melvin jones. : oooh , can you elaborate a little on meeting Eartha. It would be nice hearing from a person who actuslly had some personal contact w/Eartha even if it was minimal contact. Thank you.
Yes, indeed it is addicting! I LOOVED the formality and elegance of shows back then. Look at how impeccably dressed, especially the ladies, were back then. They had such manners, modesty, etiquette, and class.
it is, i'm 70 and in the UK. I loved the british version back in the 50s/60s but very few if any on youtube, but the uk versions of which i've watched loads, make up for it.
I once had the ever beautiful, and voluptuously singing and swaying Eartha Kitt sit in my lap during a live cabaret radio broadcast concert, while my parents were sitting next to me… was I blushing, oh YES!
I was privileged to see Ms. Kitt on stage in Palm Beach, just before her 80th birthday, and she just brought the house down. That audience sat spellbound and you could feel the love and respect.. and she loved them right back. It felt as though she was doing the show for each one individually. A professional in every sense... Truly A Star.
@ 17:45 Loved Ms. Kitt, she would become a fierce out spoken self made success story having overcome discrimination from both White and Black people in deep South on the cotton farm she worked til the age of six. She started out as a dancer in NY and went on to singing and acting. In 1953 she did the famous iconic song: Santa Baby which played for over fifty years on the radio R I P Ms Eartha Kitt a wonderful fun actress and a multi language singer
I think Eartha knew exactly what she meant, but was more baffled that Dorothy honed in on her so quickly, even when she basically wasn't saying anything at all.
it could have also been, singing a song about asking Santa to bring you expensive items is not exactly being close to Santa. if the question was, have you ever sung a song about Santa, that would be a yes. remember, this show always took questions literately. also, eartha did not write the song and had an orchestra perform with her, in the orgnal version from 1953. she might not have legally seen it as her song, just another job she did. i mean, as opposed to eartha writing it, recording it, and choreographing the orchestra . th-cam.com/video/DeNhjPaP53I/w-d-xo.html
dancepiglover She was more "taken aback", more surprised than confused because she felt "the jig" was just about up on her. That's why she looked confused. So she didn't know what to think, much less do as to throw Dorothy off track to prolong the game and perhaps win. The name of the game is to keep them guessing and give wrong answers, until all points to loose are made or time is used up.
I love Dorothy Kilgallen. She almost always gets the answer by asking intelligent questions. She was brilliant. Too bad she died so young & what's sometimes said to be under mysterious circumstances..
The problem with bringing in anyone who was currently, would soon or had recently performed in New York is it was her job to know who all those people are, so she nails those as soon as she detects that.
@@elbruces True, but she was also good at figuring out the job titles of the non celebrities on the show as was evidenced by her performance on this episode.
@Wai Mbuthia. Dorothy Kilgallen Openly cast Doubt that the person who wasp blamed for shooting President Kennedy was a Patsy and Not the man! She also did a piece on Sinatra which he disliked. He was Also rumored to be Mafia connected. Time has Proven this to be true.
Huge props to this show for being so normal about Black celebrities during the 1950s and 60s. Eartha Kitt, Ella Fitzgerald, Sammy Davis, Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Harry Belafonte, Johnny Mathis, Nat King Cole, Diana Ross, Pearl Bailey, and others appeared as mystery guests and panelists with no problems. The irony is that in the real world many of these performers were still barred from staying at and appearing at certain hotels and night clubs. I just read a story where in the 1950s the great Ella Fitzgerald was removed from an air flight because white passengers objected to her being on the plane.
The WML panelists, host, and producers were much too New York-hip and sophisticated to go along with the common racial prejudice of the day. If this had been broadcast from the South.......
The seasick guy was hilarious! Looked him up. He died in 1971. “SOMERS, N. Y., June 5- Ferdinand T. Hopkins Sr., a retired banker and pharmaceuti cal manufacturer, died Thurs day in Northern Westchester Hospital, Mount Kisco. He was 91 years old and lived on Lake Road. Mr. Hopkins was an or ganizer and the president of the Northern Westchester Bank in Katonah, now a unit of the County Trust Company. He also was the manufacturer of Moth ersill's Travel Remedy, a guard against seasickness. He leaves his wife, the form er Myrtle Kennedy; a son, Ferdinand T. Jr; a daughter, Mrs. Jean Drexler, and three grand children.”
