Now there's so much garbage that most of the time I don't even watch tv. I love law & order -all of the spin offs, criminal minds, 60.minutes. I'm nauseous just being reminded of these Uber rich celebrities with their Reality shows. Especially when they claim to be CHRISTIANS - yet don't live like Jesus would. So many poor ppl homeless yet they buy mega mansions, designer clothes, etc. Would Jesus be proud of them? I think not!
We need to stop cursing, and get back to having manners. Everyone needs to stop beating up, killing others bc u disagree with who they are! God made everyone.
Seeing Walter Cronkite and John Daly reminisce about their WWII working together. So comforting. And now we will have our journalists abroad reporting Ukraine tragedies and hopefully great triumphs to recall Art Carney is so precious and funny without being corny, or silly. And his FDR was phenomenal. Thanks!
I remember those days quite fondly. It was a different world, not better. Korea and Vietnam and the civil rights movement...."Nothing new under the sun."
Walter Cronkite didn’t disguise his voice. There’s been nobody like him since then. He was dignified and refined and told the news like nobody has since.
Dennis Day was the mystery guest on January 23, 1955. Also, check out the episode with Johnny Olson as the mystery guest. That one aired on April 4, 1965.
Never be anybody like Art Carnie again. These new actors were classics. Just like classic cars of his era. No cars of today will be sought after in 50 or 60 years as none of them have any class. They pretty much all look similar.
I've lost count of how many times I've watched this particular segment! Art Carney is hilarious!! And I love watching John and the panel laughing, not to mention the sound of the audience laughing as well. Art had everyone in stitches!!
IN MY VIEW I was not surprised Bennett Cerf guessed it was Carney. Cerf's fine tuned guessing ability is legendary. I love love love Art Carney. He had John Daley almost rolling with belly laughs.
Walter Cronkite had such a recognizable voice, I was surprised it took the panel as long as it did to guess him. A great voice... and perhaps the finest television newsman ever to grace the airwaves.
The best of all time! He was "the most trusted man in America." Those of us who watched him every evening, behind his desk at CBS, were extreme lucky indeed.
Walter Cronkite, the most trusted man in America. I use to watch the CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite with my dad. The crown jewel of broadcast news telecasts.
You could sure tell John enjoyed having Art Carney as the mystery guest. Art was very funny with that voice. I was unaware he did so many imitations of other people.
It looked like the voice that Art used took John by total surprise. And that was with John having worked regularly with Art at one time and knowing Art's ability to impersonate and use various voices.
Carney used the same voice on an earlier appearance (and I think did the same FDR impression, word for word). There is a tremendous clip available on youtube from an Art Carney special from 1959 in which there is a spook of a WML episode, with Carney in the Daly role. The conferences are especially funny.
I thank the folks at What's My Line? for putting this up. My dad, God rest his soul, absolutely loved the Honeymooners and Art Carney was one of the reasons along with the rest of the cast.
guyfihi Ed Norton goes does in comic character history. Whenever I see Art Carney all I can think of is, "Hellooooooo ball!" Back in the videocassette days I OWNED all of the original 39 episodes of the Honeymooners. I'm such a "mooners" nerd that I know most of the dialogue by heart. "I call you killer because you slay me." And "I'm calling Bellvue because you're nuts!" Never stops being funny a half century later.
What's My Line? You bet I was! Went to the first and perhaps only R.A.L.P.H conference at CW Post University on Long Island in 1984. The experience of 2,000 "mooners" in an auditorium simultaneously guffawing throughout one of the "lost episodes" remains high on my list of memorable life experiences.
Gina Greenlee My goodness-- in all sincerity-- my respect for you has then reached newfound bounds. I already got the sense I liked you from the first few comments I saw you left. But being an active member of R.A.L.P.H.? I'm impressed you even knew what the heck I was talking about. ;)
Dare I say as a Dottie K fan, this is perhaps the most enjoyable post-DK offering! Art Carney is a treasure but at this point, even with his success in The Odd Couple (1965) on Broadway, his drinking got worse and worse reportedly due to the fact that Walter Mathau was intolerable. So it was "the Great One" to the rescue and brought Art to Miami Beach with the color edition of the Jackie Gleason Show! Also, I recommend The Morey Amsterdam Show with Art as his sidekick. There are several episodes on youtube.
David Powell I've only seen four times where the ladies stood: The Mystery Guests were Dorothy Kilgallen (only Arlene stood), Jim Kilgallen, Eleanor Roosevelt, and then-US Treasurer Ivy Priest.
Cronkite and Daly knew each other well. Each was an experienced newsman. Both covered battles in Europe and North Africa first hand during World War 2. Daly was the president and anchor of ABC News from 1952 to 1960, while also hosting What's My Line. Cronkite's 15 minute show "Up to the Minute" followed What's My Line from 1951 until 1962, when he became the CBS news anchor.
