What's My Line? - A man runs onstage - Milton Berle; Eamonn Andrews [panel] (May 10, 1959)

NOTE: This is the famous show where an unknown man ran on stage for a moment during the Mystery Guest segment.
MYSTERY GUEST: Milton Berle
PANEL: Arlene Francis, Eamonn Andrews, Dorothy Kilgallen, Bennett Cerf

[@dannydoc1969]

In the history of TV there has never been a brighter, erudite, respectful, good humored moderator than Daly.

[@Deejaay83urj38]

And never will be.

[@louisromao7183]

Alex Trebek came pretty close.

[@mgreg8134]

Smart too...

[@patricia7823]

I concur

[@bjmajor]

The guy running on stage is talked about in "The Age of Television" RCA LP (1971) by Arlene Francis. She commented that in those days of live TV, it was a wonder that more things like that didn't happen! He was on then off the stage before anyone could even react to what happened.

[@oldmisterhoward1913]

Who was the guy that ran on stage?

[@hhale]

Happened twice on What's My Line? I believe. There was also an incident with someone running onto the set of CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite in 1973 (I watched that one happen live as a 10 year old and was surprised and shocked). Probably happened at other times, on national broadcasts, but never heard of any others.

[@joycejean-baptiste4355]

Thanks for sharing that tidbit. Today's security set up wouldn't allow that to happen I'm thinking.

[@carycomic1954]

He looked a lot like Woody Allen! I wonder...

[@JLionelWaller]

He looked and sounded like Arnold Stang

[@thomaslombardo3401]

Dorothy was always my favorite panelist.

[@ihatey0utube]

shes mine too!! :DDD

[@babyfir77]

For me, WML was never quite the same after the loss of Dorothy Kilgallen

[@hcombs0104]

@@babyfir77 I won't watch the post-Dorothy shows. She added a lot to the show.

[@qkhost]

I love the contrast of Dorothy and Arlene. And although we’ve seen many comments about her prickly relationship with the others, their grief and shock on the episode after she died was palpable.

[@georgemartin1436]

Mine too, though they're all very good and the show is very entertaining.

[@geoffm9944]

Dorothy’s forensic questioning was brilliant and that’s why she often identified the guest.

[@johannarhymer1093]

Daly was brilliant. Oh how I wish people spoke with such intelligence these days.

[@patricia7823]

Most would be confused. Or scared. My mom made sure I spoke with respect and dignity even though we were homeless. THAT'S partially why I always like to keep 'em guessing.

[@gregh7400]

Milton Berle was pretty quick witted. "My agent!" - Hilarious.

[@Teri_Berk]

Totally agree

[@zyxwvut4740]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/hnjJqWaHdrtpaq8&feature=emb_logo Here he is on The Muppet Show getting heckled by Statler and Waldorf. Legend has it he wrote most of the heckles based on real life experience.

[@gregh7400]

@@zyxwvut4740 Funny video. Thanks.

[@williamlynnroden]

@@zyxwvut4740 . Thank you for that link. I am amazed at how Milton wrote the best lines for them and took the heckle himself. A legend in the business.

[@carycomic1954]

I still think that might've been a pre-famous Woody Allen.

[@leesher1845]

The governor of Oklahoma was only 33 years old. He looked and seemed so much more mature and polished, especially when you compare and contrast him to the 33 year olds of today.

[@druidbros]

John gave it right back to Dorothy in this one. Arlene is so funny and smart. I would have loved to have known her.

[@eepanusstar5940]

Dorothy gets mad-Arlene uses humor.John was great as the moderator.

[@gregmoorhead7203]

This is SO AWESOME!!! My uncle, Ron Bailey was the men’s fashion buyer for Newman’s at the same time Bud Knight was the maternity buyer.

[@MarkKingtech]

23:55 Is when the man runs on stage

[@leesanna7835]

Thanks, Pal...

