What's My Line? - Tommy & Jimmy Dorsey (Oct 16, 1955)

MYSTERY GUESTS: Tommy & Jimmy Dorsey (brothers, each of whom led their own hugely popular Swing Era big bands)
PANEL: Dorothy Kilgallen, Fred Allen, Arlene Francis, Bennett Cerf

[@karenbyrne5423]

Even in 2023 this show I so great to watch. So much better then the soiled stuff on TV nowadays

[@lissalives1]

My father took very expensive trombone lessons from Tommy Dorsey. ♥️

[@WhatsMyLine]

Wow!

[@philiphoward1731]

I hope you can play the trombone now for all the money you spent

[@Johnnycdrums]

These two brothers died within months of each other of the same disease.

[@Melody_Mike.4460]

I can only imagine if it was possible, how awesome it could’ve been if Glenn Miller was on a tv show like this!

[@thetiler]

This truly is a special show. The whole show was extremely entertaining! I wish TV today could be this entertaining. A great host John Daly and the panel was great. All the shows seem to have a high entertainment value!!!!!

[@moldyoldie7888]

With Fred Allen, the best panel.

[@jerrytorgerson8709]

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[@JRIJR75]

John’s laugh at 14:05 is the best thing I’ve heard all week!

[@beachchaos1863]

He and the audience and the contestant had so much fun that round😂

[@JWLJN]

Dorothy raising her hand like she’s in school. So sweet.

[@Julia-fo4tk]

She had a valid point.

[@drzarkov39]

She's so stupid. John says "that's three down and seven to go." She asks "Was that a yes or a no?" Duh‽

[@mtnman6557]

Some of us who grew up in the 50-60's still do that, because that behavior was so ingrained in us; you do not just blurt out a question. For ex: I still raise my hand when at the self checkout & something doesn't go right & I need assistance.

[@robertjean5782]

Raising your hand was instilled at school😊

[@mtnman6557]

@@robertjean5782 It certainly was!

[@garyzerr9821]

Loved this particular show, so funny. One forgets this was 61 years ago, so much better than much of the current tv crop.

[@stevekru6518]

I enjoy WML too, but I just watched the new Netflix series “The Queen’s Gambit,” and must respectfully disagree. TV has improved. Twilight Zone and I Spy were wonderful in their day, foe me Sopranos, Homeland, The Americans, Dexter, are much better.

[@pattimaeda6097]

No one forgets that

[@robertjean5782]

Now 70 years ago 😊

[@debrareisdorf309]

I was 2 years old then. I find these shows to be very interesting.

[@sophiemorrison9820]

We're about the same age. I watched every Sunday night from about age six.I have seen all the WML episodes on KZbin and some many times over. I get so much pleasure out of them I don't know what I'd do without them. I love everything about them from the introductions to the goodnights and everything in between.

[@laurahoward5426]

Me too

[@nandofigueira2005]

3 months after this program, the Dorsey brothers made history by presenting Elvis Presley for the first time on their program and the course of music changed forever.

[@nudistjamie]

Who? Jk😁

[@BobBuckethead-ol5cw]

You must have not been alive at the time...Elvis was a hero to the teenagers only. The adult generation despised rock-'n'-roll and several big name record companies refused to sign rock bands, particularly Columbia Records

[@nandofigueira2005]

@@BobBuckethead-ol5cw Elvis Presley's first performance on the Dorsey Brothers' CBS show was on Saturday, January 28, 1956 at 8:00 p.m. The contract signed with CBS stipulated that four shows would be performed with the possibility of two more if the option was executed. A good part of initially making two programs was based on doubts about what Elvis could contribute, given his youth, lack of experience and mainly the fact that he was an artist totally unknown to the New York public. Elvis' presentation to the public was not performed by brothers Jimmy and Tommy Dorsey (which was usual) but by a Cleveland DJ named Bill Randle. The two songs performed and, above all, what was seen on that stage, left everyone shocked. Such was the sensation caused that two days later (specifically on February 2, 1956) the CBS exercised the right to extend two more performances.

