What's My Line? - Jackie Gleason (Mar 8, 1953)

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  • @GuyWithTheThingOnTheTable
    @GuyWithTheThingOnTheTable ปีที่แล้ว +26

    I couldn't take my 👀 off Jackie. He brought me so much joy in my childhood when we needed it.

  • @johnmeye
    @johnmeye 3 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    Loved the Jackie Gleason Show back in the 60s

  • @crystaldawnstarr
    @crystaldawnstarr 7 ปีที่แล้ว +104

    I've always loved Jackie Gleason :) My Uncle used to get away with a lot of things, One night he & my Aunt got into a dinner where Jackie, Art Carney & their wives were and somehow ended up sitting with them He said Jackie Gleason was a really nice guy :)

  • @davemac5260
    @davemac5260 3 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    Garbage truck lady segment is the best I’ve seen in a long time. Steve Allen is a genius.

    • @jadezee6316
      @jadezee6316 หลายเดือนก่อน

      he agrees with you...but no one else does

  • @slydermartin6008
    @slydermartin6008 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    I am power watching!!!!! This episode was the year I was born. THIS is Entertainment!

  • @englishwithteachermark4307
    @englishwithteachermark4307 3 ปีที่แล้ว +262

    I was three years old when this aired. Here I am an old man now, and they are all dead, but I'm laughing my head off. What a truly great show this was. I wish I were young again. Growing up in the 50s was a wonderful experience!

    • @kellycoleman715
      @kellycoleman715 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      You are my eldest sister’s age.

    • @veronicagallo2035
      @veronicagallo2035 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Just like the 1972 song by Tower of Power says * You're sTiLL a YOUNG man*! I was born in mid 60s,am a HUGE Jackie Gleason fan💖just spOTTed him here so.... *Awayyy we Go ‼️"

    • @robertfairburn9979
      @robertfairburn9979 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      How do you view 1950’s America with today…..would you go back if you could ??

    • @kevinmusa7952
      @kevinmusa7952 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      The 50s were absolutely the best. I was born in 62 but watching movies and talking to people who lived in their prime during the 50s were the most well mannered and happy people. America was fun to live in.

    • @robertfairburn9979
      @robertfairburn9979 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      @@kevinmusa7952 I’m of a similar age and when I was a kid everyone in New Zealand would love to live in America, maybe not forever but at least for a short time. It’s seemed like a wonderful place, I’ve visited your country a couple of times but now I’d far rather live in NZ. Sorry not trying to be rude and I do like Americans a lot, but there does seem to be a lot of issues there at the moment.

  • @TimelordR
    @TimelordR 11 ปีที่แล้ว +170

    Jackie Gleason & Steve Allen on the same show. Quite the treat.

    • @waynehowell6160
      @waynehowell6160 9 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      Steve Allen once said, on his 60's syndicated talk show, that people often mentioned to him that Jackie Gleason was his brother-in-law. Jackie's on-stage wife Audrey Meadows was sister to Steve's real wife, Jayne Meadows.

    • @savethetpc6406
      @savethetpc6406 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@waynehowell6160 Steve and Jayne were married on July 31, 1954 (almost exactly 65 years ago!) I wonder whether or not they had met yet when this show aired.

    • @joeambrose3260
      @joeambrose3260 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I believe Steve & Jayne met on a 40's radio show. Don't know when they hooked up

    • @DexterHaven
      @DexterHaven 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @Glennsten Bergkvist Yes, baby.

    • @alicemcknight6335
      @alicemcknight6335 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Wasn't Steve's wife (Jane Meadows) other Jackie Gleason show? I think she was. I read that somewhere.

  • @tubularap
    @tubularap 5 ปีที่แล้ว +80

    This is my favorite panel: Dorothy, Steve, Arlene, Bennett.

    • @bettycogswell9851
      @bettycogswell9851 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Mine too....Arlene is my fav...

    • @slaytonp
      @slaytonp 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      I think they were the best combo of any during the entire series. (I'm on my second round of viewing them in sequence.)

    • @shirleyrombough8173
      @shirleyrombough8173 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      tubularAp - My favorite cast as well.

    • @lenhummel5614
      @lenhummel5614 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      These were the four that worked together best, yes. They were a really witty team.

    • @anneroy4560
      @anneroy4560 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      I liked it when Fred Allen was there ... very intelligent man ....

  • @DementedCaver
    @DementedCaver 10 ปีที่แล้ว +126

    I almost feel like I should have a dial and rabbit ears on my flatscreen monitor while watching this. I love it.

    • @brookehanley3659
      @brookehanley3659 9 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      DementedCaver And I love that they are in Black and White.

    • @reinasantos4723
      @reinasantos4723 9 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Brooke Hanley me too

    • @loissimmons6558
      @loissimmons6558 8 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      +DementedCaver
      Remember that you have to move around the rabbit ears to find the position for the best reception. The problem was that sometimes, you only got the good reception when you were holding the antennae. You let go and the picture would get snowy.
      One of my earliest memories of watching television in those pre-cable days was due to our home being very near what was then known as Idlewild Airport. (We moved to the suburbs in Sept. 1960, years before it was renamed.) Every time a plane taking off or landing went overhead, the picture would shake. For a few seconds, everything and everyone shimmied like sister Kate.

