What's My Line? - Lucille Ball & Bob Hope; Buddy Hackett [panel] (May 5, 1963)

[@lindaeasley4336]

Bob Hope and Lucille Ball were a great match on screen. They made 3 films together and had alot of chemistry

[@LJ-ht4zs]

made 4 movies together: 3 good ones Sorrowful Jones, Fancy Pants, and The Facts of Life. One terrible movie: Critics Choice.

[@rosemma34]

I love the way Lucy tries to exhume Buddy Hackett's rib about inviting Hope to wash his windows. She was very gracious to him and you can see his appreciation when they shake hands at the end

[@carmelitako1936]

Nice to see women that time so elegant and dress well. 😘😍

[@LANCSKID]

Much like my mistresses.

[@maryblushes7189]

And the men. All in suits and ties.

[@mikeadrover5173]

This is a special posting to this “channel”. Old films and early television must be saved and rebroadcasted to newer generations.’ As always, thanks’ for taking the time to support these films! And I support this site. ~M~

[@neilmidkiff]

Arlene is courteous and tactful as always, mentioning Bob and Lucy's movie at 16:45 then breaking in with a question for Lucy at 19:45 after John and Bob have mostly been talking over Lucy, nattering on about the USO show. Classic "hostess" etiquette, designed to make everyone feel a part of the conversation -- I'll bet her parties were memorable successes!

[@stevefowler1787]

The "celebs" of those days were actual Stars that people held in high regard...how times have changed.

[@C21L01]

steve Fowler Celebs from those days actually had talent and they worked extremely hard to keep their own star shining bright. Not a single entertainer from those days would get a foot in the door today because it's all about looks, sex and scandals.

[@candicehoneycutt4318]

C21L01 Hollywood was just as sleazy then as it is now. Many 'classic stars' got their foot in the door because they were pretty or they hooked up with someone who had the right connections. You're just more aware of it now because of the increase in media and availability of information.

[@SymphonyBrahms]

@@C21L01 The Golden Age of Hollywood featured a lot of sleaze and scandal. They just kept it under wraps. And the casting couch in the studio executive's office was a real thing.

[@cynthialyman2636]

I wonder if we'll ever know the reason for Dorothy Kilgallen's untimely demise; she was such a sharp cookie who was known for her terrier-like approach to getting the full story. I always enjoy watching her. It's almost as if you can see her gears turning as she thinks up questions.

[@Nancy-er2bg]

She was amazing . She was murdered. Many people are making KZbin videos about her now

[@Nancy-er2bg]

Jeff, the God of Biscuits she was amazing. She was murdered

[@shirleyrombough8173]

@@Nancy-er2bg She was focused on learning who killed JFK; and got too close to the answer.. She was warned off, but doggedly forged ahead. So they found a way to kill her and make it look like a suicide. I loved Dorothy and don't watch the episodes without her.

[@gbrumburgh]

She died of an overdose of alcohol and barbiturates. Her being murdered is a theory.

[@lynettepalecek3141]

@@gbrumburgh It's not a theory. It's a fact that has been proven. You need to do proper research instead of being lazy and going by what the lying msm tells you. There were too many factors that didn't make any sense whatsoever for it to be a suicide. One one was " Why weren't her reading glasses near her if she suppose to have been in bed reading with her book with her?" There are a lot more things that didn't make any sense for it to be a suicide.

[@MyOzempicJourney]

Once we get back to school as normal . I’d like to do this with students. Teach logic , chain of thought and critical thinking

[@kali3665]

14:34 Bob Ball and Lucy Hope. Love it!!

[@rivaridge7211]

Aw, Bob and Lucy's picture, "The Facts of Life" was deserving of an Oscar nomination for both of those wonderful stars. My favorite picture of these two together!

[@tubularap]

Pause at 15:59 and forward one frame at a time by using the 'period'-key on your keyboard (use the 'comma'-key for reverse). Step by step you can see the reactions of Bob and Lucy when they realised they've been recognised. Quite a sight. "ski nose" hahaha.

[@battlegirldeb]

I love to see the people from Maryland and D.C. All my hometown folks.

[@Rhonda9199]

Mine too! Hagerstown here!

[@barbkeen1221]

Same here my Maryland peeps!! A small town near Upper Marlboro!! 😊❤

[@joet840]

Bob Hope and his quick wit, making up jokes on the fly !! All he had to do is talk for a living.

