Carol Channing on "What's My Line?"

Tony Randall, Helen Gurley Brown, and Martin Gabel join the panel (I saved the walk-on because I loved Brown's description of Martin as "sexy"--I happen to agree!). Many incorrect guesses are made, and Carol ends with much shameless plugging of her upcoming TV special.

[@ImSoOffended]

Carol Channing does an amazing Ryan Styles impression.

[@bestdisco1979]

😂😂😂

[@greghelms4458]

Lol. Exactly what I was thinking.

[@elegate87]

😂😂😂

[@coreyhill681]

It's other way around, it's Ryan Styles impressions of Caral Channing,,I think you switch by accident

[@jplayzow]

@@coreyhill681 I guess I'll step in the OP is probably long gone it was a joke they were swapped on purpose

[@j.louisv.123]

At the Kennedy Airport, Miss Channing was about to get into a long long white limo, when I yelled out to her, "Love you Carol !" She stopped, looked at me with roses in her arms, walk up to me and gave me a huge hug and said " Love you too darling. " than a big man took her arm and escorted to her limo and she was whisked away. When I got into my taxi, I found a single rose petal stuck in my jacket. I still have it. What a thrill, what a true lady and legend. One classy women indeed to treat her fans with such love. Bless her.

[@Xayjohns]

That's awesome

[@jellmmfnfnfmf3i33]

That's an awesome story, thank you for sharing!

[@asylumchoir4586]

Dear J. Louis V., I am hoping with all of my heart, for you, that this story truly happened. If not, thank you for kindly sharing your thoughtful words! I have always simply adored Carol Channing. Every time I hear her sing, “Hello, Dolly!” I tear up. She was such a beautiful and lovely lady. Cherish your rose petal.

[@horaciocapanelli-soto4710]

Woah!

[@auteurAM]

Ryan Styles sounds more like her than she does.

[@ilovemuslimfood666]

"I'M SPARTACUS!"

[@TheSoulman44]

Furry Fox y

[@Cyberbrickmaster1986]

I want to hear that when listening to a sea shell!

[@julieschultz6363]

"Surely You must be the Son of God!" 😂

[@amoryll36]

"why this is as dry and barren as I am"! 🤣 Ryan Stiles

[@nidonemo]

I just love how polite and lovely they treat each other, it just brims with class and niceties.

[@joestewart8914]

It's called "civilization" and we lost it somewhere around 1973.

[@sanityisrelative]

@@joestewart8914 Baby-boomers ruin everything.

[@sacredtemmielb]

joe stewart I mean people are more open and honest about how they feel now and are more free to express themselves, you didn’t have those same freedoms back then. This may look nice in a bubble, but you need to really critically think about what that would mean for your character socially and personally, it’s not all happy and perfect in reality.

[@4seeableTV]

@@sanityisrelative

[@brianjankowski4419]

It's mostly pretend. This expectation stifles any self expression. Real emotions and individual thought is heavily suppressed. Violence and abuse gets kept in the dark. Women and children had no way out from abusive father's/husband's. And the way people dressed and behaved on TV in the 50s did not actually represent most people. We bought into a false narrative about the 50s.

[@carterjaquette5246]

I didn’t realize how good Ryan Stiles’s impression was until I watched this

[@52xeloR]

Is this shag? It’s just gorgeous! ~Ryan Stiles as Carol Channing, Whose Line is it Anyway

[@joshandrews8913]

Tell me, am I bleeding?

[@DoctorSayWhat1997]

All I hear is Ryan Styles when I watch this...

[@jaydensmits2748]

DoctorSayWhat1997 Thats why im here, to find out what voice that is =)

[@halohead5655]

+DoctorSayWhat1997 I'm spartacus

[@OMGWTFLOLSMH]

Never heard of him.

[@justandrew3844]

OMGWTFLOL Watch Whose Line is it Anyway

[@selene13000]

Looool omg i just wanted to hear the original voice hahaha

[@josephbowman227]

RIP Carol Channing... just a few weeks short of her 98th birthday.

[@jamesrobiscoe1174]

One of a kind. My mother did a perfect imitation of her. She should've been the film, not Streisand, who was completely wrong. It was the same mistake not casting Julie Andrews in the film version of "My Fair Lady". Not just cinematic but historical blunders.

