I would watch Phyllis Diller just to hear her laugh. You couldn't hear Phyllis Diller laugh without cracking up yourself. She had the best laugh in the world!
the respect and dignity these people have and give to others is one of the most remarkable traits of this show to me (more than the game itself) ... it's sad that any behavior resembling this is frowned upon today, I wish good manners as a culture could come back but find it hard to believe at the rate we are going
I saw her on a show once years ago. Hair done up, dressed to the nines with her back to the camera. After she got finished playing the classical piece on a Grand Piano, she swung around and laughed at the camera. Very talented indeed.
Superstar , icon , Woman of the ages ! The fantastic Phyllis Diller..She was sensational... rest in peace beautiful lady you were special in so many ways !
When I was little I loved her routines on tv talk shows.and I liked her interviews, sometimes done with her husband Warde Donovan. What I specially loved was the sitcom she did with Reggie Gardner " The Pruitts of Southampton" I can still sing the whole theme song.
@richard jenkins There were many, many female comedians before her but wasn't she virtually the first female stand-up comic? Especially one who was not also a singer like Fannie Brice.
I went to a night club just to see Phyllis. Small place. And wow!!! She had all of us on the floor laughing!! I had a side ache, and couldn't catch my breath!!!!!
What ? Bottled,water been used in the USA for ever.. Poland Springs is an old name. Spring water was used everywhere in bottles. Not 6 oz bottles but large water chiller sizes.
Spring waters.. tonic waters & other such soft drinks... including Perrier I believe...were big amongst posher people on the Victorian continent...mainly because of scary water...and fashion...I guess...
Funny, that just 4 years prior to this show, Phyllis was an unknown contestant on Groucho's "You Bet Your Life". By 1963, her career skyrocketed right to the very top! What a great era of elegance and class this was!
Groucho had an exceptional gift for recognizing comic talent in addition to possessing an extraordinary comic mind of his own. And he'd try to feature comics on his show that weren't particularly well known. Here's a clip of Groucho with Lord Buckley. th-cam.com/video/CNhstToY9kk/w-d-xo.html
People here have correctly noted Phyllis' talent, courage and trailblazing status. But one thing I particularly admire about her was her genuine self-deprecation. So many celebrities when interviewed talk only about how great they are and superficial issues. I once saw Phyllis describe an early USO tour that she took with Bob Hope. In addition to performing on stage for servicemen, the trip included visiting wounded soldiers in an Army hospital. Hope and Diller went into the hospital and Phyllis saw a young soldier who had had half his face blown off. She was horrified and her facial expression showed it. Afterward, when they left the hospital, Hope told Phyllis off. "We go into these hospitals to take these soldiers' minds off their problems for a little while. The last thing we ever want to do is to remind them of their problems. Don't you ever do that again!" Phyllis said she never forgot that. I think her telling a story on national TV about herself and making someone feel bad and learning from the experience and becoming a better person reflected very well on her. I don't think too many other celebrities would tell a story about themselves that put them in a bad light, being correctly criticized for not acting appropriately and learning from their mistake.
She should have been prepared a bit in advance. Mistake? Well being human isn't a mistake in as far as being compassionate but not really prepared/ aware of what one might encounter. Agree that most celebs wouldn't be as forthright and vulnerable. She was a treasure nonetheless.
Ps. The amazing Phillis Diller passed away only a year after Jeno Paulucci (last guest). He was aged 93 (2011), while Diller was 95 (2012). *Pretty cool to now know that these two successful guests, of only a year apart in age, would be the last ones standing, so to speak.* Both reaching the American Dream with hard work, determination, goodness within, and family/children that loved them dearly. Legends in their chosen careers. :)
I love this. Diller and Paulucci were both a big part of my childhood. I watched Diller on TV at every opportunity. Sometimes I had Jeno's Pizza Rolls on a plate in my lap while watching Diller! My mom and I still eat Chun King Chow Mein for supper!
wasn't "bought out". It was sold to R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Comapny in 1966. They merged with Nabisco in 1985. It was sold to Yeo Hiap Seng of Singapore in 1989. Hunt purchased it in 95 and phased it out........ (what does not make sense, The article states that it was sold by RJR in 85 to YHS. It is also said RJR sold it in 86 To ConAgra. Parent of Hunt-Wesson. But YHS sold it to ConAgra in 95 after loosing market share) ...... you figure out the puzzle.
I was a young child at the time this show aired. I never liked sodas, and when I went to the movies and bought a snack (later in the decade) I wanted water to drink with it, but the only way to get it was to pay full price for an empty cup and fill it at a water fountain! So I was very happy when small bottles of water becamea available years later.
I watched Diller's TV sitcom and I remember her 1970's TV ads of "Salvo" detergent in the form of a round disk, about the size of a hockey puck.One per laundry, they dissolved in the water like Alka Seltzer, as the water was filling the washer.My mom used it sometimes.Diller's stand up comedy was so funny.I always wondered why she called her husband 'Fang'.She was funny on Hollywood Squares game show, too.
The character of "Fang," the husband that Diller frequently mentioned in her act, sprang from an ad-lib at a Purple Onion show. She kept him in the act, realizing "I was on to something because this idiot that I portray on stage has to have a husband, and he's got to be even more idiotic than I. --- From "Fresh Air Remembers Comedian Phillis Diller, 1986 interview with Terry Gross, NPR."
why is don love so invested in making everyone believe that it was common place to have bottles of water for sale back then? It was a business model, and new. it worked. I drink bottled water.
Personal portable water wouldn't have been common. They were talking about where the water was bad. Guess the thought of it for normal everyday purposes was incomprehensible then.
