What's My Line? - Sean Connery; Henry Fonda; Ralph Meeker [panel] (Oct 3, 1965)

NOTE: This video uses two different video sources, one of which was higher quality but incomplete. As always, I edited the two versions together to preserve the best quality video possible.
MYSTERY GUEST: Sean Connery; Henry Fonda
PANEL: Arlene Francis, Ralph Meeker, Dorothy Kilgallen, Martin Gabel
Many thanks, as always, to epaddon for providing his copy of the complete episode.
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[@mollydion8311]

Dear editor of these old shows, Thank you for all your hard work preparing these shows for "You Tube". It's such a pleasure to watch these episodes & see all the stars from yesteryear.

[@jubalcalif9100]

Well said and well put. And I agree 100 per cent !

[@tedoneilclark4710]

Yes it's terrific 😊

[@tedoneilclark4710]

​@@jubalcalif9100Me as well 😊

[@margareteplaetzer3127]

Yeah sadly too many are gone from us.

[@mikejschin]

I am going through the episodes in order from the beginning and am facing two dilemmas. The more immediate is not being sure how I will handle Dorothy's last episode and the first one without her. She has become a valued friend over the months that I've been viewing the show. Although her actual death was more than 50 years ago, there will be a feeling of loss when she is no longer with us. Of course, I will watch those shows but will be saddened just as if she had left us this week. The second dilemma will be faced later: whether to start again at the beginning or switch to another show. Ah well, I'll cross that bridge in a couple of months. Meanwhile, thank you so much @What's My Line? for bringing us this wonderful program.

[@davidsanderson5918]

mikejschin I'm doing exactly the same here (five months after you) and I know exactly what you mean. I am also an admirer of Miss Kilgallen so I will also be grieving during episodes made after what happens on Nov 8th 1965. I have already skipped ahead and watched the episode before (to check her demeanour and mood) as well as the one afterwards (to see the tributes) but the home straight run towards the last episode of the series without Dorothy will be....lacking. People talk of Dorothy's decline. With a matter of a few weeks ago, I'm yet to see ANY! And I watch pretty closely, believe me! I happen to know about 'decline' in various forms so I can judge objectively.

[@mikejschin]

@@davidsanderson5918 Hello Dave. Well, I've faced both situations mentioned in my original post. The episode after Dorothy's death was very painful to watch. They never did find a good replacement, although (unlike many others) I did like Phyllis Newman. Right after watching the final episode, I decided to start again at the beginning. It's fascinating in a lot of ways: catching things that went past me the first time, enjoying again some of the great moments, and most of all getting a different impression of some things than the first time through.

[@donaldmanthei1224]

I watch the ones after her death, but I prefer those with her on the panel. She was smart, a great loss.

[@mikejschin]

@@donaldmanthei1224 Hello Donald. I did watch the post-Dorothy episodes, and the show was never the same without her.

[@gailsirois7175]

I feel exactly the same

[@kali3665]

"The Hill" was a fantastic movie. Connery really does deserve to be remembered for more than just being James Bond ... and the world's only Russian sub commander with a Scots accent. 😋

[@catherinemothersill4703]

The rose was amazing too .based in a monastery cheers

[@patgalvez4563]

lol hey Scots and Russians are both northern Europeans..

[@jacquelinebell6201]

He did some brilliant movies in later years.

[@RamblerReb]

@@catherinemothersill4703 Actually "The Name of the Rose" by Umberto Eco. But, yes, set in a monastery.

[@victormendivil359]

Finding Forrester ‼️❤️

[@willdrucker4291]

FUN FACT…both Henry Fonda and Sean Connery appeared in the classic film, “The Longest Day”…along with Eddie Albert, Red Buttons, Robert Mitchum, and some actor named JOHN WAYNE

[@cbass2755]

This was a wonderful show. Intelligent, and thoughtful show. This man always brought interesting people on…nothing ever close to it today. I miss it. I’m so happy that I lived during these days because it certainly helps in discernment of the times today

[@ReynaHerichan7769]

Sean Connery. Famous then, famous now.

[@lsubandtrumpet2014]

And now famous in Heaven

[@unitedwestand5100]

Yes! He aged well... Until he died that is. 🙏❤

[@pattimaeda6097]

Alive then, dead now😂

[@margareteplaetzer3127]

Thank God we have his work now that he is gone from us.❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤😂😂

[@sunlion9676]

This is so much fun to watch this show from waaayyy back! I love seeing the fashion trends and the ‘stars’ when they were so much younger. Sean Connery! Wow! When he started speaking, I nearly fell off my chair! My heart beat went bonkers! 😂❤ And another thing that strikes me- is what a pure gentleman the host is! I’ve never heard of him before watching this show- it’s such a breath of fresh air to listen to how well mannered and polite they are. Thank you so much for sharing this show with us! 🎉🎉🎉

[@bloodgrss]

He was a well-known and respected radio and television journalist alongside his hosting this show. And yes, a pure gentleman, a type I am sad to say rarely seen in these hurried digital times times...

[@connergooch4385]

Also, a respected news man, I listened (for the first time) to him reporting the attack on Pearl Harbor. John Daly did just about everything, and did it very well!

[@johnpappe3289]

I was 15 years old and use to watch this when it was broadcast. Back then it was a very popular t v show. Brings back memories of a happier time in our nation.

[@MrDaiseymay]

But it was a time when your president was murdered----and Dorothy's death was linked to it.