[@paulmorin6569]

Berle puts glasses on .then the man runs on stage(any chance it was Arnold stang?) Berle then takes off the glasses hmmm

[@JLionelWaller]

@@paulmorin6569 It sounded and looked like him, but?? And the possibility that it was staged by Berle is not beyond reaso, so who knows and is not talking..

[@mtnman6557]

@@paulmorin6569 It sure looked like Arnold Stang & that voice further suggests that it was indeed Arnold Stang

[@rmelin13231]

@@paulmorin6569 I don't know if it was Arnold Stang or not, but I would tend to doubt it, because if he had pulled a stunt like that he never would have worked in television again. Also, Milton Berle worked with Arnold for years. That's just my take. (I can still hear him say "Chunky - what a chunk of chocolate").

[@sandra-leedavie4363]

I love Dorothys’ gloves...I have noticed she often wears them.

[@slaytonp]

Gloves for women were a part of other than casual apparel in those days. In many cases, they were mandatory.

[@leannsherman6723]

Humble governor, with so much class unlike most politicians today.

[@WendyDarling1974]

It's telling how often in the late 50s panelists would quiz contestants on whether they were involved with atomic weapons, missiles, nuclear physics, etc.

[@lilybean835]

Wait, wasn't there another interruption where an audience member came up on stage while the panelists were blindfolded, and they panned the camera away and focused on John who used a code word to get security?

[@Dharmon1]

Lily Bean look up the episode where Melina Mercouri is the mystery guest.

[@WendyDarling1974]

Yes, there was. the panel was confused.

[@hcombs0104]

WML?s creepiest moment.

[@vickisawyer7405]

What gets me, every time I watch this show is how culture and norms have changed. But it's still funnier than heck!!

[@perrybarton]

Notice how Uncle Miltie makes the call to conclude his segment, rather than letting John do it. Once a host, always a host, I guess.

[@bartgreenberg9001]

I think Uncle Miltie was rattled by the stalker and wanted to get out of there, but was too much a pro to show it.

[@perrybarton]

@@bartgreenberg9001: Good point.

[@tbec3011]

​@bartgreenberg9001 Nothing in his actions indicates that. Berle was used to calling the shots and this appearance was no exception.

[@hopicard]

What a nice introduction by Bennett Cerf :)

[@Lord_Baphomet_]

Governor Edmondson was a WWII US Army Air Forces veteran and an Okie from Muskogee. He was and currently still is the youngest elected Governor in the history of Oklahoma. This was partly due to him becoming a success prosecutor after the war, being elected The Tulsa County Attorney in 1954 and then re-elected in 1956 at the age of 29. The most notable legislation he pushed through was repealing the prohibition of the sale of alcohol. He also had a short run in the senate and surprisingly voted in favor of the 1964 Civil Rights Act. After he lost his re-election campaign he went back to being an attorney and spending time with his wife Jeanette Bartleson until he sadly died at the young age of 41 from a heart attack.

[@waldolydecker8118]

Never know when you're going to die...his vote for the 1964 Civil Rights Act surely didn't hurt him when he went to meet his maker on Judgement Day. Voting to ensure all citizens have basic inalienable rights that should have already been accorded to them at birth is a simple act of fundamental humanity.

[@shuroom57]

What's so surprising about him voting for the Civil Rights Act? As a native Oklahoman, I take that as a veiled insult.

[@geoffm9944]

If this programme was made now, the Governor of Oklahoma would have been immediately recognised. Also, I’m astonished at the guests lack of geographical knowledge!

[@shirleysue228]

Geoff, My jaw also dropped when it was said he was only 33. He looks soooo much OLDER....to me anyway.

[@allankelly2500]

Transportation for last second guests is arranged by the New York City Police Department

[@larrygrebler5054]

Thanks for the laugh.

[@robbycan]

That was a pretty disturbing look on the faces of Daly and Berle when the intruder ran on stage.