I am sure they were referring to Gemini 8 as the space flight they asked him about. Neil Armstrong and David Scott had trouble when a thruster on the Gemini 8 got stuck on the on position and they had to undock from the Agena rocket and started twirling around at one revolution per second, They were able to get it under control and land in the Pacific on the next orbit. The ship was there to pick them up. It was on March 16,1966 just before this appearance on What's My Line.
@@thanksforanotherbadhaircut1211 I was working at the now defunct Eastern Airlines at JFK in New York. It was a Saturday morning and he and Mrs Cronkite were flying to New Orleans. I said to him “I guess Roger Mudd will be doing the news Monday” and he replied “Oh no, I’ll be back by then”. I later went on the plane and he was sitting with his wife looking at a boating magazine. He loved boating. I went to him and said “Mr Cronkite, my name is also Walter and I’m a big fan. Do you think I can trouble you for an autograph?”. He took out his pen and signed for me. I thanked him and he said, “you betcha”. That was my experience with him. I compared him to the pompous West Palm Beach flight passengers who were famous for being rude and here we had a truly imminent person being so down to earth and accommodating.
This is an amazing service for those of us who yearn for a return of the Golden Age of television. There are 110K subscribers to WML, but there could be many more if we only tell our friends about it and make sure to hit the subscribe button. God bless everyone who was ever part of the show.
Sad Shows like this are not made, Or around any More Growing up I loved to watch them all Sda all of these people have Passed away also May they all RIP & are missed By all of their Fans etc.
This was the first time Walter was a mystery guest since What's My Line traveled to Chicago in 1956. As Walter covered the Democratic Convention for CBS, John Charles Daly also reported the convention but for ABC.
Walter answered that he was an active participant in sports because he was an amateur yachtsman. He competed in several amateur races and regattas. He also was an amateur sports car racer in the 1950's and 60's.
Art Carney was one of the most intrinsically funny people ever...along with Steve Allen...on THE SAME SHOW. You'll never see better entertainment than this show.
I've been watching these shows - this one being one of the best - with sheer, unalloyed pleasure - I was nearly 6 years old when this one was made, and it's still fresh and lively (which is a lot more than can be said for me). Compared with television today, on both sides of the Atlantic so far as I'm aware, it's sheer quality shines out and hits you between the eyes.
+Robert Jones Believe it or not, I remember watching this particular episode when I was but eight. This show was de-rigeur for my parents and I occasionally got to watch despite being past my bedtime.
David Kennerly AND Robert Jones: I am giving away my age, but when I saw this--and others before it--I was 11 years old. This is when TV had "depth" of character, and was very respectful to all actors and actresses. Quality TV programming back then, not like the trash that's on now.
@@noturningbackever493 I so totally agree is dirty joke. And by the way I like that Pentecostal believer so am I praise the Living God God bless you and your family I plead the blood over you and your family and your finances amen.
How on earth did Bennett guess Art Carney? Carney's disguised voice was amazing! Loved when Steve told Bennett that what was penetrating was his Vick's Vapo Rub!
Very often, special guests had something upcoming or done recently to plug. His new season was something to promote, and since they were all in the entertainment world, they knew all shows, movies,stages, and club acts upcoming or in the works.
As was disclosed in the show broadcast on November 27, 1966, Mrs. Cerf was routinely given the name of the mystery guest in advance. We are expected to believe that she slipped up only once. But that makes absolutely no sense, because why tell her the name of the mystery guest at all? He was able to "guess" the mystery guest because he had inside information.
Cronkite did appear in other entertainment programs, famously in "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" when he met Ted Baxter and in "Murphy Brown" when we hear his voice. Cronkite was a well-known yachts man, and in "Murphy Brown" Murphy and Frank sink his yacht on Chesapeake Bay. "Who the HELL owns this tub? he yells, and then [referring to his wife to whom Bennett refers]says "Betsy, grab the cat!"
Amazing show, so much real laughter... no agendas, educated civil people, a pleasure to watch. John Daly was highly respected as a newsman, he was the first to broadcast (radio) the Attack on Pearl Harbor.
what i love about wml is that being a younger person and living in britian i have never heard about some of the old stars but i have now by watching this show many thanks 💖
On a previous appearance, Art had just done a TV special where he did a perfect impression of Mr. Daly. Surprised he didn't try to imitate John this time.
A book about CBS News called "Air Time" (by Gary Paul Gates) called Betsy Cronkite "The Sweetheart of CBS News". According to the book, she was beloved by everybody there.
"I think something's beginning to penetrate." Without a seconds hesitation "that's you're Vick's Vaporub". Burst of simultaneous laughter from audience and viewers of utube
*In my best Walter Cronkite imitation* "I was a Mystery Guest in Game #1 on the March 27, 1966 episode of "What's My Line?", with Steve Allen and Barbara Douglas as the guest panelists, and Art Carney the Mystery Guest in Game #3. And that's the way it is."
