What's My Line (New Year's Eve) (12-31-1950)

[@frankstonrat]

Clever show, so simple but still addictive and entertaining after 75 years!!! Host is fantastic.

[@ediekoller2636]

These shows are addictive thanks so much.

[@shivani41]

Mr. Moore just looks so alert, good-natured and very likable as a guest panelist. It was wonderful seeing this episode, with such a glimpse back. Never before had I seen a What's My Line show from 1950, or Mr. Moore looking so young. What a sweet New Year's Eve treat this footage is for vintage TV-viewing pleasure. 💘 Thank you for keeping it available to watch.

[@paultheaudaciousbradford6772]

Moore was certainly at his best.

[@bkavanaugh863]

Always feel better when I watch this show!

[@NotSoBigBandStudy]

This show is great. A '50's time capsule. Bravo!

[@Brian-uy2tj]

I met Guy Lombardo in 1970 when I was 10 years old. He was a genuinely nice fellow. What you see is what you get. I talked my mom into going back stage after their performance to get him to sign the program. I was the only only one who went back stage. One of his band members was shocked that a 10 year old wanted Guy's autograph, next thing you know here comes guy with the warmest smile, he signed the program and then told everyone to come on over and sign the program also. I still have it somewhere. The thing is this, as much as he made my day, I think I made his day also being a kid who appreciated him and his band.

[@Frederick-t8t]

I miss when Guy rang in the New year.😢

[@idaslapter5987]

My grandfather was a jazz guitarist in the 50s in the midwest. Because of him I was able to meet a bunch of musical people from Mel Torme to the the Pointer Sisters. Even tho my grandfather was basically an ahole, I still have fond memories of meeting lovely musicians.

[@Brian-uy2tj]

@@idaslapter5987

[@kitty3863]

This is so innocent and wonderful!!

[@dianefiske-foy4717]

I wasn’t even born yet when this episode aired. Great show 👍🏻🌟🥰‼️ Used to watch it as a kid sometimes.

[@carlfalt174]

The innocence of early television was really evident in this episode. It was very funny

[@bkavanaugh863]

Love these whole shows. Thanks a million.

[@CatNevery]

Thanks so much for posting full episodes of this show!

[@bkavanaugh863]

Dorothy Kilgallen really made this show. It really improved greatly when she started on the show.

[@d.jensen5153]

Well, she was more intense and competitive, and less flippant, than pretty much any other panelist. I guess you need that. But it was also annoying at times.

[@FOLIPE]

She was great, but so was Arlene.

[@marvinmartian7281]

@@johndonahue3162 Both

[@marvinmartian7281]

Yes! Dorothy was so cute & clever & Arlene was so intelligent feminine & beautiful they were both classy too. Real woman. Not like the Kardashian's type>>>Stupid fat asses bitches like today indeed! Well excuse me butt!!!!!!!!!!! this is true.

[@MWood-ry8uu]

@@johndonahue3162 Bright, though I think Arlene used more intuition than intelligence- still great. Sometimes I'd swear she was tipped off beforehand; I'll never know for sure. It's all very intriguing.

[@229kara]

love this. Thanks!. You are lucky to have a huge supply of good wholesome old TV shows. Lucky you.

[@altfactor]

Arlene Francis was a regular panelist throughout just about all of "What's My Line?"'s entire 25 year run .

[@njpavid22]

That's Incredible - to have all of theses great old shows. I would love to see all 22 years of MRN! Lucky you!

[@maynardsmoreland]

Arlene Francis looks great anytime, anyplace, anywhere.

[@allenjones3130]

Betty Furness and Garry Moore were true pioneers of TV's "golden age".

[@annakaminski4406]

Love seeing how joyous John Daly is.

[@timothycarley2174]

Guy Lombardo and the "Royal-Canadians" brings Back Memories

[@altfactor]

His December 31st, 1950 concert (at the Waldorf-Astoria in New York?) was probably arranged in such a way that during the intermission, he got a quick trip to the studio, appeared on "What's My Line?", then got a quick trip back to the ballroom to conduct the rest of his concert.

[@debrareisdorf309]

Fascinating shows...just over a month before my husband was born!!

[@MustafaJackson]

Reason 101 why ''WHAT'S MY LINE?'" is one of my all-time favorite Game Shows: I loved the way Miss Lella became so bashful when it was revealed to the audience what her occupation was; I wish more Women and Men of today still had a sense of modesty.

