MYSTERY GUEST: Husband and wife Xavier Cugat [orchestra leader] & Abbe Lane [singer] PANEL: Dorothy Kilgallen, Edward Mulhare, Arlene Francis, Bennett Cerf
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@noneomarxistactor28635 жыл бұрын
In a Club where Cugat was playing with Charo ,between sets Cugat came to the Bar and sat next to me and struck up conversation . I offered him a Match for his Pipe ,but he said he did not smoke ,he said he was nervous and the Pipe gave him something to fiddle with . Not sure now of the time frame but not more than 3 weeks later I was in Cali. making the Audition rounds .Walking down the street I see on the other side Cugat and Charo ,and the Male Singer following behind who was in Cincinnati with him weeks previous ,so I crossed the street to speak to him ,he recognized me with a big smile ,and I said with great relief , Finally ,I have been all over the country looking for you ,short pause and he laughed his ass off ! This was 1967 . He seemed to be O.K. guy !
@lovealways2609 Жыл бұрын
my goodness.. what a witty, spontaneous comment
@Women_Rock6 жыл бұрын
I wish people in television still spoke this elegantly
@travis3033 жыл бұрын
I honestly dislike the pretentious way these people speak. They sound so stuck up they leave nose prints on the ceiling.
@aileen6943 жыл бұрын
@@travis303 Well, I agree that the particular Tone they use is often condescending. I think that was a style of "theatrical speak" which was popular at that time. But the actual language they used, the intelligence, humour and wit was wonderful and is greatly missed!
@aileen6943 жыл бұрын
@@travis303 😃 nose prints !
@travis3033 жыл бұрын
@@aileen694 I just noticed my spelling error from a month ago when reading your comment, lol. Thanks for being civil in your reply.
@puffnstuff122 жыл бұрын
Fbombs and gunshots are what I see when I watch tv these days.
@deboraholsen25042 жыл бұрын
Edward Mulhare was the very handsome and charming ghost in “The Ghost and Mrs. Muir” TV series from 1968-1970. When I was a preschool age child, watching that show, I had no idea how handsome he was!
@privateinfo1711 Жыл бұрын
He was a babe!
@jacquelinebell6201 Жыл бұрын
Me either. Loved that show!
@winnievanorden15 жыл бұрын
Edward Mulhare is a darling man. So debonair!
@winnievanorden13 жыл бұрын
a more elegant, eloquent man I have never seen. Sadly We shall not see his likes again.
@mreunome3 жыл бұрын
He was probably great in My Fair Lady....probably put Rex Harrison to shame....he had that charm very few actors had. Always reminded me of a cross between Errol Flynn and Christopher Plummer with a Cary Grant charm.
@valentinr.dominguez2892 Жыл бұрын
@@mreunome I noticed the Errol Flynn similarity as well.
@FlavioGirl4 жыл бұрын
my god. how young edward mulhare looked :)
@karlisbrown83103 жыл бұрын
Look.its a.young Devin miles
@thebeatnumber3 жыл бұрын
@@karlisbrown8310 "Devon" Miles.
@deboraholsen25042 жыл бұрын
He looked especially handsome as the ghost in “The Ghost and Mrs. Muir” tv series!
@CoxJoxSox5 жыл бұрын
Abbe Cugat is so beautiful
@OnCloudNine6210 жыл бұрын
Edward Mulhare! So young!
@thebeatnumber3 жыл бұрын
That's the loveliest truck driver I ever laid eyes on.
@TheBraveIntrovert9 жыл бұрын
I think it's funny Bennett and Edward had female agents and Arlene and Dorothy had male agents.
@sandrageorge34883 жыл бұрын
It is odd.
@shanti8883 жыл бұрын
Thanks for uploading these episodes! So very entertaining!
@libertyann4396 жыл бұрын
Ed Mulhare played the ghost to Mrs. Miur with Hope Lang in the 60s. That is how I know him and he was older then.
@loissimmons65586 жыл бұрын
And with facial hair.
@carolv84506 жыл бұрын
Very handsome!!
@cynthiaennis31075 жыл бұрын
Lois Simmons beard was fake.
@cynthiaennis31075 жыл бұрын
liberty Ann here he was 35, on TGAMM he was 45-48.
