John Halloran was my great, great uncle. His title should have been "The oldest living practicing detective." He once went undercover and joined a carnival for many months, tracking a criminal. He also once had a shootout in a famous Duluth Hotel many, many years before this show. I was eight years old when he was on this show. My parents went to the show. The babysitter said she couldn't wake me up to see my uncle's appearance. Needless to say, I was not a happy camper the next morning.
She couldn’t wake you up because it wouldn’t have been appropriate or you were too fast asleep? Anyway, isn’t it amazing that from not even being able to record television then you can now watch it on a telephone that fits in your pocket? :-) Thanks for sharing. He seems like a great character.
Gloria Shiner Williams was born in 1929 and she died in 2007 at the age of 78,. Her husband, Col. Robert D. Williams, was born in 1919 and he died in 2012 at the age of 92.
I think the first contestant, Mrs Williams, the rancher, was even more beautiful...! (I do not want to deminish the looks of the charming sisters whatsoever)
That has to be the most breathtakingly gorgeous rancher that ever existed. People use the word "stunning," but boy is it appropriate here. Even Bennett's clumsy fawning doesn't do her beauty justice.
The reference by host John Charles Daly at 23:03, "I hope Mr. Teeter's health is all right" is a reference to John Teeter, who was Christine's third husband (married 1952-1962).
Sadly the McGuire Sisters today aren't as well remembered as The Andrews Sisters (understandable, because the Andrews Sisters are the best-selling girl group of all-time with 90 million sales and countless film appearances) - but they were a talented and beautiful singing group that deserves to be discovered by today's younger audiences. - Phyllis is partly to blame for their decline due to her association (close friendship with mobster Sam Giancana) which led to their being blacklisted
I agree…the celebrities today are more often than not wearing next to nothing and I feel that they’re demeaning themselves. They have zero class in my opinion.
TheMinnieme2011 -- He generally sat on the end of the panel desk nearest the blackboard and I think he listened very carefully when mystery guests came in for multiple footfalls, and also paid attention to how long it took for them to sign in. When they had more than two, they often had them sign a blackboard sheet in advance and they'd slide it into the blackboard holder so they could check off their names as they entered and not take so long. He did have a good ear, too, for different voices, even if a pair, for example, tried to sound the same. Bennett Cerf, in general, was smart.
This time, they signed in as "The McGuire Sisters" to help avoid the sign in delay. And for the longest time, only the sister who was seated answered. Furthermore, as sisters, their voices were similar. But Bennett eventually got it.
A very good and very entertaining episode! Signs of the times: Sunbeam as a sponsor of the show, and transportation for contestants through United Air Lines rather than American Airlines, as in the past. I've seen the segment of this show with Gloria Shiner Williams as a contestant before, separately - and I'm still convinced that not only is she one of the most beautiful ladies ever to appear on WHAT'S MY LINE as a "regular" contestant, but that she's also one of the nicest and most gracious of those contestants, too. She certainly has a good time fooling the panel for a while..... And similarly with John Halloran: the panel and moderator treated him with a respect that Hal Block never would have. Notice how they asked their questions a little bit louder than usual (I assume, so that he could hear them clearly in that acoustically atrocious studio)? And he has a good time, too. And, of course, the McGuire Sisters as Mystery Guest, again (the second of their 5 appearances as Mystery Guest - they had appeared on 29 May 1955, and would do so again on 16 July 1961, on 8 April 1962, and on 3 May 1964), looking beautiful as always and acting very gracious as always, too. And they had the panel fooled for quite a while, too.
Yes....and nowadays men are not allowed to compliment women on their looks.....we are so ridiculous now Mr Cerf would be accused of sexual harassment....
He was so fine. Played many different men with accents. He was on the original Zorro for a few episodes, Bonanza, and I think he played a Hindu with Shirley Temple in Little Princess.
Christine McGuire and Phyllis McGuire are still living. The middle sister, Dorothy McGuire, died in 2012 at age 84. Christine will soon be 89 and Phyllis turned 84 earlier this year.
