Boyd Perrigo was my grandfather. He passed away in 1972, five years before I was born. Up until a few couple of years ago, I never knew he was on this show. When I saw this episode, it was the first and only time I've ever heard his voice.
Wow-- that's pretty amazing. Must be strange to see a relative you never had the chance to meet and who wasn't a show biz personality on an old TV show!
What's My Line? The amazing thing about it is how we found out about the show. My mother got a phone call from a random person in Ohio (can't remember the exact state) one night. He told her he recorded a re-run of the episode on the Game Show Network. He then looked up the name Perrigo in the Hermosa, SD area and found a few phone numbers (it's not a very common name, even around here). Eventually he tracked my mom down and asked if she'd like him to burn it to a DVD and send it too her. Completely random. I mean, who does something like that? Still, it was a very nice gesture and a pretty awesome surprise.
PotatoPeeler Wow again! That's a really nice story. Pretty amazing. Interesting coincidence-- one of the subscribers to this channel who has commented a lot (not recently, though) has the same last name, too. If it's that uncommon, maybe you're related. :)
Yeah, I found his channel while searching for this episode. I'm fairly certain he's related in some fashion but I'm not sure how since I don't know him. Perhaps I should send him a message.
PotatoPeeler He's also on Facebook-- that might be a more effective way to contact him. Lots of people don't even know when they get private messages on YT/G+. Just a suggestion.
Robert Taylor was so handsome, even as he aged, wow what a guy! I think that when Robert slipped letting them hear his voice, they recognised it , he had a voice you couldn't mistake for anyone but him.
@@belairscents whatever you say, he's not here to rebut, but you would be interested to know there's never been any inkling of that unlike Montgomery Clift or Rock Hudson.
@MarkHarrison733 Suuuuure, so talentless that he worked with many of the biggest female stars of that era and made over 50 movies and has his fingerprints on the walk of fame. He was a pilot instructor in WWII, a fine horserider and an athlete. Yeah so talentless, eh? STFU and get a life.
Bennett: "I was convinced Jane Russell was gonna be on tonight because I saw her a little while ago, and I thought her denials were rather false." Dorothy: "That's the only thing about her that is." LOL Dorothy pulling an Arlene-type remark. Arlene looked proud haha
Another fun episode ! It's a shame the previous guest was involved with buffalos, which brought up the film "The Last Hunt". Otherwise it would have been more difficult for the panel to guess Robert Taylor. I loved the voice Mr Taylor used ! THANKS for sharing with us !! CHEERS !! :-)
Dorothy cracking wise twice (shocker!) and looking especially pretty in this episode...but she gave away the head waiter by wanting to brag about being a regular at Maxim's.
@@robertfiller8634 in all fairness there were 2 minutes left and the poor old man looked like struggling with getting the questions and answering... that last minute Dorothy saved allowed more chit-chat about Maxim's.
Only 44 years old here, but one can see he must have been unbelievably handsome in his youth. He had a deep, virile, enviably masculine voice, perfect for strong, manly roles. Don't make 'em like that any more.
I felt she would have looked even better had her makeup artist allowed the lipstick to end at her lip-line. She had perfectly lovely lips just the way they ended naturally, but on the programs after the few beginning ones, they tried to "enhance" her lips, and in my estimation, failed.
@@slaytonp Big nose, big mouth, broad brow, maquillage often too emphatic (as a blonde she looked awful) but a personality that radiated wit, kindliness and sympathy. Her glamor was innate. She was not a great actress or singer, but she could hold a Broadway audience spellbound. And she was sufficiently down to earth to anchor live telecasts for a national audience. None of the WML regulars were beauties. Character lasts longer.
Daly was the best of the best! I've seen very few of the later syndicated version of WML episodes, and the magic just isn't there without him (no slight against Wally Bruener or Larry Blyden, they just weren't John Charles Daly!)
What's My Line? And Soupy Sales was surely an crazy substitute for Fred Allen/Steve Allen/Ernie Kovacs/Martin Gable or any of the other regular 4th panel members!
Me too. He was the best. The newer shows were enjoyable but they didn't have the charm of John Daly. And Soupy was not very funny in my opinion. Just my opinion.
Maxim's was the most famous restaurant in the world at the time of this show. It is still considered one of the finest restaurants anywhere, and is one of the most expensive. On a side note, a young Wolfgang Puck was a chef there. Dorothy was so wrong in practically giving him away.
@@laurahoward5426 You are very fortunate. My last visit to Paris was 25 years ago, after I foolishly moved from a job that took me there frequently to one that kept me at the home office. The new job paid a lot more but was much less personally enriching. I don't know how good it is now, but La Cagouille was my favorite restaurant in Paris. It's in the 14th on the Place Constantin Brancusi.
I think it's funny that at the end of the 2nd contestant who was the Buffalo hunter, John was talking about a movie that he was involved in that starred Robert Taylor who also happens to be the mystery guest on the show that evening, so even though the panelists didn't know who the mystery guest was you could say that John actually gave it away mentioning his name in the movie.