Love P.D.!!! I just did a search for P.D. stand-up. Fifty minutes of side-splitting jokes. I had to pause after every 10 minutes to get composed again. I love her self-deprecating humor. The best jokes...her finger massaging girdle with arthritis and when she tells the joke about applying moisturizer and after the punch line does a curtsy.
When Phyllis Diller came in with her coat on, I always have wondered if she was the "showed up with a minute to spare" mystery guest that John Daly talks about in the last CBS broadcast.
Watching this exactly 60 years after this aired, I was 1 year old just short of my 2nd Birthday the following month, March 25th. which means now, next month March 25th, I'll be 62. I really enjoy watching these. 😁
Last contestant ceated Chun King Chinese prepared foods and sold it for 63 milliondollars. He made the hugely popular Jeno's Pizza Rolls and his greatest regret was that he had sold them to Pillsbury. He realized that Jeno's Pizza Rolls would be around forever and they have been. He diied with hundred of millions and a brief appearance on What's My Line.
I've been watching tons of WML episodes over the past week or so, and have enjoyed them immensely! I have slight recollections of the show as a young child (more so of TTTT w/Garry Moore). Thank you very much for bringing these great shows back to life!
Antimale??? She was a caring person, and that pertained to everyone that deserved care. I don't see the slightest ounce of disrespect from her here to any three of these men.
One episode about pancakes, this one Chinese food, no wonder I get the midnight munchies, but it's worth it, cause watching these episodes before bed is very relaxing and helps me sleep better.
Did you notice how Bennett Cerf picked up Mrs. Dillers' coat and helped her on with it? People used to have manners and be considerate of others. Things weren't perfect back in the day by any means but some things WERE better.
@Mary Tschida - John Daly actually gave a good explanation of it on the segment when he said that water pollution had caught up with some regions. There were some chichi bottled waters for individual consumption. This was Great Bear Spring Water that has been around forever in the huge bottles that one turns upside down onto the dispenser in a home or office and facilitated the notorious "water cooler" gossip in business offices. Berman and Francis were only in offices as visitors to their agents, etc., while Kilgallen and Cerf were rarely in offices because most of their work was done away from the actual office. I think that explains why they did not think of bottled water readily. I live in a major city of the northeast megalopolis and we have quite decent quality and tasting water here. But many in the period of this show had so many chemicals to kill the vile stuff in the water that it was undrinkable in some places. This is the decade after all that spawned Rachel Carson's "Silent Spring," the filmic work of Jacques-Yves Cousteau, and Ralph Nader's "Unsafe At Any Speed." People were beginning to see the dangers of how we use things around us and what we make to use. On the whole I am with you and do not understand why one would buy water where there is perfectly acceptable tap water to drink that you pay for in your water bill. You will recall the bottle of Vichy water famously tossed into the wire trash basket by Capt. Louis Renault played by Claude Rains at the end of "Casablanca." Evian is pretty old and a couple of other French, Swiss bottled waters are ages old now. Perrier has been around forever and a day. So, it was around back then. There were other regional firms selling the large office, household bottles, too.
@@marytschida5756 I'm retired and have lived in 9 states in my life. Prior to "city"water" bottled water was quite common. Restaurants served it(mid scale and up) Poland Springs dates from the 1800s,Saratoga Springs,Enon Springs...list is quite extensive. Prior to 1960 spring water was quite common in offices ,shops ,businesses. Do you remember the cone shaped paper cups? The advent of chlorinated municipal water slowed the spring water industry somewhat. Read the history of water. Many deadly diseases were transmitted by dirty water supplies. We modern folks tend to think a glass of clear water has always been the norm.. far from it.
stlmopoet Really? Do you think she got the idea from Dorothy? (18:39) And who did Dorothy think she was, then? (*Edit:* I just listened again and could hear her say she was thinking of Carol Channing.) Another sign of the way times have changed: Shelley Berman was thoroughly confused when Dorothy got a "yes" from Phyllis Diller regarding her question of whether she was "an actor or performer." Thinking the yes is to "actor," he asks incredulously, "that's a *man* talking there?" (17:19) Back then, men were actors and women were actresses. These days, the word actress is seemingly being phased out, in favor of the word "actor" for both men and women.
***** Yeah, I guess you're right. They still deliver those big cooler bottles to offices and such, but not as many homes anymore, I suppose. I remember that the waiting room in the doctor's office I went to as a child had a big water cooler like that with paper cups that were shaped like ice cream cones. I used to love drinking that water from those cups. And nowadays the same water delivery companies also deliver bottled water in various-sized containers, including gallon jugs, 24-packs of smaller bottles, etc.
she was under tremendous stress for she had uncovered the same cabal/ cult we know of today. They murdered her to prevent publish of her book, and destroyed it.
Phyllis Diller. Wow. First appearance. Her next appearance in 1964 was beyond funny. What a great chivalric moment when Bennett helps her on with that fur.
Dorothy says to the last contestant "I'm not very big in supermarkets". MY GOD...Can you imaging Dorothy feeling the fruits and hoisting up a six pack? And then wheeling her cart home on Fifth Avenue? Oh, dear!
Phyllis Diller was always a lot of fun, even when she wasn't hilarious (which she was most of the time). Call me weird, but I never thought she was all that bad looking (certainly she was no Carol Burnett) and she played up her anti-Zsa Zsa look to great success.
I agree. I'd say she didn't have that 'special Hollywood touch' that other stars had. Many of them were beautiful already, but Hollywood turned that beauty into stunning.
Aw, I agree too. She always seem awfully sweet. I always loved and looked up to women like Carol and Phyllis because they didn't become successful because of the their looks.