[@bighands69]

+Mustaga Jackson It was intimate job were women would deal with women. The reaction was just humour to be honest. She clearly though that it was a slightly sensitive job that is for sure. Today you can actually see people going around the streets dressed like that.

[@waynej2608]

She was yummy looking.

[@donaldleroy6502]

Good Lord Gloria is stunning, she should have been in pictures

[@leonardberg5741]

I love to watch " what's my line " on you tube keep Sending

[@watchful38]

Louis Untermeyer was IMO the greatest anthologist of the XX century. His 1942 edition of "Modern American & British Poetry"(the combined edition!), remains excellent as to the poems chosen and his introductions to each poet. From Canada.

[@bighands69]

He was also a communist and his work probably was leaning in that direction. SO it is very difficult to to call him an unbiased anthologist.

[@dancelli714]

He was way out of place on this show. He was one of the most annoying panelist ever. I cringe before he even opens his mouth. It's called 'the Peter Principle' , you reach a level where you are practically useless.

[@peternagy-im4be]

@@bighands69 a pinko? Surely not.

[@Bigwave2003]

@@bighands69 Based on what exactly do you declare Louis Untermeyer biased in his poetry? Do you have an example of a "biased" poem he selected? Of course you don't. You never even read his anthology of poetry. I haven't seen any evidence he was biased, but you surely are.

[@laurahoward5426]

He was terribly stiff at the beginning, but was always very in tune to details, and the reaction of the audience.....by the time he left, I was very impressed by him....married 5 times 😱

[@MatchGameProductions]

It's a really incredible collection right now. I'm amazed at how much material I have now!

[@Horse237]

Guy Lombardo was also an important figure in hydroplane speedboat racing, winning the Gold Cup in 1946 in his record-breaking speedboat, Tempo VI, designed and built by John L. Hacker. He then went on to win the Ford Memorial competition in 1948 and the President's Cup and the Silver Cup in 1952. From 1946 to 1949, he was the reigning US national champion. Before his retirement from the sport in the late 1950s, he had won every trophy in the field. In 1959 Lombardo was attempting a run on the absolute water speed record with the jet engine powered Tempo Alcoa when it was destroyed on a radio controlled test run doing over 250 miles per hour (400 km/h).[11] After the destruction of the Tempo Alcoa, Lombardo retired from hydroplane racing. In 2002 he was inducted into the Canadian Motorsport Hall of Fame for his accomplishments. Beginning in 1958, Lombardo endorsed the Guy Lombardo Royal Fleet, a line of fiberglass boats manufactured and sold by the United States Boat Corporation of Newark, New Jersey, a division of U.S. Pools Corporation. The boats were manufactured under license from Skagit Plastics of La Conner, Washington. The endeavor was short-lived and ended in 1961 with the closure of Skagit Plastics

[@princeharming8963]

Awesome info... thanks!

[@stratplayr6997]

Every time I watch these WML videos, I wish that I lived back in that era.

[@miketype1each]

It's such a cheery show! Makes a person feel good to see it.

[@LoudCitizen]

No, John, nor under his own power, but by the power of gravity! Please, John!

[@annakaminski4406]

That would be giving too much away.

[@paultheaudaciousbradford6772]

This was back in 1950. I think that was before the Big Bang. Had physicists discovered gravity yet?

[@AlizeeDefan]

Listen to the intro... could never say that nowadays !! LOL

[@jrm8899]

LOL

[@tompaulcampbell]

Unless it was RuPaul's Show!

[@EBLLC]

That lingerie model was the cutest non-celebrity guest they ever had! She's probably 85 today! LOL!

[@sidhayes6168]

Watching her here and knowing that she is 90 now, is hard to take.

[@ladyyuna2000]

my favorite show thanks for the video

[@WaltGekko]

Betty Furness would in the '70s become much better known to my generation as a consumer reporter, mainly on WNBC-TV (Channel 4) in New York.

[@happyrn6177]

Arlene Francis' blonde hair a decade later made her look 15 years younger. I always loved her voice and that beautiful heart pendant.

[@Echo_1174]

I had to Google Guy Lomardo - he was a man with diverse talents and interests! Guy was an American bandleader, violinist, and hydroplane racer whose unique "sweet jazz" style remained popular with audiences for nearly five decades. Always will love this era of kindnes.

[@carlosgoulart6206]

There was more of a chemistry When Dorothy Kilgalen and Bennet Cerf were added.

