What's My Line? - Fernando Lamas; Walter Pidgeon [panel] (Apr 7, 1957)

[@perfumeaddict1204]

What a fabulous host John Daly is - he makes it look so easy, but he is so clever and gentlemanly with guests who are nervous, or not very bright, or hard of hearing. Really consummate at his craft.

[@peternagy-im4be]

The best hosts make it look easy.

[@lllowkee6533]

Another time! So classy.. sometimes tho they all say things you can’t say today.. “fat…your girth “. etc

[@normabrien8331]

I just admire the way the guests are treated, very friendly and respectful.

[@kenyongray2615]

Fernando did an excellent job with the high and low voices. Thanks for the video.

[@jeffreygrossi2800]

You look marvelous!!!

[@mateusquasetuga]

Amazing that the panel could come up with the names of three different jockeys. Times have changed so much and in some really unexpected ways.

[@dannydoc1969]

I really miss this type of intelligent, witty, and respectful genre of show. I doubt if any so-called celebrities today would have such a wide range of knowledge or know the names of any jockeys, politicians, opera stars, authors, and all the rest.

[@MehWhatever99]

You should watch the Graham Norton show. It's a British talk show with a lot of very lively banter. Of course, it's not a game show like this. But still thoroughly enjoyable.

[@SomethingSomethingg]

In fairness, there is just too much nowadays for people to keep track of. Too many channels, too many shows, too many reality stars, too many internet sensations, etc etc. Back then there were, what, three channels? And a lot of these people that come on are Broadway stars and unless you live in the New York area many people aren't that familiar with Broadway stars because they don't get to see them perform often or ever.

[@robertjean5782]

Exactly 😊

[@joncheskin]

Fernando Lamas really did look "mahvelous".

[@lynettepalecek3141]

That was a real treat to see the two men who create the stunts for the game show "Beat the Clock." I used to watch reruns of "Beat the Clock" starring Bud Cullyer. I loved that show. The stunts were fun to watch and Bud Cullyer was a great host. I also watched one of the last episodes of "Beat the Clock" that was hosted by Monte Hall in 1979. I remember one rerun of "Beat the Clock" that was shown in the 1950s where it was hosted by Frank Wayne who was substituting for Bud Cullyer. He did a good job substituting.

[@markschildberg1667]

Frank Wayne worked at Goodson-Todman for decades. He was one of the creatives who made a colossal hit of The New Price Is Right, among many other shows.

[@dirtydianaslots]

My mom would’ve been 12 years old wish I could turn back time 😭I miss you mom rip

[@lois1776]

Always put Dorothy in the end seat because she always follows departing guest with a lingering gaze .

[@chrisallen7911]

Man Fernando Lama has the most beautiful head of hair for a man of that time period. He just has Star quality no getting around it.

[@wnturck]

What a gorgeous man he was...Dayum!!

[@tjbnyc76]

At 16:45, Arlene asks why Fernando Lamas isn't wearing one of the "beautiful suits" he wore in the musical he was appearing in at the time ("Happy Hunting"), and Lamas replies that "they wouldn't get past the censors!" Seems like an odd reply, unless you knew the back story: Lamas was co-starring with the legendary, and formidable, Ethel Merman, and they got along about as well as oil and water. Merman was no stranger to scene-stealing, and her personal antipathy towards Lamas only increased her animosity to him onstage. In order to regain SOME focus back to himself, Lamas instructed the wardrobe department to tailor his trousers so tightly than he wouldn't be able to wear underwear. This, combined with his prodigious...uh...talent, caused audiences to literally gasp when he made his entrance, much to Merman's consternation -- his weapon of choice in their ongoing battle being one instance where she couldn't exactly fight fire with fire.

[@hysm44]

Hilarious, if true.

[@Beson-SE]

Todd Brandt She could have asked him if that was a gun or if he just was glad to see her...

