Surprised no mention was made of this, but there was a special relationship between Gobel and Fisher, as one might suspect by Eddie's warm greeting to Lonesome George. For two years they alternated as hosts of a variety show on NBC, and often turned up as a guest on each other's program.
This is the second appearance on the show for Col. Mary M. Rasmuson. She'd previously appeared under the name Mary Lou Milligan 5 years before on 2/3/57 with the same line. I guess she must have hit the "glass ceiling". Incidentally, both of these women retired from the service later this year.
I often feel the same way. You have gotten to "know" these folks on WML over the course of time watching the episodes, so it becomes easy to feel endeared to them. Because they were all so dynamic and kind and loving people, we can easily be drawn to their familial personalities.
That very night, Dorothy Kilgallen had considerable information about the extent to which Elizabeth Taylor had gone derelict on her marriage to Eddie. Fortunately, she kept it to herself here -- but not to her column. Debbie Reynolds once memorably referred to Eddie as "oh my faux pas." Any marriage that produced Carrie Fisher cannot be considered a complete failure.
They were young when married. They seemed happy at the start. Debbie was warned that Singers cheat by Frank Sinatra. He told her not to marry him. Agree about Carrie.
margaret They were just too different. One example: Debbie was proud of her thriftiness, even wearing homemade clothes. Eddie just thought she was cheap. Another: Eddie's antenna didn't pick up Debbie's humor and vice versa. Another: Maxine Reynolds, Debbie's pushy mother, got on Eddie's nerves. It was more than just infidelity. This marriage was a publicist's dream, but two more different people would have been hard to find.
+soulierinvestments No one else commented on it in ~4 years, but I can't resist noting Debbie Reynolds' wonderful sense of humor in her take off on the title of a song that Eddie Fisher was famous for way back when pop songs like that were still the rage and rock and roll was just getting off the ground ... th-cam.com/video/KUwx6Lq_qI8/w-d-xo.html
This was the beginning of the end Taylor-Fisher marriage (her fourth, his second). The romance between Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton had begun during filming, Elizabeth and Eddie officially divorced on March 6th, 1964.
Oh school-tv. We had that also in Finland in the 70's and 80's. Sometimes our teacher put a tv on and we watched it. And sometimes when I was sick and not at school and bored I watched it. It was only about 1 or 2 hours between 9 and 11 am.
Winifred Quick Collins (November 26, 1911 - May 5, 1999) was Chief of Naval Personnel for Women in the United States Navy, and Director of the WAVES (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service) from 1957 to 1962. Col. Mary Louise Milligan Rasmuson (1911-2012) was posthumously inducted into the Army Women’s Foundation Hall of Fame March 11 for her leadership in creating new opportunities for women in the military, particularly women of color, as the fifth director of the Women’s Army Corps. After her 20-year military career, she retired in 1962.
HEY!! I NEED HELP! My great grandmother is Evelyn Rasmussen. She died before I was born. I was told by my father that she had an episode on this show. She built airplanes in World War 2. I heard from my father that she was small, so she worked in the areas where no one else could fit. Please, if you know anything about her, tell me. Im pretty sure this was before she got married, but after she got married her last name became Dilonardo. Thank you for reading this, even if you cant help.
Three things: 1.) At 20:39, Eddie Fisher looks like actor Ed Norton 2.) Best Dorothy hair-do (at least not a hair-don't 3.) That reducing machine-renter guy doesn't look like he's giving up the ghost on his hairline; that landing strip makes the top of his head look like a piggy bank.
@@lisal8984 During the production of the film Cleopatra in 1961, Elizabeth Taylor and co-star Richard Burton began an extramarital affair, which caused a scandal. Eddie had left Debbie Reynolds for Taylor, and she turned around and left him for Burton.
As always, Arlene was exquisitely sensitive to the audience reaction when John Daly said "gain the same ends." She very quickly realized why the audience had found it funny.
Arlene mentions a "Relaxacisor" in reference to the reducing machine-- anybody who has watched Mad Men will know the connotations it had, especially funny considering she and George Gobel were joking about it being "kinky" (a word I wouldn't have thought they'd use at the time)
Yes, now I remember that Mad Men story line. That Relaxacisor did have an extra--ahem--benefit, didn't it. Peggy found that out one night while researching the product.
