Eve Arden was one of those born scene stealers like Thelma Ritter, but with very little resentment from the stars with whom they worked. They commanded respect because they were actors' actors. I can't believe there was no mention in this clip of Ms Arden's show, the classic Our Miss Brooks. Ours indeed. Wonderful comedy.
My only memory of Eve Arden was when she did _The Mothers-in-Law_ with Kaye Ballard. She was a hoot in that series so she must've been good in every other thing she did.
Loved Eve in films like Stage Door, Mildred Pierce, etc. Quick wit and wonderful delivery. Nice to see her on Wml. She seems like a very likable person.
One look at the news and I'm right back here on WML _pining_ for those days -- of grace, class, decorum, deference, and character. These folks were my example growing up. We are unrecognizable today.
I could not agree with you more! Grace, class, decorum, deference, character and- dignity! So sad what we as a society have become. But at the same time... other people here feel the same way. Maybe there is hope!
I recently rewatched the episode of 'Bewitched' where Tabitha was born. Eve Arden played the senior nurse, and her interaction with Agnes Moorehead as Endora was especially funny. I personally loved both ladies, but Eve's way around a line was pure genius!
Nice for Eve Arden. When she first appeared in the 30s, she was a "statutesque" beauty, She held on to be a big star in the 50s, through her wit and intelligence.
I was impressed by how tall she was when she stood next to John Daly. She is listed as 5'9½". Eve Arden was very attractive, but she has been quoted as saying she was glad she wasn't one of the glamour girls of Hollywood like the ones she often worked with. While she wondered what it would be like to play the "femme fatale" just once, she prized what she saw as her more normal lifestyle than they had once they were away from the marquees and the bright lights: a loving marriage and family that provided a stable anchor for her life. Professionally, she quickly found her niche as the quick-witted, wise-cracking career woman, just a tad to androgynous to be glamorous but too feminine to be considered mannish, and able to hold her own in repartee with the likes of Groucho.
He could had that perfect father who BarnParked that 55 Chevy convertible for him till 18yrs for that perfect High School Prom. Thank you Dad... Some guy's are just lucky
I was born in 1952. Do you remember how in those days us kids could go outside and play without us or our parents worrying about anything? And how we kept our doors unlocked? And how food didn’t have all that fake crap that’s in it today? How apples, bananas really tasted good? How tv had great, family friendly shows? Those were the days.
Eve Arden was a Legend, and a true pro. Betty Furness had an amazing career as a spokesperson for, among others, Westinghouse. Super smart.. super gorgeous, and very much in control of her image and career. She even bought all her own clothes to prevent Westinghouse from having a hand in determining her image. A great player too!
Although I don't remember details of any of the episodes now, I do remember Eve Arden in "Our Miss Brooks" as one of the first shows I watched growing up in daytime and weekend syndication. I learned some lessons about how the world worked from this show, but not from the content. One was from the name of the show. I was familiar with programs like Superman that were obviously named after the lead fictitious character. And I was familiar with shows like The Loretta Young Show named for the star of the show. But it took me a while to get it that he last name in real life was Arden, not Brooks. It's a good thing I didn't know that her husband (as of August 1952 around the time the show went on the air) was named Brooks West. The other had to do with her co-star, Richard Crenna. It was difficult for me to understand that he wasn't really a teenager (he was in his mid-20's to nearly 30 when in the show, and from what I've read, his acting chops were such that he fooled many people a lot older than me). And I was very surprised when I saw him for the first time in a serious role. I was so used to actors and actresses who starred in comedies being typecast to play variations of that same role over and over again.
@@vitalyjohnson3514 The same will be said about Modern Family (which will seem anything but modern at the time) fifty years from now. That won't change the fact that the writers and actors were brilliant, just different from whatever will be popular in 2070. You realize, Vitaly, that this show was broadcast 67 years ago. Why on earth did you watch it with your attitude? Enjoy getting yourself all het up by an ancient TV show when surely there is something more interesting going on in your life in 2021. There is, isn't there?
I love Eve Arden with her quick witted delivery lines liken of Groucho Marx. I love her in “No No Nanette” along side star actress Doris Day. She’s also brilliant in all her movie roles. I also like her as the indomitable principal of Rydell High in the movie GREASE.
Hi Richard! Did you see I've started posting to the Sid Caesar channel again? I'll have the things you asked for ready shortly, I promise! I can't thank you enough for what you sent.
Hi, Gary. Yes, got your previous message, too, and been watching all the new postings as they appear! Great stuff. Hope my contributions are in a usable form.
Richard Camhi Most of it was in very good quality, and certainly all completely usable-- and almost 100% of it new (one disc had mostly overlaps, but otherwise all new). Must have been at least 2 solid hours of new sketches! I'm so overextending myself lately, I didn't even remember that I'd sent a previous message. Some really fantastic stuff, and even "On the Docks" sounded better to me than the version you'd posted to TH-cam. The awful music they added didn't drown out the dialogue as much, to my ears. I will be in touch soon. Karen told me what you want, and it doesn't seem like nearly enough to be sending back to you, to be honest. I hope I can send something else to you, but we'll work it out in email soon! And since I can't thank you enough, I'm going to thank you again. Thank you. :)
I remember Betty Furness well from 1950's TV commercials for Westinghouse major appliances. She'd demonstrate their features and at the end of each commercial, she'd speak the slogan "You can be *_sure_* if it's Westinghouse."
I've only seen a few snippets from "Our Miss Brooks," but I really hope that the whole series is available on DVD. This was high school as I wish it had *really* been!
Someone just uploaded it here on YT. Also look for 4 episodes of The Eve Arden Show which only lasted one season but in my opinion, is far superior to Brooks which tended to repeat itself A LOT.