    • @m.e.d.7997
      @m.e.d.7997 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@loissimmons6558 No thanks to the return of those ears!

    • @stanmaxkolbe
      @stanmaxkolbe 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Heck my Parents would send one of us kids outside to move the antenna; we didn't have wimp rabbit ears!

  • @pAusten
    @pAusten 3 ปีที่แล้ว +86

    Dorothy Kilgallen is a true investigative reporter. She asks the most thoughtful questions.

    • @dinahbrown902
      @dinahbrown902 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      That’s why she lost her life

    • @tomhavens6006
      @tomhavens6006 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Dorothy Kilgallen had the backbone and resolve to be one of the very best of investigative journalist and still be charming and warm as a woman. I would have liked to have met her.

    • @shawnmiller4781
      @shawnmiller4781 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@dinahbrown902 Yup, JFK Dallas fallout

    • @lllowkee6533
      @lllowkee6533 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      She connects the dots better than anyone. They’re all great❣️

    • @JamieTransNyc
      @JamieTransNyc 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@dinahbrown902 That and the fact that she liked to drink.

  • @ndgv2
    @ndgv2 10 ปีที่แล้ว +212

    still remains one of the greatest shows ever.

  • @ttvfortnitekid6837
    @ttvfortnitekid6837 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    I catch one of these shows every now and then. Each time, I end up watching half a dozen or so. To bad they don't have this show today.

    • @voxtango1916
      @voxtango1916 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Our culture today is way too crude - yet politically "correct" - to ever have this show today. Thank God for film.

    • @RonHelton
      @RonHelton 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Same. I am on a binge tonight. I have watched 6 so far. LOL

  • @walmartsucks1995
    @walmartsucks1995 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    im 27 and this is definitely in my top 3 alltime fav game shows. there's a certain elegance and beauty to this. the humor cant be topped.

    • @cathykinn4516
      @cathykinn4516 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I had Dorothy down as a Cod Liver Oil Mommy, Devout Catholic & was surprised to.find out she was married to a bisexual who disownedhher son by another bisexual.

  • @freeguy77
    @freeguy77 3 ปีที่แล้ว +74

    Arlene: "Are you in pictures?" (15:30) John: "You mean the moving pictures?" Arlene: "Well, I knew he wasn't hanging in the Louvre!" John's question and then Arlene's answer (at 15:35) was brilliantly funny! She and Dorothy were the best!

  • @roberthuot7887
    @roberthuot7887 2 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    John Daly was a true gem. Great guy.

  • @flametree74
    @flametree74 10 ปีที่แล้ว +159

    How pleasant TV was then!

    • @joeferguson2606
      @joeferguson2606 9 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      ***** exactly. good comment
      its harder to find a good show, but it is possible

    • @sageywavey
      @sageywavey 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      flametree74 America was wonderful before diversity

    • @Schlomothebest
      @Schlomothebest 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      No black people either!

    • @kennethlatham3133
      @kennethlatham3133 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@Schlomothebest ???Black people are pleasant, too! Wtf

    • @gregcrane4953
      @gregcrane4953 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@sageywavey there's no diversity now.

  • @kenyongray2615
    @kenyongray2615 4 ปีที่แล้ว +94

    Jackie Gleason is a legend of comedy. He was also a very good serious actor when he was cast in that role. His legend will always live on as long as there are honeymooners reruns.

    • @elaineculbert8594
      @elaineculbert8594 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @kenyon gray - I agree! Jackie Gleason was a multi-talented man - skilled in comedy yet had a serious, sensitive side as well. He also had great taste in music. I bought one of his first albums back in the 50’s called “Music for Lovers Only” which can be pulled up on You Tube. 🇨🇦

    • @lechatbotte.
      @lechatbotte. 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      He was hilarious in Smokey and the Bandit

    • @rtflone
      @rtflone 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Gleason was fantastic as Minnesota Fats in The Hustler with Paul Newman and George C Scott. He held his own and then some with two brilliant actors..

    • @ilonabaier6042
      @ilonabaier6042 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      He was bigger than life!

    • @alexandraasbury9974
      @alexandraasbury9974 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      All true. And I was hoping they wouldn't guess who he was. 😉

  • @patriciamartinez5836
    @patriciamartinez5836 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Wow this is what I grew up watching on TV. I loved Jackie Gleason

  • @kavya1638
    @kavya1638 6 ปีที่แล้ว +85

    When men and women dressed with class! Love Jackie Gleason ,a class act in himself..

  • @teresawelborn1360
    @teresawelborn1360 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Dorothy could ask just the right question and go straight to the subject. My God she owned this show. Smart lady.

  • @adelebz7
    @adelebz7 2 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    Dorothy was brilliant ! I wonder if she guessed more correctly than any other panelists. Truly amazing!