[@claudiacotner1638]

Two of the all time greats, who are sorely missed...Maurice H

[@BrettCrawfordTransgirl1984]

Is one of you red haired and the other one ski nosed? That last one killed me. lol

[@loissimmons6558]

My parents had a bookcase that was full by 1963. Pretty much the only thing they bought by this time was from the Readers' Digest Condensed Book series. So I was surprised at one point when Bob Hope's book mentioned on this episode, "I Owe Russia $1200" (paperback edition), appeared in in our home. I had no idea how it got there. I don't remember them buying it or receiving it as a gift. It was just there on a tea wagon in our foyer. I read it many times: a quick, easy and funny read. It deals with more than his trip to Russia. He talks about some of the interesting things that happened to him when visiting the troops and about the difficulties of making a film in France with all the holidays the crew could take. (Ironically, the name of the picture was "Paris Holiday". While in France, he had an unusual encounter that made a great impression on me, one of the main reasons I would go back and reread.

[@mkbell2003]

Irma Kusley was an awesome hair dresser. She and Lucy's makeup wizard, Hal King really made her look great for TV.

[@BossaNossa1]

Lucille Ball was so cute here...

[@susaneshraghi7124]

BossaNossa1 w

[@gbrumburgh]

Buddy looks the best he ever has been. Trimmer and the facial fuzz has him actual looking less goofy and more handsome.

[@Noone58319]

I’ll bet Arlene was watching Lucy while John and Bob talked about Bobs schedule. Lucy looked like she was starting to get irritated/angry that they weren’t talking to her. Then Arlene tactfully brought Lucy into the conversation. That was an elegant move.

[@bluecamus5162]

I didn't see irritation. Those two had just put in 19 appearances in 2 days and could work perfectly well together. I saw Lucy yield the floor to a man whose legend was as big or bigger than her own. I also think it says something about Lucy that she could set aside whatever ego she had and give Bob the light. And you're right; that was pretty savvy and strategic of Arlene to give Lucy a question.

[@gwenhughes8650]

I've watched Lucy's every appearance on WML and she always uses the same voice. I think I'd know right away, as this panel did!

[@uppityglivestockian]

Though I was a wee lad when originally aired, I enjoyed many of the re-runs and still do to this day. When adults ran the country and had an elegant, sophisticated, and erudite humor. Most everyone was courtly, respectful, and interested whatever it was you did, not your skin color (a$$holes are part of our existence, that will never stop, and some of them do it with racism, which is very rare now). Thank you so much for this upload. Paz y salud.

[@pixiegirltink67]

Great show. Lucy really did look gorgeous and I'm glad John kept them there for a chat. I always hate when an MG has to run off as soon as they're discovered. And as much as I absolutely love JCD, Bob's name was NEVER Robert!

[@lynettepalecek3141]

@Lannie .Bartlett. That's right. He was born Leslie Hope in 1903. I'm pretty sure that he was born in England. He took the stage name Bob.

[@TBBMusicBlog]

Ha. Nice to hear an audience gasp at the stretch of a pun. ;)

[@neilwilburn6848]

Lucille never looked lovelier than she did in 1963

[@jillgordon1003]

22:26 "I think he arrested me once." Oh Buddy's getting some real laughs in tonight.

[@loissimmons6558]

Buddy grew up in Brooklyn and the final challenger was from Brooklyn.

[@norelcopc2431]

There's usually quite a bit of head room over John and the contestants. Director Franklin Heller apparently preferred it that way.

[@soulierinvestments]

Gil Fates in his book on WML wrote that he thought Larry Blyden was the best interviewer of the three WML hosts. Well, OK . . . . Daly did great interviews as well when time allowed. As examples, the questions he asks in the Lucy mystery guest segments illustrates that point.

[@WhatsMyLine]

When he wanted to, he sure could do a great interview. But it wasn't just a matter of time, though. This is my one big complaint against Daly: most often, even when there was plenty of time for chatter after the questioning segment, he essentially extolled the virtues of the guest in a monologue, leaving them to reply with the same "yes" and "no" answers they were restricted to before! It's more understandable with the non-celebrity guests, who might have been nervous, but to do this with established public personalities was a bit unnecessary. I do wish he'd have let them talk for themselves more often than he did.

