What's My Line? - Ella Fitzgerald; PANEL: Tony Randall, Jane Powell (Jan 21, 1962) [W/ COMMERCIALS!]

It's week ten of the WML "Summer of Upgrades"!
I missed the past couple of weeks, but otherwise, every Sunday this summer, I've been posting upgraded versions of episodes already posted to this channel. Tonight's video adds back the original commercials, restored thanks to an alternate copy provided by epaddon. Many thanks to epaddon, as always, for sharing his personal recordings for use in these upgrades!
MYSTERY GUEST: Gene Fullmer; Ella Fitzgerald
PANEL: Dorothy Kilgallen, Tony Randall, Jane Powell, Bennett Cerf
As quoted by John Daly, "Man, woman, or child, Ella is the greatest." --Bing Crosby.
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[@dannydoc1969]

You can see how shy and unassuming Ella was. She, in my humble opinion, was, is and will forever be the greatest jazz female vocalist who ever lived.

[@brucescott4261]

I SECOND EMOTION.

[@eatssoyummyshow5890]

Shes a complete opposite of aretha..

[@jamesrawlins735]

It was always a challenge for me to pick between Ella and Sarah Vaughn

[@angelajoseph6709]

dannydoc1969 You must not be familiar with the DIVINE one: Sarah Vaughan. Just listen to her version of a silly li'l song called Doodlin'. It's on KZbin.

[@angelajoseph6709]

James Rawlins Totally different voices! There's a reason they called Sarah Vaughan DIVINE.

[@jcthefluteman]

23:18 "Man, woman or child, Ella Fitzgerald is the greatest"... still true!

[@Bigbadwhitecracker]

Always will be

[@schannstewart9385]

JCTheFluteMan And Billie Holiday!

[@terencedove5047]

Bing Crosby said that! Bing!

[@piustwelfth]

Actually I think it was Sinatra who paid Ella that compliment -- not Crosby.

[@piustwelfth]

Ella recorded more than 4,000 songs! She definitely earned the moniker "The First Lady of Song".

[@chuckendweiss4849]

Pius Twelvetrees WOW

[@scotnick59]

Well, apart from the quantity, Ella deliver Quality!!

[@frantrictantric]

7 Decades in the business with never any errors. Or none recorded anyway.

[@preppysocks209]

@@frantrictantric I love Ella but there were errors, sometimes as a result of her lack of formal education while singing very sophisticated material. For instance, when singing "Lorelei" from the Gershwin Songbook, on an outtake, when singing, "I'm lecherous, Ja, Ja," she pronounced "Ja" with a hard "J." Some people would point out that by her own admission she often forgot words to the songs when performing live, sometimes when recorded such as in her Grammy-winning performance in Berlin. Then she just scatted.

[@piustwelfth]

@@preppysocks209 Actually Ella's diction and phrasing in her singing is remarkable, esp. for a woman who had little education. Knowing her background, I'm often amazed when I hear her sing very complex and sophisticated lyrics. I'm sure she must have studied hard to learn all the lyrics, and she recorded over 4,000 songs!

[@commandoxy]

John Daly is always so courteous to the guests.

[@Ru-gv2if]

Always. And made them feel comfortable and included.

[@Marylouise_1]

Makes my heart warm to see everyone so classy And to see how respectful they were towards eachother white or black.

[@terencedove5047]

Yes and yes. Thank you for saying that...

[@Deejaay83urj38]

Yes, I've seen that consistently. No matter what race, what appearance, what social grace, all are treated the same and with respect. Including B the audience

[@crabbyoldman8209]

Right. That's why, in 12 seasons, they've had exactly ONE black panelist. By the way: it's television and they're getting paid to put on an act. But still, listen again to Cerf's comment about Jane Powell taking off her sable. He is a fucking disgrace.

[@bmwjourdandunngoddess6024]

Respectful? Why are you trying to erase history?😭😭😭

[@bmwjourdandunngoddess6024]

@@Deejaay83urj38Y’all are lying through your teeth and facts prove y’all wrong. 😭 Like why are y’all LYING!?💀

[@roder51]

Served Miss Fitzgerald at the Ritz Carlton Hotel, Montreal in the late 80's. Class A lady.