[@gregorymikula4249]

I also am close to70 years old and always enjoyed watching What's My Line. It's when entertainment was still enjoyable and civilized.

[@kelperdude]

Sean Connery is just plain cool.

[@boognish999]

Except for how he treats women www.sickchirpse.com/sean-connery-sexist/

[@hardworker5588]

Males need to be more like him and less like Adam Eraserhead Schiff

[@davidsanderson5918]

Zac M. Wow that was a shocker. On the other hand, if it was a well-loved female celebrity saying that it was ok in certain circumstances to slap a man in the face it would be applauded!! Think about it, many people would be all in favour of that. Interesting thought, eh?!! Plus his opinion is not necessarily revealing 'how he treats women' but rather what he thinks hypothetically. I'm not condoning or supporting his point at all. Just being objective here.

[@gilbertotongco1054]

Sean Connery died , 91 when he fell and injured his head. RIP

[@truthandreality8465]

Sean Connery spent his entire career emulating Ralph Meeker, from his walk, his stance to his facial expressions and snarl. His whole Bond performance was a Ralph Meeker lift, especially from Kiss Me Deadly. As the Bond character was a lift of American pulp fiction, comic magazine and film noire characters, from Dick Tracy, Doc Savage and The Shadow to Mike Hammer, Connery was a lift of the actors who played them. There was more to the reason why they had him on when he was a host.

[@luishumbertovega3900]

Never saw Ralph Meeker like this before, looks like a great guy, feeling at home, smiling and pleased to be there.

[@HassoBenSoba]

Yeah...totally unlike Mike Hammer slapping people around 10 years earlier ("Kiss Me Deadly", 1955).

[@jubalcalif9100]

Indeed. He played so many tough guys on the screen. Very nice to see him here as a friendly, gentle & down to earth fella.

[@trock6577]

This was must watch tv in my youth even though it was on late at 10:30 on Sundays on school night. The panelists were incredibly intelligent and rarely were unable to guess who the guest was or what they did. Great to see them again when I don’t have to get up for school on Monday.

[@davidbowden796]

Since I am age 71, I remember one of his first films was a Disney flick called Darby O'Gill and the Little People. At his young age, he had the most handsome face ever on the silver screen at that time. Check it out all you Sean fans!

[@joycejean-baptiste4355]

I appreciate your work in putting these old videos together. I watched this with my grandma as a kid. Brings back fond memories, thank you.

[@UNOwen1]

If you listen really carefully, you'll hear Ms Francis say 'all I know is Sean Connery' (5:23), after the question 'are you filing here in New York' (to which Ms Killgallen - audibly - says 'no').

[@wpl955g9]

Ralph Meeker asks Sean Connery if they've ever worked together. Not by 1965, no - but both would appear in The Anderson Tapes (1971) with Sidney Lumet directing....

[@majorneptunejr]

Martin Gabel also appeared in Hitchcock's "Marnie" with Connery.

[@rmelin13231]

What a nice, pleasant smile and demeanor on Mr. La Bohm. I suspect he truly enjoyed himself.

[@L0r3n2]

Sean Connery and Hank Fonda on TV it's like what these old folks call exquisite

[@robertdiotalevi6073]

"Are you Henry Fonda?" Holy smoke, Arlene! One of the problems with this show is that the whole panel knew who was in town and started eliminating from there.

[@robyndowning2990]

Arlene asked the first question and her husband, Martin Gable, asked the second one. Dorothy Kilgallen started with, "Are you Henry Fonda?". It seems like the panel should not be able to ask if someone is starring or opening in Broadway. What is so sad is that Dorothy died about a month after the show date.

[@sagarsaxena6318]

Holy smoke Arlene but that question was asked by Dorothy. NOT Arlene.

[@robertdiotalevi6073]

@@robyndowning2990 Yup.

[@robertdiotalevi6073]

@MichaelKingsfordGray 👍

[@johnmahoney3566]

Very true. A big drawback

[@kevinmoore4887]

Sean Connery and Henry Fonda Two of the best actors ever.

[@truthandreality8465]

And Ralph Meeker, of course, who Connery spent his life emulating.

[@jubalcalif9100]

As I do when I take off my hat, you make a good point !

[@tedoneilclark4710]

​@@truthandreality8465I thought he resembled Marlon Brando especially in this video.

[@truthandreality8465]

@@tedoneilclark4710 Ya, a little. So do the other two, for that matter!!

[@congared1]

Most of the comments are of the great actor Sean Connery, but I want to say how great Henry Fonda was too. I enjoyed Mr. Fonda in every role he was in.

[@MOGGS1942]

Fonda was peerless. Too many great films to list. Go watch them all, is my advice.

[@soulierinvestments]

Fonda's first film in 1935 was Victor Fleming's "The Farmer Takes a Wife." John Ford started casting him in films within 4 years and Preston Sturges in 6 years. RE: Meeker's comment that Fonda never missed a performance of "Mr. Roberts" when Meeker was his understudy. [1948 - 1951 is the period in question] Fonda's tenacity on that point included performing the very evening after his wife [Jane's mother] died.

[@pbohearn]

Committed Suicide

[@margaretgoodheart4167]

Thank you WML for all your efforts...very much enjoy this program 😀

[@roberfaubus3455]

I still remember watching this program when I was a kid and now I am 65 years old.

[@kbunky69]

Martin is my favorite guest panelist .. His voice is one for the ages . I could listen to him all day

[@Beson-SE]

Hear, hear! I totally agree! He had a very deep and beautiful voice. The perfect narrator.