@@Bigbadwhitecracker Thank you for this information! I can only hope that no one has taken "Brooks" or the other show off of YT, in hopes of trying to "copyright" shows that they had nothing to do with--as has happened in the last couple of years with "What's My Line."
@@Bigbadwhitecracker I think you may know that the "What's My Line?" Facebook Group has been plagued by a company that has been trying to claim copyright on many old TV shows that they, of course, had absolutely nothing to do with, with the result that many of the WML videos have been taken down by these charlatans. This may well be what happened to the episodes of "The Eve Arden Show" and "Our Miss Brooks" that you've mentioned.
Some additional WML trivia for the original network show which ran from 1950-1967 as of 8/23/2023. There were 269 panelists who appeared on WML between 1950-1967, many more than once. Only 19 of these panelists are still alive. The oldest living panelist is Dick Van Dyke (97) followed by Jeannie Carson (95) and William Shatner (92). The youngest living panelist is Michele Les (81) followed by Paul Anka (82) and Aliza Kashi (83). The living panelist with the earliest appearance is Jeannie Carson (1957) followed by Pat Boone (1958) and then Joan Collins (1959). The living panelist with the latest appearance is Joel Grey followed by Barbara Feldon and then Michelle Lee (all 1967). 8 of these living panelists also appeared as a MG between 1950-1967 - Pat Boone, Joan Collins, Steve Lawrence, Jane Fonda, Woody Allen, Paul Anka, George Hamiliton and Jack Jones, although several of the living panelists later appeared on the syndicated WML. Finally, WML only managed to have one black female panelist during its entire 17 year run. Joan Murray appeared on the 2nd to last program on 8/20/1967. Probably over 800 episodes and only 1 black female panelist.
Yeah, as much as I like that show, I just discovered her follow up series, The Eve Arden Show from the '57-58 season. The writing seems so much brighter on that one and fast paced. OMB, in my opinion, did they same show every week which got old fast. And I've always been in love with The Mothers in Law since I was a child!
I cannot picture anybody but Eve Arden as "Our Miss Brooks" either in Tv or radio. However, in the 1948 radio pilot, Connie Brooks was portrayed by the distinguished Shirley Booth. Somehow, that casting idea fell through and Eve got to be immortal as the Madison High School English teacher.
I, too, can't imagine anyone else as Miss Brooks. What worked out especially well is that Eve Arden didn't just have the right voice to play the part on the radio, but she had the right looks to go with it when "Our Miss Brooks" ended up on television later on. I don't think Shirley Booth would have looked quite right as Connie Brooks. Arden's distinctive voice was perfect for the lines Miss Brooks had to speak. Great stage name, too, Eve Arden had. She knew her real name, Eunice Quedens, wasn't going to. (I think she said she borrowed "Arden" from Elizabeth Arden of cosmetics and beauty salon fame, which was only fair, because Elizabeth Arden's real name was Florence Nightingale Graham.)
An odd coincidence. The MG for the last episode in 1954 was Edgar Bergen. The first MG of 1955, Eve Arden was married to Edwin Bergen from 1938 to 1947. He was the first of her two husbands.
If you look closely, you'll see Eve Arden in the beginning of Joan Crawford's movie, "Dancing Lady." Eve is speaking in a "southern" accent as her character in the show Joan Crawford was trying to get into. Eve is seeing walking with her agent while complaining she didn't pass muster in the show and is walking out the room, which is why Mss. Crawford affected a "southern" accent herself to brake into the show.
Comments left on prior version of this video: wiguy3 8 months ago I'm glad they did away with the walk-by and the free guesses. Those just took up valuable time. charles P kilgore 4 months ago 4334333t Rwanda , 6er997923 What's My Line? 4 months ago +charles P kilgore Whoever you are, "charles P kilgore", kindly stop leaving totally nonsensical gibberish as comments on my videos. This is the 5th comment I've seen from you today and not one has made a lick of sense. Find something better to do with your time, okay? ToddSF 94109 4 months ago +wiguy3 You and me both. The show took an immediate turn for the better when they got rid of the "walk of shame" and the wild guesses, most of which were offered humorous, such as "a nurse in a shirt hospital" as in this episode. MattTheSaiyan 4 months ago Betty Furness was the Queen of Refrigerators. Who is the current queen of them? orgonko the wildly untamed 4 months ago +MattTheSaiyan with a name like that you'd think Betty would have been the queen of heaters....... corner moose 1 month ago First WML? I've watched since the blackout was lifted. >whew< The night is over! Sam and Betty asked good questions, played the game quite well, yet the challengers still had them buffaloed. I know Betty Furness best because of that marvelous "technical difficulty" that occurred in a live commercial for a refrigerator with a self-opening door that wouldn't open, no matter what she did. guyfihi 6 months ago Sometimes I wonder if Dorothy cheated on the celebrity part. There is something odd about her blindfolds. How could she possibly know it was Eve Arden? What's My Line? 6 months ago +guyfihi They used clues external to the game itself, like the type of response from the audience when the guest entered, which usually gave a good clue as to gender/beauty/level of fame. The biggest external clue was their being aware of what celebrities were in NY that weekend. That narrowed the field considerably. If a big movie was opening that week in NY, it was a good bet that one of the actors in the movie might be the mystery guest. ToddSF 94109 4 months ago +guyfihi -- Well, at the point where Dorothy Kilgallen came up with Eve Arden, it had been established that the mystery guest was blonde, starred on a TV show where she played a character, was a comedian, that her show had been on for several years, and she didn't play the part of a secretary in a business establishment (i.e., she wasn't Ann Sothern), that she had appeared in movies in the past but wasn't doing that anymore, and that