What's My Line? - Anne Jeffreys & Robert Sterling; Phil Rizutto [panel] (Jul 28, 1957)

[@lemorab1]

Back in the 1950's, I thought Anne Jeffreys was one of the most beautiful women I had ever seen. Her husband was also easy on the eyes. "Topper" was one of my favorite TV shows. Anne had the first French roll hairdo, as Marion Kirby, I had ever seen. I love that she wears it that way here.

[@barrykendrick3146]

+lemorab1 I've seen photos of Anne Jeffreys in the 1940s: she had to be one of the most beautiful women in the world!

[@hairyscotman]

Anne Jeffreys was well-loved in Hollywood and was in the inner circle of all the Hollywood Beauties of the Golden Era....I thought the same.....beautiful, lovely, smart, clever....not something you see, today....

[@bobtaylor170]

@@hairyscotman , and classy, classy, classy. When I was in third grade, I used to rush home from school to see "Topper" reruns.

[@hairyscotman]

@@bobtaylor170 CLASSY is the word! Lovely lady....

[@siggylloyd3566]

Here in the 2020s we still agree!

[@princeharming8963]

Some of Thee Coolest people who ever lived.... hard to believe they're all gone now.

[@jmccracken1963]

Don't you just love Bennett's aside to Dorothy: "I just want to ask Dorothy a question. Is Liberace married?" Anne Jeffreys and Robert Sterling are yet another pricelessly funny and entertaining Mystery Guest segment - AND they were married to each other (second marriage for each of them) for over 55 years "till death do us part," namely, his death at the age of 88 in 2006. Anne Jeffreys will turn 90 on January 26 this year - in just 2 days, in fact.....

[@WhatsMyLine]

I know Jeffreys and Sterling mainly from "Topper", which I loved as a kid. Charming couple.

[@jvcomedy]

Anne will now turn 92 in about two months. Surprisingly she's had an acting role as recently as last year in an HBO series. They made a very glamorous looking couple.

[@roberttelarket4934]

@@jvcomedy: Anne was fabulously beautiful but passed away very recently.

[@littlebigman6957]

What a stunning natural beauty, and not a tattoo in sight.

[@shirleyrombough8173]

That's because What's My Line aired long before this craze for tattoos began.

[@poeiabird]

I love these. Thank you so much for the many, many hours you must have put in getting them ready to share with us.

[@satori03]

Ditto

[@baskervillebee6097]

Anne Jeffries and Robert Sterling! I loved them on Topper! They were so beautiful and glamorous to my country girl eyes.

[@MountainFisher]

Anne Jefferys was on a PBS Visiting With Huell Howser show titled The Two Anns in 2010 with her friend and co-actress Ann Rutherford who was in the Andy Hardy series with Mickey Rooney and she was in Gone With the Wind as Scarlett Ohara's younger sister. Ann Jeffreys who actually was an opera singer as well as actress died in 2017 at the age of 94. In the 2010 Huell Howser show she was still quite beautiful especially considering she was in her mid 80s. The Huell Howser The Two Anns show is on KZbin if anyone would like to see it. Huell Howser was well known in California as he visited many places and people in CA. He made 100s of shows for PBS.

[@roberttelarket4934]

Mountain Fisher: Yes I saw them with Huell on his PBS program the day it came on. I posted a comment on that and also did you see her son? He was absolutely not good looking! Huell died several years after from prostrate cancer.

[@MountainFisher]

@@roberttelarket4934 He looked like that chubby Beach Boy.

[@garyzerr9821]

I remember watching those greatTopper shows as a child. They were lots of fun. Great too see them out of character.

[@carolv8450]

Me too - named my cat topper.

[@Baskerville22]

Eva Lamouret was born Veda Victoria Ross (also known as Eva Vicki Ross; stage name "Maggie") on November 8, 1927, in Roscoe, Texas. She later adopted the name Eva from her elder sister's birth name and was known as Eva Vicki. She married ventriloquist Robert Lamouret in Paris in 1950, and had two daughters with him. Lamouret's act included a talking duck puppet dressed in a sailor's outfit, and he also appeared in episodes of the Ed Sullivan Show. After her husband's death in 1959, Eva Vicki Lamouret married Robert Sherman Hender; they divorced in 1973. She died in Maitland, Florida on May 29, 2002. She was one of the famous Ross Sisters during the 1940s - SEARCH for Solid Potato Salad on KZbin. No wonder she qualified as a chiropractor.

[@princeharming8963]

Mr. Lamouret was a Lucky man.

[@shirleyrombough8173]

H

[@r.j.johnson5790]

Amazing! kzbin.info/www/bejne/mmKtZIGCg7x0hrc

[@mmjhcb]

They were my cousins. A highlight of my youth was being able to bandy their names around at school.