[@aileen694]

Agreed! And I've read several remarks implying that Martin is 'not good enough' for beautiful Arlene. His energy, wit and humour, professional success and That Voice make him an attractive man, they seem a very happy couple!

[@johnnydtractive]

I want to live in a New York City that has Henry Fonda in it.

[@QuadMochaMatti]

I would consider living in a New York City that has neither Bill de Blasio, nor any of the infamous Cuomos in it. Little chance though that I would give up being a left-coaster, though - even if things on this side are as messed up as in the east.

[@Bobloblaw-walbolboB]

@@QuadMochaMatti One down, two to go!

[@tonyb.6376]

@@Bobloblaw-walbolboB I admired Mario Cuomo, a politician with a heart, as opposed to a certain party in our times. Are you anti-immigrant and anti-people?

[@Bobloblaw-walbolboB]

@@tonyb.6376 you should not judge children by the actions of their father, nor should you shelter bad people due to affection for their parents. Bill de Blasio and the Cuomo brothers are neither for immigration nor people - they are out for themselves and their political and monetary gains. Everything else is a facade. If you believe that the current Cuomos are good people, then i can only conclude that you do not know enough about them. I am not anti-immigration, so long as it is legal. Anti-people in general? No. Just bad people. If I made a remark a year ago as to the fact that one of the Cuomos is gone from the limelight, and your conclusion is that i am anti-immigration and people - so be it. I don't have any beef with you, nor do i care if you think i am a bad person due to what i wrote. Have a blessed holiday season, my fellow youtube commentator.

[@kenyongray2615]

Sean Connery after watching a lot of the Bond films was the best of the bunch. He was a great James Bond. Ralph Meeker was great in the Kolchak Night Stalker made for television movie. Henry Fonda was superb in 12 Angry Men. He must have had a taxi running outside with that quick exit of his. Thanks for the video.

[@jakemay637]

I always thought Connery was the best Bond until rewatching them. He was a little too greasy Lippies in the first three..with the mmmms sounding like a strange man in a trench coat. In Thunderball he was becoming more of a person rather than caricature. His best Bond was You Only Live Twice. Bond was actually likeable, someone you would have a pint with. He had chemistry with sidekick Tiger and the Bond girls. Moore's first Bond rivals Connery's YOLT...perfect balance of fun Bond as well as serious in necessary parts. Both films share pluses like witty script, scenery, iconic music, funny sidekicks, beautiful Bond girls, great villains (LALD with several). Moore lost the balance in the later films. Brosnan was very good in Goldeneye...his Bond was much like Moore's first Bond....but he held his swagger back. He had more Bond in The Matador. Craig hated the role and admitted he did it for the cash. He insisted Bond be killed off. Plus, offscreen he wasn't an ambassador for the 007 brand, unlike Roger and Pierce.

[@Jolar70]

Great to see Sean Connery, at the hight of his Bond fame, on this show! I've never seen "A Fine Madness", but I highly recommend "The Hill" to those who might not have seen it. I think it's his best movie and it feels very modern still. In a way it reminds me of something Christopher Nolan might make today in that it's very rigorous; the military setting dictates the pacing of the story, and it's visually inventive and just exquisite cinematically. It's a shame more of that kind of work alluded his career, especially later on..."Meteor"..."The Rock"...etc, and, of course, although I love Roger Moore and Daniel Craig, he will always be the most perfect James Bond!

[@Jeweleye62]

The perfect Bond...James Bond. 😎

[@judithsweeney2553]

Height

[@brookehanley3659]

A year earlier Arlene tells him to "come back to the theatre where you belong." And he did.

[@Beson-SE]

I am impressed by John's memory. He remembers every question and how it was asked. For example 22:12 Of course there were occasions when he was wrong but not often.

[@savethetpc6406]

Johan Bengtsson Yet he couldn't remember the correct names of the Bond films! (6:30)

[@Beson-SE]

SaveThe TPC Maybe John wasn't a great fan of Bond films.

[@davidsanderson5918]

SaveThe TPC That's not a matter of memory though.

[@yvonnerocchio8445]

Bond, James Bond.....the one & only.....

[@loissimmons6558]

Shaken, not stirred ...

[@44032]

Mike Hammer (Ralph Meeker) shaking hands with James Bond, (Sean Connery). Two guys who knew how to get rough with the bad guys and would have understood each other very well.

[@jmccracken1963]

Exactly 2 months after this WML? episode aired, on Friday, 3 December 1965, Henry Fonda wed Shirlee Mae Adams - his fifth marriage. As with his second marriage (to Frances Seymour Brokaw), this one lasted "till death do us part": his death, of heart failure, on 12 August 1982, at the age of 77.

[@markheller1382]

Having the #1 movie star at the time and only 3 networks, made WML and TV the thing to watch!

[@liesljones5987]

The play Arlene and Ralph were appearing in, MRS. DALLY by William Hanley, was originally an off-Broadway play that introduced Estelle Parsons as a serious actress in 1962. Hanley added a second one-act that featured the wife's insenstive husband as opposed to her young lover in the first script. Always on the lookout for a decent script, Arlene tested the show in summer stock with Ralph and young Robert Forrester. Acting as producer, Arlene's husband Martin Gabel produced the play (with Arlene's money?) in New York in September of 1965. Though the critics praised Arlene for playing an atypical, middle-class woman, the evening couldn't overcome its modest one-act inspiration and closed in about six weeks, a financial failure. Arlene showed up a year later on Broadway in an all-star revival of the old comedy DINNER AT EIGHT, which ran a nice four months.

