What's My Line? - J Olson; Maurice Chevalier; Martin Gabel & Sheila MacRae [panel] (Apr 4, 1965)
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- MYSTERY GUEST: Johnny Olson; Maurice Chevalier
PANEL: Arlene Francis, Martin Gabel, Sheila MacRae, Bennett Cerf
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I loved Arlene’s reaction to finding out that it was Johnny Olson. He was quite talented!
That was a fantastic segment with Johnny O, I never would have seen how extraordinarily talented he was if not for this video
true, I've heard his voice for so many years
Agreed, I grew up with Johnny Olsen.
This is the only comment not written 3 years ago but here goes anyway! I heard Johnny Olson’s warm up routine for the Price is Right at CBS Television City Hollywood several times ( early 70s) and he was just beyond fantastic. What a gift he had.
This statement is now false. Its been 3 years lol
Johnny Olson was about my age (55) in this clip. He was a big part of my childhood!
Actually, he was just about to turn 55. He was born on May 22, 1910.
Maurice, what an Artist !
Gone before my time -- however, you are the essence of a given musical and historical period.
Thank you for this fantastic video.
"And now let's ALL play Whats My Line!"
This time he took those words literally! :)
Happy Birthday in Heaven, Johnny! You were an outstanding announcer and one of the most entertaining contestants of all time!
who is johnny!
@@magicslave3066 Johnny Olson was the announcer on What's My Line as well as several other game shows! He's probably most famous for saying "Come On Down!" on The Price Is Right.
@@justinmay3451 oh do you know him personally!
@@magicslave3066 No! He passed away before I was born.
@@justinmay3451 i hope your not being sarcastic!
This segment with Johnny Olson is one of the most entertaining spots on this show.
The respect by the ladies for age and talent.
Arlene: "-A devil on stage, an angel at home" that's Martin Gabel ! :-) 1:09
Aw bless Johnny Olson. That was a scream!
Not only was Johnny Olson one of the world's best announcers, he had a talent for impersonations as well. Highly under-rated.
The woman rose for Maurice Chevalier as he left. No small honor!
Actually both of the women rose.
I had NO IDEA how talented Johnny Olsen WAS! ♥♥♥♥
I wonder if any tapes exist of his audience warmups.
I love John's laugh at 7:13, very devious and devilish!
Very rare in this show, the two ladies stand up for a man, a gentleman
If anyone here only knows Chevalier as an older gentleman, as in "Gigi" and on television, you owe it to yourself to seek out the 1932 movie "Love Me Tonight" -- a wonderful early talkie musical with a Rodgers and Hart score ("Isn't It Romantic") and a young Chevalier as a Parisian tailor who falls in love with a princess (Jeannette MacDonald). It's sweet, funny, sexy, outrageously clever, way ahead of its time, and of course romantic. It's on DVD and occasionally on TCM. Some clips are on TH-cam, but it's better to enjoy the whole thing. Rouben Mamoulian directed, very much in the style of Ernst Lubitsch, maybe even better.
Pre-code.
Did Johnny Olsen ever write his autobiography? As a radio guy, growing up admiring announcers, Johnny Olsen was one of the best. And I'll bet he made more money (because we worked so much) than anyone on the panel. His radio days literally had him going from one show to another, doing dozens a week (actor, announcer, warm-ups, etc...) People tend to forget about announcers, but like a car without a bumper, a show is mighty wanting without one. VIVA J.O.!
Joe Postove No, but Randy West wrote one.
www.amazon.com/Johnny-Olson-A-Voice-Time/dp/1593934718
Here's some more about Johnny Olson:
www.jrjgames.com/main/randy/johnny/newindex.html
And his last name is OLSON and not Olsen! :)
Johan Bengtsson Was Johnny Olson of Scandinavian descent? I noticed a lot of Scandinavian surnames end with "Son" and "Sen".
I take it you're Scandinavian, Johan.
