Mr Lingo, the flagpole maker, was a fighter pilot in the Korean War, and afterward a reservist in the NJ Air National Guard. His physique, noted by Bennett Cerf, was also due to his athleticism in high school, namely football and hurdles. He was the fourth generation of his family be in the flagpole business. John E Lingo Jr passed away August 2, 2018, age 88.
Thank you for thinking of sharing this. We need to continue to share our parents/grandparents stories. Otherwise we will relive the horrific parts of history. Parents, please, tell your children. Schools aren't teaching REAL history anymore. I know...my daughter is graduating HS this year (2020, need I say more).
I haven't seen a mystery guest go off too soon and come back to make up time - it was too late to bring on another challenger and too early to sign off the show. John Daly, being a pro, was just about to discuss with William Bendix his next project when Jack Paar returned with his coat on. That's live TV!
Arlene to Jack Paar at 21:47 : "Do you kid us not?" refers to Jack's book "I Kid You Not" which had recently been published. A generous plug, as usual, from Arlene.
Indeed, Paar's Wikipedia entry states that he used his last night on the Tonight Show (1962) to attack his enemies, Dorothy Kilgallen and Walter Winchell.
@@bluecamus5162 Kilgallen blasted Paar in her column for going to Cuba to interview Castro. Well, then it was ON! The two were constantly sniping at each other. She thought he was being un-American, he thought she was being reactionary.
I particularly noticed that Dorothy didn't join the chit-chat after questioning was complete, and their handshake, while cordial, was very brief. Probably not something we would have noticed at the time, but evident in retrospect.
When Jack talked about being fired from CBS and ABC, John said he might get fired one day at ABC (where he served as anchor of the evening news and news director). He left ABC after the upcoming 1960 Election because the Network decided to run a half-hour of cartoons before starting Election Night broadcasting (while the other networks were already into the coverage).
maynardsmoreland -- Arlene had some really beautiful dresses, many of which revealed her shoulders, and here she is at age 52, looking great. Her hairstyle here is particularly good -- looks great on her.
Paar still shows up as a crossword clue even today. Those two a’s make it a good word to use in a puzzle plus they know people will be tricked and think Leno at first
At 4:22, William Bendix alludes to "Frankie & Johnnie's", a steakhouse on West 45th Street that started as a speakeasy during Prohibition. The New York Times described Frankie & Johnnie's in an article dated May 26, 2009 as "a hangout for hard-drinking meat-eaters from show business and the garment district".
oh if only they had had DVRs or TEVO in those days.....Bennett would not have to have been so annoyed by commercials. I seldom watch anything live now just for that reason. I must be every advertisers nightmare. How nice it is to watch these videos without commercial breaks (even though some of them are quite nostalgic).
Amazing all these celebrities at the end of the show saying good night to each other most families don't even talk to each other anymore let alone have such social grace and respect. Love it
Oh, yes. In the 50s half hour shows ran 26 minutes without the commercials. Now it's more like 22 minutes or even less. And one hour programs in the 50s and 60s ran about 52 minutes, now with all the commercials deleted it's only about 43 minutes.
@@spongebobandplanktonshould2920 A bullhorn generally is employed to amplify the voice to make it easier for more people to hear and understand what is being said. (Thus the joke a speaker will sometimes use at the start of a talk: "Will all the people in the back of the room who can't hear me, please raise their hand.")
WML was preempted for other broadcasting on 1/17/60. It would be interesting to know the different shows that took the place of WML in those markets where WML had a regular time slot, once that time slot was established at 10:30 PM Sunday, Eastern Time.
The episode guide on tv.com is singularly unhelpful. It simply says that the show was pre-empted. It would be great to know the reason and what the replacement was.
They thought six twenty second commercials in a row was excessive ; what would they think now? They can go on for thirty minutes when a show is only thirty minutes .
Gil Fates mentioned in his book this particular Arlene Francis introduction gaffe. My particular favorite of her intro boo-boos was the time she forgot Tony Randall's name all together. And yes, she looks stunning in that outfit. William Bendix gets my nomination for best mystery guest performance. He asks great questions, and he is involved in solving 2 of the lines. Unlike Adolph Monjeu's similar record back in 1957, Bendix does not give the impression of cheating. Jack Paar at the height of his line. 2 months later, that he got so mad at NBC's censoring of his "Tonight Show" opening monologue, he abandoned the program for a month. In his departing broadside, he specifically criticized Dorothy's newspaper and took shots over Dorothy's bow for her reporting and her column as well. By this time, neither Jack nor Dorothy were terribly fond of each other or their views. As for Castro -- he outlived both of them and their views of him.
David Soulier Are you referring to a different episode when Bendix was the mystery guest, or did you mean to say "guest panelist"? I agree that he was an excellent panelist on this episode, with a very direct way of questioning. I've never heard anyone ask, "do you advertise?" before, but I thought that was a very good question, even though it didn't lead to much in this particular case. I'll be interested to see if other panelists pick it up in future episodes.
Gil Fates mentioned in his book this particular Arlene Francis introduction gaffe. My particular favorite of her intro boo-boos was the time she forgot Tony Randall's name all together. Yes, she looks stunning in that outfit. Of the guest panelists who appeared only a few times, William Bendix gets my nomination for best short-term guest panelist. He asks great questions and is involved in solving 2 lines. Unlike Adolph Monjeu's similar record back in 1957, Bendix does not give the impression of cheating. Jack Paar at the height of his fame and ego. 2 months later, that he got so angry at NBC's censoring of his "Tonight Show" opening monologue, he abandoned the program for a month. In his departing broadside, he specifically criticized Dorothy's newspaper for blood, gore, and bad taste and took shots over Dorothy's bow for her sensationalist reporting and column as well. By this time, Jack and Dorothy despised each other or their views. Castro outlived both of them and their views of him. So there.
