MYSTERY GUEST: Irene Dunne PANEL: Dorothy Kilgallen, Jim Backus, Arlene Francis, Bennett Cerf Many thanks to epaddon for providing his copy of this episode! ----------------------- New Facebook group for WML! / 728471287199862
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@keithnaylor1981 Жыл бұрын
The corset fitter had the most amazing personality I’ve ever seen on the show.
@loubrockdorff20452 жыл бұрын
wow!! Miss Palmer is so absolutely beautifull!! And Seems like a wonderfull humanbeing!
@Pennhnd114 күн бұрын
She is!!!!
@erichanson4262 жыл бұрын
That was beautiful yodeling the first guest did
@dylandunne-watkins18548 жыл бұрын
my great aunt irene Dunne , amazing footage , thanks
@DyneVan7 жыл бұрын
She had a wonderful presence on screen.
@mcgrandma21565 жыл бұрын
My all time favorite actress! Best ever, and a wonderful human being also!
@Rhonda91995 жыл бұрын
She's so beautiful and classy!
@SandySaunders91425 жыл бұрын
Wonderful lady! Lucky to have known her!
@micheledouglass90835 жыл бұрын
Did you get to know her Dylan?
@studiolen6 жыл бұрын
Happy 50 Birthday Arlene Francis ...A class act!
@CoxJoxSox4 жыл бұрын
Irene Dunne - a beauty who put others before herself - always
@lisabrooks93627 жыл бұрын
I absolutely love Irene Dunne's understated but yet overwhelmingly elegant attire. She was at the time of this broadcast five years retired from making feature films and was actively engaged in the second act of her life, one devoted to good works and good deeds. To have been named by Eisenhower as an alternate delegate to the UN was indeed an honor. Her work on behalf of St. John's Hospital in Santa Monica is carried on to this day via The Irene Dunne Guild, the hospital's official fundraising arm. She also, with her husband of almost forty years, founded the Francis D. and Irene D. Griffin Foundation which I believe is still active.
@jad59455 жыл бұрын
Betsy Drake aka Mrs Cary Grant and her best friend Amanda Dunne aka Mrs Phillip Dunne use to call her the nun-Dunn cause she alway played being so pure but I guess she wasn't. We All Have skeletons in our closet.
@JDAbelRN2 жыл бұрын
Never knew these facts before, thanks for the contribution
@cjb8010 Жыл бұрын
@@jad5945 I find that snide critics are actually the ones with the skeletons.
@Merrida1005 жыл бұрын
Wow, Irene Dunne looks magnificent! She still has that adorable way ot speaking that endears me to her so much. Love her.
@richardmcleod19302 жыл бұрын
I doubt we will ever see such great Actresses ever grace the Silver Screen again! She was a marvelous Actress and more importantly a marvelous person.
@barilynn75902 жыл бұрын
Beautiful
@esmeephillips58883 жыл бұрын
Always glad to be reminded of Jim Backus. Among comedians turned character actor, he places high as James Dean's dad in 'Rebel without a Cause'- for its time, a brave portrayal of a henpecked, emasculated male trying to do the right thing for his kin and striking out. At the moment of Irene Dunne's previous MG spot, 1953, she had faced the fading of her time in films. By 1957 she was into a second career as an emissary of American culture at the UN, laying a trail for Shirley Temple to follow.
@testfire30004 жыл бұрын
Bennett Cerf was an amazingly well informed man of great insight and intelligence. Combine that with his personal charm and quick sense of humor really make him a champ.
@historyman4629 Жыл бұрын
I agree with everything you said about Bennett Cerf. But I would also add that I always felt that he had a very kind and gentle-sounding voice. He & Dorothy were my 2 favorites on this show.
@Baskerville22 Жыл бұрын
oh Gawd....
@vintedge97212 ай бұрын
@@Baskerville22indeed Bennett was often snippy with his responses - especially after being wrong. It’s painful to watch some of his interactions.
@shirleyrombough817320 сағат бұрын
Bennett was never mean or snippy. In fact when ever he got a no he would smile.