[@HappyLife693]

Awesome!! I have met many celebrates, but meeting Ella Fitzgerald would have been a high for me. She would have been just under Nelson Mandela.

[@bubhub64]

Ella could sing the snappiest of jazz, and with her silky smooth voice could sing the softest of ballads!

[@davidsanderson5918]

bubhub64 You forgot to mention she's the best of all time!!

[@lindaeasley5606]

She voice was smooth as silk singing ballads

[@iGaara19]

Oh my gosh. I'm so blown away by the class and the lovely handwriting before we get to see their face. Ella Fitzgerald is so charming and legendary. I wish I could go back in time during this era.

[@davidarcudi230]

The better days

[@jazzmanchgo]

Except for that "wolf-whistle" fool in the audience.

[@toreckman8899]

I do all the time. I listen to her music.

[@blackberrybramble2843]

This was at a time when people still had regional accents. Then, national news and television trained up national news people to speak with Nebraska accent. And, it was a time of proper custom, decorum, and respectful interaction. Things were not perfect by any stretch, but respect was taught in many homes and schools.

[@larrygrebler5054]

@@jazzmanchgo I think he was trying to throw the panel off.

[@jackyangelcolombia]

Ella is a world treasure, such a cute woman. When I started to learn English her music was a Big support because of her diaphane diction and of course her mezmerizing voice.

[@piustwelfth]

Ella's diction was amazing, esp. because she had very little formal education. She was the Edith Piaf of the USA.

[@519djw6]

I'm glad they spent some time in interviewing the woman who was a Russian interpreter for the State Department. All too often, "non-celebrities" with interesting jobs are shuffled off the stage rather quickly.

[@NICOSTONES]

I love this show...but your right it would have been great to talk with these unknown guests e few minutes about there jobs...........

[@AllenMQuinn]

Jane Powell did a great job. Such a beautiful woman. And she is still alive today at 87!!

[@lopa2828]

Yes she sure was

[@qkhost]

I suppose it’s foolhardy to claim that anyone is the greatest at what they do, but if someone were to say that about Ella Fitzgerald, I would nod my head in agreement. She has been my favorite singer for my entire life. I had the good pleasure of seeing her perform several times. Ella could do it all!

[@eamestv]

Ella Fitzgerald was truly the gold standard. But she came out of an area where there were a few. I'm grateful I got to see her many times. I pray for the return of real art.

[@bmwjourdandunngoddess6024]

There is real art today.

[@tugginalong]

Ella Fitzgerald is one of the best vocalist of all time.

[@ginnylorenz5265]

"Bennett, I suppose you had to come." Hilarious. Given a perfect reading.

[@susanslack1900]

Perfect come back too...😊😊😊

[@elizaheathen]

Bing Crosby said it well! "Man, woman, or child -- Ella Fitzgerald is the greatest" I like him more now :D

[@lemorab1]

I'm so glad I saw her in person in 1990. She sat down for her performance on doctor's orders, but I'm glad to have been there.

[@AgaPadar]

Saw her a three times, one time 1980 together with Count Basie, another great concert was together with Oscar Peterson and Joe Pass and another one with her trio in the Gürzenich hall in Cologne. Happy times.

[@ingriddubbel8468]

moiraine_damodred I think she is the best singer of the 20th Century. Its the phrasing with a velvet voice.

[@lindaeasley4336]

Bing also helped Louis Armstrong out early in his career . Very giving , classy entertainer

[@ivangranger8494]

Linda Easley I saw Ella and Bing sing together on Hollywood Palace, show. They were great!

[@chuckendweiss4849]

Ella was my mother’s best singer. From 1948 to her death in 1986. She would sing Ella ‘s songs

[@jamesmflanagan7119]

really enjoy when commercials are left in.

[@WhatsMyLine]

Glad you appreciate them-- I always try to add back in the commercials if I have an intact copy available.

