"When hasn't wealth been the greatest motivator of man?" It is quite possible to obtain wealth without being driven by greed or an inordinate love for money. Sadly in our day it is pure greed and the lust for sexual perversion.
But do you notice how the tide seemed to change during the last few years of the show to its last Sunday night broadcast in 1967? People like Peter Paul and Mary and other 1960s icons started coming on and the panel started to seem to be out of touch with what was going on in the country and who the up and coming people were. I remember Bennett Cerf was knocking rock and roll and liked it when a boy under 10 years of age said he didn't like rock n roll. Also, there was one time when a contestant was answering Dorothy Kilgallen in a very informal way and she was so angry about it. That was the only time I have seen Dorothy be upset with a contestant. The contestant answered by calling Dorothy "man", and Dorothy said something along the lines of 'I'm not a man".
So is Brigitte Bardot, Gina Lollobrigida, Claudia Cardinale. The list is dwindling as time goes by, but those three have more class, put together, than any american actress in the same age group.
@@Frankincensedjb123 Yes, he could get wordy, at times. But, as moderator, he had to be totally impartial, and he took his job very seriously. He was an extremely fair man, who did not want to mislead either the panel or the contestant -- which explains all of the 'conferences' that he had with the contestant. He always kept the game 'on the level', to preclude any appearance of favoritism. Even though the amount of money they were playing for was paltry, by today's standards, it was actually quite a lot for the average person, back in the 50s and 60s. He wanted to give each contestant every chance of winning the money.
Both John and Bennett have a beautiful command of the English language- - and all of the panelists are so extremely tactful and respectful! I sure wish today’s society could have remained in that caliber!!
I watch an episode every night before I go to sleep, I drift off smiling and forgetting about how ugly this world has become, and how badly behaved and obscene people are. Manners, respect, intelligence have all disappeared. I am so grateful for these shows.
@@dotsywotsy18 I agree wholeheartedly with your comment. The world today is hardly recognizable as comparison to the life back then .. I strongly wish for the life back then to return now.
@@katherinepowell916 True, I mean that being said, I’ve seen similar sexualizing comments made in today’s age. That hasn’t changed. I guess I meant in how they speak and present themselves.
John is a very kind man. He tried to help that girl get to $50 because as a student and kid she could really use that money. Actions like that do not go unnoticed.
@@Danno682 Very annoying when someone keeps in shape with all that exercise and still something will catch up with them too early. I'm in my 70s and have outlived many of my jogging and fit friends.
@@bambi274 $50 in 1961 is equivalent in purchasing power to about $497.84 today (info like that is available with a Google search). I looked up what my parents paid for a house in the city at that time thinking it was really cheap only to find it is similar in costs to pay for a house today.
MikeyD22 You cannot call a woman beautiful, attractive or even stunning. It is considered Sexual Harassment in today’s climate. However it It not a two way street as women are allowed to label superlatives on men like “cute” with absolutely no recriminations
Oh, the clothes. I remember my mother telling me that in 1961 she used to go grocery shopping in a skirt suit with stockings, hat and gloves (in Baton Rouge, LA). I hardly get that dressed up to go to a serious function! I do remember wearing gloves and a hat to church in 1966. As a six year old, I owned TWO pairs of little, white gloves.
I went to a Christian college in the 60's and Sunday attire for ladies was hat,hose,heels and gloves along with ",.proper" Sunday attire and gentlemen wore suits with tie. Everyone looked nice. Today at the same school you wear just about anything if you even go to services:(
@@janeiwasduncan8463 Off topic slightly, I worked in Criminal Justice for ~three decades and what people wear to court lately have knocked me off my feet. I saw a lady actually wearing pajamas to court and I thought the judge was going to have a fit! People used to have a little more self respect and wear something "presentable" for Church, official proceedings, and even flying as a passenger on an airplane!
I don't know how many know or remember the staggering raw performance by Loren in 'Two Women' (1961), for which she won an Oscar, the first time for a performance in a foreign-language movie.
She was an actress in such movies back in the 1950's including "Houseboat", and also a singer at one time where she only had a song called "Bing Bang Bong", and it went nowhere on the charts. It was a fun song, but I don't know why Sophia Loren never made it to the Billboard Hot 100 charts. Take a good listen. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-FErZM58xT7g.html
In the year following this 5/28/61 show, Johnny Carson would be named the new host of The Tonight Show and Sophia Loren would win an Oscar for Two Women.
+1013pka yes, thanks for posting these! i will fail my final exam, but so what. haha. pamela praksa is just adorable! i wonder if she is still with us.....i suppose shed be in her late 60s. it would be amazing if she discovered herself on here on a whim - maybe her grandchildren would bring up the video for her on youtube if she were possibly not schooled in computers.
jas22 It does happen from time to time that contestants, or more often relatives of contestants, do discover the videos here and add comments. It's always a delight when that happens! Best of luck on your exam! I hope you don't blame WML for your lack of studying, though. ;)
Anyone else catch that remark Bennett made "that's even young for Mr Daly!", when trampoline girl said she was still in high school? Guessing that was a jab at John because his new wife was 14 years younger than he....which would be ironic since Bennett was 18 yrs older than his wife
I did wonder why he said that and in 2021 it made me cringe like heck 😬 If he said that these days, John Daly would’ve been beaten up round the back after the show.
@@breakingewes1316 Back then people were not woke idiots! John Daily was more man than the soy drinking limp wristed feminized men of today! Arline Francis could beat them up today!
Not to impugn Ms. Loren's ability to adorn the Movie or Television screen at any given time with her perfect head-to-toe beauty but that first contestant was absolutely, flawlessly awesome herself.
