Is it possible to feel nostalgic for a time one never experienced? I love watching old episodes of this show. People dressed better, spoke better, and actually had intelligent conversations. Thanks so much for the post...
@craigdallas7846 жыл бұрын
MrWitchman1967 Yes! I have felt that way all my life
@SteveCarras6 жыл бұрын
Glad to know how you feel! :D I'ts hte way i feel, though I WAS growing up in the middle of its heyday, 1960, in the middle of the history of broadcasting of the show> Glad you loved it.
@weeverob5 жыл бұрын
Mr. Witchman, I agree. I just purchased from the App Store the NPR weekly radio show “Says You!” The game is comprised of a single host and panel of 4 players and a live audience, like “What’s My Line”, with the difference being the players are presented questions involving the meaning of words. And similar to “What’s My Line” on “Says You!” there’s civility, intelligence maturity and humor that’s nearly lost today. I highly recommend getting it.
@oldwestguy5 жыл бұрын
Yes it is indeed possible... I turn the clock back every time I watch these videos, and happily so. I'm afraid that's the only way we will ever be able to experience this level of charm and class. You certainly are unlikely to encounter them in today's world.
@silasmarner75864 жыл бұрын
Take it away with you and speak and dress well and you'll make other people happy...
@Bigbadwhitecracker8 жыл бұрын
THIS.. was a rather bittersweet episode if there ever was one.
@shirleyrombough81733 жыл бұрын
Very tragic. The mystery guest was so intertwined with JFK in looks, in mannerisms and his career that I could hardly watch this mystery guest segment. I ask myself what the world be like if JFK had lived to serve two full terms. On that day in December of 1962 we had no reason to think he would'nt have. Nor could we have guessed that the end of Dorothy's life would have been entwined with Mr. Kennedy's death as well. I do appreciate the network's role in bringing this segment to us, though we mourn the loss deeply.
@TheTarget1980 Жыл бұрын
@@shirleyrombough8173 what do you mean with "the end of Dorothys life" ? I am a foreigner and it is hard for me to understand everything.
@enriquesanchez2001Ай бұрын
@@TheTarget1980 She died unexpectedly soon afterwards
@jeffreysalter36505 жыл бұрын
Nice to see someone (Vaughn Meader) with a great talent who exhibits genuine humility and a sense of gratitude
@booper5216 жыл бұрын
I have Mr. Meader's record The First Family. I was ten years old in 1962 and I thought that was such a funny record. My whole family sat around and listened to it and laughed hysterically!
@dannydoc19695 жыл бұрын
I was also 10 years old, and we also listened to this album. I must of played it 20 times, and had it mostly memorized. It WAS hysterical.
@MadiBendy4 жыл бұрын
One of my aunts were born during 1962. My parents were not born until ‘68. I was born in 1997. Cannot express enough how much Kennedy meant to them. My grandmother talks about him alot and that appreciation has been instilled in myself now.
@johnholliday58743 жыл бұрын
I was too. One of the neighbor kids had the record and we listened to it in my basement. It was pretty funny And then come November it wasn't any more.
@nancyhenrichs8589 Жыл бұрын
My brother had the album and listened to it. Caroline and I are the same age
@1olddirtroad10 ай бұрын
We still have it
@MrJoeybabe254 жыл бұрын
I can't think of another artist who lost it all in one tragic day.
@sansacro0079 ай бұрын
Really, incredibly sad and unjust. Sank into depression and alcohol. Essentially blacklisted. You'd have thunk he killed Kennedy. Sad. But he has stood the test of time. Sad and sweet to see him during happier times.
@dannydoc19695 жыл бұрын
Thank heavens we couldn't see into the future. I loved his Album and listened to it repeatedly. The memory brings tears to my eyes, now.
@Wilsonfamily668 жыл бұрын
Tonight's mystery guest is an interesting chapter of entertainment history.
