I'm a fan of all of them and the original What's My Line? It's poignant to see that the newscasters reporting their deaths have also all now passed away. Life is fleeting.
John Daly deserved a longer obituary in my opinion. He had a long career in radio and TV journalism, covered wars and foreign events, was an important figure in the early days of TV news, as well as his other activities.
The entire ,original panel and moderator were absolutely entertaining ! They were polite witty and funny ! Bennett Cert was a very ,very smart man ! He always a the smile of a 5 year older that was up to something or just learned something new ! They were all intelligent people! They were talented too ! The end of an era ! Arlene Francis was on the new " Ehats My Line " in the 1970s , but it was not the same ! The show was a great Sunday night family show !
I have been watching the program and I have to say that I never laughed so hard at all their witty remarks. I especially liked the way that they treated every single person who came on the show. This was the time when manners were so special.
Hear, hear! Lovely manners, clothes, hair, accoutrements all. Just stunning to see them all when they were introduced, walking out with so much grace, and they also had humility which added extra charm. Very down to earth people.
Yes so true , now people go out in their pajamas. And have no respect for their elders. I still call people older than me Mr. & Mrs. Or Sir & Madam and I'm almost 60 .I Wish I had their vocabulary, it's so nice to hear the English language the way it should be R.I.P To All
During this pandemic, I have been watching a lot of "What's my Line"! Dorthy Kilgallen was exceptionally good at this game, any wonder! But, so were Bennett Cerf and Arlene Francis! John Daly was the perfect moderator! I love his little word games that end up in..."that's a NO"! Flip! the panel member knew they had been had... sorta of!😁 Seat #2 at times seemed to be the comic relief chair and they did have some pretty funny people occupy it! All in all, this WAS and still IS a great show! Thanks for this info video!
I just started watching What's My Line about 9 months ago. I love it! it's pretty addictive game show. And when you're watching it, it's pretty hard to picture them as being dead.
That's the beauty of these archives and helps redeem RU-vid. We don't _have_ to face the reality that they're no longer with us, because here, they _are_ with us. I used to love this show as a young kid growing up in the 60s, for many of the reasons articulated here. Pure class up and down; no inflated egos, intelligent panelists, palpable love of country and of people, especially their contemporaries on this show. One tends only to regret that they never got to meet these wonderful people in person and count as friends; but we have them here, and I hope just by watching them we're giving them a smile from Heaven. Thank you all, panel and John -- we'll never forget you and what you contributed to American culture.
I agree with all the comments, this is what the country used to be like. I especially like their good sense of humor and how very respectful they were towards all the contestants no matter what their line was. I wish our sense of dignity would come back. Frankly I don’t like today, too ugly and deceitful and too prone to be cruel.
God bless all three of you some of my favorite people ever in history. Been watching a lot of reruns on RU-vid of What's My Line. What a fantastic show. So much love between all of them
So do I. I would always talk my mother into letting me stay up and watch it on Sunday, in black and white. It didn't start until 8PM Mountain Time (Utah) and that was my bedtime while I was in grade school.
I find it so odd that all three of them died in a year that ended with the number 1. It's just random, but it's so incredible how long they all lived. I wish we still had people like them today.
@JohnJApanovitch. Bennett Cerf was 73 years-old when he died on August 28, 1971 - so he lived a long, but not exceptionally long, life. John Charles Daly was 77 years-old when he died on February 26, 1991. Dorothy Kilgallen was only 52 when she was murdered on November 8, 1965. So of the 5 stars of the original "What's My Line?" TV game show, only Arlene Francis lived a very, very long life when she died at 93 years-old on June 1, 2001.
TheWriterWalker and this is why I don’t understand the human race. We are only here for a short time but some of us want to cause as much trouble and hatred as possible. Our beautiful planet has enough for everyone but a lot of humans want more than their share. Much more than they could possibly use in several life times.
@@Celisar1, I can no more paint all celebrities with the same brush than I can do so to non-famous folk. I believe there are altruistic individuals in all classes.
@@susanb2015 ... You've been infected by the mainstream leftist media and their consistent focus on the minority of evildoers in our society. They rarely ever report on the good acts of people. I suggest you STOP watching the news.
