What's My Line? - Hugh O' Brian; PANEL: Gene Rayburn, Phyllis Newman (Aug 27, 1967) 

Gary -- on the eve of the last episode, I just wanted to say thank you for all your good efforts and hard work in getting the RU-vid What's My Line? channel up and running and populated with episodes. I can't believe how many of them you've uploaded and I know, in many cases you not only had to track them down, but you've spent a lot of time splicing some of them together to come up with a better-quality or more-intact version than any single one already available. Certainly all that work has been of great enjoyment to a great many people, including me. Your work -- and you yourself -- are much appreciated. Thank you kindly.

For every person who has offered a heartfelt thanks for your incredible efforts in getting these episodes uploaded.. I'm sure there must be thousands more who've enjoyed them as well. For myself, I can say that over the past ten years this has been an immensely effective medicine for the soul at the end of some rather hectic days. And I Thank you for all your hard work.

I just love watching these shows, it brings back good memories.

I want to thank you, Gary, for all the time and energy and heart you put into this project. I started watching What’s My Line in 2014 when I was sick with a virus. I began by Googling Soupy Sales. I loved the episode so I started watching more, choosing by familiarity with the stars. I kept a list of what I watched so I wouldn’t watch the same ones again. After I had watched about fifty, I realized I could watch them in order by using your channel . I threw away the list and started watching from the beginning. At first, I didn’t like Dorothy Kilgallen, thinking she was arrogant. But she soon won me over with her intelligence, wry wit, giggle, and ferocious game playing. I was familiar with Bennett Cerf’s name-we had some of his joke books in our house. I didn’t know the others, but I soon learned to love them: Arlene for her warmth and bawdy laugh, Bennett for his puns and unabashed adoration of women, Fred for his genuine humility. Oh, how I dreaded the day that Dorothy would die! I cringed at the “walk of shame” and was glad at each format change. I was sad when Fred died, sad to see Steve Allen go. After Dorothy died, the show lost a little of its edge, but I was relieved to find all of the new guest panelists engaging. I especially liked Tony Randall, Martin Gabel, Joey Bishop and Phyllis Newman. I, too, would like to know who the heck Sue Oakland was. I started doing hula hoop for exercise, and I exercised three times a week while watching What’s My Line. I read Bennett’s book “At Random” and loved it. I had our library search far and wide for Gil Fates book. It was falling apart. After each episode, I looked forward to reading the comments, enjoying the small scuffles, the erudite comments and the humor. I felt like I got to know each of the regulars. I wish I could have joined in, but I was reading them sometimes years later. I will miss you! I worried when Freemantle wanted to shut down the channel. I’m so glad you prevailed! My friends got tired of hearing me talk about What’s My Line. I learned a lot (I never knew cranberries were grown in a bog). It was fun seeing how much Americans loved baseball, how much they adored astronauts, and how polite and gracious they were. It was fun witnessing the excitement when Hawaii became a state. Each episode had something to impart, even if it was just a witty remark, an interesting occupation, or a chance to roll my eyes at John Daly’s long explanations while at the same time admiring his volubility. For three years, What’s My Line has been a delightful part of my life, a small world in itself. It has enriched my days and provided me with some excellent entertainment. I’m so glad you took on this project! I know you worked hard. Thank you!

Well, nothing left for me to add, but this: That's 875 episodes down, and 1 more episode to go!

Love the Jamaican lady's dress, her whole look. We need to dress better, look like these people did.

RIP Phyllis Newman (1933 - 2019)

There was always something about Gene Rayburn that I liked. I would have enjoyed seeing him as a regular panelist on WML. A shame we had to wait until the next to last episode aired when the death rattle of the original WML was already being heard.

Phyllis Newman was very good at this game. She sounded a little ditzy, but she really wasn’t.

Well, the show ended in good spirit when Gene suggested that "if you have an interesting occupation, DON'T write to us - Start your own show!" :-) 24:10

Mrs Bryan was a beautiful, gracious, and wellspoken guest. I'm sure that she was an amazing and professional interpreter for Jamaica at the United Nations.

TV gold. Never since, and never again.