@reinacoffee85574 жыл бұрын
Love Ms. Dunne in all her movies...one of the most fascinating and talented actresses that this nation has been blessed with...."Life With Father" with William Powell is one of her best movies I enjoy the most.
@stanleycoleman9 жыл бұрын
Miss Palmer is gorgeous! Wow.
@markxxx215 жыл бұрын
She was pretty but it was more than just her looks, she had a real sparkling personality and charm.
@geoffm99443 жыл бұрын
Irene Dunne was a very great actress. She appeared in so many excellent films.
@brandonflorida1092 Жыл бұрын
You'd never get that idea from seeing her here, but she was a fabulous movie presence. If you haven't already, see "The Awful Truth." You'll never regret it.
@luxurreview4 жыл бұрын
The second contestant was exceptionally pretty!
@terencedove50474 жыл бұрын
Magnuson Bucher's yodeling was very pleasant to listen to...
@Dolphin-cb9sq4 жыл бұрын
Such class, respect & fun.
@beadyeyedbrat8 ай бұрын
The yodeler was marvelous!
@BesonXL9 жыл бұрын
Jim Backus gives Dorothy a kiss on the cheek after helping him with guessing the MG Irene Dunne. 19:55
@nancyhowell45058 ай бұрын
I've enjoyed seeing and hearing about history, entertainment, and people's lives during the 50's and 60's during my childhood. So different from my adulthood! 🙂
@markxxx215 жыл бұрын
The 1940 census has a Geraldine Palmer born in Moreau New York in 1932. If this is her, that would make her 26 when this show was aired.
@leesher1845 Жыл бұрын
That corset segment was hilarious 😂 and that lady was very gracious and had beautiful handwriting.
@katkatkatina Жыл бұрын
I liked her a lot, she was absolutely gorgeous with very good stage presence.
@rmelin132319 ай бұрын
Agree, she was an absolute gem that lit up the screen.
@soulierinvestments9 жыл бұрын
On the bright side, Hal Block was not around to ask Miss Dunne embarrassing questions about her age.
@SuperWinterborn9 жыл бұрын
soulierinvestments Oh, if he had, I don't think she would mind. Her age wasn't any secret, and when someone looks that good close to 60, they ought to be proud of it, rather than deny their age. At least, I wouldn't ;)
@SuperWinterborn9 жыл бұрын
Irene Dunne was 58 years and 8 months the day this was aired, and WOW!
@WhatsMyLine9 жыл бұрын
SuperWinterborn She looks fantastic, yes. Sometimes I wonder if the B&W kinescope films are perhaps flattering to aging stars, since you can't possibly make out details like fine wrinkles. So many older stars look fantastic in their WML appearances.
@SuperWinterborn9 жыл бұрын
What's My Line? I've been pondering about this myself, and I think it was the lighting. Light from certain angles can be very flattering, both to old and young, and professional photographers have known it for years. (I guess the producers might have had some sort of a deal with their invited celebrities concerning this) But even then, Ms Dunne would have looked younger than many of her age. The reason was simply that she had that kind of face! Arlene is older than Dorothy, and even have more wrinkles, but seems to be younger, and Bennett who's the oldest of them all, doesn't seem to age at all, at least very slowly.
@beatricemaude44266 жыл бұрын
I agree, she looks fantastic. I have seen other actresses on this show of a similar age and not one looks as good as Irene does here.
@christinegelabert16515 жыл бұрын
She had porcelain skin...look up her early movies like My Favorite Wife...which BTW IS still pretty freaking hysterical if you ask me & you'll see how she looked at she was about 25 or maybe 30 yrs younger. You'd expect to see more wrinkles. Rosalind Russell was the same way if you can find her episode and she's ANOTHER actress with OVER 30 QUALITY movies. They just had amazing skin to begin with so even tho it's decades later, they still look great. 😁
@nickandmikec6 жыл бұрын
Boy, Ms. Geradine Palmer...what a beauty.
@photo1615 жыл бұрын
Women like Irene Dunne...a lost species...