You have got to be kidding she was a nobody and she had no nose - terrible profile Barbara Stanwyck had it all including oozing sex appeal and a beauty so unique one of the best actresses of all time Bob married her on the rebound
If the air date is correct, then this is one of the final (if not the final) shows Fred Allen did. He died on Mar 17, 1956 of a heart attack while out on his usual evening stroll.
Bob was a good company guy at MGM, willing to try anything. Despite his early reputation as the most handsome and best 'tailored' youngster in Hollywood, a squire for its leading ladies, he had no problem moving into westerns and costumed actioners, and he aged gracefully. The wasting disease that took him never showed.
It's interesting to see the trend away from the contestants' walk in front of the panel, even before it was officially discontinued. Here John omits it twice in one show.
I was looking for any signs of resentment towards Robert Taylor since this was nine years or so after his famous HUAC testimony in about 1947, I think.
@@michaelnivens6267 I don't agree. But that's ok. It's a free country, so people should be able express their political views without fear of reprisals or being blacklisted.
I'm currently watching his movies and even between 1939-1940 there seems a dramatic change in his looks, suddenly starts to look as if he was in his late 30s although he was just 28-29 at the time. Quite interesting that it coincides with his first year of marriage with Stanwyck. I read that he was a very sportive person and outdoorsy, so one would assume that health was his priority... Why he did this to himself...
I could ask my Mother the very same question as she smoked from around age 15 to maybe 1-1/2 years before she died - COPD! I hated and still hate smoking!!!
@meyay5757 tragically, they just didn't realize the great danger of smoking! It breaks my heart because he is one of my favorites!! And he was a very gifted musician as well as a great actor!!
+oldfart4751 I guess it was a lot of work being put on the spot as they were. They couldnt have been on the ball all the time, but it was all a bit of fun :-)
She's so proud of knowing the headwaiter at the most famous restaurant in Paris that she forgets that her bragging will spoil the game for those who didn't disqualify themselves. It's a rare slip for her; usually she's pretty scrupulous about playing the game.
Curly: I'm a fully qualified tailor. Moe: Really? How much would you charge to make a new suit for me? Curly: About $400. Larry: You're not a tailor, you're a robber! Curly: That's me──robber tailor. Nyuk! Nyuk! Nyuk!
Oh wow-- you're right. I don't know how that happened. The log I took the basic info from for this work (from a defunct geocities page) has been very, very accurate. This may be the first error that's been pointed out that wasn't a mistake *I* made in modifying info. Anyhow, you're welcome for the shows, and I appreciate the heads up about the error. I'll correct it now. I knew i didn't remember the segment at all when I was writing the description, and would have, especially if Talbert had talked at all about diabetes (being a diabetic myself, I certainly would have remembered that! He was one of the first, maybe THE first successful pro athlete who was known to the public to have diabetes.) I also double checked the log, and this is apparently Robert Taylor's only appearance, so it's not likely I confused this was another show. The info just wasn't accurate. Thanks again for the correction!
@@WhatsMyLineI'm not the least caring if something is amiss!! ITS obvious you put your all into providing us a tremendous amount of joy, fun entertainment 😊
Wally Cox was an incredibly multi-talented actor who unfortunately was the epitome of Hollywood stereotyping. He was witty, very smart, a superb actor (watch him in The Bedford Incident film and Mr. Peepers on TV), voice actor (ie. Underdog) and always quick with a come-back. Regrettably as a part of these roles he was forever given roles as a geek, nerd and never a true dramatic role. Born Dec. 6, 1924 he was only 32 years old here. He was lifelong fast friends with Marlon Brando from when they both grew up in Evanston, In. and roomed together as struggling actors In New York City where Brando learned from Cox to sharpen his wit and to respond with a lighthearted come-back to interviewers/ press. When he died unexpectedly in Feb. 1973 at only 49, notoriously press shy and privacy fanatic Brando stood outside the funeral home and wept inconsolably, and I'm talking Niagara Falls, not like from a spigot. Even what friends Brando did have could not console him. While a fan favorite for those roles he did play, he was never given the chance to show the extent of his acting ability, which was a pity for someone who studied under Stella Adler. RIP.
Brando, for my ticket money, was overrated. On the other hand, maybe some fans love unintelligible mumbling and mugging the camera. Rod Steiger in a different body.
I noticed that John was gently trying to nudge Fred Allen into a more proper form of address for Mr. Perrigo ... when Fred called him "Boyd," John said after his first question, "Mr. Perrigo deals ..." Seemed like a gentle rebuke to Fred, from where I see it.
I doubt it, Fred did seem to be having a problem with pronouncing the name, which is why he switched to Boyd. Actually, considering the hand writing of a lot of people, it is surprising that the panelists do not have more problems with names :)
I don't think they would care. If it didn't bother the guest then it shouldn't matter. I don't think Fred heard properly. He was probably a bit hard of hearing.
@@SymphonyBrahms: I never thought Stanwyck was pretty, but she was reportedly one of the nicest people in Hollywood. Directors and co-stars uniformly loved her.
