What's My Line? (Ted Williams Mystery Guest) (May 23, 1954)

[@lllowkee6533]

I didn’t know much about these folks, I was a small child. But I love this show and admire these intelligent people. I’ve read John Daly was first person to announce the attack on Pearl Harbor..

[@davidarcudi230]

I'm a Yankee fan... So take heed when I say this Ted Williams was the greatest hitter. Period. Of all time. A great man and great hero and great American. RIP

[@fje6902]

He never won a championship, and when he had a chance to play in the WS he bombed: 5 hits in 25 at bats. They all singles with 1 RBI. Babe Ruth dominated World Series play. Babe Ruth is the best hitter of all time-period. Yes, he is a military hero.

[@nadiazahroon6573]

Dave Arcudi his home in San Diego, ca. Is still standing as a national historical site.

[@mykkie100]

I Was just in my early years in grade school when this show went off the air and before syndication . I have quite the number of years behind me now. When I first found this on KZbin I couldn't get enough of it. I am not watching it hour after hour like I did at first. I was wondering if anyone has taken the time to determine the lines of work that are still in existence today, as well as those not in existence today.

[@dianefiske-foy4717]

Mrs. Sayler’s was a hilarious segment 🤣😂🤣😂🥰‼️

[@judymiller3370]

I would have just loved to call Arlene a friend! What a terrific woman!!!

[@stevekru6518]

I too would’ve loved to call Arlene “a friend,” when my wife was around. (Only joking dear)

[@Dansharley51]

And sexy as well!

[@MROSEN62]

Ted said more to the "What's my Line" panel than he said to the working press in 20 years.

[@Frederick-t8t]

The press was not good to Ted. He should have won the MVP several times.

[@13loomisst]

I think all the John Charles Daly WML's are brilliant, but this may be the most entertaining one I've seen. Thanks very much.

[@Celisar1]

13loomisst Watch the one with the nudist camp owner! :)

[@Lava1964]

Williams went 2-for-3 that Sunday, was intentionally walked twice, and drove in a run, in Boston's 10-9 win versus New York. It was just another day at the ballpark for arguably the game's greatest hitter.

[@danacoleman4007]

I sure do wish I could have been there!

[@XMLarry]

Arlene: "It's not even a pastime, it's a business." Boy is that ever true today

[@ed3432]

Teddy ballgame was a true hero. Serving in two wars in addition to HoF career. RIP Mr. Williams.

[@janeiwasduncan8463]

He flew jets! Was John Glenn,'s wing man!

[@cadaverdog1424]

Unfortunately he isn’t resting in peace.

[@tomy5868]

so much courtesy and respect for each others...too bad its all gone now.

[@igkoigko9950]

Tom, the low hanging fruit would be to sardonically write a hyperbolically rude and disrespectful response, it that’s not in my nature. Instead, consider neither then nor now were people universally courteous; some are, some aren’t. The more anonymous, the more rude. The internet and urbanization, which increase anonymity, might increase rudeness, but people’s basic nature hasn’t changed and certainly courtesy and respect aren’t extinct.

[@Loruca]

The questioning about the cows was one of the funniest moments of the entire series.

[@pegcage]

Ted Williams was handsome enough to be in the movies. And he did have a beautiful voice too.

[@wardka]

With this posting not mentioning the guest's line of work, I finally got a chance to try playing along by closing my eyes when it's revealed to the audience. But I gotta say, it's far more fun knowing than not knowing. So those who complain about other clips revealing it in the title shouldn't worry. It works so much better seeing it as the show originally intended. They're not missing a thing.

[@stanmaxkolbe]

The Cow lady. Her hat cracked me up. But hey this was 1954.

[@nysavvy9241]

The hat was all the rage back then. It was the Maime Eisenhower look.

[@kennethlatham3133]

Think of all those ladies get togethers on "I Love Lucy", the way they dressed. This was smack dab in the middle of that era.

[@donnawoodford6641]

The second guest segment was humorous!

[@michaeldishler9673]

Ted Williams has a very nice voice - I think he could have been a Hollywood star also - he sounds like eddy fisher

[@JMC01644]

So many of the jobs these guests have don't even exist today. It is interesting to hear about them though.

