What's My Line? - Danny Kaye; Bette Davis; B Hackett [panel] (Oct 24, 1965) [W/ COMMERCIALS]
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- Here's the second of four uncut episodes with original commercials that I started posting yesterday. As always, I preserved as much as possible of my original copy due to its much higher a/v quality. It takes away a bit of the sadness of watching the shows leading up to Dorothy Kilgallen's death to at least have these in complete form.
This is a unique episode of WML in that the entire show is nothing but mystery guest rounds, a gimmick they never tried any other time. I'm sure Dorothy and Arlene were just delighted about having to wear masks through the whole show.
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MYSTERY GUEST: Danny Kaye; Yves St. Laurent; Bette Davis
PANEL: Dorothy Kilgallen, Buddy Hackett, Arlene Francis, Bennett Cerf
Many thanks, as always, to epaddon for providing his copy of the complete episode.
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One of the best shows ever aired on television. Always amusing, uplifting, spontaneous ~ enchanting.
EXQUISITE Observation.👏
- there's only one panelist during the duration and entirety of this show that (imo) was rude and disrespectful. (r.q. lewis)
Aside for that.
Your Assertion Should have More "Thumbs" (UpVotes); And Win an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay and Script.
.. and I mean that,.
@@drumbum3.142 I can't imagine what you're watching. I've seen every episode so far, and I can tell you that if Bennett Cerf spoke to me or my wife the way he speaks on a regular basis to guests and panelists, I'd wipe that frozen, puerile smile off his face. On the other hand, I've never heard Robert Q. Lewis insult anyone.
@@crabbyoldman8209
Lewis is Condescending as a Porcupine in a Snowstorm. With a Hangover. Just watching his mannerisms and his inflection portrays he thinks he's pretty hot stuff. Everyone with ears and eyes should (be able to) ascertain that. Lol
I'm not sure where Your getting Your Cerf from.. ... as I've never actually spoke with explicit reference to him. But if theres somewhere that Elicits that first half; You (just) let me know Oldman. .
This show and the panel had such style and panache!
When you listen to the cheers and applause as Bette Davis enters onstage, you realize that her talent on the silver screen elevates her from the term "star", because, in fact, she is an entire "constellation"!
❤❤❤
A Planet maybe
I had the wonderful experience of meeting Bette Davis at the airport. She was standing at the gate awaiting someone-she looked like someone's gramma (tho I don't recall the year exactly, maybe i the 60's) I walked right up to her and asked her "you're Bette Davis aren't you?" and she said "yes." just as she did in this clip, I asked if I could hug her and she said "yes" and I got her autograph. Don't know what it would be worth today, but the meeting was priceless to me.
You bet it was! I do envy you!!!
WoW What a TRIPLE TREAT...! Danny, Yves & Bette ... all gone now even the whole Panel & Host... truly the Golden Age of Television.. We will never ever see the likes of this calibur of class grace & style again !
And, we're next..
He's gone..?Yves de
@@robertsprouse9282 😂 lol 🗣️ speak for yourself☝️
@@midnightmilkman1, really?
You can guarantee 100 percent that you will be alive 24 hours from now?
And me in my 60's, I can guarantee 90 percent that I will not be "next" in..say..two years..or have "I am not next certitude" by more than 40 percent in 10 years, or 20 percent in 15-20 years..and so on..?
Really?
My jest aside, knowing that, excluding the only things that you can control and.. even that might not be enough, you cannot guarantee 100 percent that you are going to be alive in one hour..much less be a Senior like me looking at two minutes down the road with a foolish 100 percent certainty attitude; knowing that is a fool's errand also teaches humility and suppresses the arrogant superego that plagues today's society.
I don't fret..I just enjoy every second, but I don't take those seconds for granted, either.
So...yep, AND...by the way..
WE'RE NEXT..😉
@@robertsprouse9282 😂🤣 lolol
Don't you just love it when the celebrities acknowledge the audience by taking a bow? Its beautiful and elegant!
Yes, I agree! 🙂
@@lynettepalecek3141 That was one thing that Brian Epstein coached the lads to do.
Love it! Judy Garland did it too in this show.
This is time traveling. Glad to have this record of history available. Wow, Betty Davis was someone special
Manners, intellect and class. Goodness, let's bring them back. Great show!
wouldn't it be nice if this behaviour was to return unfortunately that bird has flown......
Not only she was very much alive in 1965 but Miss Davis would live 24 more years. One of the greatest. RIP
I’m addicted to this show! Watched as a child with my mom and now again. I love the panelists, the fashions the kindness!