I agree, and she could have just disqualified herself, end of. But to go on and on about being seated and greeted, she just essentially told the whole panel everything. This was a case of her showing off her arrogance . She usually doesn't do this stuff. She brags about name dropping but this was too much.
Any time, in real life, I'm subjected to a pun by anyone I know, I always say in return, "Thanks so much for that, Mr. Cerf." No one has ever had any idea what I'm talking about.
It's the only time I've heard them mention the mystery star's name in advance of him coming to sit down; it made it kind of easy for them. BTW, "The Last Hunt" was an excellent movie, where Taylor gets to play an insane heavy, yet I've yet to see it come to television. I love that movie. Stewart Granger is there hero, of course. Do you know his birth name? James Stewart.
Taylor was reportedly the father of Sheilah Graham's son, Robert T. Westbrook, even though she was married to Trevor Westbrook at the time of his birth. Robert Westbrook wrote a book about his personal life, his mother, and his childhood, entitled "Intimate Lies." His older sister, Wendy, was reportedly not fathered by Trevor Westbrook, either, and she is the spitting image of the man who claims to be her bio father. Her memoir about all of this is called "One of the Family." Both books are fascinating.
Mainly his mobster connections, his habit of picking fights with guys he knew he could beat up, & his sleazy female companions & affairs. She did say nice things about him too, but that was sort of lost, considering. After JFK was elected President, the Kennedys befriended Sinatra, but that came to an abrupt end as he set up JFK with a mobster spy in the luscious form of Judith Exner Campbell, as a favor for Sam Giancano.
For 40 years millions enjoyed Freds dry wit! He was a talented man who worked with the top performer's of the time. YOUR from another era, what a shame you've missed the best of times😮
Oh come now! Dorothy! How dare Dorothy? II've been greeted and seated by this gentleman." C'mon. Don't th panelists get a talking to about the thing to NOT sy, like this, that destroy the whole show? (PS: I'm hoping this comment stays up and doesn't get deleted too, just for asking) I otherwise love every single episode. Ohhh poop to Dot.
There is a good cop/bad cop vibe between Arlene and Dorothy. Miss Kilgallon was a real life Hildy Johnson who had operated since she was 20 in NYC, the fearsomely competitive press market. As a reporter she had to get stories fast by a barrage of quick-fire probing questions, a technique she applied on WML. She was also a camera hog; other panelists were nettled by how she kept edging towards the right answer when she had obviously already guessed it. And she tattled in print, repeating stuff she had heard at the studio which should have stayed there. Like the scorpion, 'it"s my nature". That demure, ladylike manner fooled only the viewers.
Nice to see Mr. Taylor taking time from his busy schedule of naming names at the HUAC sessions and singing like a canary rather than upholding the Constitution
It appears that John let a portion of his hair in the back center of his scalp grow very long, then combed it forward over the middle of his bald spot, then with the aid of some "product" (heavy stiffening cream, gel, pomade) folded/crimped it back again to make it appear to be growing out of the middle of the bald spot. It's not very convincing, and even so it simulates an intermediate stage of male pattern baldness rather than a full head of hair. It must have taken lots of effort each day, too. Surely he could have afforded a toupee that would have looked more natural and required less fuss.
@@robertjean5782 Although not technically impossible, I've never known a toupee to gradually develop a gray streak over the years. I continue to believe that it's his own hair, as I described earlier.
Dorothy made serious enemies due to hateful comments. She was not the innocent one we would likev to support. 🐱⚘She lied about Humphrey Bogart and created a vociferous enemy!
Boyd Perrigo was my grandfather. He passed away in 1972, five years before I was born. Up until a few couple of years ago, I never knew he was on this show. When I saw this episode, it was the first and only time I've ever heard his voice.
Wow-- that's pretty amazing. Must be strange to see a relative you never had the chance to meet and who wasn't a show biz personality on an old TV show!
What's My Line? The amazing thing about it is how we found out about the show. My mother got a phone call from a random person in Ohio (can't remember the exact state) one night. He told her he recorded a re-run of the episode on the Game Show Network. He then looked up the name Perrigo in the Hermosa, SD area and found a few phone numbers (it's not a very common name, even around here). Eventually he tracked my mom down and asked if she'd like him to burn it to a DVD and send it too her.
Completely random. I mean, who does something like that? Still, it was a very nice gesture and a pretty awesome surprise.
PotatoPeeler Wow again! That's a really nice story. Pretty amazing.
Interesting coincidence-- one of the subscribers to this channel who has commented a lot (not recently, though) has the same last name, too. If it's that uncommon, maybe you're related. :)
Yeah, I found his channel while searching for this episode. I'm fairly certain he's related in some fashion but I'm not sure how since I don't know him. Perhaps I should send him a message.
PotatoPeeler He's also on Facebook-- that might be a more effective way to contact him. Lots of people don't even know when they get private messages on YT/G+. Just a suggestion.
