What's My Line? - Floyd Patterson; Vincent Price; Walter Pidgeon [panel] (Dec 16, 1956)
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- For those (like me) who know have no idea who Floyd Patterson was: He was a boxer who had only recently (Nov 30th, 1956) won the World Heavyweight Championship from Archie Moore.
MYSTERY GUEST: Floyd Patterson; Vincent Price [actor best known for his roles in horror films]
PANEL: Dorothy Kilgallen, Walter Pidgeon, Arlene Francis, Bennett Cerf
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Vincent Price moonlighted as a highly respected art historian and curator and was an advisor to many US museums on art purchases. He also wrote articles and books on French gastronomy. I sat next to him and his wife Coral Browne at the next table at a wonderful French restaurant in London, Le Suquet. He spoke excellent French. This was circa 1984.
Very interesting
He also sold art for Sears and wrote cookbooks.
Vincent also released a record album back in the 1980s in which he talks about cooking his favorite recipes
I just knew that if I scrolled down there would be countless compliments for Vincent Price. He was so enjoyable in everything he ever did. No one else could be so elegant, humorous and dignified while doing a lowbrow horror movie. Truly one of the greats.
I'm bothered by Bennett clowning him for not being a singer - Vincent has a positively mellifluous voice that Mista Soif could never touch. They're also all a little deaf - I would've recognized his voice right away.
i'd like to take the time to thank you for putting the date in all your titles. very helpful in sorting out the historical context of these times.
THANK YOU TO WHO EVER IS PUTTING THESE SHOWS TOGETHER. THIS IS BEYOND A TREAT !!!!!
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It matters so much
The Vincent Price segment put a smile on my face the whole time.
How true ! A gifted actor and classy gent ! And I love his zany sense of humor !
So heartwarming to see the one and only Vincent Price!❤
A wonderful glimpse at a lanky handsome actor who could play a scary, threatening role to the hilt but remain a wonderful, welcoming human being.
I was fortunate to be pianist assistant conductor for Kenley players in 1973 and befriended during the 3 week run by Mr. Price and his wife. I was 6 foot 6 and he said, " It is pleasure to look my pianist square in the eye."
OMG I haven't idea in Brazil have what's my line show on TV. Brazil is my country and I never ever heard about this woman or "Adivinhe o que ele faz?"
Sadly there's nothing in TH-cam about the Brazilian version of what's my line? but I feeling so happy because now I know about it. I just learned something about my beloved country, I'm so glad. Thank you so much for sharing this with us, I love what's my line.
Loved seeing Floyd Patterson on this show! Vincent Price was hilarious! He has an unmistakable voice 🥰 Walter Pigeon was quite funny as well! Thank you for airing this! 👏👏
This was a super duper episode w/Floyd Patterson and Vincent Price.
You can really see in his mystery guest spot here that Vincent Price wanted to be a singer too. He had always wanted a singing part in a movie but no one would cast him for that even though he kept trying to find a role for it. He finally got his chance in 1986 when he took Disney's offer to voice Ratigan in The Great Mouse Detective. He got to sing two songs in it so he was all in
Actually, Mr. Price starred in a Broadway musical: th-cam.com/video/5zoBcw5qcP0/w-d-xo.html
@@scotthayes6965 Yeah, Broadway. He was a capable enough singer to perform on Broadway but it still took him until 1986 to get a chance to do it in a movie because he was typecast. That's pretty much my point
@@gugurupurasudaikirai7620 I understand, but I should point out one needn't be very capable at all as a vocalist to sing in film as a voice is easily manipulated in post. But to sing in a musical onstage you've got to be more than capable, it takes guts and confidence, especially if you're not a "singer" per say, e.g. Rex Harrison and Mr. Price. But how delightful we can hear him singing on film and on the cast recording of "Darling of the Day." And on the latter, his performance/voice elevates the (not-so-good) material. So bravo, Vincent!
Vincent Price never disappoints....
It's 1956.
And despite some of the negative commentary posted in these forums from time to time, .. it is very clear that this panel absolutely does not care about skin color in any way. They only care that the World Champ is extremely talented.. and even Arlene (was actually aware of and) excitedly gushed over his new baby.
This was a very special group of people for their time.
It was refreshing to hear Mr. Patterson speaking normal English and not the modern 'ebonics' that is so awful. Very classy man.
