The garbage men portion was so hilarious. I just can't get enough of this show. Thank you so much for uploading these. I watch at least 2 episodes every day!
I don’t know how they got so many yes answers! What kind of garbage was it?!! I was laughing uncontrollably at times. I loved their duet about garbage collecting. And then the last contestant got so many No answers. Quite a show!
Every time I am hooked on anther one. There is just no way I can ever say "this was my favorite". The Garbage collectors ... WOW!!! they were a classic act.
The Garbage Collectors is on my "Top 5 Favorite Contestants On WML". Very charming and photogenic young boys. They even sang a song in harmony 17:56 We are your jolly "G" men, We come around each day. We pick your garbage up for you, And haul it right away. We bring a cheerful greeting, To all you happy folks. We brighten up your cloudy days, With little songs and jokes. And now your cans are empty, The entertainment's through. It's time for us to move along, We bid you all adieu.
They were great contestants. As you said, they looked good on camera, they spoke well, and their song was very entertaining, and well sung in harmony, too.
@@kenretherford1197 Hey Ken! I am very similar to Arlene in appearance and personality, and I too find Martin Gabel a Very Attractive man! -- His physical presence and energy, professional accomplishments, humour and that wonderful Voice! A lovely, loving companion.
Thank you so much for posting this episode. I'd heard of Lily Dache & how fabulous her hats are. I have one. I finally got the opportunity to see her. Thank you so much!
Hal Sander passed away in 2022 at the age of 93. Can't find an obit on Art Asquith. There was a video done of him last year (2023) and he looked GREAT!
@@broughtbackin Was the video you mentioned one in which Asquith was mostly asked about his background some field of sport? (I haven't seen the whole video, but he did mention "What's My Line?" once, and he made reference to Hal Sander.)
The garbage collectors are a HOOT. I love them. Just one small qualification re: Lilly Daché: she wasn't a "Hollywood clothing designer." Daché was New York-based (she had a salon on Fifth Avenue) and was primarily famous as a milliner, although she did eventually branch out to clothing and other accessories. Actually, "Lilly Daché" was shorthand for the last word in fashionable chapeaus by the mid-1950's, so she really could have qualified as a Mystery Guest proper.
The sexy garbage men bit was hilarious! A great reminder how the wholesome and simply ordinary can be made funny with wit, intelligence, and clever word play.
Peggy King has got to be the most forgotten Mystery Guest of all. I was a baby when this aired and by the the time I was 7 and had been glued to the tv all my life she was nowhere to be seen. As a student of pop culture, I was aware that both George Gobel and Red Buttons had comedy shows that skyrocketed them to fame in the fifties but since they were never re-run only people in their 70's would be able to remember the details of their programs, who played their wives, who were the girl singers and so forth. Now to look her up on Wiki!
Jack Decker That’s what shows get wrong nowadays! They think they can put just anybody as the host and depend on celebrities for views - and that’s why none of them last for 17 years on TV!
I received a notification that someone "liked" my reply. In hindsight, I think I totally misinterpreted what Mr. Decker was saying! He was talking about the contestants, and I was talking about the panelists. Well, his point is certainly true!
This episode had a little bit of everything, from the garbage men to Dorothy's hurried exit. I'm not a Fred Allen fan, but his subtle line about Arlene's purse cracked me up. Bennet's pun was perhaps his best on any show, and John Daly's come-back actually worked. Well done, all.
Arlene Francis was 48 years old when this episode of "What's My Line" was originally filmed on August 28, 1955, and at 48 Arlene looked absolutely stunning💯🔥 Arlene Francis was sophisticated, classy, sexy, very articulate, had a great sense of humor, and was quite flirtatious😁👍 Arlene Francis was a true timeless beauty, and she honestly looked sexier in her mid-late 40s than she did when she much younger in her early 20s👏 Arlene has always been one of my all-time favorites🙏🏼 I wish that someone could properly professionally convert this episode of "What's My Line" from black and white to color.
+Johan Bengtsson He was a gym teacher at Cassadaga Valley Elementary school in Cassadaga, NY. I was lucky enough to be a student of his. He was my gym teacher and my basketball coach. He was one of my favorite teachers... such a wonderful guy!
@@Karadoxical No kidding? (I realize your post is from 7 years ago). He was sure camera friendly in this show, pleasant personality, and a great harmony singing voice.
When Goodson and Toddman were MGs, even they shared one chair. A comment was made about it, but nothing was changed. One would think that they would have enlarged John's desk à la "I've Got a Secret" (with one chair one each side at all times.)
Mike Kelly - If you watch enough of these there is a conundrum as to what was really the deal with the chairs. I have an unpleasant take on it because, while I think Daly is a brilliant moderator, I intensely dislike him as a rather leering, smarmy man, especially with women and others he would love to impress. So, it would be tempting to think the women had to sit closer to him when there was more than one as the contestant. There was a time when they had a female from a foreign version of the show who after her bit went to sit in for the next contestant with the panel and she shared a chair with Arlene or Bennett. Now, here's the odd part. There was an interpreter for a gentleman from Italy, the chief of police of Rome perhaps, who was given a separate chair. I think it was she. Then there was another person, perhaps another panelist from a foreign WML show, who sat in on the panel for a segment and that person, too, was given a separate chair. I remember these two distinct circumstances wherein there were other chairs available and it was really rather tacky of them to not have one in the wings at all times, even in event one onstage broke mid-show.