***** He must have been of Scandinavian descent. Surnames ending with -son are almost 100% Swedish, and those ending with -sen 100% Danish or Norwegian. I am therefore Swedish. :) It's very common to have a -son-name in Sweden and those who don't have them have names that spring from the nature. Names like sten (stone), berg (mountain), kvist (twig), ström (river), bäck (creek), lind (lime tree), gran (fir), tall (pine) and/or names that are put together with those words.
Johan Bengtsson Johnny Olson was born in Minnesota, which has the largest Scandinavian-American population.
It's nice to know Johnny Olson had such a good career before 1972, but seven years later he will hit it big with The Price Is Right with Bob Barker.
Johnny Olson had "hit it big" LONG before The Price is Right in 1972.
@@rmelin13231 He was known before Price but... "COME ON DOWN!!! You're the next contestant on The Price is Right" will be forever etched in TV history
Unfortunately John Daly did not have the hoped for vivaciousness at 77 as he only lived four days past his birthday.
All together now... A NEEEEWWWWW CAAAAAAAARRRR!!! 😆😆😆
Olson could have been a good voice actor (for cartoons and such) had he chose to go that route.
He would be cool had he did that. Also voice mail.
+Chris Barat
COME ON DOWN!!!
Bennett 15:40, “I should have known you’re a publisher, you have an extraordinarily intelligent look.” :D
But Bennett would have a hard time visualizing a publisher whose books were given away!
In the early 70's, Abbie Hoffman had to form his own publishing company to publish "Steal This Book". (Grove Press distributed it.) 30 publishers rejected it and an unnamed editor at Random House said that he wouldn't let his child read it. Both because of its content and the title of the book encouraging theft, many bookstores would not carry it and many newspapers would not advertise it. It ended up on the NY Times bestseller list anyway, much to the chagrin of Hoffman who said it was embarrassing for a book advocating the overthrow of the U.S. government to wind up on that list.
I have given away thousands of books myself, although someone had to buy them. They are considered by millions of people around the world to be a holy book and they can be found in many places of lodging for the weary traveler.
Johnny Olson had two different careers as an announcer.
First, he was based in the East Coast, and did announcing work for several Goodson-Todman productions, including WML, "To Tell the Truth" and "I've Got a Secret". He also did "The Jackie Gleason Show", including the Florida episodes. He announced for the first few seasons of the new TTTT and WML.
Then in 1972, Olson moved to the West Coast in Los Angeles. The first two productions he worked on in his new career as a West Coast-based announcer were "I've Got a Secret" (Weekly Syndication with Steve Allen), and "The New Price is Right" (CBS Daytime with Bob Barker and Syndication with Dennis James). The latter is still on the air to this very day.
Olson continued his association with Goodson-Todman shows until his death on October 12, 1985.
Sheila MacRae lived to be 92, passing away just last March.
I love this show.
John is talking about being as vibrant as Maurice Chevalier when he reaches 77. Sad to say John died at the age of 77 in 1991.
And not only that, but only 4 days after his 77th birthday...
Both times Maurice Chevalier appeared on the show he showed obvious dismay at being identified so quickly.
He was set for a long tease of the panel but could not hide his trade mark voice even with a lisp.
I don't think he even tried.
Epic Johnny O. Had fooled them all.
"That's a dirty laugh."
Chevalier was enormously popular on multiple continents from the 1910s to the 1960s. Let Justin Bieber try and top that.
Mark Richardson I think the point he's making is the longevity. Mind you it's like comparing a bottle of wine with a root beer.
Martin was the last one to grasp that the Mystery Guest was monsieur Cheavlier. "Are you italian?"
Johan Bengtsson I do believe he knew, as Arlene gave him a poke in the shoulder. Gabel just wanted to extend it a little longer out of respect pour Monsieur Chevalier, as he was aged and went out of his way to get there at 10:30 p.m.
16:38 This time, Maurice Chevalier got it right.
Within a year and a half, Sheila MacRae and Johnny Olsen started working together. Sheila transformed into a red head and became the new Alice Kramden in the 1966-70 CBS color Honeymooners with Jackie Gleason and Art Carney -- mystery guest two weeks before. And for years after, fans argued who was the best Alice, Audrey Meadows or Sheila.