[@lemorab1]

Thank you for this! I consider the two best show moderators of television to be John Daly and Johnny Carson. But, Johnny knew how to shut up and let his guests talk, and how to ask leading questions to draw the guests out. He was a master at putting people at ease. John loves his own loquacious erudition too much and often I want to yell at my laptop, "John, just Shut Up!" He can't distinguish between the guests who need his verbosity and those who don't.

[@Bigbadwhitecracker]

I totally agree with Gil. Had Larry lived, he would have made a tremendous talk show host.

[@Etnik13]

I was watching some Mysteries & Scandals episodes, and came across one of Dorothy. Steve Allen speaks of her, and it's got a few pictures I hadn't seen before. Also, I wonder if by any chance, the What's My Line logo and panelists desk behind the show's host are the originals? Dorothy Kilgallen "Mysteries & Scandals" Produced by Danny Schwartz, Alison Martino & Michael Danahy

[@sandybeach123]

I always liked Bob Hope's nose/profile. I know it was the butt of many jokes, but he looked nice.

[@nathaniliescu4597]

How very odd to like such a feature.

[@2dasimmons]

I really like how the males acted like GENTLEMEN back then. Like the way the host pulls out chair for women. Sweet.

[@suzycreamcheesez4371]

he always did

[@monkeyg333]

Yes, it was especially gentlemen-like when the guys in the audience whistled at the women guests...

[@2dasimmons]

monkeyg333 I was referring to the show members NOT the "wild New York" audience. New York is known for being WILD. But still whistling is much more respectful than rude comments or even physical assault which happens these days. Sadly the polite days of the WML era are gone. Now rudeness is the rule.

[@fallspring1033]

One main reason why I love the old black and white shows!!

[@deboraholsen2504]

I sympathize! Even back in 1997, call me old fashioned, but I was showing up at a singles group meeting at a restaurant and there was no seat left at the large group of tables all put together by the restaurant to accompany our group. (I had found myself in the "dating world" again, unfortunately, after a recent divorce and I was in my very early 30s. So was everyone else in their late 20s or early 30s at the table.) Well, to my great surprise and disappointment of the "gentlemen" there, not even one of them gave up his seat for me, the lady who just arrived there!! :( It forced me to make one of three choices: wait there uncomfortably until someone actually displayed his good manners, sit nearby at a table alone, or just leave out of humiliation! Please, guys, don't justify and say that maybe I was fat or unattractive; I was neither! (Even for a person who has been properly trained by his parents on good manners toward a lady, this shouldn't be an excuse!) Well, needless to say, I was sadly forced to admit that dating again might be more of a chore for me than I had suspected it would be up until that moment! Fellas, politeness goes a long way! It is, by far, the EASIEST way to instantly gain a person's respect upon very first meeting! It is also, sadly, the easiest way to make the recipient wishful for a better situation to remember! I might add that as an elementary school teacher now, I often hear both parents and teacher's comment that when a child has good manners, it is very impressive and desirable. Let's teach our children when they are young!

[@maynardsmoreland]

I'm surprised that someone so familiar with D.C. as John Daly didn't know about a community 15 miles from the district!

[@preppysocks209]

It is an unincorporated area. It is not an actual town or city. The DC area unlike the Northeast has many counties with no towns or villages in them. I am certain that very few people in the Washington area would be familiar with some of these very small communities. Notice that she was the dog catcher for Prince George's County and not for Forestville -- there is no municipal government in Forestville except for the county.

[@mikejschin]

I've lived in the DC area for 40 years, including 17 years in Bowie, MD (in Prince George's County), and I have only a vague idea where Forestville is. There are lots of those little towns and hamlets that you hear the names of but don't know their exact location unless you have some relation to them.

[@TylerDeBoy]

Arlene is Miss Kilgallen for the evening 😂 EDIT: Oh they switched them back. Sneaky sneaky

[@miketheyunggod2534]

Lucy gave it away with her voice. Bob did a good job disguising his voice.

[@Minenotyours58]

It's unusual that Bob Hope did this, unscripted. Johnny Carson hated having him as a guest, because he demanded that everything had to go off of a script when he appeared.