Ironic how Eddie predicted that “Elizabeth Taylor-Fisher” would win an Academy Award for Cleopatra when it was in fact one of her weaker performances at the time 😂
Eddie Fisher's predictions weren't very good obviously. Elizabeth Taylor not only didn't win the Academy Award for Cleopatra, but she didn't even get nominated!
Earlier that same night, the August 19, 1962 was recorded. We are also getting closer to the introduction of the "Juggler opening" to WML. After this, we have one last episode with the current opening.
zardon4 Changing the subject, I love how Eddie Fisher says "Cleopatra" will be the biggest box office attraction in the history of motion pictures. Boy, was it the exact polar opposite when it came out. That film almost destroyed 20th Century Fox forever.
zardon4 From what I've been able to gather, around 1959 (when video tape came to be used), they started prerecording shows to air around major holidays as well as for August to be able to take breaks. Never did they air a single re-run (1950-1967).
+zardon4 Another opinion is that it was ruined by excessive cutting by Darryl Zanuck. Joe Mankiewicz wrote a long screenplay and shot a great deal of footage, and it probably would have been better to issue it as two three-hour films. Fox wanted to get their investment back all at once, though, so mandated that it be chopped to about four hours, losing a lot of continuity and motivation. It didn't do well as a blockbuster of that size, and got further cuts later, which can't have helped.
What's My Line? The first appearance on WML by Eddie Fisher that they discuss here (when he was dressed in military uniform) is apparently from one of the episodes currently missing from your playlists -- from October 19, 1952 (not 1953, as Eddie recalled it). I knew I did not remember it, and the first Eddie Fisher WML appearance that I remembered was when he was brought out to say hello by Debbie Reynolds after her first Mystery Guest appearance on August 29, 1954 (What's My Line? - Ivy Baker Priest; Debbie Reynolds (Aug 29, 1954)). I was rather surprised that anyone would bring that up when he was now married to Elizabeth Taylor, though, so I was relieved to find out that they were referring to a different appearance! I did find a clip of that 1952 Eddie Fisher Mystery Guest stint here on TH-cam: Eddie Fisher on "What's My Line?".
SaveThe TPC Look for it the end of August. Taking the suggestions made by folks who weighed in, I'm going to post a few day's worth of older shows I need to fill in at the end of every month from now on, rather than waiting to the end to fill them in. I figure a few days off the schedule won't be too disruptive for people.
do you take shorthand? shows how far women have come ... the panel often think women have 1950s 'standard' jobs for women back then ... teaching, nursing, typing ...
Anne Roy Yet this series proves perceptions were wrong. Lots of women business owners and people of all lines. I feel like I’ve been lied to about the ‘50s.
Carrie Fisher talked about this in her one-woman show. She reasoned that he had great charisma, which isn't really on display here but made people fall in love with him.
Loser comment. Stop the Eddie bashing. Show some respect for the father of the late Carrie Fisher. I think Eddie always seemed nice. Even Debbie could understand how at man would not be able to resist Liz Taylor. Liz played a huge role in that scenario.
@@m.e.d.7997 Shame on ;you M'---- show respect??? for a man that deserted his wife-- and 2 little children--- and took another illegal wife-- and looked after HER children--- all along giving emotional and mental damage to his children... Carrie and Todd-- left his wife on a lie and making her believe he was coming back??? and cowardly left her hanging in the dark>????-- come on''' woman -- give you head a shake!!!-------and how bout some morals''' and integrity.... no matter what the woman looks like..
@@reealitychickAnd you are same type that will say Liz was innocent and played no part in this. She was no innocent babe in the woods. She was a man eater
I had a neighbor who was part of the crew of a transport ship that ran from North Africa to Italy during WWII. He had a buddy who was part of the crew of an adjacent transport ship. They both watch as their ships filled up with the cargo they were to take across the Mediterranean. His buddy's ship filled up with WACs, (or WAVES, I'm not sure which), and his filled up with mules. They both broke down laughing.
Women had to work very hard to get these positions in those days..so yes. They did walk and carry and present themselves with a great amount of dignity
What an odd strip of hair on top of the head of contestant #2. You'd think he'd just shave it off, but it appears that it has some length and that he actually combs it back.
+Jeff Vaughn Some other interesting hair in this one too. George Gobel's short style wasn't that common at the time, and the female WACS commander has a two-tone look that I think is fantastic.
I think I’d be more concerned if none of them were dead. John Daly was the ultimate square. I wish he would have loosened up and given his guests a little time to talk about themselves and what they did.
