What's My Line? - Jack Lemmon; William Shatner & K Carlisle [panel] (Jan 24, 1965) [W/ COMMERCIALS]

Here's another rare episode that includes the original commercials, thanks to a second, unedited copy provided by epaddon. I preserved as much as possible of my original copy due to its somewhat higher a/v quality.
Of special interest is the restored material starting around 27:15. There's an extra bit of John giving his spiel instructing viewers on how to contact the show. Being able to restore the old commercials is nice enough, but here we have almost a minute of extra pure, undiluted John Charles Daly, actual new WML content that's never been seen on GSN!
MYSTERY GUEST: Jack Lemmon
PANEL: Dorothy Kilgallen, William Shatner, Kitty Carlisle, Bennett Cerf
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[@OperaJH]

I had the privilege of interviewing Jack Lemmon. He was charming, a gentle man and a gentleman. No airs, no huge ego - just a great and talented guy. I really enjoyed speaking with him.

[@shirleyrombough8173]

OperaJH- Wasn't he one of the stars in Some Like it Hot? Playihg Daphne? One of my favorite movies.

[@C21L01]

@@shirleyrombough8173 Yes, he was alongside Tony Curtis.

[@philippesauvie639]

No doubt! My favorite Jack Lemmon movie is ‘the out of towners.’

[@rmelin13231]

@@philippesauvie639 Oh my, yes !! What classic Neil Simon at his peak, and with two of my favorites - Jack Lemmon and Sandy Dennis. It was unsurpassed comedy from the first scene to the last.

[@GDM223SR]

You're quite fortunate indeed!

[@JamAshleyFilms]

I am 44, born in 1976. We don't have cable or ANY streaming service. I am HOOKED on every one of these WML episodes and it makes me so nostalgic for an era I never lived in. I WANT to live in a time when people talked like they do in these shows.

[@dotsywotsy18]

Nothing on cable compares to these

[@saran3214]

You can act like you are living in this era, that is what I do. If you do then everyone else behaves a little better too, although sometimes I am the one needing to act better.

[@chynnadoll3277]

❤️❤️❤️…you must be a kindred spirit to me. God bless you!

[@JamAshleyFilms]

@@chynnadoll3277 ❤

[@michaellobianco7535]

they spoke English back then

[@westy40]

And here we are 55 years later and now an almost 90 year old William Shatner is busting people's balls on Twitter like he's 25! His mind is so sharp it's amazing, he's constantly battling trolls with all the bombastic brilliance that has always been a part of the Shatner legend.

[@C21L01]

“His mind is so sharp...” What? 🤣 Tweet: It’s amazing how Shatner always manages to reply to fans and non-fans alike (or something like that) Response: “😳 I think you mean fans and future fans” Delusional, much? 🤔😒

[@westy40]

@@C21L01 WTF? Did the 90 year old bust your ass on Twitter? Is that why you're crying?

[@anselmgolden8286]

Absolutely!

[@lovealways2609]

ha.. a Shatner troll here already *wait until you are 90.. if you even come close to that

[@rhondablack8079]

Shatter looks so young here. I’ve never seen him this young

[@georgemoore7186]

I am an Australian and just before Covid hit, I went to see William Shatner live on stage, he was just being William Shatner and telling the stories of his life experiences, it was a fascinating evening, loved every minute of it

[@susanrutherford866]

Very lucky !!!

[@latsnojokelee6434]

I saw him also here in the US doing his tour and I was amazed that he was literally on stage for over two hours talking and didn’t seem a bit tired at all.

[@georgemoore7186]

@@latsnojokelee6434 be good to be going as well as Bill when we are 93, he still has all of his faculties, sharp as a tack and more stamina than a lot of people 20 years younger

[@margareteplaetzer3127]

I am jealous. You are lucky,

[@georgemoore7186]

@@margareteplaetzer3127 Not really Lucky, he didn't come to Australia for free, we had to pay🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@JamieJonesmusic]

I can’t stop watching these 🙂

[@magamexican6302]

Yeah. It's like you get to see the actors in a relaxed and natural state

[@KD6OTTEMMA]

Me either.

[@virginiahanna869]

Me neither. I am addicted and I have never watched this show in my life!

[@fredfinks]

@@virginiahanna869 Now i'm addicted! ive binged watched quite a few over the past few days. Dont know how i happened across it. Im from Australia and was not aware of it's existence til last week. Oh how refined people were back then!

[@MrRtoman]

good clean fun

[@mickeyh1961]

Little did William Shatner or the panel or anyone else know at that time what a success and Life changing show Star Trek was going to be for the World, happy time for sure.

[@RyKinder]

This appearance wasn’t to promote Star Trek. That was still over a year and a half away. He was starring in a different tv show “For The People”. If it had been successful he wouldn’t have been on Star Trek.

[@Camop-iz9kt]

Shatner would shoot the second pilot, "Where No Man Has Gone Before" in July of 1965.

[@vidpie]

@@RyKinder "'For the People' is an American legal drama that aired from January 31 until May 9, 1965. The series starred a pre-Star Trek William Shatner as a New York City prosecutor."