[@MWood-ry8uu]

Dorothy was always on the panel, and Bennet became permanent after Louis Untermeyer was fired. He was fired because Dr. Jules Montonier (head of Stopette products) threatened to pull sponsorship because he disagreed with Louis political views, long story short.

[@gilbertotongco1054]

Yes

[@quizmaster85]

I think Dorothy was either on vacation or doing something else that night; she'd already been well established as a regular by then.

[@xaviermcnutt5039]

@@MWood-ry8uu Throngs of people would actually protest at the foot of the building because they were queazy about the idea of having a commie on the panel. This put some heat on the sponsor who finally caved in. The producers couldn't override his pleas and they finally gave Untermeyer his walking papers.

[@MWood-ry8uu]

@@xaviermcnutt5039 that's the gist of it, but what made me roll my eyes was when Jules was a mystery guest and John made this whole speech about how mr montonier never interfered with the program. The man made millions of dollars over night with a deodorant product, nobody had ever heard of stoppette before WML. You think he would have been thankful and stood strong with the panel.

[@fortomnicron5436]

"Poof! There goes perspiration." I can't believe those old commercials back in the early 1950s with strange dialogue. Very funny and quaint.

[@janeiwasduncan8463]

But not crude!

[@LimitlessThinker]

The shadow from the lighting on the few people in the beginning shows how limited technology was. It's what makes watching these old clips interesting. Their attitudes and diction were different, as well. Fascinating.

[@kenp3L]

I hate the walk past the panel and the wild guesses.

[@bkavanaugh863]

I know what a waste of time. Glad it went away but not soon enough IMO.

[@dancebandleader]

Brooke Kavanaugh Me too. It was discontinued in later shows.

[@dancelli714]

VERY AWKWARD AND CRINGE WORTHY.

[@d.jensen5153]

Of course Arlene got it right at least once (football player) and that was rather delightful.

[@Baskerville22]

I've seen a few shows where a "wild guess" hit the mark, and the poor guest had to leave immediately. Awful....

[@colmoconnor1357]

I have never seen this programme. Very light entertainment.

[@wacoflyer]

Aired 20 days before I was born. I might have listened to this show through my mother's belly. lol

[@dcasper8514]

Wacoflyer....who cares ?

[@wacoflyer]

@@dcasper8514 Well, I guess you do, since you took time to respond.

[@mikeq5807]

I may have listened to it as a non-physical being. I materialized 9 years later.

[@WitchKing-Of-Angmar]

​@@mikeq5807 You played the table, then your second life was the baby.

[@ladyyuna2000]

I love watching What's My Line on youtube

[@NJT109]

I was born the next day!

[@justincraig398]

There’s so many beautiful women from the 50s …. I wish I grew up back then. Seems like such a better time.

[@jetpilot3714]

It really does for a lot of reasons.

[@donnacook8994]

@justincraig398 It was wonderful growing up in that time. People were much more polite and mannerly. The shows were definitely not the trashy ones being revered today. Our heroes were gallant and brave, and not thugs and thieves.

[@paulabasso6153]

I am grateful that I grew up in the 50’s. I believe it was a kinder, gentler time when you did not lock doors and people helped one another!

[@JJJBRICE]

Garry Moore at a youthful 35 years and this was before IGAS . Carol Burnett was still at Hollywood High School . Miss Arlene Francis already there and looking the same as she was in 1967 .

[@lindaszatkowski321]

Love this and the best times

[@MatchGameProductions]

I have a little over 10,000 episodes of shows which include To Tell The Truth, The Name's The Same, What's My Line?, I've Got A Secret, Trivia Trap, Now You See It, Match Game "Entire Library", Family Feud "Dawson and Combs", Rare Black and White Classics, 70s Password with Jack Klugman and Brett Somers, 450 episodes of Let's Make A Deal from 1971-1985, Wheel of Fortune aired on GSN, and thousands of other gems!

[@davidcouch6514]

MatchGameProductions how can one accumulate 10,000 of anything?

[@jamesstaley5611]

After seeing Betty Furness I have this strange desire to go out and buy a refrigerator :)

[@robertfiller8634]

Betty Furness looked hot on this episode - very pretty lady

[@Frederick-t8t]

20 years later I had my first beer at my New Eves Party.

[@A13JMC]

Legends of the past, still very entertaining too.

