I love that everyone quickly figured out who was the Mystery Guest and spent the rest of the game messing with him!

The look on Arlene’s face when the crowd screamed was priceless

One of the rare occasions when the fourth round challenger won without it being by default because time ran out.

I love when Arlene said motorcycle cop and the audience went crazy LOL too funny

“ I thought she was a motorcycle cop” Arlene looked like she had just won the lottery.

Love how those beautiful intelligent folks on the panel are happy when a contestant befuddles them! They love their work as much as we love watching.

Fred Allen, recovering from an appendectomy, was the special guest the previous week as Robert Q Lewis sat in for Fred. Their roles are reversed this week.

Awesome that this show was made in the era where an electric typewriter was cutting-edge technology. I remember using one of those when I was a kid.

I'm just trying to figure out who keeps giving thumbs down on these episodes... they're great

I just noticed that laugh from Dorothy when Bennett says "Hal Block". I feel so bad for him right now.

This was a particularly delightful episode; for Fred's return, for Arlene's surprise and for Bob Q,, always a delight in my book.

Kudos to Miss Arlene, the queen of jewelry re-purposing! In this episode, note the earring and hair clip on her right, with her hair carefully styled to cover the left ear. Have noted that she does this with interchanging parts, making the most of her collection (even the signature heart necklace has been paired with other pieces and at least once used on a bracelet when the neckpiece would not work). Total style maven!

Fred does look better with glasses

One of the most charming aspects of this show are the elegant manners of the women, their ladylike decorum. Humans are so beautiful and graceful when they exhibit the beautiful differences between the sexes.

This show has a good clean witty jokes, "That would have been another no, see how this goes" Why this is becoming one of my favorite relaxation pastimes.

I loved those adding machines! My Grandpa used to let me play with one when I was a little kid, just for fun. Ahh, simple entertainment, right?

I also loved hearing about John's dog having puppies. I loved the general chit chat because they had extra time obviously lol.

Oh my God! That's Hope Lange (Mary Lou) in the Remington typewriter commercial at 14:12! She was so beautiful and so affectionate. Loved her playing the character of Mrs. Carolyn Muir on "The Ghost and Mrs. Muir" TV series. I loved it so much that I wished when I became an adult (I was 10 in 1968), I would buy a house and live near the New England coastline. She was so much-loved, so much-needed because her presence on this planet made life so much more attractive, more desirable, in others words, "improved" the quality of life for many people. R.I.P P.S. Hope Lange passed away and went to be with God and his angels on December 19, 2003. She was 70 years old.

Great to watch this show. Wish I could have met Charles Daly.

EVERYTIME I watch these shows I grow nostalgic anew for a time again where men were men and ladies were ladies. And treated each other with respect. And dressed properly.

I really enjoy the commercials. And Bennett Cerf.

Fred Allen looked good in those glasses. Poor fellow - he had a heart attack and died.

Great to see the show complete with adverts. Funnily enough, it was exactly 5.05 here when the first Remington Rand advert played and they showed the clock saying 5.05.

Arlene Frances is a genius even when she isn't trying, she figured out the motorcycle cop and it was after her turn, Lol! And Dorothy Kilgallen was Mrs. Pun instead of Mr. Pun Cerf. Funny.

Such a classic show-not just this episode specifically-but always.Among other delights was how John Daly's detailed explanations often left the panel rather baffled. Also,the commercials were charmingly lo-tech(by today's standards,of course)and kinda innocent

John Daly definitely seemed to enjoy his consultations with the female guests.

Referring to the motorcycle cop, Dorothy said, concerning arrests, "I bet she could do it in a pinch". Very clever. Not many of we 21st century folks would "get" that. It didn't look like they did either. Pinch was an old slang term for arrest.

30 months to pay for a typewriter? How the world has changed in just 65 years.

Kids: What’s a typewriter?

Fred Allen was one of the greatest comedians to work in TV's early days.