[@jane.elliot5782]

The moment he opens his mouth, it's obvious he was born to be Captain Kirk

[@mckessa17]

@@RyKinder I wonder if Shatner was a Habs fan.

[@madeleine9907]

With all I can watch on Netflix this is what I love to see 2019...

[@princeharming8963]

It's good for the soul.

[@barbaramacneil7385]

@@princeharming8963 llllllllll

[@shirleyrombough8173]

This is what I choose to do watch too, despite the choices.

[@shirleyrombough8173]

I meant to say this is what I choose to watch too.

[@tomerisraeli3521]

2021 and I am addicted.

[@jackchen7003]

William Shatner outlives the entire panel. Little did they know he would be the oldest man to ever go to space

[@rebelwithoutaclue5693]

I thought that Chuck Yeager was the oldest 🤔🤔🤔

[@rebelwithoutaclue5693]

I looked it up and John Glenn was the oldest American in space

[@laurabaker9018]

These shows are addictive.

[@christopherwelch136]

Yep

[@pinedelgado4743]

Yeah, Laura!! I agree!! Can NEVER get enough of them!!

[@billtaylor4224]

Jack Lemmon. One of the finest actors of all time. Loved him all the way up to "Grumpy old Men".

[@thehashearthasheart7146]

He was my favorite actor too. In 1988, I went to a gala in NYC for his lifetime achievement award.

[@waynej2608]

He was great! Equally adept at both comedy and drama. Jack is sorely missed.

[@joe-vz6hx]

"up to?" that was a great film. too bad they guessed him so quickly; he should have talked less!

[@dyangarner771]

One of our favorites is The Great Race. Absolute classic!

[@kennethlatham3133]

Jack Lemmon was an avid golfer but he never improved to anything better than mediocre as one, purportedly. Just after he died in 2000 (2001?) I saw a cartoon in the paper: it was Jack at the Pearly Gates with his golf clubs and he was saying to St. Peter, surprisedly, "I.... made the cut?" Gave me a lump, throat-wise.

[@RaineStudio]

Shatner's 1965 series was _For the People_ in which he played a prosecutor. It lasted 13 episodes and was canceled. The following year, he was cast as the lead in _Star Trek_ .

[@debrabukovina6026]

Who was the actor who played his father? Part of "For The People" was shown on "Boston Legal".

[@helmulu4016]

And last week William Shatner flew into space in a Blue Shepard Rocket at age 90 to become the oldest human to do so as of now. Respect!

[@pikemeredith5604]

He has outlived most of the guests on this show & others.

[@ruthkidney3582]

He's a great actor. 1st saw him in an episode of Twilight Zone. And he was great in one of my favorites Miss Congeniality 🤩

[@patricia7823]

@@ruthkidney3582 and SEXY

[@trainliker100]

@@ruthkidney3582 The Twilight Zone episode would have been "Nightmare at 20000 Feet" in 1963 and is an excellent example of his acting skills. Then in the 1983 movie, "The Twilight Zone" they revisited the same story with John Lithgow as the actor. Then, on the TV sitcom "3rd Rock from the Sun", John Lithgow plays the head alien Dr. Solomon and William Shatner plays "The Big Head (the alien's supreme leader)." The Big Head comes to visit and gets off the airplane and is asked how his trip was. The Big Head (Shatner) answers, "Horrifying! I looked out the window and I saw something on the wing of the plane!" Dr. Solomon (Lithgow) says, "The same thing happened to me!" Nice inside joke that nowadays many probably didn't get.

[@daviddavisvideo]

Around the beginning Bennett stated that Arlene was presently stuck in an airplane. Was Shatner at the time sufficiently famous that Bennett would have been referring to the Twilight Zone episode?@@trainliker100

[@pitbull113]

I wish the Jack Lemmon segment ran longer. He was hilarious.

[@photo161]

Who doesn't love Jack Lemmon?

[@johnjarou2357]

my favorite actor.

[@t4texastomjohnnycat978]

eoselan7 Exactly. He was awesome!

[@ultrakool]

walter matthau?

[@tiedyeyourlife]

the odd couple

[@ThePerson1959]

Great actor I agree.

[@SelfMakeover]

What an absolutely gorgeous time capsule. The winter storm, the dinner party dress, that Jack had just been to dinner with two people on the panel, and young Bill Shatner on the panel. How great to see that iconic moment when he and Jack shook hands!

[@MKIVWWI]

Captain Kirk and "To Tell the Truth" regular Kitty Carlisle! Great episode; thanks for posting.

[@MrJoeybabe25]

The knitting needle man was very direct in his answers. Not shy, he. Is he the first contestant to ever ask a panelist to explain herself further as he did Kitty? Bravo!

[@savethetpc6406]

Joe Postove I don't think he's the first, but he is one of the rare few that I have seen do that. Yes, I liked his bold directness in answering without deferring to John. And at one point, John was going to contest or qualify one of his answers but then thought better of it and realized the contestant was right. Way to go, Mr. Angell!

[@MrJoeybabe25]

The exercise lady should demonstrate those straps that make the legs and thighs tight.