On the June 23, 1957 episode of WML, the three principal owners of La Choy at the time from Ohio, all with Irish surnames, stumped the panel with their line. But they weren't the founders of La Choy. It was founded in the early 1920's by two graduates of University of Michigan (one who emigrated from Korea, the other an American named Smith).
In the first 18 live broadcasts and taping sessions of 1963, Dorothy Kilgallen attend 8 and missed 10. Berman appeared on the panel fairly regularly in 1960 - 61. This is the first time that Berman appeared on the panel since his memorable laughing fit during the appearance of the Rocking Chair manufacturer contestant in mid 1961.
+soulierinvestments I just watched this one again for the first time in a long time. I'd forgotten how alarmingly thin Dorothy had gotten during this period!
@@princeharming8963 The Manhattan DA reopened the investigation recently into Dorothy's death by considering new evidence that has appeared in books. After review and investigation, they declined to bring any charges. Case closed.
I signed TH-cam an episode regarding Dorothy. It talked about how she may have been murdered. It's quite interesting. He pretty much just gives the facts and you make your own opinion.
Bottled water was a real high tone treat up, I'd say, until 30 years ago. Today, any fellow can slug it down like nickel beer. Back in 1963 it was considered somewhat chichi.
It was not nearly as common a product then as now. Fewer people drank it --- it wasn't mass produced, advertised, and distributed by the likes of Nestle and Coke and Pepsi then as now.
Here's a little pedantry to make your day move a bit slower: up until the mid-19th century, Shirley was almost exclusively a male name. One of the Bronte sisters (forgotten which one) published a novel with a female character called "Shirley" around that time and its popularity caused many people to give the name to daughters. It remained a name that was considered suitable for either males or females (like Leslie -- which seems to have been a part of the 'Shirley' joke in 'Airplane' -- or Evelyn) for a long time afterwards. Now, of course, it's almost exclusively female, but in the early 1960's it wouldn't have sounded so odd, and Daly's mistake wouldn't have seemed quite so strange.
Wow, this smart panel was stumped by the first challenger! This must be because the product was considered unusual back in 1963 and nowhere near as pervasive as it is today.
It was so elegant the way Mr. Daly said "Mrs. McCabe is certainly the expert here, but the average person may think -a billiard- ball could be smaller than a tennis ball." Most people nowadays would have simply contradicted their guest.
The last guy, Jeno, quickly built a multi-million dollar empire with Chun-King after borrowing $2500 to start the business. *Four years after this broadcast he sold Chun King for $64 million in 1967 (a massive amount in that year).* He later founded Jeno's for pizza, and he invented "pizza rolls" (selling to Pillsbury) then started Luigino's Michelina brand Italian frozen foods. All that after simply starting as a grocery salesperson with an American dream...to market chop suey & other ethic foods. His devoted parents immigrated from a village in Italy where he gave back financially. In fact, he was a big philanthropist, giving much to charities and those in need. *He was married to his wife, Lois, for 64 years and died brokenhearted just 4 days AFTER she died.* Pres. Ford honored Jeno Paulucci and referred to him as a symbol of "the Magic of America", as his parents were poor, Italian immigrants to start. THAT is how *capitalism creates the American dream for so many.* Why do so many young people today (mostly American nationals) want to destroy their amazing opportunity and become socialist? Perhaps comfy lives and ignorance are primarily to blame...with a hint of progressive BS flung at them via well-produced entertainment and media sound bites. I'm a social liberal (marry who you want, eat/drink/smoke what you want, "do yer own thang!", etc.), but would never imagine giving up my ability to achieve the American dream and suffer horribly like poor Venezuelans do now. Their young adults think we are foolish to even think about making the same mistake: Don't just take my word for it. *See their devastation story here if you want: www.usnews.com/opinion/articles/2016-06-06/socialism-is-devastating-venezuela-and-americans-dont-seem-to-notice
Shelley Berman is absolutely adorable, why is Dorothy so skinny? Mr Rockefeller is a cutie too. And im actually surprised water of all things puzzled them so. I love how they advertise for everyone who comes on the show regardless of what they do for a living. And that pool instructor is so serious! I havent seen any guests that serious. I also think its cool the last guy owns a company theyre all familiar with and you can hear Arlene compliment his company's commercials. Its hard to make out exactly what Shelley is saying but hes complimenting the company as well. +What's My Line? 15:51 Im surprised you didnt put that into the bloopers
all were familiar with Chun King back then. By 1962 Chuin King accounted for half of all U.S. sales of prepared Chinese Food. Revenu of $30 milliojn dollars. In 1966 it was sold to J Reynolds Tobacco Compay for $63 million.
So fun to watch 'Bottled Water' because of pollutants just starting to be an issue seem such a foreign concept to the panel and audience. My how times change.
It should be pointed out that this Jeno DID make pizza rolls before he entered the Chinese Food Business called Jeno's Pizza Rolls! So he DID make a pizza product first in concert with his Italian heritage.
From his Wikipedia entry ........... In the book "The Very, Very Rich, and how they got that way"[3] Paulucci was quoted as stating his motivation that, while he loved Chinese food, he found it too bland and thought it would benefit from a little Italian spicing. After making a batch and canning it, he took some samples to a supermarket executive to convince him to try it out, and to persuade him to stock it. On opening the can, Paulucci found, to his horror, that the top of the can's contents included a whole, cooked grasshopper. Fortunately, the can had been opened in such a way that the lid was facing the executive, so that only Paulucci could see the contents. Thinking quickly, Paulucci told the executive, "This looks so good, I'm going to taste it myself". He then took one of two spoons that were lying on the table, reached into the can, quickly dug out a heaping spoonful (which included the grasshopper) and ate it. (According to Paulucci, "It didn't taste bad." Roasted or deep-fried grasshoppers are a popular street snack in Mexico City.) He then offered the can to the executive, who sampled a separate spoonful, liked it, and placed a large order.