@WhatsMyLine8 жыл бұрын
It's week twelve of the WML "Summer of Upgrades"! Just one more week to go. . . Every Sunday this summer, I've been posting upgraded versions of episodes already posted to this channel. Tonight's video replaces a version that was missing half of the show entirely, thanks to complete copy provided by Ron Gomes. Many thanks to Ron for sharing his personal recordings for use in these upgrades! If you're not already a member of our Facebook group, now is a great time to join! Every Sunday evening (10:30pm NYC time, naturally) a bunch of us watch an episode at the same time so we can chat about it as we watch. We've been doing this all year, and it's always a blast-- the time ***flies*** by. If you're interested, please check out the group and join in the live chat tonight! And if you are interested in joining in, you'll probably want to delay watching this episode till the chat starts tonight! (There's more information in the group.) Link to the WML Facebook group: facebook.com/groups/728471287199862/ Please click here to subscribe to the WML channel if you haven't already-- you'll find the complete CBS series already posted, and you'll be able to follow along the discussions on the weekday "rerun" videos: kzbin.info/door/hPE75Fvvl1HmdAsO7Nzb8w
@MIKECNW8 жыл бұрын
I don't get it. My understanding the panel was blindfolded when famous people came on and disguised their voice and Ray comes on as is and while not everyone watches football to me it should be obvious that a not of people would know who he was.
@joelake79867 жыл бұрын
Ah, the glasses would render him unrecognizable, just like Superman!
@jmccracken19637 жыл бұрын
Particularly since Martin Gabel was at the game and Bennett Cerf was watching the game on TV.....
@victorthorn15917 жыл бұрын
The wish for the new year (1963) is rather poignant.
@gretchenking59523 жыл бұрын
I was thinking the same thing. Ironic that it would be just the opposit.
@bekimcolaku52583 жыл бұрын
Unfortunately the '60s changed America and the world for the worst
@stevefowler59702 жыл бұрын
@@bekimcolaku5258 in what way?
@mattlibby44902 жыл бұрын
@@stevefowler5970 JFK, whom Vaughn Meader famously impersonated, would be assassinated in 1963.
@shirtless6934 Жыл бұрын
Ironic
@60-second-HACKS4 жыл бұрын
Those comments about the coming year in Kennedy's voice are spooky. And then, his interaction with Dorothy Kilgallen (given her connection to Kennedy and her disputed death).
@denisehogarth54335 жыл бұрын
My son is trying to perfect a varity of voices and I pointed him to this man and his album. Thank you
@joycejean-baptiste43552 жыл бұрын
We had an exercise morning program on T.V. in the early 1960's called Jack LaLane that my mother used to watch and exercise with.
@islandgal500 Жыл бұрын
Holy Smokes! Ray Nitschke just turned 26 (born Dec. 29, 1936) during this show. Men and women all looked much older in those years, but wow, he could pass for being in his late 40s. I was 11 in 1962.
@1776TomPaine4 жыл бұрын
Wow! I'd like to have a time machine and go back and see Vaughn Meader at Carnegie Hall!
@nadiazahroon65733 жыл бұрын
He made albums
@1776TomPaine3 жыл бұрын
@@nadiazahroon6573 Yes, I've listened to the albums. Very funny. But it would be nice to have had the chance to see him live.
@caspence565 жыл бұрын
Sad to think a year from that particular episode President Kennedy would be gone, Camelot would be a memory, and this country would never, ever be the same.
@badaan20025 жыл бұрын
@gcjerryusc Don't even mention his name, His Slogan is::"Make America White Again" He is a disgrace!!
@thebluerobin4 жыл бұрын
@gcjerryusc LBJ may have had his faults but he was a great leader when it came to domestic issues. If it were not for Vietnam Johnson would have stood out as one of our greatest presidents.
@Rippedflesh694 жыл бұрын
caspence56, how do you know that the world wouldn't be worse if Kennedy hadn't been assassinated?
@stevekru65184 жыл бұрын
The awful creature was LBJ
@shirleyrombough81733 жыл бұрын
You're right. Most of us are thrilled and relieved that Mr. Biden was elected and inaugurated. Now maybe our lives will be back to normal.
@RobertPerrigoOkiechopper8 жыл бұрын
I look forward to Sundays , its nice to sit back and enjoy a show.
@WhatsMyLine8 жыл бұрын
I'm so glad, Robert! Only one more upgrade video left to post, though. . . but I have some more surprise goodies coming up after we're done with this round of upgraded videos!
@Bigbadwhitecracker8 жыл бұрын
I love goodies!