    • @DeniseArnold
      @DeniseArnold ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Yes I believe she did. They often commented on just how good a player she was to the game. I recently saw the sad episode the week she had been found murdered in her home. They were not going to air an episode that week out of respect and because each of the other players were such close friends they didn't think they could perform. But Dorothy 's husband urged them in her honor to go ahead so they did. It was the saddest thing ever to see them so distracted by emotion and to hear their loving comments regarding their feelings about her passing 💔

    • @adelebz7
      @adelebz7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@DeniseArnold Thank you so much for that information, Denise. Best to you.

    • @thatsassyrepublican
      @thatsassyrepublican ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@DeniseArnold omg that’s terrible I had no idea! Will be going down the rabbit hole now lol

    • @VideoMask93
      @VideoMask93 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@DeniseArnoldI just looked this up-maybe I found someone else, but it said she probably died by accident, with no evidence of violence.

    • @judylutz1702
      @judylutz1702 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Dorothy was serious as a heart attack when playing. I think she relished being on camera.

  • @chrispnw2547
    @chrispnw2547 2 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Jackie Gleason was one of the nicest performers of our century. He truly can claim lifting himself up by his own bootstraps. When he shared his humble beginnings in an interview, it was shocking as he is incredibly well spoken and self-deprecating.

    • @MarkHarrison733
      @MarkHarrison733 ปีที่แล้ว

      It's why he supported the far right.

  • @rtflone
    @rtflone 2 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    The segment with Gleason was one of the best ever. Context is so important to understanding the brilliance of WML then as well as now. For ex: Dorothy Kilgallon asks Gleason if he is under 40 yrs old and he answers yes. With that we are made to realize that Jackie while well known, is still establishing his brilliance as an actor and comedian. WML was a star in the early tv sky and a gift to see again all these yrs later. Can't thank you enuff for making this available..

    • @michaelbarlow6610
      @michaelbarlow6610 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @ rtflone. Actually Dorothy asked Gleason if he was over 40 and he said no.

    • @rtflone
      @rtflone 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@michaelbarlow6610 Under 40 YES over 40 NO tomato tomahto

    • @michaelbarlow6610
      @michaelbarlow6610 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@rtflone . In your original posted comment you misstated what Dorothy Kilgallen asked Jackie Gleason and what his response was. She didn't ask him if he was under 40 years old and he did not answer, "Yes". She asked him if he was over 40 and he responded "No".

  • @Trainman3985
    @Trainman3985 8 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    I was watching some stuff that stared Jackie Gleason and then I came a cross this episode of whats my line.
    And ever since then I've watch Whats my line ever since then and I love this show.

  • @GingerHey
    @GingerHey 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Jackie Gleason was very classy and his disguised voice was quite good..... loved the driver of the garbage truck lady too... Thank you for these. They are a delight.

  • @daisyy99
    @daisyy99 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I loved this show and Jackie Gleason!! Very intelligent and well dressed stars!

  • @ndgv2
    @ndgv2 10 ปีที่แล้ว +104

    That Mary Flory was adorable. She acted so innocent and charming lol. The lady garbage truck driver part was hilarious. I literally had tears in my eyes laughing so hard. I love this show.

    • @talenttrading
      @talenttrading 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      She has such a lovely hand :)

    • @SonnyBubba
      @SonnyBubba 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Steve Allen had a knack for getting himself deeper in trouble with every question he asks.

    • @shawnmiller4781
      @shawnmiller4781 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Can you put it in Rye Bread

    • @carmellafraser2467
      @carmellafraser2467 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      You wouldn’t know she was a Garbage Truck Driver. Played the role well on WML! ♥️👍👏🇨🇦

  • @valoriebritton2047
    @valoriebritton2047 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I absolutely love and adore Steve Allen...and am old enough to remember his show...only I was just a very young child. ❤️

  • @brookehanley3659
    @brookehanley3659 8 ปีที่แล้ว +77

    Gotta love Jackie Gleason.

  • @davenc8527
    @davenc8527 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    God bless Jackie Gleason.

  • @ChadQuick270W
    @ChadQuick270W 5 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    The best panel in the best order. I enjoyed Mr. Cerf’s introductions of Mr. Daly. 👍

    • @DexterHaven
      @DexterHaven 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I'd take Groucho or Johnny Carson over Dorothy.

    • @siggylloyd3566
      @siggylloyd3566 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@DexterHaven absolutely.

    • @waynej2608
      @waynej2608 ปีที่แล้ว

      His 'panel moderata' line kills me everyime. It's so 'New Yawk'. Like me. 👍

  • @carolsmart238
    @carolsmart238 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    We watched him as a family. He was so talented. Not heavy at time of this show. Beautiful eyes & handsome man. He wrote beautiful songs. So underestimated. Actor, comedian, musician,composer, conductor,producer & director & did his own stunts. Thank you for all your talents. I listen to your lovely music on easy listening💕

    • @maureengauvin1768
      @maureengauvin1768 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I love his easy listening music. Bought them again on CD to have until I can no longer listen…

    • @garytorresani8846
      @garytorresani8846 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Gleason was one of my uncles favorites and I have cd of his conducting work. Steve Allen influenced later comics like Carson. He was the original Tonight Show host, His shows were wonderful to watch. If you are a fan of Steve Allen, you may remember the Prickly heat telethon he ran on his summer show one year. One of the funniest bits ever. All those comics from that period like Burns and Allen, Jack Benny, Fred Allen were all brilliant.

