS gave the show away to Bennett.

Johan Bengtsson Groucho's "No help from the studio audience" on YBYL was purely with respect to the quiz questions. It wasn't meant playfully at all-- if someone from the audience said the answer to a question audibly, the question would have had to be thrown out.

On more than one occasion Wheel of Fortune has had to throw a puzzle out because someone in the audience said the answer out loud. On Public Radio's What Do You Know, host Michael Feldman admonishes contestants that the audience doesn't always have the answer right.

Same 5 years later 🦃

I love watching this show. I'll be 59 this year and I never got to see this show when I was growing up. But I love both Dorothy and Arlene. They were smart and funny and the best dressers I've ever seen . There are some episodes that I love watching repeatedly. Such as the episode with Audie Murphy and the ones with Danny Kaye. And the ones with Red Buttons and Raymond Burr.

I'm behind you a bit, but on a re-watch while on grad school winter break. (Have you checked out the Facebook group? They're enthusiastic, and also current.)

Surprise......l'm watching..!! It's May 2022. The world is falling apart right now...wish l could go back to those wonderful times..

Here are the other "Free Wild Guess Win", from www.tv.com "FREE WILD GUESS WIN HISTORY FOR WHAT'S MY LINE? - CBS 1950 - 1955 "Wild Guesses" or "Free Guesses" were won on the following 9 episodes: EARLY LOST EPISODE - MOST LIKELY EPISODE #8 of May 24, 1950 - "Motorcycle Cop" - Arlene Francis said the following in a December 20, 1952 TV DIGEST (Philadelphia) article: "Before the questioning begins, the panelists are allowed, of course, a 'wild guess.' Some are pretty wild, but on two occasions we hit the target right off. I made the first correct 'wild guess' on the show, when I identified a motorcycle cop. I even said his name might be Maloney. How'd I do it? I once was stopped by a motorcycle cop named Maloney and I never forgot his name." EARLY LOST EPISODE - MOST LIKELY EPISODE #16 of September 13, 1950 - "Atomic Scientist" - Arlene Francis said the following in a December 20, 1952 TV DIGEST (Philadelphia) article: "Miss Kilgallen correctly wild-guessed an atomic scientist, because she said, 'If I were casting a play, he'd be just right for the part.'" This win was also mentioned on EPISODE #216. One contestant on EPISODE #16 of September 13, 1950 is an "Atomic Engineer." EARLY LOST EPISODE - MOST LIKELY EPISODE #30 of December 24, 1950 - "Santa Claus" - This win was mentioned on EPISODE #216. Winning panelist unknown. EPISODE #120 of September 14, 1952 Arlene Francis wins with a guess of "Football Player" for Tommy Kalmanir. EPISODE #149 of April 5, 1953 Arlene Francis wins with a guess of "Trapeze Performer" for Sara Marlowe. EPISODE #175 of October 4, 1953 Dorothy Kilgallen wins with a guess of "Umpire" for Ed Hurley. EPISODE #216 of July 18, 1954 Arlene Francis wins with a guess of "Lifeguard" for Carol Rubin. EPISODE #224 of September 12, 1954 Bennett Cerf wins with a guess of "Dramatic Coach" for Tala Forman. EPISODE #248 of March 6, 1955 Bennett Cerf wins with a guess of "I think he fixes those one-armed bandits so that every one man in a million gets the jackpot" for Walt Hollingsworth, a contestant who "Repairs Slot Machines." Tally of wins: Arlene Francis won 4 times. Dorothy Kilgallen won 2 times. Bennett Cerf won 2 times. Unknown - 1 time. This "Free Wild Guess" game feature was discontinued after tonight's EPISODE #253 of April 17, 1955. Three guesses were won on early shows that are lost to history. We have no record of them other than Arlene's interview and recollections of the panel on subsequent wins. On other occasions, the panelists were very close, but John did not allow them to win. For additional detailed comments, see the individual episode guides listed above. - Suzanne (2005)"

Johan Bengtsson Quite a list you have posted here! Thanks! ;)

Johan Bengtsson thank you for sharing this information. I never liked the free guess portion, so I am glad they discontinued it. I thinking, that when they guessed correctly, it caused problems with productions as they didn't have enough to fill the time slot as everything was live.

Brigit Kelly I've yet to see a comment from even one person claiming to like the free guesses (or the Walk of Shame, for that matter).

Brigit Kelly I never understood what the free guesses added to the show. A big waste of time.

Empire State - Oh for heaven's sake! A true scandal. In those days such things mattered.. Now anything goes. Alas.

