Does anyone else see the irony of the panelists talking about being in Technicolor while here we are 50+ years later, watching it on Smartphones in black and white?
@@pendrew I understand that. I’m just saying it was in color back then, when B&W was the norm. Now basically nothing is B&W - except old shows like this. We’re watching on a hand-held phone now. Back then, TVs were a major piece of furniture. These smart phones are capable of displaying hundreds of colors but here we are - watching in B&W Just seemed funny to me.
Miss Arlene is always so glamourous no matter what she's wearing. She's stunning, and she's even more beautiful now than she was when WML started. It's pretty incredible. She's sharp as a tack and simply glorious. Much love to the great Arlene.
Arlene was always charming on television back in the day and I always enjoyed watching her, but she died in 2001 of Alzheimer's and other causes, so it's proper now to speak of her only in the past tense.
A little over a month from this show I would get to meet Warren Beatty, for the 1st time as he was in Dallas to film , "Bonnie & CYLDE.'" He wasn't full of himself, he was down to earth & seemed to treat everyone w/ respect. He was also twice as handsome in person. What a great guy. I was truly the epitome of being in a trance for sometime.
Like Letterman used to have on his show: your "Brush with Greatness"...I saw Andy Griffith in the Atlanta airport once; heard him tell the concierge he was flying to Rhode Island to appear in a play..I think it was 1977 or 1978...
I had a similar thing happen in 67-68 or do. Saw Robert Redford ab 50ft away from me at Sears point raceway he was filming Little FAuss and big Halsey in Sonoma CA. He had no shirt on standing on the roof of a pick up truck w a toothbrush in his mouth OMG 😳 he was GORGEOUS my friend and I just stood and stared. He saw us and kinda waved to us. One of the several moments I'll always remember. We saw the movie and realized WHO we were staring at !!🤔🤔🤩😋
I have no Idea who Arlene Francis is/was, but what a beautiful lady. Also, the Host of this show has a great speaking voice and manners. A classy show on every level. Thankfully we have YT to remind us of this (sadly) bygone era.
JTrain I've watched the series on YT chronologically from 1950 to this point (highly recommended, though I'm keen to reach the finish now, must admit!) and you get to know who Arlene is by just watching the show. An actress of diverse talent, appearing on Broadway and in movies....though not a leading lady-type. She's also a warm-hearted, witty woman into fashion whose stomping ground is Manhattan. That's Arlene to me. Not seen her in anything but I feel like I know her well now. :) As for beauty...she's in her mid-fifties here....amazing isn't she?
@@davidsanderson5918 She radiates something very special. And actually, looks even better in the later episodes when she was older. A class act in every way. I'm pretty impressed with all of them. The host in particular is a pleasure to listen to, and seems like a true gentleman as well.
Please take time to look up/research Arlene Francis and John Daly. Arlene's personal “backstory” was interesting. She had a career in theater and later transitioned into early television. So multi-talented John Daly had a great backstory as well. Was involved in news coverage etc long before TV and continued after. When Pearl Harbor Hawaii was bombed on December 7, 1941, he was the news person who announced the stunning news on radio.
Me too. The life really got sucked out of the program when Dorothy died, and it's not the same show. Following initial shock, Bennet seemed to move on pretty quickly but I can tell Arlene is still sad and John Daly is more easygoing and he doesn't always have to be right. Losing someone close to you and so suddenly, will change a person and make them think about their life differently.
Arlene Francis was masterful as usual, but Lawrence was appalling! at times he didn't know how to proceed. I don't know who Sue Oakland is, but she's gorgeous, and quite smart. A hilarious episode. Thank you very much for posting.
@aryehfinklestein9041 That information about Steve Lawrence and his dad was not available to New Yorkers in 1966 when CBS telecast this live - unless a New Yorker knew either man personally.
These ''What's my line?'' episodes are not only funny, wonderfully made, but they also contains such high quality English...mostly thanks to Mr. John Charles Daly. I would advice anybody who is interested in learning to speak English fluently to watch ''What's my line?''
His English is fluid, resonant and elegant. Would have loved to have had him as my English teacher in school. He gives deference and honor to the language.
sweiland75 Thanks for pointing that out. A year.later Beatty would be on top of the world, w " Bonnie & Clyde, " & $30,000,000 richer. I love SEXY, but SEXY RICH is much better.
OHHHH, if only to see that gown Arlene is wearing in COLOR! My guess is that she chose red to inaugurate WML's first color broadcast. You can also tell that Arlene is wearing a different makeup palette than usual, presumably because of the new color cameras.
@@dinahbrown902 he dated all the great beauties. Elizabeth Taylor, Leslie Caron, Julie Christie, Diane Keaton, Natalie Wood, Madonna, Joan Collins... I'm sure I'm forgetting many...frankly idk why he wound up w Annette she's my least favorite. I had my chance but missed his call!
@@stj971 Probably because she is a good human being who he knew wouldn’t bring him heartache. Look at the females you named and how screwed their lives were and are. Unhappy women
Larry Leake who stood only 4 feet 3 inches tall at the time he appeared on WML, would stand on a box to demonstrate his trick shots at world pool tournaments. After two years of playing billiards, he became the youngest advisory staff member of Brunswick Corp.
Beatty married one of the best screen actresses from the 1990s onward: Annette Benning. Though she's a looker alright, her talent is what distinguishes her work. She's nonplussed (correction: unaffected) by fame, and her values and priorities apparently quite sane for a 'movie star'. Took a woman like that to do more than catch Beatty's eye, and garner his devotion.
@@Cosmo-Kramer You are correct. And "unaffected" is indeed the word I would have used, were it not for my misapplication of "nonplussed." Thank you for catching my error.