Robert Taylor the forgotten superstar.....nice to see him here.
Robert Taylor was so handsome, even as he aged, wow what a guy! I think that when Robert slipped letting them hear his voice, they recognised it , he had a voice you couldn't mistake for anyone but him.
He looks a lot older than 44 (his age at the time) because he was a chain smoker. He has large bags under his eyes
He looked old and ill here.
@@MarkHarrison733 Really? I didn't think so.
@@marthawoodworth He looked about 55, not 44.
@@marthawoodworth Smoking 60-100 cigarettes a day aged him quickly.
Robert Taylor a consummate gentleman of a high order and favourite 🤗
Friggen love it I’m watching a movie right now Camille with Robert Taylor and I stumbled across this unreal these guys had so much fun
The piano scene...swoon
Bob Taylor was the Prince of Hollywood👑❤️
@King Royal rubbish!
He was in the closet.
@JamesHenderson-wk4hdno he wasn't.
@dietpepsivanilla3095 yes he was!
@@belairscents whatever you say, he's not here to rebut, but you would be interested to know there's never been any inkling of that unlike Montgomery Clift or Rock Hudson.
Robert Taylor was a very talented and versatile actor. I think he was underrated as an actor.
He was a block of wood.
@@JamesRichards-mj9kw This is your opinion, of course. For me he was a good actor. And a very handsome man.
@@tizianamorandi5381 Don't pay any attention to that idiot. He comments on every RT video like a broken record. What a douche.
@@aba1791 Taylor was absolutely talentless.
@MarkHarrison733 Suuuuure, so talentless that he worked with many of the biggest female stars of that era and made over 50 movies and has his fingerprints on the walk of fame. He was a pilot instructor in WWII, a fine horserider and an athlete. Yeah so talentless, eh? STFU and get a life.
Once the most beautiful man in Hollywood...
Bennett: "I was convinced Jane Russell was gonna be on tonight because I saw her a little while ago, and I thought her denials were rather false."
Dorothy: "That's the only thing about her that is."
LOL Dorothy pulling an Arlene-type remark. Arlene looked proud haha
Bob Hope would intro his movie buddy by saying 'Here she is, the two and only Jane Russell.'
What does that remark made by Dorothy mean? I don't get it :(
Another fun episode ! It's a shame the previous guest was involved with buffalos, which brought up the film "The Last Hunt". Otherwise it would have been more difficult for the panel to guess Robert Taylor. I loved the voice Mr Taylor used ! THANKS for sharing with us !! CHEERS !! :-)
So sad to me😢
Robert Taylor was gorgeous!
Young Victoria Barkley thought so!
Kirk Barkley Barbara Stanwyck you mean, yes she did, loved him very much, I read where she said he was the love of her life!
I agree Just me.
Absolutely stunning - Robert Taylor !
Robert Taylor was one of the most beautiful men in Hollywood.
A fascist.
@@JamesRichards-mj9kw Maybe fascist men (or women) can't be handsome (or beautiful)? He was very handsome!
@@JamesRichards-mj9kw Well, Daddy, as Sylvia Plath noted: "Everyone woman loves a fascist" (so don't be jealous)
@@JamesRichards-mj9kwbs!
@@JamesRichards-mj9kw
Love the practice of ladies wearing gloves.
Denise Fischer as the first contestant was a really charming person ❤️
agree..Wisconsin grows beautiful women
Love his movie, "The Last Hunt". Great actor and so handsome. Too bad he died so young.
Not handsome but ok
Stewart Granger was great in this movie too. One of my favorite movies.
@@buttuflibana4962 Are your eyes okay ?
Robert was very handsome.
@@buttuflibana4962 Watch Camille and tell me he was not handsome. He was so beautiful it hurts. You need glasses as you are more blind than a bat.😎
@@buttuflibana4962did you see him in "Camille" or "Magnificent Obsession?" He was Hollywood's perfect profile.
Oh, Bob: why did you have to smoke yourself into an early grave?
Another fine episode.
Congratulations Dorothy, "It's the only thing about her that is." Great line!
Dorothy cracking wise twice (shocker!) and looking especially pretty in this episode...but she gave away the head waiter by wanting to brag about being a regular at Maxim's.
@@robertfiller8634 I noticed that Dorothy looked great here, too.
@@jerrylee8261 I think it has to do with the video quality
@@robertfiller8634 in all fairness there were 2 minutes left and the poor old man looked like struggling with getting the questions and answering... that last minute Dorothy saved allowed more chit-chat about Maxim's.
What does this remark actually mean? :(
My favorite movie with Robert Taylor was 'Western the Women '
'Westward the Women'.
May you rest in peace Robert Taylor (born Spangler Arlington Brugh--> (August 5, 1911 - June 8, 1969)
This telecast was aired three years before the premiere of Robert Taylor's hit series The Detectives in 1959.
The untouchables was the name of the series😊
Only 44 years old here, but one can see he must have been unbelievably handsome in his youth. He had a deep, virile, enviably masculine voice, perfect for strong, manly roles. Don't make 'em like that any more.