This episode shows the one big weakness of a great format: timing. Somebody asked Peggy King to sing but she didn't and she left quickly. That left two minutes to fill with a challenger whose line would have been interesting - penguin keeper. His appearance was a waste of time and opportunity because the panel had no proper chance to question him. Why not stretch out the mystery guest segment and save the penguin keeper for next week? Perhaps the producers wanted it that way, perhaps the mystery guest would demand more money for singing/chatting or maybe John Daly ran out of things to say. We'll never know.
@@rachelehrenberg9231 Unlikely to be needed as copyrights to a song (as opposed to a recording of a song are most often owned by the artist, and a snippet would be considered a “fair use” exception to the copyright 17 USC 107. But it’s good to be reminded of the chilling effect on creativity our overzealous copyright laws pose.
Update on Asquith (mostly), who was briefly with the Yankees, and later became a sports coach and PE teacher in Cassadaga, NY, for about 40 years, and is pretty much an institution up there, in the 'was and is backbone of the program' sort of sense. (Was still alive in 2014.) Harold Sander went to California and I'll look for him more later. Also, they were really good. www.observertoday.com/page/content.detail/id/566905/What-s-My-Line-.html%3Fnav%3D5047
+juliansinger Unfortunately, when I tried the link it only took me to the current online edition of the Observer, not to the article on Arthur Asquith and What's My Line. According to Baseball-Reference.com, Asquith pitched for the New York Yankees team in the Class D team in Olean, NY (not that far from where he and Harold collected garbage). It was a team in the long defunct PONY League (an acronym for Pennsylvanis-Ontario-New York). The only season they list is 1953. Apparently he didn't have something like a blazing fastball that convinced the Yankees to stick with him. I was hoping that I would find something that these two young men had a singing career, either together or solo, but I found nothing about that. I agree, they were quite good.
Lisadawnn: the word is 'visage', meaning the appareance or expression of a person. And considering Dorothy's following question I feel she was asking if the guesr was rather shapely, speaking of symmetrical lines.
I never heard of Peggy King except for Abbott and Costello meet the Mummy. I wasn't alive in the 1950s and the George Goble show was never in re runs so its like she never existed. Now this shows date was August 1955. That means James Dean was making the movie Giant and would be killed in September and only become super famous in death.
2 guests sitting on one chair which means one of them sits on one cheek.. I would think they would have a wider chair all the time in case there were 2 guests.
Fred Allen said in a different episode that his glasses have plain glass lenses which give no optical benefit. He wore them to disguise the circles around his eyes which are a natural feature of his face but not attractive on TV. He made his name as a radio comedian, so his face was not important until TV came along. He had a long-running rivalry with Jack Benny, another radio star who made it big in television.
She wore it back like this for the two preceding weeks and at least one afterward. It was mentioned earlier that New York was having a heat wave, so it was surely cooler to wear it this way. I agree it looks great on her.
The two "garbage men" offered us an ever-evolving conundrum: Does it have four legs--or no legs? Is it edible? Can it go into a pocket? There is so much you can say about garbage, to the extent that it can become unclear where to begin such a discussion and where to end it! But to go any further with this thought process would be a waste of time. ~ This was one of the funniest "What's My Line" episodes I have watched, and I've been watching a large number of them over recent months. The humor, the innocent innuendos, the "garbage men" with their tongue-and-cheek responses, in sync with Mr. Daley's casual agreeing, as each question is posed, were all beautifully orchestrated through their "impromptus." I laughed all the way through it, and I almost choked on my ginger ale as a result of Arlene's quick-witted comments, which are so funny and endearing. ~ An aside: Those two young college men had beautiful voices. I loved how they harmonized. I wonder if one or both eventually had full, or even a portion of a career around music, and more specifically, singing?
18:51 what's with John and Arlene's shocked reactions? Didn't Bennett just say they'd welcomed in the entertainment industry or did he allude to something else?
I grew up in the 50's and I understand those times and how the culture was different then. Even so, I involuntarily cringed when I saw that Peggy King was described to the audience as "George Gobel's Girl" when she signed in. Would it have been so hard to call her a "co-star" or "vocalist"?
Lois Simmons And so our distasteful “political correctness “ creeps in to, as always, ruin everything it touches--even back into the 1950’s!! She, nor anyone else was offended. She was known by everyone as “George ‘s Girl”! It was her “name”.
@@oksills Are you a man? Either way, you so don't get it. How the hell do you know that she wasn't offended? That NO ONE else was offended? How do you know she didn't say to her sisters: gee I wish for a time when I can be a star in my own right, and not patronised because I was born with a vagina and not a penis.
