Having seen all of the classic WMLs 1950-67 its great to see Arlene for continuity as well as her excellence. Mr. Bruner does just fine his first time out.
@@chrisfinch8637 I could do without Bennett Cerf. I think Steve Allen was a good panelist. He knew how to be funny without taking over the show. On the other hand, Bennett's humor was rarely even amusing, at least to me.
By 1968, Bennett Cerf was having health problems that eventually would take his life in 1971. He was willing to return to “What’s My Line?”, but only for two shows per week (Most of the time, it was on Mondays and Fridays; this was the pilot episode, before they got a list of stations to syndicate the program to, usually CBS affiliates). Goodson-Todman agreed to Cerf’s request. Five shows per day were taped, and Bennett would bring in a change of clothes for the second episode of the week. After a number of weeks of tapings were done for the entire season, Bennett Cerf would go back home to his estate at Mount Kisco, New York, or if he felt well enough, he would appear at other game show tapings, like “To Tell The Truth” for a week in 1969. Note: On the last show of that week, Cerf was not seen on camera at the end of the episode. He may have been so weakened and/or exhausted, that he was immediately sent to the dressing room, then off to the hospital for treatment.
Wally Bruner and his lovely wife, Natalie, hosted THE MORNING SHOW on WISH TV 8, weekdays, in Indianapolis. In early 1972 they gave me the opportunity to sing on the show. It was my senior year of high school and I can not imagine a classier set of human beings than the Bruner's. Following an audition to sing on their show, I was warmly embraced and supported as a semi-regular singer. They were busy raising their children as they were taping their syndicated home repair show called WALLY'S WORKSHOP. Not to mention the fact that Wally had to fly to New York each weekend to tape a week's worth of WHAT'S MY LINE episodes! With all the stress of keeping this hectic schedule they found it in their dear hearts to provide an experience of a lifetime for an unknown high school senior. For that I shall always be grateful! -Jeff Reed
I noticed that she articulated her words very clearly (no slurring) I just checked out her bio on Wikipedia. Her career on Broadway and radio explained that.
Thank you so much for this gem! I looked up Perle Epstein. What a career she ended up having as a writer and spiritualist! Besserman became her last name later on.
Soupy Sales will be a regular on this show, mainly because he became good at determining the line. That said, I find him a pain in the neck, like Hal Bloch back in the early 1950s.
The only original panelist who appeared on the revived "WML" was Arlene Francis. She came from the CBS version (1950-67). Other panelists who appeared in the "new" version (1968-75) also included Alejandro Rey (of "The Flying Nun" fame), Nipsey Russell,Tammy Grimes, Melba Toliver (one of the first black women to do local news in New York City) and Gene Rayburn.
I'm not sure how to explain the emotions I'm having but wow. I was 5 when this was on TV. It's been 55 years. It feels like a completely different world.
WOW!!!! The hair styles, clothes, the stage settings, the graphics, the questions and answers just stand right up, slap me in the face, and says..........LATE "1960's"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
In the late 1960s, Goodson-Todman Productions (long since Fremantle Television) took two classic panel shows from network television-"What's My Line?" (1950-67,CBS) and "To Tell the Truth" (1956-68,CBS) and revive them as syndicated shows. Wally Bruner, a former Washington,DC newscaster emceed "Line"; Larry Blyden took over the hostship in 1974. Garry Moore and Joe Garagiola hosted "Truth".
It’s sad to see the departed. All died of cancer except for one I believe. We need to fight this disease more. Poor Meredith died very young at 55 from brain cancer. I hope there is a place for them. In the after world.
Exactly. Bruner did the best he could and it's hard to get out Daly's shadow, and that comparison. Drew Carey took the same treatment when he replaced Bob Barker.
This new version of "What's My Line?" had a completely different vibe than the original CBS Sunday night version that ended in 1967--that was a very formal show which oozed Manhattan sophistication, whereas this was much looser to perhaps match the times a bit better. Wally Bruner was a very good host--congenial, conversational, and smart enough to stay out of the way.
He needs to allow the guest to answer. There’s no need for him to answer for the guest unless there needs to be a correction or clarification. Otherwise, let the guest answer.