[@peternagy-im4be]

If it happened today they would scream in utter terror

[@ToddSF]

It's hard to imagine, but Oklahoma had a state law against the sale of liquor statewide that was finally repealed in 1959. The sale of oackaged liquor for off-premises consumption is still illegal on Sundays, election day and certain legal holidays, except for beer of low-alcohol content. I have to say that liquor laws vary so much state by state in this country it's hard to keep track of.

[@DeathBringer769]

+ToddSF 94109 And they're all stupid.

[@4seeableTV]

Working as a sacker in Texas back in the early 80's, we used to have to cover entire aisles with plastic sheeting because of the Blue Laws. Products that were deemed 'inappropriate' by the religious folk to sell on Sundays. And it wasn't even alcohol because it was a dry city. Just lame items like razors for women. I'm SO glad to have moved out of the repressive south.

[@shuroom57]

I grew up in Tulsa, OK. We did not have legal liquor-by-the-drink until it was finally voter-approved in 1985. Until then, if you wanted to have drinks served to you at a bar or restaurant you had to bring in your own bottle and the establishment would keep it behind their bar with a label on it bearing your name. Of course, nobody did this, the bars just put phony names on the bottles they poured from, and everybody knew. We referred to it as "liquor-by-the-wink". Occasionally, the ABC would gently raid a random bar after sending in undercover agents to order a drink and have one served to them by an unwitting bartender and waiter, both of whom were arrested and taken to jail until the bar sent out someone to bail them out. I saw it happen one evening at a restaurant where I worked. Funny thing was, the waiter smelled a rat when the agents came in but he served them anyway. It was all so embarrassingly stupid, the law.

[@MarciaDoerr]

Mr. Daly seems unusually distracted in this episode. He looks down at the notes rather than at the camera in the introduction, and neglects to flip the cards in the mystery guest segment. However, he remains completely composed during the intruder disruption. Was there something else going on around this time?

[@TWA021]

Marcia Doerr I think it's because he was divorcing from his first wife during this time.

[@oldblinddog1000]

The man who runs up onstage says something about Mother's Day, and I think his goal was to shake the hand of Milton Berle on live TV that his mother was watching!

[@njmarknj]

He said, "I read it...for Mother's Day."

[@BurnRoddy]

@@njmarknj I heard ''I waited, for mothers day''

[@RobertPerrigoOkiechopper]

A man that sold maternity clothes back in the 50's during the Baby boomer years was a very busy man, I feel that is why they had so many on the show back in the decade.

[@RobertPerrigoOkiechopper]

During the Baby Boom years there was 77 million of us born.....

[@maddyhayes617]

@@RobertPerrigoOkiechopper I am one of them. Great time to be born!

[@TyrSkyFatherOfTheGods]

Ha! Dorothy was pissed that John wanted the panel to figure out the state.

[@FermatWiles]

Watch your language! How unbecoming of a classy program.

[@pattimaeda6097]

FermatWiles 🙄🙄🙄🙄

[@davidsanderson5918]

fishhead06 Well she's said before on a previous episode how poor her geography is. It can be embarrassing not knowing what you should. Plus she's right that the guessing game coming down to one out of 48 states was silly when they'd already got his 'line' anyway.

[@TyrSkyFatherOfTheGods]

@@FermatWiles Oh, so now you're going to get pissy, too. Well, the world's full of pissants.

[@syd8802]

@@FermatWiles it's okey I get what your trying to say

[@greghanna7753]

My dad had a sunbeam electric shaver like the one advertised.

[@notable9]

Love John Daly, so good with everyone..

[@sagarsaxena6318]

Around 23:37 you hear someone say "Janice Janice" or "Janet Janet". I think it was the guy shouting from the audience who then jumped over onto the stage.

[@SenorZorrozzz]

Lol that guy running up! Crazy! No security back then!

[@lilithofedom]

HE MADE IT FOR MOTHERS DAY?