[@nandofigueira2005]

@@BobBuckethead-ol5cw I recommend that you learn more about this event, I was not born on that day but it would have been incredible to have seen Elvis that day, it would have been something great, unforgettable for me.

[@BobBuckethead-ol5cw]

@@nandofigueira2005 I know. I watched them.

[@lauracollins4195]

Love the big hearty laugh from Bennett at 17:50 when he learns the profession of the rear end of a horse. :D

[@pattimaeda6097]

He’s often a horse’s ass

[@13loomisst]

Excellent, as usual. Thanks very much.

[@loissimmons6558]

My dad was a lover of music who played the ukulele and sang with his friends; nothing professional. He especially loved Big Band. Growing up, I heard plenty about Glenn Miller, Artie Shaw, Shep Fields, Vincent Lopez, Benny Goodman, Charlie Barnet, Glen Gray, Woody Herman, and of course the Dorsey Brothers as bandleaders. The Dorseys were referred to so often together, I was surprised to learn later that they spent more years as bandleaders separated than together. My dad had stacks of those old shellac 78 RPM records that he had collected over the years, meticulously cataloged by artist, song title and record label. And a large number of them were by either Tommy, Jimmy or both. My brother still has the records and I think somewhere we have the catalog, too. Hopefully those fragile discs are still in good condition. My dad was also an audiophile who loved electronics and woodworking. In the 1950's, he built hi-fi systems that won awards at shows in NYC. (Somewhere there are pictures of me in my mother's arms pointing at them, although I seemed to be more interested in the model trains at the Hobby Show.) He'd also pick up some pin money by building systems for friends and co-workers.

[@georgiawessling7987]

I have 78's and 33 1/3's from the 40's on. They are stack in a column, with only the thin cover on them and stored in a room that has no air cond. or heat. They are still in perfect condition. The only problem is a few of them had a scratch or 2 on them. I heard that the record industry is going to start making vinyl music again. It lasts much longer and much better than the tapes, etc.

[@edisone1]

My grandfather knew & worked for both Brothers, and assured me that JIMMY was the more violent, uneven fight-starter. Grandpa was present for the almost-final Breakup brawl (May 1935), when Jimmy goaded Tommy until he went nuts & they both went at it like maniacs. (May 1935, as noted in Grandpa's diary.)

[@bjmajor]

Tommy also treated women in a very bad way, according to one of my music teachers.

[@moldyoldie7888]

So, who's your grandfather?

[@carolinesmith2457]

I have heard that one of the only people that Sinatra was cowed by was one of these brothers, can’t remember which one.

[@moldyoldie7888]

@@carolinesmith2457 That would be Tommy.

[@esmeephillips5888]

​@@carolinesmith2457 Sinatra credited Tommy with teaching him a lot about phrasing and breath control by how he handled his 'bone.

[@spikehofmann]

Tommy died in 1956 aged 51. Wonderful musician

[@fifty9forty3]

Jimmy died shortly after. Find Jimmy playing BEBE on KZbin. Unbelievable speed and precision. A great sax and clarinet player.

[@Beson-SE]

Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey, a *great* part of Music history in their own right.

[@mushmorant9253]

Both were deceased within two years. Tommy died November 26, 1956 Jimmy died June 12, 1957

[@libertyann439]

Johan Bengtsson One more great thing about this is all the historical figures showcased.

[@jeffcraven7376]

Two of my favorite musicians & their band, then separate bands of all time. Glad to see they became friend's again. Nothing hurts more than when siblings break apart from each other.

[@philiphoward1731]

Mush Morant Wow I did not know that that is so sad because they are really really cool there’s a clip on KZbin or Elvis Presley singing heartbreak hotel it is being back by Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey and their band or maybe it’s a Orchestra

[@LaptopLarry330]

Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey hosted a variety series on CBS, entitled "The Stage Show", which aired from 1954 to 1956. Elvis Presley's very first national television performances took place on "The Stage Show". Presley appeared on the show for several weeks in early-1956. Kinescopes still exist for most of his performances on that show, including a performance of "Heartbreak Hotel", backed by the Dorsey Brothers Orchestra.

[@Beson-SE]

12:10 "Plays Rear End of Horse (in Vaudeville)", one of the most (maybe The most) unusual occupation ever on WML, and a funny one too.

