Steve's IQ was off the charts and so quick-witted..fondly remember watching the old "Tonight" show..and typically for back then, we couldn't watch until we'd done our all our homework.
This whole show has been both very funny and had off-the-wall "lines" or occupations which is a favorite of mine especially when they stump the regulars on the panel! 😂👏❤
Now that Jerry Lewis has razamatazz and expressive humour by the bucket load. Never really seen him in anything but I like his style in humour. Its both witty verbally and facially expressive. Steve Allen is of course divine (blushes furiously).
Arlene, for the most part, remained ageless. She looked the same back then as she did on the brainless game; The Match Game. I guess beauty really starts from the soul and she was a beautiful soul.
One of the best episodes. Normally I find Jerry Lewis annoying but here he is likeable - people who try too hard to be funny come across as desperate. Steve Allen is funny without seeming to try and John Daly is the same. They know when to stop.
I could not stand Jerry Lewis stupid comedy years ago and still can’t today. But I respected his efforts for Muscular Dystrophy and always supported him. But his comedy? Omg……horrendous. But I have to add…this is the first time I’ve ever seen him talk normal or act normal…wow…..but that kind of comedy is not my bag…
@Willa: I seriously doubt given Steve Allen hosted "Tonight" in 1956 and this was almost a full decade later. Johnny Carson was early in his three-decade (1962-'92) run as host of "Tonight" when this originally aired live.
Jerry Lewis lived to be 91, born in March, 1926. He seems funny to me now, but I remember thinking that he was just a ham when I was a kid back in the 1960s.
Jerry's disastrous variety program was not that long ago from 1966. That program evolved into the successful "Hollywood Palace" when ABC dumped Jerry and kept the format. Jerry was more successful in Tv in the 1950s and was more successful in movies in the 1960s.
I closed my eyes so that I didn't know Steve Allen's LINE ....... what a fun way to watch the clip, " ....as John might say, were he here himself. " BTW, I guessed a portable electrical appliance. The panel and I needed Dorothy, desperately, as we were in Pittsburgh.
If the regular panelists were such great friends, how would they NOT know what 'business' Steve Allen was involved in ? The Knickerbocker gal is a stunner....and bright too.
Interesting that Steve Allen did what he did here. On the episode where Mr. Daly gave him away as the mystery guess by accident, Buddy Hackett remarked, "Just let him go back and have him come back as somebody else". In a matter of speaking, that seems to be what he did here.
One thing I don't get: why did Dorothy (and sometimes someone else) always ask whether that had been yes or no when they hadn't understood even after John had already said "one down"?
Jerry was 40 at this time. And while he moaned when asked if he was a TV star, he would get another network show on NBC the following year. It was a 1 hour variety/sketch comedy show and lasted 2 seasons.
Mr Blythe using Allen's usual, "Bigger than a bread-box" at 4:20 was hilarious. Take it this was before Steve got "BIG?"Also, would have liked seeing more of Suzy!
WML not WMY (stupid spell corrector.) I'm glad to see Jerry before his ubiquitous chronic pain got to him. I wish his son Gary would re-watch this vid, with its unmistakable genuine audience appeal, where Jerry was loving and thoughtful to him, so Gary will stop publicly stating his brother's fate was because of bad-father Jerry. UNBEARABLE EXCRUCIATING PHYSICAL PAIN, Gary! Jerry Lewis is my idol. I love you, Jerry. Always have. Always will.
I'm wondering if the Steve Allen segment was an unofficial secret "test-run" to see how he "played" in front of a studio audience before he started his infamous gig as Tonight Show host. Probably. In those days there was time and attention in "the business" to do plenty of test runs. They still did them up through the 1970's in Hollywood. I'm giving away trade secrets. Allen was a shoe-in, but he did play so well here that he stumped the polished panel. Fascinating episode of WMY, and I haven't even watched the Jerry Lewis (my Guru) segment yet.
+Willa Green Your attempt at posting a comment with some modicum of intelligence failed miserably. This episode of WML aired 12 years after Steve Allen was the first host of the "Tonight Show." You should have kept your trade secrets to yourself. Also, I would suggest you look up the definition of the word infamous. There was noting negative about Mr. Allen's tenure as host of the show.