😮😮😮😮
Just for clarification purposes, I believe you are speaking about Robert Taylor here, not Mr. Perrigo.
I love Arlene's smile.
I felt she would have looked even better had her makeup artist allowed the lipstick to end at her lip-line. She had perfectly lovely lips just the way they ended naturally, but on the programs after the few beginning ones, they tried to "enhance" her lips, and in my estimation, failed.
I always thought she was pretty.
@@sophiemorrison9820 She smiled with her eyes - "smized "(as Tyra Banks coined it).
@@slaytonp Big nose, big mouth, broad brow, maquillage often too emphatic (as a blonde she looked awful) but a personality that radiated wit, kindliness and sympathy. Her glamor was innate. She was not a great actress or singer, but she could hold a Broadway audience spellbound. And she was sufficiently down to earth to anchor live telecasts for a national audience.
None of the WML regulars were beauties. Character lasts longer.
@@esmeephillips5888 I agree--and Arlene never faded with age as physical beauty invariably does.
Robert had such a sexy voice; always was handsome and fabulous actor in all his movies.
It was from all the smoking.
It's really sad he and such great male stars Gable, Power, Cooper, Bogart and Flynn died early.
They all died from chain smoking.
16:48 Robert Taylor, even his autograph is "handsome"!
Dorothy, "I'm game"!!! Cracked me up, she got a good pun in on Bennett!
I want to be Arlene Francis when I grow up.
She was a beautiful woman.
I always enjoy this wonderful game show, especially John Charles Daly
Daly was the best of the best! I've seen very few of the later syndicated version of WML episodes, and the magic just isn't there without him (no slight against Wally Bruener or Larry Blyden, they just weren't John Charles Daly!)
What's My Line? And Soupy Sales was surely an crazy substitute for Fred Allen/Steve Allen/Ernie Kovacs/Martin Gable or any of the other regular 4th panel members!
What's My Line?
@@WhatsMyLine - no body could host WML like John. He had a knack
Me too. He was the best. The newer shows were enjoyable but they didn't have the charm of John Daly. And Soupy was not very funny in my opinion. Just my opinion.
Maxim's was the most famous restaurant in the world at the time of this show. It is still considered one of the finest restaurants anywhere, and is one of the most expensive. On a side note, a young Wolfgang Puck was a chef there.
Dorothy was so wrong in practically giving him away.
You are right, she said way too much!
It still is, eat there every time I go to Paris
@@laurahoward5426 You are very fortunate. My last visit to Paris was 25 years ago, after I foolishly moved from a job that took me there frequently to one that kept me at the home office. The new job paid a lot more but was much less personally enriching. I don't know how good it is now, but La Cagouille was my favorite restaurant in Paris. It's in the 14th on the Place Constantin Brancusi.
I think it's funny that at the end of the 2nd contestant who was the Buffalo hunter, John was talking about a movie that he was involved in that starred Robert Taylor who also happens to be the mystery guest on the show that evening, so even though the panelists didn't know who the mystery guest was you could say that John actually gave it away mentioning his name in the movie.
So true, John did sort of give it away.
Seems on purpose to me.
Bennett's Weekly Puns :>)
"Miss Fischer (Brewery Guide) leaves us sadder Budweiser [sadder but wiser]!" 10:10
"As we old buffalo hunters say, good bison [goodbye son]." 25:09
IMHO it was more like Bennett weakly punned.
Yes, that was very clever.
Johan, tks for the explanation. It went over my head and I asked myself-What does that mean?😊👍
@@jerrylee8261 My pleasure!!
Robert Taylor's second wife was drop-dead gorgeous.
That’s all she was! She had nothing on Barbara who had much more to offer!
You have got to be kidding she was a nobody and she had no nose - terrible profile Barbara Stanwyck had it all including oozing sex appeal and a beauty so unique one of the best actresses of all time Bob married her on the rebound
If the air date is correct, then this is one of the final (if not the final) shows Fred Allen did. He died on Mar 17, 1956 of a heart attack while out on his usual evening stroll.
Robert Taylor's ABC hit series , "The DETECTIVES" wouldn't appear on television for another 3 years yet (1959) .
Remarkable stories about the WML guests below. Thanks for sharing these interesting stories.
I love this show.. feel like I know these people..
These Arw great to watch
recently saw Robert In a little gem called Westward The Women - he was very good In It
Mike, totally agree, it was a good movie with a great star and cast. Robert was sexy.
Bob was a good company guy at MGM, willing to try anything. Despite his early reputation as the most handsome and best 'tailored' youngster in Hollywood, a squire for its leading ladies, he had no problem moving into westerns and costumed actioners, and he aged gracefully. The wasting disease that took him never showed.
@@esmeephillips5888 He aged terribly.
The brewery guide was really good-looking. Even her handwriting was good-looking.
Charming with a killer smile. Her voice was a cross between Marilyn Monroe and Jayne Mansfield!
@@robertfiller8634 Oh, didn't notice that will have to recheck about Marilyn's voice.