[@hobonickel]

Johan Bengtsson On an episode not long before this one I seem to remember Arlene Francis wondering out loud if a contestant played the rear end of a horse or something similar. Could this contestant have been selected because of her offhand remark?

[@Beson-SE]

hobonickel Very likely indeed. I bet the staff of WML never would have thought of that occupation if not Arlene had mentioned it ( and who would?). Steve Allen's favorite phrase "bigger than a bread box" would sooner or later naturally end up with a contestant who made bread boxes! The same with Ernie Kovac's question "Can I fold it?"... finally he got a 'yes' to it. :)

[@jackkomisar458]

In one version of the cartoon that introduces the show, a fake horse pops open and the man who plays the back end smiles and adds the question mark to the title "What's my Line?"

[@loissimmons6558]

The rift between the Dorsey Brothers was finally healed after 18 years in 1953 when Jimmy broke up his band and Tommy invited him to join his band and gradually expanded his role. Their television show had an appearance by Elvis Presley before Elvis's first appearance on Ed Sullivan. Because of Sullivan's popularity, that is the event that is remembered. Both died before the age of 54. When Jimmy, the older brother, died of cancer in 1957, he had his first big hit on the charts in many years. "So Rare" was his successful attempt at transitioning to a more contemporary sound, reaching #2 on the Billboard's pop charts and #4 on the R&B charts. kzbin.info/www/bejne/mXTSi396rLKUo6c

[@LaptopLarry330]

Elvis Presley appeared for several weeks on "The Stage Show".

[@johncirillo9544]

Here is a clip from that show: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pYnMiWaZoZVmeqc

[@esmeephillips5888]

The brothers at least called a truce during WW2 when both were working for MGM. In 'I Dood It' (1943), starring Jimmy, Tommy does an uncredited walk-on.

[@oldhippie81]

Sadly both Tommy and Jimmy only had less than two years to live.

[@spongevee1]

I'm glad Fred got to go to Ireland.

[@dennyfarrell4388]

Great to see Tommy and Jimmy smiling. They did have another family member not blood family.. but raised by the Dorsey's that was in the business, Lee Castle. Denny Farrell's award winning radio program The Original Big Band Showcase available to radio stations around the world from Chicago.

[@joiefulton4015]

Fred Allen looks great wearing glasses.

[@LaptopLarry330]

Fred Allen was wearing glasses, because he was in poor health at this stage of his life. Fred Allen died of a heart attack in 1956. Before his death, Allen wrote an autobiography, entitled "Treadmill To Oblivion".

[@pattimaeda6097]

Nope

[@amandaogle88]

I ♥ Fred Allen

[@jerryrichardson2799]

Me too.

[@walterweddle7644]

He was way ahead of his time!

[@jerrylee8261]

@@jerryrichardson2799 Me, three. He's so witty and quick. Wish he could have been on longer.

[@carlfalt174]

What I like about Fred's humor is that in his days on radio he would have had to paint a better word pictures to better describe his scene.

[@philiphoward1731]

I really enjoy watching the shows they are so much fun to watch however soon but the sound is kind of bad I have a volume almost all the way up on my iPad whenever I watch the shows sometimes it sounds better sometimes it’s worse and I’m sorry to hear that the Dorsey brothers died so young two years later after the show was on TV but my grandma and grandpa used to see the Dorsey brothers in Chicago and in the city in Michigan called Saint Joseph Michigan at a place called shadowland ballroom and they said these guys always put on a really good showsIf you go on KZbin you can find a clip of Elvis Presley and he was on their TV show and he sang heartbreak hotel and he was backed up by the tommy Dorsey orchestra it’s really something to check out

[@jerrylee8261]

I had same problem with sound. Almost had to turn speakers up to full blast. Glad I remembered to turn sound down before playing some music.

[@jilljansen2638]

Love these grand programs of the past; nothing today even comes close.

