"He left me at the airpawut, I took a cab back and came here." Lovely....and I like Daly's glee at the Bishop-Hackett banter. Daly loves a good laugh. And me too. We need one these days!! Well well well, Daly's just said "Laughs are precious things these days." So he's feeling it in 1966, whatever was going on.
Recorded on July 17, 1966. The final appearance of the "Son-of-a-Gun" himself, Joey Bishop. Whether you watch in production or airing order, the Studio 52 era (since June 12, 1960) began with Joey Bishop, and ended with Joey Bishop.
Modesto, California was the birthplace of George Lucas and the inspiration for the town portrayed in his movie "American Graffiti". He had graduated from HS just four years prior to this episode and he also attended junior college there.
Since their styles are polar opposites, it's not surprising that Joey Bishop and Buddy Hackett might become good friends. For one thing, they wouldn't be likely to steal each other's material. Hackett is over the top upbeat, expressive, emotive and effervescent. His stand up is very physical. Bishop, in contrast, is dour, deadpan, and relatively taciturn for a comedian. They could have been paired very well in a sitcom, whether in an odd couple type setup (Hackett as an Oscar and Bishop as a Felix) or as buddy opposites similar to Gleason and Carney (although with Hackett as eternally positive and Bishop as the sad sack).
Bennett Cerf's snarky remark about the Kansas City Athletics notwithstanding, with the advent of the Major League Draft in 1965, the Athletics were in the process of building a team that would win five straight division titles and three straight World Series in the early 1970's before free agency broke up the team. The 1966 Modesto Reds, for whom the first challenger served as a bat girl (perhaps evidence of A's Owner Charlie Finley's promotional flair), included three future members of Baseball's Hall of Fame: Reggie Jackson, Rollie Fingers and Tony LaRussa. They also had two other future All-Stars: Dave Duncan and Joe Rudi. They finished the season in first place by 11 games with an 88-53 record. They led the league in runs scored and home runs. Duncan hit 46 that year, Rudi had 24 and Jackson had 21 in less than half a season.
Wow, a good chunk of the A's championship team were in Modesto in 1966. I grew up in Northern California, born 1960, and those names are legendary here. Tony LaRussa lived in my town.
Modesto has been a staple in the Class A California League for many years going back to 1946. They were without a team for only one year in 1965, but returned in 1966 (thus John Daly's remark that it was a new team.) They had been a farm team of the Houston Colt 45's and were known as the Modesto Colts for three years, but Modesto Reds was the traditional nickname for the team. Thus there's the oddity of a farm team for one major league franchise having the nickname for a different major league team. The A's were their parent club for only 1966, then they were affiliated with the Cardinals (often called the Red Birds, so Reds is more fitting) from 1967-74 before returning to the A's organization. When the Rockies became their parent club in 2005, the team became known as the Modesto Nuts. Since 2017 the Mariners took over the club but the nickname remains. Their mascots are Al the Almond,, Wally the Walnut and Shelley the Pistachio.
A Class A minor league team like the Modesto Reds is three levels away from the major leagues and most players at that level never make it. That was the case of Richard Martin "Dick" Bicek, a 19 year old relief pitcher for the Modesto Reds and future husband of the team's bat girl, the first challenger. (She calls him "Rich" but he is listed as "Dick" on baseball reference websites.) He appeared in only 9 games for Modesto, posting a 1-2 record with a modest 4.09 ERA before being sent back to a lower level Class A farm team in the Midwest League. He walked 16 batters in 11 innings and struck out 12, so it sounds like he threw hard but lacked control. Baseball people are patient with pitchers like that as hard throwing is almost impossible to teach but control can often be learned in time. That was not to be the case for Bicek. He labored in the minors for two more years, never getting above Class A. His control never improved and his strikeouts became less frequent. Richard Bicek passed away in Modesto on April 2, 2012. So apparently he stayed in Modesto with his bride after his playing career ended. However, his wife's name in the obituary is Julia, not Claudia. It would appear that Claudia also remarried and may still be alive. She was 18 years old when this episode was taped and aired. There is a photographer named Marty Bicek associated with Modesto with pictures of baseball players in his portfolio. Note that Martin is Richard Bicek's middle name. Based on the obituary, Marty was the youngest of three sons. As best as I can tell, Richard and Claudia also had two daughters before their marriage ended. www.maxpreps.com/photo/photographers.aspx?photographerid=9bacb6ec-1e58-4556-92d6-f5e7595b033a As it turned out, 9/4/66 was Richard Bicek's 20th birthday.
Gil Fates said that the color versions didn't survive, because CBS only charged them about $10 for a kinescope copy, which was far more economical than keeping color videotape masters.
