I'm so glad someone saved these What's My Line shows. There's so many of them. I haven't got through all of them yet. It's a big chunk of history seeing clothes people wore, hairstyles, how polite people were and all those celebrities back then.
@neilmidkiff5 жыл бұрын
@@Kendell062 To the best of my knowledge, the kinescope films were the same type of black-and-white silver-based motion picture film for the whole b/w era of the show, and even the archive copies of the first color season in 1966-67 are b/w kines. In the early years, before it was possible to broadcast live to the whole nation, multiple prints were made to be shipped out to distant stations for delayed broadcast. I'm sure many of the prints were destroyed after use to recover the silver. Even as late as January 1, 1956, John mentions that some viewers will get his New Year greetings a week or two late on kinescope. I know of no technological or operational change after the first two years that would support your suggestion. In fact we do have some shows from the first two years. I believe the reason why so few shows are missing after the first two years is just that the producers made a point of saving a kinescope copy each week for their archive rather than sending all the kine copies out for broadcast. By the way, Goodson and Todman were the producers from the beginning; they created the show; there was no question of "taking it over." If you have details about a change in their contract with CBS two years in, it would be helpful to describe that in more accurate terms.
@Kendell0625 жыл бұрын
@@neilmidkiff I'm sorry, I read about the silver when I was reading about the show on Wikipedia, my fault for not citing more sources before writing my comment. Will find it and delete it if I can.
@kenoneill87832 жыл бұрын
So true, it's addictive and fascinating.
@patricia78232 жыл бұрын
Dear Abby
@Sheworkshardforthemoney Жыл бұрын
I was thinking something similar especially the men standing up to shake hands. Do men stand up for women anymore? I haven't seen it in a long, long time but then I'm on the West Coast & things are a little more informal here.
@lostonwallace13967 жыл бұрын
John Charles Daly was a very classy man. He was a true gentleman, and a man of intellect.
@FrankIsAlwaysRight4 жыл бұрын
Loston Wallace yep
@charlesbeckman79734 жыл бұрын
Sun in law of Supreme Court Chief Justice Earl Warren.
@Lilbit094 жыл бұрын
@z He was raised with manners which we can all learn.
@winstonsmith114 жыл бұрын
@Aritosthenes Nice
@robertsprouse92823 жыл бұрын
And, he was salaried and dealt in a suhhhhhvuuus..
@Danno6822 жыл бұрын
A couple months ago, I never heard of “What’s My Line” or Fred Allen! Watching this and the tributes at the end, I am sad as if Mr Allen just passed away! Rest In Peace!
@FreihEitner Жыл бұрын
Same here. KZbin started recommending these, I suppose, because I looked up something a few months ago about Steve Allen on The Tonight Show. I have been binge watching What's My Line every few days since, but all out of order.
@patfromamboy Жыл бұрын
@@FreihEitner me too! I got hooked
@TheLordHighXcutioner Жыл бұрын
Mr Fred Allen's radio show, Allen's Alley is on YT for free. Funny stuff.
@coolfinetime Жыл бұрын
Actually all of them are dead now. RIP
@fairlyvague823 жыл бұрын
Bennett Cerf later said this particular episode of WML was the hardest they ever had to do. ‘Luckily we didn’t have to be handed scripts. We knew how to express our sorrow in our own way’.
@nancypatricia5113 жыл бұрын
John Daly is the most impressive gentlemen I have ever witnessed. He is so kind and gentle and welcoming to this woman from Tokyo who is so shy. I imagine John came across many people in his job as a correspondent. He never comes across as stuffy and arrogant with his exacting and extensive vocabulary. He is so relaxed and authentic.
@robertjean57823 ай бұрын
In 1960 John will divorce his wife and marry a woman 15years younger😢
@loissimmons65587 жыл бұрын
A very classy way to open the show with John Daly explaining why they decided to go ahead with the regular program based on Portland Hoffa's wishes, conveying what she thought that her husband would have wanted. I can imagine it also diffused potential viewing audience complaints that they should have done some sort of special tribute to Fred Allen instead. And it set the tone for the show better than starting with the upbeat theme music. They also did the right thing by having the panel already seated and dispensing with the individual introductions which usually also served as a platform for jokes and promos. (Ironically the previous week, the opening intros were very perfunctory.) And the precedent-making decision to dispense with the tuxedos and ball gowns at a time of loss was also a good one. Similarly, the panelists remarks at the close of the show were touching. While the show did go on as usual and the players did manage to get into it with laughter at times, there seemed to be less sniping at John in response to his long orations to explain a ruling or when they disagreed with a ruling. The other thing that was different, subtle as it may be, was that they didn't put up the names of the panelists or John Daly. It seems to me a sympathetic way of acknowledging that one of their WML family was missing: gone forever.
@richatlarge4624 жыл бұрын
Brava.
@LoudCitizen4 жыл бұрын
What a beautiful comment! Observant and perfectly appropriate. Thank you.
@randylovering244 жыл бұрын
It was out of respect
@brianobrien79835 жыл бұрын
One of the reasons I love this show. John Daly along with Arlene, Steve, Dorothy & Bennett give a brief but heartfelt farewell to Fred which is all the more touching for their eloquence.
@randylovering244 жыл бұрын
Class even though under trying circumstances they did their best but to no avail
@susanslack19004 жыл бұрын
I can't stand Arlene
@anneroy45603 жыл бұрын
Dorothy did not say anything about Fred or address her remarks to Portland .....
@mimitaylor59383 жыл бұрын
@@susanslack1900 was it necessary to post that comment on this tribute to Fred Allen?
