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I LOVE the old black and white game shows! They were before my time, but still love them! Seemed like a much more wholesome time than what we have now, sadly.

I was fortunate enough to see Mantle play in person once, in his final season. He was relegated to first base due to the bad knees, and I was only a nine-yr-old, so I didn't appreciate the significance. I do remember his arms. The guy had biceps like tree trunks.

I witnessed Carton Fisk & Big Papi hit homeruns over 660 feet at Fenway Park in Boston.

Mickey Mantle, Roger Maris and Ted Williams and many others didn’t have to tank up on steroids to hit the ball and falsely claim to break the record. What a sham they are these days.

@@richardmilliken8705 naww I don't think ANYBODY'S ever hit one that far. The record books say mantle hit 1 565 in Washington at Griffith stadium

@@richardmilliken8705 You were drunk

+jonny chingas Someone did (at least some of them); I can't imagine its being for anyone other than mystery guests, of course. They do occasionally show up for sale. I seem to recall hearing about one a few months ago appearing on E-bay and bringing several hundred dollars--sorry, but I don't remember whose. Dali's ought to be worth a LOT.

+jonny chingas They actually weren't blackboards; they were poster boards, so they could have (and should have) been saved for posterity. Yes, the mind boggles at how much these autographs might be worth!

Some indeed were saved and occasionally are on e-bay....

Some networks didn't even save most shows. NBC wiped tons of videotape in the '60s, deleting half of Johnny Carson's career. Videotape was very bulky in those days.

Do not buy any WML boards ! They are 99.9 percent fake

my mom anddand are in their 70s and loved this sho.my favourite 1 is the with tab hunter.

+Vickie Harris my gaydar was going off, was yours?

Spider Bug i didn't say it mattered, i said it was somewhat obvious.

+tomitstube Scroll down this comment thread to this channel creator's remarks in reply to this matter, and read it!

+archraskal i read your comment and i agree with it, many people are hard to read... many gay people aren't obvious.... you seem to think that because i think the man is gay it automatically makes me a bigot. and i never said "gaydar" was scientific, or proof of anything, it's an intuition, an observation that of course could be wrong, it's just something i surmised about his demeanor, many gay people have traits that give them away, that's why they're gay, but yeah i could be wrong, i was simply asking someone else if they saw the same things i did. i wasn't insulting him, i've been called gay for one reason or another and laughed about it, sometimes i'll go along with it for fun. it would appear you are the one who read something that wasn't there.

But they did not guess one single occupation :/

That was before he drank himself to death.

So. . . watch them in chronological order. The entire available series-- more than was ever rerun-- is posted on this channel, with chronological playlists for just the purpose you mentioned! :)

I watch them in chronological order.

@@WhatsMyLine I'll have to do that. Thanks VERY much for the info.

Yes, I also watch one a day. While on my treadmill 😊

cool!

norelco pc Mick was THE MAN.

Ted Williams was the god

I envy you. A lot!

At 13, my 1st game, '67, Anaheim, Mantle homered! Best thing I ever saw.

It’s worth a fortune

No, you do not have a baseball- you have (according to the inimitable Mr Cerf) a "manipulated spheroid" It's a good thing the panelists appearance fees weren't derived on a per-spoken-word rating...Bennett Cerf was so verbose, he could have purchased CBS outright!

Bambi Harris ~ I totally agree!!! ❤️

He was amazing, in the top three of all the ones I’ve seen.

Yes! She seemed over the moon to be on the show. I'd like to imagine that What's My Line kept her company during those long shifts at the lighthouse.

What a happy beautiful soul she is 😊

@M That's wonderful. Now, stay offa baseball diamonds for your games.

What did you get signed?

As soon as he said his first, 'yup ', I knew they'd guess him. Iconic.

yeah but at the time he was just mickey mantle 1952 all star.

As a 12 year-old, my little league from Newark NJ took us to Yankee Stadium the day before Mickey Mantle Day. We thought, since he was retiring, that he was old & was ready to...die. I'm now twice his age & I realize our misconception...lol. By the way; Yankee Stadium was a dump back then. It was old & decrepit....even to us kids.

Speak for yourself,pipe dreamer

@@joeambrose3260 Watch your mouth, punk. Or you'll get a steel toed boot jammed up your ass.

In Boston, we still consider Ted "Ballgame" Williams to be the greatest Hitter of All-time! Ted was a WWII Fighter Pilot and he also involved in Combat in the Korean War. No Wars, and Ted Williams breaks all of Babe Ruth's Homerun Records and all of Ty Cobbs Hitting records. Ted lost almost 6 years in his prime because of his military service. Teddy was a world class fisherman & hunter.

@@richardmilliken8705 u left out world class asshole that he was also

For you, maybe...

and one of the most intelligent men ever on TV.

Steve Allen had a special kind of genius.