And also the final black & white show. All future shows were in color, and on the black & white kinescopes that survive, they have a darker and fuzzier tone to the picture quality.
***** If the extant color episodes of "Password" and "To Tell the Truth" are any indication, all they did for WML and "I've Got a Secret", was move the powder-blue sets to a new studio, and replace the cameras with Norelco PC 60 ones. The final season of the 1956-1968 "To Tell the Truth" had a more color-friendly set. s17.postimg.org/gi36q5f9r/Password_1966.jpg
Gastguma As long as they're consistent with what they all agree themselves then it doesn't matter to me. After all, we've been on the planet for hundreds of thousands of years but only a few centuries ago people thought the sun was at the centre of the universe. So we're ALL pretty dumb! As long they all agree something's in the fish family, then at least they know where they all are!
The opposite of this episode was when buddy was mystery guest lol Awwww i would've love to see it in color in their new studio....... I would've loved to see Dorothy there
Joey's Bishop's 1961-5 sitcom had been cancelled the year before. It went through both B&W and color versions and various incarnations. It was eclectic, which is to say it was a mess. One of my old encyclopedias of TV said the whole thing had been destroyed. Some of it has in recent years shown up. In a few years, he would star in a night time talk show that had -- notwithstanding what Regis Philbin thinks of it -- a colorful and short history of its own. At this point, I think Joey was the most frequent guest host of "The Tonight Show" when Johnny was by contract off.
When Buddy asked if the mystery guest had had a TV show that was canceled, I thought he already knew it was Joey. But when Bennett asked if he'd ever had a close association with Dean Martin, I thought *he* thought it was Jerry Lewis -- and I even wondered if Joey was deliberately trying to lead them down that "garden path" with the strange noises he was using to answer questions. But then, when Joey said he had been working with Dean Martin recently, I started to wonder again....
Sponges are one of the oldest forms of life and in that sense are a "sister group" to all other animals, but they lack any close relatives currently. They are the sole assignee to the Phylum Porifera. WML often struggles with biology but this time it is understandable. Sponges do not fit any other classification. Sponges are mutlicellular and produce sperm, but they lack true tissues and organs. They also lack nervous, digestive and circulatory systems. Most obtain food and oxygen from the water flowing through their pores. They rid themselves of waste matter the same way. Sponges lack ability for self-locomotion. (They are sessile.)
I find their bungling of many things an absolute hoot, especially some of the animal discussions. Say, is there a story behind Arlene's necklace, the heart? She wears it even when wearing another piece of jewelry around the neck.
@@strange-universe The story has often been discussed on this channel. The heart necklace had been given to her by her husband, Martin Gabel, and was especially treasured by her.
Here's a list of all 47 color episodes from September 11, 1966 to September 3, 1967 in terms of production order. And yes, strange as this sounds, there WERE three episodes taped on Monday. Why? I don't know. September 11, 1966 (Live; the first show peremanently in color) September 18, 1966 (Live) September 25, 1966 (Live) October 16, 1966 (VTR: October 02, 1966) October 02, 1966 (Live) October 23, 1966 (VTR: Monday October 17, 1966) November 13, 1966 (VTR: Monday October 17, 1966) November 20, 1966 (VTR: Monday October 31, 1966) November 27, 1966 (Live) January 01, 1967 (VTR: December 04, 1966) December 04, 1966 (Live) December 11, 1966 (Live) December 25, 1966 (VTR: December 18, 1966) December 18, 1966 (Live) January 08, 1967 (Live) January 15, 1967 (Live) January 22, 1967 (Live) January 29, 1967 (Live) February 05, 1967 (Live) February 19, 1967 (VTR: February 12, 1967) February 12, 1967 (Live) February 26, 1967 (Live) April 09, 1967 (VTR: March 05, 1967; only pre-taped episode to no longer exist)* March 05, 1967 (Live) March 12, 1967 (Live) March 19, 1967 (Live) August 06, 1967 (VTR: March 26, 1967) March 26, 1967 (Live)* April 23, 1967 (VTR: April 16, 1967) April 16, 1967 (Live)* April 30, 1967 (Live) May 14, 1967 (VTR: May 07, 1967) May 07, 1967 (Live) August 13, 1967 (VTR: May 21, 1967) May 21, 1967 (Live) May 28, 1967 (Live) August 20, 1967 (VTR: June 04, 1967) June 04, 1967 (Live) June 11, 1967 (Live) July 02, 1967 (VTR: June 18, 1967) June 18, 1967 (Live)* July 30, 1967 (VTR: July 09, 1967) July 09, 1967 (Live) July 16, 1967 (Live) August 27, 1967 (VTR: July 23, 1967; last pre-taped episode) July 23, 1967 (Live)* September 03, 1967 (Live; the 876th and final episode of the original "What's My Line?")