@SueProv3 жыл бұрын
@@mimitaylor5938 She's not worth the energy
@JamAshleyFilms3 жыл бұрын
I don't know what planet I live on in 2021. I am 44 and wasn't a glimmer in my parent's eyes when these shows were on, but I have watched 50% of them from this channel and watch one every night as a sort of "mental pallet cleanser" and makes me wish for a time when I was never alive.
@allenjones31302 жыл бұрын
John's tribute to Fred Allen was deeply moving, just as his tribute to Dorothy Kilgallen would be nine years later.
@trevorashman2258 Жыл бұрын
most of my experiencing Fred Allen is from the Jack Benny Radio Program. Whats my line has made me want to go back a listen to Fred Allen's radio programs as I enjoyed his humour on this program.
@robertjean57823 ай бұрын
@@trevorashman2258For 40 years Fred entertained millions of people who enjoyed his dry wit on the radio and tv😊
@no_handle_required5 жыл бұрын
Man, the reality of shows like this where the people were generally friends is so surreal compared to today.
@pljms7 жыл бұрын
61 years later Toshiko Akiyoshi is in her 88th year and still alive and kicking. In a long and varied career she's recorded scores of albums of both small group and big band music.
@dancelli7145 жыл бұрын
On YOU TUBE. YOU CAN SEE HER INTERVIEWED ON MONK ROWE'S SHOW. In her later years.
@marciadiehl5733 Жыл бұрын
Back in the 1990's, I saw her perform with her jazz ensemble in Annapolis, MD. Even bought a couple of her CD's. Very talented pianist and composer.
@dredd1761 Жыл бұрын
@samray32973 жыл бұрын
Generally, people of that period had a lot of class & manners. Graceful & polite! Refreshing by today's standards!
@cookiesandmilk3207 Жыл бұрын
Dignified, respectful and moving. Please bring back those times again.
@CarloQuinto9 жыл бұрын
The Fred Allen Jack Benny feud was one of the most friendly, good natured feuds in show business. They were actually very good friends and had lots of respect for each other. R.I.P. all of them.
@joncheskin6 жыл бұрын
Good job by the panel in a tough situation. Fred Allen died the day before very suddenly, so they were all in a state of shock.
@FreihEitner Жыл бұрын
Not sure, were I in their position, that I could have held it together, especially in the closing remarks.
@anthonyhubert89223 жыл бұрын
I'm grateful these exist on KZbin. This program demonstrates how people may comminicate with one another, with grace, intelligence, wit and decorum.
@waynebrasler10 жыл бұрын
Cyd was always quiet, self-effacing, and focused. A very hard worker. Everyone liked work with her because was so supremely talented, very cooperative, not a prima donna and would do whatever needed to be done to give her best.
@dancelli7145 жыл бұрын
I have 4 of her movies.
@zapkvr4 жыл бұрын
She came to Australia for the stage show No no, Nanette in the sixties. Iirc she replaced Juliet Prowse who was unwell at the time
@coreyham3753 Жыл бұрын
Cyd ... class, talent, beauty .... a real gem from the Hollywood Golden Age.
@robertsprouse9282 Жыл бұрын
A PROFESSIONAL DANCER'S PROFESSIONAL DANCER.
@jerrylee82613 жыл бұрын
What a tasteful way to deal with such a loss. Fred was my favorite panelist. So quick and witty.
@TomBarrister9 жыл бұрын
All of the contestants on this episode were well-known or to become well-known in their niche. Jacques Plante had a hockey career lasting nearly 40 years and was an innovator who redefined the position of goalie. He was also an advocate of safety and was the first goalie to regularly wear a hockey mask. Ann Landers is, of course, well-known. Toshiko Akiyoshi has released many albums of both jazz and big band music and has won or been nominated for many awards.
@tomshea83822 жыл бұрын
Toshiko Akiyoshi is arguably the greatest female composer of all time.
@bethearly4593 Жыл бұрын
Thank you! I was not sure which one it was but I thought I recognized her face toward the end. You confirmed 1/2 of my guess.
@robertsprouse9282 Жыл бұрын
And, the sad fact is that the guy who won the VEZINA in 2022(VEZ UH NUH not VUH ZEENA as DALY said) could walk out on that stage and never be recognized even today. His name is IGOR SHESTERKIN. NO..The NHL is more interested in politics, globalism, and virtue signaling than marketing its players and making its game reach beyond a niche fans sport. That is the sad fact. Would anyone outside of Canada on an updated version of WML, if there was one, be able to pick out CONNOR McDAVID, OR ARIZONA NATIVE= AUSTON MATTHEWS, OR ALEX OVECHKIN OR MARC ANDRE FLEURY? Could MARK MESSIER already a budding star then, have been easily recognized in 1983 if there had been a WML that year? Yep..The NHL IS A JOKE.. PUCKIN' A!
@karlakor2 жыл бұрын
It is so fitting that Arlene ended her closing remarks with, "Good night, Fred". I always regretted that no one said that after Dorothy Kilgallen died, so I am glad to hear someone say it as a farewell to the great Fred Allen.
@tomitstube8 жыл бұрын
sad and heart-felt comments for fred allen at the end. you can tell the man was deeply admired, he seemed on air anyway to be a very gracious human being of very high intellect. hard to believe he's been dead almost 60 years. and that's what makes these wml shows so great, they preserve so much of this era, granted it was a lot of pomp and had little to do with what was (for instance) going on in 1967, but it does provide a great snapshot into the past. and thanks for all your work in posting these, you've done an excellent job.
@ibnalhaytham5 жыл бұрын
Well said.
@Tre4044 жыл бұрын
tomitstube ... This episode aired in 1956. 1967 was a long way into the future.