Meredith McRae was a knockout. My favorite of all the girls on Hooterville, and in white gogo boots, wow. Wally Brunner was a Hoosier and did a local TV home workshop on WTTV channel 4 during the 70's. Gene was ok on this show and Match Game, but not one of my favorites.
At this time, Gene Rayburn was in the middle of the final season of the original “The Match Game” on NBC. After the show’s cancellation, Rayburn became a regular panelist on “What’s My Line?” until “Match Game ‘73” debuted on CBS.
Nice animated opening. We had such things on German TV too at that time. In the 60's and 70's there was more fun and more colour on the screen. I allready saw some of the shows from the 50's and 60's in black and white on TH-cam. This is the first time I'm watching it in colour. An Adaption of "What's My Line?" ran in Germany from 1955 until 1989. For 35 years you could win 5 Deutsche Mark for a "No". They never changed that amount. Who would be glad to win 5 Mark or Euro or Dollar today? Nowadays you have to win 1 million! One thing was better in the german show: The guest at the end of the show was not allowed to speak. Only nodding or shaking head, the host said "yes" or "no". So you couldn't recognize the voice! The show lasted 45 minutes and this guest had time to performe something. A singer performed a song, an actor or comedian told a funny story of his long show life. I know all celebrities of this show here - except of the host. Some of them I know from movies and tv series, I watched in my childhood here in Germany. Some of them I got to know later by watching TH-cam.
In the original run of the episode, the first contestant did a yoga demonstration, which was removed by Buzzr for time/commercial purposes. I hope that someone will someday post the episode in its entirety here on TH-cam.
GREAT to see this first episode, and always pleasant to see Joel!! Would you happen to have Captain Kangaroo's first Mystery Guest appearance, in 1969? I have seen all the others, but not that one.
3:36 work in progress. Music cues off. Smaller fonts for the panel and Wally. Remember this was roughly a year after the cbs version left and days after truth was cancelled. There was a huge opportunity and Goodson as always left as little to chance as he could
What a drastic change in audio quality between the last black and white episode and the first color episode. I'm thinking this was originally done on 2 inch videotape because of the fantastic sound quality.
Que nostalgia. En EEUU dejo de filmarse en Kynescopio en 1968, igual medida tomo canal 13 en Argentina que dependía de la cadena CBS, costaba fortuna en fílmico 16 mm.
Arlene Francis kept the late 1960s look classic and fabulous. Solid black dress with a bright wrap in a tropical color. Her dress is fashionably short but still in proportion to the rest of her look. Low black heels are just right. Fifty-five years later, she'd still be turning heads. Meredith went for the go-go look. As in Go-Went-Gone. All the little birdies say, "Cheep, cheep, cheep".
No one can replace the original panel and host. And like many times, when you end some series, don't start it again. WML was a great series. That's all.
The original show was a 1950s after dinner party. This version did not air late on a Sunday night- it often aired in local station time (after 4pm) or prime time access (7p to 8p). It's audience was totally different even if the format of the show had not changed much. Larry did his best to be as much llike John Daly. When he left Larry Blyden (who had been a panelist many times in the old John Daly era) tried to be more of a generic Goodson-Todman host. They also didn't move this show to LA. Imagine Gene Wood or Bert Convy hosting it which could have happened if they had moved it to LA.
The Godfather Part II opens with this overblown, super ritzy First Holy Communion party where, despite the expense, hardly anyone is having fun. The scene stands in sharp relief to the opening in the original Godfather, where the wedding scene, despite the Corleones' flaws, looked like the place to be. A fun, boisterous time was had by all. That's how I feel about the revamped WML. The host and panelists are trying their best to keep the spirit of the original, but the soul is gone. Even trying to liven it up with color, only makes this version seem that much weaker.
This was one of the very first nationally syndicated game shows, and as such, they did not have a big enough budget to pay for good comedy writers to write jokes for the panelists. 1968 was the beginning of the downward spiral of the quality of writing in American television that still continues to this day.
