What's My Line? - Lena Horne; Ralph Bellamy [panel] (Mar 2, 1958)

[@mikeydan]

I have to say... given the times this was filmed in... and the struggles of people of color... back when people freaked out if a black and white person were shown to even touch each other on TV...the fact that Lena was shown so much warmth and affection... and both Dorothy and Arlene kissed and hugged her... made me very emotional.

[@BradJames878]

Actually Lena leaned in to kiss them, but Lena is awesome anyway.

[@Dayvit78]

@@BradJames878 That's because the men always stand up and the women always stay seated.

[@monicaclark9581]

Lena was beautiful a woman. Not every white person back then was racist in fact she was married to a white man who fathered her children

[@RonGerstein]

Nat King Cole had a worst experience on TV, even though he had his own weekly show with his name on it.

[@josonic]

Lena has one of the best, most endearing and contagious smiles I've ever seen

[@ludenasan1]

I had the privilege of seeing her live once, she was divine in ace figure and talent!

[@Theyralltakenfu]

And today, that smile goes to Janet Jackson, If you've never seen her smile, oh my, it's the best I've ever seen.

[@briane173]

I was IN LOVE with Lena Horne as a child, an adolescent, an adult, and even her memory now as an old codger. I _loved_ that infectious smile, vivacious personality, supreme talent, and stellar character. She was drop-dead GORGEOUS in my estimation.

[@Theyralltakenfu]

Lena Horne moves so fast with everything she does. My word, she writes fast, sits down fast and was away from the desk and out the door in seconds. LOL. She must have been one hell of a dancer, Dang.

[@laurahoward5426]

Sunday at 7:30, probably was needed on Stage

[@brendagray2725]

Lena Horne was so beautiful

[@igkoigko9950]

She is very likable. Great smile, quick and certain answers. Modest. Quickest sign in. A perfect guest

[@hairyscotman]

THAT SMILE!!! Such a beautifully talented lady.....

[@adamodeo9320]

this show is too addictive - can never say this about today's shows including the sometimes rigged jeopardy

[@EllenMHelms]

I come to watch here when the world gets to be too much!

[@laurahoward5426]

I have been on Jeopardy! and I can assure you it is not rigged

[@roberttelarket4934]

@adamodeo9320: What's My Line is supreme but many coincidences indicate it is a very small percentage-wise rigged!

[@lovealways2609]

@@laurahoward5426 really?.. how many shows were you on?

[@laurahoward5426]

@@lovealways2609 4, and you have to wait about 6 months for your show to air to get your $$$17,000

[@519djw6]

*The stunningly beautiful Gerry Thompson deserves at least one comment here. And I'm going to make it. What a babe!*

[@wildboar7473]

? drugs?

[@519djw6]

@@wildboar7473 Well, come clean. What drugs are *you* on?

[@ARIZJOE]

Man, what a star Ms. Horne was. Before my time, but I remember her appearance on Sanford and Son (touching and funny). And on "60 Mintues" in which she said a singer like herself could only be happy being married to a musician.

[@neilphelan145]

Back in the early 60s I had the opportunity of meeting Lena Horne. My mother was involved in classical music so they knew each other.

[@shirleyrombough8173]

How lucky you and your mother were to have met Lena Horne.

[@allisonyoung4285]

The beautiful Lena Horne and talented Ralph Bellamy a great actor. Together on this groundbreaking show.😀

[@scarsdale22]

Miss Horne was classy, beautiful, professional and a incredible singer! An infectious smile, I love her!

[@michaelbyrnee9584]

One of entertainment's most gorgeous and talented women. We should be ashamed of how she was treated.

[@marycleary7810]

As serious as Dorothy took this game, she often had a,lot of fun.

[@mercedeslatapie9772]

I recently saw on TCM a 1942 film called Cabin in the Sky. An all-black cast musical which was very charming and entertaining. Ms. Horne was very young and cast as Ms. Georgia Brown opposite Ms. Ethel Waters. She was so beautiful and sang so wonderfully!!!! Ms. Waters was enchanting. waters

[@commandoxy]

Miss Horne is lovely.