@terencedove50474 жыл бұрын
But still well said...and, in fact, somewhat foreshadowing; for WML would end its reign in the accidentally aforementioned year of 1967...
@richatlarge4624 жыл бұрын
@@Tre404 I understand the original comment to mean that the series ran until 1967 in its classic format, and that by then it no longer reflected the current zeitgeist, whereas in the 1950s it had.
@robertjean57823 ай бұрын
I agree wholeheartedly 😊
@dianapriester90323 жыл бұрын
I clicked on this episode because it was a tribute to Fred Allen. The first guest, Jacques Plante went on to be a great goalie and the first to design and wear the mask that all ice hockey goalies now wear as standard gear. When I saw the second guest, I recognized her face from all the advice columns my mother would clip out of the newspaper for me. In my youth, a day would not go by without reading Ann Landers' column. Thank you for these memories.
@stevewood75988 ай бұрын
I recognized her right away but wasn't sure if it was Ann or her twin Dear Abby/Abigail Van Buren. What's interesting is that she was not identified as "Ann Landers" to the audience, nor did she seem familiar to the panelists. Esther Lederer had taken over writing the column in 1955, but the column itself had been around since 1943. Perhaps it wasn't yet syndicated outside Chicago. Ann did a lot more than just give "advice to the lovelorn"; the show's writers needed to wake up and smell the coffee! 😁
@bigoldinosaur10 жыл бұрын
RIP Fred Allen. I don't really know you or what you've done but on this show you made me laugh so I thank you.
@tmlinmi10 жыл бұрын
Fred Allen had a radio show for many years. He also had a on going dispute with his good friend, Jack Benny. It was a running gag on both shows.
@TomBarrister7 жыл бұрын
Without meaning to be at that time, this turned out to be an all-star contestant show. Jacques Plante had a career spanning four decades and blazed several new paths for hockey goalies. Of course, Ann Landers is well-known, as is Cyd Charisse. Toshiko Akiyoshi has been composing, performing, and conducting jazz for over 60 years and has won many awards for her work.
@WhatsMyLine7 жыл бұрын
Interesting observation!
@OrigamiMarie5 жыл бұрын
Oh, you saying this made me think just now that it's sort of a demonstration of "when one door closes, another opens". They said goodbye, but they were unknowingly saying hello as well.
@dancelli7145 жыл бұрын
Daly should have mentioned the name her column : ANN LANDERS. The original woman that wrote the column died rather young and I believe was a teacher ?
@johnactman41624 жыл бұрын
@@dancelli714 o
@robertjean57823 ай бұрын
@@dancelli71470 years ago they weren't together😊
@mykkie100 Жыл бұрын
I don't know if anyone will read this because this was posted 9 years ago. Fred Allan died before I was born, and yet I still want to cry.
@dianawardrip51714 ай бұрын
Same for me!❤
@crim101a12 күн бұрын
And that is ok. He was a funny man. I am sure that his family and friends missed him terribly. It’s thought that a sudden death is better than watching a love linger in pain and then die. Regardless of how they die unexpectedly or expected it’s still a shock. I know this because I’ve been through both. The feeling of loss is the same. We rationalize that a quick death is better, no suffering. But it’s hard to accept at first. When someone lingers in pain, severe pain, we wish our person could have a peaceful death. Regardless of how some dies we still need to go through the five steps of grief. When we come to acceptance we come to an understanding that our loved one is gone but will always be in our hearts. We talk about them, remembering stories with each other and know that he/she is never truly gone until the last person says their name.
@N6MKC6 жыл бұрын
Fred Allen ALWAYS made me laugh on this show. His deadpan delivery and witty quips never failed to amuse.
@kristabrewer93634 жыл бұрын
I didn't wanna see the man die by no means, but I AM glad he's off the panel. He was NOT funny!
@kennethlatham31333 жыл бұрын
@@kristabrewer9363 ......to Krista Brewer.
@the_lost_navigator3 жыл бұрын
"Nice evening for a walk" ;)
@richardmilliken56513 жыл бұрын
@@kristabrewer9363 Fred was funnier than Bennet or Steve Allen!!
@Tre4043 жыл бұрын
@@kristabrewer9363 .... Wit and cleverness are not everyone's forte, obviously.
@jacquelinebell6201 Жыл бұрын
Lovely tribute by John for Fred. I almost cried. So sad.
@tomsaltsman9 жыл бұрын
Mrs. Lederer is the famous "Ann Landers," the twin sister of "Dear Abby."
@MeowingKittyCat8 жыл бұрын
+Tom Saltsman Today, it seems amazing to me that the panel wouldn't immediately recognize Eppie Lederer, but her Ann Landers column was still quite new at that point!
@etraig8 жыл бұрын
+Tom Saltsman ah, ok, that's what i thought
@ToddSF8 жыл бұрын
Rather strangely, the "Ann Landers" advice column began in 1943 and was written by one Ruth Crowley for the Chicago Sun-Times and national syndication. When Ruth Crowley died, Esther Pauline ("Eppie") Friedman Lederer took over the column and adopted the Ann Landers nom de plume and used it for public appearances, even though she wasn't the original Ann Landers. Her twin sister, Pauline Esther ("Popo") Friedman Phillips wrote "Dear Abby". She made up her pen name "Abigail Van Buren" and first wrote the column for the San Francisco Chronicle, but later moved to greater Los Angeles. Abby didn't consult Ann before starting her rival column and Ann resented it, which caused problems between them for years. I note that Ann Landers' husband was Jules Lederer (whose name she used to sign in with "Mrs."). Mr. Lederer was known as one of the two men who founded Budget Rent-A-Car in 1958-59.