Not one of Buddy's better appearances. Usually endearing, he seemed to strive for "desperate comedy" antics that was not only unfunny but insulting and took us away from the game whenever it was his turn. He seemed out of it. He redeemed himself somewhat with his later interaction with Joey Bishop
Loved Joey Bishop comment about Dean Martin... Nobody could work to close to Dean m... LoL could tell that joey Bishop was really close to Dean Martin.
The Second Guest. The title indicates that it was hand-lettered, which means he was either a last minute guest -- which seems unlikely given that he comes from coastal Florida -- or that someone misspelled the prepared card. "Diver" is a hard word to spell.
Not so much hand-lettered as assembled from white plastic letters that snap into a corrugated black background. The style of the letters, with corners cut at a 45 degree angle rather than rounded, is characteristic of these. This kind of sign board used to be common in hotels and conference centers to announce what group was meeting in which room, and similar uses, before desktop publishing made it easy to make custom signage.
Backwards or forwards, the lenses act the same (I just tested it). What Phyllis was doing was taking a quick peek through the lenses with the glasses folded because she didn't intend to put them on. To get a clear look at the challenger's appearance, just one look ... that's all it took. (With apologies to Doris Troy)
When the color shows of WML aired from September 11, 1966 to September 3, 1967, the episodes were shot with CBS Color Norelco PC 60 cameras. They also began with this "CBS in Color" bumper, but for some reason, it is NOT on Gary's original broadcast copy of the finale. th-cam.com/video/OMeupOANrT4/w-d-xo.html
Johan Bengtsson I think the friendship between Buddy Hackett and Joey Bishop is very sweet. I don't know how long they'd known each other by this point, nor how they met, but whenever I've seen them together on WML, they always seem like best friends who've known each other since they were kids -- almost like brothers, and they never show the slightest hesitance in expressing their feelings toward each other, whether it be through words or physical contact. I find this very sweet indeed.
Joe Postove Yep maybe not consciously but they certainly avoided it. Much as I think, on a broader point, the producers didn't replace Dorothy with another intelligent female panellist.....which I think the programme badly missed after the loss of Kilgallen.
Yes, you can buy natural sponges in stores. When I'm in a stage show where theatrical makeup is needed, I much prefer using a small natural sponge to apply the base makeup. It goes on more smoothly than with synthetic sponges. And the natural sponges last a long time and can be rinsed and dried easily.
CBS had color shows prior to Fall 1966. There was "The Ed Sullivan Show", starting in Fall 1965, which a series of shows done here in Los Angeles at Television City, while Studio 50 (where WML would move to) was getting refitted with color equipment. "Password" went sorta the same way during Fall 1966. The 1966-1967 season was the first "FULL" American television season for color programming.
CBS went almost full color in primetime in 1965-66. Most of the sit-coms were in color while many of the dramas were lagging. Daytime was still mostly monochrome.
Some daytime network programs were still in black and white. I believe "Dark Shadows" on ABC was still in B&W, as was "American Bandstand" at least to June 1967.
maynardsmoreland Into the spring of 1967 (and somewhat beyond, most of ABC and CBS daytime was in black and white. CBS had three color shows in this period, "House Party", "Password", and To Tell The Truth". ABC was completely B&W until "The Newlywed Game", "The Dating Game" and "Dream Girl" went to color. Some daytime shows (The CBS reruns of primetime sitcoms and Captain Kangaroo remained in black and white into 1968 and beyond for a straggling sitcom or two).
Somewhere in the late sixties, to my dismay, my mom switched from game shows to soap operas for daytime tv viewing while she did her household tasks. One of her shows was the pre-Luke and Laura version of "General Hospital" when Dr. Hardy and Nurse Jessie Brewer were the featured stars. They still used an organ for bumper music and were proudly adding "in color" as a tag line a couple of years after every other program had been in color for a few years by then. I got the sense that they were a program struggling financially and would need to do something sensational to stay on the air. And they did.
yep, all first-fun primetime programming went to color...IMHO, neither The Addams Family or The Munsters would have been the same - or as good - if they'd gone to color...
I like his humility. He may be a bit greasy round the gills but he's got a relaxed, light-hearted temperament while he plays the game. It's the egotistical, camera-hogging, time-consuming comedian panellists that rub ME up the wrong way. ....and Buddy's airport story tonight was worth the price of admission alone.
I've had the great DISpleasure of driving Joey Bishop to the airport ... TWICE! The most obnoxious man I've ever been forced to spend time in a car with.
First contestant. I doubt she dealt with bats in that hair style, given she had to wear a cap. Phyllis was have been really short sighted, given that she uses her glasses to look at the contestants for the first time.