Seriously?if you think this lacked class lord knows what you think of the cobblers they put out now. These 1968 episodes are great, the look of everything seemed better then.❤
@sparkeystevens7521 Lacked class???? Oh I must have wrote it wrong. Absolutely she was all CLASS beautiful talented articulate sweet a true lady. She passed so young with so much great roles left to play miss her a lot. So sorry for the misunderstanding in my original post
Interesting that the last clip from the opening cartoon (where the nurse fires the gun) was deleted from the syndicated episodes (and given the fact 1968 was one of the most violent years in American history, it was no doubt the wise thing to do)
Uh oh, after cycling through the original series three times, I have now discovered this channel. I'm not sure yet if I'm going to power through all 245 of these episodes you've got lined up, but this is a start. I have to say, I actually prefer the black and white, because the colors make everything seem so much tackier.
Interesting, only less than a year after end of the original program, it's no longer Mr. Soandso or Miss Panelist either on the name plates or verbal address. Much more informal. I think the transition would be less bumpy if we had the earlier episodes in color.
@@bbailey7818 As it turns out, I did warm up to the 1968-75 episodes, and watched all the ones that are available on TH-cam. Overall I like them. Because they were five times a week, there were some random mystery guests, but it kept me busy on Google looking them up. And the era had shifted for good. I liked Larry Blyden, I liked the demonstrations of the products and services on the stage, and I liked how all guests mingled on stage at the end.
Poor Wally sometimes gets some grief in the comments, he not as good as the other geezer John Daly ,but i think Wally was very relaxed and personable, not loud or in your face like some.
Interesting, when the salesman said no to the question as to whether the product could be used by one sex over the other, Wally Bruner looked doubtful and seemed to indicate he didn’t agree. I think he wanted to say yes. As feminism was already a thing in 1968, it was extremely fortunate for his career he did not say it.
@@ksteigerYup. It was unusual then. Also notice how she answered the questions - back then the goal was more spiritual/psychological, rather than athletic. Modern American yoga has become stationary floor gymnastics.
After the prime-time version of “What’s My Line?” was cancelled in 1967, John Daly became head of Voice Of America, but left in 1968, when he found out that his boss at the US Information Agency had been making personnel changes behind his back. Daly briefly worked for 1 month on the NET program, “Critique”. He also worked on The Peabody Award Board Of Jurors from 1966 to 1982. In the 1980s, Daly worked as a moderator for forums at the American Enterprise Institute, a Conservative think tank.
Joel Grey had a serious nose job. Heaven passed the nose to his daughter Jennifer Grey. Jennifer though is drop dead gorgeous in whatever nose she had…..
Wally Bruner is really annoying, why is he answering the questions? I think someone should have told him how to play the game… He was trying to be John Daley and he was far away from that without question. He should have stayed at his old job.
@@thechadmosherthe description says first syndicated episode. Previously it was a network program. These types of syndicated shows were used in the window between the last soap operas and/or game shows, local news, but before prime time lineup by which time most people were watching tv.
Cert only worked two episodes per week usually Monday and Friday episodes. There are not a lot of episodes from the daytime version of this show currently available on the Internet, and some of those videotaped episodes were recorded over or wiped clean for new tapings. Bennett Cerf only worked for 2 and a half years on the show, before he died in 1971 of colon cancer. If he was healthy enough to work most of that time, there should be between 200 to 250 episodes that he appeared in. Currently, I have only seen less than a dozen episodes featuring him here on TH-cam, with his final appearance listed as “1970-X”.
It’s the first in the “new” series. All the old ones are black and white. It went off for 2 years. In the fall of 1966 practically everything new was in color. Before late 1966 only select programs were in color.
![What's My Line? - Strange man invades the show; Melina Mercouri; Victor Borge [panel] (Oct 7, 1962)](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/LDAi8WI2PUw/mqdefault.jpg)
I loved how Arlene acknowledged John.
More than any other panelist, Arlene Francis was a major part of "What's My Line" longer than any other
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Having seen all of the classic WMLs 1950-67 its great to see Arlene for continuity as well as her excellence. Mr. Bruner does just fine his first time out.
No one can replace John Daly.
Or the original panel- Bennett Cerf, Arlene Francis, and Dorothy Kilgallen, as well.
