What's My Line? - Top 10 Favorite Mystery Guests! [CLIPS VIDEO]

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  • 45+ minutes of classic moments from the 10 favorite mystery guests ever on WML-- as chosen by the members of our Facebook group!
    Now this isn't just a bunch of MG segments strung together, mind you-- these are very carefully selected highlights from around 20 mystery guest appearances by these top 10 favorite-voted guests.
    We have these polls periodically in the Facebook group, which will help a great deal in support of a new book on WML we're working on to be published next year by McFarland. The clips are in no particular order, since the "Favorite Mystery Guests" poll is actually still open as of this writing to rank these top ten picks. So if you'd like to vote, make sure to visit the group and register your voice! It's a lot more fun than certain other kinds of voting that I understand to be going on in other areas of life.
    Air dates are noted on all the clips-- you can find the complete shows very easily using the chronological episode playlists on the main WML channel page: / @whatsmyline
    WML Facebook group: / 728471287199862
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    Please click here to subscribe to the WML channel if you haven't already-- you'll find the complete CBS series already posted, and you'll be able to follow along the discussions on the weekday "rerun" videos: / @whatsmyline
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  • @hellopaolo
    @hellopaolo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +169

    Rosalind Russell is hysterical!

    • @richardr8753
      @richardr8753 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Ya!

    • @gold5694
      @gold5694 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      She looks awful pulling ugly faces !.

    • @gold5694
      @gold5694 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      And stupid ! .

    • @jacquelinebell6201
      @jacquelinebell6201 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Loved her!😂 The voice lol.

    • @sdgakatbk
      @sdgakatbk ปีที่แล้ว +3

      The whole show that had her on it is on youtube. Yes, she was hilarious!!

  • @MsMsmak
    @MsMsmak 6 ปีที่แล้ว +594

    The idea that the public could see their favorite celebrities get silly and human was just a wonderful idea.

    • @joe-vz6hx
      @joe-vz6hx 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      exactly, perfectly summed up

    • @richardgreenlees7088
      @richardgreenlees7088 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      And how very human those celebrities are!

    • @TheBigMclargehuge
      @TheBigMclargehuge 2 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      back when celebrities were human and not robots

    • @kenhammscousin4716
      @kenhammscousin4716 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @last Koresh reptilian shape shifters* ftfy

    • @virginiaconnor8350
      @virginiaconnor8350 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I did that watching the "Star Trek" bloopers and outtakes at the sci-fi conventions! I can now watch the actors and actresses from "Enterprise", etc. (as their chrs.) cut up and mess up on You Tube on my DVD series sets. Still, I had fun watching this as I like the olshows better. better.

  • @debbigray1752
    @debbigray1752 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    The first Jack Benny segment was cut too soon. Jack asked if he gets paid for tonight and when he gets to Dorothy to shake hands, she hands him a dollar bill...priceless. All in all this is a fabulous compilation!

  • @mrsjobo6458
    @mrsjobo6458 2 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    I love how the celebrity guests are so delighted to be there.

  • @poetcomic1
    @poetcomic1 5 ปีที่แล้ว +227

    Gracie is #1 for me. "Don't answer George, it will give us away." Not only the most distinctive voice imaginable but she uses his name.

    • @janicewatts5888
      @janicewatts5888 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I wonder where the idea for the line, 'Don't tell him Pike' came from? 🤔

    • @michaeltekulsky5665
      @michaeltekulsky5665 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      On brand too 😅

    • @OldRustySteele
      @OldRustySteele 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      George (at the end of their show): “Say goodnight, Gracie.”
      Gracie: “Goodnight Gracie.”
      This was their closing running gag for years.

  • @no_handle_required
    @no_handle_required 7 ปีที่แล้ว +529

    I can never get enough of these old shows with talent and class that outshines anything since then.

    • @mmjhcb
      @mmjhcb 6 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      N English These greats put today's "talent" and "class" to shame and show also how damned far we've declined.

    • @luissantiago8446
      @luissantiago8446 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@mmjhcb Couldn't possibly be more right!

    • @mmjhcb
      @mmjhcb 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@luissantiago8446 Thank you!

    • @luissantiago8446
      @luissantiago8446 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@mmjhcb You are welcomed!

    • @melindamercier6811
      @melindamercier6811 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      What? You don’t like The Masked Singer? 😜

  • @donnacook8994
    @donnacook8994 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    George and Gracie were AWESOME! ! I loved watching them more than I can express! 🥰🥰

  • @lindaeasley5606
    @lindaeasley5606 ปีที่แล้ว +109

    This show had the most legendary guests on it . That's what made it iconic in television history

    • @leonoranicolaysen2784
      @leonoranicolaysen2784 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Not old enough to remember some of them but Google is our friend, right.

    • @maryzorn3365
      @maryzorn3365 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      A favorite was when Ann Landers was on- apparently she was not that well known- advice to the lovelorn.

  • @jeffkyler5660
    @jeffkyler5660 5 ปีที่แล้ว +112

    Some tremendous performers included here. Debbie Reynolds was staggeringly beautiful and very clever and funny.