Years ago one time, when Hackett was on the panel and Tony Randall was the mystery guest, Buddy blurted out, "What did you do with the gun I bought you, Joey?" Randall did not know what he was talking about. No mention of the gun, the son of a son.
I really hate it when they get into biological discussions. Bennett needs to look up "fish" and "mammal" in his dictionary. Also reptile and crustaceon.
I don't hate it at all, I often find it amusing. The panelists are mostly upper crust city dwellers and likely don't hold a lot of interest in wildlife. For all that, they are pretty intelligent and often excel at deductive reasoning. Most importantly though, they are enjoyable.
Joey Bishop is so likeable but not really funny. He is fun to watch and I have always been a fan of his but some of his stuff is so bad its embarrassing like his stand up act and his attempt to imitate "Allen's Alley" on his talk show.
nandofigueira2005 I think that he has a particular dead-pan style that either appeals or doesn’t. I myself find him very funny, perhaps because that’s the kind of humour I grew up with in my family, but I can see that some other people would perhaps prefer a more ‘in-your-face’ comedy. I feel that humour, like any art, is very subjective: for example, I know that many people find the slapstick style of, say, Jerry Lewis or Benny Hill to be hilarious but it just leaves me cold. Whereas I just love any kind of wordplay like that of comedians such as Tony Hancock, the Two Ronnies, Paul Merton or the Americans Bob Newhart and Jonathan Winters.
What a dreadful lineup. Yikes, all the way around. Phillis, Buddy, and Joey. They're all grating to the ears. I'm ever so thankful they're not regulars.
Phyllis apparently had a charming stage presence in musical comedies, but it doesn't come through in game show play. I think Buddy missed a trick by trying to play the game show in his patented dumb character rather than in his own persona; surely everyone knew that he himself had to be smarter than the characters he played, so it wouldn't have been giving anything away to just be himself. I really enjoy Joey's deadpan humor as a panelist, and it doesn't get in the way of his effectiveness as a game player. Here as MG he's apparently eager enough to be guessed that he reverts to his own voice way too soon, so he loses some chances for humor.
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"within the confines of propriety....." Oh, how I miss those days.
With the first guest, I was surprised they didn't try to identify the actual sport first.
Newman was unusually sharp and focused this evening.
"He left me at the airpawut, I took a cab back and came here." Lovely....and I like Daly's glee at the Bishop-Hackett banter.
Daly loves a good laugh. And me too. We need one these days!!
Well well well, Daly's just said "Laughs are precious things these days." So he's feeling it in 1966, whatever was going on.
Recorded on July 17, 1966. The final appearance of the "Son-of-a-Gun" himself, Joey Bishop.
Whether you watch in production or airing order, the Studio 52 era (since June 12, 1960) began with Joey Bishop, and ended with Joey Bishop.
Never noticed before Joey's strong resemblance to my favorite actor, Mr. Eli Wallach, exacerbated tonight, IMO, by his emotive reactions.
@@alansorensen5903 Which was unusual for Bishop, because he was generally emotionless.
Some of the dresses back then were so elegant like that one that the first contestant was wearing.
R.I.P. Ms. Newman. You were a treasure.
She was indeed a joy to watch.
Modesto, California was the birthplace of George Lucas and the inspiration for the town portrayed in his movie "American Graffiti". He had graduated from HS just four years prior to this episode and he also attended junior college there.
Since their styles are polar opposites, it's not surprising that Joey Bishop and Buddy Hackett might become good friends. For one thing, they wouldn't be likely to steal each other's material. Hackett is over the top upbeat, expressive, emotive and effervescent. His stand up is very physical. Bishop, in contrast, is dour, deadpan, and relatively taciturn for a comedian.
They could have been paired very well in a sitcom, whether in an odd couple type setup (Hackett as an Oscar and Bishop as a Felix) or as buddy opposites similar to Gleason and Carney (although with Hackett as eternally positive and Bishop as the sad sack).
When Bennett asked Joey Bishop if he worked closely with Dean Martin, he thought Jerry Lewis was the mystery guest.
Bennett Cerf's snarky remark about the Kansas City Athletics notwithstanding, with the advent of the Major League Draft in 1965, the Athletics were in the process of building a team that would win five straight division titles and three straight World Series in the early 1970's before free agency broke up the team.
The 1966 Modesto Reds, for whom the first challenger served as a bat girl (perhaps evidence of A's Owner Charlie Finley's promotional flair), included three future members of Baseball's Hall of Fame: Reggie Jackson, Rollie Fingers and Tony LaRussa. They also had two other future All-Stars: Dave Duncan and Joe Rudi.
They finished the season in first place by 11 games with an 88-53 record. They led the league in runs scored and home runs. Duncan hit 46 that year, Rudi had 24 and Jackson had 21 in less than half a season.