I'm watching the November 7th 1965 episode of what's My line, right now. That's the final episode Dorothy kilgallen appeared on before her death. Great lady, very smart.
Coming back to this page, there were several episodes of WML where the mystery guess was Peter Gabel, Arlene's son with Martin Gabel and a couple of eps where he was the mystery guest along with Christopher Cerf, Bennett's son. And each time, none of the panel guessed who they were talking to. Just classic TV from that era..
I’ve only just recently come across the American version of What’s My Line on RU-vid, and they are wonderful! Lots of fun, and a chance to see how folk dressed so nicely in those days, as well as the respectful tones of John Daly formally calling the panel members Mr or Mrs. In the UK, we had a similar programme, but I don’t remember watching that or if the same formality was shown to the panel.
Now just look at that iconic, thought provoking picture @ 01:47. I've just recently discovered "What's My Line" on youtube and I already miss these people. I'm a bit morose looking at it but paradoxically happy at the same time for having getting to know them. These were such great people.
The three panelists & host pictured together at the end of this video (Arlene, Bennett, Dorothy, John) were my favorites. They went together so well on “What’s My Line?” Love them all 👍🏻👏🏻🌟🌟🌟🌟🥰‼️ Oh! And can’t forget my other favorite panelist, Steve Allen 👍🏻👏🏻🌟🥰‼️
@@dianefiske-foy4717 Hal Block was a comedian panelist before Bennett Cerf came in more permanently. He wasn't great at the game but had great personality for the show.
St John 3:16! 💓 We are ONLY BORN to fall in love with JESUS, THEN go Home to live with HIM FOREVER. NO OTHER REASON! JESUS is RETURNING SOON! ALLELUIA! 🙏🙌
a Gian of Culture of XX century ...my first english literature book was one of Random House by Mister Bennet Cerf..Arlene,Daly,Dorothy what marvellous charming peopl to discover thanks to RU-vid
One thing wasn't mentioned in the report of Arlene Francis' passing....she was the first woman in history to host a TV game show (Blind Date in 1949)Betty White later became the first woman to host a daytime game show and win a Emmy for it (Just Men which ran on NBC in 1983)
This is so poignant, indeed! Thank you so much for compiling and posting this. All giants. SUCH UPHOLDERS OF STANDARDS! May you all Rest in Honored Peace, you wonderful people. 💚🐬🐸🦅🌲🌳🌲🌺🌳🌲🌲🌲🌲😍 xo, Virginia Hammer @ Midlantic Theatre Co., Newark, NJ
I have been enjoying all the utube postings of what’s my line, quite witty panelists who really seemed to enjoy their program and who had such great sense of humor. One classy program.
I understand that"What's My Line" had a green room well-stocked with liquor. There are a few episodes when Miss Francis was obviously bombed, and she was absolutely hilarious!! Arlene Francis was a woman of wit and talent combined with a warm, gentle soul.
Prior to John Charles Daly anchoring the news on ABC, the network had a nightly news program entitled All Star News. Pauline Frederick was one of the anchors before she transferred to NBC News.
This show was a time capsule. A cornerstone of history. We met the Colonel Sanders in his white suit, and no one guessed what he did. Neil Armstrong's parents appeared hours after he blasted into space. The first governor of Alaska, and the inventor of the theremin. No one had even seen or heard one before. This show could never work today.
And who could forget how her eyes would light up when a tall, handsome contestant would walk out? She looked like she wanted to devour them. Check out the WML episode with Frank Gifford.
That color photo is NOT of Arlene Francis. It's Claire Trevor. It's from a photo of Claire and Arlene standing together, and how sad they couldn't tell them apart. They chose wrong, cropped Arlene out, and used Claire's photo. Claire's photo also ran in newspapers at the time as "Arlene Francis" with Arlene's obituary. Once the second most famous woman in the nation (after Eleanor Roosevelt, in the 50's) and when she died she was so forgotten nobody recognized her.
I knew there was something odd about that photo... I just found a picture of Arlene & Claire and realised I had seen the picture of Claire on this video!