@lemorab16 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this informative post. I knew all this once but had forgotten it. I met Abby in 1965 at my high school, but I don't remember why she was there. I do remember she wore a pink Chanel suit. In this 1956 WML appearance, Ann has not yet had her nose bobbed. That dress is beautiful. I grew up on Ann and Abby. I used to have a paperback, Dear Abby Talks to Teens (I'm paraphrasing, don't remember the actual title.) It came out in the early 1960's, just before the Counter Culture began to temporarily alter middle class attitudes about sex. Several years later, reading it aloud among friends induced howls of laughter at how "straight" and out-of-date the advice was. Before tossing the paperback a few years ago, I re-read parts of it and found her advice to be mostly sane and down-to-earth. It is still dated, however, in two crucial ways: homosexuality is not mentioned and neither is date rape.
@ibnalhaytham5 жыл бұрын
@@ToddSF Interesting stuff. Thanks for the insights.
@Beson-SE9 жыл бұрын
Cyd Charisse was an extremely attractive woman! What a smile! Such beautiful Eyes! :)
@michaeldanello39666 жыл бұрын
She was married to famous singer Tony Martin. They had one of the longest and happiest marriages in Hollywood. Same for Fred Allen, Jack Benny, Phil Harris & Alice Faye, Gregory Peck, Gary Cooper, James Stewart, Jimmy Cagney, Don Rickles, Bob Newhart, George Burns, Edward G. Robinson, Charlton Heston et al. I don't mention Bob Hope due to extreme series of affairs, nor any of the many others who stayed married for reasons only they knew.
@ibnalhaytham5 жыл бұрын
Couldn't agree more.
@preppysocks2095 жыл бұрын
Her legs were more beautiful, in my opinion.
@LoudCitizen4 жыл бұрын
A knock out.
@philippapay43524 жыл бұрын
@@michaeldanello3966 Sadly, Gary Cooper had constant affairs. He and his wife remained married after talking privately with the pope on a visit to Rome, where Cooper had lived for a year or two, and he eventually converted to Roman Catholicism. But nothing stopped his marital infidelities and when he had an affair with the young Patricia Neal and impregnated her, he insisted she have an abortion. And she was among those during his marriage and post conversion. He simply could not be faithful.
@billhebenstreit5017 Жыл бұрын
Fred Allen once said of Jack Benny: "I heard that his hometown of Waukegan, IL was planting a tree in his (Benny's) honor. But I don't see how they can do that when the "sap" is in Hollywood!". I always got a kick out of that line!
@briane1732 жыл бұрын
The Japanese pianist was SO shy and nervous, but so endearing. I'm prejudiced; my late wife was Asian and although she had an effervescent personality she was VERY reserved around people she didn't know until she got to know them. That quality has always attracted me and earned my respect.
@UFO_computers Жыл бұрын
Toshiko Akiyoshi went on to have a very successful career in jazz and married tenor saxophonist Lew Tobakin. Check her out on this platform.
@mehboobkm37282 жыл бұрын
We all miss not only Fred, we miss Arline, Dorothy, Steve, Bennett, and Daly.. Love and light to all of you, Hope you are all watching us watching WML with love and awe! And I really thought Fred was Steve's father, and here Steve cleared my doubts!
@dejpsyd04213 жыл бұрын
Unlike some of the mindless game shows we have today, this is a talk show wrapped in a comedy show wrapped in a game show. It’s the most entertaining show in every aspect of television I’ve ever seen. I absolutely LOVE this show!
@inkyguy2 жыл бұрын
Unfortunately, I think it was a little too intellectual for the day and age it was broadcast. I believe it aired on Sunday nights and was the last show to air before the station went off the air for the night. Someone correct me if you know better.
@ChrisHansonCanada2 жыл бұрын
Somewhere in the 1980s game shows started to get very loud and obnoxious.
@trock6577 Жыл бұрын
You are correct. It was on at 10:30 pm on Sunday nights. I loved this show as a kid and usually stayed up late to watch it on a school night.
@bethdibartolomeo20429 жыл бұрын
That's sad to know Fred Allen died too during the show's run. Watching reruns of the show on Buzzr, he's my second favorite panelist after Dorothy Kilgallen. He has a great mug, reminds me of an adult version of the Mad magazine character (I mean that in a nice way), and he had the best wit.
@ky-gp4sz6 жыл бұрын
Beth Di Bartolomeo wow, your 2 favorites both died during the show.
@realJoshiBOI5 жыл бұрын
They had a Dorothy Kilgallen memorial episode on November 14, 1965 and they played it similarly to this case, she had died the previous Monday.
@robertjean57823 ай бұрын
Exactly 😊
@christopherisin4 жыл бұрын
What has happened to the human race? Why can't it be like the good old days where people conducted themselves in a loving compassionate manner? Can't we all just get along and treat others how we want to be treated....with love and respect? Just imagine how wonderful life would be. Spread the love and be the change you wish to see in the world. Blessings for posting and watching this video :-)
@JoePatrych Жыл бұрын
As of today (Aug 19, 2023), Ms. Akyoshi is alive and well. This particular show was epic: not only for the fact that every guest was or became very prominent in their fields, but because the classy and heartfelt tributes to Fred Allen were so moving and real.
@hetmanjz9 жыл бұрын
I humbly but enthusiastically suggest that you include "Toshiko Akiyoshi" in the proper title and description section of this video clip, so that it will more easily come up in video searches of her name. I think her fans would enjoy coming across this glimpse of her from early in her career. She's an extraordinary talent who was named an NEA Jazz Master by the U.S. National Endowment for the Arts in 2007. Akiyoshi was "discovered" by no less than jazz piano master Oscar Peterson, who heard her playing in a club on the Ginza in Tokyo while he was on tour there in 1952, and who convinced record producer Norman Granz to produce her first album. Despite a 60+ year career, she's far from a household name, but I daresay she should be. That aside, thanks for posting these wonderful episodes!