[@khaleesisnow1683]

🙏🙏

[@alexthrill1386]

R.I.P Carol Channing 1921-2019

[@ADAMSIXTIES]

Hands up if Ryan Stiles brought you here. This is airdate Feb. 6th, 1966.

[@davidhunter6096]

December 7th, 2020

[@onionhat9141]

Carol Channing on “what’s my line” Ryan Styles doing an impression of Carol Channing on “who’s line is it anyway”

[@MrChoirDirector87]

What a beautiful spirit Ms.Channing had. RIP to a wonderful person 💔

[@darkarisen9805]

Always happy. Never saw her any other way.

[@peterlynch2193]

Yes, I loved the way she carried herself! Genuine and humourous. She looked like she felt lucky and happy to be before the camera, everytime she came in front of it. Such a great attitude, mindfulness in motion. Part of my childhood!

[@lisablack8804]

I think she got it from her mother side of the family. 💜

[@lilyvampwolf]

Gosh I love Carol Channing shes adorable

[@EstebanUniVersidad08]

I love your profile pic 💖

[@dracus494]

Do you sing? Yes...beautifully. LMAO love Carol Channing

[@hhaden8961]

How can anyone not love Carol Channing! She is an amazing positive personality

[@lisablack8804]

Right

[@TebiByyte]

Hey look, it's Ryan Stiles!

[@bdavis4life]

Carol is such a doll! So stinking adorable, how can you not love her facial expressions!? And in regards to your comment about Carol doing some shamelss plugging...that was the whole point of being a guest panelist, to plug whatever movie or show you were currently in or about to do. Some just more blatantly than others.

[@4seeableTV]

Agreed. And yet she did it in a very funny way.

[@jamesgoines7663]

Adorable is an excellent choice for Carol

[@rubberdc]

martin gabel...."I pass to my wife" Arline" why did you do that ?"lol

[@kenretherford1197]

Arlene must have been temporarily insane to marry Gabel.

[@NathTMcC]

do you sing? "yes.... beautifully" lmao

[@liamfrazer4810]

Did I fire six shots or syeven?

[@icantthinkofanything798]

Do you feel luckie? Well do you punk? :)

[@richardjohnson7379]

i cant think of anything I did I can’t remember anymore

[@technospyform1578]

Well, this is dry and barren as I am!

[@lordBritish1]

I’m Spartacus

[@Koldeman]

She is hysterical...and it's the real deal. It would be very easy to think her behavior is some kind of up-play but she is no different today than she was back then. She still lays it on thick and shines. Something about her just causes happiness.

[@chuckbracken]

Goodnight carol RIP :(

[@efesgirl999]

I love Carol Channing! Adorableness to the max. She's 92 now. BLESS HER HEART!

[@Gaygarious]

She wasn't shameless that was her schtick! She was hilarious at all times!!!!

[@joyceannford]

Rest in peace. Carol was loved by the whole world. She was, indeed, a Blazing Star!

[@delennamachoo]

Carol was loved by the world that knew her, and she absolutely loved the whole world.

[@lettiegrant9447]

I wonder if she would have been if they had known she was a black woman. She had to keep that a secret way back then. So sad.

[@claredin]

Times were so much simpler then, but this was such a fun show!

[@lalagonegaga]

Carol got a kick out of them saying Pearl Bailey. She loved her to bits.

[@rachelmathis1027]

OH MY GOD!!! HER SHOW IS ON NEXT FRIDAY!!!!!!! AND IN COLOR!!!!!!!!!!

[@rr7firefly]

It's impossible not to love Carol Channing. What a sweetheart. And I always love seeing Arlene -- a perennial breath of fresh air.

[@GodsFavoriteBassPlyr]

One of the flat-out funniest entertainers EVER!! A national treasure.

[@YesItsMeGuys68]

How fuc*ing wonderful is Carol Channing !

[@lettiegrant9447]

Use better language. My goodness!

[@messiahapostle8239]

See how you are using profanity to describe CLEAN fun of this time. You need to learn....

[@YesItsMeGuys68]

@@messiahapostle8239 THAT will be the day when I take suggestions from a religious fanatic !