  • @wendywoo2180
    @wendywoo2180 4 ปีที่แล้ว +120

    I was a kid in the 60s and this show was cancelled in 1967, it was syndicated & that's when I started watching (had no idea it existed in the 50s) and tried never to miss an episode, it was so entertaining. I especially like these 1950s episodes, the guests and panelists were so polite, well-spoken, intelligent and classy--a far cry from today. I can see why this show lasted for 25 years!

    • @billiescott9799
      @billiescott9799 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Can't we bring these absolutely wonderful humans back to monitor and advise today's group (2022)

    • @harleylawdude
      @harleylawdude ปีที่แล้ว +2

      17.5 years

    • @andrewpetik2034
      @andrewpetik2034 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I got to see these in the 1960s into the 1970s as syndication reruns.
      What a treat!

    • @Minenotyours58
      @Minenotyours58 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I watched it as a kid in the early 60s. I didn't quite understand it like I do now though...lol

  • @hollywoodlalaland8665
    @hollywoodlalaland8665 2 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    Love Debbie Reynolds! She absolutely had it all. Gorgeous.

    • @bevh5590
      @bevh5590 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      She was close to 48. She was born in 1907 and this was 1953.

    • @JackieO_LAX
      @JackieO_LAX 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@bevh5590Debbie Reynolds was NOT born in 1907. She was born on 4/1/1932. This episode aired on 8/29/1954 which means she was just 22 years old.

  • @karendrumm9437
    @karendrumm9437 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    These were great times. Classy celebrities and people were dressed lovely! The singing by Louis Armstrong is the best!
    My favorite Rosalind Russell was great!

    • @maryzorn3365
      @maryzorn3365 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Arlene was always trying to get the talent to sing or share their talent, but Louis was the only one who gave in and sang!

  • @sandrageorge3488
    @sandrageorge3488 3 ปีที่แล้ว +69

    So happy Arlene finally got someone to sing for her. Louis was great!

  • @rnise1961
    @rnise1961 2 ปีที่แล้ว +118

    This was the greatest show on TV. Hands down. Daly was a great host.
    So much fun

  • @lorrainem8234
    @lorrainem8234 4 ปีที่แล้ว +49

    Art Carney's imitation of John Daly was terrific 😂

  • @dianepowers9643
    @dianepowers9643 2 ปีที่แล้ว +115

    I love how all the panel members stood up for Mrs. Roosevelt

    • @rogerpropes7129
      @rogerpropes7129 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Also for Marian Anderson.

    • @deloreswillis9224
      @deloreswillis9224 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Yayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

    • @marinagallant1847
      @marinagallant1847 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      No wonder Hillary C. channels Eleanor: people seem to fight on behalf of these strange women.

    • @johnny1963ify
      @johnny1963ify 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      I wouldn’t have. Who is she.

    • @robertschaaf7192
      @robertschaaf7192 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Rosalind Russell is a hoot

  • @rmelin13231
    @rmelin13231 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    The appearance by Debbie Reynolds is priceless! It shows the depth of her talents, and is absolutely hilarious.

  • @Mackon645.
    @Mackon645. 4 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    Debbie Reynolds BEAUTIFUL!! RIP

  • @the-chillian
    @the-chillian 5 ปีที่แล้ว +49

    It's hard to appreciate just how long this program ran until you see the same guest in different appearances years apart.

  • @alos4025
    @alos4025 ปีที่แล้ว +53

    Rosalind Russell is the absolute best. She’s one of the greatest underrated comedians of her time.

    • @Vinterfrid
      @Vinterfrid 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Oh really? I have never heard of her...

    • @susanb2015
      @susanb2015 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​​@@Vinterfrid My Girl Friday with Cary Grant. Or His Girl Friday.

  • @anthonybirkholz6104
    @anthonybirkholz6104 4 ปีที่แล้ว +68

    Debbie Reynolds was one of my all time favorite women. I loved her. RIP sweet dear lady. Never will there be another beauty and talent as she was.

    • @karendeaton9297
      @karendeaton9297 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Loved Debbie Reynolds in How the West was Won particularly!

    • @tejaswoman
      @tejaswoman ปีที่แล้ว

      Though, let's be fair, her daughter sure took after her in so many ways!

  • @lynfoster2484
    @lynfoster2484 3 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    I adore Rosalind Russell! I could watch Mame once a week, and another favorite is The Trouble With Angels, costarring Hayley Mills. She’s a beautiful, marvelous actress, with a terrific laugh.

  • @satori03
    @satori03 5 ปีที่แล้ว +44

    to hear Louie Armstrong sing...WOW!

  • @MauriatOttolink
    @MauriatOttolink 4 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    Mr Louis Daniel Armstrong.. I would wipe the tear from my eye if I weren't struggling with that lump in my throat!
    Your band wasn't there in the studio but it was by your side in spirit!
    Only a world class jazzer can hypnotise his audience into believing that the Allstars were there!
    I think I could also hear Mr C with you, Pops.
    A- well, a-that''s jaaazzz !

  • @doakvanzandt7281
    @doakvanzandt7281 5 ปีที่แล้ว +146

    The panel showed great respect to Mrs. Roosevelt by all of them standing to shake her hand

    • @lorettanericcio-bohlman567
      @lorettanericcio-bohlman567 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Those were the days

    • @victorsauvage1890
      @victorsauvage1890 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      She would have made a great President!