CAST A GIANT SHADOW has an interesting gestation. Melville Shavelson (former writer for Bob Hope) really wanted to adapt this book about an American military officer who fought for Israel during the 1948 war of independence. He had trouble getting financial backing and ultimately turned to John Wayne's production company. Wayne played a small role in the film. Unfortunately it didn't do that well.
In his later years Walter Cronkite said "When Errol Flynn died he was on 60 ft. yacht with a 18 year old girl. I have an 18 foot yacht and my 60 year old girl.
@@preppysocks209 Walter Cronkite was a defeatist who helped the North Vietnamese military defeat at Tet into a political victory. The North was essentially finished after Tet. The best evidence of that is that it took them seven more years before they could overrun the South, and that was two years after the United States had left. But Walter, who was the male version of Hanoi Jane Fonda, went to Vietnam, and he was completely duped, and he turned the tide in favor of the Communists. it is a good thing that Walter was not reporting on the Battle of the Bulge during the Second World War. "Oh, my, Hitler is stronger than we thought. We need to retreat to London and negotiate for peace."
Mr. Art Carney was a real man! There was something in him that strikes a chord with me. I remember during one academy award show, Lucile Ball was having trouble reading the award cards and asked “would one of you boys come up and help me with this? I'm not joking.”. Both Mr. Art Carney, and Milton Burl, started up the stage. Burl reached Miss Ball first, and as Mr. Carney was turning to leave, Burl snarled at him and yelled “get off the stage” as if Mr. Carney was some bum from the audience. Mr. Carney spun around and was heading toward Burl, but then I guess he thought better of it and went back to his seat. I’m not sure, but Miss Ball may have said something like “now, boys don’t fight”, in a motherly tone. (Too bad Mr. Carney didn’t rip Burl’s fucking head off.) Those few seconds of the show revealed who these people really were. Mr. Carney was a real flesh and blood and sweat and tears man.
@@spactick No, he was extremely well connected to entertainment and political circles in addition to publishing, read _Variety_ and the different newspapers published in NYC. He was pretty smart as well. It was a smaller world then, too.
@@spactick Someone was feeding him the names of the mystery guests. As was revealed in the broadcast on November 27, 1966, involving Mia Farrow, Frank Sinatra, and Mark Goodson, his wife was informed of the name of the mystery guest. We are supposed to believe that she only slipped once, but if that is true, why tell her at all?
@@jerryrichardson2799 Someone was feeding him the names of the mystery guests. As was revealed in the broadcast on November 27, 1966, involving Mia Farrow, Frank Sinatra, and Mark Goodson, his wife was informed of the name of the mystery guest. We are supposed to believe that she only slipped once, but if that is true, why tell her at all?
oh I'm sure he was, but some of these 'mystery guests' ( Walter Brennan, Steve McQueen eg;) were so good at creating false voices that there was no way they (or he) could have figured out who it was unless they had prior knowledge. Also, the producers of the show knew that the TV audience wanted the panel to be successful. Kind of a completion of a sporting game. A sense of accomplishment. A happy ending Jerry
By 1966, WML was broadcast in color and videotaped for the Pacific TZ. But a B&W film kinescope was still made for every episode for Mark Goodson's personal collection.
Art Carney was one of the greatest entertainers of all time. Such a great talent. Comedy. Serious acting. And a great performer. U wont see talent like him ever again. Ty
I guess Phyllis Newman was the unofficial replacement for Dorothy Kilgallen, but I saw an episode with Dr. Joyce Brothers and she seemed almost like a clone to Dorothy - Dr. Joyce sounded like her and processed her thoughts aloud like Dorothy, plus she had the advantage of being very intelligent, like Dorothy.
Walter Cronkite landed in a glider with the 101st during Operation Market Garden, he has the unfortunate job of announcing JFK's death (on the same day he introduced The Beatles to the US, in a story months before the Sullivan show), and then 3 years after this, he was commentating as the US fulfilled JFK's dream of landing on the moon by the end of the decade. Between all of this, and after, he saw and reported on more things than anyone could imagine. Legendary reporter, and one whose professionalism is still a yardstick modern reporters should measure themselves against.
As a preteen and teen, I remember watching some of Walter Cronkite's newscasts on our B&W, RCA 21" console television, with the "rabbit ears" antenna, and I saw him as a kind, affirmative and stately sort of person. It truly felt like he was sitting with you in your living room when doing his various newscasts. The other two famous newscasters that I also watch on TV from time-to-time, in that era, were Chet Huntley and David Brinkley. And I remember their "sign off" to each other at the end of their joint newscasts, which was "Good night, David." and in return, "Good night, Chet." They were in separate cities when doing their newscasts as a team, which was an interesting arrangement, but it worked fine. ~ And about Art Carney: He received tremendous applause and recognition from the audience when "Signing in," and all of it was well-deserved! He had an incredible ability to immerse himself into all kinds of characters, for both television and movie roles; and along with that was his seeming humility, grace, kindness and good-natured personality.