Wow, now that shows that times have changed. The question was asked if a woman might wear something other than a street dress while "teaching billiards" to (what appears to be female) adults and children, and she said No. Who today in Oregon would teach billiards in a skirt or a dress?
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I would watch Phyllis Diller just to hear her laugh. You couldn't hear Phyllis Diller laugh without cracking up yourself. She had the best laugh in the world!
Isn't it nice to watch people beautifully dressed, with good manners, conversing intelligently and humorously without resorting to smut?
Yes! Exactly! I noticed that right away. Civility and dignity and class. It's a different world now.
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You can't find people talking with civility, dignity and class? Does Terry Gross or Brian Lehrer or Diane Rehm ring any bells?
There are exceptions, of course. But it used to be the rule.
the respect and dignity these people have and give to others is one of the most remarkable traits of this show to me (more than the game itself) ... it's sad that any behavior resembling this is frowned upon today, I wish good manners as a culture could come back but find it hard to believe at the rate we are going
If YOU live a gracious life of good manners, you will attract others to you.
Most people don't know that in addition to being a comedian she was a phenomenal classical trained concert pianist.
Harpsichordist
I saw her on a show once years ago. Hair done up, dressed to the nines with her back to the camera. After she got finished playing the classical piece on a Grand Piano, she swung around and laughed at the camera. Very talented indeed.
I did not know this!
And a self-taught artist.
Phyllis Diller was a piano major in college...❤
So wonderful. There'll never by another Phyllis.
Love and miss her.
I was almost named Phyllis. Thank goodness my mom changed her mind. I don't like the name Phyllis. It would not have suited me at all.
@@donnawoodford6641 why not, phyllis ?
There will never be another [Anyone] 😉
@@FlockOfHawks thank you. Someone finally gets how little meaning that all-so-common phrase has.
Superstar , icon , Woman of the ages ! The fantastic Phyllis Diller..She was sensational... rest in peace beautiful lady you were special in so many ways !
A friend of mine drove Ms. Diller whenever she was in Houston and he said that she was truly a nice person.
When I was little I loved her routines on tv talk shows.and I liked her interviews, sometimes done with her husband Warde Donovan. What I specially loved was the sitcom she did with Reggie Gardner " The Pruitts of Southampton" I can still sing the whole theme song.
I love her
She was a pioneer in her genre one tough cookie with a giant heart
@richard jenkins There were many, many female comedians before her but wasn't she virtually the first female stand-up comic? Especially one who was not also a singer like Fannie Brice.
Phyllis Diller lit up the show like a 100 watt lightbulb.
So nice of Bennet to get up and help Phyllis with her coat.
LOVE Arlene the way she squealed when asking Phyllis Diller questions cracked me up!
what a contagious laugh Phyllis Diller had! ! ! lovely lady :-)
Two absolute staples of 1960's (and early 70's) television - especially game shows. Phyllis Diller & Geritol. They were all over US TV back then.
Shelley: “Look, I’ll just take no for an answer.” funny
I went to a night club just to see Phyllis. Small place. And wow!!! She had all of us on the floor laughing!!
I had a side ache, and couldn't catch my breath!!!!!
Phyllis Diller tried so hard not to burst into her trademark laugh. She was successful.
Phyliss Diller is exactly as my grandmother was when I was a kid.
Cool grandma
"Really? Bottled water?" Little do they know, lol.
What ? Bottled,water been used in the USA for ever.. Poland Springs is an old name. Spring water was used everywhere in bottles.
Not 6 oz bottles but large water chiller sizes.
yep, they thought of everything first lol
Spring waters.. tonic waters & other such soft drinks... including Perrier I believe...were big amongst posher people on the Victorian continent...mainly because of scary water...and fashion...I guess...
Funny, that just 4 years prior to this show, Phyllis was an unknown contestant on Groucho's "You Bet Your Life". By 1963, her career skyrocketed right to the very top! What a great era of elegance and class this was!
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I saw her on Groucho
Groucho had an exceptional gift for recognizing comic talent in addition to possessing an extraordinary comic mind of his own. And he'd try to feature comics on his show that weren't particularly well known. Here's a clip of Groucho with Lord Buckley. th-cam.com/video/CNhstToY9kk/w-d-xo.html
How could anyone not love Phyllis Diller?
Awww, Mr. Cerf is quite the gentleman
Phyllis Diller was a brave woman to tackle comedy in what was predominately a man's world. Every female comedian today thanks her for her courage.
People here have correctly noted Phyllis' talent, courage and trailblazing status. But one thing I particularly admire about her was her genuine self-deprecation. So many celebrities when interviewed talk only about how great they are and superficial issues. I once saw Phyllis describe an early USO tour that she took with Bob Hope. In addition to performing on stage for servicemen, the trip included visiting wounded soldiers in an Army hospital. Hope and Diller went into the hospital and Phyllis saw a young soldier who had had half his face blown off. She was horrified and her facial expression showed it. Afterward, when they left the hospital, Hope told Phyllis off. "We go into these hospitals to take these soldiers' minds off their problems for a little while. The last thing we ever want to do is to remind them of their problems. Don't you ever do that again!" Phyllis said she never forgot that. I think her telling a story on national TV about herself and making someone feel bad and learning from the experience and becoming a better person reflected very well on her. I don't think too many other celebrities would tell a story about themselves that put them in a bad light, being correctly criticized for not acting appropriately and learning from their mistake.