    • @NikB331
      @NikB331 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      They actually did that with most guests. I was raised by my grandparents who were from that era.. Everything is yes mam, no mam..and getting up when greeting someone.

  • @horofhay
    @horofhay 2 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    Pure joy - reminders of how wonderful people can be!

  • @frederickj.7136
    @frederickj.7136 6 ปีที่แล้ว +66

    Debbie Reynolds is just radiant! 💘

  • @007Julie
    @007Julie 3 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    Art Carney impersonation of FDR was incredible and what can I say about Mr. Armstrong? Such a legend!!!

  • @z1522
    @z1522 8 ปีที่แล้ว +156

    Louis singing the whole "Hello Dolly" a cappella - today, that would go thru legal, cost a fortune, or else get blown into a huge number. Hugely underappreciated for his musicianship. Classic!

    • @WhatsMyLine
      @WhatsMyLine  8 ปีที่แล้ว +46

      Very true about the legal ramifications-- and as a matter of fact, Louis actually broke a contractual obligation by singing the song on WML! He was contracted to debut the song on television on another program, I believe it was the Perry Como Show, and just didn't care. His manager, Joe Glaser, was reportedly having a brain aneurysm offstage seeing what was happening. You couldn't contain a spirit like Louis's with a piece of paper. :)

    • @billiescott9799
      @billiescott9799 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      🏆🏆

    • @lovealways2609
      @lovealways2609 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@WhatsMyLine awesome

  • @SaxonC
    @SaxonC 4 ปีที่แล้ว +171

    I just realized that I’ve been smiling nonstop for 45:41! We’ll never see talent like this again!

    • @richardgreenlees7088
      @richardgreenlees7088 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      But we have seen the distant future in the form of their talent - and in the form of their sensitive and discerning appreciators such as yourself!

    • @rafaelramirez1507
      @rafaelramirez1507 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@richardgreenlees7088 ~Cringe~

  • @davidwalter2002
    @davidwalter2002 4 ปีที่แล้ว +255

    "Don't answer, George." What a funny, brilliant, wonderful woman that Gracie Allen was! One of a kind!

    • @DateTwoRelate
      @DateTwoRelate 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      None was smarter. Her humor was for too long portrayed as "dumb." Instead, it was basically an alternative perception. Brilliant patterns of thoughts and brilliantly executed. There's a bit of Gracie in Maria Bamford.

    • @kevinlee9751
      @kevinlee9751 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      George wouldn't have been Anything without Her.

    • @postscript67
      @postscript67 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I imagine the request to start speaking was a deliberate feed for that line. Very funny, and similar to the later joke in the British TV series "Dad's Army" which became one of the most famous lines in British comedy, when a German U-Boat commander demands the name of the dim-witted young soldier and his equally dim-witted commanding officer says: "Don't tell him, Pike!"

    • @vapoet
      @vapoet 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@kevinlee9751 George was great as a straight man to her and the affection between the two of them made everything work. Gracie Allen could not have been Gracie without George Burns being there. It's like saying Bud Abbott would nothing without Lou Costello. It was the team that made it work.

    • @RePaperBag
      @RePaperBag 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      how? she messed up lol.

  • @thevirginian5746
    @thevirginian5746 4 ปีที่แล้ว +63

    I liked the Roz Russell and Debbie Reynolds clips the best. Young Debbie was radiant here!

  • @kevinmcguire5696
    @kevinmcguire5696 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    I wasn't even alive during Gracie Allen's lifetime, but she was quite a delightful sprite of a person and entertainer. She played to great affect as the ditzy partner. Revealing their identity by speaking was brilliantly funny.

    • @donnacook8994
      @donnacook8994 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      She was an amazing woman! 🥰

  • @nakedhombre
    @nakedhombre 4 ปีที่แล้ว +73

    Louis at ~41:00 singing Dolly. Oh my heavens! Superlative. He sings just like he plays trumpet almost the same passage as you can see it. Terrific! Shows you the difference between the raw talent of a star like Louis when he is put on the spot, he makes an immediate decision if he is going to do it at all he will do it with all the artistry it demands. No halfhearted effort nothing less than five stars, wow!

    • @enigmawyoming5201
      @enigmawyoming5201 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      I know it’s been 3 years since you wrote this, but I hope you can see these words now when I say Satchmo singing like that really hit home how things have changed so much in 60 years… but then again, 60 years is a long time. I’m thinking about how much had happened the world 60 prior to this broadcast.. back around 1900.
      Thanks for comment though. It’s still being appreciated in 2022.

    • @1olddirtroad
      @1olddirtroad 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      He was larger than life. My Favorite picture of him is him playing for his Wife with the Great Pyramid in the background ❤

  • @oksills
    @oksills 5 ปีที่แล้ว +317

    Debbie Reynolds; THE Very Best voice disguise of all. It was funny and actually very adorable! In my opinion!

    • @FANG1950
      @FANG1950 5 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      I often replay all Debbie Reynolds of WML ... and introduced her to my kids and grandkids, they were in shock to find out she was Princess Leia's mother ...
      I love the way she gave her answers ....

