What's My Line? - Michael Caine; PANEL: Orson Bean, Sue Oakland (Nov 13, 1966)
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- MYSTERY GUEST: Michael Caine
PANEL: Arlene Francis, Orson Bean, Sue Oakland, Bennett Cerf
NOTE: There were no episodes of WML aired the previous two weeks (Oct 30 and Nov 6, 1966). Closing credits added from an older rerun pre-GSN-credit-crunching.
Many thanks to Steve M. Russo for providing this episode in much higher quality than the version I had previously. Folks interested in high quality, well packaged, well-edited DVDs of WML (and other game shows) can contact him directly for more information at RetroTVFestival@comcast.net.
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There is commentary of Mr. Caine discussing his time in the service. He is very honest about the terror of war. True gentleman.
It's lovely to see Michael Caine on here, at such a young age.♡
Michael Caine - The epitome of self-deprecating cool!
Stuffy, eh what ?
Well, he's British.
Michael Caine wuz on "What's moi loin" Naht many poipul know dat.
Was it in "Alfie" that I always thought that he basically played himself. Poor, East London, Cockney.
"For a brief moment." He actually served in the Korean War. Far too humble. Also, anyone else smile each time "Mr. Bean" was said.
😁😁
Audie Murphy served for a brief moment in WWII.
From all appearances, he has always remained very grounded and no-nonsense.
The look on Sue Oakland's face when she realises it is really Michael Caine... 17:39
Johan Bengtsson any look on her beautiful face would be welcome
Is it my imagination, or did those two lock gazes with each other for a solid nine or ten seconds?
A shame that WML inexplicably abandoned use of the split screen that they employed on a few occasions.
@@TheCometHunter I definitely noticed that too!
@@orgonkothewildlyuntamed6301 Absolutely!!
Bob Hope is responsible for Cain's career. Born in London himself Hope set up a yearly scholarship for talented young people from poor families to study theater. Caine was the first winner. During his period of conscription Caine served in Korea and was caught trapped behind Chinese lines. His small group had to fight their way out.
According to Caine's autobiography, he appeared on Bob Hopes show. Afterwards, he asked where his fee was, and found out that Bob Hope had sent it direct to that fund. "You owe them" he simply said to Caine.
In 1966, Michael Caine kept himself busy by filming the following: "Gambit" (w/Shirley MacLaine), "Funeral in Berlin", "Hurry Sundown", and "Woman Times Seven" (again, w/Shirley MacLaine).
In 1967, he kicked off the year by filming his third (and for a long time, his last) Harry Palmer adventure in "Billion Dollar Brain".
I just find the mannerisms fascinating they just had so much more class back then.
"You were only supposed to blow the bloody doors off"
1969
Michael Caine is one of the best actors I've ever seen.He was hilarious in 'blame it on rio' and yet he can b very serious.Versatile acting is the best in my opinion.
I'm sure he (as well as Demi Moore) would rather forget B.i.o.R., but I think it was a pleasant hour and-a-half of tittilating escapist fun.
@@TheCometHunter That could be, but I'm not so sure. I remember an interview he gave years ago (I think after the release of the quite forgettable film "The Hand") in which he stated "I never met a script I didn't like". He went on to say that he always gave his best, but the script wasn't his to judge. Basically, if he was offered a part in a film and he felt he could deliver it, he would accept. He made a number of duds, but he has nothing to be ashamed of.
I liked him better in "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels" than in "Rio".
@@TheCometHunter with what's her name, on the beach, between the rocks?
@@rmelin13231 what was his worst film? He worst performance?
Recorded on Monday October 17, 1966, along with the previous episode.
Orson Bean became a Father on October 13, also the Birthday of Sue Oakland, who was now 32 here.
Harry Brown (2009) The Ipcress File (1965) and Get Carter (1971) are all in my top 10 films of all time, "Michael Caine" is a living legend :)
hi ..yes a brilliant actor he is i say . i think i have 20 of he's movies now my fev . so under rated i believe . my mum use to have a cup of tea with him and hes mum many years ago in the east-end where we are from COCKNEY PEOPLE ... lovely man
Alfie is my favorite Michael Caine film i feel he was just idk like really hot in that movie. So weird to be attracted to an 80 year old...