Castro? You mean Fidel, I assume? What did they say about him? Paar said something about Castro in his monologue that was censored? Do you know what it was?
@@PhilBagels this is all jumbled. Paar was pro Castro. Kilgallen was anti Castro. That was not the subject of the monologue that was censored. The subject of the monologue that was censored was "WC". After that, he left Tonight. Then he came back after awhile, his first statement on the air was: "As I was saying..."
Does anybody know why I've Got A Secret hasn't been uploaded as lovingly as What' My Line on RU-vid. I don't know if I'd like as much but it's hardly available to ever know. John Charles Daly was awful good at this.
@Karl Schwinbarger. I was wondering the same thing. I love watching "I've Got A Secret" as much as I love to watch "What's My Line." My favorite panelist on "I've Got A Secret" is Bill Cullen. One reason why I love to watch "I've Got A Secret" is because of all the talent that they show from the contestants! It's also fun to watch the mystery guest get the panel involved in some type of game or physical contest. I also like some of the inventions that some of the contestants come up with or very unique things that they do. Yesterday, I watched an episode where 2 men from South America came to New York driving a 1918 car. They explained all of the problems that they had on the way like all the repairs that they had to get done or do themselves. They had an interpreter with them because they didn't speak English. That was fun to watch. 🙂
Pedantic point: John Daly talks about the area of a flagpole compared to that of a building. I think he means the volume but I am reluctant to correct him because he very rarely slips up in his use of language.
rick charles -- They didn't seem to have any qualms about mentioning the other networks on WML. John Daly, of course, was the vice president in charge of news, special events, and public affairs, religious programs and sports for ABC, and he also hosted the final years (1954-55) of the NBC game show "Who Said That?" in addition to doing WML for 17 years on CBS. So he was seen on all three networks -- maybe that put him in the position of not caring about mentioning the other two networks.
Concerning flag poles, when John says “area” he means - or should mean - volume. This very minor point, combined with numerous other math and science (plants are not alive!) errors may show that while the mid century elite were more erudite than their modern counterparts, their technological abilities were comparatively weak.
Dorothy took her role of that program very seriously and she was good at it. Tragedy what happened to her. Bennett Cerf was very good at this game also.
Just saying that Bennett Cerf asked about all the commercials. Nothing has changed except today there are more of them and they’re much shorter and faster.
seems as if bendix lost his composure at the intro and never regained it and had an axe to grind with cerf. it's not as if bendix had never done live broadcasts on radio so he should have been more relaxed.
Larry Teren maybe they have some sort of history but in this episode i didnt notice but you could be right someone important did because this was his last appearance
@@syd8802 how would i know? its been 2 years! my guess is that arlene was psychic.. she had a second sense... she was SHARP. she was forever upstaging bennett and just about ANYBODY on the panel
i love bennetts OBSCURE reference to TWO EXTRA STARS on the flag pole....alaska and hawaii.....dont forget.....this is 196O...its 5O...not 48 anymore....hes a couple of years off in his joke!!
genius mchaggis No, Bennett is very timely. Hawaii was admitted as a state in August 1959, less than half a year earlier than this episode. And while the layout of the 50-star design was approved in an executive order by President Eisenhower at the same time, and 50-star flags were already being made by the time of this show, technically it became the official flag of the USA on July 4, 1960, according to the 1818 law that specified that the number of stripes should remain at 13, while a new star would be added for each state on the Independence Day following admission. I'm just old enough to remember this (1959/60, not 1818!) so I don't think of it as obscure. Officially there was a 49-star flag from July 4, 1959 to July 4, 1960, but few were made and sold, knowing that Hawaii statehood was in the works. Our family skipped buying the 49-star flag, for instance.
Neil Midkiff. Wonder if the 49 star flags are of particular $ value since not many made. I love hearing all the chat about history now, but at that time were current events. So interesting and I love the witty banter.
@@janejayne8152 Yes. 49 star flags are somewhat collectible. Flag manufacturers knew that Hawaii would be a state soon and didn't want to make a lot of 49 state flags they might be stuck with.
Forensource in that period many women wore long evening gloves and if they had glitter jewelry to wear they commonly wore the bracelets over the gloves. They certainly couldn't wear them under.
Dr. Finch and his 26 year old girlfriend decided to kill his wife so they could live happily ever after. After the third trial they were convicted in 1961. She was released in 1967 I believe and found a position in a hospital. He was released in 1969 and eventually moved back to West Covina. I think I found it on Bing.
these shows were never intended to be preserved. we are lucky to see what we have, in any condition. sometimes someone finds a better copy of a show and the owner of this channel updates it. you might get lucky.
@@MrYfrank14 That wouldn’t be possible for this episode. That noise you hear is the sound, without being too technical, of a particular kind of microphone going bad. In live TV in those days it would have been virtually impossible to replace it mid-show.
Always. And he was a complete neurotic (e.g., walking off the TONIGHT SHOW in mid-broadcast because he was so upset that NBC wouldn't let him do a bathroom joke.) I've never been able to stomach him.
I think many in today's listening audiences barely have two brain cells to rub together judging by what passes for "late night entertainment" today. They probably wouldn't be able to understand much of what Jack Paar said. Sort of like the Far Side joke where a dog is being spoken to by its owner and all the dog hears is "blah blah blah". But it is perhaps not fair to compare today's viewing audience with dogs. No need to insult dogs.
arlene is the brightest panelist of them all... as she ever was... better than cerf... and thats saying something cuz bennett was one of them 3OO IQ type fellas.... YAY ARLENE!