Both the introductions and the "good night"s on this show definitely sound valedictory. Most certainly, Arlene Francis and Phyllis Newman are crying at the end - and Bennett Cerf comes close to tears, too. Concerning the national tour of Abe Burrows' play CACTUS FLOWER, in which Hugh O'Brian starred: In Chicago, the play did run at the Blackstone Theatre, 60 E. Balbo Drive (which is now the Merle Reskin Theatre, owned and operated by the Theatre School of De Paul University). Hugh O'Brian and Elizabeth Allen co-starred, and the cast also featured Ethelynne Dunfee, Gene Lindsey, Kenneth Kimmins, Arthur Anderson, Barbara Louis and Gay Edmond. Abe Burrows, who had been both a panelist and a Mystery Guest on WHAT'S MY LINE? over the years, directed his play; sets were designed by Oliver Smith, and costumes were designed by Theoni V. Aldredge (who would later design the costumes for quite a few Woody Allen movies). And the show was produced by recent WML? Mystery Guest David Merrick. By the way: Not only was there a slip in chronology at the beginning of the show, with John Daly's mention of Gene Rayburn's participation in the 16 July 1967 episode, but there may have been another at the end of Hugh O'Brian's segment. If one counts the weeks, one would assume that CACTUS FLOWER would open in Chicago in early September, right after Labor Day - so, when this show aired, the play would already be in the midst of its national tour (probably in Washington, DC in late August). Hugh O'Brian's movie debut was in an uncredited bit part in the 1948 film "Kidnapped," but his next movie role was a very good credited part, as Len Randall, a cripple, in Ida Lupino's 1949 film "Never Fear," in which he co-stars with Sally Forrest, Keefe Brasselle, Eve Miller, and Lawrence Dobkin. Three other "off the beaten path" films in which Hugh O'Brian is one of the stars that I highly recommend are the 1952 Universal-International comedy "Sally and St. Anne," the 1953 Universal-International musical/drama "Meet Me At The Fair," and the 1958 Twentieth Century-Fox film "The Fiend Who Walked The West," which is a very creepy remake of "Kiss of Death" set in the West. I've seen all four; two of them may still be on RU-vid! Great job by panelists, contestants, crew, staff, and panel moderator on the next-to-last show! Truly, they're going out with heads held high. Gene Rayburn does a nice job as a guest panelist. And good for Phyllis Newman for politely but firmly stopping Bennett Cerf from "pawing" her, however inadvertently.

This is back when men looked like men and didn’t dress like a 12year old.

Hugh O'Brian was very handsome.

Recorded on July 23, 1967. When John says to Gene something about "last Sunday night", he was referring to the Mystery Guest segment with the Goodson-Todman hosts. Also, this was the same panel lineup as on that episode, and this was the 77th and final pre-taped episode.

Anybody else bothered by the terrible situation where the panelists can't hear or understand what the guests are saying? This seemed to be a chronic problem with this great show.

I liked tonight's lineup. I think the show could have lasted several more years with Phyllis and Gene in the lineup. But it was not to be.

John with Hugh demonstrates that John could do a great interview when he had the time and inclination.

Bennett Cerf, “adorable”? Who wrote the introductions?

Hugh O’Brian was so handsome and great with that high-pitched ;and low-pitched) voice. Nice that he went to Vietnam. He was so refined and polished and obviously good hearted. ❤

Hugh O'Brian was a great Mystery Guest. His little finger guns at the audience after signing in, his assortment of voices to stump the panel, and his articulate response about being in the marines... what a class act!

RIP Hugh O'Brian

Dear Bennett - even if you ask Miss Bryan a fifth time, it won't change the fact that English is the only language spoken in Jamaica

This show is a reminder of how HOT O'Brian was considered back then. Att Bennett's question of him being a 'leading man of the George Hamilton type' Hugh smirked - Hamilton looks like a scrawny 'pretty-boy' next to the rough, masculine O'Brian. For all his Wyatt Earp toughness however, O'Brian had those ladykiller dimples when he smiled, something brought upby a rapturous Arlene on another of his mystery guest appearances.

There was one thing strangely different about this show. There were absolutely no whistles or cat calls from the audience when the three very attractive girls (the worm counters and then the interpreter) entered and signed in. Also, I'm wondering if Phyllis, either prior or subsequently to this show, ever appeared on stage with Hugh O'Brian in any production.

Hugh O’Brian: “I didn’t know there was any other way to get her?” 😂

I'd sure like to have seen this final season in color as it was broadcast but still I'm really enjoying all these episodes you've taken the time to upload and share with us. WML? has always been one of my favorite panel shows

I still can't get it out of my mind, but how did Phyllis Newman narrow down the "line" of second contestant to "interpreter in United Nations??"

Very handsome indeed and charismatic! ❤

I think Bennett had Barbados, not Jamaica, in mind with the interpreter. "Bajan" is short for "Barbadian".

Gene Rayburn did not look right wearing a bow tie. I can only imagine him in a tacky 70s suit.

Aired on the same day of President Johnson's birthday and the death of Beatles manager Brian Epstein.

Freeze at 4:10 -- to paraphrase Dorothy Parker: " men always make passes / at girls who wear glasses" especially if the girl is Phyllis Newman.

So would it be correct that Hugh O'Brien would truly be WML's last "external" Mystery Guest?

Thank You once again, for posting The WML stuff.

Miss Newman was sharp tonight. She got the worms (though not the counting) and the translator.

This is one episode I wish were still in color. I'd love to see Phyllis' outfit in its colorful, shiny natural way!

Now depending on which order of "What's My Line" you go by, the last legitimate mystery guest was different. If you go by airing order, the last legitimate mystery guest was Hugh O'Brian. But if you go by production order, the last legitimate mystery guest was Lauren Bacall.

Love love LOVE Phyllis' dress in this ep! I would wear this any day!

The two girls who were worm counters wore ordinary plain dresses and had no big hairdos. Nice to see that not every girl back then looked like go-go dancers. 3:34

God Phillis Newman has the most shrill cackle I've ever heard. I always dread watching an episode where she makes an appearance. She's fine if she just doesn't open her mouth.