Warren Beatty. The baby brother of Actress Shirley MacLaine, and also rumored to be the man Carly Simon was singing about in "You're So Vain". What a way to start the final season of vintage WML!
Vahan Nianian. In her biography ' Boys In The Trees', Carly Simon told a story about a time she went to her psychotherapist in Hollywood and was telling him about sleeping with Warren Beatty the previous night. The psychotherapist stopped her and said because of the information she was giving him, he would have to disclose that two other of his female clients who had been in to see him that morning had also told him that Warren Beatty had also slept with them on the same previous night.
The first color episode at The Ed Sullivan Theater Studio 50. The cast and crew are definitely not in Kansas anymore (at least on the original broadcasts). They had done a Live color episode at Studio 72 on September 19, 1954, which no longer exists. Not even in black & white.
I like to think of this episode as not only the start of the color era of "What's My Line?", but also the start of Modern Hollywood. In 1966, Hollywood's transition, from its Golden Age, to its Modern Age, which it had gone through since the dawn of the 1960's, was complete. And a new age of Hollywood filmmakers was born. Gone were the likes of George Cukor, Cecil B. DeMille, Edward Dmytryk, John Ford, Samuel Goldwyn, Howard Hawks, Alfred Hitchcock, Elia Kazan, Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Otto Preminger, and Darryl F. Zanuck. And in were the likes of Woody Allen, Robert Altman, Mel Brooks, Peter Bogdanovich, Michael Cimino, Francis Ford Coppola, Jonathan Demme, Brian De Palma, Clint Eastwood, Milos Forman, Stephen Frears, William Friedkin, Buck Henry, Dennis Hopper, Stanley Kubrick, George Lucas, Michael Mann, Mike Nichols, Roman Polanski, Sydney Pollack, Robert Redford, Martin Scorsese, and Steven Spielberg.
And just as importantly, the Motion Picture Production Code, which had kicked the sass out of American movies since 1934, began its final collapse in '66, with films like "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf" (profanity) "Blowup" (full nudity) and Beatty's 1967 star turn in "Bonnie and Clyde" (violence). The first version of the current MPAA film rating system would supplant the Code by the end of 1968.
loopshackr THAT is more like the turning point for me for the US/UK film industry. Not the new directors so much, but the new screenplays. Good choice of movies to illustrate the point too.
But you could tell he had 'it': good looks, acting chops, good presence..At this time he had done some fine work in Splendor in the Grass, All Fall Down, Mickey One, and the one he referred to, here, Kaleidoscope, is a really good caper film. Of course Bonnie & Clyde takes him to the upper echelons. I think he's a very talented actor and filmmaker. My favorites are McCabe and Mrs Miller, The Parallax View, Reds, Bugsy and Shampoo.
Larry Leake of Downey, Calif., who is 8 years old and 4 feet 3 inches tall, stands on a box to demonstrate trick shots at world pool tournaments. In June, after two years of playing billiards, he became the youngest advisory staff member of Brunswick Corp.
Bennett's introduction was not entirely accurate. WML appeared in an experimental color broadcast back in 1954. That program was not kinescoped either in B&W or color.
I was 12..probably a little intense for me at that age...but one lesson that was definitely learned from that film...crime doesn't pay...I haven't forgotten it!! .
As of 2020, through this 1966 episode, there are 19 living WML guest panelists who are still alive. This is the earliest episode in which two of the panelists are still living.
That's good to know and it makes sense. I'm ambidextrous with most of the things that I do, including writing. When I write left-handed, I am more aware of the spaces in front of me as I'm writing just like other lefties. We have to because each of us can't see what he or she just wrote because his or her hand is in the way. It's also a lot easier for a left-hander to do mirror writing than it is for a right-hander.
Warren Beatty was friends with Sharon Tate and her husband Roman Polanski. One of Beatty's films, "Shampoo", was said to be based on the life of Hollywood Hair Stylist Jay Sebring, a friend of Roman & Sharon's Beatty with Polanski, Tate, and British Actress Julie Christie (Christie was Beatty's co-star in "Shampoo" and "Heaven Can Wait"). 30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lkt1vntJ2o1qj36kjo1_400.jpg
Vahan Nisanian Beatty, along w/Terry Melcher, (Doris Day's son), & Steve McQueen were on Mansons list to be killed. Melcher, a record producer at the time, had encountered Manson (who wanted his music published,) targeted Tate & Polanski's house thinking it was where Melcher still lived w/ Candace Bergen. Of course they had moved. Melcher put off Manson, so Manson was seeking revenge.
Steve Lawrence is still living however in June 2019 he was diagnosed with Alzheimer's. His wife, Edyie Gorme passed in 2013. Steve had a Billboard 100 number 1 hit record in 1963 with the song "Go Away Little Girl" written by Carole King and Gerry Goffin.
"Go Away Little Girl," was a smash hit when it was released. It was probably another work churned out by King and Goffen, while they were in the storied Brill Building, in Times Square, New York.
If anyone asks, Sue Oakland is not even remotely of any relation to the late character actor Simon Oakland (then appearing in "The Sand Pebbles" which was being edited and readied for release at that point). His birth name was Isidor Simon Weiss, and in his case "Oakland" was a condensation of his mother's maiden name of Oaklander. A shame he never appeared on "WML?," though, as a panelist. Wonder if he had, and what's more if Sue was also on the panel on that occasion. Would he have done a little "relation" joke akin to Fred Allen's viz Steve Allen in their only time together on the panel (that is, if Arlene was on the farthest left end)? Would Arlene have called attention to his past occupation as a concert violinist (i.e. "not only a finely talented actor, but he also plays a hot violin")? Would Bennett have made reference to Jack Benny's famous "Sy / Sue / Si" routine? How would Mr. Daly have addressed them - "Mr. Simon" and "Miss Sue"?
