What's My Line
What's My Line
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First Aired: February 2nd, 1950
Status: Ended
Network: CBS
Summary: What's My Line? was one of network television's longest running and most beloved prime time game shows, with a broadcast run of seventeen and one-half years. The game consisted of four panelists trying to guess the occupation of a guest contestant. As the questioning rotated, a panel member asked questions, and the guest would answer either "yes" or "no." A contestant received $5 for each "no" answer, and ten "no" answers ended the game in favor of the contestant. A mystery guest segment was also included, in which the panelists were blindfolded.
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Season 18
Episode 1: Joey Bishop
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Summary: Game 1 - Miss Claudia Buoh - ""Bat Girl For Baseball Team"" (from Modesto, CA; she works for the Modesto Reds, which is a ""Class A"" farm team of the Kansas City Athletics; she has red hair and is engaged to one of the players, pitcher Rich Bisek; they plan to be married on home plate!) Game 2 - Mr. Donn Hutchison - ""Sponge Diver"" (he owns his own boat, the Catherine II; from Tarpon Springs, FL; his finest sponge is the Rock Island Wool Sponge) Game 3 - Joey Bishop (as Mystery Guest)
Episode 2: Warren Beatty
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Summary: Game 1 - Mrs. Janice Toppino - ""Decorates Garbage Cans"" (she owns a company named Cans By Jan; she is a Junior at the University of New Mexico; from Albuquerque, NM) Game 2 - Larry Leake - ""Demonstrates Trick Billiard Shots"" (from Downey, CA, he is 8 years old; he is sponsored by Brunswick Corporation and knows 25 trick shots; to sign in, he stood on a wooden step-stool he carried out with him, enabling him to reach the sign-in board; his surname is pronounced ""Lake"") Game 3 - Warren Beatty (as Mystery Guest)
Episode 3: Peter Ustinov
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Summary: Game 1 - Leontyne Price (as Mystery Guest #1) - ""Metropolitan Opera Star"" (When the Metropolitan Opera moved to Lincoln Center in 1966, Price christened the new house as Cleopatra in the world premiere of Samuel Barber's Antony and Cleopatra.) Game 2 - Edward Libby - ""Golf Caddy"" (90 years, 6 months old; he caddies at the Atlantic City Country Club; he began this occupation at age 75, having formerly been a carpenter; from Pleasantville, NJ) Game 3 - Peter Ustinov (as Mystery Guest #2)
Episode 4: "Dinner at Eight" Cast
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Summary: Game 1 - Howard Pomerantz - ""Makes Powder Puffs"" (he is the Treasurer of the family business, Victoria Vogue, Inc., which was started in 1934 by his father, Samuel L. Pomerantz; the powder puffs are marketed under the trade name ""Luscious""; from Great Neck, Long Island, NY; Howard E. Pomerantz' brother, Myron Pomerantz, was a contestant on EPISODE #652 of February 17, 1963! Mr. Daly did not mention that fact, though.) More about that episode, and some company background too, on the guide to EPISODE #652 - See more notes below Game 2 - Mrs. Charlotte Crowell - ""Window Washer"" (for New York Window Cleaners, Inc; she is a union member also; she works to a height of 10 floors, on electric scaffolding; from Syracuse, NY; she signed her name vertically on the sign-in board, at a 90 degree angle) Game 3 - ""Dinner at Eight"" Cast (as Mystery Guest Cast) ""Arlene's Co-Stars in Dinner at Eight""
Episode 5: Abe Ribicoff
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Summary: Game 1 - Danny Kaye (as Mystery Guest #1, he signed in as ""Sandy Koufax"") Game 2 - Miss Daisy Lewis - ""Chimpanzee Trainer"" (from New York City, NY; she trains a chimp named Mr. Egor who can skate and perform tricks) Game 3 - Abe Ribicoff (as Mystery Guest #2) ""U.S. Senator Abraham A. Ribicoff""
Episode 6: PREEMPTED WEEK #21 OF 25
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Episode 7: George Hamilton
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Summary: Game 1 - Miss Marie France Gervais - ""Lawyer"" (from Paris, France, she is a graduate of the University of Paris; she will be in New York for one year working in international law, giving counsel on French law as it applies to her company) Game 2 - Jerry Houck - ""Raises Buffalo"" (along with his brother and his father Roy Houck, he owns Triple U Enterprises, Inc.; John said this company owns the largest private herd of buffalo in the United States, 1200 head of bison; from Pierre, SD; sadly, we have learned from Jerry's sister Kaye that Jerry passed away in 1988; as of 2004, the company is still in business and is listed on the net; the 1990 film ""Dances With Wolves"" was partially filmed on their land) TRIPLE U BUFFALO RANCH Game 3 - George Hamilton (as Mystery Guest) Game 4 - Richard Choi - ""Makes False Eyelashes"" (originally from Korea, now from the United States; his company, Richard Lashes, manufactures false eyelashes in colors; the eyelashes are made in Korea)