[@johngiovine8792]

I was lucky enough to see her in concert twice in my life! She was truly wonderful!

[@kentetalman9008]

I also saw her twice. Even in her later concert, when she was in ill health, she was mesmerizing.

[@piustwelfth]

When Ella recorded the songbook albums, most of the composers were still alive. To a person, they remarked that Ella made some of the best recordings of their compositions.

[@preppysocks209]

Ira Gershwin said that he knew that he and his brother George wrote some good songs but that he did not know how good they were until he heard Ella Fitzgerald sing them.

[@philippapay4352]

@Pius Twelvetrees - I read a story about Frank Sinatra's respect for Ella Fitzgerald, when some of those same composers and lyricists respected his work hugely, too, crediting him with their fame and success. It seems when she did the songbook series that his record company went to him, asking him to do a similar series: by composer. He refused. They cajoled him. He told them Ella had thought of it and he would not record a series that would compete directly with hers; he had too much respect for her and she for him. They pressured him, so he threatened to cancel his contract with them and no longer record for them if they even did anything along those lines like rearranging recordings he'd already done onto newly packaged songbook albums. They relented. He won. I admire that.

[@davidsanderson5918]

I'm feeling starstruck at the sight of Ella Fitzgerald and I'm sat here, not even in the same century!! Should've asked her a question, John.....you don't realise but this would've been an even richer historical document for us now if you had!!

[@vickimanager]

Got to love Dorothy for this episode. She displays a real sense of humor about herself; which is always rare among celebrities. I always love seeing Tony Randall.

[@37thraven]

I loved how she came in at the last second with the wild guess that it was Ella :) (22:28) Any chance you remember what she did this episode that caught your attention?

[@KristineMaitland]

What gets me was the fact in those days people actually went to clubs and knew who was playing.

[@BernardProfitendieu]

that's true ... but the panelists also always scoured the local papers to see who was in town because they knew they had a mystery guest every Sunday night

[@janeswidler5129]

I saw her show at Basin Street East. She was so cool. She was scat-amazing. I was 11. My parents took me and my sister to a different NYC nightclub every Saturday night.

[@gailsirois7175]

Wow...lucky you !!

[@DonnaGodas]

Wow! You were so lucky!! 😂

[@nicolemilman1795]

How cool! I love this ☺️

[@olavwilhelm6843]

i don't believe one word lol ! Parents in the 50's and 60's definetley did not take their 11 year old brats out to a nightclub on saturday nights lol

[@elizabethlaws7526]

Ella was the best! I wish I could have seen her in person. She had an incredible voice and she has spoiled me for anyone else. I play her music 🎶 all through my shift and effectively introduced her to a new generation. May she never be forgotten!

[@nicklh186]

Oh how I love Ms. Fitzgerald. She's so beautiful and her voice here was so adorable. I named my puppy "Ella" after her!

[@HassoBenSoba]

"Is it as big as a Telephone Booth??!" What a crazy way to end this most fascinating episode. Thanks again for posting and allowing us to re-live this great era in American entertainment. LR

[@alinaaponte9253]

Ella Fitzgerald! !!

[@jasonhurd4379]

I have the utmost respect and admiration for government interpreters. It is not just a simple matter of translating. The interpreter is required to have an extremely precise understanding of both languages, as well as the ability to comprehend highly technical terms and concepts and translate them accurately and idiomatically. One slip-up could lead to an international incident! Far from an easy job.

[@bluecamus5162]

I hoped perhaps that Natalie Kushni?? had a long and distinguished career with the State Dept and that I'd find her somewhere on the web, but alas, nothing, I drew a blank on any lower level employee working in the State Dept in the 1960s

[@iGaara19]

Wow. Dorothy is so good in guessing.

[@americandreamer6092]

@iGaara19 Bennett Cerf said Ella Fitzgerald's name first.