she had been on Broadway in musical comedies prior to 1945. I think that was enough to narrow it down for Dorothy, because the blonde Eve Arden as schoolteacher Connie Brooks in the sitcom "Our Miss Brooks" was widely popular in 1955 on TV. That was actually quite a bit of identifying information established and I was surprised when Bennett didn't get it -- I thought he knew. orgonko the wildly untamed 4 months ago anyone know where i can get that noisemaker Eve used? Johan Bengtsson 9 months ago Betty Furness became famous for her commercials for refrigerators. That's why the last contestant was a refrigerator salesman. ToddSF 94109 4 months ago +Johan Bengtsson -- She presented a lot of different major appliances for Westinghouse, including refrigerators, but also their washing machines. She delivered a famous closing line or motto, "You can be SURE if it's Westinghouse". Later on in the 1960's when "Mad" magazine designed coats of arms for various celebrities, the one for Betty Furness was a shield-shaped refrigerator with the door partially open so you could see the refrigerated items inside, but you could still read 'WESTINGHOUSE" as the brand on the outside of the door. The fake Latin motto on the ribbon below the shield was "Automatic defrosti". Johan Bengtsson 9 months ago I had never heard of Sam Levenson. Had to google him for information. nowvoyagerNE 7 months ago Eve said she was no longer in movies when this was aired...but years later she played the Rydell High School principal in both Grease (1978) and Grease 2 (1982). ToddSF 94109 4 months ago +nowvoyagerNE -- She definitely came out of retirement to play in those two films. Johan Bengtsson 9 months ago Bennett says that Ernest Hemingway had said that "Dorothy Kilgallen was one of the great reporters of the country". 1:30 joed596 6 months ago thank you! starting off 1955 :-) SuperWinterborn 1 year ago That was one of the most expressive horns I've ever heard! Johan Bengtsson 9 months ago Lena Horne, said Bennett. :) daniel stanwyck 1 year ago Too bad Arlene wasn't on - Arden played in The Doughgirls in the movies and Arlene played the same part on the stage. Eve Arden: a true gem. Always brings joy to anything she is in. She's a charmer. ToddSF 94109 4 months ago +daniel stanwyck -- I agree. I loved Eve Arden in anything she did. She was a great performer and I loved her distinctive voice. It was always unmistakable. Her real name was Eunice Quedens -- she realized that name was taking her nowhere as an actress and when she was trying to come up with a stage name, she was in her dressing room looking at two bottles. One had some kind of cosmetic product by Elizabeth Arden, and she liked the last name Arden, and the other bottle was a perfume, Evening in Paris, which suggested the name Eve. "Eve Arden" is, in my opinion, a great stage name and was totally her. (I note that Arden wasn't Elizabeth Arden's real last name either.)
well not in this very foirst wml for 1955. They still had the "walk-by" and the free guesses. Maybe sometime in 1955 they got rid of that nonsense but not at the start of 1955.
I'm still working on my time-machine so that I can go back and tell the producers that squeezing the refrigerator salesman in for less than 2 minutes was not worth it. I tell them that John Daly should have a proper conversation with Eve Arden, instead of kicking her off the stage unceremoniously.
There are always bad things that happen during any year. But this was the absolute best year to be a Brooklyn Dodgers fan, especially considering that we would lose our beloved Bums when they moved to the "suburbs" some 3000 miles away after two more years. We finally had our World Championship that October. This was next year!
I can’t believe Sam Levenson is on the show. I had a so-called junior and high school friend in the 1960’s whose mother had Sam as a Spanish teacher at Tilden High School - NYC in the late 1930’s or early 1940’s when she was in that high school!
@@GH-oi2jf I was around back then and and have become aware of that show over the years. However, I dont recall our family watching it, or if we did I wasnt aware of the stars names. We did regularly watch Make Room for Daddy and I was aware of Danny Thomas and Angela Cartwright.
Is 'plasterer' the same thing as drywaller? I remember hearing somewhere that women are the best at dry-walling and are preferred over men for the job.
Yes, plastering is much different than dry-walling. As a veteran building manager, I have never heard that women are better at dry-walling than men. In fact, the drywall sheets may be a bit heavy for them to deal with.
SnowWalker. no.. plastering was a paste & smoothed on a wall or ceiling. When dry, it became very hard & easily papered or painted over. Drywall was the ready made panels in 4 ft × 8 ft, that eventually became the chosen way to finish a room over plastering.
She was an excellent reporter, much better than Winchell, Parsons or Hopper. I miss the days when we had at least a half dozen successful daily papers in New York, not counting the papers in other languages than English that provided news targeted for their language communities.
Thank goodness they change the format so that the contestants shake hands with the panel is rather than leaving behind John Charles Daly. That was ridiculous and disrespectful, especially since the celebrities were shaking their hands at the end.
Refrigerator salesman for Westinghouse last panelist..... Elizabeth Mary "Betty" Furness.. wrote a book "The Betty Furness Westinghouse Cook Book" what a coincidence
She was well-known as the spokeswoman for Westinghouse products, which she did from 1948-60. Because of its size and number of features, she is most often associated with demonstrating their refrigerators. There's a good chance that Westinghouse had the cookbook written by unknowns and put her name on it because she was the face of their household products.
I love the Astaire-Rogers movies, and I was curious if Betty Furness (who was Lucky's (Fred's) fiance in the movie Swing Time) ever did other things b/c I thought she was so cute in that movie. I was surprised to find she was on this panel b/c I've just started going down the rabbit hole of watching these episodes! Anyways, I'd say she's even prettier than in that movie.