[@RoseCalyx]

I just found out that Sterling is my 2nd cousin once removed 😮 (had to use a family relation calculator I found online for that lol)

[@mmjhcb]

@@RoseCalyx Hello, Cuz! 😁

[@ToddSF]

I always thought that Anne Jeffreys and Robert Sterling were both nice to look at -- even when I was a kid and I saw them in syndicated re-runs of the half-hour sitcom "Topper" where they played ghosts Marian and George Kerby, whom only Cosmo Topper (Leo G. Caroll) could see and hear after he bought the Kerby's house and moved into it. So here I am looking at them 50-odd years later and I still think they're nice to look at. Anne Jeffreys is still alive at the age of 93 -- Robert Sterling died in 2006 at age 88 after having been married to Ms. Jeffreys for 55 years (since 1951). I think they were made for each other.

[@mckavitt13]

ToddSF 94109 She is gone now too... on Mozart's BDay... 27 Jan 2017 😢 at the ripe age of 96. They were both so wonderful.

[@wholeNwon]

And don't forget Lee Patrick who reprised Billie Burke's role.

[@scottpardee6303]

As I recall, Phil Rizzuto was the mystery guest of the first show back in 1950.

[@44032]

The Yankees had played a double header with Detroit that day, losing the first game 5-6 in 9 innings and winning the second 4-3 in 15 innings. Thus 24 innings. the only thing I can think of that Arlene was referring to was that there had been a single game that lasted 26 innings in 1920 between between the Dodgers and Braves. The 24 inning double header would not have broken any records. but it was along day for Phil who must have rushed to the theater to do this show. It was his first of 40 seasons broadcasting Yankee games after having played shortstop for them for 16 seasons.

[@kevinmadden1645]

The Yankees always had trouble with the Tigers back then. If they had played half as well against the rest of the American League, they would have been solid contenders every year(besides 1961). They were generally thought to have the second best talent in the league after the Yankees.

[@wchumphries]

Phil Rizutto was such an incredible hunk.

[@parkze3855]

He lived to a ripe old age!

[@satori03]

YES!

[@Tuning_Spork]

Too bad Dorothy wasn't sipping water at 20:35 . Bennett: "Is Liberace married?" Dorothy: "...ppppppp!"

[@rtususian]

Dorothy should have responded, "No, and he never will. I'll explain after the show".

[@daler.steffy1047]

If it were 2024 (at present), that question would not need to be asked, in light of the changing views about marrying the same sex. For all of Bennett's Cerf's Northeastern arrogance and culture, he could be rather naive about some of the (more) simple, common sense aspects of life.

[@loissimmons6558]

Topper was in syndication by the time this episode was aired and that was how it was on the air when I saw it. This was one of my favorite acted (i.e. not animated) shows as a child. I loved Anne Jeffreys & Robert Sterling (as the Kerby's), Leo G. Carroll (as Cosmo Topper) and the invariably drunk St. Bernard (Neil). I also loved Carroll in "The Man From U.N.C.L.E.". But for some reason, Topper only lasted two seasons. And I don't understand why Anne & Robert never really found another vehicle that showcased their great talents (as well as their physical attractiveness).

[@barrykendrick3146]

+Lois Simmons Some years ago I found a book on great comediennes & Anne Jeffreys was one of the 7 or 8 covered. The author moaned over her talents not being properly utilized.

[@bobtaylor170]

Lois Simmons, I have always thought the same about especially Anne Jeffreys. But consider how Hollywood trampled over the great Buster Keaton! As an actor once said, "It's a rotten damned game."

[@bobtaylor170]

Barry Kendrick, that author was absolutely right. Another one who wasn't properly appreciated was the hilarious deadpan singer, Virginia O'Brien.

[@bobtaylor170]

@@barrykendrick3146 , do you happen to remember the name of that book?

[@rosepearl7092]

Eva Lamouret was an AMAZING contortionist! There's got to still be a clip around somewhere of her as part of the Ross Sisters trio in the number "Potato Salad". She's also the only person I've seen correct John Daly's impeccable English (and she was right!).

[@jackkomisar458]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/mmKtZIGCg7x0hrc

[@39thala]

Yes, she's why I searched for this video

[@dotsywotsy18]

@@jackkomisar458 oh my gosh. That was an amazing Clip!!

[@YY4Me133]

The Ross Sisters - Solid Potato Salad (DVD Quality) {3:50} kzbin.info/www/bejne/oKbXpnieoLihebc

[@Wizardofgosz]

Oh wow. Anne Jeffreys just died two months ago. She was stunning.

[@mmjhcb]

When Anne says at the end that they're doing "Anniversary Waltz" in Dayton, that's where I met them. Bob was my cousin, and I was so thrilled at meeting them with my family after the show (at the Key Motel, where they were staying in Dayton). I fixated on Neil, asking them all about him. Ann said he was over 200 pounds, and as a child, I thought that was about the size of Trigger.

[@melissashaw1311]

Veda Victoria Ross (also known as Eva Vicki Ross; stage name "Maggie") was born on November 8, 1927, in Roscoe, Texas. She later adopted the name Eva from her elder sister's birth name, and was known as Eva Vicki. She married ventriloquist Robert Lamouret in Paris in 1950, and had two daughters with him. Lamouret's act included a talking duck puppet dressed in a sailor's outfit, and he also appeared in episodes of the Ed Sullivan Show. On the July 28, 1957 broadcast of What's My Line?, she appeared as a guest. She used the name Eva Lamouret and surprised the panel (but didn't stump them) by revealing that she was a chiropractor. After her husband's death in 1959, Eva Vicki Lamouret married Robert Sherman Hender; they divorced in 1973. She died in Maitland, Florida on May 29, 2002.