[@MyTbone100]

If you google Hollywood Florida Diet Bread there is a nice article about the founder, and it sort of explains her dress and charisma

[@soulierinvestments]

around 19:50 - RE Lucy’s response to Arlene’s question and the applauds. Lucy in 1963 starred in the first season of “The Lucy Show” - the black and white series with Lucy and Vivian living with their kids in one house in the village of Danfield, Westchester County, New York. Some now call that season that last season in spirit of “I Love Lucy.” At this point she was the leader of Desilu Productions which made multiple series and things for TV including Danny Thomas’s and Dick Van Dyke’s sitcoms. In 1962, to entice CBS to pick up all of Desilu’s proposed products, Lucy did “The Lucy Show” for CBS. However, she originally said that it would be just one season. However, CBS convinced Lucy to renew the series 6 times. The first and this upcoming second season - written by her “I Love Lucy” staff writers - were for my taste the most funny of the six.

[@2dasimmons]

Wow. Thanks for the 411. Very interesting!

[@2dasimmons]

Do you know how tall Lucy was?

[@liduck52]

2dasimmons Lucy was 5'7.

[@2dasimmons]

Thanks liduck52

[@SymphonyBrahms]

Vivien Vance was on the show for the first two seasons. After she left the show it wasn't as funny. They replaced her with Gale Gordon and he was NOT funny. He just had one routine and it got very tiresome very quickly.

[@notvalidcharacters]

Today I learned that bread "has never been alive". Wait''ll I tell the wheat fields.

[@YY4Me133]

What bread is made from was alive, but bread itself is not, and has never been, alive. That said, on the show, they had some peculiar definitions. They usually did not include plants in living things, or bugs in animals.

[@kentetalman9008]

And lobsters were fish. And whales were BOTH mammals and fish. And nobody knew what the hell worms were.

[@1jamyc]

17:56 - -Bob Hope says he will be at Ohio University in a few days. I got there 15 years later :)

[@jillgordon1003]

2:19 Dorothy's reaction to Bennett's bad pun. So Dorothy's going through a bow phase? This is like the 5th or 6th week in a row with her wearing a bow in her hair. It's cute and all but I don't think I've ever seen her wear something so frequently before.

[@syd8802]

yes she is even before that she wore them for a time but then stop but it seemed she has started again and I remember when Arlene went through a crown phase

[@dinahbrown902]

Little girl look

[@waltermirren7957]

Bob Ball and Lucy Hope! OMG! What has happened to television?

[@SymphonyBrahms]

It's become "dumbed down", just like the public has been. WRESTLE MANIA! CATFISH! etc, etc.

[@jackgibsxxx0750]

Love that outfit that DK has tonight.

[@Steezey7]

8:04: Mr. Cerf - "Mrs. Tyler, I'll bet you're the prettiest dog catcher in the United States of America." 8:07: Mr. Daly, realizing that that was actually a denigration - "I think that's for sure." 13:57: Mr. Daly - "I knew Buddy would have something to top us with." Funny. It's fun to see someone so quick witted on television.

[@lynettepalecek3141]

@S.B.. I agree. I love it when a man gives me a nice compliment like that. I'm a very feminine woman. I love the old-fashioned way when a gentleman opens the door for me and when he lets me go first. I love it when a gentleman will help me out or offer to help me out when it looks like I need help. I hate the "Feminist Movement." It has caused most men to be afraid to treat a woman like a lady. A lot of men don't know if a woman wants to be treated the way that I want a man to treat me. It's sad. I really miss those days when it was automatic for a man to do the things that I mentioned above to me.

[@김길동-j9z]

14:36 Lucille Ball and Bob Hope

[@FigaroHey]

They always announce her as ARlene and then address her as arLENE. Should do that with benETT.

[@stevestites9762]

Lucy is great but there is just no way to disguise that voice, no way.

[@marycleary7810]

That bread was aheaD of Its time.

[@MrJoeybabe25]

Diet bread is like Fat Free Mayonnaise, you can double up on it!

[@loissimmons6558]

Diet bread made out of eight vegetables. It's like having a slice of V-8!

[@orgonkothewildlyuntamed6301]

For the 2nd guest several men either left their eyeglasses home &/or were being smart arses(based on the responsive laughter) because let's be honest she wasn't exactly a looker

[@kasperjoonatan6014]

Would somebody please explain Bennett's joke 2:08 - ? (English is not my native tongue)

[@neilmidkiff]

Bennett says that John "doesn't always hear people who speak above a whisker"--a whisker is a hair growing on the face, so beards, mustaches, sideburns are all varieties of whiskers. The usual phrase in English "to speak above a whisper" means to speak louder than merely whispering. So the pun is on the sound-alike words whisker and whisper. Don't try to analyze the logic of it any further; to be logical Bennett would have needed another "not" or "don't" but that would have interrupted the rhythm of the phrase.