Heaven Can Wait is his greatest movie and one of my favorites. I seemed like it ran at theaters for a year in L.A. However, as much as I love it (and it's really a remake of "Here Comes Mr. Jordan" and not actually "Heaven Can Wait") I still prefer the original w/ Don Ameche and Gene Tierney.
I loved it when both Dorothy Kilgallen and Arlene Francis were on the panel. Of course, Dorothy Kilgallen was murdered in 1965 when she was 52 years old. All of the clues made it crystal clear that she was murdered.
At one time, the 1966-7 WML animation appeared on TH-cam, complete with a color Prell Shampoo slide, the last seconds of jumbled nurse, sheriff, football player animations, the words "What's My Line?" in red and salmon, and Johnny Olsen's voice, all in color. This would lead one to assume that the rest of a 1966-7 episode was out there on color videotape.
I know the one you're referencing. Someone had checked it against the B&W films. Speculation is that the episode in question was, in fact, the series finale from September 3, 1967.
For the record, I have nothing personal against Warren Beatty. My earliest memories of him, were when he starred in the 1990 adaptation of "Dick Tracy".
Well, I'm surprised! Not that I ever knew the second contestant who was 8 years old in 1966, but he's from my home town of Downey, California. (I was 14 in 1966.) It's a suburb in southeastern Los Angeles County, north of Long Beach, one suburb away from the Orange County line. Its major claim to fame, back in the day, was the aerospace industry -- there was a large plant, originally Vultee Aircraft, then North American Aviation, then North American Rockwell, and finally Rockwell International where they made the Apollo capsules and, later on, the Space Shuttles. The end of the Space Shuttle program put an end to the Rockwell plant, not to mention locations of other industries that made things for the Apollo capsules, such as Aerojet General, Kirkhill and Autonetics. Most of my friends' fathers, when I was growing up, worked in that industry.
Downey also has the oldest surviving McDonalds and had the first Taco Bell. And incongrously, singers Karen Carpenter and the Metalica frontman are from Downey.
13:14 I remember getting my hair combed like this. All the boys had their hair combed like this. 17:00 He was patiently counting as John turned the cards, waiting to win his money. 22:00 I looked up Kaleidescope on YT and am watching it now for free. Released in 1966. 23:45 Wow! $2,500 is the equivalent of ca. $23,000 in 2022.
The film "Kaleidoscope" was a British picture that was a Warner release. Susannah York was Beatty's co-star. Later, Beatty would go on to star with Faye Dunaway in "Bonnie & Clyde" (the film that made Dunaway a star), which I've never seen, but I hear it was very bloody for the time. This led to the introduction of Movie Ratings a few years later, and in spite of some changes (X is now NC-17), films have had movie ratings since.
A question with "dexterity" to a kid of 8. Bennett must have known a lot of really smart children. and Larry manages to still look dignified and serious amid the gales of adult laughter. Good going kid.
soulierinvestments It would be about 13 years before Dungeons & Dragons would be published - wherein kids everywhere could learn words like "dexterity" and "charisma" and "constitution" (meaning health).
It would really irk me when adults laughed at me over something I couldn't be expected to know as a child, or worse when they instigated a situation where I was likely to do something in response that would be amusing to them.
Seven weeks have passed since they produced the last Black & White episode (the last one that AIRED was taped on July 17, 1966). John Daly has definitely changed in appearance, in the seven weeks they were away. He looks like he got a tan, he lost a few pounds, and his hair looks bleached brown. Needless to say, he looks great. He's come a long way from the 35-year-old he was when WML premiered in 1950; Daly was 52 going on 53 here.
Why is it that some of these on What's my Line you tube channel are audible on an android device and some are simply not? So frustrating. Same device same setting. So it has to be the volume at which they were uploaded. I would watch them all if I could hear them.
At 15:18, the 8-year old boy, Larry Leake, reveals that he does not know the meaning of the word "dexterity." All the adults laugh uproariously. Why was this so funny? The boy didn't enjoy being laughed at.
I would think usually the casting person could find an actor currently on Broadway, filming, performing in a club or special event, or lived in the NYC area or visiting to spend a quick Sunday evening. The show was immensely popular and it was great publicity for the star. The same too with mystery guests. Bennett, Dorothy and Arlene made it a point to read the trade papers all week to see who was in town and/or performing. It is why they often guessed these mystery guests so easily.
Only now do we see her in her later career as a local editorialist on the New York CBS station, WCBS-TV (starting at point 33:55 at th-cam.com/video/6TE0lWAxSfs/w-d-xo.html ). She was with the station beginning in 1971 as an editorial associate (behind editorial director Peter Kohler and alternating with him in delivering the on-air station editorials), but by the time of the 1982 editorial she had replaced Kohler in that capacity, handling all editorials. (Alas, by 1984 she herself would be replaced, by Lesley Crosson.)
What a loss it is that these episodes do not survive in a color print. It would have been so nice to see this program in color, finally, after sixteen seasons in black and white.
![What's My Line? - Piper Laurie; Art Linkletter [panel] (Oct 15, 1961)](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/YZ-Ulh4D49k/mqdefault.jpg)
I'm SO GUILTY of binge watching and not taking the time to comment!!! Thanks so much for all of these wonderful timeless episodes!!!
Does anyone else see the irony of the panelists talking about being in Technicolor while here we are 50+ years later, watching it on Smartphones in black and white?