@dalehall20673 жыл бұрын
NEVER forever forgiven
@PizzAzzC4 жыл бұрын
Looks like Arlene was the only person on the panel who wished the bobby pins man a Happy New Year and the Happy New Years wishes amongst the panel was so touching. I am surprised Martin did not give Arlene a kiss, but laughed when Dorothy gave both Martin and Bennett a kiss..one of those awww moments
@fliegeroh6 жыл бұрын
How sad. The coming year was the one of the most tragic in American history. Meader's career ended when JFK died because he was so typecast as JFK, he couldn't get work. He went broke and eventually went back to music and managing a pub.
@Jay-vr9ir2 жыл бұрын
He should gown a beard , sooner than he did changed his name and changed his style of comedy .
@JohnParks-zc1pn Жыл бұрын
True, but JFK was not going to be President forever, and he should have had a backup plan.
@Historian212 Жыл бұрын
@@JohnParks-zc1pnThat’s cold, dude.
@ModMokkaMatti5 ай бұрын
@@JohnParks-zc1pn A certain insane felon is convinced that he'll be president for life, if he ever gets his wretched self back into the White House again.
@beccawiley66845 жыл бұрын
Vaughn Meader was born in my hometown of Waterville, Maine!
@gailsirois71753 жыл бұрын
OMG !!! I too was born in Waterville Maine...how exciting..I'm now in Texas, but I never hear Waterville mentioned
@beccawiley66843 жыл бұрын
@@gailsirois7175 I am actually from Gardiner/Randolph, but my daughter was born and raised in Waterville, and I lived there for 25 years!
@npe12 жыл бұрын
Poor Vaughn, his comedy career also ended on that awful day in Dallas.
@itorapadas2 жыл бұрын
In less than a year after his appearance on What's My Line, Mr. Meader will fade away into obscurity.
@michaelbarnhart25938 жыл бұрын
Great job on the upgrade! Enjoyed it! :-)
@zoevtapas8 жыл бұрын
thanks for this!!
@TheJMascis6667 жыл бұрын
The rubber schwan... is mine!
@dancelli7146 жыл бұрын
As schoolboy I'd be a bit sleepy the next day at School Monday, but it was worth it.
@Vitte43 жыл бұрын
Interesting twist at 13:29: Cerf asks Packer linebacker Ray Nitschke if Packer halfback Paul Hornung was badly hurt in the 4th quarter of the NFL Championship game that afternoon. Nitschke responded that he bruised his ribs - "but he will be all right for next year." Cerf: "I bet he will." Well ... no. Turned out Hornung was suspended for the '63 season for betting on NFL games.
@neilmidkiff3 жыл бұрын
Regarding President Kennedy's comment that he thought Vaughn Meader sounded more like his brother Teddy than like himself: None of us hear our own voices the way others do, because some of what we hear of our own voices is conducted through the bone of the skull. Remember your surprise the first time you heard a recording of your voice? So no matter how accurate an impressionist may be, the subject of his impression is not likely to be impressed by it.
@justplainbrad77133 жыл бұрын
Neil Midkiff - From a logical viewpoint, yes, that could be considered a probable assumption, as most have never heard their own voice. Did you consider that John F. Kennedy, was not like 'most men'? By that, he was a very careful, articulate man, and as hard as it is for me to say about my childhood, real life, hand-picked hero, he was vain enough to listen to his voice, looking for flaws to correct. Considering what he had to deal with, it went above vanity, actually, and became more of a need for a flawless visual, and audio presentation, that had a great impact on a large audience. Scholars have argued whether or not he really could read 200 words ahead of what he was speaking...as was said of him. Your reasoning is sound for a lesser man, but not John F. Kennedy. He had his flaws, but he knew what worked, and you can rest assured that he heard his own voice often enough to know the difference.
@bogieviews2 жыл бұрын
@@justplainbrad7713 I recall that it was reported that he read 1200 words a minute. I think that sparked an interest in Evelyn Woods.
@woodykelleher9253Ай бұрын
14:19 Vaughn Meader
@brookeukena246 Жыл бұрын
We had that record, and even though much of it was over my head, I still laughed. I think I related most to the cover art of the child on the Shetland pony representing Caroline and Macaroni. After November 22, my Mom decreed that we would never listen to it again. So it sat in our record cabinet, untouched, for decades.
@Historian212 Жыл бұрын
Yes, an experience many of us shared. Couldn’t bear to listen to it, couldn’t bear to part with it, either.
