What's My Line? - Lee Remick; Orson Bean [panel] (Jan 10, 1965)

MYSTERY GUEST: Lee Remick
PANEL: Dorothy Kilgallen, Orson Bean, Arlene Francis, Bennett Cerf
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[@trumancapote9097]

Such a sad, untimely ending for such a beautiful and talented and criminally UNDER-rated actress since LEE REMICK passed away from terminal cancer only in her mid-50s. RIP.

[@MrAddisondewitt]

I saw Ms Remick in a restaurant once and she was by far the most beautiful woman I had ever seen. .

[@johnfd0210]

She was certainly lovely, always seemed poised and intelligent.

[@m.e.d.7997]

IMO more beautiful than Natalie Wood. Men seemed to always think Natalie was more beautiful though.

[@lorraineb.4698]

Always thought so.

[@billolsen4360]

I never had the privilege, but did see Debbie Reynolds in a restaurant once and had the same reaction.

[@filippon1999]

Watching WML - it's so addictive!

[@scottpardee6303]

It sure is! As you see, I made a comment a year ago. This is my second trip through all of these shows. I am now also watching the syndicated version each night. I’ve also started watching “Laugh In! Each night, Much better than any shows nowadays.

[@cbass2755]

Lee Remick…one of my favorite actresses. I loved her character in The Days of Wine and Roses. Omg….to me she was so tragic and played that part that touched my heart to this day

[@shuroom57]

You're right. I touched me too. Especially that one scene where her husband, played by Jack Lemmon, castigates her for not being up for partying with him since the birth of their child. There's one point where she's facing the camera in tears as he makes a childish, insensitive comment about her mother's milk, pointing maniacally towards her chest and she clutches her bosom in sad horror that she is receiving such a torrent of hate from her man, the father of their baby. God, you just want to jump into the screen and hold her in your arms, tell her it will be alright.

[@lorraineb.4698]

She was great in that movie

[@donnacook8994]

Orson is such a funny and adorable panel member! Thank you for giving us these videos, as they are immensely entertaining! 🥰👏👍

[@anonymusum]

Lee Remick had it all - intelligence, talent, good looks and a humble character.

[@Cosmo-Kramer]

I don't know about intelligence, she really goofed in giving her identity away by providing more information than was requested. But she was gorgeous, and had great gams!

[@m.e.d.7997]

One of the prettiest women in the Biz at that time.

[@lorraineb.4698]

@@Cosmo-KramerMany of the guests do that not sure it signals stupidity

[@Cosmo-Kramer]

@@lorraineb.4698 Then many of the guests are stupid as it does signal stupidity.

[@efrem1]

The last of the great panelists. We will miss you, Orson.

[@susanwenner8738]

Lee’s family owned a lovely woman’s boutique in Quincy Mass for many years. Simply called Remick’s!

[@johncassani6780]

They also sold men’s clothing. I remember when my grandfather was old, and had lost some weight, he said his suit was from Remick’s, long after it had closed.

[@donreed]

RIP, Orson (02-08-20). You were superb.

[@funtimeslondon]

Lee's hair is much more glamorous in this appearance rather than her previous appearance. She's the epitome of sixties gorgeous.

[@captainnice9698]

Lee Remick was a living doll

[@57highland]

Yes, yes, oh yes!

[@tjb1952tjb]

Lee Remick was a real beauty........gone much too early at 55. Such beautiful eyes.

[@brookehanley3659]

Too young.

[@michaelgasiciel9317]

She definitely was a looker here but since I was 8 when this show aired in later years she was definitely Hot...hot..hot!:(

[@scottlevin3966]

I wish people looked this beautiful today.

[@LANCSKID]

Fiona Bruce does! 👩🏻‍🦱❤️

[@just4mygrl]

Lee Remick was very beautiful.

[@kevinmarkey9441]

lee remick was so hot she was born in a microwave 💖

[@maxreger100]

Ms. Remick could also sing beautifully as she did in the early Stephen Sondheim musical "Anyone Can Whistle"....

[@kentetalman9008]

And also in "Follies".

[@WitoldBanasik]

Enchanting talk with the horse lady... the whole program sounds and looks like a huge wonderful fairy tale. done in outstanding stylish, witty and charming style !!!! Thank you WML for the gem...

