What's My Line? - Steve Allen (1969)

Former panelist and past/future I've Got a Secret host Steve Allen is the mystery guest in this episode taped in 1969. Panelists are Soupy Sales, Joanna Barnes, Hal Holbrook, and Arlene Francis. Wally Bruner hosts.

[@tompaulcampbell]

Steve Allen was so multi-talented!

[@brookehanley3659]

Soupy was a real showman.

[@shaluka_desilva]

Watching from Sri Lanka 🇱🇰

[@jamesbarros950]

What a beautiful country. I can’t wait to go back to Kandy.

[@shaluka_desilva]

@@jamesbarros950 🤟😍 , I am in Galle

[@shaluka_desilva]

@@jamesbarros950 Are You Love Sri Lanka 🇱🇰 ? 😍

[@essessessesq]

hello to Sri Lanka from Ohio ! ....you are on the island of Ceylon, is that correct? [or that is my memory from school days!

[@st.louisdxer9616]

What’s your opinion on what GSN has turned into? It’s unfortunate what it’s turned into in my opinion. Around 1500 episodes of this and they can only show it at 3 AM around Christmas?

[@bluecollarguy67]

GSN has become absolute garbage. BUZZR is what GSN was 20+ years ago and I hope they never change.

[@ClassiCole]

1969: I don't know when this aired.

[@djdon60]

huh?! Only time, ever, I've seen Mr. Sales, (caught?)smoking, on camera. This, after, likely, watching 1000 tapings.

[@yeahnoonecaresifyouarefirst]

How do you get caught when you know there's a camera in front of you?

[@lindaszatkowski321]

Steve Allen was the best

[@susanrutherford866]

Funny how soupy sales gets all the mystery guests, is he psychic or was he told beforehand ? How could he guess so quickly ?

[@LaptopLarry330]

Soupy Sales went to ALL the entertainment industry social events, and knew virtually all of the stars personally. The producers had to change the rules during the Mystery Guest segment, disqualifying any panelist who made an incorrect guess of the Mystery Guest. That solved the problem.

[@susanrutherford866]

@@LaptopLarry330 yes he may have but it didnt make him psychic did it ?

[@LaptopLarry330]

No, it did not, but he knew a lot about EVERYBODY in the entertainment industry, and used that information to his advantage as a panelist.

[@diamonddog13]

​@LaptopLarry330 Yes. Even Aretha Franklin called out Soupy saying she thought he would have guessed her when she was mystery guest. He knew everybody.

[@brookehanley3659]

John Daly never wanted the guests to demonstrate their talent.

[@BETTERWORLDSGT]

Arlene Francis was on the show a long time!

[@allanshulstad1783]

Michael Davis juggled bowling balls

[@karltiedemann9329]

And I seem to recall him at one point simultaneously juggling a bowling ball, a chainsaw and, of all things, an M & M

[@declanhughes4107]

17:08 the timing of that graphic couldnt be better

[@YowzaBowzaWowza]

I liked the appearance of the chicken lady.

[@brookehanley3659]

Great skin.

[@brookehanley3659]

Glad they chatted with Steve for a while. Great conversationalist.

[@bambi274]

They stopped in '67 and came back in '69 without John Daly, Steve Allen and Bennet Cerf ??? Wth

[@LaptopLarry330]

Bennett Cerf appeared on Monday and Friday episodes from 1968 until his death in 1971. Unfortunately, not many episodes involving Cerf have surfaced here on KZbin.

[@LaptopLarry330]

John Daly was working at Voice Of America at this time. He also was working as a member of the Peabody Award Board Of Jurors.

[@yeahnoonecaresifyouarefirst]

Free country

[@RonGerstein]

They did not stop in 1967. CBS stopped prime-time games shows in 1967, so the executive producers, Goodman and Tollman, developed a syndicated version and sold it to individual TV stations in 1968, with new sets, panelists, and a host.

[@yeahnoonecaresifyouarefirst]

@@RonGerstein todman*

[@Camop-iz9kt]

Steve looked so much better here than his later years, when he wore one of the worst toupees ever.

[@bluecollarguy67]

Whether it was Steve Allen or anyone else of fame, why would these men think they looked better with fake hair? It looks so obvious and looks bad, just like someone who has had plastic surgery. Looked so much better showing a receding hairline.

[@RonGerstein]

​@@bluecollarguy67 Congratulations for admitting you have a receding hairline.

[@brookehanley3659]

Joanna Barnes is so beautiful. I think the calisthenics dance question was answered wrong

[@brookehanley3659]

His glamorous wife Jayne likely did not have the heart to tell him.

[@gwenniegirl50]

Maybe he didn’t want to spend the money for a top-rate toupee. Or, how about hair plugs (surgery)?

[@yeahnoonecaresifyouarefirst]

What's foul besides a turkey and a chicken? A ball. I'm glad wally didn't say his name 😂 #iykyk

[@brookehanley3659]

Duck,Swans i think, hens, roosters,geese

[@yeahnoonecaresifyouarefirst]

@@brookehanley3659 lol!

[@nintendonerdsvideos4727]

you mean there were full screen credits wow

[@RonGerstein]

There are always full credits, but when in repeats, the channel would cut off the credits so it can show more commercials.

[@shelleywarkentin9656]

Arlene the spoiler as always

[@RonGerstein]

She needs to feed her super ego.

[@jw77019]

Why does Arlene wear evening clothes some days and today she’s dressed like a secretary?

[@Gwaithmir]

It probably has to do with her daily activities before and after the show.

[@yeahnoonecaresifyouarefirst]

Free country

[@allanshulstad1783]

There

[@TheBigMclargehuge]

Suits were repugnant inthe 60's.

[@Ridersonthestorm8899]

Better than today

[@TheBigMclargehuge]

@@Ridersonthestorm8899 Agreed

[@kd6836]

At least they wore suits. Some may say the business pajama look of today is repugnant. Nothing like a congressmen wearing hoodies and seeing people out with their face tattoos and onesies.

[@TheBigMclargehuge]

@@kd6836 Absolutely. I want more suits on more people. But the 60s still sucked for suits.

[@kd6836]

@@TheBigMclargehuge I agree. Early 60’s was good for suits but by mid 60’s it went south quickly.