What's My Line? 1970

Here is a 1970 episode of What's My Line? Wally Bruner is the host. Panel is Soupy - Anita Gillette - Alan Alda - Arlene. Mystery guest is Otto Preminger. Tom Carvel of Carvel Ice Cream appears.

[@nelsonricardo3729]

This must have been before Tom Carvel started doing TV commercials. His voice is unmistakable.

[@jwr7138]

The theme music takes me back to my youth. My dad watched this show religiously every night after supper and the national news.

[@gbrumburgh]

Tom Carvel (July 14, 1906 - October 21, 1990) was a Greek-born American businessman and entrepreneur known for the invention and promotion of soft ice cream in the northeastern United States. He was the founder of the Carvel brand and franchise.

[@Lisa-di1wi]

I watched this show every night at 7 o'clock when I was a teenager. They just don't make game shows like this anymore.

[@davidjacobson7123]

Wow Wally gave so many hints about the guest stars no wondered they could guess

[@Lisa-di1wi]

This show brings back memories of my teenage years; which were of course, the 70's.

[@kevinbutler1955NYC]

I remember seeing this show on Buzzr TV..not too long ago..and the way that the panel tried to make soft serve ice cream cones? It was a hilarious comedy of errors.

[@fanboy2015]

Mr. Daly would never allow any demonstrations from the guests on the original show. He believed it would have lowered the show's standards.

[@thewipsportsfan]

George Alexander thats probably why Mr Daly never wanted to participate in this version. Hardcore WML afficionados would probably side with him as the color version while fun, seemed less intellectual and indistinguishable from the other panel series on the air. Daly and producer-creator Gil Fates had strong control over the first version giving it a somewhat intellectual statesmanlike image over the other panel fests (IGAS, TTTT) this version was more standard Goodson Todman: less rigid (probably to lure the children and younger audiences) but always well produced.

[@gregh7400]

It's a time waster.

[@HelloooThere]

That was his opinion.

[@MrJoeybabe25]

As the panel found out, that WAS NOT ice cream!

[@pip12111]

RIP Athanasios Thomas Karvelas. Tom Carvel 1906-1990.

[@MyManolis1]

He was born in Athens - Greece in 1906, where he lived for only four years. In 1910 he arrived in New York with his parents...At 26, he found himself in Westchester and got a job as a driver in a truck carrying ... ice cream. Two years later something else will happen, which will put him on the road to success for good. The weekend that Americans celebrate the Memorial Day ("Memorial Day") was incredibly hot. Tom was transporting ice cream in the truck, as usual, but that day he happened to get a flat tire and from the heat the ice cream started to melt. He realized that the ice cream would be lost. He set up a counter and started selling the melted ice cream. It sold out in a matter of hours, earning the season-high $ 3,500. An idea came to him. The soft ice creams. And he did not let a moment go to waste. He was selling soft ice creams for the next two years at the same place. It was simple and obvious. People wanted creamy ice cream. Tom Carvel managed to make the "American dream" come true. And to do that, just a flat tire was enough ...

[@UNOwen1]

Wow, I just was having lunch a few weeks ago, with Mr. Alda - I mentioned to him how I'd just seen 'Behind The Burly Q' (I recommend it to any won - fan of burlesque, or who loves a good documentary, and/or both), and he's in it - as his father, Robert, started in burlesque, and would take the young Alan on tour. He lit up, when I told him. I'm always feel like a conundrum; born in the wrong time, as I love watching these things ( spent the whole day, just watching Louise Brooks movie, sigh...), and find the current stuff - which is what I'm involved in - not ..so..terrif 😉.

[@thewipsportsfan]

U.N. Owen wow amazing story. nice to see one of the legends of Tv alive and kicking

[@wheelinthesky300]

Alan Alda picking up a paycheck before hitting in big on MASH.

[@lindabishop7656]

I never heard of that ice cream man....I won't eat squishy ice cream....ick

[@MileyonDisney]

This host gave away too much information. John Charles Daly would have never done that.

[@MYGRANDSONDEVIN]

Miley onDisney John Charles Daly was the best.

[@TOM-C.]

I used to get mad at John for making jokes that would give clues, but a lot of the time he flipped all the cards anyway. However, Wally Bruner takes the cake.

[@scotwirth6228]

The syndicated series was designed that way

[@ccbsnyc]

They really cut back the amount of time for the mystery guest, so they had to be given hints of some type to have any chance. The syndicated version had this theme of relatively little time for the questioning, compared to the classic version. Did you notice that a lot of the mystery guests are rotated from other game shows? Not as many Hollywood stars as the classic version. Probably a lot smaller budget for the syndicated version.

[@gailsirois7175]

That's what I think...he needs to SHUT UP..he gives the answer...idiot

[@carlhardee2081]

I miss those super short dresses!

[@joeambrose3260]

Otto was torturous to listen to and I don't like any of his movies but he rocked as Mr Freeze With respect

[@Lisa-di1wi]

This may sound crazy, but I would fantasize the What's My Line panelists, and hosts Wally Bruner and Larry Blyden as members of a Beatle-like singing group; with Anita Gillette as a diva.