Glitterpoop lol ...yes a wonderful actor . have you seen HARRY BROWN ? ...love all he's movies great actor ...
badboybaldy1 Michael is from South East London not the East End. Mates with my grandad growing up.
He was total MOVIE STAR already in the great action pic ZULU.
Michael Caine, Royal Engineers, Korean War. this man is a war veteran
Michael Caine's worldwide smash hit Alfie did poorly in France. The distributors explained, "No Frenchmen could believe that any Englishman could seduce ten women".
ello, my name's michael caine. Now there's not many people who know that.
Michael Caine returned as WML Mystery Guest in 1970.
Kudos to Ms. Knickerbocker for knowing it's 'at my left', not 'on my left'. Early in the history of the show, a reader wrote in to point that out. It was discussed on air, but no one else ever uses it - not even the puerile Mr. Cerf, who is supposed to be so educated and erudite.
“That’s what the real michael Caine sounds like?!” Oh boy,, it’s so weird that nowadays his voice is so famous people imitate it!
Jesus he does look like Austin powers, LOL.
I love Michael Caine no more to be said
Michael Caine looks kind of nervous here. American TV, first time in the US probably. Understandably.
Yes, charmingly finessing the accent.
There is an article in Wikipedia about Miss Quach. (1940=2013)
She moved to New York, took a position as an assistant to Leonard Bernstein at the New York Philharmonic. Quach was able to conduct the Philharmonic at a gala concert and on Bernstein's television series. ”...Miss Quach runs the danger of being a pretty young woman, and thus conquering all hearts for non-musical reasons. But ... she seems to be at her best in works of large dimension (odd for so diminutive a creature) and if there can be such a thing as a maestra, Miss Quach could well be it," Bernstein said.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_
Now that is a FILM STAR
Interesting, only the men rose from their seats to shake his hand. Such gentlemen.
Asteria That was the manners of the day. Men stood to greet someone. Women didn’t unless the person was considerably older. It was a show of respect.
Mr Bean 😂
I have no idea who Sue Oakland is
Mr. Smith ( The salt salesman ) was "Movie star handsome"..
Well, he's obviously not young enough, but that William Smith looks remarkably like he's related to William Hurt (b. 1950). (The facial expressions when he's introduced in particular.)
Sue Oakland... Close your eyes and it's Marsha Brady talking
Orson is 89. (2019) And is married to a very young cute actress in THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL She's the nutty one (at times)
Orson Bean, hurrah!
Michael Caine was in the cult movie Interstellar and his real name is Maurice Micklewhite
Aww he's adorable x
Michael odonnell best
Orson Bean has a son that two years and one day older than me.
Debra Battle
And exactly 32 years younger than Sue Oakland. ;)
SaveThe TPC She was born Oct.13t, 1934? The date she gave herself here, but the year I couldn't find anywhere. Thanks! :)
SuperWinterborn
The TV.com entry for the WML episode on which Sue Oakland made her first appearance (linked by ***** in the comments section of that video) states two different theories about her birth year (either 1935 or 1934) but ends up deciding on 1934.
Debra Battle. isn't that amazing ?
Arlene looks downright girlish in this episode. What was her secret?
I was girding myself for Bennett to make a pun on Mrs. Kwack's name...thankfully he refrained.
R.D. Dragon 0
-Kwack- Helen Quach (see 10:00)
As a punster, Bennett was not all that he was Quach-ed up to be.
There is an article in Wikipedia about Miss Quach.
She moved to New York, took a position as an assistant to Leonard Bernstein at the New York Philharmonic. Quach was able to conduct the Philharmonic at a gala concert and on Bernstein's television series. ”...Miss Quach runs the danger of being a pretty young woman, and thus conquering all hearts for non-musical reasons. But ... she seems to be at her best in works of large dimension (odd for so diminutive a creature) and if there can be such a thing as a maestra, Miss Quach could well be it," Bernstein said.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_Quach
Consummate Englishman.
Alfred Pennyworth
Michael Caine is one of my favorites. I love it when he wears those type of glasses too, very appealing. When John said that he's sure that Caine's welcome in America would go on, he sure was right and how!
He was wonderful! He was great at comedy, too. He starred in a hilarious film with Steve Martin called Dirty, Rotten Scoundrels. 😂❤
Sue Oakland just looks so pretty 🥰
Wow Arlene Francis is sharp as a tack.