[@binaway]

It looks and sounded like Comedian Arnold Stang. Well known at the time including on this panel and a regular on Berles shows. He later voiced many cartoon characters including TC on Top Cat.

[@jackkomisar458]

@@binaway I remember Arnold Stang for his commercial:"Chunky. What a chunk of chocolate!"

[@bartgreenberg9001]

Celebrities had stalkers even back then. I used to run signing events and we dealt with stalkers of everyone from Jennifer Love Hewitt to Tony Curtis. They were not fun.

[@steveburrus9347]

As a long time Dallas TX area resident I t ook particular interest in that guy who sold maternity clpothes to pregnant women. I was almost 7 when they did this WML.

[@louisromao7183]

There's a beer commercial here: "I don't want Bud Knight. I want BUD LIGHT!"

[@jacquelinebell6201]

I enjoyed the governor segment. The way he talked I could tell he was a politician straight away lol. He was very friendly andlikeable.

[@xoStarstruck]

Watching this on Mother's Day 2019. I guess you could say.. I made it, for Mother's Day!! 😂😂😂

[@rainsongt189]

Hmm, must be a back to the future airing you are watching? Mother's Day 2019 isn't until May 12 and it's only April 22.

[@xoStarstruck]

@@rainsongt189 I'm from the UK

[@rainsongt189]

@@xoStarstruck Okay. Hope it was a good one for you and your family.

[@xoStarstruck]

@@rainsongt189 Thanks! It was. Hope you enjoy yours when it comes

[@williamsteffen1646]

I have always liked What’s My alone. A great game with great people.👍

[@Griffologee]

Eamonn was so fit back then.

[@MrXminus1]

I just want to say, “NEW”!

[@deejay8403]

The unknown man who ran onto the stage looks a lot like WML panelist Robert Q Lewis

[@maynardsmoreland]

Governor Edmondson reminds me a little of game show host Ray Combs. Sadly, both died in their 40s.

[@4seeableTV]

Yes he does.

[@perrybarton]

I know he is 33 as stated, but he looks much older than that.

[@loissimmons6558]

Based on the apparent age of the interloper, I wonder if that was some sort of fraternity prank. With a book written about WML and extensive interviews given by Bennett Cerf, I'm surprised that we don't know more about who and why this happened. What's not surprising is that it spawned other attempts to do it: copycats.

[@tomhavens6006]

There’s a book on WML shows??

what's the name of the book ?

[@rmelin13231]

@ It's called "What's My Line: The Inside History of TV's Most Famous Panel Show" by Gil Fates, the executive producer of WML. I recommend it, but it's hard to find a copy.

[@lemorab1]

Imagine, the Governor of Oklahoma was so little known in 1959 that the producers were confident the panelists didn't need blindfolds! This was the tail end of the 1950's tight, pin curl-set hairdo's. Within a year, rollers would begin to dominate.

[@robertdiotalevi2882]

Milton Berle was not Mr. Television. Mr. Berle IS television.

[@shirleyrombough8173]

ROBERT DIOTALEVI - I love Uncle Milty. Funny as heck but also a decent human being.

[@preppysocks209]

@@shirleyrombough8173 I have read that he performed more charitable benefits than any other performer and despite seeing many of his TV appearances, I never heard him discuss his charitable work.

[@user-wp4ju4hp5w]

The guy that ran on stage was probably one of the many comedic characters from the movie Its A Mad Mad Mad Mad World

[@oobaka1967]

J Howard Edmondson wasn't governor for very long. Less than 2 years.

[@gbrumburgh]

Actually, he was governor of Oklahoma for 4 years (1959-1963) and senator for 1 year (1963-1964). Died quite young of a heart attack at age 46 in 1971.

[@Janster59]

uncle milty looked a lil scared-I would be too

[@peternagy-im4be]

No he didn't.

[@flaggerify]

I hate when the panellists ask if the guest would come to the clients or vice versa. A waste of time.