Bennett Cerf was a elegant, classy guy. He could have very easily been an actor or a 'voice over' actor in Hollywood. And he seemed to be a modest guy considering the position of power he held as a publisher
How could they not get Cronkite after the first question? His voice is distinctive! I would have thought Bennett Cerf would have gotten it immediately.
I know it's television, but there was a level of grace and respect back then that has been lost with most of our current generations.
Don't get me started...
Now there's so much garbage that most of the time I don't even watch tv. I love law & order -all of the spin offs, criminal minds, 60.minutes. I'm nauseous just being reminded of these Uber rich celebrities with their Reality shows. Especially when they claim to be CHRISTIANS - yet don't live like Jesus would. So many poor ppl homeless yet they buy mega mansions, designer clothes, etc. Would Jesus be proud of them? I think not!
We need to stop cursing, and get back to having manners. Everyone needs to stop beating up, killing others bc u disagree with who they are! God made everyone.
AMEN.
It’s unusual to see men in
Art Carney deserved his own television show.
Seeing Walter Cronkite and John Daly reminisce about their WWII working together. So comforting.
And now we will have our journalists abroad reporting Ukraine tragedies and hopefully great triumphs to recall
Art Carney is so precious and funny without being corny, or silly. And his FDR was phenomenal. Thanks!
Art Carney is Fab as both a comedian and a dramatic actor !! 💟
Steve Allen was so clever. I love the episodes with him as a panelist - and as a guest.❤
Both a shame-and not-that he left as a weekly panellist to do his own show🎩
… about as funny as toothache …
I am enjoying all of these WML episodes. Makes me very nostalgic and yes, sad that those days are over. It was a better world then.
This might be my favourite episode, Art Carney was such a treasure there's no way I would have guessed - thank you so much for posting these
I remember those days quite fondly. It was a different world, not better. Korea and Vietnam and the civil rights movement...."Nothing new under the sun."
Walter Cronkite didn’t disguise his voice. There’s been nobody like him since then. He was dignified and refined and told the news like nobody has since.
Really...I can't imagine how the panel did not immediately guess it was Cronkite.
as a boy in London we were grateful for the support we had with his broadcasts .knowing that he was telling of our plight during the raids in London.
Art Carney is a real gem comedian and also as a dramatic actor !! 💟
Art Carney is one of the best mystery guests ever. Didn’t know he could do so many voices.
SEE IF YOU CAN FIND DENNIS DAY AS A MYSTERY GUEST..........ONE OF THE BEST EVER
Dennis Day was the mystery guest on January 23, 1955. Also, check out the episode with Johnny Olson as the mystery guest. That one aired on April 4, 1965.
Never be anybody like Art Carnie again. These new actors were classics. Just like classic cars of his era. No cars of today will be sought after in 50 or 60 years as none of them have any class. They pretty much all look similar.
Best voice ever
Check out Carney's first appearance with Horace Heidt (at age 18!) Doing his impersonation of FDR. Brilliant!
John Daly was no slouch as a newsman himself. He and Cronkite did work together at CBS for a while, so there was a lot of mutual respect.
I believe he was 1st on Pearl Harbour..
Only time I recall seeing Mr Daly double-handshake someone.
@@joshuaguthrie8067 And also the first to report the death of President Roosevelt.
I've lost count of how many times I've watched this particular segment! Art Carney is hilarious!! And I love watching John and the panel laughing, not to mention the sound of the audience laughing as well. Art had everyone in stitches!!
IN MY VIEW
I was not surprised Bennett Cerf guessed it was Carney. Cerf's fine tuned guessing ability is legendary. I love love love Art Carney. He had John Daley almost rolling with belly laughs.
ME TOO 💜 Art had 4 appearances and Bennett got him EVERY time 🎉😅
At that time, though not neighbors, I believe Art Carney lived in Westchester County, N of NYC, as did Cerf.
Two of the greatest journalists of all time .
And to think that Edward R. Murrow was on almost 10 years earlier
Walter Cronkite had such a recognizable voice, I was surprised it took the panel as long as it did to guess him. A great voice... and perhaps the finest television newsman ever to grace the airwaves.
The best of all time! He was "the most trusted man in America." Those of us who watched him every evening, behind his desk at CBS, were extreme lucky indeed.
Walter Cronkite, the most trusted man in America. I use to watch the CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite with my dad. The crown jewel of broadcast news telecasts.
Until we found out how left wing bias Cronkite was . John Daly was a trusted newsman.
OMG! With the mystery guest Art Carney, I could not stop LMAO!!!!! His disguised voice was just too funny!
He really did himself proud this night.
It was flat out hilarious lmaoo
Same here! And he did a great Churchill!
Really great
Oh what a delightful time spent watching Art Carney stump the panel!!! I needed that laughing spell so much.Thank you 😘
You could sure tell John enjoyed having Art Carney as the mystery guest. Art was very funny with that voice. I was unaware he did so many imitations of other people.