Helen Quach was a remarkable woman - the first of her sex to become a major conductor. Shortly after this show she was appointed assistant to Bernstein at the NY Phil, and he regarded her very highly.
There's no mention on her Wikipedia page that she was ever in communist China, which is good because, in this year of 1966, the Cultural Revolution would begin and intellectuals and artists would be hounded, exiled to the countryside to farm, or tortured and killed.
"First of her sex" means "the first woman." Speak in simple English.
Michael tells the story of how he got his name (Caine is not his real name). He was a young actor in a New York when his agent called announcing that Michael had just gotten a lead role in a new motion picture. The agent said “Only one problem, someone in SAG (Screen Actors Guild) already had your (real) name” and that Michael would have to think of one quickly.
Michael asked if he could call him back but his agent said “No, they’re writing up the contract now and waiting! THINK OF SOMETHING, ANYTHING!”
Michael stuck his head outside his window to the street below and saw a movie marquee advertising “The Caine Mutiny”. He had his name! He then said, with his wonderful cockney accent, “It’s a damn good thing they weren’t showing 101 Dalmatians!”
His birth name was "Maurice Joseph Micklewhite" - he changed his stage name to "Michael White" in the 50's before ending up with "Michael Caine".
@@Vinterfrid Really? I don't think I ever knew that. It could have been "Michael Mutiny".
Could anybody not be SMITTEN by the brilliant, friendly, and gently urbane Arlene Francis? Sometimes one feels as if he was born two-thirds of a century too late!
I know... sigh.
❤ Arlene Francis
17:48 - If I can ever be as cool as Michael Caine is at this moment, even by accident, I'll die happy.
Whatever happened to that nice Michael Caine guy? Did he stay in movies?
Steve27775 I think I've read that he got some work for a few years, just bit parts. Details about his career are hard to come by.
What's My Line? Exactly. He only appeared in about 115 films. ; )
I saw a film with him yesterday at the Movie theater , "Kingsman: The Secret Service".
I think he is a butler these days.
kumppi That's right. At the Wayne mansion.
Sue Oakland was very beautiful and transparently ga-ga over Michael Caine.
totally!
There was a phase in his life where when he was offered parts in movies he would ask two questions. How much will I get paid and where is the movie being shot? If it was an acceptable fee and an exotic location he would agree to do it. Hence all the turkeys he appeared in. Not a lot of people know that!
kernowarty. He just wanted to stay employed...
"What's My Line?" was always entertaining.
How I wish they would bring it back.
🙂
They'd be so vulgar about it. Just leave some things alone, I would say.
@@IWillSayMyPeaceA show like "What's My Line?" wouldn't work today. Too cerebral.
WML was revived a few times. I saw a pilot for WML made in 2000, hosted by Harry Anderson, but this pilot was NOT picked up.
Amazing that Michael Cane is still a movie stars after all these years
Especially because he’s crap.
Well he's retired now lol
Nobody talks about how sexy young Michael Caine was- I’ve always had a crush on him.
From the spelling of Mrs. Quach's name, I was surprised to hear her describe herself as Chinese. Quach would more be Vietnamese with that spelling, but "Kwock" is also Chinese. Thanks to Wikipedia, she was born to Chinese parents in Saigon, Vietnam in 1940.
Interesting! I wish there were more footage of her work - pretty fascinating life.
She also lived in Australia, and was married, as such she could have married a Vietnamese man.
Sue Oakland's dress and earrings! She's far too glamorous a woman to be just a panelist.
Young Michael Caine looks and talks a lot like David Bowie.
The young Michael Caine has a touch of Lennonesque body language and mischief about him.
Michael Caine. The production staff thought they were getting someone with youth appeal and what they did was bring in one of the longest careers in entertainment when he was young. He appeared in syndicated WML, too. Caine received an Oscar nomination for best actor in 1967. Stay tuned folks -- another best actor nominee will appear on WML in a few weeks.
soulierinvestments Like I said, 1966 was the start of Modern Hollywood.
Very hip year for European films. Morgan. Alfie. Blow Up. The Shop on Main Street. A Man and a Woman. And then "A Man for All Seasons" won the Oscar.
