I always love when Steve Allen's on

Leonard was great as an MG. I always enjoyed his sense of humor and that classic delivery. Unlike many mystery guests, he didn't really want the panel to guess him. Funny man.

Jack E. Leonard was one of the funniest mystery guests! His facial takes and quick wit were genius. Very good episode

Watching these "What's My Line" episodes from the mid-1960s, it really drives home how much of a revolution our culture went through in the late 1960s, with the sexual revolution, the hippie movement, the Vietnam War protests, the coming of age of the baby boom generation, and so on. If I compare these 1964 episodes of WML to episodes of Match Game 74, it feels like 30 or 40 years must have passed in between, though it was really only 10 years. The differences in humor, propriety, manners, clothing styles, set design, formality, music, and on and on are simply jarring. And yes, I know that they are two different shows, and that WML may have been a bit more formal than other game shows of the same era, while the 1970s Match Game was more of a free-for-all than other game shows of its era. But even taking those differences into account, it's still hard to believe that only 10 years passed between this show and MG74.

I like the way Jack E. Leonard mouths I love you to Arlene. He talks so fast also. Really funny.

I've been watching What'sMyLine on youtube almost every night for the past 4 years. I love Dorothy the most. She is just so sharp and fascinating. All the regular panellists and Mr. Daly I have grown to love and I get a sense of comfort just watching them play this simple yet very fun game. I often think about what ever happened to some of the contestants. I like the glimpses you get into a random persons life from that now long gone era. I'm 53 and so I do recall it being on television I didn't see it much if ever. I far more recall To Tell The Truth. I guess as a gay boy, that spectacular image of Kitty Carlisle was difficult to forget. But now I feel that What's My Line is much more exciting than TTTT. Thank you for the having these videos up to enjoy on KZfaq.

What a great show with wonderful people

John makes a faux pas at the end of the Norma Olmsted segment, when he says that she counts "males that are spayed..." Male dogs, of course, are not spayed; they are neutered. At the end, Bennett comes out with a good pun when he tells John that as fellow dog lovers, John calls "a spayed a spayed".

During the introductions Steve Allen said of Dorothy, "And now a young lady of whom it seems to be possible to safely say that it begins to appear that she has a steady job on What's My Line." Oh dear.

Recorded on December 13, 1964. First pre-taped episode with Johnny Olson saying "And now let's meet our What's My Line" panel", without the words "From New York".

And on the subject of Louis Jourdan, his episode that aired a week later after this, was taped on November 22, 1964. Johnny Olson was still saying "From New York" in his introduction for pre-taped episodes at that time.

Due to some of the questions being asked and how Leonard responded to them, made this another funny mystery guest segment.

According to what I found online, Norma Olmsted and her husband had a son, Robert, who died of cancer at age 49 in 2009. At some point Norma divorced Robert's father and reverted back to her maiden name. It would also appear that she is still alive.

Jack E Leonard was really enjoying himself!

Geez - Dorothy guessed all three including the poor young Santa Claus. The advantage was of course, that he got the full amount of $50.

24:32... Bennett: "John, from one dog lover to another, you certainly call a spayed a spayed!" [a spade a spade] (Laughter at the pained expression on John's face; then...) John: "It takes a lot to come back from one of those, but..."

I Love the reception Leonard got. He 'played' sort of a caustic character, but people really liked him. In times when he was just being himself, it seems that he had a good heart, and appeared to be very grateful for his success.

7:25 The first guest was the show's makeup artist. JD notes that before the guest became a makeup artist he was an actor who appeared on Broadway in "The Time of the Cuckoo," Arthur Laurents' mid 1950's play set in Venice that I believe starred Barbara Bel Geddes (I could have that wrong, as I am going on memory). The play was later the basis for the 1958 movie "Summertime" (Kate Hepburn), then the 1965 musical, "Do I Hear a Waltz" (Sondheim).

I wonder sometimes if the panelists pay attention to the previous answers. Bennett's guess of Jackie Gleason was belied by previous clues - for one thing he starred in his own regular series. Earlier it had been established that the MG didn't appear on a regular series and was only supporting when he did appear.

I always enjoyed his humor

Jack E Leonard was on the panel the day after I was born. As I recall he identified the mystery guest on that epoisode. Jane Powell. She sang for a living.

The Santa / actor said he was 21, which would put him born in 1943. An Internet search of Royce Caracappa has someone born in 1943 and die in 1976 (age 33)

You'd think she'd keep it a secret that her play went from Broadway to Paramus, NJ in a few weeks

Alas, a little research reveals that lovely Royce died at the tender age of 33, in 1976.

