What's My Line? - Jerry Lewis; Dave Garroway[panel] (Jun 24, 1962)

MYSTERY GUEST: Jerry Lewis
PANEL: Arlene Francis, Dave Garroway, Dorothy Kilgallen, Bennett Cerf

[@scottmiller6495]

What a class act Jerry Lewis was and should be remembered as one of the greatest Entertainers of all time !!!!!

[@davidsanderson5918]

Scott Miller Disagree. He made only one truly great comedy movie as far as I'm concerned (The Nutty Professor). Other than that, after the hours of interviews I've watched (with growing disbelief!!), I'm disappointed to report that he was an obnoxious, egotistical and cold man. All I see now is an arrogant, vain man LOVING the attention.

[@rtflone]

@@davidsanderson5918 In the early 1970s I was in Vegas for a big trade show and ran into Jerry Lewis - literally. I was (almost) running down a corridor at the Convention Center so as not to be late for a company function. I turned a corner and ran smack into Jerry Lewis coming the other way knocking him flat on his back. Long story short, Mr Lewis could not have been more forgiving. He graciously accepted my profuse apologies. He was after all a huge star and many show biz types would not have been so nice about it. I will never forget the kindness he showed me..

[@scottmiller6495]

@@christinecatt5391 He was and aside from his personal life that is no one's business, Jerry was brilliant and talented and a real humanitarian especially with his contributions with Muscular Dystrophy! His Telethons for over 40 years should be enough for anyone to earn his respect!!!!!

[@jerrylewisthekid5479]

@@davidsanderson5918 Selfish? Did you really know him or do you read the crap the gossip magazines write about him just because he was Jewish? Did you know that man literally GAVE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO ANYONE EVEN PEOPLE HE DON'T KNOW? That as soon as he knew that some friend of his was in financial difficulty he gave him money and helped him in other ways? You've broken into hating a person just because you believe in shit and because he was a Jew! It had its flaws like everyone else! DO YOU THINK YOU ARE PERFECT AND DESERVE HEAVEN WHEN YOU DIE? I'M NOT AND I AM AWARE OF IT! You Americans are hypocrites as hell, you all believe yourselves to be saints and then you go around shooting schools because without weapons you don't feel like men, you hypocrites!

[@loissimmons6558]

This would have aired right around the time I finished fourth grade. Now I'm on Medicare, ready to begin Social Security soon and I'm even older than Bennett Cerf was at the time of this episode. And the time keeps going by faster and faster.

[@bluecamus5162]

They say when you get to the end, it will have passed in the blink of an eye. I'm not far behind you and it seems that way to me.

[@kentetalman9008]

I'm ahead of both of you, Daly's age when he died. Time is passing faster than you can imagine.

[@nancyhowell4505]

I was 9 when this aired, now I'm 71. When my 70th birthday came, it was a shock! 😲 So old! 😳

[@loissimmons109]

@@nancyhowell4505I'm right behind. 71st birthday within weeks.

[@markymark903]

Im 64 and retired...I have said to several of my friends that I thought time would slow down after retiremant but it's just the opposite. The days just fly by.

[@eugeneendres5846]

I love how they mess with him, because they know it's Jerry. And then he knows they know. Too funny !

[@jaqatlantic]

Arlene gets more and more beautiful with each passing year on this show. She literally is aging in reverse!

[@janetmarletto6667]

It shows what a generous salary can do: dermatology, plastic surgery,top hairdressers, make up artists and stylists. The work of her team is evident.

[@jewell92]

I had never thought of Bennett as particularly funny. His comment about the boomerang was good.

[@keymaninmusic]

Miss Moore is the most charming guest I've seen yet.

[@chuckendweiss4849]

The look on the faces of the pane when they fail to guess the lines of guests Is wonderful

[@grdn02100]

"while we're plugging Miss Universe...." Arlene!!! Double entendre with perfect delivery. :)

[@wyatt_kincaid]

Filling in for Bennett Cerf tonight is the one and only Phil McCracken

[@huangec]

I actually burst out laughing when I heard that!

[@davidsanderson5918]

A Giordano I don't think there was innuendo intended at first. She said it THEN realised the near the knuckle nature of it.

[@jenjen7728]

That Bennet Cerf nailed him everytime!!

[@beadyeyedbrat]

With all the wold expressions Jerry Lewis put his face through, you tend to forget he was a attractive man.