I adored his performance in "Second Hand Lions" and so did my grandchildren. What a career ! What a treasure of memories !
actually that line'not many people knw that was started by Peter Sellers...And as michael caine said' peter sellers got everyone thinking that caine was the one who started it. It seems peter sellers loved all mechanical and electrical gadgets. SO when answering machines became famous, he had one installed and put in this messg'' Peter sellers is not in at the moment....etc etc....'' not many people know that'' wHEN MICHAEL caine calld him , he heard that message....And one day he told someone about it and that famous line. Thats how Peter sellers made michael caine famous...Peter sellers also mimicked michael caine when telling a joke with caines accent and ended the joke with 'not many people know that!'' He got everyone thinking michael caine said it first. THATS the brilliance of peter sellers....
Unfortunately Clouseau did not have an answering machine ...
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Well, I guess we'll see whether Michael Caine amounts to anything or not. LOL
Michael Caine was also Austin Powers' Dad in the third film of the Austin Powers series "Austin Powers: Goldmember". The Austin Powers series was a spoof of 60's British Spy films.
***** Leave out the word "mostly" and you're spot on!
Vahan Nisanian That's like saying John Wayne played a centurion in The Greatest Story Ever Told.
Michael Caine in 1967's "Billion Dollar Brain", with the tragic French starlet, Françoise Dorléac, in what turned out to be her last film; she was killed in an auto accident in June.
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michael caine is one person who cant hide his voice. the minute he utters a sentence , we all know its him with that famous cockney accent of his
One of Michael Caine's films, "Alfie", also starred fellow WML Mystery Guest, Shelley Winters, and also included the likes of Millicent Martin, the former girlfriend of Paul McCartney in Jane Asher, and Eleanor Bron (who had previously starred with the Beatles in "Help!").
Eleanor Bron also co-starred with Dudley Moore and Peter Cook in the film "Bedazzled" in 1967 - a very witty modern re-telling of the Faust legend. And, speaking of upcoming WML? Mystery Guests, Raquel Welch has a small role in "Bedazzled," playing Lust.
@@jmccracken1963
Yup, Welch was _made_ to play that role.
at that time michael caine had no idea he would be one of the most impersonated actors of all time.
This episode is the first following the election of Ronald Reagan as governor of California. Notwithstanding his large victory, Reagan was not generally viewed seriously as a political figure. When Governor Reagan debated Robert F Kennedy for instance, Kennedy clearly underestimated him (what a general election for 1968 that would have been). One East Coast establishment person who truly did understand Reagan's good chances to be elected President as early as November 1966 was Bennett Cerf. In this month, Cerf gave an interview about changing presidential vocabularies over the years. He made the point that with speechwriters, delivery, drama, and showmanship had become far more important for Presidents than their skill in developing rhetoric and vocabulary. When asked where this trend would end, Cerf replied, "It could even lead people like Ronald Reagan and George Murphy a lot closer to the White House than anyone at Actors Studio ever dreamed possible." www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/01463376609368790?journalCode=rcqu19
Machael Caine played Alfred, the butler, in some of the BATMAN movies.
This show was the 1 year anniversary of Dorothy's death.
A sad anniversary indeed.
I said to myself "salt is not a spice"????? How dare they? What else could it be? Well, I looked it up and...."Salt is actually a mineral, not a spice. Therefore, it does not lose its flavor over time like spices and herbs do."
+Joe Postove I know. I reacted the same, but then I thought about it and was like....that makes sense but it does add flavour just as well.
A mineral. Not a spice.
MY favorite , but I put too much on my food, so my feet swell up, not good.
A spice is usually made from ground seeds, herbs are usually from the leaves of plants. Salt is mined usually.
The lady that asked the questions first should make a brilliant investigator.
I think Sue Oakland would have made a great permanent replacement for Dorothy Kilgallen if they let the original show run longer.
While they may have found a 'successor' to Ms. Kilgallen, they will never, NEVER, find a replacement.
I thought the same thing. I just decided to put all her appearances on WML on my FB. Almost as good as Kilgallen. She was a real LOOKER too. She seemed to marry much older men. Father types.
Hey it's a young Alfred Pennyworth and Ebeneezer Scrooge.
Bennett at the beginning warned Sue that if the mystery guest was male he would want to take her out afterward. However -- judging from the look on Ms. Oakland's face, I bet she wanted to take him out for drinks after the broadcast.
Was that supposed to be a compliment from Bennett's side? :)
I don't know I have a feeling Michael Caine had already met his second wife by then but I could be wrong.