Episode 8: Ed Sullivan
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Summary: Game 1 - Suzy Knickerbocker (as Mystery Guest #1) - ""Society Columnist"" (her column, ""Suzy Says"" is syndicated by King Features in ""about 60"" newspapers, she stated) Game 2 - Miss Sharon Kocourek - ""Makes Halloween Masks"" (for Austin Arts Studio in Omaha, Nebraska; they make plastic masks; next Saturday, she is getting married; from Omaha, NE) Game 3 - Ed Sullivan (as Mystery Guest #2) Game 4 - Mrs. Pat Carlsson (Pat Moss) - ""Auto Racing Champion"" (she is the sister of famous Formula One auto racer Stirling Moss who was a mystery guest on March 23, 1958; Pat and her husband, Erik Carlsson, are with the Saab Auto Company of Sweden; she said she was from a village near Oxford in England)
Episode 9: PREEMPTED WEEK #22 OF 25
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Episode 10: PREEMPTED WEEK #23 OF 25
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Episode 11: Michael Caine
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Summary: Game 1 - Douglas Smith - ""Sells Salt"" (for The Canadian Salt Company Limited, dba Windsor Salt Co.; Windsor Salt, founded in 1893, owns a rock salt mine and evaporator plant; from Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Doug sells salt industrially to meat packing plants, pickle factories, etc.; as of 2004, the company is still in existence and has a web page) Game 2 - Miss Helen Quach - ""Symphony Orchestra Conductor"" (she said she was Chinese, but had been spending time in Australia; she is visiting America for the summer and has performed in Interlochen, Michigan and Houston, Texas; she is returning to conduct the Houston Symphony on February 4, 1967; she is an apprentice conductor in Australia; she went on to become quite famous) Game 3 - Michael Caine (as Mystery Guest) Game 4 - Phil Walsh - ""Manager of Empire State Building Observatory"" (he manages 2 observatories, one on the 86th floor and one on the 102nd floor; he has 2 million visitors each year; from Wayne, NJ)
Episode 12: Virna Lisi
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Summary: Game 1 - Miss Sheila Scott - ""Airplane Race Pilot"" (from London, England, she was the first British pilot to fly solo around the world; 31,000 miles in a Piper Comanche over a span of 33 days and 3 minutes from May 18, 1966 to June 20, 1966; she has won about 40 trophies including the De Havilland Trophy; she holds many world records; see more notes below) Game 2 - Gerald Klieger - ""Raises Worms"" (he raises, packages and sells 2 million worms per year; most of the worms are sold through the mail; he smiled a lot and was an excellent contestant; from Noel, MO) Game 3 - Virna Lisi (as Mystery Guest) Game 4 - Miss Rosmare Trete (pronounced as Rosemary Tretta) - ""Walks Race Horses (To Cool Them After Running)"" (originally from Germany, now from New York; she ""hot walks"" the racehorses at Belmont Raceway)
Episode 13: Mia Farrow
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Summary: Game 1 - Frank Sinatra (as Mystery Guest #1) Game 2 - Miss Lynn Castle - ""Men's Barber"" (from Hollywood, she is a freelance barber who cuts Steve Allen's hair; she said she occasionally works at a barber shop named The Rogue; 80% of her clients are men; Bennett suggested that she cut her own long hair and she shook her head no; Mr. Daly said she was also a songwriter on the side, see notes about that below) Game 3 - Mia Farrow (as Mystery Guest #2) She signed in as Mia Sinatra. Game 4 - Mr. Jodi Michaels - ""Opera Singer (Member of Chorus Metropolitan Opera)"" (12 years old, he is a student at St. Francis de Sales school; this is his 4th season with The Met; in addition to singing in the children's chorus, he also occasionally does solo work; he's sung in operas such as ""Tosca,"" ""Turandot"" and ""Vanessa""; from Rockaway, NY)
Episode 14: Angela Lansbury
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Summary: Game 1 - Gilbert Futter - ""Guard at Tower of London (Beefeater)"" (from London, England; he appeared in his full costume regalia; he has held his current position for 16 years; he is a very entertaining and interesting guest) Game 2 - Sampson Baker - ""Catches Frogs"" (from Ft. Myers, FL; he catches frogs that are sold to restaurants along the Eastern seaboard) Game 3 - Angela Lansbury (as Mystery Guest) She signed in as Angela ""Mame"" Lansbury.
