What's My Line? - Hugh O' Brian; PANEL: Gene Rayburn, Phyllis Newman (Aug 27, 1967)

MYSTERY GUEST: Hugh O' Brian
PANEL: Arlene Francis, Gene Rayburn, Phyllis Newman, Bennett Cerf
Many thanks to Steve M. Russo for providing this episode in much higher quality than the version I had previously. Folks interested in high quality, well packaged, well-edited DVDs of WML (and other game shows) can contact him directly for more information at [e-mail].
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[@princeharming8963]

For every person who has offered a heartfelt thanks for your incredible efforts in getting these episodes uploaded.. I'm sure there must be thousands more who've enjoyed them as well. For myself, I can say that over the past ten years this has been an immensely effective medicine for the soul at the end of some rather hectic days. And I Thank you for all your hard work.

[@moonlightray8493]

Hugh O'Brian was a great Mystery Guest. His little finger guns at the audience after signing in, his assortment of voices to stump the panel, and his articulate response about being in the marines... what a class act!

[@ToddSF]

Gary -- on the eve of the last episode, I just wanted to say thank you for all your good efforts and hard work in getting the KZbin What's My Line? channel up and running and populated with episodes. I can't believe how many of them you've uploaded and I know, in many cases you not only had to track them down, but you've spent a lot of time splicing some of them together to come up with a better-quality or more-intact version than any single one already available. Certainly all that work has been of great enjoyment to a great many people, including me. Your work -- and you yourself -- are much appreciated. Thank you kindly.

[@WhatsMyLine]

It's been a true pleasure for me. Thanks for the words of appreciation. :)

[@jimsteele9261]

I'm just finishing up a run through of the series. I add my thanks as well.

[@vickimanager]

We just watched the final episode again tonight. From 2017.. we send thanks again to you Gary.

[@alexhu7939]

Gary, Thank you so much! I watched on the average 15 episodes a day.....

[@debbigray1752]

Yes. Thank you so for your many hours of work and great gift in putting these on line. I've watched the 17 years through twice during the pandemic and it has been such a joy.

[@no_handle_required]

TV gold. Never since, and never again.

[@donnacook8994]

Mrs Bryan was a beautiful, gracious, and wellspoken guest. I'm sure that she was an amazing and professional interpreter for Jamaica at the United Nations.

[@kimfuhrmann7700]

I want to thank you, Gary, for all the time and energy and heart you put into this project. I started watching What’s My Line in 2014 when I was sick with a virus. I began by Googling Soupy Sales. I loved the episode so I started watching more, choosing by familiarity with the stars. I kept a list of what I watched so I wouldn’t watch the same ones again. After I had watched about fifty, I realized I could watch them in order by using your channel . I threw away the list and started watching from the beginning. At first, I didn’t like Dorothy Kilgallen, thinking she was arrogant. But she soon won me over with her intelligence, wry wit, giggle, and ferocious game playing. I was familiar with Bennett Cerf’s name-we had some of his joke books in our house. I didn’t know the others, but I soon learned to love them: Arlene for her warmth and bawdy laugh, Bennett for his puns and unabashed adoration of women, Fred for his genuine humility. Oh, how I dreaded the day that Dorothy would die! I cringed at the “walk of shame” and was glad at each format change. I was sad when Fred died, sad to see Steve Allen go. After Dorothy died, the show lost a little of its edge, but I was relieved to find all of the new guest panelists engaging. I especially liked Tony Randall, Martin Gabel, Joey Bishop and Phyllis Newman. I, too, would like to know who the heck Sue Oakland was. I started doing hula hoop for exercise, and I exercised three times a week while watching What’s My Line. I read Bennett’s book “At Random” and loved it. I had our library search far and wide for Gil Fates book. It was falling apart. After each episode, I looked forward to reading the comments, enjoying the small scuffles, the erudite comments and the humor. I felt like I got to know each of the regulars. I wish I could have joined in, but I was reading them sometimes years later. I will miss you! I worried when Freemantle wanted to shut down the channel. I’m so glad you prevailed! My friends got tired of hearing me talk about What’s My Line. I learned a lot (I never knew cranberries were grown in a bog). It was fun seeing how much Americans loved baseball, how much they adored astronauts, and how polite and gracious they were. It was fun witnessing the excitement when Hawaii became a state. Each episode had something to impart, even if it was just a witty remark, an interesting occupation, or a chance to roll my eyes at John Daly’s long explanations while at the same time admiring his volubility. For three years, What’s My Line has been a delightful part of my life, a small world in itself. It has enriched my days and provided me with some excellent entertainment. I’m so glad you took on this project! I know you worked hard. Thank you!