[@SuperWinterborn]

Bennett's face, whether he gets a "yes" or "no" is so charmingly expressive! ;)

[@johnstucko2740]

This is the second what's my line with her as the mystery guest. Again she is gorgeous! She died way too soon...

[@preppysocks209]

@z do you think about what you think about before you post comments?

[@gina1433mhrj]

Very delightful to watch. Lee Remick was gorgeous and such a talented actress. She died much to young, she is greatly missed. So enjoyed her in The Omen.

[@57highland]

I remember her from a very good TV movie, "No Way To Treat A Lady", with George Segal and Rod Steiger. George is a detective on the trail of a serial murderer (Steiger) and Lee is the lady he meets and starts dating during that case, who gets pulled into the plot more directly.

[@jankypop-a-matic58]

Poor Orson Bean lived to be in his 90's only to be taken out in a car accident in February of 2020. So tragic!..ugh! RIP Orson!

[@tinat9486]

It was tragic about Orson Bean! What a beautiful man he was. So handsome, superior quick wit and humor with an excellent command of the English language. I wish I could have known him! No one Iike him that I've seen. He was hit by a car. Is there an autobiography/biography written about him anywhere in existence?

[@leannsherman6723]

Yes, awful. He seemed like a very nice man as well.

[@leannsherman6723]

That panel was smart to get that last line so quickly!

[@Kaboomboo]

Wow that's so recent! How sad!

[@waldolydecker8118]

If I'm not mistaken, same thing happened to Steve Allen, another, and more significant panelist on this program. If I remember correctly, Steve's car was hit at a comparatively moderate speed - a fender bender type accident - but the jolt was apparently significant enough to send his health into a downward spiral.

[@igkoigko9950]

This episode stands out in that the contestants were as calm, cool, erudite and relaxed as the panelists, really socioeconomic peers

[@keithhyttinen8275]

"Socioeconomic peers". The exact people I deliberately avoid, and for good reason.

[@pinedelgado4743]

Lee Remick looks so GORGEOUSLY CUTE in this episode!! :) :)

[@MarkSmith-js2pu]

Lee was my first Hollywood crush. What a doll !

[@vladimir0700]

People were so much more civilized in those days.

[@jackkomisar458]

I don't think you would hear a question like "Are you a sex symbol?" on a game show today.

[@davidsanderson5918]

Only on television for half an hour at the weekend.

[@caroler01]

CARL MOBLEY You know what.

[@caroler01]

Jack Komisar It would be volunteered today.

[@michaelsaks9165]

That's the truth !

[@jbradley46]

Miss Ash was my music teacher in high school. Dysart High Arizona.

[@lllowkee6533]

Dorothy had a stylish hair coif here, finally. Bennett and John are good friends and hold each other in high regard. I love the sparing between them! ❤️

[@LANCSKID]

Sparing? Or even sparring. 👨‍🎓

[@lorraineb.4698]

Likely a wig

[@LANCSKID]

@@lorraineb.4698 Much like my Aunt Nellie.

[@NightcruiserMA]

Amazing to think that Lee Remick and John Charles Daly passed away the same year.

[@neilmcdonald9164]

Lee Remick,a classy lady taken too soon...so much more than the doomed wife in The Omen❤️👍🎩

[@jrm8899]

It's always cute and hilarious when Arlene gets an either or choice of guessing something on a certain question and picks wrong

[@clearfield2009]

Orson Bean's third cousin was Calvin Coolidge-- the president Coolidge

[@Zeppolino100]

The oh-so-lovely Lee Remick begins at 17:45......

[@minx2528]

Thank You!!

[@lllowkee6533]

Oh it was. I was a child but I love watching WML and can remember many of these stars in movies, going to movie with my Mother. ❤️

[@VahanNisanian]

Lee Remick left this world way too soon.

[@MrJoeybabe25]

Didn't she die about the same time as Elizabeth Montgomery? They were very similar and I'll bet up for the same parts early on.

[@VahanNisanian]

Joe Postove Lee Remick died in 1991. Four years before Liz Montgomery died.

[@soulierinvestments]

Joe Postove Montgomery died in April 1995; Remick died in July 1991. Both of them died way WAY too young.

[@brookehanley3659]

+Joe Postove Actually Liz was a TV actress and played in B type films. Lee Remick was not a TV actress mainly. She was in movie theatre films of high caliber.