Episode 15: George Segal & TTTT Cast
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Summary: Game 1 - Kitty Carlisle, Tom Poston, Orson Bean & Peggy Cass (as Mystery Guest Team from ""To Tell the Truth"") Tom Poston signed in for the gang by signing ""The To Tell The Truth Panel."" Game 2 - Mrs. Sue Cox - ""Predicts Weekly Football Scores on Television"" (she works at WCCO-TV where her nickname is Bronco; she predicts both college scores and professional scores; her husband is football player Bobby Cox who was a quarterback for the University of Minnesota; from Minneapolis, MN) Game 3 - George Segal (as Mystery Guest #2) Game 4 - Walter Allen - ""Sells Light Bulbs"" (for the Royal Lamp Company, who are distributors for Westinghouse and Sylvania; from Manhattan, NY; he is also an acting student at the Lee Strasburg Actor's Studio; he is in a Christmas play for children at the Renata Theatre, """"Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp.""
Episode 16: Steve McQueen
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Summary: Game 1 - Miss Jayhan Waba or Jahan Wabba (she signed her name in Arabic, the spelling is phonetic) - ""Guide at the Pyramids"" (from Cairo, Egypt; she is a University graduate and speaks 4 languages; she discussed the Sound & Light show) Game 2 - Raymond Koester - ""Makes Billiard Balls"" (for the A. E. Schmidt Company, which has been in business for 116 years since 1850; he has been employed by them for 40 years; he hand makes billiard balls out of African ivory for professional games; this sweet man who smiled a lot donated his earnings to Boys Town in Saint James, MO; he also gave the female panelists carved ivory bangle-style bracelets; from Shrewsbury, Missouri; as of 2004, the company is still in business and has a web site) Game 3 - Steve McQueen (as Mystery Guest) Game 4 - Peter Hayes - ""Handles Camel In Xmas Stage Show (Radio City Music Hall)"" (he works for Animal Talent Scouts Company; he is in the NY show and handles his camel throughout the show; from Newark, NJ)
Episode 17: Eva Marie Saint
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Summary: Game 1 - Lt. (jg) Roger Mehle, USN (Roger William Mehle, Jr., as Mystery Guest #1 and the panel is blindfolded) two occupation overlay screens are used - ""Suzy Knickerbocker's Son"" & ""U.S. Navy Submarine Officer"" (he is a supply officer aboard the USS Lewis & Clark, a Polaris nuclear submarine; he'll be receiving his full lieutenant status soon; he is almost 25 years old; this sweet young man is just back from ""two months under"" and wasn't due back in town until Thursday, so naturally his mother was extremely surprised; he graduated from Annapolis in 1963; his father, Roger W. Mehle, Sr., is an aviator and Admiral; see notes below) Game 2 - Sam Snidermon - ""Makes Kilts"" (from Toronto, Canada; he is Toronto's leading kilt maker; he was a tailor in the Canadian Army and now the regimental tailor of the 48th Highlanders of Canada) Game 3 - Eva Marie Saint (as Mystery Guest #2) Game 4 - G. Avery West - ""Sells Bells"" (for Bevin Brothers Manufacturing Co. in East Hampton, which was establis
Episode 18: Gina Lollobrigida
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Summary: Game 1 - Miss Lucille Bohn - ""Police Detective"" (she works in the Juvenile section of the Reading, PA police department; from Reading, PA) Game 2 - John C. Hayden - ""Makes Candy for Dogs"" (his product, ""K-9 Treats"" contains fish and chlorophyll; from Chicago, IL) Game 3 - Gina Lollobrigida (as Mystery Guest) Game 4 - Mr. Surendra Bahadur - ""Sells Kites"" (at his shop, ""Go Fly A Kite"" on East 80th Street, NY; originally from India, currently from NYC)
Episode 19: Jane Fonda
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Summary: Game 1 - Mrs. Ruth Reinhold - ""Personal Airplane Pilot For Barry Goldwater"" (this petite woman she flies an Excalibur, which is a conversion of a Twin Bonanza which has been customized by Swearingen Aircraft of Texas; she learned to fly in 1933, and is now aged in her 60s; she is an instructor with an instrument rating and has 1500 flight hours; from Phoenix, AZ; see notes below) Game 2 - Mrs. Stella Brophy - ""Makes Thimbles"" (for her company, ""Brophy's Nu-Thimbles"" which manufacturers plastic thimbles of a new design; from Saint Clair Shores, MI) See a photo of her new open adjustable design - BROPHY'S NU-THIMBLE Game 3 - Jane Fonda (as Mystery Guest, and she signed in as ""Woody Allen"")
Episode 20: Abbe Lane