Wow, a good chunk of the A's championship team were in Modesto in 1966. I grew up in Northern California, born 1960, and those names are legendary here. Tony LaRussa lived in my town.
You know your baseball ! Good info, thanks for sharing.
Modesto has been a staple in the Class A California League for many years going back to 1946. They were without a team for only one year in 1965, but returned in 1966 (thus John Daly's remark that it was a new team.) They had been a farm team of the Houston Colt 45's and were known as the Modesto Colts for three years, but Modesto Reds was the traditional nickname for the team. Thus there's the oddity of a farm team for one major league franchise having the nickname for a different major league team. The A's were their parent club for only 1966, then they were affiliated with the Cardinals (often called the Red Birds, so Reds is more fitting) from 1967-74 before returning to the A's organization. When the Rockies became their parent club in 2005, the team became known as the Modesto Nuts. Since 2017 the Mariners took over the club but the nickname remains. Their mascots are Al the Almond,, Wally the Walnut and Shelley the Pistachio.
Egads! Shelley the Pistachio? Bennett would've loved that one.
I was just one day old when this was first broadcast.
'Reasonable confines of propriety.'.
Phyllis Newman is gorgeous.
She's nasty. She whines too much and laughs like a bird which is so distracting. He's too loud and intrusive to an otherwise enjoyable show.
A Class A minor league team like the Modesto Reds is three levels away from the major leagues and most players at that level never make it. That was the case of Richard Martin "Dick" Bicek, a 19 year old relief pitcher for the Modesto Reds and future husband of the team's bat girl, the first challenger. (She calls him "Rich" but he is listed as "Dick" on baseball reference websites.)
He appeared in only 9 games for Modesto, posting a 1-2 record with a modest 4.09 ERA before being sent back to a lower level Class A farm team in the Midwest League. He walked 16 batters in 11 innings and struck out 12, so it sounds like he threw hard but lacked control. Baseball people are patient with pitchers like that as hard throwing is almost impossible to teach but control can often be learned in time.
That was not to be the case for Bicek. He labored in the minors for two more years, never getting above Class A. His control never improved and his strikeouts became less frequent.
Richard Bicek passed away in Modesto on April 2, 2012. So apparently he stayed in Modesto with his bride after his playing career ended. However, his wife's name in the obituary is Julia, not Claudia.
It would appear that Claudia also remarried and may still be alive. She was 18 years old when this episode was taped and aired.
There is a photographer named Marty Bicek associated with Modesto with pictures of baseball players in his portfolio. Note that Martin is Richard Bicek's middle name. Based on the obituary, Marty was the youngest of three sons. As best as I can tell, Richard and Claudia also had two daughters before their marriage ended.
www.maxpreps.com/photo/photographers.aspx?photographerid=9bacb6ec-1e58-4556-92d6-f5e7595b033a
As it turned out, 9/4/66 was Richard Bicek's 20th birthday.
Bicek had some more famous teammates, reggie jackson, tony larussa,, rollie fingers, dave duncan, and joe rudi
You could have researched this a little more.
I thought Bat Girl was a super hero!
Does the animal ever have square pants?
10:19 Arlene makes one of her patented semi-naughty comments.
Nice to see a member of the robber gang Ocean's Eleven
"Are you a fish-a-dermist?" 👍🤣
Buddy wasn't always the most effective panelist, but he was a hilarious panelist.
Gil Fates said that the color versions didn't survive, because CBS only charged them about $10 for a kinescope copy, which was far more economical than keeping color videotape masters.
First mention on WML of "Dinner at 8" revival.
Last times for Buddy Hackett, who was one of the most funny guest panelists and for Joey Bishop, ditto.
Two of the most annoying, next to Groucho, Hal, Bennett (his sexism grates on me)
And also the final black & white show. All future shows were in color, and on the black & white kinescopes that survive, they have a darker and fuzzier tone to the picture quality.
***** If the extant color episodes of "Password" and "To Tell the Truth" are any indication, all they did for WML and "I've Got a Secret", was move the powder-blue sets to a new studio, and replace the cameras with Norelco PC 60 ones.
The final season of the 1956-1968 "To Tell the Truth" had a more color-friendly set.
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The imprecision of their biological terminology perturbs me.
Gastguma As long as they're consistent with what they all agree themselves then it doesn't matter to me.
After all, we've been on the planet for hundreds of thousands of years but only a few centuries ago people thought the sun was at the centre of the universe. So we're ALL pretty dumb! As long they all agree something's in the fish family, then at least they know where they all are!
They are supposed to be highly intelligent. Biology is there worst subject. And a president of a publishing company who mispronounces words???