    • @depaola63
      @depaola63 4 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      SHE WAS A NATURAL BEAUTY 4 SURE !!! Rest her soul ~*

    • @JG-vq6rd
      @JG-vq6rd 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      I actually thought her other appearance where she did the Hungarian accent was funnier. Don't know why they didn't include it here.

    • @Widda68
      @Widda68 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Edgar
      . Robinson

    • @Pashasmom1
      @Pashasmom1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@JG-vq6rd I think she used to impersonate the Gabor sisters, didn't she? Debbie was such a beauty.

  • @carolleruppert2353
    @carolleruppert2353 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    Art Carney made several great appearances on the show and his talent for imitating famous people was impeccable.

  • @susancarlucci3737
    @susancarlucci3737 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Too bad this show isn’t on the air today. Where could the producers find such talent, poise and class today.?

  • @christopherchris8980
    @christopherchris8980 4 ปีที่แล้ว +75

    What a pro John Daly was, especially during the Mrs Roosevelt segment.

    • @RyanHDR
      @RyanHDR 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      He's a master wordsmith!

  • @mysticrosehealings
    @mysticrosehealings 2 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    What an era for entertainment! Louis Armstrong was great! I can’t believe he stumped them with his iconic voice even disguised! Debbie Reynolds’s was just a doll! Art Carney was hysterical and Danny Kay so handsome! Lucy speaking Martian had me cracking up! What a treasure to have all these old clips!

  • @raysmith7543
    @raysmith7543 4 ปีที่แล้ว +238

    For me Debbie Reynolds was the real stand out. The voice she was using and the antics she came up with had me laughing more than I have for a long time!

    • @travisn2875
      @travisn2875 2 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      I agree. She was such a doll, in every sense of the word. So cute, funny, smart, and kind and gave birth to Princess Leia. 😀

    • @tanmanlovespool
      @tanmanlovespool 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@travisn2875 She was unsinkable as Molly Brown!

    • @kevinhealey6540
      @kevinhealey6540 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      She was more than just nice. When people recognized her on the street, she did her best to be cordial to them. Would give an autograph upon request. All of the characters she played in her films was someone who was trying make somebody else feel good.

    • @taylorfusion
      @taylorfusion ปีที่แล้ว +7

      She was everything…..what a scene

    • @boeki
      @boeki ปีที่แล้ว +4

      she was so sweet

  • @tbascoebuzz4782
    @tbascoebuzz4782 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    I absolutely, unequivocally adored Danny Kaye and could have watched him morning, noon and night. He kept me in stitches. Rest in peace kind, talented Sir. ✨♥️✨

  • @susanwenner8738
    @susanwenner8738 2 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    Watching John laugh so hard with Fred is a joy.

  • @marykater.7169
    @marykater.7169 3 ปีที่แล้ว +53

    I've become addicted to watching these again. And i forgot how wonderfully, naturally funny Steve Allen was!

    • @DanielBarberMusic
      @DanielBarberMusic ปีที่แล้ว +8

      He was, for sure!

    • @victorsauvage1890
      @victorsauvage1890 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I feel like I'm observing superior beings from a future advanced civilisation?

  • @TheBatugan77
    @TheBatugan77 5 ปีที่แล้ว +60

    I listen to Satchmo sing...
    And I think to myself...what a wonderful world.

    • @santeebunnyshelter
      @santeebunnyshelter 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      That’s my favorite Satchmo song.

    • @dannypriestley1978
      @dannypriestley1978 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Ohhhhhhhh Yesssssss

    • @billolsen4360
      @billolsen4360 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      We played his record at my mom's funeral.

    • @TheBatugan77
      @TheBatugan77 19 วันที่ผ่านมา

      ​@@santeebunnyshelter
      Mine as well.

  • @davidhoffmann4114
    @davidhoffmann4114 2 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    Wish the world today was as polite and sophisticated

    • @WVgirl1959
      @WVgirl1959 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Oh that's just television hand sensors. 😊
      We still had crazy people, addicts- not exactly like now, alcoholics, wife beaters, and children beaters

    • @SweetChicagoGator
      @SweetChicagoGator 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Too bad politeness is a thing of the past & rudeness a thing of the present ! 🤪🙄

    • @MKins71
      @MKins71 25 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @@SweetChicagoGatorand we can thank the 34 count convicted FELON for that!

    • @SweetChicagoGator
      @SweetChicagoGator 25 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@MKins71
      What is your point I don't understand u talking felons when we were talking about polite society & sophistication? 🙄

    • @MKins71
      @MKins71 25 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@SweetChicagoGator the 34 count convicted felon threw all respect for the law and common decency out the window the minute he came down that elevator in 2016. Calling Mexicans rapists and drug dealers, making fun of a disabled reporter, mocking a Gold Star family, banging a porn star while his hooker wife was at home with his spawn, refusing to accept the results of the election, incited an insurrection, paid hush money to a porn star which his lawyer went to jail instead of him, cheated every contractor that worked on his crap buildings out of their money, stole top secret documents and hid them in his bathroom and wife’s grave. Shall I continue?

  • @ricomajestic
    @ricomajestic 7 ปีที่แล้ว +375

    This is probably the only game show that had the biggest celebrities in the world as guests!