@WhatsMyLine9 жыл бұрын
I'll add her to the description as you suggested, but I can't add her to the video title due to the limited number of characters allowed. Thanks for the comment.
@hetmanjz9 жыл бұрын
What's My Line? Much appreciated!
@denimadept6 жыл бұрын
Someone added a pointer to this video in her entry on Wikipedia.
@sharynrogers89396 жыл бұрын
I'm seeing this particular episode for the first time and was amazed to see John Daly read the Japanese.
@MrYfrank145 жыл бұрын
@@sharynrogers8939 - I am guessing that was a stunt. he was given her name before she appeared. of course, it is possible John really can read Japanese.
@dsscam2 жыл бұрын
3:00 During a career lasting from 1947 to 1975, Jacques Plante was considered to be one of the most important innovators in hockey. He played for the Montreal Canadiens from 1953 to 1963; during his tenure, the team won the Stanley Cup six times, including five consecutive wins. In 2017 Plante was named one of the "100 Greatest NHL Players" of all time. He also is the reason why goalies now wear masks. He was the 1st one.
@ronreinhold89978 ай бұрын
But you can see they don't follow hockey. Mis pronounced his name and the Vezina trophy.
@johncassani67803 ай бұрын
@@ronreinhold8997Hockey was a very niche sport for Americans back then. It was bigger in Boston than New York. I would think it was bigger in Detroit than Chicago, but those were the only 4 cities that had NHL teams back then.
@byrd569 жыл бұрын
As would be the case when Dorothy Kilgallen passed away less than a decade after, Messrs. Daly, Allen and Cerf wore a suit-and-tie instead of a tux. In etiquette terms, a tux wouldn't have been appropriate for an episode like this.
@jackanthony9765 жыл бұрын
Passed away? That's putting it lightly. Dorothy Kilgallen was murdered.
@preppysocks2095 жыл бұрын
@@jackanthony976 Dorothy Kilgallen was not murdered. She died of an accidental overdose. The Manhattan DA recently reopened the case based on supposed new evidence that she was murdered and found no basis to bring a prosecution. Case closed.
@neilmidkiff5 жыл бұрын
@z It's the traditional plural of Mr. -- an abbreviation of Messieurs.
@chris-ur9gj5 жыл бұрын
@@preppysocks209 maybe try furthering your research and find out the truth
@Ladywolf-du9lw4 жыл бұрын
preppy socks 😜🤪🖕🏻
@ambercluney8 жыл бұрын
i can see the pain on their faces
@jeffhoneycutt76655 жыл бұрын
Ann Landers.
@randylovering249 жыл бұрын
this was the first tribute show in what's my line history
@vinylhound439 жыл бұрын
Advice columnist Ann Landers (aka Eppie Lederer) was a guest on this episode. Her columns were syndicated nationwide for decades. Her sister also had an advice column, "Dear Abby."
@dinahbrown902 Жыл бұрын
Yep
@akanecortich81975 жыл бұрын
This lady already had a jazz album out in 1953. And went onto become a total Jazz legend with 14 Grammy nominations. And is still going at 89 !! " In January 1956, she became the first Japanese student at Berklee. Soon after, she appeared as a contestant on the 18 March 1956 broadcast of the CBS television panel show What's My Line?.[6] In 1998, she was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Music from Berklee College of Music.[7]"
@2themoon8632 жыл бұрын
If she’s still alive (as I write this on 2/1/2022!), she’d be 91 or 92 now, which means she was…25 or so?…at time this was recorded?
@robertjean57823 ай бұрын
@@2themoon863Exactly 😊
@musicisanalog9 жыл бұрын
fred allen was great!.... R.I.P. Fred.
@robertjean57823 ай бұрын
Fred was fantastic and folks adored him and his humor 😊
@sansacro0075 ай бұрын
The closing was just so sad. Through technology, John, Bennett, Arlene, and Dorothy have all be come such a part of my life (I've been watching an episode every night for over a year.) I feel lucky enough to have been born in 1964, knowing that my life intersected with the lives of all the long-term panelists--except for Fred.
@bazazpa7 жыл бұрын
The pianist conferences with John were delightful
@HamboneWilliams5 жыл бұрын
I saw her at the Newport jazz Festival three years ago, and ran into her in a restaurant - she is still a delightful person!
@terencedove50474 жыл бұрын
"Speak softly...and play some wicked jazz chops!"
@hetmanjz3 жыл бұрын
@@HamboneWilliams How marvelous that you crossed paths with her!
@HappyLife6935 ай бұрын
Bennett held it together when he offered an eloquent short tribute to Fred Allen. It was a tear jerker for me.
@sambonnie68859 жыл бұрын
The young lady from Tokyo is just the epitome of sweetness. It was enchanting meeting her.
@terencedove50474 жыл бұрын
Steve Allen's gesture in inviting her to play jazz piano on his show was just as wonderful. I wonder if she ever did it...
@hetmanjz4 жыл бұрын
@@terencedove5047 I haven't yet been able to determine if she did appear on Steve Allen's show, but in any event Toshiko Akiyoshi became a highly esteemed jazz musician, composer, and bandleader in the years that followed. She was named a Jazz Master by the NEA in 2007. Still alive (age 90) as of my writing this. Here's a recent article about her: www.nippon.com/en/features/c03708/a-mosaic-of-music-jazz-pianist-composer-and-arranger-akiyoshi-toshiko.html
@terencedove50474 жыл бұрын
@@hetmanjz , many thanks. I will check it out for sure. I am a pianist myself (born in '64), and so jazz musicians and singers of the 50s and 60s are wonderful to me, thanks to my father, who was a jazz aficionado...