Miss Davis ALWAYS acknowledges the audience on talk shows. I like that!
Class. Sheer class.
Fashion designer is a fashion designer for a reason, his style is contemporary!
Had no idea Yves Saint Laurent would like to go on this show! He’s so adorable
Magnifique!!
Just looking at Danny Kaye makes me smile. Love him. I’m young but I grew watching all his movies as a part of my childhood.
The gowns, jewels, furs, talent and Class of the Panel and the contestants shows how far down we have come in 50 years.
You dont think it might look a bit ridiculous is people dressed like this today on a show like this? Diamonds and FURS? You think people have come far down bc we dress w reason. Styles and fashion w common sense change, thank god. If so men should wear suits to grocery shop. That would be nice 😀
👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼Well said you…. A sad state of affairs…!
Thankfully though, the cat-calling, lusty whistling and Miss-vs-Mrs awkwardness are missing from today's shows.
@@davidcarter1962 The cat calling is basically the modern of women posting pictures on social media hoping for likes upcummies. People weren't conditioned to be hypersensitive about that stuff, like they are today and like you.
So it was less awkward back then than you probably think, while unwanted on occasion, it was more often taken as a compliment.
Amen!
LOL Danny Kaye doing Buddy Hackett's voice back to him was surreal.
I never got to watch "What's My Line?'" when I was a kid in the 60s but I could hear it from my bedroom when I was supposed to be sleeping. lol
ldchappell1. me neither, we didn't have it here in Australia.
Lol. I "watched" the Carol Burnett Show the same way.
I was allowed to stay up late to watch it as a kid in the '50s. It was the only show my entire family watched together.
What's my Line Channel: You rock. Thank you for this terrific trip down memory lane, sometimes with the retro commercials intact. My heart breaks knowing Dorothy Kilgallen won't be around for all of these episodes. She was sharp and classy.
I agree. Miss Dorothy. It is wonderful seeing many famous ppl also in the arts, history, etc. I esp liked Dali and Eleanor Roosevelt.
bette davis: now THAT'S a star!
jimmysudar So true!
Somehow seeing her on the small screen the enormity of Bette Davis' Star power seems even more apparent than it does in film.
A really true star: quite a rarity
@@scotnick59 The best Female Actress of all time Period!!!!!
@@scottmiller6495 See "The Little Foxes"!
Every time BETTE DAVIS appears, she acknowledges the audience! MOST Mystery Guests do not bow before them. I find her remarkable grace and sad reminder and a remnant of a PAST we shall never visit again ............ A past, I was lucky to have experienced in my childhood. But it's all gone now...
I was 7 years-old in '65 and treasure the memories.
She was still acknowledging the audience in her "wogan" interview of 1987-here on TH-cam- over 20 years later🎩
Yest it is so good to see that. Judy Garland did it, too.
Just adored Danny Kay. What a generous lovely man.
I had a major crush on Danny Kay after I saw him in White Christmas.
@@hollyb6885 It's Danny KayE you guys!
@@scotnick59 Ok
@@scotnick59 Hey. Didn’t he leave off the E when he signed in? 🤔
He was universally despised by his contemporaries. Not a nice human being.
Sweet the way Bette Davis acknowledged the audience on her way out
I wondered why Danny Kaye would deliberately do something to cut off the game at 4 questions. Then he used the time to do public endorsement of the United Nations Childrens Fund. His efforts with the United Nations will be remembered forever. In fact, Danny Kaye is just about the only actor I can remember who earned two honorary Oscars -- one in the 50s and the other in the 80s -- to honor his charity work.
You answered your own question posed by your first sentence.
@@Walterwhiterocks they didn't ask a question. they were saying that they *had* wondered, but when danny went on to talk about UNICEF they understood
Thank you so much for this - Buddy Hackett was not only witty, but had a warm heart - his encouragement and loyalty to me as a young actor will never be forgotten.
Wonderfully l said.
"Why do I need to be blindfolded for a dress/fashion designer?"
I love how arlene knows and says such good things about them and then reveals the name
Arlene is breathtaking, that gown is a work of art.
I wonder if the Show paid for Arlene and Dorothy's gowns and jewels?
@@chrisallen7911 Im sure they did bc they didn't make that much from the appearance on the show
@@lastnamefirst4035 i thought they made fortune from this show. arlene specificly.
I love vivid colors on Arlene's gown, very bright!
"Je suis enchante de vous voir"......I'll never forget that. Probably the most beautiful French sentence to say.