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I could do without Bennett Cerf. I think Steve Allen was a good panelist. He knew how to be funny without taking over the show. On the other hand, Bennett's humor was rarely even amusing, at least to me.
@@YY4Me133Bennett did come back in later episodes
@@YY4Me133That might be so, but it still made him one of the original panelists, of the first run of the show.
By 1968, Bennett Cerf was having health problems that eventually would take his life in 1971. He was willing to return to “What’s My Line?”, but only for two shows per week (Most of the time, it was on Mondays and Fridays; this was the pilot episode, before they got a list of stations to syndicate the program to, usually CBS affiliates). Goodson-Todman agreed to Cerf’s request. Five shows per day were taped, and Bennett would bring in a change of clothes for the second episode of the week. After a number of weeks of tapings were done for the entire season, Bennett Cerf would go back home to his estate at Mount Kisco, New York, or if he felt well enough, he would appear at other game show tapings, like “To Tell The Truth” for a week in 1969. Note: On the last show of that week, Cerf was not seen on camera at the end of the episode. He may have been so weakened and/or exhausted, that he was immediately sent to the dressing room, then off to the hospital for treatment.
Wally Bruner and his lovely wife, Natalie, hosted THE MORNING SHOW on WISH TV 8, weekdays, in Indianapolis. In early 1972 they gave me the opportunity to sing on the show. It was my senior year of high school and I can not imagine a classier set of human beings than the Bruner's. Following an audition to sing on their show, I was warmly embraced and supported as a semi-regular singer. They were busy raising their children as they were taping their syndicated home repair show called WALLY'S WORKSHOP. Not to mention the fact that Wally had to fly to New York each weekend to tape a week's worth of WHAT'S MY LINE episodes! With all the stress of keeping this hectic schedule they found it in their dear hearts to provide an experience of a lifetime for an unknown high school senior. For that I shall always be grateful! -Jeff Reed
Thanks for sharing!
Natalie was a panelist on this show for some episodes.
Thanks for the great info. I'd like to contact Natalie, any leads would be much appreciated. Loved Wally's Workshop.
The legendary voice of the great Johnny Olson.
Arlene kept that mid-Atlantic accent even into the late 1960s. Very classy.
I noticed that she articulated her words very clearly (no slurring) I just checked out her bio on Wikipedia. Her career on Broadway and radio explained that.
She had earlier guessed the identity of the Cowardly Lion, Beht Lahh.
Meredith NcCrae - a natural beauty, years before tattoos & piercings ruined many young starlets' lives.
My Three Sons.
@@timothykozlowski2945 and Petticoat Junction.
@@robertsprouse9282 He basically died the same way Princess Grace died
I remember her from Petticoat Junction and I love her kindness acting and personally. A beautiful lady.
Not a big fan of tattoos & piercings on ANYONE!!!! Still not use to them.
Joel Grey is now 91 years old and still puttering around the entertainment business. This year he got a Lifetime Achievement award at the Tony's.
Someone who came into contact with Joel Grey told me was very nasty unless he thought you were important
@@jimnyus I am glad someone else remarked about his keeping on, too!
Never liked him. Sorry.
His daughter Jennifer was only 8 years old back then. Before you know, she would be dancing with Patrick Swayze.
@ericsamuelson5656 She should not have had her nose changed.
Thank you so much for this gem! I looked up Perle Epstein. What a career she ended up having as a writer and spiritualist! Besserman became her last name later on.
Love "What's My Line"-It's a certifiable classic!
Thank you for posting such nice quality videos. I appreciate when people post vintage stuff with such great picture and sound.
Miss the tuxedos, fancy dresses, and that touch of class!
That was because the original show was live on Sunday night at 10:30PM.
Soupy Sales will be a regular on this show, mainly because he became good at determining the line. That said, I find him a pain in the neck, like Hal Bloch back in the early 1950s.
The only original panelist who appeared on the revived "WML" was Arlene Francis. She came from the CBS version (1950-67). Other panelists who appeared in the "new" version (1968-75) also included Alejandro Rey
(of "The Flying Nun" fame), Nipsey Russell,Tammy Grimes, Melba Toliver (one of the first black women to do local news in New York City) and Gene Rayburn.