[@leslieleslie8280]

iGaara19 but she still sharp and answers them more then anyone. Except Mrs. Francis!! 😊😊

[@aintgotnotltc]

I wish Mister Daly would have let Ella say a few more words. I had only heard her marvelous singing voice before, and I just realized what a sweet speaking voice she had! What a lovely and talented lady. :)

[@justanotheresperantolearne9246]

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[@jazzmanchgo]

Classy moment (23:02) -- Daly addresses her as "Miss Ella." That's a traditional southern way of showing respect to someone held in high esteem. Daly was born in Johannesburg,, South Africa, so he must have picked it up working with American southerners at some point. But it was good to hear, especially from a white man (and yes, especially a white South African) talking to a black woman in 1962.

[@jerrytheracecardriver1100]

I am eating "Special K" cereal while watching ads from 1962 for Kellogg's... what a coincidence...

[@saran3214]

Did you get a bathroom scale for christmas?

[@CalmKit]

Was lucky enough to see Ella in concert in Stamford, CT in the early 80s

[@hannahthomas249]

Ella Fitzgerald was gorgeous! I'm ashamed to say that even though I grew up watching movies and TV shows that are considered "old", I never listened to her until this past year. And I was immediately blown away. Her voice is AMAZING.

[@johnfulton4921]

It's sad a show like this could not exist today this country has declined on so many levels

[@keithhyttinen8275]

Ronald Wilson Reagan. The beginning of the end of America.

[@Justin-ti4xc]

​@@keithhyttinen8275You are a buffoon.

[@lisablack124]

I dig Miss Ella’s Cursive writing and Beauty and Elegance and always quite the lady.

[@corneliusdrvanderbilt822]

'Man, woman or a child, Ella Fitzgerald is the greatest.' Sure! But Mahalia Jackson is the Soul.

[@slimdudeDJC]

Dorothy Kilgallen is the absolute BEST!!! ♥ RIP lovely. . .

[@leslieleslie8280]

slimdudeDJC and very pretty she died to early!!

[@stevekru6518]

@@leslieleslie8280 I like and admire her, but calling her pretty is not realistic

[@terencedove5047]

Bing Crosby spoke of Ella as glowingly as he did, and helped out Louis Armstrong in his career. And Fred Astaire publicly acknowledged that part of his famed dancing style was because of The Nicholas Brothers.Whether or not some folks are willing to admit it (albeit ungrudgingly), helping hands have no skin color...

[@Skye_Writer]

So classy with her gloves! I've always loved her, the QUEEN of Jazz and Swing. ♥

[@watchman1178]

Jane Powell was a cutie.

[@cogidubnus1953]

is

[@lindaeasley4336]

Ella had the smoothest singing voice I've ever heard. 👍 What a legend !

[@mojavedaemonwitch3743]

🌹💙 Back in the day when there was only one commercial in the break, and your brain was given time to process it! 🙂

[@pal035s]

I was sure the panel wouldn't get anywhere close to ten points on this one. Ella is terrific!

[@Geffers58]

It's fantastic that these survive.

[@Widda68]

Growing up in the neighborhood of New York City called East Elmhurst I had the Good Fortune of living across the street from the house were Ella Fitzgerald lived while in New York City. Her step-son who actually was her nephew live there year-round and was a playmate to my older brother. His name was Ray Brown jr., or simply Junior as he was referred to way back then

[@sue9963]

I love how they all assumed the Russian Interpreter must be a secretary, or something to do with making things look pretty.

[@obamna666]

Even after she said she had to pass an exam!

[@saran3214]

No they treated her like she might have a fairly important job. Tony Randal asked if she were a secretary, that is all. As for making things pretty, Jackie Kennedy was doing a renovation of the White House, so the contestant could have had something to do with that.

[@patrickraynes6068]

Dorothy with that last contestant was so funny.

[@Qboro66]

I was born in 1966 so I grew up seeing telephone booths on NYC sidewalks throughout the 70's, 80's and 90's but this episode made me realize that prior to the 60's telephone booths were found not so much outside but rather in places like a drugstore, candy stores, restaurants or bars. Of course nowadays our smartphone devices have made the public telephone booths obsolete and thankfully now during this pandemic.