[@jennybrown75]

He also would apparently wipe his mouth after kissing her - while still on stage. Not that I don't love The Merm but it IS funny however unprofessional it was : )

[@Mr50Mark]

+Todd Brandt Hi, Todd!!!

[@rivaridge7211]

Funny story! In her autobiography, Esther Williams (who was married to Fernando Lamas for several years until his death in 1982) did allude to this point ("endowment") as well. Esther wrote that Fernando did not like wearing underwear because of "creases." Esther painted a realistic and honest portrait of her long-time husband, but overall it was one which could (in no way) be considered as flattering - though she did care for him it seemed clear.

[@arbyfatbuckle1733]

this was broadcast the day I was born. I don't remember watching. 😬

[@markxxx21]

I bet you watch it just the same.

[@donnacook8994]

Fernando Lamas was so well spoken and gracious! Sounded exactly like a woman!

[@steveo288]

I am surprised by this time the show didn't have an extra chair around for when they had more than 1 guest.

[@TheCometHunter]

By THIS TIME??? I'm always amazed they NEVER did!

[@crystalcrespo5385]

Even one oversize chair would have been better.

[@CzechMirco]

It would have been a clue for the panel.

[@lynettepalecek3141]

@@TheCometHunter Actually, they did. I watched an episode where they did have an extra chair.

[@lynettepalecek3141]

@@CzechMirco During the mystery guest appearance, they could have quietly put an extra chair there after the panel put their masks on.

[@sdgakatbk]

I like what John said about the jockey after they got who he was. It gave some sense of him as a person. The segment with Fernando Lamas was very good. I never heard of him before this episode.

[@kali3665]

Never noticed how much Lorenzo sounds like his father. That's cool....

[@Beson-SE]

Fernando Lamas was at this time married to Arlene Dahl. Their son Lorenzo was born in 1958.

[@orgonkothewildlyuntamed6301]

Johan Bengtsson then about 10 yrs later he wound up with Esther Williams from one looker to another

[@Beson-SE]

orgonko the wildly untamed You said it!

[@Retroscoop]

So that's the "doll" ?

[@slaytonp]

@greenmean1 Fernando had too many teeth that looked like a plaster dental cast stuffed in a plaster face with a mouth about an inch too small for it, so that was my problem with his looking good.

[@jrm8899]

@@Retroscoop ...that's how you say his wife's last name

[@keithnaylor1981]

Light entertainment in the UK died many years ago. We used to have a variety show - Sunday Night at the London Palladium - which included a Beat the Clock segment which was great fun. Hosted for many years by top tv personality Bruce Forsyth.

[@jacquelinebell6201]

Fernando - gorgeous gorgeous man. Can't help but have gorgeous children!

[@gabriellebernard198]

Fernando teeth are astounding for the time

[@lynnsouth5174]

How gorgeous is he!

[@jif8802]

Lynn South Hey I’m a man 1000% but I have to say without feeling funny about it at all, props! Good looking guy for sure. Gotta call it as I see it.

[@Retroscoop]

Bennett ?

[@LarsRyeJeppesen]

Arlene classic: "You are certainly a man, mr. Lamas"..

[@Retroscoop]

Yep, in this edition she looked like an extatic schoolgirl, meeting a Beatle at her home....

[@gregorykayne6054]

How many Arlene Classics must there be?

[@Retroscoop]

Atkinson Topeka and Santa Fe.... Yeah yeah Bennett, you surely know your Johnny Mercer classics... Lamas seems to have many smitten fans here in the comment section, but Pidgeon's deep voice beats his one with ease. And anyway, I've always been suspicious about men with thick hair coming straight out of their forehead and distributing easy smiles with white Pepsodent teeth as if it were candy in a carnival parade.