John: "Will you sign in after you have come through the door (?) and moved up to the board and entered, please!" 8:11

Hugh O'Brian was sort of nice looking.

What's My Line was always a must-see show at our house, and even though this episode was broadcast more than 53 years ago, I still felt a pang of sadness when Bennett said, "next week's the last, John, and I'm going to miss you." People today could take a lesson in civility from this show, and I enjoy watching these episodes on RU-vid as a way of escaping the hateful, upside down world of today.

4 years to the day of Bennett's death.

Hugh O'Brian. Excellent actor! Nice person.

I CANT WAIT FOR THE TO TELL THE TRUTH CHANNEL TO COME OUT. IM GLAD WE CAN WATCH WHATS MY LINE ANYTIME WE WISH,EVEN ON OIUR MOBILE DEVICES

Although I found Bennet Cerf abrasive--and sometimes just plain silly--at times, I already miss the kind of "game show" in which someone could make a jocular reference to "The Diet of Worms," and expect that some of the viewers would actually understand the historical event he was alluding to. Requiescat in pace, Bennet Cerf.

Who was Hugh O’Brian’s last leading lady?! 😱

Before there was Rod Roddy's "If you would like to be a contestant on "Hit Man... FORGET IT!" (from the 1983 short-lived but fun NBC game show "Hit Man"), there was Gene Rayburn's "If you have any interesting occupations, don't send them in!".

Some person with foresight at G-T should have sprung for color videotape to preserve this second to last show -- what with the gowns and the last Sunday night WML appearance of Phyllis Newman. [eventually she was one of the first panelists of Syndicated WML] Phyllis's mini-skirt probably sent flashes of spectrum color into the color cameras.

Isn't this the second set of worm counters?

Why did JCD give the bum's rush to the worm girls -- and to a lesser extent, the UN interpreter -- only to spend 15 minutes with Hugh What's-his-name?

Re John's joke at 14:27 I heard that same probably apocryphal story about early attempts at computer translation. It was between English and Russian this time. The English sentence "The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak" was translated into Russian as "The vodka is strong, but the meat is rotten".

Just a side note, Hugh O'Brian played Arnold Schwarzenegger's biological father in the movie Twins. It was a small role but he was good and it was a funny moment in the movie.

Hugh was a wonderful and humble person!

24:10 -- Rayburn could be funny spontaneously, but that observation has a tinge of irony and sadness to it as well.

I can't believe that they cancelled this show.

"Hugh O'Brian" was born Hugh Charles Krampe, 50% German. Not a lick of Irish in him.

*_COUNT WORMS_* *_UNITED NATIONS INTERPRETER_*

Hugh O'Brien got married, for the first and only time when he was 81. There is still hope for me. 😅

Hugh O'Brian will be 90 on April 19, 2015. Before Bennett mentioned George Hamilton, I actually thought Hugh looked a little bit like him. :) 17:52

Outside of a few episodes back when Gene and Allen and Bud Colley was on as mystery guests , this is the first Gene's been on here

too bad most of the original matchgame in the 60's is lost.

Is Bennett trying to think of "Patois"?

"The Jamaican language". LMAO!

17:25 OMG, how did that get past the censors?

Phyllis Newman is so intelligent.

Gene Rayburn is not nor has ever been funny.

Again, I see the mystery guest in "Up next' - a little more than 1 1/2 years before. Maybe the show really had run its course if it couldn't bring in any fresh faces.

I used to watch the original Match Game when I came home from school in 3rd & 4th grade. It is too bad that only 4 episodes are known to exist.

19:00 I knew he was gonna say that! 22:49 "I don't care what anyone thinks of the war, I just hope to God we support 'em". This was when the anti-war movement was getting huge, as opposed to his previous appearance when he didn't feel the need to say this. But of course the best way to have supported the troops would be to bring them home. And I'm sure his tours didn't show any of the tons of atrocities committed against Vietnamese in their own country by foreigners, which they'd been fighting for literally a millenium; first the Chinese, then Japanese, then French, and finally Americans. Sick.

Phyllis Newman was hot stuff!

17:39 Phyllis "Do you get the girl in the end?". Hugh "I didn't know there was any other way to get 'er" LOL!!!

Phyllis dress!!! Wish I had it!

875th show

Humm.. ... Might an Interpreter, be considered a Teacher ,?.. 🤔🤔🤔

And both Hugh O'Brian and Lauren Bacall starred in "Cactus Flower". In 1967, O'Brian replaced Barry Nelson, and Bacall was replaced by Elizabeth Allen. So the choices for mystery guests could not have been anymore appropriate for the night of July 23, 1967.

holy shoot miniskirts

The trumpet up wars since.

Newman shouldn't of said Hugh I Brian,it wasn't her turn.

I find phylis Newman annoying. Just saying

still using the old Black and white equipment and studio from 1949 too cheeep to do color

Sorry, but counting worms is not an occupation

I've heard Hugh sing Cool Water and he was almost as good as Marty Robbins.