Such a great memory

That’s awesome!! 🥰

That is so cool !

I wonder what percentage Dorothy solved. She excelled at this show.

She was the reason I started watching this show. She was very bright and on some guests, she just hones in very methodically and quickly. The whole panel is excellent and they obviously enjoy each other and John Daly. What's My Line was filled with class!

Absolutely TRUE!! I LOVE Dorothy Kilgallen!!

And she's still right about the price of the turkey.

Yes, in '64 little Korean named Debbie that they adopted was killed in a bus accident in southern California, coming home from camp. Book written by mother Dale is called Angels Unawares, I think?

@@d.dorough"Angel Unaware" was about their daughter Robin, who was born with Down's Syndrome. At the time, the doctors advised them to have her "put away." :(

Dale’s book “Angel Unaware” was about her Downs Syndrome daughter (?). In the book due to the era in which it was written, ‘Mongoloid child’ was the term used to reference the baby’s malady. I read the book in the very early 1960’s & it has stuck with me all these many years - though I can’t recall the baby’s name.

My hero, Roy Rogers. I loved Dale Evans too! I love them both 60 years later! 🥰🥰👏👏

I have a copy

guyfihi Even those of us who didn't grow up in the fifties know and love the Roy Rogers films, shows, and songs. (I was born late nineties) He, Gene Autry, Dick Jones, Rex Allen, etc. they made the best movies IMO.

guyfihi I grew up in the 90s and I know the song and grew up knowing who Roy Rogers and Dale Evans were.

And ofc, Dale Evans wrote the song.

Very charming man.

I was impressed with the time he guessed the person as one of the members of his unit during WW2. David was Lt Colonel of an British Army. Incredible memory.

+moggs It was obviously impossible for you to kerb your enthusiasm!

They certainly had kerb appeal, Lois.

Mary, I hope you are not insinuating that only christians can be " very good people ". I also have " no doubt " where they are. They are deceased.

moggs, Roy & Dale were heart broken when their baby died. Dale wrote a book titled "Angel Unaware". It was a a best seller in the U.S. Dale and Roy credited their Christian faith for giving them the comfort and peace to survive this great loss of a child. Even in their sorrow, they both had so much joy and love for others. Dale spoke about their personal relationship with Jesus Christ in many interviews through the years. Glad you got to see Roy and Trigger in Swansea!

Hi Elizabeth. I wasn't aware of the loss of their baby. Feel sad for them even though they are no longer with us. They were mega stars at a time when that term was virtually unknown, and will live on in the memories of many people whose lives they touched. A local TV Channel has recently been showing Roy Rogers films, so I was able to relive the pleasure of seeing him astride Trigger again, after all these years. Incidentally, my mother's name was Elizabeth Morgan. She also lost a baby, at six weeks old. I came along some three years later, I never got to meet, or love, my big sister. I love the memory of her, however. You have a nice day, and take care of yourself. Best wishes from Swansea.

Cute.

FCC

What’s my line

That's so sweet! I had a pet chicken when I was a child. I loved Henny. But we never had anything close to the adventures you did!

Does the chicken have large talons.

I know! ! I still say she was murdered 100%.

I wish she wouldn’t butt in when it’s someone else’s turn.

Bit of a sweeping generalisation … now, Hank Williams …

So did Elton John, apparently … 😱

And Bullet

Boy, you scared me there for a minute about Rogers and Riverfront Stadium. Years ago investigators concluded that former Teamsters Boss Jimmy Hoffa is most likely buried in the end zone of Giants Stadium. For a second I was thinking, oh no, not Roy Rogers too buried in a sports stadium!

Roy was taken to and given a tour of the then-new Riverfront Stadium in Cincinnati in the early 1970s. After walking around the outside of it studying it’s position in regard to the Ohio River, he then went inside and studied it as well. He then turned to his tour guide and stated, I was born very close to 2nd base…”

Learned that lovely penmanship in Ohio schools!

narniagirl 4ever It’s part of the engaging entertainment so I don’t mind.

To be fair it would be bizarre to have a glamourous star not come on to cheers and whistles of distinct approval. The uproarious cheers narrow it down from executive people to well-loved entertainers but those are legion. The wolf whistles mean it's not Hitchcock. But tonight for instance the whistles for Roy Rogers sound the same as they would for a sportsman or indeed Doris Day! So I don't think it helps the panel massively. Admittedly though it's a shame when they cheer during someone's off-the-cuff comment. On the other hand I like the way a certain type of audience reaction directs the thinking of say, Dorothy or Bennett. MY main beef with the show is that they take advantage of booking some star who happens to be in town but often it turns out that the panel either know who's in town or they've had contact with them. Last week Bennett had been on the phone to the guest's wife before the show which is just too close for comfort really!

It sure was a different world.

and white

Andrew Clayterman that's bull crap and you know it Andrew! Have you never heard of Sammy Davis jr., Sidney portier, Ella Fitzgerald, Lena Horne, Duke Ellington, Nat King Cole, and other great well respected black performers from this era! They were just as articulate and respectful as these whities that you talked about! You better look in the mirror because you're a racist and should change your ways!

Had the pleasure of seeing Roy Rodgers & Dale Evans frequently when I used to live in Victorville, California. Wonderful couple. Their museum was fascinating.