@ericlarsen4050 Жыл бұрын
Edward Mulhare would be 100 years old if he were alive today. Abbe Lane is still living at 90 years old.
@hopicard10 жыл бұрын
Inviting the agents was a nice idea. And I enjoyed Bennetts face when he insisted that "I have no agent" :)
@JLionelWaller9 жыл бұрын
As john pointed out, he did not. She was just the booker of the Lecture agency that booked his lectures, but that is all.
@ToddSF9 жыл бұрын
Edward Mulhare replaced Rex Harrison as Henry Higgins in "My Fair Lady" during its long Broadway run. I note that Rex Harrison played the ghostly Captain Gregg in the 1947 film "The Ghost and Mrs. Muir", and Edward Mulhare played the same role in the 1968 TV series of the same name.
@grdn021009 жыл бұрын
ToddSF 94109 I just finished watching all the Ghost and Mrs Muir's recently. I used to watch that show in reruns when I was kid and I remember being just in awe and jealous that they can actually wear sweaters in SUMMER - an inconceivable thought in summer time Charleston, South Carolina! :) It also used to remind me of Nantucket - our escape from SC heat/humidity.
@ToddSF9 жыл бұрын
It was a show I always watched when it was a current broadcast and not in reruns. I was in high school when it was on. Then I saw the film starring Gene Tierney and Rex Harrison at some point on TV and got the original novel out of the library. They updated the story to the 1960's for TV and changed Mrs. Muir's first name from "Lucy" to "Carolyn" -- I suspect because Lucille Ball was still on television and "Lucy" meant her and no one else. The original story starts out in the early 1900's and the young widow falls in love with the captain's ghost. She grows old and dies at the end, probably in the late 1940's when the movie was made and she joins the captain for eternity. Also, the dramatic film takes place in England as the novel did -- the TV sitcom took place in New England. Still, the TV show was enjoyable.
@ginnylorenz52659 жыл бұрын
+ToddSF 94109 I love details like that. Fun. Thank you. And what a unique coincidence.
@susankeller58866 жыл бұрын
ToddSF 94109 i
@plutoplutoan4734 Жыл бұрын
He’s so handsome
@Joel-np9vl5 жыл бұрын
This was great looks like fun great stuff.
@gilliankew3 жыл бұрын
Haha! Loved how John turned the cards over in a flash so that the truck driver lady could win! 🤣
@valentinr.dominguez2892 Жыл бұрын
John said that they had run out of time.
@aliksahnda2 жыл бұрын
Another great production. Poor Dorothy always seems to have such a faff untangling her blindfold! Someone please travel back in time and do something about it 😂
@djdon60 Жыл бұрын
can't wait to view; I was a big fan, of "The Ghost & Mrs. Muir." I'm anxious, to see Mr. Mulhare, away, from his WONDERFUL 'Capt. Gregg' character portrayal.
@miketheyunggod25345 жыл бұрын
It’s a shame all of them are gone when you consider what he have now.
@hot88s187 жыл бұрын
Abbe Lane............GORGEOUS !
@proudcynophile19015 жыл бұрын
She was his wife before Charo
@TheCometHunter6 жыл бұрын
When I saw Mr. Mulhare, I thought it was Bud Collier! LOL. I didn't recognize him because of his youth. I just know him from THE GHOST AND MRS. MUIR and that silly movie OUR MAN FLINT.
@epaddon10 жыл бұрын
Mulhare at the time I believe had taken over from Rex Harrison in the original Broadway production of "My Fair Lady".
@kennethbutler13436 жыл бұрын
Yes, and Mulhare did the TV Series The Ghost And Mrs. Muir while Harrison did the movie...
@aliksahnda2 жыл бұрын
But where is Mrs. Muir, and Martha? Oops, eleven years too early ;-). Good actor!
@chariwater14 жыл бұрын
Thank you
@MrYfrank144 жыл бұрын
why wouldn't they recognize their agent's voices? i am not an actor and i have never had an agent but i assume i would be talking to him constantly, me telling him where i would like him to get me into, him telling me what he got me and why it would great.
@bobbywall1723 жыл бұрын
I agree 100% kind of crazy🤘🏻
@thediamonddog952 жыл бұрын
Maybe because of bad acoustics? Often they don't hear guests good enough. And besides that, there were four people and they were masked. It must have been confusing experience.