[@cynthialyman2636]

She did; she was a luminous beauty and a fantastic actress besides.

[@shirleyrombough8173]

Dang, John surely should have gone to law school. What a great lawyer he would have been.

[@leeclark4495]

He was a top journalist in World War II

[@davidj8065]

She was so beautiful and and had beautiful soul

[@donaldleroy6502]

Man I wish this was in color, Lee Remick her eyes are the most beautiful I will probably ever see

[@battlegirldeb]

I've never seen Orson Bean so young . Still watching him on Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman on DVD and the last time I saw him it was on the show Mistresses

[@savethetpc6406]

Debra Battle I also noticed how young Orson Bean was in this episode. I'm not sure I've ever really seen him acting in anything, but he was one of those people who always seemed to be a celebrity guest or panelist/contestant on game shows and talk shows in the 60s and 70s. I see from IMDb that he has quite an impressive list of acting credits spanning over 50 years, though.

[@2508bona]

He'll always be Bilbo Baggins to me.

[@liduck52]

Was also on Desperate Housewives.

[@loissimmons6558]

I remember Orson quite well from "To Tell The Truth" where he was a regular panelist. With the questioning periods timed rather than until a person got a :no", he was much more in his element on that panel. Plus as one gets experience, they will be more comfortable on the panel. That show was on earlier in the evening and I watched it far more often than WML when it originally aired. Orson was one of my very favorites on the show. I enjoyed it when he and Peggy Cass (both New Englanders) would fuss at each other. And he was well-known for certain Orsonisms. Sometimes he would ramble on and then say, "Number two, make that into a question and answer it." If he couldn't think of another question to ask before his allotted time expired, he would start to ask one of the challengers about the income tax surcharge and that would immediately get him buzzed that his time was up. If the person they were trying to guess was involved in a dangerous interaction with nature, he would ask if they had ever encountered the "dreaded gaboon viper". (It actually does exist in sub-Saharan Africa, and its name is based on the same word as the country "Gabon".) In later years, if they were trying to guess someone younger, especially a musician, in an affected voice he would ask about a relatively obscure group "Garnet Mimms and the Enchanters" (known for one hit in 1963, their first song "Cry Baby". later covered by Janis Joplin). And sometimes he would be distracting to Kitty Carlisle and it would exasperate her. (And I didn't mind that because I was never a big fan of Miss Carlisle.) In short, Orson was delightfully witty on TTTT and he enlivened the show for me every time.

[@charlescanterbury9762]

I have loved Lee Remick ever since I first saw her. A real 10 if there ever was one, incredibly sexy without even trying to be.

[@donaldleroy6502]

Yes absolutely probably the most beautiful peepers we'll ever see

[@gilbertotongco1054]

I am bless that I experienced the tail end of that wonderful And glory days

[@echoecho3108]

Thanx for sharing this with us! The first movie I remember seeing Miss Remick in was in 'The Wheeler Dealers', at the drive-in, with my folks. I can still hear mama and daddy laughing and enjoying it. It was a fun movie. Miss Remick's co-star was James Garner. Their interaction was magic. Catch The Wheeler Dealers, if you can. I had the pleasure of meeting Miss Remick, when she was in our town, shooting 'Rear View Mirror', in the 1980s. She was a delightful, lovely, beautiful, person. (edit bc my stupidphone cannot spell properly 🙄 )

[@joycejean-baptiste4355]

Come rain or snow, storm or blizzard, as caregivers we had to get to our clients and so here, ' the show must go on. '

[@jethro1963]

Amazing that Arlene had a 50 percent shot at three double ended questions and was wrong each time. I usually listen to these shows with headphones and you can pick up all sorts of interesting things, especially the panel talking, when the camera is on John. Fairly audible tonight was the caviar general asking for his winnings to be donated and John not mentioning it. Perhaps John didn't get all of his request, or was running out of time or maybe that bit was edited out by those saving these broadcasts.

[@jrm8899]

Lee Remick ..... such a gorgeous girl!