I am perturbed
The opposite of this episode was when buddy was mystery guest lol
Awwww i would've love to see it in color in their new studio....... I would've loved to see Dorothy there
Joey's Bishop's 1961-5 sitcom had been cancelled the year before. It went through both B&W and color versions and various incarnations. It was eclectic, which is to say it was a mess. One of my old encyclopedias of TV said the whole thing had been destroyed. Some of it has in recent years shown up. In a few years, he would star in a night time talk show that had -- notwithstanding what Regis Philbin thinks of it -- a colorful and short history of its own. At this point, I think Joey was the most frequent guest host of "The Tonight Show" when Johnny was by contract off.
Joey guest hosted for Johnny 177 times.
When Buddy asked if the mystery guest had had a TV show that was canceled, I thought he already knew it was Joey. But when Bennett asked if he'd ever had a close association with Dean Martin, I thought *he* thought it was Jerry Lewis -- and I even wondered if Joey was deliberately trying to lead them down that "garden path" with the strange noises he was using to answer questions. But then, when Joey said he had been working with Dean Martin recently, I started to wonder again....
With the right concept and writers, a "Joey Bishop sitcom" would have been classic.
Sponges are one of the oldest forms of life and in that sense are a "sister group" to all other animals, but they lack any close relatives currently. They are the sole assignee to the Phylum Porifera. WML often struggles with biology but this time it is understandable. Sponges do not fit any other classification.
Sponges are mutlicellular and produce sperm, but they lack true tissues and organs. They also lack nervous, digestive and circulatory systems. Most obtain food and oxygen from the water flowing through their pores. They rid themselves of waste matter the same way.
Sponges lack ability for self-locomotion. (They are sessile.)
That is interesting, whatever sessile means. I think this diver must have resided near Tarpon Springs, a community of Greeks and their families.
@@donnawoodford6641 Sessile means immobile.
I find their bungling of many things an absolute hoot, especially some of the animal discussions. Say, is there a story behind Arlene's necklace, the heart? She wears it even when wearing another piece of jewelry around the neck.
@@strange-universe The story has often been discussed on this channel. The heart necklace had been given to her by her husband, Martin Gabel, and was especially treasured by her.
Here's a list of all 47 color episodes from September 11, 1966 to September 3, 1967 in terms of production order. And yes, strange as this sounds, there WERE three episodes taped on Monday. Why? I don't know.
September 11, 1966 (Live; the first show peremanently in color)
September 18, 1966 (Live)
September 25, 1966 (Live)
October 16, 1966 (VTR: October 02, 1966)
October 02, 1966 (Live)
October 23, 1966 (VTR: Monday October 17, 1966)
November 13, 1966 (VTR: Monday October 17, 1966)
November 20, 1966 (VTR: Monday October 31, 1966)
November 27, 1966 (Live)
January 01, 1967 (VTR: December 04, 1966)
December 04, 1966 (Live)
December 11, 1966 (Live)
December 25, 1966 (VTR: December 18, 1966)
December 18, 1966 (Live)
January 08, 1967 (Live)
January 15, 1967 (Live)
January 22, 1967 (Live)
January 29, 1967 (Live)
February 05, 1967 (Live)
February 19, 1967 (VTR: February 12, 1967)
February 12, 1967 (Live)
February 26, 1967 (Live)
April 09, 1967 (VTR: March 05, 1967; only pre-taped episode to no longer exist)*
March 05, 1967 (Live)
March 12, 1967 (Live)
March 19, 1967 (Live)
August 06, 1967 (VTR: March 26, 1967)
March 26, 1967 (Live)*
April 23, 1967 (VTR: April 16, 1967)
April 16, 1967 (Live)*
April 30, 1967 (Live)
May 14, 1967 (VTR: May 07, 1967)
May 07, 1967 (Live)
August 13, 1967 (VTR: May 21, 1967)
May 21, 1967 (Live)
May 28, 1967 (Live)
August 20, 1967 (VTR: June 04, 1967)
June 04, 1967 (Live)
June 11, 1967 (Live)
July 02, 1967 (VTR: June 18, 1967)
June 18, 1967 (Live)*
July 30, 1967 (VTR: July 09, 1967)
July 09, 1967 (Live)
July 16, 1967 (Live)
August 27, 1967 (VTR: July 23, 1967; last pre-taped episode)
July 23, 1967 (Live)*
September 03, 1967 (Live; the 876th and final episode of the original "What's My Line?")
Not one of Buddy's better appearances. Usually endearing, he seemed to strive for "desperate comedy" antics that was not only unfunny but insulting and took us away from the game whenever it was his turn. He seemed out of it. He redeemed himself somewhat with his later interaction with Joey Bishop
He could be downright insufferable sometimes on Hollywood Squares years later.
