Very interesting and she was so beautiful !!!

Have you seen the 2002 movie AUTO FOCUS, starring Greg Kinnear and Willem Dafoe? Interesting film about Bob Crane and his untimely demise. Worth watching once, anyway.....

As I understand it his roommate killed him. They were both swingers and the roommate used Crane to get women. Crane got tired of being used and was going to part ways. The roommate got mad and killed him. Crane had a sordid private life but that was his business and he never harmed anyone. His daughter loved him, she said he was a great father. I felt sorry for her because he was murdered.

@@jmccracken1963 A really good film. Kinnear was impressive, as Crane.

​@@jmccracken1963 excellent movie!!!!!

It was a very popular show, with Emmy nominations and wins as well.

It amazes me that so many people don't understand the reasons for only one chair.

Marcus Oh-really-yes ......Really? We don't get that show over here in the UK. Not that I watch TV anymore anyway, I hasten to add. I just remember George Segal in 1970s comedy movies.

@@davidsanderson5918 ... I enjoy "The Goldbergs," mostly for the actress who plays the mom and the actor who plays the oldest son, Barry (who both are so over the top sometimes and really quite self-centered and often annoying. To me, the mom is not quite as comically annoying as Patricia Routledge as Hyacinth Bucket in "Keeping Up Appearances" ... but almost. :-) But then by the end of the episode, they realize their bad actions and apologize and swear to turn over a new leaf ... only to act the same self-indulgent way in the next episode. LOL). George Segal has a supporting role as the cool maternal granddad, whom the grandkids go to for advice, especially the younger brother, Adam. It's based on a real-life boy/man named Adam Goldberg, the writer-producer ... who bases his storylines on real-life events and people that he encountered in middle school and high school in the 1980s. And at the end of each episode, there's always a snippet of Adam's real-life 1980s-filmed camcorder footage that relates to that episode's plot. ... George was also really fun in the 1990s-2000s sitcom "Just Shoot Me," about a New York City fashion magazine.

He just recently passed away

I agree! One of my favorite films.

Not alive anymor3

Yes. In a "Tonight Show" appearance in which he played his banjo (mid to late 70s, I guess), Johnny Carson remarked to George about his "fooling around on the banjo." And George responded (pretending to be mildly offended): "John, I do not regard my work on the banjo as 'fooling around.' "

The next year, Dallas and Green Bay met again in the playoffs (the famed "Ice Bowl") and the Packers won, 21-17.

Was her middle name ‘likes’?

'God never forgave me for Phyllis Newman'. Lol.

Ewwww....

Died recently; now with God! Blessings to the GREAT Orson Bean !!!!!

@@benlujan288 Bean was hit by a car. Two people on the show killed by other people.

Jerry Van Dyke, reportedly, almost got the role of George the Handyman in the "Bob Newhart" series.

Jerry would have been good. Poston was great. And if indeed Poston's finale appearance was in "Suite Life" -- well, he could have done worse.

One of the sweetest things was when he and Suzanne Pleshette married late in life, and then great sadness, when both died not too long after they married.

Me too gwal 💅

she only missed by a year in 67 Green Bay beat Dallas 21-17 in the icebowl.

Thank you! Saved me looking it up 😎

If only the Packers had missed one of the field goals. I wonder what her prediction was for the Super Bowl.

RIP but he creeps me out

​@Bigbadwhitecracker Nah this is the only time he creeped me out 9:56

Used to have a drinking game when she would say "Vikings by 3." Happened frequently in the 80's. Got a decent spread for the '66 NFL title game, too. Packers won by 7.

Joe Postove He made a Mystery Guest appearance as one of the Goodson-Todman hosts on July 16, 1967, and as a solo MG on the Syndicated revival in 1969 (the latter was his final television appearance before his death).

Considering how skinny Bud Collyer was, it's a bit of a disconnect to think of him as the radio voice of Superman. Of course the audience couldn't see him, but what about public appearances to promote the show? And of course I'm prejudiced as to the best Superman ever, since Christopher Reeve was my classmate at Cornell (although I never met him, we undoubtedly passed by each other at some point since he lived one dorm away from me during freshman year).

Well... at least the first three anyway.

@@Walterwhiterocks True. Peggy Cass was an odd and seemingly stereotypical character. But, she was not stupid or uncultured. She just never wore off her rough edges to present herself in a more polished manner. In some ways, she was culturally a more abrasive, diehard version of Dorothy Kilgallen, though I do not know about her deductive abilities or her grit. In other ways she was a different version of Fran Drescher, who probably could have done something with her vocal tones and range to make it easier to listen to her and not ignore what she has to offer, share, inform us about. Possibly too easy to dismiss talents who remain rough-hewn forever. It would be my sad inclination to agree with you. Though we may both be quite wrong about her.