@satori034 ай бұрын
I'm crying right now thinking about that day...I was in 5th grade and we were told in class and we went home early. I went to the park and cried while swinging on the swing set
@jonshecket30105 жыл бұрын
This is a gem.
@38ddkelly8 жыл бұрын
Unfortunately, Mr. Meader's success would end less than 11 months later
@soulierinvestments8 жыл бұрын
His impersonation of Kennedy tonight turned out to be chillingly ironic about Kennedy in 1963, though no one at the time realized it.
@rayjr628 жыл бұрын
And his career more or less ended. And sadly Vaughan would never recover, both professionally and emotionally.
@lynnpineda76158 жыл бұрын
adding to the irony is panelist Dorothy Kilgallen ..who was investigating JFK's death when she passed in 1965..
@malcolmbrannen7 жыл бұрын
You are not Tysons Accosta you are Lucabrazzi but you can't because he is dead
@jmccracken19637 жыл бұрын
+Kelly02895 In the spring of 1963, Cadence Records released "The First Family, Vol. 2" with more topical comedy material related to the Kennedy administration. It isn't nearly as funny as the original album - BUT quite ironic is the last band on Side 2, which last about 10 minutes and consists of the responses of some New York City elementary school students when asked by Vaughn Meader (as Vaughn Meader), "What do you think of President Kennedy?" Then President Kennedy died - and that album was pulled from record store shelves very quickly. Some time in the 1990s, I was browsing in a new used-record store on the north side of Chicago (on Montrose Avenue, a little bit west of the Chicago & Northwestern commuter railroad tracks), and I found a copy of "The First Family, Vol. 2" in stereo, in good condition, for only $4.00. Of course I bought it - and I have listened to it. (No, it's not for sale - and no, I don't have the technical "know-how" or equipment to upload it to KZbin.)
@willdrucker42914 жыл бұрын
Wow...even John Daly accidentally called Vaugh Meader, “Mr. Kennedy”
@woodykelleher92533 жыл бұрын
Man, Vaughn Meader is SCREWED!! ---Lenny Bruce, 11/22/63.
@spongevee13 жыл бұрын
I have both of the First Family albums, but this is the first time I've actually seen Mr Meader!
@bobpierce1152 жыл бұрын
It's eerie how Vaughn Meader kind of looks like JFK too.
@kasperjoonatan60142 жыл бұрын
Watching this a few days after the misery in London is good for one's soul :) Go Packers!! 💛 💚
@1olddirtroad10 ай бұрын
Love this show ! A really Unique time in history with the stylish dress and very mannered way everyone conducted themselves. Dorothy Kilgallen was a very intelligent Woman and it was nice to see Mr. Meador credit Mrs. Kilgallen with helping him in his early career. It is very tragically ironic that after doing his impersonation of President Kennedy he made the comment that he hoped 1963 would be as good as 1962. Sadly our President was assassinated and Mr. Meador lost his livelihood as a result. Thanks for posting these gems for us to enjoy !
@billyshepard55145 жыл бұрын
Since I wasnt alive I only heard of Mr. Meader when searching. Shocked to see he was the most famous comedian that year and then 1963 it was over and erased from history books of comedy
@Historian212 Жыл бұрын
Not erased for those of us who were around back then. But his career was over, sadly. I was eight years old that year, my family played that record so much I had it all memorized. Being so young, I’m sure there was humor on it that I didn’t understand, but we laughed and laughed. Never forgot it. We were doing some of those punch lines endlessly. I still recall a lot of it, and I’m now 68.
@44032 Жыл бұрын
If they had SNL back then, Vaughn Meader would have made a great cast member an would have shown the talent to portray many characters.
@Oso84677 жыл бұрын
What an amazing show! I loved watching this as a kid. Wasn't television nice then?
@SteveCarras6 жыл бұрын
I dod,tpopo. I agree.. You can HAVE Roseanne for "non-liberal" etertainment, just gimme the non-political ncie stuff of the old days (pre-1970s for me..)
@jeffreysalter36505 жыл бұрын
Television and everything else.
@SteveCarras4 жыл бұрын
Actually, ROseanne is a great person!
@igkoigko99503 жыл бұрын
There were far fewer choices and there was more censorship. Time shifting watching shows wasn’t feasible. TV is better today, especially since old shows are readily available online.
