What's My Line? - Harold Lloyd (Apr 26, 1953) 

Humor will keep you young

Maybe sick and fat 30 years olds, as are common in the USA. But still ...it is far fetched.

He aged well

And he died at only 77 from prostate cancer. Goes to show that looking youthful doesn't always lead to a long life?

Well said!

Lloyd died in 1971. I have always considered him the third least interesting of the 'golden age' comedians. Keaton was far cleverer, and certainly Laurel and Hardy far funnier.

Yes indeed ! Along with Chaplin and Keaton, he was one of the three most iconic silent screen comedians.

@@garethbeare7319 You utter, utter Wanker.

@@garethbeare7319 So you covered the whole range of those comedians, so that you can tell which three were all the way at the bottom? Who are the two who rank even lower than he does, in your estimation ?

My husband and I became addicted to his movies. They are hilarious, and the genius behind them is such a gracious man. There are so many times I wondered how he survived his own antics, but, timing is everything.

HOLY JESUS! ITS HAROLD CLAYTON LLOYD SR!

Kieran Anders Oh damn

Ace Tripp HUH!?

@Teresa Allen WOW! Did he ever tell you stories about his experiences with these films and in "old Hollywood" in general?

I call BS. Post proof ( pics, docs and affidavits ) Then we'll talk, maybe

Wow, that’s cool

@@joeambrose3260 do you really think that someone would look up the name of a director from the silent era just to get minimal clout from this one specific Whats My Line video? If you do then you must think that people have no lives whatsoever.

⁠@@joeambrose3260She’s truthful. I know her. Why be rude?!?

Reminds me of the guitarist Django Reinhardt. In 1928 when he was 18 he lost the use of his ring finger and pinky of his left (fretting) hand due to a fire. He had to modify how he played and became a jazz great.

And in his films after that accident he wore a slim-fit tailored glove with built-in fingers to disguise his loss of own fingers.In some scenes you can tell, but mostly you wouldn't know unless you were in looking for it.

Which is probably why, as a courtesy, the camera shot of him signing in was taken from his back so that you couldn't see the fingers making the signature.

The original panel was more intellectual but very boring.

Wow. I knew he would be smart and own his productions. Wonder what $20 m is equivalent to today, not that I am money orientated, if you know what I mean!!!

Ruple Thaker Multiply it by TEN. He was a very wealthy man.

What's My Line? But it didn't stop him dying

of C-A-N-C-E-R, yet! That got my mom last year. Harold Lloyd was one of my favourite silent era comedians.

i'd rather die wealthy than die poor

My pleasure-- I'm glad you're enjoying the shows. :)

I love that era.

I'll second that emotion. This was by far the best game show that I've seen, but that isn't saying much. but in some ways maybe my favorite tv show until Dorothy was murdered. the wit and wisdom of Dorothy and Arlene was a much needed alternative to the extremely limited flavors of womanhood tv offered. the same was true of many of the female guests with very competent professions. Bennet Cerf was among the most boring comedians to me, but many great male comics in the 4th seat.

Absolutely my favorite WML episode.

Ha ha except Bennet in this one. "Is this only worn by fops?"

Oliver Kalamata Can you try to express that with just a few select words?

My favorite leading ladies were Jobyna Ralston and Mildred Davis. Jobyna Ralston replaced Mildred Davis after Mildred retired from acting to marry Harold.

Saying he didn't consider himself a romantic lead in his films 😏... very incorrect in my humble opinion... He is being very modest here ... ..just adorable as ever - even w/ a receding hairline👴🏼.👀. Still a handsome man...Beautiful..just my humble opinion.. 🕯️🙏🌷🌻🌺🌼🏵️🌸🌺💮💐 ...🌾🌾🌾🎓🤵🎩🏆...🎖️..🌾🌾🌾🌾🌻🌾🌾🌾🌼 ...🌹..💘 ..🗿...

Myself as well!

Harold Lloyd did appear in talking films.

There is an episode of "This Is Your Life" honoring Harold Lloyd on RU-vid.