Sometimes the enthusiastic audience blows it.

12:39 is the biggest holy crap moment you ever saw on the panels faces.

Before I started watching the WML shows on my phone 📱this year, I never heard the brand name "Stopette" for deodorant.

“I thought she was a motorcycle cop!”

Mrs. Straka died in 2006 in Lombard, Illinois. She'd retired from the Cicero force after a good long time there; she eventually moved to a desk job, as secretary to the Chief. She and her husband Robert had two kids.

Looks like new flip cards. My goodness! New blackboard, new curtains, new rules these past weeks. WML was really moving up in the world! 😉😉

wow that commercial! times were VERY different then

If I recall correctly, the motion-sickness remedy Bonamine changed its name to Bonine, and is still sold as Bonine today. As I understand it, Bonine isn't quite as effective in preventing nausea as Dramamine is, but, Dramamine is notorious for its pronounced drowsiness side-effect. Bonine doesn't make people nearly as sleep as Dramamine, and that was its notable "improvement" over Dramamine.

The day I was born.

It's week seven of the WML "Summer of Upgrades"! Every Sunday this summer, I'll be posting significant upgrades of episodes already posted here on this channel. Tonight's video adds back the original commercials, thanks to a complete copy at the Internet Archive. If you're not already a member of our Facebook group, now is a great time to join! Every Sunday evening (10:30pm NYC time, naturally) a bunch of us watch an episode at the same time so we can chat about it as we watch. We've been doing this all year, and it's always a blast-- the time ***flies*** by. If you're interested, please check out the group and join in the live chat tonight! And if you are interested in joining in, you'll probably want to delay watching this episode till the chat starts tonight! (There's more information in the group.) Link to the WML Facebook group: facebook.com/groups/728471287199862/ Please click here to subscribe to the WML channel if you haven't already-- you'll find the complete CBS series already posted, and you'll be able to follow along the discussions on the weekday "rerun" videos: kzfaq.info/love/hPE75Fvvl1HmdAsO7Nzb8w

This episode aired exactly five years before I was born. I was just an itch in my father's pants.

Bennett missed an opportunity to say something about making a spectacle of someone concerning glasses. :)

My girl repping Huntington, WV!!!

I was born the following Saturday.

I found Robert Q's smoker 's voice soothing.

This was aired on the day I was born alllll those years ago.

The wrestler seems like she would have been a very fun person to know.

Love the way the audience erupted when Arlene said motorcycle cop.

john daly as the mystery guest. i always thought he would be great as a mystery guest. they could say he couldn't talk because his voice would give him away and john, the moderator, could answer for john, the mystery guest.

Referees are an integral part of most wrestling matches. #CharlesinCharge

The last guest who worked for Phizer would be pretty busy in 2021.

8:38 Her ears look pointy, like an elf. 😀 So cool!

That commercial about the typewriters kind of revealed what office work was like in the 1950s. There were antiquated machines, but employers were reluctant to modernize, probably because they had just come out of the war and after the depression. And on top of that, while using the typewriter, they sometimes needed to stack pages on top of each other with carbon paper in between to produce multiple copies, and that thicker stack of pages needed them to pound the keys hard to get the impression all the way through. But even though the electric typewriter needed to slide a lever to a setting that the typewriter pounded hard on its own, easing the fatigue of the secretary. The job of the secretary was multiple, and she acted as a receptionist, coffee maker, errand boy and document producer. The documents were put in files, like how we save documents to folders. The secretary also had to manage that entire collection of files. All this and they were making like $25 a week, or something like that. Men made over a hundred a week. Thinking about the complexity of the job of this secretary. They were deeply underrated! They were also the mailroom and doing all these different functions simultaneously, while her boss would want coffee, while he smoked cigarettes in the same room, probably a few men and women all smoking too. And you had to clean the ashtrays. … These were our mothers and grandmothers and great grandmothers. It’s why they deserve respect!