She should have been prepared a bit in advance. Mistake? Well being human isn't a mistake in as far as being compassionate but not really prepared/ aware of what one might encounter. Agree that most celebs wouldn't be as forthright and vulnerable. She was a treasure nonetheless.
Shelley is great - handling himself nervously but well.
Ps. The amazing Phillis Diller passed away only a year after Jeno Paulucci (last guest). He was aged 93 (2011), while Diller was 95 (2012). *Pretty cool to now know that these two successful guests, of only a year apart in age, would be the last ones standing, so to speak.* Both reaching the American Dream with hard work, determination, goodness within, and family/children that loved them dearly. Legends in their chosen careers. :)
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Shelley Berman was 92 when he passed in 2017!
I love this. Diller and Paulucci were both a big part of my childhood. I watched Diller on TV at every opportunity. Sometimes I had Jeno's Pizza Rolls on a plate in my lap while watching Diller! My mom and I still eat Chun King Chow Mein for supper!
The final guest Jeno Palucci, the founder of Chun King (which was bought out by Hunt-Wesson in 1995) is also the "Jeno" of Jeno's Pizza Rolls.
wasn't "bought out". It was sold to R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Comapny in 1966. They merged with Nabisco in 1985. It was sold to Yeo Hiap Seng of Singapore in 1989. Hunt purchased it in 95 and phased it out........ (what does not make sense, The article states that it was sold by RJR in 85 to YHS. It is also said RJR sold it in 86 To ConAgra. Parent of Hunt-Wesson. But YHS sold it to ConAgra in 95 after loosing market share) ...... you figure out the puzzle.
Products featured on another Goodson Todman production The Price is Right, well into the 1980s.
Shelly Berman was an excellent panelist.
Took his questions seriously.
I was a young child at the time this show aired. I never liked sodas, and when I went to the movies and bought a snack (later in the decade) I wanted water to drink with it, but the only way to get it was to pay full price for an empty cup and fill it at a water fountain! So I was very happy when small bottles of water becamea available years later.
Phyllis Diller was amazing... such a great laugh...
Shelley Berman was so much better here than when he first appeared on the panel! So much more relaxed.
I watched Diller's TV sitcom and I remember her 1970's TV ads of "Salvo" detergent in the form of a round disk, about the size of a hockey puck.One per laundry, they dissolved in the water like Alka Seltzer, as the water was filling the washer.My mom used it sometimes.Diller's stand up comedy was so funny.I always wondered why she called her husband 'Fang'.She was funny on Hollywood Squares game show, too.
The character of "Fang," the husband that Diller frequently mentioned in her act, sprang from an ad-lib at a Purple Onion show. She kept him in the act, realizing "I was on to something because this idiot that I portray on stage has to have a husband, and he's got to be even more idiotic than I. --- From "Fresh Air Remembers Comedian Phillis Diller, 1986 interview with Terry Gross, NPR."
Just love Phyllis Diller! What an infectious laugh! 🤣😂
Two of my favorite ladies from the 60's....Arlene Francis and Phyllis Diller!!
I didn't even know bottle water existed way back then. Also, the manners of these people are so wonderful, I know I'm learning something from them.
Eric Hanson There were office water coolers with huge containers of "bottled" water with a spigot.
Bottled water has a long history in the US .
SARATOGA AND POLAND springs sold lakefuls of water.
why is don love so invested in making everyone believe that it was common place to have bottles of water for sale back then? It was a business model, and new. it worked. I drink bottled water.
Personal portable water wouldn't have been common. They were talking about where the water was bad. Guess the thought of it for normal everyday purposes was incomprehensible then.
Phyllis Diller seemed to have so much fun.
Phyllis Diller was the Minnie Pearl of Slick Street.
Love P.D.!!! I just did a search for P.D. stand-up. Fifty minutes of side-splitting jokes. I had to pause after every 10 minutes to get composed again. I love her self-deprecating humor. The best jokes...her finger massaging girdle with arthritis and when she tells the joke about applying moisturizer and after the punch line does a curtsy.
We had bottled water in our home back in the 60's. Sparklets was a big spring water company in Southern California.
I remember the big bottles being delivered. What were they, 5 gallons?
When Phyllis Diller came in with her coat on, I always have wondered if she was the "showed up with a minute to spare" mystery guest that John Daly talks about in the last CBS broadcast.
Watching this exactly 60 years after this aired, I was 1 year old just short of my 2nd Birthday the following month, March 25th. which means now, next month March 25th, I'll be 62. I really enjoy watching these. 😁
I was 2 and a half. 3 later that year. I feel old 😅.
@@jacquelinebell6201 YOU feel old??? I was already a high school senior when this aired. You do the math.
Last contestant ceated Chun King Chinese prepared foods and sold it for 63 milliondollars. He made the hugely popular Jeno's Pizza Rolls and his greatest regret was that he had sold them to Pillsbury. He realized that Jeno's Pizza Rolls would be around forever and they have been. He diied with hundred of millions and a brief appearance on What's My Line.
I've been watching tons of WML episodes over the past week or so, and have enjoyed them immensely! I have slight recollections of the show as a young child (more so of TTTT w/Garry Moore). Thank you very much for bringing these great shows back to life!
me too! ive watched dozens in the last few days....great show and guests and panelists...
She didn't have to be filthy. She didn't have to be angry. She didn't have to be antimale. Yet the funniest woman ever!
antimale - pronounced like facsimile...?
@@washoe4827 ...water pale... beer sale?...
Antimale??? She was a caring person, and that pertained to everyone that deserved care. I don't see the slightest ounce of disrespect from her here to any three of these men.
Yes Thank you !
Phyllis is wonderful!
