When Bennet walks out .. and the audience goes crazy ... I get the feeling that I'm seeing a dear old friend whom I have not seen in a while. What a life this guy lived!
He wasn't quite a Damon Runyon character, but he was a lot closer to that in his bachelor days, where he was well known for chasing beautiful women. He was married briefly to movie star Sylvia Sidney, but his second marriage lasted a lifetime.
I loved how Bennet Cerf would observe the cheers & whistles from a crowd when a "Glamour Girl" would come out, and ask the mystery guest: "Judging from that kind of applause can I surmise you're one of those slinky voluptuous 'sizzling dishes' that Hollywood is known for dishing up?" 🎩
Bennett and Arlene (and her husband Martin Gabel) had adjoining suburban estates in Mount Kisco in Westchester County, so they probably saw each other a little more often than you might think from the video. They were more than wealthy enough to have city apartments as well.
I saw Bennett Cerf on tv when I was a kid and learned my first pun from him. I was pleased with myself because I got the joke. "An Oklahoma indian chief, after oil was discovered on the reservation, bought yacht club memberships for his two boys. When asked why he would spend such a considerable amount of money on his offspring considering Oklahoma is a land locked state; the Chief simply replied that he always wanted red sons in the sail set." I can already hear the groans.
@stevenbennett3805: One of my very first Heroes. A Pun of His that I'll always remember is from His Classic "Around The World in 80 Puns." Details are more or less "Two Rec League Baseball Teams played a very hotly contested Game in Honolulu once during a Luau. The pig destined to be Roasted rose up out of the sand pit and wandered onto the Outfield just as a guy smashed a Grand Slam. The pig swallowed the ball and after much effort no one could jar it loose. The ruling stood as an inside the pork home run!"😂🤣😂😉🐖⚾️🖊📚B.W.
The Original What's my line is my favorite game show ever. It really is a good history lesson seeing what was important then, famous people before they were famous, inventions we take for granted....
The Original What's my line started in the Jim Crow era, which is why there are no everyday people of color as contestants in the 1950"s seasons. Famous people of color of course were invited, as long as they were deemed non threatening to white society.
Always looking for Arlene's necklace... Still in love with her. A true Dame. I never liked game shows. Until....I saw a WML with Debbie Reynolds. And Liz Taylor. And after that, many, many more 😍 Btw; praise the inventors of YT. Without them, I (we) would have missed a whole universe.
@@karensinclair4189Once collaborated with Rod Serling and several other writers to form a Writer's School up in Connecticut back in the mid to late 60's.❤
@@mikewebber2637 the syndication of WML started in 1968. This clip is from the syndication daytime version. The last year of the weekly nightime version in 1967 was actually filmed in color. They had a habit of reusing color film because of its cost. Fortunately someone has the insight to copy the color version of the last year of the nighttime show to black and white so we can view them today.
BC was born in the 19th Century, so he was into his seventies by this show. His business partner, Donald Klopfer, lived into the 1990s. The New York Times had a feature interview with Mr. Klopfer not too long before his death, and I was able to find the interview online.
Unfortunately the show deteriorated badly in it's new run. A pale shadow of it's former self. Gandy, loud and decidedly unwatchable. Probably sums up society which unfortunately these days is absolutely awful.
@jamesmcinnis208: I for one am stunned in 2024 that no one has invented CODependent Clauses! Although I think that William Shakespeare was closest with "Wherefore art thou?"😂😉🖊📚B.W.
WML 1.0 ended in 1967 and then it turned into a weird shadow of its former self. So there were at least two years in the 60s that this was plausible. Then a quick Google search shows this was in 1968. Flip a card...
Look at Phyllis's mask. It doesn't prevent her from seeing... I believe she was Cerf's wife. In any case - From Wikipedia:" " According to Cerf, the panel could often determine the identities of the mystery guests early, as they knew which celebrities were in town, or which major movies or plays were about to open. On those occasions, to provide the audience an opportunity to see the guest play the game, the panelists and host would typically allow questioning to pass around at least once before coming up with the correct guess. As Cerf admitted in the episode broadcast on November 27, 1966, his wife, Phyllis, was frequently told the name of the mystery guest beforehand".
Different Phyllis. Phyllis Fraser/Phyllis Cerf was Bennett's wife. The panelist here is Phyllis Newman. Phyllis Cerf was on Whats my line here: watch?v=V_W37pXavkY
@@TVFILMBUFF Thanks ! I watched that. Methinks that Cerf must have known his spouse was one of the first Mystery Guest duo. And being a publisher, he must have known his wife was working with the other gal to write their "games book".