Just to be a Monday morning quarterback, I think it should have been clarified that garbage is a "product" in a very general sense of the word. I'll admit it was funnier this way, though.
Seemingly, Peggy King seems to have dropped off the show biz planet (mostly) after the 50's. Wikipedia doesn't say she retired or became a farmer. Did her career just peter out?
@@Joe_Okey Talking about someone's past achievements doesn't imply they are dead. Everything I said is true and in the correct tense. If I say Barack Obama was President, we don't assume he croaked.. Peggy King is no longer pretty or perky or known as such nor does she have a great singing voice any longer ... past tense is appropriate on those subjects.
Sorry. Totally misleading segment. Garbage is not a product. The answer to Fred Allen's second question about using the term "product" loosely should have been YES.
I earned my way through college in '60s as a "sanitation engineer," and yes, garbage is a product. Even with recycling, we humans continue to "produce" great quantities of garbage.
PEGGY KING IS PERKY LOOKING. HAHAHAHA. Am I going to be arrested for that word. I remember her in the 50's on TV My 1956 DOWNBEAT MAGAZINE reviewed her 10" lp hasn't much jazz input but is a good pop singer. P.S. I posted this not knowing that Allen was going to use that dreaded word.
@@accomplice55 I never thought of breasts that way. Their pointy and youthful that way ? Perky meant to me that she's petite , cute with a Pixie haircut.
A sad day in U.S. history, showing the worst of violence and bigotry with at least one of his murderers unremorseful to the end. The one good thing that came of it was the decision of Emmett's mother in the midst of her own grief showing the world what had been done to her 14 year old son. That and the subsequent acquittal of the murderers was an important rallying point in the Civil Rights Movement.
I hadn't made that connection. It's ironic that we are enjoying this show and lamenting the loss of the social grace that it represented, while on the same day as this episode the horrific end of Emmett Till's life occurred. Nostalgia consists of remembering the good things while forgetting the bad things. Thank you for reminding us that those days weren't all filled with wine and roses, and in fact there were serious problems in this country.
That was so sad to hear. These episodes seem like they are in a timeless bubble. I am glad for these historical references, even the tragic ones like the one referring to Emmett Till.
Mr. Salanto, the penguin keeper at the Bronx Zoo, falls between the cracks of the panel's usual questions. Usually they could divide people into those who worked for profit-making organizations and those who worked for some branch of government. Those who worked for non-profit-making organizations but did not work for the government generally worked for charitable foundations, museums, or some kind of teaching organization. The 9 "no's" implicitly said that the Bronx Zoo fitted into none of those categories, so the panel didn't even begin to ask specific questions about Mr. Salanto's specific occupation. Perhaps it would have been fairer and better to say "yes" that Mr. Salanto was involved in teaching in a broad sense, because people learn a lot about the natural world when they go to the Bronx Zoo.
True - but they knew time was short, and they were beginning to close in, I believe. A zoo teaches, but a penguin keeper tends to the penguins. I would have loved this to have been a full segment.
The mystery people are just for promotional purposes and I agree, ordinary people and their occupations are much more interesting. The fifties is the beginning of hero worshiping, patting on the back, self promotions. Sadly, so many of these people had sad lives what with constant broken marraiges, children commiting suicide, some more obnoxious than others. Look at the panel Dorothy K died from alcohol and drug over use, Fred Allen died from heart attack, Arlene Francis who is so charming was mugged coming out of a taxi her heart taken from her neck in the late 1988's i NYC dying from alzheimers age 93 after all, they were just human beings but contently promoting themselves. So many people had children who committed suicide as did stars, depression hitting hard, etc. I do not envy these people but during their prime, they were entertaining and I have enjoyed watching these episodes.
@@igkoigko9950 Of course. Celebrities dying because of the perils and pressures of the lifestyle, while certainly a thing, is blown way out of proportions because it makes for fascinating tabloid read. Statistically it's miniscule. Comparatively very few celebs actually have a "sad ending" from the lifestyle. Then or now. I'm sure a lot more of them have dysfunctional lives and depression and things of that nature. But premature deaths isn't noticeably any higher than any other profession. I would even say the rate of alcoholism induced deaths and heart attack deaths during the golden age hollywood of the 20s-30s-40s was way higher than they have been in the last 30-40 years.
![What's My Line? - Elaine May & Mike Nichols; Eamonn Andrews [panel] (Jun 26, 1960)](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/lYHMp3iuwdw/mqdefault.jpg)
The garbage men portion was so hilarious. I just can't get enough of this show. Thank you so much for uploading these. I watch at least 2 episodes every day!
Mmmm...they clean up well!
I don’t know how they got so many yes answers! What kind of garbage was it?!! I was laughing uncontrollably at times. I loved their duet about garbage collecting. And then the last contestant got so many No answers. Quite a show!
I'm watching these WML shows in sequence and this episode with the singing garbage collectors was memorable!
Only two? What’s wrong with you? ;-)
@@OnCloudNine62 Good one.