Yves St. Laurent!! What a talent!!
I just love Arlene Francis' demeanour.
NO necklace, simple hairstyle for the period and one spectacular diamond pin on a black dress. Bette has class..
Bette Davis is my favorite. Dorothy was my favorite after her passing i don't watch the episodes without her.
I don't like them either
I feel the same...
Funny. I don’t either. She was always the pink elephant on the subsequent episodes. I think for me it was because the circumstances of her death are so questionable.
I don't either. It's just too heartbreaking.
I don't either. I read the list of panelists. If it doesn't include Dorothy I skip that episode.
Fantastic, honestly... in these somewhat sick times, this show is a classy breath of fresh air. Also the music on the commercials rocks.
It's rather amusing that Arlene thought Yves Saint Laurent might be Christian Dior, especially since he passed away in 1957 and this episode was filmed in 1965.
Ha, I was just about to post that same comment. Now I don't need to.
We are both very good at observing things.
Mae Downs - I think Arlene may have misspoken, with her knowledge of couture, because Yves Saint Laurent had worked for Christian Dior and was hand-picked by him to be his successor. YSL was begun in 1961, so she had had as many years of being used to him designing for Dior as she had had with him designing his own label. An easy mistake to make when spouting off names on a list, as she and Dorothy had started when asked if they could guess which designer/house.
I have vintage Chanel and she is dead.....my Godfather owned Neiman's
I always read who the panel is to make sure that Dorothy is on the panel, thus still alive. Thus I can watch that one.
Helen Mirren should play Arlene in a biopic
She would be oscar material 😀
Dame Helen Mirren was a William Shakespeare Globe Theatre Player. And like Arlene Francis is very wide open and ready for anything! Yes Helen Mirren would play Arlene Francis well.
@@kennithumperovitch1312 I would see an academy award there.😀
YES!
I absolutely love Whats My Line Watching these old episodes is so precious . ♥ and respect to the good old days.
Every time I think about Danny Kay the phrase from Court Jester flows through my brain...."The pellet with the poison's in the vessel with the pestle; the chalice from the palace had the new that is true!"❤️❤️
Brew not new
These folks are REAL stars, not like the Hollywood now
Brew that is true
Thanks for posting! Love the original commercials. Gotta hop into a time machine so I can buy me one of those sleek “reinvented” Fairlane ‘66 cars, “at my Ford Dealer’s now.”
Like the way Bette Davis acknowledged the studio audience as she left. She seemed quite relaxed and comfortable in this WML appearance.
And it was fun to hear lovely Arlene speak French.
I really love Dorothy Kilgallen so much.
Me too. It is so tragic that she died while trying to follow her leads to learn who killed John Kennedy.
Me too 😔
@@shirleyrombough8173 murdered
There were three Mystery Guests instead of the usual one or two that night. What a first!!!
And the split screen --- another first.
That's quite a string of ice around Arlene Francis' neck.
Yes her husband gifted it to her. Apparently it was stolen from her when getting out of a taxi in NYC. 1986 I just read that earlier lolx.
Incredible golden days and stars all of them. They just don't make them anymore. Love watching these old entertaining programmes lolx.
@@edwardoneil3962 Wasn’t that the diamond heart that she wore all the time that was stolen?
@@dotsywotsy18 yes as soon as she was coming out of a taxi an opportunist thief pulled it off from her neck and ran away with it.
@@edwardoneil3962 Thieves are especially vile to me. Them and their “What’s yours is mine” way of life. I’ve had things stolen from me and I get just livid when I think about it.
Yves Saint Laurent was adorable!
Just absolutely fabulous to see these episodes once again. Such a classy group!
Thirty years and counting but I still miss my Kool filter king cigarettes. The first one in the morning with coffee was like a kick in the chest to get me going.
As advertised, this episode was the only one to feature the gimmick of having all three challengers as Mystery Guests.
To split the thinnest of hairs -- they were not all Mystery Guests, although the panel was blindfolded for all three. The Danny Kaye and Bette Davis rounds followed the MG rules (one question at a time moving clockwise). But in the Yves St. Laurent round, each questioner continued until receiving a NO, and the object was not primarily to determine the contestant's identity, but his occupation. This distinction is pure nit-picking, of course.
@@dizzyology7514 Nevertheless, you are right !
I loved the commercials!!! Bette was every inch the "star"! Thanks for taking the time to post this show!
Bette got a LOT of mileage out of that famous diamond Cartier brooch of hers. She always used it for elegance and drama with simple outfits.