@stevekru65182 жыл бұрын
@Tessmage Tessera Most network tv is painful to watch but some are praiseworthy. For example, a limited series solidly based on facts is “Unbelievable.” There are other enjoyable shows but because of its veracity and themes I hope many people watch it
@brucemcgee22814 жыл бұрын
Always liked seeing Arlene Francis, and Dorothy Killgallen on this show. Mr Daly was no slouch, either.
@HermanSays4 жыл бұрын
Arlene Francis constantly asking a mystery guest to do some sort of performance.
@peterfranks62434 жыл бұрын
Recorded on the 30th of December 1962, If only president Kennedy got to see that date one year later
@michaelnak26814 жыл бұрын
I loved listening to his album as a ten year old until you know what.
@mikejschin3 жыл бұрын
For anyone who is interested, the audio of Vaughn Meador's "First Family" album is on KZbin: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jqjYaYZsetCrb9k
@ealswytheangelicrealms4 жыл бұрын
Meader's' career ended on November 22, 1963.
@YaelleG4 жыл бұрын
Wow ...! I have such chills.
@lindanitzschke13152 жыл бұрын
I got to meet Ray in Sioux City at a meet and greet about half a year before he passed away. What a nice man! (When the meet and great was over, I went back in to the sporting goods store to ask Ray a very important question..."Ray, how do you pronounce your last name?!!" He kind of glared at me and said, "NITZ-kee!" You see, everyone back then pronounced it as "NITCH-kee!" (He DID spell his name incorrectly, tho, leaving out the "z," but I didn't dare tell him, ha!)
@quirkyquips99156 жыл бұрын
When John Daly says "with your permission" he never actually asks much less waits for them to answer.
@preppysocks2094 жыл бұрын
He is making them an offer they can't refuse. It is very rare that a contestant takes issue.
@LarsRyeJeppesen6 жыл бұрын
Good to see Gabel back...Dorothy looked like she almost didn't know which way to turn at her entrance, and that introduction of Benneth...
@barrykendrick31465 жыл бұрын
+Lars Rye Jeppesen Very perceptive of you. She seems quite disoriented for just a second-as though blinded by a light-but of course not necessarily that. Note that she's making her introductions very short, but still has a problem with Peter Ustinov's name the next week 1/6/63.
@MrThesper5 жыл бұрын
@@barrykendrick3146 Looked like she had been hitting the bottle again!
@noway75552 жыл бұрын
@@MrThesper Exactly what I thought.
@Historian212 Жыл бұрын
She asked the same question twice, for one guest.
@davefreeman-live7564 жыл бұрын
Guy wins his first NFL Championship, takes a shower, and humbly goes on live television a few hours later on What's My Line. Yeah - things are a little different these days.
@vicepresidentmikepence8894 жыл бұрын
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@Farrah3003 жыл бұрын
I love that the first two panelist introduced were husband and wife.
@watchman11788 жыл бұрын
What a great episode! I had not seen this one before. 2-3 observations: (1) The fact that Nitsche (sp?) wasn't immediately recognized just goes to show how far both media and the NFL have come. He was a star player; no way an NFL star wouldn't be recognized today, at least by name. (2) Nitsche was a linebacker, but I could've sworn he answered "yes" when he was asked if he played on the line. (3) Nitsche was asked about the injured Paul Hornung and replied, "He'll be okay for next season." Kind of ironic, because Hornung would go on to be punished for having been caught betting on games, and the punishment was a 1-yr. suspension. Hornung had to sit out the entire 1963 season. (4) I had forgotten who Vaughan Meador was. Too bad for both his and JFK's sake that he didn't have that gig for 8 years instead of just 3.
@jmccracken19637 жыл бұрын
And, perhaps in part because of Hornung's suspension, the following year it would be the Chicago Bears' turn to beat the Giants in the NFL title game.
@loissimmons65586 жыл бұрын
+jmccracken1963 It was close between the Packers and the Bears for the Western Conference championship. The Bears finished 11-1-2 while the Packers were 11-2-1. Both of Green Bay's losses came against Chicago. The Packers had to settle for runner up even though they had a better record than the Giants did in winning the Eastern Conference (11-3). The Lions also lost Alex Karras to a one year suspension as part of the same league disciplinary action against gamblers. And five other Lions players were fined $2000 apiece for betting on one game in which they did not play. They finished tied for fourth in the West with a dismal 5-8-1 record. The year before, they were runner up to the Packers with an 11-3 record. Compared to baseball, which has suspended players for life when they have been caught betting on games and consorting with known gamblers, NFL Commissioner Pete Rozelle handed out relatively mild penalties.