[@jess4metoo]

Have never seen Dorothy crack up like she did with the bathtub contestant. Love it

[@chrism.2711]

I love when she laughs

[@michaelgasiciel9317]

My mom’s birthday on this show when my twin brother and I turned 1 on March3,’58. Love ❤️ it and you Lena, Arlene ❤️

[@timprescott4634]

Ms Horne was just radiant!

[@bbt5358]

This is such a wonderful treat seeing, Lena Horne!!

[@shirleyrombough8173]

- This is not the first time WML has had a person of color as the mystery guest. I am glad to see that whoever invites the m g. believes in diversity. Bravo!

[@shirleyrombough8173]

Lena Horne: beautiful and talented. Good for WML for supporting diversity.

[@rivaridge7211]

Hello Shirley, I simply think that WML supported true talent, regardless of any diversity considerations. Lena Horne certainly had "it" (talent) by the boatload.

[@bryanspindle4455]

There were some great talents on the show. Louis Armstrong, Nat King Cole, Earth Kitt, Mahalia Jackson, Harry Belafonte, Sammy Davis Jr., Johnny Mathis and more.

[@donnacook8994]

It was about talent, not diversity. They had people of many races, continents, ages, walks of life. They didn't care about race, but they did care about talent, which is what the show was all about and what viewers wanted to see.

[@shuroom57]

​@@bryanspindle4455Ella Fitzgerald!

[@SoutherbBelle]

Devastatingly beautiful Lena Horne :) !!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@ariochiv]

Gosh I love John Daly's conferences with female challengers. He's always so polite, funny, complimentary and yet slightly salacious.

[@shirleyrombough8173]

The judges reminded me of the time one of the guests was an attorney. Someone asked if he or she passed the bar. Arlene said, "well, haven't we all?" The guest panelist replied, "Some of us haven't."

[@neilmidkiff]

John's quip at 11:53 about bathtubs, "What do you want him to do, move it to Times Square?" has to be one of the funniest ad libs that John ever allowed himself to make. As a professional news broadcaster, it appears that he tried to maintain much of that dignity amid the informal setting of this panel show most of the time. This and other off-the-cuff funny lines give us a hint of how quick-witted he must have been in private life when not constrained by his public image as a newsman.

[@Mr_LMT_93]

Maybe the quote was funny back then

[@robertjean5782]

Exactly agree totally 😊

[@akrenwinkle]

Nice to see Lena happy, cheerful, even bubbly.

[@MICHGO1]

I WOULD HAVE LOVED TO HEAR LENA TALK A BIT.

[@Mr_LMT_93]

She was busy and couldn't stay for long probably

[@robertjean5782]

WML Not a talk show 😊

[@nunosoares2329]

RIP Lena Horne. Overdue condolences to the family :-(

[@RobertPerrigoOkiechopper]

Ever notice no matter on how bad the weather was back then, that all the ladies still wore dresses, all the time I been watching these shows, I never had seen a lady wearing pants.

[@WhatsMyLine]

Women didn't wear pants on television back then. There was a big controversy over this on the Dick Van Dyke Show, which debuted in 1960, because Mary Tyler Moore wore sexy capri pants and it was still considered unacceptable. They actually had to negotiate with the network/sponsors to reach an agreement where she was allowed to wear the pants, but only in one scene per show!

[@RobertPerrigoOkiechopper]

What's My Line? I didn't know that and I was born in 1953....lol

[@ToddSF]

What's My Line? -- Of course, my mother and all her friends who were stay-at-home moms (I turned 8 years old in 1960) were wearing Capri pants by then and had been for some time. It was just not a big deal. I think part of the controversy was that the hide-bound TV censors thought that women should not be shown wearing pants because pants were for men. I never saw any of the women in our neighborhood dressed like June Cleaver in a fitted dress you couldn't reasonably do any housework in, wearing a string of pearls to go with it, unless they were going out somewhere for a social engagement or out to dinner.

[@moontheloon5]

Yes that is true about MLK, but in the early '50's, Lucille Ball, as well as Vivian Vance often wore "slacks" and even blue jean on I Love Lucy. Guess when you own your show you had more say lol.