[@Beson-SE]

"Make the bible known. Make it your own" That was a good motto from Chaplain Goldberg on Bible Week. 10:46

[@Bigbadwhitecracker]

+Johan Bengtsson that was awesome. amen, chaplain

[@gomphrena-beautifulflower-8043]

If we’d only remember this, how our country would continue to be blessed. Now, we’re courting with disaster

[@curiouscharacter1]

Anybody notice that at the time the Navy Chaplain left the stage Bennett said to John that Chaplain Goldberg was on the wrong show; he should be on "The $64,000 question? The only interpretation I can give that remark is that it was in reference to the contestants Jewish surname. Something about the Jewish race being overly obsessed about the importance of money. I suppose today we might consider this racist or at least stereotyping but at the time it was not uncommon to hear comments such as these.

[@raskolnikov9067]

@@curiouscharacter1 Cerf was Jewish too.

[@curiouscharacter1]

Wow! Never knew that in spite of reading his autobiography ("At Random".) I guess he gets a pass for the remark then.

[@rodgerdeighton8098]

Low audio takes all the enjoyment out of this video.

[@robertjean5782]

It depends on what your playing it on😊

[@esmeephillips5888]

There is an old Btitish music hall song about a guy pleading with a friend not to tell his parents which role he has in showbiz- 'but if you must, please don't tell them which end.'

[@jamesjoyce9207]

could've been one of the funniest moments on WML if they'd got that final guest in...I feel the same letdown I did when Van Johnson and Tony Curtis were on (and immediately off)

[@robertjean5782]

WML NOT a talk show😊

[@thegreatdominion949]

Within two years following the airing of this show, both of these gentlemen had passed on.

[@zadokthepriet]

The Dorsey brothers died within 2 years of this program. The movie, A Song Is Born was made with Jimmy right after Tommy passed. Artie Shaw is probably the band leader with the beautiful wife, Ava Gardner.

[@vincentdaly78]

Captain Goldberg's wikipedia page: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joshua_L._Goldberg. He was in the Tsarist Russian army, the US Army, and the US Navy.

[@trudygreer2491]

Thanks for posting that link.. what a fascinating, fulfilled, and long life he led!

[@valuecalc]

60 years ago! Talk about an old-fashioned show for the whole family!

[@robertjean5782]

Now 70 😅

[@laurahoward5426]

I like the handwriting on the back of the flip cards, so John Daly knows where he is, $$$ wise

[@libertyann439]

It would have made Arlene's night if the horsey would have danced to a Dorsey brothers tune!

[@kenretherford1197]

I cannot imagine Gabel even kissing Arlene, let alone sleeping with her.

[@libertyann439]

KEN RETHERFORD oppsites attract. He's not physically attractive but he strikes me as a bit romantic by the way they interact.

[@magnificentfailure2390]

Yeah! Another episode I haven't watched.

[@libertyann439]

The show should have been an hour long to give time for Arlene to have the guests perform.

[@Lilbit09]

She always asked!

[@pattimaeda6097]

I hate her trying to make guests perform for free to amuse her 🙄

[@robertjean5782]

@@pattimaeda6097 It would've been for everyone's enjoyment 😊

[@robertjean5782]

WML NOT a talk show😊

[@roberttelarket4934]

That was very very very clever the front part of the horse!!!!!

[@juliansinger]

As noted, The Maschinos were circus-folk from way back, and had a tumbling act in the 40s/50s with Ringling Brothers. (But yeah, not in 1955.) I have no definitive evidence of this, but I think they mostly just had a brief cup of tea in Vaudeville. In 1964, Ludvig was one of the co-founders of the still-existing Showfolks of Sarasota, 'an international alliance of circus artists and executives.' Alfred died in 1985, Ludvig in 1987. Picture of the tumbling act: yesterdaystowns.blogspot.com/2006/12/when-you-wander-down-memory-lane.html Edit: Also! re: John's invitation at around 24:35, a horse's neck was, unsurprisingly, a drink. It involved ginger ale, ice and lemon peel, often (by the 50s) with brandy or bourbon added.

[@kennethpotts5056]

sadly Tommy would choke to death in his sleep a little over a year later and .and Jimmy would die from cancer about six months later ending the big band era

[@erichanson426]

I love John Daily, by the time he gets done talking with panel with the first guest, I almost forgot what he did.

