I always loved Sal Mineo he was a gorgeous young man, with dark good looks, so handsome .... It was so sad when he was killed, such a great loss to the world...
+mark mcgee no comparison. Kilgallen and Kovacs had already lived long full and prosperous lives but Sal had barely begun his life and career and most tragically was murdered. Murdered only because of his sexual orientation.
@@globalman Mineo's killer didn't even know who he killed until later. The theory that was related to Mineo's sexual orientation (he was bisexual, btw) has never been proven.
A very talented actor who really got shafted by Hollywood because he dared to be different. He deserved better than what he got late in his career. His death was so senseless.
Not only was that the means by which he was murdered, but during this time his nickname was "The Switchblade Kid" due to his role in the 1956 movie "Crime in the Streets".
@@tatum2739 People are more open now , but I really believe people have lost something . Not to say that there isn't good people now . They were very strong people with moral absolutes . I remember feeling very safe and secure because of them when I was young .
@@randallmacphee7260 My Aunt Eva used to give me and my cousin Ronald 20 cents each to catch a bus alone to Danville, Va to watch a movie and we were 4 and 5 yrs old at the time. An innocent time. I echo what Randy posted about Johan.
When I was six and my brother was eight there were free movies on saturday nights in the small town I was raised in and my parents would drop us off there . We camped out in the local woods and we could freely wonder all over the community . Many of my friends stayed alone at the age of seven or eight when their mothers were working . When a child is over protected , restricted , regulated , and confined , they dont develop emotionally and if it doesnt happen during their formative years , it doesnt happen at all . Also , there were fire arms in every house and I was aware of how dangerous they were at a very young age and I could safely handle a firearm if I had to . Many adults out there today are totally dysfunctional because of how they were raised .
I saw "The Karate Kid" a few days ago and I can't believe I just noticed, the resemblance between young Ralph Macchio and the late Sal Mineo is so uncanny you'd believe the two were related.
"Fellow who gets the girl in the end." Nice one, Dorothy. Even allowing for the fact that the show took place in a somewhat more innocent era and that the WML panel and host were generally decorous, I thought I heard some raucous laughter in the audience and Sal Mineo was certainly amused by it.
Sal Mineo was beautiful. He lived less than 20 years from when this program was made. He was murdered in 1976 at the young age of 37 years. may he continue to rest in peace.
It's amazing the amount of legendary 'talent' on this show - and the amount one learns when 'googling' info on guests - Betty Ford seemed more like a model than a Bullfighter - and I was right! Anyone can become anything - if they put their mind to it... Too bad television isn't as informative and entertaining as it used to be... Thank you, 'What's My Line?' :)
Sal Mineo's uncle lives in Tacoma. Al Mineo. (Probably gone.) Washed his windows for over 20 years... and he showed me many pics with him and Sal. Al also had a recording studio in backyard. Used it many times in the 90s and 10s !
I really like Ernie Kovacs in the panel. He was charming, witty AND asked good (and funny) questions. He held his cigar behind the back of Arlene so the smoke wouldn't bother. He told Martin that was the reason and nothing else. :) 9:25
@@donaldmanthei1224 Did he not realize how badly he and the cigar smelled? Not to mention the health drawbacks. I think on later appearances by him on WML he only carried the cigar unlit.
As a joke Ernie guesses that the MG is Madame Schumann-Heink. 20:31 Ernestine Schumann-Heink (1861-1936) was a german opera singer. She sang the part of Klytämnestra at the premiere of Richard Strauss's opera *Elektra* in 1909, performed with Gustav Mahler and sang Wagner for many years at the Bayreuth Festivals. She moved to the USA in 1905 and from 1925 to 1935 she sang "Silent Night" every Christmas over the radio.
And there's a famous story about her: she was trying to walk through the orchestra to get to the podium to sing her concert, but couldn't squeeze through the violinists' chairs. Someone whispered to her, "Go sidewise, Madame Schumann-Heink," to which she replied, "Mein Gott, I have no sideways!"
Ernestine did a lot of radio work. Few recordings of 1920s radio survive, but she is involved in one of the more famous of them. She was the singing star of the Cascade Tunnel Dedication Broadcast in January 1929. She sang two classical numbers and "The Star Spangled Banner" intercut amid engineering descriptions, speeches, and jazz music numbers. She was not at her prime, but she was enthusiastic.
Johan Bengtsson There is another famous story about Schumann-Heink: Richard Strauss was at a rehearsal for one of his operas, and he told the orchestra, "Louder, louder, we can still hear Madame Schumann-Heink!"
That phrase was a commonly used one for the hero who ended up with the love interest at the end of the film. It got such a laugh because Sal Mineo was so young and, with the exception of "Dino", a film that did not garner much widespread audience appeal, he had played only young boys and youths in military schools, reformatories, or ethnic secondary roles. The notable exception was his role in "Rebel Without a Cause" where he definitely did not play the romantic lead.
Sal was a nice looking fellow and it's nice to see a Mystery Guest that while, not four- legged, represents an ethnicity not usual to the television audience.