[@charlescanterbury9762]

I noticed that.

[@paulmorin6569]

Yea imagine that the contestant answering the question! Y'know as if he knew his line.

[@jasonburns4071]

Was there ANYONE that Bennett DIDN'T know in the business? His home must have been filled with mega stars every night.

[@jasonburns4071]

@MichaelKingsfordGray A pedant writes...

[@richatlarge462]

@@jasonburns4071 ...and one who should have written "whom". 😜

[@princeharming8963]

@MichaelKingsfordGray - "whom" (?)

[@NetCerpher]

Wonder why he picked that night for dinner when he was on the show?

[@urbangrouse]

OMG, the way Shatner is flirting with the first guess is hilarious!

[@Roxjetlagged]

Ye she should wish he wanted her. Haha. It was just a joke. He was married to his first wife then

[@gabbyg7315]

'Ridiculous' would be more apt. He doesn't have the usual class of that panel.

[@davidschick6951]

I would have thought William Shatner would have been the mystery guest... but to be one of those ordinary folks questioned by William Shatner before Star Trek would be the memory of a lifetime.

[@geraldkatz7986]

He wasn't as well known at the time as he is today. This was a year before Star Trek. He was a character actor. Hollywood knew him, but he wasn't a house hold name.

[@MikeD_]

@@geraldkatz7986 Yes. As I wrote elsewhere here, I doubt if most TV viewers had any idea who he was. CBS put him on the panel to promote the debut of his new TV show "For the People" the following week. He appeared one other time six weeks later as they were still pumping the show. Maybe a few recognized him from the Twilight Zone episode with the gremlin on the jet's wing. He was a rising character actor shooting for leading-man roles. He got one!

[@helpershelper]

My sister and I saw Shatner in the lead roal in a Twilight Zone episode.

[@KororaPenguin]

I also heard him in the My Little Pony episode "The Perfect Pear" as Applejack's regretful grandfather.

[@sue2611]

I'd forgotten how handsome William Shatner was when he was a young man.

[@honeyfungus4774]

He was gorgeous.

[@oldwestguy]

William Shatner, still going strong today, has had a remarkable career. Despite having a reputation for being someone who is difficult to work with, he has always seemed to be a fan favorite.

[@karenc1564]

he is scheduled to go into space Oct 15 (which is today). amazing life he has had

[@oldwestguy]

@@karenc1564 And a long one too. There Isn't much he hasn't done.

[@colemcleod941]

Consider the source of these complaints. For example, the shrill, profane and screeching George Takei - with playing Sulu his only claim to fame. Decades of bitching from him, like a Harpy. Just an Example. I have seen nothing but talent, grace, charm, wit, self-deprecating humor and absolute candor from William Shatner. Great sense of humor. Sounds like pettiness born of jealousy.

[@thesixshooter6506]

@@colemcleod941 Well said. Too often, a celebrity's reputation... or anyone's for that matter... fails to consider the sourse. It's impossible for any of us to really know "celebrities," but Mr. Shatner has had a remarkable life indeed, and no amount of belittling from those with personal vendettas can alter that.

[@MikeD_]

@@colemcleod941 I agree. I'm sure Shatner was not easy to work with at times, but George is the one who strikes me as the prima donna.

[@ald668]

THE MOST ADDICTIVE SHOW EVER!

[@adamclancy8706]

Amazing how many different people Bill Shatner has worked with and still entertaining us now at 90 years old!

[@pikemeredith5604]

Yeah, they are all gone except for Bill but I loved Jack.

[@hiyapal7719]

Wow, Shatner is such a handsome man, and he clearly knew it at that age too, lol.

[@Maazzzo]

Thank you for posting these, folks. It's a privilege to watch these. cheers!

[@agentfungus9742]

I love Jack Lemmon!!! His put on voice sounds like Peter Falk.

[@Dzonemp]

Probably its because he worked with him on The Great Race.

[@shirleyrombough8173]

He starred in the best comedy ever: Some Like It Hot.

[@pikemeredith5604]

@@shirleyrombough8173 My fav MM movie. Just love Jack as Daphne. FYI Jerry Lewis was offered the role but declined coz he declined to work with Marilyn after they had an affair & it didn't work out. True

[@misskim2058]

Nice little extras, thanks...Daly often looked like he was sad about something, but was brushing it off. He also had some gentlemanly mannerisms familiar in Wm Powell.

[@ElmwoodParkHulk]

People were so well mannered and had so much class

[@mrsandmom5947]

Because white people are more civil.

[@tuberobotto]

It was a time when GMRC (Good Manners and Right Conduct) was still being taught and graded in schools. Such a wonderful time and Era it was.

[@Schquirl]

This was back in the day when adults understood how to be an adult and adulting wasn’t hard work it was just done. They so did know how to do it right!

[@ivangranger8494]

Charles Ross Yes, I would say late 80's and 90's on, was the de-evolution of the human race.

[@hawks7775]

@@ivangranger8494 it was all happening back then too, it just wasnt as highlighted...we have to remember we are seeing the quality people of the era

[@windchimeisland]

He was such a fun guest! He did more than the same squeak sound every time like some of them do. William Shatner was a babe!