@@andrewclayterman6230 That may have been true in general, but this show was way ahead of it's time. They had many people of color on this program.

She dug too deep.☹️

She was brilliant reporter who was about to reveal facts in a conspiracy then found dead in her home.

@@bondyebeniw9183 She was found dead in her home. But I am glad you did not state as a fact that she was murdered.

@@preppysocks209 It’s pretty much fact.

Both would be over 100 years old by 2024.

Mr Nevin? wtf?

Who?

He certainly was quite handsome and certainly not cute..... children are cute

@@stephenmaniloff8493 - I beg to differ. David Niven certainly was cute, along with Rex Harrison and many of my fellow college students of the male persuasion.

@@stephenmaniloff8493 Joseph Gordon-Leavitt is cute as hell, and he's not a child.

Much like myself, actually … 🤵‍♂️

Nashville Tennessee Indeed, the panel in interviews said that they felt very competitive and liked to win!

Are you on a diet of pure corn?

His theater in Branson was seriously in debt and his kids had to sell stuff off to settle that debt and settle Roy and Dale's estate.

And I love how in the background you can hear her say "It's cheeper than steak" I rolled laughing 🤣

gooberzmom Very much.

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Yes yes yes, ive always thought it so.

They're both part Native American.

Now that you mention it...

This was one of a number of episodes where Arlene chose an unattractive jacket to wear when she came out on stage. Invariably, as was the case this time, when she shed it, it revealed a very lovely gown.

I agree.

Elton John’s too …

Arlene cheated.

He's what we used to (proudly) call All-American.

I was just thinking the same thing; he was a stud.

Nelson Ricardo ~ I TOTALLY AGREE!!!

You've clearly forgotten the handsome garbage collector from earlier this same year.

@@kulturekritik9665 Perhaps. I have a vague recollection. Would you have the link to that episode handy, by any chance?

Okay, I don't get the joke either.

@@erichanson426 Arlene brilliantly anticipated that David was going to say "pluck", how he keeps a straight face as he says it I'll never know! Possibly a reference to the very easily spoonerised phrase "pheasant plucker", one slip with that one on air in the 1950s and you'd just about be banned for life.

RO DAY O...you know, like the street in Los Angeles. :D

I never realized people were trying to say ROW DEE OH when they said ROW DAY OH until I watched this show and heard New Yorkers say it. I always assumed rich CA's changed the pronunciation for their street because middle class peasants go to ROW DEE OH's and the rich shop on ROW DAY OH drive. the rich didn't want anyone to think they were going to a ROW DEE OH. besides, you can sell the same item for more on a street named ROW DAY OH then you can on a street named ROW DEE OH drive.

Nom De Plume - It is correctly pronounced "ro-day-o; it's Spanish.

- The pronunciation has nothing to do with one's social class or geography. The correct pronunciation is still ro-day-o.

@@shirleyrombough8173 - when speaking Spanish. But they were not speaking Spanish. My name is Michael. If i am introduced to a Spanish speaking person, my name is translated to Miguel.

Everyone knows that the calkboard is erased after the contestant sits down.

+JAY TERRY Right you are! Here's a commercial from 1953 for Lucky Strike cigarettes. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/gZ6nrNR6sL_VqJc.html Back in those days, every baseball team in NYC had a beer sponsor and a cigarette sponsor for their radio and TV broadcasts. I grew up a Dodger fan in a family of Dodger fans. Their games would have been on in our house from March to October. At one point before they left Brooklyn, Luckies was their cigarette sponsor. Before I was old enough to say the last word properly, I knew by heart the tag line of their commercial: "cleaner, fresher, smoother." Prior to Luckies, the Dodgers cigarette sponsor was Old Gold. One of the first group of words I strung together was "Old Golds and beer." So much for subliminal advertising. I have never smoked. And I gave up alcohol in 1986.

Smarm.

The panel was stumped many times over the years, yes. If you keep watching, you'll see some examples before too long. :)

Ann Southern stumped them: the “nein” lady. Very funny!

The announcer Johnny Olson stumped them. If you haven't seen the episode that he was the mystery guest, you should check it out. He's great!

The Roy Rogers Show ended the year before this episode.

519DJW Plus, remember the distinction that John made, that Roy Rogers appeared on film for TV, not live like this show.

I'm not clear what you mean-- are you referring to the fact that when one of the panelists gets really close to the right answer, the audience registers it's approval? The game is usually very close to over by the time the audience really gives anything away, in my opinion.

Yes, you're right, the game is close to being over, and it's an understandable reaction from the audience, but I still agree with Cortland that it's slightly (but only slightly) annoying in cases like this episode where it happens when the panel member is in the middle of listing everything she can think of that could fit.

Arlene was master at trying to solicit a reaction from the audience to help her guess the occupation. She did it often with with lots of success.

+Jeff Vaughn mmmm... I think you're right or she at least paid attention to audience sponsored clues I guess.

I once attended the performance of an episode of What's My Line in London (Shepherd's Bush). The audience was specifically asked to react loudly to any close guesses as well as any amusing comments.

Looks like someone will be canceled pretty quick..Ha

It would be smut and innuendo …

Is he related to Cagney or Billy Graham?

Rodeo is a Spanish word which is properly pronounced ro-Day-o. It is not affected to pronounce it correctly.