It was a tough job but John Charles had to do it. Lol! I couldn't help but think how great the McGuire Sisters probably smelled. They appeared shower fresh and perfumed.
The detective was as cute as he could be. Weird how the McGuire sisters Phyllis in particular would eventually clash with Dorothy's death. She claimed to have known who killed her.
Bennett is my kinda man...right to the obvious...You are smokin hot! Another person with "movie star" looks, that easily could have been a movie star, and was not. You ever wonder how someone like Mamie Van Doren could just work at a department store? Mrs Willaims is like that. Never heard of The McGuire Sisters, but wow...talk about blessed genes and jaw lines!
Mrs. Williams died before her husband did, but I'm not sure when. (he died in 2012.) Mr. Williams was in the Army Air Corps/Air Force, and, when not in WWII, Korea, /and/ Vietnam, did the usual sort of moving about from base to base, though clearly, Mrs. Williams didn't, or at least, wasn't at this point. (She was originally from Texas, and her parents were also ranchers.) 'When Mr. Williams retired, they moved to Hawaii for 20 years. Then they moved back to Texas, to Lake McQueeney. (Both Bandera and Lake McQueeney could be described as somewhat near San Antonio. If you stretch the definition of near, anyway.)
It's equally crazy that the last grandson of President John Tyler (born in 1790 and president from 1841 to 1845) is still alive in April 2021. The second-to-last of his grandsons passed away in September 2020.
*_Sheep and Goat Rancher_* *_Private Detective (85 Years Old)_* 3:00 One of the most attractive contestants to ever appear on the show, and she received NO wolf whistles from the audience.
I noticed that, too. It's times like those that made me wonder if they harbored a dislike for each other. it seemed like they enjoyed throwing verbal jabs, which at times weren't well-received. I remember one show, one insult cast at John during intros prompted him to respond bitterly, "Bennet... REALLY..."
@@AndrewMacLaine John and Bennett were very good friends - Bennett actually said I love you to John a couple times on the air which was very unusual for two guys in that era. Like a lot of men, they often showed their affection by teasing each other.
I think John was rather expecting a complaint at the end about how he led Bennett astray, making him believe that “curly tails” didn’t exclude pigs, so he changed his question to confirm it, and elicited a No instead. He was very quiet at the end and didn’t bring it up when given the opportunity. I think he realized-too late-that he could have confirmed his instinct by stating his question the opposite way. Still, he expressed his disgust at the time and decided to drop it.
Part of Dorothy’s question to Mrs. Williams, “... it would be unusual if you found it in the house.” Not nowadays, it wouldn’t be unusual if you found it in the house. At least, not the goat. Some people keep them in the house or let them have the run of the house. Somebody even had a bull they let in the house, a HUGE bull 🤔🤣😂‼️
I'm always struck by the curious questions some of the panelists (but it seems especially Dorothy) ask of the contestants, e.g. "Is it in the animal family as opposed to fish or bird?" Surely the latter two are just as much animals as any other...!
they tend to use common descriptions that the average person uses. most people do not believe fish or birds are animals. you also see this whenever they have a guest that deals in pigs or hogs. to a farmer or a buyer, pigs are too small and young for market and hogs are the right age and weight for the market. to the average person, they are the same thing.
As delightfully intelligent and knowledgeable they all are about the latest of everything happening, they were indeed abysmally uneducated in the biological sciences.
It is a logical question to narrow the field, although more proper taxonomy would have been to ask “itit in the animal kingdom but neither fish nor bird?”
Here are more photos of Gloria Shiner Williams from her husband's 2012 obituary www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/seguin-tx/robert-williams-4942101 She aged well!
@@randall-king The former certainly not. My 1950s childhood encylopedia, which I still have, had an entry ('Animal kingdom'), including a family tree diagram, which couldn't have been clearer even to this working class lad and (since this is basic science) holds good today. Public understanding lagged behind, no doubt, but it's still surprising to see someone as smart and informed as, and with the journalistic background and chops of, Dorothy Kilgallen being so ditzy on the subject. As for the founder of Random House...