  • @Joesfosterdogs
    @Joesfosterdogs 6 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    in a few more years the applause would have been off the charts! this was 1953...the Honeymooners was peaking in 55

  • @whitelion44
    @whitelion44 9 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    I loved the Garbage truck driver. Its one of my Fav segments

  • @Puddycat00
    @Puddycat00 10 ปีที่แล้ว +51

    Wow I never saw this show before. It's quite entertaining. Now of course I wanna see more. Thank u so much for sharing.

    • @princeharming8963
      @princeharming8963 7 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Elisabeth NOYB - You're in trouble now.. it gets Very addictive!

  • @shirleyrombough8173
    @shirleyrombough8173 4 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    I love this panel line up. Steve Allen is perfect.

  • @rebeccagreene7234
    @rebeccagreene7234 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Mr.Gleason was absolutely awesome as Ralph Cramden on the HoneyMooners,loved that show. Of course Audrey Meadows,and Art Carney,and Joyce Randolph were too.

  • @aileen694
    @aileen694 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Yeah! This is one of the Funniest!!!
    So, I will watch it again for the fourth time!

  • @TheInvincibleViolet
    @TheInvincibleViolet 10 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    JACKIE GLEASON= COMIC GENIUS. I love you, Jackie Rest In Peace xxx

    • @TheInvincibleViolet
      @TheInvincibleViolet 10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      He was one of a kind. I wish I could have met him. He added so much to the genre of comedy. xx

    • @TheInvincibleViolet
      @TheInvincibleViolet 10 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Oh Jackie.. How I miss you. Unique witty, wonderful, handsome till the end. Love you, thank you for all you gave to us . xxxx

    • @hdihiiehei
      @hdihiiehei 10 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      TheInvincibleViolet homina homina homina

    • @TheInvincibleViolet
      @TheInvincibleViolet 10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Handsome. Brilliant. xx Forever missed xxxx

    • @TheInvincibleViolet
      @TheInvincibleViolet 10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

  • @El_Ophelia
    @El_Ophelia 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Jackie looks so wonderful here. Hard to believe this was considered "heavy" given how I remember him. This is great.

  • @BigBingFan
    @BigBingFan 3 ปีที่แล้ว +51

    I liked the formality and the innocence of these days on TV......especially John Charles Daley, ever the precise lingual expert.

  • @prabhakarkmv4135
    @prabhakarkmv4135 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    It's in 1953?! My god! Still it's a fantastic show even now! How nice were people then! Sad, many are gone! 🌹💕💖🌹

  • @fpinzow
    @fpinzow 6 ปีที่แล้ว +47

    Jackie Gleason looked really good here as a young man.

    • @marjoriecohn3868
      @marjoriecohn3868 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      He was really good looking.

    • @Retroscoop
      @Retroscoop 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Most young men look better when they're young, unfortunately. Rare are those who are lucky enough to look better once they're 50, although some do.

    • @preppysocks209
      @preppysocks209 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      If you want to see him more than 10 years earlier, check out "Larceny Inc" with Edward G. Robinson. Jackie (billed as "Jackie C. Gleason") plays a soda jerk.

    • @caroler01
      @caroler01 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      It’s called “Sex Appeal”.

    • @Gypsyqueen-lt7tq
      @Gypsyqueen-lt7tq 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      IMHO, all the male TV stars of that era were*remarkably* handsome & sexy -- but, especially, Gleason, Desi Arnaz, Danny Thomas & Sid Caesar. They all had gorgeous eyes & black wavy hair . . . plus, they all had "hard knock life experience" that most of today's stars lack, which lent them a sad-but-alluring gravitas. Thanks so much for posting!

  • @danielfronc4304
    @danielfronc4304 6 ปีที่แล้ว +51

    Jackie Gleason, "The Great One"!

  • @prairieflower427
    @prairieflower427 5 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    These shows are fun to watch. If they had shows like this today I would actually WATCH TV.

  • @srothbardt
    @srothbardt 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Always loved this show. And love Steve Allen.

  • @bkavanaugh863
    @bkavanaugh863 10 ปีที่แล้ว +71

    Thank you for giving us these whole shows. I can start all over again. Thought I had seen them all. Thanks a bunch!!!!!

  • @mrsandmom5947
    @mrsandmom5947 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    My favorite line up. Love steve allen.

  • @serpentines6356
    @serpentines6356 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    My Pops favorite comedy show - "The Honeymooners."
    Hi Pop. Hope your spirit is happy out there!