[@WhatsMyLine]

A belated thank you for the very kind comment, Kim! I didn't see it till now because KZbin, in its algorithm's infinite wisdom, decided to mark it as spam, along with several hundred other comments this month that all have to be approved ONE BY ONE. They make nothing easy for channel owners!

[@kimfuhrmann7700]

You're very welcome! I just now thought to look to see if anyone ever responded, so your reply seems right on time to me!

[@margaretklos8937]

​@@WhatsMyLine, were Arlene Francis & Bennett Cerf the only 2 panelists throughout the entire run ?

[@DukeEdwards29]

@@margaretklos8937Arlene was the only one there for the entire run. She joined after the first couple of episodes. Bennett joined the show after its first year, replacing Louis Untermeyer.

[@VahanNisanian]

Well, nothing left for me to add, but this: That's 875 episodes down, and 1 more episode to go!

[@loissimmons6558]

There was always something about Gene Rayburn that I liked. I would have enjoyed seeing him as a regular panelist on WML. A shame we had to wait until the next to last episode aired when the death rattle of the original WML was already being heard.

[@dinahbrown902]

Gene was the reason I watched match game. Just something 😊

[@glennstevens4259]

Imagine that. Arlene Francis and Gene Rayburn together on WML. Two of my very favorites. Gene is my all-time favorite game show MC!

[@leannsherman6723]

Hugh O’Brian was so handsome and great with that high-pitched ;and low-pitched) voice. Nice that he went to Vietnam. He was so refined and polished and obviously good hearted. ❤

[@dinahbrown902]

Wyatt Earp

[@nancybrewster9137]

I just love watching these shows, it brings back good memories.

[@rah62]

RIP Hugh O'Brian

[@jmccracken1963]

Both the introductions and the "good night"s on this show definitely sound valedictory. Most certainly, Arlene Francis and Phyllis Newman are crying at the end - and Bennett Cerf comes close to tears, too. Concerning the national tour of Abe Burrows' play CACTUS FLOWER, in which Hugh O'Brian starred: In Chicago, the play did run at the Blackstone Theatre, 60 E. Balbo Drive (which is now the Merle Reskin Theatre, owned and operated by the Theatre School of De Paul University). Hugh O'Brian and Elizabeth Allen co-starred, and the cast also featured Ethelynne Dunfee, Gene Lindsey, Kenneth Kimmins, Arthur Anderson, Barbara Louis and Gay Edmond. Abe Burrows, who had been both a panelist and a Mystery Guest on WHAT'S MY LINE? over the years, directed his play; sets were designed by Oliver Smith, and costumes were designed by Theoni V. Aldredge (who would later design the costumes for quite a few Woody Allen movies). And the show was produced by recent WML? Mystery Guest David Merrick. By the way: Not only was there a slip in chronology at the beginning of the show, with John Daly's mention of Gene Rayburn's participation in the 16 July 1967 episode, but there may have been another at the end of Hugh O'Brian's segment. If one counts the weeks, one would assume that CACTUS FLOWER would open in Chicago in early September, right after Labor Day - so, when this show aired, the play would already be in the midst of its national tour (probably in Washington, DC in late August). Hugh O'Brian's movie debut was in an uncredited bit part in the 1948 film "Kidnapped," but his next movie role was a very good credited part, as Len Randall, a cripple, in Ida Lupino's 1949 film "Never Fear," in which he co-stars with Sally Forrest, Keefe Brasselle, Eve Miller, and Lawrence Dobkin. Three other "off the beaten path" films in which Hugh O'Brian is one of the stars that I highly recommend are the 1952 Universal-International comedy "Sally and St. Anne," the 1953 Universal-International musical/drama "Meet Me At The Fair," and the 1958 Twentieth Century-Fox film "The Fiend Who Walked The West," which is a very creepy remake of "Kiss of Death" set in the West. I've seen all four; two of them may still be on KZbin! Great job by panelists, contestants, crew, staff, and panel moderator on the next-to-last show! Truly, they're going out with heads held high. Gene Rayburn does a nice job as a guest panelist. And good for Phyllis Newman for politely but firmly stopping Bennett Cerf from "pawing" her, however inadvertently.