[@moontheloon5]

MTM not MLK...jeez predictive text is an annoyance.

[@kenyongray2615]

Lena Horne had a great time. What a fantastic talent. Arlene and Dorothy were especially sharp in this episode.

[@paulrollins2414]

I have to agree. Very much so!

[@alexforest1]

@@paulrollins2414 yes indeed.

[@ARIZJOE]

I think Arlene and Dorothy were always sharp, better than the men. Classy, prepossessed, very bright. It's hard to fathom Arlene killed two people through negligence, and Dorothy offed herself with a barbituate-martini combination.

[@Rhonda9199]

I grew up seeing Lena Horne's beautiful picture on my PapPap's bedroom wall! He was born in 1917 and instilled in me that all women were beautiful!

[@Deltadivaix]

Lovely story!

[@Mr_LMT_93]

When they're not horrible bitches

[@MOGGS1942]

Sorry to burst the bubble, but not all women are beautiful. So you were misled.

[@kristabrewer9363]

I've said this different times, but it's nice to see that there were people back in the 50's who weren't racists. Lena Horne kissed both girls and they didn't mind

[@preppysocks209]

True but it doubtless would have been highly controversial in some quarters had she kissed either or both of the men.

[@sandrageorge3488]

In my opinion this was the most progressive show in that sense.

[@wonderwoman66dp]

Well, I may burst some bubbles here . . . Ms. Horne was extremely fair complected & did not have African features but more prominent European features, undoubtedly some European dipped his banana into some chocolate back in Ms. Horne's lineage, so her looking less African & more European cld lend to Caucasians in the US to more easily accepting Ms. Horne, for a moment until they came to their senses & remembered she has AFRICAN blood running thru her veins. But, there are a few caucasian ppl that truly aren't racist, I guess. 🤷🏾‍♀️

[@nicolekat8758]

My grandma used to stitch clothes for Lena! Gracious lady

[@joncheskin]

Dorothy: "May I rule out that you have anything to do with nuts?" Kellys: "No." This turned out to be a correct answer by accident.

[@Mr_LMT_93]

Lol

[@GJ-wy1il]

My dad always said that Lena Horne was so beautiful.

[@geoffm9944]

Lena Horne was a truly brilliant entertainer, singer and actress. I saw her on a Perry Como TV show and she was simply delightful. I wish she had appeared in more films as she was a tremendous talent!

[@preppysocks209]

So did she. In one of the "That's Entertainment" movies, she complains fairly bitterly that she did not get chosen for the lead in "Show Boat," which went to Ava Gardner, even though the character is supposed to be mixed race and that fact is important to the plot. She said MGM was quite racist back in the day, and there is quite a bit to support that belief from the way the films were presented. For example, black performers appeared as "novelty" acts that were separate from the story and theater owners in some areas could and did cut those scenes if they desired. And I regret that various MGM performers appeared in blackface at different times, including Judy Garland.

[@alexforest1]

@@preppysocks209 I saw that episode in the film. Her autobiography and biography in depth mentions this.

[@lucyflorey9152]

I remember Lena Horne for Stormy Weather. I loved that scene where she sang that song so beautiful and dreamlike.

[@ncooty]

Lena Horne seems like a riot. Her exit was pretty great.

[@njatty]

The theater from which this episode was broadcast was recently renamed for Lena Horne.

[@mistergrandpasbakery9941]

Mr. Seymour made American Standard tubs. Still the best!

[@randallmacphee7260]

All four of them were very smart , In my opinion , John Daly was one of the greatest journalists of all time .

[@johnjaybonstingl9007]

Certainly the best moderator of any panel show, ever.

[@randallmacphee7260]

@@johnjaybonstingl9007 I agree

[@rivaridge7211]

I've said it before, but it's worth repeating; John Daly was brilliant in the way he could fully explain/analyze the finest of fine points. He demonstrated this here (early on) during the appearance of the lovely Lena Horne. All on live television, no less!

[@ARIZJOE]

A wonderful host with a voice; an intellect just made for this program. Professional and classy.

[@Visiontech]

I get so caught up in these I forget to drop a thank you sometimes.