[@tombennett1195]

+Nan Fagan I used to fantasize about some of the "What's My Line" panelists, but not in that way.... ;-)

[@michaelchristopherson123]

😂Love it!!!🙌😊

[@NJGuy1973]

A few years later, Carvel would have been unable to be on the show. He'd say one word and people would go, "Hey, it's the Cookie Puss guy!"

[@donaldcasalone4243]

Tom Carvel was to NY what Ted Drewes has been to STL

[@soulierinvestments]

The mystery guest appeared once back in 1960 on the Sunday night WML as a guest panelist. He was actually not very good -- so mystery guest is more his line. His career as a film director started strong in the 1944 -- 1963 period then bounced from folly to catastrophic folly. "Junie Moon" bellyflopped spectacularly.

[@jwr7138]

I was trying to recall recently how I knew of Alan Alda before MASH. This was the place. Why was he in New York, Broadway?

[@thewipsportsfan]

Jim Romig yes he was a accomplished B'way stage actor before his MASH days

[@Danimal300zx]

Wish more people would post the 1968-1974 episodes of WSM?

[@joeambrose3260]

WTF Is WSM ?

[@VinylToVideo]

Thanks for posting! Do you have the episode of March 5, 1970 where Jan Peerce was the mystery guest? I'd also like to see an episode of June 11, 1970 featuring Richard Tucker as the mystery guest.

[@joeambrose3260]

Who the phuck is Jan Peerce?

[@VinylToVideo]

@@joeambrose3260 Somebody who in 1970 was important enough to be on TV while in 2020 when being on TV is meaningless, you're still not important enough to be on it.

[@joeambrose3260]

@@VinylToVideo What a fart smeller you are. Sorry, mean smart feller, I'm dyslexic

[@wiedep]

ONE-TAKE TOM! Hartsdale's claim to "fame".

[@susansnooks3134]

This announcer makes very revealing comments. ,

[@Danimal300zx]

What's the actual date/episode # for this episode?

[@scottlevin3966]

Would’ve been funny if Rita Moreno was on the panel.

[@sfgooner70]

Gotta say, I've only watched a few of these syndicated ones, but I don't think Bruner is great at this. He seems a bit rushed.

[@stevenjoyal6565]

I think he did a very credible job. John Charles Daly left some huge shoes to fill!

[@jessyleppert2]

Did Larry Blyden appear as Mystery Guest on here?

[@morenomark1]

Larry appeared as a Mystery Guest twice during Wally's tenure. Once in '68 and once in '70. For my money, Blyden was a much better host than Bruner.

[@brtherjohn]

morenomark1 I believe Blyden was a panelist once - in the mid 60s during Daly's tenure. Maybe someone can confirm?

[@thewipsportsfan]

Thomas Rogers i like all 3 but agree with Larry being terrible with time. But IMO it was John Daly's show, i think the added segments were the reason he didnt do the color shows.

[@robertsiebenrock3997]

A waste of icecream, not good. I'm one of the worlds greatest icecream eaters.

[@soulierinvestments]

Probably the messiest demonstration activity ever done on syndicated WML, but sweet.

[@612Tiberius]

Damn, the Host (or Moderator) nearly gave the answer away with that "pregnant women" comment; these days that kind of ad-libbing would be actionable grounds for a lawsuit from a losing contestant on any game show.

[@morenomark1]

Bruner did almost ruin the game there, but, in reality, everyone was a winner on "What's My Line?" Regardless of whether or not the panelists guessed the occupation, all contestants received the $50 prize, plus autographed pictures of the panelists.

[@Danimal300zx]

The original host (John Daly) would never have made that mistake.

[@xenafan234]

morenomark1 Really? That's cool!

[@RayNDeere]

John blew it once during his time. He accidentally said "Mr. Allen" when Steve Allen was a mystery guest. Bennett caught it and tried to ignore it. Dorothy then asked if the MG was a comedian, to which Steve replied "I'm not as funny as John is right now".

[@thewipsportsfan]

RayNDeere even the best of emcees had their great blooper moments.

[@thomastimlin1724]

Bad joke at the very end...."Clues in da Closet" or "Clues Closet" sounds like a classic line from Chico Marx.

[@amberola1b]

I`m sorry, but I just don`t like this version of the show. It seems just too unpolished compared to the original version. And I don`t like the way Wally Bruner blurts out the occupations of some of the contestants, like the shaver lady. Once the panel figured out she had something to do with electric razors, Wally should have asked what she does with them instead of he himself saying that she repairs them because John Daly would have had the panel guess what she did with them also.

[@Swampzoid]

The drawn out demotrasions take away from the game I think.

[@770WT]

Arrogant Alan Alda doesn't seem impressed with the great Otto Preminger .

[@robertsiebenrock3997]

Don't care for this version if rhe show.

[@joeambrose3260]

Who the phuck is Wally Bruney ?

[@HelloooThere]

Mr. Bruner’s son