[@dariawells7438]

Love love LOVE Phyllis' dress in this ep! I would wear this any day!

[@debhayes2822]

Hugh O'Brian was very handsome.

[@donnacook8994]

Loved his wink! He was so hilarious! 🤣 And yes, very handsome!

[@johnmoreland6089]

Hugh O’Brian: “I didn’t know there was any other way to get her?” 😂

[@Beson-SE]

Well, the show ended in good spirit when Gene suggested that "if you have an interesting occupation, DON'T write to us - Start your own show!" :-) 24:10

[@Brian-uy2tj]

Just a side note, Hugh O'Brian played Arnold Schwarzenegger's biological father in the movie Twins. It was a small role but he was good and it was a funny moment in the movie.

[@karlakor]

What's My Line was always a must-see show at our house, and even though this episode was broadcast more than 53 years ago, I still felt a pang of sadness when Bennett said, "next week's the last, John, and I'm going to miss you." People today could take a lesson in civility from this show, and I enjoy watching these episodes on KZbin as a way of escaping the hateful, upside down world of today.

[@ChadQuick270W]

I'd sure like to have seen this final season in color as it was broadcast but still I'm really enjoying all these episodes you've taken the time to upload and share with us. WML? has always been one of my favorite panel shows

[@maynardsmoreland]

This is one episode I wish were still in color. I'd love to see Phyllis' outfit in its colorful, shiny natural way!

[@rsprockets7846]

mod retro colors of 60s

[@paulmcmurray3491]

Thank You once again, for posting The WML stuff.

[@WhatsMyLine]

My pleasure-- glad you enjoy the shows. :)

[@marilyncocozzatrillo1534]

Hugh was a wonderful and humble person!

[@lukeswall5999]

RIP Phyllis Newman (1933 - 2019)

[@glennstevens4259]

Hugh O'Brian. Excellent actor! Nice person.

[@rctodd3]

I CANT WAIT FOR THE TO TELL THE TRUTH CHANNEL TO COME OUT. IM GLAD WE CAN WATCH WHATS MY LINE ANYTIME WE WISH,EVEN ON OIUR MOBILE DEVICES

[@galileocan]

Dear Bennett - even if you ask Miss Bryan a fifth time, it won't change the fact that English is the only language spoken in Jamaica

[@loissimmons6558]

+Galileocan g Except for the fact that Bennett was right. There is a form of Creole spoken in Jamaica that is known as Jamaican Patois or simply Patois. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamaican_Patois

[@saran3214]

Dear @galileocan - Jamaican Patois, also known as Patwa and Jamaican Creole, is the most widely spoken language in the country. I don't know why that lady did not say this. Bennett was very widely traveled and worldly.

[@alskndlaskndal]

I liked tonight's lineup. I think the show could have lasted several more years with Phyllis and Gene in the lineup. But it was not to be.

[@Walterwhiterocks]

There was one thing strangely different about this show. There were absolutely no whistles or cat calls from the audience when the three very attractive girls (the worm counters and then the interpreter) entered and signed in. Also, I'm wondering if Phyllis, either prior or subsequently to this show, ever appeared on stage with Hugh O'Brian in any production.

