She s made people laugh for a long time and as far as I know she's not a felon. Goodness knows we can't get too much laughter injected into this nutty world.to swipe a line "can you do better"?
@@juanettebutts9782 How does one go about finding them in chronological order? I saw another one of Carol Burnett yesterday, and since I didn't memorize the date, I wasn't even sure which came first (although I believe this is the earlier appearance). And yes, it's seriously addictive! I am now in a phase where I'm not interested in watching anything else to relax, only "WML?"
It was always a thing she did when her grandmother or mother was alive. So when they passed away, she still did it on her show as a dedication to them.
Carlos Chavarin Jr. -I think that we inadvertently imitate the speech of those we admire. I have caught myself doing that with Arlene Francis, whom I do appreciate.
I'm fascinated by the hypnotist's testimony that she had at one time in her life been paralyzed and had to use a wheelchair, and that hypnotism helped her. According to Wikipedia, her malady was in the nature of a nature of a nervous breakdown, which I suppose might possibly bring on a form of paralysis, even if only psychosomatically. I would like to learn more about this lady.
1973ish, my father took me to see Pat Collins, the Hip Hypnotist at a nightclub in Hollywood. She was naturally much older and unfortunately much bigger. I miss those times with my father very much.
Carol Burnett and Debbie Reynolds had the most humorous personalities judging by their What's My Line appearances . A treat to see Carol in the early stages of her career , here
It *is* a real treat. I was a lucky audience member at a one-woman show she did in San Francisco about four or five years ago; it was wonderful to see her in person.
P.S. I saw a Debbie Reynolds appearance a couple of days ago -- what a card! 😀 She had the personality of a stage actress, not an "in the bubble" movie star.
I was in 3rd grade when Alan Shepard did his flight. The whole school was ushered into the auditorium and a TV was tuned into the news and we watched the whole thing. The whole flight lasted only around 15 minutes, but with the lead up, countdown, splash down, and the retrieval we were there for over an hour. It made quite an impression on me.
I love this show. It's like a window into the time, and much of WML? coincided with the heyday of the Space Race, and I'm particularly fond of the shows which featured someone associated with it, which were quite a few it seemed. This one aired just two days after Alan Shepard in the Freedom 7 capsule became the second man and first American to go into space. Admiral George Koch (the first contestant) passed away in 1972 at the age of of 62. His son, Lt. Peter Koch, a naval aviator, tragically died in a flight accident in 1965. They are buried beside each other at the United States Naval Academy Cemetery in Annapolis, Maryland.
I was thrilled that the program aired 2 days after Alan Shepherd went into space. May 5 was when I met my husband-to-be at church. It was a special district youth meeting, and he was the emcee at the host church. We were 16, and I had just come back from living in South Africa (about 12 miles from where John Charles Daly was born). I was enamored enough to decide to attend that church, with my parents’s permission. They didn’t know my true motives, though! It wasn’t until being friends for six years, going to different colleges, but ending up at the same graduate school in the same field, that things ‘jelled.” I wonder if the character of the first contestant appeared in the movie “Hidden Figures” which revolved around the launching of that time? The recovery of the space capsule was featured because the calculations had to figured manually! I’ll have to view it again! And I wonder if John Charles Daly as one of the top news anchors of the event appeared in the movie at all as himself! They mixed historic clips in with the narrative, based on the true story.
The first contestant, and the genuine post-game reception he receives, is a great example of how non-partisan we once were about American achievement. We recovered an astronaut within 4 minutes of the capsule hitting the sea and that was a really noble accomplishment for all of us. Now we fight over funding NASA for anything. Meanwhile, Europe is landing on COMETS! Other than my digression, another great episode by this wonderful group.
+Jolar70 Yes Europe is landing on Comets while we, the United States are the first to take closeup pictures of Pluto and its moon, the only country to create a spacecraft that has LEFT THE SOLAR SYSTEM, not to mention the only country to successfully land multiple spacecrafts on Mars when it was once a graveyard planet that no one could successfully land on but who cares about that. That's not really important anyway.
@gcjerryusc we made a mistake in setting up our space program as a race with a particular objective. Once we accomplished that objective, we were in a sense done, with no further consensus on what to do and with nothing to build on from, as opposed to the unmanned work we have continued.
A scientist can be involved in landing a satellite on a moon of Jupiter but today's snowflakes yell at him for a shirt he wore his own coworkers gave him.
Fleer Bubble Gum... I worked there briefly (I was a Kelly Girl, came in for two weeks to cover the switchboard while the regular gal took vacation). The entire building (offices, every thing) was covered in a fine powdery layer of sugar dust. The whole place smelled sweet.
Hypnotist Pat Collins was very big in the 1960s , she had a very famous show in LA and was featured on the Lucy Show , excellent episode.. she was know back then as Pat Collins the Hip Hypnotist.
When Carol Burnett said, "Never!" to Arlene Francis, the way she pronounced that hard "R" at the end let Arlene know it was her. What's My Line was some of the best television content ever. As I watch these, one after another, I experience quite a flood of emotions and memories. I appreciate the effort that was made to digitize all these shows - Thank you so much!
Actually, I think Arlene suspected it was Carol after she answered “Yes” to Bennett. Arlene asks Carol to repeat it using “your own voice”, indicating her hunch it was indeed Carol.
Crazy for us it was 60 years ago, yet for them it had just happened a few days ago. Just fascinating to watch this and hear someone who was there talk about it. I love watching these, it's like stepping back over half a century to watch history
Admiral George Koch (1910-1972) was awarded the Legion of Merit for his exceptionally outstanding conduct in the performance of meritorious service to the United States. His only son, Lt. Jr. Grade (LTJG) James Peter Koch (1940-1965) died at sea near Naples Italy, following an aircraft accident.