[@519djw6]

Well fortunately, the public telephone is not altogether obsolete. I am a Luddite ("technophobe"), and refuse to have even a cell-phone--let alone a "smartphone." I live in very large city, and have a map of every public phone here. So far, I have not given up "the good fight," and I refuse to give in to the idea that I have to have the latest gizmo! :)

[@leesher1845]

Loved the TV commercials -and Ella’s gloves. John Charles Daly always made the guests feel comfortable and at home. Ella had class; she acknowledged the audience, which most of the celebrities did not do.

[@patrickryan1515]

Ella had such a lovely demeanor. And she was one of the most emulated (inspiring other female vocalists) female ever.

[@jerrellknox]

They need to bring this show back!

[@christopherdunne7848]

Sadly, I say that today's celebrities (whoever would make up the panel) would lack the grace and class that the four here displayed.

[@glennhoddle10]

@@christopherdunne7848 True dat !

[@sbalman]

But, who would be the guests? Not the same in most ways.

[@terencedove5047]

They DID bring the show back...from 1968 to 1975, in syndication and in color, with Wally Bruner and Larry Blyden as hosts, and with Arlene Francis and Souoy Sales as regular panelists...

[@44032]

They'd have to dumb it down.

[@Gioveolympus]

Please let me go into the past to see Ella perform :-)

[@richarddarlington1139]

"Is it bigger than a telephone booth?" I was waiting for that question to be asked! I've been watching this channel for about a week, now, and I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for all your hard work putting these together. Better late than never, I suppose. I hope all is well with you and yours.

[@WhatsMyLine]

Glad you're enjoying the videos, Richard. Thanks for the comment!

[@richarddarlington1139]

No thanks necessary, I assure you. As an aside, I never have trouble understanding John Daly. If you don't use at least ten words where one would be sufficient, you're not trying very hard!

[@bravehome4276]

@@richarddarlington1139 His gift, meant for entertainment on this program (unlike his news broadcasts) was in obfuscation. Which means, if you can't do it simply, you're hardly trying....

[@jayrice5156]

Love Dorothy's dress!

[@4Mr.Crowley2]

Funny I thought Natalie the Russian translator was a Russian ballerina when she first walked out - such poise! Hearing all of them speak so optimistically and beautifully about President Kennedy and the gorgeous Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy seriously brings tears to my eyes. I wasn’t born until many years after this episode aired - in fact my parents would have been kids in ‘62 - but it makes me sad to think of what was lost. Also, pushing SUGAR as a great diet aid - UGH. CARBS.

[@MrsWilberforce2]

I was 3 days away from being born when this show aired!

[@jeffwisener3967]

People appeared to be more humble then.

[@bellinghammond]

There was social cohesion back then...a greater adherence to Judeo-Christian principles, and the public hadn't been warped yet by Narcissist media messaging

[@jeffstumpf9129]

Thanks for leaving the commercials in. They represent the specific times of a TV show as anything in the show.

[@soulierinvestments]

Gene Fullmer was one of the few people from Utah to appear on WML either as a contestant or panelist (Lorraine Day). West Jordan in 1962 was a village SW of Salt Lake City surrounded by farms and fields. Now it is greater Salt Lake County suburbia. the Bob Hinckley who Daly mentions is none other than Robert Hinckley who founded the Hinckley Institute of Politics at the University of Utah.

[@Bigbadwhitecracker]

One interesting thing about Gene Fullmer (whom I never heard of) that I just read on Wikipedia was that he younger brother, Jay, who was a lightweight boxer, died on April 22, 2015. Gene died on the day of his brother's funeral a few days later on April 27th.

[@37thraven]

I really like how John Daly routinely took stage-shy guests like Natalie the interpreter (10:40), And after a few jokes, and banter with the panel, would have them comfortable and laughing 15:17. He was such a sweet charming man :) (17:25 acknowledging her nerves at the end

[@kenyongray2615]

Ella Fitzgerald was a unique talent. Her style of singing was not easy to do. I don't remember Jane Powell looking this good. I never got the appeal of corn flakes. Eating them by themselves was only tolerable if you could put some fruit such as a banana, strawberries, or blueberries in your bowl. Thanks for the video.

