I never realized people were trying to say ROW DEE OH when they said ROW DAY OH until I watched this show and heard New Yorkers say it. I always assumed rich CA's changed the pronunciation for their street because middle class peasants go to ROW DEE OH's and the rich shop on ROW DAY OH drive. the rich didn't want anyone to think they were going to a ROW DEE OH. besides, you can sell the same item for more on a street named ROW DAY OH then you can on a street named ROW DEE OH drive.
@@shirleyrombough8173 - when speaking Spanish. But they were not speaking Spanish. My name is Michael. If i am introduced to a Spanish speaking person, my name is translated to Miguel.
I wrote Roy, saying that he could stay/sleep at our house if he was ever in Minneapolis. He mailed me a large photo of himself, with Dale and Trigger, with the writing "Dear Evan, be a good cowboy" About 60 years later and I still have it.
I think it's a shame that so often the audience 'gives it away' about the guests. With mystery guests they give it away with wolf whistles whistles, etc. when a glamorous star turns up, and like tonight they gave it away when Arlene got close with her questions. Too bad the audience wasn't told not to react so vocally, in order to keep the questions going.
To be fair it would be bizarre to have a glamourous star not come on to cheers and whistles of distinct approval. The uproarious cheers narrow it down from executive people to well-loved entertainers but those are legion. The wolf whistles mean it's not Hitchcock. But tonight for instance the whistles for Roy Rogers sound the same as they would for a sportsman or indeed Doris Day! So I don't think it helps the panel massively. Admittedly though it's a shame when they cheer during someone's off-the-cuff comment. On the other hand I like the way a certain type of audience reaction directs the thinking of say, Dorothy or Bennett. MY main beef with the show is that they take advantage of booking some star who happens to be in town but often it turns out that the panel either know who's in town or they've had contact with them. Last week Bennett had been on the phone to the guest's wife before the show which is just too close for comfort really!
She was the reason I started watching this show. She was very bright and on some guests, she just hones in very methodically and quickly. The whole panel is excellent and they obviously enjoy each other and John Daly. What's My Line was filled with class!
David Niven might not have been the best game player, but he's certainly among the most amiable and charming of guest panelists! His initial line of questioning with the chicken auctioneer was so adorable and hilarious :D
Andrew Clayterman that's bull crap and you know it Andrew! Have you never heard of Sammy Davis jr., Sidney portier, Ella Fitzgerald, Lena Horne, Duke Ellington, Nat King Cole, and other great well respected black performers from this era! They were just as articulate and respectful as these whities that you talked about! You better look in the mirror because you're a racist and should change your ways!
Had the pleasure of seeing Roy Rodgers & Dale Evans frequently when I used to live in Victorville, California. Wonderful couple. Their museum was fascinating.
21:14 The look on Roy's face when John mentions his children tears at my heart. Little Robin Elizabeth died in 1952. You always always feel a pang for the lost one whenever your children are mentioned. Doesn't mean you love or value the remaining ones any less, just that the loss is still felt. He had previously lost a wife to complications of childbirth, and would lose a second daughter in 1964. Roy was a strong, gentle man, full of faith in his Lord.
Yes, in '64 little Korean named Debbie that they adopted was killed in a bus accident in southern California, coming home from camp. Book written by mother Dale is called Angels Unawares, I think?
@@d.dorough"Angel Unaware" was about their daughter Robin, who was born with Down's Syndrome. At the time, the doctors advised them to have her "put away." :(
Dale’s book “Angel Unaware” was about her Downs Syndrome daughter (?). In the book due to the era in which it was written, ‘Mongoloid child’ was the term used to reference the baby’s malady. I read the book in the very early 1960’s & it has stuck with me all these many years - though I can’t recall the baby’s name.
Referring to the chicken auctioneer - when David Niven asked if he could walk around with this product, the first thing that popped into into my head was “Yes!” When I was in high school, my best friend and I had pet chickens. We would tuck them under our arm as we rode our bikes around town. It was so much fun! The chickens would just cozy on down and take a nap. One time my friend, who was riding in front of me stopped without warning so I crashed into her and went flying over the handles. I skidded on my knees and free hand to save the chicken. Still can’t believe it, but it remained asleep! Must’ve really trusted me!
guyfihi Even those of us who didn't grow up in the fifties know and love the Roy Rogers films, shows, and songs. (I was born late nineties) He, Gene Autry, Dick Jones, Rex Allen, etc. they made the best movies IMO.
Roy was a bowler with a professional's average. He appeared many times on Celebrity Bowling in the 70"s. He was basically a ringer who threw strike after strike.