[@Bigstooler0]

In answering questions from the panel, Mr Angel, who makes knitting needles,was the best I've ever seen, very quick and very accurate.

[@markxxx21]

Yes, John even gives the audience the look to say, "If everyone answered like him, I'd be out of a job."

[@TacomaPaul]

Best "normal" guest ever. He knew what was going on.

[@soulierinvestments]

In the 1980s, Shatner hosted a game show history special in which it began with Dorothy's introduction of Shatner.

[@salaciousbum1161]

Gotta love Jack Lemmon. Such a great actor. So many great performances. My favorite of all time was Days of Wine and Roses.

[@Tsuruta1]

Salicious Bum Mine was The Odd Couple as Felix Unger. Especially when he was making that noise in the cafe.😅

[@salaciousbum1161]

That was a great role as well. Love that film!

[@waynej2608]

Save the Tiger, The Fortune Cookie, China Syndrome, Missing, Some Like it Hot, The Prisoner of 2nd Ave, etc. Jack could do both comedy and drama, like a champ. He still blows my mind in one of his last major roles, Glengary Glenn Ross. Genius.

[@JDAbelRN]

Brilliant! "The Apartment ", with Shirley McLain, absolutely sublime film in every respect.

[@philippapay4352]

@Salacious Bum - One of the greats of all time and from any nation. He could do anything and draw you in.

[@VahanNisanian]

William Shatner is now 83 years old, and could not look anymore ageless. Mr. Shatner, may you continue to live live long and prosper. *Holds up Vulcan sign*

[@mossmiller]

Don't forget to see him on the Twilight Zone. Two famous episodes: the one where he gets hooked on asking the fortune telling machine in the diner, and the one where he hallucinates that someone is out on the wing of an airliner he is a passenger on. Very fine acting.

[@dpm-jt8rj]

Bill Shatner's first question to the first contestant was what's your telephone number. He had that same line in the movie Star Trek, The Voyage Home when he was speaking to Catherine Hick's character towards the end of that movie. In immediate response to Shatner's telephone number question, the lady said something and everyone laughed. What did she say? I can see why he asked for her telephone number too (even though it was made in jest).

[@keepdancingmaria]

I THINK she said, "It's been changed."

[@lmkm57]

🖖

[@g-r-a-e-m-e-]

He is wonderful in comic roles, such as in 3rd Rock From the Sun where he was the Big Giant Head, the alien boss. He was hysterical in that, pure gold.

[@bhoulders7792]

Mr. Angel from Rochester, NY... funny to hear my hometown, makes me ears perk up. Glad to no longer live there, but gotta love the representation. Incredible to hear it be recognized as the HQ of Kodak so readily, long time since that would be the case. Also, these videos are a goldmine, I think we're all very very thankful to have these preserved in this manner.

[@md_vandenberg]

"So what's your telephone number?" "It's just been changed." Now that's how you turn a guy down!

[@shirleyrombough8173]

My friends and I were at a restaurant being served by a really cute guy who was kind of flirty with me. My friend Diane wanted to make something of it. Diane: She (pointing at me) wants your phone number. Me: I like my own number just fine, thank you.

[@bailey9r]

Odd to think all of these folks have passed on, such as Dorothy by almost 60 years, but Bill is still chugging along strong.

[@kennyrocksablethe3rdsoffic885]

Kitty and Captain Kirk together? This should be fascinating-and WITH commercials, too!

[@billtaylor4224]

Shatner was quite the flirt. I'll bet he was at least half serious when he asked for her number.

[@RaymondHng]

What was her response after he asked her for her phone number?

[@johnparadise3134]

I'm sure he was at least half serious if not more!

[@TrumbullComic]

She said she'd just changed it.

[@mikehike596]

Thank you, *jonnyquest037* ; the exchange takes place at 06:49, and I could not understand her response which got such a laugh.

[@KimberlyGreen]

There's a reason why Captain Kirk couldn't keep it in his pants, what with being played by him.

[@j.fernandes9884]

Why did TV shows deteriorate after that era? Every one is so classy and polite🙂

[@3gdosrsfs]

WOW! I only wish TV limited itself to ONE commercial during a break....today, you get more advertisement than show. Ah, the good old days.

[@williejohnson3866]

3GDOSRSFS yep it’s sad too.... pay lots of money for services and still get advertisements

[@dontatmeevr]

that ad was full of bullshit sooo

[@RayRay-zt7bj]

Have you ever tried Netflix?

[@nonrepublicrat]

captain kirk time traveled back to 1965 to be on this show and to search for klingons.

[@Dzonemp]

And collect phone numbers.

[@oswaldomilano3848]

HA HA HA

[@shirleyborces2258]

Well, William Shatner was my favorite and I love him in his role as Captain Kirk.....

[@pixiedustgirl13]

My mom thought he was pretty sexy back in the day.

[@amc042759]

Jack Lemmon was a class act. Well respected. Very talented and funny.