Remember, this being a show, they were on a strict timetable. If he gave more time to one, then someone else lost time. When he had the chance, he would, but, that was rare.
Cleopatra "business." No need to state the obvious about what that turned out to be. I love his predictions about Cleopatra since it nearly put 20th Century Fox out of business. It would take The Sound of Music to save their bloomin' arse, to paraphrase SOM star Julie Andrews' line from the show My Fair Lady. It looked like he signed in as Eddie Fink. That would be a more fitting name. I saw him at a fund raiser at Mar-a-Lago (talk about finks). For a once cute looking guy he aged into an ugly old yutz.
As a professional musician and classically trained singer, one of my pet peeves is it singers are not regarded as musicians. THE VOICE IS AN INSTRUMENT, and it's training is more complex and arduous than others. Opera singers, especially, or athletes.
Eddie Fisher was an incredibly popular crooner in the 50’s and early 60’s. However as the 1960’s unfolded, and after his divorce to Elizabeth Taylor, Eddie’s career as a singer declined.
His cheating on his wife Debbie Reynolds didn't help him much either. After Liz cheated on him like he cheated on Debbie, the public kind of forgave him..ish.
17:18 One of the more awkward moments in TV history. Eddie Fisher on this lame-ass show while his wife Elizabeth Taylor was with Richard Burton on the set of Cleopatra and gossip columnist Dorothy Kilgallen writing all about it. Losing Elizabeth drove Eddie insane...understandably.
![What's My Line? - Chubby Checker; Joan Collins; Martin Gabel [panel] (Apr 1, 1962)](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/Y3kx2WHqm6A/mqdefault.jpg)
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![What's My Line? - Robert Ryan & Nanette Fabray; Harry Belafonte [panel] (Oct 21, 1962)](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/dzprpqJ1PQg/mqdefault.jpg)
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Surprised no mention was made of this, but there was a special relationship between Gobel and Fisher, as one might suspect by Eddie's warm greeting to Lonesome George. For two years they alternated as hosts of a variety show on NBC, and often turned up as a guest on each other's program.
This is the second appearance on the show for Col. Mary M. Rasmuson. She'd previously appeared under the name Mary Lou Milligan 5 years before on 2/3/57 with the same line. I guess she must have hit the "glass ceiling". Incidentally, both of these women retired from the service later this year.
I don't know why I get so depress to think that they are all gone now
I often feel the same way. You have gotten to "know" these folks on WML over the course of time watching the episodes, so it becomes easy to feel endeared to them. Because they were all so dynamic and kind and loving people, we can easily be drawn to their familial personalities.
That very night, Dorothy Kilgallen had considerable information about the extent to which Elizabeth Taylor had gone derelict on her marriage to Eddie. Fortunately, she kept it to herself here -- but not to her column.
Debbie Reynolds once memorably referred to Eddie as "oh my faux pas." Any marriage that produced Carrie Fisher cannot be considered a complete failure.
They were young when married. They seemed happy at the start. Debbie was warned that Singers cheat by Frank Sinatra. He told her not to marry him. Agree about Carrie.
margaret They were just too different. One example: Debbie was proud of her thriftiness, even wearing homemade clothes. Eddie just thought she was cheap. Another: Eddie's antenna didn't pick up Debbie's humor and vice versa. Another: Maxine Reynolds, Debbie's pushy mother, got on Eddie's nerves. It was more than just infidelity. This marriage was a publicist's dream, but two more different people would have been hard to find.
Well said I agree. They seemed very different. Likely marriage was pushed on them though happy initially. Debbie''s mother seemed awful.
My mother never forgave Eddie Fisher for the breakup with Debbie Reynolds! It was a common opinion at the time I think
+soulierinvestments
No one else commented on it in ~4 years, but I can't resist noting Debbie Reynolds' wonderful sense of humor in her take off on the title of a song that Eddie Fisher was famous for way back when pop songs like that were still the rage and rock and roll was just getting off the ground ...
th-cam.com/video/KUwx6Lq_qI8/w-d-xo.html
This was the beginning of the end Taylor-Fisher marriage (her fourth, his second). The romance between Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton had begun during filming, Elizabeth and Eddie officially divorced on March 6th, 1964.
Love Dorothy's hair tonight and Arlene's dress.
it was the same way she wore it the night before on To Tell The Truth
(I was thinking maybe she was gonna start wearing it that way)
My grandmother had one of those alternating-belt "reducing machines" at about this time. Not surprisingly, it didn't help her lose weight.