[@adriennekelley9600]

I think.jerry Lewis was sooo handsome at that time..those eyes..and his..damure

[@maremacd]

When I was a kid, my family vacationed in Saco/Ferry Beach. My parents and six siblings crammed in an un-air-conditioned station wagon for the 10-hour drive. Oy.

[@jaydeedaley8158]

Young and beautiful

[@keymaninmusic]

Yes you are.

[@EilleenMacLean]

❤love watching with my granddaughter it was shot when I was in 6th grade 😂 soooo good

[@davidwilliamson8861]

What a LEGEND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@susanrutherford866]

Poor dorothy would not get to finish her life it was taken tragically and deliberatelly she simply.knew too much

[@peternagy-im4be]

Keep taking the medication.

[@ryanschroer]

Ironically, Lewis would outlive all of them..most of them by quite a bit..

[@ryanschroer]

referring to "hope we live that long" comment

[@TheBraveIntrovert]

Ryan Schroer Well he was younger than them.

[@ReynaHerichan7769]

Ryan Schroer He was younger than them all. Bennett even born in the 19th century.

[@DougJrFan93]

Jerry's one of my favorites! Thanks!

[@daniellebourgade8701]

Jerry was very attractive.......

[@leannsherman6723]

Jerry Lewis didn’t acknowledge the audience. I really have a lot of respect for those celebrities who did.

[@demostheodorakakis6328]

This is just great!

[@usermikes]

I remember standing next to Dave Garroway in front of the Waldorf Astoria in 1965 waiting for a cab..Sad he committed suicide...

[@contraryMV]

Sometimes it seems like the ladies hairdresser hated them.

[@thetiler]

Interesting music at the end :) Like that fast pace orchestration!

[@soulierinvestments]

The title of it is "Rollercoaster."

[@thetiler]

Thanks !

[@thetiler]

It is so good that it might be great to do a solo guitar finger style to it.

[@leannsherman6723]

Dorothy Kilgallen was so good at this game; terrible what happened to her.

[@erichanson426]

I can relate to Mr. Daily, I had trouble getting my boomaring back to me.

[@Jolar70]

Even for Arlene, her opening quip at 1:56 must have had Standards and Practices choking on their coffee! "Go to commercial!"

[@Bigbadwhitecracker]

That was hysterical! LOLLLLLLLLLl!! Only Arlene could get away with that. LOL!

[@ALLforLOVE13]

Boomerangs in the past were used as weapons for hunting, so I would consider that useful. But maybe none of them new that or maybe he made them to be used only for amusement.

[@alanfollett6242]

Boomerang trivia item du jour: Henry Wallace, FDR's third-term vice-president and 1948 third-party presidential candidate, threw boomerangs as a hobby.

[@loissimmons6558]

+Jennifer Murdock This was a period where Americans in their post-WWII affluence (compared to the Great Depression, very affluent), were going from craze to craze in spending their disposable income. We had hula hoops, and yo-yos, and for a while boomerangs for recreation were the craze. Frisbees would come later.

[@drumbum3.142]

"..go-ahed, *BENNETT* .." 😂😊😂😄😎😊😂

[@RaulRodriguezasteroides]

grande jerry lewis

[@user-ne8lh2vr2t]

midge moore has a video on you tube where she runs a camp shop in maine

[@bobbyshermanfan]

I know it sounds stupid, but these episodes smell like my grandparents house. The musty smell of a gown that has been packed away and revived for a special occasion. The sweet smell of Adorn wafting in the air. A freshly lit cigarette in a ashtray on the coffee table. The smell of Kiwi wax being applied to my grandfather's dress shoes and a simple wiff of those large pink mints in the candy dish. Ahh the memories.

[@eileenharder2473]

In 3 years Dorothy would come to the end of her life 😢

[@jamesr1703]

And not of her own volition.

[@anonymoushard1025]

There is nothing sexier than a woman who does Judo. Actually, Mrs. Horan was an 8th Degree Black Belt in the Judo.

[@maynardsmoreland]

Poor Dave Garroway looks so disheveled here. He lost his wife the previous year to an overdose.

[@usermikes]

I remember back in 1965..Dec...I was standing next to Dave Garroway in front of the Waldorf Astoria in NYC..Both of us waiting for a cab...He had on a gray suit, and red socks..Never forgot that..

[@davidsanderson5918]

Jack Val In London at the time that would've been quite 'Mod'. Did they have Mods in the US?? Was huge over here.