@Jeff, the God of Biscuits schools up north were segregated too. So there goes your progressive argument.
psmag.com/education/remembering-the-legislation-that-kept-northern-schools-segregated
Plus, no northern state has ever had a black population greater than 16% as opposed to southern states having approximately twice that. If the north were so progressive and wonderful it would seem a larger black migration would have occurred.
@Jeff, the God of Biscuits so show where the north was not segregated or more progressive. I gave you evidence it was not. You saying it was is not cited proof. Go right ahead. Show where it was better. Because black people did not all go to your utopia. Sure seems like they would have.
@Jeff, the God of Biscuits you can't answer simple questions so you are running away. This is the mother's side only and you haven't got the intelligence to realize that. And again, it was her responsibility alone to watch her kid. Same as it is your and not your little department store scenario. You sure can't say that it is the stores fault if the child got hurt. Go on, keep being irresponsible and blaming others for your failure as a parent.
@Jeff, the God of Biscuits oh sorry. I was replying to another person who has zero facts such as yourself. Excuuuuussse me! BTW how about all those race riots in your wonderful progressive north? And ever hear of Harlem? Or the Cotton Club anywhere blacks could perform but not attend? I can go on.
Mr Price was good friends w/ my Drama prof. in college & one day made a surprise visit. It was a true delight meeting him.
Mr. Price very talented actor, great sense of humor, acknowledged in the fine arts.
Vincent Price had a Masters degree in art history from Yale....
Price's sophistication can be creepy!!
Wow! Didn't know that. Thank you.
Not surprised
In the wax museum he was terrifying and I didn't know ab the degree
@@marshamariner7897 He was even more terrifying in "The House on Haunted Hill" in my opinion. It was hard for me to sleep that night after watching it. Both movies were extremely popular. They were definitely "A" movies.
Vincent Price's voice a sure give away hard to not get him at the very beginning, surprised he was not detected earlier.
One of our Greatest Actors, And he was a Gourmet Chef, & an Art Expert as well, May he RIP and is sadly missed by all of his Fans etc.
Never Forget him Voicing the Michael Jackson's Video " THRILLER." What a great speaking Voice he was Blessed with also.
He was amazingly talented. Despite being famous for his roles in B-movies and drive-in fare, he took his work *very* seriously.
@@thecandidcounterbalance1492
I really liked the movie "The Last Man on Earth" he starred in, it was the type of movie you are talking about, but his acting in it was A+
@@SgtRlee1 Vincent was always a fine, versatile actor. Many fine film roles, from drama and horror to lighter roles. One of my favorite performances of his, is in His Kind of Woman. A film noir, and how he didn't get nominated for an Oscar, is mind boggling.
The what's my line lady from Brazil was so charming and fun to watch, what a breath of fresh air!
Believe me all Brazilian are like that, the same joy and energy and I am very proud of it! Heloisa Helena was an actress, producer, singer and host in What's my line (Brazil: Adivinhe o que ele faz?)
Floyd Patterson, Was a great Boxer & a Gentleman, He was a Personnel Friend & often A House guest of the late Actor James Cagney May they both RIP
MyREDTAIL Cagney and Patterson buddies. That's great.
Floyd’s brother Ray lives in Torslanda outside of Gothenburg and has worked with my maternal grandfather at Volvo, and I’ve sent a letter to Ray where I praised him for knocking down Floyd’s former rival Sonny Liston during a sparring session in Sweden. Not that I’ve expected a reply from him but it was more of a fun thing to do.
Yes, you are right. Both my Dad and Cagney lived in upstate New York. When Cagney passed away , it took my Father quite a while to get over it
@@floydpattersonii4996Floyd Patterson was your father?
Vincent Price is one of my favourite actors. I grew up watching his horror films when I was allowed to stay up late at the weekends.
Great, gentle guy with an excellent art collection...on-screen villain who'd tear your throat out.
Wonderful to see John laugh from the heart. Love this show.
Vincent Price had (and still is) one of the most recognizable voices in history! ❤️
Good actor actually
Easily.💯
Yes!! I e always enjoyed Mr. Price in all his characters both funny and not. He was a great actor and is very much missed.
@@srothbardt
Vincent was an Art
Connoisseur with a
big collection. 🎨
Try to find him in the
Carol Burnett Show,
" The Walnuts" : and
another sketch in the
C.B. show, set in
the far east ( jungle, etc ).
Great sense of humour !
😊🇬🇧💕🇺🇲😊🇬🇧💕🇺🇲.
🎨🎨🎨🎨🎨🎨🎨🎨
The only other with as distinctive of a voice is James Mason.