I don't think I've ever commented on a WML video before, but I feel compelled to say Mrs. Cutillo has one of the most adorable laughs I have ever heard! I think Mr. Daly was a little smitten as well. :-) A quick Google search reveals that three years after her appearance here (at age 42 -- what! She looks 25 here!), she was in a trolley-car accident (not her fault apparently) and was seriously injured. She lived another 51 years after that, dying in 2007. Thanks for keeping this channel going, always an enjoyable look back at what was probably a better time.
@@juazzshop black families were more intact, less out of wedlock births, homicide not the leading cause of death for young black men. I would say it was better.
+RobotWillie Yes, Philadelphia has trolleys that connect the western residential neighborhoods with center city (they operate in subway tunnels downtown). We also have trolley lines running to some suburbs such as Sharon Hill, Media, and Norristown. Here's a picture of a trolley operating in the neighborhood where I used to live. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:4500_Baltimore_Avenue.jpg
+RobotWillie I work for the light rail in N.J. ; that's what they call it now. New Jersey has two lines making a third line. They are also in Texas, Arizona, Hawaii, and California. Soon all the states will have them.
Santa, Baby should forever be grateful for the way she addressed him. OTOH, if Mrs Claus ever heard that darling song, old nick might have found himself sleeping in the reindeer barn a night or 30.
Eartha Kitt was big in my childhood, in the 90s e. She was the voice of Yzma in Emperor's New Groove, one of the most criminally underrated Disney animated comedies, as well as Madame Zeroni in Holes, where she sang. As I grew up, the more I learned about her career the more I was amazed. Got the privilege of telling my wife about her during the Christmas holiday this year.
A good friend of mine, Gilbert Price, who sadly died way too young. was in the Broadway production of Kismet. The cast was stellar and included Eartha, whom I met on many occasions. She was smart, funny, sexy (even at her advanced age), and charmed the pants off of me (well almost, lol).
Gilbert had a glorious baritone voice and was also a Tony Award nominee for Timbuktu! He did of asphyxiation due to a faulty heater in Vienna at age 48.
Eartha was so incredibly sexy without having to say a word! And so charismatic- definitely one of the top people I would go back in time to meet if I could.
She and Prince are the two I never got to meet before they transitioned... I usually meet the celebs I want to meet. So I guess I cannot complain too much.
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wow, way back when! She is too distinctive , how could she fool anyone." Are you Sensual in your work" lol . How pleasant. Thanks for the upload.So great!
Actually it was “sinuous,” but the point was taken. 😉 Sinuous was definitely a word that a writer like Dorothy would have kept at the ready; it was - and continues to be - one of the most frequently used to describe Kitt. ☺
Dorothy Kilgallen was right on about the connection to Santa Claus and it is baffling that neither Eartha Kitt or John Daly picked up on it...Don't you remember the iconic hit "Santa Baby"? that she recorded?
@@kevctulu3868 I, on the other hand, had a crush on her as a tween hayseed. She was exotic, cute and alluring. Could listen to her talk and sing for hours. A purr-fect voice.
I was born in 1954. This show ran for a few yrs and remember my parents and relatives watching this show.I was at least 4 or older and another show was Art Linkletter and Password. People on television then had class, men wearing suits and ladies After 5 attire. Wish we had shows like this again where you had to think instead of all the idle gossip, profanity, attitudes (HWOA and Married To Medicine) that these shows portray
In May 1998 I was lucky enough to see Ms. Kit portray the Wicked Witch in the Theater at Madison Square Garden's production of the Wizard of Oz. Mickey Rooney played the Wizard.
If you visit San Francisco nowadays, you can ride on historic or classic trolley cars that make the run from Fisherman's Wharf to the intersection of Castro and Market Streets. Of the ones that you can catch everyday, they are typically old streetcars originally in use in the city of Milan, Italy, or "PCC" streetcars from various U.S. and Canadian locales (which where manufactured from the 1930's through the 1950's). There are also some "one-off" historic cars that run occasionally -- older ones from San Francisco prior to the 1930's, one from New Orleans, an open-air streetcar that resembles a boat from Blackpool, England, and there are some others in the collection that are currently not operated. Riding any of those I find to be entertaining, because looking at the interiors while riding is highly interesting due to their age and historic qualities -- and the Milanese ones still have all the Italian signage inside (with English translations added where necessary). However, in 1954, when people rode streetcars in San Francisco or anywhere else, they were commonplace and very ordinary, not entertaining. I'm referring to streetcars a.k.a. trolley cars, powered by electric motors, mostly with the electricity taken from an overhead wire via a trolley pole. (San Francisco's cable cars are completely different and even in 1954 were ridden by tourists who found them as entertaining as they still do today. They're pulled by a moving cable beneath a slot in the street midway between the two rails of the trackway -- they're not trolleys and we never call them that, though visitors frequently make that error.)