@richardmcleod19302 жыл бұрын
Irene Dunne is one of the great Actresses of the Golden Age of Hollywood. One of my favorite movies she starred in was "Penny Serenade" with Cary Grant to name just one. "Showboat" is another one of the movies she starred in directed by the great James Whale.
@golden-639 жыл бұрын
Miss Palmer. Wow!
@testfire30004 жыл бұрын
I will see your Wow! and raise you a va-va-VOOM!
@MrJoeybabe259 жыл бұрын
The second contestant, Miss Palmer, addressed the panel by their names. I don't think I've heard that before.
@SuperWinterborn9 жыл бұрын
Joe Postove It has happened 2-3 times, but I don't remember in which episodes.
@voxtango1916 Жыл бұрын
Probably because she was quite young and back then it was natural to respect one's elders.
@jacquelinebell6201 Жыл бұрын
I liked that she did.
@esmeephillips58883 жыл бұрын
At 12:25 Dorothy's question to the corsetiere must be one of the biggest laughs she ever got- enough to make Arlene envious.
@bernardburdick92644 жыл бұрын
thought it was clever of Ms Dunne to reply in several languages: “Si, No, Ja, Oui, Ja, Si”, inasmuch as she was the U.S. Delegate to the United Nations.
@abevillanueva19743 жыл бұрын
Irene Dunne all-time favorite of mine!
@frankroper32742 жыл бұрын
Bennet Surf nailed it with yodeling! How in the world did he ever come up with that?
@JJJBRICE3 жыл бұрын
Happy Birthday to those born on this day the Sunday the program aired . You would be 63 years old today .
@bartgreenberg90012 жыл бұрын
Irene Dunne is one of the very few female stars of the golden age who starred in almost every genre of film: screwball comedies, musicals, weepies, dramas, romance, westerns, thrillers, historical dramas
@LorraineCulver6 ай бұрын
What's my line?😊
@1928gerry5 жыл бұрын
Miss Dunne was one of my favourite actresses and her perfect partner was Cary Grant.
@christinegelabert16515 жыл бұрын
My Favorite Wife!
@preppysocks2094 жыл бұрын
Was there ever an actress whose perfect partner was not Cary Grant?
@mrsstewart30954 жыл бұрын
And she was his perfect partner
@preppysocks2094 жыл бұрын
@@mrsstewart3095 Ingrid Bergman and Grace Kelly were at least as good a partner for him, and there were others as well.
@alansorensen59033 жыл бұрын
socks Katherine Hepburn was tops with all their stunts and pratfalls.
@user-sn5jr1ji9h3 жыл бұрын
It's wonderful to hear her talk about the great work of the United Nations, especially their work related to refugees. While this tape is over 60 years old, the issues she mentions are still as relevant as ever. Irene Dunne was one of the greatest stars of old Hollywood, but she was also a forward-thinking philanthropist.
@tbascoebuzz47822 жыл бұрын
Love Irene Dunne. A real class act ♥️
@matthewfarmer68302 жыл бұрын
Irene Dunne is from were I from Louisville Kentucky she's burry at Cave Hill Cemetery. A legendary actress 🎥🍿😍
@ToddSF8 жыл бұрын
Hoover Dam (formerly called Boulder Dam) is on the Arizona-Nevada border and nowhere near Boulder, Colorado. However, Hoover Dam is close to Boulder City, Nevada. Boulder City started as a collection of houses where the construction workers on the dam lived during its approximately six years of construction. Those who work at Hoover Dam on an ongoing basis to this day typically live in Boulder City, which nowadays has a population of 15,000 or so. It's just over 800 miles and a drive of nearly 13 hours between Boulder, Colorado and Boulder City, Nevada.
@loissimmons65586 жыл бұрын
I was stunned when John Daly showed a lack of geographical knowledge at that point in the program. Boulder/Hoover Dam was a major engineering marvel of the 20th century and should have been well known to him. Perhaps he was confused for a moment because it is built on the Colorado River. Even so, it is nowhere near Colorado. Furthermore, it is not too far from Las Vegas where John had gone a few times over the years during his run on WML so far to view nuclear tests not too far from Vegas. The dam and the lake it forms (Lake Mead) are popular tourist attractions for anyone staying in Vegas.