[@kali8188]

Jack Lemmon sounds like he's impersonating Peter Falk! He's pretty good! Ha!

[@djdon60]

Indeed, Kali! At least, he got to match wits, with the Lieutenant.

[@tomerisraeli3521]

Fun fact: the first audience member to die of laughter was wearing a red shirt.

[@mikepatrick5909]

FYI Susan Bates knitting needles are still manufactured today.

[@craigsmith157]

I laughed so hard when Dorothy asked Lemmon if he's been a guest at her house and he answered, "Aah, where do you live?" Lol.

[@MrJoeybabe25]

The knitting needle man is a great contestant. He didn't just sit there and defer to John for any possible questions as to the questions. Kitty: Does this product have more than one part? Contestant: Could you explain yourself a little more... He was really engaged in playing the game. That's nice to see.

[@maryzorn3365]

By the way, I knit and Susan Bates is still making needles in 2021! There are all kinds and types out there but Bates has become the “Chevrolet” of needles: reliable, affordable and available.

[@TheBraveIntrovert]

For me, Arlene adds a lot to the show. The show is different when she isn't there and lacks a little something...

[@jasonburns4071]

+Purple Capricorn I agree...she seemed such a lovely lady...no 'side' at all. She enters into the fun of it. All the 'regulars' are ok in my book. It's so good to look at these episodes...takes me away from all the bad news in the world...I go to bed happier for having watched them...

[@joelake7986]

Amen! It's nice to time-travel back to a time when the world was less crazy.

[@mikehike596]

Yet in another sense, the era was not without a sense of losing a grip on reality either, with the increasing chaos of Vietnam looming, the oncoming "hippie" generation rocking societal norms, civil rights heating up, and particularly with the threat of nuclear war.

[@cowboyflipflopped]

Purple Capricorn, no one nailed that Transatlantic accent quite the way she did.

[@waynej2608]

@Jim Stark Indeed.

[@44032]

When "For the people" was cancelled, it made Shatner available for a show called "Star Trek". Jeffery Hunter had the role but was demanding too much money.

[@philippapay4352]

@Steven Chappell - Jeffrey Hunter died a week before the last episode of the original series aired on network TV, so he would certainly not have benefitted from the career boost it could have afforded him, as it did for William Shatner who parlayed it into comedy work, too.

[@philippapay4352]

@Rick Gross Not forgetting, but it would not have seemed as much of a stretch to cast him in that as some of the fine comedy work he got.

[@VahanNisanian]

William Shatner. Later that same year, he would boldly go where no man or woman had gone before by filming a pilot for a certain new series created by Gene Roddenberry about galaxy exploration.

[@gutsfield3504]

Vahan Nisanian yes. Now 87, William Shatner is a wonderful underappreciated actor and a good active man to this day.

[@georgiawessling7987]

It was in 9/66 that the first Star Trek series came on.

[@shuboy05]

And that was the SECOND pilot. The first had a different captain entirely.

[@Marsbonfire007]

They said during the intro that he was just starting another show.

[@dubbled7286]

2:56 Marsbonfire , I wonder what show that was? 🤔

[@soulierinvestments]

1:00 -- 1:15 > When Shatner hosted "TV"s Funniest Game Show Moments" in 1984, this clip was used to introduce Shatner to the audience. I saw that broadcast and it was the first time since 1965 that I had seen anything of Dorothy Kilgallen on network TV since 1965.

[@4seeableTV]

Love the voice Lemmon used. At least he tried to sound different.

[@edlaprade]

+CrazyWedz Yeah, he sounded more like Peter Falk than himself.

[@RikardPeterson]

Too bad they'd all had dinner just before. I'd have liked to see more of him.

[@kennethlatham3133]

@@RikardPeterson He said one syllable that sounded exactly like Jack Lemmon, and I think that's what tipped Bennett Cerf off.

[@APrintmaker]

I love the ads, they really add to the experience.

[@susanseller7890]

Franklin Hoffman pp

[@davidsanderson5918]

Not me. For years I recorded everything so I could forward thru em.....and then this year I got rid of my TV licence. Somehow I've managed to avoid them till now!!

[@princeharming8963]

My thumbs up for this one was in honor of the woman preaching like a televangelist for Bayer Aspirin! And as of this post in January of '20.. Shatner is the only one left.

[@danielgalef994]

She sounds awfully familiar... Is she (or did she go on to be) a film or tv actor voice actor?

[@Bigwave2003]

Jack Lemmon disguised his voice better than just about any other mystery guest, yet they knew who he was immediately. He must have been making a lot of appearances to publicize his new movie so the panel was expecting him. Also love the vintage commercials.

[@kelseyk530]

Yes. It was during the Great Race with Tony Curtis and Natalie Wood with Blake Edwards directing.

[@tomdumb6937]

The voice is Peter Falk!

[@waynezimmerman1950]

@@tomdumb6937 "Push the button, Max!"

[@billboyle1588]

I thought his voice was so poorly disguised that he must have been drunk!

[@OrchestrationOnline]

Lemmon was fricken amazing. You could have just pointed a camera at him for half an hour and then broadcast that.