Comments left on prior version of this video: Purple Capricorn 3 months ago Earrrrrrtha Kit MadelineTopper 1 year ago I love how DK is losing it at 16:32. Blain Johnson 1 year ago Haha I love Cerf's reaction at 14:42...what a great segment with that old timer. Very funny.... MattTheSaiyan 4 months ago It's so nice to see the first contestant wearing gloves. Though I must admit the outfit worn by the final contestant is a little odd. Treasureofficial3 NYC PEACE & BLESSINGS SYMONE Shared on Google+ · 8 months ago WHAT'S MY LINE? MYSTERY GUEST - EARTHA KITT - GREAT SHARE THANK YOU ... Peace & Blessings Symone Jane Barton 8 months ago (edited) Super..She had to hide her voice obviously..hilariously funny...I love this.. Jill Gordon 5 months ago 19:40 Can someone please explain to me why Dorothy is talking about Santa Claus? Does anyone know what she was driving at? Karina? 5 months ago +Jill Gordon Because Eartha sang "Santa Baby" in 1953 Jill Gordon 5 months ago Oooh, I get it. Thank you George Alexander 7 months ago No wonder they decided to have each panelist only ask a celebrity guest one question at a time. UNIVERSAL TRUTH NYC PEACE & BLESSINGS SYMONE Shared on Google+ · 10 months ago WHAT'S MY LINE? EARTHA KITT (CAT WOMAN) ... Peace & Blessings Symone Leroy Calibo 10 months ago Sexy Catwoman Jimmy Flanagan 7 months ago It is so nice to see the respect seniors get on this show. To bad it doesnt exist now in our society Johan Bengtsson 10 months ago When Dorothy said that Margaret Truman would replace her for two weeks, while she was in Europe, you could hear some buzz from the audience. Couldn't tell if it was positive or negative though. I like Margaret Truman but I can understand if others don't. Johan Bengtsson 10 months ago John had been to Honolulu. This was five years before Hawaii became the 50th state of the USA 1959. joed596 6 months ago thanks so much! :-) nowvoyagerNE 6 months ago (edited) i am going to assume that Dorothy was referring to Eartha Kitt's song "Santa Baby:" according to wikipedia, "Santa Baby" was originally recorded by Eartha Kitt with Henri René and his orchestra in New York City, in July 1953." you can find it here on you tube if you haven't heard it, but as it continued to be played annually through Christmas 2014 and likely beyond, most of us probably know the song very well. Ashley DeGroot 11 months ago I, again, love the history we see behind the show. Thank you for putting these up! nowvoyagerNE 6 months ago for the first guest, i think Arlene extended her hand to shake, and when the guest didn't shake hands with Arlene, Arlene shook her own hand and chuckled! ASs hAt 1 year ago "enhances their existence in some way" wink, wink What's My Line? 1 year ago in reply to rick charles A minority viewpoint, but valid if you ask me. :) rick charles 1 year ago The best CatWoman. ggggrrrrrrrrrrr......
She was the latest diva, so atypical, incredible woman who loved men, so what ? Such a voice, such a body ! A genius, a great person, so exotic, with sweet madness like we don't do anymore, she was all that we needed. 🌹Our black panther. 😍 Beloved Queen 😍
Having watched about 200 of these things now (I think) by far the best thing about What's My Line and indeed the thing which makes it unique, alive and brilliant isn't the legendary mystery guest segment but the progressive questionning by Steve Allen, each one getting a yes yet each one digging further down the wrong rabbit hole despite having a perfectly logical reason for going there. That and the occasional pause for a slight, puzzled, comedic deadpan frown in the direction of the audience. As well as being surely funny to ANYONE with the slightest sense of humour it actually wanders into the realms of surrealism without being unreasonable or sudden about it. Quite quite brilliant! Conceptually that's the show right there! But it isn't just that of course. It may not have been quite so brilliant if it hadn't been for Allen.
True. I don't want to burst your bubble, but Steve was fed "gambits" that were designed to lead him down a rabbit hole and provoke audience laughter. They did not provide a clue as to the actual occupation. They were quietly discontinued after the quiz show scandals of the late 50s.
Amusing to hear "it's just like Cohn & McCarthy over there" when John is conferencing with the first contestant. Political life shows up here occasionally.
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It's so lovely how she knew she couldn't speak, because her voice was just that recognizable.
Same with Louis Armstrong
I met Eartha kitt in person!