It's available on this TH-cam Channel. It's dated 2/20/55 and Dorothy Lamour was the mystery guest. According to the episode guide your grandfather was the first guest on that show and he was a maternity dress salesman. Have fun watching!
I looked that up, too, and (in the United States at least), there really aren’t any named just “Chicago” except a ghost town, which had been named after Chicago. The others are New Chicago, East Chicago, or such like. East Chicago is in Indiana, where I live.
Anselm Golden, it’s really interesting! It’s from a Native American word, which supposedly means “stinky onion.” Your definition is probably correct, too. There seems to be several thoughts on what it might mean.
Well, too bad Daly's not around to know this, butbthere is a Port Chicago in California. Still, id have loved fir him to.pull this comment on someone with Bozeman MT. That smal city is the only one of that name, not just in the US, but in the world....
John Daly was born on the CONTINENT OF AFRICA, in South AFRICA in Johannesburg! There are thousands, if not many more, White people living in the COUNTRIES on the AFRICAN CONTINENT, NOT just Black people!
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Eve Arden is soo beautiful!
And very talented!
A true legend!!
I've listened to Our Miss Brooks on radio and I love Eve Arden! She was fantastic! I'm glad to see her as the Mystery Guest.
Eve Arden was one of those born scene stealers like Thelma Ritter, but with very little resentment from the stars with whom they worked. They commanded respect because they were actors' actors. I can't believe there was no mention in this clip of Ms Arden's show, the classic Our Miss Brooks. Ours indeed. Wonderful comedy.
WML NOT A TALK SHOW😊
Eve Arden had such a long career! Her first movie came out in 1929. Her last movie came out 53 years later in 1982 (Grease 2)!
Thank you for the complete episodes in order as aired !!!!
I'm very impressed with Eve Arden - - intelligent, quick and well spoken, polite as well.
A loved lady, grew up watching her talents❤️
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My only memory of Eve Arden was when she did _The Mothers-in-Law_ with Kaye Ballard. She was a hoot in that series so she must've been good in every other thing she did.
Loved Eve in films like Stage Door, Mildred Pierce, etc. Quick wit and wonderful delivery. Nice to see her on Wml. She seems like a very likable person.
Eve Arden made herself 'queen' of the 'best friend of the star' role in films such as Mildred Pierce. She classed up whatever she was in.
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The great wonderful Dorothy’s hair style is beautiful as well as her necklace and dress(gown)!
One look at the news and I'm right back here on WML _pining_ for those days -- of grace, class, decorum, deference, and character. These folks were my example growing up. We are unrecognizable today.
My example as well. It's indisputable, it was a much better life back then.
I could not agree with you more! Grace, class, decorum, deference, character and- dignity! So sad what we as a society have become. But at the same time... other people here feel the same way. Maybe there is hope!
I recently rewatched the episode of 'Bewitched' where Tabitha was born. Eve Arden played the senior nurse, and her interaction with Agnes Moorehead as Endora was especially funny. I personally loved both ladies, but Eve's way around a line was pure genius!
This was such a good show. No screaming and acting crazy. Just fun.
Nice for Eve Arden. When she first appeared in the 30s, she was a "statutesque" beauty, She held on to be a big star in the 50s, through her wit and intelligence.
I was impressed by how tall she was when she stood next to John Daly. She is listed as 5'9½".
Eve Arden was very attractive, but she has been quoted as saying she was glad she wasn't one of the glamour girls of Hollywood like the ones she often worked with. While she wondered what it would be like to play the "femme fatale" just once, she prized what she saw as her more normal lifestyle than they had once they were away from the marquees and the bright lights: a loving marriage and family that provided a stable anchor for her life.
Professionally, she quickly found her niche as the quick-witted, wise-cracking career woman, just a tad to androgynous to be glamorous but too feminine to be considered mannish, and able to hold her own in repartee with the likes of Groucho.
Alan Stewart Still v. good looking, in my opinion.
I always thought that she was very easy on the eyes.
I was born in October of 1955! That was a great era to be raised in!!!
Hope you owned /driven 1955 Chevrolet. ..
He could had that perfect father who BarnParked that 55 Chevy convertible for him till 18yrs for that perfect High School Prom. Thank you Dad...
Some guy's are just lucky
I was born in 1952. Do you remember how in those days us kids could go outside and play without us or our parents worrying about anything? And how we kept our doors unlocked? And how food didn’t have all that fake crap that’s in it today? How apples, bananas really tasted good? How tv had great, family friendly shows? Those were the days.
March 1956 here! We had the best world. But the best is yet to come if you’re covered by sweet Jesus’ blood He shed to save us!
@Mary C A great year to be born 1951:-)
You can tell Daly really really liked Arden from his usually massive smiling introduction. Loved her voice.
Eve Arden was ALWAYS the greatest.
A great actress and one of the best ever scene stealers. Her costars never stood a chance in any entertainment in which she appeared.
Eve Arden was a Legend, and a true pro.
Betty Furness had an amazing career as a spokesperson for, among others, Westinghouse. Super smart.. super gorgeous, and very much in control of her image and career. She even bought all her own clothes to prevent Westinghouse from having a hand in determining her image. A great player too!
Wish we had such shows today...such wit, grace and fun!
Eve Arden... on of my very fav character actresses...very classy
Love Ms. Arden. A snappy treasure!!
Eve Arden was a very witty comedienne She was great playing sidekicks to lead actresses in films
I always liked Bennet Cerf! He's my favorite panelist on WML!
