What's My Line? - Michael Caine; PANEL: Orson Bean, Sue Oakland (Nov 13, 1966) 

I just find the mannerisms fascinating they just had so much more class back then.

Michael Caine is one of my favorites. I love it when he wears those type of glasses too, very appealing. When John said that he's sure that Caine's welcome in America would go on, he sure was right and how!

The look on Sue Oakland's face when she realises it is really Michael Caine... 17:39

Michael Caine - The epitome of self-deprecating cool!

It's lovely to see Michael Caine on here, at such a young age.♡

"For a brief moment." He actually served in the Korean War. Far too humble. Also, anyone else smile each time "Mr. Bean" was said.

There is commentary of Mr. Caine discussing his time in the service. He is very honest about the terror of war. True gentleman.

Could anybody not be SMITTEN by the brilliant, friendly, and gently urbane Arlene Francis? Sometimes one feels as if he was born two-thirds of a century too late!

"What's My Line?" was always entertaining. How I wish they would bring it back. 🙂

Sue Oakland just looks so pretty 🥰

Amazing that Michael Cane is still a movie stars after all these years

Wow Arlene Francis is sharp as a tack.

Helen Quach was a remarkable woman - the first of her sex to become a major conductor. Shortly after this show she was appointed assistant to Bernstein at the NY Phil, and he regarded her very highly.

17:48 - If I can ever be as cool as Michael Caine is at this moment, even by accident, I'll die happy.

In 1966, Michael Caine kept himself busy by filming the following: "Gambit" (w/Shirley MacLaine), "Funeral in Berlin", "Hurry Sundown", and "Woman Times Seven" (again, w/Shirley MacLaine). In 1967, he kicked off the year by filming his third (and for a long time, his last) Harry Palmer adventure in "Billion Dollar Brain".

Michael tells the story of how he got his name (Caine is not his real name). He was a young actor in a New York when his agent called announcing that Michael had just gotten a lead role in a new motion picture. The agent said “Only one problem, someone in SAG (Screen Actors Guild) already had your (real) name” and that Michael would have to think of one quickly. Michael asked if he could call him back but his agent said “No, they’re writing up the contract now and waiting! THINK OF SOMETHING, ANYTHING!” Michael stuck his head outside his window to the street below and saw a movie marquee advertising “The Caine Mutiny”. He had his name! He then said, with his wonderful cockney accent, “It’s a damn good thing they weren’t showing 101 Dalmatians!”

Bob Hope is responsible for Cain's career. Born in London himself Hope set up a yearly scholarship for talented young people from poor families to study theater. Caine was the first winner. During his period of conscription Caine served in Korea and was caught trapped behind Chinese lines. His small group had to fight their way out.

So cool to find a show with someone who is around in 2021

Michael Caine is one of the best actors I've ever seen.He was hilarious in 'blame it on rio' and yet he can b very serious.Versatile acting is the best in my opinion.

"You were only supposed to blow the bloody doors off"

Harry Brown (2009) The Ipcress File (1965) and Get Carter (1971) are all in my top 10 films of all time, "Michael Caine" is a living legend :)

michael caine is one person who cant hide his voice. the minute he utters a sentence , we all know its him with that famous cockney accent of his

I have been to the ESB many times and loved the 86th floor outdoor observation desk and the 102nd floor indoor observation deck.

The lady that asked the questions first should make a brilliant investigator.

Recorded on Monday October 17, 1966, along with the previous episode. Orson Bean became a Father on October 13, also the Birthday of Sue Oakland, who was now 32 here.

Michael Caine. The production staff thought they were getting someone with youth appeal and what they did was bring in one of the longest careers in entertainment when he was young. He appeared in syndicated WML, too. Caine received an Oscar nomination for best actor in 1967. Stay tuned folks -- another best actor nominee will appear on WML in a few weeks.

I love this show " what a glorious time to be alive

Sue Oakland seems very thrilled to see him.

hey this was on my birthday! I was 2 years old, I remember the show

Michael Caine was also Austin Powers' Dad in the third film of the Austin Powers series "Austin Powers: Goldmember". The Austin Powers series was a spoof of 60's British Spy films.

Sue Oakland was very beautiful and transparently ga-ga over Michael Caine.

One of Michael Caine's films, "Alfie", also starred fellow WML Mystery Guest, Shelley Winters, and also included the likes of Millicent Martin, the former girlfriend of Paul McCartney in Jane Asher, and Eleanor Bron (who had previously starred with the Beatles in "Help!").