[@messiahapostle8239]

@@YesItsMeGuys68 Then SOON You'll do it in HELL if not here, unless you're Satan himself! Holy Bible Proverbs 1:22-32.

[@davidhunter6096]

We are all here cause of Ryan from whose line right??

[@Hebisan]

"I know what you are thinking, did I fire 7 shots or 6? Well to tell you the truth, with all this confusion I've forgotten myself. So you have to ask yourself just one question. Do I feel lucky? Well do ya punk?"

[@peteradaniel]

Tony Randall is fucking hilarious!!! So sarcastic!

[@BeverlyM52]

I love their love when they discover that it is she! She is just so amazingly delightful!!! She just MUST have TWO "happy genes"!

[@micromono4085]

I'm Spartacus!

[@daylight1637]

Ahh she is a TRIP! Had the pleasure of seeing her performing Hello Dolly years ago....what a joy…...thank you for sharing this!

[@Lama-Su]

RIP Carol, youll be missed.

[@MirandaParedes]

It'd be so fun and neat if this show came back on now, but with current celebs (or if some are still alive now...anyone on this show originally could come back on)! Even if it was a temporary thing!

[@tomapple64]

Oh man... Carol is just plain awesome :O

[@brosans1868]

Miss Channing, a top notch ENTERTAINER!!

[@ladyyuna2000]

RIP Carol Elaine Channing (January 31, 1921 - January 15, 2019)(aged 97) you will truly be missed and thank you for entertaining us.

[@Eric4471066]

It's so nice to see the late, great Carol Channing on this show. She had a great life of making people laughed and applauded on Broadway and on television. She will be missed. RIP Miss Carol.

[@imrlaps7097]

This is so wonderful and sweet. Carol Channing & Arlene Francis

[@TimothyJonSarris]

Channing is amazing and outlived them all too!

[@saran3214]

I saw CC in person, all I saw was this enormous smile passing me by. She was one of those people who look all lit up, even with no light on them.

[@LarsRyeJeppesen]

R.I.P. Carol Channing

[@hannahdigangi1701]

*Runs into Neon Desk Light*

[@wardarcade7452]

3:22- Martin Gabel's incorrect guess of 'Pearl Bailey' was surprisingly close. Not only had Pearl Bailey taken over the leading role of 'Hello, Dolly' from Miss Channing but, in 2002 when she was 81 Miss Channing would reveal that she herself was part African-American via her own paternal grandmother!

[@jenniferwong1911]

Carol is such a cutie n-n

[@FergusMcDopey]

Love when Arlene is really thinking hard and her left hand always goes up to her cheek.

[@meefnbeef]

We're all here because of Ryan Styles

[@travis7310]

R.I.P., Carol.

[@keyplayer123]

Her TV special will be in color. Love these references. Love to Carol eternally.

[@VaNDaL253]

Carol is very charismatic

[@rust44]

She's so cute!

[@pixiestyx1766]

Carol Channing... what a delightful woman she was. Her laughter is infectious 💕🌸💕

[@jhb1493]

The stars shone brighter then.

[@jimmysudar]

she was shamelessly plugging, for sure, but that's the name of the game; tony randall's brutality in mocking her plugging was uncalled for.

[@1776TomPaine]

That was delightful! What a charming show. I watched these when I was in grade school. So much fun!

[@Gellarfan666]

Carol seemed like a genuinely fantastic human.

[@johndrennon5922]

When T. Randall says, "There's some whispering going on that MIGHT be from the audience..." he sounds like an elementary school tattle tale!

[@msmunkietime]

"And it's in colour too. Yes it is." Carol's too cute! Now that's what I call a plug! I'd be her friend. I wish I could get a letter from Arlene too. Ah, Martin and Arlene sitting together. What a lovely couple.

[@VFCourtney]

Rest In Peace Carol Channing.

[@route99]

RIP Carol Channing

[@callumdoherty7204]

Rest in Peace, we miss you Carol!!

[@graperonto]

Carol Channing is the only living person left on this clip. She's 94.

[@nandofigueira2005]

now 97

[@Bend818]

She’s immortal

[@mrbordeaux]

Still alive but we don't see her anymore here in Palm Springs, she is so loved here!

[@joyceannford]

She passed away. It's breaking news this morning. I loved her, may she rest in peace.