@bluecamus51622 жыл бұрын
It's a forgivable gaff. I think if he had more than one second to think about it, he'd had gotten it right. Boulder, Colorado, Boulder City, Boulder Dam -- it would confuse anyone.
@jasbegs12587 жыл бұрын
A lovely lady, I think she looks as well if not better than in the 1953 episode, her hair maybe makes her look older in this one - her dress in this one is fabulous and much better than in the earlier show.
@billkalivas97503 жыл бұрын
She's beautiful!
@patriciamartinez58363 жыл бұрын
Talented and beautiful
@doomranger60474 жыл бұрын
So crazy to think that the United Nations was only 12 years old at this point!
@parkzed38552 ай бұрын
Not only that. Back then it was a good thing.
@lisabrooks80927 жыл бұрын
In her 1953 WML appearance Miss Dunne adopted a comic persona, right down to the kooky hat and gloves. But four years later, she is discussing a serious matter--the UN. She was appointed by President Eisenhower as an alternate delegate to the 1957-58 General Assembly. He could not have picked a better, more well-respected spokesperson. She is so divinely chic here. The understated elegance of her attire is timeless. I like the way she morphs into different accents in order to try to fool the panel. She conjures up images of Marta Hanson from "I Remember Mama".
@videri576 жыл бұрын
I was 15 days old when this episode aired.
@mckavitt6 жыл бұрын
videri57 I was much older than you! 7.
@ginnylorenz52655 жыл бұрын
I was 15 years old.
@DeTreville14 жыл бұрын
I was 13 days old.
@bluecamus51622 жыл бұрын
I was but a gleam in Dad's eye.
@jacquelinebell6201 Жыл бұрын
I was 3 yrs away.
@vambo132575 жыл бұрын
Irene Dunne, sweet
@MaggillaKutz714 жыл бұрын
Martin Gable gave her a Baby Grand , being naughty with class
@slaytonp3 жыл бұрын
I think John got Mr. Bucher's place of residence, Boulder, Colorado, mistakenly near Hoover Dam due to the fact that the original name of Hoover Dam ( in Southern Nevada on the Colorado River,) was Boulder Dam.
@timd45248 ай бұрын
Actually the original is Hoover Dam.
@soulierinvestments9 жыл бұрын
Jim Backus was one of a small group of people who appeared as WML guest panelist in the 1950s, the 1960s, and the 1970s. TV was a strange medium, particularly in the 1960s. Backus had three seasons of success in "Gilligan's Island," which makes sense only from a post-modernistic existential point of view interpretation. Then he was cast as "J C Dithers" in the live action version of "Blondie," arguably the most popular comic strip of that period -- and it lasted at most a season. Go figure popular taste.
@WhatsMyLine9 жыл бұрын
He was also the "I" of "I Married Joan" in the '50s, but that wasn't really a hit show either. That one also lasted. . . three years.
@SuperWinterborn9 жыл бұрын
soulierinvestments "Blondie" was absolutey one of the best comic strips from that time. Good quality!
@soulierinvestments9 жыл бұрын
I've seen a few I Married Joan episodes and it was not exactly the funniest thing in the time period.
@dougmangum79979 жыл бұрын
He was also Mr. Magoo.
@jmoss4916 жыл бұрын
I grew up on Gilligan’s Island reruns, after school and before dinner. Still adore this show.
@mikejschin4 жыл бұрын
As others have pointed out, John was mistaken in believing that the Hoover Dam was in Boulder, Colorado. He also made another gaffe. After Irene Dunne, at 21:42 he said "Let's see what we can do with a final panelist", obviously meaning a final contestant. This is not a knock at John: he was remarkable (except on biology and sometimes geography). I can't imagine that the show would have succeeded without him.
@esmeephillips58883 жыл бұрын
'It has to be conceded that within the accustomed guidelines of this programme, Mr Daly's words contained an element of misspeaking.'
@terencedove50474 жыл бұрын
Sorry for the misspelling. Magnus Bucher's yodeling was very pleasant to listen to...
@leesher18452 жыл бұрын
Got Bennett Cerf got it! Those regular panelists were really smart!