It looked like the voice that Art used took John by total surprise. And that was with John having worked regularly with Art at one time and knowing Art's ability to impersonate and use various voices.
Carney used the same voice on an earlier appearance (and I think did the same FDR impression, word for word). There is a tremendous clip available on youtube from an Art Carney special from 1959 in which there is a spook of a WML episode, with Carney in the Daly role. The conferences are especially funny.
I love seeing Steve Allen on the panel. He's so witty. Also nice to see Anne Douglas. Had never seen Kirk Douglas's wife before.
I thank the folks at What's My Line? for putting this up. My dad, God rest his soul, absolutely loved the Honeymooners and Art Carney was one of the reasons along with the rest of the cast.
You're very welcome.
guyfihi Ed Norton goes does in comic character history. Whenever I see Art Carney all I can think of is, "Hellooooooo ball!" Back in the videocassette days I OWNED all of the original 39 episodes of the Honeymooners. I'm such a "mooners" nerd that I know most of the dialogue by heart. "I call you killer because you slay me." And "I'm calling Bellvue because you're nuts!" Never stops being funny a half century later.
Gina Greenlee And were you a loyal member of R.A.L.P.H.? Eh???
What's My Line? You bet I was! Went to the first and perhaps only R.A.L.P.H conference at CW Post University on Long Island in 1984. The experience of 2,000 "mooners" in an auditorium simultaneously guffawing throughout one of the "lost episodes" remains high on my list of memorable life experiences.
Gina Greenlee My goodness-- in all sincerity-- my respect for you has then reached newfound bounds. I already got the sense I liked you from the first few comments I saw you left. But being an active member of R.A.L.P.H.? I'm impressed you even knew what the heck I was talking about. ;)
Dare I say as a Dottie K fan, this is perhaps the most enjoyable post-DK offering!
Art Carney is a treasure but at this point, even with his success in The Odd Couple (1965) on Broadway, his drinking got worse and worse reportedly due to the fact that Walter Mathau was intolerable. So it was "the Great One" to the rescue and brought Art to Miami Beach with the color edition of the Jackie Gleason Show!
Also, I recommend The Morey Amsterdam Show with Art as his sidekick. There are several episodes on youtube.
Cronkite's voice is so distinctive that I am surprised they did not guess him right away.
+Michael Barnhart didn't take long but the ol'boy from Mo. made $25.00 lol
Yeah...maybe John Daly should've answered for him because his voice is so distinctive...but still good to see Walter on there.
Right hard not to pick that out right away The best Commentator Voice in American History. You Think.?
David Powell I've only seen four times where the ladies stood: The Mystery Guests were Dorothy Kilgallen (only Arlene stood), Jim Kilgallen, Eleanor Roosevelt, and then-US Treasurer Ivy Priest.
That is surprising!!
Cronkite and Daly knew each other well. Each was an experienced newsman. Both covered battles in Europe and North Africa first hand during World War 2. Daly was the president and anchor of ABC News from 1952 to 1960, while also hosting What's My Line. Cronkite's 15 minute show "Up to the Minute" followed What's My Line from 1951 until 1962, when he became the CBS news anchor.
I would never have guessed Art Carney. His child voice even reminded me of Robin Williams.
Sounds more like Elmo
Love how Art does the Ed Norton moves with the chalk before signing!
itiswhatitaint anditaintwhatitis jh
Yes! 😂
I am sure they were referring to Gemini 8 as the space flight they asked him about. Neil Armstrong and David Scott had trouble when a thruster on the Gemini 8 got stuck on the on position and they had to undock from the Agena rocket and started twirling around at one revolution per second, They were able to get it under control and land in the Pacific on the next orbit. The ship was there to pick them up. It was on March 16,1966 just before this appearance on What's My Line.
This episode really illustrates how well John can do interviews when he puts his mind to it.
I could just watch this program over and over again. I never get tired of it.
Had the chance to meet Walter Cronkite in 1976. Class all the way!
Walter Balan Oh god, tell us more about that!
When he retired from CBS..a few days later he came in for dinner at The Big 4 Restaurant in San Francisco...a real gentleman...
@@thanksforanotherbadhaircut1211 I was working at the now defunct Eastern Airlines at JFK in New York. It was a Saturday morning and he and Mrs Cronkite were flying to New Orleans. I said to him “I guess Roger Mudd will be doing the news Monday” and he replied “Oh no, I’ll be back by then”. I later went on the plane and he was sitting with his wife looking at a boating magazine. He loved boating. I went to him and said “Mr Cronkite, my name is also Walter and I’m a big fan. Do you think I can trouble you for an autograph?”. He took out his pen and signed for me. I thanked him and he said, “you betcha”. That was my experience with him. I compared him to the pompous West Palm Beach flight passengers who were famous for being rude and here we had a truly imminent person being so down to earth and accommodating.