[@roberttelarket4934]

It was good that Fred visited Ireland the home of his people since I think this great panelist died way too you young the following month.

[@scotnick59]

They were both dead within 2 years: The Fabulous Dorsey Brothers, that is

[@jackseward7779]

Thank you for flashing as ad over the names of the Mystery Guests - very helpful.

[@robertjean5782]

It couldn't be deleted, without deleting the show😢

[@roberttelarket4934]

I can’t believe they had vaudeville in the 1950s.

[@scotnick59]

The brothers Dorsey seemed to be having a good time here. Tommy once busted actor Jon Hall in the nose in the forties at a party in his home. Thought Jon was coming on to his then (beautiful) wife Pat Dane!

[@MrYfrank14]

rear end of a horse. i didnt realize that was an occupation. can you get promoted to the front end?

[@mikejschin]

@Mark Richardson I thought it was all of them. hahaha

[@oldpolishguy253]

You can't really go down from there

[@robertjean5782]

Definitely 😅

[@ahmadfadzil4104]

68 years ago. Today is 7.10.2023.

[@daler.steffy1047]

In watching a number of these "What's My Line" TV shows over the last several weeks, I've occasionally wondered how some of these people who had more of the lower paying jobs could afford such nice clothes that they wore into the studio during the playing of the game, including men always looking sharp in suits. (Because I'm a guy, that's why I was quite impressed with the nice suits these gentlemen were wearing.) But then I started thinking about the value of a dollar in the 1950's. (I was born in 1948.) During that time, a candy bar was 5 cents, a large Coke with a dime, a package of cigarettes was 25 cents, and I know this because my mother would give me a note and a quarter to go down to the local drugstore, and the note was the "permission slip" for me to purchase a package of cigarettes for her; and in those days of the 1950's, that wasn't a problem. And gasoline was anywhere between 18.9 and 23.9 cents a gallon. An average-sized, three-bedroom, two-bath house (1100-1400+ sq.ft.) could be purchased for often between $7,000 and $14,000 (depending on the geographical location and other factors, of course); and it would often times "only" require (being subjective here) less than a $100 a month as a payment, which would include property taxes and insurance in addition to, of course, interest and principle. ~ Early, on a Saturday morning, my father would always come in and place two dimes on the top of my dresser and then quietly leave with a pleasant smile on his face. That was my one week's allowance, 20 cents! But I could buy four candy bars, or 4 packages of chewing gum, or a couple of packages of trading cards that had these rectangular pieces of bubble gum inside them; or I could buy a cherry Coke at the soda fountain located at the back of our local drugstore. And at the local Ben Franklin 5-and-Dime Store, you could buy a little cap pistol, with a couple of rolls of caps, for 10 cents. And I just remembered one other item that a dime could purchase: I was in love with a girl, in the 4th or 5th grade (?), by the name of Linda Wounhous (approx. sp.), and that dime put into a gum machine that had prizes in it, and along with the general expectation that you could probably get a plastic ring on your first 10-cent try...,well..., ya gave it a go, as love knew no bounds in elementary school. And that was, in fact, what happened: I got a cool plastic ring! So I presented it to Linda as a show of my love for her, back in James Road Elementary School, in Columbus, Ohio. (So, Linda, if you happen to see this comment, are you still available?) Obviously, the overall point here is, there is no question that the dollar went further in the 1950's, as compared to what we are experiencing now. (Hum..., on further reflection, did I give that ring, instead, to Linda's close friend, who was also a girl I was in love with, by the name of Tony Wilkins? So Tony, if you see this comment, and you're available, give me a call!) ~drs (06/23/24)

[@robertjean5782]

I was born in 37 wow you sure brought back a load of happy memories 😊 Thank You my mind is still good😅

[@anthonycevallos9247]

Too bad the audio is so low on this video.

[@sfbirdclub]

What?

[@sfbirdclub]

I mean What?

[@pattimaeda6097]

So you don’t have a volume button?🙄

[@robertjean5782]

Sometimes depending what your watching it on it could be quieter😊

[@SheilaB]

I feel sorry for the front end of the horse.

[@Bigbadwhitecracker]

+Sheila B that needed to be timed out better. would have made for one of the wildest shows.