Hal Block would have planted a smacker on her.
Gorgeous 😊
It's interesting to see the trend away from the contestants' walk in front of the panel, even before it was officially discontinued. Here John omits it twice in one show.
I was looking for any signs of resentment towards Robert Taylor since this was nine years or so after his famous HUAC testimony in about 1947, I think.
He was doing the right thing
@@michaelnivens6267 I don't agree. But that's ok. It's a free country, so people should be able express their political views without fear of reprisals or being blacklisted.
He did so reluctantly and he never named anyone by names.
Smoking three packs of cigarettes a day was starting to take a toll on Robert's good looks.
I'm currently watching his movies and even between 1939-1940 there seems a dramatic change in his looks, suddenly starts to look as if he was in his late 30s although he was just 28-29 at the time. Quite interesting that it coincides with his first year of marriage with Stanwyck. I read that he was a very sportive person and outdoorsy, so one would assume that health was his priority... Why he did this to himself...
I could ask my Mother the very same question as she smoked from around age 15 to maybe 1-1/2 years before she died - COPD! I hated and still hate smoking!!!
I think that he probably smoked more than three (3) packs!!
@meyay5757 tragically, they just didn't realize the great danger of smoking! It breaks my heart because he is one of my favorites!! And he was a very gifted musician as well as a great actor!!
@@sarahgodwin-xd1wr It was 3-5 packs a day.
Wow! Great hairdo, Mr. Taylor ! It's a knockout !
It was the style 70 years ago 😅
Such a classy and intelligent panel and host. Arlene, Bennett and Charles were my favorites.
Robert Taylor - the man who shopped his fellow actors during the McCarthy hearings.
I like how Dorothy disqualifies herself by detailing his occupation in her explanation, oh well haha
Yeah, she kinda gave away a part of the answer......
+oldfart4751 I guess it was a lot of work being put on the spot as they were. They couldnt have been on the ball all the time, but it was all a bit of fun :-)
She's so proud of knowing the headwaiter at the most famous restaurant in Paris that she forgets that her bragging will spoil the game for those who didn't disqualify themselves. It's a rare slip for her; usually she's pretty scrupulous about playing the game.
@@neilmidkiff Yep! I made the exact same comment. This is an instance of her arrogance getting in the way so she can show off and name drop.
@@El_Ophelia I said that too in my earlier comment!
8:04: Dorothy dragging it out as usual while Arlene looks in the other direction.
She asks the same “yes” questions 10 ways just to be in the camera.
@@annettekelly1592Agree, but it's not against the rules😅
Dorothy gave it away when she said "greeted and seated."
Yes, wow she was caught up in the moment😅
"sadder but wiser", indeed
Wow. Taylor's only 44 in this clip. Looks more like 60.
Don't smoke kids. :)
indded he does, was about to post similar, when i read your comment.
That's not very fair to all the gorgeous sixty year old men, who don't smoke and look after their health.
Robert Taylor is a beautiful man
A real heavy drinker rather!
Fred Allen (who passed on a couple of weeks later) looked like he was 70-75, probably the result of his many battles with the suits on network radio.
@@JohnSmith-it6hj haha yes and started a new family having 3 kids...he looks like a grandfather!
Curly: I'm a fully qualified tailor.
Moe: Really? How much would you charge to make a new suit for me?
Curly: About $400.
Larry: You're not a tailor, you're a robber!
Curly: That's me──robber tailor. Nyuk! Nyuk! Nyuk!
Miss Fisher leaves us sadder budweiser....I'm game..... Good bison......😆 😆 😆
They obviously didn't know the location of Waukesha as a suburb of Milwaukee or they may have got it sooner.
I was 20 days old when they made the shaw.
You can take away the milk from the cows, if their in the moo.
TAKE THAT, Bennett!
Fred Allen dead 4 weeks later, such a witty man !
Bennett at 10:10. Perfect pun!!
Thanks for posting all these wonderful complete episodes. PS The description is wrong - Bill Talbert is *not* in this episode.
Oh wow-- you're right. I don't know how that happened. The log I took the basic info from for this work (from a defunct geocities page) has been very, very accurate. This may be the first error that's been pointed out that wasn't a mistake *I* made in modifying info.
Anyhow, you're welcome for the shows, and I appreciate the heads up about the error. I'll correct it now. I knew i didn't remember the segment at all when I was writing the description, and would have, especially if Talbert had talked at all about diabetes (being a diabetic myself, I certainly would have remembered that! He was one of the first, maybe THE first successful pro athlete who was known to the public to have diabetes.)
I also double checked the log, and this is apparently Robert Taylor's only appearance, so it's not likely I confused this was another show. The info just wasn't accurate. Thanks again for the correction!