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Summary: Game 1 - Mrs. Karen Jones - ""Steeplejack (Paints & Repairs Flagpoles, Smokestacks, Etc.)"" (she has worked for 5 years with her father Tony Clough and her 2 brothers; from Catasauqua, PA) Game 2 - Miss Mildred Hughes - ""Sells Burglar Alarms"" (for the Ballistics Control Company in Long Island City, Long Island, NY; the units are battery operated and police monitored; the units contain a ""Tel/Emerg"" feature for fire and medical assistance; she stated she was from both NY and Miami, FL) Game 3 - Abbe Lane (as Mystery Guest) Game 4 - Gregory Moore ""Teaches Skiing Indoors (in New York City)"" (at the Vanderbilt Athletic Club; he utilizes a plastic brush slope; from Asheville, NC)
Episode 21: Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass
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Summary: Game 1 - Vince Lombardi (as Mystery Guest #1) - ""Coach of World Champion Green Bay Packers"" Game 2 - Mrs. Helen Corwin - ""Saddle Maker"" (at her company, Corwin's Leather Shop, where she makes and repairs saddles which cost from $250 to $600 with no silverwork; from Blythe, CA, on the Colorado River; Mr. Daly said that she was a contestant 8 years ago; indeed, she was a guest on EPISODE #449 on January 25, 1959) Game 3 - Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass (as Mystery Guest Group) The TB band members who appear with Herb Alpert are - Nick Ceroli - Drums Tonni Kalash - Trumpet Bob Edmondson - Trombone John Pisano - Guitar Lou Pagani - Piano Pat Senatore - Bass Guitar
Episode 22: The Smothers Brothers
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Summary: Game 1 - Miss Joan Ryba & Miss Jane Ryba (identical twins) - ""Sell Barbells for Weightlifting"" (for Newman, Dukes and Klein Company; or maybe the spelling is Neuman, Dukes and Kline; they sell the ""Weight Line"" barbell set; from North Hollywood, CA) Game 2 - Preston Porter & Russell Porter (identical twins) - ""Teaches at U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis"" (they are both the rank of Lt.(jg); they both graduated from Humboldt State College in Arcata, CA; they both teach oceanography; from Whittier, CA) Game 3 - The Smothers Brothers (as Mystery Guest Duo, but they are not twins! Tom was born in 1937 and Dick was born in 1939.) Game 4 - Miss Ethel Armstrong & Miss Edna Armstrong (identical twins) - ""Interior Decorator"" for W.J. Sloan Company; they both graduated from Mary Washington College; from Washington, DC) All regular contestants on this episode are identical twins. The last time WML had a ""twins night"" was EPISODE #520 on July 3, 1960.
Episode 23: Tony Randall
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Summary: Game 1 - Miss Chris Noel (as Mystery Guest #1, she signed in as Miss X and the panel was not blindfolded) ""Disc Jockey for United States Armed Forces Overseas"" (her radio program is called ""A Date With Chris""; she said the men in Vietnam want to hear both rock & roll and country music; she is just back from a 2-week trip to Vietnam over the Christmas & New Year's holidays; John read extremely high accolades given to her from Associated Press Correspondent Hugh Mulligan; John said she is also an aspiring actress; from West Palm Beach, FL; see her bio at IMDB and her web page where she offers a DVD story of her life for sale) Game 2 - Ted Schmit ""Sells Flagpoles"" (he is a Vice-President of Electronic Flagpoles, Inc.; these flagpoles have a light sensor on them, and automatically lower and store the flag at dusk; from Chicago, IL) Game 3 - Tony Randall (as Mystery Guest #2) His overlay screen read - ""New Recording Star"" Tony Randall
Episode 24: Yves Montand
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Summary: Game 1 - Miss Geraldine Livingston - ""Shines Shoes (in Men's Barber Shop)"" (This young woman works for Paul Mollet on Lexington Avenue in NY; a shoe shine costs 35 cents; from New York) Game 2 - Robert Fox, Jr. - ""Builds Fire Engines"" (he works for Sutphen Fire Equipment Corporation in Columbus, Ohio; they only build fire fighting equipment; he builds the entire truck except for the tank and the final finish; he is age 23; from Columbus, OH) Game 3 - Yves Montand (as Mystery Guest)
Episode 25: Andy Griffith
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Summary: Game 1 - Mr. Bong Way Wong - ""Bull Fighter"" (Bong Way ""Billy"" Wong is credited as being the first Chinese bullfighter. This Chinese-American man was born in Arizona and attended University of California at Berkeley. John said Mr. Wong holds a degree in civil engineering and was working for the ""highway department in California"" (CalTrans) and read the book of the life of a great matador, and decided that was what he wanted to do. He is now a novillero in Madrid, Spain. A novillero is a bullfighter who is required to fight bulls less than four years of age. John said the great matador El Cordobes (aka Manuel Benitez) retired this week. Mr. Wong is currently residing in Europe, and has killed about 20 or 30 bulls so far. His ""sometimes"" bullfighting nickname is ""El Chino"" which means ""The Chinese,"" but John correctly predicted that ""the Madrid public will pick it up."" A biographical book, ""El Chino,"" was written in 1990 by Allen Say.) Game 2 - Mrs. Cecilia Benner - ""Makes Earplugs for Sl