[@laurahoward5426]

Ralph Bellamy had such a beautiful voice

[@amc042759]

Lena was a class act. Much respect.

[@renatoreside]

Nice to know how far back American Standard goes. They made many of the bathroom fixtures in our home.

[@donnawoodford6641]

Lena reminds me of a Janelle Monae.

[@derrickjohnson9431]

Ralph Bellamy on this with Lena Horn.He played on the movie Trading Places

[@calvinguile1315]

Lena's smile lit up that studio...

[@ToddSF]

Interesting that Bennett asked if Lena Horne's current show ("Jamaica") opened before October 31, 1957 in New York, they had to have a conference, because it opened in New York on that very date, and not before it.

[@timothyhughes1904]

Bennett was always putting his foot in his mouth.

[@alexforest1]

@@timothyhughes1904 very much so ...he really lacked humor and he was not witty.

[@mrbob4u495]

@@alexforest1 By today's standards, the men were incorrigible sexists. However, I have yet to witness any woman give a man an evil eye because of it. I do wonder, though, what the women really thought. Arlene was nearly as bad as Cerf in that category.

[@alexforest1]

@@mrbob4u495 I totally agree with you! I wonder how the wives were treated. I bet Sylvia Sydney wondered what kind of man did I marry! Arlene was right in there with the incorrigible behavior. Steve Allen was pretty bad.

[@aandjay]

Can you imagine how amazing Lena would have been as an actress too. too bad hollywood at that time was too close minded against race shes really something special beautiful articulate smart funny that would have been magic on screen i really wish that could have happened

[@laurahoward5426]

Love the Signatures

[@erichanson426]

That nut answer was enough to make me go nuts.

[@zoemorris6384]

Refreshing.

[@ladya1953]

Yes, Lena was very beautiful. So was Bernard Kelly. 😁

[@gungagaolu8869]

Continue to Rest In Peace, Lena Horne.

[@wildboar7473]

Not only the last Contestant a tuff one, but very pretty, no time!

[@nukchalalongchar8417]

Just can't help wanting to watch more and more episodes...

[@juliansinger]

Because I had to look it up: The 'musical comedy about the Amish' (what an interesting idea) that Dorothy referred to at 19:05 was Plain and Fancy, which ran on Broadway from 1955-1956. (Produced by none other than Dick Kollmar.)

[@CamhiRichard]

Saw it once at one of those crazy summer tent theaters in the round, not too far from actual Amish country. Remember enjoying it, but haven't a clue any more as to what the story was.

[@jerrysky4598]

Doggies sometimes utilize a tub. 'Course they need assistance and oft times a bit of coaxing 🐕.

[@roaminggnome6878]

Bennett's comment about the dresses that were "an insult to every man in the United States" refers to the Chemise or "sack" dress which was introduced by Balenciaga in 1957. It was a formless dress that ballooned out at the waist & narrowed at the bottom. They were especially hated by men and deemed ugly & unfeminine. Still, they were revered by women for being both modern & comfortable and nearly every woman owned one in 1958.

[@bleepiestofbloops]

Thanks for this info! I couldn't make out what he said. What a thing to get worked up about. Lol

[@mamacat3263]

Seemed like an odd thing to say just out of the blue.

[@lindafurr2404]

Lena Horne was so beautiful & talented. To hear her sing in that beautiful voice I just don’t understand how she could make her voice sound so raspy.

[@RonGerstein]

She is so professional she can change her voice any way she likes.

[@drchilledair]

Wonder what the relation was between the three Kellys (the first contestants)?

[@MICHGO1]

I'D GUESS FATHER AND HIS KIDS.

[@greydogmusic]

Most likly, this is posted just above in the comments. ..... Edward died in 1960; Bernard (after moving to Alaska and practicing law there) died in 2013. As far as I can tell, Noreen is still around. ... the post is 2 years old so. Best I can come up with right now if she is still with us she is 86.