Check the description of the video. It apparently aired in color, but only B&W copies remain.
@@pendrew I understand that. I’m just saying it was in color back then, when B&W was the norm. Now basically nothing is B&W - except old shows like this. We’re watching on a hand-held phone now. Back then, TVs were a major piece of furniture. These smart phones are capable of displaying hundreds of colors but here we are - watching in B&W
Just seemed funny to me.
I wouldn't call that irony.
I have always preferred black and white, color shows just how phony it all is
Seeing how (somehow) they don't have the colour videotapes at hand, I agree.
Miss Arlene is always so glamourous no matter what she's wearing. She's stunning, and she's even more beautiful now than she was when WML started. It's pretty incredible. She's sharp as a tack and simply glorious. Much love to the great Arlene.
i love her clothes
And she was brilliant as her diamond necklace.
She could be wearing a garbage bag and still be glamourous and classy
Arlene was always charming on television back in the day and I always enjoyed watching her, but she died in 2001 of Alzheimer's and other causes, so it's proper now to speak of her only in the past tense.
@@dianepowers9643 She could wear it and say her designer is Pierre Hefty, and I'd believe it.
Great episode and wot a babe Warren Beatty woz!
A little over a month from this show I would get to meet Warren Beatty, for the 1st time as he was in Dallas to film , "Bonnie & CYLDE.'" He wasn't full of himself, he was down to earth & seemed to treat everyone w/ respect. He was also twice as handsome in person. What a great guy. I was truly the epitome of being in a trance for sometime.
Please post proof pronto
Like Letterman used to have on his show: your "Brush with Greatness"...I saw Andy Griffith in the Atlanta airport once; heard him tell the concierge he was flying to Rhode Island to appear in a play..I think it was 1977 or 1978...
I had a similar thing happen in 67-68 or do. Saw Robert Redford ab 50ft away from me at Sears point raceway he was filming Little FAuss and big Halsey in Sonoma CA. He had no shirt on standing on the roof of a pick up truck w a toothbrush in his mouth OMG 😳 he was GORGEOUS my friend and I just stood and stared. He saw us and kinda waved to us. One of the several moments I'll always remember. We saw the movie and realized WHO we were staring at !!🤔🤔🤩😋
The Color era ignites! In glorious black and white. Hello Dere!
I love how they referred to young boys as master; love the formality, manners and etiquette.
I remember how it was then. It was like a different world.
I love the tuxedoes, bow ties, dripping jewelry, fur stoles, and, of course, the egg- headed snobs on the uppity panel. Great show!
Yes this is almost obscure now and there's no need for equivalent of "Ms" as the abbreviation of it's same as Mister!🎩
I love Steve Lawrence. He has the best laugh and a wonderful speaking voice, as well as singing.
Great voice!
Died 3/7/24 @88.
he was just about to star and produce Bonnie and Clyde.quite an achievement for someone his age.
Steve Lawrence had a quick mind and comic delivery.
I have no Idea who Arlene Francis is/was, but what a beautiful lady. Also, the Host of this show has a great speaking voice and manners. A classy show on every level. Thankfully we have YT to remind us of this (sadly) bygone era.
JTrain I've watched the series on YT chronologically from 1950 to this point (highly recommended, though I'm keen to reach the finish now, must admit!) and you get to know who Arlene is by just watching the show. An actress of diverse talent, appearing on Broadway and in movies....though not a leading lady-type. She's also a warm-hearted, witty woman into fashion whose stomping ground is Manhattan. That's Arlene to me. Not seen her in anything but I feel like I know her well now. :)
As for beauty...she's in her mid-fifties here....amazing isn't she?
@@davidsanderson5918 She radiates something very special. And actually, looks even better in the later episodes when she was older. A class act in every way. I'm pretty impressed with all of them. The host in particular is a pleasure to listen to, and seems like a true gentleman as well.
JTrain, this is when America was great. I wasn't alive then, but the 1950s is my favorite decade.
Please take time to look up/research Arlene Francis and John Daly. Arlene's personal “backstory” was interesting. She had a career in theater and later transitioned into early television. So multi-talented
John Daly had a great backstory as well. Was involved in news coverage etc long before TV and continued after. When Pearl Harbor Hawaii was bombed on December 7, 1941, he was the news person who announced the stunning news on radio.
i loved warren beatty so handsome
WB is a REAL movie star. “Bonnie and Clyde” is a classic and the critics at first didn’t like it.
That's when I fell in love w him. Met him a few yrs later!
I'm so glad these are still in black and white here. Thank you!
Geeze Warren sure did bang everything in sight. List must be in the thousands!
When you look like that they come to you.
Aries
I still miss Dorothy.
I do too
Me too. The life really got sucked out of the program when Dorothy died, and it's not the same show. Following initial shock, Bennet seemed to move on pretty quickly but I can tell Arlene is still sad and John Daly is more easygoing and he doesn't always have to be right. Losing someone close to you and so suddenly, will change a person and make them think about their life differently.
Warren Beatty seemed shy there. He was so handsome!
As other commenter on here said he was even more handsome in person.
Arlene was amazing (once again) getting Warren Beatty so quick!
Arlene Francis was masterful as usual, but Lawrence was appalling! at times he didn't know how to proceed.
I don't know who Sue Oakland is, but she's gorgeous, and quite smart.
A hilarious episode. Thank you very much for posting.
Sue Oakland reminds me a little of Laraine Day; in her voice, looks, and ability to play the game.
+Mario Morales Join the crowd. Nobody knows who Sue Oakland is or how she got on this show.
