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00:00What's My Line, brought to you by Kellogg's, Kellogg's Cereals, the best to you each morning
00:29from Kellogg's of Battle Creek. Now let's all play What's My Line. And now live from New York, let's meet our What's My Line panel. First, the popular columnist whose voice of Broadway appears in papers coast to coast, Miss Dorothy Kilgallen.
00:59And now our old and dear friend, Morton Gable.
01:11On my left, a woman my son Peter thinks is a splendid type of American motherhood, Miss Arlene Francis.
01:25I won't ask you what you think.
01:35And now the ever-enthusiastic publisher of Random House, who publishes such marvelous books as the American College Dictionary and a lot of other fancy words, Mr. Bennett Serf.
01:49If I appear a bit stunned, it's because our distinguished panel moderator just told me about a little Mexican script-tease artisty man whose name is Tequila Mockingbird.
02:07Boo!
02:09And the perpetrator of that line will now step forward, John Charles Day.
02:13I knew he'd try to get even with me one day. And the first thing I want to do is to disclaim ownership and authorship of that one. I must say that the panel joins me, and we, being one of the older groups around, I think take particular pride in noting it.
02:31Joins me in noting the fact that Ed Sullivan started his 16th year this Sunday night with that special program, 15th anniversary in the beginning of his 16th year in television.
02:53We hope that there will be many more anniversaries and many more 16th of the men.
03:05Martin, it is always a joy to see you there on the panel.
03:08Thank you, John.
03:09Pleasure to have you with us, sir.
03:11We've been around the city a fairly long time.
03:14If so. Well, it's nice to have somebody there to keep Bennett in tow, anyway.
03:18Not control, just in tow.
03:20We've got some very interesting occupations for you tonight.
03:23And we will also have a famous mystery guest before my friends on the panel a little bit later in the program.
03:29We'll meet our first contestant at...
03:31And now to meet our first contestant, will you enter and sign in, please?
03:41Inter.
03:45Van Huggs, is that right?
03:46Yes, sir.
03:55Is it Miss or Mrs?
03:56Miss.
03:57Miss Van Huggs, and where are you from?
03:58Indianapolis, Indiana.
03:59Indianapolis, Indiana.
04:00It's nice to have you with us.
04:02May I present our panel, Miss Van Huggs.
04:04Will you join me over here, please?
04:06You know how we keep score, ma'am?
04:07Yes, I do, sir.
04:08In that event, we'll let the audience in the theater and the audience at home.
04:11Know exactly what your line is.
04:21All right.
04:22Panel, we can tell you that Miss Van Huggs is self-employed and deals in a service.
04:27And we'll begin the general questioning with Bennett, sir.
04:31Miss Van Huggs, do you perform your service in or about the fine city of Indianapolis?
04:36Yes, sir.
04:37Are the people of Indianapolis better as a result of the service that you perform?
04:42I hope so.
04:43Do you perform the service equally for gentlemen and for ladies?
04:48That's right.
04:49Do the people come to you for this service?
04:52Yes, I do.
04:53Do you touch them in any way?
04:55Yes, I do.
04:56You do?
04:57Yes.
04:58Are they seated or reclining when you touch them?
05:05Either way.
05:06Sometimes.
05:07Sometimes.
05:08Either way, yes.
05:09Do you touch them usually above the waist?
05:12Yes, sometimes.
05:14Sometimes below, too?
05:15Are they improved physically or in beauty as a result of your administrations?
05:25Yes.
05:26They are.
05:27Do you wear any kind of costume or uniform when you are doing your work?
05:33I can.
05:34Do you use any kind of instrument while you are performing your service?
05:40Yes.
05:41Would it be an instrument that would touch the skin of the people you are working on?
05:47Yes, sir.
05:48Might you work above the neckline sometimes?
05:51Yes.
05:52Would the instrument that you use have any metal in it?
05:57Yes.
05:58Make any metal for my profession.
06:01What?
06:02That's right.