Sophia sat in front of us at the Hollywood Bowl in the early 1990's. She was with her sons. What a beautiful family. She is breathtaking up close. Stunning!
Caught just part of this movie Two Women by chance on TV 30 years ago and still remember many of the scenes clearly. Amazing actress totally brought the movie to life.
she was 34 years old, she was born in 1927, she was married to the most powerful cinema producer, and that made the diva. her sister married mussolini' s son, but I'm sure nobody in us know that. just pour parlair she acts super badly. the best italian actress at that time was virna lisi, but she was dismissed too early from the biz system: she was too blond , too white and with a pair of too blue eyes. wrong " material "to represent what they thought had to be represented as " italian", plus she ( virna) didn't marry a producer. ciao ciao.
@@lisacorimbi5045 Chi te le dice queste cazzate? Virna Lisi era bellissima, ma come attrice...La Loren, oltre che bellissima (specie dopo le plastiche) era bravissima come attrice, è andata migliorando continuamente e parlava un inglese quasi perfetto. Pensi che ai produttori sarebbe fregato qualcosa se la Lisi fosse stata in grado di portare spettatori al cinema come la Loren (per un periodo l'attrice più redditizia la botteghino americano)? L'unica rivale della Loren avrebbe potuto essere la Mangano, forse anche più brava della Loren e altrettanto bella.
here it is, the typical italian calling me names for expressing my opinion. come one, grow up and let me be. besides the "perfect english " attributable to sofia scicolone, is only in your dreams. got it?
Reminds me of her classic acting career and all the time I spent in her childhood home of Pozzuoli when I was in Naples, Italy from 1981-1983. Perhaps one of the last of "golden era" of film.
"Two Women" was a wonderful film for which Sophia received the best actress Oscar, but there was another film she did in this very time period which I enjoyed even more. "It Started in Naples" (released in August 1960) paired Clark Gable with Sophia Loren (in color) and was filmed on location in Rome, Naples, and Capri. Needless to say, the cinema-photography was spectacular. Clark Gable had suddenly passed away the previous November (1960) about six months, or so, previous to the date of this WML show. "It Started in Naples" became the last of his film premier's Gable would see. (He had just finished shooting "The Misfits" with Marilyn Monroe at the time of his death). I wondered if Sophia was going to be asked about her work with Gable, but perhaps the WML producers felt it might be depressing for the audience, as well as the idea of keeping the focus on "Two Women" which Sophia came to New York to promote.
I've got to give a belated shout-out to Jim Cook and all his colleagues at the Severe Storm center. At this time I was five years old and living in Kansas City, so I well remember tornado warnings from his organization. During stormy weather when tornadoes were heading our way, we occasionally had to spend a few hours in the basement of our house listening to the radio reports from the tornado trackers. Just like the hurricane trackers featured in another WML episode, these pilots flew in dangerous weather to keep the rest of us safe, in those days before weather satellites and Doppler radar. I'm glad nobody has to do those flights now!
Yes! and Sophia was offered the role of the daughter - Magnani didn't want to play mother to Sophia. Even tho Sophia was only 26 in this movie, she looked to old to be playing daughter to Magnani and that's why Magnani turned it down.
same 10years ago i discovered Whats my line on YT i remember seeing a rereun on TV on vacation with my family in NYC in 2009 from France and i just love it. So classy and a great Time capsule of those days they litterally had all the big stars of that era were on there. Beautiful
Its like watching these shows for the 1st time and they're great....in the mid 50s I was too young for this program and when I was older i watched other shows
A prelude to Steve Lawrence asking 18-year-old Snooks Roark, "What are you doing after the show?" on the 25 August 1964 (I think I got the date right; I know that I got the month and year right) WML? show. It's very funny (especially Miss Roark's response(s)) - but I'll bet that Eydie gave him royal Hell for that one when he got home.
This show was broadcast on Sunday, May 28, 1961. My mom was about five weeks from giving birth to me. I wonder what that Sunday was like. Watching this helps me get a feel for that day.
I just watched Johnny cash and June carter cash on the tonight show and here I am seeing a younger Johnny Carson on what’s my line because I wanted to see Sophia Loren. What are the odds of this happening?
It's funny to watch the panel laugh when they guess the occupation of the guest . Also when they guess the mistery guest. They laugh like look what I did. ,😁
I knew her through my mother who was in theater at the time. What an event to see her getting out of the limo. She looked at me for a second since I held the theater door in my little uniform. I will never forget that. I lied but in her movies all the men would come alone and sit in the back row or in the front row.😎
Cary Grant also had a crush on her. They did a movie together called "Houseboat," and he fell for her. But she was already engaged to Carlo Ponti, her director back in Italy.
@@bobcrestwood740 he more than had a crush. absolutely l loved her and she wanted to marry ponti. he was devastated during wedding scene. really crushed and adored her.
Must watch TV as a kid in the fifties and sixties even though it was on at 10:30. Great to be able to see it again. Nothing on tv today to compare to this.
ironduke2000 We have hardly regressed in every way. You must be a white man speaking because the women’s movement and the Civil Rights Act of 1965, giving Blacks the right to vote (without the absurd rules made up in the South to deter voting by Black people), can only be called great progress for our country. I don’t think women or Black people would want to return to the 1950s.
@@errorsofmodernism9715 I thought that it was strange that LJ would bring up civil rights in response to a comment about clothes but what the hell is wrong with you? So you don't think that black people should have been given more rights? I'm pretty sure that white people have rights in any African country but if they didn't it wouldn't be justification to limit rights for anyone here.
Fascinating what Mr Bennett said at 15:58 onward! They even knew about 'Geoengineering' back then. Yet people don't believe it to this day about 'Chem trailing'. MOST INTERESTING!
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