THE NAME'S THE SAME - Hal Block on Panel! with Nelson Eddy (Dec 2, 1952)

[@jacquelinebell6201]

I loved Nelson Eddy and Robert Q lol. They kept a straight face all the wY thru! Lol.

[@jeffwalsh6015]

I loved when GSN had these shows on Sunday night. "Sunday Night in Black & White"

[@bashbrannigan]

The most interesting part of this is the panel who are three fascinating people who are rarely scene. Meredith Wilson is a famous composer who wrote music man. Hal Block is comedy writer who faded into obscurity after getting fired from What’s My Line. But my favourite is Joan Alexander who was very famous in radio pre-TV. I listen to old radio so had heard her often, but this was the first time I’d ever seen her!

[@mkjust7]

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[@silviasanvicentevinez6843]

I`ve just had a very good time watching this video

[@gray_day4375]

Smoking on TV... It is so strange and weird to see it nowdays.

[@freddyfurrah3789]

They all died prematurely.

[@EdinburghAndy]

Funny to think little Merry is now in her seventies. Great show.

[@daveerhardt1879]

I bet you she's still adorable.

[@richardr2555]

Funny that on this show the men dont stand up to greet the contestants but on WML they do.

[@nellwackwitz]

Great show, even with Hal on the panel!

[@patriciamooney928]

More Hal's speed.

[@peternagy-im4be]

We need more Hal Block.

[@VahanNisanian]

Joan Alexander voiced Lois Lane in the Radio version of "Superman".

[@daveerhardt1879]

And Bud Collier was Superman on radio.

[@tallactordude]

I was in college with a guy whose name was (and still is) Nelson Eddy. A surprisingly popular name, apparently.

[@balconi89]

I think Merry was on The Tonight Show in the 80s.

[@519djw6]

Do you have any more specific recollection of her being on "The Tonight Show" in the '80''s? If the tape still exists, that would be very interesting to see!

[@Frederick-t8t]

Don't pick your nose Merry. 😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅

[@nickmad887]

love it

[@amberola1b]

At least Hal Block didn't plant one on the first contestant, the little girl when she was done with her stint in the show

[@Lukecash2]

Wow plenty of WML references! Two of the most controversial members on the same show!

[@TaliaGSings]

Was Meredith Wilson the other controversial one? If so, why?

[@altonpitts6550]

@@TaliaGSings I believe Michael was referring to Mr. Lewis. I'm old enough to remember the early years of television, and he wasn't particularly controversial that I can recall. It just that he was one of the busiest men in the industry.

[@joygearhart1139]

5:47, yeesh. Personal space? 😳

[@neilmidkiff]

Emily from FB is going to love this one, and so did I, not for Hal Block (I've seen enough of his childish shtick) but for Q and for Meredith. I knew that Meredith Willson was well known for his musical activities on radio long before his Broadway hits, but was a bit surprised when "author" was mentioned. I have a copy of his first book, "And There I Stood With My Piccolo", but had forgotten that it was published as early as 1948. It's a good read, especially the early life in Mason City, Iowa, with some themes that would carry over into the story of "The Music Man" and its River City setting.

[@Bigbadwhitecracker]

As Hal Block's biggest and only fan, I'm very happy to see this sidesplitting edition of TNTS! What a delicious treat.

[@louisianagrandma9787]

I'm also a fan!

[@viktorkaposi8256]

We're three now!

[@franksantore2810]

We are now 4. Hal was unfairly treated. I also believe he was the victim of anti-semitism

[@altonpitts6550]

@@franksantore2810 Frank, I am proud to be number 5. However, Mr. Santore, I never thought that could have been an underlying reason behind his dismissal.

[@keithnaylor1981]

Alton Pitts - then I must be No.6. He had a good inventive sense of humour but often his voice was also made inaudible by others talking over him which I think is why he often had to rush his words to try and get them out. He wasn't treated with enough respect. Occasionally though I thought his attitudes/comments towards women was too forward, but others were sometimes like that too. Robert Q on this show can sometimes make me squirm with female guests.

[@magnificentfailure2390]

Yeah!

[@jacquelinebell6201]

Fancy calling your kid Merry Christmas! She would have got so badly teased these days. Hope the kids were kinder then.

[@joycejean-baptiste4355]

There was a family in my neighborhood surnamed Christmas.

[@FermatWiles]

"Let's not pick the nose..."

[@kathleenharris3403]

Merry looks like my 9 year old niece Dolly.

[@ianh1984]

It's quite obvious that Hal's schtick made women uncomfortable, yet he never reeled it in. He needed to learn how to read the room.

[@slaytheday1echo577]

Weirdly weird.