[@mousstard]

I thought for sure Bennett would come up with a witty pun for Miss Moore's name.

[@thetiler]

Would of enjoyed Jerry Lewis lasting a bit longer but fun show !

[@jason60chev]

I was 6 months old.

[@anneroy4560]

Dorothy appears to have had her hair piece adjusted ...

[@Stuff7630]

Is that supposed to be a beehive? ....but it's on top of the head? Maybe the second story.

[@jamesfox2579]

It's a wiglet.

[@sheilabroad8192]

👀. eye roll.

[@atronish]

About boomerangs: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boomerang

[@LarsRyeJeppesen]

19:40 You've finished it now, Jerry ... and Dorothy... ... you don't have much time left, get the most of it Honey...

[@leesher1845]

He didn’t seem to know how to disguise his voice adequately. I will say I think he was handsome at that stage of his career. I’m guessing he was in his 40s?

[@leesher1845]

Dorothy Kilgallen was so smart.

[@Ben-xe8ps]

He would have been 35/36

[@RonGerstein]

Jerry Lewis was born in 1926, so in 1962 he woukd turn 36.

[@robinblankenship117]

Weren't boomerangs used to hunt?

[@brookehanley3659]

Great ad for Bobbi Brown. Think I'll get some.

[@RobertPerrigoOkiechopper]

Dorothy? What kind of hair do is that????

[@usermikes]

I had a retired doctor as a neighbor, and he had Jerry Lewis as a patient..He said Lewis was a very nasty person..Not many people liked Lewis..He had an ego problem...I remember when they asked him to leave at the Waldorf Astoria in NYC...Waiters there told me Lewis was crazy..They didn't like serving him..Very nasty person...

[@emmagoldman6591]

Jack Val nothing like passing on an anonymous piece of gossip. anyone can be nasty under the right circumstances and i’m sure we can find just as many people who thought he was nice and generous including here on youtube with interviews of those he worked alongside.

[@usermikes]

Those who I know who had come into contact with Lewis didn't like him..Sorry if you can't take it..

[@marym5037]

@@usermikes she is saying that there are other people who worked with him and stated the opposite of what your "doctor" said :) that's all!

[@jpayne2338]

Look past the nasty and remember him for all he did for children like mine who suffer from MD. He is a hero.

[@marym5037]

@@jpayne2338 yes, and a great performer, writer, and director!

They must be running out of guests Jerry Lewis was only on a few shows ago.

[@preppysocks209]

As this is written, the current issue of Smithsonian magazine has a story about a man who purchased the boat John Steinbeck used for his trip that formed the basis for his book The Log.... about his trip to the Sea of Cortez and the discussions and early environmental work that he did. Afterward the boat was used as a fishing boat in Alaska, where more than 1 billion fish died on the top of that single boat. As in a different context, a billion here and a billion there and pretty soon you are talking about quite a few fish. We think of fishing as a hobby and a business but we also think of our fish and oceans as infinite resources and they are not. There has been so much degradation of our oceans and marine life. To keep fishing going, we need to manage resources wisely. Certain John Daly understood that through his work for the Isaac Walton Society. There were not many people talking about preserving habitat for fish and making water clean and safe in 1962. Despite all that has changed since these shows aired, some things remain the same, and the need for environmental stewardship while maintaining a vibrant economy is one of them.

[@ChrisHansonCanada]

*_CAPTAIN OF CHARTER FISHING BOAT_* *_MAKES BOOMERANGS_* *_JUDO INSTRUCTOR_*

[@leesher1845]

Don’t know what to think about those 50s fashions.

[@RonGerstein]

You mean 1962 fashions.

[@suzannebenz8928]

He was a handsome man....but I never liked his humor. He seemed crude and crass.

[@felixcat4346]

What the fuck kind of a sport fish would you find off the cost of Maine?

[@JLionelWaller]

That has been a hot bed of fishing for centuries

[@kristabrewer9363]

There he goes flipping over those cards again for absolutely no reason :( I sincerely HOPE he at least got a cut in his paycheck by continuously doing this stupid thing! I thought John Daily was one of the greatest gameshow hosts ever. I am now changing my opinion (I still like him SOMEWHAT only because I find it hard to hate him, but not NEARLY as much as used to)!

[@Noone58319]

Oh my.

[@kentetalman9008]

It's not about the game or, especially, the money.

[@RonGerstein]

You should know that every contestant wins the $50, no matter if the line is guessed or not.