  • @pfs5812
    @pfs5812 6 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Many thanks for posting these - MOST enjoyable!!

  • @BobPetrone
    @BobPetrone 11 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    I'm really enjoying these uploads of What's My Line. I haven't turned on my TV in 2 weeks.

    • @juanettebutts9782
      @juanettebutts9782 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Gave up my television 5 years ago. Don't miss it. When I'm visiting family and friends and their TV's are on I realize I'm annoyed by all the noise.

    • @BladeRunner-td8be
      @BladeRunner-td8be 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      3 years for me. TV is a wasteland compared to TH-cam.

  • @Wolfinger1935
    @Wolfinger1935 6 ปีที่แล้ว +94

    Steve Allen is brilliantly funny. Its a shame younger generations don't get to appreciate his genius.

    • @xx-ue6el
      @xx-ue6el 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      I'm only 19 but I've adored Steve Allen for the past 2 years!

    • @bethe192
      @bethe192 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      I miss him and his understated brilliance. He was so darling, in all ways.

    • @sageywavey
      @sageywavey 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Ambrose Wolfinger I’m younger and I appreciate him

    • @thewolfdoctor761
      @thewolfdoctor761 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      A phrase he used that I loved was, "all seriousness aside."

    • @richardclay
      @richardclay 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      He wrote a book, "The Vulgarians Are At The Gate..." an excellent prediction of the descent to hell that television and movies have taken.

  • @m.e.d.7997
    @m.e.d.7997 8 ปีที่แล้ว +190

    Jackie seemed like a genuinely nice man.

    • @ibnalhaytham
      @ibnalhaytham 6 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      If you have never seen his interview with Johnny Carson, it really confirms that. At 18:12 Johnny asks a question, and that answer, and Jackie's following take on "talent," show what a wonderful, humble man he was. th-cam.com/video/MxouFMoXQQM/w-d-xo.html

    • @Retroscoop
      @Retroscoop 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      I've never seen a guest on WML who wasn't.... Even Muhammed Ali seemed very nice, as someone who would help old ladies to cross the street and carry their bags if needed. Not as the deadly puncher he was in the ring....

    • @stanmaxkolbe
      @stanmaxkolbe 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @@Retroscoop Muhammed Ali would help old ladies to cross the street and carry their bags if needed.

    • @allindbz
      @allindbz 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@Retroscoop even Muhammad Ali? Why would you think he wasn't nice ?

    • @Lauren-vd4qe
      @Lauren-vd4qe 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      ya especially when he wanted to smack alice in the mouth all the time ya...heavy smoker...

  • @sitarnut
    @sitarnut 6 ปีที่แล้ว +40

    I always think after listening to this particular panel, that their combined intellect, class, speaking abilities and integrity would weigh more than a very large percentage of the entire population nowadays.

    • @maureengauvin1768
      @maureengauvin1768 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      BAM! BULLSEYE!

    • @93Jubilee
      @93Jubilee ปีที่แล้ว

      I agree with most of this comment, but what exactly does "class" mean in this context? and what significance does it have?

    • @philipchiu9835
      @philipchiu9835 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Agree, also that 3 of the panelists are writers..from journalist to publisher so they are very careful with their grammar and usage. They avoid using slang. Plus, tv was a new and rare form of entertainment.

    • @philipchiu9835
      @philipchiu9835 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@93Jubilee the word "class" in this case how one conducts themselves in public or private such as manners, professionalism, deportment, etc. It's not necessarily referring to social status.

  • @brookehanley3659
    @brookehanley3659 9 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    These really seem like the best of times.

  • @joyciejd9673
    @joyciejd9673 6 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I love this episode. I love to hear about these old time jobs....cigar maker. Don’t hear that much anymore

  • @brookehanley3659
    @brookehanley3659 9 ปีที่แล้ว +208

    By todays standards Jackie is not really heavy looking at all.

    • @APOCALYPSE_X-MEN
      @APOCALYPSE_X-MEN 9 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      +Brooke Hanley In 1953, Jackie Gleason was around 230 pounds. In his Dumont days, he was around 180 to 200 pounds. By the time of the Classic 39, Gleason was over 280 pounds.

    • @marjoriecohn3868
      @marjoriecohn3868 5 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      I think he was really handsome!

    • @Steve-eq8iz
      @Steve-eq8iz 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @BLAIR M Schirmer I blame it more on the death of self-discipline in our culture.

    • @jazzmanchgo
      @jazzmanchgo 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @@APOCALYPSE_X-MEN He went as high as 340 or 350 later on, but his weight fluctuated a lot over the course of his career. (But he was a "serious actor" later on, and a magnificent one.)

    • @stddisclaimer8020
      @stddisclaimer8020 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @BLAIR M Schirmer How sweet it is!

  • @N1ewidomy
    @N1ewidomy 3 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    I was born in 1990 and don't even know most of these people but I'm having a blast watching these shows and get to know some American pop-culture history. These people have so much class. It just oozes with charm. The dirty jokes are still there as today but it's 100 times more civilized. And Mr Daly is just amazing! He seems like your everyday friend and yet he's so professional! What a great host he is.