I think Mrs. Straka's job would have been more accurately described as "Meter Maid," which is what they called them back in the day, anyway. (I assume they don't use that term anymore.)

The revenge episode. And you know what I'm talking about.

I loved the ad for the electric typewriters!

It surprises me that Stopette deodorant was delivered with a squeeze bottle in 1955. As I grew up in the '60s, we always had aerosol cans. Turns out, in 1948 the US govt dispensed licenses to 3 American companies to manufacture aerosol sprays, which seems to be a little trickier and more dangerous than one might think. In the years between '48 and '55, I suppose they hadn't yet figured out how to mix and deliver all products with aerosol spray.---- Even tho this episode was sponsored by Remington-Rand, there is a Stopette commercial at the very end, which prompted this comment.

Ms. LeClaire's given name was in theory LaChona LeClaire (as opposed to Lee Chona LaClaire), but I'm skeptical. She was in wrestling from the early 50s to the late 60s, and was Ohio Valley Champion at one point. (Which was an Important Thing, back when the regional federations were more relevant.) I can't find much about her non-ring life, though apparently she was one of promoter Billy Wolfe's three wives. Not sure when. Anyway! I find her interesting, in part because she keeps arguing (reasonably) with John.

Arlene again knew who it was. She had her usual smerky smile when she knew who the Mystery guest was.

I think Fred still wasn't feeling well, his shirt isn't tucked in. He put on a brave front. I liked him in no time for sergeants.

Arlene looked beautiful here...as always..

The audience should be told not to scream if they mentioned anything the person does.

23:16 Dorothy silently laughing at a cough... why is she so cute xDDD

Lee Vines is the announcer.

Leah Spratt was a well known philanthropist in st Joseph who passed away in the 70s a building at Missouri Western university and a park

There have been many times that the audience gives it away. Though not purposely, it's still frustrating.

"I AM Fred J. Muggs!" 😆

The lady wrestler was pretty, not the stereotype of a wrestler.

Oh yes that was Hope Lange ..lovely lady, btw, the "Parking Wars" was a very very funny show on about 10 years ago, love the re runs of that..the lady motorcycle cop did that very thing, wonder if they were as rude to her then as they were to the cops on that show..

tests seasick pills. i thought they meant they gave her the pill, then tried to get her seasick, on a raft, in a pool.