[@loissimmons6558]

Unfortunately all three segments went long.

[@jazzmanchgo]

Wow -- the Dorsey brothers actually sitting next to each other and smiling! How often did THAT happen in real life?

[@59gregster]

Feuding brothers: When their father died, Bob Eberly was singing a hymn at the funeral mass when Tommy got up and walked over to Jimmy and put his arm around him. Bob said to himself "Oh God - not here!" They even fought on the bandstand.

[@peternagy-im4be]

What was the reason for their animosity?

[@mikejschin]

At the 5:00 mark, Fred jokingly asks if John thinks Princess Margaret is going to marry someone. The audio is unclear, but the someone must have been Group Captain Peter Townsend. Princess Margaret was Queen Elizabeth's sister. In 1952, she fell in love with Townsend, who divorced his wife and proposed to Princess Margaret. The affair was highly controversial at the time. Finally, on October 31, 1955, just over two weeks after this episode of WML, the princess announced that she would not be marrying Townsend.

[@vincentdaly78]

You can just make out that he says Peter Townsend or maybe Captain Townsend.

[@petemarshall8094]

One of the great rock ‘n’ roll guitar legends. And a hell of a Spitfire pilot!

[@cristiradu9982]

I love what a time capsule this show is! The Margaret-Townsend affair was covered extensively in the first season of The Crown series.

[@michaeldanello3966]

I had 6 years of Latin but never learned any Greek beyond the alphabet. Can anyone tell me what John Daly said at the opening when he replied to Cerf's quote of Herodotus?

[@bigwilson8794]

should not have flipped at 21:54, as question was couched in the negative

[@tomitstube]

6:09 to the navy chaplain, "is there a product involved with what you do?" an eye was not batted as the preacher said "no".

[@mehboobkm2018]

Which was that eye? Can you please let us know?

[@robertjean5782]

Nether, it's an old saying😊

[@skyedog24]

Today on eBay there is a what's My line board game for sale $74

[@robertcrouch375]

This episode's audio is too quiet

[@pattimaeda6097]

Turn the volume up - 🙄🙄🙄🙄

[@robertjean5782]

It depends what your watching it on 😊

[@karlakor]

I wish they had made time for the final challenter, the front end of the horse. It could have been a very entertaining game if they had not run out of time. Instead of cramming in his appearance the way they did, he could have come back next weekl

[@robertjean5782]

The show was live, so things couldn't always be how they plsnned😊

[@victorsilvester78]

And to think that both the Dorsey brothers would be dead by the following year.

[@esmeephillips5888]

Basie and Ellington would outlive them by around 20 years. Luck of the draw.

[@TheCometHunter]

It's amusing when Bennett Cerf (gets testy when he) doesn't know from which part of the country the guest comes from. That info is rarely helpful to him in his guesses. LOL

[@mikerosevear3264]

why volume so low barely hear lousy transfer

[@TheBatugan77]

Take the shit out of your ears. Dork.

[@davidschick6951]

Back when people could openly discuss religious faith without being killed.

[@peternagy-im4be]

Killed?

[@andreaplummer3841]

Or being yelled down for "shoving it down someone's throat" for discussing religion in public.

[@beachchaos1863]

Oh my god the self-victimization is INSANE

[@laurahoward5426]

Yikes, the back of John Daly's head....the combed to his right, then the combed to the back😳

[@robertjean5782]

He wore a toupee 😊

[@Gracebeliever077]

10:38 Amen!!

[@joncheskin]

Too bad they weren't able to play both ends of the horse. The chaplain and the rear end had the panel perplexed and took up too much time.

[@krystonjones]

The Chaplain would make a great horses arse... excreting horseshit. Steve Allen made more sense of the Bible. soundcloud.com/groovin8tor/bible-lies-1

[@n9bjj871]

The work was drying up for Tommy and Jimmy in the states, but if they had brought the band to Europe, I'm sure they would have gone on for quite a few years.

[@clearfield2009]

Jimmy Dorsey died in 1956 - a year after this. Accidental death.

[@davidreidenberg9941]

That was Tommy. Jimmy died 6 months later from lung cancer.