Vincent Price wasn’t stunningly handsome by his features alone, but his style and charm made him so, so sexy.
Floyd Patterson was huge in the sports world...during and after his championship.
Even in 1956, Vincent Price was flamboyant! You're hopeless, Vincent. 🤣🤣
Vincent Price is priceless!
rsr789 Travels with his art collection? Strange.
Vincent Priceless
@@HBMHD Vincent Price-less 😄
Love Vincent Price! He responds with a bit from the opera Tosca ("Vissi d'arte, vissi d'amore...") at 19:46.
I am the proud owner of Vincent Price's Mothers grand father clock
Wouldn't that make it a Vincent Price's Great Grandfather clock?
It must be creepy when it strikes 12.
Wait, seriously?
What an honor.
@@steventrosiek2623 It must be very beautiful.
Bennett finally made me laugh. "Don't tell me the people on the panel down in Brazil have the good fortune to look at you instead of John Daly."
I really appreciate Bennett's witty sense of humor, although I agree it's usually not "laugh out loud" funny, but still charming.
Bennett was right! LOL
vincent price was 6"4" tall...according to wikipedia: Vincent Leonard Price, Jr. (May 27, 1911 - October 25, 1993) was an American actor, well known for his distinctive voice as well as his serio-comic (having a mixture of the serious and the comic) performances in a series of horror films made in the latter part of his career.
Don't forget Price's vocals on the hit song, "Thriller ". Wouldn't it be intriguing to hear the panels reaction to that artistic endeavor?
At this juncture it'd be impossible 😢
Vincent Price! What charm and fun! It was a joy to see this one.
I think every Swede over 50 (and some like me under 50) know who Floyd Patterson was. Ingmar Johansson became Sweden's first World Heavyweight Champion after he had knocked Patterson down seven times on June 26, 1959. Patterson regained the title the next year and the two met a third time in 1961 which Patterson won again. Patterson, in spite of knocking down Johansson, became mighty popular in Sweden and the two fighters often appeared together in Sweden and remained friends until Floyd died in 2006.
+Johan Bengtsson
Patterson and Johansson even ran two Stockholm Marathons together in 1982 and 1983.
Patterson became the first person to recapture the World Heavyweight Championship when he won the rematch in 1960. He fought three times (once against Sonny Liston and twice against Muhammad Ali) to recapture it a third time but was not successful.
I liked both of them. They weren't phonies, and both were gentlemen outside of the ring.
That was before my time, but as a huge boxing fan I'm aware of that great rivalry and trilogy. I saw clips of those fights. Both men seemed to be real gentlemen.
@David Pinegar How gallant of you to notice!
@David Pinegar It's a hit for sure!
Vincent Price is one of people I would most to have met
I have a notion to second THAT emotion !!
He had several cookbooks out.
Vincent Price was a smart guy and an America Theater great connoisseur :-)i meet him in an Arsts Exhibition in Barcelona long ago
One of the best WML with Vincent Price. Flat off awesome.
Price couldn't hide that voice no matter what he does.
The moment that laugh happens by Vincent Price, I immediately lost it... lol. X) And to have Bennett Cerf follow up asking "Have you ever played a villain?" Even 90s kids would know him as such... lol.
R.I.P. Vincent Price
I'm watching this from Rio de Janeiro - now I've gotta ask my wife if she knows that brazilian moderator..
what’d she say?
@David Pinegar haha thanks man. I am lucky
@@Bonobanos Sorry for the very late reply, I completely missed your question, just saw it now.. for the sake of it I just asked my wife. She's never heard of this woman, but my wife is 47 so she's excused. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helo%C3%ADsa_Helena_(actress)
Heloisa Helena was a very good example of how warm and lovely brazilians are. And watching their past, they were even classy and very happier people, when their country didn't have all the crime they have currently. From an era of Pele, samba and Carmen Miranda. Magic Brazil. I loved living in that country. Despite all the problems - and boy, there are many - its an odd nation, for the good.
Walter Pidgeon is AMAZING! What an elengant gentleman! A man like no longer men are.
She was terrific
Patterson won the gold medal at the 1952 Olympics and was both the youngest Heavyweight champion and the first to regain the title.
Price was an art buff and was an advocate for giving the public access to works of art.
He won the middle weight Gold Medal at the Olympics
I think he was the last heavyweight champ to weigh under 200 lbs.