[@rivaridge7211]

As a fun trivia note, Orson Bean (while guest hosting for the Jack Parr Show, in April 1961) welcomed an unknown eighteen year-old singer, Barbra Streisand, for her first television appearance. Barbra's life-long friend, Phyllis Diller, was on this particular show as well. The rest, as they say, was history. P.S. How can someone live to be past 90 years of age, still in good physical and mental health, get run down by a careless driver? Ahhhh!! RIP Mr. Bean.

[@lorraineb.4698]

Sad end for this man who was lovely always

[@519djw6]

It's interesting to me how this show changed in format over the 17 years that it was on TV, I think it was a vast improvement over the early '50s version, when non-celebrity contestants were expected to troop in front of the panelists so that they could "inspect" them, as a bidder at a horse auction. inspects animals for age and other possible tell-tale signs. On a completely different subject, I am always happy to see Lee Remick. For my money, she was the most beautiful screen actress of her time. Unlike Monroe and Mansfield, et al,, she came across as a very intelligent woman, who just just happened to be incredibly gorgeous.

[@freeguy77]

+519DJW What is such a twist on appearance and film/tv roles is that Jayne Mansfield was a very intelligent woman, a high IQ, over 160, and she could speak 4 other languages besides English. Another woman who excelled at playing 'dumb blondes' was Judy Holliday, who also had a very high IQ, over 170.

[@lllowkee6533]

Yes. And they said some quite rude things, such as “HOW much do you weigh” and use word fat. And they used to comment on how beautiful a lady was. Things changed for better.

[@bluecamus5162]

How funny! On just this one show, Arlene had three 50/50 guesses and guessed wrong on all of them.

[@JakeMabe1]

Forgive me, but holy hell, Lee Remick was HOT.

[@uselessjoe]

did you ever watch her first movie? "A Face in the Crowd" she is so HOT you may not be able to stand it....

[@billolsen4360]

uselessjoe Absolutely

[@scotnick59]

why surely. Agreed in spades.

[@princeharming8963]

Hotter than the hinges on Satan's back gate!

[@MassEffectFan113]

They don't make many of them that way anymore.

[@michaelgasiciel9317]

I’m from Detroit. Love hearing Orson Beane mention Ishpeming ,Michigan.

[@walrustusks2422]

So sad Dorothy K. died later this year. RIP

[@janepatterson6779]

She was "removed". Read up, carefully.

[@preppysocks209]

It is wrong and irresponsible to state as fact that which is false.

[@michaelnivens6267]

@@janepatterson6779 nonsense

[@dorothykilgallenwasmurdere1653]

@@janepatterson6779 you are correct

[@MrJoeybabe25]

Lee Remick was in a highly anticipated Sondheim musical "Anyone Can Whistle" in April 1964 that ran for 9 performances. She could sing too! Anyone Can Whistle

[@jmccracken1963]

Years later (1981, I think), she and Hal Linden played the married couple in a made-for-TV production of "I Do! I Do!", performed before a live audience. They both did very, very well in that performance!

[@charlescanterbury9762]

The Gentleman who was a Retired Marine General must a pretty smart and tough Dude, there are not that many Marine Generals.

[@soulierinvestments]

Lee Remick, who was born in Quincey, MA, sounding like she is a farmer's daughter from Minnesota. Great actress. BAby the Rain Must Fall. Anything with Remick, Steve McQueen, Robert Mulligan Alan J. Pakula, and Horton Foote cannot be all bad.

[@WhatsMyLine]

I love her in "Anatomy of a Murder". One of my all-time favorite films.

[@chuckclark4001]

What's My Line? Filmed in exotic Ishpeming, MI as mentioned by Mr. Bean.

[@JakeMabe1]

+What's My Line? That movie is in my top 10. I just ordered the Criterion Collection DVDs based on a recommendation from a good friend.

[@WhatsMyLine]

Jake Mabe Your friend has excellent taste. . . in movies as well as in friends. :)

[@joycegibbs5267]

+soulierinvestments that was a VERY strange film but I loved Lee & Steve together.

[@saran3214]

Really sad Orson Bean died at 91 after being struck by two cars. He probably would have lived past 100 had he not been hit. He was not an infirm 91 and was walking fine.

[@Dharmon1]

Orson Bean. Don’t you just love autocorrect?

[@saran3214]

@@Dharmon1 Goodness it did correct me. I will edit, thanks.

[@ldchappell1]

I knew I had seen Orson Bean somewhere before. He played the zany Mr. Bevis on an episode of "The Twilight Zone." He's still alive and working.