@JayTemple8 жыл бұрын
For many years, the Guinness Book of World Records listed a 1963 album of John F. Kennedy's speeches as the fastest-selling album of all time, "ironically beating out Vaughn Meader's 'The First Family'."
@davidrbecken6 жыл бұрын
I have that album somewhere around in here.
@cherylschaeffer62683 жыл бұрын
I remember Vaughn Meader's record vaguely. (I was just a kid at the time.) I'd love to hear it again.
@noswonky2 жыл бұрын
kzbin.info/www/bejne/jqjYaYZsetCrb9k
@filmguymike2 жыл бұрын
Here it is: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jqjYaYZsetCrb9k
@JesseTheMindless4 жыл бұрын
Vaughn Meader - career assassinated 11/22/1963
@dalehall20673 жыл бұрын
My first job in radio FM stations nobody listen to listen to. Never never forget Mr. medor Never forget
@tomitstube8 жыл бұрын
the great ray nitschke, they should have blind folded the panel with this one. ray was one of the greatest of all time. a great quote by jfk about meader's impression of him, asked if he was "annoyed or enjoyed" by the impression, jfk said, "I listened to Mr. Meader's record and, frankly, I thought it sounded more like Teddy than it did me. So, now he's annoyed."
@tomitstube8 жыл бұрын
mrzoperxplex jfk had a great wit, one of the smartest presidents we've ever had. most politicians have to pivot to a talking point or an already used joke, jfk was able to think on his feet and stay in the moment with any question.
@gemoftheocean3 жыл бұрын
@@tomitstube JFK and Reagan were best at off the cuff jokes.
@tomitstube3 жыл бұрын
@@gemoftheocean reagan was an idiot. his ayn rand/alan greenspan corporate ideology will be the downfall of american democracy.
@willdrucker42914 жыл бұрын
@13:42...”Hornung hurt his ribs but he’ll be ok for next season”...ehhhh..not quite Ray....months later, both Paul Hornung and Alex Karras we’re suspended for the ‘63 season for gambling..
@maralisil3 жыл бұрын
I was merely 2 months old! 😊
@nankerphelge37714 жыл бұрын
Hard to believe no one on the panel disqualified themselves for Ray Nitsche. The Hall of Fame linebacker for the Green Bay Packers was the MVP of the 1962 Championship game that Martin Gable attended.
@gemoftheocean3 жыл бұрын
Gable was a Giants fan. Back then tv wasn't full of ESPN type coverage. Given Ray was on the offensive line, and Gable attended in person, it's quite likely he didn't buy a program or bring a radio to hear game coverage. They didn't have jumbotrons and things like that, or announce the players.
@bigprincess95952 жыл бұрын
@@gemoftheocean Actually, Ray was the starting middle linebacker for the Packers for a number of years.
@larchmontmark1 Жыл бұрын
I saw the show when it was broadcast and thought the same right then. I mean gimme a break 🙂 ....he was MVP of the championship game that afternoon!!! I sure knew exactly who he was when he came on, and I'm sure millions of others did too.
@cjcar635 жыл бұрын
"... I think he sounds more like Teddy than me."
@bt10ant3 жыл бұрын
...the rubber duck is mine."
@SteveCarras6 жыл бұрын
Vaughn meador, ak the First Family LPs. I'm love to have Vaughn Monroe on there.
@willdrucker42914 жыл бұрын
Whoaaa...that’s NFL HALL OF FAMER and Green Bay Packer legend, RAY NITSCHKE....looks very sophisticated and stylish right here...but you sure didn’t want to line up across from him on the football field
@justplainbrad77133 жыл бұрын
Will Drucker - Watching him shake hands with the panelists, I had a tremendous laugh thinking, he looked like a typical big wimp, and he would be a first-target of bullies in my town...then I imaging the faces of the bullheads that push him around, and find themselves bouncing off of walls. He just looked the part of a big softy. What a surprise!
@vaec585 жыл бұрын
My Mother had the album The First Family..