[@quizmaster85]

I think Garry Moore could have made for a wonderful regular panellist (or frequent guest panellist) on this show.

[@rogerpropes7129]

"I must ask a bromide here," ?? Then he misuses the word 'fulsome'!!!

[@onecake34244]

Yes he was a great guest

[@exapplerrelppaxe7952]

After seeing this, I agree.

[@NotSoBigBandStudy]

@@exapplerrelppaxe7952 Me too.

[@waynej2608]

I like when he told the dishy model, that he didn't know what she did, but would like to be there when she did it. Lol. I should say so.

[@13loomisst]

Thank you.

[@randysills4418]

I am so glad when they finally got rid of "The Walk Of Shame"...Embarrassing!

[@lorraineb.4698]

Did many homes own televisions in 1950? This was before my time.

[@lablaine1981]

Born 1948... By 1950, maybe 1 tv per every 3 homes,our 'hood was 100% blue collar 🏠

[@rmelin13231]

Not many in our (suburban) area. We got our first in '52, and we were the first in our neighborhood - working class.

[@tryithere]

10 years to the day before I was born.

[@csulb75]

3 years, 2 months and 20 days after the day I was born.

[@janeiwasduncan8463]

I was five! Don't remember probably because we didn't have a television until the mid fifty's then moved overseas and had no television!

[@dancelli714]

When I was looking at Miss Lella, she reminded my of Anne Bancroft.

[@barrypoupard7009]

" Television's gayest game". How language has changed in 70 years.

[@leeroyholloway4277]

Gloria... put me down for one YES vote.

[@robertfiller8634]

Even the mystery guest (Guy Lombardo) didn't go and shake hands with the panel - wow! But they had the stupid walk of shame - double wow!

[@hanzagod]

Do you have the episode in which Marty Marshall appears on I've Got A Secret in 1962 in which he says "Clay could beat Liston, with the right training." I've been looking for this episode for a long time but too no avail, would be great if you had it / uploaded it

[@stanpatterson5033]

What a cringe-worthy opening to this episode :) I'm so glad the format evolved over the years to drop some of the rather uncomfortable moments that were a part of the walk of shame.

[@TSquare7741]

Agreed!

[@sevensolaris]

Garry Moore was good in this but that Untermeyer guy was a bad choice for the panel.

[@miketheyunggod2534]

Lindon Lamont he was part of the original panel. The other three back on the original panel were just as bad as he is here.

[@michaellyons9820]

I agree. I became old enough to appreciate What's My Line only in the show's last 3-4 years. When I found these archives on KZbin, I was taken aback by how unpolished the early panelists were. By the time I watched it as a kid with my family, the chemistry between John Charles Daly, Arlene Francis, Dorothy Kilgallen, and Bennett Cerf was well established, then took a big hit when Dorothy died.

[@OICU2]

I'm glad that later on they did away with the guests walking in front of the panel and the free guesses, because both were a waste of time.

[@bigred997]

yes, please add any wml episodes not already uploaded.

[@justine16364]

Do you have any episodes of Stump The Stars?

[@debratinker5198]

We watched this show all the time when I was a child. I didn't remember Arlene Francis with dark hair. Lol.

[@fanboy2015]

Garry is smitten!

[@princeharming8963]

That's ok.. Bennett would have been too ;)

[@waynej2608]

Can't blame him.

[@allenjones3130]

That lingerie model was very attractive.

[@Celisar1]

Garry Moore was a really good and talented panelist! Would choose him over Bennet Cerf any day!

[@waynej2608]

Definitely.

[@professorr.5427]

Bennet Cerf was lecherous and self-serving. Was on the panel far too long.

[@marbury2403]

I agree completely.

[@bobthetvfan]

I don't know what it means that Garry Moore hijacked the show from John Daly. Garry hosted "I've Got A Secret" from 1952 to 1964 and "To Tell The Truth" from 1969 to 1976. Wally Bruner (1968-72) and Larry Blyden (1972-75) hosted syndicated "Line".

[@pyramidfan90]

can you post the episode of Match Game where Gene Rayburn gets chased into the studio audience by one of the celebrities?

[@jamesr1703]

Men and women were so charming back then. Nowadays they are just plain crude.

[@trainliker100]

This was still during the first year of the show when they had the guest parade in front of the panelists, and they had the preliminary guesses. They dropped both of those as not being worthwhile and wasting valuable time and the show got even better.