@valentinr.dominguez2892 Жыл бұрын
I had the same thought especially since they did not seem to disguise their voices.
@ruthkidney3582 Жыл бұрын
Edward Mulhare! Loved him in the Ghost and Mrs Muir (British movie)
@KJ-xc6qs6 жыл бұрын
Abby said that she was wife #6, and that he was extremely controlling and abusive, threatening to throw acid in her face if she left him. In her own words: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gJ6QimNviquia6M
@brucemarsico64 жыл бұрын
When is the last time you saw an American (USA) woman so beautifully dressed? Not is 2020!
@igkoigko99503 жыл бұрын
Today. It’s a matter of personal taste.
@brucemarsico63 жыл бұрын
@@igkoigko9950 Or, 'lack' of ANY taste!
@ChrisHansonCanada Жыл бұрын
Yoga pants at the grocery store is the norm, from what I have observed in 2023. UGH!
@tazzydev3455 Жыл бұрын
Man oh man Knight Rider!!!
@crush41gb Жыл бұрын
Devon Miles! 😀
@valentinr.dominguez2892 Жыл бұрын
I can not comprehend how Dorothy figured out who the mystery guests were based on the questioning. I wonder if the panelists could hear the mystery guests when they are in conference or they hear some audience members. It does not seem that there was enough from the answers from the mystery guests to figure it out.
@DeannaSisson Жыл бұрын
Perhaps, knowing them per4sonally or having interviewed them for her column would have done it. Some people are good at deciphering voices, no matter how they are disguised. Bennett was real good at guessing the mystery guests as well.
@janetmarletto6667 Жыл бұрын
Dorothy had advanced skills in deduction strengthened by her investigative reporting.
@robertmelson21309 жыл бұрын
I see we have a new sponsor: Mutual of Omaha. Kinda nice to have a break from Remington/Stopette commercials. So....where is Marlon Perkins? He'd be a good contestant but, as far as I can tell, was never a guest on WML.
@juliansinger8 жыл бұрын
+Robert Melson I know you were kidding, but it got me to look it up anyway. At that point, he was the director of Chicago's Lincoln Park Zoo. (Became involved with Wild Kingdom & Mutual of Omaha in 1963.)
@larrygrebler50544 жыл бұрын
@@juliansinger Thanks for the info.
@ruffluff5657 жыл бұрын
I find Edward Mulhare wonderfully attractive and a brief search discovered he did not swing my way :( I don't think I've seen his work but he's delightful just being himself.
@MOGGS19426 жыл бұрын
He was in ' Von Ryan's Express ' with Frank Sinatra and Trevor Howard. Excellent actor.
@winnievanorden15 жыл бұрын
@gcjerryusc He and several others were very much in the closet. But wow, when you're that handsome and elegant, all sexes can enjoy him for the lovely man he was.
@sirbenjamin83154 жыл бұрын
@gcjerryusc Hes been dead for 63 years
@alansorensen5903 Жыл бұрын
Was it "In Like ..." or "Our Man ..." with James Coburn "Flint" that Mr. Mulhare was both president and doppelganger?
@DeannaSisson Жыл бұрын
@@sirbenjamin8315 Mulhare was the boss of KITT's driver in the Knight Rider. I don't think that was longer than 60 years ago, more like 40. After that show ended, he even took over for a lead actor in a detective show. I can't remember the name, but no not 63. I think Knight Rider was in the late '80's. It just seems that long since we've had decent TV shows! Ha, ha!
@garyd.73728 жыл бұрын
So if the agents earn 10% of the appearance fees paid to the panelists, was anyone entitled to 10% of the prize winnings of their agents?
@ToddSF9 жыл бұрын
Did anyone notice the misspelling in "ADMINISTERS ANASTHETIC [sic] (ANESTHESIOLOGIST)"? Whoever lettered that title card didn't discern that the first seven letters should be the same in both the second and third words . . . .
@sabinebeyer92499 жыл бұрын
+ToddSF 94109 Yes, I noticed that to. But english isn't my first language and I wondered if there is the difference in writing right.
@keithnaylor198111 ай бұрын
Another exciting edition, apart from the second round when I kept nodding off!
@JDB25522 жыл бұрын
10% of A, plus 10% of B, plus 10% of C, plus 10% of D does not equal 40% of the combined total of A+B+C+D. It still only equals 10% of that total, allowing for some possible rounding error.