@chijavier1869Ай бұрын
I’m literally watching right now Penny Serenade which I paused to check Irene Dunne on KZbin and see what she was like after acting.
@jacquelinebell6201 Жыл бұрын
Love that Arlenes birthday was so close to mine. Almost exactly 3 yrs before I was born.
@joncheskin5 жыл бұрын
Boy, the panel and the host were out to lunch in the first half of this episode. It began with John Daly thinking that Hoover Dam was somewhere near Boulder Co, and ended with some of the worst questioning ever seen on the show with the girdle tester. They were also clueless with the guy who ran the yodeling school. Good thing they had an easy mark with Irene Dunne to get their momentum back.
@maynardsmoreland9 жыл бұрын
That Miss Palmer is a pip!
@SuperWinterborn9 жыл бұрын
maynardsmoreland "Pip"? Now I've heard that too... What linguistic education haven't I got on these pages! (But yes, she was beautiful! ;)
@Bambi_Harris_Author9 жыл бұрын
SuperWinterborn Maybe she was a real piperoo :-)
@SuperWinterborn9 жыл бұрын
Bambi Harris ;D
@christinegelabert16515 жыл бұрын
@@Bambi_Harris_Author Yup...pip IS Northern speak for Bless hee heart! LOL! 😉😂 #BrooklynBornLIRaisedBaby
@aprilove200524 күн бұрын
Irene Dunne starring in I Remember Mama --so moving
@jrm88993 жыл бұрын
Looking at some of her old films she was a doll....who was intelligent and funny
@galileocan4 ай бұрын
Had Miss Dunne just said "no" to Arlene's question "Are you part of the entertainment world" instead of saying "not at present", I'm sure the panel wouldn't have guessed her identity as quickly, if at all.
@MrJoeybabe254 жыл бұрын
That Desi Arnaz guy and the corset gal WOULD have made a nice couple!
@soulierinvestments9 жыл бұрын
Jim Backus appeared a number of times in 1956-7 WML. I would have used him on the panel as often as possible. Great guy. Backus not only voiced Quincey Magoo, he voice a genie in one of the most completely politically incorrect cartoons for the ages -- "A Lad in his Lamp." [Warner animation unit 1947] There was enough ghastly material in it to offend a dozen pressure groups. His voice crossed Harvard and Persia and said such appalling observations as "Oh that's a harem all right. I know a harem when I see one." Noel Coward it ain't.
@WhatsMyLine9 жыл бұрын
soulierinvestments I also liked Backus on the panel a whole lot. As I learned only this year from the new Mr Magoo theatrical shorts DVDs, he ad libbed a great deal of the Magoo dialogue. He fit right in on WML.
@jvcomedy9 жыл бұрын
A few shows earlier than this one Backus said he had been a room mate of Martin Gabel which was an interesting connection.
@mckavitt6 жыл бұрын
soulierinvestments I enjoyed him as a kid, as Joan Davis's husband in I Married Joan.
@kgs48266 жыл бұрын
Lucky for him he wasn’t “used” by you.
@JDAbelRN2 жыл бұрын
Well, as far as I know the United States still has a right bestowed upon our citizens, The Freedom of Expression, so unless we are soon to lose Those Rights, We shall be able to enjoy these FREEDOMS on platforms, such as KZbin , no matter what your political and beliefs may be. So Jim Backus cannot be CANCELLED, because he is dead. My point, therefore, is that and your POLITICALLY CORRECT views you have, can go STRAIGHT TO HELL!
@MrJoeybabe259 жыл бұрын
When this show aired Jim Backus was the star of one of the last "big time" live radio shows. The ABC Radio Network had, in spring of 1957 changed it's name to "The American Broadcasting Network" (ABN). They were trying a "Live And Lively" format with stars like Merv Griffin, Jim Reeves, Jim Backus, and others doing daily shows using live audiences and full orchestras. It was one last gasp for old time radio, but sadly was a major flop ending early in 1958. ABN "The Merv Griffin Show" (1957)
@sdkelmaruecan2907 Жыл бұрын
Here you go at 8:40 she finally gets back to the arts, when it was established that he had something to do with the arts, Backus asks if he uses his hands, he says no... I was surprised Arlene didn't ask whether he used his voice...