    • @rufust.firefly4890
      @rufust.firefly4890 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      They're all dead.

    • @bizzy9169
      @bizzy9169 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I found this show on accident, it was the colonel sanders episode that brought me in. Now I’ve watched them in order from episode 1 until now. I’m similar in age to you and I am addicted to this show. I really wish culture would return to how it was back in the 50’s when everyone was well mannered and civilized.

    • @rufust.firefly4890
      @rufust.firefly4890 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@bizzy9169 I watched this show on Sunday nights as much as I could from my early teens on. It usually came on at 10:30 Sunday nights, so sometimes It was a school night. Candid Camera at 10, WML at 10:30, then bed. CC was like AHV, but way better.

  • @lindachavezw...246
    @lindachavezw...246 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Aww love Jackie Gleason 💙

  • @congared1
    @congared1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    One of my favorite movies was Gigot starring Jackie Gleason . Jackie Gleason gave the performance of his life. He was the writer of the original story too. Great comedy but also had sad parts which Mr. Gleason made you tear up. Wonderful movie and great acting by Jackie Gleason!

    • @DexterHaven
      @DexterHaven 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Yeah, and he composed music too. An amazing talent.

  • @sdgakatbk
    @sdgakatbk 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Jackie Gleason really enjoyed this!
    This show was from 1953 which is before the Honeymooners which was from 1955-1956. In one of the episodes, he goes to a costume contest dressed as a man from space. The judges make him one of the finalists for his impersonation of a pinball machine.

    • @DexterHaven
      @DexterHaven 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Great comment!

    • @dennman6
      @dennman6 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Actually Jackie Gleason and his cast were doing Honeymooners sketches from 1951. The original Alice in the earliest episodes was Pert Kelton, who is perhaps best known as Mrs. Paroo in both the Broadway and movie version of The Music Man. What you are talking about is the series that most people are familiar with, which is the "filmed 39" episodes that have been in constant circulation since they were made. The Honeymooners were also presented in one hour colour episodes in the 1960s with Sheila MacCrae & Jane Keane in the roles of Alice & Trixie. In the late 1970s there were four one hour Honeymooners specials with the original cast of Gleason, Art Carney, Audrey Meadows, Joyce Randolph reunited. Joyce Randolph is the only surviving cast member of the Honeymooners still amongst the quick, and is now 97 years old.

    • @terriwilson2093
      @terriwilson2093 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Jayne Meadows was in real life married to Steve Allen. Or it was her actress sister. Can't remember her name

  • @billbrimmer1739
    @billbrimmer1739 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Dorothy always seem to ask the right questions and come up with the profession. Although got Jackie correct. Wondering why Arlene and Dorothy switched seats in subsequent years. This is a wonderful panel with Steve showing his natural wit. Bert personified New York City. John is always superb master of ceremonies. Jackie Gleason was someone I wish I had known, a multi-talented regular guy.

  • @DexterHaven
    @DexterHaven 4 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    18:04 Gleason is in a class by himself. Best mystery guest ever -- only one to really crack me up and the host too! Look at the faces he makes after being asked that. What a pro.

    • @deeannadorough7378
      @deeannadorough7378 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      He’s always been my favorite. RIP Jackie

    • @DexterHaven
      @DexterHaven 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@deeannadorough7378 Yeah, Jackie also played a great cop, I think, Buford T. Justice, who would have hated the whole Defund the Police crap and maybe spoken out against it, if alive now, as a former man of the law. ;)

    • @tomhavens6006
      @tomhavens6006 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Gleason was so multi talented. I have an S on my Havens.

  • @pg396
    @pg396 10 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    Jackie Gleason is so young looking in this. Amazing.

    • @loissimmons6558
      @loissimmons6558 8 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      He had just turned 37 ten days before this aired.

    • @savethetpc6406
      @savethetpc6406 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @Glennsten Bergkvist What amazed me is that Arlene even got his first name wrong! ("Are you Jimmy Gleason? -- Jack Gleason?" @ 20:09) Kind of embarrassing all around!

    • @neilmidkiff
      @neilmidkiff 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@savethetpc6406 James "Jimmy" Gleason was a popular character actor, director, and playwright; he appeared in several movies each year in the Thirties and Forties and most of the Fifties, including well-remembered roles in Meet John Doe and Here Comes Mr. Jordan in 1941, Arsenic and Old Lace (1944), many others. So Jimmy as a slip of the tongue for Jackie is understandable.

    • @joecaroselli5858
      @joecaroselli5858 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@neilmidkiff Excellent explanation. Jimmy Gleason was a superb actor, as pointed out by your mentioning some of the great films which graced his presence. I especially liked him as Sylvester in The Bishop's Wife. Anyway, terrific clarification here.