[@neilmidkiff]

A few minutes later, I thought of a better way to fix the logic of Bennett's pun: "He doesn't always hear people when they speak just above a whisker." This puns on the two senses of "just above" : speaking only slightly more loudly than a whisper, which would still be very softly -- and "just above" in the physical sense, in that the mouth that speaks is immediately above the whiskery chin. Unfortunately there's very little fame and fortune to be derived from repairing half-century-old quips.

[@kasperjoonatan6014]

@@neilmidkiff Thanks!

[@jadezee6316]

it was lousy....i wouldnt worry about it

[@michaelbyrnee9584]

Can you imagine a panel composed of cell-phone-centric "content-providers"? They would have trouble tying their shoes without mommy's help.

[@MrVerno46]

You could detect a degree of elegance and refinement on the part of the participants. On the other hand the audience cat calls and inappropriate behavior wouldn't be tolerated by today's standards. Finally, some of the comments coming out of the lips of Bennett Cerf were shocking and you could read the negative body language particularly those female recipients. Still, it was a different time and place and we have evolved. Today we have woke and social media to insult one another. We have evolved!!

[@MerynCadell]

Coney Island is not a profit-making organization??? How did no one question that? Maybe the land is owned by the city, but surely every ride on the boardwalk didn't profit the coffers of City Hall!?

[@AthenaeusGreenwood]

Though covered by applause, Mr. Daly does state that the final contestant worked as an inspector for the City of New York, ergo, non-profit.

[@KTPurdy]

Lucy didn't disguise her voice well at all

[@HBMHD]

The mother of Star Trek herself

[@SymphonyBrahms]

And of Mission, Impossible.

[@bryanpena6306]

Wow buddy hacket lost a lot of weight from previous episodes to here...he looked better with more weight and made him funnier

[@jimredwine919]

Not a very good movie. Critics choice. Their talents were wasted on it.

[@jonestube2007]

Why-the-line,-it's-not-film

[@stantonrogers]

That's Joey Bishop, Arlene! That's Buddy Hackett!

[@DanHarkless_Halloween_YTPs_etc]

Whoa, all the episodes of the show I've watched here recently have been '50s ones, so it was quite a shocker to hear multiple men in the audience doing nonstop wolf-whistling when the female guests came out here. The married dog catcher lady from Maryland seemed pretty mortified and pissed-off that the producers allowed or encouraged that. Also, it's weird that in the '50s and '60s they didn't seem to consider plants (or yeast) to be alive! People making maternity clothes or bread should be given a "Yes" answer to "Did the product used to be alive?", yet there was no pondering before these "No"s. I mean, if those both got "No"s, what could get a "Yes"?? Just people selling mummified bodies, or...!?

[@lynettepalecek3141]

I'm an extremely feminine lady and I don't see anything wrong with the wolf whistling that some men do at a pretty lady. I enjoy it. You're too used to the ridiculous so-called Feminine Movement that was suppose to show more respect for women. It actually did the opposite! I really miss the days when a real gentleman would automatically open the door for a woman, where he would let her go first into a room, where he would compliment her for her appearance, where he would help her or offer to help her if she looked like she needed help, and where he would show respect for her and be kind to her while treating her like a lady and not like just another person.

[@DanHarkless_Halloween_YTPs_etc]

@@lynettepalecek3141 I was taught traditional manners going to private grade school in the '70s, and I still do all those other things you mention on a regular basis (although I usually keep appearance-compliments to things that are choices, like wardrobe or hair). It seems rather illogical that you're grouping relentless wolf-whistling at a woman together with all those positive things men can do for women. I see women I'd like to wolf-whistle at constantly, but I'm aware of the fact that it's an intrusive act that bothers most of them, and I don't do that, even though I would intend it as a non-threatening compliment. If you're unable to detect the discomfort that the ridiculous level of wolf-whistling obviously caused the married civilian lady (note I'm not complaining about wolf-whistles at female celebs!), even here, back before "the ridiculous so-called Feminine Movement" (depending on how you're defining that), then I guess there's no point in discussing this further with you.