Although I don't remember details of any of the episodes now, I do remember Eve Arden in "Our Miss Brooks" as one of the first shows I watched growing up in daytime and weekend syndication. I learned some lessons about how the world worked from this show, but not from the content. One was from the name of the show. I was familiar with programs like Superman that were obviously named after the lead fictitious character. And I was familiar with shows like The Loretta Young Show named for the star of the show. But it took me a while to get it that he last name in real life was Arden, not Brooks. It's a good thing I didn't know that her husband (as of August 1952 around the time the show went on the air) was named Brooks West.
The other had to do with her co-star, Richard Crenna. It was difficult for me to understand that he wasn't really a teenager (he was in his mid-20's to nearly 30 when in the show, and from what I've read, his acting chops were such that he fooled many people a lot older than me). And I was very surprised when I saw him for the first time in a serious role. I was so used to actors and actresses who starred in comedies being typecast to play variations of that same role over and over again.
I really enjoyed “Our Miss Brooks”. Eve Arden and Gale Gordon were great on there. I wish it was on dvd.
That's old time sh--. Who cares? Who really f'n cares?
@@vitalyjohnson3514 Apparently some people do! It’s a lot better than some of the sh$t that’s on today!
@@vitalyjohnson3514 The same will be said about Modern Family (which will seem anything but modern at the time) fifty years from now. That won't change the fact that the writers and actors were brilliant, just different from whatever will be popular in 2070. You realize, Vitaly, that this show was broadcast 67 years ago. Why on earth did you watch it with your attitude? Enjoy getting yourself all het up by an ancient TV show when surely there is something more interesting going on in your life in 2021. There is, isn't there?
I love Eve Arden with her quick witted delivery lines liken of Groucho Marx. I love her in “No No Nanette” along side star actress Doris Day. She’s also brilliant in all her movie roles. I also like her as the indomitable principal of Rydell High in the movie GREASE.
I loved Eve Arden in "Anatomy of a Murder"! I love her line "...are you fer it or agin' it"?
Eve's was one of the best vocal disguises on WML. Ever. Interesting how she got nuisances out of whatever device that is.
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Hi Richard! Did you see I've started posting to the Sid Caesar channel again? I'll have the things you asked for ready shortly, I promise! I can't thank you enough for what you sent.
Hi, Gary. Yes, got your previous message, too, and been watching all the new postings as they appear! Great stuff. Hope my contributions are in a usable form.
Richard Camhi Most of it was in very good quality, and certainly all completely usable-- and almost 100% of it new (one disc had mostly overlaps, but otherwise all new). Must have been at least 2 solid hours of new sketches! I'm so overextending myself lately, I didn't even remember that I'd sent a previous message. Some really fantastic stuff, and even "On the Docks" sounded better to me than the version you'd posted to TH-cam. The awful music they added didn't drown out the dialogue as much, to my ears.
I will be in touch soon. Karen told me what you want, and it doesn't seem like nearly enough to be sending back to you, to be honest. I hope I can send something else to you, but we'll work it out in email soon! And since I can't thank you enough, I'm going to thank you again. Thank you. :)
soulierinvestments I was thinking the same thing. How does she manage it?
I remember Betty Furness well from 1950's TV commercials for Westinghouse major appliances. She'd demonstrate their features and at the end of each commercial, she'd speak the slogan "You can be *_sure_* if it's Westinghouse."
... which the last challenger made certain that he told her after the cards were flipped.
Dorothy looks lovely, like a princess - SNOW WHITE!
I was just a child but I remember parts of Our Miss Brooks...
I really enjoyed the first contestant - the plasterer. She seemed a bit shy, and what fun to see her laugh and smile.
Our Miss Arden.
Such great chemistry between the moderator and the panel!
I've only seen a few snippets from "Our Miss Brooks," but I really hope that the whole series is available on DVD. This was high school as I wish it had *really* been!
Someone just uploaded it here on YT. Also look for 4 episodes of The Eve Arden Show which only lasted one season but in my opinion, is far superior to Brooks which tended to repeat itself A LOT.
@@Bigbadwhitecracker Thank you for this information! I can only hope that no one has taken "Brooks" or the other show off of YT, in hopes of trying to "copyright" shows that they had nothing to do with--as has happened in the last couple of years with "What's My Line."
@@519djw6 Yeah, they're gone.
@@Bigbadwhitecracker I think you may know that the "What's My Line?" Facebook Group has been plagued by a company that has been trying to claim copyright on many old TV shows that they, of course, had absolutely nothing to do with, with the result that many of the WML videos have been taken down by these charlatans. This may well be what happened to the episodes of "The Eve Arden Show" and "Our Miss Brooks" that you've mentioned.
Richard Crenna. 😍
Some additional WML trivia for the original network show which ran from 1950-1967 as of 8/23/2023. There were 269 panelists who appeared on WML between 1950-1967, many more than once. Only 19 of these panelists are still alive. The oldest living panelist is Dick Van Dyke (97) followed by Jeannie Carson (95) and William Shatner (92). The youngest living panelist is Michele Les (81) followed by Paul Anka (82) and Aliza Kashi (83). The living panelist with the earliest appearance is Jeannie Carson (1957) followed by Pat Boone (1958) and then Joan Collins (1959). The living panelist with the latest appearance is Joel Grey followed by Barbara Feldon and then Michelle Lee (all 1967). 8 of these living panelists also appeared as a MG between 1950-1967 - Pat Boone, Joan Collins, Steve Lawrence, Jane Fonda, Woody Allen, Paul Anka, George Hamiliton and Jack Jones, although several of the living panelists later appeared on the syndicated WML.
Finally, WML only managed to have one black female panelist during its entire 17 year run. Joan Murray appeared on the 2nd to last program on 8/20/1967. Probably over 800 episodes and only 1 black female panelist.