[@bettybaumann5824]

People were more witty and intelligent in those days. Did anybody notice that no one talked over someone's speech. What happened ed to America!😣😣😣🎓

[@lynettepalecek3141]

@Betty Baumann. I AGREE COMPLETELY!! The teaching system now really stinks! 🦨 My late mother was a college English teacher and my late dad was an American college History Professor. My mother told me when I was 5 years old that she expected me to use proper grammar every time that I spoke. My English mechanics are above average. I think it's appalling how ignorant the teachers are now. The teachers in the public and private schools need to learn proper English mechanics and the real American history. Then, they need to teach their students how to use proper English mechanics and they need to teach their students the real American history instead of the CRT crap. The teachers need to teach their students how to have critical thinking skills. They need to teach their students how to ratiocinate. We need better teachers in the public and private schools!

[@ChrisHansonCanada]

JOCKEY INSPECTS BATHTUBS CREATE STUNTS FOR BEAT THE CLOCK

[@loissimmons6558]

I was surprised when it was said that Ted Atkinson was salaried. I would have thought that a jockey rode for many different stables and trainers and would be considered self-employed.

[@michaeldanello3966]

Lois:. He was allied with the prestigious Whitney Stables. When Daly said he had known him for a long time that the was the connection... once working for that stable he did most of his riding there.

[@nancypine9952]

He also spent many years working for Greentree Stables.

[@ToddSF]

Russel Crouse was born in Findlay, Ohio, rather than Mansfield, Ohio. Findlay lies almost 73 miles from Mansfield, so I can't even say "Close but no cigar," Bennett.

[@Baskerville22]

Lamas married 2 famous actresses - Arlene Dahl & Esther Williams

[@bobphillips3222]

Walter Pidgeon was kind of an odd bird. Bennett Cerf is doing his Truman Capote impression. Or is it the other way round?

[@rampageclover9788]

Fernando Lamas was inhumanely handsome....

[@slaytonp]

So much so, that if I had met with him at that time, (which was time-wise possible,) and he'd asked me out for a date, I would have said, "No."

[@ChrisHansonCanada]

Both Walter Pidgeon's and Fernando's hairlines were the perfect examples of a "Widow's Peak". 4:45 The average man putting the pompous rich guy in his place. LOL! Dorothy and Arlene must have looked at the necklace of the female contestant and thought, "THOSE aren't diamonds!"

[@ianpatrick3589]

America gave us Donald Duck. Canada gave us Walter Pigeon.

[@Bigwave2003]

They say the bulge in Fernando Lamas' trousers entered the room before he did. It was marvelous!

[@mjanavel]

Damn, King Cerf got snippy when the jockey got uppity with him.

[@peternagy-im4be]

There is something of a nasty side to Cerf you can see it in the way he looks at the panel sometimes. Gets all angry if he thinks someone may be possibly interrupting him.

[@TheCometHunter]

Being one who is not shy about making disparaging comments about B.Cerf, I must sadly disagree with you...I thought he was rather well-behaved. But I WILL say I was surprised at the jockey's comment. I would have been snippy too!

[@mariemarchesani1595]

Another comment because all the comments concerning Lamas good looks.. I also saw Walter Pidgeon..he was handsome with class. Lamas looks we’re not exce

[@accomplice55]

Did you faint?

[@scotnick59]

A South American Desi Arnaz!

[@Retroscoop]

Isn't that something as a Greek Sean Connery ?

[@scotnick59]

@@Retroscoop Hahaha

[@MrYfrank14]

when Walter pigeon introduced Arlene he said he was on Dorthy's right. i realized many things were different back then, but i didn't know left and right were reversed.

[@accomplice55]

And back then, Walter's last name had a D in it, and Miss Kilgallen's first name contained two O's.

[@lynettepalecek3141]

@MrYfrank14. You misspelled Walter's last name and Dorothy's first name.

[@MrYfrank14]

@@lynettepalecek3141 - i can spell. I cant type.

[@lynettepalecek3141]

@@MrYfrank14 oh, okay. I understand.

[@ladya1953]

WML needed an extra wide guest chair for those times when there were two guests.

[@designsonyouinparis]

Agree- even a bench would have been a great idea!

[@lynettepalecek3141]

@Faith Adams. I saw at least one episode where they had two chairs for the guests.