[@robertjean5782]

​@@greydogmusicappreciate the information 😊

[@Absurdist1968]

They were playing kind of fast and loose with that _Jamaica_ technically for Lena Horne - Bennett's question/assertion that the show was _not_ currently in New York should have been answered “yes,” because it wasn't, and wouldn't be for another seven months - but it was a cute segment nonetheless. (It took me a minute or two to determine that Arlene's next question and most of those afterwards we're referring to the show's out-of-town tryouts, but even that may be reading too much into it, and ultimately this was sixty-one years ago, so analyzing it to this degree is silly. 😳

[@keymaninmusic]

You forgot to close the parentheses.

[@robertjean5782]

Now 65 years 😊

[@Walterwhiterocks]

John really blew it with Lena Horne. He had plenty of time to chat with her. She was obviously having a good time, and to rush her off like that was unnecessary. Who needs a final, rushed, contestant anyway ?

[@greydogmusic]

as someone pointed out on another episode in the comments about this action. Some of them may have had other commitments to get to and John may have been aware. Some, this was what i read not coming from me, may have been uncofortable out of their element to sit and talk. It wouild have been nice. With her it probaby was necessary to leave. If she was familiar with the program at all she knew she could sit there till John let her go.

[@waynej2608]

@@greydogmusic Yes, I believe she had a performance to get to, on Broadway.

[@debhayes2822]

Lena Horne was gorgeous!

[@liesllukacs7453]

I'm pleasantly stunned, Dorothy actually wore this dress is another episode! kzbin.info/www/bejne/nZepZ6imbsiAedU I had JUST seen it and thought it was stunning and here it is again! She must have loved it, too.

[@ritathomas3926]

Lena was talented , beautiful and a wonderful lady.

[@leolakimbler4514]

I'm from Oregon and they're from Southwest Oregon that's where Medford is I'm actually from the east side of Oregon as we call it Eastern Oregon

[@leebee5132]

Lena very very nice looking 👌 wonmen

[@alexforest1]

She was gorgeous. Consider many times one the most beautiful women in the world.

[@laurahoward5426]

Arlene Francis is very SHARP

[@robertjean5782]

And gorgeous 😊

[@rickcharles5064]

WML. Looked in my subscriptions and went to your site to just "pick" one. Why aren't there any there? Not complaining just curious.

[@WhatsMyLine]

Sorry, I really don't understand the question. "Pick" one what? What isn't there? Where is "there"?

[@WitoldBanasik]

Well, I think Rick just wanted to pick up champaigne tricks or sthg like that.... ha ha ha... No, seriously... some folks just desperately want to get any sort of reply from you I quess.... Nice try I must say.

[@echeleteich2733]

VERY TRUE!!!!

[@MrWindermere123]

I'm tall and love to lay in the bathtub with my head resting on the back edge - it's very relaxing to take the weight off shoulders and back. I'm surprised that the panel members, Dorothy especially, seemed to question the given answer. Perhaps women with fragile hairstyles would not risk squashing their coiffure (and that's the first and only time in my life when I'll use the word). Sometimes the panellists appear to live sheltered, wealthy, urban lives and regard the contestants as being from a different species. Luckily John Daly often bursts their bubble.

[@Mr_LMT_93]

Regarding contestants as a different species?

[@robertjean5782]

Ridiculous 😊

[@karlakor]

The panel guessed the occupations of the first guests, the judges, very quickly, leaving time for some conversation, but no, they were wisked away without discovering their relationship to each other or how all three came to be judges. I would like to have heard more from them.

[@robertjean5782]

WML NOT a talk show 😊

[@robertjean5782]

Send a email complaint 😊

[@MrJoeybabe25]

Now in my head is a picture of Bennett and Dorothy taking a bath together. That couldn't happen in real life could it, Ma?

[@shirleyrombough8173]

Joe Postove - Oh stop it! I don't want to think about it.

[@MrJoeybabe25]

@@shirleyrombough8173 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@syd8802]

NOW ITS IN MINE!🤣🙈

[@MrJoeybabe25]

@@syd8802 🤣🤣🤣

[@robertjean5782]

Not happening 😮

[@Visiontech]

Can anyone tell me how to spell that dress that he was talking about? I just want to look up what they looked like. Thanks

[@michellerenee8533]

Was trying to figure that out too.