Our Miss Brooks is one of the best shows ever. Eve Arden is so sassy!! Love her ❤️
Yeah, as much as I like that show, I just discovered her follow up series, The Eve Arden Show from the '57-58 season. The writing seems so much brighter on that one and fast paced. OMB, in my opinion, did they same show every week which got old fast. And I've always been in love with The Mothers in Law since I was a child!
Nothing compared to today, scu,,,mbag. :-p
Did Eve Arden star in a show with Kay Ballard, called the Mothers in law?
Yes.
R.l.P Eve Arden April 30, 1908 - November 12, 1990 Age: 82
RIP ur ugly face!
She was soooo good in "Grease!"
I have always liked Eve Arden. Dorothy's necklace is beautiful.
Eve Arden had just given birth 3 months earlier to her only biological child at age 46, Douglas Brooks West.
Wow! Thanks for that info.
Bennett Cerf: "Maybe it's Lena Horne ... "
hahahaha!!
Eve Arden,of course,23 years later played the Principal at Rydell High...🎩
I cannot picture anybody but Eve Arden as "Our Miss Brooks" either in Tv or radio. However, in the 1948 radio pilot, Connie Brooks was portrayed by the distinguished Shirley Booth. Somehow, that casting idea fell through and Eve got to be immortal as the Madison High School English teacher.
I, too, can't imagine anyone else as Miss Brooks. What worked out especially well is that Eve Arden didn't just have the right voice to play the part on the radio, but she had the right looks to go with it when "Our Miss Brooks" ended up on television later on. I don't think Shirley Booth would have looked quite right as Connie Brooks. Arden's distinctive voice was perfect for the lines Miss Brooks had to speak. Great stage name, too, Eve Arden had. She knew her real name, Eunice Quedens, wasn't going to. (I think she said she borrowed "Arden" from Elizabeth Arden of cosmetics and beauty salon fame, which was only fair, because Elizabeth Arden's real name was Florence Nightingale Graham.)
And Eve Arden was a eral "hoot" in the 1978 movie "Grease" as this fictional high school's pri ncipal. And Sid Caesar was also in it.
She was also excellent in ''The Voice of the Turtle'' (1947) with Ronald Reagan and Eleanor Parker.
An odd coincidence. The MG for the last episode in 1954 was Edgar Bergen. The first MG of 1955, Eve Arden was married to Edwin Bergen from 1938 to 1947. He was the first of her two husbands.
Wasn't she also married to a guy named Brook or Brooks ? Maybe I'm thinking of Shirley Mclaine ? (sic)
She was married to Ned Bergen, not Edgar Bergen. Edgar only had one wife, Frances Westerman.
If you look closely, you'll see Eve Arden in the beginning of Joan Crawford's movie, "Dancing Lady." Eve is speaking in a "southern" accent as her character in the show Joan Crawford was trying to get into. Eve is seeing walking with her agent while complaining she didn't pass muster in the show and is walking out the room, which is why Mss. Crawford affected a "southern" accent herself to brake into the show.
"I think she's the vice president of a piggy bank." Looks like Sam Levenson was really trying to fill Fred Allen's shoes.
They should have hired Sam instead of Fred after Steve left.
Also sitting in, Bern Bennett, Bud Collyer's annoucer on "Beat the Clock".
And then followed Collyer to "To Tell the Truth" as the announcer in 1956-60 for 129 episodes.
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wiguy3 8 months ago
I'm glad they did away with the walk-by and the free guesses. Those just took up valuable time.
charles P kilgore 4 months ago
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What's My Line? 4 months ago
+charles P kilgore Whoever you are, "charles P kilgore", kindly stop leaving totally nonsensical gibberish as comments on my videos. This is the 5th comment I've seen from you today and not one has made a lick of sense. Find something better to do with your time, okay?
ToddSF 94109 4 months ago
+wiguy3 You and me both. The show took an immediate turn for the better when they got rid of the "walk of shame" and the wild guesses, most of which were offered humorous, such as "a nurse in a shirt hospital" as in this episode.
MattTheSaiyan 4 months ago
Betty Furness was the Queen of Refrigerators. Who is the current queen of them?
orgonko the wildly untamed 4 months ago
+MattTheSaiyan with a name like that you'd think Betty would have been the queen of heaters.......
corner moose 1 month ago
First WML? I've watched since the blackout was lifted. >whew< The night is over!
Sam and Betty asked good questions, played the game quite well, yet the challengers still had them buffaloed.
I know Betty Furness best because of that marvelous "technical difficulty" that occurred in a live commercial for a refrigerator with a self-opening door that wouldn't open, no matter what she did.
guyfihi 6 months ago
Sometimes I wonder if Dorothy cheated on the celebrity part. There is something odd about her blindfolds. How could she possibly know it was Eve Arden?
What's My Line? 6 months ago
+guyfihi They used clues external to the game itself, like the type of response from the audience when the guest entered, which usually gave a good clue as to gender/beauty/level of fame. The biggest external clue was their being aware of what celebrities were in NY that weekend. That narrowed the field considerably. If a big movie was opening that week in NY, it was a good bet that one of the actors in the movie might be the mystery guest.
ToddSF 94109 4 months ago
+guyfihi -- Well, at the point where Dorothy Kilgallen came up with Eve Arden, it had been established that the mystery guest was blonde, starred on a TV show where she played a character, was a comedian, that her show had been on for several years, and she didn't play the part of a secretary in a business establishment (i.e., she wasn't Ann Sothern), that she had appeared in movies in the past but wasn't doing that anymore, and that she had been on Broadway in musical comedies prior to 1945. I think that was enough to narrow it down for Dorothy, because the blonde Eve Arden as schoolteacher Connie Brooks in the sitcom "Our Miss Brooks" was widely popular in 1955 on TV. That was actually quite a bit of identifying information established and I was surprised when Bennett didn't get it -- I thought he knew.
orgonko the wildly untamed 4 months ago
anyone know where i can get that noisemaker Eve used?