Every time I am hooked on anther one. There is just no way I can ever say "this was my favorite". The Garbage collectors ... WOW!!! they were a classic act.
Dorothy's reminder that it can be folded into a pocket was great
This episode just made me laugh so hard..... Thank you... WML brings back such fond memories.
John’s reply to Bennett’s ‘refuse’ pun was hysterical 😂🤣
Sure was. He stuck it to him.
These 1950s women had great style. Classy looking.
@@davidarcudi230 Yeh, we were, but honey, don't look at us now. We're still classy, though.
@@slaytonp Class always supersedes looks!
And as bitchy as hell. Meeeowww!!
The Garbage Collectors is on my "Top 5 Favorite Contestants On WML". Very charming and photogenic young boys. They even sang a song in harmony 17:56
We are your jolly "G" men,
We come around each day.
We pick your garbage up for you,
And haul it right away.
We bring a cheerful greeting,
To all you happy folks.
We brighten up your cloudy days,
With little songs and jokes.
And now your cans are empty,
The entertainment's through.
It's time for us to move along,
We bid you all adieu.
Johan Bengtsson -- Very nice of you, Johan. One correction -- the antepenultimate line should be "The entertainment's through."
ToddSF 94109 Thanks! Corrected.
They were great contestants. As you said, they looked good on camera, they spoke well, and their song was very entertaining, and well sung in harmony, too.
@@ToddSF I wonder what became of them. Hopefully they had long and happy lives. Bet their descendants enjoy seeing them in their youth.
@@wholeNwon posted in WML Facebook page that as of today, both are still alive.
Love Arlene's look here!
When have you ever NOT loved her look! She was fabulous!
It happens to be one of my favorites of the gowns she wore. Simply perfect for her and a great match with her hairstyle in this episode.
The look is Greek or Roman
She looks so nice, why did she ever marry that midget Gabel?
@@kenretherford1197 Hey Ken! I am very similar to Arlene in appearance and personality, and I too find Martin Gabel a Very Attractive man! -- His physical presence and energy, professional accomplishments, humour and that wonderful Voice! A lovely, loving companion.
The adorable young garbage men were actually excellent singers. Truly fantastic harmonies - and that’s not easy to do! Well done, lads. 👏🏼
I totally agree with you 💯 percent 😊
I loved John's, "We've got something for you guys to come back and pick up." in response to Bennett's dreadful pun. :)
Actually, that was one of Cerf's better puns!
The Garbage boys goes on my list of top 10 favorite segments.
Thank you so much for posting! I hate it when they don't walk out and are already sitting, I don't get the chance to see what they're wearing!
This is one of the most delightful episodes I've ever seen! Thank you!
Thank you so much for posting this episode. I'd heard of Lily Dache & how fabulous her hats are. I have one. I finally got the opportunity to see her. Thank you so much!
This, for me, is the ideal panel.
Wrong "Allen" though.
I've just learned that the "Garbage Men" are both alive and well! (Feb. 14, 2021) Three Cheers!
Hal Sander passed away in 2022 at the age of 93. Can't find an obit on Art Asquith. There was a video done of him last year (2023) and he looked GREAT!
@@broughtbackin Was the video you mentioned one in which Asquith was mostly asked about his background some field of sport? (I haven't seen the whole video, but he did mention "What's My Line?" once, and he made reference to Hal Sander.)
@@519djw6 It was a pretty long video but at the beginning he was talking about his Mom's cooking. I can find it again if you'd like.
@@broughtbackin Yes, please!
@@519djw6 I posted the video for you a few times and it keeps disappearing. Sorry! :(
The garbage collectors are a HOOT. I love them. Just one small qualification re: Lilly Daché: she wasn't a "Hollywood clothing designer." Daché was New York-based (she had a salon on Fifth Avenue) and was primarily famous as a milliner, although she did eventually branch out to clothing and other accessories. Actually, "Lilly Daché" was shorthand for the last word in fashionable chapeaus by the mid-1950's, so she really could have qualified as a Mystery Guest proper.
She was VERY famous back in the day
The sexy garbage men bit was hilarious! A great reminder how the wholesome and simply ordinary can be made funny with wit, intelligence, and clever word play.
Peggy King is STILL ALIVE on May 20th, 2020! She's 90, guys! 😍😍
Still here on September 17th, 2020!
@@MrJoeybabe25 Still here, February 15, 2021!
...still with us on Christmas Day, 2021, aged 91!
September 2022, still living at 92.
Still here, according to Wiki, Jan '23. 92 yrs young.
Watching this brings me so much joy 😁💟
Another great show
Love Arlene's hair do in this one, she looks fantastic.
Gorgeous 😊
Peggy King has got to be the most forgotten Mystery Guest of all. I was a baby when this aired and by the the time I was 7 and had been glued to the tv all my life she was nowhere to be seen. As a student of pop culture, I was aware that both George Gobel and Red Buttons had comedy shows that skyrocketed them to fame in the fifties but since they were never re-run only people in their 70's would be able to remember the details of their programs, who played their wives, who were the girl singers and so forth. Now to look her up on Wiki!