Episode 26: Steve Rossi & Marty Allen
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Summary: Game 1 - Ray Valentine - ""Flying Trapeze Artist"" (9 years old; he has been a flyer since he was 3.5 years old; he works with his parents and another couple; he used to perform with the Pollock Circus, but is now going on tour with Charles Gatty Productions; from Houston, TX; as of 2004, there is a person named Ray Valentine who has long been a producer of the Shrine Circus in Houston and 53 other cities, he runs ""Valentine's Circus"" and this might be our contestant) Game 2 - Mrs. Bette Kiehl - ""Buys & Sells Hay"" (for Kiehl & Son, the company she owns with her husband; Bennett puns ""Life With Fodder""; from Atchison, KS) Game 3 - Steve Rossi & Marty Allen (as Mystery Guest Duo) They signed in as - Hello Dere, Rossi & Allen
Episode 27: Judy Garland
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Summary: Game 1 - Jacqueline Susann (as Mystery Guest #1) - Author of ""Valley of the Dolls"" (the first edition of her book is published by Bernard Geis Associates and distributed by Random House; this novel has been on the best-seller list for a year now) Game 2 - Mrs. Gail Mutrix - ""Wine Steward (in Restaurant)"" (she is a sommelier at Herb Evans Restaurant in NY; she is also a junior at Hunter College, majoring in Art History; from NYC) Game 3 - Judy Garland (as Mystery Guest #2) Game 4 - Miss Jean Lanning - ""Raises Great Danes"" (from England, she is in America to be a judge at the Baltimore Dog Show; she published a book in 1961 titled ""Great Danes"" which was a ""Foyles Handbook"" and went on to write several more books; she has been a contestant on the British version of What's My Line?; she continued in this occupation and has many web references)
Episode 28: Robert Morse
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Summary: Game 1 - Peter Gabel & Jonathan Cerf (as Mystery Guest Duo, and the panel was blindfolded, their names were pre-signed on the sign-in board, and they placed check marks next to their names) - ""Editors of the Harvard Lampoon"" (Jonathan is the President of the Harvard Lampoon Magazine, and Peter holds the position of Ibis, which is the Lampoon's equivalent position to Vice-President; The Harvard Lampoon is America's oldest humor magazine, founded in 1876; both young men are aged 20 and are juniors at Harvard University, majoring in English; they are also members in a band called the Central Park Zoo; they stumped the panel) Game 2 - Mrs. Pamela Kemp - ""Gets Sawed in Half (Magician's Assistant)"" (originally from England, now from CA; she works with her husband, magician Raymond Kemp, and they are travelling performers; her magic trick involves laying between 2 sawhorses, not in the traditional box; she has appeared on CBS News recently in a spot covering their magic act) Game 3 - Robert
Episode 29: Ursula Andress
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Summary: Game 1 - Vidal Sassoon (as Mystery Guest #1, he signed in as ""Mr. X"" to avoid name recognition, but the panel was not blindfolded) - ""Hair Stylist"" (he has 3 shops in London and 2 in America; he is in America to marry an American girl, Beverly Adams) Game 2 - Ernie Louie - ""Sells Fortune Cookies"" (he is the Vice-President of charge of sales for Lotus Fortune Cookies, where they make 50,000 cookies each day; from San Francisco, CA) Game 3 - Ursula Andress (as Mystery Guest #2) Game 4 - Mrs. Doris Renninger - ""Helicopter Pilot"" (she works for Hel-Air Helicopters in mid-town Manhattan, piloting chartered copters; she said there are currently 113 women helicopter pilots in the world, affectionately called ""whirlygirls""; from Beechhurst, Long Island, NY, which she said was ""out under the Throggs Neck Bridge"")
Episode 30: EPISODE #855
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Summary: Game 1 - Orson Bean (Mystery Guest #1) Game 2 - A person who makes supermarket shopping carts Game 3 - Sid Caesar & Imogene Coca (Mystery Guest Duo) (Per Gil Fates' handwritten logs, there wasn't enough time for a person who sold guitars.)
Episode 31: PREEMPTED WEEK #24 OF 25
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Episode 32: EPISODE #856
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Summary: Game 1 - A person who makes dice Game 2 - A registered nurse Game 3 - Soupy Sales (as Mystery Guest) (Per Gil Fates' handwritten logs, there wasn't enough time for a person who raised Great Danes. However, on the day this episode was taped, March 5, 1967, EPISODE #852 was also aired live. The lady who bred Great Danes, Miss Jean Lanning from England, was a contestant on that episode.)