[@dinahbrown902]

Yeah ain’t it a shame. Probably woman’s lib

[@LightningSt0rm]

I know this post is 5 years old, but the lack of cat calls can be easily explained here. The worm counters were children so even in 1967 that would have been disgusting. And for the interpreter, again I must point out the year 1967. She is a black woman and while beautiful, back then with a white audience, this doesn't surprise me.

[@richatlarge462]

​@@LightningSt0rmI think you are correct on both counts.

[@ghshinn]

Miss Newman was sharp tonight. She got the worms (though not the counting) and the translator.

[@savethetpc6406]

ghshinn The U.N. makes a very careful distinction between interpreters and translators. The technology has probably changed since then, but in 1967 those who did "simultaneous interpretation," as Miss Bryan did, sat in a booth above the General Assembly room. As people were speaking in the General Assembly session, each interpreter would orally translate what was being said into whichever language was his/her specialty. Listeners in the General Assembly Room all had headphones attached to their seats that they could put on to hear the translation/interpretation. There was some kind of a dial, also attached to the seat, which listeners could adjust to choose which language they wanted to hear. During this time period (1962-1986), my father worked for the United Nations English Translation Service. People who heard about his job frequently assumed that the type of work he did was what Miss Bryan did, but he was always careful to correct them. He was not a U.N. interpreter but worked strictly with written translations, as did all of the translators in the Translation Services. He always says that simultaneous interpretation would have been far too difficult for him, but he was (and still is) very good at translating written work. During his tenure with the U.N. he translated *written documents into English* from over 30 languages!

[@ghshinn]

SaveThe TPC I am familiar with the distinction, since I am a translator of written material, as well as an interpreter of that material. An oral interpreter, specifically a simultaneous interpreter, is a highly specialized ability. However, I knew a man in San Francisco who worked for their local UN office who called himself a "simultaneous translator." When I asked him if he meant interpreter, he said, "that too." This was 1970, and he was a transplanted Israeli, who translated from Hebrew into English.

[@savethetpc6406]

ghshinn What languages do you translate? My father translates written material from various languages into English, but the only languages he feels competent to work with as an interpreter are his native Hungarian into English, and vice versa.

[@ghshinn]

SaveThe TPC I have a doctoral degree in two dead languages: Koine Attic Greek, and Classical Hebrew. I'm currently translating portions of the New Testament and some of the Greek Church fathers. I have also translated several portions of the Hebrew Scriptures.

[@WhatsMyLine]

ghshinn Wow. I'm very impressed. I wish it were more apparent that I'm not being sarcastic without my having to say "I'm not being sarcastic", but it's probably not, so for the record, I'm not being sarcastic.

[@saran3214]

Love the Jamaican lady's dress, her whole look. We need to dress better, look like these people did.

[@bygodsgracejourneytohealin8368]

Very handsome indeed and charismatic! ❤

[@paullad3919]

I used to watch the original Match Game when I came home from school in 3rd & 4th grade. It is too bad that only 4 episodes are known to exist.

[@kristabrewer6736]

Outside of a few episodes back when Gene and Allen and Bud Colley was on as mystery guests , this is the first Gene's been on here

[@freddyfurrah3789]

Hugh O'Brien got married, for the first and only time when he was 81. There is still hope for me. 😅

[@soulierinvestments]

John with Hugh demonstrates that John could do a great interview when he had the time and inclination.

[@VahanNisanian]

Before there was Rod Roddy's "If you would like to be a contestant on "Hit Man... FORGET IT!" (from the 1983 short-lived but fun NBC game show "Hit Man"), there was Gene Rayburn's "If you have any interesting occupations, don't send them in!".

[@VahanNisanian]

Recorded on July 23, 1967. When John says to Gene something about "last Sunday night", he was referring to the Mystery Guest segment with the Goodson-Todman hosts. Also, this was the same panel lineup as on that episode, and this was the 77th and final pre-taped episode.