Love Arlen’s hair do! Makes he look so pretty and young!
Gorgeous is the word. Arlene 😊
Several times over the course of this show it was explained that consumed doesn't just mean taken internally but consumed as in "used up".
In the vintage clothing business, I've sold many Lilly Dache' hats!
Also Mr John hats, which Arlene mentioned.
To all young people today, if you are even watching this video. Everyone in this video is who and what you want to grow up to be.
I can only give one "thumb up", so I'll post another one here. Good post!!
I agree totally absolutely 💯 percent 😊
@@rmelin13231 Thank you!
@@robertjean5782 Thank you!
So funny when Dorothy had to dash off at the end.
I wonder if she caught the plane? Even then, traffic on a summer Sunday night could be pretty heavy.
Arlene looks great with that 'pull-back' hair style.
Reminds me of the 'I love lucy' look.
she always looks sensational
These garbage men were terrific!
@@shirleyrombough8173 and handsome!
I agree 👍 😊
The "special feature" of the show wasn't special. It was the "ordinary" people who were special.
Jack Decker That’s what shows get wrong nowadays! They think they can put just anybody as the host and depend on celebrities for views - and that’s why none of them last for 17 years on TV!
I received a notification that someone "liked" my reply. In hindsight, I think I totally misinterpreted what Mr. Decker was saying! He was talking about the contestants, and I was talking about the panelists. Well, his point is certainly true!
This is proven by watching the first and best show designed to feature everyday folks...You Bet Your Life.
I was born on August 28, 1955, so this is quite a birthday gift to behold!
It is never fair to be the last guest after the famous mystery guest.
I disagree the last contestant wins $50 which was a weeks pay or mortgage payment 😊
This episode had a little bit of everything, from the garbage men to Dorothy's hurried exit. I'm not a Fred Allen fan, but his subtle line about Arlene's purse cracked me up. Bennet's pun was perhaps his best on any show, and John Daly's come-back actually worked. Well done, all.
Arlene Francis was 48 years old when this episode of "What's My Line" was originally filmed on August 28, 1955, and at 48 Arlene looked absolutely stunning💯🔥 Arlene Francis was sophisticated, classy, sexy, very articulate, had a great sense of humor, and was quite flirtatious😁👍 Arlene Francis was a true timeless beauty, and she honestly looked sexier in her mid-late 40s than she did when she much younger in her early 20s👏 Arlene has always been one of my all-time favorites🙏🏼 I wish that someone could properly professionally convert this episode of "What's My Line" from black and white to color.
What is Dorothy talking about: Are your lines symmetrical?
I would assume there was symmetry in her lines as.....a. Fashion Designer!
I would assume her designs were in symmetry!!
She thought the guest might be a model and asked to see if her appearance was 'symmetrical'.
Art Asquith is alive and a retired Teacher!
Oh really? What did he teach? He seemed to be a nice man.
+Johan Bengtsson He was a gym teacher at Cassadaga Valley Elementary school in Cassadaga, NY. I was lucky enough to be a student of his. He was my gym teacher and my basketball coach. He was one of my favorite teachers... such a wonderful guy!
+BooBooKara Thank you for the information! I didn't like the gym in school but perhaps with a teacher like him I could have endured it better.
@@Karadoxical No kidding? (I realize your post is from 7 years ago). He was sure camera friendly in this show, pleasant personality, and a great harmony singing voice.
Everyone is so well dressed and so polite. So different from our everyday people
I wanted to hear Lilly Dache' talk about her self named apparel being mentioned in the classic song; "Tangerine".
+Johnnyc drums
Tangerine, she is all they say
With mascaraed eye and chapeaux by Daché !
Read more: Frank Sinatra - Tangerine Lyrics | MetroLyrics
WML NOT A TALK SHOW 😊
@@etraig ; Or Helen O'Connell, Bob Eberly with the Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra.
The Garbage Men were allowed to give the Panel so many Misleading Answers that it was Incredible.
Like Arlene's hair!!!
Arlene never looked lovelier than she did here!. Don't recall seeing her hair up like that on any other WML episode. Does anyone recall otherwise?
@@robertfiller8634A few other episodes 😊
Peggy King still alive: 4th person I've found so far (July 2020)
WML gets rid of the dreadful looking backdrop curtains behind John Daly that they had introduced a couple of months earlier. Good move!
The garbage guys were handsome and talented.. so fun!
The garbage men were nice eye candy, especially the one on the right 😁
When they have 2 guests at the same time why do they make them share that small chair, is there not another chair there, somewhere?
When Goodson and Toddman were MGs, even they shared one chair. A comment was made about it, but nothing was changed. One would think that they would have enlarged John's desk à la "I've Got a Secret" (with one chair one each side at all times.)
TV was still very primitive.
@@wholeNwon It's even worse now.