[@kenrozmislowicz9456]

Orson Bean died a week or two weeks ago as a victim of a hit and run accident.

[@mehboobkm2018]

Match game may be?

[@lorraineb.4698]

He did an Alfred Hitchcock Hour too

[@VahanNisanian]

Lee Remick would also try her hand at being a guest panelist on the May 29, 1966 episode.

[@deedonnerramone4757]

Lee Remick - Va va va voom! They don't package 'em like that today - so sexy.

[@MrJoeybabe25]

The second contestant reminds me of Walter Pidgeon.

[@neilmidkiff]

Yes, I had the same reaction...if they had said "service" rather than "product" I would have guessed Pidgeon's stand-in.

[@rr7firefly]

T E L E F O N. Late night classic with Charles Bronson. "And miles to go before I sleep."

[@XXthekingofyouXX]

RIP Orson.

[@Traderjoe]

That general was extremely quick witted! He must have been a brilliant man, and he seemed a good natured fellow.

[@orgonkothewildlyuntamed6301]

a bit surprised the 1st guest didnt get any whistles--quite attractive

[@Beson-SE]

orgonko the wildly untamed She was indeed. Sometimes the audience were more alert and sometimes not.

[@Charlottemadeleinec]

orgonko the wildly untamed I wondered about that myself.

[@loissimmons6558]

John mentioned that the crowd had to brave a snowstorm to arrive at the show. Based on the amount of applause, it sounded like a smaller than usual audience. Perhaps the wolf whistlers either stayed home or were still thawing out and catching their breath. Listening to it again, I hear one or two faint whistles. Even the response to the very attractive Lee Remick was less robust than usual with one or two very faint whistles (just a little louder than what the first guest received) at best and much less applause. Or to ask the zen question: what is the sound of an empty seat clapping? Personally, I thought the first challenger had a pretty face but otherwise was rather average looking. She wasn't especially shapely and her dress didn't accentuate any shape she might have had. It didn't look like it fit her very well, maybe one size too big.

[@neilmidkiff]

Hamlet talks about a good play that was over the heads of the popular audience: "'twas caviar to the general." Here we have caviar *from* the (brigadier) general.

[@jazzvampire]

I think my "UGH" response was audible after it was revealed the first contestant went to ASU...My Southern AZ roots are showing!

[@angelajoseph6709]

I 1st heard of Lee Remick in The Omen movie with Gregory Peck.

[@lorraineb.4698]

Great 👍🏿 n that but really good in Days of Wine and Roses

[@preppysocks209]

With Phyllis Newman's passing earlier this year, there are very few remaining WML panelists still living. Now that we are up to 1965, the list I know of is Woody Allen, Paul Anka, Orson Bean, Jeannie Carson (obscure from England -- from 1957!), Jane Fonda, Steve Lawrence, Dick Van Dyke, and Betty White.

[@Rhonda9199]

And now Orson & Steve Lawrence have passed!😥

[@preppysocks209]

@@Rhonda9199 Orson Bean did unfortunately die since I wrote this, but although Steve Lawrence has Alzheimer's disease, he is still living as of this writing.

[@Rhonda9199]

You're right! Sorry, I was thinking of Lyle Waggoner!

[@joylynn7898]

Now Betty White Dec 31 2021

[@dianemutchler9213]

Miss Ash the racetrack bugle player was so lovely and gracious. Such a stark contrast to most of today's college students. How far our country has fallen.

[@kenmunro8317]

RIP Orson,... so thankful for this "footage". I'd comment on Lee Remick, et al of that Era,.... but not today ; ) (I think Orson would actually appreciate and laugh at that BTW)

[@albertmontoya6413]

She's stunning

[@walrustusks2422]

RIP Lee Remick

[@Beson-SE]

I think Lee Remick's swedish accent is funny and I am not offended at all but I doubt if any swede talks as bad English like that today? :) My favorite character on "The Muppet Show" is of course The Swedish Chef. I think he is hilariously funny and I don't mind people asking me how I feel about him. But he is not very swedish in the way he talks either. :-) Nur tuult sturd musteru gust der yuur. Börk, börk, börk!! :)

[@savethetpc6406]

Johan Bengtsson I'm glad to hear that about your reaction to such attempts at Swedish accents. I am a big fan of The Muppets, but I always worried that people from Sweden might take offense at the Swedish Chef. Do you think that most Swedes agree with you in enjoying him, or do you think that there are many who do find his character offensive?

