Tom Carvel (July 14, 1906 - October 21, 1990) was a Greek-born American businessman and entrepreneur known for the invention and promotion of soft ice cream in the northeastern United States. He was the founder of the Carvel brand and franchise.
George Alexander thats probably why Mr Daly never wanted to participate in this version. Hardcore WML afficionados would probably side with him as the color version while fun, seemed less intellectual and indistinguishable from the other panel series on the air. Daly and producer-creator Gil Fates had strong control over the first version giving it a somewhat intellectual statesmanlike image over the other panel fests (IGAS, TTTT) this version was more standard Goodson Todman: less rigid (probably to lure the children and younger audiences) but always well produced.
I remember seeing this show on Buzzr TV..not too long ago..and the way that the panel tried to make soft serve ice cream cones? It was a hilarious comedy of errors.
I used to get mad at John for making jokes that would give clues, but a lot of the time he flipped all the cards anyway. However, Wally Bruner takes the cake.
They really cut back the amount of time for the mystery guest, so they had to be given hints of some type to have any chance. The syndicated version had this theme of relatively little time for the questioning, compared to the classic version. Did you notice that a lot of the mystery guests are rotated from other game shows? Not as many Hollywood stars as the classic version. Probably a lot smaller budget for the syndicated version.
Wow, I just was having lunch a few weeks ago, with Mr. Alda - I mentioned to him how I'd just seen 'Behind The Burly Q' (I recommend it to any won - fan of burlesque, or who loves a good documentary, and/or both), and he's in it - as his father, Robert, started in burlesque, and would take the young Alan on tour. He lit up, when I told him. I'm always feel like a conundrum; born in the wrong time, as I love watching these things ( spent the whole day, just watching Louise Brooks movie, sigh...), and find the current stuff - which is what I'm involved in - not ..so..terrif 😉.
This may sound crazy, but I would fantasize the What's My Line panelists, and hosts Wally Bruner and Larry Blyden as members of a Beatle-like singing group; with Anita Gillette as a diva.
He was born in Athens - Greece in 1906, where he lived for only four years. In 1910 he arrived in New York with his parents...At 26, he found himself in Westchester and got a job as a driver in a truck carrying ... ice cream. Two years later something else will happen, which will put him on the road to success for good. The weekend that Americans celebrate the Memorial Day ("Memorial Day") was incredibly hot. Tom was transporting ice cream in the truck, as usual, but that day he happened to get a flat tire and from the heat the ice cream started to melt. He realized that the ice cream would be lost. He set up a counter and started selling the melted ice cream. It sold out in a matter of hours, earning the season-high $ 3,500. An idea came to him. The soft ice creams. And he did not let a moment go to waste. He was selling soft ice creams for the next two years at the same place. It was simple and obvious. People wanted creamy ice cream. Tom Carvel managed to make the "American dream" come true. And to do that, just a flat tire was enough ...
The mystery guest appeared once back in 1960 on the Sunday night WML as a guest panelist. He was actually not very good -- so mystery guest is more his line. His career as a film director started strong in the 1944 -- 1963 period then bounced from folly to catastrophic folly. "Junie Moon" bellyflopped spectacularly.
Thanks for posting! Do you have the episode of March 5, 1970 where Jan Peerce was the mystery guest? I'd also like to see an episode of June 11, 1970 featuring Richard Tucker as the mystery guest.
@@joeambrose3260 Somebody who in 1970 was important enough to be on TV while in 2020 when being on TV is meaningless, you're still not important enough to be on it.
Damn, the Host (or Moderator) nearly gave the answer away with that "pregnant women" comment; these days that kind of ad-libbing would be actionable grounds for a lawsuit from a losing contestant on any game show.
Bruner did almost ruin the game there, but, in reality, everyone was a winner on "What's My Line?" Regardless of whether or not the panelists guessed the occupation, all contestants received the $50 prize, plus autographed pictures of the panelists.
John blew it once during his time. He accidentally said "Mr. Allen" when Steve Allen was a mystery guest. Bennett caught it and tried to ignore it. Dorothy then asked if the MG was a comedian, to which Steve replied "I'm not as funny as John is right now".
Thomas Rogers i like all 3 but agree with Larry being terrible with time. But IMO it was John Daly's show, i think the added segments were the reason he didnt do the color shows.
I`m sorry, but I just don`t like this version of the show. It seems just too unpolished compared to the original version. And I don`t like the way Wally Bruner blurts out the occupations of some of the contestants, like the shaver lady. Once the panel figured out she had something to do with electric razors, Wally should have asked what she does with them instead of he himself saying that she repairs them because John Daly would have had the panel guess what she did with them also.