[@echeleteich3347]

I agree.

[@shirleyrombough8173]

The dresses all had waists designed in. The panelists and guests were thin enough to be attractive in such dresses.

[@slaytonp]

so were the majority of women thin enough to be attractive in such dresses in 1957.

[@BethPaige]

WML uploader: It's rather rude to just refer to Fernando as simply "the father of Lorenzo." I believe Fernando was much more popular then and now than his son.

[@joeambrose3260]

I think Arlene said Fernando Llama

[@mozfonky]

damn, billy crystal sounded just like him.

[@loissimmons6558]

mah-ve-lous comment

[@TheCometHunter]

That was the effect Billy was going after.

[@TheCometHunter]

Do you have no idea how and when to use upper case letters, or are you just stupid?

[@johntellone3562]

It’s better to look good, then to feel good. Hahaha

[@kenbrown438]

Why is Daly aways putting Cerf down !!!!????

[@mikejschin]

Hi Ken. It was just friendly banter, as the two were actually close friends.

[@kenbrown438]

@@mikejschin oh

[@hcombs0104]

It was their schtick.

[@jacquelinebell6201]

They were friends. They were always doing it to each other. It was just their way .

[@kenbrown438]

@@jacquelinebell6201 : oh

[@mariemarchesani1595]

I saw Happy Hunting Lamas was not good Merman tried but no book, no good songs except Good to Be Here. Yet, because of Merman, not LAMAS, the producers made some money. Merman told me she did not enjoy performing with Lamas.they had no chemistry. His performance was not for Broadway and he needed attention.

[@carollee444]

Cerf was a jerk! Not clever at all! He thought he was perfect, but was far from it 😱😱😱

[@edwinrivera8449]

To look like Mr. Lamas must be aggravating.

[@markxxx21]

Not really, his son was a hundred times better looking.

[@mariemarchesani1595]

I saw Happy Hunting with the great Merman. The show was her wots

[@accomplice55]

@@mariemarchesani1595: Her wot?

[@alfredostling2509]

Now i know why the Big girls went Ceazy over Fernando Lamas . And Some of the Big Boys too .

[@peternagy-im4be]

Extraordinary comment.

[@joeambrose3260]

Arlene wouldn't know Teddy Atkinson if he fell on her. She knew the name through her husband

[@kylebastian9809]

Wait a minute, Marty Gabel loved racing?

[@shuroom57]

So....she....LEARNED.....about Ted Atkinson from her husband. That's how people gain information ----- they LEARN it from outside sources. Is....that ...okay..... with .....you.....?

[@miketheyunggod2534]

He misspoke. He's on the LEFT of Dorothy and the RIGHT of Arlene.

[@MrBeetruex]

Fernando and HIS Eggs are Frozen by LITTLE Elves @ The North POLE by A Virgin Snow Queens New York!!! :>)

[@mariemarchesani1595]

W

[@joeambrose3260]

One chair for two guests made Mark and Bill look like real tightwads

[@lynettepalecek3141]

@Joe Ambrose. They did make changes in future episodes where they did have 2 chairs for the guests.

[@kristabrewer9363]

I don't think that last guy should have had his arm around that other guy. I don't know if that went on back in the 50's, but it just didn't look good

[@nelsonricardo3729]

What's wrong with you, Karen?

[@slaytonp]

They were sharing the same stupid single chair that was not changed for dual guests. What were they going to do--hang on or fall on their asses?

[@accomplice55]

If "that went on"? What??

[@hcombs0104]

What are you afraid of? That the one guy was about to plant one on the other guy? How pathetic.

[@hcombs0104]

@@nelsonricardo3729 She's too old-looking to be a Karen. She's Karen's grandma.

[@ChrisHansonCanada]

16:07 Arlene had her head turned so she could see through the space between the mask and her nose. She admitted to peeking in the mystery guest segments in an interview on the CBC network in Canada.🤣

[@robertjean5782]

Misinformation 😮