I started watching 'The Tonight Show' when he was the host. Fun times. Superb talent extreme in ALL his works, well done Steve.

Arlenes beauty was spectacular 😊

Too bad the gambit writer(s) didn’t give up the gambit and start writing a few interview questions for John to use with each mystery guest. Interviewing was not one of John’s talents.

No, he also contributed looking very handsome.

He probably was the person who trained the bagpipe performers in the Army Band that played John F. Kennedy's funeral in 1963.

Not surprised, bagpipes, govt. bureaucraps.. they all blow.

@@robertsprouse9282 Ha Ha Ha, and so TRUE to this day.

@@robertsprouse9282 Except when you need help or money. Then you don't mind, I bet.

@@clash5j dimaggio was an overrated bum

@@clash5j Dimaggio was a wife beater.......

Arlene was only 6 years younger than Bennett? Wow! I thought she might be younger than that.

Interesting observation.

Another wanna be mathematician

@@joeambrose3260 Alright then smart guy, show your work. Don't talk shit if you're not going to bother backing it up.

@@md_vandenberg It's a troll (and a jackass). Don't feed it.

Saved me the trouble of looking it up myself!

Didn't have to raise a sweat on the show, may be just as well.

Wow! So cool! Thanks.

Thanks for the re-cap, Dick Young

Even though I was born on 1960, I do remember the names.

What IS leg make up? Do women still use it?

@@marcschneider4845 or Steve Allens ☺

I thought so too! He seemed to really enjoy himself!! 👏👏

@@marcschneider4845It’s like marke up, apparently according to hypolyxa7207 … wtf?

How do you live your life to the fullest?

That Oklahoma draw of his was just too thick to hide.

Based on the chatter immediately afterwards, there seemed to be some question as to how this person worked for the government. Apparently, even though he trained Army band members, he wasn't a member of the U.S. Army himself. He gave a no answer when Steve Allen asked him if he wore a uniform (and that would include a band uniform).

My first thought was exactly the same as Dorothy's. "Who the hell would he instruct in the government to play bagpipes?" And Lois makes a good point, I would think he'd have to wear some kind of uniform-like garb even as a civilian. A kilt would've counted imo. I think John Daly was caught up in having too much fun stumping the panel.

@@NoobsShadow If he was only instructing others in how to play the bagpipes and never actually marching or performing with the Army bagpipe players, then he probably wouldn't have had to wear a costume. And even if he sometimes performed with them wearing a kilt or something, I think that counts more as a costume than a uniform, and Steve specifically used the word "uniform."

By "shortest" you must mean "most quickly guessed." Though he hunched down over the desk, Mantle was a six-footer. I misread your question at first and started thinking of short people like Mickey Rooney (5'2") and Gloria Swanson (5'1") as well as child actors like Eddie Hodges.

Cerf should've recused himself.

MerleOberon - I thought that $50 was probably worth a lot more than it would be today. Yeah, a really fun time in the city.

Plus , I believe they got a $ 500 appearance fee

Eddie Schantz Absolutely agree, I'm surprised it lasted as long as it did.

Eddie Schantz ~ I agree as well.

It eliminated the need for the guest to shake hands afterward. Six of one half a dozen of the other, if you ask me.

I agree but by this stage they just walked over and one of them looked at their hands. It’s far less annoying than when they used to make them turn around and touch their toes. And they were entertaining in their guesses, at least.

By ‘hysteria’, do you mean ‘rational response to a deadly pandemic’?

Any cards worth millions i f you still have them?

I was almosyt 1 [yeaR OLD] when this aired years ago.

I came along a couple of years later ... which is appropriate, since my parents were married on the day this was broadcast, and I'm their second child.

And you'd have a better chance at "leg makeup"?

@@LarsRyeJeppesen LOL!

I was waiting for Steve or Bennett to riff on "light housekeeping" versus "lighthouse keeping" but they missed their chance.

Dig it up.......

I want that blindfold that looks like a thong …

It could be argued Mantle was a legend from Day One as a major leaguer. He started with the Yankees as a teenager, skipping the minor leagues altogether, and his devastating home runs were already big news. In fact, the phrase "tape measure home run" got started with the 565 foot homer alluded to by Bennett Cerf. Mantle's potential was so highly regarded, he got paid an exorbitant salary for a rookie at that time: $7500! (It's too bad that Cerf, obviously a big baseball fan, immediately guessed his identity - Mantle probably could have used the $50!)

It's my guess the guy was originally from Glasgow!

Taking amphetamines was also an accusation against him when hungover from the night before.

@GIARCO SERROT Either that or she's got a headache.

Dorothy Is ok , but can get on my nerves sometimes

Sounds exactly how my grandmother would tell me about watching him back in the mid to late fifties and even into the sixties watching with my grandfather and her father in law watching him on a black and white tv in the rec room

@@christophermaine4085 MM didn't have to take STEROIDS to hit the ball !!!!!!!