[@Beson-SE]

SaveThe TPC I have never met a person in Sweden who don't like The Swedish Chef. I think we all are a bit proud of him, in spite of the fact that he is a puppet! Well, maybe not if you happend to be a real Swedish chef at a restaurant in New York for instance! :) One shouldn't be so easy offended. by everything all the time.

[@savethetpc6406]

Johan Bengtsson Good to know!

[@WhatsMyLine]

Johan Bengtsson Well said, Johan. When a person can get offended by a muppet of all things, there's something very wrong. . .

[@orgonkothewildlyuntamed6301]

Johan Bengtsson very similar to Mamie Van Doren's(though Mamie had a sexier voice)

[@kristabrewer9363]

Orsen Bean didn't talk much, but he was a whole lot better on here than he is To Tell the Truth!

[@leeannhelvenston5435]

RIP Orson Bean.

[@NHfiddle]

Born in Quincy, Massachusetts....

[@markalancirino]

Orson Bean will always be remembered for his big hit, "I Ate The Baloney"!

[@contrarian8870]

Uh, caviar is alive, it's the mass of eggs from a fish

[@Menstral]

They're unfertilized eggs so they are just as alive as a chicken egg. Not alive.

[@michaelnivens6267]

terrific actress

[@RoderickEtheria]

Seems like the best strategy is to ask questions where the no is more specific than the yes.

[@loissimmons6558]

The best strategy is to ask questions that whether the answer is yes or no, can effectively narrow down the playing field of possible jobs that the challenger might be engaged in. Dorothy's inside information questions (for example, "Did you lose your address book while riding in a helicopter?") were bad strategy until she already had a good idea of who it might be and had it narrowed down to a few possibilities. Why? Because a no answer only eliminated one person (and only she knew who it eliminated). But questions such as whether the person works for a profit making organization, or does the job take place on or near the water rule in or rule out large chunks of jobs. Hearing the answers, one can ask other questions that narrow it further. And sometimes there's an element of luck involved. Sometimes a yes answer was technically correct but sent the panel down a rabbit trail. In this episode, that occurred when they found out that one of the challengers (Miss Ash) had something to do with horses but it didn't get them much closer to her being a bugler at a racetrack. But once they did learn that a racetrack was involved, by luck someone might have thought of it, though no one did. The experienced panelists over the years learned how to match wits with the WML staff. Bennett in particular liked to rule out the obvious just to make sure that the staff wasn't pulling a double reverse. Chances are they weren't so he would get a yes answer and could keep asking questions. But if he got a no, it was a great setup for the next panelist. And since he sat in the anchor seat most of the time, that would usually mean a setup for another experienced panelist: Arlene or Dorothy. They knew what to do with a nice fat pitch over the heart of the plate. And that usually led to a home run for the panel and a short round for the challenger.

[@errolfan]

Lee and Elizabeth Montgomery. They should sill be here. Both would have been in their eighties or nineties by now, but how they deserved it.

[@loissimmons6558]

I had never connected the two of them before, but I see the similarities. Both were beautiful women who fit a more wholesome image well, more than glam or sexpot. Both died of cancer. The most significant difference was the Montgomery was born into show business whereas Remick studied the craft at Barnard College and at the Actors Studio (although Montgomery also honed her craft in school: the American Academy of Dramatic Arts; all the schools mentioned are in NYC).

[@lorraineb.4698]

@@loissimmons6558They were both beautiful and very sexy

[@d.jensen5153]

Bennett Cerf and his thing for Jayne Mansfield.

[@beadyeyedbrat]

And Marilyn Monroe

[@RobertPerrigoOkiechopper]

What cost $45.00 in 1965 would cost $328.06 in 2013

[@unknowable1968]

[@janetmarletto6667]

Xavier @$45 a pound! What a steal! It is now sold by the ounce.😍

[@leannsherman6723]

Even the intro to this program was clever.

[@emnem100]

Orson Bean of Desperate Housewives! That's so great!

