hey Yogi we're lost but were making good time. 3 months after this show Yogi would receive his 9th world series ring and one year later he would receive his 10 th , a record no one will ever even come close to breaking!
One of my favorite stories related to Yogi was told by Joe Garagiola. Joe was also a major league catcher, though a rather mediocre one. He later became an excellent broadcaster announcing baseball games. He and Yogi actually grew up across the street from each other. During one broadcast, he mentioned that Yogi's old house had a plaque on it stating that Yogi Berra grew up in that house. Joe's broadcast partner asked him if there was a plaque on his old house too. Garagiola said, yeah...it says that Yogi Berra grew up across the street from this house.
It ain't over 'till it's over. Just bought some postage stamps (2022) with Yogi on them...very cool. Always loved him, one of the most colorful ballplayers ever!
Yogi Berra was one of the greatest catchers in MLB history. He was known as a great clutch hitter who had a very high baseball I.Q. He became more of a legend after he retired. It is almost safe to say that no one disliked him. If you can say that about someone, you have lived a pretty good life. Suzy Parker had outstanding features, to say the least. Thanks for the video.
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@@WhatsMyLine This is one of two game shows I'd love to see revived, the other being Password, both in the original format. This show was more "intellectual" than many of the game shows that are on TV, then or now.
1961 was Yogi's last good year. In 1962 he played half the season. In 63 less than half and that was pretty much it. He was 36 years old here and about to win his 10th ring as a player and just about at the end of his career.
I think I just realized why these shows are so invigorating to me. It's not just the nostalgia. People actually have to think, sometimes rather strenuously. It's exciting to hear the audience's little reactions, the tension in the air when the plot thickens, the looks on the panel's faces, the laughter when something just happens to be funny, either a crack by one of the panel or the host, or just something that just happens. . . Are any shows today like this?
Yes. There is so much critical thinking going on: deductive/convergent reasoning, associations, careful choice of words and phrasing so as not to give the answer away. That is why the host's responses are so complicated. I have seen so many people complaining about his wordy answers but this is why. And yet the panel has no problem understanding his "double speak", the complex use of negative constructions, the vague answers. You can see how the panel is thinking about their word choices too so that they do not get a "no" answer. A "no" leaves them with no other options as well as a loss of their turn. They want a "yes" even if it is a qualified "yes" because they can continue to narrow down the topic. Dorothy is VERY good at this and behind that face l her brain is working furiously to eliminate choices and narrow it down - all based on her experiences as an investigative journalist, I am sure.
It bears mentioning that at this time, most Americans had only a handful of choices on TV. There were lots of radio programs to choose from, but most TV markets had only between 3 and 6 stations to choose from, if that. Many millions of people were tuned in: does any one program today garner millions of viewers, except for football?
He certainly was. He managed a decent but not fantastic New York Yankees team to the AL championship in 1964 (they won it by only a game or two over the Chicago White Sox and the Baltimore Orioles), and he managed a similarly decent but not fantastic New York Mets team to the NL championship in 1973 (again, in a tight 5-way pennant race with no one team in the NL East really outstanding). 7-game World Series losses each time (to the St. Louis Cardinals in 1964 and to the Oakland Athletics in 1973) - but how many teams don't get to the World Series each year?
+Jason Smith Yes, Yogi Berra came within one win of winning the World Series (twice). Yes, Berra managed the Yankees under Steinbrenner. And yes, Steinbrenner fired managers at a rapid pace. But Berra was never fired by Steinbrenner for losing the World Series in the seventh game. In 1964 when Berra was a rookie manager, he had been a player the year before and had shown some difficulty controlling the team, in part perhaps because he was still too close to the players and he was generally an easy going guy. The issue came to a head in August when the Yankees had lost a game. On the team bus after the game, Phil Linz was playing a harmonica. Berra ordered him to stop. Linz was sitting too far away to hear him. When he asked what Berra said, Mickey Mantle and Whitey Ford told him that Berra had said to play it louder. So Linz did. Berra came back and slapped the harmonica out of his hand. The Yankees were in third place at the time and the management (General Manager Ralph Houk and owners Dan Topping and Del Webb) felt that Berra wasn't ready to manage yet and decided to fire him. And they followed through with that decision even though the harmonica incident may have helped solidify Berra's authority with the players and the rallied to win another pennant (although they wouldn't win again until 1976). At the time, Steinbrenner was in the shipbuilding business, after a failed venture as an owner of a basketball team in a rival to the NBA that folded and before his venture into Broadway shows. He didn't buy the Yankees from CBS until January 1973. 1973 was also the year that Berra would manage a team into the World Series, again coming from behind in the standings (this time all the way from 6th place). But he wasn't managing the Yankees. He was managing the Mets. The lost the 7th game of the Series to Oakland. Berra continued as Mets manager until August 1975. He returned to manage the Yankees in 1984. Steinbrenner fired him early in the 1985 season despite assurances that Berra would remain as manager for the whole season. In response, Berra would have nothing to do with the Yankees until Steinbrenner personally drove to Yogi's home in New Jersey to apologize in 1999. Steinbrenner was occasionally forced to kowtow to Baseball Commissioners or the Federal Government. Berra was one of the only people he kowtowed to who had no direct authority over him. It was Yogi's popularity with the fans and other Yankee all-time greats that forced him to eventually cave in.