[@hopelewis5650]

Sugar helps too.

[@kenyongray2615]

Yes. Lots of it!@@hopelewis5650

[@spencerlent2175]

20:42 her Carol Channing impression was impeccable lol

[@MrJoeybabe25]

Jane Powell is STILL ALIVE (April 27th, 2020) at the age of 91!

[@beadyeyedbrat]

She passed in September 2021.

[@MrJoeybabe25]

The second contestant (the Russian interpreter) had such a sweet face!🙂

[@roboppi6368]

*LEGEND. LEGEND. LEGEND.* nuff said

[@jasonayres]

I remember seeing Ella Fitzgerald in an interview.. well, more like a conversation with the then world famous musician/composer/conductor, Andre Previn- many years ago. I'm putting the cart before the horse here, as I probably should've scoured the internet, to see if anyone has put it on KZbin, and I could've put a date to it. I don't remember much about the conversation, but I do remember him being amazed when Ella said that "she couldn't read music". And they talked about her "scatting", like a human trumpet (or trombone..?) during some songs. She was a remarkably gracious, humble lady, from memory.

[@skruuloose]

I love the "Good nights" at the end. It's so wholesome.

[@epaddon]

Natalie Kushner the Russian interpreter had also been on "To Tell The Truth" a couple years earlier as the central subject.

[@richatlarge462]

I tried to look her up on Google (Natalie Kushnir), and she was on a committee that investigated communist activities in the 1950s, in keeping with the spirit of Johnny Olson's closing blurb on this episode. I also found a photo of her translating for JFK in November 1962. I also found her name in an official government transcript, mentioned as one of two people working in an office where spying was suspected. So one has to wonder whether she was actually a very effective spy. Probably not, but who can say?

[@SymphonyBrahms]

Ella Fitzgerald is one of the greatest jazz vocalists of all time. Along with Sarah Vaughan, Billie Holiday, and Dinah Washington.

[@joeblow7407]

Ella....what a talent!!!!!

[@dannydoc1969]

Not only BIng Crosby, but Sinatra loved and admired Ella. She was the greatest, imo.

[@waldolydecker8118]

26:15 Dorothy to the contestant who makes Telephone Booths: "Would you think it rather strange if I owned one of these products." Contestant: "no." lol Contestant was a true businessman...never wanting to discourage ANYONE from buying his product.

[@debhayes2822]

Ella was one of a kind!

[@gabriel.954]

Thanks for posting with the commercials, Love it! WHO else heard Johnny Olson mention to "Help Fight Communism" at the end? A true sign of the times and mindset from the Cold War Era.... that was awesome.

[@preppysocks209]

Johnny Olson consistently introduces Dorothy Kilgallen as "Dawthy"

[@o25skars]

I couldn't help but wonder what part the inclusion of Ms. Kushnir as a guest on the program and the discussion of the very nice cities in the Soviet Union played in bringing on that appeal at the end. I haven't heard it included in other episodes, but that doesn't mean it hadn't been aired before. Certainly a sign of the times.

[@bellinghammond]

""Help Fight Communism" we should have kept listening to Johnny Olson...now it's too late

[@justplainbrad7713]

​@@bellinghammond The real trouble was/is, "Not everyone stopped listening". Those who spread that message died, and were not replaced. When select people die, quite often, what they build from hard work, is wasted away in a few short years, and always from ignorance, or indifference. Only while someone that has a vested interest in certain battles, or wars, live, will the fight continue.

[@justplainbrad7713]

B-Side Communism is exactly the same as Capitalism, in deed. Neither side can exist freely, if the other side exists...nearby. Meathead & Gloria were going to a commune for a weekend adventure, and I'll always remember Archie telling meathead, "people who live in communes, are comm-u-nists".

[@cyndifoore7743]

Gene certainly looks like a boxer with the swollen face he has.

[@lucyflorey9152]

Jane Powell 98 lbs after 4 children amazing

[@moonbeam3362]

Ok, how many times do you think Gene Fullmer’s nose has been broken? 😂

[@carolv8450]

10 times

[@sophiaraniuk2665]

What a great artist ......thank you for posting ......love seeing her face always....such a gift just to see her she is so great ......