06:03Make him hang himself, I always say.
06:06I've been on an awfully long time.
06:08I don't seem able to get it off.
06:10Do you have any training for the work that you do before you do it?
06:15Yes, I have.
06:16Have you got any kind of a title or a degree?
06:19Yes.
06:20Would it be that of a doctor or dentist?
06:24Yes.
06:25Doctor?
06:26Yes.
06:27Yes.
06:28You are a lady doctor.
06:29Mm-hmm.
06:30Well, what more must I get, John?
06:32Well, there are lots of lady doctors.
06:34There are doctors of philosophy, doctors of letters, doctors of the humanities, doctors of medicine, doctors of this and doctors of that.
06:40Now, which doctor are we talking about?
06:42Doctor of medicine.
06:43No, not a doctor of medicine.
06:46That's one down and nine to go.
06:47That's two down.
06:48Man, that took me a long time.
06:51Sure did.
06:52Yeah.
06:53Well, are you a psychiatrist?
06:55No, I'm not.
06:56Two down and eight to go, Mr. Gable.
06:58Are you an orthopedist?
06:59No, sir.
07:00Three down and seven to go, Miss Francis.
07:02A doctor that touches people, but is not a doctor of medicine.
07:07Pretty sneaky work you're doing out there.
07:09Yes.
07:12Would, uh, would osteopathy come under medicine?
07:18I don't honestly know.
07:20Are you a lady osteopath by any chance?
07:22No, I'm not.
07:23Four down and six to go, Mr. Sir.
07:25Do you exercise the people in any way or manipulate them or massage them?
07:31Yes.
07:32Would you say that possibly you were a lady masseur?
07:35No.
07:36Five down and five to go, Miss Kilgallen.
07:38Well, she can't be a surgeon, can she, without being an MD?
07:42That's right.
07:43That would be a medicine.
07:44I passed to Morton.
07:45I think he's got an idea.
07:47I do.
07:48Uh, an idea is a very rare thing in my case, and I haven't got one at the moment.
07:53I passed to Arlene.
07:54I better throw all the cards over.
07:56May I first just ask one question?
07:58Yes.
07:59Did Bennett ask whether human beings, whether men and women come?
08:02Yes.
08:03And the answer was yes.
08:04Yeah.
08:05It couldn't be a baby does.
08:06No, it couldn't be a veterinarian.
08:07It couldn't be a gynecologist.
08:08No, it couldn't be a veterinarian.
08:09No, it couldn't be a veterinarian.
08:10Oh, of course, doctor.
08:11It does not look like this lady.
08:12How about a doctor of chiropractic?
08:13Hello?
08:14Hello?
08:15Hello?
08:16Dr. Vanag is a graduate of the Lincoln...
08:27Chiropractic College.
08:28Chiropractic College in Indianapolis.
08:30What's the difference between osteopathy and chiropractic?
08:33I think osteopathy comes under MD, does it now?
08:37Well, it's not, but it's more or less medicine.
08:39Yeah.
08:40There's a great similarity.
08:41All medical.
08:42The doctor of chiropractic is a more specialized area.
08:45Bone maneuver.
08:46Yeah.
08:47That's right.
08:48Manipulation of his spine.
08:49And I do know that, Ms. Vanag, you came from Lectia.
08:51Yes.
08:52How long have you been here?
08:53Ten years.
08:54Ten years here.
08:55And wonderful.
08:56Four and a half years of school at Lincoln College to become a chiropractor.
09:01I hope that all goes well and that you have a flourishing practice.
09:04Thank you so much.
09:05Very nice to have you with us.
09:19Now to meet our second contestant, will you enter and sign in please?
09:46Mr. Goldstein, where are you from?
09:48Norwich, New York.
09:49Norwich, New York?
09:50Where is that, if I might ask?
09:51Oh, it's up in central New York State.
09:54Near what big city?
09:55It's about 40 miles north of Binghamton.
09:57North of Binghamton?