Oh school-tv. We had that also in Finland in the 70's and 80's. Sometimes our teacher put a tv on and we watched it. And sometimes when I was sick and not at school and bored I watched it. It was only about 1 or 2 hours between 9 and 11 am.
Winifred Quick Collins (November 26, 1911 - May 5, 1999) was Chief of Naval Personnel for Women in the United States Navy, and Director of the WAVES (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service) from 1957 to 1962.
Col. Mary Louise Milligan Rasmuson (1911-2012) was posthumously inducted into the Army Women’s Foundation Hall of Fame March 11 for her leadership in creating new opportunities for women in the military, particularly women of color, as the fifth director of the Women’s Army Corps. After her 20-year military career, she retired in 1962.
That television school teacher was really beautiful. Took my breath away, actually
I agree with you! She had this radiant look on her face that held a natural smile and which exuded both humility and joy.
HEY!! I NEED HELP! My great grandmother is Evelyn Rasmussen. She died before I was born. I was told by my father that she had an episode on this show. She built airplanes in World War 2. I heard from my father that she was small, so she worked in the areas where no one else could fit. Please, if you know anything about her, tell me. Im pretty sure this was before she got married, but after she got married her last name became Dilonardo. Thank you for reading this, even if you cant help.
I hope you found the information that you were looking for.
@@Traderjoe i never did. i completely forgot about this too. i'll probably go another rabbit hole trying to find her.
Meanwhile, on a movie set in Rome...
Hahaha! Karma is a b*tch.
Three things:
1.) At 20:39, Eddie Fisher looks like actor Ed Norton
2.) Best Dorothy hair-do (at least not a hair-don't
3.) That reducing machine-renter guy doesn't look like he's giving up the ghost on his hairline; that landing strip makes the top of his head look like a piggy bank.
HAHAHA HAHAHA
🙃 Hahahaha piggy bank.
Poor Eddie does not know what is around the corner for him.
Marg-----Lesson to learn-- be careful of your choices...-- what you sow--- so shall you reap...
what happened?
Poor Eddie?
@@lisal8984 You don't know Eddie's history do you?
@@lisal8984 During the production of the film Cleopatra in 1961, Elizabeth Taylor and co-star Richard Burton began an extramarital affair, which caused a scandal. Eddie had left Debbie Reynolds for Taylor, and she turned around and left him for Burton.
Bennett was just so pleased with himself for getting that first one. :)
"Gain the same ends" ha!... Arlene wasn't going to let that one slip. :)
As always, Arlene was exquisitely sensitive to the audience reaction when John Daly said "gain the same ends." She very quickly realized why the audience had found it funny.
Arlene mentions a "Relaxacisor" in reference to the reducing machine-- anybody who has watched Mad Men will know the connotations it had, especially funny considering she and George Gobel were joking about it being "kinky" (a word I wouldn't have thought they'd use at the time)
Yes, now I remember that Mad Men story line. That Relaxacisor did have an extra--ahem--benefit, didn't it. Peggy found that out one night while researching the product.
Ironic how Eddie predicted that “Elizabeth Taylor-Fisher” would win an Academy Award for Cleopatra when it was in fact one of her weaker performances at the time 😂
And she was cheating on him with Richard Burton, just like he cheated on his wife Debbie with her. Once a cheater....
Eddie Fisher's predictions weren't very good obviously. Elizabeth Taylor not only didn't win the Academy Award for Cleopatra, but she didn't even get nominated!
Galileocan g And she ended up leaving him for her co-star....Karma....
Purple Capricorn Indeed. It’s so crazy he was promoting the picture while she was cheating on him with her co-star.
and the film was a hugely expensive failure
She deserved to tho!
This episode aired on my dad's 23rd birthday when he lived in Staten Island
Why doesn't Dorothy use one of the easy slip-on blind folders, as the others do, instead of struggling with the ones with straps that she uses.
Ask her🤪
The same way some people don't wear the color green. Personal preference.
@@dinahbrown902 - always a smart @$$
On a previous episode she had major hair issues while using the same one Arlene uses.
Earlier that same night, the August 19, 1962 was recorded.
We are also getting closer to the introduction of the "Juggler opening" to WML. After this, we have one last episode with the current opening.
zardon4 Changing the subject, I love how Eddie Fisher says "Cleopatra" will be the biggest box office attraction in the history of motion pictures.