    • @NondescriptMammal
      @NondescriptMammal 4 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      No doubt... on what other show could you find everyone from Colonel Sanders to Salvador Dali, from Liberace to Frank Lloyd Wright?

    • @haba3000
      @haba3000 4 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      Big celebritys like Walt Disney, Frank Sinatra, Steve McQueen and Sean Connery were also mystery guests in this show.

    • @4Astaroth
      @4Astaroth 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Well the German show "Wetten Dass?!" had a lot of celebrities, too when it was still famous. There were people like Bill Gates, Michael Jackson and many more international celebrities.

    • @miltonlevant2290
      @miltonlevant2290 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      a show from heaven ?

    • @carolv8450
      @carolv8450 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I loved Dali

  • @IslandGirl-nt6ry
    @IslandGirl-nt6ry 2 ปีที่แล้ว +59

    Jack Benny still remains my favorite comedian. His sense of timing was always spot on. He was great on radio and just as great on television.

    • @MariaT6317
      @MariaT6317 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Totally agree! Jack Benny was the standard by which so many other comedians strive. And he was also a wonderful and quietly generous human being

    • @QueenOfTheNorth65
      @QueenOfTheNorth65 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Absolutely! He was brilliant.

    • @user-ke8st8jc1v
      @user-ke8st8jc1v ปีที่แล้ว

      He was silly not funny

    • @sdgakatbk
      @sdgakatbk ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I remember watching reruns of his show in the late 70s when I was at college. They were really funny!! And he was very funny on this!!

    • @jayonnaj18
      @jayonnaj18 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Jack Benny still remains my favorite comedian too, IslandGirl 9152! He was so hysterically funny, and his show on both radio and television was enormously popular for many decades! The cast on the shows were also hilarious! I adored them all and miss them all!

  • @imkluu
    @imkluu 4 ปีที่แล้ว +54

    I love Debbie Reynolds. So talented and so pretty.
    The great Danny Kaye. Such a talent, wonderful performer.

  • @patcurrie7733
    @patcurrie7733 8 ปีที่แล้ว +217

    What a great start with Rosalind Russell.

    • @gomphrena-beautifulflower-8043
      @gomphrena-beautifulflower-8043 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Pat Currie • I went to school with a Pat Currie. Are you perchance from Tennessee?

    • @randytim512
      @randytim512 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      She was hysterical

    • @patcurrie9888
      @patcurrie9888 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@gomphrena-beautifulflower-8043 Nope.

    • @gomphrena-beautifulflower-8043
      @gomphrena-beautifulflower-8043 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Pat Currie - Okay. Long shot! 😊

    • @howiecricket52
      @howiecricket52 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      YEAH, SURE! ha ha Are you under the age of 48? Uh oh! I will DESTROY her! ha ha Are you a man? ha ha

  • @xenafan234
    @xenafan234 7 ปีที่แล้ว +96

    Debbie Reynolds was such a Funny Gal. And Stayed that way till the End of her Life! ♥

    • @stevenhosea4849
      @stevenhosea4849 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      xenafan234 Goodness. Hi. Yes. Bye

  • @annek1226
    @annek1226 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Louis was a one of a kind! So glad he was asked to do Hello Dolly! Good call!

  • @leeannrorex1509
    @leeannrorex1509 5 ปีที่แล้ว +110

    Debbie Reynolds is adorable!

    • @MauriatOttolink
      @MauriatOttolink 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      With that, you will find nobody to argue!

    • @davidwesley2525
      @davidwesley2525 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Debbie Reynolds was a Cutie . Eddie Fisher was such a crap bag for leaving her.

    • @rrommens4527
      @rrommens4527 ปีที่แล้ว

      And without a doubt the best mystery guest of all time.❤

  • @sergiolobato1798
    @sergiolobato1798 4 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    Debbie Reynolds, what a doll

  • @moboutmen
    @moboutmen 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    The guests were superlative. The host, a true professional in every sense of the word, and the panelists shone brightly. But my heart belongs to Arlene Frances. What a woman!

  • @andrecusson5069
    @andrecusson5069 4 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    Thanks for sharing Louis sing it live! It made my old bones very happy!

  • @sheenestevez6710
    @sheenestevez6710 5 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    Lucy, Louis Armstrong, Debbie Reynolds, and the formidable Eleanor Roosevelt. Wonderful to see them in a all"

  • @olly-kai
    @olly-kai 2 ปีที่แล้ว +106

    For Eleanor Roosevelt, EVERYONE stands to say goodbye, not just the men! Such was the respect and admiration Mrs. Roosevelt commanded. What an amazing person she was!

    • @vincentdelgatto5925
      @vincentdelgatto5925 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Also the Respect for The Roosevelt Administration.
      Its a great thing Franklin picked Truman for his V P.

    • @francoisedunne223
      @francoisedunne223 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      She definitely was a one-of-a-kind woman. She would’ve been a great president!

    • @leebatt7964
      @leebatt7964 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      The role model for all First Ladies. Unfortunately not always followed.