Yes, Pat Collins became well-known and owned her own nightclub in L.A. for a time, that was frequented by celebrities and other customers wanting to avail them of her services or to watch her show. She made several tv appearances and was featured in a few movies. She eventually retired following a debilitating stroke, which left her unwell until her death in 1997 at the age of 62.
These great shows bring back so many memories. I am surprised that someone didn't take the time to place the entire series on DVD and sell it that way. I would buy it without hesitation.
Well, there are around 800 surviving shows. A complete DVD release seems pretty much out of the question on those grounds. But I am surprised there haven't been some more "Best Of" collections over the years. Last I checked, I only found one DVD set that was for game shows in general which had about a half dozen WMLs on there. And that was it.
I caught that too and was wondering if anybody else did. I watched her do it for years on TCBS but I wonder if she did it on the Garry Moore Show as well?
I love that wink at 05:18. Arlene had learned to play the confusing-phraseology game as John Daly had always played it--and she gave elegant acknowledgement of that with this gesture, I think.
I was very lucky to watch Carol filming the Gary More Show. In part she let her hit the floor very loud sound and she went on with laughs. One of the best comics
I remember Pat Collins The Hype Hypnotist Club on Sunset. During the late 70s/80s I would got to Gazzaris and the Whiskey. I'd park my car by her club and would always pass by but never stopped in. Wish I did.
She came to San Diego at least once, because I remember seeing her act advertised in the local rag. I wanted to go, but I was a bit too young, as it was a night club act.
@@ghshinn If I remember correctly, she came to San Francisco a couple of times, too. I want to say she played someplace in the Tenderloin, but I'm not sure of that.
I'd love to know more about her. Her name is totally Irish, but she's a dead ringer for Gina Lollabrigida! (Or if not her, some other Italian movie star of the era -- in any case, she looks 100% Italian to me.)
Pat Collins was appearing on her birthday. She said she was from Chicago, but she was born in Detroit and was famous in LA as a nightclub owner and performer.
Tons of comments below on Carol; glad to see a few on the great Cyril Ritchard, one of the theater's most suave, urbane and delightful performers. Check out his theater and TV credits, and you may come back here for another chance to see him up close. LR
@@donnawoodford6641 actually this show is from 1961. Bob Mackie at some point in 1961 began working for Paramount pictures. In 1967 when Carol Burnett began her variety show on TV, she asked Bob Mackey to design for the show. That was the beginning of an 11 year association with the Carol Burnett Show.
It's Captain Hook!! I saw Cyril Ritchard on the stage with Mary Martin at the Shrine Auditorium when I was 6 years old in 1954. Richard Halliday wouldn't let us visit Mary Martin in her dressing room after the show, but Mr. Ritchard was a sweetheart.
People post, "I did this" and "I saw that," and the reader doesn't really care. In that category I place the fact that I saw Cyril Ricthard in the Metropolitan Opera's production of Offenbach's "La Perichole" in Boston in, I think, 1973.
This episode and the one before she came out with hair that no one would let someone they cared about appear in front of a TV camera. I saw something like this once before when a TV anchor here showed up on screen with a wildly out of place hair dye job. I'm thinking Dorothy has started hitting the bottle for Chablis courage before showing up here. It's sad.
I was watching on my tablet, in bed, and went to the kitchen, forgetting to pause. When I was coming back to the bedroom, I thought I heard a cat 🐈. I was looking everywhere for that dang cat. It was Carol Burnett.
Caro Burnett at the beginning of her long distinguished career. I wonder if the panel knew that she would someday become one of the greatest comedians of all time.
@SnowWalker - Just FYI from my observation and having read several of the memoirs of the panelists, it was a rather maternal habit. Usually Dorothy or Arlene sat in the far seat to our left as viewers. They both tended to look downward to their right immediately as the contestant ended their panelist greetings. It was because there was danger in that direction. Within less than a foot of their chair at that end, there were heavy equipment cables, the cameras and cameramen, the announcer with his microphone and cords, the director, and of course ultimately the footlights and audience. It was rather an obstacle course that probably drove their insurance carrier crazy. There was a period when folks exited behind Daly, which was a bit less of a congested area on the stage. It was not a properly designed studio; it was jerry-built, makeshift, no proper acoustics (why so many people need so many things repeated). Not to be sexist, but it has been my experience that it would be more likely for the men sitting at the end, the few times they did, to allow the announcer or someone else to worry about the perils underfoot for the departee. Whereas, women would tend to take that on board and they've both sometimes made comments to those walking away. They even did it for men as they left often. But with women there's the issue of 4" heels.
Love these shows, binge watching them now. It saddens me only a little when they try to squeeze in a final contestant in 2-3 minutes, and never give the panel or the guest a full run. The guest traveled all the way to the show, was likely excited to be on it, and then got shortchanged. I understand they had to do 'fillers' but I feel for those partial guests....
@@bravehome4276 You're right. I didn't consider that the contestant might enjoy such a fuss being made over them. In that time, $50 was like $450-$500. I just assumed they'd be backstage, waiting to go on @10:56 and realizing when they heard their name: cha-ching! Six months rent!
Uncle Chuck had us kids meet Admiral Koch. Lt.Commander Charles Misuana U.S.N. ,Uncle Chuck! Uncle Chuck was hands on Commander of the Capsule Recovery.
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