After seeing Phyllis on my recommendation I knew I had to watch, not only are her jokes funny but that laugh is priceless
Little did they know that 50 years after this, bottled water would become the #1 selling beverage.
Phyllis Diller ,won the true greats of women comedians, a true pioneer, she would always leave me in stitches and smiling
One episode about pancakes, this one Chinese food, no wonder I get the midnight munchies, but it's worth it, cause watching these episodes before bed is very relaxing and helps me sleep better.
Love Phyllis....and her laugh!
Phyllis Diller wrote some hilariously entertaining books too!
"Phyllis Diller's Housekeeping Hints"...
Did you notice how Bennett Cerf picked up Mrs. Dillers' coat and helped her on with it? People used to have manners and be considerate of others. Things weren't perfect back in the day by any means but some things WERE better.
It must have been hard for Phyllis to stifle her famous laugh!
"Do you appear with seom degree of regularity on television?" Answer: "Yes, especially after I eat a bowl of prunes."
Bennett Surf - what a classy gentleman - none like him any more.
Cerf. 😊
EVERYONE HAD CLASS
Everybody is surprised about bottled water. No one ever bought bottle before the 19 90's or later. I'm still amazed people pay for water.
@Mary Tschida - John Daly actually gave a good explanation of it on the segment when he said that water pollution had caught up with some regions. There were some chichi bottled waters for individual consumption. This was Great Bear Spring Water that has been around forever in the huge bottles that one turns upside down onto the dispenser in a home or office and facilitated the notorious "water cooler" gossip in business offices. Berman and Francis were only in offices as visitors to their agents, etc., while Kilgallen and Cerf were rarely in offices because most of their work was done away from the actual office. I think that explains why they did not think of bottled water readily. I live in a major city of the northeast megalopolis and we have quite decent quality and tasting water here. But many in the period of this show had so many chemicals to kill the vile stuff in the water that it was undrinkable in some places. This is the decade after all that spawned Rachel Carson's "Silent Spring," the filmic work of Jacques-Yves Cousteau, and Ralph Nader's "Unsafe At Any Speed." People were beginning to see the dangers of how we use things around us and what we make to use. On the whole I am with you and do not understand why one would buy water where there is perfectly acceptable tap water to drink that you pay for in your water bill. You will recall the bottle of Vichy water famously tossed into the wire trash basket by Capt. Louis Renault played by Claude Rains at the end of "Casablanca." Evian is pretty old and a couple of other French, Swiss bottled waters are ages old now. Perrier has been around forever and a day. So, it was around back then. There were other regional firms selling the large office, household bottles, too.
Research bottled water in the USA..
Bottled water isn't a 20th century phenomenon.
@@donlove3741 you might have researched it but I was alive then & saw no bottled water where I lived in Minnesota.
@@marytschida5756 I'm retired and have lived in 9 states in my life.
Prior to "city"water" bottled water was quite common. Restaurants served it(mid scale and up) Poland Springs dates from the 1800s,Saratoga Springs,Enon Springs...list is quite extensive.
Prior to 1960 spring water was quite common in offices ,shops ,businesses. Do you remember the cone shaped paper cups?
The advent of chlorinated municipal water slowed the spring water industry somewhat.
Read the history of water.
Many deadly diseases were transmitted by dirty water supplies. We modern folks tend to think a glass of clear water has always been the norm.. far from it.
Again. That was water coolers not bottled water where you paid for it in stores.
Phyllis Diller first show she was ever on was You Bet Your Life...
Truly horrified by Dorothy's skeletal appearance :-(
I know...me too....possibly bulimic
@@gailsirois7175 No, she was an alcoholic whose caloric intake was greatly reduced in the early 1960s as her addiction worsened.
Bottled water has caught on a bit more since then. Ha. And Phyllis Diller before wigs and diamond bracelets, which became signature to her.
stlmopoet
Really? Do you think she got the idea from Dorothy? (18:39) And who did Dorothy think she was, then? (*Edit:* I just listened again and could hear her say she was thinking of Carol Channing.)
Another sign of the way times have changed: Shelley Berman was thoroughly confused when Dorothy got a "yes" from Phyllis Diller regarding her question of whether she was "an actor or performer." Thinking the yes is to "actor," he asks incredulously, "that's a *man* talking there?" (17:19) Back then, men were actors and women were actresses. These days, the word actress is seemingly being phased out, in favor of the word "actor" for both men and women.
SaveThe TPC I think she says Carol Burnett?
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Yeah, I guess you're right. They still deliver those big cooler bottles to offices and such, but not as many homes anymore, I suppose. I remember that the waiting room in the doctor's office I went to as a child had a big water cooler like that with paper cups that were shaped like ice cream cones. I used to love drinking that water from those cups.
And nowadays the same water delivery companies also deliver bottled water in various-sized containers, including gallon jugs, 24-packs of smaller bottles, etc.
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Thanks for the info!
+Sandra Wallin That was after the question about whether she had ever spoken to Dorothy on the phone while in Las Vegas.
Wow Dorothy has never been soooo skinny I love her dearly but she’s resembling olive oil here wow
she was under tremendous stress for she had uncovered the same cabal/ cult we know of today. They murdered her to prevent publish of her book, and destroyed it.
Phyllis Diller. Wow. First appearance. Her next appearance in 1964 was beyond funny. What a great chivalric moment when Bennett helps her on with that fur.
Dorothy says to the last contestant "I'm not very big in supermarkets".
MY GOD...Can you imaging Dorothy feeling the fruits and hoisting up a six pack? And then wheeling her cart home on Fifth Avenue?
Oh, dear!