Phyllis Newman was married to Adolph Green, of the writing team of Comden and Green. Interestingly for most of their professional lives the public thought Betty Comden was married to Green.
When Bennet walks out .. and the audience goes crazy ... I get the feeling that I'm seeing a dear old friend whom I have not seen in a while. What a life this guy lived!
I mourn the loss of Bennet Cerf and the age he represents. Oh, for the age when one could be funny AND intellectual. Love you Mr Cerf.
He wasn't quite a Damon Runyon character, but he was a lot closer to that in his bachelor days, where he was well known for chasing beautiful women. He was married briefly to movie star Sylvia Sidney, but his second marriage lasted a lifetime.
Brilliant businessman, famous punster, and a terrific game player. Personalities like Mr. Cerf don't exist anymore.
You’re forgetting Gyles Brandreth.
Nope and never will again, America in the late 1960s when people had respect, manners and were decent especially in public!!!!!
It does hurt that all these fabulous people have been dead for long.
Brilliant, witty, classy and then just gone.
happens to the best of us...sad
darryl hickman just passed in May 2024
Gawn Grainger is still with us, at 86 years of age as of today. He will turn 87 on October 12th.
I loved how Bennet Cerf would observe the cheers & whistles from a crowd when a "Glamour Girl" would come out, and ask the mystery guest: "Judging from that kind of applause can I surmise you're one of those slinky voluptuous 'sizzling dishes' that Hollywood is known for dishing up?" 🎩
Watching this i realized how much the intelligence in the world of entertainment has plummeted.
Agree 1,000 percent!!
The world in general.
Not just the entertainment world, check out the world of MAGA.
Boy was it nice back then.
He was such a nice person, I loved him. And I love Arlene and it was so nice to see them back together again!
Bennett and Arlene (and her husband Martin Gabel) had adjoining suburban estates in Mount Kisco in Westchester County, so they probably saw each other a little more often than you might think from the video. They were more than wealthy enough to have city apartments as well.
Bennett's voice is unmistakable. Even disguised.
Very true 😅
Complete with his Larchmont lisp. That was a rich locale in lower Westchester County were many affluent Jewish families... including his own... lived.
I saw Bennett Cerf on tv when I was a kid and learned my first pun from him. I was pleased with myself because I got the joke.
"An Oklahoma indian chief, after oil was discovered on the reservation, bought yacht club memberships for his two boys. When asked why he would spend such a considerable amount of money on his offspring considering Oklahoma is a land locked state; the Chief simply replied that he always wanted red sons in the sail set."
I can already hear the groans.
@stevenbennett3805: One of my very first Heroes. A Pun of His that I'll always remember is from His Classic "Around The World in 80 Puns." Details are more or less "Two Rec League Baseball Teams played a very hotly contested Game in Honolulu once during a Luau. The pig destined to be Roasted rose up out of the sand pit and wandered onto the Outfield just as a guy smashed a Grand Slam. The pig swallowed the ball and after much effort no one could jar it loose. The ruling stood as an inside the pork home run!"😂🤣😂😉🐖⚾️🖊📚B.W.
The Original What's my line is my favorite game show ever. It really is a good history lesson seeing what was important then, famous people before they were famous, inventions we take for granted....
The Original What's my line started in the Jim Crow era, which is why there are no everyday people of color as contestants in the 1950"s seasons. Famous people of color of course were invited, as long as they were deemed non threatening to white society.
Bennett Cerf .. had always impressed me which his intelligence
Always looking for Arlene's necklace...
Still in love with her. A true Dame.
I never liked game shows. Until....I saw a WML with Debbie Reynolds. And Liz Taylor. And after that, many, many more 😍
Btw; praise the inventors of YT. Without them, I (we) would have missed a whole universe.
Have you seen my video of Arlene ? th-cam.com/video/Q0WdhaM6WdQ/w-d-xo.htmlsi=0HKUhdhGFUkW72mc
I first want to rewatch Kilgallen Specials first. After that, angel Arlene. 🥰
Thanks for the link, of course!
Ah.... That was a treat.
Gawn Grainger is one lucky ducky to be sitting between lovely Phyllis Newman and wonderful Arlene Francis
Thank you for this.
Just 😊wonderful...😊
Of course, the last series of the original WML was made in colour too...but only the black and white spare prints remain🎩
Guess I have to Google Bennett Cerf 🧐
Publisher of Random House.
@@karensinclair4189Once collaborated with Rod Serling and several other writers to form a Writer's School up in Connecticut back in the mid to late 60's.❤
liked arlene francis very much
Too bad John Daly never did this show.