[@savethetpc6406]

***** They had several "flies in the ointment" of their attempts to present this show as if it were airing live. John's goof about Gene's appearance "last Sunday night" is one of them, and the references to when Hugh O'Brien would be (or had already) been going on tour with "Cactus Flower" was another. It actually makes me feel a bit better when such references to the fact that this show was prerecorded become somewhat obvious. As I've said before, I wish they would have just come right out and explained when this episode was recorded, for the benefit of the TV audience, instead of trying to maintain the pretense of a live broadcast.

[@dizzyology7514]

SaveThe TPC Yes, from our perspective just admitting upfront that the show was prerecorded makes a lot of sense. But we take taping for granted these days. Back in the 1960s, with taping still a new technology (and after having done live shows year around for almost a dozen years) the WML team seemed to have a subtle feeling that broadcasting a taped show was cheating the audience. They had to formally acknowledge it during Johnny Olson's announcements at the end, but they seem to have tried to allow the audience at home to maintain the illusion that this was live TV if they wanted to.

[@savethetpc6406]

dizzyology Interesting point, and most likely valid, but the dishonesty of it still bothers me.

[@dizzyology7514]

SaveThe TPC Well, that seems like a strong word, but I understand how you feel. I suppose that regular reading of the political news of the present day has shifted my definition of "dishonesty" to where what WML was doing in the 60s feels quite benign -- almost sweet.

[@WhatsMyLine]

dizzyology Just be happy Joe Postove is probably asleep now. He had much stronger words many times for this practice. I don't find it troublesome at all. It's just a game show, not a news program, so I don't see what's wrong with trying to preserve the atmosphere of a live broadcast. They did tape the shows as if they were live, without stopping and without retakes. If they were trying to pass off a show with post-production editing as a live broadcast it would perhaps bother me a tiny bit, but otherwise, I don't really see what's wrong with it. The shows *were* clearly identified as pre-recorded at the end as dizzyology said. No one was really "lying" in my view, they were just trying to keep the feel of the pre-recorded shows consistent with the live ones. It bugs me more that they often did such a poor job of keeping the relative dates straight and avoiding references to the prior week and such.

[@VahanNisanian]

Now depending on which order of "What's My Line" you go by, the last legitimate mystery guest was different. If you go by airing order, the last legitimate mystery guest was Hugh O'Brian. But if you go by production order, the last legitimate mystery guest was Lauren Bacall.

[@richatlarge462]

I think the production order would be more valid. Yet since the episode with Lauren Bacall is no longer with us, I will count this episode instead as the final one with a "real" mystery guest.

[@soulierinvestments]

Freeze at 4:10 -- to paraphrase Dorothy Parker: " men always make passes / at girls who wear glasses" especially if the girl is Phyllis Newman.

[@loissimmons6558]

This woman found it to be true for her as well. kzbin.info/www/bejne/aKTOYqt_mrCDhqM

[@jimsteele9261]

Re John's joke at 14:27 I heard that same probably apocryphal story about early attempts at computer translation. It was between English and Russian this time. The English sentence "The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak" was translated into Russian as "The vodka is strong, but the meat is rotten".

[@Merrida100]

Oooohhh. That's what it was about. I couldn't tell until I actually saw this written out. It wasn't making sense.

[@loissimmons6558]

In his fumbling, John reversed the order so they didn't properly correspond.

[@petemarshall8094]

Over 17 years I don’t believe Mr. Daly ever told a joke properly. Like Mr. Cerf, he had a great understanding of the humor, but neither of them could properly deliver a punchline. Close proximity to the world’s greatest masters of timing and delivery: Jack Benny, George Burns, Groucho, Johnny Carson, et al, seemed to teach them nothing. More painful to see than an awkward, sozzled old uncle trying to make a speech at his niece’s wedding. I guess Henry Morgan finally just couldn’t take it anymore..

[@rmelin13231]

@@petemarshall8094 I agree with you that neither Bennett nor John were good at delivering humor, but I am not convinced that is something that can be "learned". Yes there is timing involved, but so many other elements contribute to the success of verbal (and physical) humor. Some are born with them, some aren't. That's my take (following some years of research).