***** -- They've done it for quite some time at this point and they started doing it after they abandoned the "walk of shame" prior to questioning. I think it's better this way -- the game gets going a lot more quickly.
Doug w. All of John's sons had the first name John, a tradition in the Daly family for several generations. If I'm not mistaken, he had four sons and two daughters.
@@loissimmons6558 but George decided on his own to do it - John was following family tradition. His father, grandfather, brother, at least one nephew, all four sons, and at least one grandson were all named John.
@@loissimmons6558 didn't say that at all - I was just pointing out the difference in the Foreman and Daly family situations. Actually I've heard (not sure if it's true) that Mr. Foreman named his sons after him because he didn't know his own dad,and wanted his sons to always know who their father was and that he loved them, which is beautiful. So both are equally rooted in family and even if they weren't it's nobody's place to judge what somebody else names their kids.
I cannot believe that Bennett Cert could mention articulation when he chose not to pronounce words ... not because of an impediment, but apparently because of an intentional "accent"
One wonders if Arlene had some intel on the mystery guest. She said "they" and then tried to cover it and asked, "Why did I say they?" Then asked "Are there more than 2 of you?"
Watching these shows nowadays, I live for the moments when Bennett Cerf gets petulant when his line of questioning takes a wrong turn and Mr. Daly stops him. Mr. Cerf can be irritatingly pompous.
I agree that Mrs. Williams is one of THE most stunning contestants. Ever. Of all time. Since day one, and I've seen them all (even the ones that are now private vids). But in retrospect, Bennett comes off like a drooling creep the way he can comment on women's bodies. It's always unnerving.
I’ve always wondered that too. He always seems to know when there’s more than one. But I never can figure out how he knows that. He must’ve been really good at detecting slight differences in voices.
Once again, Bennett Cerf spotted the first the fact that there was more than one mystery guest, I saw him do that 3-4 times while not having seen all the available shows yet. I assume people weren't "better" then then they are today, as many murders, barfights etc. but those appearing on the show certainly had more class. Even though I assume they wouldn't invite hobo's or poor rural badly shaven Afro-Americans with 3 front teeth missing. I mean, some "unnatural" selection took place before the show started, leading to a very middle class selection of the population. But well, today's middle class seems to enjoy dressing up constantly as if they come from the ghetto's and slums, with ripped jeans and silly caps worn on an even more silly way. One can hardly say the industrial world gone through progress on that field, can we ?
"Is it in the Animal Family as Opposed to Fish, or Birds ,?" - .. What,? .???.. 🤨😬😐😬😬😬🤨 I Should Start by clarifying i do *NOT* Mean Nor Intend this in a rude, disrespectful, nor bigoted fashion Nor do i deny this - but People say *I* convey stuff funny .. 🤔🤨😬😐😬😬😬🤔
Annoying: Bennet's out-of-gate questions to ladies about whether their "extraordinary good looks" plays into their work -- and if it doesn't, what a "waste." I know he was a product of his time, but it makes me wince. And the ladies probably didn't like it either.
Maybe bcuz I'm in my mid 60s (born in 1958) but I've always been flattered by the compliment of being referred to as beautiful/pretty...so hopefully that's the way these women take his comments. SK in USA (NC)
That's what annoys me about him. His fawning over a beautiful lady and assuming looks are what gets her by in her work. Other than that I quite like him. Just that one area.
@Grassy Sands You make me blush. Thank you for your kind words which demonstrate your genuine faith and empathy for others less fortunate than yourself.
TV in those days was A BETTER TIME. Diversity and representation don't make something better. TV and movies today are absolute CRAP because they are TOO DIVERSE to the point that it's slap in the face obvious that they were made FOR that reason.
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John Halloran was my great, great uncle. His title should have been "The oldest living practicing detective." He once went undercover and joined a carnival for many months, tracking a criminal. He also once had a shootout in a famous Duluth Hotel many, many years before this show. I was eight years old when he was on this show. My parents went to the show. The babysitter said she couldn't wake me up to see my uncle's appearance. Needless to say, I was not a happy camper the next morning.