Episode 33: EPISODE #857
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Summary: Game 1 - A criminal lawyer Game 2 - A person who sells baby carriages Game 3 - Candice Bergen (as Mystery Guest) Game 4 - A person who designs and makes sunglasses
Episode 34: Groucho Marx
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Summary: Game 1 - Miss Elisabeth Christenson - ""Fishing Instructor"" (on the 1000 ft. pier at the Newport Resort Hotel in Miami Beach, FL; born in Sweden, now from Miami, FL) Game 2 - John Thompson - ""Sharpens Pencils (in Pencil Factory)"" (at the Souvenir Pen and Pencil Company in Cedar Rapids, IA; they sharpen 50,000 pencils per shift; from Atkins, IA) Game 3 - Groucho Marx (as Mystery Guest) He signed by writing ""take the lead out,"" which was a reference to the guest in the previous game.
Episode 35: Raquel Welch
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Summary: Game 1 - Mrs. Karen Hidalgo (her professional name is Karen Gustafson, but she signed in under her married name of Hidalgo) - ""Conducts Orchestra For Broadway Musical - Illya Darling"" (she has also conducted other Broadway plays; the WML occupation overlay screen misspelled ""Illya Darling"" as ""Ilya Darling""; from New York City, NY) Game 2 - Walter Medrano - ""Makes Hammocks"" (for his company in Venezuela called ""Mini-Hamaca""; hamaca is Spanish for hammock; he designed a synthetic material that is partly nylon, and the compact hammock can hold up to 1,850 lbs., yet can still fold up flat and fit in a pocket or a suede pouch; from Guayaquil, Ecuador) Game 3 - Raquel Welch (as Mystery Guest)
Episode 36: Leslie Uggams
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Summary: Game 1 - John Gilbey (he signed in as Mr. X to avoid name recognition and the panel was not blindfolded) - ""Makes Gin"" (he said his great-grandfather founded Gilbey's London Dry Gin in 1857, and that the gin is now made in 30 countries; John said he was ""the boss"" at Gilbey's; from London, England) Game 2 - Edward Balaza - ""Washes Windows in Empire State Building"" (he works for the Terminal Window Cleaning Company and cleans windows from the 50th to the 64th floors; from Bellmore, Long Island, NY) Game 3 - Leslie Uggams (as Mystery Guest) Game 4 - Mrs. Judy Kochy - ""Drives School Bus"" (she drives a bus for 50 children in Woodbridge Township in New Jersey; from Nixon, NJ)
Episode 37: Allan Sherman
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Summary: Game 1 - Mrs. Edith Henderson - ""Sells Screw Drivers"" (she is the regional sales manager for Rosco Products, which is owned by Rosenberg Brothers & Company; her region is the entire Eastern seaboard; from Smithtown, NY) Game 2 - Miss Carolann Collura - ""Sells Hot Dogs From Push Cart"" (she is a licensed push cart peddler, as were her grandfather and both parents before her; she sells all-beef wieners with sauerkraut and all the fixings; her sales territory is near the Kings County Hospital; from Brooklyn, NY) Game 3 - Allan Sherman (as Mystery Guest)
Episode 38: The Supremes
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Summary: Game 1 - Miss Jeannette Campbell - ""Deals Blackjack (for Gambling Casino)"" (from London, England, she works at a Casino called ""Room at the Top"" in Ilford, England) Game 2 - Trevor Bettles - ""Kangaroo Keeper (at Expo 67)"" (from North Australia, he is working in the Australian Pavilion at Expo 67 in Montreal, Canada, providing care to 20 kangaroos and 10 wallabies) Game 3 - The Supremes (as Mystery Guest Trio; Diana Ross, Mary Wilson and Florence Ballard) Game 4 - Miss Julie (surname not signed or given) - ""Chauffeur for Rental Limousine"" (when John asked her what her last name was, she replied, ""I never tell""; she works for the ""Bunny Limousine Service"" and dresses up as a bunny for work; it is unknown if this service has any connection to Playboy Magazine, but I don't think so; she is the only female limo driver in NY; there was an article in the paper about her that Suzy had seen; from NYC)
Episode 39: Lawrence Welk
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Summary: Game 1 - Mrs. Tammy Thorne - ""Teaches Weightlifting"" (at her business, Thorne's Health Spa, in her home town of Pendleton, Oregon; she can lift 170 lbs, which seems amazing when you see her, as she has a thin build) Game 2 - Howard Kennedy - ""Perfume Sniffer (Tests Fragrances)"" (he is an apprentice in the quality and odor control department of Revlon Cosmetics Company; from Ponte Vedra Beach, FL, which is near Jacksonville) Game 3 - Lawrence Welk (as Mystery Guest)
Episode 40: Jack Jones
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Summary: Game 1 - Jean Shrimpton (as Mystery Guest #1) (no occupation overlay screen was used) Game 2 - Paul H. Smith ""Makes Tents"" (this elderly man is the President of Smith Awning & Tent Company in his home town of Auburn, NY; he makes tents of all sizes, from pup-tents to large circus tents) Game 3 - Jack Jones (as Mystery Guest #2) Game 4 - Mrs. Andrea Ritchie - ""Sells Motorcycles"" (she sells Honda Motorcycles at Sportscar Salon, Ltd. in Flushing, NY; she is originally from Miami, FL)