For the first time in awhile, John mentions Toots Shoor, famous NY barkeep at the time. And the right episode. It was of Toots Shoor's that Yogi said, "No one goes there any more; it's too crowded." My favorite Yogism is from the 1970s when he was managing the Mets. He was in a convertible in a parade with Mrs. Lindsay, the wife of the mayor of NYC. It was a sweltering summer day and Yogi was wearing a coat and tie. Mrs. Lindsay said to Yogi, "You're looking pretty cool today." Yogi replied, "You don't look so hot yourself."
Yogi was 36 in 1961...seemed uncomfortable...the one woman did not clap upon hearing of his 2000th hit....he invaded the beaches of Normany, France on D day june 6, 1944 as an 18 year old!
The guest panelist that did not clap was smiling - prob. did not follow baseball. Man - did not realize how much Daly leans all over people - prob. why Yogi was uncomfortable...
A ha! I was wondering if Arlene's gig in Germany was 'One Two Three' by Billy Wilder. So it is! I forgot that Arlene Francis was in that. It was one of the funniest movies I ever saw. Horst Buchholz is in it too. And James Cagney.
Yogi Berra was the greatest ball player that ever lived. Simply because of the position he played (catcher) and his astounding success (10 world championships). Yes there were better athletes, but none can even come close to his success. He was one of the personalities that defined the 20th Century.
I think we would all agree that Yogi isn't a handsome man, but his wife that he mentions in this show was a good looking woman. She appeared with him on one of these game shows and I couldn't believe how pretty she was. He met her when she was a teenage waitress in his hometown of St. Louis. He wasn't a wealthy guy at the time so she married him for love and they were married for 65 years until her death last year. Anyway, I always thought that was interesting that Yogi Berra had a pretty wife that married him for him and not because he was Yogi Berra.
+Fleur DuFleuve Yeah, didn't say he was ugly or homely....just that he wasn't handsome. Pretty much describes the majority of men. I guess that would mean average looks. He obviously had a lot of other things going for him. Like my original post said, his pretty young wife married him for who he was and not because he was Yogi Berra, because he wasn't famous at tha time. They were married 65 years which obviously says a lot for their relationship.
+wattever333 Haha! Good for you. He just doesn't look like he's in the same league as George Clooney and Brad Pitt to me, but I'm a guy so maybe I'm not a very good judge. ;)
Men are good looking to women in a way that is not exactly related to a man's features but more his overall presentation. His humor, confidence and smile as well as style would contributed to how good looking women might find a man.
I'm wondering where Yogi found that voice. I was a little disappointed that there were not Yogi-isms. John's question about the catcher's position being the toughest in the game was spot on. In spite of the fact that the equipment being called "the Tools of Ignorance", the catcher has to have so much information tucked away in his mind that "Ignorant" is the one thing he CAN NOT be. He, basically, runs the team on the field.
In 1961, the Yankees hit 240 homers which was a major league record at the time. They had three catchers on their roster: Elston Howard started 106 games, Johnny Blanchard started 42 and Yogi Berra started 15 (they had one tie that year). Howard also played a little at first base, Berra mostly played outfield and Blanchard saw some outfield action and did a lot of pinch hitting. It is the only time that a major league team had three catchers hit over 20 home runs in a season (although Berra would have been considered an outfielder during this season). Berra hit 22 while Howard and Blanchard each hit 21.
The debate goes on as to whether the '61 Yankees were a better team than the '27 Yankees. I was 8 years old, and a rabid Yankee fan in '61; followed them on TV, radio, and in the newspapers. It was an incredible season.
My friend and I are avid hikers and we often use a famous Yogi-ism when we get to a trail junction and are confused about which way to go. Yogi said, "When you get to a fork in the road, take it," --and we follow his advice as often as possible.
Unlike Norway, Sweden and Denmark, where surnames often end in 'son', in Iceland, surnames end in 'daughter', i.e. Kristjana Magnúsdóttir, if the person is female.