[@poetcomic1]

This show is a reminder of how HOT O'Brian was considered back then. Att Bennett's question of him being a 'leading man of the George Hamilton type' Hugh smirked - Hamilton looks like a scrawny 'pretty-boy' next to the rough, masculine O'Brian. For all his Wyatt Earp toughness however, O'Brian had those ladykiller dimples when he smiled, something brought upby a rapturous Arlene on another of his mystery guest appearances.

[@b1i2l336]

Anybody else bothered by the terrible situation where the panelists can't hear or understand what the guests are saying? This seemed to be a chronic problem with this great show.

[@jec1ny]

I can't believe that they cancelled this show.

[@lukeswall5999]

Television was changing. Class was quickly leaving the television landscape as early as 1964, and after almost eighteen years Mr. Daly probably wanted to peruse something new.

[@davidsanderson5918]

Luke’s Wall That wasn't the reason for cancelling the show and secondly it stabds to reason that Daly would'vd found a new project to follow WML only after hearing the show was to be cancelled....not before.

[@lukeswall5999]

No.. this show was still very much mid 50s.

[@rsprockets7846]

18 yrs on tv was forst show when tv was started

[@soulierinvestments]

Some person with foresight at G-T should have sprung for color videotape to preserve this second to last show -- what with the gowns and the last Sunday night WML appearance of Phyllis Newman. [eventually she was one of the first panelists of Syndicated WML] Phyllis's mini-skirt probably sent flashes of spectrum color into the color cameras.

[@savethetpc6406]

soulierinvestments Phyllis did *not* think Bennett was so "adorable" at around 2:00, when his attempt to show one of the "discs" on her dress brought his hand a bit too close for comfort to a certain part of her body! Perhaps that's why she also literally gagged at his next pun. Rudeness begets rudeness, I suppose...

[@SuperWinterborn]

SaveThe TPC Or clumsiness begets annoyance? ;)

[@GOLDVIOLINbowofdeath]

Bennett Cerf, “adorable”? Who wrote the introductions?

[@TheJonaco]

I think Bennett had Barbados, not Jamaica, in mind with the interpreter. "Bajan" is short for "Barbadian".

[@MatthewTheMattam]

Yeah, he was thinking of the Jamaican Creole also called Patois, also spelled Patwa or Patwah.

[@gailsirois7175]

He's an idiot....had no idea WHAT he was thinking..or meaning

[@TheJMascis666]

Aired on the same day of President Johnson's birthday and the death of Beatles manager Brian Epstein.

[@nguyendailam6703]

@gcjerryusc disagree.

[@Beson-SE]

The two girls who were worm counters wore ordinary plain dresses and had no big hairdos. Nice to see that not every girl back then looked like go-go dancers. 3:34

[@jmccracken1963]

Brenda Bertke and Judy Choate were also much younger: 15 years old. (I assume so, since John Daly does say that they are entering their sophomore year of high school.) They do, indeed, wear age-appropriate clothing and sport age-appropriate haircuts - and they do comport themselves like two nice young ladies.

[@loissimmons6558]

They were also country girls. In those days, it took a little longer for fashion and cultural trends to reach rural areas. The population of Brooklyn (MI) was about 1,000 people. It was mostly a summer resort town until the 1950's when I-94 was completed. The Michigan International Speedway four miles south of the village was about a year away.

[@robbob1234]

And yet John would have been quite happy to take them home as pets. Haha, we know what he meant, but the thought of someone saying that on TV today!

[@Beson-SE]

Hugh O'Brian will be 90 on April 19, 2015. Before Bennett mentioned George Hamilton, I actually thought Hugh looked a little bit like him. :) 17:52

[@dinahbrown902]

What an insult to Hugh

[@rmelin13231]

@@dinahbrown902 Had me laughing on that response!

[@gabesmith1933]

4 years to the day of Bennett's death.

[@mehboobkm3728]

I still can't get it out of my mind, but how did Phyllis Newman narrow down the "line" of second contestant to "interpreter in United Nations??"