[@BLACKBIRDsqueaks]

11:54 that time John C Daly cracked himself up more than his lungs could handle 🤣

[@JDB2552]

Now I want to know what was the musical comedy about the Amish they were asking about.

[@vincentdaly78]

Plain and Fancy, which was produced by Dorothy's husband Richard Kollmar. Featured a barn raising. The only member of the Broadway cast whose name I recognize was Barbara Cook, not in a lead role. I don't know who Bennet was thinking of.

[@vincentdaly78]

I see that Bea Arthur understudied one of the leads and that Carol Lawrence was in the chorus.

[@terencedove5047]

Gee...Lena Horne was so nice, WML had her twice!

[@stephenmichalski2643]

This show really needs to be resurrected......this is so entertaining its silly......why doesn't some producer get a bunch of current stars and do this now.....it'd blow everything made nowdays outta the water

[@mrbob4u495]

Current "stars" are "too good" for such menial work.

[@akrenwinkle]

@@mrbob4u495 I could see it working. Miley Cyrus: "So, is your product, like, bigger than a double iced latte with a low-fat dollop?"

[@nala-kn8bb]

@@akrenwinkle you'd get celebrities with a working brain like cate blanchett, rosamund pike , giancaelo esposito, adam sandler to give a few random names

[@donnacook8994]

They'd probably start throwing a tantrum, cry it's not fair, and wear clothing with holes or workout gear. Definitely wouldn't care about manners, style, or speech. Would be treating each other like enemies and totally attention seeking to get likes. No thank you!

[@stephenmichalski2643]

@@donnacook8994 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣with todays culture....your right

[@karenbyrne5423]

Totally agree

[@simeonbaumel7293]

Lena Horne's name appears in the noted song "National Brotherhood Week"

[@robertbeacham4314]

Fred Sanford loved Lena Horne

[@drchilledair]

See my comment below. Mr. Daly DID get around to the relationship mid-show. Oh well, back to WML and mystery guest, Lena Horne.

[@loissimmons6558]

The Kelly family members rushed out so fast, it was as if they had to catch a red eye to the west coast so they could be in court Monday morning. I was glad that John took the time to mention which courts they presided over.

[@evonza4858]

I enjoy seeing Lena but whoever did her makeup forgot to color her ears to match the makeup on her face 🥰❤️🖤💚#she's still black excellence 🥰❤️🖤💚

[@kattahj]

Yes, I found that extremely distracting!

[@evonza4858]

@@kattahj true do things correct ❤️🖤💚

[@rickcharles5064]

Ralph Bellamy was a BIG guy, John Wayne size!

[@debraharris879]

What was the name of the dress that Bennett mentioned that he so despised? It sounded like shimion or something like that.

[@jvcomedy]

He was referring to a sack dress which was a style at that time. I'm not sure of the word he used after it, but it's possible it was "chamois" which could have been the type of cloth the dresses were made from.

[@debraharris879]

Thank you, I google it, they were called chemise or sack dresses. They were loose fitting dresses for the most part but fitted on the legs, if you know what I mean. Some of them were really stylish and some were ugly!

[@jvcomedy]

Debra Harris You're exactly right. If you watch the very next episode which is 3/9/58 with Jack Paar as the mystery guest, John Daly makes mention of it again at the very start of the show and you can understand the word chemise much more clearly.

[@theamishumpire1301]

Jeff Vaughn The chamois you are talking about is a leather, a chrome tanned leather, that back then, as well as today, they use to dry cars and other things with out scratching.

[@debraharris879]

We are talking about chemise dresses not chamois cloth!

[@Walterwhiterocks]

Lena Horne was clearly having a good time and enjoying her appearance. Not sure why she was rushed off, there was plenty of time for a chat. Also, the horse trainer said "around Albany" likely because she was training at (then) Saratoga Raceway in Saratoga Springs. If she gave "Saratoga" as where she was from, the panel may have associated that with horse racing (both thoroughbreds and harness horses) and targeted that.