@brucemarsico66 жыл бұрын
Didn't Lenny Bruce proclaim on 22 November 1963 that 'Vaughn Meader is fucked!'
@paddle_shift2 жыл бұрын
Sadly, that upcoming year would NOT be as good as the year before.
@JordanMB942 жыл бұрын
Just wondering, was that Hal Simms announcing in place of Johnny Olson in this episode?
@jimlaguardia81857 жыл бұрын
Meader's roaring career was wiped out by the JFK assassination.
@libertyann4395 жыл бұрын
So was JFK's
@davidsanderson59184 жыл бұрын
I have to confess I've never heard of him. So you're right.
@shirtless69346 жыл бұрын
The coming year, 1963, ruined his career.
@mrkeno10005 жыл бұрын
it ruined a lot more
@shirleyrombough81733 жыл бұрын
Shirtless: More than one person's job was ruined on that day. Our entire way of life was affected and we still haven't recovered. Look at what passed for "president" from 2017 to 2020.
@MCO186 жыл бұрын
As a Bears fan, I have much respect for Nitschke and Coach Lombardi for their well-deserved victory. The Bears would win the following NFL Championship in 1963.
@njpete9877 жыл бұрын
Why is it that, during this period of time, they used the word "pictures" but today they say "movies" or "films?"
@4seeableTV7 жыл бұрын
That's just what they called them back then. Paramount Pictures, RKO Pictures, etc. They referred to moving pictures, but shortened it.
@spongevee13 жыл бұрын
The Academy Award still goes to the 'Best Picture.'
@jethro19638 жыл бұрын
It's no secret that both Arlene and Bennett didn't care much for Dottie (with justification) but Cerf was often very contemptuous of her, often to the point of going out of his way not to acknowledge her (especially after her intros of him). I always got the feeling that Martin never had a problem with her and treated her well. Hence at the end of the show he gets a smooch and strangely enough so does Cerf and he looked like he enjoyed it. Interesting that Gloria Kennedy wore a Maple Leaf pin before it was iconically symbolized on the flag in 1965. Of course it had been a symbol of Canada for a long time and was the right thing to put on the flag. Again ironic that Vaughn Meader (as Kennedy) offers the hope that the next year (1963) will be as nice as the last. By the end of 63 both Kennedy and Vaughn Meader's career will be dead. From Wikipedia According to several sources, standup comedian Lenny Bruce went on with his November 22 nightclub show as scheduled. Just hours after Kennedy's death, Bruce walked onstage, stood silently for several moments, then said sadly, "Boy, is Vaughn Meader fucked." (may not be correct quote) The joke proved true. Meader discovered that he was so completely typecast as a Kennedy impersonator that he could not find anyone willing to hire him for any of his other talents.
@syd88024 жыл бұрын
It is true that Bennett disliked Dorothy but in some thing Arlene states that her and Dorothy (despite what she may have said in her column about thing in the dressing room of what's My Line) were quite good friends. Though with Bennett he hated her and after she had passed took no time to mourn before talking bad about her. But in all I love Bennett the same though he said some very bad things about Dorothy on an interview. And with John they had a bad argument to which John still hadn't forgiven her until her death but they were still good friends.
@bbailey7818 Жыл бұрын
Poor Vaughn Meader! His career essentially ended the following year come November.
@jmccracken19637 жыл бұрын
I wonder how much the newspaper strike played into the panel's ability or inability to figure out the Mystery Guests in December of 1962 - or some ordinary contestants' "lines," for that matter. (I'm thinking, for instance, of Barrie Sloan in the 23 December episode; and the panel would probably have been blindfolded for Ray Nitschke had the newspapers not been on strike.) It certainly sounded as though Ray Nitschke was still thawing out from the NFL championship game played earlier that day at Yankee Stadium. (Final score, by the way: Green Bay 16, New York 7.) If memory serves me correctly, I think that Ray Nitschke was one of the Green Bay Packers who appeared on WML? as a group in January of 1967, either a week before or a week after Green Bay's lopsided victory over the Kansas City Chiefs in the first-ever Super Bowl. I'm sure that the producers planned having a Kennedy on as one of the "ordinary" contestants, along with a "Kennedy" as the Mystery Guest, this evening.
@worldnotworld2 жыл бұрын
What's with that failure-to-kiss at the end?