Buddy Hackett was one of my faves on the panel
Buddy brightens up most of audience and quest on the show with his humor.
I wore Y when I was a teen. It smells lovely. As a huge fan of tights/stockings, I loved seeing that hosiery commercial!
Just an AMAZING time machine! Danny Kaye, Bette Davis and the young, movie-star handsome YSL! Just presented his iconic 1965 Mondrian collection! WOW! The panel in black-tie and luxe gowns! Bette, swathed in mink looked terrific! I'd go back "there" in a split second!
John Daly was made for this show.
So cool to see Yves St Laurent.
What a great time and what a world and Bette Davis was a very talented and beautiful woman that this world will never see again Ever Period!!!!!
She has Bette Davis eyes.
Denise Spurlock And she knows how to make a pro blush!
Yes she does.
Sure!
It seems to me that if actress Sharon Gless sang, she would sound like Kim Carnes.
Most definitely. Better Davis eyes!!!!
Dorothy looks exceptionally beautiful here. Glamorous. 😘
Dorothy would look better if her blindfold were larger. Arlene on the other hand is beautiful and glamorous. If ever you see two beauties on WML, the second is usually a contestant, ever Dorothy whose many laudatory attributes do not include physical appearance
Some of her various hairstyles complement her features better than others do.
@@friendofdorothy9376 True.
Ikgo Ikgo beauty is in the eye of the beholder. If Hiya Pal thinks she looks beautiful, she does.
I love seeing the advertisements of the day!
Yves Saint Laurent! What a wonderful surprise!
This would have been on a Sunday. I was born the next day, Monday Oct. 25, 1965.
I’m dying. Bette Davis. Wow. I’m also in awe that by now she is on her 77th movie. Incredible 🏆
Yves Saint-Laurent followed by Bette Davis. Top that.
Bacardi Rum manufacturer followed by Joan Crawford.
Preceded by Danny Kaye.
@@richatlarge462 HUH??
Easy. Beach Boys, Ann Margret and Richard Feynman
@@igkoigko9950 were beach boys ever on black and white WML?
First appearance of the short-lived split-screen cameras, during the third game.
It was retired after Dorothy's last episode.
I notice that the credits do not include the usual mention of director Franklin Heller, and details such as using split screens would be a director's call. I wonder whether Heller might have been out or away for this and the two following shows, with someone else sitting in for him. In any event, the split screens did not work well in this context -- glad they were quickly dropped.
I had to scroll down a long ways to find a comment about the split screen. I thought I was the only one who caught it. I liked it. I'd like to see more of it.
Love Bette but if blindfolded I would have guessed her after the first couple questions. She has a very distinctive voice.
Now I'm picturing Buddy Hacket borrowing Dorothy's Yves Saint Laurent to do drag
According to the book, "The Reporter Who Knew Too Much " by Mark Shaw, Dorothy received a call from her lover, Ron Pataki, right before the beginning of this episode . The person who answered the call announced over a loud speaker (which was in Dorothy's dressing room) that a man named Ron Pataki called and left her a message. The message was that he left the hotel room key at the front desk of the hotel she was staying at. Dorothy was shaken up because not everyone who heard the announcement over the loud speaker knew she was having an affair. Even though everyone knew her husband was a cheating SOB.
She was nervous throughout this episode, explaining why she sat down too early and quickly stood back up in the beginning introduction of this episode. Sadly, Dorothy was murdered about 10 days later.
Craig Smith Yep I hear you Craig.
She also had an affair with Johnny Ray. She was far from innocent of blame.
@@Walterwhiterocks no blame was implied..no blame necessary ...is what it is
@@gailsirois7175 Not quite, for everyone observing the activities at the time. Some did indeed attempt to "blame" Richard for the dysfunctional marriage. My only point is that it was a two way street. Dorothy was equally responsible and, considering her affairs, her drug use, and her drinking, was anything but a poor innocent victim in the matter.
I love that she always brought her pocketbook on stage with her!
Part of the outfit...Princess Diana used a clutch to cover her cleavage, when getting out of a car
The wonderful Danny Kaye, (a marvelous actor), died from congestive heart failure, in his much later years, sadly. But, hearing how he pushed himself in his youth, it has possibly taken it's tow. 😟😔😞😟😢
One of my next recommendations is DKs last show. Nov 7th "65.
Two more after this one.
What a great lady.
I never got to see her 1st run being that I was less then two at the time and only found this show on YT a yr or so ago.