[@abaco9007]

Jack Lemmon, the Great, promoting HOW TO MURDER YOUR WIFE. First Hollywood film with one of my favourite actrees, flawless Virna Lisi. Thanks for posting. I wish you could post the episode with Lisi as a mistery guest (Nov, 20, 1966). Please!!! What's my line forever

[@WhatsMyLine]

A Baco We'll get there! I assume you know the shows are being posted in order.

[@johnnytheyoungmaestro]

That was probably the fastest round of a Mystery Challenger I've ever seen! I've heard that Jack Lemmon was very big around his time, as mentioned in the episode. :)

[@laurawestervelt]

Life is funny. Had Shatner's new show been a success, he never would have been Captain Kirk. Fascinating.

[@imkluu]

Jack Lemon is one of my favorite actors, only second after Jimmie Stewart. There were so many really talented actors back in the post war to mid 60's.

[@kelseyk530]

Cary Grant

[@C21L01]

That’s because back then, stardom in Hollywood relied exclusively upon actual acting talent as opposed to looking ugly like today.

[@Visiontech]

I'm just loving discovering some of these stars. William Shatner! Wow!!!

[@laurahoward5426]

Huge applause for Jack Lemmon🥰

[@harrygeorge3220]

Hello Dear How are you doing today?

[@carmellafraser2467]

Great actor!🇨🇦

[@littlesam1]

I love and miss Arlene but it's fun to see Kitty here

[@judithgannon5642]

Kittys husband Moss Hart wrote an autobiography. I found it touching that he said his ambition was to marry a great and classy woman. And he did! She spoke at my county library late 70s. What an experience. She was just as you expect.

[@wwaldok]

How to Murder Your Wife was a real fun movie...and Lemon and Virna Lisi were both aptly cast for their roles.

[@kennethlatham3133]

A good accompaniment to "Mad Men", yes?

[@shuroom57]

​@@kennethlatham3133Like "The Dick Van Dyke Show" in color: good trifecta.

[@MrJoeybabe25]

Bill Shatner's new show "For The People" lasted for only thirteen episodes. Shatner starred in the 1966 gothic horror film Incubus, the second feature-length movie ever made with all dialogue spoken in Esperanto.

[@savethetpc6406]

Joe Postove Really?!! I wonder if my father has ever seen that film. He is an Esperanto enthusiast. I'll have to ask him about it. Of course, if "For The People" had been more successful, we might never have had William Shatner as Captain Kirk. I wonder if he has any regrets in that regard or ever wonders about what different paths his career might have taken.

[@WhatsMyLine]

SaveThe TPC Hard for me to imagine Shatner being anything other than grateful for Star Trek. Unlike a lot of actors who make a big mark in a single role and get typecasted (*cough* Leonard Nimoy *cough*), he's gotten to do a LOT of other types of roles over his career. And he's certainly never been reticent to return to the Star Trek world. But one never knows!

[@MrJoeybabe25]

What's My Line? How about a show which combines Star Trek and The Walking Dead?

[@exapno]

It's a good thing that For the People only lasted thirteen episodes - it got cancelled just in time for him to be cast as James Kirk in the second Trek pilot, "Where No Man Has Gone Before"

[@WhatsMyLine]

exapno Exapno! I know where *that* name must come from!!! I assume you've simply chosen to omit the "Mapcase"? Excellent user name. :)

[@bigoldinosaur]

Holy crap!!! It's Captain Kirk!!! Live long and prosper!!!

[@mzk1489]

Before this, he generally played a "heavy"

[@maryjupitermusic]

+dylan plantenga I'm Canadian too!

[@Concetta20]

Shatner's sooo young!!

[@crystalheart9]

+Anna Ferrara He was gorgeous. I had a super crush on him when Star Trek was on. I was 18 then, a very long time ago.

[@billtaylor4224]

+crystalheart9 Not to far behind you. I still watch the series now and then. I comes on Saturday night here at 8. Last night was one of the best episodes. "City on the edge of forever" with Joan Collins. I was 14 when Star Trek debuts.

[@lynnturman8157]

+Anna Ferrara You think he looks young here, you should see him when he was a baby.

[@kennethlatham3133]

@@lynnturman8157 Shirley you must be joking.

[@mrbob4u495]

@@lynnturman8157 Saw him on the Twilight Zone, Nightmare at 20,000 Feet (1960)...long before Star Trek. Might have been his first ever TV appearance.

[@leisure057blank3]

Boy William Shatner was a hunk!!

[@amandajstar]

Bill Shatner was dreamy in those days. Now he's just wonderful.

[@CellGames2006]

William Shatner, always sharp as tack. He would have guessed that gym educator if he got more time... the others screwed it up.

[@judithgannon5642]

The regular panelists developed often used questions that worked. "Is it bigger than a breadbox?"

[@Keltster]

I enjoy watching the 'Mystery Guest' segments from these old WHAT'S MY LINE .... ? shows. Neat also the now 56 yrs later Bill Shatner is still with us too !

[@richardleon6848]

After watching this Bayer commercial, I have a headache!