[@orgonkothewildlyuntamed6301]

i noticed in the later years(maybe 63 on?) John stopped asking if the guest understood the scoring system?

[@Beson-SE]

orgonko the wildly untamed At last he assumed that the guests were familiar to the rules of the show. But sometimes when he asked the question the guest said "no"! Makes you wonder why they accepted to be on a show without knowing the game or the rules...?

[@loissimmons6558]

Especially in the early years, the WML staff scouted for interesting occupations and the people who performed them. And at that time not as many people were knowledgeable about the show. Eventually John would ask the question in an off-hand way, expecting a yes answer. The exception would be if someone was from a foreign country that was less likely to have seen or heard about WML. Then he might ask in this manner: "Seeing that you are from Lower Slobbovia, are you familiar with how we play What's My Line?" And even as late as 1964, once or twice during the year he had to explain it.

[@donnawoodford6641]

It would be assumed that the rules would be given to guests by staff behind the scene beforehand. Did Daly ever dispense with the Miss or Mrs. question?

[@Roxjetlagged]

@@donnawoodford6641 I don't think so. That question was practical so he d know how to address them. Because they were never addressed by first name. Only Mr. Ms or Mrs.

[@rr7firefly]

T E L E F O N. "And miles to go before I sleep. And miles to go before I sleep."

[@VahanNisanian]

"To Tell the Truth" regular Orson Bean in his WML? debut here.

[@MrJoeybabe25]

Orson Bean is still active and 86 years old. He used to sit in for Jack Paar often, but I'm not sure about Johnny Carson. I wonder why, since he was a G-t regular on TTTT why he didn't do more WML shots?

[@TheGadgetPanda]

Joe Postove I'm with you. He was pretty damn entertaining. It really is a shame we didn't see more of him.

[@WaltGekko]

Joe Postove I'm guessing scheduling conflicts made it difficult for him to be on "WML?" all that much.

[@MrJoeybabe25]

Walt Gekko If I were Orson Bean, a not too well paid stage actor (considering his and other similarly talented people on the stage, they did not make Hollywood money) I would have made it my mission to be on WML anytime I was asked. What were they paying by the mid 60's, $1750.? Gee Willikers, that would keep me in Mars Bars, hush puppies and high cotton for a month. Harumfp!! Schedule conflicts indeed!

[@WaltGekko]

Joe Postove Agreed 100%. That said, depending on working schedules, it may not have been possible. Sometimes, it's a simple as that.

[@TheGadgetPanda]

Given the somewhat creepy wolf-whistles which traditionally accompanied the introduction of any half-way attractive female guest, it's a surprise that the first guest signed-in sans toot. Even Bennett managed get through the segment without asking if her "obvious good-looks" had anything to do with her line.

[@SuperWinterborn]

***** Maybe she was too much of the nice "next-door-girl" type? ;)

[@Beson-SE]

I believe I heard a wolf-whistle, not a loud one but still. Maybe the usual wolf-whistlers weren't in the audience. :)

[@rickcharles5064]

Johan Bengtsson Their main whistler must have been off that night. They seemed to make it a point to have the hotties whistled at.

[@Beson-SE]

rick charles I always feel sorry for the ladies who never get a whistle.

[@SuperWinterborn]

Johan Bengtsson So do I, Johan...

[@sjbobkins9442]

Dorothy is a genius, certainly she plays the game seriously but all the talk of her being a bully, aggressive or unkind is baloney. She seems kind, treating everyone with respect, she may be a little kiss the celebs, happy, but that is OK

[@Royanexus6]

She is still very ugly.

[@FungusMossGnosis]

@@Royanexus6 Dorothy cold be described as plain, for conventional-minded tastes like yours, but she was a very attractive woman if you take 'the whole package' into account. Compared to Lee Remick, Arlene Francis is 'ugly' too.

[@Sspiral1]

FungusMossGnosis TOTALLY agree!

[@Sspiral1]

Joseph Miles beg you pardon... are you blind?

[@igkoigko9950]

@@FungusMossGnosis Cannot agree with anything you’ve written. Dorothy is unattractive, well below the euphemistic plain, but Arlene’s beauty competes with Lee’s. In some ways beauty is a subjective matter of opinion, but a casting director sent to hire a beautiful woman would remain employed if she returned with Arlene or Lee, and would not have to memorize “do you want fries with that?” if she signed Dorothy

[@infertype]

$45/pound for imported caviar! It’s 160x that now, at least retail pricing for the less expensive imported caviar.