[@asteverino8569]

Guy Lombardo on New Years Eve. Hahahahaha I enjoyed this show very much. Mr Undermeier ( spelling?) and Mr Moore particularly intrigued me. 😂😂😂

[@maryblushes7189]

Gary Moore was a guest panelist in this episode, but had his own panelist based show! He was the moderator of I've Got a Secret. Untermeyer was our national poet I believe. I never cared for him on a personal level. Something about his personality grated on me.

[@blozier2006]

He's another game show collector, has a video library at least as large as yours, if not bigger...

[@YY4Me133]

I think this is the first time I've seen Arlene Francis with dark hair.

[@erictaylor5462]

I would have been one day old, in 19 years.

[@dancelli714]

Those walks at the beginning at times are shaming these people even if it's unintentional.

[@JDAbelRN]

Man, you people are way too sensitive. People are constantly judged and evaluated by others in almost any human encounter. It is natural, and as long is one is fairly self confident, where is the harm?

[@tedberwick3186]

Ty

[@paultheaudaciousbradford6772]

A fifty dollar prize in 1950 would be worth more than $600 now. That last contestant did pretty well for not a lot of effort.

[@MatchGameProductions]

I have about 250 episodes in my collection of What's My Line. I have the entire Match Game library and select episodes of many other game shows. I also have the entire 1979-2001 run of Mister Rogers Neighborhood including select episodes from 1968-1976.

[@wayneyadams]

I'm glad that they eventually got rid of that stupid walk in front of the panel and the idiotic wild guesses.

[@orgonkothewildlyuntamed6301]

I guess Arlene wasn't the only one taking off for the holiday

[@laurieann6395]

I thought the first show was February 1950?

[@mcilwraith]

Ms. Lellar looks like Annabella Sciorra. Super pretty lady.

[@sandy3482]

happy new years 1951, I was 3 months old. Honestly I guessed 2nd contestants occupation, it was pretty obvious

[@dancelli714]

THE MODEL REMINDS ME OF ANN BANCROFT.

[@clintbronson5]

That lingerie model is I ZEE MAMA......woof. Thanks for the upload match game

[@8mmfilmarchive34]

Why is the aspect ratio wrong?

[@miketheyunggod2534]

Show really took off after they got rid of those stuffed shirts on the panel.

[@robertevers1331]

The woman was gorgeous

[@robertfiller8634]

The lingerie model was a knockout!

[@waynej2608]

Absolutely.

[@dancelli714]

PENCIL BEHIND THE EAR,I HAVEN'T SEEN THAT IN YEARS.

[@rickcharles5064]

Since it was a New Year's Eve show they should have realized it was Mr.New Year's Eve! Of course, maybe he didn't have that "title" yet.

[@dancelli714]

LOMBARDO'S ORCHESTRA WAS VERY WELL IDENTIFIED WITH NEW YEARS. THIS SHOW WAS DATED,12,31,50. AN EASY GUESS.

[@dancelli714]

@@willzimjohn The program was at 10:30 and the hotel where he and his orchestra were appearing was near by, and this timing was to throw off the panelists perhaps ?

[@allenjones3130]

I never cared for Guy Lombardo. His saxophone section played with too much vibrato in my book.

[@goobersonguns5412]

You can tell this was a different time in America when they state in the beginning of this TV Show as "Television's Gayiest Game"

[@susansackrison3139]

Goober Songuns yes, before that lovely word was associated with a sinful act.

[@cynthialyman2636]

It's my middle name and was the first name for many females born in the past century; it was hijacked by recent popular culture to mean something else altogether, which is a shame for all those women carrying it as their personal identifier.

[@markcornish2519]

It used to simply mean happy

[@waynej2608]

@@cynthialyman2636 I think it was a guy's name, also.

[@waynej2608]

It made me think of the Flintstones' song, "...we'll have a gay ol time". Lol.

[@blozier2006]

Damn, large library! You sure your name isn't Chuck Donegan? You've got to be close to him in terms of library size...

[@randysills4418]

The last contestant was cute!

[@laurahoward5426]

Untermeyers family were in the diamond/ jewelry biz...always asking about jewelry

[@gigifotiou3360]

Arlene looked much younger in the later shows ..I think she must’ve done some cosmetic works 😊

[@b.t.2796]

The first guest was James Carville

[@waynej2608]

Lol. Good one.

[@RealPhoenixRising]

“Actual people” like it’s something rare 😂