    • @greggoreo6738
      @greggoreo6738 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Great observation. All Rise!!! Gregg Oreo long Beach Ca (E. R. was an angel among us)

    • @laurahoward5426
      @laurahoward5426 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      An Icon

  • @theolamp5312
    @theolamp5312 4 ปีที่แล้ว +65

    You can see why George loved Gracie. She is beautiful, funny, and endearing.

    • @blakenorman4822
      @blakenorman4822 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I'll have to look them up, born in 75, I just heard him talk at the very end , was that goerge burns?

    • @donnawoodford6641
      @donnawoodford6641 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      She messed up by giving out his name.

    • @theolamp5312
      @theolamp5312 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@donnawoodford6641 - In spite of her act, Gracie was a very smart lady. I think it was intentional.

    • @madeleine9907
      @madeleine9907 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      She wasn't the smartest ...

    • @joesell2565
      @joesell2565 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      George, smoking cigars so late in life, said, "At my age, I got to hold onto something !"

  • @malcolmbrannen
    @malcolmbrannen 7 ปีที่แล้ว +40

    These people had more fun doing this show than any other I have seen...even more than the Gong Show in the 70's

  • @lenhummel5614
    @lenhummel5614 4 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    WML IS TIMELESSLY ENTERTAINING.
    A brilliant concept from start to finish.

  • @runJFK
    @runJFK 3 ปีที่แล้ว +129

    Daly was a tremendous host. All of these guys seemed to have a blast.

    • @victorsauvage1890
      @victorsauvage1890 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Hell yes! Great host! Entertaining without trying to be 'cute'! (Ive noticed the same thing with all of the non-stars -- the 'ordinary' people -- they are all people of real substance! Its not an act -- they didn't know how to be cheap of low! Maybe that's the direction of human evolution -- In about 100,000 years!)

    • @billiescott9799
      @billiescott9799 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@victorsauvage1890 so much more authentic than 2022

    • @sdgakatbk
      @sdgakatbk ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Some of the shows were he'd obfuscate the answer are really funny. And when Fred Allen was in the panel, he'd come up with some very funny retorts to when John would do this.

  • @bettycogswell9851
    @bettycogswell9851 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    I loved Debbie and Lucy. Surprised they didn't show John Wayne. He got the biggest standing ovation I ever saw on this show..

    • @lynntownsend4457
      @lynntownsend4457 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Except for Joan Crawford

  • @stevendaniel5649
    @stevendaniel5649 5 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    First Lady of the 20th Century. The only time I remember the entire panel standing to shake a guests hand.

  • @franktheo2055
    @franktheo2055 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Every guest was off the charts amazing that appeared on What's My Line. The One & Only, Genuine Satchmo was nothing short of Wonderful ! 💜🎺🎺

  • @mortweiss3151
    @mortweiss3151 6 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    Louie was pure gold!

  • @lynnsouth5174
    @lynnsouth5174 7 ปีที่แล้ว +274

    Debbie Reynolds was so under-rated, truly talented, loved her.

    • @m.e.d.7997
      @m.e.d.7997 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I think she was overrated.

    • @beepbeeplettuce5890
      @beepbeeplettuce5890 5 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      You need to Google what underrated means if you think Debbie Reynolds was underrated

    • @augustzell8870
      @augustzell8870 5 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      She was beautiful

    • @bobtaylor170
      @bobtaylor170 4 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      Margaret, she was underrated. In fact, I think she was a genius, and wish screenwriters and directors in the late 60s and 70s had been shrewd enough to take advantage of her brilliance and build pictures around her.

    • @195511SM
      @195511SM 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      I think she was the first movie star, I had a crush on. Whenever 'How The West Was Won' was released.....I was still a little kid......but remember seeing it in one of those Cinema theaters. I recall being upset that she didn't hookup with Jimmy Stewart's character ( Linus, the mountain man )......but eventually ended up with Gregory Peck instead. I guess in retrospect......he was pretty cool also.

  • @rafaucett
    @rafaucett 6 ปีที่แล้ว +64

    Debbie Reynolds was HILARIOUS!! 😆

  • @myweightloss11928
    @myweightloss11928 5 ปีที่แล้ว +180

    John Daley was so articulate and amazing. That he could come up on the fly with some incredible answers and be so funny ad maintain a wonderful command of the English language, so such an amazing feat. Today it would NOT be allowed. Everything would have to be scripted!

    • @susanford2388
      @susanford2388 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Mr. Daly was a class act.

    • @peopleskarmasquad1042
      @peopleskarmasquad1042 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Brilliant man, as was Bennett Cerf

    • @alejandra5673
      @alejandra5673 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Indeed!

    • @maureensmith2728
      @maureensmith2728 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      I love when he has to have a conference.🙃

    • @susanwenner8738
      @susanwenner8738 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Articulate and kind man with all of the guests. People in general had better language skills on tv. Now a days it’s very rough and crass language for the most part. My parents were of this generation and they never used a ‘ bad’ word in their home or otherwise. Different times.

  • @sparks1504
    @sparks1504 5 ปีที่แล้ว +83

    Probably one of the greatest panel shows of its time ever produced

    • @richardgreenlees7088
      @richardgreenlees7088 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I’ve found that young people - (the more sophisticated among them) - respond well to the understated style of communication of the people of the 1950s-1960s.