[@asteverino8569]

Lovely and fun.

[@juliebaker6969]

Since when is Oklahoma NOT considered a southern state?

[@neilrobertson1156]

Oklahoma became a state many years after the Civil War, and so wasn't associated with the 'classic' southern states, usually being referred to as a Midwestern state. If you go purely geographically, you'd have to call California a southern state.

[@juliebaker6969]

@@neilrobertson1156 if all of California were in the southern half of the contiguous United States, it WOULD count as a southern state. But even if you are just looking culturally at Oklahoma, it STILL counts as southern. You can't just consider the states that joined the confederacy as southern states, because not all southern states joined the confederacy. Infact, whether or not to join the confederacy, split the state of Virginia into two states, Virginia and West Virginia.

[@neilrobertson1156]

@@juliebaker6969 I have no disagreement with you. But in 1959, the fashion of the day was to refer to the block of states aligned with the Confederacy as "The South". That was the panel's point of reference. Arizona and New Mexico are overall farther south than Oklahoma, yet they aren't considered part of The South. Not saying that's accurate, just the common belief at the time.

[@juliebaker6969]

@@neilrobertson1156 I'm only saying that wasn't a universal attitude. I was born before that show aired, and I know that my parents and grandparents considered Oklahoma, Arizona and New Mexico ALL to be southern states. I think that it was more of an attitude from the east and west coasts than from the whole country. But then the east and west coasts have pretty much always considered themselves to BE the whole country.

[@Kmac005]

@@juliebaker6969 To be fair, it was the governor himself who declared that Oklahoma was not a southern state. Universal attitude or not, it's clearly an opinion the governor held and he's not from the east or west coast, but Muskogee. For the record, I was born, raised, and still live in Oklahoma. And it's not a "southern state" in the sense that Georgia, Mississippi, or Louisiana is a "southern state". It's more of a "Great Plains" state.

[@Galantski]

The guy who came on stage looked a bit like Charlie Callas, but wasn't manic enough.

[@cookielady9995]

Wow! That could have gone very badly! That man could have been dangerous!

[@kristabrewer9363]

Um, he only went out there because he was such a big fan of the mystery guest.

[@cookielady9995]

@@kristabrewer9363 um, be quiet

[@miltonsmith974]

@@kristabrewer9363 But who was to know that at the time? Michelle Ray is correct - something like that could have gone very badly. There are a lot of strange people in this world.

[@accomplice55]

@@kristabrewer9363 Um, they didn't know that.

[@ChrisHansonCanada]

But he wasn't dangerous, so why worry about it?

[@austinharris4]

12:35 John Charles Daly pulled a Houstonian line lol

[@tomhavens6006]

Really funny show. The maternity line contestant brought on some funny guestions.

[@skyedog24]

I only watched the episodes that have Dorothy kilgallen I think I'm on my third time around now and I find most of the guests panelists to be obnoxious and annoying

[@ChrisHansonCanada]

*_Governor of Oklahoma_* *_Buys Maternity Clothes_* Eamonn Andrews had Charlie Chaplin hair.

[@vintagetvandexciting]

well until miltie know how to calm a siuation down on a live broadcast...reminds me of legend anchorman roger grismby later in 1983 lol. watch clip of 5:24 to 5:36 : kzbin.info/www/bejne/aZyXY61qp7iFfLc

[@revk-squared9046]

I love it that some random man ran by wearing a suit. It was well before the streekers .

[@yeahnoonecaresifyouarefirst]

It wasn't a random man it was his agent 😂

[@andrewmorrice9139]

What does that guy say as he runs on stage? Something about mother's day?

[@adamodeo9320]

J H Edmondson died at 46

[@sandydog291]

Interesting they were talking about the election of a 33 year old Governor and 31 year old Lt. Governor when 18 months later the nation elected a 43 year old President. Still though, 1959 was too early for Dylan to be singing about the times changing.