[@savethetpc6406]

Classy of Bennett to remind everyone at the end that it was really Dorothy who guessed the Mystery Guest, even though the answer came out on his turn.

[@moontheloon5]

I noticed that too, and many other moments between Bennett and Dorothy where they seem to be laughing and chatting amicably, which baffles me all the more considering Bennett later comments about her.

[@Arthur_McGowan]

I've heard, but have not read, comments from Bennett about Dorothy. He said the rest of the panel didn't like her politics (Republican), and he called her column "disgusting," and he said they were all careful not to talk about confidential matters in her presence, but he never said they loathed each other!

[@lemorab1]

This is also my impression from listening to Bennett's interviews about 25 years after this broadcast. However, do we know for a fact that Dorothy was a Republican or conservative, politically? She was Irish Catholic and my memory is that they, as a demographic, were overwhelmingly in favor of John Kennedy for President in 1960. Or maybe she jumped the fence in this particular election. Also, Bennett sounds more curmudgeonly in his old age in those interviews. They may not reflect his feelings in the 1950's and '60's.

[@barrykendrick3146]

+Vincent Fitzpatrick I think I've been in the same sitch as Bennett where my explanatory comments about a friend came out sounding more negative than intended:all of us have our faults. Bennett makes it clear that he liked Dorothy in his book, & was the panelist who would bring up her name after she died. Daly would never do that after his initial comments re her husband saying she would want the show to go on: a conversation that quite apparently never took place.

[@Sylvander1911]

@@lemorab1 His actual comment about them not liking her politics was followed by the explanation that "she was a Hearst girl" Take that any way you like. (She was employed by a Hearst newspaper)

[@epsteinisms1483]

Sometimes I'm a tad slow on the uptake! I just realized that you've been posting tons of vintage stuff on several different channels. Can't thank you enough! I had just viewed an episode of Topper and KZbin, who apparently knows me better than I know myself, suggested this video. Back in the '60's I had the pleasure of seeing Anne and Robert in NY in a revival of the musical "Kismet". I remember how much I loved it, particularly because of them - imagine Anne in an Arabian nights costume!!

[@WhatsMyLine]

Glad you've been enjoying the videos! No particular reason anyone should know the same person is doing several channels, don't worry about it. I'm just happy people watch them. I LOVED Topper as a kid, absolutely loved it. I don't find it holds up all that well for me as an adult, but I still enjoy watching for nostalgia value-- even though it aired 15 years before I was even born. :)

[@michaelledererwriter]

I also saw that production of Kismet. 1965. I was 8 years old. I was SO excited a real TV star -- Anne Jeffreys from Topper, which I loved -- was in the same physical space as I was. Half a century later, I work in theatre because of that show!

[@philippapay4352]

@@WhatsMyLine I watched the TV show years ago and liked these actors. However, the 1937 film "Topper" with Cary Grant, Constance Bennett, Roland Young & Billie Burke does hold up over time. It has rather a different flavor, mood, rhythm. It is comedic, quirky, a bit slapstick, busybodyish and contains a light touch of sadness, though they adapt quite quickly to death.

[@williamlynnroden]

@@michaelledererwriter . Would you happen to have been related to Ann Landers?

[@thediamonddog95]

What shows is he posting?

[@jeffzest8393]

Thought would not get since would not get back to Cerf, but when Rizutto passed, it gave him another chance. He is the best panelist easily.

[@daler.steffy1047]

Let's see, this is the first part of the first sentence: "Thought would not get since would not get back to Cerf...". I'm sorry, but I just can't figure out this Morse code message.

[@gailsirois7175]

Topper !!! Loved that show...I watched the reruns for a long time

[@asteverino8569]

'Topper ' was a fun show, as a kid.

[@Wizardofgosz]

I love watching WML and being introduced to some of the celebrity guests. I had never heard of either Anne or Robert.

[@TheCometHunter]

They've never heard of you, either!!!

[@bobtaylor170]

Watch them in "Topper" on KZbin.

[@roberttelarket4934]

Richard Wielsgosz: Look at Anne and see the most beautiful woman ever!

[@paulamiles9559]

Later in life, Anne Jeffreys played elegant ladies on soap operas, and was a fashion maven, affectionately referred to in soap opera magazines as "AJ"

[@robertjean5782]

Before your time😊

[@graperonto]

22:29 when Dorothy asks if they have a baby and Bennett says: "That doesn't do anything for me at all." I had to stop playback until I stopped laughing.

[@wholeNwon]

He couldn't resist a snide remark about Liberace.