Shelly gets a farewell kiss as a long time fellow comedian, Dorothy gets a kiss for being a major fan.
Phyllis Diller was always a lot of fun, even when she wasn't hilarious (which she was most of the time). Call me weird, but I never thought she was all that bad looking (certainly she was no Carol Burnett) and she played up her anti-Zsa Zsa look to great success.
I agree. I'd say she didn't have that 'special Hollywood touch' that other stars had. Many of them were beautiful already, but Hollywood turned that beauty into stunning.
Aw, I agree too. She always seem awfully sweet. I always loved and looked up to women like Carol and Phyllis because they didn't become successful because of the their looks.
I thought the deglam thing was a facade.. I was envious of her pretty legs and ample bosom.
Great episode all around! I just read that, only three years after this episode, Mr. Paulucci sold Chun King to RJ Reynolds for $63 million!
If done today, that would be giving it away.
A Star!
I think I remember the TV ads. Chung King makes Chinese food! Swing , American!
Thanks for getting that little ditty stuck in my head. :)~ I'm sure I haven't heard it in probably at least 30 years.
La Choy makes Chinese food swing American.
Hunt-Wesson became the owner of Chun King in 1995. The owners of La Choy. ConAgra the parent company phased out Chun King.
On the June 23, 1957 episode of WML, the three principal owners of La Choy at the time from Ohio, all with Irish surnames, stumped the panel with their line. But they weren't the founders of La Choy. It was founded in the early 1920's by two graduates of University of Michigan (one who emigrated from Korea, the other an American named Smith).
Jeno also invented the Pizza roll.
The pioneer of women comedians.
In the first 18 live broadcasts and taping sessions of 1963, Dorothy Kilgallen attend 8 and missed 10.
Berman appeared on the panel fairly regularly in 1960 - 61. This is the first time that Berman appeared on the panel since his memorable laughing fit during the appearance of the Rocking Chair manufacturer contestant in mid 1961.
+soulierinvestments
I just watched this one again for the first time in a long time. I'd forgotten how alarmingly thin Dorothy had gotten during this period!
She battled with health issues right up to her death. Her heavy drinking did not help matters at all.
Greg .Patrei -Knowing what she knew about the death of JFK didn't help either.
@@princeharming8963 The Manhattan DA reopened the investigation recently into Dorothy's death by considering new evidence that has appeared in books. After review and investigation, they declined to bring any charges. Case closed.
@@preppysocks209 - Wellllll... if the Manhattan DA said so.. then it MUST be true! Thanks for setting me straight on that one! 🙄
Just finished Dorothy's Bio, it was quite sad & seeing her on this show scary skinny gives cadence to the Bio.
I signed TH-cam an episode regarding Dorothy. It talked about how she may have been murdered. It's quite interesting. He pretty much just gives the facts and you make your own opinion.
@@merricat3025 What is the name of the book? Is it by Eric someone? I've been wanting to read it!
As scary skinny as Dorothy is here, there are celebs today who are just as emaciated. And think they look good.
Bottled water was a real high tone treat up, I'd say, until 30 years ago. Today, any fellow can slug it down like nickel beer. Back in 1963 it was considered somewhat chichi.
***** We had a home water cooler in our home in the mid 70's. I thought that was fancy.
I wonder if they knew where Oregon was think they thought of lumberjack or fishing we do more than hunt and fish was amusing to me
Toini Moore at
East the pronounced the name of the state correctly.
Diller was adored.
oh to have been dinner party guest with these people!
Shelley Berman. Larry David's TV dad!
Lugino,'Jeno', Francesco Paulucci, 8/5/1918-11/24/2011, started over 70 companies, including Bellisio Foods and Chung King.
Inventor of the Pizza roll.
The shocked looks on their faces when they find out his line is "bottled water"!!
It was not nearly as common a product then as now. Fewer people drank it --- it wasn't mass produced, advertised, and distributed by the likes of Nestle and Coke and Pepsi then as now.
Renata Ninetynine - Was he not a member of the famed Rockefeller family?
Dorothy looks so thin.
And not in a healthy way.
i was going to mention :00 poor dorothy...
Man, after seeing Jeno Paulucci, I'd love some Chun King Chow Mein right now!
Or a Jeno's pizza roll, for that matter.
This is such a treat!!
Phyllis Diller was one heck of a funny lady.
John called Shelley Berman "Shirley" on the very first question. Shades of Leslie Nielsen in Airplane! ("And don't call me Shirley!"
Michael Danello - As in "Surely you jest."
Here's a little pedantry to make your day move a bit slower: up until the mid-19th century, Shirley was almost exclusively a male name. One of the Bronte sisters (forgotten which one) published a novel with a female character called "Shirley" around that time and its popularity caused many people to give the name to daughters. It remained a name that was considered suitable for either males or females (like Leslie -- which seems to have been a part of the 'Shirley' joke in 'Airplane' -- or Evelyn) for a long time afterwards. Now, of course, it's almost exclusively female, but in the early 1960's it wouldn't have sounded so odd, and Daly's mistake wouldn't have seemed quite so strange.
Wow, this smart panel was stumped by the first challenger! This must be because the product was considered unusual back in 1963 and nowhere near as pervasive as it is today.
I FIRST STARTED WATCHING THE SHOW DURING THE EARLY SIXTES. WOULD AIR ON SUNDAY NIGHT. DID NOT KNOW THAT THE SHOW HAD BEEN GOING SINCE THE FIFTIES.
me too
When John says its so many down and so many to go, does Bennett not know that means a NO answer?
Phyllis Diller was one of a kind! Always enjoyed her
It was so elegant the way Mr. Daly said "Mrs. McCabe is certainly the expert here, but the average person may think -a billiard- ball could be smaller than a tennis ball."