[@loissimmons6558]

+Greg .Patrei I thought the same thing regarding the identification of being from "around Albany" rather than specifically mentioning Saratoga. It would have been easier to hide her identity and still give a more accurate geographic location if she had been associated with one of the downstate harness racetracks at the time: Yonkers or Roosevelt. As far as Miss Horne rushing off, I always wonder if that was the decision of the challenger or someone on the WML staff. Sometimes John is able to catch them as they get up. But perhaps in this case, it was prearranged that she would leave quickly. One reason was that she didn't have something upcoming to shill for. Apparently her Broadway show, Jamaica, was a big hit, and she was the second star from the cast to appear on WML during its run (the first being Ricardo Montalban).

[@greydogmusic]

just posted this a couple questions above ....... as someone pointed out on another episode in the comments about this action. Some of them may have had other commitments to get to and John may have been aware. Some, this was what i read not coming from me, may have been uncofortable out of their element to sit and talk. It wouild have been nice. With her it probaby was necessary to leave. If she was familiar with the program at all she knew she could sit there till John let her go

[@afonsords]

21:22 always "funny" when you see people back in the day being shocked by the new trends

[@jacklewis515]

Have you ever noticed that Bennett is the only one that never fixes his hair after taking the mask off?

[@ruthkidney3582]

I hate that Lena Horne had to 'cover' for so many years before discrimination lessened. She's such a classy lady 😍

[@tumarbongrox6074]

Lena Horne stated in an interview many years later that she *🔴ENJOYED🔴* being on the show.... HOWEVER, due to extreme racism during that time, she was mandated to enter the studio through the back door off the alley where the trash was thrown. Lena also expressed that she waited back stage in a converted broom closet until she was called out. Lena added that there was no dressing room or waiting room for blacks and no blacks were allowed in the standard dressing room that was set aside for the average white guests of the show. Lena noted that being an African American star was extremely difficult during those times but she was able to persevere and make the best of it👍

[@robertjean5782]

Unfortunately all that was true. Totally outrageous BS 😊

[@sdgakatbk]

I like it when the panel gets a no when they are asking whether a guest is a man or a woman. I hope Lena didn't hurt her voice disguising it here.

[@MrJoeybabe25]

Does John Daly look different somehow here? I can't put my finger on it. Is it a different hairstyle, maybe he looks more relaxed (he does look a bit younger)... I don't know. Anyone?

[@shirleyrombough8173]

Joe Postove -It's his hair!

[@sandrageorge3488]

It is the hair. Darker, and a bit shorter.

[@robertjean5782]

John wore a toupee for many years 😊

[@Eddie_Schantz]

Bennet alwasy asks that same stupid question about whether "your looks have anything to do with your work"? and he gets a no 99 times out of 100.

[@timothyhughes1904]

I think he just liked telling those women that they were beautiful. If he wasn't such a nerd, he'd have probably been a flirt.

[@timothyhughes1904]

@tinwoods Lighten up. There were many other things wrong with society back then. You can't force 1958 to be like 2020. These old WML episodes reveal not only people's professions, but American culture as it then was.

[@gilliankew]

@@timothyhughes1904 I reckon he was probably an outrageous flirt, but such a lovely person the ladies would have known it was harmless and been flattered.

[@shirleyrombough8173]

Bennett, like the other panelists, knows he must entertain the audiences, both in the house and at home. So that is what they all do. I don't seex

[@shirleyrombough8173]

I don't see that as a problem, nor, it seems, did anyone else.

[@notvalidcharacters]

WTF is Cerf talking about with "sackless chemise dresses"?

[@dcasper8514]

Just as your question implies, it was a style like a bag put over the ladies shoulders, & had no shape whatsoever.

[@robertjean5782]

​@@dcasper8514Exactly 😊

[@josonic]

When dorothy asked the bathtub salesman "when you wear it is it visible?", John should have given her a no for presumption. Instead he gave her a yes and a hint

[@CamhiRichard]

Agreed. At least he should have pointed out that it hadn't yet been established that it was wearable.

[@patrickryan1515]

Lena wowed them. Red Fox would have done cartwheels.

[@WConn100]

Fifty dollars in 1958 is like 500 today.

[@robertjean5782]

$50 was a weeks pay or a house payment 😊

[@Fush1234]

Get in behind boy.🤣🤣🤣