+soulierinvestments
Sheila was good, but I prefer Audrey.
But I will always remember Jackie Gleason introducing his three co-stars at the end of the color Honeymooners episode:
Jane Kean ... SHEILA MacRAE ... *ART CARNEY*
With all respect to Shelia,Audrey was the best Alice
I vote for Audrey Meadows but I liked Sheila as well
Audrey meadows.
Maurice Chevalier was so beloved all over the world. Josephine Baker and ZiZi Jeanmaire came close.
Class. The women standing out of honor for mystery guest.
Something in me wants to see Arlene in longer gloves with that cocktail dress. I don't know why.
Do you also have a compulsion to reposition pictures on the wall that are askew?
*_JOHNNY OLSON, ANNOUNCER FOR "WHAT'S MY LINE?"_*
*_PUBLISHES NEW YORK CITY TELEPHONE BOOK_*
*_MANAGES POOL ROOM_*
Sheila MacRae played Alice Kramden in the new color episodes of "The Honeymooners".
For those of you who do not know, when Johnny answered Arlene's question about impersonations, his answer "oh do I" was a direct take off of the great Frank Nelson, known for many things in radio or television, but perhaps best known as a nemesis of Jack Benny's, usually as a floorwalker in a department store, a ticket agent at a train station and lots of other identities. You might know him best as the man who answers, very flamboyantly "yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees" on radio or tv. Search for him on TH-cam and you'll know who I mean.
John said some very fine words about Johnny Olson: "He talks to our audience in the theater before the program begins, and I don't think anybody in television has a better running start than we do. He's such a friendly, engaging, sincere, nice guy that audiences respond to him, and it makes it much easier for us when our time comes."
Joe Postove
I noticed the Frank Nelson impression too, and I also think he was "channeling" one of Debbie Reynolds;s mystery guest appearances at about 5:15.
SaveThe TPC I saw that. Who was he doing that DR did?
Joe Postove
I didn't think it was an impression of somebody else in particular -- just a character that Debbie made up for her mystery guest stint. You could be right that she was basing that voice and expression on some other personality of whom I'm not aware, though. Now that I think of it, maybe it was Elizabeth Taylor who talked like that as an MG? Well, now I'll just have to go back and watch some of those Debbie Reynolds and Liz Taylor MG segments to find out! Not now though -- gotta get ready for work!
Joe Postove There was a great WML episode where Debbie Reynolds imitated non-stop Zsa Zsa Gabor. Might that be what you were thinking about. She was a gas!
Arlene refers to the petite and comely final challenger as a "cute little girl". "Thank Heaven for Little Girls" was one of the signature songs of that night's Mystery Guest, Maurice Chevalier. Of course "girl" was much more freely used back then to refer to a grown woman, which Jean Murphy, the pool room manager, clearly was.
I wonder if there was a surge of interest in the game of pool in Northern New Jersey shortly after this episode of WML aired. Alas, the pool room in Emerson (NJ) is no more.
This is my only avenue to reach you, but "how 'bout dem bums in L A" ?
@@dcasper8514 So far so good (not counting the first inning homer by the Rays in game 2). But it's a long way before we can start counting chickens.
@@loissimmons6558 And now I have seen many examples of people portraying Maurice Chavalier as a pervert. I don't think so. He was charming.
How many times were the panelists going to ask Johnny Olson if he was working at a club? Pay attention guys!
This is kind of an eerie episode. Dorothy is away because of what was rumored to be the beginning of her alcohol/drug addiction hospitalizations and John Daly mentions that, "I hope when I'm 77, I'll be as youthful" as Maurice Chevalier. JC Daly died at 77. :/
Dorothy broke her collar bone in a fall !! Fool! She came back to the show in a sling of sorts...but then had to ho into hospital from complications..John SAID that...stop trying to continuously accuse her of being an alcoholic...this is disgusting!!!