The fact that Talmadge took cash didn't help his career either. But he never paid a price for his longstanding segregationist views.

cuttersboi08 To be fair, with my eyes closed and that undisguised high-pitched toothy 'yes', I also would know it was Red Buttons....even if I hadn't seen him around in Manhattan like Bennett probably had!

You're better than I am. I wouldn't have got it! lol

Cynthia Lyman I think the gamin look was more like Leslie Caron in An American In Paris or the early hairstyle of Audrey Hepburn.

+Jack Decker Yes, and I agree with the decision; I felt the guesses AND walk-by were a waste of time and not at all entertaining to the viewing audience.

Although in this instance, it came to the rescue in the last segment, which they really didn't have time for. John even got to talk to the young lady for a moment.But, of course, without the earlier walk-boys and guesses, they would have had enough time for the last contestant.

You snooze, you lose!

ToddSF 94109 I sometimes download the audio from KZfaq for listening on my bike commutes

and gloves! I like that also. I grew up with the women dressing like this.

+Krista Brewer - I suspect brides were wearing them over their hosiery back then.

Legs as opposed to body.

I thought was odd, too. Syntax was at max!

I always mistake Red Buttons for Red Skelton and vice versa. :/

The common denominator, Johan is that both thought themselves funnier than the audience did.

Joe Postove You can say that about too many comedians...

Bull. There's nothing new under the sun. Ecclesiastes 1:9. Read it and weep, dimwit. There ain't nothing that hasn't been before, so cut the phony romancing about the past...you only show your ignorance and simplemindedness.

GD Blackthorn Yes, including humor. What passes for humor is snarky and mean.

She was so pretty AND way too smart for her own good.

It was exactly the same format, except that there was a verbal description of what the contestants looked like.

Sarah Brandy Peters Not true, Sarah. While there were audio-only broadcasts of the TV shows later (I believe mainly for the armed forces), first there was a totally separate radio series in 1952-53. Not only did the show start out with a different sponsor (Philip Morris), airing on a different night of the week (Wednesdays), but it didn't even start out on the same NETWORK as the TV show! When the TV sponsor, Jules Monetenier, decided to take on the radio series, too, the show was moved from NBC to CBS. Very little of this 1952-53 series has surfaced. More copies are floating around of the later radio broadcasts of the TV shows-- naturally, since no one cares about those!

Sarah Brandy Peters I only learned about the WML radio series myself in the course of running this KZfaq channel and the Facebook group! :) Interestingly, the radio versions of YBYL, while they were the audio from the TV shows, were often edited substantially differently in order to remove visually oriented bits that wouldn't play on radio. There are even contestants that appear only on the radio or only on the TV version of the same shows!

John's hair was always a mystery to me.? Depending on the angle of the camera, it looks like it is a series of three or four pieces of hair strategically placed to cover a bald head. !!

I think her hair is lighter in this episode. I had started watching at some point when her hair was blond and was ver surprised to see her with what looked like dark brown hair in her early episodes.

Maybe Daly asked them backstage who was buried in Grant's Tomb.

Chris Barat Ah, Grant's Tomb. OK, who is buried in Grant's Tomb?

Joe Postove No one. Grant is not buried,, he is entombed in a sarcophagus above ground. :-)

Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding! Very good, Johan. You know your stuff. Congratulations!

Johan Bengtsson Joe Postove But when Groucho asked that question on "You Bet Your Life", it was obvious that the answer should be "Grant", just for the sake of the consolation prize. Like on other "light" quiz programs in Europe; "What was the colour of Napoleon's white horse?" etc. :)

I can't begin to imagine what would make you realize such a thing. :)

I was looking up Bennet's bio and there it was!

Joe Postove Which means, what, that you just know in your head the date of Gracie Allen's death? I'm not that good with dates myself. I'll usually remember the year, sometimes the month, but rarely the exact day.

With no modesty :>) I do have to say that I am good with dates. I remember August 27th, 1964 for three reasons. Lyndon Johnson was nominated for president, Gracie Allen, died, and it is the birthday of a close friend. When I was 6 years old my parents gave me a book about the presidents. People think it's something special that I can name them frontwards and backwards and the dates of their presidency (which is usually easy). It wasn't until later that I became a fanatic about American history. Love it. I think everyone should. It's really enjoyable.

Joe Postove Interesting. Going back, say, 20 years I used to have a decent memory for dates that pertained to the very specific subject areas I was obsessed with (notably, Burns & Allen), but now, not so much! Gracie Allen's real birth date is still, I believe, somewhat impossible to prove, but the best evidence available indicates she was born in 1894, two years *before* George. But I've seen several different years anywhere from 1894 to 1906 given (1906 being Gracie's choice when she was alive).