@scotnick593 жыл бұрын
Irene was a youthful 58 here
@YY4Me1339 ай бұрын
I think it was _Mad Magazine,_ or maybe _National Lampoon,_ that did a takeoff on the movie _Planet of the Apes._ When they came to the monolith, they said it was the box the U.N. building came in. I don't know why, but I still think it's funny.
@VahanNisanian9 жыл бұрын
Lol, John, the Hoover Dam is in Boulder City, Nevada, not Boulder, Colorado!
@darkbagel699 жыл бұрын
And is on the Colorado river, and formerly known as the Boulder Dam. But is not near the state of Colorado...
@parkzed38552 ай бұрын
Back when the UN was a great thing. How times have changed.
@jvcomedy9 жыл бұрын
As intelligent as John Daly is, how could he possibly think Hoover Dam was nearly Boulder, CO.
@markxxx217 жыл бұрын
No one on the panel could be reasonably called intelligent, at least by today's standards, they are very uninformed. They don't know one animal from another or a planet from a moon, or a basic grammar terms or geography. I wonder what was taught back then, because I knew all these things and more by 4th grade.
@alanaronald2446 жыл бұрын
But they could have schooled just about anyone today in manners and graciousness.
@accomplice553 жыл бұрын
@@markxxx21 : Dorothy Kilgallen not intelligent?
@Nash1a4 жыл бұрын
How is this show not still on the air?
@voxtango1916 Жыл бұрын
Because not only is everyone on it dead but the culture that spawned it, a gracious, glamorous, God-fearing last mid-century time of prosperity, patriotism and American pride, is also DEAD. I'm glad I was around to witness the tail end of the American dream.
@HattieMcDanielonaMoon10 ай бұрын
@@voxtango1916 I wouldn't say God-fearing.
@MrJoeybabe259 жыл бұрын
What would anyone have to do, as Bennett put it, with "very very small babies"? Palm them?
@loissimmons65586 жыл бұрын
+Joe Postove Nanny would be one possible profession.
@cjb8010 Жыл бұрын
Boulder Colorado is right there by Boulder Dam, said John Daly. Wow.
@FlavioGirl4 жыл бұрын
let's yodel it for yodelling!!! :D
@BesonXL9 жыл бұрын
Here's some yodelling for you! :) 9:47
@kentetalman9008 Жыл бұрын
Arlene's husband gave her a baby grand for her birthday... a piano.
@thediamonddog952 жыл бұрын
Miss Palmer - exceptionaly beautiful lady. And charming one too. Why did they laugh so much about music being part of her work? Is it because of whistles maybe? I don't get it.
@jacquelinebell6201 Жыл бұрын
It could be because there was recently a strip tease teacher on the show, who would have used music. That's my thought. They would have remembered her.
@MrJoeybabe254 жыл бұрын
Magnus is a beautiful name. Unfortunately I think I've only seen it on Gunsmoke. 😕
@mikejschin3 жыл бұрын
There's also the world chess champion: Magnus Carlsen.
@PeterMcDonald-sl9rt7 ай бұрын
Magnus Hirschfeld, a famous German sexologist, before Masters & Johnson, persecuted by Hitler. His important library and papers were destroyed by the Nazis.
@MrJoeybabe259 жыл бұрын
The only other Magnus I ever heard of was Chester's brother on "Gunsmoke". Pretty odd name, huh?
@SuperWinterborn9 жыл бұрын
Joe Postove It is a quite popular name here in the North, and also a name of Kings. Magnus = Latin = Great/Big
@MrJoeybabe259 жыл бұрын
SuperWinterborn As in Magnus Opus! :)
@SuperWinterborn9 жыл бұрын
Joe Postove I'm in lack of an appropriate emoticon again...
@MrJoeybabe259 жыл бұрын
SuperWinterborn Lack of emoticons is no excuse....Arlene?
@SuperWinterborn9 жыл бұрын
Joe Postove No answer. Blank. I don't even have a corset!