@@DurandMj Lucky you!
melvin jones. : oooh , can you elaborate a little on meeting Eartha. It would be nice hearing from a person who actuslly had some personal contact w/Eartha even if it was minimal contact. Thank you.
And 20:56 you can hear Dorothy saying that she has an unmistakable voice
Someone else said how addicting this show is. It really really is.
Yes, indeed it is addicting! I LOOVED the formality and elegance of shows back then. Look at how impeccably dressed, especially the ladies, were back then. They had such manners, modesty, etiquette, and class.
it is, i'm 70 and in the UK. I loved the british version back in the 50s/60s but very few if any on youtube, but the uk versions of which i've watched loads, make up for it.
Eartha is so adorable.
That’s Vexus from MLAATR
Earth Kitt is a cutie.
I once had the ever beautiful, and voluptuously singing and swaying Eartha Kitt sit in my lap during a live cabaret radio broadcast concert, while my parents were sitting next to me… was I blushing, oh YES!
I was privileged to see Ms. Kitt on stage in Palm Beach, just before her 80th birthday, and she just brought the house down. That audience sat spellbound and you could feel the love and respect.. and she loved them right back. It felt as though she was doing the show for each one individually. A professional in every sense... Truly A Star.
Are you a birdwoman?
No, a catwoman!
Eartha Kitt was such a gorgeous woman! She exuded glamour and energy. What a woman!!!!!
@ 17:45 Loved Ms. Kitt, she would become a fierce out spoken self made success story having overcome discrimination from both White and Black people in deep South on the cotton farm she worked til the age of six. She started out as a dancer in NY and went on to singing and acting. In 1953 she did the famous iconic song: Santa Baby which played for over fifty years on the radio
R I P Ms Eartha Kitt a wonderful fun actress and a multi language singer
I think Miss Kilgallen brought up Santa Clause because of Eartha Kitt's famous song "Santa Baby", which came out the year before.
yeah, I don't know why Kitt was confused about it.
It might have been the way Dorothy phrased it as Eartha Kitt being closely associated with it. It was just one part of her multiple talents.
I think Eartha knew exactly what she meant, but was more baffled that Dorothy honed in on her so quickly, even when she basically wasn't saying anything at all.
it could have also been, singing a song about asking Santa to bring you expensive items is not exactly being close to Santa.
if the question was, have you ever sung a song about Santa, that would be a yes.
remember, this show always took questions literately.
also, eartha did not write the song and had an orchestra perform with her, in the orgnal version from 1953. she might not have legally seen it as her song, just another job she did. i mean, as opposed to eartha writing it, recording it, and choreographing the orchestra .
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dancepiglover
She was more "taken aback", more surprised than confused because she felt "the jig" was just about up on her. That's why she looked confused. So she didn't know what to think, much less do as to throw Dorothy off track to prolong the game and perhaps win. The name of the game is to keep them guessing and give wrong answers, until all points to loose are made or time is used up.
She had such a beautiful, light voice. A true lady ❤
And so are you a truly beautiful lady.
I love Dorothy Kilgallen. She almost always gets the answer by asking intelligent questions. She was brilliant. Too bad she died so young & what's sometimes said to be under mysterious circumstances..
The problem with bringing in anyone who was currently, would soon or had recently performed in New York is it was her job to know who all those people are, so she nails those as soon as she detects that.
@@elbruces True, but she was also good at figuring out the job titles of the non celebrities on the show as was evidenced by her performance on this episode.
@Wai Mbuthia. Dorothy Kilgallen Openly cast Doubt that the person who wasp blamed for shooting President Kennedy was a Patsy and Not the man! She also did a piece on Sinatra which he disliked. He was Also rumored to be Mafia connected. Time has Proven this to be true.
Miss Kilgallen was so smart and intelligent got herself killed. Why? You need to find out.
@@thebeatnumberDorothy was a investigative reporter for years 😊
eartha kitt @ 17:47
Thanks
You're the best. Thank you!
Thanks
Kinda bull they only included one guest in the title.
Love, love, love Eartha Kitt! And this was long before she became my favorite Catwoman!
Ms. Kitt was magnificent -- for the ages.
Eartha Kitt even wrote her name bold and with elegance.
Huge props to this show for being so normal about Black celebrities during the 1950s and 60s. Eartha Kitt, Ella Fitzgerald, Sammy Davis, Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Harry Belafonte, Johnny Mathis, Nat King Cole, Diana Ross, Pearl Bailey, and others appeared as mystery guests and panelists with no problems. The irony is that in the real world many of these performers were still barred from staying at and appearing at certain hotels and night clubs. I just read a story where in the 1950s the great Ella Fitzgerald was removed from an air flight because white passengers objected to her being on the plane.