[@stanochocki8984]

Loved the 'Topper'' TV show---great fun, a Hoot---having Ghosts in one's house that you could be friendly with and interact...Anne, always looked so good and at times, quite Glamorous on the show...Robert just was so Damn handsome a Dude, a typically good-looking 50's guy....had such a 'boyhood' crush on him as a youngster....(I, was OUT from the Get-go)....and the booze loving St. Bernard....they did some fine and classy Cigarette commercials, also....And Phil Rizutto----Damn, a fine good-looking Man's Man.....with classy charm and New York Mannerisms......

[@bethe192]

ooooo, shampoo plus egg!! no wonder, all the shiny hair out there in 50's Land. awwww.

[@rtususian]

You can take a shower and eat your breakfast at the same time!!

[@rr7firefly]

"Is Liberace married?" -- that got a good laugh.

[@gilliankew]

Bennet Serf, always the gentleman, making sure Dorothy got credit for her work.

[@MarthaCarnahan]

Phil Rizutto was the first mystery guest on the debut show, Feb 2, 1950. I'm glad to see him back as a panel member a few times!

[@fob1xxl]

I loved them on "TOPPER" ! THEIR DAUGHTER TISHA, IS GEORGEOUS ! What else would you expect when your parents are these two ?

[@gbrumburgh]

Tisha is Robert Sterling's daughter from his first marriage to Ann Sothern. Anne is Tisha's stepmother.

[@EllenbergW]

Baley's nod when he meets the first guest and says: "It is _Misses_" immediately reminded me very much of Stan Laurel.

[@scottpardee6303]

They were married from 1951 to 2006, and we can see why from how they bonded on this show.

[@Beson-SE]

11:52 The audience laughed and I wondered why. I had to listen 3-4 times before I noticed that the contestant said "Yes, sir (!)" to Dorothy. :)

[@shirleyrombough8173]

I heard him call Dorothy "sir" and even though he got a laugh he never corrected himself.

[@michellepost5232]

Topper was a very funny show, it was shown on a local TV channel, M-F, at 11pm, during 1981 and 1982, but hasn't been on TV since, at least not locally, here. I also liked the Topper movies. The Ghost and Mrs. Muir is another great ghost sitcom, the storyline is simply different.

[@suzannepelosi6164]

I didn’t realize how handsome Phil was in his younger days!

[@scotnick59]

Robert Sterling was a handsome ham!

[@stanochocki8984]

Wonder if he wasn't a bit of Jon Hamm ?

[@scotnick59]

@@stanochocki8984 hahaha

[@lotusbuds2000]

Arlene wore these backless dresses....I didn't think fashion was that forward then..

[@kevinmadden1645]

The next night,(7-29-57), Jack Paar became host of the Tonight Show and remained the host for five years.

[@ToddSF]

As I've observed before, many things have changed since WML was on the air, including use of terminology. Back then, "lie detector" was pretty much the standard term for "polygraph", and if the second contestant's profession had been shown as "Operates Polygraph", I think most people in 1957 wouldn't have known what that was. Nowadays, though, I seldom hear anyone use the term "lie detector" and almost everyone says "polygraph", and the latter term is almost universally understood.

[@barrykendrick3146]

When I use the term "photostat," I often must explain:"xerox."

[@rogerpropes7129]

Buggy--horse drawn vehicle. Ice box--refrigerator. Grammar school--elementary education, etc. (Do you remember the hectograph? Carbon copies in triplicate, the last one illegible?)

[@neilmidkiff]

@@barrykendrick3146 Actually the two processes are much different: a photostat used photochemical means to make a copy of a document, sometimes resulting in a negative image (white writing on a black background). It involved paper with a light-sensitive emulsion coating, wet developers, and so forth. Photocopy machines like those made by Xerox use a dry process: a light-sensitive drum or belt is given an electrostatic charge which dissipates when the light parts of an image are projected onto it. The charged dark parts then attract a powdered toner, a mix of plastic and carbon black, which is then transferred to plain paper and heat-fused to it, just as in a laser printer.

[@barrykendrick3146]

+@@neilmidkiff Interesting that even though I knew the processes to be different I never considered "photostat" incorrect. When Xerox machines appeared, those of us who knew the term continued to use it meaning "a copy" or "to copy," exactly as those who used the term "xerox." No doubt it slowly disappeared, not because it was incorrect, but because it was a simpler word! And I'm still "dialing" my telephone; are you punchcoding yours?!

[@barrykendrick3146]

Oops: Of course I meant to say "photostat" disappeared since "xerox" was a simpler word.

[@kenr9545]

Anne Jeffreys was stunning. Incredibly beautiful.

[@robertmelson2130]

This is a video of the Ross Sisters, a song/dance/contortionist act that the first guest, Eva Lamouret, the chiropractor, had been a member of. kzbin.info/www/bejne/mmKtZIGCg7x0hrc You can read more about it on Wiki: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ross_Sisters

[@jennybrown75]

+Robert Melson That was *insane*. Thank you for posting this! No wonder she got in to chiropractic work : )

[@robertmelson2130]

+Jenny Brown I thought so, too! I wasn't sure at first which one in the video was Eva, the one on the left or the one on the right, but when I posted it on the WML Facebook group's page (administered by our benefactor, the owner of this channel facebook.com/groups/728471287199862/ ), someone said it was obvious she was the one on the left. I agree, now.