@hetmanjz4 жыл бұрын
@@terencedove5047 Happy to pass along the info!
@goosewhisperer62754 жыл бұрын
@@hetmanjz Thank you so much for sharing that information!
@mazoboom8 жыл бұрын
Wow, every single guest in this show was famous in their own way.
@davidsanderson59184 жыл бұрын
So brilliantly handled by all involved. The unbroken, unedited nature of a live broadcast means that the sincerity and energy of everyone's words in tribute is raw and palpable. Simplicity is the key....as Ray Charles so eloquently once said.
@TippyNorth9 жыл бұрын
I was pleasantly surprised to see Ann Landers (Mrs Jules Lederer) in this clip--she'd taken over the Ann Landers name just the year before this but obviously wasn't known outside of the Chicago area at the time. She was clearly a formidable woman...I grew up reading her no-nonsense advice and still miss her common sense greatly.
@ginnylorenz52658 жыл бұрын
Just watch Cyd Charisse's dancer's grace as she shakes the panelist's hands and exits. Exquisite!
@robertromero86925 жыл бұрын
Yes, she was superbly slim, lithe, and graceful in the way she moved.
@timothyhughes19045 жыл бұрын
Yes Ginny, exquisite she was. She excelled in elegance and was without peer when it came to poised beauty.
@clffliese264 жыл бұрын
Ginny Lorenz If you've seen Singing in the Rain, Cyd Charisse was the female dancer opposite Gene Kelly in the Gotta Dance dream sequence. She was a magnificent dancer, one of the best female dancers in Hollywood, possibility, only topped by Ginger Rogers.
@elizabeth-jk5vo4 жыл бұрын
Yes she was exquisite , studying ballet and recognized as having the 'perfect body measurements ' and perfect legs
@preppysocks2094 жыл бұрын
@@clffliese26 Yes, the lead actress in that film was Debbie Reynolds but Gene Kelly obviously thought that Debbie Reynolds was not up to playing that role and doing that dance.
@519djw610 жыл бұрын
Toshiko Akiyoshi is still active as a band leader, and has received 14 Grammy nominations.
@janeiwasduncan84636 жыл бұрын
How old was she at this time? She looks so young?
@519djw65 жыл бұрын
@@janeiwasduncan8463 Sorry. I just saw this now. She was born on Dec. 12, 1929, which means she was 25 when this was aired. She's 89 now, but is still performing.
@annakaminski44065 жыл бұрын
That's good to know. Thank you.
@ibnalhaytham5 жыл бұрын
Thank you. I was wondering about her career.
@gailsirois71753 жыл бұрын
I honestly don't know how they made it through this show. How hard it must have been. But they kept it quite real and honest..for Fred.
@robertjean57823 ай бұрын
A different time, and mindset😊
@dsscam2 жыл бұрын
16:45 Toshiko Akiyoshi became one of the best pianists of all time- what a show. Fred Allen would've been proud of this show. And Cyd Charisse too whose husband lived all the way until 2012.
@joet8406 жыл бұрын
It's like being at a funeral of someone you didn't know.
@NotHarpoGroucho4 жыл бұрын
It feels like you know him after all these years of episodes with him
@jacomans9078 Жыл бұрын
It’s sad that most of these people are long gone with very few that were very young adults that are well into their years..
@Melissa-YupMelissa5 жыл бұрын
A sad but beautiful show. I'm sure Fred could feel their love all the way to heaven.
@Cerph8 жыл бұрын
Cyd Charisse was a class act.
@blockcl5 жыл бұрын
Not to mention stunningly beautiful!
@ibnalhaytham5 жыл бұрын
@@blockcl I'll say.
@slaytonp4 жыл бұрын
The gown she was wearing was about as stunning as gowns got in those days, and she's wearing it on a game show! Of course this game show had Dorothy and Arlene, whose gowns demanded the best from any competitors. Mrs. Lederer obviously knew this, too, because her gown was pretty inventive.
@robertjean57823 ай бұрын
@@blockclA gorgeous woman 😊
@theresesheets177611 ай бұрын
Beautiful tribute! But I had to do a double take when I saw the advice columnist. It's Ann Landers! She used her real name, and this was filmed before I was even born, but how beautiful she is!
@postatility97032 жыл бұрын
The tribute at shows end was a show of great class and respect.
@Steff2929again10 жыл бұрын
A sad episode. But at the same time the start of my fav lineup. When Arlene, Steve, Dorothy and Bennet got together, they did some of the best shows ever in this series.
@WhatsMyLine10 жыл бұрын
Hmmm. . . I think you're a little mixed up here. Steve Allen returned for this show only because of the sudden death of Fred Allen. Steve's stint as a regular panelist came *before* Fred Allen's. From now on, the 4th panel slot was never filled permanently, always with a guest.
@Steff2929again10 жыл бұрын
What's My Line? You are right, I mixed things up. Thanks for the correction. Still believe that that lineup was the best though.
@WhatsMyLine10 жыл бұрын
Actually, so do I. :) (And I'm a huge Fred Allen fan from his radio work.)
@UFO_computers Жыл бұрын
@@WhatsMyLine Okay, but how do you write in bold ?