She couldn’t wake you up because it wouldn’t have been appropriate or you were too fast asleep? Anyway, isn’t it amazing that from not even being able to record television then you can now watch it on a telephone that fits in your pocket? :-) Thanks for sharing. He seems like a great character.
Wonderful information! Thanks!
How lucky you are to have had such a wonderful & talented man for your Uncle! ❤❤❤❤❤❤
How brilliant the stories must have been, thanks for sharing. I love the comments almost as much as I love the show.
It should be a MOVIE! Wish you could write it out and give it to Bennett Cerf!
I've watched a bunch of these episodes on TH-cam and I have to say that the panel are very good at these games.
Gloria Shiner Williams was born in 1929 and she died in 2007 at the age of 78,. Her husband, Col. Robert D. Williams, was born in 1919 and he died in 2012 at the age of 92.
They were GORGEOUS as well as having a beautiful harmony.
Are they triplets? So, lovely.
@@jamesr1703 No, they were born several years apart. Phyllis was the youngest and the last to go in 2020.
The Mc Guires were so beautiful
I think the first contestant, Mrs Williams, the rancher, was even more beautiful...!
(I do not want to deminish the looks of the charming sisters whatsoever)
diminish?
They certainly were very lovely😎👍🏻
@@elisabethlinz4256 diminish
Cesar Romero is remarkable well groomed and obviously attentive to his physical appearance.
+Dick Wilson He was so damn pretty. I could sit and just watch him be himself for hours.
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CESAR ROMERO~THE LATIN FROM MANHATTAN...
He was such a handsome man.
Yes, he was a dapper fellow. Mr. Romero played "The Joker" in the original T.V. series "Batman".
RIP the original Batman : Adam West.
That has to be the most breathtakingly gorgeous rancher that ever existed. People use the word "stunning," but boy is it appropriate here. Even Bennett's clumsy fawning doesn't do her beauty justice.
The last McGuire Sister passed a few weeks ago in her home in Las Vegas.
That is a lot of beauty for 1 family
The first guest had the patrician beauty and elegance of an Eleanor Parker or Vera Miles of the day.
I looked her up and apparently she was a model before she got married and became a goat farmer
She also reminds me of a you g Joan Crawford.
Carol Young ... She does, except I always thought Joan Crawford had a harsh look to her, which Mrs. Williams doesn’t have.
@@dianefiske-foy4717
I agree.
Mrs Crawford looked very severe, the contestant however is very feminin and could be a cousin of Grace Kelly...
@@elisabethlinz4256 ... So true.
The reference by host John Charles Daly at 23:03, "I hope Mr. Teeter's health is all right" is a reference to John Teeter, who was Christine's third husband (married 1952-1962).
Sadly the McGuire Sisters today aren't as well remembered as The Andrews Sisters (understandable, because the Andrews Sisters are the best-selling girl group of all-time with 90 million sales and countless film appearances) - but they were a talented and beautiful singing group that deserves to be discovered by today's younger audiences. - Phyllis is partly to blame for their decline due to her association (close friendship with mobster Sam Giancana) which led to their being blacklisted
The McGuire sisters looked fantastic and sang better that the Andrew sisters who were much earlier.
The McGuire Sisters are stunning :-)
Mrs Williams is a typical Texas lady and I’m not kidding. Beautiful
2:55 I love when people just answer “No” to a multiple-choice question. It entertainingly disarms the questioner.
'Sincerely'...My all-time fav song!
What polite and elegant ladies. How far the entertainment industry has fallen.
Exactly my thoughts. Class, elegance and intelligence all round.... can you imagine the Kardashians doing something like this, for example?
marnie0512 - Ye gods no. How declasse'.
That’s for sure.
I agree…the celebrities today are more often than not wearing next to nothing and I feel that they’re demeaning themselves. They have zero class in my opinion.
Bennet Cerf has a good ear for knowing the difference between 1 guest and 2 or more.