[@lucindasommer720]

I can't believe how fabulous those girls were. Thanks so much for posting this link.

[@robertmelson2130]

I was quite entranced by them. It makes this show doubly interesting to find "easter eggs" like this!

[@LarsRyeJeppesen]

OMFG insane flexibility in those spines.. absurd

[@usermikes]

Topper...Use to watch it as a kid..

[@demorineau]

Anne Jeffreys 1923 - 2017 has now joined her husband on Topper 1953 - 1955 and in real life Robert Sterling 1917 - 2006 as ghosts once again.

[@wholeNwon]

I remember them fondly and was about to look them up to see whether, at least, she was still with us.

[@jimhilliker2450]

Thise was wonderful. I wish they had been mystery guests more often.

[@robertjean5782]

Mystery guest were on every show😊

[@donaldwarren463]

I love Robert and Anne ...

[@phil2u48]

Rizzuto was so good-looking!

[@Bigbadwhitecracker]

Good panelist too!

[@preppysocks209]

@@Bigbadwhitecracker watch his induction speech into the Hall of Fame -- utterly and unintentionally hilarious

[@tjbnyc76]

I always feel a little badly for the husbands in these husband and wife teams when the wife is better known, even though they're both performers, and this disparity in fame and name recognition is put into sharp relief during the questioning. In this case, Bennett guesses the couple at the 11th hour, but can't remember Robert Sterling's full name (and then John can't get the title of their show correct!). On a recent previous episode, Tony Franciosa experienced the same when Arlene admitted that she knew that the Mystery Guests were Shelley Winters and spouse, but couldn't remember what the husband's name was. Similar things happened to Mr. Dinah Shore (George Montgomery) and Mr. Hope Lange (Don Murray) on later episodes.

[@moontheloon5]

I would've thought Bob Sterling would've been more recognizable of the two. He was a well-known movie actor, as was Bob Montgomery.

[@moontheloon5]

George! Guess I proved your point.

[@daler.steffy1047]

I love the way that you composed your opinions and perspectives here. It's always refreshing to read the writing of a good writer.

[@loissimmons6558]

The Detroit Tigers were the Yankees opponent for a doubleheader at Yankee Stadium on July 28, 1957. The Yankees were in the usual position in first place while the Tigers were tied with Cleveland for fourth place with a .500 record. The Tigers held off a 7th inning rally by the Yankees to win the opening game, 6-5. The game took 2:47, a long game at that time. In the nightcap, the Tigers took a 1-0 lead in the top of the fourth, but the Yankees answered with three runs on a lead off double by Tony Kubek, Bill Skowron hit by one of Billy Hoeft's pitches with two out, followed by a Hank Bauer triple and a single by Elston Howard. The fifth inning was lengthened when Harvey Kuenn of the Tigers was thrown out at first base and in the ensuing argument over the call, both Kuenn and Tigers manager Jack Tighe were thrown out of the game by first base umpire Frank Tabacchi. Less than two years later, Tabacchi would be demoted to the minor leagues, presumably for not measuring up to snuff as a major league umpire, and never umpired in the major leagues again. He retired after the 1962 season, perhaps because he was not promoted back to the majors when expansion during the 1961 and 1962 seasons required the promoting of 8 more umpires to the major leagues. The Tigers rallied to tie the score in the seventh on a lead off double by Frank Bolling, a walk to Jim Finigan, a sacrifice bunt by Hoeft to move along the runners one base and a double by Bill Tuttle. But Art Ditmar came on in relief of Johnny Kucks to retire Jim Small for the final out of the inning. The Yankees loaded the bases in the 8th inning, but Hoeft retired Bauer on an infield pop up to end the threat. In the 14th inning, the Tigers loaded the bases with one out (including a single by their starting pitcher, Hoeft, who was still in the game), but relief pitcher Bob Grim got Tuttle to foul out to first baseman Skowron and struck out Small. The Tigers loaded the bases again in the 15th inning on a lead off double by Dave Philley, an intentional walk of Ray Boone, a sacrifice bunt by Red Wilson, and an intentional walk of Bolling. But Grim rose to the occasion again by striking out pinch hitter J W Porter (yes, his full name) and getting Hoeft (allowed to bat for himself in the 15th inning) on a ground ball to short. Charlie Maxwell, who had injured his ribs on Friday, apparently was not available for pinch hitting duties and the Tigers had used up most of their bench because of Kuenn being ejected in the fifth inning. They used three different shortstops in his place during the game. The Tigers' weakness was their bullpen, so Hoeft, even though he was bothered by a sore arm during the season, went back to the mound in the bottom of the 15th. With one out, Mickey Mantle walked and scored on Skowron's triple to end the game. It should be noted that the Rizzuto was by far the junior of the three Yankees announcers in 1957, behind Mel Allen and Red Barber. He would not have announced all 24 innings. Still, it was impressive that he made it from Yankee Stadium to midtown Manhattan in less than 90 minutes and had time to dress in evening clothes and look as cool as a cucumber. At some point, the WML staff must have been getting nervous and were looking for someone to take his place, if necessary. Theoretically, the game could have continued until the AL curfew at the time of 1 AM. The Tigers weren't scheduled to play again until Tuesday night in Boston and they would have no problem getting there in time from New York.