@robertjean57823 ай бұрын
@@WhatsMyLineI also😊
@gugurupurasudaikirai762010 ай бұрын
I'll post this here too as I did in his final episode: A rarely mentioned fact about Fred Allen. The Looney Tunes character Foghorn Leghorn was based on a character, Senator Claghorn, from Fred Allen's radio show from the 30s and 40s. RIP to a legend
@440328 жыл бұрын
Every guest was a celebrity to some extent. Jacques Plante was famous to hockey fans and in Canada. Effie Lederer was famous under pseudonym in Chicago and would become nationally famous. Cyd Charisse was a famous movie star and dancer. Toshiko Akiyoshi was famous in Japan and to jazz aficionados. But Cyd was the only one who required blindfold in 1956.
@magnificentfailure23908 жыл бұрын
+Steven Chappell I agree with your post, but I feel compelled to correct your spelling of *Eppie* Lederer's name.
@dancelli7145 жыл бұрын
I was surprised to see Toshiko and pleased She has a great big band. I have some of her recordings. I love Cyd, I have a BIG CRUSH on her, still do though she's gone now.
@dancelli7145 жыл бұрын
Yes EVERYONE was famous on this show.
@steveburrus55267 жыл бұрын
Boy this mkust have been the toughest thi ng in the world for an ordinary guest and a celebrity guest to be on this very next wml after Fred Allen's passing.
@mikejschin4 жыл бұрын
This is such a heartbreaking episode. I have no memory of Fred Allen while he was still alive, as I was 3 days away from my 5th birthday when he passed away. My childhood memories of him are entirely from a couple of record albums of his radio shows that my father played from time to time. It has only been through watching these shows that I have been able to see Fred and get to know him a bit. His quick understated wit and playful smile revealed a warm, funny, and intelligent person. It feels like I have lost a friend. Rest in peace, Fred. On a related note, it was the epitome of class when Ann Landers donated her winnings to the heart fund in memory of Fred.
@waynebrasler10 жыл бұрын
Look at Eppie's figure! Wow! Also, the high fashion! She was quite a character, definitely a brilliant individual, and a trailblazer. At the University of Missouri School of Journalism I did a research paper on her columns compared to her twin Popo's column under the name Dear Abby. I found the same letters appeared in both columns more than once and the twins' writing approaches, style and responses could be quite diferent. Eppie revolutionized advice columns, Popo followed her lead, both were spectacularly successful. Both had daughters who became prominent journalists.
@lauriemccain50404 жыл бұрын
😥😔 Touching tribute to John Florence Sullivan aka Mr. Fred Allen. RIP sir.
@DIANNEELEE6 жыл бұрын
Wow, It has been many years ago that I read her's and her twin sister's columns of advice. The twins gave advice to others but it was said they were jeolous of each other and didn't speak to each other. I knew her as soon as I saw her. Their advice was funny, serious, and sometimes harsh. I remember someone once asked what she should do because two neighbors kept showing up at dinner time asking if they could come in so she had to ask them to dinner. Her answer was to the point. She said "Say no, we are having dinner." If they are rude enough to ask then you have the right to be rude back.
@dinahbrown902 Жыл бұрын
I recognized her too, isn’t this some 😊
@galileocan3 жыл бұрын
Wow...Cyd Charisse was so elegant!
@robertawilkes65312 жыл бұрын
I love these old shows
@davidcroberts8367 Жыл бұрын
100% class
@puffnstuff122 жыл бұрын
I was so sad to learn of Fred's passing while watching this old series. I had hoped for him to make me laugh many more times and I can understand the loss even though it happened years before I was born.
@loopshackr10 жыл бұрын
Mrs. Lederer had been writing as "Ann Landers" for only five months, taking over from the recently-deceased originator of the column. Using that name up front might have tipped off the newspaper-literate panel, though it did surprise me that no one mentioned "Ann Landers" at the end of her segment.
@dancelli7147 жыл бұрын
Nice tribute to the late Fred Allen at the end of the show. This one has Ann Lander's and Tchiko Okioshi Which I have a big band video & Cd She was married to Altoman,Charlie Mariano,later Tenorman Lue Tabakin. I check this show out originally because of my big crush on Cyd Charisse. This show had some guest's that I'm very familiar with so I enjoyed this one especially. At that time Jazz fan Steve Allen was just learning about Tchiko. Nice that Allen invited her on his show too. There is a quick solve on the Hockeyplayer.
@trainerskulb00d Жыл бұрын
I'm not crying, you're crying....touching
@jackanthony9767 жыл бұрын
I heard that Cyd Charisse was not pleased when Dorothy Killigan wrote in her column that Cyd Charisse does not do her own singing in the movies. Dorothy wrote, "Who is the mystery singer who sings for Cyd Charisse in the Bandwagon?" Of course the mystery singer was years later identified as India Adams.
@preppysocks2095 жыл бұрын
I love Cyd Charisse's dancing and she seems to have been a lovely person. I remember when Lalaland came out, and the New Yorker film critic said that if he could save only 4 minutes from the history of film, it would be the "Dancing in the Dark" sequence from "The Band Wagon." But, her acting was very stiff, and her singing obviously was not professionally adequate. Ginger Rogers never seemed to get the credit for singing that she deserved, and of course, she won an Oscar.
@kenanacampora3 жыл бұрын
People had manners and knew their place.
@michaelnivens62673 жыл бұрын
Cyd Is a knockout- and ,wow , what a dancer - I can still remember from watching her many years ago as a guest on " The Silencers " , one of Dino's Matt Helm pictures
@toddmason80133 жыл бұрын
Along with being a tribute to Fred Allen (a nearly lifelong favorite of mine), that the guests/contestants include jazz composer and pianist/orchestra leader Toshiko Akiyoshi, "Ann Landers" and Jacques Plante, the goalie who introduced the protective mask to the NHL...in various circles, all three of them are as famous now as Cyd Charisse. It would've been wonderful if Fred Allen could've had the chance to question them, and we had more years of Allen's wit and grace.