[@lynettepalecek3141]

@@DanHarkless_Halloween_YTPs_etc I don't think it's right for a man to wolf whistle at a married woman. No way do I think that that's proper. I typed my comment to you while I was really tired. I'm sorry. I need to stop doing that. Let me be clearer on how I feel. If a man knows a woman very well and he knows that she's single and he knows that she doesn't mind being whistled at, then I think that he should go ahead and do it. A good example would be on a date. She's really dressed up in an extremely feminine and conservative dress (I personally would never wear a low cut dress), then I would love it if my date whistled at me. If a man did that to a woman that he knows is married or he doesn't know if she's married, that would be entirely inappropriate. The Feminine Movement has caused it to be extremely difficult to find real feminine and conservative dresses where the skirt part is flowing (called the "a" style instead of being straight down) and the dress is not low cut. It's even difficult to find any patterns to make such dresses. Nylons are also difficult to find now. The Feminine Movement has taught women to be too much like men and to not be extremely feminine. I liked it so much better before the Feminine Movement ruined it for women like me. I want so badly to find those kind of dresses and accessories again.

[@SymphonyBrahms]

@@lynettepalecek3141 An insult is an insult. And wolf whistles are insulting. And that's the truth.

[@lynettepalecek3141]

@@SymphonyBrahms It would be impossible for me to ratiocinate with you because you completely ignored my entire second comment. Therefore, I'm not going to talk to you about it anymore.

[@jimc6154]

The “Major” issue I have with WML and who the mystery guest is, is that everybody would ask the key cheat question to figure out within 5 names or so who they were. “Are you here to promote a new motion picture showing on Broadway”? It’s a giveaway question. 99% of all major stars were only in town for that reason, WML folk knew that. They really ruined the hidden secret. They really ruined uncensored comedy that could have followed without asking the cheating question.. By asking that cheating question they already knew who the mystery quest was. It took the panel 51 seconds by asking the cheat question in this episode to figure out who they were. 15:11 to 16:01.. However, it’s possible that the panel was on a short clock due to “time restraints” and that is why the “cheat question” was asked in the episodes in which it was asked?? Love this show regardless..

[@SymphonyBrahms]

No question on the show was forbidden.

[@kentetalman9008]

There's nothing "cheating" about these questions. They are a legitimate part of the game.

[@magnificentfailure2390]

The audience sure laid into the wolf whistles for Mrs. Tyler. She doesn't seem very flattered.

[@FigaroHey]

Maybe she thought they were dog whistles?

[@Fardawg]

How do you figure she wasn't flattered? She never reacted to them.

[@marksacher3866]

Lucille Ball was on this show 6 times. They shouldn't have had people on more than once.

[@worldnotworld]

What an awful embryonic moustache poor Mr. Hackett appeared with!

[@QuadMochaMatti]

Karen told makes you feel like. Like in the sun and makes you sing and dance and have a good time but when charitable runs out you go forHugo for Geritol and then you go drink it all down and then you have to go run to the bathroom and then we hop into the bathtub at falls to the floor and lands on the street.

[@amirhanif4928]

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[@SJKile]

This show would have been so much better without John Daley. He interrupts way to much.

[@kentetalman9008]

WML would have been NOTHING without John Daly.

[@LANCSKID]

Those WML names defined in full (continued) Daly - (i) An extremely verbose fellow. (ii) Mildly creepy, especially around beautiful young women (iii) A corn merchant.

[@MensAsses33]

Dorothy's hair!!!

[@yeahnoonecaresifyouarefirst]

It's between threesville and fivesville Bob Ball and Lucille Hope it's different 😂

[@LaurelDenver]

Wow. Can you imagine being in the audience that night? To see those two come out at the same time? They're about as big as it got. WOW.

[@wishmaster7438]

It's a pity we don't have big name stars like that today in that league. I believe today's celebrities/move stars just don't have that type of glamour, style and star quality that Bob Hope and Lucille Ball had in their days.

[@princeharming8963]

American Royalty - at the absolute top of their game.

[@shirleyrombough8173]

These two were wonderful mystery guests, entertaining and generous. Deserving of the title of "star."

[@kw7807]

@@shirleyrombough8173 true that. True. That.

[@melodiefrances3898]

My thoughts exactly.

[@georgeadelman3767]

This is just great. You can tell Lucy and Bob are having a ton of fun and the audience just loves it. Two of the greatest titans of show business ever. I own 'Critic's Choice' the movie they were 'promoting' together, and it's hilarious.

[@LJ-ht4zs]

The worst movie that Bob and Lucille were ever in "Critics Choice"they thought the same and were out trying to gather interest in the movie - it didn't work!

