"...they sometimes come two-by-two, heterosexually... yeah. But actually, they more often take the bus!" John Daly cracks me up... This show is just such a fortunate confluence of funny, clever and (in the case of Arlene Francis especially!) attractive people!
It would be darned interesting to know how often the word "heterosexually" had been used in live American TV before Dorothy dropped it into living rooms all over America.
MR PERKINS: You don't deal with appliances for Newlyweds? HAHAHAAA Arlene and Dorothy's laughter is priceless. I love these ones that get no where and the panelists end up asking silly questions like this because they just have nothing left lol timeless! Gorgeous ladies Dorothy and Arlene looking lovely as ever. I'm liking Arlene's hair here, it's a bit more full and out looking than usual. Very nice! Hilariously humble and lovely contestant
That Justice of the Peach has a "down-home Southern" quality that you practically couldn't find any more. It's charming. It seems like the regional peculiarities of people may have been homogenized out of existence with the Internet and mass media...
I'm a 5th generation Texan & have been watching it happen before my very eyes for decades now. Our state has been so invaded from the North, South (of the boarder) east coast, west coast, it is insane. Lord help us!!!
Thanx for posting this 1960 episode. This is the fourth and last time that accident prone Arlene Francis appears on live TV in an eye patch. Years later, she appeared wearing sunglasses, but that is another story. Ms Messick is a healthy girl. You'll notice that she stands eye to eye with six footer Daly. In this period, WML had an affinity for groundbreaking women in careers usually associated with men. Ms. Messick, as we see, is still one of the more memorable.
Arlene received the necklace from her husband Martin Gable as a gift at a reputed cost of 200,000 dollars in 1940s dollars. The Necklace was stolen by a mugger from Arlene on a New York street in the late 70's or early 80's
Miss Messiek was so sweet. I do wonder if she was afraid to ever come north again after this experience. When Dorothy said "heterosexually" she looked like she wanted to crawl under the desk ;-)
@BethBetteJulie I agree, Arlene looks stunning wearing an eye patch. I also love her voice. She's got that natural sultriness to her personality and style.
It took all of one syllable - "Miss" - at 0:16 for everyone to know that she was a true daughter of Dixie. And the word "Arkansas" at 0:24 has never been given a more pronounced drawl.
@cornermoose Yes. As an elected official she would likely have performed a variety of services besides marriages, including civil court proceedings such as small claims, property disputes, traffic court and misdemeanor hearings. A JP might do much of what you see taking place today on TV courtroom shows. This is why she indicated that not everyone left happy after seeing her.
Anthony Perkins appeared as a mystery guest a number of times both in the Sunday Night and syndicate versions, but he appeared more memorably as a panelist. He came to this broadcast to publicize his new movie directed by Hitchcock, "Psycho." He also appeared on that memorable panel in Feb 1961 that featured Dorothy Kilgallen as a mystery guest. As we see, he entertains the audience consistently even if his questions aren't quite very good. When these people leave having left comma
Dorothy Kilgallen pretty much solved all the games that evening, including identification of mystery guest Jane Wyman. That clip is somewhere in YouTubia. ( 4:11> ) Would be interesting to know if this is the first time "heterosexually" ever appeared in a live entertainment program. I think the sound we hear after her question come from the CBS censors biting through the stems of pipes.
Why do I have a girl crush on Arlene Francis? hihihihi, I'm just giggling now. I guess if I had the privilege to meet her I would blush and if I have the strength I will shake her hand then faint, LOL. I do adore her. Its sad she is not here anymore RIP Arlene :( You're a beautiful angel.
@KennySherman Arlene was notoriously accident prone in this period -- apparently she stuck something in her eye. This is the fourth and last time that Ms Francis appears on live TV in an eye patch. One time in the early 1950s, her son stuck something in her eye. Years later, she appeared wearing sunglasses, but that is another story.
1. As they say in French- a tall broad. 2. Knowing that Perkins was an in-the-closet homosexual, i wonder what he was thinking to himself when the heterosexual comment was made. I wonder how these people were able to keep these dark secrets so that it didn't affect their ability to earn a living.
I'd be willing to bet $1000.00 this is the first time the term " heterosexually" was ever used on national TV. I'd also bet she knew about the "closet" life of the goon to her right.
Pretty sure there wasn't a big necessity for gay marriages, especially in the South. What Dorothy should have asked was if male and female couples appeared before her for the service she provided. Dorothy was trying to be clever and it backfired.
I don't think Tony Perkins was closeted: he was pretty open about having homosexual relationships and then, later in his life, both gay and straight relationships. This not to say he was going to go on about it on television, but folks knew he was gay.
Accident prone? What are the odds of that happening four times? I mean, really? Could it be....just maybe, there was domestic violence in her marriage? You know, the very ones we would never EVER suspect are the ones who totally blow our minds when we find out their secrets. Arlene is so bubbly, kind, considerate and smart but maybe she HAD to become that way? I'm just askin'.....cause either way, accident prone or domestic abuse are both very hard to believe.