Johan Bengtsson 9 months ago
Betty Furness became famous for her commercials for refrigerators. That's why the last contestant was a refrigerator salesman.
ToddSF 94109 4 months ago
+Johan Bengtsson -- She presented a lot of different major appliances for Westinghouse, including refrigerators, but also their washing machines. She delivered a famous closing line or motto, "You can be SURE if it's Westinghouse". Later on in the 1960's when "Mad" magazine designed coats of arms for various celebrities, the one for Betty Furness was a shield-shaped refrigerator with the door partially open so you could see the refrigerated items inside, but you could still read 'WESTINGHOUSE" as the brand on the outside of the door. The fake Latin motto on the ribbon below the shield was "Automatic defrosti".
Johan Bengtsson 9 months ago
I had never heard of Sam Levenson. Had to google him for information.
nowvoyagerNE 7 months ago
Eve said she was no longer in movies when this was aired...but years later she played the Rydell High School principal in both Grease (1978) and Grease 2 (1982).
ToddSF 94109 4 months ago
+nowvoyagerNE -- She definitely came out of retirement to play in those two films.
Johan Bengtsson 9 months ago
Bennett says that Ernest Hemingway had said that "Dorothy Kilgallen was one of the great reporters of the country". 1:30
joed596 6 months ago
thank you! starting off 1955 :-)
SuperWinterborn 1 year ago
That was one of the most expressive horns I've ever heard!
Johan Bengtsson 9 months ago
Lena Horne, said Bennett. :)
daniel stanwyck 1 year ago
Too bad Arlene wasn't on - Arden played in The Doughgirls in the movies and Arlene played the same part on the stage. Eve Arden: a true gem. Always brings joy to anything she is in. She's a charmer.
ToddSF 94109 4 months ago
+daniel stanwyck -- I agree. I loved Eve Arden in anything she did. She was a great performer and I loved her distinctive voice. It was always unmistakable. Her real name was Eunice Quedens -- she realized that name was taking her nowhere as an actress and when she was trying to come up with a stage name, she was in her dressing room looking at two bottles. One had some kind of cosmetic product by Elizabeth Arden, and she liked the last name Arden, and the other bottle was a perfume, Evening in Paris, which suggested the name Eve. "Eve Arden" is, in my opinion, a great stage name and was totally her. (I note that Arden wasn't Elizabeth Arden's real last name either.)
well not in this very foirst wml for 1955. They still had the "walk-by" and the free guesses. Maybe sometime in 1955 they got rid of that nonsense but not at the start of 1955.
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@@steveburrus5526 Look ahead in the playlist to April 17, 1955, with Barbara Ann Scott as MG; that's the show when the new rules were introduced.
Thanks. I always thought she chose her name from Shakespeare's forest, she had so much class and wit.
"Fort Louderdale, Flowerdah" another one of Cerf's odd pronounciations! 😅
Eve Arden was always So classy.
There that Dorothy Kilgallen goes AGAIN!!! That came out of nowhere!! 😁
i always thought that dorothy kilgallen had the best instinct for the game. sort of like a detective.
@@sophiemorrison9820 that and she must have honed her skills because she was a journalist too!
@8:53: Way to clear the trail, Ms. Snell.
I was wondering how Eve Arden would disguise her voice!
Impossible to believe that Eve Arden was born in 1908.
I thought John said Franklin Heller moved on to work elsewhere. He's baaack!
I'm still working on my time-machine so that I can go back and tell the producers that squeezing the refrigerator salesman in for less than 2 minutes was not worth it. I tell them that John Daly should have a proper conversation with Eve Arden, instead of kicking her off the stage unceremoniously.
It's not a talk show, and the celebrities had schedules to follow, places to be
Time restraints buddy.
The fridge guy walked away with $50 which was a weeks pay or a mortgage payment. WML NOT A TALK SHOW 😊
Miss Snell did the same job my husband does today. That was something extraordinary for a woman to do back in the day
I believe she was plastered.
Dorothy was strikingly beautiful during this period.
Eve Arden does seem lovely. Great actress she was.
Betcha Arlene would've guessed the intoxication officer!
1955 a great year
Well exzcept for one BAD thing and that was the death of James Dean on September 30. How could anyone ever forget about that?
There are always bad things that happen during any year. But this was the absolute best year to be a Brooklyn Dodgers fan, especially considering that we would lose our beloved Bums when they moved to the "suburbs" some 3000 miles away after two more years. We finally had our World Championship that October. This was next year!
Ms Arden sounds great for someone who has laryngitis 😉🤗😉
I can’t believe Sam Levenson is on the show. I had a so-called junior and high school friend in the 1960’s whose mother had Sam as a Spanish teacher at Tilden High School - NYC in the late 1930’s or early 1940’s when she was in that high school!
This may seem like a minor thing but sham they started trashing the end credits music with the clapping, I quite like the orchestration!
The only program I remember Eve Arden from was "The Mothers in Law" from 1967.
“Our Miss Brooks” in the 1950s is the one my generation remembers.
@@GH-oi2jf I was around back then and and have become aware of that show over the years. However, I dont recall our family watching it, or if we did I wasnt aware of the stars names. We did regularly watch Make Room for Daddy and I was aware of Danny Thomas and Angela Cartwright.