Episode 41: Melina Mercouri
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Summary: Game 1 - Miss Jerry Watmore - ""Trains Whales"" (for the Seattle Public Aquarium; she trains a baby Killer Whale to shake hands and to roll over; there originally were 2 baby Killer Whales at the Seattle Aquarium but one died; the names of the whales were not stated; a Killer Whale is not really a whale, it's an Orca, which is the largest member of the dolphin family; John did not ask her if her first name was a nickname; from Seattle, WA) Game 2 - Miss Kelly Lange - ""Broadcasts Traffic Reports from Helicopter"" (on the job, she is known as Dawn O'Day; from Los Angeles, CA; see notes below) Game 3 - Melina Mercouri (as Mystery Guest) Game 4 - Geoff Sidebottom - ""Professional Soccer Player (New York Generals)"" (from Barnsley, Yorkshire, England, he is a goalkeeper for the newly formed National Professional Soccer League; he'll be a goalie in a game against the ""St. Louis Stars"" on Wednesday)
Episode 42: EPISODE #866 Partial Audio
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Summary: Game 1 - F. Lee Bailey (as Mystery Guest #1) - ""Criminal Lawyer"" Game 2 - A female men's barber (the 13th and last of the lady barber run) Game 3 - Betty Grable (as Mystery Guest #2) Game 4 - A person who lectures on the stock market in Grand Central Terminal, NY
Episode 43: PREEMPTED WEEK #25 OF 25
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Episode 44: Betty Comden & Adolph Green
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Summary: Game 1 - Corky Carroll - ""Professional Surfer (U.S. Champion)"" (John said he was the #1 surfer in the USA; he is 19 years old and uses a Hobie Surfboard; from Laguna, CA; see notes below) Game 2 - Miss Barb Groom - ""Raises Pigs"" (she is a college student at Washington State College, but her home town is Stockton, CA; she has a registered herd of over 100 high-quality Duroc pigs; 2 years ago she had the champion female pig at the 1965 California State Fair; she later became of pharmacist, but as of 2004, Barbara Groom owns and operates the Lost Coast Brewery & Cafe in Eureka, California; visit their web page; Lost Coast Brewery) Game 3 - Betty Comden & Adolph Green (as Mystery Guest Duo) He signed her name and she signed his name; the overlay screen read - Authors of ""Hallelujah, Baby!"" ""Bells Are Ringing"" ""On the Town"" etc. Game 4 - James Sorgi - ""Makes Fireworks"" (he is the President of the American Fireworks Company, which was started by his father in 1904; he is the 4th generation
Episode 45: Everett M. Dirksen
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Summary: Game 1 - Mrs. Judith Danielsen - ""Teaches Judo & Karate"" (she owns Jukate, Inc. and teaches a discipline called Jukate which is explained as being a combination of the two martial arts shown on the occupation overlay screen; she instructs women and children only; from Jamaica Estates, Long Island, NY) Game 2 - Harry Ball - ""Dentist For Horses"" (he has been in this occupation for 26 years; he travels 75,000 miles per year and treats 2,000 to 3,000 horses annually; John mentions that he was a contestant 13 years ago; indeed, he was a guest on EPISODE #196 on February 28, 1954; he is almost certainly a veterinarian, yet John calls him Mr. Ball; we never find out if Harry is a nickname for Harold; from Orlando, FL) Game 3 - Everett M. Dirksen (as Mystery Guest) He signed in as Everett McKinley Dirksen. Game 4 - Bob Gusikoff (better known as Bobby Gusikoff) - ""Professional Ping Pong Player"" (he is the U.S. and the Canadian champion; he also performs table tennis exhibitions; from NYC)
Episode 46: Bud Collyer, Allen Ludden, Ed McMahon & Gene Rayburn
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Summary: Game 1 - John McGuire & Frank McGuire (identical twins) - ""Octopus Fishermen"" (originally from Glasgow, Scotland; currently from Victoria, British Columbia, Canada; they wear scuba gear, squirt copper sulfate in the lair to make the octopi scatter, and wrestle them to the surface; the octopi weigh up to 150 lbs and are sized up to 22 feet across) Game 2 - Miss Sandy Driggin - ""Good Humor Man"" (she has her own white Good Humor truck, and wears a uniform while on the job; she works in the Lindenhurst, NY area; very few women have her same position at the Good Humor Ice Cream Company; she is a pre-med student, a senior at the University of Michigan, majoring in economics; from Forest Hills, NY) Game 3 - Bud Collyer, Allen Ludden, Ed McMahon & Gene Rayburn (as Mystery Guests) - ""Hosts of Goodson-Todman TV Shows""
Episode 47: EPISODE #870
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Summary: Game 1 - Miss Sylvia Hitchcock - ""Miss Universe 1967"" (Sylvia Louise Hitchcock from Tuscaloosa AL; representing the USA; Pageant held July 15, 1967 in Miami Beach, FL) Game 2 - A person who sells doors Game 3 - Lauren Bacall (as Mystery Guest) Game 4 - A female TV director