TheMinnieme2011 -- He generally sat on the end of the panel desk nearest the blackboard and I think he listened very carefully when mystery guests came in for multiple footfalls, and also paid attention to how long it took for them to sign in. When they had more than two, they often had them sign a blackboard sheet in advance and they'd slide it into the blackboard holder so they could check off their names as they entered and not take so long. He did have a good ear, too, for different voices, even if a pair, for example, tried to sound the same. Bennett Cerf, in general, was smart.
This time, they signed in as "The McGuire Sisters" to help avoid the sign in delay. And for the longest time, only the sister who was seated answered. Furthermore, as sisters, their voices were similar. But Bennett eventually got it.
It is amazing that the three sisters were equally beautiful.
They sure were but Phyllis seemed extremely pretty.!
Mrs Williams was GORGEOUS ♥♥♥♥
A very good and very entertaining episode! Signs of the times: Sunbeam as a sponsor of the show, and transportation for contestants through United Air Lines rather than American Airlines, as in the past.
I've seen the segment of this show with Gloria Shiner Williams as a contestant before, separately - and I'm still convinced that not only is she one of the most beautiful ladies ever to appear on WHAT'S MY LINE as a "regular" contestant, but that she's also one of the nicest and most gracious of those contestants, too. She certainly has a good time fooling the panel for a while.....
And similarly with John Halloran: the panel and moderator treated him with a respect that Hal Block never would have. Notice how they asked their questions a little bit louder than usual (I assume, so that he could hear them clearly in that acoustically atrocious studio)? And he has a good time, too.
And, of course, the McGuire Sisters as Mystery Guest, again (the second of their 5 appearances as Mystery Guest - they had appeared on 29 May 1955, and would do so again on 16 July 1961, on 8 April 1962, and on 3 May 1964), looking beautiful as always and acting very gracious as always, too. And they had the panel fooled for quite a while, too.
jmccracken1963 Yes, and this time I could fully agree with Mr. Cerf (and you) Ms. Williams wasn't pretty, she was Beautiful!
Yes....and nowadays men are not allowed to compliment women on their looks.....we are so ridiculous now Mr Cerf would be accused of sexual harassment....
Mrs. Williams the rancher really was extraordinarily beautiful. As usual, Bennet was drooling.
So was I. What a classic beauty. She had taste and extraordinary good looks.
it is sad now that Bennet would be arrested and the network sued for harassment. Our times are foul.
Cesar Romero was one of the best Jokers. I will fight anyone who counters my opinion...
He was so fine. Played many different men with accents. He was on the original Zorro for a few episodes, Bonanza, and I think he played a Hindu with Shirley Temple in Little Princess.
For the 60's Batman he was great. I don't think he would have worked in any of the darker types.
@@larrygrebler5054 absolutely true.
I don't want to fight with you then. Jokes apart I completely agree with you.
Mrs. Williams is a doll.
Christine McGuire and Phyllis McGuire are still living. The middle sister, Dorothy McGuire, died in 2012 at age 84. Christine will soon be 89 and Phyllis turned 84 earlier this year.
Phyllis passed away just last week on December 29, 2020.
Oh my, I thought they were triplets!
Lo v e, love these shows.
Mr. Halloran spent a good deal of time shaking hands with Dorothy and Arlene. I would, too.
So great to see Cesar .. taller than even Steve Allen... have an old LP record of him singing.
Very pretty in triplicate...
Bless that 85 year old man. ❤️
Find the wonderfully informative comment about him from a great-great descendant, who who 5 at the time.
It was a tough job but John Charles had to do it. Lol!
I couldn't help but think how great the McGuire Sisters probably smelled.
They appeared shower fresh and perfumed.
And some women on here are offended at mentioning beautiful or probably aroma too.
Dorothy was very beautiful. She died in 2012. Rest in peace
Not any more.
If you're talking about Dorothy Kilgallen, she was murdered on November 8, 1965
@@billboggs7014 I meant Dorothy McGuire
@@MikeyJMJ all McGuires have died
@@youminholastransit3218 Isn't Phyllis, the youngest still alive? Unless she died in the last few months
Good looking ladies!
That first contestant was gorgeous.