Roy Rogers,and Dale Evans,toured the U.K. back in the early 1950's,and the streets of my home town,Swansea,were lined with thousands of onlookers. I was a young boy,totally into Westerns,and my mother located a spot for me on the kerb just outside her workplace. The great man appeared from the Swansea Station concourse which was just a few yards away,and what a sight he was,sitting astride Trigger. That young boy was so goggle eyed,as R.R. rode past,smiling down on him.
moggs, Roy & Dale were heart broken when their baby died. Dale wrote a book titled "Angel Unaware". It was a a best seller in the U.S. Dale and Roy credited their Christian faith for giving them the comfort and peace to survive this great loss of a child. Even in their sorrow, they both had so much joy and love for others. Dale spoke about their personal relationship with Jesus Christ in many interviews through the years. Glad you got to see Roy and Trigger in Swansea!
Hi Elizabeth. I wasn't aware of the loss of their baby. Feel sad for them even though they are no longer with us. They were mega stars at a time when that term was virtually unknown, and will live on in the memories of many people whose lives they touched. A local TV Channel has recently been showing Roy Rogers films, so I was able to relive the pleasure of seeing him astride Trigger again, after all these years. Incidentally, my mother's name was Elizabeth Morgan. She also lost a baby, at six weeks old. I came along some three years later, I never got to meet, or love, my big sister. I love the memory of her, however. You have a nice day, and take care of yourself. Best wishes from Swansea.
Leonard Slye, AKA Roy Rogers, was born in a house that stood on land that would eventually become the infield of Riverfront Stadium in Cincinnati, Ohio. In fact, right where 2nd base was. In the early 1930s Slye, Bob Nolan, Tim Spencer, and the Farr Bros. from west Texas formed what became known as The Sons of The Pioneers. In Roy Rogers very first movie, he played an outlaw opposite legendary cowboy singer Gene Autry. In this movie, on the original credits, he was still listed by his real name, Leonard Slye.
Boy, you scared me there for a minute about Rogers and Riverfront Stadium. Years ago investigators concluded that former Teamsters Boss Jimmy Hoffa is most likely buried in the end zone of Giants Stadium. For a second I was thinking, oh no, not Roy Rogers too buried in a sports stadium!
Roy was taken to and given a tour of the then-new Riverfront Stadium in Cincinnati in the early 1970s. After walking around the outside of it studying it’s position in regard to the Ohio River, he then went inside and studied it as well. He then turned to his tour guide and stated, I was born very close to 2nd base…”
should have gave the first guy 50 clams because the audience gave it away. 10:54 how wonderful is that disguised hint of "bird brain" by john daley? 15:09 i love how arlene says dorothy is rich for having turkey "last week". mrs silber was very sexy in an exotic way.
I was impressed with the time he guessed the person as one of the members of his unit during WW2. David was Lt Colonel of an British Army. Incredible memory.
When that chicken auctioneer was on, David Niven kept getting yes to all of his questions and yet he didn't have a clue what it was. I enjoyed seeing the bewildered look on his face. Roy Rogers was so handsome and was such a gentleman. I loved him when I was a little girl but we didn't have a television and I could only see him when I was watching television at a neighbor's house.
When Randy Travis appeared with George Jones and Tammy Wynette at the Country Music Awards, he did a song called "Heroes and Friends" in which he mentions Roy. Toward the end, Vern Goslin walked out with Roy, and the audience, who primarily were young people in their Thirties and Forties gave Roy a rousing welcome. They may have been dressed up in adult evening clothes, but one look at their hero, who hadn't changed all that much, and they were all Saturday afternoon kids again. Roy had that effect on adults who remembered him as kids and he never forgot his audience.
A few years ago I would watch What's My Line on youtube during my lunch break. For some reason I got out of the habit, and today I thought "I'll just watch one today". Such a great decision, what a delightful show. Niven's response to "Would it be found in Russia?" has made my day
Arlene looks particularly pretty in this episode. I like her hair in these softer, brushed-out curls, rather than the more visible curls she had been sporting in some of the preceding weeks' episodes.
This was one of a number of episodes where Arlene chose an unattractive jacket to wear when she came out on stage. Invariably, as was the case this time, when she shed it, it revealed a very lovely gown.
Best moment is at 15:49 ... David Niven: "Do you..." Arlene Francis: "Careful David." David Niven: "Do you pluck chickens?" Hilarious! So filthy even the 1958 audience didn't get it.
@@erichanson426 Arlene brilliantly anticipated that David was going to say "pluck", how he keeps a straight face as he says it I'll never know! Possibly a reference to the very easily spoonerised phrase "pheasant plucker", one slip with that one on air in the 1950s and you'd just about be banned for life.
@@stephenmaniloff8493 - I beg to differ. David Niven certainly was cute, along with Rex Harrison and many of my fellow college students of the male persuasion.
I always liked the celebrity guest segment, but it got to the point where the panel would just scour variety and other trade newspapers to see who was visiting in town and then they would make sure to guess those people!
Growing up My Dad use to take me to MSG When ever Roy Rogers & his Rodeo use to appear there, what great times back in the Day seeing Roy in Person etc.
I saw Roy Rogers bowling in Victorville, Calif. in the early 1970s, then again at his now defunct museum in Apple Valley where we chatted for awhile. Very personable guy. Shame the kids auctioned the stuff off and sold the property, after all Roy and Dale had done for them.