This is an amazing service for those of us who yearn for a return of the Golden Age of television. There are 110K subscribers to WML, but there could be many more if we only tell our friends about it and make sure to hit the subscribe button. God bless everyone who was ever part of the show.
Sad Shows like this are not made, Or around any More Growing up I loved to watch them all Sda all of these people have Passed away also May they all RIP & are missed By all of their Fans etc.
Actually both Kirk Douglas and his wife, Anne Buydens Douglas, are still alive and both are over 100 years old as of 5/23/2019.
This was the first time Walter was a mystery guest since What's My Line traveled to Chicago in 1956. As Walter covered the Democratic Convention for CBS, John Charles Daly also reported the convention but for ABC.
Walter answered that he was an active participant in sports because he was an amateur yachtsman. He competed in several amateur races and regattas. He also was an amateur sports car racer in the 1950's and 60's.
I knew a woman who saw Walter and his wife very often in her seagoing excursions. She said he was a very nice guy.
The last time I trusted the news was then this man reported it ... yes I'm old!
Wise people would never uncritically trust the news. Even Walter admitted news was part of the entertainment industry.
Steve Allen at his best! I was fortunate to meet him and his family some years back.
Jon Nelson Please tell us more.
Art Carney was one of the most intrinsically funny people ever...along with Steve Allen...on THE SAME SHOW.
You'll never see better entertainment than this show.
Great actors can make you laugh
or cry. He could do both.
I've been watching these shows - this one being one of the best - with sheer, unalloyed pleasure - I was nearly 6 years old when this one was made, and it's still fresh and lively (which is a lot more than can be said for me). Compared with television today, on both sides of the Atlantic so far as I'm aware, it's sheer quality shines out and hits you between the eyes.
+Robert Jones Believe it or not, I remember watching this particular episode when I was but eight. This show was de-rigeur for my parents and I occasionally got to watch despite being past my bedtime.
David Kennerly AND Robert Jones: I am giving away my age, but when I saw this--and others before it--I was 11 years old. This is when TV had "depth" of character, and was very respectful to all actors and actresses. Quality TV programming back then, not like the trash that's on now.
I was also almost six years old, too!
@@noturningbackever493 I so totally agree is dirty joke. And by the way I like that Pentecostal believer so am I praise the Living God God bless you and your family I plead the blood over you and your family and your finances amen.
I was 4 years old and my parents used to watch it. I do miss the last 60's and 70's terribly
Art Carney may be the best celebrity guest I have seen on WML.
How on earth did Bennett guess Art Carney? Carney's disguised voice was amazing! Loved when Steve told Bennett that what was penetrating was his Vick's Vapo Rub!
Very often, special guests had something upcoming or done recently to plug. His new season was something to promote, and since they were all in the entertainment world, they knew all shows, movies,stages, and club acts upcoming or in the works.
He's a cheater
As was disclosed in the show broadcast on November 27, 1966, Mrs. Cerf was routinely given the name of the mystery guest in advance. We are expected to believe that she slipped up only once. But that makes absolutely no sense, because why tell her the name of the mystery guest at all? He was able to "guess" the mystery guest because he had inside information.
@@gailsirois7175 Intelligent people are always accused of cheating by less intelligent people. You're saying more about yourself than Cerf.
Mr. Carney was a man of great and varied talents.
wink; He sure was! VAvava VOOM!
The flip hairdo brings back memories for me. My grandma would fix my hair like that.
Cronkite did appear in other entertainment programs, famously in "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" when he met Ted Baxter and in "Murphy Brown" when we hear his voice. Cronkite was a well-known yachts man, and in "Murphy Brown" Murphy and Frank sink his yacht on Chesapeake Bay. "Who the HELL owns this tub? he yells, and then [referring to his wife to whom Bennett refers]says "Betsy, grab the cat!"
Amazing show, so much real laughter... no agendas, educated civil people, a pleasure to watch. John Daly was highly respected as a newsman, he was the first to broadcast (radio) the Attack on Pearl Harbor.
Art is the man.
what i love about wml is that being a younger person and living in britian i have never heard about some of the old stars but i have now by watching this show many thanks 💖
Just a wonderful, precious, delicious moment in time.
On a previous appearance, Art had just done a TV special where he did a perfect impression of Mr. Daly. Surprised he didn't try to imitate John this time.
Friggin cheater Cerf did it again
Mrs Kirk Douglas, Is a Very Beautiful Looking Woman, Never saw here before this, On any other Show etc.
Steve Allen possessed such a sharp wit !!!!!
This episode with Art Carney is and always will be my favorite! He always made me laugh!
Steve Allen always looked like he enjoyed standing up and towering over the guests as they went by the panel.
Compared to today's newscasters...how I miss Walter Cronkite!
I couldn't agree more!
Boy Howdy. .. He reported the unbiased news.