@kennethbutler13436 жыл бұрын
I guess in 1962 no one knew who Ray Nitzschke was!!! I knew who he was right away.
@algoritmosalfredohipicasig71165 жыл бұрын
John thought the glasses would fool them, you know, like it did for Clark Kent.
@preppysocks2095 жыл бұрын
It is a reflection on pre-Super Bowl America that a pro football player with a leading team who had played that day, and two of the panelists had seen perform that very day in person, could appear without masks, using his real name, and not be immediately known.
@justinmay34516 жыл бұрын
Watching the Ray Nitschke portion made me wonder: if the Giants had won, would a member of their team have been on instead? John did mention, however, that they thought the panel might be fooled by Ray's appearance.
@stewartberger77344 жыл бұрын
And Ray is a Hall.of Famer
@preppysocks2095 жыл бұрын
Once again, Bennett is both argumentative and wrong. When the line is revealed, he says that it involves food and drink, as if he were correct and was given the wrong answer when in fact he was given a yes answer to that question. And for all his criticism of Dorothy's camera hogging, he is always the panelist most likely to want to ask a guest a question once the line or the MG is revealed.
@ModMokkaMatti5 ай бұрын
Bennett Fudd was only interested in being on the teevee skween as much as possible, no matter if he looked a fool.
@timsmith42810 ай бұрын
..ya, have a good 1963...
@jaddison11123 жыл бұрын
President Kennedy would never see another New Year.
@adamodeo93202 жыл бұрын
once when people had class and talent
@algoritmosalfredohipicasig71165 жыл бұрын
Oh, the irony.
@milosterwheeler25205 ай бұрын
Eleven months later his career came to a crashing halt in one day.
@jrnumex92862 жыл бұрын
no career in show biz tanked in just 1 fateful day as meaders.
@filmguymike2 жыл бұрын
Here is the album, "The First Family" they are referring to: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jqjYaYZsetCrb9k
@MCO184 жыл бұрын
17:37
@UrAveragePOS6 жыл бұрын
Vaughn Meader! 😁😸
@sugarjoe504 ай бұрын
Vaughn Meader's career ended abruptly on Nov. 22, 1963.
@CAP1984622 жыл бұрын
17:18 unfortunately 1963 was not a pleasant year. Certainly not November.
@milart124 жыл бұрын
No one recognized Ray Nitsche by name?
@scottpardee6303 Жыл бұрын
Hearing that the temperature was only 3 degrees makes me wish we could reverse the global warming, since this is colder than we have had in NY on recent years.
@doriskray14305 ай бұрын
Lots of comments here re: how everyone looks so old. No one over 21 looked young back then. They all dressed/looked like their parents. Things changed soon. Long hair for men, jeans and t.shirts kept folks younger.
@michaelbonanno74763 ай бұрын
So polite!
@eddiefingers889 ай бұрын
After about a year had passed, Vaughn Meader’s career would be, sadly, largely over.
@johnnowlan99639 ай бұрын
Dorothy lost her life and career also because of JFK,,👍
@alanpeel19815 жыл бұрын
9:11 - This would never happen today to anyone in this profession.
@oldtimer7944 ай бұрын
Very sad that Mr. Meader was asked to say a few words on what the coming year would bring.
@calliopivogiatzis2235 Жыл бұрын
I remember Ray Nitshky, His # was 66!
@ricarleite Жыл бұрын
17:18 - Well, I'll become out of a job for life.
@rentslave6 жыл бұрын
Gabel's use of the word syndicate may also be predictive,given what happened to JFK and Dorothy.
@philippapay43524 жыл бұрын
@Tom Dockery - Dorothy's column was written for a newspaper syndicate that got her into papers nationwide. So, it was not quite the same as a crime syndicate, but certainly he referred to the syndicate because the NY newspapers, that bought the column from King Features, were on strike and not publishing. This particular strike ran from 12/8/62-3/31/63. Lucky Dorothy got to keep working for all the newspapers around the nation to whom they also sold her column.
@770WT2 жыл бұрын
The Irish is just oozing out of Meaders pores .
@Vitte43 жыл бұрын
I've noticed that John Daly is very fond of the cliche, "Needless to say ..." (as in 13:43 here). Which always reminds me what Daly's fellow broadcaster & English language maven Edwin Newman would later write: "If it's 'needless to say,' why say it?"