Arlene was such a Beautiful looking Woman, May she RIP
Purely gorgeous 😊
Heloisa Helena was 39 years old when she appeared on this episode. She died in 1999 at the age of 82. Apparently she spent a good deal of time in the U.S. as part of a cultural exchange program. Early in her career, she sang on the radio in English. She also appeared in some films.
I found her delightful, and it was always easy to see that people who were on WML in other countries and other challengers who were not MG's but had appeared often before an audience were generally much more confident in their appearances.
Thank you for the research, and for sharing the results. I also found Mrs. Helena quite enjoyable. Such a bubbly personality which I would imagine pleased the Rio audiences.
Good to hear that someone cared about the Hungarians when they were trampled by the communists -
"Do people feel happier after being dealt with your service?"
Floyd Patterson: No.
Mr Price was good friends w/ my Drama prof. in college & one day made a surprise visit. It was a true delight meeting him.
Floyd Patterson..Even I got to shake his hand back in the early 1960's..
Met Floyd when I was a teenager, he travelled over here to Ireland a few times in the mid 80’s still remember him to this day a very nice man. My father was doing some plumbing work for a friend of his. Really didn’t appreciate who he was at the time and what he did as a boxer,but in a way it didn’t matter seen him as a down to earth guy. Had big time for my dad’s work wanted to bring him back to New York to do plumbing jobs for him sadly my father declined though Floyd was wishing he would. R.I.P. Floyd
sproasp Great anecdote.
The 'heiroglyphs' may have been because her non-stage name was Heloísa Helena Almeida Gama de Magalhães. (And man, is she confident. I'm impressed.)
She just wrote Heloisa Helena in a weird cursive, like a signature more than just regular cursive writing.
An especially good episode of WML. Thanks for posting it.
Vincent Price. One of my all time favorite actors. A master of the cinema, I remember his voice used to creep me out as a little kid LOL. RIP Vincent.
Even silent he could still creep me out. For example: the scene in "The Abominable Dr. Phibes" where he's silently strangling the chauffeur.
I remember being freaked out by Price, as a kid watching The Pit and the Pendulum on tv. He was a true cinematic icon.
@@waynej2608 I watched that movie when I was in 10th grade in my speech class. It scared the living daylights out of me!!!!
was in the ONLY enjoyable version of Fall of the House of Usher
Walter Pidgeon is on the panel the year his popular Sci-Fi movie, "Forbidden Planet" (Robbie the Robot) was released
Walter Pidgeon's hair was the perfect example of a "Widow's Peak".
“Yeeaah! Yes indeed. Every word of it.”
I love John Daley! 😂
What a Gentlemen & a Great Human Being Vincent Price was RIP.
Amen to that !!
I must say, Mr Price has such nice handwriting, all done in chalk. Very distinguished.
I wish if there were any episodes with Bela Lugosi, Boris Karloff in this lovely show.
Everytime I see Arlene, I smile.
I agree totally 😊
Mrs Brazil was a natural TV star - attractive and confident!
My first thought on seeing the guest star was how is he going to disguise his instantly recognisable voice! He, with the help of Roger Corman and Edgar Allan Poe entertained me with classic movies in the early sixties, where he always seemed to have a castle with a creepy dungeon! Loved all his movies.
He lived another 47 years after this appearance.
Who?
@@icturner23 idiot
Canada (CBC) had a similar program called Front Page Challenge but was more geared to people (famous and otherwise) making the news rather than normal everyday jobs as well as celebrities. It also ran for a long time (38 years) with virtually the same cast of regulars
Walter pidgeon was so sophisticated and so easily so.....
Daly’s laugh cracks me up! Vincent was so interesting! He didn’t answer with the same boring squeak every time like some of them do. So easy and creative!
Amen!!😇😇😇
It’s Vincent price he’s a master of voices what did you expect?
Patterson was a gentleman., and a great ambassador for the fight game.
The good old days of the fifties when people had class and dressed appropriately, in this case elegantly. It is in stark contrast to the sloppy crude way people appear on shows these days.
Now I want to see an episode of the Brazilian version of this show. I don't speak Portuguese but even without subtitles I'd be curious to see it.
I'm actually surprised they didn't get Vincent Price sooner. His voice is so iconic and I don't think he disguised it so much. How did they think it was Yul Brynner or Kirk Douglas instead of Vincent Price?
He did disguise his voice, the panel kept throwing out names😅
The reference at the end about aid for the Hungarian refugees was interesting as I had just watched a PBS NewsHour segment on the Syrian refugees at the Hungarian border. The more things change the more they stay the same.