@@WhatsMyLineI'm not the least caring if something is amiss!! ITS obvious you put your all into providing us a tremendous amount of joy, fun entertainment 😊
Wally Cox was an incredibly multi-talented actor who unfortunately was the epitome of Hollywood stereotyping. He was witty, very smart, a superb actor (watch him in The Bedford Incident film and Mr. Peepers on TV), voice actor (ie. Underdog) and always quick with a come-back. Regrettably as a part of these roles he was forever given roles as a geek, nerd and never a true dramatic role. Born Dec. 6, 1924 he was only 32 years old here.
He was lifelong fast friends with Marlon Brando from when they both grew up in Evanston, In. and roomed together as struggling actors In New York City where Brando learned from Cox to sharpen his wit and to respond with a lighthearted come-back to interviewers/ press. When he died unexpectedly in Feb. 1973 at only 49, notoriously press shy and privacy fanatic Brando stood outside the funeral home and wept inconsolably, and I'm talking Niagara Falls, not like from a spigot. Even what friends Brando did have could not console him. While a fan favorite for those roles he did play, he was never given the chance to show the extent of his acting ability, which was a pity for someone who studied under Stella Adler. RIP.
I thought he was a bore...he got on my nerves...
Brando, for my ticket money, was overrated. On the other hand, maybe some fans love unintelligible mumbling and mugging the camera. Rod Steiger in a different body.
I noticed that John was gently trying to nudge Fred Allen into a more proper form of address for Mr. Perrigo ... when Fred called him "Boyd," John said after his first question, "Mr. Perrigo deals ..." Seemed like a gentle rebuke to Fred, from where I see it.
I doubt it, Fred did seem to be having a problem with pronouncing the name, which is why he switched to Boyd. Actually, considering the hand writing of a lot of people, it is surprising that the panelists do not have more problems with names :)
John Waller "Perrigo" isn't a particular tongue-twister. Fred was a man of many quirks.
Fred always seemed lost in space. Never got his appeal on this show.
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I don't think they would care. If it didn't bother the guest then it shouldn't matter. I don't think Fred heard properly. He was probably a bit hard of hearing.
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Robert Taylor's first wife was fairly nice looking. His second wife was drop-dead gorgeous.
His first wife was Barbara Stanwyck
@@jeanesingsjazz Barbara Stanwyck was better than "fairly nice looking". She was beautiful.
@@SymphonyBrahms: I never thought Stanwyck was pretty, but she was reportedly one of the nicest people in Hollywood. Directors and co-stars uniformly loved her.
Your blind - the second wife had a most unattractive profile - no nose no talent
@@accomplice55 Taylor married Stanwyck after twice being turned down by Eleanor Powell, the other front runner for 'nicest star in Hollywood'.
Fred: Liquid donated by cows when they're in the moood. Thanks for postig.
"Well fed". I shall have to remember that one.
70 years ago this was a acceptable comment 😅
Why would dorothy say "seated and greeted by this man" and give the whole thing away when she was disqualifying herself?
I agree, until she said that they still did't have a clue.
Because she cannot stand for ANYONE to get that 50 bucks.
I agree, and she could have just disqualified herself, end of. But to go on and on about being seated and greeted, she just essentially told the whole panel everything. This was a case of her showing off her arrogance . She usually doesn't do this stuff. She brags about name dropping but this was too much.
@@El_Ophelia - sometimes her arrogance could be annoying
Dorothy caught up in the moment😅
Bennett and his puns! Good Bison and Sadder Budweiser!
Any time, in real life, I'm subjected to a pun by anyone I know, I always say in return, "Thanks so much for that, Mr. Cerf." No one has ever had any idea what I'm talking about.
Loved it! But then he wrote children's books with jokes and puns. We had at least two of them in the 60s as kids.
Cerf sounds like Elmer Fudd😅 bugs bunny
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It's the only time I've heard them mention the mystery star's name in advance of him coming to sit down; it made it kind of easy for them. BTW, "The Last Hunt" was an excellent movie, where Taylor gets to play an insane heavy, yet I've yet to see it come to television. I love that movie. Stewart Granger is there hero, of course. Do you know his birth name? James Stewart.
The ending ruined it.
Watch that movie on utube😊
Sinatra was not happy with Dorothy and said her mouth looked like a torn pocket.
He said that she had no chin.
They were intimate once😮
Robert Taylor is a perfect Mandrake
He's is perfect alright.
I always he could play a good Dracula, his immense good looks would be very much helpful.
Bennett seems quite fond of Dorothy after she introduces him. Early days...
Who would of known that the almost unknown city of Waukesha Wisconsin would become so famous 65 years after this show was aired.
He mentioned Taylor before he came out.
Well, that Sinatra story didn't turn out for her at all.
what was the joke from fred allen? at 10:40
Fred was mentioning a beer having a head aka foam on it. 😅
"That's the only thing about her that is." Would Dorothy'd do this more often.
Robert Taylor already looked like an old man here.
Taylor was reportedly the father of Sheilah Graham's son, Robert T. Westbrook, even though she was married to Trevor Westbrook at the time of his birth. Robert Westbrook wrote a book about his personal life, his mother, and his childhood, entitled "Intimate Lies." His older sister, Wendy, was reportedly not fathered by Trevor Westbrook, either, and she is the spitting image of the man who claims to be her bio father. Her memoir about all of this is called "One of the Family." Both books are fascinating.