I didn’t realize The Joker was so tall.
Great show. So fun.
Mrs. Gloria Williams was stunning!
One month after this episode aired, the Andrews Sisters were invited on as mystery guests -- for more fun and hijinks.
The detective was as cute as he could be. Weird how the McGuire sisters Phyllis in particular would eventually clash with Dorothy's death. She claimed to have known who killed her.
Dorothy McGuire died in 2012 at the age of 84 from complications of Parkinson's disease. Nothing suspicious was alleged about her passing.
@@MontgomeryMall - i assumed he meant Phyllis McGuire claimed to have known who killed Dorothy Killgallen
@@MrYfrank14 Oh yes, that does make more sense.
Phyllis would clash with Dorothy's death? What does that mean?
Bennett is my kinda man...right to the obvious...You are smokin hot! Another person with "movie star" looks, that easily could have been a movie star, and was not. You ever wonder how someone like Mamie Van Doren could just work at a department store? Mrs Willaims is like that. Never heard of The McGuire Sisters, but wow...talk about blessed genes and jaw lines!
@gcjerryusc Sister harmony and church singing from an early age..potent combo.
Mrs. Williams died before her husband did, but I'm not sure when. (he died in 2012.) Mr. Williams was in the Army Air Corps/Air Force, and, when not in WWII, Korea, /and/ Vietnam, did the usual sort of moving about from base to base, though clearly, Mrs. Williams didn't, or at least, wasn't at this point. (She was originally from Texas, and her parents were also ranchers.) 'When Mr. Williams retired, they moved to Hawaii for 20 years. Then they moved back to Texas, to Lake McQueeney. (Both Bandera and Lake McQueeney could be described as somewhat near San Antonio. If you stretch the definition of near, anyway.)
Pert near ... but not plumb.
According to "Find A Grave," she passed 27 Feb 2007:
www.findagrave.com/memorial/72734516/gloria-s-williams
She was also a fashion model for Ben Shaw agency.
Sorry to read that Mrs. Williams is dead. Even through 60 years and an old black and white film, her elegance and class clearly shine though.
It is crazy to think that the private detective could’ve known someone who knew someone that fought in the revolutionary war.
It's equally crazy that the last grandson of President John Tyler (born in 1790 and president from 1841 to 1845) is still alive in April 2021. The second-to-last of his grandsons passed away in September 2020.
*_Sheep and Goat Rancher_*
*_Private Detective (85 Years Old)_*
3:00 One of the most attractive contestants to ever appear on the show, and she received NO wolf whistles from the audience.
The audience tipped off Bennett which set of sisters they were. 22:07
Lovely times three.
Such a simpler time...
Wow, Cerf has a fine ear for guessing how many there are.
Well, I’m shocked, shocked that Bennett Cerf mispronounced the word specificity! 😜
Cerf mispronounced lots of words. As a publisher who reads a lot, he tends to learn new words by reading them, rather than hearing them.
I think the McGuire sisters were beautiful and elegant
So that is the McGuire Sisters. 59' must have been the year of the pearls. Dorthy's dress is nice.
Bennett said "specificicity", and John Charles ribbed him about for the rest of the show. Bennett was looking at bit annoyed at the close.
I noticed that, too. It's times like those that made me wonder if they harbored a dislike for each other. it seemed like they enjoyed throwing verbal jabs, which at times weren't well-received. I remember one show, one insult cast at John during intros prompted him to respond bitterly, "Bennet... REALLY..."
@@AndrewMacLaine John and Bennett were very good friends - Bennett actually said I love you to John a couple times on the air which was very unusual for two guys in that era. Like a lot of men, they often showed their affection by teasing each other.
I think John was rather expecting a complaint at the end about how he led Bennett astray, making him believe that “curly tails” didn’t exclude pigs, so he changed his question to confirm it, and elicited a No instead. He was very quiet at the end and didn’t bring it up when given the opportunity. I think he realized-too late-that he could have confirmed his instinct by stating his question the opposite way. Still, he expressed his disgust at the time and decided to drop it.