    • @BrookeBullmasterStewart
      @BrookeBullmasterStewart 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Imagine living in a world when Jackie Gleason was in his 30’s. Wow. Does anyone else see a similarity between him and what perhaps John Belushi could have been? John was so brilliant. Without the destructive element of drugs, he could have been amazing for a long time…

  • @josephcostello695
    @josephcostello695 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    The Great One At His Best. RIP Jackie.

  • @littlebrookreader949
    @littlebrookreader949 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    This was a great show! Fun all around! Loved it - THANKS!

  • @MissJack5789
    @MissJack5789 8 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    We say "To The Moon Alice" at work all the time. What a great actor Jackie is and always will be. He could roll those sad eyes at you and totally change your emotions to feeling so sorry for him. I wish they would bring the show back. Many thanks (What's My Line)

    • @bobz63
      @bobz63 8 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      +MissJack5789 I was born at the end of the 1950's and was names Alice. All my life I have heard 'TO THE MOON ALICE,' Even still today, jokingly my family and spouse say those four little words to me and laugh.

    • @shirleyrombough8173
      @shirleyrombough8173 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      MissJack5789 - The problem is that who in the public world has the qualifications to perform either on the panel or as moderator.

  • @brachio1000
    @brachio1000 3 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    Dorothy Kilgallen was a friggin' genius. I mean, my God.

    • @warriormanmaxx8991
      @warriormanmaxx8991 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Dorothy Kilgallen attended college for one year only, decided to quit ... move forward in journalism ... a dear woman ahead of her time ! (there are two books out about Dorothy's life / who might have killed her)

    • @stanwolenski9541
      @stanwolenski9541 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      She shows how to ask follow up questions, something people in the news profession today seldom do.

  • @kennethlclark5065
    @kennethlclark5065 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Dorothy Kilgallen was one amazing woman!

    • @rotagbhd
      @rotagbhd 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      J. Edgar Hoover didn't think so.

    • @melianna999
      @melianna999 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@rotagbhd And those who kill her, too.

  • @guitargeorge1874
    @guitargeorge1874 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Love Steve Allen. His show is funny as well

  • @aliced7505
    @aliced7505 4 ปีที่แล้ว +206

    This bus driver keeps flirting with me back in NY. Finally one day I return his greeting. After a few minutes, he asks my name - Alice. I was never so embarrassed at how he laughed at me. As I started walking away, he finally controlled his hysterical laughter and said, "No, you don't understand -- my name is Ralph!"

  • @freddylubin
    @freddylubin 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    One of the few shows we kids would watch with our parents.

    • @melianna999
      @melianna999 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      At 10.30 pm on Sunday????

  • @majorsmythe1
    @majorsmythe1 6 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    A true Hollywood STAR !

  • @JJamJ
    @JJamJ 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I’m hooked on this charming programme.

  • @gailreese4102
    @gailreese4102 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    My first memories of television are of watching "The Jackie Gleason Show." I still remember Jackie's characters & his guest-player, "Crazy Guggenheim," too. Nobody else quite like him!

    • @jerrylee8261
      @jerrylee8261 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yeah, I remember him as the bartender with Crazy and he would sing at end while wiping the bar.

    • @beadyeyedbrat
      @beadyeyedbrat ปีที่แล้ว

      Wasn't that Frank Fontaine?

    • @gailreese4102
      @gailreese4102 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yes! @@beadyeyedbrat

  • @MrXminus1
    @MrXminus1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Such a simple concept, but so interesting and entertaining.

  • @brookehanley3659
    @brookehanley3659 8 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Watching March 8th, 2016! 63 years ago.

    • @melianna999
      @melianna999 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      04/07/2024 71 years ago

  • @bethe192
    @bethe192 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    "He's no gentleman if it does." 😂😂
    Oh, I do miss Steve Allen! 😉💚

  • @drumbum3.142
    @drumbum3.142 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I'm in HUGE Respect of Gleason's Demeanor and Camraderie Here.👏👏👏
    Beautiful it is.👏

  • @jettcarlburg356
    @jettcarlburg356 6 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Jackie Gleason!!!! He still had one great character left to give to us :-) "What we're dealin' with here is a complete lack of respect for the law" LOL LOL LOL

  •  11 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Gleasons voice was so recognizable that I can't believe it took so long for the panel to identify.

    • @sassytbc7923
      @sassytbc7923 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I wasn’t born until several years after this aired. But I did watch the honeymooners growing up.. and easily recognized Gleason’s voice. Some things are just so unique.

    • @dbarker7794
      @dbarker7794 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Agreed. There's something in his voice that can't be hidden.

  • @KENTUCKY-MAMA
    @KENTUCKY-MAMA 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Jackie Gleason always funny. Was glad 2 C him in 'Smokey and The Bandit' movies. He made it that much more enjoyable. No one could of played that part as well ♥️

  • @prabhakarkmv4135
    @prabhakarkmv4135 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Jackie was so affectionate with his guests❤️

  • @freeguy77
    @freeguy77 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Those low prize amounts from $5 to $50 would today need to be at least $60 to $600 to buy what those original amounts did in 1953. WML? has always been my favorite tv game show, and this panel has some of the smartest (and funniest, with Steve Allen) on any game show series. I was able to stay up later on Sunday night to see the consecutive shows "Candid Camera" and "WML?" The quality of tv shws have gone done precipitously since the mid-1960s, when shows as those two (and many others), ruled the airwaves.