Did Diana Ross ever come on here solo?!
Yup, and it still happens to Black Artist today!
The WML panelists, host, and producers were much too New York-hip and sophisticated to go along with the common racial prejudice of the day. If this had been broadcast from the South.......
Well just because some people were/are racist doesn't mean everyone was. Like today
Well just because some people were/are racist doesn't mean everyone was. Like today
LOL (17:50) she went FROM
Purring TO Squeaking ...and
they STILL knew EXACTLY
who she was .... LOL !!!
Puurrrrfect!!! Eartha Kitt!!!
Eartha Kitt was wonderful.
The seasick guy was hilarious! Looked him up. He died in 1971. “SOMERS, N. Y., June 5- Ferdinand T. Hopkins Sr., a retired banker and pharmaceuti cal manufacturer, died Thurs day in Northern Westchester Hospital, Mount Kisco. He was 91 years old and lived on Lake Road. Mr. Hopkins was an or ganizer and the president of the Northern Westchester Bank in Katonah, now a unit of the County Trust Company. He also was the manufacturer of Moth ersill's Travel Remedy, a guard against seasickness.
He leaves his wife, the form er Myrtle Kennedy; a son, Ferdinand T. Jr; a daughter, Mrs. Jean Drexler, and three grand children.”
Eartha Kitt was unequalled talented in singing phonetically in foreign languages. Her Spanish was as good as any native.
Dorothy was a investigative reporter for years
For real I was dying laughing when Eartha decided to not speak since her voice was that recognizable lol 😂😂
I don't think I've ever commented on a WML video before, but I feel compelled to say Mrs. Cutillo has one of the most adorable laughs I have ever heard! I think Mr. Daly was a little smitten as well. :-)
A quick Google search reveals that three years after her appearance here (at age 42 -- what! She looks 25 here!), she was in a trolley-car accident (not her fault apparently) and was seriously injured. She lived another 51 years after that, dying in 2007.
Thanks for keeping this channel going, always an enjoyable look back at what was probably a better time.
Thanks for the comment!
A better time? for white people maybe. Black people didn't have it good back then.
Ingrid RB I was there. It was slower but not exactly better.
@@juazzshop black families were more intact, less out of wedlock births, homicide not the leading cause of death for young black men. I would say it was better.
I think she looks like Julie Andrews, who is a doll.
1954 and Bennett seemed amazed that Philadelphia "still has street cars." More than 60 years later, we still do!
+RobotWillie Yes, Philadelphia has trolleys that connect the western residential neighborhoods with center city (they operate in subway tunnels downtown). We also have trolley lines running to some suburbs such as Sharon Hill, Media, and Norristown. Here's a picture of a trolley operating in the neighborhood where I used to live. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:4500_Baltimore_Avenue.jpg
+RobotWillie I work for the light rail in N.J. ; that's what they call it now. New Jersey has two lines making a third line. They are also in Texas, Arizona, Hawaii, and California. Soon all the states will have them.
They were supposed to become more elevated heavy rail lines in the early half of the 20th century, but they weren't converted for whatever reason.
All praises to Eartha Kitt, may she forever rest in peace. 💕
Santa, Baby should forever be grateful for the way she addressed him. OTOH, if Mrs Claus ever heard that darling song, old nick might have found himself sleeping in the reindeer barn a night or 30.
She was a good Christian.
Oh Wow! Eartha is really pretty here. Nice dress!
Holy shoot: Hawaii wasn't even a state back then...
Free Hawaii
Is it too late to give it back to the Hawaiian people?
😂
Amazing how much more intelligent and elequent people we're on TV back in the 50's. Even cartoons in the 60's we're quite intellectual.
Eartha Kitt was big in my childhood, in the 90s e. She was the voice of Yzma in Emperor's New Groove, one of the most criminally underrated Disney animated comedies, as well as Madame Zeroni in Holes, where she sang. As I grew up, the more I learned about her career the more I was amazed. Got the privilege of telling my wife about her during the Christmas holiday this year.
Eartha kitt so beautiful
The first lady challenger, Mrs. Cutillo, skipped Arlene when they were being introduced so Arlene shook her own hand. 2:57 lol
Lol I'm sure she didn't mean to be rude but was just nerveous. And I love that Arlene was nice about it
Eartha Kitt was ahead of her time
When Arlene said “a bird woman” I couldn’t help but think “no, a Catwoman!”
This is wildly entertaining.
What a wonderful country we used to have
We will again!!
@@susanfenton4647 I wish you were right but I don’t see it.