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Bennett Cerf appeared a couple of times on the syndicated WML before his passing.
Everything he does I’d Schlick.
I've never laughed at anything Mr. Sales ever said. I don't know how he became famous.
I'm not sure how to explain the emotions I'm having but wow. I was 5 when this was on TV. It's been 55 years. It feels like a completely different world.
Because it is.
And not for the better.
But it's nice that TH-cam can confirm those childhood memories actually did happen!
I was 5 when the original show started in 1950 so I know how you feel! And in was a different world in 1950 than this show was in 1968!!!
@@kingforaday8725 I miss that parallel existence.
When I was a kid I had a crush on Meredith MacRae, Ronne Troup and Bridget Hanley. Two of them are sadly gone now.
Meredith was murdered in a brain operation by an inept surgeon.
WOW!!!! The hair styles, clothes, the stage settings, the graphics, the questions and answers just stand right up, slap me in the face, and says..........LATE "1960's"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I will come back to read the praise for Joel Grey by other viewers. He was fabulous in Cabaret.
Dorothy and Bennett are sorely missed....
In the late 1960s, Goodson-Todman Productions (long since Fremantle Television) took two classic panel shows from network television-"What's My Line?" (1950-67,CBS) and "To Tell the Truth" (1956-68,CBS) and revive them as syndicated shows. Wally Bruner, a former Washington,DC newscaster emceed "Line"; Larry Blyden took over the hostship in 1974.
Garry Moore and Joe Garagiola hosted "Truth".
Larry Blyden took over in 1972.
@@mikevanriel7573 Thank you. Wally Bruner left "Line" in 1972 to host his own home improvement show, "Wally's Workshop".
Wally Bruner completed his contract, and left the show after the 1971-72 season. He was replaced by Larry Blyden.
Love Meredith's mini- dress and boots.
I was a baby when this aired. it's somewhat fascinating to get a glimpse of what the world was like shortly after i was born.
Same here -- I too was just a baby in 1968.
Clearly, yoga had nothing like the high profile it would acquire some years later.
It’s sad to see the departed. All died of cancer except for one I believe. We need to fight this disease more. Poor Meredith died very young at 55 from brain cancer. I hope there is a place for them. In the after world.
Yes, Dorothy Kilgallen , columnist and journalist was found dead in her home, a victim of an overdose.
I love Arlene to this day.
Have you told her ?
What a wonderful show!
Wally's not John Daly ...but he didn't too bad of a job! 👍😀
Exactly. Bruner did the best he could and it's hard to get out Daly's shadow, and that comparison. Drew Carey took the same treatment when he replaced Bob Barker.
Do you know why John Daly was not the show this time? I think that the show moved from CBS to another company but Arlene Francis continued in it.
This new version of "What's My Line?" had a completely different vibe than the original CBS Sunday night version that ended in 1967--that was a very formal show which oozed Manhattan sophistication, whereas this was much looser to perhaps match the times a bit better. Wally Bruner was a very good host--congenial, conversational, and smart enough to stay out of the way.
He needs to allow the guest to answer. There’s no need for him to answer for the guest unless there needs to be a correction or clarification. Otherwise, let the guest answer.
Meredith McRae was a knockout. My favorite of all the girls on Hooterville, and in white gogo boots, wow. Wally Brunner was a Hoosier and did a local TV home workshop on WTTV channel 4 during the 70's. Gene was ok on this show and Match Game, but not one of my favorites.
According to Lisa Douglas that's Hootersville.
At this time, Gene Rayburn was in the middle of the final season of the original “The Match Game” on NBC. After the show’s cancellation, Rayburn became a regular panelist on “What’s My Line?” until “Match Game ‘73” debuted on CBS.
Better than some of the junk thats out now
Joel Grey is still around! 91. Fantastic!
Wally Bruner and Larry Blyden proved to be worthy successors to the legendary John Daly.
Def agree, and I loved Daly
Nice animated opening. We had such things on German TV too at that time. In the 60's and 70's there was more fun and more colour on the screen. I allready saw some of the shows from the 50's and 60's in black and white on TH-cam. This is the first time I'm watching it in colour.