@donnacook8994 Жыл бұрын
So the panelists were wanting 10% of the 40% to be split 4 ways, is that right?
@ChrisHansonCanada Жыл бұрын
10:35 John seemed pissy at having to explain to Bennett, and Bennett noticed his pissiness.
@fasteddie90559 жыл бұрын
I just saw a video with Abbe Lane badmouthing Cugat. WOW
@fasteddie90559 жыл бұрын
I always like Abbe Lane s singing on TV. She performed on the Xavier Cugat Show during the 50 s. I only found out that the marriage was a mismatch. She exposed him.!!!! What else could she expect from an older popular and wealthy artist?? Anyway, she is happy now with her family. Happy for Abbe.
@fasteddie90558 жыл бұрын
Wow , again.
@_Tovar_5 жыл бұрын
@@fasteddie9055 how?
@geniusmchaggis6 жыл бұрын
edward mulhare looks just like somebody.....leslie howard?
@neilmidkiff6 жыл бұрын
genius mchaggis I had the same thought. Have you seen the 1938 British film of Pygmalion, with Leslie Howard as Prof. Higgins? Same role, of course, that Mulhare had in My Fair Lady on Broadway while Rex Harrison was playing the show in London.
@geniusmchaggis6 жыл бұрын
i did NOT know that! about mulhare on broadway with it. yes ive seen the leslie howard Pygmalion...4O years ago. im not SURE its howard that mulhare looks like...itll come to me...
@merriemisfit84065 жыл бұрын
The fair, wavy hair is very Leslie Howard, but as I watched this episode I kept seeing Roddy McDowall in the face. HOWEVER, when I saw your comment, I went back and paid more attention, and you know what? I actually see some resemblance now and then between young Mr. Mulhare and the little boy who played Jonathan on The Ghost And Mrs. Muir! I looked up his name (Harlen Carraher) and some more photos, and I'll stand by that observation. And the Roddy McDowall stuff too.
@mtnman65578 ай бұрын
I know they could have afforded to buy at least 1extra chair so that 2 guests didn't have to share a seat; things weren't that expensive in 1958. That's my only knock on this wonderful show.
@gailsirois71753 жыл бұрын
Edward Mulhare, The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
@ILoveMusicandMusicalsАй бұрын
How could the anesthesiologist say that a degree wasn't required? Could you have been a doctor in 1958 without having gone to medical school? She said she goes by the title doctor.
@baskervillebee6097 Жыл бұрын
Edward Mulhare 😍 The Ghost And Mrs Muir.
@syd88024 жыл бұрын
Who else guess Arlene's agents and got it right (I also got Bennett's)
@flaggerify10 жыл бұрын
Edward Mulhare looks a lot thinner here. Looked better when older.
@shadikhosro22004 жыл бұрын
the last contestant was really beautiful
@ironduke20004 жыл бұрын
A very interesting face, and a personable smile. Too bad her appearance was so rushed, but Arlene would have picked her off quickly regardless.
@rmelin13231 Жыл бұрын
Mr. Mulhare seemed pretty anxious to pass on many occasions.
@dovbarleib3256 Жыл бұрын
Back when Anesthesiologists did not need degrees? And when they were self-employed?
@williamdunphy3527 жыл бұрын
Hal Simms is the announcer.
@stevec64552 жыл бұрын
Bennet Cerf. Talk about overrated.
@ChrisHansonCanada Жыл бұрын
*_Agents For Panelists.......Anesthesiologist......Truck Driver For Newspaper._*
@peternagy-im4be Жыл бұрын
Clive. Kindly refrain from doing this.
@gailsirois71753 жыл бұрын
TV show that is
@ruffluff5657 жыл бұрын
I get upset when the panel quickly guesses the line of someone who makes a pittance and who took effort making the preparations necessary to appear on wml. Silly, but have always hoped they were paid something to appear as well as competing for the prize.
@KJ-xc6qs6 жыл бұрын
Dick Cavett mentioned that Dorothy Kilgallon poked pinholes in her mask to cheat!
@nancypine99526 жыл бұрын
I believe I read somewhere that the guests did receive payment in addition to anything they won, and if they needed to travel to appear on the show their expenses were paid.