Sir Michael Caine has the distinction of being one of only TWO actors nominated for Academy Awards for acting in every decade from the 1960s to 2000s (the other being Jack Nicholson). Here's hoping for another one in the 2010s!

The young Michael Caine has a touch of Lennonesque body language and mischief about him.

Host says American interest in him will go on. Now I think we can say that proved to be even truer than any of them imagined.

From the spelling of Mrs. Quach's name, I was surprised to hear her describe herself as Chinese. Quach would more be Vietnamese with that spelling, but "Kwock" is also Chinese. Thanks to Wikipedia, she was born to Chinese parents in Saigon, Vietnam in 1940.

Sue Oakland was one of the best panelists they had. Very good at picking people out.

There was a phase in his life where when he was offered parts in movies he would ask two questions. How much will I get paid and where is the movie being shot? If it was an acceptable fee and an exotic location he would agree to do it. Hence all the turkeys he appeared in. Not a lot of people know that!

Lovely to see Maurice at the start of his career. Aiming to be the Ian Wolfe of his time (randy version). Ah, the late sixties!

This show was the 1 year anniversary of Dorothy's death.

Thank you very much for this upload, I enjoy Mr Caine's work. - For those of you who don't have a quarter of an hour to live your life over, begin at 15:53

Quite a frugger at the Daisy. I'd like to see that!

The conductor and John mentioned Interlochen up north here in Michigan. Yes!!!!

Kudos to Ms. Knickerbocker for knowing it's 'at my left', not 'on my left'. Early in the history of the show, a reader wrote in to point that out. It was discussed on air, but no one else ever uses it - not even the puerile Mr. Cerf, who is supposed to be so educated and erudite.

Michael Caine is always likeable. I've never heard of Sue Oakland before but in the 2 episodes i've watched with her on the panel, she's done very well Arlene looking a mite careworn in this episode

In 1966, the Empire State Building was still the world's tallest building. Today, it is only the seventh tallest building in NY. I have read that the owners of the Empire State Building receive more revenue from admission fees to the observatory than they do from all the rentals from all the space in the building below the observatory.

I said to myself "salt is not a spice"????? How dare they? What else could it be? Well, I looked it up and...."Salt is actually a mineral, not a spice. Therefore, it does not lose its flavor over time like spices and herbs do."

at that time michael caine had no idea he would be one of the most impersonated actors of all time.

This episode is the first following the election of Ronald Reagan as governor of California. Notwithstanding his large victory, Reagan was not generally viewed seriously as a political figure. When Governor Reagan debated Robert F Kennedy for instance, Kennedy clearly underestimated him (what a general election for 1968 that would have been). One East Coast establishment person who truly did understand Reagan's good chances to be elected President as early as November 1966 was Bennett Cerf. In this month, Cerf gave an interview about changing presidential vocabularies over the years. He made the point that with speechwriters, delivery, drama, and showmanship had become far more important for Presidents than their skill in developing rhetoric and vocabulary. When asked where this trend would end, Cerf replied, "It could even lead people like Ronald Reagan and George Murphy a lot closer to the White House than anyone at Actors Studio ever dreamed possible." www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/01463376609368790?journalCode=rcqu19

Michael Caine returned as WML Mystery Guest in 1970.

Windsor Salt is the best table salt you can buy!!

Sir Michael Caine, now 81 as of this writing, and knighted since 2000, is currently known to the younger generation (which I am a part of) as Alfred in Chirstopher Nolan's "Dark Knight" trilogy.

Whatever happened to that nice Michael Caine guy? Did he stay in movies?

Glamour...elegancia...respeto...decencia ...son las virtudes que uno puede ver aca en este ameno programa televisivo de comedia de los años 60....es adictivo y tan relajante y uno aprende cosas interesantes ademas de hacerme reir o simplemente sonreir 🌺👌💌🍰🎂

Michael Caine, Royal Engineers, Korean War. this man is a war veteran

Never seen Orson Bean this young.

Sue Oakland's dress and earrings! She's far too glamorous a woman to be just a panelist.

I love Michael Caine no more to be said

Michael Caine in 1967's "Billion Dollar Brain", with the tragic French starlet, Françoise Dorléac, in what turned out to be her last film; she was killed in an auto accident in June. s10.postimg.org/7o0ipoe48/1_Michael_Caine_Fran_oise_Dorl_ac_1967.jpg s1.postimg.org/4rcna7knj/2_Michael_Caine_Fran_oise_Dorl_ac_1967.jpg

I'll always be connected to sir Michael...we share a birthday :)

Bennett Cerf was naturally inquisitive, he wanted to keep asking questions after the job had been ascertained.. makes a excellent editor Id think?