Appaling seems a bit harsh :D
CST - what’s so appalling in not knowing who Sue Oakland was?? I don’t know either - you misspelled “ appalling”
Actually, Steve was the funniest one on the panel in this episode.
The dead-pan stare of the little boy billiard trick shot demonstrator is precious!
"You're so vain, I'd bet you think this song is about you."
Don't you. Don't you ?
Not too vain in this case wearing those horn-rimmed glasses. Then again, maybe he got "style" tips from Michael Caine. ;-)
...and it is about him...!
The only time I ever saw John Daly in color was on the 1st episode of Geen Acres & on the 1963 movie, Bye Bye Birdie.
Steve Lawrence was himself Jewish - he inherited his singing voice from his father who was ( into his 90's ) a cantor in the New York area.
@aryehfinklestein9041 That information about Steve Lawrence and his dad was not available to New Yorkers in 1966 when CBS telecast this live - unless a New Yorker knew either man personally.
Thank you for this.
These ''What's my line?'' episodes are not only funny, wonderfully made, but they also contains such high quality English...mostly thanks to Mr. John Charles Daly.
I would advice anybody who is interested in learning to speak English fluently to watch ''What's my line?''
His English is fluid, resonant and elegant. Would have loved to have had him as my English teacher in school. He gives deference and honor to the language.
Arlene was very good on the panel and Warren Beatty was very handsome and was great in Bonnie and Clyde.
I dont think Bonnie and Clyde was made yet when this aired
@@fastguned I don't think they said he was, did they?
Did you ever watch him in the film "Dick Tracey"?
@@audreymai2773 I saw Dick Tracey in the movie theater. It was not very good. to me.
So much praise for Arlene, despite mispronouncing Beatty.
sweiland75 Thanks for pointing that out. A year.later Beatty would be on top of the world, w " Bonnie & Clyde, " & $30,000,000 richer. I love SEXY, but SEXY RICH is much better.
Warren Beatty was awesome! Handsome, sexy, and charming! Loved him!
OHHHH, if only to see that gown Arlene is wearing in COLOR! My guess is that she chose red to inaugurate WML's first color broadcast. You can also tell that Arlene is wearing a different makeup palette than usual, presumably because of the new color cameras.
I will admit to being straight, but Warren Beatty was one good looking hunk! Unfair!
What about Bennett? Wasn't he a hunk? :))
Johan Bengtsson Bennett was pretty.
+Joe Positive Yes he was good looking. I wonder why Madonna turned down his marriage proposal?
+Joe Postove Decent looking fella but he's no me.
Time is cruel. Look at Brad Pitt and Mel Gibson
Man, seeing Warren Beatty young, he’s incredibly handsome. Even with his glasses. I get why he was. So successful with the ladies
Didn’t think he was
@@dinahbrown902 he dated all the great beauties. Elizabeth Taylor, Leslie Caron, Julie Christie, Diane Keaton, Natalie Wood, Madonna, Joan Collins... I'm sure I'm forgetting many...frankly idk why he wound up w Annette she's my least favorite. I had my chance but missed his call!
@@stj971 Probably because she is a good human being who he knew wouldn’t bring him heartache. Look at the females you named and how screwed their lives were and are. Unhappy women
Larry Leake who stood only 4 feet 3 inches tall at the time he appeared on WML, would stand on a box to demonstrate his trick shots at world pool tournaments. After two years of playing billiards, he became the youngest advisory staff member of Brunswick Corp.
Beatty married one of the best screen actresses from the 1990s onward: Annette Benning. Though she's a looker alright, her talent is what distinguishes her work. She's nonplussed (correction: unaffected) by fame, and her values and priorities apparently quite sane for a 'movie star'. Took a woman like that to do more than catch Beatty's eye, and garner his devotion.
@gcjerryusc Agreed.
I don't think you know what, "nonplussed", means. A correct word to use in your statement would be, "unaffected", or, "unimpressed".
@@Cosmo-Kramer You are correct. And "unaffected" is indeed the word I would have used, were it not for my misapplication of "nonplussed." Thank you for catching my error.
@@castinmeadows6956 I accept your apology.
She's the least attractive IMO of all the women he dated. Not a fan.
Warren Beatty was handsome!
Warren Beatty in Bonnie and Clyde came out 1967 with Faye Dunaway
Please post proof pronto
If still living, Master Leake is 60 years old this year. (2018)
Warren Beatty. The baby brother of Actress Shirley MacLaine, and also rumored to be the man Carly Simon was singing about in "You're So Vain".
What a way to start the final season of vintage WML!
Vahan Nianian. In her biography ' Boys In The Trees', Carly Simon told a story about a time she went to her psychotherapist in Hollywood and was telling him about sleeping with Warren Beatty the previous night. The psychotherapist stopped her and said because of the information she was giving him, he would have to disclose that two other of his female clients who had been in to see him that morning had also told him that Warren Beatty had also slept with them on the same previous night.
@@aucourant9998 Warren Beatty was a pig.
Merri Cat. Yes, Warren Beatty probably was a pig, but Carly Simon wasn't exactly puritanical when it came to sleeping around herself.
Merri Cat Haha. The 11 commandment. Those who can do, those who can’t read about it.
Years ago Carly Simon revealed that she was singing about David Geffen.
The first color episode at The Ed Sullivan Theater Studio 50. The cast and crew are definitely not in Kansas anymore (at least on the original broadcasts).
They had done a Live color episode at Studio 72 on September 19, 1954, which no longer exists. Not even in black & white.
The first contestant's dress was 'groovy'. I bet it was very pretty in color. I thought she looked like Carol Burnett also.
CB was my first reaction.