As another commenter noted, watch Lewis first cross himself in the usual Christian manner and then with a Star of David motion. Very funny. The female fire eater, unfortunately, was unusually boring and lacked any discernible personality.
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Steve Allen was hilarious and Jerry Lewis was absolutely hysterical. There's been nobody like either of them since. Nobody is quite in their league.
Steve's IQ was off the charts and so quick-witted..fondly remember watching the old "Tonight" show..and typically for back then, we couldn't watch until we'd done our all our homework.
5:51 Steve Allen was so clever. Just a little found chuckle that was such a delight.
The best episodes of what’s my line were hands-down with Steve Allen. 😂❤
Steve Allen was absolutely the best! ❤
Steve Allen and Jerry Lewis are funny in their own way and no one can replace them.
Steve Allen had a great laugh. He was a man of many interests and he appeared to be an intelligent man.
Yes the best what's My line guest hosts were with Steve Allen 🎯
This whole show has been both very funny and had off-the-wall "lines" or occupations which is a favorite of mine especially when they stump the regulars on the panel! 😂👏❤
Now that Jerry Lewis has razamatazz and expressive humour by the bucket load. Never really seen him in anything but I like his style in humour. Its both witty verbally and facially expressive. Steve Allen is of course divine (blushes furiously).
Arlene, for the most part, remained ageless. She looked the same back then as she did on the brainless game; The Match Game. I guess beauty really starts from the soul and she was a beautiful soul.
That and regular trips to the dermatologist.
got a full set of his movies,always makes ME laugh.
Jerry did get back into television with the muscular dystrophy telethon every Labor day, which I rarely missed.
Jerry Lewis was hilarious!! Gestures and faces were so funny. Quite the fabulous comedian and actor. Loved his personality!
Mid 60's Honda were selling more Motorcycles than anyone else around the world, Steve was onto a good thing selling them.
Who could have imagined that Larry Blyden would eventually become host of "What's My Line?" (1972-75)?
Bob Patrick Or that he would have only nine more years to live from this appearance. RIP Larry, love you!!♥️
How could Steve Allen be so famous and nobody knows he has a motorcycle shop in LA? That doesn't make sense.
Had to have been something relatively new and not well publicized
One of the best episodes. Normally I find Jerry Lewis annoying but here he is likeable - people who try too hard to be funny come across as desperate. Steve Allen is funny without seeming to try and John Daly is the same. They know when to stop.
I could not stand Jerry Lewis stupid comedy years ago and still can’t today. But I respected his efforts for Muscular Dystrophy and always supported him. But his comedy? Omg……horrendous. But I have to add…this is the first time I’ve ever seen him talk normal or act normal…wow…..but that kind of comedy is not my bag…
@0:48 - "Live from New York" Humm. . .Where have I heard that phrase before?
Gilda Radner, never mind
Suzy Knickerbocker was born Aileen Mehle in 1918. She lived till 2016.
look what the lack of dorothy kilgalen made to the panel: how the heck didn't they find out the first line was on motorcicles?
Walkis Pacheco - I hate to watch the episodes made after Dorothy was killed. I try to avoid them but this one was ok.
I agree. This is one if the better post Dorothy episodes.
@Willa: I seriously doubt given Steve Allen hosted "Tonight" in 1956 and this was almost a full decade later. Johnny Carson was early in his three-decade (1962-'92) run as host of "Tonight" when this originally aired live.
Steve Allen was the first Tonight show host.
Sharon Bass Right. He was the original host before Jack Paar took over (Carson took over from Paar in 1962).
are you my uncle jerry i get that and im only 44 but i love classic humor
very difficult to hide Jerry's voice
Goosey was no longer around, but would sniff at Allen's motorcycle endeavors!
Jerry Lewis lived to be 91, born in March, 1926. He seems funny to me now, but I remember thinking that he was just a ham when I was a kid back in the 1960s.
Rest in peace, Suzy.
It's a shame that Jerry and his son Gary did not have a good relationship down the road...
I thought the same thing 😢
Jerry's disastrous variety program was not that long ago from 1966. That program evolved into the successful "Hollywood Palace" when ABC dumped Jerry and kept the format. Jerry was more successful in Tv in the 1950s and was more successful in movies in the 1960s.