Michael Caine served in Korea with the Royal Fusiliers with the White hackle the same as the Royal Welch fusiliers.🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Im so used to hearing Michael's voice when hes older then this lol. I was picturing him in Now You See Me and its so different.

Overall this was a very good show of WML and Michael Caine is an outstanding actor!

Good lord that smoldering look! 17:48

My favourite Actor 💖💯

I think Sue Oakland would have made a great permanent replacement for Dorothy Kilgallen if they let the original show run longer.

Things seemed so civilized back then.

Love that guy such a great actor.

Underneath Detroit and Windsor, Ontario are a bunch of huge salt mines. There was an ocean around here a few years ago.

And so sad to hear that Orson Bean was killed by a car this past week.💔

“That’s what the real michael Caine sounds like?!” Oh boy,, it’s so weird that nowadays his voice is so famous people imitate it!

Peachey Carnehan or Harry Palmer? I can't decide, although I liked him as Harry Palmer so much that my most recent eyeglass prescription is set in Curry & Paxton "Yvan" tortoise frames from Ipcress Files! Michael's wife Shakira (Roxanne from The Man Who Would Be King) is still a great beauty.

Michael Caine's worldwide smash hit Alfie did poorly in France. The distributors explained, "No Frenchmen could believe that any Englishman could seduce ten women".

What a PRETTY, SMILE ,! ☺️😊☺️☺️🎨☺️😊😊😊😊☺️

Bennett at the beginning warned Sue that if the mystery guest was male he would want to take her out afterward. However -- judging from the look on Ms. Oakland's face, I bet she wanted to take him out for drinks after the broadcast.

Michael Caine looks kind of nervous here. American TV, first time in the US probably. Understandably.

Miss Quach looked like she was having a lot of fun

Hey it's a young Alfred Pennyworth and Ebeneezer Scrooge.

I just uploaded a remastered version with color and 60fps of this episode. Sorry for plugging but I feel like my fellow What's my line fans would get a kick out of it 😁

Machael Caine played Alfred, the butler, in some of the BATMAN movies.

Alan King was one of the producers of "Dinner At Eight".

Ahhh, yasss! Michael Caine! More, more, more!

Another great actor who doesn’t even live in the UK anymore the other one being his mate & my countryman Sean Connery!!!!!!

Young Michael Caine looks and talks a lot like David Bowie.

There is an article in Wikipedia about Miss Quach. (1940=2013) She moved to New York, took a position as an assistant to Leonard Bernstein at the New York Philharmonic. Quach was able to conduct the Philharmonic at a gala concert and on Bernstein's television series. ”...Miss Quach runs the danger of being a pretty young woman, and thus conquering all hearts for non-musical reasons. But ... she seems to be at her best in works of large dimension (odd for so diminutive a creature) and if there can be such a thing as a maestra, Miss Quach could well be it," Bernstein said. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_

RIP Orson Bean

Why is there not a single comment about The Italian Job (1969)? It's a great movie and Michael Caine was fantastic in it.

Michael Caine originally starred as British Secret Agent Harry Palmer in three films: "The IPCRESS File" (1965), "Funeral in Berlin" (1966), and "Billion Dollar Brain" (1967). He then starred as Harry Palmer in two more films: "Bullet to Beijing" (1995), and "Midnight in Saint Petersburg" (1996). The Harry Palmer films were produced by Harry Saltzman, who also produced the James Bond films, along with Albert R. Broccoli. Unlike the James Bond films, the Harry Palmer films had more of a downbeat tone.

Orson apparently didn't get the memo about no more blue shirts after the program goes into color.

Sue Oakland seems extremely enamored with Caine. She passed away in 2021.

Sue Oakland was very star struck with Mr Caine!

Michael Cain’s cockney accent is very mild here. It has become stronger as he got older.

Michael Caine is looking lime Chris Helmsworth in Ghostbusters.

Interesting, only the men rose from their seats to shake his hand. Such gentlemen.

I would love to know the volume of mail received by WML, both pro and con, related to the various female guest panelists who were beginning to appear on a semi-regular basis following Dorothy Kilgallen's death. As for me, count me as a member of the Sue Oakland Marching & Chowder Society.

I wonder if Phil Walsh still manages the observatory at the ESB?

ello, my name's michael caine. Now there's not many people who know that.

In the days of good nature and good manners.

Wow another episode with a still living contestiant!