[@user-ne8lh2vr2t]

She listened carefully to all the questions and answers from the rest of the panel which I must say zeroed in on it.

[@b1i2l336]

Phyllis Newman is so intelligent.

[@Beson-SE]

John: "Will you sign in after you have come through the door (?) and moved up to the board and entered, please!" 8:11

[@WhatsMyLine]

It just gets more and more ridiculous. :)

[@savethetpc6406]

What's My Line? Aristophanes! :D

[@WhatsMyLine]

SaveThe TPC HA!!! :)

[@RikardPeterson]

It made me wonder if he was being weird on purpose.

[@loissimmons6558]

If indeed the impetus to change his invitation to sign in came from Gil Fates, good for John to sock it to them. He knew he had Fates by the short hairs. He had a contract, a new job lined up and how successful would they be getting someone to host the last few episodes of a dying show. And how could anyone but John host the finale.

[@jayrice5156]

Phyllis dress!!! Wish I had it!

[@yawlltube]

"The Jamaican language". LMAO!

[@lilybean835]

God Phillis Newman has the most shrill cackle I've ever heard. I always dread watching an episode where she makes an appearance. She's fine if she just doesn't open her mouth.

[@leannsherman6723]

Phyllis Newman was very good at this game. She sounded a little ditzy, but she really wasn’t.

[@rmelin13231]

She did come off as ditzy, but I enjoyed her as a panelist. A few episodes back she actually asked rhetorically "how many legs do rabbits have?".

[@freddyfurrah3789]

All women are DITZY. 😅

[@soulierinvestments]

24:10 -- Rayburn could be funny spontaneously, but that observation has a tinge of irony and sadness to it as well.

[@loissimmons6558]

Arlene is almost giddy in her reaction to it. It was the kind of joke that was a tension breaker.

[@caroler01]

The trumpet up wars since.

[@stevekirsch6803]

Phyllis Newman was hot stuff!

[@1jamyc]

17:39 Phyllis "Do you get the girl in the end?". Hugh "I didn't know there was any other way to get 'er" LOL!!!

[@hopelewis5650]

Isn't this the second set of worm counters?

[@galileocan]

So would it be correct that Hugh O'Brien would truly be WML's last "external" Mystery Guest?

[@jmccracken1963]

Well, he is the last "external" Mystery Guest in terms of when the show aired. But the last external Mystery Guest in terms of when the show was made is really Lauren Bacall, on the final episode aired live, which was 23 July 1967. This episode was videotaped on Sunday, 23 July 1967, right before that live episode - and the panelists are the same for both episodes. (Sadly, that 23 July 1967 episode is one of several episodes from 1967 for which no kinescope is known to exist.)

[@rsprockets7846]

holy shoot miniskirts

[@rsprockets7846]

they got shorter by 1969

[@danielfronc4304]

"Hugh O'Brian" was born Hugh Charles Krampe, 50% German. Not a lick of Irish in him.

[@519djw6]

Although I found Bennet Cerf abrasive--and sometimes just plain silly--at times, I already miss the kind of "game show" in which someone could make a jocular reference to "The Diet of Worms," and expect that some of the viewers would actually understand the historical event he was alluding to. Requiescat in pace, Bennet Cerf.

[@kamillgran9408]

This is back when men looked like men and didn’t dress like a 12year old.

[@franklesser5655]

Hugh O'Brian was sort of nice looking.

[@RichardHannay]

Who was Hugh O’Brian’s last leading lady?! 😱

[@vintagetvandexciting]

tomorrow's the big day!! :D

[@WhatsMyLine]

Jeff A I'm posting the finale with the original commercials, though. You've never seen the unedited broadcast. :)

[@WhatsMyLine]

Jeff A "Argggh"? Why are you saying "argggh" to me? If you don't want to watch the commercials, then skip them. Nice of you to complain about something that takes a lot of extra work for me to provide. A lot of other people appreciate seeing the commercials. It's fine if you don't, but I don't get why you'd make a special point of it to me. There's no promo for WML's replacement. There are no network promos at all.