+Gary Zerr You are referring to Angelique Pettyjohn who played the part of Shahna in that episode of "Star Trek" from its second season. She also played Charlie Watkins in "Get Smart", a male agent who was supposedly cleverly disguised as a woman (all they did was overdub a male voice at times when she talked). By coincidence, Angelique had some scenes with Bob Crane in a 1969 episode of "Love American Style". There is some resemblance, helped by the similarity in hair style. Mrs. Cox was less voluptuous and had a stronger chin. I also think that Mrs. Cox had prettier eyes that sparkled. It seemed to me that Ms. Pettyjohn suffered from a bit of strabismus: her eyes sometimes looked like they weren't focused or looked in different directions.

Steve27775 She wasn't far off by looks either, but I didn't like "Colonel Hogan's" "funny" hints in his questions to her. Not more "funny" than Sinatra's fixation on alcohol in a previous episode.

SuperWinterborn Bob Crane was a pretty terrible panelist overall. Definitely in the lower tier of guest panelists over the years.

Given the things he was allegedly into, not surprising. A creepy guy all around. Don't like him.

Thank you

@@WhatsMyLine WOW

"Hogan's" had a run of six seasons. That's huge in prime time TV.

Say no more! I can imagine what it was even though I have never heard of it... :)

Greg Kinnear portrayed Bob Crane in the 2002 film "Auto Focus", based on Crane's path to his ultimate demise.

Watch Crane on "Password" sometime when he is partnered with a pretty young girl. I can see his eye twirling as he think of how to ask her out. He was a fleshman.

But millions of Password viewers didn't know that in the 1960s. You are mixing up a fun game show with information that a murderer encouraged people to discover in 1978. People have done a very similar blurring of boundaries when they have commented on the January 8, 1961 episode of What's My Line? They say Joan Crawford's body language proves she physically abused her two adopted daughters who are seen with her on - camera during her mystery guest segment. Hogwash.

I remember that Crawford-daughter appearance: I do not remember much in the way of domestic hints. I have not seen Crane on Password.

No. George Segal's facial complexion was clear and smooth and not like a gravel pit.

To Tell the Truth was on prime time starting in the late 50's / early 60's. Dick Van Dyke was a panelist on the original pilot episode and Mike Wallace hosted just the pilot. Then Bud Collyer became the host on prime time and he also hosted daytime.

RIP Orson Bean

Before which, on Sunday, 1 January 1967, Green Bay beat Dallas for the NFL Championship. Final Score: Green Bay 34, Dallas 27. (The game was played at Dallas that year.) The following year's NFL Championship game was the famous "Ice Bowl" game played at Green Bay, which the Packers did win by 4 (21-17).

@kenp3L I thought he was asking about the NFL Championship game, for which @jmccracken1963 provided details above. Amazing and impressive how close she was with her prediction. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1966_NFL_Championship_Game

A great and versatile actor. I absolutely love the 1977 (original) version of "Fun With Dick and Jane".

I was scared when you wrote "The Goldbergs". I was thinking, "is nothing sacred" I'm glad it has nothing to do with Gertrude Berg.

He was also with Ben Gazzara in the film, Bridge at Remagen.

I've Got a Secret because of Betsy Palmer and To Tell the Truth because of Polly Bergen. I have a crush on both. I have never heard of The Name's the Same.

+Johan Bengtsson Funny you should ask the question on this particular episode because my answer is "none of the above". I would pick "Family Feud" (also a Goodson-Todman production) when it was hosted by Richard Dawson, Bob Crane's co-star on "Hogan's Heroes". Dawson is the only person I would rate higher than John Daly as a host of a game show. He was personality plus and he had great rapport with both the contestants and the announcer, Gene Woods. And as far as kissing the female contestants, I never saw one object and I saw episodes where he didn't kiss a female contestant. So I think it was safe to presume that they were asked beforehand whether they would object. (Alas, I will never have the opportunity to be kissed by Richard Dawson.) Number 3 would be "Password". The classic version of the game is the best of all of them, in part because it is much easier to play at home or a party. But on TV it can get repetitive and it suffers badly when there is a poor player, especially a celebrity who either isn't very good or who's humor destroys the pace of the game, or both. Some celebrities knew how to inject humor without breaking the flow, others did not. And while Allen Ludden was a very warm and likable personality, he also made a lot of errors pronouncing the names of contestants, keeping score, etc. I never sawa "The Name's the Same". I grew up watching IGAS and TTTT because for much of the time they were on earlier in the evening during my childhood. I preferred IGAS back them because I liked Betsy Palmer and Henry Morgan. Watching them now, I prefer TTTT when Orson Bean and Peggy Cass are on the panel because I liked the way they sparred and I also like the game better. The object of the secret for IGAS seems too vague to me now. The biggest drawbacks for me with TTTT are that I was never a big fan of Bud Collyer and Kitty Carlisle was someone I simply didn't like. I have no idea what type of person she was IRL. That was just my reaction to her.