Walter Cronkite: The "Most Trusted Man in America" in the late 1960's
This is hands down my FAVOURITE disguise by an MG so far from 1950 to this point. Not seen the rest yet but not many to go.
A book about CBS News called "Air Time" (by Gary Paul Gates) called Betsy Cronkite "The Sweetheart of CBS News". According to the book, she was beloved by everybody there.
Amazing how many countries we used to freely travel to that we can't do anymore.
"I think something's beginning to penetrate." Without a seconds hesitation "that's you're Vick's Vaporub". Burst of simultaneous laughter from audience and viewers of utube
*In my best Walter Cronkite imitation*
"I was a Mystery Guest in Game #1 on the March 27, 1966 episode of "What's My Line?", with Steve Allen and Barbara Douglas as the guest panelists, and Art Carney the Mystery Guest in Game #3.
And that's the way it is."
+Vahan Nisanian
You have the perfect voice of a social media post!
CAST A GIANT SHADOW has an interesting gestation. Melville Shavelson (former writer for Bob Hope) really wanted to adapt this book about an American military officer who fought for Israel during the 1948 war of independence. He had trouble getting financial backing and ultimately turned to John Wayne's production company. Wayne played a small role in the film. Unfortunately it didn't do that well.
Art Carney had me crying, I was laughing so hard
Art Carney was one of the most talented actors in American history.
I think Art Carney's best performance is on a Twilight Zone episode titled "The Night of the Meek."
In his later years Walter Cronkite said "When Errol Flynn died he was on 60 ft. yacht with a 18 year old girl. I have an 18 foot yacht and my 60 year old girl.
Are you referring to Beverly Aadland? She was 17 when Errol Flynn died.
I don't know which, of Mr. Carney's vocal 'disguises' was better; this, or 1955. They're, both, superb!
Art Carney is fabulous!
Art Carney's several appearances as the mystery guest are among the best
Art Carney was fabulous. I know what Arlene meant by saying that she wanted him to keep talking. That voice was unbelievable.
😂❤
I missed Walter Conkrit the last true honest reporter.
That is his reputation, often deserved. But his commentary after Tet showed bias.
@@preppysocks209 Walter Cronkite was a defeatist who helped the North Vietnamese military defeat at Tet into a political victory. The North was essentially finished after Tet. The best evidence of that is that it took them seven more years before they could overrun the South, and that was two years after the United States had left. But Walter, who was the male version of Hanoi Jane Fonda, went to Vietnam, and he was completely duped, and he turned the tide in favor of the Communists. it is a good thing that Walter was not reporting on the Battle of the Bulge during the Second World War. "Oh, my, Hitler is stronger than we thought. We need to retreat to London and negotiate for peace."
And he knew that his surname wasn’t ‘Conkrit’ … oh, please!
Mr. Art Carney was a real man! There was something in him that strikes a chord with me. I remember during one academy award show, Lucile Ball was having trouble reading the award cards and asked “would one of you boys come up and help me with this? I'm not joking.”. Both Mr. Art Carney, and Milton Burl, started up the stage. Burl reached Miss Ball first, and as Mr. Carney was turning to leave, Burl snarled at him and yelled “get off the stage” as if Mr. Carney was some bum from the audience. Mr. Carney spun around and was heading toward Burl, but then I guess he thought better of it and went back to his seat. I’m not sure, but Miss Ball may have said something like “now, boys don’t fight”, in a motherly tone. (Too bad Mr. Carney didn’t rip Burl’s fucking head off.) Those few seconds of the show revealed who these people really were. Mr. Carney was a real flesh and blood and sweat and tears man.
Bennett Cerf was consistently terrific on this series.
someone had to be feeding him who was going to be the 'mystery guest', because he wayyyy to often correctly picked who it was
@@spactick No, he was extremely well connected to entertainment and political circles in addition to publishing, read _Variety_ and the different newspapers published in NYC. He was pretty smart as well. It was a smaller world then, too.
@@spactick Someone was feeding him the names of the mystery guests. As was revealed in the broadcast on November 27, 1966, involving Mia Farrow, Frank Sinatra, and Mark Goodson, his wife was informed of the name of the mystery guest. We are supposed to believe that she only slipped once, but if that is true, why tell her at all?
@@jerryrichardson2799 Someone was feeding him the names of the mystery guests. As was revealed in the broadcast on November 27, 1966, involving Mia Farrow, Frank Sinatra, and Mark Goodson, his wife was informed of the name of the mystery guest. We are supposed to believe that she only slipped once, but if that is true, why tell her at all?
oh I'm sure he was, but some of these 'mystery guests' ( Walter Brennan, Steve McQueen eg;) were so good at creating false voices that there was no way they (or he) could have figured out who it was unless they had prior knowledge. Also, the producers of the show knew that the TV audience wanted the panel to be successful. Kind of a completion of a sporting game. A sense of accomplishment. A happy ending Jerry
Remember how thrilled Walter Cronkite was when we landet on the moon, in 1969 🌝
I remember seeing Art Carney when he was 18, on stage doing impressions. He did a spot on impression of FDR.