Yep, Dorothy was in a haze of booze and meds during her final months. It was obvious watching these final months on WML.
When I was a child I can remember having a dislike for Maurice Chevalier. I'm not sure why, other than, perhaps, it was because girls and women liked him so much. I remember when the Beatles were first marching across America, in the first year or so, boys my age and older not liking them so much just because girls were so crazy about them. That changed as their music became so good it was impossible to ignore them any longer. The same was true about Elvis, but I don't know if guys ever really jumped onboard the Elvis boat, even in his later years, I remember so many more females as his fans than males.
What medication are you on?
@@rogerlephoque3704 You prescribed it doc, you tell me.
Actually, Maurice Chevalier turned 77 in September of 1965.
The name of Maurice Chevalier's Broadway show was "Maurice Chevalier at 77", so one can't blame John for thinking he actually was 77 at that time.
After a person celebrates their 76th birthday, they are in their 77th year of life. In the same way, a person's first birthday is the end of their first year of life and the beginning of their second year.
For anyone wondering what I meant in my last post:
The last time Maurice Chevalier came on this show, in 1963, he got confused apparently. He was unsure of where he should actually sign-in his name, so he signed on an easel that held black art cards, used to superimpose the white lettering on the screen.
I knew exactly what you were referring to as just hours ago I read the excerpt about it in Gil Fates book. However, I'm looking at the book right now and it says the incident happened on this show in April of 1965 not the 1963 episode. So it should show up on this video. In great detail it outlines how he walked past the panel down a ramp towards the audience, etc where John Daly went and got him and directed him to his seat. So if that's the case, I'm wondering how this sign in happened that is in this video tape as it has him signing in on the regular chalk board. Unless this particular episode was video taped and they retaped his entrance although there was no mention of that in the book. Matter of fact it says Daly lead him back to his seat and the panel was non the wiser. I'd love to know the story on this.
Jeff Vaughn This episode was Live.
Broadcast and produced Live at 10:30 p.m. EST.
Jeff Vaughn The Fates book is a good read, but it's riddled with factual errors since he based the whole thing on his memories of the show and clearly didn't go back to the films to verify any of his facts. Even the listing of mystery guests in the back of the book has errors in it, people listed who were never on WML.
Here's the link to the 1963 appearance where Chevalier signs the black card with his name on it, intended for superimposed video titles: th-cam.com/video/2sZqQ0Fk84k/w-d-xo.html
Neil Midkiff has posted the link to that episode and if you watch Maurice Chevalier's entrance you can hear someone calling out "Hey, Maurice!" to alert him to the fact that he was going the wrong way. Fortunately none of the panel members heard this.
Arlene didn't want to show up Martin so she didn't guess Maurice Chevalier when she knew it was him. Jeez and yet another plug for Baker Street.
Mr. Mace the telephone book guy looks like someone famous, but I can't put my finger on it.
Mr. Magoo? :)
He somewhat resembles Benny Goodman to me
Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees! I think you're right!
Like Don Wilson, perhaps? (Jack Benny's announcer)
Is everyone in Darian Conn. rich?
+Joe Postove
According to the 2018 American Community Survey, Darien was the wealthiest municipality in the U.S. The median household income was a little over $200,000.
However, the latest available data shows 0.6% of the population and 2.0% of the households below the poverty line. 1.6% of those in poverty were minors and 2.6% were seniors. Some of those in this category might be the servants of Darien citizens who live in a separate residence on their employer's estate. And there is a limited amount of "affordable housing" that was built in Darien. Apparently some earlier abuses of the affordable housing statutes has been rectified.
I see that one of the ads here was for SuppHose Sheers. Wearing nylons was once practically mandatory with a dress. Not anymore. Several reasons. 1. Pantyhose was expensive. 2. If a run occurred, that pair was wastebasket bound. (Unless one had another run in another pair and you could wear another pair so you again had 2 run-free legs.) 3. Runs happened every time pantyhose was worn. Great for the hose manufacturers; not great for the consumer. 4. Far less dresses are worn anymore. 5. Women just stopped wearing hose-even to formal events.