[@WhatsMyLine]

It's brilliant marketing, when you stop and think about it. The commercial itself creates the need for the product.

[@richardleon6848]

lol

[@Watcher3223]

+What's My Line? _"The commercial itself creates the need for the product."_ But what if the prospect goes for Tylenol instead? ;-)

[@JesusisJesus]

It was a very carefully worded ad, "It's as gentle on the stomach as any other product made of the same thing." and "It's works just as quick as..." because one Acetylsalicylic acid is the same as another brand. Wow they thought people were gullible back then. * May cause stomach bleeding, low blood pressure, testicular shrinkage, and 57 other side effects...

[@loissimmons6558]

+Watcher3223 A rising tide raises all boats. As long as your sales increase, you don't care if it also increases the others.

[@abaco9007]

Great! I didn't realized you were posting in order. I look forward to see. Thanks a lot!

[@MrJoeybabe25]

Actor Russell Crowe knits, Randy Grossman tight end for Pittsburgh Steelers and Rosey Grier, minister and former professional football player, musician Ringo Star, actors David Arquette, Ryan Reynolds and Scott Baio all knit, crochet and do needlepoint. Rosey Grier wrote a book on needlepoint for men. So it's not just for mommies.

[@WhatsMyLine]

My grandfather did needlepoint.

[@ghshinn]

What's My Line? My grandmother taught me how to crochet, and I taught my wife.

[@savethetpc6406]

What's My Line? So did mine!!!!! He was a master at it, and I think everyone in my family has at least one of his beautiful needlepoint pictures. Before he came to America, he also used to weave rugs on a loom. My living room rug is an impressive, Persian style one that he made. Unfortunately, time and my family's feet have not been good to it, and after more than 75 years it is very, very worn out.

[@MrJoeybabe25]

SaveThe TPC Does anyone remember Mr. Mike of Saturday Night Live poking knitting needles into his eyeballs. We all laughed.

[@savethetpc6406]

Joe Postove Yikes! No, I don't. Do you mean "Mr. Bill?" I think that was the clay creation that was constantly being abused by a pair of hands belonging to some otherwise unseen sadist. I never thought it was funny, and I guess I've blocked out the memory of any specific abuses.

[@1aikane]

Shatner's new program... Wow....Who would have known Star Trek would make such an impact that night.

[@geraldkatz7986]

He wasn't there to promote Star Trek. This was before Star Trek. The show was not a success. That enabled him to do Star Trek when the Powers That Be fired Jeffrey Hunter.

[@shuboy05]

When Bennett mentioned Arlene stuck on a plane, I immediately pictured her trying to deduce the jobs of her fellow passengers!

[@kinghani]

Wow, it's weird because this show feels so much like a different age. So archaic. Yet William Shatner is on it, looking like he's in his thirties, and he's still around and I don't think of him as being super, super old.

[@merricat3025]

He is in his 90s.

[@silviageorge7600]

Jack Lemmon was just great ! R.I.P. SIR !

[@deboraholsen2504]

It always amazed me when I was little (I was born in 1965) how much my dad’s brother looked so similar to William Shatner, but when I see him now, looking back, it’s even more so! They have both aged much, and my uncle remained slim, while Mr. Shatner gained excess weight, but as I pause this and study William Shatner’s individual features, they nearly exactly matched my uncle’s back then, even down to the Sandy blonde hair! And then I realized that part of his features resemble my father’s, too, except he had dark hair. It’s just uncanny how much he resembles the men in our family!!!

[@harrygeorge3220]

Hello Deborah How are you doing today?

[@Dios67]

Before they mentioned the movie Jack Lemmon was in I thought it might be The Great Race (1965). His disguised voice sounded a lot like Professor Fate. Someone below said it sounded like Peter Falk (who was also in The Great Race).

[@itiswhatitaintanditaintwha1427]

Push the button max!

[@kennethlatham3133]

Also at that time: "Days of Wine and Roses".

[@TheCalico72]

Dorothy looks especially lovely. I think dark hair is very flattering on her.

[@thezmanchar]

William shatner was very handsome without a doubt. He still looks very young for his age.

[@JuanFernandez-jr2wz]

Jack Lemmon is unforgettable. It's impossible not to love him. Intelligent, warm, lovable, always marvelous in his portraits, in comedy and in drama. One of the greats, without doubt.

[@fg6971]

Charm and sanity Sunday nights before the Monday return to the rat race. Cool episode that features Jack Lemmon in his prime, a youthfull William Shatner, the charming Kitty Carlisle from To Tell The Truth next to Bennett, and commercials that if not from when this episode aired do look to be from 1965 or close to 1965.

[@username178able]

Love these episodes & I’m hooked on them too! The old commercials were a riot especially the Bayer aspirin!

[@MrJoeybabe25]

Excellent show tonight, Gary. Really good contestants and nice turn by Kitty Carlisle.For many years, straight up at 11PM ET, The CBS late news was broadcast on Sunday. It was on at 11, 11:15, and 11:30 to cover affiliates with no Sunday late news (a lot back then) a 15 minute newscast (also very many) and the last one for stations with a full 30 minute news program. I wonder if there are air checks around with the news on the tape. That would be fascinating to see.