I'm surprised that Dorothy and Arlene didn't stand up for the private detective, they usually stand up for elderly contestants, especially at 85
Have you seriously got nothing else to worry about?
Cesar Romero is soooo handsome! He's lovely to look at.😁
Part of Dorothy’s question to Mrs. Williams, “... it would be unusual if you found it in the house.” Not nowadays, it wouldn’t be unusual if you found it in the house. At least, not the goat. Some people keep them in the house or let them have the run of the house. Somebody even had a bull they let in the house, a HUGE bull 🤔🤣😂‼️
Just to clear something up, Mr. Halloran, the PI, was surely licensed to carry a gun ... and used it if necessary.
Who would compare this women (to her natural beauty) to Jane Mansfield ?
I love them, but I didn’t know about them until the last 10 years.
I'm always struck by the curious questions some of the panelists (but it seems especially Dorothy) ask of the contestants, e.g. "Is it in the animal family as opposed to fish or bird?"
Surely the latter two are just as much animals as any other...!
they tend to use common descriptions that the average person uses.
most people do not believe fish or birds are animals.
you also see this whenever they have a guest that deals in pigs or hogs.
to a farmer or a buyer, pigs are too small and young for market and hogs are the right age and weight for the market.
to the average person, they are the same thing.
As delightfully intelligent and knowledgeable they all are about the latest of everything happening, they were indeed abysmally uneducated in the biological sciences.
It is a logical question to narrow the field, although more proper taxonomy would have been to ask “itit in the animal kingdom but neither fish nor bird?”
4-legged animal as opposed to a fish or a bird?
There have been panel members who believed that all animals have four legs.
The McGuire sisters r very pretty
Does anyone know what the closing theme is? It's not the usual theme I don't think?
Dorothy was so smart but she always thought of "animals" as not birds or fish.
OMG that first contestant
The sisters are all gone now with the death of Phyllis at 89 on Dec 29, 2020.
Wonder what happened to the comment from Gloria's daughter that she posted here a few years ago.
Here are more photos of Gloria Shiner Williams from her husband's 2012 obituary
www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/seguin-tx/robert-williams-4942101
She aged well!
Mrs. Williams was a very nice sight for the fellas
One thing I take from WML is that back in the day folks had a shaky grasp of the concepts 'animal' and 'living'.
Not at all. The definitions and general public usage of the terms has shifted.
@@randall-king The former certainly not. My 1950s childhood encylopedia, which I still have, had an entry ('Animal kingdom'), including a family tree diagram, which couldn't have been clearer even to this working class lad and (since this is basic science) holds good today. Public understanding lagged behind, no doubt, but it's still surprising to see someone as smart and informed as, and with the journalistic background and chops of, Dorothy Kilgallen being so ditzy on the subject. As for the founder of Random House...
This is the first time I've seen a non-celebrity contestant shake hands with the panel after the game.
They've been doing that for a while. Hint: the uploader of this has playlists with all the episodes in order.
***** -- They've done it for quite some time at this point and they started doing it after they abandoned the "walk of shame" prior to questioning. I think it's better this way -- the game gets going a lot more quickly.
They've done it since 58 at least.
is it true john daly named two of his kids john from two different wives?
Doug w. All of John's sons had the first name John, a tradition in the Daly family for several generations. If I'm not mistaken, he had four sons and two daughters.
And they laughed at George Foreman for doing the same thing with the first name "George".
@@loissimmons6558 but George decided on his own to do it - John was following family tradition. His father, grandfather, brother, at least one nephew, all four sons, and at least one grandson were all named John.
@@sdacj So it's okay to follow a family tradition but not to start what might become a family tradition?
@@loissimmons6558 didn't say that at all - I was just pointing out the difference in the Foreman and Daly family situations. Actually I've heard (not sure if it's true) that Mr. Foreman named his sons after him because he didn't know his own dad,and wanted his sons to always know who their father was and that he loved them, which is beautiful. So both are equally rooted in family and even if they weren't it's nobody's place to judge what somebody else names their kids.