@wchumphries8 жыл бұрын
Jim Backus was an excellent panellist, although I prefer Martin Gabel by a slight margin.
@MrJoeybabe259 жыл бұрын
Does anyone know of a good history of ABC News, that particularly focus' on the early days up to the 60's? I've read in wider broadcasting books just how dirt poor they were, but I would like more detail.
@jeffreycrippen9 жыл бұрын
I've been trying to find a book like that too without success. The book "The House that Roone built" does a great job detailing ABC News during the 70s and 80s but I have never found anything about the early days of ABC News when John Daly was the anchor. Please let me know if you find anything. Thanks!!!
@epaddon9 жыл бұрын
Jeffrey Crippen Barbara Matusow's "The Evening Stars" written in the early 80s is the best overview of TV network news history up to that point and has a section on ABC during that period. Not too extensive on the Daly period but it does give helpful context.
@jeffreycrippen9 жыл бұрын
epaddon thanks very much!! In addition to enjoying What's My Line, I have always been a bit of news historian. Have read everything I can find on the subject. David Brinkley's memoir is one of my favorite books.
@epaddon9 жыл бұрын
Jeffrey Crippen I rechecked my copy today and there's about five or six pages covering the Daly era, and how basically Daly was the one-man face of ABC News the whole period and how he frequently had to ad lib due to production break downs in putting on the broadcast. Robert Kintner, an ABC exec who was forced out of the network and went to NBC wanted to take Daly over with him to NBC in 1956 but Daly's ABC contract would not let him go. If Daly had been able to bolt to NBC, then Chet Huntley and David Brinkley may not have gotten the anchor jobs that year that made them famous.
@MrJoeybabe259 жыл бұрын
epaddon I remember reading a story years ago in some book about broadcasting, that when John Daly was the anchor of the evening news on ABC he would do four 15 minute newscasts to accommodate the needs of affiliates. Apparently, there was one of those newscasts that no station was picking up. However they would feed it down the line anyway. One night, on this cast that no station was supposed to be carrying, one station did indeed pick it up. During this one the papers flew off the podium, the lectern fell over and John just treated it as good fun, laughing and thinking no one was watching. But they were watching, in Pittsburgh, I think. I haven't seen that story since I was a teenager. Anyone else ever hear of it?
@yeahnoonecaresifyouarefirst4 ай бұрын
Its always hysterical to me that they mention in conference exactly what it is out of 2 options and then they go with the incorrect one 😂
@Traderjoe5 ай бұрын
Miss Palmer = beautiful
@pitco6 жыл бұрын
Ive always been surprised at Cerf’s ability to guess but how in heck did he guess ‘yodeling’? Out of nowhere? Was he given the answers sometimes, just to keep up his image of the ‘smart guy on the panel’?
@sdkelmaruecan29075 жыл бұрын
It occurred more than once and it raised my suspicion sometimes, just when the guessing approaches the end, out of nowhere, he gives the right answer with an impressive level of exactitude... but the 'yodeling' part was puzzling I agree.
@marnie05125 жыл бұрын
Maybe Bennett clued into the German name, the German accent and when combining that with the fact that the guest was involved with music, put it all together and guessed that he was a yodeller.
@timd45248 ай бұрын
No. That was and still is illegal for prize shows. The man literally traveled the world.
@timd45248 ай бұрын
@@sdkelmaruecan2907That's illegal even at the time. The man was very well traveled. Yodeling was not a mystical thing either then.
@MrJoeybabe259 жыл бұрын
Bennett knew the last contestant was a lady judge and went right for it. Dorothy would have dawdled all the day long.
@darkbagel699 жыл бұрын
But, how did Bennett know? He went straight for it, he didn't seem to be figuring it out from her answers. How could he tell?
@SuperWinterborn9 жыл бұрын
Scott Klement Intuition. That night Bennett seemed to be in tip top shape for a game all the way. He also guessed "yodeling" quite fast, even without any particular clue.
@WhatsMyLine9 жыл бұрын
tomtriffid You're joking, right? Tell me you're joking.