[@WhatsMyLine]

Jeff A Hitchcock's jokes about commercials were a touch more elaborate and identifiable as jokes than simply exclaiming "argggh". I'm glad you were only joking, though. People DO complain to me about the commercials sometimes and it really aggravates me. I apologize for misinterpreting.

[@loissimmons6558]

+What's My Line? And on an episode where one of the challengers worked as an interpreter! :-)

[@paullad3919]

Is Bennett trying to think of "Patois"?

[@VahanNisanian]

And both Hugh O'Brian and Lauren Bacall starred in "Cactus Flower". In 1967, O'Brian replaced Barry Nelson, and Bacall was replaced by Elizabeth Allen. So the choices for mystery guests could not have been anymore appropriate for the night of July 23, 1967.

[@renebrock7823]

Good of course.........

[@disvids8754]

Again, I see the mystery guest in "Up next' - a little more than 1 1/2 years before. Maybe the show really had run its course if it couldn't bring in any fresh faces.

[@loissimmons6558]

It also looked like Goodson-Todman were signing celebrities to package deals. Many of the people I am seeing as celebrity contestants on Password in the summer of 1967 were also appearing on WML or another G-T show (for example, Betsy Palmer).

[@randylovering24]

875th show

[@kenp3L]

Why did JCD give the bum's rush to the worm girls -- and to a lesser extent, the UN interpreter -- only to spend 15 minutes with Hugh What's-his-name?

[@petemarshall8094]

Because they weren’t a fraction as interesting as a top-billed ex-Marine actor who had just returned from the Vietnam war zone visiting our soldiers. But by all means do suggest stretching out the interview with two shy teenagers on the proper methodology of worm counting, or quiz the interpreter on grammatical differences between French and English. Like with news “if it bleeds, it leads.”

[@dinahbrown902]

Wyatt Earp

[@jeffmotsinger8203]

17:25 OMG, how did that get past the censors?

[@tomitstube]

too bad most of the original matchgame in the 60's is lost.

[@balconi89]

Gene Rayburn did not look right wearing a bow tie. I can only imagine him in a tacky 70s suit.

[@nolancain8792]

DTB1997 he did it again in 1978 for CBS’s 50 years.

[@michaelrube9881]

He probably did wear tacky 70's suits 😅

[@GOLDVIOLINbowofdeath]

Let’s see a photo of what you looked like in the 70s

[@zenarcade64]

19:00 I knew he was gonna say that! 22:49 "I don't care what anyone thinks of the war, I just hope to God we support 'em". This was when the anti-war movement was getting huge, as opposed to his previous appearance when he didn't feel the need to say this. But of course the best way to have supported the troops would be to bring them home. And I'm sure his tours didn't show any of the tons of atrocities committed against Vietnamese in their own country by foreigners, which they'd been fighting for literally a millenium; first the Chinese, then Japanese, then French, and finally Americans. Sick.

[@dinahbrown902]

Fact

[@rsprockets7846]

still using the old Black and white equipment and studio from 1949 too cheeep to do color

[@richatlarge462]

The 1967 episodes were in color, but the source of the tapes that are available to this KZbin channel are in black and white.

[@lindaroper2654]

Newman shouldn't of said Hugh I Brian,it wasn't her turn.

[@robbernath]

*have (not "of")

[@drumbum3.142]

Humm.. ... Might an Interpreter, be considered a Teacher ,?.. 🤔🤔🤔

[@GOLDVIOLINbowofdeath]

Sorry, but counting worms is not an occupation

[@rmelin13231]

Certainly was a line in 1967. Got paid to do it.

[@JohnnylMr]

Gene Rayburn is not nor has ever been funny.

[@rmelin13231]

But he did somewhat resemble a horse.

[@rambleonfromhere8780]

I find phylis Newman annoying. Just saying

[@dinahbrown902]

Me too

[@kenchristie9214]

I've heard Hugh sing Cool Water and he was almost as good as Marty Robbins.