[@Sylvander1911]

Today it would take (according to Google Maps) 21 minutes to drive from what was then Yankee Stadium to the (then) Mansfield Theater (later named the Brooks Atkinson) so its not that surprising he could get on air dressed up and looking in his prime in 90 minutes. But yes I'm sure the producers were monitoring the game closely. We know now that they had a Plan B if an MG didn't show (John) but wonder what their Plan B was if the Guest Panelist didn't.

[@preppysocks209]

@@Sylvander1911 on a summer Sunday night? coming back into Manhattan? surely you are unfamiliar with NYC traffic

[@juliansinger]

Mr. Arther later went on to be in charge of his own lie detecting firm, and was apparently durn good at it, as he was the person engaged to go over both Jack Ruby's and James Earl Ray's polygraph tests. Died in 2007. More info: www.zoominfo.com/p/Richard-Arther/32901586 1950s era polygraph machine, being used by a Lincoln police inspector; it's a weirdly damaged picture, but it shows the set-up better than most pictures of that era's machines -- brynmawrcollections.org/traces/archive/files/504e01b2531e3963b2c4dad74c4fbab9.jpg

[@DAVEJJR]

God I wish I was born in this generation! I’m a late 60’s baby and in my heart I’m a 50’s teenager!

[@llyngibson4160]

J love watching this show. I think the dresses Dorothy & Arlene are so elegant & ahead of their time. They are so beautiful & the men's suits are trendy too. Strange to think these people have passed away & sadly Dorothy was murdered. We are watching history. Some of the guests actually invented things. But it's fascinating how things have changed, sometimes Tey smoke, wear fur, do bull fighting, look after lab monkeys.

[@spectrum10]

Phil Rizutto for The Money Store....

[@ncooty]

When the camera panned, you could _really_ see the spherical aberration. Nearly filmed through a fish bowl. :)

[@robertjean5782]

When the first 12 inch tvs came out their was water between the front glass and back one. It was to keep the tubes cool 😮

[@karencarter8292]

The great Phil Rizzuto - Holy Cow !

[@OperaJH]

I have had chiropractic perpendicular above my neck at the jawbone-cheekbone for severe sinus problems. And boy did it help! So that was incorrect …but maybe at the time, they never did that…

[@wcwindom56]

If you look up the Ross Sisters you can find videos of Eva/Veda and her sisters performing

[@kulturekritik9665]

Mrs. Lamouret was lovely.

[@daler.steffy1047]

In my opinion, of all the guests on the "What's My Line" program, Mrs. Lamouret was at the "top of the list"when it came to women of incredible beauty and stateliness.

[@robertjean5782]

Gorgeous 😊

[@gnirolnamlerf593]

Poor Mr. Daly. First he got the Sterling-Jeffreys show wrong. (It was Richard Denning and Barbara Britton, not married in real life, in _Mr. and Mrs. North_ , which was a mystery show with a sense of humor.) Then, trying to correct himself, he referred to them as Mr. and Mrs. Topper. But Mr. and Mrs. Topper were played (very annoyingly, I always found) by Leo G. Carroll and Lee Patrick. Yes, I know, that's the way the Mr. and Mrs. Topper characters were written, in the _Topper_ films too. Jeffreys and Sterling played the ghosts of Mr. and Mrs. Kerby in the _Topper_ TV series, and I loved their performances, which made the show click. Thank goodness, Miss Jeffreys let that error slide and instead gave a plug to the theater performances she and her husband were doing. Oh, and they could both sing, she in operetta as well as musical comedy including the original run of Kurt Weill's _Street Scene, _ in which she sang "What Good with the Moon Be?"

[@poetcomic1]

Worst mistake I've ever seen John make on the air: he attributed the husband and wife mystery show Mr. and Mrs. North to this mystery guests when their show was Topper. OUCH!

[@rtususian]

I disagree. The worst mistake John made was when Steve Allen was the mystery guest and John told one of the panelists, "Your turn, Mr. Allen". He says that was the only time he ever did that.

[@poetcomic1]

@@rtususian OUCH! That was pretty bad.

[@markclark289]

The worst I ever saw him do was when he complimented Doris Day on her recent movie, saying how much he enjoyed it. She looked at him strangely and said she had not started filming that movie yet. OUCH!!!

[@robertjean5782]

Just a few errors while hosting a show for 17 years😊

[@shannydavis1973]

John Dailey was a great wordsmith

[@neilmidkiff]

Arlene's intro about a 1912 baseball game "way back before any of us were born" is a little disingenuous. She herself was born in 1907, and Bennett was born in 1898. Dorothy (1913) and John (1914) didn't miss it by much.

[@princeharming8963]

Kind of a tongue-in-cheek hyperbolic expression.