[@horaceball5418]

Cow washers are in high demand.

[@jaqqqqqqattack]

This is a highly underrated episode, especially with the cow washer - I'm surprised that segment hasn't popped up around KZbin somewhere.

[@michaelangood]

i really enjoyed this show

[@watchman1178]

Back when America was still America.

[@igkoigko9950]

With the possible exception of the Lord, everything evolves. When did 1950s America change so much that it stopped being America?

[@quizmaster85]

"Yes, he does not work in a theatre" (etc.); John's "Yes, he is NOT" replies are always classic :)

[@poetcomic1]

Ted Williams with his magnificent physique draped in one of the baggy clown suits of that particular era. Look at all the material in that suit - you can make another suit.

[@nankerphelge3771]

He was attired in a very casual manner for the period.

[@nysavvy9241]

@@nankerphelge3771 That was a sporty dressed down look.

[@kenyongray2615]

Ted Williams was a great great player. I think it is safe to say that he will be the last player to bat over .400 in a season. He was also a true war hero. Wars took away about four years from his career. His career totals would have been stupendous with those extra four years.

[@MrJoeybabe25]

I have heard that Ted Williams was not very happy to be called up during the Korean War, as he had served his country well in the last war. Any truth to that?

[@kenyongray2615]

@@MrJoeybabe25 I am not sure.

[@kennethlatham3133]

@@MrJoeybabe25 If so, who could blame him?

[@lynettepalecek3141]

@kenyongray2615. He was NOT the last player to bat .400. Rod Carew bat .400 in his career for the Minnesota Twins.

[@kenyongray2615]

Rod Carew batted .328 for his career and had a high .388 batting average for a season.. Ted Williams batted .406 in 1941, the last player to hit .400 in a season.@@lynettepalecek3141

[@nelsontoondrawer7618]

I laughed til I cried... and my ribs hurt!

[@timothycarley2174]

This Show was the "Bomb"

[@stevenfanale4553]

The greatest hitter who ever lived!!!!!!!!

[@jamesr1703]

I would like the job of washing cows all day. It would be better than the people I have to deal with in the office where I work.

[@joeambrose3260]

You have my condolences

[@kennethlatham3133]

Lol, I feel your pain.

[@bh8642]

Ted Williams was famous for not wearing a tie; in fact, with civilian clothing he would wear his collar open. But I assume that in the military he would wear a tie if it was part of the uniform.

[@MrWindermere123]

Some commenters are unhappy that John Daly encouraged the answer that some materials for exterminating pests can be eaten - rat poison for example can be eaten by rats. It's part of Mr Daly's mischievous humour that he lets the panel members assume things which are not so and which get a big laugh from the audience. The 'ladies' who turn out to be dairy cows cause a lot of laughter in this episode but it would have been boring if Mr Daly had set the panel straight. In fact the audience's response was a huge clue which Arlene Francis took up and suggested to Bennet Cerf as a question - are there animals involved?

[@TopperMadeline]

A guy that was involved with McCarthy matters...a sign of the times for sure.

[@lolaice8959]

They could easily have substituted Robert Kennedy who worked FOR McCarthy and John Kennedy who was in the one of his best friends.

[@shirleyrombough8173]

May I introduce Mr. Sometimes.

[@salvationbordercountry3800]

A great show. I did find the exterminator's answers very strange as did a few other people here. Can it be eaten? Daly knew very well they meant humans and it is a service Not a product. Their company did not sell the stuff to consumers. I'm 100% sure about That.

[@kennethlatham3133]

I think they were referring to the poison involved in the extermination procedure itself as a product. It could also include traps, as well.

[@leesher1845]

Hate it that they rushed the final contestants.

[@carlfalt174]

I wish that John Daly would be a news anchor in 2022. He would have been a excellent reporter

[@tomy5868]

Dorothy is about to out smart all of them...

[@pattimaeda6097]

Can’t see Ted without thinking of his head

[@lindaroper2654]

Audience should not clap when the panel comes close to guessing their occupation.