Episode 48: Peggy Cass
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Summary: Game 1 - Miss Maureen Mardle - ""Giraffe Keeper"" (at the Plymouth Zoo in England, where she takes care of 19 giraffes; from Plymouth, England) Game 2 - Charles Rowly - ""Builds Saunas (Finnish Dry Heat Baths)"" (for 3 years, he has been the President of Arctic Sauna Company; his grandfather also made saunas; from Somerville, NJ) Game 3 - Peggy Cass (as Mystery Guest) Game 4 - Bobby Hearn - ""Retrieves Lost Golf Balls"" (with a device with rubber disks on a harrow, he collects 1000 balls per week and sells them back to the golf clubs; he will be entering the University of Georgia in the fall; from Atlanta, GA)
Episode 49: Jack E. Leonard
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Summary: Game 1 - Miss Elizabeth Collins - ""Target in Knife Throwing Act"" (originally from London, England, currently from New York; she works with her father in their acrobatic circus act which is called Elizabeth & Collins; he stands on a slack wire and throws knives at her while she is on a rotating board; they have appeared on variety shows such as The Ed Sullivan Show and Hollywood Palace; even though only half the act appeared, I'll place a link to their database, Elizabeth and Collins) Game 2 - Chuck Schack - ""Sells Sandpaper"" (he is a self-employed jobber who carries 38 varieties of sandpaper; he sets up his display in a rack called The Schack Rack, which has a stop sign on the top; he is a great contestant who smiles a lot and has a sense of humor; his formal name is probably Charles Schack; from Kenmore, NY) Game 3 - Jack E. Leonard (as Mystery Guest)
Episode 50: Woody Allen
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Summary: Game 1 - Dwight Sullivan - ""Catches Lightning Bugs (For Research)"" (he works for Johns Hopkins University and is the Captain of his team which caught 600,000 lightning bugs using nets; the insects' bioluminescence is studied; in the fall, he will be a junior at the University of Tennessee; from Oak Ridge, TN) Game 2 - Miss Daphne Ward - ""Sells Paint"" (for The Flecto Company, Inc.; she said that she is one of the few women in her specific line of work; she travels to all 50 states making calls on heavy industry such as lumber mills; from San Francisco, CA) Game 3 - Woody Allen (as Mystery Guest) He signs in as John Dillinger.
Episode 51: Jill St. John
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Summary: Game 1 - Miss Joan Gordon - ""Private Detective"" (she works for Baletti, Inc., and investigates bounced checks, among other duties; at Bennett's prompting, she divulges what today in 2004 would be considered confidential information, namely, that her firm also has been hired by the Governor of Florida, and when Bennett continues to pry, John wisely cuts him off; from Miami, FL) Game 2 - Mrs. Ingrid Twinn - ""Makes Horse Blankets"" (for ""C Bar M Enterprises, Inc."" in her hometown of Colorado Springs, CO; as of 2004, this company is still in existence) Game 3 - Jill St. John (as Mystery Guest)
Episode 52: Hugh O'Brian
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Summary: Game 1 - Miss Brenda Bertke & Miss Judy Choate - ""Count Worms"" (these young girls work for Elliott's Wholesale Bait Shop in their hometown of Brooklyn, MI; John was unaware that Michigan also had a Brooklyn; this is their summer job; they appear to be about age 14) Game 2 - Miss Hazel Bryan - ""United Nations Interpreter"" (she translates both French and Spanish into English; she has been employed by the U.N. for 2 years; John said that she was a ""simultaneous interpreter""; from Jamaica, West Indies) Game 3 - Hugh O'Brian (as Mystery Guest)
Episode 53: Finale
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Summary: Johnny Olson announced at the outset of this episode, ""And now, live from New York, for the 876th and last time, let's meet our What's My Line? panel."" THE GAMES Game 1 - Arthur Feinberg, Dr. Seymour Kolodny, Pat Finch - (Dr. Kolodny signed in as S. W. Kolodny, and Pat Finch signed in as Patricia Finch. These three guests were also contestants on the very first episode. This first portion of the program is not played like a normal game. The three contestants walk on stage and place check marks by their pre-signed names on the sign-in board. John explains that they were previous contestants, and mentions that none of the panel members had been present on the first episode. Each panel member is then given a chance to guess what the contestant's occupation had been on the first episode 17.5 years earlier. The guesses are handled in a fashion similar to the early free wild guesses on WML. There are some hits and some misses from the panel, and even some confusion as to whether they are to
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