Agreed in part. I love WML? too; but I think both Arlene and Dorothy were equally adept at the game. There's no denying, though, that Joan really did eat her Wheaties when playing TNTS...
Dane Clark had just done a movie with Sidney Poitier called "Go, Man, Go!". Later that same year, he'd fly to the UK to star with Belinda Lee in a Hammer Noir picture called "Murder by Proxy" (renamed "Blackout" here in the United States), directed by Terence Fisher.
@@Bigbadwhitecracker , here is a link to Dane Clark. He may have not been automatically known, but he was still a great actor... en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dane_Clark
A Husband was almost as good as A Mattress in another edition, and YES - they definitely lose their shape as they get older, and some are far from being domesticated as they get older!!!
This episode is another example of calculated hilarity. The panelists were clearly informed as to the identity of "A. Husband" before the show started and were told to formulate questions that would elicit the most laughter. What's My Line often tipped off Steve Allen in this way, and he made his questions as vague as possible in order to get laughs. I think this practice stopped after the quiz show scandals of the 1950s. It was apparently funny in those days, but today it is an embarrassing and transparent ploy for laughs.
Gil Fates (the executive producer of What's My Line?) said they didn't explicitly tell the panel the precise answers, but might prompt a line of questioning to a single panelist (often Mr. Allen) that could lead to something funny. (An example I found: the contestant's line might be "raises mules"; having been told she deals in a product, Arlene Francis starts asking if the product could be found around a home, and then whether it might be found in the bedroom. This practice was called "gambiting", though it was, as you say, discontinued after the rigging scandals. WML probably wasn't in real danger - the relationship between the nominal prize and the actual gameplay was pretty tenuous at the best of times, with John Daly awarding the full prize more or less as he saw fit - but given the attention of Congress, it seemed safer.
@@gray_day4375 Oh, wow. So, in the late '50s, when game shows were sort of at their peak, it emerged that several of the most popular (and remunerative) shows were, in a word, rigged. Precisely how depended on the show - likely the most famous example (because the film Quiz Show centers around it) is Twenty-One, on which a contestant named Charles Van Doren was asked a question he had already had during his audition process, while his long-running champion opponent, Herb Stempel, deliberately answered another question incorrect in order to assure Van Doren's victory. It ultimately transpired that almost the entirety of Twenty-One was more or less scripted, as were several other popular shows of the era; contestants were either given answers or asked questions they'd already been asked, and some were specifically coached on which questions to answer correctly or not for maximum drama. This was not illegal at the time, but public outrage after the revelation led to it becoming illegal, which is why (among other things) game shows now have notes in the credits saying things like, "Portions of this program not affecting the outcome have been edited."
Donald Trump said his father was one of the earliest viewers to sound the alarm that many of these TV shows were "rigged" and he warned that these rigged practices may someday invade our elections, should his son ever run for office. Amazing foresight.
I once played piano for Jane Russel as a favor aboard a cruise ship. A song she did with Marilyn; could have been that film they were referring to.
Jane is to TNTS as Dorothy K. is to WML.
Agreed in part. I love WML? too; but I think both Arlene and Dorothy were equally adept at the game. There's no denying, though, that Joan really did eat her Wheaties when playing TNTS...
Joan
Oh my gosh...The husband thing was hilarious!!!
Have you seen the mattress round? If not go to The Names the Same A Mattress 6:53!!!
Eve Arden: "Where do I pick up the checks?" lol
‘Do you have any distinguishing characteristics’
I can never understand the reasoning behind this question.
Dane Clark had just done a movie with Sidney Poitier called "Go, Man, Go!". Later that same year, he'd fly to the UK to star with Belinda Lee in a Hammer Noir picture called "Murder by Proxy" (renamed "Blackout" here in the United States), directed by Terence Fisher.
Never heard of him before.
@@Bigbadwhitecracker , here is a link to Dane Clark. He may have not been automatically known, but he was still a great actor...
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dane_Clark
In spite of Dane's 'tough guy' looks, he really did appear to be a down-to-earth average person, as his low-key manner and voice denoted...
Joan Alexander looks like a friend of mine!
So?
A Husband was almost as good as A Mattress in another edition, and YES - they definitely lose their shape as they get older, and some are far from being domesticated as they get older!!!
ABC
This episode is another example of calculated hilarity. The panelists were clearly informed as to the identity of "A. Husband" before the show started and were told to formulate questions that would elicit the most laughter. What's My Line often tipped off Steve Allen in this way, and he made his questions as vague as possible in order to get laughs. I think this practice stopped after the quiz show scandals of the 1950s. It was apparently funny in those days, but today it is an embarrassing and transparent ploy for laughs.
What scandals?
Gil Fates (the executive producer of What's My Line?) said they didn't explicitly tell the panel the precise answers, but might prompt a line of questioning to a single panelist (often Mr. Allen) that could lead to something funny. (An example I found: the contestant's line might be "raises mules"; having been told she deals in a product, Arlene Francis starts asking if the product could be found around a home, and then whether it might be found in the bedroom. This practice was called "gambiting", though it was, as you say, discontinued after the rigging scandals. WML probably wasn't in real danger - the relationship between the nominal prize and the actual gameplay was pretty tenuous at the best of times, with John Daly awarding the full prize more or less as he saw fit - but given the attention of Congress, it seemed safer.
@@gray_day4375 Oh, wow. So, in the late '50s, when game shows were sort of at their peak, it emerged that several of the most popular (and remunerative) shows were, in a word, rigged. Precisely how depended on the show - likely the most famous example (because the film Quiz Show centers around it) is Twenty-One, on which a contestant named Charles Van Doren was asked a question he had already had during his audition process, while his long-running champion opponent, Herb Stempel, deliberately answered another question incorrect in order to assure Van Doren's victory. It ultimately transpired that almost the entirety of Twenty-One was more or less scripted, as were several other popular shows of the era; contestants were either given answers or asked questions they'd already been asked, and some were specifically coached on which questions to answer correctly or not for maximum drama. This was not illegal at the time, but public outrage after the revelation led to it becoming illegal, which is why (among other things) game shows now have notes in the credits saying things like, "Portions of this program not affecting the outcome have been edited."
Donald Trump said his father was one of the earliest viewers to sound the alarm that many of these TV shows were "rigged" and he warned that these rigged practices may someday invade our elections, should his son ever run for office. Amazing foresight.
A. Husband was bigger than a breadbox?
Dane either isn't very bright or he's not good at this sort of game.
Robert Q Gay.
hahaha
this is one of those fake scripted shows.