[@lucyflorey9152]

Nelson Eddy the kid has a soup bowl haircut lol

[@lestereliza9445]

This is hilarious in spite of Hal Block

[@stevencroson3423]

Seeing this,it's obvious Hal Block's on-air persona didn't change very much from What's My Line?-he's playing it exactly the same way on this show...his body language is a bit more "in your face"-he has his arm around panelist Joan Alexander's chair,and places his hand right close to where her name card is,yet she doesn't seen too annoyed by it.His remark about "I almost lost 'What's My Line?' is,also he couldn't have known it,prophetic-given that,within a few weeks of this show's broadcast,he would be put on suspension,and not long afterwards,be fired.It's too bad he didn't become a regular panelist of The Name's The Same-he seems like he might have a better fit for this program.

[@joygearhart1139]

Any idea why she didn't say anything? He was invading her personal space but what do you say when your on television? She was moving away a little.

[@georgebalsamo1011]

He could have been a great fit on the 70s Match Game

[@freddyfurrah3789]

Don't pick your nose.

[@torchkit]

24:24 Possibly so, Hal. You were gone from WML just a couple of months later.

[@Bigbadwhitecracker]

Sadly, rather prophetic.

[@jackdavis8992]

I read WML got rid of him for making the remark "Make your armpit a charm pit" about the shows sponsor, Stopette. I thought that was hilarious.

[@altonpitts6550]

This episode is from 1952, and Mr. Block left WML in 1953.

[@nickmad887]

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[@peternagy-im4be]

Garry Moore

[@joygearhart1139]

Where did you find this?

[@519djw6]

I'm wondering if that little girl's name was really "Mary Christmas," since her first name would still be a homonym for "Merry."

[@keithnaylor1981]

I cannot believe her name was Merry Christmas.

[@disvids8754]

With add due respect to the people (I assume are all dead), the panel was really bad during the boy Nelson Eddy segment. They wasted so much time on TV. How about what kind of songs do you sing, have hit records, over 30, etc.?

[@keithnaylor1981]

Hal's not changed much since WML, still putting his head on the Block. His action at 5:45 is totally out of order.

[@altonpitts6550]

Keith, that was right on time. Hal would have loved it. It was a delight to see Mr. Block on another show.😁

[@peternagy-im4be]

Block was a pistol. A hoot. A riot.

[@amberola1b]

Also Hal Block's a little too full of himself, and he can talk junk about John Daly now that hes not in his presence because from what I've read on the what's my line comment section, that nobody really got along with Hal on the other show

[@scottsmith7419]

amberola1b I read Bennett Cerf called him a clod. But then Bennett Cerf is kind of a snot. Hal was such a dirty old man, but the others often encouraged, and then disdained, that behavior.

[@paullad3178]

He was pointing out John's mischievous side. He wasn't talking "junk".

[@Bigbadwhitecracker]

Right and some of his best moments was when he got the best of snobbish Daly and the audience seemed to be on Hal's side more often than not. That said, I think he would have fit in on this show better or IGAS.

[@Indianboy86400]

Are you for real? If you call this as talking junk, have you ever seen the way John Daly makes fun of Hal Block to the point where it's even insulting?

[@michaeldickerson-z3p]

RACINE WISCONSIN WHAT HAPPENED?

[@MerynCadell]

Hal Block seems a tad fixated on "Merry Christmas" in the creepiest of ways.

[@38ddkelly]

Hal was always a bit creepy, but you have to admit, he brought the little girl out of her shell. She started smiling and laughing when Hal joked with her.

[@Indianboy86400]

Nonsense. Only today's retarded perverts can think such idiotic shit about those days innocent shows. Hal was always childlike, you nutheads.

[@jamesfox2579]

@@Indianboy86400 I agree!!

[@bashbrannigan]

There’s nothing creepy at all.

[@marc7491]

Can there ever be anyone more obnoxious than Hal Block? Is it any there wonder why he was kicked off WML?

[@peternagy-im4be]

Hal Block was a hoot. A pistol. A riot. He was used on shows to up the ratings and it worked.

[@paulklenknyc]

Hal was not so bright, poor man. Exasperating to watch him.

[@altonpitts6550]

Paul, it seems that I'm one of the few people who liked Mr. Block on these shows. He's a comedy writer by trade, and he's always trying to come up with a witty remark. Sometimes what came out of his mouth was more crude than witty. I admit he went too,too far with the ladies at times, and that contributed to his downfall.

[@Indianboy86400]

Hal Block really out of all people? Most foolish labelling! He was childlike but super intellingent. He gave countless witty comebacks in every show. Sad that he was labelled in the same way by wannabe intellectuals like Bennett Cerf & John Daly.

[@FermatWiles]

Hal Block had ADHD.

[@BiffJackson-o4i]

Man that was lame.

[@skyedog24]

It's a setup. 👎