Most people nowadays would have simply contradicted their guest.
PETA would have a fit over Diller's mink coat.
The last guy, Jeno, quickly built a multi-million dollar empire with Chun-King after borrowing $2500 to start the business. *Four years after this broadcast he sold Chun King for $64 million in 1967 (a massive amount in that year).* He later founded Jeno's for pizza, and he invented "pizza rolls" (selling to Pillsbury) then started Luigino's Michelina brand Italian frozen foods. All that after simply starting as a grocery salesperson with an American dream...to market chop suey & other ethic foods. His devoted parents immigrated from a village in Italy where he gave back financially. In fact, he was a big philanthropist, giving much to charities and those in need. *He was married to his wife, Lois, for 64 years and died brokenhearted just 4 days AFTER she died.*
Pres. Ford honored Jeno Paulucci and referred to him as a symbol of "the Magic of America", as his parents were poor, Italian immigrants to start. THAT is how *capitalism creates the American dream for so many.* Why do so many young people today (mostly American nationals) want to destroy their amazing opportunity and become socialist? Perhaps comfy lives and ignorance are primarily to blame...with a hint of progressive BS flung at them via well-produced entertainment and media sound bites. I'm a social liberal (marry who you want, eat/drink/smoke what you want, "do yer own thang!", etc.), but would never imagine giving up my ability to achieve the American dream and suffer horribly like poor Venezuelans do now. Their young adults think we are foolish to even think about making the same mistake: Don't just take my word for it. *See their devastation story here if you want: www.usnews.com/opinion/articles/2016-06-06/socialism-is-devastating-venezuela-and-americans-dont-seem-to-notice
I loved the Michelina products when they first came out. After the company was sold, it seemed to me that the quality went down.
Awww. I missed Arlene in Louisville kentucky. (I was one).
Phyllis was always unhappy with this face and that's why she had cosmetic surgery. I think this face really looked just fine. :)
56 years ago on January 25, 1964 Nike was founded as Blue Ribbon Sports and is headquartered in Beaverton, Oregon.
Love Arlene's dress!
Shelley Berman is absolutely adorable, why is Dorothy so skinny? Mr Rockefeller is a cutie too. And im actually surprised water of all things puzzled them so. I love how they advertise for everyone who comes on the show regardless of what they do for a living. And that pool instructor is so serious! I havent seen any guests that serious. I also think its cool the last guy owns a company theyre all familiar with and you can hear Arlene compliment his company's commercials. Its hard to make out exactly what Shelley is saying but hes complimenting the company as well.
+What's My Line? 15:51 Im surprised you didnt put that into the bloopers
I guess nobody thought of it when he was asking for suggestions. It is a good choice for a possible second edition, though! :-)
all were familiar with Chun King back then. By 1962 Chuin King accounted for half of all U.S. sales of prepared Chinese Food. Revenu of $30 milliojn dollars. In 1966 it was sold to J Reynolds Tobacco Compay for $63 million.
Dorothy's a raving alcoholic at this point... that's why... that and the medication she took as well. I don't think she'd had much real food.
@@LarsRyeJeppesen -How can you know that about Dorothy? I don't believe that.
So fun to watch 'Bottled Water' because of pollutants just starting to be an issue seem such a foreign concept to the panel and audience. My how times change.
Tonight's show was taped on Jan. 20; Dorothy won't actually be back until the March 3 show.
Thanks for that info; I was wondering why there was no "welcome back, Dorothy" in the introductions.
Only in America... Someone with an Italian surname makes a living making Chinese food ...... in Minnesota!
It should be pointed out that this Jeno DID make pizza rolls before he entered the Chinese Food Business called Jeno's Pizza Rolls! So he DID make a pizza product first in concert with his Italian heritage.
From his Wikipedia entry ........... In the book "The Very, Very Rich, and how they got that way"[3] Paulucci was quoted as stating his motivation that, while he loved Chinese food, he found it too bland and thought it would benefit from a little Italian spicing. After making a batch and canning it, he took some samples to a supermarket executive to convince him to try it out, and to persuade him to stock it. On opening the can, Paulucci found, to his horror, that the top of the can's contents included a whole, cooked grasshopper. Fortunately, the can had been opened in such a way that the lid was facing the executive, so that only Paulucci could see the contents. Thinking quickly, Paulucci told the executive, "This looks so good, I'm going to taste it myself". He then took one of two spoons that were lying on the table, reached into the can, quickly dug out a heaping spoonful (which included the grasshopper) and ate it. (According to Paulucci, "It didn't taste bad." Roasted or deep-fried grasshoppers are a popular street snack in Mexico City.) He then offered the can to the executive, who sampled a separate spoonful, liked it, and placed a large order.
Dov BarLeib i just watched another episode where the guest was a Chinese woman who made pizza!😀
@@dovbarleib3256 That is incorrect. Jeno started Chung King before JENO's. The company was called Jeno's and yes they did sell pizza rolls, pizza etc.
@@greydogmusic I would rather have eaten the grasshopper than the awful Chung King.
Jeno Paulucci.. the founder of Chun King Chinese food has a wiki page: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeno_Paulucci and en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chun_King
During introductions Arlene had to do Dorothy's job and mention Shelley Berman's coming engagement.
Wow, now that shows that times have changed. The question was asked if a woman might wear something other than a street dress while "teaching billiards" to (what appears to be female) adults and children, and she said No. Who today in Oregon would teach billiards in a skirt or a dress?
everybody.
@@washoe4827 The billiards lady was quite attractive. Wonder why there were no "wolf whistles" for her.
Phyllis was a comedic genius.
Every where now !