[@MrJoeybabe25]

The last contestant and Orson had similar last names. Was there ever a case where the contestant and a panel member (or John) had the same last name?

[@49yt]

I believe there was a contestant John Daley once. I seem to remember our John Daly mentioning the difference in spelling. And I think Bennett made a joke but I don't remember what it was.

[@savethetpc6406]

Joe Postove I noticed the similarity too and was wondering if maybe Orson's name was originally intended to be pronounced or even spelled the same way as the contestant's. Then I looked him up on IMDb and discovered that his given name was Dallas Frederick Burroughs! As for other last names, in addition to the John Daley that 49yt mentioned, there were of course the numerous different "Allen"s who appeared as both panelists and mystery guests, Connie Francis as a mystery guest, I think, and then, of course, there was Francis the Talking Mule.... ;)

[@MrJoeybabe25]

Gee wiz Dallas Frederick Burroughs is certainly a stronger name than limpy Orson Bean. Maybe the original name was too long for the sign out front. I heard somewhere that Wally Cox's full name August Aereola Manifesto.

[@WhatsMyLine]

Joe Postove Wally Cox's birth name, as I suspect you know, was Wally Cox. . .

[@savethetpc6406]

What's My Line? Joe Postove Wallace Maynard Cox, to be exact. :)

[@alamudesky1959]

On the other hand Feona Snordhog was no slouch

[@janetmarletto6667]

It is interesting to observe how the guesses related to Miss Ash descended to hot dog seller. There seemed to be a perverse joy in suggesting a lower level job for women. Ironically, there were very accomplished ladies on the show!😀🏵

[@MrJoeybabe25]

$2,400 per pound is the current price for high end Beluga Caviar. Compare that to a good pound of lox at 30 dollars!

[@WhatsMyLine]

It's virtually impossible to get good lox or whitefish salad in San Francisco. :)

[@MrJoeybabe25]

What's My Line? That's shocking. A town that size, rich, and lots of Jews (not that we are the only one's to appreciate white fish and lox, we did invent it) not having an abundance of lox and whitefish is a Shonda!

[@WhatsMyLine]

Joe Postove I found one-- and I mean ONE-- good bagel shop in all of SF, and they "import" their whitefish and lox from Brooklyn!

[@MrJoeybabe25]

What's My Line? gee, and San Francisco is really a great city. What's up about that in this case?

[@WhatsMyLine]

Joe Postove No idea, really. You wouldn't want to know what they consider to be bagels here. Terrible pizza, too, for the most part. I once was out with some friends who ordered a vegetarian pizza, and it came with *cauliflower* on it. And carrots. And the crust had walnuts baked into it. We have great Asian food, though, of all varieties.

[@VahanNisanian]

Heh. 5:58 Orson thinks he's doing TTTT.

[@LANCSKID]

I wear bow ties too… but then again I am a superior highbrow 🤵‍♂️

[@ventrexx7694]

Every time I hear Orson Bean speak I can't help but hear Bilbo from the Hobbit (the cartoon of course, not the Peter Jackson trilogy)

[@RELopez-mk4ic]

How many vacations did Cerf take? Damm

[@oswaldomilano3848]

hahaha

[@rickcharles5064]

Didn't realize Lee was that beautiful. Orson checked her backside out in the end.

[@WhatsMyLine]

You didn't realize Lee Remick was beautiful? Have you never seen her before?!?

[@savethetpc6406]

rick charles I have to ask. Was that a deliberate play on words or just an inadvertent "Cerfism"? ;)

[@rickcharles5064]

What's My Line? Don't remember her from that far back, just remember her from some show late 70s/ early 80s.

[@WhatsMyLine]

rick charles Ah, ok-- I actually don't know what she looked like *later* in her life. I only know her from her film work in the 50s and 60s.

[@rickcharles5064]

What's My Line? She was a handsome woman. But no one I'd look at again.

[@LANCSKID]

Miss Hazel Ash … better known to me as ‘Woody’ ❤️👩🏻‍🦱

[@susansackrison3139]

This may seem Very silly, but I was just wondering what pencil brand the panel used and did it stay consistent over the years.