What's My Line? 5 Feb 1961 Part 2 First Contestant

What's My Line? 5 Feb 1961 part 2 First Contestant
Panel: Martin Gabel, Debbie Reynolds, Anthony Perkins, Arlene Francis
Moderator: John Daly
Daly's bad-weather footwear
What's My Weapon?

[@jimaroo100]

The man is a submariner... a true hero... but modest, understated, and a gentleman. "We'll be ready for them" said with a smile. Indeed you would be ready Commander. Thanks for posting - it is refreshing to remember the days when Americans loved the Armed Forced and the members were treated with respect. And by the way, Mr Daly... it is a boat not a ship!

[@soulierinvestments]

This episode exhibits good public relations both as warning to enemies and reassurance to us and our friends. Amazing isn't it?? -- his face, his name, his submarine, his missile on live TV. He might as well have given us his address. The US government in 1961 wasn't nearly as paranoid as Homeland Security nowadays, when no fear is too big or too small to exploit to the limit.

[@robinstewart6510]

Absent the internet, it wasn't so easy to follow up to find personal information such as an address back then. As for a foreign enemy, his address, along with any other information desirable, was easily obtainable through a network of spies and similar.

[@13loomisst]

That is a very keen observation. I think more the facial than the asking, but well done . . .

[@soulierinvestments]

It's a huge public relations plug for the military industrial complex, but fascinating anyway.

[@Imthecuteone]

what i think is a bit interesting is that Tony kind of acts like Dorothy in this. A little in the face expressions and how he asks questions...lol

[@soulierinvestments]

Yeah. Ms. Reynolds did appear again as a mystery guest, but she never appeared again after this episode as a guest panelist. I wonder if Goodson, Toddman, Fates, Daly and all the rest of them had as visceral negative reactions to her performance as do you and other modern KZbin viewers. Anthony Perkins appeared again in both versions of WML both as mystery guest and panelist.

[@Ramubay]

We don't have snow in New York, we wear these high boots because...oops, I can't tell that joke on TV.

[@soulierinvestments]

Perkins' question at 3:55 and Arlene's witty observations starting at 4:03 refer to the Mercury-Redstone 2 flight, launched on a Redstone rocket, call number MR-2 on Tuesday 31 Jan 1961, 16:55 UTC , which lasted for 16 minutes 39 seconds. This flight carried Ham the Chimpanzee on suborbital flight. "Thought someone was calling me by name then." LOL

[@bigred997]

in today's world, i wonder if the navy would allow a sub comander exposed to the public for fear of sabotage or being put into compromising situations.

[@binaway]

He works in a Washington.. Ironic the Washington usually docked in a British base.

[@robinstewart6510]

Just a minor correction. The Navy defines the submarine as a boat, not a ship (at 8:22). By the way, Arlene asked (at 1:44) "do you work other places than Washington." Since his submarine was the George Washington (namesake of the city), his response should have been "no" to that.

[@TheBraveIntrovert]

@dialectgirl I see nothing wrong with Ms. Reynolds remarks. She just didn't know what to ask and made some jokes I guess to feel more comfortable. She could have been nervous.

[@RandolfPatton]

I certainly don't think Debbie was rude or a downer...she just wasn't a very good player.

[@cjb8010]

Abysmal. Surely she could not have been that dim.

[@ckersh74]

Maybe I'm missing something, but what in the hell was John Daly doing with his boots in the beginning?

[@cjb8010]

He called them “my New York winter boots.”