09:58Yes.
09:59Are you with us?
10:00May I present our panel?
10:01You join me over here.
10:02Do you know how we keep score, sir?
10:03Yes, I do.
10:04Good.
10:05Then we'll let the audience and the theater and the audience at home know exactly what
10:07your line is.
10:18Well, we can tell you that Mr. Goldstein is self-employed and he deals in a product.
10:23And we'll begin the general questioning with Dorothy Kilgallen.
10:27Could I use your product?
10:29Yes.
10:30Could I hold it in my hand?
10:34Sometimes.
10:36Sometimes.
10:37I think we could agree you could hold it in your hand.
10:39Yes.
10:40Does it come in various sizes?
10:42Yes.
10:44Is it ever alive?
10:45No.
10:46One down and nine to go, Mr. Gable.
10:48Mr. Goldstein, I'm right in thinking you're not related to Mitch Miller, right?
10:52No.
10:54Uh, is your product useful both to men and women?
10:59Yes.
11:00Is it more for fun than for use?
11:04No.
11:05No.
11:06Two down and eight to go, Miss Francis.
11:08If, uh, I had your product, would I have it on my person?
11:14No.
11:15We would certainly hope not.
11:17Three down and seven to go, Mr. Sir.
11:19Mr. Goldstein, is your product used around the house?
11:23Yes.
11:24Uh, would it be likely to be found in one particular part of the house rather than in any place in the house?
11:32I would think we would agree, wouldn't you, sir, that its use would tend to be confined to an area.
11:42Would that area be in the neighborhood of the kitchen?
11:46Yes.
11:48Is your product consumable?
11:50Yes.
11:51Is it a solid?
11:52Yes.
11:54Is it eaten?
11:55Yes.
11:57Uh, is it eaten at one particular meal rather than at all three in equal degrees?
12:06I think as the question is, is posed, we would have to agree that it's eaten at, at one meal rather than equally at all three, yes.
12:15Might that meal be breakfast?
12:17No.
12:18Oh, heavenly days.
12:19Four down and six to go, Mr. Gable.
12:22Uh, might it be dinner?
12:24Yes.
12:26Uh, is it exotic?
12:30I think so.
12:31Rather than just a plain hamburger type food.
12:34Well, Mr. Goseon thinks it's exotic. I can't call it exotic. That's five down and five to go, Mr. Gable.
12:38Has it ever been alive? No. Six down and four to go, Ms. Francis.
12:43Would you buy it in a grocery store?
12:45Yes.
12:47Is it packaged?
12:48Yes.
12:50Is it, uh, is it sometimes used in association with other foods?
12:57Yes.
12:59Is it, is there any dough in the product?
13:02No.
13:03He makes it.
13:04It just costs dough.
13:05I don't think we ought to, yes. It just costs dough, that's all. Seven down and three to go, Mr. Sir.
13:08Mr. Goldstein, do you sprinkle this product on other foods, possibly?
13:13No.
13:15I'd like to have some of this sprinkled on my eggs.
13:19Oh!
13:22Where would you like to have it sprinkled?
13:24Oh, I wouldn't. I'm sorry. I shouldn't have said that, Dorothy. I'm glad you didn't hear it.
13:27I didn't.
13:29Uh, is there anything fishy about this product?
13:34You are making direct reference to the piscatorial kingdom here.
13:37I indeed am.
13:38No doubt of what to go, Mr. Gable.
13:40Is it of a very sharp taste, this product?
13:44I would say we would describe it as generally having a sharp taste.
13:47Yes, sir.
13:48Well, is it in the mustard family, sir?
13:50No.
13:51No.
13:52Dead doubt and no more to go.
13:54No pickles?
13:55No pickles.
13:56No onions?
13:57No onions.
13:58No mozzas?
13:59No mozzas.
14:00Mozzas?
14:01But lots and lots of sauerkraut.
14:04Oh!