[@frankfranklin7922]

Pop

[@evasivy855]

I am fascinated by the fact that the male panelists stand to greet the guests while the women remain seated. Representative of the times, I suppose.

[@margaretmccleskey6971]

It shows that the men are gentlemen. That is how they are supposed to act.

[@davidsanderson5918]

Eva's Ivy It didn't surprise me at all when I saw the first episode here on YT because I remember those modes of behaviour very well. I notice it's common now for younger people to expect things in history to be how they are now...."how come they're doing this? how come that's happening?". I find it striking because not that long ago I was also their age and I remember understanding naturally that whatever was normal to me was modern while not necessarily normal in the past. I think this has come about with the apparent concurrence of EVERYTHING via the internet. Younger people who don't remember a time prior to it have difficulty considering things for being 'of their time'. Very VERY strange, I don't like it...but that's what's happened.

[@davidsanderson5918]

Margaret McCleskey The challenge now I think is to explain to a young person WHY these things happened. "Well women were on a pedestal, you see?" "But they're sitting down!" "Yes I know but....ah, never mind!"

[@Jeweleye62]

@Margaret McCleskey as a woman, I think it is nicer to stand. It shows respect, both ways. However, I remember it well, and it was a sign of the times.

[@FloatingOnAZephyr]

You really get the feeling watching these that the theatre was far more central to 1950s entertainment than it is today. I love how civilised everyone is; it's downright refreshing.

[@RonGerstein-tf5tp]

Theatre ranks first Then nightclubs and personal services Then movies Then television

[@virginia7191]

I first saw Sean Connery in Darby O’Gill And The Little People. Have been a fan ever since!

[@tomtriffid]

I like that Arlene is familiar with the worst poem ever published, Joyce Kilmer's "Trees." I also like the way Arlene went out of her way to include Dorothy in the fun when John was making so much of the fact that Arlene was there tonight with both her stage husband and her actual husband. Arlene Francis might have been the classiest American woman who ever lived.

[@Beson-SE]

I was not familiar with neither Joyce Kilmer nor "Trees" so I googled and read it. The poem was maybe not so good but I liked it since I am a sentimental person who like poems with rhymes and meter. :)

[@miriamfeigenbaum3611]

For several generations, "Trees" was a poem many people had to memorize in elementary school.

[@Beson-SE]

***** Interesting. How is your relation to the poem today? :)

[@WhatsMyLine]

***** There's even a maudlin tune that was written afterwards to go with the words!

[@miriamfeigenbaum3611]

Johan Bengtsson I very rarely think about it, but it was impressed in my memory at such an early age that I believe i could still recite all of the words, but might get some of the verses in the wrong order. And I can't stand the tune they put it to.

[@bigoldinosaur]

Hey it's Connery...Sean Connery.

[@RaoulThomas007]

bigoldinosaur Shak'n not stirred!

[@bigoldinosaur]

Is that a Connery reference or are you really calling me a coward?

[@p994able]

Mr. Fonda was a very handsome man. Jane was and still is beautiful, despite their rocky relationship even thought of they somewhat made their peace with each other right before his passing.

[@davidsanderson5918]

Daly and Kilgallen....one journalistic figure taking on another.....csn be a fascinating tussle. Have to say, much as I notice and admire Kilgallen's prowess at the game, Daly wins this time hands down.

[@sgsmozart]

Sean Connery and Martin Gabel were both in Hitchcock's " Marnie".

[@STI2000]

I’m a huge “Bond” fan but my favorite movie with Sean Connery in the credits is “Robin and Marion”. It stars he and Audrey Hepburn as Robin Hood and Maid Marion in a more advanced stage of their lives, I really enjoy it.

[@richardvinsen2385]

Love that movie.

[@hazelanglin5907]

I wasn't born yet when this show was aired but I'm loving the programme

[@bonasa99]

I suspect this will be the last time Dorothy Kilgallen asked a mystery guest the question she asked so often--about dropping a notebook from a helicopter on a Greek isle. She never got an affirmative response. I've always wondered who she was trying to suss out with this. Maybe it's in the Gil Fates book?

[@beachchaos1863]

I've read on another video that it was about Tony Perkins but there was no proof provided. Wonder if it was referenced in one of the episodes he was in

[@kentetalman9008]

Tony Perkins. But she didn't ask the question when he was actually on.

[@reinacoffee8557]

Bond...James Bond. Very handsome then, and very handsome today. He's aged gracefully. Love him!

[@lawrencecerf4986]

RIP Sean.

[@Danmark30]

I like how Arlene developed a stronger English accent when she asked Sean Connery a question!

[@SR-iy4gg]

I'm not sure why she would have one at all. She was American, born and raised.

[@RonGerstein-tf5tp]

Sean Connery was Scottish.

[@juliansinger]

Al LaBohm was quite a basketball player in his high school days. (Which is to say, the 40s and 50s, so he was in the Tall White Guy era.) He died sometime before 2018, which is when his wife died. They had two kids, and a bunch of grandchildren.

[@judywhiting4684]

MAD FOR MEEKER.....a fine actor...looks like a sweet guy with a wonderful smile( the original HAL in PICNIC on Broadway)....

[@Beson-SE]

When I did my military service in Sweden, I used to climb telephone poles. It was rather fun :)

[@elizabethmelnychuk6034]

The ladies are seated to shake hands because this proper etiquette. A gentleman stands to shake another gentleman’s hand, but the ladies remains in her seat.