Mike Kelly - If you watch enough of these there is a conundrum as to what was really the deal with the chairs. I have an unpleasant take on it because, while I think Daly is a brilliant moderator, I intensely dislike him as a rather leering, smarmy man, especially with women and others he would love to impress. So, it would be tempting to think the women had to sit closer to him when there was more than one as the contestant. There was a time when they had a female from a foreign version of the show who after her bit went to sit in for the next contestant with the panel and she shared a chair with Arlene or Bennett. Now, here's the odd part. There was an interpreter for a gentleman from Italy, the chief of police of Rome perhaps, who was given a separate chair. I think it was she. Then there was another person, perhaps another panelist from a foreign WML show, who sat in on the panel for a segment and that person, too, was given a separate chair. I remember these two distinct circumstances wherein there were other chairs available and it was really rather tacky of them to not have one in the wings at all times, even in event one onstage broke mid-show.
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Peggy was so lovely and a great singer
Arlene has an obsession with "young men" :)
So do most women, lol. She's adorable about it, though.
@Mark Richardson Because Block had no charisma and didn't know when to stop. Arlene would make a little zinger and leave it be.
Who in the world would obsess on old ones?
she seems to regularly 'check out' attractive ladies walking away too.
Who wouldn't?
This episode shows the one big weakness of a great format: timing. Somebody asked Peggy King to sing but she didn't and she left quickly. That left two minutes to fill with a challenger whose line would have been interesting - penguin keeper. His appearance was a waste of time and opportunity because the panel had no proper chance to question him. Why not stretch out the mystery guest segment and save the penguin keeper for next week? Perhaps the producers wanted it that way, perhaps the mystery guest would demand more money for singing/chatting or maybe John Daly ran out of things to say. We'll never know.
John Gee There might have been license/permission issues. Also, the last contestant may not have been able to show up the next week.
@@418-Error Exactly. WML may not have ASCAP/BMI clearance.
@@rachelehrenberg9231 Unlikely to be needed as copyrights to a song (as opposed to a recording of a song are most often owned by the artist, and a snippet would be considered a “fair use” exception to the copyright 17 USC 107. But it’s good to be reminded of the chilling effect on creativity our overzealous copyright laws pose.
The penguin keeper didn't mind, he received the $50 . It was a weeks pay or mortgage payment 😊
Update on Asquith (mostly), who was briefly with the Yankees, and later became a sports coach and PE teacher in Cassadaga, NY, for about 40 years, and is pretty much an institution up there, in the 'was and is backbone of the program' sort of sense. (Was still alive in 2014.) Harold Sander went to California and I'll look for him more later.
Also, they were really good.
www.observertoday.com/page/content.detail/id/566905/What-s-My-Line-.html%3Fnav%3D5047
+juliansinger
Unfortunately, when I tried the link it only took me to the current online edition of the Observer, not to the article on Arthur Asquith and What's My Line.
According to Baseball-Reference.com, Asquith pitched for the New York Yankees team in the Class D team in Olean, NY (not that far from where he and Harold collected garbage). It was a team in the long defunct PONY League (an acronym for Pennsylvanis-Ontario-New York). The only season they list is 1953. Apparently he didn't have something like a blazing fastball that convinced the Yankees to stick with him.
I was hoping that I would find something that these two young men had a singing career, either together or solo, but I found nothing about that. I agree, they were quite good.
Lisadawnn: the word is 'visage', meaning the appareance or expression of a person. And considering Dorothy's following question I feel she was asking if the guesr was rather shapely, speaking of symmetrical lines.
When Arlene gets that screwy smile you know she knows the identity of the mystery guest. Its automatic
Damn, that line that Hollywood couldn't remember Peggy's name either was pretty savage!
The garbage boys segment was one of the funniest ever!
I never heard of Peggy King except for Abbott and Costello meet the Mummy. I wasn't alive in the 1950s and the George Goble show was never in re runs so its like she never existed. Now this shows date was August 1955. That means James Dean was making the movie Giant and would be killed in September and only become super famous in death.
why did john have a problem Lily Dache's hair color?
did she have purple hair?
Woman dyed their hair at times it might be a different color. He wasn't sure if she was a blonde, and dyed it black!😊
2 guests sitting on one chair which means one of them sits on one cheek.. I would think they would have a wider chair all the time in case there were 2 guests.
I saw an interview where they said they did use a wider chair but not much wider.
@@nancymilawski1048The camera man couldn't fit them on the screen if they had 2 regular chairs.😅
Did the 50's have a jingle for everything, I mean this show is telling me that there was one for even garbagemen! Wow the things you learn.
I loved this one with the garbage collectors. I would love to know what they went on to do...
Fred Allen said in a different episode that his glasses have plain glass lenses which give no optical benefit. He wore them to disguise the circles around his eyes which are a natural feature of his face but not attractive on TV. He made his name as a radio comedian, so his face was not important until TV came along. He had a long-running rivalry with Jack Benny, another radio star who made it big in television.
Those sure look like "real" lenses.
My brother born exactly 7 yrs later.