@DaRozeman4 жыл бұрын
If you listen to the announcer at the end, he mentions "If you are going to be in the New York Area...". That was (and I assume still is) pretty typical of just about any game show.
@aileen6943 жыл бұрын
@@KJ-xc6qs Oh now Dick, really! 🙄
@thesilentdiva5 жыл бұрын
Where can you perform anesthesiology without going to school there was a misleading answer
@Steezey74 жыл бұрын
thesilentdiva different times I’m sure. The American Medical Association cartel has a firm grip on the goings on of healthcare.
@philippapay43524 жыл бұрын
thesilentdiva - John Daly loved to let the panel get off on an incorrect path. However, I think there are probably no civilized places with an established medical profession where one would be permitted to perform the tasks of anesthesiology without a medical degree plus an internship and residency in the specialty plus a license in your locality. So, it is more than just an M.D. Yet, the question was posed could the work be done without the education/training. I think they probably answered yes it could because if you were in dire enough straits and I was all you had, I could always get you to drink enough booze to anesthetize you while someone else performed a tracheotomy to help you breathe or whatever. That is a bad example because you could not get the person drunk and achieve that. But, you get my drift. There are crude ways in which one could anesthetize someone to ease pain. Of course, this is one task of the anesthesiologist. They are the air traffic controllers of the operating room in that they keep the patient alive while everything else is happening to them, so the stress felt and concentration required are huge. It is not just making sure the patient does not experience pain.
@zarabada61254 жыл бұрын
@@philippapay4352 Yes, also Daly makes the point that someone without the specialist degree could do the task to a lesser extent. Application of a local anaesthetic for a minor procedure may not require a fully qualified anaesthetist.
@philippapay43524 жыл бұрын
@@zarabada6125 Back then I think there were no nurse anesthetists. You were a nurse or an M.D. who was an educated anesthesiologist as his branch of medicine with all the training and internship and residency and licensing that other specialties have. But there were I am sure some procedures that allowed medics or nurses to numb something, etc. To be an anesthetist has grown since those days, but you still in most civilized countries will have to see the anesthesiologist first before your surgery, outpatient or inpatient, for that doctor to design what your parameters were and meds had to be and then those are given to the nurse anesthetist to carry out in the operating theater. It is a field that has grown since then and differs depending upon the advancement within a specific culture.
@sheilamarie37883 жыл бұрын
@@philippapay4352 that's not true. A nurse anesthetist from Waco, TX was a guest on WML.
@stevec64552 жыл бұрын
Gotta love that Dorothy K underbite.
@yeahnoonecaresifyouarefirst7 ай бұрын
Apparently losing your memory because of too much anesthesia is a thing
@robertcarli1969 Жыл бұрын
Wow , she was pretty !
@jeffzest83933 жыл бұрын
Anesthesiologist self employed? Why did Daly flip all the cards over at 25 with no explanation? Illustration of why do not need to be an M.D., although should be: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gJmWiZeQqZd3d7M
@finosuilleabhain77814 жыл бұрын
Comrade Mulhare comes across like the ultimate space cadet.
@galileocan10 жыл бұрын
Ok…am I losing it? @ 10:25 Did John call Bennett's supposed agent, "Miss Skank" instead of "Miss Schenk"???????
@WhatsMyLine10 жыл бұрын
It's a German name-- the "Sch" sound is pronounced "Sk".
@wtju38837 жыл бұрын
I think Mr. Daly pronounced her name "skenk". Affter viewing a number of shows, I've come to the conclusion that Mr. Daly was coached before the show as to tbe proper pronunciation of each contestants name. For example in one show a Japanese pearl dive was one of the guests. He wrote his name using the formal Chinese characters, which Mr. Daly had "no problem" pronouncing in Japanese. Since a translator was necessary, I surmised that Mr. Daly does not actually know how to converse in Japanese. By the way to the person posting tbese shows, thank you so much for doing so. While all I have to do is enjoy the fruits of your labor, I'm sure you must put a lot of effort into preparing each show for rebroadcast on KZbin. I truly appreciate your efforts, and enjoy each show.
@DaRozeman4 жыл бұрын
During my time in the Army, I was stationed with an officer with that name (not sure of any relation) and she pronounced it "Skenk".