Joe Postove Thanks for the excuse to plug a video on one of my other channels. :) This Is Your Life - Harold Lloyd (Comedy Legends, Sept 29, 1954)

What's My Line? I saw it. What a cosy place "Brown Derby " must have been! A time when the ashtreys weren't illegal. Those were the days...sigh!

SuperWinterborn Poor Ralph Edwards had no idea Groucho would be sitting in the next booth ready to disrupt the show as usual. :)

One of the greats! Harold Lloyd!

A true silent classic comedy if ever there was one.

My Mother belonged to a group called the Rainbow Girls (she was a Worthy Advisor, sort of a President). They were associated with the Shriners. At the time, Harold Lloyd was the Supreme Potentate. In 1951, all of the Worthy Advisors in the Sacramento area went to a formal dinner in Sacramento, where they curtsied in front of Harold Lloyd before having dinner and then watched "Safety Last". My mom didn't notice Harold Lloyd's missing thumb when they shook hands. I've always wondered if Harold Lloyd bowled with his left hand. It's been documented that Lloyd was a champion bowler among his many pursuits.

Vahan and I were wondering how he managed to sign in with his right hand here. I would have thought he'd have had to learn to write with his left hand after the accident.

Yes, now that you mention it, Harold Lloyd is carefully photographed so that rather than seeing his hand making the signature you see his back. Then, knowing that when he leaves to take his seat his right hand would be nearest the camera, the director focuses at length on the signature until he has taken his place at the desk.

romeman01 Kind of like Bill Cullen's foot.

However, I think you can still see which hand is moving -- it looks like his right hand, which surprised me!

guyfihi Actually Mr. Lloyd lost his fingers not in a movie but while posing for publicity shots for Pathe Studios. Someone handed him a real bomb instead of a prop bomb. It's amazing he wasn't killed.

You can see his missing fingers as he shakes hands with the cast members.

He's my favorite of all the big three in silent film comedy.

You're very welcome! And yes, Gil Fates also writes about this in his book, where he talks about celebrities whose vocal disguise got thinner an thinner as their segments went on, because they were horrified at the prospect of not being guessed.

What's My Line? Thank you for this bit of information. I noticed that some of the celebrities vocal disguises got thinner, but I had not thought of this reason. I thought it was because the panel was at a point that they were inevitably going to guess who they were so they figured why bother to continue with the disguise.

interesting to hear that. from watching the shows, clearly also many mystery guests were quite competitive about their voice guises.

My mother was still in high school. Was 5 yrs before she married.

Yes, I think that's an accurate description of Harold Lloyd. He was a highly talented actor who specialized in comedy, but he wasn't a comedian per se in the sense that Chaplin and Keaton were. Lloyd wasn't primarily responsible for creating the gags in his movies and didn't direct himself. But his best comedies are fully in the same league as the best of Chaplin and Keaton. Who one prefers as a favorite is really just a matter of personal tastes. They were all great.

Artie Shaw's episode (#3; March 2 1950) featured another man (the final contestant) with such a mustache. And his line was "exterminator"! You'd think it would have been "too soon" at the time, but apparently nobody thought anything of it. I certainly found it amusing.

charleshberman His daughter Gloria said that her father was not a comedian but in fact, an intellectual

The photos in the book are actually red and cyan anaglyphic . Polaroid glasses can only be used for projected films.

Harold Lloyd filmed those scenes with Babe Ruth in "Speedy" towards the end of the 1927 season when Ruth hit 60 homers.

Speedy 💕

Even more remarkable, Lloyd became a champion bowler.

Joe Postove Exactly my thoughts too. The poor girl looked both ashamed and confused the same time. They did that often the first years, like they also assumed everyone lived in a suburban villa, or at least in a two stores apartment. This slowly changed along the way, with more experience and knowledge about the average contestants.

SuperWinterborn Sesquipedalianism is a good word, but people would know you looked it up right away. NO ONE knows what the word means, unless they look it up. There are eight words like that.

Joe Postove Only *eight?!?*

SuperWinterborn I thought I's surprise you, SW. I chose that number arbitrarily! It is really 1.3

If I remember correctly, in one of Bennett's introductions of John Daly he called John something like "a master of obfuscation." I love the manner in which these people spoke. It's the way I speak.