@@susanfenton4647 Your prediction was wrong.
Dorothy was on to Sant Baby, surprised John didn't give that a yes
At 7:30, Dorothy said, “I just got a weenie.” (17th usage)
Steve said “good night, boys” the 30th time.
Eartha was 7th MG guessed with $0.
Best ever WML line, from Arlene: "It might make a newlywed happier? Is it a barbiturate?"
the trolley car episode was fun to watch! John Daley got very excited during questioning. seemed like all was having fun!
That first deep “Mmhmm…” def gave it away lol
What charisma Eartha had and what a great entertainment. brought to you by Remington Rand makers of the World's no 1 electric shaver.
Eartha Kitt was so cute. ❤️ Her.
Dorothy is a genius
literally the human akinator
A good friend of mine, Gilbert Price, who sadly died way too young. was in the Broadway production of Kismet. The cast was stellar and included Eartha, whom I met on many occasions. She was smart, funny, sexy (even at her advanced age), and charmed the pants off of me (well almost, lol).
Gilbert had a glorious baritone voice and was also a Tony Award nominee for Timbuktu! He did of asphyxiation due to a faulty heater in Vienna at age 48.
@@gbrumburghThat is exactly what happened to one of the singers in Spanky and Our Gang, and led to their disbanding.
@ 7:14- Steve Allen- It's like Cohn and McCarthy over there'. Very much a timely reference
Eartha was a lovely person.
Eartha was so incredibly sexy without having to say a word! And so charismatic- definitely one of the top people I would go back in time to meet if I could.
She and Prince are the two I never got to meet before they transitioned... I usually meet the celebs I want to meet. So I guess I cannot complain too much.
of course as we all know the song was "Santa Baby" one of her smash hits.
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wow, way back when! She is too distinctive , how could she fool anyone." Are you Sensual in your work" lol . How pleasant. Thanks for the upload.So great!
Actually it was “sinuous,” but the point was taken. 😉 Sinuous was definitely a word that a writer like Dorothy would have kept at the ready; it was - and continues to be - one of the most frequently used to describe Kitt. ☺
Dorothy Kilgallen was right on about the connection to Santa Claus and it is baffling that neither Eartha Kitt or John Daly picked up on it...Don't you remember the iconic hit "Santa Baby"? that she recorded?
17:49 Not her fast signature from later two appearances.
Earthas so cute!
19:31 that laugh means: I KNOW IT ALREADY! Had to be Lovely Dorothy!
Yzma, oh how young you are!!! jesus ths was 66y ago.
*[moment i heard her low voice...i fangirled]*
Can I just say Eartha Kitt is literally a super cool name
She so pretty
who Eartha kitt
Not really
@@XxchampaignxX your opinion bro
All the woman there are stunning
@@kevctulu3868 I, on the other hand, had a crush on her as a tween hayseed. She was exotic, cute and alluring. Could listen to her talk and sing for hours. A purr-fect voice.
12 years before Catwoman
She is the all time 2nd best! Julie #1.
@@stumack9755 True, but Julie kind of lost interest in doing the last season, so we got Eartha. 👍
I remember seeing hats with veils when I was a child -- women sometimes wore them in church. Now, though, when I see one, it looks odd to me.
This is the first time I've seen a woman leave the net down over her face inside, except at a funeral
Eartha is gorgeous
I was born in 1954. This show ran for a few yrs and remember my parents and relatives watching this show.I was at least 4 or older and another show was Art Linkletter and Password. People on television then had class, men wearing suits and ladies After 5 attire. Wish we had shows like this again where you had to think instead of all the idle gossip, profanity, attitudes (HWOA and Married To Medicine) that these shows portray
It always amazes me how they’re able to guess these celebrities. 🤩
They know who is in town, the newspapers covered the comings and goings of the rich and/ or famous
Highly underrated talent.
If you’re a fan of Eartha, you have got to see, “St Louis Blues” with Nat King Cole.
She was so pretty the ur that my daddy was born. And her voice was different than it was when I started to watch her.
In May 1998 I was lucky enough to see Ms. Kit portray the Wicked Witch in the Theater at Madison Square Garden's production of the Wizard of Oz. Mickey Rooney played the Wizard.
Wow!