@davidarcudi2305 жыл бұрын
Did Daly ad lib all those long worded answers
@miketheyunggod25345 жыл бұрын
Dave Arcudi of course. He doesn’t know what the panel is going to say. He was perfect for that show. Sounds very well educated.
@440325 жыл бұрын
Can you imagine scripting those?
@sdacj4 жыл бұрын
Almost every word that came out of John's mouth was ad lib - he was reacting to what was happening on a live TV show. One of the reasons they considered him for the show in the first place was his ability to ad lib; he had a quick wit and was naturally funny, and could think on his feet, so to speak.
@smadaf2 жыл бұрын
Interesting spelling: anasthetic and anesthesiologist.
@Wizardofgosz6 жыл бұрын
What was up in the end when John said Mulhare gets to see My Fair Lady every day, and then Mulhare said I DON'T, but then a moment later said he got to see My Fair Lady, every night?
@neilmidkiff6 жыл бұрын
Richard Wielgosz Mulhare was playing Prof. Higgins and Sally Ann Howes played Eliza Doolittle that year on Broadway while Rex Harrison and Julie Andrews were performing the show in London. When you're in a show you don't really see all of it; sometimes you're changing costumes or just not in some scenes. But he did see his "fair lady" each night while they were on together, which is what I think he meant.
@MrYfrank144 жыл бұрын
that is the way i took it. Mr. Mulhare thought John was talking about the play, then realized he was talking about a person.
@donnacook8994 Жыл бұрын
Perhaps he was focused on day vs night?
@ChrisHansonCanada Жыл бұрын
17:30 Beebe Gallini! 25:43 Edward Mulhare must have shot his load under the desk.
@joncheskin5 жыл бұрын
I actually don't like it much when they invite personal acquantances of the panelists to be the challenger. It almost seems like they do it because they ran out of real guests. The segment was also a snoozer.
@robertd.carver62404 жыл бұрын
Interestingly, both "Oh, Captain!" and "The Body Beautiful" flopped!
@winterlandboy9 жыл бұрын
Abbe Lane was so hot. I'll never know what she saw in millionaire and established star Cugat.
@orgonkothewildlyuntamed63019 жыл бұрын
winterlandboy you just answered your own question lol...& she was only one of several ladies he was "with"
@hot88s236 жыл бұрын
winterlandboy stunningly gorgeous.
@jp03085 жыл бұрын
Hmmmm... she saw MONEY!!
@finosuilleabhain77815 жыл бұрын
Copyright Mrs Merton. :o)
@proudcynophile19015 жыл бұрын
@@jp0308 and developing her own career he's the stepping stone
@armyvet4081Ай бұрын
francis did not know how to shut her mouth
@YY4Me13311 ай бұрын
I'm surprised that John mispronounced "anesthesiologist."
@lindapolson41025 жыл бұрын
Why did the women ever bring their purses onstage with them?
@slaytonp4 жыл бұрын
In those days the purse was an important accessory to the outfit one was wearing.
@hopelewis56502 жыл бұрын
Same reason any young woman needs a purse. Fem.supplies.
@valentinr.dominguez2892 Жыл бұрын
Maybe there were no lockers to leave their purses.
@valentinr.dominguez2892 Жыл бұрын
Nowadays it seems that "handbag" is used instead of "purse". In the 60's and 70's, the word I remember being used is "purse".
@Baskerville224 жыл бұрын
I skipped the first 'guest/s'. I dislike episodes where there are more than single guests or guests related in some way to the panelists.
@accomplice553 жыл бұрын
Oh, I think the related-to-the-panel ones are fun!
@rickcharles506410 жыл бұрын
Take a look at around 5:21 Me-thinks Dorothy has been hitting the bottle already tonight. Her nose is redder than W.C. Fields! Party-on Dorothy!!! (yes she had a problem with that) moving on..... Abbe Lane was a hottie! This show must have been 58 because that's when she co-starred with Tony Randall in "Oh Captain". Her recording contract wouldn't allow her to be on the original cast album so a woman named Eileen Rodgers sang her part on the record. Later she made a solo album with her voice. Bet there was a battle there! She and Xavier divorced in 64. Another battle, different story. She did have a famous saying, "Jayne Mansfield may turn boys into men, but I take them from there" Guys! Google her she was fine! Still alive at 81 as of now, Jan 30, 2014 at an un-godly hour in the middle of the night.