Hal Block used the same line of questions for the sleeping bag maker on the 2 Nov 1952 show. Hal ended by mentioning a canoe. The gambit writer just reused these questions to hand to Steve.

Cap Blood What is this comment about? Do you two know each other? Baffling.

What's My Line? This person is a well-known troll on YT who has been banned from numerous channels. He recently changed his user name and avatar in order to continue making his obnoxious barbs. He is a loser who has nothing else in his life.

James Vaughan Cap Blood Guys, honestly, please don't put me in a position of taking sides in a battle I know absolutely nothing about. Just keep it off these videos. You can both contribute anything you want, whether it came from your own head or Wikipedia or anywhere else, as long as it's *respectful*, non offensive and non controversial. No more of this here, please. Just stay away from each other on this channel if you can't stand each other. And if you need to fight it out more, please do it elsewhere. Thank you.

Cap Blood Totally your call if you do or don't want to continue commenting. But rest assured, *no one is going to harass anyone on my channel*. The longest harassing comments will stay up is 10 hours, if I happen to be asleep. I'm online ALL THE TIME, and I read every single comment posted. Every one.

I, too am disappointed in the path Family Feud has gone down. I watched this as a child and then with my children but, suddenly realized I couldn’t watch it with the grandchildren, even though I love Steve Harvey. The questions got very suggestive, so that to win the prize, you’d have to guess something disgusting. Then, they started using really tasteless euphemisms for the answers….

@@maryzorn3365Hi there✌️ all here just my humble opinion.. that is precisely why the Steve Harvey remake sucks 💩Richard Dawson was the best host for this🙏🏼🕯️🌹💪🏻🤳 🕴️.. no others need apply ... Idiots gotta make idiot sex jokes.. not funny.. just makes them look like there is no imagination left in the cranium ... 🥜🧠.. . w/ an I.Q. of ten....it takes real intelligence to make comedy funny .. without it being dirty.. too many comedy - writing dummies out there that think dirty means funny . . Newsflash :. .it doesn't.. just boring .. really reveals one's lackluster overall appeal..despite the glitz.. a rather ugly stench is under it all 🤢😷..it shows one's true mindset.. 😝🤮 🏃🏼‍♂️💨🤬...so much ugliness in the world now.🤮.. Why add to it ?!?😔 🙁❓

Though, you can see it when he's shaking the panelists' hands on his way out.

@Max Power LOL! :D

Joe Postove Not the worst way she could have chosen to leave this world, and it would even have been on Fifth Avenue...

SuperWinterborn I guess if she could have chosen a place to die, it would have been Saks.

Joe Postove Which would still have been on FifthAvenue.

Is there any other?

Joe Postove Tsk, Tsk...! (Lack of emoticons ;)

The history of daylight saving time is rather erratic, but it was adopted in several countries during the First World War and quite widely used during WWII. The U.S. law of 1966 was an attempt to standardize it, but it was by no means new at that time.

It's a moronic practice, and ill-named. It does not save daylight, you will get the exact same amount of daylight no matter what you do with a clock.

Great comment as usual. But I say "Hmm. . " to Andrew Sarris's take. Chaplin never lost his money; he grew up in horrific poverty, but once he made it in movies, he was never poor again. Within a few years he was one of the richest men in the world, and stayed that way. I do think there's a very real, and obvious, connection between his work and his early, deprived childhood, but not in the way you're quoting Sarris as putting it. Buster did lose his money after his early years of success, but I don't see how any causal relationship could be made there since that was *after* he produced all of his most memorable work. Critics do what critics do, but I've never much cared for critics trying to "rationally" justify what is, quite simply, a matter of their own preferences and personal taste. All three of them were great, in different ways. I'd probably pick Buster as my favorite of the three, but I wouldn't try to prove objectively that it's the correct view. Then again, that would make for a very dull column.

thanx for the useful clarification. Requiring one to select a favorite from Keaton, Chaplin, and Lloyd is rather like asking one to select a favorite type of pie.

Lois Simmons - Good catch! :)