Despite his little error in phrasing the question, I am rather impressed with Richard Boone's performance over the last couple of episodes. I would like to have seen him more often.
Even though I dislike Cerf at times, I do respect the fact that most of times he asks permission to ask the guest a question. Sadly, these sorts of manners are all but lost in society today.
Caught a clip from an old "I Love Lucy" the other day, and the plot was she had written a book, and she said "You had your chance Bennett Cerf". I guess his name was well known at the time. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-QVRT8KD2sBY.html
I agree with you 1,000%. Jeanne Crain was always a lovely lady & I loved her in Gentlemen Marry Brunettes with the late great Jane Russell. I love your comment very much.
Bennett's mention of Christine Jorgensen at 19:51 startled me, since I thought she was a little later than that. But nope, she started transition in the early 50s, had some publicity starting in 1952. The things I learn.
+juliansinger She returned to her native New York from Denmark at the end of 1952, The story appeared in the New York Daily News on or about 12/1/52, a couple of weeks after I was born. In 1959, Miss Jorgensen had announced her plans to marry, but the wedding never took place because the couple were not able to obtain a marriage license due to her still being listed as male on her birth certificate. Sadly, the prospective groom lost his job when the story broke.
Nice to see Richard Boone on the panel. He was a good actor who could play a really bad guy or a suave dude like Paladin. Also, the bill collector looked like he could've been Ben Affleck's grandfather.
On one of Gary's other channels, You Bet Your Life, I recall Jeanne Crain doing a De Soto commercial. Here's a video of a commercial that was clearly lifted out of a YBYL episode. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-X0XJ4aIjgmg.html
The bill collector looks more like a loan shark mobster, right down to the pinky ring. "Do you carry anything with you when you perform these services?" "Not a thing, except a baseball bat, brass knuckles..."
Wow that Jeanne Crain is quite a sweet dish....mmmmm!!! She seems very intelligent and classy while managing to dazzle with sexiness. Plus she got such a soothing feminine voice. I'm totally impressed. Thanx baby.
@Greg H Would having 7 children make a woman less beautiful? I would think it would make her MORE beautiful! (Being a great Mom and a great example for young ones to follow is the most worth-while occupation in the world!)
There have been a couple of woman that think Mr Boone attractive, I never thought so but my lady friend said that many woman find some men attractive because they're very masculine looking and give out that aurora , like Anthony Quinn for example. They're not Pretty boys. At my age now, I'm more of a masculine type, the pretty boy type on my part has faded away many years ago.
Richard Boone had it all intelligence, masculinity, unique and distinct physically. I have always loved the way he looks. With some individuals you get the feel of who they are within. I think that adds to his attractiveness as well.
+Sabine Beyer Check Premiere Opera, Ltd.'s website. I bought a DVD copy of the show (which aired on CBS on Sunday, 26 April 1959) from there a year or two ago. I don't know if the original source was a kinescope of the show or if somebody recorded it off the air on a re-broadcast, but the quality is very good - and so is the performance, and all of the performers in it. And Premiere Opera's prices are very reasonable. By all means, buy it and watch it; you'll be glad that you did. (In addition to the cast members whom Jeanne Crain mentions on this show, the cast of that TV version of "Meet Me In St. Louis" also includes Kerry Brown (as Lon Smith), Patty Duke (as Tootie Smith), Reta Shaw (as Katey, the Smiths' maid), Tab Hunter (as John Truett), Donald Symington (as Warren Sheffield), Lois Nettleton (as Lucille Ballard), and Ginger McManus (as Agnes). The production was directed by George Schaefer.)
That's a good company-- I've ordered Groucho material from them. Why they have non-musical Groucho material on an opera site, I don't understand, but they do!
@@jmccracken1963 tried the Premier Opera website and could never get past the sign-in -- didn't find any "new member" type sign up at all, very frustrating. ☹ Any hints??
trivia time. two months after this show aired, the first two american casualties of the vietnam war occurr on july 8, 1959. (during eisenhower's admin.) two army advisors, dale r. buis and chester m. ovnanad were ambushed in a mess hall - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chester_M._Ovnand - they were watching the movie "the tattered dress", staring guess who? jeanne crain. viet cong guerillas would kill all 5 including two south vietnamese guards and an 8 yr. old boy. one of the advisors had his father send him a gun because 1) the army wouldn't issue him one. and 2) he felt his "mission" put him in grave danger. crain would along with walt disney, jerry lewis, and other hollywood "stars", support richard nixon against john f. kennedy in 1960. the interesting note here is crain was about as catholic as one could be.
@@stevekru6518 agree, the cold war was the "military industrial complex" eisenhower warned about. when world war II ended, defense contractors like lockheed martin didn't want the millions they got to end so they lobbied hard with the help of the military to create fear about the soviet union and the expansion of communism, christo-fascist/capitalists were on immediately on board. it has been proven that it was the united states that created most of the tension between the u.s. and soviet union, creating the nuclear arms race, (to the glee of capitalist war profiteers) vietnam was the proxy war they dreamed of, and yes, all those soldiers died in vain, not to mention (the american press never does) the 2 to 3 million southeast asian's killed, mostly slaughtered... bush does the same stupid shit in iraq, and biden finally pulls out of a 20 year war in afghanistan and his poll numbers go down... the "military industrial complex" and their trillions are going to war against anyone who wants peace again.
@@emmaphillips5765 According to the Collins German dictionary, der Fleischer is the preferred word for butcher in German. Der Metzger is considered a dialectic alternative. Der Schlacter is also used in Northern Germany for butcher and is based on the word for murderer.
You know, after watching several years worth of these, the panelists (and John) can get a little annoying. Except for Arlene. She's always a delight, and puts me in a good mood.
Cerf and Daly have never annoyed me, but Arlene is the most delightful. Amazing how a 60 year old very low definition tv game show can highlight such a charming personality.
I suspect that if the celebrities didn't have their names written off to the side of the panelists, they would not have as much success in guessing their names.
@@cbranalli Exactly. Dorothy & Arlene often had their masks askew, leaving a gap between the nose & inner edge of the mask on their right side, allowing them a limited view to the left, particularly if they inclined their heads to the right. I think they often knew the celeb's identity, due to this chicanery, at an early stage, but never made a suspiciously abrupt identification until a body of clues had been elicited from the questioning of the celeb.
@@accomplice55 That is a good question. The panel members didn't get paid more if they guessed the mystery guest than if they didn't. They knew, or should have known, that the spontaneity and unpredictability of the show was a key to its success. That success meant a hefty paycheck every week for panel members. They would be foolish to jeopardize that paycheck by cheating.
Inmates who learn a marketable skill have a much lower recidivism rate than those who get out of prison still uneducated and unskilled. The unskilled usually revert to crime. Tax dollars spent on vocational training are exceedingly well spent. Also inmates who get any academic education in prison, even if they do not complete a GED, have a 35% lower recidivism rate. No counseling service or other psychological rehabilitation program even comes close to that. Basic education and job skills reduce the chance of return to crime.
I knew someone so dumb that he tried to start a business as a bill collector and couldn't figure out why he wasn't successful. He was collecting beaks.
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