  • @StaciArdmore
    @StaciArdmore 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Steve Allen stole the show on this one! His line of questioning on the garbage truck driver was so funny that it almost seemed as if it was staged. What I didn't get, was how long Jackie Gleason was able to keep the panel at bay. I recognized his voice from his very first "yes" response, from the "poloponies' episode. And the camel trainer's response to a question that left Daly suggesting that he should be the moderator! Priceless!

    • @larchmontmark1
      @larchmontmark1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Nice!! I know that "poloponies" episode so well, and still it wouldn't have occurred to me that this was Jackie.

    • @lorenanders702
      @lorenanders702 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      "Are you bigger than a polopony?" 🤣

  • @debrareisdorf309
    @debrareisdorf309 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I was just a month old when this aired! Fascinating.

  • @kystars
    @kystars 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Wow to see some of these GREAT people and names and that I am now 25 years older than them in some cases is amazing. Seeing Jackie Gleason is always great but to see Steve Allen so young. wow fantastic

  • @moladhdodhia164
    @moladhdodhia164 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Jackie Gleason was born in 1916 so he was 37 years old here,so young.

  • @Tsuruta1
    @Tsuruta1 7 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    "Buford T. Justice"
    Mr. Gleason's role in "Smokey And The Bandit."

    • @deejay8403
      @deejay8403 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      "Where are you, you sum'bitch?" LOL!

  • @alanhandleman6513
    @alanhandleman6513 10 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    This is so funny. Dorothy thought that he might be Sid Cesar, which is why she asked about dialects. LMAO

    • @Gypsyqueen-lt7tq
      @Gypsyqueen-lt7tq 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      That was my thought, too -- especially when she followed up w/ a question about impersonating pinball machines. I always forget that Sid actually preceded Gleason on the small screen -- and, back then, they were all still NY-based & so likely knew one another. Gleason looks so handsome here -- he just had beautiful eyes & a lovely smile. Thanks so much for posting.

  • @lisa-el3db
    @lisa-el3db 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Oh, he says what a pleasure it has been to be on this show. Just love these reruns. One of the best tv shows ever, "The Honeymooners". One of the best and funniest tv shows.

  • @44032
    @44032 8 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    Gil Fates calls this panel "The Varsity Team" and I agree.

    • @DexterHaven
      @DexterHaven 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Groucho and Johnny Carson were Varsity level too, I'd say.

    • @44032
      @44032 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@DexterHaven But they were guests, not part of the 'team'.

  • @gatewayski1
    @gatewayski1 10 ปีที่แล้ว +53

    I was being born when this episode aired.

    • @WhatsMyLine
      @WhatsMyLine  10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      cats pajamas You mean literally between 10:30 and 11PM on this particular Sunday evening? Neat!

    • @gatewayski1
      @gatewayski1 10 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      What's My Line? No sorry to say it was 8:39 p.m.

    • @WhatsMyLine
      @WhatsMyLine  10 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      cats pajamas Well, depends on what time zone you were born in. :)

    • @brookehanley3659
      @brookehanley3659 9 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      cats pajamas Still cool you were only minutes old. I was born on a Friday so I did not stand a chance at this.

    • @loissimmons6558
      @loissimmons6558 8 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I was 8 hours and 14 minutes old when the 11/16/52 episode came on (assuming it came on exactly at 10:30 PM). I was born in NYC, so yes, it was in the same time zone. In fact it was about 8 miles to the ESE of the WML studio as the crow flies.

  • @sherryhesner5940
    @sherryhesner5940 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Jackie Gleason reminds me of MY DADDY! Love4Ever!!! 😍😍😍😍😍

  • @lawrencecunningham7321
    @lawrencecunningham7321 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Dorothy Kilgalin was amazing on this show.

  • @drednm
    @drednm 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Great TV comedy star of the 1950s and 60s and also an Oscar nominated actor (THE HUSTLER).

  • @morganrussell6783
    @morganrussell6783 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I love this show corny and funny as 💖💯

  • @countalucard4226
    @countalucard4226 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Evan in 1953 Jackie was “The Great One” the panel, the audience, had no idea what this mans legend would become.

  • @TheInvincibleViolet
    @TheInvincibleViolet 10 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    Oh those dimples, Jackie. :)

    • @loissimmons6558
      @loissimmons6558 8 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Hmm. On one of the last Hal Block episodes, I mentioned some similarities between him and Gleason, noting the irony of Jackie being the first MG after Hal was gone. So for any who missed Hal "Dimples" Block (as Arlene often introduced him), we had Jackie "Dimples" Gleason.

  • @janetburke8327
    @janetburke8327 10 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    "Jimmy Gleason"! Wow that was early in his career!