'I would say under certain circumstances and taking no particular account of the present moment in time that it is likely that given a certain set of circumstances you might be the happy recipient of the services which Mr O'Dell purveys, so we'll give you a no'
Arlene wearing Dior tonight. 1958 so it would have been from one of the first collections Yves Saint Laurent created for the house after the death of Dior in 1957.
I would imagine that amongst certain age groups in the US the names of Roy Rogers and The Lone Ranger were equally regarded with awe wonder and admiration.
Geez, if the audience could shut up when the panel would say stuff, the game might take longer. "Oh, I bet he's a night watchmen" "Ahhhhhhh" Every single episode lol
I'm not clear what you mean-- are you referring to the fact that when one of the panelists gets really close to the right answer, the audience registers it's approval? The game is usually very close to over by the time the audience really gives anything away, in my opinion.
Yes, you're right, the game is close to being over, and it's an understandable reaction from the audience, but I still agree with Cortland that it's slightly (but only slightly) annoying in cases like this episode where it happens when the panel member is in the middle of listing everything she can think of that could fit.
I once attended the performance of an episode of What's My Line in London (Shepherd's Bush). The audience was specifically asked to react loudly to any close guesses as well as any amusing comments.
That Bennett was so sharp! I thought since Roy disguised his voice( which so many couldn't do at all!) really well that he had a good chance. Roy was one heckuva great man! His likes will never be seen again.
@@spdharan there is a transcript from Columbia University library’s where Bennett spoke. He said, “ we all got around town in one way or another. We would often meet the guest ahead of time, and he would get very embarrassed when he saw us and betray himself. Half of the time we had a pretty good idea who the mystery guest was going to be.“
I never noticed this before -- When the first contestant, Jack O'Dell, got up to leave and walk across the stage, his signature had disappeared from the chalk board, meaning that someone replaced or erased the board while the game was ongoing.
Oh the joy of a politically incorrect moment when they said that David Niven would enjoy spending nights at a girls school. No way that would happen now:( Innocent fun:)
*_Night Watchman at Girls' School_* *_Chicken Auctioneer_* *_Writes Advice To Lovelorn Column_* 20:00 Arlene peeking through the space between her nose and her mask. She admitted in an interview on Canadian TV in the 1970s that she often peeked that way.
Did they ever have a mystery guest that managed to baffle the panel so that they never guessed who the guest was? I love all the contestants, but the mystery guests are my favorite segments. I especially love the voices that they adopt when trying not to give their voices away (Especially Vincent Price and Walter Brennan lol)
Met Roy in San Francisco when I was 6 years old. He was at the grand opening of a Chevrolet dealership. Got an autographed comic book from him. Lost it of course. 50 years later I'm at the Roy Rogers museum in Victorville with my son. Turn the corner and there he is!! He comes over and starts talking to us! I mention the long lost comic book from 50 years ago and he says to come with him. Go into the gift shop where he takes 2 8x10 photos from the rack and personally signs them to me with "HAPPY TRAILS" That was 29 years ago and I still have them. Totally classy person!
+JAY TERRY Right you are! Here's a commercial from 1953 for Lucky Strike cigarettes. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-K8wyqIKYqxc.html Back in those days, every baseball team in NYC had a beer sponsor and a cigarette sponsor for their radio and TV broadcasts. I grew up a Dodger fan in a family of Dodger fans. Their games would have been on in our house from March to October. At one point before they left Brooklyn, Luckies was their cigarette sponsor. Before I was old enough to say the last word properly, I knew by heart the tag line of their commercial: "cleaner, fresher, smoother." Prior to Luckies, the Dodgers cigarette sponsor was Old Gold. One of the first group of words I strung together was "Old Golds and beer." So much for subliminal advertising. I have never smoked. And I gave up alcohol in 1986.
I was seriously injured in a fire in 1956. Roy visited me in the hospital and promised me I could visit his ranch. It never happened. What a very disappointed kid I was.
And also, a Jane Evans column. (It's from 1956, so it's conceivable Mrs. Silber wasn't writing it yet, but what the heck.) trulovestories.com/1950s-love-stories/advice-column-with-jane-evans/
This doesn't mean anything. Many of these advice columns were done by different people. That is why they used a different or generic name for the column. If the column were a good one and the writer wanted to quit, they could just get a different person to do it.
Was always a fan of Roy and Dale I remember seeing Roy at a restaurant opening of his in Houston and I saw Dale speak at a couple religious gatherings (one at the church I grew up in and the other was a religious fund raiser for evangelist Reverend Chris Panos)
When John joked that David Niven could use the last guest's services, I expected to see on David's Wikipedia page that he was single or divorced at the time this aired. But, come to find out, he was 10 years into his second marriage in 1958. It was sad to read of his first wife's passing because of such unique circumstances at such a young age of 28: head trauma during an accident while playing "sardines" - a game similar to Hide and Seek - at actor Tyrone Power's house only 6 weeks after David, she, and their children moved to the United States.
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