How could you not recognize Vincent Price's voice immediately? He didn't disguise it very much.
tiffsaver Especially that little laugh he did after one of the questions!
goldenthroat86 maybe because sometimes the panel wanted to extend the "guessing" because the way the guest "performed" was so enjoyable--i've seen it with several other stars
That is the question.
True
Eerie laughter.
Patterson never did fight Marciano and he had yet to fight Johansson either. Patterson had a glass jaw but he was an excellent boxer.
It has always surprised me when boxers appear so shy in public. Here is a man who is the world's heavyweight champion, who showed no fear in the ring, and who boxed in front of a crowd of tens of thousands, yet he is so soft spoken. Not all boxers are this way. Cassius Clay (Muhammad Ali) surely wasn't. But so many are. It just surprises me.
I'm not particularly a boxing fan but I am old enough to remember hearing Patterson's fights on the radio. Seeing him here,an impressive,modest person is just great. I prefer him to Ali, as a person,since my boxing knowledge is next to zero.
+Jack Decker
About 20 years ago, I went to a healing service at a small charismatic Catholic Church in Balmville, NY to accompany a friend who had a bad back. When Patterson came in, now around 60 years old, I immediately recognized him. Other than some of his hair turning gray, he still looked to be in fighting trim. Others in attendance also recognized him. He politely acknowledged them, but he clearly wanted this time to be about the church service, not about him. He impressed me as a quiet, dignified and humble man that day and also on this episode of WML. And that seems to be the consensus opinion of him: a gentleman.
Jack Decker was the casius clay part necessary?
@@hueyfreeman1983 I am confused.... was what Jack Decker said wrong?
@@ladya1953 his name is muhammmad ali so yes
IT IS AN HONOR TO JUST SEE MR. PRICE UF ONLY A SHORT TIME. ONE OF A KIND. IVE ALEAYS LOVED HIM. THAT VOICE!! WICKED HANDSOME. SO INTERESTING.IF ANY OF YOU PEOPLE ARE BIG FANS, TRY TO GET AHOLD OF MOVIE THE BLACK CAT W HIM AND PETER LORRE.🤩
On utube😊
Such a treat to watch These shows. I smile the whole time .😃😀🤗
I liked "Mrs. Elena" quite a lot -- very nice, pleasant, happy, outgoing personality. Excellent English-language skills, very easy to understand and all the more interesting for her Brazilian-Portuguese accent. The one possible "mistake" was saying that she was a "customer of What's My Line?" when in the United States, but no matter -- everyone knew just what she meant by "customer". Cute when she added "from coast to coast", too! She needed no help with her answers and was clearly at ease in front of the cameras. She knew appearing on WML was all about having fun, because it's a game, after all! In fact, I'd say every time they had someone on from a foreign edition of What's My Line? it has worked out very well.
It's written Helena, but, anyhow, just as a curiosity I'd point out she probably said that because ein Portuguese we use the word "freguês", which means customer or client, to refer to a person who is an avid fan of something or someone, or a person who often "uses a particular service or product in the way it is to be used or consumed".
She actually spent a good chunk of the War Years living in New Orleans. US officials had made a cultural exchange in late 1941 since she could sing American songs with a pretty convincing US accent....and then the war meant she couldn't get back home safely.
From what I can gather, she was actually the show's second moderator since the show started on the now dead Rede Tupi(killed by the ruling junta in 1980) in 1953. At that time, Tupi, Brazil's first TV network, only had three stations(Rio de Janiero, Sao Paulo, and Belo Horizonte). Madeline Rosay, Brazil's first Prima Ballerina and a major figure in early Brazilian television, was the first moderator from 1953-55, Helena took over until 1958, and then the show was moved over to Rede Record(now RecordTV) and hosted by jack of all trades(seriously, look him up) Jose Blota Jr. in the early 60s.
Heloisa Helena's Wikipedia page cross-references this You Tube video of her appearance on WML.
If only Bennet Cerf didn't sound like Lieutenant Columbo trapped inside a sandwich bag filled with helium! AAGGHH what an atROcious accent!
It's Dr. Morbius from "Forbidden Planet"!
Vincent Price is great.
Dorothy was uncharacteristically lacking in confidence during the Mystery Guest segment, but it turned out that the Price was right for her.
Groan.
LOL
I love Vincent. Love that voice!