Mary Lou was the MVP of this episode. xD

If it was a hot evening in New York City when this episode of WML aired, it must have been an even hotter afternoon at Ebbets Field when the Dodger split a doubleheader with the Braves. The opening game featured two of the National League’s best pitchers of the 1950’s Don Newcombe and Lew Burdette. But neither would be around at the end as each of them gave up six runs. After Hank Aaron, patrolling left field in this game, singled home a run in the first and Duke Snider answered with a solo homer, the Braves drove out Newk with three runs in the second and two in the third. A leadoff home run by second baseman Danny O’Connell and doubles by Burdette and third baseman Eddie Mathews were key hits in the second. Don Zimmer’s double cut the Braves lead in half. But the Braves struck again on Burdette’s single and a home run by center fielder Billy Bruton, sending Newcombe for cover. Burdette was cruising along until he lost his control in the sixth. Walks to Pee Wee Reese and Snider to open that inning, followed by a Gil Hodges home run brought the Dodgers within one. After Jim Gilliam singled, the Braves brought in Dave Jolly but it was Brooklyn that had the good time. A walk to Carl Furillo and a single by Zimmer brought in the tying run. Then a walk to Don Hoak and a single by Reese brought home the go ahead runs and when Aaron misplayed the ball, Hoak came all the way around to score as well. Don Bessent gave up a run in the eighth. But Carl Erskine came on to prevent any further damage and save the 9-7 win. In the nightcap, the Dodgers struck first. Back to back doubles by Snider and Hodges off Ray Crone. But Crone blanked the Dodgers on one hit the rest of the way and the Braves pounded Dodger pitching for nine runs. Aaron drove in four of those runs with a home run and triple. The week started with a Monday home game against Cincinnati and the Redlegs managed to salvage the final game of a four game series. Joe Black ran out of gas in the seventh inning but still exacted revenge against his former teammates and got the victory. The Redlegs staked Black to a 6-1 lead after 6½ innings. A two run home run by left fielder Stan Palys off Karl Spooner got the ball rolling in the third. They added two more in the fourth on catcher Smoky Burgess’s triple, a ground out, shortstop Roy McMillan’s double and Black’s single. The Dodgers got two runs off Black in the 7th when Art Fowler relieved him with two runners on base. Frank Kellert promptly tripled in those two runners which were also charged to Black’s account. But Fowler struck out Pee Wee Reese to strand Kellert. The Redlegs gave Fowler breathing room in the ninth on Palys’ second home run of the game followed by first baseman Ted Kluszewski’s round tripper. An RBI single by second baseman Johnny Temple closed out the scoring in Cincy’s 9-5 victory. Following an off day on Tuesday, the Dodgers would host the Cubs with a doubleheader on Wednesday and a single game on Thursday, followed by a four game weekend series with the Braves. When the Cubs arrived in town, they were in the middle of a terrible losing streak that put them under .500 for the first time since a win over the Dodgers at Wrigley Field gave them a record of 13-14. At one time 11 games over .500, they were now 45-46. To break the streak in the first game, they had to face the winningest pitcher up to that point. They managed to hold Newcombe hitless, but Newk held them to only two hits and one unearned run in the second inning. Meanwhile the Dodgers lit up Cubs starter Sam Jones and reliever Dave Hillman for ten runs, eight of them driven in on two homers by Snider (3 RBI’s), two homers by Zimmer (3 RBI’s) and a two run homer by Hodges. The only scary moment was when Sam Jones hit Roy Campanella behind the left ear with a pitch. Campanella was able to stay in the game. In the night cap, the Dodgers took the lead in the second when Furillo doubled to put runners on second and third and Zimmer singled both of them in. But the Cubs answered back with a pair of runs in the third when catcher Harry Chiti led off with a homer, pitcher Bob Rush followed with a single and scored on an error when Rube Walker couldn’t make the play on Hodges’ throw to the plate. The Dodgers retook the lead in the third. But the Cubs rallied in the seventh against starter Clem Labine when Frankie Baumholtz batted for Rush and drove home two with a triple and then scored on center fielder Lloyd Merriman’s fly ball. Hal Jeffcoat got out of trouble with two double play grounders as he pitched three shutout innings to preserve the 5-3 victory. It broke the Cubs’ 9 game losing streak and would be their only win during a 16 game span. Thus the Cubs returned to their losing ways the next day. They lost to Don Bessent in his second and last start and only complete game of his major league career. Through the first seven innings, the only run came in the bottom of the fourth when Jim Davis walked in a run. And that’s where things stood when the Cubs batted for him in the eighth inning. But it was enough to make him the losing pitcher when Jeffcoat couldn’t replicate his success of the previous game. He surrendered three runs (two earned) on two hits, two walks and some sloppy fielding by the Cubs. Shortstop Ernie Banks led off the ninth with a homer to spoil Bessent’s shutout but he shut the door after that. The second place Braves came into town and the teams split a four game series. That was okay for the Dodgers as time was in their favor with their big lead. Offense predominated as 14 runs per game were scored. The Dodgers took the odd games and the Braves the even ones. On Friday, Roger Craig got the victory despite scattering four solo homers in four different innings (two by catcher Del Crandall, one by first baseman Joe Adcock, and one by Hank Aaron who was at second base for this game). The teams traded runs for most of the game, but the Dodgers took a 5-4 lead in the bottom of the seventh on an unearned run and then broke the game open in the eighth on a 3-run home run by Furillo off starter Gene Conley. Ed Roebuck tossed two shutout innings to preserve the win. Roebuck didn’t fare so well on Saturday, however. He relieved Spooner in the sixth with runners on first and second and the score tied 3-3 when the Dodgers starting pitcher injured his shoulder. His error loaded the bases. But then he got the opposing starting pitcher, weak hitting Bob Buhl, to ground into a double play to end the inning. The Dodgers then handed Roebuck the lead in the bottom half. A run scoring triple by Hodges and a two-run home run by Furillo off Phil Paine were the big blows. But Roebuck handed the lead right back and then some. Bruton led off with a single and shortstop Johnny Logan doubled him home. Then the Dodgers got a break when Mathews hit a grounder to Reese and Logan got trapped in a rundown and was tagged out. When Aaron (back in left field) was retired, it looked like Roebuck was out of trouble. But then Adcock homered to tie the game and right fielder Andy Pafko homered to put the Braves on top to stay. Crandall and O’Connell followed with singles. When George Crowe batted for Paine and tripled them home, Roebuck was finally put out of his misery. Labine came in and got Bruton to ground out to end the inning. The Braves scored 2 more in the ninth to end up with an 11-6 win. After the doubleheader split, the Dodgers still led the Braves by 13½ games. The Dodgers collapse in 1951 was still a recent memory for the fans as their team headed into the final week of July and out west for another 12 game road trip. It was another week of .500 baseball for the Dodgers, but the difference between 1955 and 1951 was that there was no hot team surging toward the top of the standings this time and the team that was in second place for much of the season was in free fall.