@SuperWinterborn9 жыл бұрын
tomtriffid I doubt the panel was "coached in advance", of the simple logical reason, that then the program wouldn't have lasted for the 17 years it did, with John Daly as the monitor. People are not that stupid, and an intelligent man like Daly, wouldn't have kept on either. He obviously enjoyed the game, and I really don't think he would use his integrity as a wellknown and popular host, leading a program which was based on cheating. That the panel by other occasions read the newspapers beforehand, for maybe spotting out the nights "Mystery Guest", is another story, which of course is true. But that's all. *Dixi!*
@MrJoeybabe259 жыл бұрын
SuperWinterborn Weren't they at the 45 dollar mark when Bennett suggested (out of turn, without permission for conference, I'll add) that this guy might be a yodeler?
@soulierinvestments7 жыл бұрын
www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=pv&GRid=1815&PIpi=97604 I'm drawing a blank here trying to remember who else in Hollywood besides Irene Dunne was a full-scale Knight of Malta and a Knight of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre. Jack Haley, maybe . . . . United Nations delegation seats among Hollywood stars are also almost as rare. Danny Kaye. Audrey Hepburn. Miss Dunne.
@MrJoeybabe259 жыл бұрын
Hey! If Bennett wants to make jokes about Miss Palmers name, well...I've got some back in the shed.
@BesonXL9 жыл бұрын
Shoot man!
@theamishumpire13019 жыл бұрын
Yea lets hear them.
@MrJoeybabe259 жыл бұрын
Johan Bengtsson unfortunately , the shed is closed for the season.
@Merrida1005 жыл бұрын
Can someone help me? What did Bennett say when Arlene sort of hushed him when he was about to ask Miss Palmer something? It sounded like a normal question from Arlene jumped in imploying he might have written or drawn something? Does anyone know what happened with Bennett and that little gaff and time out?
@johnniepriest10865 жыл бұрын
He addressed Ms. Palmer by the previous guest's name.
@theamishumpire13019 жыл бұрын
42 cents a day, I wounder what it costs today?
@Bigwave20038 жыл бұрын
+The Amish Umpire Still less than the horrendous costs of war.
@gaguy19673 жыл бұрын
This was in the middle of a pandemic
@spyderbaby51803 жыл бұрын
The United Nations has evolved into an expensive club for the leech nations of the world, and we pick up the check.
@seywhut29858 жыл бұрын
She aged a lot in 4 years from when she was on in 53.
@goalie91988 жыл бұрын
she aged beautifully I think - she's almost 60 here
@alskndlaskndal9 жыл бұрын
I wonder who let out that "Oh ho!" around 3:37? Was it someone on the panel reacting to something?
@SuperWinterborn9 жыл бұрын
Reluctant Dragon If it wasn't someone on the panel, loosing the mask, it seemed to be from the audience. The laughter came, when the text showed his line, and seemed to come from the first row, close to Daly's microphone. Perhaps from an amateur yodeler? ;)
@damianop1003 жыл бұрын
What country do you think the yodeler instructor was originally from? Doesn't he look a bit Iranian?
@keithnaylor1981 Жыл бұрын
Strange how Bennett said a LADY Judge!
@steveburrus55267 жыл бұрын
Dsoes a nyone feel like rating BAckus on his acting performance playing "Thurston Howell III" in that silly "Gilligan's Island" TV series back in the 60's?
@richatlarge4624 жыл бұрын
Back when the UN seemed to matter.
@sandrageorge34883 жыл бұрын
Not familiar with Irene Dunne. Have heard of her though.
@enriquesanchez2001 Жыл бұрын
Before your time
@thesweeples3266 Жыл бұрын
42 cents in 1957 is $4.47 now adjusted for inflation. In fact, the UN is costing each taxpayer 15 TIMES that amount in 2023 Have a nice day
@wcwindom564 жыл бұрын
Miss Palmer should have been a corset model instead of a fitter
@leesher18452 жыл бұрын
A lady judge. 😂
@MrJoeybabe254 жыл бұрын
Interestingly, I once studied the "palmer" method. But it nothing to do with writing.