[@teddytodorova]

I think she said: Before HE even was born

[@neilmidkiff]

@@teddytodorova Listen again at 1:05. She says "any of us".

[@accomplice55]

I assumed she was joking.

[@jessicaphillips4542]

John was the youngest really

[@ncooty]

Given the rules, it is odd that they asked most questions inefficiently. That is, if they had suspected a guest might have been a teacher, they tended to ask something like, "Are you involved in teaching?" The answer is likely "no," which yields very little information. However, it accomplishes the same thing to ask the reverse and it is _far_ more likely that someone is _not_ involved in teaching--or most anything else--than that they are. Asking, "Is it correct to say you are _not_ involved in teaching?" ensures that if you get a "no," you really learned something for it.

[@CoxJoxSox]

These were the years that Arlene had brow lines

[@shirleyrombough8173]

Robert Sterling is really cute, though I never heard of either. Both cute.

[@robertjean5782]

Before your time 😊

[@TheCometHunter]

Poor John. Not only was he having problems saying "chiropractic", He neglected to refer to her as Doctor Lamouret

[@stevekru6518]

Knowing the difference in education between “doctors,” including physicians, and chiropractors, calling a chiropractor Mr or Ms is more appropriate

[@39thala]

​@@stevekru6518 Not necessarily. Technically, the reason anyone is called Dr. is because they have earned their Doctorate Degree and not strictly based on what profession they are in even though it's common for people to wrongly restrict using the title for Doctors in the medical profession only. In other words, a Medical Doctor is supposed to be addressed as Dr. because he has a Doctorate Degree in his field, and not simply because he is 'in' that field.

[@shirleyrombough8173]

Yeah, I wondered about that. John, dang it, she was as much a doctor as any man.

[@sdacj]

Her being a woman wasn’t the issue- it’s that she was a chiropractor.

[@sdacj]

Her being a woman wasn’t the issue- it’s that she was a chiropractor.

[@MountainFisher]

Eva Lamouret was a heck of a contortionist.

[@louisromao7183]

Holy cow!

[@timothydouglas7949]

I was born the next day, monday the 29th.

[@thediamonddog95]

Many beautiful women in one episode.

[@Arthur_McGowan]

Just learned Sterling was married to Ann Sothern. Had a daughter.

[@keithharvey7230]

Tisha.She was in Coogans Bluff.

[@tjbnyc76]

20:00 mark, Bennett to Dorothy: "Is Liberace married?"

[@orgami100]

Todd Brandt ...did they known Liberace was Gay.. now he could've been married. .

[@TheNomadicview]

It was the adamant way she said it that made it so funny. Like, "Obviously not!"

[@rtususian]

@@TheNomadicview I am pretty sure Dorothy and Bennett were homophobic, but Arlene I think was very liberal. At least she seems to be the way she converses.

[@dorothykilgallenwasmurdere1653]

@@rtususian crap. Dorothy had a secret kid with a known bisexual

[@randysills4418]

You mean a child with Johnnie Ray?

[@erichanson426]

I didn't even know lie detectors existed back then

[@roberttelarket4934]

Where have you been youngster?!

[@feraudyh]

Anne Jeffreys is gorgeous.

[@jvcomedy]

The chiropractor is smokin' hot........just an observation.

[@wiguy3]

as was Phil Rizutto...........

[@joncheskin]

Yup

[@ladya1953]

She reminds me a bit of Brooke Shields.

[@grecomic]

As mentioned in the program, she and her sisters were entertainers back in the 40's as the Ross Sisters. Be sure to search for their "Solid Potato Salad" number in the movie Broadway Rhythm!

[@lLoveCarolCleavland]

I agree, she came across as very sexual.

[@drumbum3.142]

*Whisper Whisper, whisper..*

[@roberttelarket4934]

Yes Liberace was married. Here on the program he did the woman’s voice and his wife did the man’s!

[@rtususian]

After TOPPER went off the air, I always thought Anne and Robert could have easily portrayed a married couple on a sitcom, but maybe it was their choice to pursue other projects. Does anyone know if they ever considered going back on TV in their own show? I remember seeing Robert in an episode of NAKED CITY a few years later.

[@perpieta]

Phil was working at the Yankee game(s) until nine twenty-seven/9:27 pm that night? What time did they tape WML?

[@Bigbadwhitecracker]

I'm sure this was live at 10.30. I don't think they had started taping episodes just yet.

[@perpieta]

Thanks, Mic! And yeah, I should have written what time did they "shoot" or film WML (not tape).

[@neilmidkiff]

@@perpieta Just to clarify matters: in this era the show was broadcast live to most of the country at 10:30 pm Eastern Time on Sunday evenings. A few locales (e.g. Alaska and Hawaii territories, and perhaps some remote mountainous areas) weren't reached by nationwide hookups, so the show was kinescoped: a film camera was aimed at a high-quality studio monitor which displayed the same video signal that was being broadcast. Copies of the film would be sent out to local stations in the remote areas for delayed broadcast, and a copy was kept by the producers for an archive; this is the source from which we can now see these episodes. In the early 1950s, live TV from NYC reached only part of the eastern half of the country, and many areas saw the show on kinescope. By the end of the run in 1967, with the final season broadcast in color, they were still archiving the show on black-and-white kinescope film, probably out of habit as well as for economy and accessibility.