@ckom00074 жыл бұрын
What did they put in the water back then? Those women were so beautiful and stylish! And smart!
@wyatt_kincaid6 жыл бұрын
Basically the 3 non-Mystery Guests would become famous a few years later. Jacques Plante who was already famous In Canada at the time would be well known to hockey fans in the U.S. soon after as his team Montreal Canadiens would reel off 5 straight championships (1956-60) - Toshiko Akiyoshi would be a well known in the Jazz world of music & Ann Landers would be a fixture on American talk shows in the 60s and 70s along with her twin sister Abigail Van Buren (Dear Abby)
@death2pc4 жыл бұрын
AS has been said millions of times already.............. People, were monumentally so much better and more beautiful back then. And specifically women........., Dear God!
@christinalw192 жыл бұрын
The previous generations should make more of an effort to influence the present generation. Seriously, they are FLOUNDERING. Please do your part. 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
@petemarshall80942 жыл бұрын
Agreed. Any advice for getting them to listen? They seem to believe that they know better than us.
@robertjean57823 ай бұрын
Totally agree absolutely 😊
@TimevalueVideos10 жыл бұрын
When the 2nd guest writes Mrs. Jules you can hear Cerf say Montenier in the background. haha.
@MarcosVAlves875 жыл бұрын
Here: 6:00
@robertjean57823 ай бұрын
@@MarcosVAlves87Cerf tries to show off at times😂
@dimitrissarros37682 жыл бұрын
Maybe the greatest dancer lady in the golden age of Hollywood!!!! RESPECT for EVER!!!!
@robertjean57823 ай бұрын
Indubitably 😊
@sandydog2916 жыл бұрын
I'm sure the other three would have never thought roughly a decade later they would be paying tribute to Dorothy in much this same way.
@Dolphin-cb9sq4 жыл бұрын
Beautiful tribute!
@PIPEBITE Жыл бұрын
A strong indication that I must be the oldest viewer of this video is the fact that I recognized a young and still unknown Ann Landers, before she became a household name. I remember that my mother used to read and quote her popular snippets of wisdom all the time.
@robertjean57823 ай бұрын
At 87 I too remember her😊
@robertwiegman14 жыл бұрын
Cyd was breathtaking!!!
@robertjean57823 ай бұрын
Absolutely gorgeous 😊
@Baskerville22 Жыл бұрын
Cyd Charisse was born Tula Ellice Finklea. She was married to singer Tony Martin for 58 years.
@Frankcastlepunisher74 Жыл бұрын
God bless Fred and Portia.. I can only imagine how hard it was for the friends and family of Fred Allen.
@beadyeyedbrat10 ай бұрын
Did you mean Portland?
@ModMokkaMatti4 ай бұрын
@@beadyeyedbrat Named for the city of her birth, part of the Great Pacific Northwest.
@TheCometHunter Жыл бұрын
I'm always revisiting favorite episodes, so it pains me to admit I can never appreciate or "get" Fred Allen's mode of humor. And I never heard his radio broadcasts - I was barely 2 years old when Fred Allen passed on. Hopefully I'll "see the light" before it's MY turn to permanently sign off.
@kennithumperovitch13123 жыл бұрын
Ah! Newspapers were so very informative and truthful without bias. Media was great in their honesty and integrity! It was very much a different world back then. Mrs. Lederer was very well known in our business.
@trevorashman2258 Жыл бұрын
I am very impressed Bennett is using the correct french pronounciation for les Canadiens!
@robertjean57823 ай бұрын
Yes Cerf keeps up on these things being the man about times and things 😊
@beadyeyedbrat11 ай бұрын
Ms. Akiyoshi is still alive as of November 2023.
@brigitkelly53179 жыл бұрын
Joseph Plante, during a career lasting from 1947-1975, he was considered to be one of the most important innovators in hockey. Plante was the first NHL goaltender to wear a goaltender mask in regulation play on a regular basis. Plante was one of the first goaltenders to skate behind the net to stop the puck. He also was one of the first to raise his arm on an icing call to let his defencemen know what was happening. He perfected a stand-up, positional style, cutting down the angles; he became one of the first goaltenders to write a how-to book about the position. He was a pioneer of stickhandling the puck; before that time, goaltenders passively stood in the net and simply deflected pucks to defencemen or backchecking forwards.
@jrbleau7 жыл бұрын
Jacques, not Joseph
@fizzishen53897 жыл бұрын
Ah Bravo Jacques! Quelle belle reuissite! And nicely done Mr. Cerf. Guessed that one right quick!
@samdash47064 жыл бұрын
This episode is notable, besides the tribute to Fred, in that all the regular contestants would go on to great renown in their fields. The first contestant, Jacques Plante, was, at the time this show aired, just three years into his major league hockey career, but would go on to a Hall of Fame career, regarded as one of the greatest goalies ever. He revolutionized the position and was also the first goalie to regularly wear a mask. The second contestant, Ms, Lederer, had just taken over the "Ask Ann Landers" advice column the previous year, and would continue it until 2002. And the final contestant, Ms. Akiyoshi, who celebrated her 90th birthday on 12/12/2019, had just arrived in the U.S. two months earlier to study jazz in Boston, and has gone on to win multiple honors and awards in jazz music over the decades.
@reno1uest4 жыл бұрын
I should not watch this episode after having a couple of cocktails. John's intro makes me cry.