[@davidsanderson5918]

Elizabeth Melnychuk Yes, we know.

[@kathleenmichlin8616]

@@davidsanderson5918 Not everyone knows or can even remember proper etiquette because it is not used anymore!

[@dpm-jt8rj]

Dorothy Kilgallen passed away a month after this episode.

[@aileen694]

I thought of that too. She certainly was missed! RIP

[@VahanNisanian]

The 1960s was when the spy craze began. The first three Bond films put the genre on the map, and everybody wanted a piece of the action. The UK had "Carry On Spying", part of the Carry On series, and the Harry Palmer series with Michael Caine. The US had shows like "The Man from U.N.C.L.E." and its Chick spinoff "The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.", "Get Smart" and "Mission: Impossible", and films such as the "Flint" series with James Coburn, and the Matt Helm series with Dean Martin.

[@Jantv81]

Don't forget "the Avengers" with Patrick Macnee and Diana Rigg.

[@VahanNisanian]

Janna Watson Oh, how could I forget "The Avengers"? Thank you!

[@scooterthelostduckling1356]

+Vahan Nisanian and there was "I Spy", "The Man From Uncle", the satirical "Get Smart", even "The Wild, Wild West" was about a federal agent in the old west. In the movies, there were the Matt Helm movies with Dean Martin and the Flint movies with James Coburn. The TV show "It Takes a Thief" was about a former thief turned spy, stealing things for the government.

[@VahanNisanian]

Shannon MacGregor I already mentioned Matt Helm and Coburn's "Flint" series in my post. But yeah, I forgot about all those other ones, too.

[@Jolar70]

Also...there was Europe! And specifically Italy, that made literally hundreds of 007-inspired rip offs! Just like the spaghetti westerns, they sometimes starred American b-movie actors and sometimes starred their own handsome / beautiful people, but they made TONS of these things! Check out the very fun "Electra One", or the great "Kommissar X" films, here on KZbin, for examples!

[@Johnnycdrums]

Ralph Meeker - "Paths Of Glory"

[@SnowWalker1]

Sean Connery at his peak in gorgeousness 8-)

[@vertxxgg]

no 007 like the first 007 ...the Scotman :-)

[@brentonyancheck4861]

Original (first bond, original film) was George Lazenby, On her majesty's secret service!!!!

[@john81566]

​@@brentonyancheck4861 There has been 27 Bond movies. Sean Connery was in the first five movies: 1. Dr No (1962) 2. From Russia with Love (1963) 3. Goldfinger (1964) 4. Thunderball (1965) 5. You Only Live Twice (1967) The sixth Bond film was with George Lazenby: 6. On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1967) Sean Connery came back for the 7th Bond film: 7. Diamonds are Forever (1971) Sean Connery also played Bond in the movie Never Say Never Again (1983) In the other Bond movies, Bond was played by Roger Moore, Timothy Dalton, Pierce Brosnan and Daniel Craig. Sean Connery is the original secret agent James Bond and many consider him to be the best.

[@brentonyancheck4861]

@@john81566 learn your history first!! Lazenby in Her Majesty's Secret Service!!!! WOW 😳 thought you'd at least know that!? 😉😂 Ian Fleming would be VERY upset about your Ludicrous statement!! Have a great day!!!

[@anniemoffatt6028]

Thank you for posting these.

[@soulierinvestments]

"Mrs Dally Takes a Lover" is one of those titles where you feel as if it is being set up for sequels. Mrs. Dally Takes a Vacation. Mrs. Dally Takes The Cake. Mrs Dally Takes the A Train.

[@loissimmons6558]

+soulierinvestments You left out my all-time favorite, "Mrs. Dally Takes a Valium". And of course there's Snoopy's favorite, "Mrs. Dally Takes Six Bunny-Wunnies on a Picnic."

[@QuadMochaMatti]

"Mrs. Dally Takes a Message."

[@QuadMochaMatti]

@@loissimmons6558 inside the magical Kaleidoscope egg? But I think that's my most favourite part of the entire Peanuts Easter special, 40+ years after first seeing it.

[@geraldkatz7986]

So I wonder if words like dalliance and dilly-dally were derived from this story or did those words exist first for Mrs. Dally to be aptly named.

[@NeeneeH]

Sean Connery was beautiful then and is beautiful now 😍😍😍

[@robertdiotalevi6073]

Calm Down Fifi!

[@betsybean4054]

RIP

[@jess4metoo]

Betsy Bean Fifi died?

[@carollee444]

Both men fantastic actors! Thx to both 😉

[@harrygeorge3220]

Hello Carol How are you doing today?

[@carlstawicki1915]

"Are you Sean Connery?" "YESH!"

[@Spitalhatch]

So much more enjoyable without the distraction of the advertising signboards all over the place - and much less tacky!

[@Rose-zn5ql]

I’ve always admired Arlene’s diamond heart pendant, timeless.

[@friendofdorothy9376]

That it was. That pendant had some rather large diamonds in it, as you can see it from a distance. I believe in the 50s episodes her pendant had another diamond dangling down in the center of the heart, that is missing in the later episodes? I know her husband gave it to her and I’m sure she treasured it. It was really awful that someone grabbed it off her neck when she was getting out of a taxi cab, in the 80’s I think it was.

[@preppysocks209]

@@friendofdorothy9376 She was lucky all the mugger took was her pendant and not her life.