Is 'plasterer' the same thing as drywaller? I remember hearing somewhere that women are the best at dry-walling and are preferred over men for the job.
Yes, plastering is much different than dry-walling. As a veteran building manager, I have never heard that women are better at dry-walling than men. In fact, the drywall sheets may be a bit heavy for them to deal with.
SnowWalker. no.. plastering was a paste & smoothed on a wall or ceiling. When dry, it became very hard & easily papered or painted over. Drywall was the ready made panels in 4 ft × 8 ft, that eventually became the chosen way to finish a room over plastering.
SO Pretty.🎨
😊☺️☺️☺️😊😊😊
What a LOVELY Face, Smile; And +Impressive Talent here 🎨
And Ernest Hemingway was right, Dorothy is fantastic?
Yes, Dorothy was much more accomplished in life than what we see here!
She was an excellent reporter, much better than Winchell, Parsons or Hopper. I miss the days when we had at least a half dozen successful daily papers in New York, not counting the papers in other languages than English that provided news targeted for their language communities.
Dorothy was a investigative reporter for years 😊
Thank goodness they change the format so that the contestants shake hands with the panel is rather than leaving behind John Charles Daly. That was ridiculous and disrespectful, especially since the celebrities were shaking their hands at the end.
Loved her so much as a boy
she was never a boy
Cerf’s reasoned hunches almost never panned out, fool
Refrigerator salesman for Westinghouse last panelist.....
Elizabeth Mary "Betty" Furness.. wrote a book
"The Betty Furness Westinghouse Cook Book"
what a coincidence
She was well-known as the spokeswoman for Westinghouse products, which she did from 1948-60. Because of its size and number of features, she is most often associated with demonstrating their refrigerators.
There's a good chance that Westinghouse had the cookbook written by unknowns and put her name on it because she was the face of their household products.
Thank you Lois for that additional information. .
I love the Astaire-Rogers movies, and I was curious if Betty Furness (who was Lucky's (Fred's) fiance in the movie Swing Time) ever did other things b/c I thought she was so cute in that movie. I was surprised to find she was on this panel b/c I've just started going down the rabbit hole of watching these episodes! Anyways, I'd say she's even prettier than in that movie.
he old time radio show OUR MISS BROOKS is the best.
I want that little horn! Where can I get one?!?!
Paula Rice. Any boating supply store will have them..
Decent 2 others, had a tuff guessing, something to have the first woman Plasterer :)
And I am very unimpressed with this Eve Arden, really no deal there.
I want to find my grandpa's part on this show. His name is Arthur Berk, S6 Ep.246
It's available on this TH-cam Channel. It's dated 2/20/55 and Dorothy Lamour was the mystery guest. According to the episode guide your grandfather was the first guest on that show and he was a maternity dress salesman. Have fun watching!
Jeff Vaughn Nice to see that you found this episode for the person.
@@ellenmurray9196 yup true altruism.
Do you think we even care? World doesn't revolve around you, bearch!!!
There are 9 places in the world named Chicago.
And does it mean... Wild Garlic? 😊
I looked that up, too, and (in the United States at least), there really aren’t any named just “Chicago” except a ghost town, which had been named after Chicago. The others are New Chicago, East Chicago, or such like. East Chicago is in Indiana, where I live.
Anselm Golden, it’s really interesting! It’s from a Native American word, which supposedly means “stinky onion.” Your definition is probably correct, too. There seems to be several thoughts on what it might mean.
Ur face is named Chicago. Whaddya think of that?
@@VickyRBenson wtf is your point?
Well, too bad Daly's not around to know this, butbthere is a Port Chicago in California. Still, id have loved fir him to.pull this comment on someone with Bozeman MT. That smal city is the only one of that name, not just in the US, but in the world....
obviously, they wisely got rid of the fourth round being there wasn't enough time, so why bother?/
Very anticlimactic
Sam Levenson looks like Newman.
I wonder what happened to all of the beautiful, original costume jewelry actresses and celebrities wore? Family. Estate sales.
WHAT! The walk of shame is back?
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The section heading "Daniel Drago" should be "Daniel Dragel."
The Mother In Laws
How does Miss Snell live in Florida and belong to a local union in Dayton Ohio?
I thought that unusual too.
Mr Dragel was very composed.
A supreme and serious professional man
Betty Furness looks beautiful
There's no product connected with plastering?
John Daly was born on the CONTINENT OF AFRICA, in South AFRICA in Johannesburg! There are thousands, if not many more, White people living in the COUNTRIES on the AFRICAN CONTINENT, NOT just Black people!
Muchly pleased....?
A real word, an old-fashioned one.
No Arlene?!
Jon Daly shows his ability to start a pissing contest. :-(. THERE IS NO OTHER CHICAGO
The intoxicated driver tester was a gentleman this time
Some of the ‘funny’ guesses were demeaning to the working guests.
Please gain a sense of humour.
Who the hell is Sam Levinson and how did he get on the panel of what’s my line? oh wait a minute I know
I never thought I’d ever see Daly holding a man’s hand! I’m sure it was inadvertently.
Groo Vin8tor - He’s keeping the guest from heading toward the panel, since there’s no time for the usual walk-down and free guesses.
@@lauracollins4195 john daly is closeted! Look at the bowtie!
He tries to get them on the mark placed on the floor.
@@vitalyjohnson3514Majority of men wore bow ties 70 years ago 😊
Bunsy?
The walk by was awful
Love these, but STOP PUTTING THE MYSTERY CELEB's NAME IN THE TITLE! Ruins it.
So using an instrument to answer is cheating.. she might as well have John Daly answer
It wasn't very effective "cheating" since it took only one round to guess her without hearing a peep from her. I always liked her wisecracking.