Fred Allen's WIFE is the mystery guest?! - 1955 What's My Line? | BUZZR

[@manofmanyinterests]

What an absolute DELIGHT to see Fred and Portland together.

[@RonGerstein-tf5tp]

Did Portland come from Maine or Oregon?

[@franknew9001]

Portland Hoffa was born in Portland, Oregon. Her parents named her in which the city she was born.

[@largemember]

You must lead an extremely dull life!

[@MusicHandsAbrupt]

Aw, this made me teary eyed. So sweet!! Fred is hilarious!!

[@SweetChicagoGator]

Fred is a clever delight !! 🤗

[@vistarecords4930]

I love Fred Allen. One of the all time great comedic actors. It's a shame he didn't do more movies, but his radio show was pure gold!

[@honeyboynton2106]

Ilove this show!

[@WAL_DC-6B]

The photo of the American Airlines aircraft at the end, 28:51, is a Douglas DC-7.

[@cynthiat6505]

Dorothy’s earring is caught; makes me cuckoo. And the chalk they used on this show was fantastic. This is an amazing program! Norman Ebinger’s handwriting was beautiful!

[@lesliehoncharik1289]

Portland had two great marriages, 25 yrs with Fred, and after he passed she remarried, 25 years with that spouse.

[@NEPatriot]

Note how John mentioned WXIX-TV in Milwaukee, WI? Eventually CBS would end up on channel 6 WITI (now Fox) and now on WDJT Channel 58. As for WXIX, the calls would end up on Cincinnati's Fox affiliate and the Milwaukee station would move down one spot to channel 18 and be rebranded as WVTV under Gaylord Broadcasting and would become a powerful, successful independent station, now relegated to the waste bin that is the CW.

[@leannsherman6723]

That Stopette commercial with the dancer was quite innovative.

[@leannsherman6723]

Arlene Francis was so gracious.

[@jetpilot3714]

And smokin hot

[@SweetChicagoGator]

@@leannsherman6723 indeed ! She is smart, beautiful, & classy !! 💟

[@JackieAllen-c6g]

And freaking funny!

[@paulabasso6153]

Those Stopette deodorant commercials kill me!

[@beverlyshank9313]

Anybody understand the name of the pantomime dancer? Couldn’t find her.

[@williamdunphy352]

Panel: Dorothy Killgallen, Fred Allen, Arlene Francis & Reginald Gardner.

[@glennostman2206]

That's when they started putting advertising ahead of the viewers .money speaks louder than viewers.

[@meowal1192]

watching them guessing the engineer woman was frustrating! Obviously they thought she was 1) entertainer of some sort 2) secretary to some politician, and they couldnt think beyond that. Come on, ask bigger questions!

[@leannsherman6723]

Today, the contestant who “designed bridges,” would be considered a civil engineer or an architect.

[@mariechristensen8390]

Fred died walking home how ironic

[@leannsherman6723]

I hated it when they rushed the final contestants.

[@RonGerstein-tf5tp]

Instead there would be 7 minutes of dead air.

[@bookwoman53]

At least the contestants frequently went home with $50.

[@paulabasso6153]

The only advantage for the last contestant is that they usually get all the money because they run out of time!

[@williamdunphy352]

Introduced by Lee Vines.

[@leannsherman6723]

I didn’t like when the final contestant was rushed. I think they should’ve had something else as a filler at the end of these episodes.

[@SweetChicagoGator]

Lovely wife, but the audio was horrendous !! 🥶

[@kenchristie9214]

"John, you give me an answer and you have enough conversation left over to start another argument" is Fred polite way of telling John that he doesn't know when to shut up. I have watched quite a few WML videos to find and I find John's verbosity annoying.

[@leannsherman6723]

Fred Allen could be funny, but sometimes could go annoyingly overboard and could be insulting and insensitive.

[@daler.steffy1047]

You can tell very clearly that this is a 1950s program by just listening to some of the comments made about certain guests. In the one situation, when it was known that the woman guest who designs bridges worked for the state, then one panelist "made the assumption" (perhaps) that she was (possibly) a secretary. This comment seems to me to represent a rather prominent way of thinking in the 1950s that was, in large part, a denial of what women could do artistically, intellectually, creatively. I grew up in that era (in part) as a young lad, so reflecting back on that time, I have come to understand, to some degree, the reasoning behind this view of women, with respect to what a woman was considered "capable of accomplishing" outside the home, if they chose. (And you can call it whatever you want, but it was a form of clear discrimination.) However, I'm glad we have moved away, I hope, from considering women as ("just") housewives who are waiting for "their man" to come home from the office. (Now my wife was mostly a stay-at-home mom, and she found a number of ways to express her creative side. We had agreed that our children would greatly benefit from her being more available at home; and I also appreciated her work and support! She worked harder than me, I think. She kept our lives moving along smoothly at home, and she gave our children wonderful opportunities.)

[@flowergirl72345]

Stopette...aluminum shutting down your pores!

[@largemember]

STOPETTE clogs your pores like closing a window...it's scary thinking about what was in that garbage!!!!