John Daly was the Mystery Guest on his last episode
Unless the show was in syndication in 1968, this would have to before before that time because the network broadcast s ended in 1967.
This is the syndicated version of What's My Line. John Daly hosted the last (and superior) CBS network telecast.
@@mikewebber2637 the syndication of WML started in 1968. This clip is from the syndication daytime version. The last year of the weekly nightime version in 1967 was actually filmed in color. They had a habit of reusing color film because of its cost. Fortunately someone has the insight to copy the color version of the last year of the nighttime show to black and white so we can view them today.
Shame Bennett Cerf was only 72 when he died.
He'd only live another 3 years. What a shame.
Arlene Francis was a very attractive woman.
Sadly,BC only had 2 or 3 years to live😢🎩
BC was born in the 19th Century, so he was into his seventies by this show. His business partner, Donald Klopfer, lived into the 1990s. The New York Times had a feature interview with Mr. Klopfer not too long before his death, and I was able to find the interview online.
Gawn today, gone tomorrow...
Gawn is the only one still with us
Why didn't Wally flip the cards?
The only panel member Bennett actually met was Arlene.
Phyllis Newman was a panelist numerous times on the "old" WML. She and Bennett definitely knew each other.
@@sdstewart1962 Didn't know that.
@sdstewart1962 And she obviously recognized his voice during tge last "huh huh"😅
Bennet Cerf john Daly
Cerf was effete, and an elitist, BUT…he was also educated and from an era which, sadly, we will never see again.
Phylis Newman, come on…Merv.
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I cannot stand Wally Bruner, He answers everything in most of the questions. The apparently were so happy when he left.
You had to say that, now every time he answers it bothers me! Why does he feel the need to say yes or no each time?!
I think it's bcs Bennet was answering in grunts. The panelists might not have been able to tell a yes grunt from a no grunt.
Unfortunately the show deteriorated badly in it's new run. A pale shadow of it's former self. Gandy, loud and decidedly unwatchable. Probably sums up society which unfortunately these days is absolutely awful.
I, too, miss the days when people knew the difference between a neutral possessive pronoun and a contraction.
@jamesmcinnis208: I always heard that "contractions" are 10 minutes apart.😏🤱👨⚕️👩⚕️B.W.
@madbrowniac7871 Oh heck, we have plenty of time to go over our possessive pronouns. When they're 3 minutes apart, then it starts to get interesting.
@jamesmcinnis208: I for one am stunned in 2024 that no one has invented CODependent Clauses! Although I think that William Shakespeare was closest with "Wherefore art thou?"😂😉🖊📚B.W.
@@madbrowniac7871 And so it appears the responsibility is thine.
This isnt from 60s
WML 1.0 ended in 1967 and then it turned into a weird shadow of its former self. So there were at least two years in the 60s that this was plausible. Then a quick Google search shows this was in 1968. Flip a card...
at the end of the clip it says copyright 1968
@@mikemillwood1564 ok. It looks very 70s
@@merricat3025couldn't be that 70s,as BC died in 1971🎩
Yes it is 1968. After ending in 1967, the show became a daytime daily show in 1968.
Not a clue who Bennet Carf is
Google is your friend.
I didn't either, in fact, I don't know anybody on that stage, but I googled them all. It couldn't be easier.
@@fp5495 I only google myself late at night when no one is around.
@@SimirJohnsonYea, we figured you do.
Look at Phyllis's mask. It doesn't prevent her from seeing...
I believe she was Cerf's wife.
In any case - From Wikipedia:"
" According to Cerf, the panel could often determine the identities of the mystery guests early, as they knew which celebrities were in town, or which major movies or plays were about to open. On those occasions, to provide the audience an opportunity to see the guest play the game, the panelists and host would typically allow questioning to pass around at least once before coming up with the correct guess. As Cerf admitted in the episode broadcast on November 27, 1966, his wife, Phyllis, was frequently told the name of the mystery guest beforehand".
Different Phyllis. Phyllis Fraser/Phyllis Cerf was Bennett's wife. The panelist here is Phyllis Newman.
Phyllis Cerf was on Whats my line here: watch?v=V_W37pXavkY
@@TVFILMBUFF Thanks ! I watched that. Methinks that Cerf must have known his spouse was one of the first Mystery Guest duo. And being a publisher, he must have known his wife was working with the other gal to write their "games book".
No Phyllis Newman was not Bennetts wife. Although, Mrs Cerf’s first name was Phyllis ….
He was also briefly married to actress Sylvia Sydney during the 1930s.
Phyllis Newman was married to Adolph Green, of the writing team of Comden and Green. Interestingly for most of their professional lives the public thought Betty Comden was married to Green.
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