[@roundtable3501]

24:00 Man runs on stage

[@iamjustjudy]

When the man ran on stage Milton Berle should have yelled, "Pick your spots baby!"

[@njmarknj]

No one got that. lol Maybe Richard Pryor should comment. lol

[@jeffseats9465]

Mike Douglas show, right?

[@AlmostReady504]

I wonder why the guest panel wasn't more interesting people

[@accomplice55]

Wait, what?

[@jlh467]

What does that man say? The one who ran on stage.

[@yawlltube]

18:16 Arlene. LOL!

[@SomethingSomethingg]

Wait Oklahoma isn't a southern state?

[@Kmac005]

The term of reference of "southern state" is that of a state which was part of the Confederacy. Oklahoma did not become a state until 1907. Although in fairness when it was "Indian Territory" at the time, there were battles which took place their during the Civil War and the tribes present were either aligned with the Confederacy (mostly Choctaw and Chickasaw) and the Union (mostly the Creek and Cherokee with some Cherokees being with the South). Note that the Oklahoma governor agrees with the assessment that his state is not a "southern state".

[@randylovering24]

John says good night and a good tomorrow

[@joiefulton4015]

The man said YOUR BOOK I READ IT ON MOTHERS DAY.

[@Stuff7630]

Sounded more like ...I made it....for Mother's Day!

[@nadiazahroon6573]

Joie Fulton it was about Mother's Day

[@kallemetsahalme1225]

one thing i agree with is that if this show was made today, half the contestants would be staff of remington, kellogg's, ford and so on.

[@shuroom57]

And NONE of them would manufacture a single thing. All done now in other places.

[@kentetalman9008]

I wish Daly had stopped saying "from whence". He should have known better, or Bennett should have corrected him.

[@austinharris4]

7:08 sounded like someone said Cuomo lol

[@robertmelson2130]

Whoa, Bennett! He thinks the "border states" separating North from South in the U.S. are Kentucky, Tennessee, and Arkansas! 6:42 It's hard to credit Bennett with such ignorance of history and geography, especially given how much he likes to show off in those areas! Could have been worse, I guess; he got 1 out of 3 right, at least.

[@juliansinger]

+Robert Melson It's interesting, the ones he mentions that aren't in the traditional definition of Border States are, at least, ones that seceded after Sumter. (But if he was going by that (wrong) definition, then he should count Virginia, too.)

[@kevincampbell7039]

I think the historical border states are KY, MO, MD and DE. States that allowed slavery before the Civil War but did not secede officially (MO and KY sent representatives to the Confederate Congress and set up a state government as if they seceded). Some also count WV but since the state of WV did not exist before the Civil War, I would say it was not a historic border state.

[@neilmidkiff]

Oklahoma wasn't even a state until 1907, the 46th state to be formed out of former territory. So Civil War era designations of border states really don't apply.

[@Sylvander1911]

Different era, (and country) but when I hear "border states" I think Washington, Montana, Minnesota, Michigan, etc

[@wcwindom56]

Pardon, but Oklahoma IS a Southern State.

[@Kmac005]

Being from and living in Oklahoma, there has always been some confusion about what constitutes a "southern state". I believe that the reference in "What's My Line" was that of a state which existed during the Civil War. And while the Indian Territory as it was called at that time did have numerous battles, it was not a state at that time. Bennet's follow-up question of whether it is a "border" state confirms that they were thinking along the line of states that existed during the Civil War.

[@saran3214]

No it is not. It is Georgia both Carolinas both Virginia's Tennessee Mississippi Louisana.Alabama. Not Texas Arkansas Florida and definitely not Oklahoma. Love those states but they are not southern.

[@gbrumburgh]

Oklahoma is a Mid West state I believe.

[@hopicard]

I am again surprised that New Yorkers in the 1950s did not know the Governors of other states by sight.