[@gjmaztr7]

Ella's classic rendition of "Embraceable You' is played in the background during the current March 2017 episode 1 of 'Feud' , the TV mini-series about the making of 'whatever happened to Baby Jane' with Joan Crawford and Betty Davis. However, on the Web site listing soundtracks for this 10 part mini-series, Singer Sarah Vaughan is credited with singing 'Embraceable You'. Well, any jazz listener can identify the differences in Fitzgerald and Vaughan singing style & vocal range. Exquisite song nonetheless. from Ella Fitzgerald during the late 1959/early 1960s era.

[@rossogden9920]

Stevie Wonder can see that Gene is a boxer.

[@jamesvickers9476]

Just by looking at his nose you could tell he was a boxer

[@jahbay]

I like the show. Everyone seems humble and unassuming.

[@reinacoffee8557]

One classy lady, the great and talented Ms. Ella Fizgerald.

[@johnfulton4921]

She was amazing

[@MrJoeybabe25]

Gene Fullmer was 30 years old here. Boxing is a great sport, but it doesn't pretty you up much.

[@theL81Again]

They’re all so well-dressed! Good night, everyone can go to a elegant party directly after the show.

[@slapaho]

Past episodes I've seen, the mystery guest was able to say a few things/plug their upcoming work. They were like "It's Ella Fitzgerald! ... ok bye!" Smh. such a shame.

[@LarsRyeJeppesen]

Oh please so when the same happens with a white contestant it's because that person is white? Jesus Christ

[@loissimmons6558]

First of all, they gave ample mention that she was performing at Basin Street East at that time, which plugged her current gig. Furthermore, she was known as being extremely shy. Any extensive interview would have only served to make her very uncomfortable.

[@mariewilliams4290]

Not sure I agree, Micky Wicky. I just recently watched the episode with ARETHA FRANKLIN. They talked to her for several minutes after. One panelist greeted her by kissing her hand and escorting her offstage.

[@grammarofficerkrupke4398]

I love Dorothy, she's the best.

[@LarsRyeJeppesen]

Man that interpreter must have experienced that craziest things during Stalin...

[@mena94x3]

Jane Powell!!!! I LOVE HER!!!

[@ItsTIABaby1919]

That cereal 🥣 special about the different countries is a wonderful analogy that can be used on race. The cover may be different, but inside it’s all the same.

[@cindydenham1447]

They sure don't make commercials like that anymore. I think it's fascinating to see advertisement from days gone by. As I was watching the Kellogg's commercial, their jingle immediately popped up in my head-"K-E-double L-O double good, Kellogg's best to you". I learned that one from The Monkees! ;-)

[@giovil]

Despite the accolades she had attained by this time, she remained unassuming and never a diva... unlike many others that followed her

[@MrJoeybabe25]

Telephone booths? How I miss them so....😒

[@kentetalman9008]

You and Clark Kent.

[@MrJoeybabe25]

@@kentetalman9008 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@ppuh6tfrz646]

Gene Fullmer seems like such a nice guy when you consider what a brutal fighter he was!

[@rmelin13231]

OK, so here we have a guest who makes telephone booths. My question - was there ever a guest who made bread boxes?

[@kentetalman9008]

Yes there was, in an episode in which Steve Allen was on the panel.

[@Eddie_Schantz]

The reason Dorothy guessed the mystery guest is becasue Bennet couldn't keep his big mouth shut after he go a no answer on his question. He did that a lot.

[@crabbyoldman8209]

I've watched every episode so far, and I have to say that Bennet Cerf can be pretty repulsive. His remark about Ms. Powell taking off her sable at about 12:30 was a disgrace. He is as puerile and smarmy as a drunken frat boy. This is typical of him; I've seen him do it continuously. It's cringe-worthy, and it's a discredit to the show.

[@toreckman8899]

Am I the only one who liked soggy cornflakes back in the day? Ella and Louie. ❤️