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When I heard John Daly mention that Sue Cox was married to a pro football player and was prognosticating in Minneapolis, I immediately thought of Minnesota Vikings kicker Fred Cox. By the way: The Minnesota Vikings, coached by Norm Van Brocklin, finished 4-9-1, in a two-way tie for 6th place in the NFL Western Division with the Detroit Lions (whom the Vikings beat 28-16, at Detroit, on the afternoon of the day that this show aired). This was the last year of a 2-division NFL; the following year, the league split into 4 divisions (Capitol, Century, Central, and Coastal). And the Vikings would begin to string together winning seasons the following season (1968).

+jmccracken1963 Great minds think alike! I also immediately thought of Fred Cox, but then I wondered how she could predict games that her husband was playing in. Fred Cox (still alive as of 7/1/2019) is known for two things outside of his playing career: becoming a chiropractor and inventing the Nerf football. He played 15 seasons, all for the Vikings and is the second leading scorer for a career in NFL history behind George Blanda, which means he is #1 for players who scored all their points as a kicker. He was one of the last to kick straight on rather than soccer style.

Barry G "Rollercoaster?"

SaveThe TPC Which was partially filmed in my hometown of Norfolk, Virginia at Ocean View Amusement Park.

+SaveThe TPC Say what? (When I see "roller coaster", the Ohio Players immediately come to mind.) kzfaq.info/get/bejne/h9CKlbNylsmxeYk.html

He passed just a couple of days ago.

Mike Vanriel Phyllis Newman is still very much alive.

She died in September 2019 age 86.

One of Peggy Cass's last screen roles was in the pilot episode of "Major Dad" playing the civilian receptionist/office assistant to the Major. But she didn't continue in the role once the show was picked up by CBS.

The Hebrew Bible is written from right to left.... do you think that God and/or the author(s) was/were lefties?

Johan Bengtsson God had the world's biggest dicta-belt recording device. It records to small records for the girl to play the next day and from which she can type his letters.

Joe Postove How do you know all this?

Johan Bengtsson Gary told me.

Joe Postove Haha! :) Another unexpected answer! You are incredible. :)

soulierinvestments. Is he any relation to Steven Seagal?

To Putin's sycophant? No, thank God.

@@chaset16 Not in a million lifetimes.

And she passed away in late 2018

Phyllis gives me a boh-ner!

What fascinates me about "Hogan's Heroes" is that the part of Colonel Klink was played by Werner Klemperer, the son of the great conductor Otto Klemperer. Another acting son to a famous conductor was Karl-Heinz Böhm (son of Karl Böhm),

Gee, how many comedies are there about prisons?

Johan Bengtsson When "Hogan" premiered in 1965 it got a fair amount of criticism from the Jewish community and it's supporters for making light of a time when Jews and millions of others were being killed by the Nazis. My cousin, who is a survivor, and many Jews were appeased some when the program showed the Nazis as ridiculous bumblers and the humor was at their expense. Also several of the top cast were Jews who also went out of their way to explain that Hogan's Heroes was an example of American heroism and Nazi nincompoopsy (new word, already copyrighted, but you little fellers, go get a stick and I'll put some gravy on it for you).

Otto should have appeared on W

"Hogan's Heroes" was hilarious and when it aired originally, I thought it was very cool. I still do. I used to love it when Colonel Klink would threaten "I'll have you shot and sent to the Russian front!"

+Purple Capricorn Miss Phyllis was a great host on the panel. I loved her too Pretty, funny, smart all on her own.... No one on Earth will ever take the place of Miss Dorothy. She was What's My Line? Mr. Cerf, Miss Arlene and Mr. Daly are the resound this show was, is and will be (thanks to You Tube) going on for ever.

Edwin Rivera I was just saying the way Phyllis played the game was similar to Dorothy and I didn't like Dorothys gameplay.

Why? And please tell me why.

Edwin Rivera Dorothy was too serious and wasted a lot of time asking questions (usually the same question more than once) when she knows or has an idea of what the product or job was. It was annoying to me.

When something is annoying to me... I just stop looking at it and not complain