Frankly, I do not miss this $$$ drain!!!
I'm a huge tights fan, so I loved seeing this old commercial!
I'm not familiar with Sheila MacRae's career, but I keep thinking she looks a bit like Krystle Carrington from Dynasty! Probably just me...
With the advent of the internet, phone books are pretty much obsolete.
There was and is plenty of money passing through different hands in a pool hall. I guess they didn't want to admit that, shockingly GAMBLING went on in these establishments. Shocking, shocking!
In tonight's episode, the part of Capt. Renault is played by +Joe Postove. But I wonder what happened to the start of a beautiful friendship.
@@loissimmons6558 Got it in one. FYI, Ingrid never said: "Play it again, Sam'. It's a cinematic myth. The word "again" creeps into the dialogue for some unfathomable reason. I'm shocked, shocked to learn of such things...
@@rogerlephoque3704 Good job! Now beam me up, Roger!
@@loissimmons6558 Nah, never been a Trekkie. 'Lost in Space' is more my cup of tea. Dr Zachary Smith over Mr Spock every time...How's Clark doing?
@@loissimmons6558 😂
Martin was wrong. Billiards and pool are different games.
+Joe Postove
Correct, but Martin was talking about what the establishments were called. American don't always worry about such petty details like precise terminology, exact spelling, etc.
No...they are not
With the pool room lady, they got too hung up on money changing hands, I'm not sure why.
Meridith macrae looks a lot like her mom.
Dorothy looked good the week before, but broken bones can and did pose problems. And I always wonder if her alcohol and pill misuse contributed to compounding her health problems that spring..
She didn't have alcohol and pill misuse...so disgusting to constantly read this crap !!! You would have NO WAY of knowing this....just stop it !!!
It sure did. She obviously in a bad state on WML during her final six months.
How much did Cerf pay for all the plugs?
I loved Maurice Chevalier.
Is it me or does MG look gaunt around the face in this edition?🤔🎩
Odd that Goodson and Toddman would have Chevalier on. In 1942, Chevalier was named on a list of French collaborators with Germany to be killed during the war, or tried after it.[18] That year he moved to La Bocca, near Cannes, but returned to the capital city in September. In 1944 when Allied forces freed France, Chevalier was accused of collaboration.[3] The August 28, 1944, issue of Stars and Stripes, the daily newspaper of U.S. armed forces in the European Theater of Operations, reported in error that "Maurice Chevalier Slain By Maquis, Patriots Say". Even though he was acquitted by a French convened court, the English-speaking press remained hostile and he was refused a visa for several years.[19] In a review of the 1969 Oscar-nominated documentary film about French collaboration Le chagrin et la pitié (The Sorrow and the Pity), Simon Heffer draws attention to “a clip of Maurice Chevalier explaining, entirely dishonestly, to an anglophone audience how he had not collaborated.”[20] Wikipedia
If he was acquitted by a court of law in France, it means that the accusations didn't have enough supporting evidence.
Uninformed comment.
He saved his Jewish lover and her parents.
I believe they got married afterwards.
A real fact stated by that Family.
As a Jurist, It's sad to realize How often t baseless comments are made -- often times, compromising lives and reputations.
Even the man who made that comment through BBC, later apologized in person to Chevalier.
Research the facts, doesn't take that long.
Maurice
Maurice, Louis & Leslie in Gigi. France 3, Rest of World 0
The last contestant was a petite little package of goodies! the face that she worked in a pool room only adds to her dark mysteriousness!
Why was Dorothy in hospital?
Damaged shoulder
Bennett certainly.. what a large nose
i trulylove whats my line and rarely ever have anything bad But Sheila Mac Rae should have been booted off her only real talent was getting a movie star to marry her.. she looked disinterested to just abot everyones occupation as if it were so beneath her wml must have been desperate for a panel member never liked her never will
Francis can not shut her mouth