I loved this program because of the presence of the moderator of the ''What's my line" program here in Brazil with the name '''Guess what he does?". Miss Heloísa Helena de Almeida Lima (1917 - 1999) gave a show of sympathy and resourcefulness even in her excellent English. It's a pity we don't have on TH-cam®, records of the programs produced here. Greetings from Florianópolis (SC), Brazil.
Ms. Helena was a true delight on this episode. I'm sure she pleased Brazilian audiences also.
SUCH An Exquisite and Versatile Performer.
Vincent Price...so YOUNG
I am mad as hell, and not going to take it anymore.
Everything about this episode was perfection. It never ceases to amaze me at what a consummate gentleman John Daly is.
These shows are a delight! Thank you so much!
So great to see the episode that aired the day I was born. WML was always a big part of our family's Sunday evening.
@Darwin Stearns. This episode was aired 8 days before I was born. I was born on Christmas Eve in 1956.
Vincent actually used his normal voice a time or two there. :)
Wow Bennett! Settle down! He really liked Mrs. Elena!!! 😍
What man wouldn’t ? She was terrific
He'd let his tounge hang out, if it wasn't for Daly😊
This is great! Thanx for uploading all these WML's.
I liked Cerf's reference to Price's art knowledge. He belittled Robinson as not being nearly as knowledgeable as he felt he was in the art world which led to a long lasting cold war between the two.
Do you happen to have the episode from Nov 1965 right after the great Northeast blackout and the first episode after the death of Kilgallen?
Sorry I can't answer you at this point. I was missing most of the shows from 61 on until a guy from the comments section offered to fill in the gaps. I haven't sorted through any of it yet-- he's still in the process of transferring them to me, so I don't know what i'll have yet.
Great episode and it was interesting that at the end John Daly made an appeal on behalf of Hungarian refugees , sixty six years later we still have similar issues 😪
Vincent Price was a world class actor I watched so many of his movies I loved him in the Ten Commandments as Baka
HA When Ms. Elena sat down and was *still* chatting I thought, "Hmm...She's *too* comfortable here." I'm surprised the panel didn't pick up on her being accustomed to television sooner.
such a wonderful program......i wonder if any of the panel ever went on whats my line in any other countries?
Floyd’s younger brother Raymond lives in Torslanda outside of Gothenburg, Sweden and I’ve written a letter to him that arrived either today or will tomorrow. Not that I expect a reply but it was more of a fun thing to do.
Walter Pidgeon seemed totally lost during his questions on Heloisa Helena's segment. The other panelists had already established that she was in the entertainment field and he kept coming back to questions as if she was working in NYC in some sort of government related occupation.
Yes, perhaps he was not hearing the responses.
Good to see Floyd get a great reception from the audience. This was 1956 after all. He was a fine boxer and a great ambassador for the sport.
+Jason Burns - yes, it was 1956, and many black athletes of high stature would run into open racism around the country, wml was pretty progressive but i remember curt flood of the st louis cardinals telling the owner of his team that black players couldn't stay with their white teammates as late as the 1960's, in 1956 flood was an 18 yr old rookie and was instructed to go to the black part of town for a room in tampa fl.
***** Thanks. That's what surprises me about this particular show. Floyd seems to be accepted with genuine pleasure on here but I remember Sammy Davis saying once that behind the scenes of his music career that things were very different. I wonder if behind the scenes of WML Floyd was treated a little differently? I hope not.
Jason Burns i've wondered the same thing, like i said wml was ahead of it's time so i'm guessing the show itself was great, but they couldn't control everything like network employees for example. like you said, many prominent black celebrities saw two different worlds in those days, the one they saw presented to the public, and the systemic racism that wasn't seen. it was well documented how black soldiers came back from fighting in world war II couldn't get a cup of coffee in their home towns... i know "feelings" aren't worth much but watching this, patterson seems perturbed or annoyed like he was experiencing both sides of this hypocrisy...
Jason Burns Arlene was very warm to him, I was glad too
Lynn South Yes...I googled Arlene and it was fascinating to read about her life. Sometimes you get a feeling for a person and when I saw her on screen she exuded genuine warmth. The 'locket' she wore around her neck was a gift from her husband and she wore it each time the program aired.
Floyd Patterson was quite handsome.
FLOYD PATTERSON
MODERATOR OF WHAT'S MY LINE IN BRAZIL
CORSET SALESMAN
I adore Vincent Price!!
Oh, me too!!!!!!!
Don't we all?!!! Just kidding