[@savethetpc6406]

I was thinking the same thing. This was an especially fun episode, despite Arlene's absence. William Shatner had quite an impressive first game, all the "lines" were interesting, and Jack Lemmon was very entertaining. The little "in-group" thing between Bennett, Kitty and Jack also added an extra dimension.

[@MrJoeybabe25]

SaveThe TPC Yes, one of the best shows, overall, in some time. Lots of fun!

[@MrJoeybabe25]

Great post!

[@rickprinz3272]

Joe Postove l

[@Qboro66]

OMG Kitty Carlisle was so lovely!

[@martinleavitt6094]

👍

[@scottmiller6495]

What a fine and quality actor from the great past when acting was an art and class all the way !!!!!

[@aspenrebel]

Jack Lemmon went to the same Elementary School as I did. Albeit a lot of years before me. But he attended Private schools thereafter, not Public schools.

[@TheBraveIntrovert]

William Shatner looks so young! I'm used to the Shatner now.

[@keetrandling4530]

toupee?

[@michaelceraso1977]

@@keetrandling4530 oh He had to wear a toupee yrs before this show, he started losing it in early 30's

[@slimdudeDJC]

Man, Shatner's questioning doesn't fall too far from the "Kirk" tree!!

[@MyREDTAIL]

I met Wm, Shatner in the NBC Building, Years ago when I was working in Manhattan, ?What a Great Down to Earth guy to talk to he was.

[@LarsRyeJeppesen]

Not according to most people he has worked with

[@C21L01]

@ There isn’t a single member of the Star Trek TOS cast who didn’t make it clear that Shatner was a terrible person to work with. George Takei we all know about. Walter Koenig never worked with him outside of Star Trek. James Doohan also made his issues with the man public. DeForest Kelley, I cannot speak of but have heard some stories from him about Shatner’s selfishness and Nichelle Nicols ended up doing her nut at the man making it clear as to why she hated him so much. Even Leonard Nimoy in the end told the man that he never wanted to see him again and their friendship was over. All egotistical people are charming on the outside but selfish on the inside. They never show their true colours during causal interactions.

[@judithgannon5642]

He was said to want to be the star re his coworkers. He was beautiful with tremendous charisma, and perfect in his moment on Star Trek. As it turned out, the others projected just as well anyway. They all are preserved on film to entertain and inspire down through the years.

[@shuroom57]

"Down to earth"? Did you meet him in an elevator?

[@AlejandroGarcia-ek3uy]

Wow! William Shatner, how handsome!😍

[@maryc6189]

Love the added commercials!

[@leannsherman6723]

Wow; how young William Shatner was! Handsome too - and very flirtatious.

[@soulierinvestments]

When producer Irving Thalberg put Kitty Carlisle and Allan Jones into “A Night at the Opera” starring the Marx Brothers, he did so explaining that the people needed someone to relate to. The New Yorker reviewer famously observed about this logic, “WHAT people??” Kitty Carlisle appeared 4 times as a panelist on WML. Twice she appeared in 1963 when ARl;ene had chicken pox and injuries in an auto accident. Twice she in 1965. Tonight Arlene's flight got delayed. The fourth time, as we shall see later, she appeared when WML itself was in crisis.

[@mzk1489]

I seem to recall her as a regular on To Tell the Truth.

[@tomservo56954]

soulierinvestments In that movie, Kitty introduced the song "Love in Bloom" and expected it to be her signature...she was in attendance the night a bandleader jokingly played it when Jack Benny entered, forever attaching the tune to him.

[@soulierinvestments]

In A Night at the Opera Kitty sang "Alone" [by Freed and Brown] and arias by Verdi. "Love in Bloom" [by Rainger and Robins] was in "She Loves Me Not" and indeed got introduced by Bing Crosby and Kitty. It would have been a great signature song for Kitty; we would think of it entirely differently if it had become her signature and not Jack's. Can it be the breeze indeed.

[@loissimmons6558]

I watched Jack Benny during and interview call it "ridiculous" that "Love in Bloom" was his theme song.

[@theGhoulman]

Mr. Shatner? Shatner: "What's your telephone number?" HAHAHAHA Sandi Kane; "It's just been changed." :D

[@MellnikMary]

Now it’s 2021 and I’m lovin’ it too.

[@soulierinvestments]

William Shatner came to promote his new drama series "For the People" which prefigured "Boston Legal by 40 years. What nobody knew at the time: "For the People" had put in jeopardy the most successful science fiction franchise in history before it even got started. If "For the People" had been a hit and Shatner had been unavailable for STar Trek, who would have starred? Would it have been a a three-year run? Would the franchaise have been a hit? Fortunately, "For the People" was uprightly serious in "The Defenders" mode; CBS canned it within a few months.

[@tomservo56954]

soulierinvestments You mention THE DEFENDERS....the producers wanted Shatner for the role of the son in the father/son legal team that was played by Robert Reed. Bill didn't want to commit himself to a series at that time, but did agree to make guest appearances on the show.

[@danielladoron4802]

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