If you visit San Francisco nowadays, you can ride on historic or classic trolley cars that make the run from Fisherman's Wharf to the intersection of Castro and Market Streets. Of the ones that you can catch everyday, they are typically old streetcars originally in use in the city of Milan, Italy, or "PCC" streetcars from various U.S. and Canadian locales (which where manufactured from the 1930's through the 1950's). There are also some "one-off" historic cars that run occasionally -- older ones from San Francisco prior to the 1930's, one from New Orleans, an open-air streetcar that resembles a boat from Blackpool, England, and there are some others in the collection that are currently not operated. Riding any of those I find to be entertaining, because looking at the interiors while riding is highly interesting due to their age and historic qualities -- and the Milanese ones still have all the Italian signage inside (with English translations added where necessary). However, in 1954, when people rode streetcars in San Francisco or anywhere else, they were commonplace and very ordinary, not entertaining. I'm referring to streetcars a.k.a. trolley cars, powered by electric motors, mostly with the electricity taken from an overhead wire via a trolley pole. (San Francisco's cable cars are completely different and even in 1954 were ridden by tourists who found them as entertaining as they still do today. They're pulled by a moving cable beneath a slot in the street midway between the two rails of the trackway -- they're not trolleys and we never call them that, though visitors frequently make that error.)
The last I knew (2013) the McKinney Avenue Transit Authority in Dallas, Tx had the oldest operating streetcar in the United States, named Rosie.
Todd are you the mayor?
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Purple Capricorn 3 months ago
Earrrrrrtha Kit
MadelineTopper 1 year ago
I love how DK is losing it at 16:32.
Blain Johnson 1 year ago
Haha I love Cerf's reaction at 14:42...what a great segment with that old timer. Very funny....
MattTheSaiyan 4 months ago
It's so nice to see the first contestant wearing gloves. Though I must admit the outfit worn by the final contestant is a little odd.
Treasureofficial3 NYC PEACE & BLESSINGS SYMONE Shared on Google+ · 8 months ago
WHAT'S MY LINE? MYSTERY GUEST - EARTHA KITT - GREAT SHARE
THANK YOU ... Peace & Blessings Symone
Jane Barton 8 months ago (edited)
Super..She had to hide her voice obviously..hilariously funny...I love this..
Jill Gordon 5 months ago
19:40
Can someone please explain to me why Dorothy is talking about Santa Claus? Does anyone know what she was driving at?
Karina? 5 months ago
+Jill Gordon Because Eartha sang "Santa Baby" in 1953
Jill Gordon 5 months ago
Oooh, I get it. Thank you
George Alexander 7 months ago
No wonder they decided to have each panelist only ask a celebrity guest one question at a time.
UNIVERSAL TRUTH NYC PEACE & BLESSINGS SYMONE Shared on Google+ · 10 months ago
WHAT'S MY LINE? EARTHA KITT (CAT WOMAN) ... Peace & Blessings
Symone
Leroy Calibo 10 months ago
Sexy Catwoman
Jimmy Flanagan 7 months ago
It is so nice to see the respect seniors get on this show. To bad it doesnt exist now in our society
Johan Bengtsson 10 months ago
When Dorothy said that Margaret Truman would replace her for two weeks, while she was in Europe, you could hear some buzz from the audience. Couldn't tell if it was positive or negative though. I like Margaret Truman but I can understand if others don't.
Johan Bengtsson 10 months ago
John had been to Honolulu. This was five years before Hawaii became the 50th state of the USA 1959.
joed596 6 months ago
thanks so much! :-)
nowvoyagerNE 6 months ago (edited)
i am going to assume that Dorothy was referring to Eartha Kitt's song "Santa Baby:" according to wikipedia, "Santa Baby" was originally recorded by Eartha Kitt with Henri René and his orchestra in New York City, in July 1953." you can find it here on you tube if you haven't heard it, but as it continued to be played annually through Christmas 2014 and likely beyond, most of us probably know the song very well.
Ashley DeGroot 11 months ago
I, again, love the history we see behind the show. Thank you for putting these up!
nowvoyagerNE 6 months ago
for the first guest, i think Arlene extended her hand to shake, and when the guest didn't shake hands with Arlene, Arlene shook her own hand and chuckled!
ASs hAt 1 year ago
"enhances their existence in some way"
wink, wink
What's My Line? 1 year ago in reply to rick charles
A minority viewpoint, but valid if you ask me. :)
rick charles 1 year ago
The best CatWoman. ggggrrrrrrrrrrr......
i know but that's how most women dressed back then
There is no way Earth Kitt could have ever fooled them. People with such distinctive voices rarely can.
Eartha was a class act
interesting that there wasn't any wolf whistling when Eartha Kitt signed in....
They never whistled at any black woman. Not Lena Horne or Diane Carroll.
@@kgalford WOW! Not even Lena? Thats just crazy!