Yeah he was mine too. Until i learned that #21 in my home town of Pittsburgh, was a real man, and #7 was only a shadow of a man. Live and learn!

@@bradkirsch368 The Great Roberto was indeed a tremendous a ball player and an outstanding human being. I'd be happy to have both him and the Mick in my outfield.

Timothy Hughes She always seemed like a woman who really liked men.

That may be so, but once she started speaking in her somewhat blazé style, with odd things happening with the vowels, a large portion of the charm was gone. The actress playing her role in the WML spoof from 1964 caught that absoluuuuuutely wonderfully: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/gaxhiNaV39yugGw.html

@MANCHESTER UNITED bunch o limp legged jessies

@MANCHESTER UNITED Who cares Americans are not into that sissy sport. Also Americans don't riot when one team loses a game.

@M You must know that many of us are here, because we like baseball and are fans of one of the greats, Mickey Charles Mantle. Why the sour grapes? You like soccer. Big deal.

Mickey had only completed one full major league season and was only 21 years old at the time of the filming of this episode. Sure he had a good year in 1952, but as I said it was his only fully season at this point and time and nobody would have any idea at this time that he would become the famous player he'd turn into. Also you may under estimated the hand he got since Bennett mentioned what a big ovation he received.

+Jeff Vaughn Actually, Mantle was being touted as the next great Yankee superstar before he played in his first major league game with the Yankees. He didn't see any action when he was called up to the big club at the end of the 1950 season, but in the following Spring Training, Casey Stengel's eyes bugged out at Mickey's power and speed. Immediately, Mickey was turned over to Tommy Henrich to teach him how to play outfield. Power hitters in those days played outfield or the corner infield positions (and occasionally behind the plate), but rarely shortstop. Besides, starting shortstop Phil Rizzuto was still in the prime of his career in 1951 (he was AL MVP the previous season). 19 year old ballplayers rarely make their team's major league roster. Not only did Mantle do that with a two-time defending World Championship team, his receipt of a low number as a rookie was even more unheard of. To the Yankees equipment manager, it was simple logic. The three greatest players in Yankees history up to that time were Babe Ruth (#3), Lou Gehrig (#4) and Joe DiMaggio (#5). As their presumed successor, he assigned Mantle the next number in succession (#6), taking the number away from a seasoned player by the name of Bobby Brown (a World Series batting star many times, future cardiologist and eventually interim President of the Texas Rangers and then AL President for 10 years). Yes, #6 was Mantle's first number when he started playing for the Yankees in 1951. Cliff Mapes had worn #7 since 1949, his second season with the Yankees. When he was traded to the St. Louis Browns on July 31, #7 was briefly given to Bob Cerv who had just been called up from the minors to replace Mapes on the roster. Mantle had been sent down to the Yankees minor league team in Kansas City to get him straightened out due to a slump and he was still there when Mapes was traded. When they recalled Mick later in August and sent down Cerv, Mickey (who didn't like #6), was given #7 (which apparently suited him just fine - and yes, I saw the pun as I was typing it). A history footnote: Mapes was the last Yankee to wear #3 during his rookie season in 1948. The number was retired after Babe Ruth died that year. So Mapes wore two numbers during his Yankee career that eventually were retired because they were the numbers associated with Yankee superstars.

Lois Simmons Jesus, Lois, for a broad you sure know your baseball!