14:14Mr. Goldstein is Vice President of Ready Pack Foods, and I guess 90% of everything you make is sauerkraut. How do you make sauerkraut? Would you tell me? 20 million pounds of sauerkraut a year? Good heavens.
14:17Mr. Goldstein, you could sprinkle sauerkraut, couldn't you?
14:18Oh, sure, on your eggs.
14:19On ice cream.
14:20All right, if you've got a nice custard or something like that, there's nothing like sprinkled sauerkraut on it.
14:27Yes.
14:28On a souffle.
14:29How do you make sauerkraut?
14:30Well, we grow our own product, the cabbage, and then we slice it and sprinkle it with salt, and then you have a natural fermentation. It takes about 21 days.
14:4021 days, it just sits in the tank. We have these vats that hold about 35 tons. We have about 70 of them. Well, let's make sauerkraut.
14:47It's great fun. It's great fun, I must say, and thank you very much. We had a lot of fun with your product on what's my line. Nice to see you.
14:54We'll meet tonight's mystery guest in just a moment, but first, here is a word for you.
14:58It's great fun. It's great fun. It's great fun, I must say, and thank you very much. We had a lot of fun with your product on what's my line. Nice to see you.
15:11We'll meet tonight's mystery guest in just a moment, but first, here is a word from our sponsor.
15:25And now the special feature of our program, the appearance of our mystery challenger, for which my friends on the panel are, as always, blindfolded. Are those blindfolds in place, panel?
15:33Yes, John. Yes, sir.
15:34Good. Will you enter mystery challenger and sign in, please?
15:38All right. Thank you, panel. In this case, one question at a time, in turn, moving clockwise, and we'll begin with Arlene Francis.
16:04Would one find your name on the, in the theatrical section of the newspaper?
16:10Yes.
16:12Jolly good.
16:14Would you say that your work embodies the use of music in any way?
16:22Sometimes.
16:24Miss Kilgallen?
16:26Uh, do you play the piano?
16:30Uh, socially, I mean. Not professionally.
16:34No!
16:35One down and nine to go, Mr. Gable.
16:37Are you a woman?
16:39Yes.
16:40Miss Francis?
16:41What was that?
16:42Yes.
16:43That was a yes.
16:45Somebody, is there more than one person there?
16:49Yes.
16:50Mr. Sir?
16:51It's a group movement.
16:52Uh, have you got an act that uses singing in it, some kind?
16:56No!
16:57Two down and eight to go, Miss Kilgallen.
16:58Are you related?
16:59Yes!
17:00Mr. Gable, have you ever been a mystery guest jointly on this panel before?
17:02No!
17:03Three down and seven to go, Miss Francis?
17:04Terribly sore about something.
17:05Are you related as husband and wife?
17:06Yes!
17:07Mr. Sir?
17:08Are you at present appearing in the room?
17:09Yes!
17:10Yes!
17:11Yes!
17:12Mr. Gable, have you ever been a mystery guest jointly on this panel before?
17:15No!
17:16Three down and seven to go, Miss Francis?
17:17Terribly sore about something.
17:22Are you related as husband and wife?
17:28Yes!
17:29Mr. Sir?
17:30Are you at present appearing in any theater or nightclub or hotel around the New York area?
17:38No!
17:39That's four down and six to go, Miss Kilgallen.
17:43Uh, are you both in motion pictures?
17:46No!
17:47Five down and five to go, Mr. Gable.
17:49Have you a regular television show?
17:52Yes!
17:53Oh!
17:54Is the password marriage?
18:08Oh!
18:09Yes!
18:10That was lovely Betty White!
18:12White. Until very, very recently, Betty White and Alan Ludden, and happily now, Mr. and
18:28Mrs. Alan Ludden. Congratulations to you both.
18:31Did you know if I had trouble finding you? She did it, Arlene. She did it. And you were
18:38going to let me know. You forgot. You were so excited that she said yes.
18:42He was going to let me know. I told you. I don't know. Didn't I tell you? No, you forgot.