Boy, was it the exact polar opposite when it came out. That film almost destroyed 20th Century Fox forever.
zardon4 Yes, I have that one.
zardon4 From what I've been able to gather, around 1959 (when video tape came to be used), they started prerecording shows to air around major holidays as well as for August to be able to take breaks. Never did they air a single re-run (1950-1967).
49yt zardon4
The previous summer, when Arlene was away filming "One, Two, Three," nearly all the summer episodes were prerecorded.
+zardon4 Another opinion is that it was ruined by excessive cutting by Darryl Zanuck. Joe Mankiewicz wrote a long screenplay and shot a great deal of footage, and it probably would have been better to issue it as two three-hour films. Fox wanted to get their investment back all at once, though, so mandated that it be chopped to about four hours, losing a lot of continuity and motivation. It didn't do well as a blockbuster of that size, and got further cuts later, which can't have helped.
"I dont like that AA in there." Lol, Arlene, what a doll.
Dorothy looks nice with a more relaxed hair style.
What's My Line?
The first appearance on WML by Eddie Fisher that they discuss here (when he was dressed in military uniform) is apparently from one of the episodes currently missing from your playlists -- from October 19, 1952 (not 1953, as Eddie recalled it). I knew I did not remember it, and the first Eddie Fisher WML appearance that I remembered was when he was brought out to say hello by Debbie Reynolds after her first Mystery Guest appearance on August 29, 1954 (What's My Line? - Ivy Baker Priest; Debbie Reynolds (Aug 29, 1954)). I was rather surprised that anyone would bring that up when he was now married to Elizabeth Taylor, though, so I was relieved to find out that they were referring to a different appearance! I did find a clip of that 1952 Eddie Fisher Mystery Guest stint here on TH-cam: Eddie Fisher on "What's My Line?".
Yes, I didn't have that 1952 show when I started posting, but I'll be filling it in soon.
What's My Line?
Yay!
SaveThe TPC Look for it the end of August. Taking the suggestions made by folks who weighed in, I'm going to post a few day's worth of older shows I need to fill in at the end of every month from now on, rather than waiting to the end to fill them in. I figure a few days off the schedule won't be too disruptive for people.
Eddie Fischer was wrong on all counts.
Wishful romantic thinking re Cleopatra!
Its FISHER not Fischer...so I guess so are you Gretchen King!
Its Fisher not Fischer Gretchen King..so I guess so are you!
@@n.michaels1565 Okay. So I had a typo. You didn't have to get nasty about it. Geesh! Have a great day TROLL!
@@gretchenking5952 you're the one that was being negative!
do you take shorthand? shows how far women have come ... the panel often think women have 1950s 'standard' jobs for women back then ... teaching, nursing, typing ...
Anne Roy Yet this series proves perceptions were wrong. Lots of women business owners and people of all lines. I feel like I’ve been lied to about the ‘50s.
“Are you married to a very beautiful girl?”
“Yes.”
Not for much longer, buddy!!!
Hahaha! What comes around goes around, Eddie!
@@broughtbackinLiz played a part in the break up of the Eddie Debbie marriage.
The final contestant looks a lot like Anne Archer.
Eddie Fisher looked much older here...
Marriage to Elizabeth Taylor took its toll.
What was his appeal to women? His voice? Married Debbie Reynolds, Elizabeth Taylor and Connie Stevens!
Carrie Fisher talked about this in her one-woman show. She reasoned that he had great charisma, which isn't really on display here but made people fall in love with him.
I also found him sleazy.
Sorry Eddie your prediction about Cleopatra wasn't quite spot on.
Eddie Fisher wasnt man enough for Liz Taylor, hell, he wasn't even man enough for Debbie Reynolds!
Loser comment. Stop the Eddie bashing. Show some respect for the father of the late Carrie Fisher. I think Eddie always seemed nice. Even Debbie could understand how at man would not be able to resist Liz Taylor. Liz played a huge role in that scenario.
@@m.e.d.7997 Shame on ;you M'---- show respect??? for a man that deserted his wife-- and 2 little children--- and took another illegal wife-- and looked after HER children--- all along giving emotional and mental damage to his children... Carrie and Todd-- left his wife on a lie and making her believe he was coming back??? and cowardly left her hanging in the dark>????-- come on''' woman -- give you head a shake!!!-------and how bout some morals''' and integrity.... no matter what the woman looks like..