Joe Postove LOL Let's just say that I had an unusual upbringing for a "broad". (Did I stumble into "Guys and Dolls"?) That includes the fact that I had a brother (my only sibling) who was five years older than me who I both looked up to and competed with. He was a fanatic Dodger rooter in childhood and even for a number of years after they moved to LA (and I still root for them). We hated the Yankees, but it was nothing compared to what we felt towards the Giants. (I can't even bring myself to root for the Giants in football.) The biggest traumatic moments of my childhood had to be: 1) Being kept home by my mom when I was three years old because I had "sniffles" and couldn't go with my dad and brother to a game at Ebbets Field in 1956. The next year, we all went to a game between the Dodgers and Giants at the Polo Grounds and the Dodgers won (yay!). It was the next to last game played between the two teams in NYC so I never got to see a game at Ebbets Field. 2) The Dodgers move to LA. 3) The Dodgers lose in the 9th inning of the third game of a tie-breaker playoff (again!) against the Giants in 1962 and I have to watch a World Series between the Giants and the Yankees. It was never a matter of who I wanted to win. It was a matter of who did I want to lose more. (I never did decide.) My dad was also a sports fan and a Dodger fan. Not only did he take me to my first Dodger game, he took me to my first NHL game at the third Madison Square Garden (8th Avenue between 49th and 50th Streets) between the Rangers and the Red Wings back in the days when there were only 6 NHL teams. (I remember going down a long metal outdoor fire escape to get from our seats to street level at the end of the game.) My mom hated football. But she liked watching the boys and young men play baseball in the park when she was growing up. And after she and my dad married, he would have her listen to the Dodger games on the radio so she could tell him what happened when he got home from work. And she fell in love with the Dodgers first radio announcer, Red Barber. So I grew up with the Dodgers from my earliest days. Supposedly a baby in the womb is able to hear sounds at about 18 weeks of development. That would have been June of the 1952 baseball season. I was an early talker (surprised?) and among the first words I spoke were Old Golds and beer. Old Golds was the Dodgers cigarette sponsor and every team had a beer sponsor in those days, too. (The Dodgers had Schaefer, probably too difficult for me to pronounce at that age.) I learned to read, do arithmetic and a lot of U.S. geography from sports. It wasn't long after I could do long division that I could figure out a batting average or won-lost percentage. And ERA meant Earned Run Average, not Equal Rights Amendment. Growing up, I was in plenty a pick-up game, whether stickball, touch football or ice hockey. Going to a small private school, I was able to play and letter in baseball (4 years), ice hockey (goalie - 3 years), soccer (1 year) and cross country (1 year). And in college (Cornell) I was the team manager for track & field and cross country all four years. I got to meet a number of Olympians (at least one who won gold), a winner of the Boston Marathon, and saw the stadium at Oxford where Roger Bannister ran the first sub 4 minute mile. I even tried to get a job in sports publicity or writing when I graduated from college. But I didn't have the skills to sell myself and push for it in those days. I only contributed to one book on baseball in that short career. And I have other reasons. But that is more a matter of IGAS than WML. A woman has to have some things that are private and an air of mystery!

Lois Simmons I like the idea of baseball more than I like the game (even though my family is filled with athletes...and my Uncle Harry was a long time major league scout). I enjoy the stories and the drama of the teams and the players (have you ever read "Even The Browns"? It is about this totally luckless team that finally won a pennant (in the midst of WWII when most players were overseas or playing for service leagues) and stayed in St. Louis for 52 years despite having to compete with the Cardinals AND sharing the same ballpark. It is a great book about a team that somehow made it through all adversity (though they were a contender early in the 20th Century). They were the original gimmick ball team, having a one armed player for a season, and putting a midget up to bat (tiny strike zone) to excite the team. That's what I like most about baseball. I used to go to American Legion games with my Dad in the summer as he "bird dogged" for my uncle. I enjoyed going out for dinner with my Dad, and being with him. But the game, well I pretty much ignored.

epaddon his drinking was partly due to him trying to deal with the constant pain in his knee which he got the 1st yr in the majors & caused problems in other areas & still had the career he did

+orgonko the wildly untamed It may be hard to believe but it shows just what kind of an athlete the young Mantle was! Before he stepped into an open drain in the outfield and forever damaged his knee he was the FASTEST person ever timed from home plate to first base!!

+epaddon great ball player, not the sharpest knife in the drawer...

Never say a person squandered their life. It was not yours to live nor reap your enjoyment from except what they want to give. Mickey was made to feel like shit by fans

he squandered nothing, for 10 years straight he was the best ballplayer on the planet . Kubeck said it best "we always thought we would win because we had Mickey and they didn't"

It was imperative to show that the show was 100% legit....Daly got to flipping all the cards in later games, but in early games he stuck to the $5 or $10 prize

soulierinvestments ...p/s, it’s ‘Rizzuto’..:)

Phil Razuto lived in my building, he never told me he was on TV

They have several times

+Jamie Campos Are you that crazy girl in the movie, "The natural"?

Definitely.

At least he wasn’t pissed up for a change …

Anything is possible, but virtually every episode in circulation is in circulation because GSN reran it at least one, as with this Mickey Mantle show. The Ty Cobb episode has never been seen since its original airing, unfortunately. Certainly one of the most painful episodes to be lost, given its historic importance.

+Lava1964 He was barely on the episode. He only said one word!

+Christopher Burns I counted seven "yeps" and a "thank you."

What's My Line? Is there a list of mystery guests that are 'lost'? And a list of those that should have done an episode but never did? Monroe? James Dean?

I read they're recreating the Cobb show with a hologram

Joe Postove It was live. It was also the only version to feature Marlon Brando and Marlene Dietrich.

Do you know how long it lasted, Vahan. And since there is one at "archives.org" I'll check it out. Thanks!

Joe Postove May 20, 1952-July 1, 1953.

***** I'm curious if you know, if the regular tv panel also appeared on the radio version? Thanks!!

Jeffrey Crippen Same cast.

Exactly! That appeared on some of the later sets of cards even more clearly. I remember it being discussed, but whether it was mentioned on the program itself or just in these KZfaq comments I do not now recall.