[@greeneyes2256]

I loved Arlene Francis diction and pronunciation; it added to her stage presence.

[@princeharming8963]

Bob was just a few months shy of his sixtieth birthday here. Miss Ball was about 52. And both, incredibly good sports for doing the show.

[@wishmaster7438]

Nice to see Bob Ball and Lucille Hope together.

[@WhatsMyLine]

Typo or joke?

[@michaeljamesszynalski5990]

What's My Line? Watch the part when they introduce Bob Hope and Lucille Ball writer their names on the chalk board.

[@WhatsMyLine]

Mike James Szynalski Thank you, Mike. Probably goes without saying, I'm watching these videos constantly to keep up with postings, so I can't remember details most of the time from past shows.

[@hcombs0104]

+Warp Prime 42 I like how, when Lucy mentions Vivian Vance at 19:46, there is a genuine warmth in her voice. Apparently Lucy thought very highly of her TV side-kick.

[@kc5gos11]

@@michaeljamesszynalski5990 lr

[@dodge96neon]

I like how bob and lucy used each other's last names when signing in

[@tugginalong]

We (most of us)can’t imagine how difficult and hard work it was, to be a movie star like Bob Hope and Lucille Ball.

[@dinahbrown902]

Choices

[@VahanNisanian]

Bob Hope and his frequent film co-star, Lucille Ball, have appeared more times as mystery guests on this show than anyone else (Bob Hope 5 times, Lucille Ball 6 times).

[@WhatsMyLine]

ZoneFighter1 But I trust you've since discovered that they actually starred in several films together?

[@lindaeasley4336]

They had so much chemistry together 👍

[@harlowmansfield8222]

Gosh Lucille Ball was beautiful lady

[@magnoliasouth]

Wow. Two serious legends all wrapped up into one mystery guest. What a great day that must've been!

[@neilphelan145]

Two of the biggest stars of any medium to ever appear on TV.

[@FallonCStone]

Bob Hope's response to Buddy's new look was SPOT ON. Lucy was a stunner. Such incredible talents packed into that little spot next to John Daly.

[@orgonkothewildlyuntamed6301]

"was" is the operative word look at her apppearance here in 1954 aged 20 yrs & voice more scratchy was a big time smoker

[@robertcollins7025]

Buddy was rather fetching in a beard!

[@shirleyrombough8173]

I usually don't like facial hair; but it was cute on Buddy Hackett.

[@LANCSKID]

As am I.

[@michaelsouza5086]

Not sure if any one else commented on this, but when Johnny Olsen introduces Arlene Francis; the name plate in front of her says Miss Kilgallen and when Dorothy goes to her seat it says Miss Francis. Before the 1st contestant, someone on the staff must have noticed, because when they show the panel before the woman sits down, the name plates are in the right celebrities' places.

[@WhatsMyLine]

Wow-- you have quite an eye for detail! :)

[@WitoldBanasik]

+Michael Souza You possess the eagle eye ! Good for you !

[@serendumall6706]

+Michael Souza ...amazing that you noticed that !

[@YOGI-yl4ff]

WOW! GOOD EYE!

[@katiechisholm]

Well, in most of the episodes I've watched, Dorothy is in the first seat and Arlene is in the third seat. They must have had to switch places last minute for some reason.

[@bluecamus5162]

Folks like Bob & Lucy and a thousand others spent their lives during the age of vaudeville, live radio and live TV, some while also working legitimate theater, and including a thousand live appearances for promotional purposes and the USO and, in some cases, rickety old opera houses in small towns from coast to coast. These people honed their craft working in front of live audiences. They were real performers, unlike most of todays' stars who wouldn't know what to do with a live audience. They had to be multi-talented, charming and professional. When vaudeville died and TV drew audiences of many millions per night, there was a great need for the old vaudevillians and live performers, and they made the Golden Age of Television golden. We'll not ever see the likes of them again.

[@davidharris6581]

Never saw Buddy so skinny.