[@richardpoplis6777]

Arlene wore that necklace all the time.. it was beautiful...

[@donclark4685]

So did my Mom. My Dad bought her a necklace just like it.

[@matafuko]

I watched that film The Hill that Connery's talking about a couple of months ago - it's awesome.

[@smdftb8495]

To think we lost Dorothy a month later. Just so sad.

[@phyllisfarley48]

Being out of the Country for a few years, most of WML is all new to me. Enjoying all the panel and guests😮

[@MrJoeybabe25]

Arlene's reference to Italy was Pope Paul VI visit to New York and homily in Yankee Stadium the very next day (courtesy, partially, I'm sure of the fact that the Yanks were not in the World Series that year).

[@Beson-SE]

Was there no more dignified place for the Pope's sermon than Yankee Stadium?

[@MrJoeybabe25]

Johan Bengtsson The Bowery was too far. Actually the men at the Bowery needed the Pope more than those who crowded Yankee Stadium. Seriously, I imagine Yankee Stadium was the biggest gathering spot in NY. And a Papal visit was I would guess, a sell out (although it was probably free admission).

[@epaddon]

Joe Postove I have the actual NBC news coverage of the Papal visit to Yankee Stadium (it's preserved in original pristine color videotape quality) and the NBC newsman Bill Ryan at one point when describing the papal vehicle inside the stadium committed this unintentional blooper when he said dead seriously, "The Pope is around third base headed for home plate." But in all seriousness, this was a stop made following a Papal visit to the UN and from there, following the Mass at Yankee Stadium, the Pope then went to the Vatican Pavilion at the New York World's Fair, which was in its final week (and was one of the most attended pavilions because Michelangelo's Pieta was on display there) and from there flew out from JFK Airport.

[@MrJoeybabe25]

epaddon I was at the Fair in 1965,and I don't remember an Israeli Pavilion for me! There probably was one, but I don't remember it. Is the Pope's visit on KZbin?

[@epaddon]

Joe Postove No it isn't although a clip of it was in the 2000th episode of "Jeopardy" from 1972 (as part of a video question) that used to be on YT but it looks like it was taken down. There was an "American-Israel Pavilion" at the Fair. www.nywf64.com/amerisr01.shtml

[@nightshift5201]

It always amazes me how New York centric the panelists are. I guess if you were a famous actor back in the day you had to be on Broadway.

[@jeffreyamster6020]

Once upon a time in America, The City of NY was the Center of the Universe.

[@kentetalman9008]

Watching this show as a kid in the '50s, I was determined that when I was old enough I'd move to NYC. And I did, when I was 18, with $17 in my pocket. Good (but hungry) times.

[@QuadMochaMatti]

@@jeffreyamster6020 Thank goodness that there are those of us from way out in the "far-flung remote outposts" of the Pacific Northwest that neither saw nor thought of it in that way.

[@tjbnyc76]

Ralph Meeker was a fine actor and seems like a nice man, but from whom did he borrow that tuxedo? Look at him when he makes his entrance -- a flood's a-comin'!

[@ginnylorenz5265]

Dear Todd, you gave me a chuckle. I noticed it, too! How fun to reply to you across time...... two years later!!!

[@sleepylagoon1310]

Dear T & G, LOL Yep, those qualify as 'high water pants'.

[@tonycevallos7513]

Actually there was a time in the 60's that highwater slacks on suits and tuxes was kinda fashionable.

[@Jolar70]

Yes, showing some socks was in style! It suggested something slim and tailored, rather than rolling up the bottom of one's baggy 1950's slacks!

[@mymanjosquin]

oh golly Sean Connery is young! he had a long distinguished career.

[@mymanjosquin]

p.s. i love how WML attracted all the important american actors of the time. there is nothing quite like it today.

[@echoecho3108]

Thanx for sharing this little gem! Although I love everything Mr Fonda has been in, I prefer his comedic roles. Mr Roberts is a favorite. If you want just a fun time watching a movie, catch Mr Fonda with the adorable Terrence Hill, in My Name Is Nobody. Wonderful performances, and interaction, by both gentlemen. (edit bc my stupidphone cannot spell properly 🙄 )

[@ethelmartin7643]

I really enjoyed this episode.

[@deboraholsen2504]

Interesting beginning of introducing the mystery guest! Never seen it done that way before on WML!

[@harrygeorge3220]

Hello Deborah How are you doing today?

[@MrJoeybabe25]

Henry Fonda's play "Generation" was a success and went on to have 300 shows. It was at the Morosco Theatre where Sol Burton was the manager.

[@jmccracken1963]

+Joe Postove "Generation" was written by William Goodhart (with incidental music by Jerry Bock). The show opened on Wendesday, 6 October 1965 and closed on Saturday, 25 June 1966. In addition to Henry Fonda (who played Jim Bolton), the other cast members were A. Larry Haines, Sandy Baron, Don Fellows, Richard Jordan, and Holly Turner. The production was directed by Gene Saks, with sets and lighting designed by George Jenkins and costumes designed by Albert Wolsky. The show's producer was Frederick Brisson.

[@suzannepelosi6164]

Sean Connery was dreamy omg

[@photo161]

Debate if you must as to who was the best of the Bonds. But nobody with eyes to see would argue about who was the best looking of the Bonds; Sean Connery, 007 for the ages!

[@brookehanley3659]

+eoselan7 Cary Grant would have been excellent too if he had chosen to play Bond.