He also had a small weenie, according to Debbie.
@@m.e.d.7997 Carrie had no respect for him. He was the loser.
@@reealitychickAnd you are same type that will say Liz was innocent and played no part in this. She was no innocent babe in the woods. She was a man eater
I had a neighbor who was part of the crew of a transport ship that ran from North Africa to Italy during WWII. He had a buddy who was part of the crew of an adjacent transport ship. They both watch as their ships filled up with the cargo they were to take across the Mediterranean. His buddy's ship filled up with WACs, (or WAVES, I'm not sure which), and his filled up with mules. They both broke down laughing.
Someone drew the short stick. 😂
Women who held substantial positions seemed to exhibit more confidence and dignity than others.
Duh. I guess that is an obvious comment. Jeez
Women had to work very hard to get these positions in those days..so yes. They did walk and carry and present themselves with a great amount of dignity
They had a sense of pride and definitely confidence
To some extent, this is true of anyone, you are more likely to get the job if you have it, and if you don't, the job will give it to you.
What an odd strip of hair on top of the head of contestant #2. You'd think he'd just shave it off, but it appears that it has some length and that he actually combs it back.
+Jeff Vaughn Some other interesting hair in this one too. George Gobel's short style wasn't that common at the time, and the female WACS commander has a two-tone look that I think is fantastic.
Bennett shakes their hands, but never follows the guests off camera ...
Was he supposed to?
Why would Bennett follow the guests? Do you mean he doesn't watch them walk off stage?
11:48 Doug Stamper anyone?
Eddie’s wife, Elizabeth Taylor, was having an intensive love affair with Richard Burton during the making of Cleopatra.
I think I’d be more concerned if none of them were dead.
John Daly was the ultimate square. I wish he would have loosened up and given his guests a little time to talk about themselves and what they did.
He did once a while but time didn't permit much small talk.
Remember, this being a show, they were on a strict timetable. If he gave more time to one, then someone else lost time. When he had the chance, he would, but, that was rare.
Cleopatra "business." No need to state the obvious about what that turned out to be.
I love his predictions about Cleopatra since it nearly put 20th Century Fox out of business. It would take The Sound of Music to save their bloomin' arse, to paraphrase SOM star Julie Andrews' line from the show My Fair Lady.
It looked like he signed in as Eddie Fink. That would be a more fitting name. I saw him at a fund raiser at Mar-a-Lago (talk about finks). For a once cute looking guy he aged into an ugly old yutz.
As far as I can tell, there were indeed finks at Mar-a-Lago.
As a professional musician and classically trained singer, one of my pet peeves is it singers are not regarded as musicians. THE VOICE IS AN INSTRUMENT, and it's training is more complex and arduous than others. Opera singers, especially, or athletes.
Eddie did not age very well...
Eddie Fisher was an incredibly popular crooner in the 50’s and early 60’s. However as the 1960’s unfolded, and after his divorce to Elizabeth Taylor, Eddie’s career as a singer declined.
His cheating on his wife Debbie Reynolds didn't help him much either. After Liz cheated on him like he cheated on Debbie, the public kind of forgave him..ish.
Arlene Francis was very charming.
Romper room?
"Certainly not!" is a very bad answer. Of course Dorothy could use the reducing machine, whatever that is.
I assume the point was that she was thin and would therefore have no use for it.
@@accomplice55 oh yes, but John almost always emphasized the difference between would and could.
Mr. Katowitz has a birth mark on the bald part of his head. Interesting.
Goerge is funny, but a rather hopeless player.
Victor Borge was another one. He usually filled up the time with useless patter in his attempt to be humorous. It was frustrating listening to him.
In comparing Gobel and Borge, at least Gobel passed fairly quickly when he didn't know what to ask and didn't waste time.
LOL... They need to get the woman easier blindfolds to deal with
voice way too recognizable
Nice to see Dorothy a little mussed (hair) after taking off her mask. Not so perfect as she obviously felt she should be usually.
17:18 One of the more awkward moments in TV history. Eddie Fisher on this lame-ass show while his wife Elizabeth Taylor was with Richard Burton on the set of Cleopatra and gossip columnist Dorothy Kilgallen writing all about it. Losing Elizabeth drove Eddie insane...understandably.
☹️ there he goes again
Let me guess....did John flip some cards?
George Gobel was born in 1919 which makes him 43 here but he looks about 20 years older.
Most people did back then.