Arlene looked so beautiful here
Gorgeous 😊
Little Valley, NY that is mentioned by the second contestants is 6 miles from me and Allegheny State Park is 2 miles away.
aw precious! Is this the only time Arlene wore her hair back like this?
She wore it back like this for the two preceding weeks and at least one afterward. It was mentioned earlier that New York was having a heat wave, so it was surely cooler to wear it this way. I agree it looks great on her.
The two "garbage men" offered us an ever-evolving conundrum: Does it have four legs--or no legs? Is it edible? Can it go into a pocket? There is so much you can say about garbage, to the extent that it can become unclear where to begin such a discussion and where to end it! But to go any further with this thought process would be a waste of time. ~ This was one of the funniest "What's My Line" episodes I have watched, and I've been watching a large number of them over recent months. The humor, the innocent innuendos, the "garbage men" with their tongue-and-cheek responses, in sync with Mr. Daley's casual agreeing, as each question is posed, were all beautifully orchestrated through their "impromptus." I laughed all the way through it, and I almost choked on my ginger ale as a result of Arlene's quick-witted comments, which are so funny and endearing. ~ An aside: Those two young college men had beautiful voices. I loved how they harmonized. I wonder if one or both eventually had full, or even a portion of a career around music, and more specifically, singing?
As of June 28, 2022 she’s alive and well at the age of 92!
Arlene s hair looked great ❤
I was surprised Peggy King is still alive. I don't remember her.
18:51 what's with John and Arlene's shocked reactions? Didn't Bennett just say they'd welcomed in the entertainment industry or did he allude to something else?
It was a joke. Refuse is another term for garbage, and Bennett was doing a play on words.
@@Dharmon1 Thank you! English isn't my 1st language so I was very confused ahah
I grew up in the 50's and I understand those times and how the culture was different then. Even so, I involuntarily cringed when I saw that Peggy King was described to the audience as "George Gobel's Girl" when she signed in. Would it have been so hard to call her a "co-star" or "vocalist"?
Lois Simmons And so our distasteful “political correctness “ creeps in to, as always, ruin everything it touches--even back into the 1950’s!! She, nor anyone else was offended. She was known by everyone as “George ‘s Girl”! It was her “name”.
@@oksills Are you a man? Either way, you so don't get it. How the hell do you know that she wasn't offended? That NO ONE else was offended? How do you know she didn't say to her sisters: gee I wish for a time when I can be a star in my own right, and not patronised because I was born with a vagina and not a penis.
It wouldn't have been hard; it would have been unusual.
Oh, no. I was reading about Miss King on Wikipedia and saw that George Gobel's father's name was Hermann Goebel!
Jeepers!
I got confused by the animal references with garbage collectors. Hilarious.
So did the panel. Bennett refused to take the hints.
Love ❤️ Arlene's hair.
Absolutely agree gorgeous 😊
Just to be a Monday morning quarterback, I think it should have been clarified that garbage is a "product" in a very general sense of the word. I'll admit it was funnier this way, though.
Sometimes it has four legs, sometimes it doesn't. 😄
The garbage men were awesome
The garbage men were so entertaining and handsome too...
Shitesorters sometimes are.
Mr Sander passed away earlier this year - his obit said he was 93.
That was funny how Mr. Daly got out of Miss Kilgallen's question about the contestant's hair color. Clever, yes.
Seemingly, Peggy King seems to have dropped off the show biz planet (mostly) after the 50's. Wikipedia doesn't say she retired or became a farmer.
Did her career just peter out?
Did she wash cows? … seems to be a favourite ‘line’ on this corny show.
There's a song that mentions Lilly Daché, but I can't think of it.
It’s called ‘Oh, how I hate pretentious people’. Minor hit for Perry Como in 1956.
she was known as "Pretty, Perky Peggy King" and had a great singing voice (in spite of her vocal disguise here)!
You are talking about her in the past tense. She is not only still alive, but she is still performing in clubs.
@@Joe_Okey Talking about someone's past achievements doesn't imply they are dead. Everything I said is true and in the correct tense. If I say Barack Obama was President, we don't assume he croaked..
Peggy King is no longer pretty or perky or known as such nor does she have a great singing voice any longer ... past tense is appropriate on those subjects.
Sorry. Totally misleading segment. Garbage is not a product. The answer to Fred Allen's second question about using the term "product" loosely should have been YES.
I earned my way through college in '60s as a "sanitation engineer," and yes, garbage is a product. Even with recycling, we humans continue to "produce" great quantities of garbage.
@@alansorensen5903: Yep. In this case, the product is not one that they produced, but they surely dealt with it as a product of someone else's.
+LisaDawnn - the repetition of the rules was for possible new viewers not the guest.
Those guys were actually very good!
They were excellent! The highlight of the show.
Surprised they didn't try a singing career 😊
19:22 Who?
Peggy King a great singer😊
PEGGY KING IS PERKY LOOKING. HAHAHAHA. Am I going to be arrested for that word. I remember her in the 50's on TV My 1956 DOWNBEAT MAGAZINE reviewed her 10" lp hasn't much jazz input but is a good pop singer. P.S. I posted this not knowing that Allen was going to use that dreaded word.