5:25 -- Would be interesting to know if the WML set got in anyway gussied up for color. For example, the cards. Were the numbers and "?" always red?
I have heard the background walls were a powder blue, but that is from a viewer's memory.
I like to think of this episode as not only the start of the color era of "What's My Line?", but also the start of Modern Hollywood. In 1966, Hollywood's transition, from its Golden Age, to its Modern Age, which it had gone through since the dawn of the 1960's, was complete. And a new age of Hollywood filmmakers was born.
Gone were the likes of George Cukor, Cecil B. DeMille, Edward Dmytryk, John Ford, Samuel Goldwyn, Howard Hawks, Alfred Hitchcock, Elia Kazan, Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Otto Preminger, and Darryl F. Zanuck.
And in were the likes of Woody Allen, Robert Altman, Mel Brooks, Peter Bogdanovich, Michael Cimino, Francis Ford Coppola, Jonathan Demme, Brian De Palma, Clint Eastwood, Milos Forman, Stephen Frears, William Friedkin, Buck Henry, Dennis Hopper, Stanley Kubrick, George Lucas, Michael Mann, Mike Nichols, Roman Polanski, Sydney Pollack, Robert Redford, Martin Scorsese, and Steven Spielberg.
And just as importantly, the Motion Picture Production Code, which had kicked the sass out of American movies since 1934, began its final collapse in '66, with films like "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf" (profanity) "Blowup" (full nudity) and Beatty's 1967 star turn in "Bonnie and Clyde" (violence). The first version of the current MPAA film rating system would supplant the Code by the end of 1968.
loopshackr Premiere Productions was the name of the company MGM released "Blow Up" as here in the states.
loopshackr THAT is more like the turning point for me for the US/UK film industry. Not the new directors so much, but the new screenplays. Good choice of movies to illustrate the point too.
Vahan Nisanian I'm trying to see what relevance that has here. Did loopshackr edit their comment after you'd pointed out an error?
And it’s been downhill ever since
Real superstardom for WB was a year away when "Bonnie and Clyde" was released.
Joe Postove I remember WB when he had a resurring role on Dobie Gillis
As Milton Armitage. He appeared in 5 episodes during the first season (1959-60).
Joe Postove;Fantastic movie with great actors!
But you could tell he had 'it': good looks, acting chops, good presence..At this time he had done some fine work in Splendor in the Grass, All Fall Down, Mickey One, and the one he referred to, here, Kaleidoscope, is a really good caper film.
Of course Bonnie & Clyde takes him to the upper echelons. I think he's a very talented actor and filmmaker. My favorites are McCabe and Mrs Miller, The Parallax View, Reds, Bugsy and Shampoo.
@@waynej2608 Parallax View. None like it. One of the best, smartest, most daring films from the U.S. Part of director Alan J. Pakula's dark trilogy.
WB WAS currently in Kaleidoscope, which had its World Premiere on 8 September 1966 at the Warner Theatre in the West End of London.
The young and always sooo very handsome Warren Beatty. "Splendor in the Grass" my favorite. co-starring the beautiful Natalie Wood
He was good in "Dick Tracey" too!
The obvious respect and love between Mr.Daly and Mr.Cerf is heartwarming.I would loved to sit with them at Toots Shor's hanging out.
Larry Leake of Downey, Calif., who is 8 years old and 4 feet 3 inches tall, stands on a box to demonstrate trick shots at world pool tournaments. In June, after two years of playing billiards, he became the youngest advisory staff member of Brunswick Corp.
Wow this episode was a colored! Hope to see the original
Bennett's introduction was not entirely accurate. WML appeared in an experimental color broadcast back in 1954. That program was not kinescoped either in B&W or color.
Right, but this was the first regular color broadcast. Sadly, only this last season was in color (or course, the syndicated version was all in color).
Warren Beatty alive and well. Married to Annette Benning. Brother to Shirley Mclain
Please post proof pronto
@@joeambrose3260 in Google just type in. Warren Beatty's sister. Hit go...and there it is
@@joeambrose3260
Shove your proof. Pronto.
@@TheBatugan77
With respect, screw off, Douchebag
Was so hoping for color !! Darn !!!
the first color show of what's my line
bonnie and clyde my favorite movie--came out when i was 15
I was 12..probably a little intense for me at that age...but one lesson that was definitely learned from that film...crime doesn't pay...I haven't forgotten it!!
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As of 2020, through this 1966 episode, there are 19 living WML guest panelists who are still alive. This is the earliest episode in which two of the panelists are still living.
Sue Oakland died on March 14 of this year.
@@TheIrishrogue68 So sorry to hear...
Note that the kid is left-handed. Lefties have superior spatial intuition. Bet that helped to make of him a billiards prodigy.
That's good to know and it makes sense. I'm ambidextrous with most of the things that I do, including writing. When I write left-handed, I am more aware of the spaces in front of me as I'm writing just like other lefties. We have to because each of us can't see what he or she just wrote because his or her hand is in the way. It's also a lot easier for a left-hander to do mirror writing than it is for a right-hander.
Damn, Warren Beatty has ALWAYS been GORGEOUS!!! I mean, look at him!!!
Cutest nerd of all time
Yep, very good looking & little brother of Shirley McClaine ..
He was 29 back then... and he was not a star yet.
Étoile Filante he would be the following year
Wow.....drop dead gorgeous.
16:25 Bennet asks the billiard player if the object ever spins. Daly gave him a NO. :--(
I caught that too.
@@4seeableTV The object he touches, the cue, does not spin.
@@preppysocks209
You don't play pool.
At least not worth a damn.