Ms. Williams. A shepherdess with the enchantment of a solitary reaper.
I cannot believe that Bennett Cert could mention articulation when he chose not to pronounce words ... not because of an impediment, but apparently because of an intentional "accent"
One wonders if Arlene had some intel on the mystery guest. She said "they" and then tried to cover it and asked, "Why did I say they?" Then asked "Are there more than 2 of you?"
Yes! Same with Cerf.
They knew for sure.
That did seem suspicious. I think they knew.
Sadly.. no relation. What a great show.
Watching these shows nowadays, I live for the moments when Bennett Cerf gets petulant when his line of questioning takes a wrong turn and Mr. Daly stops him. Mr. Cerf can be irritatingly pompous.
I agree that Mrs. Williams is one of THE most stunning contestants. Ever. Of all time. Since day one, and I've seen them all (even the ones that are now private vids). But in retrospect, Bennett comes off like a drooling creep the way he can comment on women's bodies. It's always unnerving.
Lily Bean he just stated she was beautiful, nothing about her body. It was a gracious complement then, nothing more.
Doesn't every person know that pigs have little curly tails? :-)
Only in cartoons. Pigs usually have straight tails.
How does Cerf know more than one?!
I’ve always wondered that too. He always seems to know when there’s more than one. But I never can figure out how he knows that. He must’ve been really good at detecting slight differences in voices.
Why DID Arlene say "they" 21:03?
Dickie Wilson then she immediately said, “Why did I say ‘they?’” Possibly she had intuited there was more than one voice.
I get so tired of Bennett Cerf drooling over young women.
Who is the pretty one standing behind John Daly? Is this Phyllis?
Phyllis was seated next to John Daly. Not sure who was standing behind him.
Dorothy (Dottie) was behind Daly
What's with the coffee pots on the flip cards?
Sunbeam, the sponsor, makes or made Electric Coffee Pots.
I was surprised all the flip cards are percolators Sunbeam made many small appliances in 1959
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why every group in the past was named with ''the ____ sisters'' XD
I was thinking the same. There were so many sister singing groups. The Andrew sisters, The Pointer sisters and The McGuire sisters plus many more.
@@brianjones8899: The King Sisters, too. :)
And the Lennon Sisters!
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Which was which of the sisters?
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Once again, Bennett Cerf spotted the first the fact that there was more than one mystery guest, I saw him do that 3-4 times while not having seen all the available shows yet. I assume people weren't "better" then then they are today, as many murders, barfights etc. but those appearing on the show certainly had more class. Even though I assume they wouldn't invite hobo's or poor rural badly shaven Afro-Americans with 3 front teeth missing. I mean, some "unnatural" selection took place before the show started, leading to a very middle class selection of the population. But well, today's middle class seems to enjoy dressing up constantly as if they come from the ghetto's and slums, with ripped jeans and silly caps worn on an even more silly way. One can hardly say the industrial world gone through progress on that field, can we ?
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Annoying: Bennet's out-of-gate questions to ladies about whether their "extraordinary good looks" plays into their work -- and if it doesn't, what a "waste." I know he was a product of his time, but it makes me wince. And the ladies probably didn't like it either.
What do you mean? She’s beautiful isn’t she?
Maybe bcuz I'm in my mid 60s (born in 1958) but I've always been flattered by the compliment of being referred to as beautiful/pretty...so hopefully that's the way these women take his comments.
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That's what annoys me about him. His fawning over a beautiful lady and assuming looks are what gets her by in her work. Other than that I quite like him. Just that one area.
A sad time in US television history when it did not reflect the multi-cultural and multi-ethnic diversity that makes up the US of A.
The show had quite a few minority celebrities.
Don't be so silly. People today are utterly clueless. A very sad society indeed.
@Grassy Sands You make me blush. Thank you for your kind words which demonstrate your genuine faith and empathy for others less fortunate than yourself.
TV in those days was A BETTER TIME. Diversity and representation don't make something better. TV and movies today are absolute CRAP because they are TOO DIVERSE to the point that it's slap in the face obvious that they were made FOR that reason.