Dorothy's article on Sinatra, I hear, made her real unpopular with Frank.
Sinatra used to call Kilgallen the Chinless Wonder...he hated her.
Sinatra called Kilgallen the Chinless Wonder. He hated her.
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The panelists liked it. They must agree with her.
Mainly his mobster connections, his habit of picking fights with guys he knew he could beat up, & his sleazy female companions & affairs. She did say nice things about him too, but that was sort of lost, considering. After JFK was elected President, the Kennedys befriended Sinatra, but that came to an abrupt end as he set up JFK with a mobster spy in the luscious form of Judith Exner Campbell, as a favor for Sam Giancano.
@@barrykendrick3146 - Kennedys could write the book on sleazy affairs and they made their fortune bootlegging
For 40 years millions enjoyed Freds dry wit! He was a talented man who worked with the top performer's of the time. YOUR from another era, what a shame you've missed the best of times😮
Bennett's stated that he thought Jane Russell's denials were false.
Then Dorothy's rejoiner -- "It's about the only thing about her that is."
How did Bennett identify Robert Taylor so quickly? Was he tipped off?
Yes, from his nosey wife, in every case.
Taylor at one point he uses his regular voice😅
BENNETT: "GOODBYE, SON !"
A real blue ribbon girl and very attractive
Why did Dorothy give away the answer?
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I don't. Know but Maxim's is some place she would be familiar wirh
It's she got caught up in moment!😅
Typical Dorothy - she's the one that gives the answer away and then shouts no fair as Arlene says It.
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Can you imagine what Hal Block would’ve done with that first guest?
Oh come now! Dorothy! How dare Dorothy? II've been greeted and seated by this gentleman." C'mon. Don't th panelists get a talking to about the thing to NOT sy, like this, that destroy the whole show? (PS: I'm hoping this comment stays up and doesn't get deleted too, just for asking) I otherwise love every single episode. Ohhh poop to Dot.
It Is Dorothy's nature - there were other times they let her get away with so much, but she was a regular
There is a good cop/bad cop vibe between Arlene and Dorothy. Miss Kilgallon was a real life Hildy Johnson who had operated since she was 20 in NYC, the fearsomely competitive press market. As a reporter she had to get stories fast by a barrage of quick-fire probing questions, a technique she applied on WML.
She was also a camera hog; other panelists were nettled by how she kept edging towards the right answer when she had obviously already guessed it. And she tattled in print, repeating stuff she had heard at the studio which should have stayed there. Like the scorpion, 'it"s my nature". That demure, ladylike manner fooled only the viewers.
@@michaelnivens6267She got caught up in the moment 😅
Nice to see Mr. Taylor taking time from his busy schedule of naming names at the HUAC sessions and singing like a canary rather than upholding the Constitution
One episode had notorious HUAC , Ronald Reagan and Hedda Hopper, very happily adding to the Hollywood blacklist 😡
Toupees we’re so bad in those days. But he’s authentic! The real deal.
Robert Tayla….Kitty was so Classic.
John had a toupee, Taylor had the latest hairstyle, as I did called the wave😊
Frank hated Dorothy K.
Taylor was a wooden actor who named names.
He looks like Dracula here!
That was my thought also!
Nooo
That hair style was all the rage 70 years ago 😊
Mr Dalys hair...I can't figure it out
It appears that John let a portion of his hair in the back center of his scalp grow very long, then combed it forward over the middle of his bald spot, then with the aid of some "product" (heavy stiffening cream, gel, pomade) folded/crimped it back again to make it appear to be growing out of the middle of the bald spot. It's not very convincing, and even so it simulates an intermediate stage of male pattern baldness rather than a full head of hair. It must have taken lots of effort each day, too. Surely he could have afforded a toupee that would have looked more natural and required less fuss.
@@neilmidkiff haha how wonderful...great explanation, thank you!
Combed over, then a piece concerning over THAT straight back....lots of brylcreme, and maybe a toupee
@@neilmidkiffIt is a toupee and ģlued in place 😊?
@@robertjean5782 Although not technically impossible, I've never known a toupee to gradually develop a gray streak over the years. I continue to believe that it's his own hair, as I described earlier.
It hasn't been a walk of shame for years- the guests really want to meet the panel-that final guest was set to make a dead run for them!
I've seen several start and they got pulled back. Don't know if they realised the guests want to meet the panel.
@@jacquelinebell6201It all had to do with the time scheduled. 😊
NO , wasn't sure where the exit was 😅
Taylor aged terribly. He looked like an old man here at only 44.
Naming names takes a toll.
He smoked 60-100 cigarettes a day.
Dorothy made serious enemies due to hateful comments. She was not the innocent one we would likev to support. 🐱⚘She lied about Humphrey Bogart and created a vociferous enemy!
DOROTHY was a investigative reporter for years 😊
Imagine a world where no one gers offended at humor.