No that's 70 years ago when respect was #1😊
I wonder if any episodes of Steve Allen's New York local pre-Tonight Show survive.
At least one episode of the Knickerbocker Beer show has been in circulation.
I love Eartha. She was such a nice person.
Dorothy laughs when Arlene asks if it's a barbiturate...
How much times have changed!
Regrettably not so funny for her in 1965
in the 50s, a number of contestants showed up associated in some ways with the concept of statehood for Hawaii or Alaska. Puerto Rico? No such luck.
soulierinvestments why you brought up the topic? BTW, Puerto Rico will never be a state, USA 🇺🇸 has more benefit by keeping it a colony...
Lmao She didn't wanted to speak, she knew Her voice is so Unique and Easy to recognize
Lol, yeah, she knew it!
She was the latest diva, so atypical, incredible woman who loved men, so what ?
Such a voice, such a body !
A genius, a great person, so exotic, with sweet madness like we don't do anymore, she was all that we needed.
🌹Our black panther.
😍 Beloved Queen 😍
Eartha should have answered the question affirmatively at 9:45.
Her handwriting was much plainer than five years later on this show.
12-29-2022
Eartha is a true Earthling!
Ever notice how John Daly seems to have more conferences when the contestant is pretty? 😄Lol
Arlene was the highest paid panelist at $1000 a week, when the median wage was $3600 a year
it was the first mmhmm that gave it away - she giggled like a-ha!
Not sure why Ms. Kitt and John Daly got stumped by the "Santa Claus" question, though.
The song title was Santa baby😊
Eartha Kitt was on Nixon's enemies list! I think that I read of her being proud of it if my memory is not failing me...I think it was her...
Not too many people were enemies of both Nixon and LBJ
Dorothy should have been in intelligence. She could figure anything out.
Dorothy was a investigative reporter for years 😊
DRIVES TROLLEY CAR
MAKES SEASICK REMEDY
OWNS AND OPERATES BAR
Glad to see Chris back again. I keep having to check back to remember what the line was.
It seems that Mr. Daly enjoys huddling with Mrs. Cutillo!😍🤪
Loved me some Eartha she was beautiful inside and out
*Hawaii was doing just fine 😒
Having watched about 200 of these things now (I think) by far the best thing about What's My Line and indeed the thing which makes it unique, alive and brilliant isn't the legendary mystery guest segment but the progressive questionning by Steve Allen, each one getting a yes yet each one digging further down the wrong rabbit hole despite having a perfectly logical reason for going there. That and the occasional pause for a slight, puzzled, comedic deadpan frown in the direction of the audience. As well as being surely funny to ANYONE with the slightest sense of humour it actually wanders into the realms of surrealism without being unreasonable or sudden about it. Quite quite brilliant!
Conceptually that's the show right there! But it isn't just that of course. It may not have been quite so brilliant if it hadn't been for Allen.
True. I don't want to burst your bubble, but Steve was fed "gambits" that were designed to lead him down a rabbit hole and provoke audience laughter. They did not provide a clue as to the actual occupation. They were quietly discontinued after the quiz show scandals of the late 50s.
17:30 for Ms Kitt...otherwise wasted my time
I LIKE THE INTRODUCTION
17:38 - what you came for
You're welcome. ...Peace...
Its really interesting that Hawaii still isn't a state of the US at that time. It was a country in its own right then.
A stranger in their own land
It was a US territory at the time.
Amusing to hear "it's just like Cohn & McCarthy over there" when John is conferencing with the first contestant. Political life shows up here occasionally.
my grandma was born a month after this
Fascinating.
My grandma was born 20 years before this.
nya heart my dad was born July 27, 1954.
You've got a young grandma.
You must be real young.
Eartha kitt is so pretty you can tell she was in her 20s
Did anyone notice at 19:01 how she checked her ears and then said she was getting a “message” ? She was definitely tapping into spirit.
Green Rozes I am not dure I understand what you are saying. (Could you explain, please?) you mean “summon”?
I'm here after googling who voiced Yzma from The Emperor's New Groove
Lmaooo how old are u
@@lishab.6536 highly likely much much younger than you ;) She has a great voice doesn’t she.
@@adelinecarol very intoxicating voice
@@adelinecarol listen to smoke gets in your eyes by her
i wonder if the panel ever got it right on their "free guesses"?
genius mchaggis A few times!
Gary has put together a video compilation of all correct free guesses from the extant shows: th-cam.com/video/pbj0uNMfoNI/w-d-xo.html
9 guesses were correct, after that they did away with asking this question 😊
I only watched this episode just to see Miss Earth Kitt.