What's My Line - Air Date: September 23, 1956

What's My Line
Air Date: September 23, 1956

[@elisabethanderson8654]

Just love this old show

[@YY4Me133]

I often look up guests on Wikipedia, even those with which I'm familiar. I just did so with June Taylor, and I must say, she was a very impressive woman. She and her dancers worked very hard, and were innovators. I remember watching them, when I was a kid, particularly enjoying the overhead shots that made their movements seem kaleidoscopic.

[@janetmarletto6667]

The June Taylor Dancers were on the weekly Jackie Gleason show. Always impressive!🏵

[@joycejean-baptiste4355]

Leave it Cerf, the avid reader to have heard of Mr. Beale. Well read man. A book worm we used to say. Mr. Cerf was in the right business, book publisher, indeed!

[@MrJoeybabe25]

Wow, what with the June Taylor Dancers, John could go off into "Conference Heaven"!

[@meri1953]

Such fun to watch...they know exactly the right questions to ask.

[@MrMenefrego1]

[@lorisullivan327]

Between Dorothy, Bennett, and Arlene, they are unstoppable

[@cynthialowery5521]

This was on for well over 16-17yrs. I have seen almost all theses episodes. I even watched the one that aired after Dorothy Kiligan was murder.

[@MrMenefrego1]

That's murdered.

[@user-il5oq5df6l]

That's Kilgallen.

[@WhatsMyLine]

Marcus, if it would help you out at all, I'd be happy to send you the Excel file log I use to keep track of the series. I used a defunct GeoCites page as the source, and it took a while to put together due to the messed up formatting of the archived site, but it's incredibly accurate. I haven't encountered a single error yet. My guess is you're using TV.com and that's where the season/episode numbers came from, because that site requires shows to be entered that way. The Excel file might be more convenient for you. Just offering!

[@chuckendweiss4849]

Beautiful women with an average age around 22. Which puts them in their late 80s and grandmothers

[@gunnyobos8380]

Love to hear the then current movies these celebrities were appearing in!

[@drewsmusical]

wouldnt it be nice to have all the shows between 1951 and 56

[@thesixshooter6506]

I'm surprised Mr. Cerf didn't disqualify himself after realizing he had read about the pilot's line. Maybe that wasn't the norm in the early years of the show, as it was subsequently.

[@danasnow8324]

William Holden is the Mystery Guest

[@marycleary7810]

Bennett should have disqualified himself

[@stevekru6518]

Respectfully disagree. There was no personal and no private relationship with the canal navigator. WML directors determine whether contestants’ name or looks require anonymity or masking. Bennett exceeded expectations by recognizing what the show organizer did not expect. If anything Bennett bent over backwards to avoid undue credit by divulging his reasoning.

[@MrJoeybabe25]

The moth ball guy had to come out of the closet for this show.

[@MrMenefrego1]

🤣

[@haggis655]

Bill Holden's skit with Lucille Ball on her show is one of the classics, as he tries to hide from her attempts to ogle him as he sits opposite on her in a restaurant. And he has probably the two most powerful words in the history of the cinema, breaking the ice in "Bridge Over the River Kwai," shouting as he sees Alec Guinness trying to save the bridge from being bombed: "KILL HIM!"

[@MrJoeybabe25]

I wonder how the JTD's split the 10 dollars. Just the straws alone would be a fortune rising into the billions.

[@stevekru6518]

Joe, forgive my ignorance, but I don’t understand your comment. I suspect sarcasm to highlight the minuscule prize or a risqué comment about a bevy of women, each of whom looks sexier than Dorothy, none of whom look as attractive as Arlene. Please explain the reference to straws.

[@MrJoeybabe25]

@@stevekru6518 I went back to watch that segment and I don't remember what I was getting at. Jeepers!

[@MrMenefrego1]

@@stevekru6518 "minuscule prize" $10.00 in 1956 is equivalent in purchasing power to about $105.00 today, not too bad for a few minutes of work.

[@MrJoeybabe25]

The video is not synched.

[@user-xn7zp5xj8j]

Thys is so rigged,,,