[@perpieta]

@@neilmidkiff Thank you, appreciate the info!

[@robertjean5782]

​@Bigbadwhitecracker Agree 😊

[@donnawoodford6641]

Dorothy should not be whispering the answer to Bennett.

[@robertjean5782]

I agree totally😊

[@robertjean5782]

The mikes cant be turned off, and the acoustics in the theater were bad snd carried their voices😊

[@leannsherman6723]

Why did the chiropractor keep looking at John Charles Daly when asked simple questions like: do you do anything to save people - or are you a general practitioner? Those we’re simple yes or no answers.

[@daler.steffy1047]

When you watch Mrs. Lamouret stand with Mr. Daley at the chalkboard, she was gyrating her upper body around in a quietly seductive way; and when sitting beside Mr. Daley, she was still making that same "seductive movement," but now with just her upper body. She was pretty, and she knew it; and she felt comfortable enough in herself to promote her beauty. Coming from a man's perspective, I liked watching her!

[@robertjean5782]

​@@daler.steffy1047Absolutely agree 😊

[@contrarian8870]

"Is Liberace married?" Oh, no, you didn't...

[@garydeblasio8810]

I get the impression that Rizzuto is way out of his league.

[@roberttelarket4934]

Very very very clever!

[@Beson-SE]

Bennett to the chiroractor: You don't work above the neck. It should rule out the dentist.. unless someone stood on their own false teeth. :) 7:35

[@WhatsMyLine]

See, *these* are the times I find Bennett genuinely funny, when he's making off the cuff comments like this. Not. His. Puns. Never.

[@Beson-SE]

What's My Line? I enjoy his bad puns as much as his ad libs. But it is more of an art to be able to make something funny in the present time. One of my favorite is when a designer of midget submarines was the contestant. After the game Carol Channing asked for whom it was designed and Bennett immediatley said "for midgets". :) Very funny!

[@Beson-SE]

+oldfart4751 I have read that some people with dwarfism prefer to be called "little people" instead of dwarfs.

[@barrykendrick3146]

+oldfart4751 The PC thing may be all too confusing. The few Indians I've met much prefer to to be called such than "Native Americans." Technically midgets are in perfect proportion & dwarfs are not, yet many wish to be called "dwarfs." I'm unwilling to speak more than a few syllables of PC confabulations.

[@rogerpropes7129]

How do you know that they suffer?

[@englishcountryside4581]

Female chiropractors are not so uncommon these days 😂 Beautiful dress by the way

[@keithnaylor1981]

I wonder how many people go see the chiropractor even though they know they had nothing wrong with them!

[@roberttelarket4934]

Phil Rizzuto a baseball player must be intelligent to be on the panel!

[@joshl4971]

Was is pseudoscience day or something?

[@danielfronc4304]

In 1912 the Philadelphia baseball team was the Athletics.

[@preppysocks209]

In 1912 Philadelphia had two major league baseball teams, the Athletics and the Phillies and nearly 100 years before interleague play, the only Philadelphia team that played the Braves (one of two Boston teams in that era) was the Phillies.

[@FermatWiles]

That chiropractor was HOT!

[@ncooty]

A doctor of "chiropractic" and an operator of a lie detector. Hmm. Good combo.

[@shadowgirl8038]

Bennet Cerf: "Is Liberachi married"? Lol 😅😂

[@ChrisHansonCanada]

Snooty John Daly had his English corrected by the Chiropractor. ha ha! He also messed up by giving the wrong name of the series starring Robert Sterling and Anne Jeffreys. It's always nice to see a snob getting corrected.😂

[@robertjean5782]

Send email with your complaints 😊

[@fairlyvague82]

Why does the chiropractor keep looking at Mr Daly at every question? She doesn’t know she’s not a GP??

[@mrb8993]

Is LIBERACE married? 20:35 LOL!!!!!!

[@peternagy-im4be]

He was then

[@roberttelarket4934]

Anne Jeffreys from the South is the most beautiful woman I’ve seen!!! She just passed away very recently. Robert her husband is very handsome! They made a very beautiful couple! I saw Anne on Huell Hauser’s PBS program a decade ago before he took her and Anne Rutherford to a restaurant in downtown L. A. Ca. at her house in West L.A. and her son appeared. He absolutely is not good looking unlike his parents unless he was adopted or there was an extra-marital affair!

[@ChrisHansonCanada]

CHIROPRACTOR OPERATES LIE DETECTOR

[@peternagy-im4be]

Please remove this moronic troll from the comments section. Unfortunately today's awful society is full of losers intent on ruining other people's pleasure in using social media. Thank you.

[@scottpardee6303]

Please keep your comments respectful. Some of us oldsters need to check what the line is after it has been announced.

[@smilingkevin]

Chiropractors? Polygraphs? Must be Pseudoscience Sunday on What's My Line?