[@TopperMadeline]

I believe the cow washer segment is around youtube.

[@MrWmJosephSmithIII]

"Sometimes!"

[@nelsonricardo3729]

I certainly wouldn't want "anti-immunity factor". The copywriters for Stopette were clearly not scientists.

[@pipermccool]

The McCarthy hearings?! This show isn’t just entertaining, it’s historic.

[@stanmaxkolbe]

Look at Ted Williams he was ahead of his time. He wore his shirt collar outside his jacket-we did that in the seventies.

[@nysavvy9241]

In the late seventies and even the 90s that style was copied from the early mid 50s.

[@stanmaxkolbe]

@@nysavvy9241 Thank you I didn't know that.

[@joeambrose3260]

I've been doing that for 40+ yrs whether it was in or out

[@michellelekas211]

Go Arlene Go

[@Beson-SE]

The first two guests were very funny indeed.

[@sandy3482]

the cow lady came on the show again and they didn't get her the 2nd time either

[@michaeldishler9673]

washes cows at a Dairy farm lol

[@shirleyrombough8173]

Michael Dishler - John deliberately let the panel wander down the wrong path for laughs.

[@chuckendweiss4849]

With what history had shown us, the McCarthy hearings is very different from what the public then knew at the time

[@JDAbelRN]

In what respect? Not trying to be argumentative, however, these hearings were well covered, publicized and televised, and was historically analyzed at the same time. So was wondering how you find it to be different in this time and place.

[@igkoigko9950]

@@JDAbelRN Perhaps what Chuck alludes to is that the McCarthy hearings weren’t optimized and perhaps were not even intended to save the US from the “red menace” but were opportunities for personal aggrandizement and garnering political power.

[@suzannelitofe]

The audience can be annoying sometimes when the panel asks questions They laugh at the wrong time

[@dancelli714]

SOMETIMES I DON'T FEEL THOSE WHISTLES ARE WOTH IT, BUT THATS JUST ME.

[@salvationbordercountry3800]

Dan, I thought it was kind of strange that they whistled at that one gal also. She WAS well dressed with a nice hair style and probably pretty decent makeup too (well kept is how they used to say it). The average woman today just doesn't seem to bother anymore.

[@pattimaeda6097]

They ARE sexist.

[@horaceball5418]

They beat the Yankees that day, 10-9.

[@dianamcglown4890]

😂

[@Ray3645]

The answers from the host and exterminator were misleading. First, she deals in a service,not a product. Second, they both inferred that the product could be eaten, causing the panel to assume it is some type of food for humans. So, the panel was mislead in various ways here. I'm surprised John Daly overlooked these errors.

[@julier.1902]

Technically speaking, he was right. It's up to the panel to figure out who eats it or uses it, etc.

[@salvationbordercountry3800]

I think you're 110% right. I found it Very strange.

[@kennethlatham3133]

They weren't going to get it, anyway, with 2 or 3 minutes left; nitpicking and rulings would have been a waste of time, kind of like rearranging the deck furniture on the Titanic.

[@stevekru6518]

Ray, you are describing good strategic play by the contestant, not a failure of the moderator because there were no errors. Bait can be eaten. Assuming food for humans is unjustified and decreased the probability of identifying the occupation, but is no reason for Daly’s intervention any more than a football referee would call back a pass thrown from a punting lineup.

[@tungstenkid2271]

I'm english, who the hell's Ted Williams?

[@judymiller3370]

Ted Wiliams is perhaps the greatest baseball player of all time. Even with all the years he spent fighting in World War II and Korea, he still had unbeatable stats.i wish I could have seen him play.

[@tungstenkid2271]

@@judymiller3370 i'm english and googled 'Rules of baseball' to find out about the game and a youtube vid of Abbot and Costello's 'Who's on first' routine came up, and now everything is perfectly clear..:)

[@danacoleman4007]

He's a big part of the reason you don't speak German today.

[@paultheaudaciousbradford6772]

@@danacoleman4007 If there were a Hall of Fame for fighter pilots, he’d have his own wing.

[@charleswinokoor6023]

That handshake routine was a waste of time.