    • @molly5292
      @molly5292 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      EVER !!
      And, most likely, the last intelligent game show.
      🥺

    • @bobo420TX
      @bobo420TX ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes this was the greatest panel show in history.

    • @orgonkothewildlyuntamed6301
      @orgonkothewildlyuntamed6301 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@molly5292 so i take it you always know all the answers on Jeopardy??? smh................

  • @robmagu65
    @robmagu65 2 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    So nice to see how well behaved, courteous and classy all these people are. My how we have slipped ... so, very, very sad

  • @1mespud
    @1mespud 6 ปีที่แล้ว +40

    I thought Louis Armstrong was the best moment especially after that "Hello Dolly" sample he graced the panel and viewers with. And that's knocking it out of the park!

  • @irishmary2490
    @irishmary2490 2 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    Thanks for taking the time to put these all together! It's so much fun to see them! Nice to see the Man, Louis Armstrong, author of "What a Wonderful World."

    • @sdgakatbk
      @sdgakatbk ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Another song I like by him is The Bucket's got a Hole in it.

  • @D71219ONE
    @D71219ONE ปีที่แล้ว +37

    Debbie Reynolds was so charming and funny. Total knockout too. Hollywood doesn’t have women like this anymore.

    • @eyg2207
      @eyg2207 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      She's from the days when they had to take charm and deportment lessons also elocution training. Today that's considered passe.

    • @mauricearpin7946
      @mauricearpin7946 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      True ❤❤❤❤

    • @user-bw2zt5jd9u
      @user-bw2zt5jd9u 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@eyg2207Now Cardi B is the standard.😢

  • @jimmyb1559
    @jimmyb1559 4 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    Great memories. All these years later and I still love this show. Thank you for posting.

  • @wendybabendy
    @wendybabendy 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Louis Armstrong... what a great character he was... Love his voice!

  • @contardi
    @contardi 2 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    2022
    And still so funny.
    How not to admire Arlene and Steve - they were brilliant.

    • @deloreswillis9224
      @deloreswillis9224 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      2023 still HILARIOUS 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

    • @orgonkothewildlyuntamed6301
      @orgonkothewildlyuntamed6301 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      DK was better than both in figuring out who they were though not nearly as entertaining

    • @Celisar1
      @Celisar1 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@orgonkothewildlyuntamed6301
      Together with Arlene they were the perfect combination!

  • @brunoav6999
    @brunoav6999 4 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    It is Saturday March 22, 2020 and I have spent all day on the net due to this self quarantine. I got tired of all the Facebook post! This video boosted my feelings!

  • @chuckendweiss4849
    @chuckendweiss4849 5 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    It is wonderful to once again see stars who have passed over the years. Thank you very much for this post

  • @gabrieru1983
    @gabrieru1983 7 ปีที่แล้ว +93

    Rosalind Russell was pure gold.....

    • @justinmartyr4420
      @justinmartyr4420 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      *Never Heard ov Her!!!!*

    • @patcurrie9888
      @patcurrie9888 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@justinmartyr4420 Check out the classic 'His Girl Friday'. That movie made her famous & she was well regarded in the industry through the late 1970s. A Hollywood Star, indeed.

    • @QuadMochaMatti
      @QuadMochaMatti 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@patcurrie9888 or you could go even further back than that, with her appearance as Dame May Whitty's niece in "Night Must Fall," with Elizabeth Montgomery's father, Robert. That still gives me the creeps, years after first seeing it.

  • @Info255
    @Info255 2 ปีที่แล้ว +43

    0:37 Rosiland Russell
    3:00 George Burns and Gracie Allen
    7:42 Fred Allen
    10:52 Eleanor Roosevelt
    15:35 Jack Benny
    21:21 Debbie Reynolds
    25:30 Art Carney
    33:40 Danny Kaye
    38:10 Louis Armstrong
    41:30 Lucille Ball

  • @contardi
    @contardi 3 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    I had never seen Arlene laughing so much.

  • @patsheppard2616
    @patsheppard2616 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    She was so well respected in her lifetime there are not enough adjectives to describe everything she did to make this world a better world. One of life’s great mysteries is how very little is said about her in todays educational system. In todays world this could be fixed at the college level.

  • @dyafnradio
    @dyafnradio 4 ปีที่แล้ว +82

    No one can make you feel inferior w/o your permission - The incredible Eleanor Roosevelt!!

  • @woffus
    @woffus 4 ปีที่แล้ว +183

    Wasn’t Debbie Reynolds totally stunningly beautiful! ❤️

    • @jolenaagapisou3803
      @jolenaagapisou3803 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      She certainly was beautiful, far more class & beauty than boozing Elizabeth Taylor! Some friend, huh!! And Carrie fisher, Debbies daughter, was an absolute worthless daughter, didn’t speak to her mom for 10 years, very close to the man eater, Elizabeth! Debbie died one day later after Carrie died, it wasn’t from a broken heart, God called Debbie home, it was her time!! I loved Debbie, I wish she could have been my mother, I would have been loyal & loved her to my dying day! Debbie was still beautiful at 80, she kept her youthful looks, I think her own daughter was jealous of her, but many daughters are jealous of their mothers. Debbie is singing Tammy in heaven, one of my favorites ❤️💕💜💚🧡💕❤️🧡💚💜

    • @marykater.7169
      @marykater.7169 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      All through her life. So lovely. She and the likes of Maureen O'Hara are timelessly beautiful!