[@jvcomedy]

Not just by sight, which maybe is understandable considering the media wasn't what it is now, but you'd think the name would at least be recognizable especially after they know he was a governor.

[@ToddSF]

hopicard -- Well, I'm not surprised. Who keeps track of governors in the bulk of the 50 states even today. You may think me ignorant, but the governor of my state is Jerry Brown (California) and I could name Governor Christie of New Jersey and Governor (Andrew) Cuomo of New York. If I take note of governors of most states, by the next time I need to think of them, they've been replaced by someone else. For example, I know that Rick Perry was the governor of Texas and I know he no longer is, but I couldn't tell you who replaced him.

[@juliansinger]

+hopicard To be honest, I consider myself fairly politically interested, and I really don't know even half of the governors by sight, if that. Nor by name. I haven't the slightest idea who the governor of Alabama is, as just a random example.

[@Farmer_El]

I think I am rather decently informed, but I could not name for you more than 10% of the governors of the various US states and territories.

[@BillyAlabama]

Bennett always tried to be funny by asking awkward, uncomfortable questions. They were never funny.

[@armyvet4081]

francis is very much out of control - loud mouth

[@patrickoconnor9104]

Eamonn Andrews isn't a very good questioner.

[@miketheyunggod2534]

Eamon Andrews asks dumb questions. Where did he come from?

[@Qboro66]

Ireland?🤷🏽‍♂️

[@cuttersboi08]

Ireland. He was the host of the British version of What’s My Line. Then again one would have to be paying attention to the entire show to gain that information. “Dumb questions,” eh?

[@peternagy-im4be]

Bellevue

[@kathyyoung1774]

Governor has a big mouth and gave too many clues in his attempt to be funny.

[@kristabrewer9363]

Someone down below said that the Police found out who that guy was. I was like, the POLICE?! He only went out there because he was such a big fan of the mystery guest. I hope he didn't get arrested for that!

[@yondrisferguson3215]

@Krista Brewer Whatever his intentions were, he shouldn’t of ran up there. By the applause, I’d say most, if not all those in the theater that day lauded Milton Berle. Yet they all managed to hold their composure and maintain a certain level of decorum that is expected in a setting such as a live taping. This man jumped on stage. No one knew what his intentions were. So I believe it was rather apt that police intervention was sought.

[@peternagy-im4be]

@@yondrisferguson3215 wrong again sir or madam

[@clearfield2009]

Dorothy asked if Berle's wife had a lot to do with his career -- Gracie Allen. And he said NO. That is sexist bs

[@yondrisferguson3215]

@jc Gracie Allen was George Burns’ wife; whom I believe Dorothy Kilgallen thought was the mystery guest; hence the question.

[@hcombs0104]

@@yondrisferguson3215 I thought maybe she meant Danny Kaye, whose wife was his manager.

[@peternagy-im4be]

No it is not. Get a thick skin.

[@miltonsmith974]

LOL! Gracie Allen was the famous wife of George Burns, not Milton Berle. Ms. Kilgallen probably thought that Burns was the mystery guest. Based upon what she was implying by the question, Berle's answer was correct. His wife had nothing, professionally, to do with his career. It was an innocent and accurate answer; he obviously wanted to be careful not to mislead the panelists.

[@strikket]

After the show the police indentified the unknown man as Cornelius McConell. He was a 44 year old postal worker from New York.

[@FermatWiles]

Source?

[@44032]

He "went postal".

[@zarabada6125]

@@FermatWiles newspaperarchive.com/anniston-star-may-11-1959-p-12/ Apparently they took him to a psychiatric hospital for evaluation.

[@kristabrewer9363]

The POLICE?! He only went out there because he was such a big fan of the mystery guest. I hope he didn't get arrested for that!

[@MrYfrank14]

@@zarabada6125 - I don't know what that was supposed to be, but it is unreadable. looks like they played scrabble in the typesetter. in the middle of an article about pulling an unconscious girl from a car, they start talking about tomatoes.