@jmccracken196310 жыл бұрын
Abbe Lane was, indeed, one of the stars of OH, CAPTAIN! Other stars of the production included Tony Randall, Susan Johnson, Jacquelyn McKeever, Paul Valentine, Alexandra Danilova, Stanley Carlson - and Edward Platt, who replaced Abbe Lane's husband, Xavier Cugat, as the steward Manzini early in the rehearsal period, when Cugat was fired by director Jose Ferrer for unprofessional behavior. (Cf. Dennis McGovern and Deborah Grace Winer's excellent book SING OUT, LOUISE! The story was told by either Susan Johnson or by Tony Randall.) And Edward Platt (who would later play The Chief in GET SMART!) played Manzini quite well, as the original Broadway cast album attests. By the way: OH, CAPTAIN! (music and lyrics by Jay Livingston and Ray Evans; book by Al Morgan and Jose Ferrer; directed by Jose Ferrer; sets designed by Jo Mielziner, costumes designed by Miles White; dances and musical numbers staged by James Starbuck) did open on Broadway at the Alvin Theatre on Tuesday, 4 February 1958, and ran for 192 performances on Broadway, closing on Saturday, 19 July 1958. For the last week of the show's run in July, Dorothy Lamour replaced Abbe Lane in the cast; those performances were Miss Lamour's first-ever in a Broadway show.
@rickcharles506410 жыл бұрын
jmccracken1963 You have a more extensive library than I have. Thanks for the info! She was still a hottie. lol
@jmccracken196310 жыл бұрын
jmccracken1963 But OH, CAPTAIN! had a longer run on Broadway than THE BODY BEAUTIFUL, the other musical mentioned in this episode, which was actually co-produced by Richard Kollmar and his wife, Dorothy Kilgallen. The show had actually opened on Broadway at the Broadway Theatre on Thursday, 23 January 1958 - just 3 days before this episode of WHAT'S MY LINE? THE BODY BEAUTIFUL was directed by George Schaefer and choreographed by Herbert Ross; among the featured cast were Mindy Carson, Steve Forrest, Jack Warden, Barbara McNair, William Hickey, and Brock Peters. The show ran only 60 performances on Broadway (about 7 and a half weeks), so it would have closed in mid-March of 1958. But the show wasn't a total waste. It was the first collaboration in a Broadway show for Sheldon Harnick (lyrics) and Jerry Bock (music), with a book by Joseph Stein and Will Glickman. The show's score captured the attention of director George Abbott and producer Hal Prince, who hired the songwriting team for their next project, the politically themed FIORELLO!, which proved to be a hit. And Hal Prince directed Harnick and Bock's next Broadway musical collaboration, SHE LOVES ME, which was a musical version of THE SHOP AROUND THE CORNER. And, a couple of years after that, Harnick and Bock and Joseph Stein collaborated with Jerome Robbins on a musical based on a number of stories by Sholom Alecheim, and that collaboration was quite fruitful, I think: the MEGA-hit FIDDLER ON THE ROOF.
@jmccracken196310 жыл бұрын
I agree that Abbe Lane is, indeed, very, very beautiful indeed here - and quite talented, too. If you look up her biographical sketch on IMDB, you'll also get the joke in the Abbe Lane reference in the song "Spanish Rose" from the musical BYE, BYE, BIRDIE (the line is "I'll be more Espanol than Abbe Lane!") - the joke being that she is actually Jewish, born Abigail Francine Lassman in Brooklyn on 14 December 1932 (though she MIGHT have some Sephardic ancestry somewhere). And, by the way, she has been married to her second husband, producer Perry Leff, for a little over 49 years. They married two days after her 32nd birthday, in late 1964 - just 6 and a half months after her divorce from Xavier Cugat.
@theamishumpire13019 жыл бұрын
jmccracken1963 Thank's for all the information. I really appreciate it.
@user-db6pt7vr3l10 ай бұрын
Abbe Lane looks like a hostage. The man was hold enough to be her father. They should both be ashamed of themselves.
@MOGGS19427 ай бұрын
Foolish post. What has it got to do with you how old they are. Mind your damn business, I bet you are a bloody bible puncher.
@robertcarli1969 Жыл бұрын
18:38 " it's a girl"
@sandrageorge34883 жыл бұрын
Xavier seemed to smile a lot. Abbe seemed sorta snotty?