I closed my eyes so that I didn't know Steve Allen's LINE ....... what a fun way to watch the clip, " ....as John might say, were he here himself. " BTW, I guessed a portable electrical appliance. The panel and I needed Dorothy, desperately, as we were in Pittsburgh.
That's hilarious... Jerry Lewis crosses himself... and then the Star of David... because after all, he's JEWISH!
His first wife was Catholic
If the regular panelists were such great friends, how would they NOT know what 'business' Steve Allen was involved in ?
The Knickerbocker gal is a stunner....and bright too.
It must have been a brand-new venture
Larry Blyden, who died in 1975, was the third and last host of "WML".
1966. ???? Steve Allen has been around since the late 50s!!!!
Interesting that Steve Allen did what he did here. On the episode where Mr. Daly gave him away as the mystery guess by accident, Buddy Hackett remarked, "Just let him go back and have him come back as somebody else". In a matter of speaking, that seems to be what he did here.
Yes, I just watched the episode
Jerry Lewis was 40 years old here
How do they not know he sells motorcycles
A possible explanation: Allen's dealership was in Los Angeles, and most of the panelists resided in New York.
Now, on the syndicated WHAT'S MY LINE, they probably WOULD have had Samantha Brooks demonstrate fire-eating on screen.....
One thing I don't get: why did Dorothy (and sometimes someone else) always ask whether that had been yes or no when they hadn't understood even after John had already said "one down"?
There’s no Dorothy on this panel
Bennett seemed like a nice man
Jerry was 40 at this time. And while he moaned when asked if he was a TV star, he would get another network show on NBC the following year. It was a 1 hour variety/sketch comedy show and lasted 2 seasons.
haaha steve allen:)
When someone said "tenuous", no one said :Tenuous, anyone?"
Allan Shulstad -That would have been clever.
Can any music historians support Jerrys' claim that Gary sold 10 million records in 18 months ?
Just google it.
I believe it. I won his album playing bingo at the NCO club in my teens. Loved that album so much Gary Lewis and the Playboys. I'm in my 60s now.....
I only clicked to find out who the cute girl in the thumbnail was.She is literally hot!
Jerry is funny here
It's ALL good 1:09 1:11
Mr Blythe using Allen's usual, "Bigger than a bread-box" at 4:20 was hilarious. Take it this was before Steve got "BIG?"Also, would have liked seeing more of Suzy!
Oh, no. Steve had hosted the Tonight show, his Sunday show and his Westinghouse show by this point.
14 Minute is a typical SF that you still see till now, Hippie type.
what Jerry do? crack his-self up? lol
WML not WMY (stupid spell corrector.) I'm glad to see Jerry before his ubiquitous chronic pain got to him. I wish his son Gary would re-watch this vid, with its unmistakable genuine audience appeal, where Jerry was loving and thoughtful to him, so Gary will stop publicly stating his brother's fate was because of bad-father Jerry. UNBEARABLE EXCRUCIATING PHYSICAL PAIN, Gary! Jerry Lewis is my idol. I love you, Jerry. Always have. Always will.
Wow.... how he aged.
I'm wondering if the Steve Allen segment was an unofficial secret "test-run" to see how he "played" in front of a studio audience before he started his infamous gig as Tonight Show host. Probably. In those days there was time and attention in "the business" to do plenty of test runs. They still did them up through the 1970's in Hollywood. I'm giving away trade secrets. Allen was a shoe-in, but he did play so well here that he stumped the polished panel. Fascinating episode of WMY, and I haven't even watched the Jerry Lewis (my Guru) segment yet.
+Willa Green
Your attempt at posting a comment with some modicum of intelligence failed miserably. This episode of WML aired 12 years after Steve Allen was the first host of the "Tonight Show." You should have kept your trade secrets to yourself. Also, I would suggest you look up the definition of the word infamous. There was noting negative about Mr. Allen's tenure as host of the show.
Show was not the same or as great without Dorothy Kilgallen😅
Bennett asks: "what does fire taste like"....?
What a putz.
Valid question - I wondered the same thing From Wikipedia: it tastes like fuel
Rude to ask someone if they work outdoors just because they have brown skin.... Or assume they like the beach.
Please get over yourself.
As another commenter noted, watch Lewis first cross himself in the usual Christian manner and then with a Star of David motion.
Very funny.
The female fire eater, unfortunately, was unusually boring and lacked any discernible personality.