[@brentonyancheck4861]

Loved Connery,but Roger Moore was my favorite Bond!! Just my opinion of course!!

[@brigitkelly5317]

though I haven't seen a lot of interviews with Henry Fonda, so I am not sure where I had the perception that he was a reserved man, but I must say, I am pleased to see how animated he is and the little skip he made to the desk after he signed in was quirky,

[@soulierinvestments]

First and only time that the director introduced a mystery guest before the program to the TV audience. Why then? Why Sean Connery? Connery's voice disguise is an all time memorial great. I don't hear any hint of Scotland. Dorothy never did get to ask Tony Perkins her helicopter question who did lose that darned address book. This is the last time she asked that question that appeared off and on for about four years.

[@MrJoeybabe25]

I thought that was strange. I wonder why they didn't continue it?

[@savethetpc6406]

soulierinvestments I was actually wondering whether that was something that was introduced during the GSN rebroadcasts. How could they possibly have given a hint like that before a live show? And how would they have gotten that footage of Connery on the WML set?

[@MrJoeybabe25]

SaveThe TPC I imagine they taped SC before the show while the panel was either not there or in the "green" room. Not a smart thing to do, I think. Part of my memory of watching WML, was, even if it was a not such a hot show that week, we waited for the MG.

[@savethetpc6406]

Joe Postove I was just about to correct my previous post after rewatching the introductory segment with Sean Connery. The background wall behind him does *not* look like the WML set after all. I wonder where it did come from and when they taped it. Even though the panel had no Smart Phones back then, on which they could receive texts informing them immediately of the identity of the just advertised mystery guest, it still just feels a bit risky to me to have the MG announced before the panel is blindfolded and ready for him and with a few minutes of show left before that would happen. But maybe that's just me being extra cautious?

[@MrJoeybabe25]

SaveThe TPC By "texts" do you mean telegrams? Is it true that the only time the mystery Guest was blindfolded was when Eleanor Roosevelt was on?

[@waynehowell6160]

What's My Line? (TV Series 1950-1967) You are a wonder! I never saw a difference in quality where you edited the two copies together. Great job!

[@WhatsMyLine]

Thanks!

[@gordonm7038]

The Hill is an amazing movie, knockout performances by every actor.

[@VahanNisanian]

Only post-1952 episode with prologue. It was meant to get all the young audiences for Sean Connery and the Bond films.

[@VahanNisanian]

Oh yeah, can't forget about Henry Fonda. We'll be seeing him, and his famous left-handed son, Peter, in a 1966 episode.

[@guyfihi]

I advise people to see "The Tin Star(1957)" with Henry Fonda and Antony Perkins, one of my favorite westerns. Henry Fonda at his best and Antony Perkins does a fine job also. Not your normal western. This one about jaded retired lawman turned bounty hunter Fonda exasperated by inexperienced town sheriff Perkins. The interplay between the two is remarkable.

[@jmccracken1963]

+guyfihi I second your recommendation. That is an outstanding film, well-written (screenplay by Dudley Nichols, based on a story by Joel Kane and Barney Slater), very well-directed (by Anthony Mann), excellent cinematography (by Loyal Griggs) and musical score (by Elmer Bernstein), and chock-full of excellent performances in parts both big and small - including, in addition to Henry Fonda and Anthony Perkins, such actors and actresses as Betsy Palmer, Michel Ray, Neville Brand, John McIntire, Mary Webster, Peter Baldwin, Lee Van Cleef, Richard Shannon, James Bell, and Howard Petrie.

[@loissimmons6558]

However unlike Perkins, Fonda never lost his address book while flying in a helicopter over Greece.

[@MOGGS1942]

Superb Western. Ono of my favourites. Surprisingly not very well known.

[@willremmers]

Got Fonda after two questions. Wow.

[@ultrakool]

they should have given celebs a bell or clicker or something (you know, ring once for yes and twice for no). some of their voices are immediate giveaways.

[@preppysocks209]

As they said, they were expecting him because of his new show -- they even figured he would be the first MG.

[@soulierinvestments]

I like the speculation that Connery's agent insisted on that voice over opening introduction of Sean -- the only time I can think of this sort of introduction happening on WML. It would Be darned interesting to know who got the voice over assignment since it is not Johnny Olsen. What did Franklin Heller or Bob Bach sound like?

[@st.louisdxer9616]

It sort of reminds me of the 1974-75 shows where they would briefly tease one of the contestants.

[@truthandreality8465]

It might have been Ralph Meeker because, of course, he was right there.

[@57highland]

I always liked Ralph Meeker. "The Dirty Dozen", "The St. Valentine's Day Massacre", "I Walk The Line", to name a few of his films.

[@Stoneycombe]

Love Jonns Quip at the end when discussing the telephone pole inspectors job," to see whether it has chilblains or something"

[@tartman540]

Who doesn't love Sean and Henry?!!! 🩷🩷🩷

[@stephencampbell6424]

THANK YOU - PRICELESS!

[@MrJoeybabe25]

Dorothy looked a little shamefaced at getting H. Fonda so quickly. Almost like the cat who ate the canary.

[@Beson-SE]

She broke the silent rule that all the panelists should been allowed to ask at least one question to the MG before revealing who he/she was.

[@MrJoeybabe25]

Johan Bengtsson I was not aware of that Johan. I know it's a "silent" rule, but where did you hear that?