Oh I wish this was actually in color XD
Warren Beatty was friends with Sharon Tate and her husband Roman Polanski. One of Beatty's films, "Shampoo", was said to be based on the life of Hollywood Hair Stylist Jay Sebring, a friend of Roman & Sharon's
Beatty with Polanski, Tate, and British Actress Julie Christie (Christie was Beatty's co-star in "Shampoo" and "Heaven Can Wait").
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Vahan Nisanian Beatty, along w/Terry Melcher, (Doris Day's son), & Steve McQueen were on Mansons list to be killed. Melcher, a record producer at the time, had encountered Manson (who wanted his music published,) targeted Tate & Polanski's house thinking it was where Melcher still lived w/ Candace Bergen. Of course they had moved. Melcher put off Manson, so Manson was seeking revenge.
@@bwayland1290 All true.
How did they get that so fast??
cynthia reynolds Which one?
Steve Lawrence is still living however in June 2019 he was diagnosed with Alzheimer's. His wife, Edyie Gorme passed in 2013. Steve had a Billboard 100 number 1 hit record in 1963 with the song "Go Away Little Girl" written by Carole King and Gerry Goffin.
"Go Away Little Girl," was a smash hit when it was released. It was probably another work churned out by King and Goffen, while they were in the storied Brill Building, in Times Square, New York.
So sorry to hear about diagnosis; have always been a big Steve fan...
He was one of my favorite guests when he showed up on the Carol Burnett Show.
Steve passed away on March 7, 2024
@@ellengutknecht4994 Thank you. I didn't know.
If anyone asks, Sue Oakland is not even remotely of any relation to the late character actor Simon Oakland (then appearing in "The Sand Pebbles" which was being edited and readied for release at that point). His birth name was Isidor Simon Weiss, and in his case "Oakland" was a condensation of his mother's maiden name of Oaklander.
A shame he never appeared on "WML?," though, as a panelist. Wonder if he had, and what's more if Sue was also on the panel on that occasion. Would he have done a little "relation" joke akin to Fred Allen's viz Steve Allen in their only time together on the panel (that is, if Arlene was on the farthest left end)? Would Arlene have called attention to his past occupation as a concert violinist (i.e. "not only a finely talented actor, but he also plays a hot violin")? Would Bennett have made reference to Jack Benny's famous "Sy / Sue / Si" routine? How would Mr. Daly have addressed them - "Mr. Simon" and "Miss Sue"?
Heaven Can Wait is his greatest movie and one of my favorites. I seemed like it ran at theaters for a year in L.A. However, as much as I love it (and it's really a remake of "Here Comes Mr. Jordan" and not actually "Heaven Can Wait") I still prefer the original w/ Don Ameche and Gene Tierney.
I love Arlene, and for some reason, her querying style at the beginning of this episode very much reminds me of Dorothy's.
I loved it when both Dorothy Kilgallen and Arlene Francis were on the panel. Of course, Dorothy Kilgallen was murdered in 1965 when she was 52 years old. All of the clues made it crystal clear that she was murdered.
Beatty could have sold his hair to make wigs and made a fortune.
Why is this show in black and white when John Daly keeps talking about the show being in color?
this is an archived copy.it was much cheaper to have b&w copies.
Warren Beatty was a handsome devil.
That dude seemed full of himself and boring though.
I always thought his actress sibling was very unattractive, though.
Shirley Macclaine ? Says the person who had a dog pic up 😏🙄
@@Theyralltakenfu He's not an overly gregarious person. Very sedate.
At one time, the 1966-7 WML animation appeared on TH-cam, complete with a color Prell Shampoo slide, the last seconds of jumbled nurse, sheriff, football player animations, the words "What's My Line?" in red and salmon, and Johnny Olsen's voice, all in color. This would lead one to assume that the rest of a 1966-7 episode was out there on color videotape.
I know the one you're referencing. Someone had checked it against the B&W films. Speculation is that the episode in question was, in fact, the series finale from September 3, 1967.
I wish someone who know how to use Wayback would retrieve it. I think it was a YT account named philofarnsworth.
Didn't Beaty play the snooty brother of a rich girl on Dobie Gillis ? I'm trying to remember who she was ?
Yes he was.
Barry G Was it Tuesday Weld ?
For the record, I have nothing personal against Warren Beatty. My earliest memories of him, were when he starred in the 1990 adaptation of "Dick Tracy".
Well, I'm surprised! Not that I ever knew the second contestant who was 8 years old in 1966, but he's from my home town of Downey, California. (I was 14 in 1966.) It's a suburb in southeastern Los Angeles County, north of Long Beach, one suburb away from the Orange County line. Its major claim to fame, back in the day, was the aerospace industry -- there was a large plant, originally Vultee Aircraft, then North American Aviation, then North American Rockwell, and finally Rockwell International where they made the Apollo capsules and, later on, the Space Shuttles. The end of the Space Shuttle program put an end to the Rockwell plant, not to mention locations of other industries that made things for the Apollo capsules, such as Aerojet General, Kirkhill and Autonetics. Most of my friends' fathers, when I was growing up, worked in that industry.
Downey also has the oldest surviving McDonalds and had the first Taco Bell. And incongrously, singers Karen Carpenter and the Metalica frontman are from Downey.
Yeah, I lived in Downey Calif - small world !
Carly simon was singing about I magnum star
And once again, they have trouble with a Fly. Just like on June 26, 1966.
13:14 I remember getting my hair combed like this. All the boys had their hair combed like this. 17:00 He was patiently counting as John turned the cards, waiting to win his money. 22:00 I looked up Kaleidescope on YT and am watching it now for free. Released in 1966. 23:45 Wow! $2,500 is the equivalent of ca. $23,000 in 2022.