[@fanorama1]

arlene is always begging the mystery guests to perform.. lol

[@robertjean5782]

What's wrong with that, she wanted everyone to hear their music!😊

[@rharvey2124]

The man who plays the front end of the horse was the father wasn't he?

[@belindaalbright8798]

This was barely audible.

[@TheBatugan77]

You're barely above moronic.

[@robertjean5782]

It depends what your watching it on. 😊

[@ChrisHansonCanada]

U.S. NAVY CHAPLAIN PLAYS REAR END OF HORSE

[@keithnaylor1981]

The show should have been open ended to always include the last guest. It would have been wonderful to see if they got the front of the horse.

[@robertjean5782]

This was a live show, things didn't always go as planned 😊

[@EricM_001]

Joshua Goldberg, the first guest, led quite a life. Born in Belarus, escaped across Asia to become an American artillery soldier in WWI, chaplain in WWII, teacher, rabbi, polyglot. He was 59 in this episode, and went on to live another 39 years: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joshua_L._Goldberg

[@sansacro007]

Thanks. Love these bios of guest.

[@AaronHahnStudios]

Such a shame they ran out of time for the gentleman who played the front half of the horse, that would have been entertaining.

[@almclucas]

J. L. Goldberg is a fascinating man. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joshua_L._Goldberg

[@JLionelWaller]

You aren't just whistling Dixie. He was quite a person, one of the few people to fight in 2 different armies, in 2 different locations, during the same war. The first Jewish Naval Chaplain during WWII, and only the third such in the history of the Navy.

[@theamishumpire1301]

Thank's for the information, he was quite a fascinating man.

[@loissimmons6558]

A very impressive history. In particular, it seems that it would have taken great courage on his part for him and his wife to go to the Soviet Union in 1961.

[@realview101]

it this a talky?

[@miketheyunggod2534]

Fred Allen has a very dry sense of humor.

[@robertjean5782]

Yes. And hundreds of millions loved him for it! 😊

[@christopherallen9580]

Love Arlene's exotic eyes

[@gennettor8915]

Volume sucks/

[@TheBatugan77]

You suck.

[@robertjean5782]

It depends what your watching it on.😊

[@leannsherman6723]

Fred Allen could be a little acerbic at times, but he was funny.

[@pattimaeda6097]

“No tickee no washee “? Sounds racist

[@robertjean5782]

Wow, just brought back a memory. My mom would send me to Chinese laundry to get the clothes. I lost the ticket and the owner said those words😅

[@Lilbit09]

Does anyone else get tired of Fred Allen gypping Arlene out of a proper introduction where she is credited with her current successes?? I wonder if she ever objected.

[@igkoigko9950]

Agree completely Jennifer. A joke in addition to a gracious introduction would not have been rude. Consistent jokes without an introduction was rude and self-serving.

[@robertjean5782]

Arlene was the most gracious lady ever😊

[@nataliep.9047]

Tommy died the next day.

[@christopherallen9580]

Sad! Fred Allen died only 5 months later.

[@jacquelinebell6201]

He died 26th Nov 1956.

[@redhed515]

Jeez, Fred Allen has multiple annoying habits. Repeating the answer that the contestant says. When John Daly explains something, Fred has to say something completely not funny in response. Every time!

[@robertjean5782]

It's not funny to you, but a hundred million people enjoyed his dry wit😊

[@kristabrewer9363]

John needs to stop talking already! I've always liked him as a game show host, but he's REALLY starting to annoy me now! I'm glad that guy mentioned the Bible though

[@TheBatugan77]

SHOVE it, krista. Asshat.

[@robertjean5782]

If he stopped talking the show wouldn't exist 😅

[@JoeDebono]

The guy is involved in pushing the bible, that’s about as show-business as you can get!

[@peternagy-im4be]

Pushing a work of fiction.

[@sansacro007]

@@peternagy-im4be And what fictions do live by? You ain't immune, honey

[@sansacro007]

A war refugee whose family died in the gas chambers and who went on to serve America in the military and provide comfort to many wounded vets, Goldberg lived a life that was no fiction, although it was more dramatic than most novels.