Unacceptable! Every person who overlooked that incorrect photo should have been fired. Makes Ed Bradley look incompetent. He obviously didn’t care enough to check before broadcasting! Shows complete disrespect for Arlene, that no one cared enough to ensure the accuracy of the report! The saving grace is that Arlene was such a class act, she probably would have simply laughed it off.
These were great people and unfortunately there are no more like them. This was a wonderful generation people born around 1900 . My mom's 98 and she was part of the last great generation. They just did what they had to do and didn't complain about it. You didn't miss work and they didn't whine about how unfair the country is. They didn't feel entitled they went out and work for what they got.
The sad irony of life: all three of the newscasters here, who are reporting the three celebrity deaths, are now dead themselves. No one has ever cheated death; live for now.
Arlene’s trademark jewelry was her beautiful heart-shaped diamond necklace. I was sad to read that it was stolen from her on streets of New York, I believe.
She was badly beaten too. A broken collar bone (or arm ??) as well as multiple cuts and bruises. What a sad thing. I hated that so bad. There are people who have diamond jewelry with those stones, and who’s got what will never be known.
I was very impressed with John Daly--wig and all. ;) A superb gentleman and nice looking, also. I did envy him more then I should have. Just so darn classy.
I think frankly if ABC hadn't at that particular point been airing an expanded hour long newscast because of the Persian Gulf War at the time, they wouldn't have even found time just for the fifteen seconds they gave him. John had been out of the public eye for so long and WML reruns hadn't started on GSN yet that he was a mostly forgotten figure (plus, there is little to no extant footage of John anchoring at ABC which would have made doing a report tougher. It's not surprising they just relied on a WML clip).
@@epaddon Considering how many network archives were dumped by all of them, we're extremely lucky just to have surviving WML kinescopes (more likely saved by Mark Goodson instead of CBS).
They are all gone now. The movie The Field of Dreams were all the baseball players come back to life, walking out of the corn field once more, that is my wish for them. I would cry like a baby only if we could
It would be harder to come by because Vanderbilt News Archives didn't start preserving evening newscasts until August 1968. The networks at that point weren't archiving the regular newscasts, only big event coverage.
@@ebf1957 Gemini 8, I believe. Dave Scott and Neil Armstrong. Or, it may have been Gemini 6, Tom Stafford and Wally Schirra - engine shutdown on the pad, seconds after the boosters fired but the computer shut them down. Those guys could have easily been killed had it not been for the quick action of Schirra deciding not to arm the ejection seats which would have sent them flying into the Florida scrub. It successfully launched soon after.
Supposedly, Douglas Edwards of CBS reported Ms. Kilgallen's death on a mid afternoon newscast that immediately followed a recorded appearance she had made on "To Tell The Truth."
Dorothy Kilgallen was our favorite, Bennett Cerf did an interview in the late 1960s (google 'notable new yorkers') where he said she was the odd one out. They excluded her due to political differences and her proclivity to put personal info she heard in informal moments on set into her columns. Also said Dorothy was the only one who took the game seriously, and he did not mean that as a compliment. I now like Bennett less than I did...
Every time I see Arlene's diamond heart pendant, a gift from her husband Martin Gabel, I'm reminded how it was stolen from her upon exiting a cab in a mugging in 1988. It's so iconic as you never saw her without it. He had died two years prior in 1986 and the loss of it must have been traumatic for her.
Excellent video. I was around when these obits were broadcast but I was to busy with school and then a career and raising a family to have noticed. Thanks.
Is that really Arlene in the color photo shown during her obituary at 1:14? Looking at it closely, I can see how the features match up with those of the younger Arlene in the right-hand picture, but I've never seen that color photo before, and my first thought was that it doesn't look like her.
You do realize that dementias are researched and have been for decades, and there are meds available for some forms. However, the brain is extremely difficult to treat because of its makeup and how/where its affected. It’s not clear how thought processes translate within the different areas. Too often there’s just nothing that can be done for many dementia forms; they just have to run their courses, sadly. It is indeed terrible to see someone who cannot convey thoughts and words, and no longer knows people in their lives. What a terrible thing, dementia. It’s so hard for everyone.
There’s an earlier episode where John Daly is talking with a guest about him being 77 years old. John remarks he would like to live that long or something or the sort. Turns out, he died 4 days after his 77th.