That was my take also. "Desperate comedy" is how I would qualify it as well.
@@rmelin13231 I was thinking that he seemed quite intoxicated on this episode.
@@FreihEitnerMy diagnosis as well. He was insufferable to the first guest.
"Joseph Abraham Gottlieb (February 3, 1918 - October 17, 2007), known professionally as Joey Bishop"
If the animal has no legs, why would Bennett ask if it is an octopus?
Buddy Hackett went full Hal Block for the second there
and they moved to the studio 50 with password and to tell the truth
Loved Joey Bishop comment about Dean Martin... Nobody could work to close to Dean m... LoL could tell that joey Bishop was really close to Dean Martin.
The Second Guest. The title indicates that it was hand-lettered, which means he was either a last minute guest -- which seems unlikely given that he comes from coastal Florida -- or that someone misspelled the prepared card. "Diver" is a hard word to spell.
Not so much hand-lettered as assembled from white plastic letters that snap into a corrugated black background. The style of the letters, with corners cut at a 45 degree angle rather than rounded, is characteristic of these. This kind of sign board used to be common in hotels and conference centers to announce what group was meeting in which room, and similar uses, before desktop publishing made it easy to make custom signage.
Was Phyllis Newman using binoculars near the top of the show?
11:33 Lookie, lookie.
Oh. Looking through her eyeglasses backwards. Why do people do that?
Joe Postove
I've never seen anyone do that before. I don't get it.
SaveThe TPC Maybe if you look at them that way, they're x-ray glasses...and the fun!
Backwards or forwards, the lenses act the same (I just tested it). What Phyllis was doing was taking a quick peek through the lenses with the glasses folded because she didn't intend to put them on. To get a clear look at the challenger's appearance, just one look ... that's all it took. (With apologies to Doris Troy)
When the color shows of WML aired from September 11, 1966 to September 3, 1967, the episodes were shot with CBS Color Norelco PC 60 cameras. They also began with this "CBS in Color" bumper, but for some reason, it is NOT on Gary's original broadcast copy of the finale.
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Batgirl had quite a dress...and Buddy was unusually awkward.
Kenneth Butler He wasn't awkward on the handshake. Handled it perfectly.
Too funny!
Funny quarrel between Joey and Buddy. 21:33
Johan Bengtsson
I think the friendship between Buddy Hackett and Joey Bishop is very sweet. I don't know how long they'd known each other by this point, nor how they met, but whenever I've seen them together on WML, they always seem like best friends who've known each other since they were kids -- almost like brothers, and they never show the slightest hesitance in expressing their feelings toward each other, whether it be through words or physical contact. I find this very sweet indeed.
I would guess that Joey and Buddy went back decades together to the Borscht Belt.
Did the panel when they referred to whether or not they could carry something, not say "down Fifth Avenue" in respect for Dorothy's iconic question.
If not it was a good question to ask.
Joe Postove Yep maybe not consciously but they certainly avoided it. Much as I think, on a broader point, the producers didn't replace Dorothy with another intelligent female panellist.....which I think the programme badly missed after the loss of Kilgallen.
@@davidsanderson5918 Dorothy was so iconic, I think they felt she irreplaceable.
They didn't replace Fred Allen either.
Is there still a market for natural sponge? Or do we all use the store boughten kind?
Yes, you can buy natural sponges in stores. When I'm in a stage show where theatrical makeup is needed, I much prefer using a small natural sponge to apply the base makeup. It goes on more smoothly than with synthetic sponges. And the natural sponges last a long time and can be rinsed and dried easily.
They're also used in pottery. (My sister is a professional potter.)
They're used in faux wall treatments and other artistic applications too.
"boughten?" 😉 😂
CBS had color shows prior to Fall 1966. There was "The Ed Sullivan Show", starting in Fall 1965, which a series of shows done here in Los Angeles at Television City, while Studio 50 (where WML would move to) was getting refitted with color equipment.
"Password" went sorta the same way during Fall 1966. The 1966-1967 season was the first "FULL" American television season for color programming.
CBS went almost full color in primetime in 1965-66. Most of the sit-coms were in color while many of the dramas were lagging. Daytime was still mostly monochrome.
Some daytime network programs were still in black and white. I believe "Dark Shadows" on ABC was still in B&W, as was "American Bandstand" at least to June 1967.
maynardsmoreland Into the spring of 1967 (and somewhat beyond, most of ABC and CBS daytime was in black and white. CBS had three color shows in this period, "House Party", "Password", and To Tell The Truth". ABC was completely B&W until "The Newlywed Game", "The Dating Game" and "Dream Girl" went to color. Some daytime shows (The CBS reruns of primetime sitcoms and Captain Kangaroo remained in black and white into 1968 and beyond for a straggling sitcom or two).