[@Mercutiossword]

@@Bend818 apparently not

[@YellowDogTV]

Great to see both Tony Randall and Martin Gabel on the panel together! I love seeing Martin and Arlene next to one another on the panel! What a fun clip! Thank you for including the intro!

[@nandofigueira2005]

R.I.P.

[@grindgoironworks4473]

WHY THIS IS JUST AS DRY AND BARREN AS I AM

[@silvereagle2061]

RIP Carol Channing.

[@bestestinventions7032]

i prefer Ryan's Carol Channing over Carol Channing's Carol Channing

[@lmcdonald1879]

Feb 18th...how did I miss it...oh. I wasn't born

[@Muttonchop_USA]

Blame your parents.

[@lmcdonald1879]

@@Muttonchop_USA says the Gen-Z...not my fault

[@grantcarriker]

How sad.. When Carol was touring with Hello, Dolly! she flew back to New York on the weekends for cancer treatment. It's just sad to see her not admit to it :(

[@LazlosPlane]

What is so "shameless"" about her plugging her own show? 90% of the guests are plugging something. Very unfair.

[@DistressedDamsel79]

I can't help but laugh seeing her face at 2:29 and the thumb nail for her 2012 interview, it's almost the exact same expression.

[@sdraper2011]

May you RIP, Carol.

[@Ok-ui6ys]

So adorable!!! 💜💜💜💜💜😍❤️😍😍😍

[@PianoMelodicaDark]

"Well SURELY you must be the Son of GYAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHDDDD!!!!"

[@FIDreams]

I like how one of the host said ‘someone you all know and love’ and I was like ‘who the heel is that the only two I knew was Tony Randall and Carol Channing’ to think that the stars hold such high regards we know today will be forgotten years from now.

[@gheefreak]

Good God, can television be like this again please?

[@wholeNwon]

Oh, wonderful. Dorothy might have guessed her had she been on the panel. What a great show that was. If I could have 2 back again it would be WML and Paar.

[@thefilmmakersgallery]

Never mind, I just found the date on another link to this: What's My Line? - Carol Channing; PANEL: Tony Randall, Helen G. Brown, Martin Gabel (Feb 6, 1966)

[@no_handle_required]

The plugging is not "shameless" they pulled stars on the show who were promoting shows or other services as part of them being on. Stars or even regular people did this all the time, as they do today on shows.

[@MoilAndToil]

their not them !

[@Aldernary]

Arlene's reaction...

[@JunaidBeauty]

#BlackGirlMagic Carol Channing #RIP

[@brigitkelly5317]

thank you for sharing the walk-on. For my two-cents, I don't think Tony Randal was being a dick, it was just his sense of humour, I found it funny and amusing.

[@singingcowboy674]

I just love her voice. :)

[@waynebrasler]

She wore the fur hat because she didn't have time to get her hair styled. She usually wore wigs but didn't even have one of those ready.

[@wongleebruce]

It was great to see Tony Randall doing his best Felix Unger on this eposode

[@weatdamal]

Thank you for sharing!!

[@stanochocki8984]

There is a definite 'ticked-off', tone in the voices of the 'regulars'. This nearly perfectly executed attempt to 'fool-the-panel' is a treat that in the History of this Show was long over-due. Randal and Gabel carping about: "what are YOU doing in New York?.." is a hoot. For way too long, the WML panelist, had a pretty damn clear knowledge of who was going to be the 'Mystery guest', after all, they're ALL in the Entertainment business and know each others where abouts, through various Agents, gossips, and reporters, and mostly via smoozing each other in Bars or in restaurants.

[@covatembelmusic]

Watched that TV special just a couple of days ago. Good stuff, especially when Carol takes the viewers on a tour of L.A. Hilarious.

[@heynyquildriver]

I had never heard her voice before this. I gotta give props to Ryan.

[@mcdaidmatthew]

Is Carol Channing back in town?? Incredible!

[@Hwilki]

I love that they guessed Pearl Bailey and Ethel Merman- since both women along with Carol played the role of Dolly Levi!

[@milkymoo8252]

Life was sooo simple back then. Can we go back? Please???

[@kareninalabama]

RIP, Lorelei/Dolly

[@yaycoffe123]

What a legend