An Adaption of "What's My Line?" ran in Germany from 1955 until 1989. For 35 years you could win 5 Deutsche Mark for a "No". They never changed that amount. Who would be glad to win 5 Mark or Euro or Dollar today? Nowadays you have to win 1 million!
One thing was better in the german show: The guest at the end of the show was not allowed to speak. Only nodding or shaking head, the host said "yes" or "no". So you couldn't recognize the voice! The show lasted 45 minutes and this guest had time to performe something. A singer performed a song, an actor or comedian told a funny story of his long show life.
I know all celebrities of this show here - except of the host. Some of them I know from movies and tv series, I watched in my childhood here in Germany. Some of them I got to know later by watching TH-cam.
Can you imagine Gene Rayburn hosting anything in 2023. He's an interesting talent.
I remember the original daytime version of Match Game that Gene Rayburn hosted during this time(‘68)
What's My Line and I've Got A Secret. Two really fun shows.
And To Tell The Truth
I don't know why I feel that this is an anticlimax to the previous series, moderated by John Daly with his excellent panels.
John was unique, a one off
What in the world happened to the first contestant’s skirt??? The new version of this game definitely got much more interesting.
That's what I wanted to know. I didn't think it was interesting though. I was actually quite surprised.
In the original run of the episode, the first contestant did a yoga demonstration, which was removed by Buzzr for time/commercial purposes. I hope that someone will someday post the episode in its entirety here on TH-cam.
I noticed that, too. Lol
@@LaptopLarry330 Yeah, brutal editing overall... the contestant sometimes disappears abruptly.
GREAT to see this first episode, and always pleasant to see Joel!! Would you happen to have Captain Kangaroo's first Mystery Guest appearance, in 1969? I have seen all the others, but not that one.
3:36 work in progress. Music cues off. Smaller fonts for the panel and Wally. Remember this was roughly a year after the cbs version left and days after truth was cancelled. There was a huge opportunity and Goodson as always left as little to chance as he could
What a drastic change in audio quality between the last black and white episode and the first color episode. I'm thinking this was originally done on 2 inch videotape because of the fantastic sound quality.
Que nostalgia. En EEUU dejo de filmarse en Kynescopio en 1968, igual medida tomo canal 13 en Argentina que dependía de la cadena CBS, costaba fortuna en fílmico 16 mm.
Arlene Francis kept the late 1960s look classic and fabulous. Solid black dress with a bright wrap in a tropical color. Her dress is fashionably short but still in proportion to the rest of her look. Low black heels are just right. Fifty-five years later, she'd still be turning heads.
Meredith went for the go-go look. As in Go-Went-Gone. All the little birdies say, "Cheep, cheep, cheep".
20 years and still 50 dollars top prize.
It was still $50 through 1975.
Meredith MacRae...so lovely, sweet and wonderful. VERY DEEP SIGH ❤❤❤
My sixth birthday. Also the day that GUIDING LIGHT and SEARCH FOR TOMORROW expanded from 15 to 30 minutes.
No one can replace the original panel and host. And like many times, when you end some series, don't start it again. WML was a great series. That's all.
The original show was a 1950s after dinner party. This version did not air late on a Sunday night- it often aired in local station time (after 4pm) or prime time access (7p to 8p). It's audience was totally different even if the format of the show had not changed much. Larry did his best to be as much llike John Daly. When he left Larry Blyden (who had been a panelist many times in the old John Daly era) tried to be more of a generic Goodson-Todman host. They also didn't move this show to LA. Imagine Gene Wood or Bert Convy hosting it which could have happened if they had moved it to LA.
Why did she take her skirt off at the end to shake hands with everyone?! 😳
She did a yoga demonstration that was removed for time constraints when Buzzr aired the episode. Very awkward edit.
@@thechadmosher I was wondering that too. Thank you!
Ahhhh
First time on WML they did the greet at end of show
Wally Brunner was a war correspondent under John Daly
Wally Bruner
Jole Gray is still alive & he's 91 yrs old. All these people are dead.