Somewhere in the late sixties, to my dismay, my mom switched from game shows to soap operas for daytime tv viewing while she did her household tasks. One of her shows was the pre-Luke and Laura version of "General Hospital" when Dr. Hardy and Nurse Jessie Brewer were the featured stars. They still used an organ for bumper music and were proudly adding "in color" as a tag line a couple of years after every other program had been in color for a few years by then. I got the sense that they were a program struggling financially and would need to do something sensational to stay on the air. And they did.
PN holds her specks up to eyeball the bat girl before she gets seated. To me, it appeared odd for her to do that.
She was very near sighted.
John and the panel (except Bennett) seem less hazy about marine taxonomy than they were for the previous sponge diver's appearance.
the last b&w show in 1966
yep, all first-fun primetime programming went to color...IMHO, neither The Addams Family or The Munsters would have been the same - or as good - if they'd gone to color...
Buddy Hackettt looks so sleezy
I like his humility. He may be a bit greasy round the gills but he's got a relaxed, light-hearted temperament while he plays the game.
It's the egotistical, camera-hogging, time-consuming comedian panellists that rub ME up the wrong way.
....and Buddy's airport story tonight was worth the price of admission alone.
I've had the great DISpleasure of driving Joey Bishop to the airport ... TWICE! The most obnoxious man I've ever been forced to spend time in a car with.
First contestant. I doubt she dealt with bats in that hair style, given she had to wear a cap.
Phyllis was have been really short sighted, given that she uses her glasses to look at the contestants for the first time.
That's why she holds her head like she does, even when she has a blindfold on. It's a rather learned position to try and balance eyesight and view.
"Fish-a-dermist"
Did Joey B. ever sub for Jack Paar?
+Joe Postove Yes, many, many times.
As for what a Norelco PC 60 Camera looked like? Well, here you go.
eyesofageneration.com/media/images/bobby/Norelco%20Cameras/0064.jpg
The way Arlene speaks to Phyllis at 16:02 then leans back no doubt thinking 'you stupid girl!'.
I have thought sometimes, by her actions, Arlene did not like her much. Phyllis was smart but dippy acting.
@@sandrageorge3488 dippy...not heard that word in decades. Are u from the midwest by chance?
@@lastnamefirst4035 No, southwestern NY state 😊
Nobody can work too close to dean martin 21:10
Years ago one time, when Hackett was on the panel and Tony Randall was the mystery guest, Buddy blurted out, "What did you do with the gun I bought you, Joey?" Randall did not know what he was talking about. No mention of the gun, the son of a son.
I thought he said Bobby.
I really hate it when they get into biological discussions. Bennett needs to look up "fish" and "mammal" in his dictionary. Also reptile and crustaceon.
I don't hate it at all, I often find it amusing. The panelists are mostly upper crust city dwellers and likely don't hold a lot of interest in wildlife. For all that, they are pretty intelligent and often excel at deductive reasoning. Most importantly though, they are enjoyable.
Joey Bishop is so likeable but not really funny. He is fun to watch and I have always been a fan of his but some of his stuff is so bad its embarrassing like his stand up act and his attempt to imitate "Allen's Alley" on his talk show.
I want to be sincere, Joey Bishop does not seem to me a great comendiante, this very overvalued, is my opinion.
nandofigueira2005 I think that he has a particular dead-pan style that either appeals or doesn’t. I myself find him very funny, perhaps because that’s the kind of humour I grew up with in my family, but I can see that some other people would perhaps prefer a more ‘in-your-face’ comedy. I feel that humour, like any art, is very subjective: for example, I know that many people find the slapstick style of, say, Jerry Lewis or Benny Hill to be hilarious but it just leaves me cold. Whereas I just love any kind of wordplay like that of comedians such as Tony Hancock, the Two Ronnies, Paul Merton or the Americans Bob Newhart and Jonathan Winters.
I find him very clever and funny.
nandofigueira2005 I find him unique and hilarious
What a dreadful lineup. Yikes, all the way around. Phillis, Buddy, and Joey. They're all grating to the ears. I'm ever so thankful they're not regulars.
Phyllis apparently had a charming stage presence in musical comedies, but it doesn't come through in game show play. I think Buddy missed a trick by trying to play the game show in his patented dumb character rather than in his own persona; surely everyone knew that he himself had to be smarter than the characters he played, so it wouldn't have been giving anything away to just be himself. I really enjoy Joey's deadpan humor as a panelist, and it doesn't get in the way of his effectiveness as a game player. Here as MG he's apparently eager enough to be guessed that he reverts to his own voice way too soon, so he loses some chances for humor.