Funny that Sal and John agreed that he wasn't a "tall, dark and handsome" leading man. Geez, who was handsomer in Hollywood at that time? They should have said he's two out of three, since he wasn't tall.
I love Sal Mineo!I seen him in Somebody up there likes me starring Paul Newman.I also seen Sal in Rebel without a cause,the James Dean movie which took James to stardom.
By the time this program aired, Betty Bloomer had been married to Gerald Ford for about 9 years. He won his first term as a Congressman from Michigan shortly after they were married. But at this time in her husband's career, Betty Ford would not have been a household name on a national level. Bette Ford, the bullfighter, was famous enough to require her to sign in as Miss X. I don't think that Betty Ford would have needed to disguise her name.
It seems to me that WML had a lot of bullfighters and coaches for expectant parents. The panel actually seems to have gotten skilled at identifying them.
When the lady ( not Arlene) said to Sal " meaning the man usually gets the Women in the end" to Sal....that was too funny, the audience got it right away, she got it a few seconds later, her reaction 😀😁😂
Totally addicted to WML before Dorothy died. I've started addressing people "is it bigger than a bread box" And " am I right in thinking that you do not, scratch your bum in the morning"...
Sal Mineo was not really aware of his attraction to men at this time (and nobody else would have been aware of it either). For a few years he was engaged to his "Exodus" co-star, Jill Hayworth.
Sorry to be pedantic but that's not a double entendre. Got me confused for a moment wondering what the double entendre was! In any case, I don't think anyway in 1957 would be laughing about a misjudgement of gender preference! The laughter is purely on surface level and Dorothy's expression is more of a 'sorry!' in the direction of Sal. :)
@@TyrSkyFatherOfTheGods We're talking about the 1950s, though. The panelist meant getting the girl at the end of the film. From today's perspective (and the knowledge of Mineo's bisexuality), now people are seeing something that was not intended. I doubt most people in the 1950s would have given it a second thought.
I disagree. It is very sweet to think of how a little girl is taken by a teenage boy. But it would be disturbing if a grown woman considered a teenager „a leading man“.
Kind of bizarre that all three main actors ( Rebel Without a Cause) all had a tragic end. Sal M. was killed, J Dean died in a car crash and N Wood apparently drowned falling off the family’s yacht . All were screen legends .
Sal Mineo Was a very good actor and he was in the great movie rebel without a cause but he was also in a movie about the great drummer Geene Krupa And he did play the drums in the movie and that was a very good movie to very good actor altogether
My comment below does not show how much my family enjoys seeing these people from back in the day, but I'm really glad so many of us have evolved to where we are on the side of animal rights and think that celebrating the slaughter of animals is way out of line.
Jeff Vaughn - Is it a necklace or a brooch? It looks like a brooch to me. No chain that I can see and it does not appear to be hanging freely at all. It is a big larger. It may be a loaner while her necklace was in for a lube.
Sal was murdered exactly 47 years ago from the day I wrote this post. The mugger / murderer served only 12 years in prison. Heck of an actor, Sal was nominated for an Academy Award at the age of 17!
Just in case anyone might think Mineo's hobby of playing the drums might be incidental to what he did, I see he later played the lead role in 'The Gene Krupa Story'!!
I'm from Pittsburgh,and if someone told me that there was a gorgeous lady bullfighter from McKeesport,I'd think that they were full of it. And apparently,I'd be wrong.
Sal mineo was a good-looking guyI only see one movie rebel without a cause I like him in that movie but I did seen TV shows like Hawaii Five-O like you said he was a nice looking guy it is so tragic that he was murdered he was a good actor
00:35 The caricature of John Daly got the huge forehead spot on! Do people NOT read some of the previous comments? How many remarks do we need about Sal Mineo dying young?
Oh my God, Bette Ford! I knew her and worked with her -- she became an actress and I did a movie with her -- and she talked to me about her bullfighting days. In fact, somewhere, I may have a photo of her in the ring -- she autographed it and gave it to me. I must still have it in a bankers box; I wouldn't have thrown it away.
I have always loved this show. I was very very young when it appeared on TV in the late 1950s early 60s. The one unfortunate aspect of the show is when they have comedians as guest panelists. Guys like Ernie Kovacs, Fred Allen, Groucho Marx, even Buddy Hackett used their time on the panel as if it were a one-man comic act, and not the show that. WML was meant to be.. During this show you can hear a few snide mumbled remarks from Martin Gabel about Ernie taking up so much time with his goofy behavior. ALDSO, I am sure Martin Gabel was less than thrilled that Ernie had his right arm wrapped around Arlene Frances for most of the SHOW. THE ONE COMIC who did not use his appearance on this show as a chance to do a comedy act was Steve Allen. He was able to come up with fast and funny one-liners effortlessly. Ernie Kovacs really was a comic genius. But his appearances on WML we're less than Funny. THE female bullfighter got the better of Ernie in the back and forth about Matadors tossing the hat to the crowd.
Sounds like some men in the audience were also giving Sal the woof-whistle... No wonder considering Mineo set off quite the homoerotic charge in several of his films.
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