RIP
7:36 "Trick Or Treat For Unicef" We were roped into that by our church. The first couple of years we almost filled up the little box. The last year I did it I got so many dirty looks from people... "I Already gave to Unicef!!" I think I got 25 cents.
The commercials! So jazzy....
I love how polite we were in the 50s & 60s
I'm sure that both Dorothy and Arlene had YSL outfits.
i would bet they didnt and had never met the man...
The commercial for the Ford Fairlane at the end was unexpected nostalgia.
Kirk Barkley uii
Note the barest hint of the tail fins, very much toned down after huge tail fins were all the rage a few years earlier.
@@loissimmons6558 By the time the 1966 models were rolled out, Ralph Nader was on the scene.
I'm amazed at how shy Yves Saint Laurent still appears, having just accomplished the historic feat of designing the Mondrian collection two months ago. The impeccably tailored suit without a single wrinkle, likely a Cartier Tank watch... Yves, just turned 27, is so handsome, slender, and elegant.
Being pathologically introverted, it was almost exclusively in interviews that one could hear his distinctively gentle, whispery voice. Seeing him converse in a crowd is incredibly rare. Thank you for this wonderful video.
That voice is so recognizable, and she really didn't disguise it much.
Ads for smokes! These shows are an historical education
She can never change that glorious "Bette Davis" voice!!
Yves St. Laurent is gorgeous.
J Moss
Oh yes he is. A gorgeous man !
This is the second-to-last panel appearance of Buddy Hackett. And it is the last joint panel appearance of Buddy and Dorothy.
I really like Buddy Hackett.
Bette Davis looks so relaxed, confident and at ease compared to her first appearance
no Hal Block
this was her 5th time there .....
3 'mystery' guests...I can't recall this ever happening...
What a great and unique episode!
So many of these early episodes are great little time capsules, especially the "walk of shame" in which many of the guests had to walk in front of the panel for a close up inspection.
That designer is why YSL is still growing strong in 2021
Well he’s been dead for 12 years in 2021 - so I doubt that.
She is one of my favorite actresses of all time. Plus she is beautiful.
Let there be no debate that Buddy Hackett was from Brooklyn when he said beau-tee-ful, being from Queens myself I recognize that accent anywhere. I had the pleasure of seeing him come out of Sardis Restaurant on 44th street as I was walking by back in the 90's. To hear his voice come out of his mouth and go directly to my ears was very surreal. Love those commercials but that Kool commercial was pretty corny. Bette Davis was as always a delight and Danny Kaye was one of the best.
Yvest Saint Laurent was a cool guy back then
Ooooh split screen fancy
Unlike today's celebrities who act like their sh** don't stink, it was awesome to see these great actors from the past take time out from their busy lives just to be on and a gameshow. They were funny and gratious. Today's actors could take a lesson from them.
You mean they weren't crude, like you ?
always good to see the Greatest actor in the history of film...
Bette Davis........
Wow! What an incredible episode!!!
Met Danny Kaye when i was around 8
Buddy Hackett was a scream. 🤣🤣🤣
This aired the day before my 5th birthday! Bloody hell I'm an old bag!
You think you're old? I was already 20 then.
Laurent looks like he has a Beatles haircut here.
French actress Catherine Deneuve, possibly the most famous of such in France, is one of his company's customers.
All the boys were sporting Beatle cuts by now. Even some of the girls had Beatle cuts.
I think Bette Davis tried initially to disguise her voice, but it's so distinctive.
Nice atmosphere, my mom loved (loves) Danny Kaye.
There's the split screen during the Bette Davis segment. It wasn't done too often, was it? Also, I don't think Miss Davis disguised her voice too well.
She wanted to be guessed
Bette Davis needed a bell like they gave to Judy Garland, so distinctive was her voice!
Laurent had Algerian blood, despite being a lifelong French citizen. Was France known for Algerian immigrants? I know Isabelle Adjani also has Algerian blood.
UPDATE: There was a time, from the 19th Century until the 1960's that Algeria was a French colony so it would stand to reason that both countries had immigrants from the other's country.
Yes, there was a large population of French natives that settled or were born in Algeria. A favorite writer of mine, Albert Camus, was one such Pied-Noir. He wrote about his time there. Interesting.
Mr. Cerf did NOT like being blindfolded all night.
For the most part as a grand publisher he was not a real people person. Some of things that come out of his mouth aren’t pleasant.
5th Bette Davis guesting. She leaned in to Dorothy for a cheek to cheek finally for the first time. 😊 her voice is so distinctive they should’ve just given her a bell or something lol. Love you Bette! ❤️