And everyone's reactions at 12:38...!

"You don't have to pound the keys! Electricity does the work! You can make 15 copies! Available in pastel!" = a.k.a. email on a PC

Why would Cerf think they were going to have Lewis on two weeks in a row? Probably should have disqualified himself.

motorcycle cop- i am not a lawyer, so i could be wrong, but i beilvie you need the power of arrest to be considered a police officer. and a ticket s not a form of arrest. so, she is not a motorcycle cop. many people can fine you and issue tickets, such as building code enforcement, fire code violations, but those are not arrests. if you fail to comply then the cops arrest you. or, if the violation is sever enough, the fire chef, or whoever, can call the police to arrest you for a fire code violation that was a crime.

Anyone understand what Dorothy was getting at with her question about whether she ever went to sea? 28:21

Fred Allen,along with Groucho Marx and Steve Allen,were some of the greatest wits on television during that period.But Arlene and Bennett were also great.

I so love Arlene!

5:24 Either it's a cat or there's the sound of a baby babbling in the background lol

They KEEP making changes to this show. NOW they've changed the numbers on the flip board!

wow bonamine is really old

PROFESSIONAL WRESTLER MOTORCYCLE COP TESTS SEASICK PILLS

28:41 - Wait until the last 1967 episode 😉

On the cutting age of technology, a 70-year-old show still being shown with ads, please.

The lady wrestler looks like about 4 ppl I grew up with!

Does anyone remember if this female wrestler was ever on before? She looks familiar. I'm imagining no, because John would have mentioned it. Still, can't help feel like I've seen her somewhere.

At what ppoint in time, i.e., what year, did the episodes of What's My Line go to color anyway? I am guessing sometime back in the late 50's.

I wonder what the "Q" stood for ?

I'm going to get a Remington Electric. No more desktop or laptop computers and printers for me. :-)

The wrestler could not wait to get away from John Daley

You can really see john charles dalys' wig on this show, eh?

Every episode Bennett asks if it involves an animal that has ever been alive. 99% of the time he gets a no from the contestants. Just thought that was peculiar.

I'd rather see Robert Q. Lewis on ABC not CBS

1st contestant looks like Joanie Laurer

What is it with all the wrestlers?

In some perverse way, I guess it'is comforting to note that Americans were as ridiculously dog-mad in 1955 as they are in 2023.

What does Robert Q Lewis do for a living?

Wrestler looks the part-rough

Disgusting Bennett Cerf still mocking Hal Block.