[@Beson-SE]

Joe Postove Bennett told this in a recorded interview in 4 parts that is here on YT (Bennett Cerf on What's My Line: An Oral History). Not to disappoint the audience who had come to see the MG. The interview is very interesting and you learn a lot of the history and some untold stories of WML.

[@MrJoeybabe25]

Johan Bengtsson I'd like to hear that Johan! Is it on the web? Sounds very interesting. Quick American trivia. Whose catch phrase was "veeeeery interesting" on American TV?

[@WhatsMyLine]

Joe Postove As Johan said, the entire interview with Bennett is on KZbin-- I'm really surprised you haven't stumbled on it yet! Here's part 1: kzbin.info/www/bejne/f4OXaWaCeqali8U

[@Timbergal]

What a fabulous looking man ❤

[@beadyeyedbrat]

Which one?

[@lindasmilesrfree6067]

Love Sean Connery!

[@boognish999]

Especially when he slaps women?

[@martiwest1753]

Good actor. Also an excellent drinker and wife beater. I hate the so called man.

[@terribelbliss9646]

30 days after this episode Miss Killgallen would die of a heart attach. RIP

[@preppysocks209]

Her father, a well connected journalist, publicly claimed, erroneously,that a heart attack was the cause of death, probably to avoid embarrassment, as in 1965, death from overdose of alcohol and barbituates was far less common and had more of a stigma, particularly if people concluded that the cause of death was suicide. The coroner's official conclusion was an accidental overdose.

[@sbalman]

Don't think so.

[@gailsirois7175]

Was not a heart attack !!

[@beadyeyedbrat]

She died of a drug overdose.

[@omargonzalez2641]

Ralph Meeker was in the second greatest war movie ever made, Paths of Glory, after Apocalypse Now.

[@preppysocks209]

My favorite role of his is "Kiss Me Deadly." In addition to the performance, that film from 1955 features a telephone answering machine (with reel to reel tape). I never knew they existed then. I never came across a telephone answering machine until the early 1980s. Why such an obvious need and a product that existed as early as the 1950s never came into general use for another 25 or more years is beyond me, except I wonder if it had to do with the AT&T equipment monopoly that existed almost that entire time (but then why would audiences have been unsurprised to see an answering machine on film in 1955 --- it wasn't a science fiction movie.

[@MrJoeybabe25]

Hmmmmm...The director was obviously giving time signals to John during the Henry Fonda segment (about 17:30), but he let us all know who was really in charge!

[@Beson-SE]

Well, they were not in any hurry. It was almost 7 minutes left of the show.

[@MrJoeybabe25]

Johan Bengtsson True, they could have had 4 segments if they had wanted to. But I'm glad they spent time with Fonda.

[@savethetpc6406]

Joe Postove They *did* have 4 segments. Game 1 = Sean Connery; Game 2 = World Series tickets seller; Game 3 = Henry Fonda; Game 4 = Telephone pole inspector.

[@MrJoeybabe25]

SaveThe TPC Meant 5.

[@savethetpc6406]

Joe Postove -- and anyone else who might know: Did they *ever* have 5 contestants on a CBS WML episode?

[@gailsirois7175]

Omg..such a young Sean Connery

[@mrsandmom5947]

It's hard to watch these episodes that are so close to Dorothy's death. She died a month after this episode.

[@omargonzalez2641]

This is one of the best "What's My Line" even though I miss Benneth Cerf.

[@Walterwhiterocks]

Really ? Interesting. I find the episodes without Cerf more pleasant and enjoyable than when he is there. I find him pretentious, elitist, and somewhat of a boorish ham. Fundamentally, he's nothing more than a highly paid book salesman.

[@ejej6934]

@@Walterwhiterocks I think you're correct.

[@kathleenmichlin8616]

@@ejej6934 Mr. Cerf, is probably a tad shy is all.

[@kentetalman9008]

@@Walterwhiterocks I actually met Bennett once, and had a long chat with him. Extremely intelligent and a total gentleman.

[@rschlessel6133]

I think WML would have been far less "loaded" and far more interesting regarding the mystery guests, If they didn't rely so heavily on Celebs who were just opening, or already opened on the Broadway Stage and /or in the Cinema.Off beat personalities who wouldn't necessarily be on their radar via Variety magazine,or any paper ,radio or TV.The panel had a pretty up to the minute knowledge of who was "in town" so they were actually "in the ballpark" from the minute they put their blindfolds on, It was a sheer process of elimination from the " who was in town " list. Not really very challenging most times. There was the odd occassion but more often then not they had pretty good mental notes from getting clued up during the week.

[@orgonkothewildlyuntamed6301]

i agree but back then as today ratings ratings ratings i'm sure they would have been a lot lower if no celebrity guests

[@krystonjones]

I would say this, with your permission: Sourcing guests from around the globe, rather than in town, would’ve been cost prohibitive.

[@loissimmons6558]

+Groo Vin8tor Nice job using a typical John Daly phrase in your response!

[@davidsanderson5918]

R Schlessel Yep you've hit the nail on the head. That is THE elephant in the room. Unfortunately the show was made right in the showbiz mecca of the US and the people guessing on the panel are showbiz people related to other showbiz people, treading the same boards, hanging out with showbiz people in town and indeed, in Dorothy's case, reporting sbout showbiz people in their column. How could they not guess the MG!! After about five or six episodes I gave up caring and just enjoy watching the people rather then engaging much with the game itself. (by the way, the "five dollar cards" Daly flips are pointless too. Everyone got an appearance fee, regardless!....that's showbiz for ya!!')