@brianmondino48072 жыл бұрын
Xavier Cugat's smile only hid his extreme darkness. His popularity as a big band leader was beginning to go down due to the era of movie musicals slowly ending, while Abbe's career was taking off. He was jealous and possessive, as well as horribly abusive. He beat her senseless when she said she wanted out, to the point where she had to flee in the middle of the night with her mother out of fear for her own life. He tracked her down and repeatedly threatened to harm her with acid and kill her. If she looks uptight it was probably because she was terrified to be near him at all times. Abbe Lane is still alive at almost 90 and has spoken extensively about what it was like being married to such a monster.
@BillyAlabama3 жыл бұрын
Edward Mulhare’s agent tries to run the whole show!
@ekspert524 жыл бұрын
Anestheologist? No it’s anesthesiologist. C’mon Daly.
@slaytonp4 жыл бұрын
I noticed that mispronunciation too, but thought "what the hell, it's hard to say under any circumstance. Before I commented, I read a long way down to see if anyone else had picked this up. Glad to meet you, Leo.
@maureengauvin17682 жыл бұрын
I was thinking that John started to say anesthetist & wound up saying anestheologist & thereby conflating the two words entirely! Certainly wasn’t the type of error that he’d be likely to ever make….IMHO.
@preppysocks2095 жыл бұрын
Dorothy is aging here. She looks quite a bit older in 1958 than she did in 1956 or for most of 1957, when she looked similar to her appearance in the early years of the show.
@sirbenjamin83154 жыл бұрын
Right because most people look exactly the same for their entire lives, so aging seems unusual, huh?
@fredansell92764 жыл бұрын
@@sirbenjamin8315 she appeared to age much more than most people do in a single year
@aileen6943 жыл бұрын
Fred Ansell And Preppy sox, That could be but I dont see it. Extreme personal stress and its effect will do that to anyone. Dorothy always seemed fragile to me, despite her intelligence and spirit. Also, appearance can be dramatically altered with different makeup, lighting, camera angles, etc.
@Baskerville224 жыл бұрын
I dislike segments where panel members' family members, friends, agents etc are the mystery guests
@kevinmadden16456 ай бұрын
Bennett Cerf was a great person and an excellent publisher but he was the worst panelist on the show. He almost never got a "Yes" on any question he asked.
@josephtaverna70467 жыл бұрын
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@fallspring10336 жыл бұрын
Love the show but John Daly talks too dang much. Like he talks just to hear himself. Sometimes practically gives the occupation away. He's the only part of the show I don't care for.
@elizabethmorgan26216 жыл бұрын
Fall Spring, I agree with you. He abandoned his first wife and family for a younger woman. His first wife was found dead after she had fallen down the stairs of her home. You can Google this and more. Very interesting.
@greydogmusic6 жыл бұрын
I would like to know your source that he abandoned his wife for a younger woman. HIs second wife was younger. I just don't find any refrence to an abandonment. There was 20 months from the divorce to his marriage to Virginia Warren. HIs first wife, Margaret, was found dead at the bottom of the stairs. That was 7 years after the divorce. I am not trying to read into the statement, but, with as little info as you give then finishing with "very interesting" one could conclude by your statement of a possibility that the abandonment and death could be related. Pushed down the stairs to look like an accident. And yes. I have just spent way to much time on Google trying to find something about the abandonment. That is why I have all this info that I just posted. So maybe +gcjerryusc and anyone else may not have to destroy the image they had of John. And maybe they should. The reason I am asking for some help here for your source.
@1928gerry5 жыл бұрын
On one show I watched last wk, one of the panel mentioned a show about a man killing his wife. John cut that off quickly and said something like No, we won't; I've had enough trouble. Didn't know what it meant but you'll see the show sometime.
@sdacj4 жыл бұрын
He and his first wife were divorced but that's all the details we have - we don't know which of them initiated the divorce, what problems they might have had, how happily married they were, etc. His kids were all grown except one teenager when the divorce happened, and he still spent time with them - after his second marriage he still talked about things he'd been doing with his children, etc. We have absolutely no way of knowing any details and there's no proof whatever of abandonment.
@ChrisHansonCanada Жыл бұрын
I agree. Check out the pissy look on John's face at 10:35 when he explained to Bennett about Bennett's agent.