The Godfather Part II opens with this overblown, super ritzy First Holy Communion party where, despite the expense, hardly anyone is having fun. The scene stands in sharp relief to the opening in the original Godfather, where the wedding scene, despite the Corleones' flaws, looked like the place to be. A fun, boisterous time was had by all. That's how I feel about the revamped WML. The host and panelists are trying their best to keep the spirit of the original, but the soul is gone. Even trying to liven it up with color, only makes this version seem that much weaker.
Gene Rayburn always freaked me out.
Probably because he looked so much like Bela Lugosi.
No, he does not look like Bela Lugosi. You need eyeglasses.
Soupy is naturally funny.
wally gave a load of hints
I think Joel Grey was the only one who had a good year in 1968 .
Many years later, Ron Desantis wore the same boots as Meredith McRae.
Sometimes when comedians are on game shows they try way too hard to be funny and they become annoying!
This was one of the very first nationally syndicated game shows, and as such, they did not have a big enough budget to pay for good comedy writers to write jokes for the panelists. 1968 was the beginning of the downward spiral of the quality of writing in American television that still continues to this day.
My favorite game show hosted by John daily Bennett surf Arlene Francis Dorothy kilgalon I'm 53 now n before my time
This version of the show couldn't hold a candle to the original. Color didn't help and the panelists had no class (Arlene excepted).
Meredith was certainly a class act beautiful talented and articulate and smart. Loved her. Passed so young😢
Seriously?if you think this lacked class lord knows what you think of the cobblers they put out now.
These 1968 episodes are great, the look of everything seemed better then.❤
@sparkeystevens7521 Lacked class???? Oh I must have wrote it wrong. Absolutely she was all CLASS beautiful talented articulate sweet a true lady. She passed so young with so much great roles left to play miss her a lot. So sorry for the misunderstanding in my original post
Interesting that the last clip from the opening cartoon (where the nurse fires the gun) was deleted from the syndicated episodes (and given the fact 1968 was one of the most violent years in American history, it was no doubt the wise thing to do)
The first guest of the original series was also a diaper salesman.
Good call-out!
Had no clue he was from West Virginia.
Meredith was such a hottie, a natural beauty ❤😊
Goodson-Todman. Why couldn't they raise the contestant's prize up to $200 on this new version? $20 per "no." - Cheap!
The prize money was never the focus of What's My Line? It was merely a scorekeeping device.
Uh oh, after cycling through the original series three times, I have now discovered this channel. I'm not sure yet if I'm going to power through all 245 of these episodes you've got lined up, but this is a start.
I have to say, I actually prefer the black and white, because the colors make everything seem so much tackier.
Interesting, only less than a year after end of the original program, it's no longer Mr. Soandso or Miss Panelist either on the name plates or verbal address. Much more informal.
I think the transition would be less bumpy if we had the earlier episodes in color.
@@bbailey7818 As it turns out, I did warm up to the 1968-75 episodes, and watched all the ones that are available on TH-cam. Overall I like them. Because they were five times a week, there were some random mystery guests, but it kept me busy on Google looking them up. And the era had shifted for good.
I liked Larry Blyden, I liked the demonstrations of the products and services on the stage, and I liked how all guests mingled on stage at the end.
@@bbailey7818 Since this program was planned to be aired during the morning/afternoon, it had to be informal.
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The guests knew cursive!
How do kids sign their name today…by printing it?
I didn't know animals have a "kingdom'.
Poor Wally sometimes gets some grief in the comments, he not as good as the other geezer John Daly ,but i think Wally was very relaxed and personable, not loud or in your face like some.
Ultimately saddening. Not the real thing- kind of like kissing your sister
Interesting, when the salesman said no to the question as to whether the product could be used by one sex over the other, Wally Bruner looked doubtful and seemed to indicate he didn’t agree. I think he wanted to say yes. As feminism was already a thing in 1968, it was extremely fortunate for his career he did not say it.
Soupy Sales
“Miss Frances’ gowns by Bonwit - Teller.” (Department store demolished to build Drumph Tower)
From Bonwit to dimwit
That's just too bad
Soupy Sales got on my nerves. I never understood the appeal of him.
Stein a yoga instructor in New York? Yeah sure 😂
She seems to have lost her white skirt, you notice her backside and tights as she shakes hands.
Wow! What an unusual occupation! Teaching yoga!!! 😂
Well it was 1968.