The first challenger must have had quite an imagination and the ability to transmute matter if he "makes up the What's My Line? panel"!

Did he say a cartoon series for 5 MINUTES?! I can't see THAT lasting!

Usually, GSN cuts out the part where John says "From (sponsor's name here)" going into commercial.

Idea: John Daly should have put himself on as a mystery guest. He could switch between his own voice and a "disguised voice".. that would have been fun.. the panel would never have guessed him

This must have been the very first WML I was allowed to stay up and watch. Bedtime must have been before 9 for a 12 year old.

Wow ...during Jack Leonards appearance Arlene tossed out the comment (as to not waste a question) "you cant be Santa" because she was hoping for an audience cue or laughter to whether she was close or right. . Then she did it again by saying you cant be Johnny Carson....again not asking it as a question. Bennett did it too...saying to Arlene with no conference caled........Milton Berle, Red Buttons etc. It just struck me as slightly sneaky or desperate lol

When Arlene asked if he was slim and good looking that gave it away!

RE: Arlene's comment about that young dishy Lord and Taylor store Santa. I will bet that she always got what she wanted for Christmas. ho ho ho

On the next episode to be posted here, Louis Jourdan returns.

Wow - that Dorothy Kilgallen was smart; she figured out the dog taxes.

Dorothy knows the questions to ask..

According to an interview with Jayne Meadows, in the early days of the Goodson-Todman panel shows, the female panelists were responsible for their own makeup, hair styling and wardrobe. Jayne noted that she was not that successful in show business when she was chosen to be a regular panelist on "I've Got a Secret". She ran out of gowns to wear by the third show and realized she would go broke if she had to buy a different gown to appear every week. So she persuaded Goodson-Todman to arrange for gowns to be provided for the female panelists in exchange for the store getting a plug. But presumably the women would continue to do their own hair and makeup. The presence of a makeup artist for WML on this episode indicates that at some point the show was profitable enough that the ladies no longer needed to be concerned with these details.

The dog counter lady is hubba hubba hubba.

The last guy Royce who works as Santa Claus looks like Jim Carreys doppelganger

I wonder if this fabulous Mr X was not only responsible for the panelists' makeup, but also for the flamboyant hairdos of Dorothy?... :-))

The reason Jack was not a motion picture star is because 70mm had yet to be developed. Shockingly, In 1973 he collapsed shortly after finishing a performance at the Rainbow Room in New York City, and died the next day at the age of 63 after undergoing emergency cardiac bypass surgery. At the time of death, due to dieting, Jack was down to 105 pounds.

So Arlene's show, "Beekman Place," went from Broadway to Paramus, NJ?

taxes on dogs? good grief

"...are you slim and good looking?" Jackie Leonard NOT. I loved him when I was a kid.

The panelists were impeccably dressed unlike the bums we have today

16:05 Was that Jayne Meadows' distinctive laugh I heard in the audience?

Dorothy, with mask askew, was always going to identify Jack Leonard

Those dimples on Royce.

Was Jack a semi-regular on Jack Paar's weekly show? I know he showed up quite often on the late night show.

Somebody not show up?

What's with Dorothy's hair?

Before Rickels it was Jack.

Santa looks like Jim Carey's brother.

Second contestant. I have this image -- 23, 24, 25, 26 . . .oh wait that's a cat.

Why was that first encounter weird? Then it got better. Also, do you have hiccups? 😂

Pushing the Kellogg’s like it was the Pfizer of the time.

Would you say that 75% of Jack's comedy was delivery and timing other than actual content. I mean if you listen to what he actually says, it ain't that funny. But it's the way he says it.

You paid taxes on dogs, unreal!

male dogs are neutered, not spayed, John Daly.

I wonder if they're all going to lie about what a wonderful Christmas they had, next week

I love this show, but doesn't the panel overdo it a bit w/ their wardrobe? They're dressed for a state dinner while playing 20 questions.

Jack was not really funny...like his descendant, Don Rickles. He was sharp, had great timing and was fun to watch. But when I've seen him, he relies so much on his regular shtick which starts with a wise-acre remark and devolves into his patented mumble. I like Fat Jack. But he's no Don Rickles

Jesus. What on earth does she have on her hear. Looks like a dead bird.

The panelists were impeccably dressed unlike the bums we have today