What a great American figure Yogi Berra was and hopefully will remain. -- First time I've ever known about Suzy Parker. Crazy beautiful. And just now I learn The Beatles wrote a song about her! It was never released, but you can hear them sing it if you type this into RU-vid: The Beatles - Suzy Parker.
I rode on a commercial flight with Yogi Berra in mid 80’s. It was a somewhat empty flight and he and his wife were riding in the back (coach) of a L-1011.
Growing up in England, where we don’t follow American baseball - but DO get American cartoons - I was familiar with Yogi Bear many years before I ever heard of Yogi Berra. It’s highly amusing to hear that his voice is very similar to that of his cartoon counterpart 😅
Love these shows. Remember most of them from childhood in the 50s and 60s. Guess they wish they had brought in baseball players in winter instead of July.
She ratted Bennett out ... "I'd like to introduce the last man who kissed me." Bennett was a bit flustered, so it may not have been wanted or innocent.
A double play here.Rutgers(The Alma Mater of the Peace Corps contestant) was Yogi's favorite college other than Navy.Yogi was on the field for a pre-game ceremony when Navy played at Rutgers in 2005.
Did anyone else mutter Mr Cerf say, “Good God” while Miss Iceland was writing her last name? That was one of the more difficult ones but I’m regularly impressed with Mr Daly’s ability to read some contestants’ writing.
Yeah, he's not "reading" their handwriting....he has briefing sheets beforehand on all the guests - that's how he knows about the jobs of the contestants and why more than once he's told a mystery guest how he really enjoyed their latest movie only to be corrected that the movie has either yet to open or, in the case of Doris Day, the movie hadn't even started shooting yet - watching Daly adroitly tap dance out of that one was instructive.
I seem to remember that Yogi won the American League Most Valuable three times while playing on teams that had players like MICKEY Mantles, Joe Di Maggio and Hank Baur plus Whitey Ford and Gil Mc Gougle. Mantle gave great credit to to Yogi for the success of the Yankees. Read Mantel's book MY FAVORITE YEAR 1956.
Yogi was at a game where there were streakers running by the dugout. Reporters asked him if they were men or women. He replied; "I couldn't tell, they had bags over their heads."
1:45 Suzy Parker introduces Bennett as "the last man who kissed me," and Bennett seems or pretends to be embarrassed (he hides his eyes as he walks onstage, grinning). 1:57 Martin tells him, "Don't get flustered, Bennett."
I had to look up who gorgeous Suzy Parker, as I was not familiar with her. Turns out whe was the most famous model in the 50's & 60's, as well as an actress (famous for the "You look just like Number 12" Twilight Zone episode. Sadly, her health failed relatively early, and she died of kidney failure at age 70, having voluntarily refused further dialysis.
Yogi Berra. Pure, accidental genius. Absolutely pure. What hatched in that man's brain, and tumbled out of his mouth, was completely unstudied, free of pretense or premeditation. Diamond wisdom out of humble stones. His Berra-isms are epic! The greatest writer, intellectual, comedian, philosopher, or gifted tongue-twister could never come up with what Berra did, at any moment, on any given day. It's as if God took the day off, scoped around for some fun, gazed in Berra's direction and, with a happy grin, played fiddle-faddle with Berra's brain, and said to mankind: "Behold! I give you greatness!"
Mr Daly sat with some of the great beauties of the age, but I don't think anyone affected him like Miss Iceland! He came close to dropping journalistic neutrality and wishing her the title. He was obviously crazy about Yogi Berra too. Possibly his two favourite guests in one episode. I believe Tallulah to be among his preferred guests as well.
Yogi was indeed good at hitting pitches out of the strike zone. But my vote would go to Roberto Clemente. I once saw "The Great Roberto" (as Bob Prince called him) swing at a pitch that was going toward his ear and hit it for a triple. And that was commonplace for him. In March 1957 going into Roberto's third major league season, Branch Rickey said this about Clemente (as reported in "The Sporting News": “His value is in not taking bases on balls because he can hit the bad pitches. If I tried to teach him to wait for a good pitch, I’d simply make a bad hitter out of him. The cure would be worse than the disease. He'll cure his own ailments simply by experience.”
Between Whats My Line, Following Baseball fanatically, making bad jokes, running the Famous Writers School and going around getting honorable degrees - when did Bennet Cerf find time to run Random House?
+Ron McGill Seems like I remember seeing an ad for the school. You would submit a sample of your writing and they would evaluate it to see if you had enough talent to meet their standards for admission. I wrote a bunch of gibberish ... when the results came back, they said I had 'potential' lol ^^
...and studying Variety and Motion Picture Daily and The Hollywood Reporter and the bulldog edition of the New York Daily News so that he could guess the identities of the mystery guests.
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