What's mind-boggling is little shaver Larry is, if Lord willing he's still around, a senior citizen.😳
The film "Kaleidoscope" was a British picture that was a Warner release. Susannah York was Beatty's co-star.
Later, Beatty would go on to star with Faye Dunaway in "Bonnie & Clyde" (the film that made Dunaway a star), which I've never seen, but I hear it was very bloody for the time. This led to the introduction of Movie Ratings a few years later, and in spite of some changes (X is now NC-17), films have had movie ratings since.
I was curious about the plot of "Kaleidoscope" so I looked it up.... well, that was a good plot! :)
@@Beson-SE It's a very worthwhile film. As is another Beatty caper thriller, '$' also known as, 'Dollars'.
Sure hope someone finds the color versions of these
Please, please,please! I'm sure they were reused, recorded over for economy sake.
Please No. They are meant to be what they are
Hey it's suppose to be in color !!! I like Sue Oakland very much SMART AND BEAUTIFUL She should have been permanent on the panel.
Dan Celli It will've been. It's the recording that isn't, unfortunately.
I don't.
Very excellent signature Warren ✍
A question with "dexterity" to a kid of 8. Bennett must have known a lot of really smart children. and Larry manages to still look dignified and serious amid the gales of adult laughter. Good going kid.
15:11 "What's that?" :) Fine boy who didn't pretend to know the answer.
soulierinvestments It would be about 13 years before Dungeons & Dragons would be published - wherein kids everywhere could learn words like "dexterity" and "charisma" and "constitution" (meaning health).
It would really irk me when adults laughed at me over something I couldn't be expected to know as a child, or worse when they instigated a situation where I was likely to do something in response that would be amusing to them.
The 1st color episode...to bad the kinescopes were not recorded in color
freeze at 14:46 -- what with the new color cameras, the panel name plates started appearing regularly in close shots. This is the first example.
Seven weeks have passed since they produced the last Black & White episode (the last one that AIRED was taped on July 17, 1966).
John Daly has definitely changed in appearance, in the seven weeks they were away. He looks like he got a tan, he lost a few pounds, and his hair looks bleached brown.
Needless to say, he looks great. He's come a long way from the 35-year-old he was when WML premiered in 1950; Daly was 52 going on 53 here.
Freeze at 11:04 -- one of the few incidents were the camera captures someone behind the entry curtain. I suspect it is Larry's agent.
STEVE & I WERE IN THE ARMY..JE
Please post proof pronto, pics preferred
I remember when little boys were called master and wore knickerbockers sometimes. Lol!
What memories watching this! Never had a clue who Bennett Cert was. Still don't. Back in them days a $50 win was big money!
Please Google and report back
@@joeambrose3260
Please shove your report up your back.
Why is it that some of these on What's my Line you tube channel are audible on an android device and some are simply not? So frustrating. Same device same setting. So it has to be the volume at which they were uploaded. I would watch them all if I could hear them.
lakelizard I've watched literally hundreds of these episodes on my smart TV, cast from my iPad, and not had one single problem with audio at all.
@@davidsanderson5918 Bully for you. Five years ago. Really?
That well-known psychedelic 60s movie "Bonnie And Kaleidoscope."
Cute!!
🤣
He had one eye in the mirror.... Heh Heh. One of my favorite songs. And he is a good actor.
This episode is not appearing in color for me.
It's a REALLY low saturated color. It's very subtle.
Press the COLOR button beneath the title. 🤔
At 15:18, the 8-year old boy, Larry Leake, reveals that he does not know the meaning of the word "dexterity." All the adults laugh uproariously. Why was this so funny? The boy didn't enjoy being laughed at.
Does anyone know how they choose a fill-in panelists on What's My Line
I would think usually the casting person could find an actor currently on Broadway, filming, performing in a club or special event, or lived in the NYC area or visiting to spend a quick Sunday evening. The show was immensely popular and it was great publicity for the star. The same too with mystery guests. Bennett, Dorothy and Arlene made it a point to read the trade papers all week to see who was in town and/or performing. It is why they often guessed these mystery guests so easily.
Is anyone aware of a color broadcast of WML in this final year on TH-cam?
i lost what they were talking about. I was taken away by Beatty's beauty.
Kaleidoscope was not a very good movie, but he redeemed himself with Bonnie & Clyde.
Well, I liked it.
Have I gone colorblind?
That Sue Oakland is a mighty special bundle of woman. Beauty and brains and charms. I could fall for a babe like her.
You might have had to stand in line... just saying.
You can have her.
You into the gout, varicose veins and liquid lunches ?
Only now do we see her in her later career as a local editorialist on the New York CBS station, WCBS-TV (starting at point 33:55 at th-cam.com/video/6TE0lWAxSfs/w-d-xo.html ). She was with the station beginning in 1971 as an editorial associate (behind editorial director Peter Kohler and alternating with him in delivering the on-air station editorials), but by the time of the 1982 editorial she had replaced Kohler in that capacity, handling all editorials. (Alas, by 1984 she herself would be replaced, by Lesley Crosson.)
Kaleidoscope, The design on the back of 52 card playing deck....
Marking the cards using the kaleidoscope design.....
Dam good movie ...
Classic.....
He said this was the first color episode. Why is it B & W?
What a loss it is that these episodes do not survive in a color print. It would have been so nice to see this program in color, finally, after sixteen seasons in black and white.
Splendor In The Grass with Warren Beatty and Natalie Wood. A good money
A good movie. Auto correct strikes again
Hard to imagine that Warren Beatty is Shirley McClaine's brother.
Why?
So handsome then!