What's wrong with perky?
@@shirleyrombough8173: Men often use it to refer to a woman's breasts, although I doubt anyone's been arrested for it. :)
Thanks for the information. Then would Steve Allen have used the word in that context in the fifties or sixties, do you think?
@@accomplice55 I never thought of breasts that way. Their pointy and youthful that way ? Perky meant to me that she's petite , cute with a Pixie haircut.
this was the day Emmett till was killed
A sad day in U.S. history, showing the worst of violence and bigotry with at least one of his murderers unremorseful to the end.
The one good thing that came of it was the decision of Emmett's mother in the midst of her own grief showing the world what had been done to her 14 year old son. That and the subsequent acquittal of the murderers was an important rallying point in the Civil Rights Movement.
We often look back at the 1950s as the Happy Days and innocent time. However, there were a lot of not Happy events just like any other era.
Christopher Austin yep
I hadn't made that connection. It's ironic that we are enjoying this show and lamenting the loss of the social grace that it represented, while on the same day as this episode the horrific end of Emmett Till's life occurred. Nostalgia consists of remembering the good things while forgetting the bad things. Thank you for reminding us that those days weren't all filled with wine and roses, and in fact there were serious problems in this country.
That was so sad to hear. These episodes seem like they are in a timeless bubble. I am glad for these historical references, even the tragic ones like the one referring to Emmett Till.
Serenading Garbagemen! oh, let's go back to 1955 - forever.
Mr. Salanto, the penguin keeper at the Bronx Zoo, falls between the cracks of the panel's usual questions. Usually they could divide people into those who worked for profit-making organizations and those who worked for some branch of government. Those who worked for non-profit-making organizations but did not work for the government generally worked for charitable foundations, museums, or some kind of teaching organization. The 9 "no's" implicitly said that the Bronx Zoo fitted into none of those categories, so the panel didn't even begin to ask specific questions about Mr. Salanto's specific occupation. Perhaps it would have been fairer and better to say "yes" that Mr. Salanto was involved in teaching in a broad sense, because people learn a lot about the natural world when they go to the Bronx Zoo.
True - but they knew time was short, and they were beginning to close in, I believe. A zoo teaches, but a penguin keeper tends to the penguins. I would have loved this to have been a full segment.
Must still be hot. Arlene has her hair up again. She looks so lovely.
Gorgeous 😊
Who else guessed Singing Garbage Collectors as soon as they saw those two fellows sign in? Just me?
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THEY SING GREAT. "THE GARBAGE SONG" Good harmony..
The garbage boys were terrific. Especially their song. This whole episode was.
They never learn do they
Arlene's hair looks so different from usual...I didn't recognise her at first🎩
Gorgeous 😊
"Sometimes it has four legs!
So do I.
I don't think Fred could get a god look into Dorothy or Arlene's purses.
They were very small.
Oh, so now he’s a deity?
He was making a witty joke😊
The mystery people are just for promotional purposes and I agree, ordinary people and their occupations are much more interesting. The fifties is the beginning of hero worshiping, patting on the back, self promotions. Sadly, so many of these people had sad lives what with constant broken marraiges, children commiting suicide, some more obnoxious than others.
Look at the panel Dorothy K died from alcohol and drug over use, Fred Allen died from heart attack, Arlene Francis who is so charming was mugged coming out of a taxi her heart taken from her neck in the late 1988's i NYC dying from alzheimers age 93 after all, they were just human beings but contently promoting themselves.
So many people had children who committed suicide as did stars, depression hitting hard, etc.
I do not envy these people but during their prime, they were entertaining and I have enjoyed watching these episodes.
+Martha Nelson for every sad life or ending, there's quite a few other celebrities who lived full & fascinating lives.
@@SDG.12 The key question is whether a higher proportion of celebrities faced a sad ending when compared to normal people. My guess is no
@@igkoigko9950 Of course. Celebrities dying because of the perils and pressures of the lifestyle, while certainly a thing, is blown way out of proportions because it makes for fascinating tabloid read. Statistically it's miniscule. Comparatively very few celebs actually have a "sad ending" from the lifestyle. Then or now. I'm sure a lot more of them have dysfunctional lives and depression and things of that nature. But premature deaths isn't noticeably any higher than any other profession. I would even say the rate of alcoholism induced deaths and heart attack deaths during the golden age hollywood of the 20s-30s-40s was way higher than they have been in the last 30-40 years.
@What's My Line: It appears Lilly Dache's name has three "L"'s. I wouldn't have bothered with the mark over the "e", either.
I don't understand why this program can't afford a second chair for the contestants, saw it many times at this show.
I saw an interview saying they used a wider chair.
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The camera man wasn't able to get them all on the screen, so they had 2 sit on one wider chair😊
I noticed this the last several times. Is the building where they are an actual building or is it a set? They don't go behind John to leave anymore
It's a old theater that was built above a busy train station. Think loud noise😊