By 1966, WML was broadcast in color and videotaped for the Pacific TZ. But a B&W film kinescope was still made for every episode for Mark Goodson's personal collection.
Are there any existing copies of the color episodes from 66/67?Would love to see one.
Art Carney’s voice is so hilarious in this episode.
Art Carney was great. Nobody could make working in the sewer more Interesting and entertaining than he did.😂❤
Art Carney was one of the greatest entertainers of all time. Such a great talent. Comedy. Serious acting. And a great performer. U wont see talent like him ever again. Ty
Definitely a void in these later episode s with Dorothy gone.
Laurie Grommon
My feelings exactly
She was so sharp.
Mrs. Douglas was a void.
I guess Phyllis Newman was the unofficial replacement for Dorothy Kilgallen, but I saw an episode with Dr. Joyce Brothers and she seemed almost like a clone to Dorothy - Dr. Joyce sounded like her and processed her thoughts aloud like Dorothy, plus she had the advantage of being very intelligent, like Dorothy.
Mrs. Douglas did have a name -- Anne Buydens. Kirk and Anne were married 66 years until Kirk's death in 2020. Anne passed at age 102 in 2021.
I really enjoyed this show
I LOVE LOVE LOVE THIS EP I HAVE WATCH IT TIME
AND TIME AGAIN ART CARNEY IS SO SO VERY FUNNY
Walter! Fabulous newsman.
Mr. Cronkite was known as the most trusted man in America. I'm old enough to remember him well.
me too
Mrs. Douglas was never referred to by her first name. I realize this was the norm in the 50s and 60s, but it still seems weird.
Yes, it's true. But you can read the description as note that it's Anne Douglas. I like that they did it, especially as it gives her a certain title.
@@williamjohnson7163 LOL @ Terri Johnson making that remark under the William Johnson YT account! :D
Watched all of these as a kid.....miss all of these great talents.....good show !!!
Art Carney, Walter Cronkite and ME...all born November 4th!! 🥰🥰🥰
Walter can't hide those pipes!
Great stuff!
best mystery guest voice/persona/creation, whatever it was EVER!
I was 10 years old when this segment aired....I loved this program
What a great episode! Everybody- both panelists and mystery guests- were on their A game!
That was BRILLIANT. I Love Art Carney & I love Steve Allen.
Walter Cronkite landed in a glider with the 101st during Operation Market Garden, he has the unfortunate job of announcing JFK's death (on the same day he introduced The Beatles to the US, in a story months before the Sullivan show), and then 3 years after this, he was commentating as the US fulfilled JFK's dream of landing on the moon by the end of the decade. Between all of this, and after, he saw and reported on more things than anyone could imagine. Legendary reporter, and one whose professionalism is still a yardstick modern reporters should measure themselves against.
Trust me, I'd know Walter just by his voice. I can do a great impression of him.
Wow!
Mrs Douglas!!! She and Kirk lived for 101 years each! And remained married for I believe 70 and were just in love as when they met.
Officially married for 66 years
As a preteen and teen, I remember watching some of Walter Cronkite's newscasts on our B&W, RCA 21" console television, with the "rabbit ears" antenna, and I saw him as a kind, affirmative and stately sort of person. It truly felt like he was sitting with you in your living room when doing his various newscasts. The other two famous newscasters that I also watch on TV from time-to-time, in that era, were Chet Huntley and David Brinkley. And I remember their "sign off" to each other at the end of their joint newscasts, which was "Good night, David." and in return, "Good night, Chet." They were in separate cities when doing their newscasts as a team, which was an interesting arrangement, but it worked fine. ~ And about Art Carney: He received tremendous applause and recognition from the audience when "Signing in," and all of it was well-deserved! He had an incredible ability to immerse himself into all kinds of characters, for both television and movie roles; and along with that was his seeming humility, grace, kindness and good-natured personality.
Wow! This was just after Apollo 10. I was a few days shy of 4 years old and remember watching it!
Bennett Cerf was a elegant, classy guy. He could have very easily been an actor or a 'voice over' actor in Hollywood. And he seemed to be a modest guy considering the position of power he held as a publisher
Wonderful gentleman
Walter
Does Art Carney sing? Ever heard "The Song of the Sewer" sung as Ed Norton?
LOL! I'M VERY with familiar with it..RALPHIE BOY!!
They’re drinking out of the Hudson River?!!! Wow! 😊
How could they not get Cronkite after the first question? His voice is distinctive! I would have thought Bennett Cerf would have gotten it immediately.
The panelists does not hear the voice of the MG very distinctly like people watching on television.
I really enjoyed this art Carney was so funny. I enjoyed seeing Walter Cronkite again. I really miss the old days.
Art Carney was THE BEST mystery guest on WML.