@@ksteigerYup. It was unusual then. Also notice how she answered the questions - back then the goal was more spiritual/psychological, rather than athletic. Modern American yoga has become stationary floor gymnastics.
Often then they had women in male-dominated professions (doctors, lawyers, police, military). In a 1950s WML a panelist said "Are you a lady lawyer?"
55ish years ago, yeah.
@@hopsiepike That's correct. My Hindu friend frequently points this out.
Lol - Yoga was unique then.
Definitely not the show in the 50s and 60s.
Oooo, you can win $50 if you stump the panel?!?!? That's $434.63 in 2023 dollars. Wow!
The host and all the panelists have moved on.
When did John Daly pass away?
1991
@@vamsm He lived 24 years after WML ended! What did he do during all of those years?
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After the prime-time version of “What’s My Line?” was cancelled in 1967, John Daly became head of Voice Of America, but left in 1968, when he found out that his boss at the US Information Agency had been making personnel changes behind his back. Daly briefly worked for 1 month on the NET program, “Critique”. He also worked on The Peabody Award Board Of Jurors from 1966 to 1982. In the 1980s, Daly worked as a moderator for forums at the American Enterprise Institute, a Conservative think tank.
I'm going to sell diapers.
Soupy Sales comedy is geared to kids that grew up in the 50’s and 60’s. Translation: He is not of my generation.
how old would dorothy kilgallan be today?
Late 80's early 90's
@hopelewis5650 Since she was born in 1913, she would of been 110 in 2023.
5 minutes of introductions
Wally Brunner really sucked. No personality, no humour.
9:17 wtf?
Joel Grey had a serious nose job. Heaven passed the nose to his daughter Jennifer Grey. Jennifer though is drop dead gorgeous in whatever nose she had…..
And that’s important why????!
@@jaykauffman4775She still regretted having it done
That was babys father ?
Wally Bruner is really annoying, why is he answering the questions? I think someone should have told him how to play the game… He was trying to be John Daley and he was far away from that without question. He should have stayed at his old job.
He IS sooooo... annoying!! He needs to just shut up!
go easy on the guy...it was his first day doing this!!!
2nd rate show compared to the 1st edition.
Why the hell did this host keep answering the questions along with the guests, so annoying
It was good to see Arlene keeping its original roots along with Johnny Olsen.
Ms Epstein looks like a brunette Sharon Tate. Hmmmm
hmmm.... now that you mention it....
The moderator talks too much.
Do my ears deceive me, or is the announcer none other than Rod Roddy of Price Is Right fame. If so, come on down.
No. That is not Rod Roddy. That is Johnny Olson.
This isn’t first recorded episode. Show began during black & white television. Like in the 50’s.
Read the description. I'm well aware of the history of What's My Line?
@@thechadmosherthe description says first syndicated episode. Previously it was a network program. These types of syndicated shows were used in the window between the last soap operas and/or game shows, local news, but before prime time lineup by which time most people were watching tv.
Was Bennett Cerf was in the syndicated edition of What’s My Line?
@@mikevanriel7573 a few times
Cert only worked two episodes per week usually Monday and Friday episodes. There are not a lot of episodes from the daytime version of this show currently available on the Internet, and some of those videotaped episodes were recorded over or wiped clean for new tapings. Bennett Cerf only worked for 2 and a half years on the show, before he died in 1971 of colon cancer. If he was healthy enough to work most of that time, there should be between 200 to 250 episodes that he appeared in. Currently, I have only seen less than a dozen episodes featuring him here on TH-cam, with his final appearance listed as “1970-X”.
How could this be the first What's my Line?
It’s the first in the “new” series. All the old ones are black and white. It went off for 2 years. In the fall of 1966 practically everything new was in color. Before late 1966 only select programs were in color.
It is the first episode of the syndicated version. The original, network version ran from 1950 to 1967 on CBS.
9:20 What happened to Perles skirt? It disappeared 😮😮😮
Can you believe that the diaper guy won a whole $45...what a cheapskate show!!!
The prize had been the same since 1950. It was not about winning big bucks.
9:16 Obviously the demonstration was edited out.