    • @annmenzzasalma6151
      @annmenzzasalma6151 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@jolenaagapisou3803 I saw an interview her son gave and he said right before she had the stroke and died she said I'm going to go with Carrie. I think her and her daughter were very close the last year's of their lives

    • @billolsen4360
      @billolsen4360 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I saw Debbie eating in a restaurant in Denver once, it was like light was shining out of her face, her smile was electric.

    • @lhmccracken
      @lhmccracken 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Such a sad sad beautiful yet a TRUE BEAUTY who went thru many tragedies with grace!

  • @terencedove5047
    @terencedove5047 3 ปีที่แล้ว +83

    The parade of stars and well-known public figures on WML were astounding - but one of my undeniable favorites involved Louis Armstrong (38:09), who gave of his talent so freely as a MG, and whom the panelists and audience revered in unbridled and loving return. I ALWAYS cry when I see his segment...

    • @candycottrell6469
      @candycottrell6469 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      How beautiful he sang that without any music! I just loved him and old enough to remember seeing him on TV.

    • @pauletteb6393
      @pauletteb6393 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I'm glad I'm not the only one who gets teary eyed when he sings. Such a talent!

  • @jayonnaj18
    @jayonnaj18 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    John Daly could be so funny in his long explanations to answer certain questions, but he was also very clear, LOL! Bennett Cerf was my favorite panelist!

  • @satori03
    @satori03 5 ปีที่แล้ว +47

    when you look up the definition of class..Eleanor Roosevelt's picture should be there..what an amazing woman

  • @deboraholsen2504
    @deboraholsen2504 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Debbie Reynolds has got to be the female star who has the cutest, most engaging personality, along with the prettiest looks to go along with it! I’d say the star that has the same qualities equally as Debbie is Elizabeth Montgomery aka Samantha on Bewitched!

  • @dlou3264
    @dlou3264 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    “Don’t answer, George.” (We’re just knocking around.). ❤️❤️❤️

  • @freeguy77
    @freeguy77 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    This excellent compilation epitomizes why it was my favorite quiz show in those top mid-'60s years of television! Just so much great fun and laughs from this show plus "To Tell The Truth" "I've Got A Secret", "Password" and a secret look at people just being themselves, on "Candid Camera" airing just before this greatest-of-all tv quiz shows, "What's My Line?" The two biggest losses in the show's 17-year history (1950-67) were: Fred Allen, only 61 (May 31, 1894 - Mar. 17, 1956) and Dorothy Kilgallen, only 52 (Jul. 3, 1913 - Nov. 8, 1965). Both were irreplaceable, and deeply missed by the cast and the public.

  • @irshgrl500
    @irshgrl500 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Omg, Louis had to be my absolute favorite of all of these top 10 wonderful guests. What an incredible talent!!!

  • @conniecrawford5231
    @conniecrawford5231 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Debbie and Carrie together in heaven! Legends forever !

  • @mkofftiger
    @mkofftiger 7 ปีที่แล้ว +50

    I like the one when Fred Allen questions Red Skelton as the Mystery Guest. (This was an early episode before the panelists were only allowed a single question.) Allen immediately catches on and asks Skelton a series of questions that make it clear he knows Skelton's identification. Allen's final question is "Is your first name also a color?" Skelton answers with a sigh, "yes." Allen then deadpans, "I don't know who this guy is."

    • @WBensburg
      @WBensburg ปีที่แล้ว +1

      "I've been stealing your material for years!"

  • @lennmathis8694
    @lennmathis8694 4 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    Rosalind Russell was the most entertaining of all the mystery guests on WML.

  • @RobertoLopez-xb1mj
    @RobertoLopez-xb1mj ปีที่แล้ว +7

    The first Art Carney segment of WML was, imo, the shortest 1 minute and 14 seconds in game show history. But the other Art Carney segments on this great game show were hilarious. Absolute comedy gold!

  • @jasonayres
    @jasonayres ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Lucille Ball's "Woody Woodpecker" laugh.
    I haven't heard anyone do that in many years.
    I haven't heard anyone mention the cartoon in many years, either.
    But it was an infectious laugh.

  • @williamdixon1992
    @williamdixon1992 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    It was so much fun watching What's My Line. I had some good laughs. Great entertainment!

  • @oldhatcinema
    @oldhatcinema ปีที่แล้ว +6

    A great line up of some of the best old-time talents this world had to offer. Missing, however, is my favorite, Herbert Marshall. His appearance on What's My Line was priceless.

  • @picmajik
    @picmajik 5 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    I love Jack Benny in this montage. I have come to love his shows, wish I could have seen them in prime time back when. I wish he'd been able to film "The Sunshine Boys" as planned before he passed. "Oh, shut up!"

    • @davidleigh443
      @davidleigh443 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      You can get Benny's radio shows on CD;s through Radio Spirits. hey are hilarious. Louis Armstrong was on one episode.