[@soulierinvestments]

Buddy Hackett's introduction routine was one of the funniest bits of business ever done in WML. And I don't remember any other time that someone else walked out for the guest panelist. Bishop had visited the panel fairly regularly in 1959 and 1960

[@waynebrasler]

Stars were different then. First of all, always beautifully turned out. Second, poised, intelligent and amiable. I had friends who lived on the same elite street in Beverly Hills as Lucille Ball and was told it was a neighborhood the same as any neighborhood. Everyone knew everyone else, people went to each other's homes for dinner or just to visit, they were bringing up children and they belonged to churches and synagogues. When I met some of them I found them to be normal, gracious, warm and welcoming people. Who somehow knew who I--a teacher and writer from Chicago--was! I learned that Lucy drove herself to and back home from the studio every day! She once said the secret of her doing so many challenging things at the same time was she only focused on one challenge at a time and "when I am driving home I am concentrating totally on driving home." I never met any star, not one, who was aloof.

[@misterwhitman4368]

North Roxbury Drive> > > (I lived there a few years ago.) I used to see Lucy driving her Blue Rolls Royce.

[@SymphonyBrahms]

Jack Benny lived next door to Lucy on North Roxbury Drive. He kept publicity photos on his foyer table. And when a fan would ring his doorbell, Jack would often answer it himself. He would sign a photo for a fan and chat with them for a while. That was back in the days when it was safe for a star to do that. Not safe anymore.

[@soulierinvestments]

Lucy is just gorgeous here. The last time Lucy visited WML she was involved in a Broadway play and a movie with Bob Hope entitled "The Facts of Life." This time she is plugging "Critic's Choice:" which is a comedy about husband-wife writers and her new play At the time people generally did not think it was the funniest thing ever done in movies, though it was good. It emphasized some character development, which probably disappointed those who wanted a bunch of laughs.

[@Bigbadwhitecracker]

I remember seeing Critic's Choice on afternoon TV when I was a child in the '70s. I thought it was pretty good back then.

[@carrieheffernan1685]

I didn't like Bob's character being so dismissive of Lucy's character in Critics Choice.

[@eagle45147]

Lucy sold Desilu Studios to Paramount who was next door on the other side of the wall between them. When my mom was working at a dry cleaners in Clinton, Iowa, she waited on Bob Hope. I was in school at the time darn it.

[@SymphonyBrahms]

And Paramount tore the wall down and physically made the two studios into one.

[@WitoldBanasik]

Bob Hope was a legendary celebrity, bigger than life back in 1940's, 1950's, 1960's and 1970's, not to mention 1980's and 1990's. Like Picasso was in painting buisness. Witty, out- going, creative, hard-working, and ...nice fellow !!!

[@MrJoeybabe25]

I though it was funny when Joey Bishop came out for Buddy Hackett. He should have sat on Buddy's lap and played along!

[@mthivier]

You could tell that Lucy and Bob adored one-anther. Lucy's final public appearance, a few weeks before she died in 1989 was at the Oscars with Bob.

[@annakaminski4406]

Love watching this.

[@tlcampbell5073]

Buddy Hackett was nice looking when he was younger.

[@MrJoeybabe25]

When did this business of big stars like Lucy and Hope ACTUALLY going out to theaters to promote films stop (19 theaters in two days???)? I grew up in Virginia Beach/Norfolk, and I wouldn't have expected that in our little burgh. Did the stars going in person to theaters really help the box office, and my real question is what did they do when they got there? I can't imagine George Clooney going on tour to promote a film, or even Elvis, well not to the theaters themselves. Radio and tv promotion can be done from Hollywood and in Hollywood, anyway.

[@liduck52]

I saw Bob & Lucy (around 1964) at a theatre on Long Island. Their movie The Critics Choice was playing,so they were there in person.

[@SymphonyBrahms]

They promote movies differently now. It's not necessary to send the stars out to the four corners of the U.S. to promote movies anymore.

[@yamil.343]

How apropo Lucy’s last appearance was at the Emmys with Bob.

[@cas4040]

Does nobody else notice Lucy getting weird at around 18:50? Bob Hope pulls her in protectively. It's just so odd.

[@jvcomedy]

cas4040 I really didn't notice anything "weird", but it did seem like she was a little bored with John Daly's story at that time.

[@our3acrehomestead]

At first I was thinking she might have a headache, but is it possible that she had problems with her eyelash?

[@bethe192]

She had huge social anxiety. For all of her comic talent (to some, not so much to me), she had great difficulty with one on one interractions and small group chitchat. Not unusual with some in the comedy field -- see Johnny Carson as another example.

[@hiyapal7719]

Two amazing comedians, and *lovely* people. I've loved Bob for many years.♡♡

[@carolynwoodman1734]

Love this programme, we never had a TV in those days ❤

[@oobaka1967]

So wheat isn't alive?