According to his autobiography as soon as he had seen or he fell in love with her.
hey this was on my birthday! I was 2 years old, I remember the show
I have been to the ESB many times and loved the 86th floor outdoor observation desk and the 102nd floor indoor observation deck.
So cool to find a show with someone who is around in 2021
Michael Caine is still around in 2024.
❤ Michael Caine
Sue Oakland seems very thrilled to see him.
Lovely to see Maurice at the start of his career. Aiming to be the Ian Wolfe of his time (randy version). Ah, the late sixties!
Sorry, but Michael Caine sounds like Michael Caine. Didn't disguise voice very well.
Host says American interest in him will go on. Now I think we can say that proved to be even truer than any of them imagined.
I love this show " what a glorious time to be alive
Michael Dishler; Yes, I love this show and I'm finding it addictive now.
Sometimes when I look at these old reruns of when the star or famous person comes out... I got a feeling if they had a show like this nowadays that the audience might not be as cooperative about keeping their mouth shut as to the identity of the famous person
@@gardensofthegods It would be logistically impossible to stage a show of this nature nowadays. It wouldn't have the same vibe. People no longer engage in this level of oral exchange, which is part of the appeal of the show. And with the celebrities, no glamour. Everything today is predicated on a phoney premise of "brutal honesty." Everything and everybody is a target for cynicism and tear down syndrome. Nope. Wouldn't work.
Overall this was a very good show of WML and Michael Caine is an outstanding actor!
Thank you very much for this upload, I enjoy Mr Caine's work. - For those of you who don't have a quarter of an hour to live your life over, begin at 15:53
Sue Oakland seems extremely enamored with Caine. She passed away in 2021.
Windsor Salt is the best table salt you can buy!!
Quite a frugger at the Daisy. I'd like to see that!
Caine's so handsome, so sexy, and so british.
There's a real funny story that John Wayne told Michael Caine when Michael just started acting.
And you don't want us to know anymore?
And so sad to hear that Orson Bean was killed by a car this past week.💔
Yes. Always get him mixed up with Tony Randall. One of them an opera buff who could always field that category of questions.
Peachey Carnehan or Harry Palmer? I can't decide, although I liked him as Harry Palmer so much that my most recent eyeglass prescription is set in Curry & Paxton "Yvan" tortoise frames from Ipcress Files! Michael's wife Shakira (Roxanne from The Man Who Would Be King) is still a great beauty.
Funny, at the beginning Michael must have been nervous: he signed his first name and forgot to add the e. He went back afterwards and filled it in... ;-)
Good lord that smoldering look! 17:48
Michael Caine is always likeable.
I've never heard of Sue Oakland before but in the 2 episodes i've watched with her on the panel, she's done very well
Arlene looking a mite careworn in this episode
"You're only supposed to blow the bloody doors off"
Glamour...elegancia...respeto...decencia ...son las virtudes que uno puede ver aca en este ameno programa televisivo de comedia de los años 60....es adictivo y tan relajante y uno aprende cosas interesantes ademas de hacerme reir o simplemente sonreir 🌺👌💌🍰🎂
The conductor and John mentioned Interlochen up north here in Michigan. Yes!!!!
In 1966, the Empire State Building was still the world's tallest building. Today, it is only the seventh tallest building in NY. I have read that the owners of the Empire State Building receive more revenue from admission fees to the observatory than they do from all the rentals from all the space in the building below the observatory.
I just uploaded a remastered version with color and 60fps of this episode. Sorry for plugging but I feel like my fellow What's my line fans would get a kick out of it 😁
I'll always be connected to sir Michael...we share a birthday :)
Bennett Cerf was naturally inquisitive, he wanted to keep asking questions after the job had been ascertained.. makes a excellent editor Id think?
Michael Caine was funny in Blame it on rio
Indeed, the movie would have flopped if he weren't funny, he was outstanding. It presaged his later, classic comedy role in "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels"
Sir Michael Caine has the distinction of being one of only TWO actors nominated for Academy Awards for acting in every decade from the 1960s to 2000s (the other being Jack Nicholson). Here's hoping for another one in the 2010s!
shuboy05 Never knew that. Great info.
Huh!!
Sue Oakland was one of the best panelists they had. Very good at picking people out.