18:47You said you would. But anyway, I'm so glad it happened. I don't care if you'd kept it
18:51a secret from me. Just for fun, did you hear what happened when you asked if you had a
18:54regular television program? And Alan hollered yes, and Betty hollered no. They're at the
19:00same time. Alan's fast food at 10 o'clock. It's one of the most regular, I guess. What is
19:05it, 10 o'clock every Monday night and every afternoon at 3, 5 days a week?
19:08Two. Every afternoon at 2. Betty's on tomorrow night.
19:11Oh, yes. With Jack Clark. So that's fine. You got a, you got a tip for a few answers
19:16to her, Alan? No. No. I thought you were Ed Wynn when you first came in.
19:22Oh, well, thank you. Anyway, we all, we all with all our hearts wish you great happiness
19:28in a wonderful world in the future. Oh, man.
19:32I've been reading a good deal about our two chums, and you're going to both do something
19:42together this summer, aren't you? Yes. We're going to do Brigadoon.
19:46We're going to do Brigadoon, and we're going to... In Patterson, New Jersey, the week of July 9th.
19:57And she's going to do King and I in St. Louis. Now, we're going to go back to where we met
20:01in Skowhegan and Dennis and do Janus. It's going to be a busy summer. It is. And we're
20:05going to move. Ah, where? Oh, great. Oh, we're moving up toward you, near you. Oh, that's nice.
20:11I'm delighted. Congratulations. Thank you. Thanks a lot for coming and sharing, Miss Mary.
20:14Thank you, John. Thank you, John.
20:15Thank you, John. Thank you for coming and sharing, Miss Mary with us.
20:21I'm so good. We all live on you, didn't we?
20:23I'm so good.
20:25I'm so good.
20:26I'm so good.
20:27I'm so good.
20:28I'm so good.
20:29I'm so good.
20:30I'm so good.
20:31I'm so good.
20:32I'm so good.
20:33Well, with that recovery, I guess we have to judge you're doing pretty well tonight,
20:42panel, so I'll give you some congratulations anyway, and we'll be back with another contestant
20:46after this word from our alternate speaker.
20:49And now our final contestant. Will you enter and sign in, please?
20:57Bobby?
21:00Moore.
21:03Moore, where are you from?
21:08London, England.
21:09London, England.
21:10Well, it's nice to have you with us.
21:12It's nice to have a visitor from England any time.
21:14This is our panel of what's my line in the United States.
21:16I dare say you've seen the one at home, haven't you?
21:18Sorry?
21:19You know how we keep score here?
21:20What's my line?
21:21About that?
21:22Oh, yes.
21:23Alrighty. Just, you know, they ask questions.
21:25If you can give them a good, true, and resounding no, we flip a card.
21:29Ten flips and you've won the game.
21:30So, hope you win it.
21:31Now we'll let our audience at home and the audience here in the theatre know exactly what your line is.
21:36All right, panel, we can tell you that Mr. Moore is salaried and deals in a service, and we'll begin the general questionings with Martin Giggle.
21:53Thank you, John.
21:54Mr. Moore, you have the general assured and composed look of a man who might be in the arts, are you?
22:01No.
22:02One night to go, Miss Francis.
22:06Thank you, Mr. Pinkerton.
22:07You're a great detective.
22:10Is your service one that both men and women enjoy or can use?
22:15No.
22:16Yes, if I may here.
22:18Let me have a drink.
22:20Oh, yes, I'm sorry.
22:24Yes.
22:25Do you work outdoors?
22:26Yes.
22:27Do you have anything to do with the world of sport?
22:31I do.
22:32Would one find your face at the race track ever?
22:38No.
22:39Two down a date to go, Mr. Sir?
22:41They shouldn't.
22:42They shouldn't, Eddie.
22:43Mr. Moore, I think Arlene was on the right track, but if I'm right, you use your own body
22:49and your own skill in the sport that you pursue.
22:52Is that not correct?
22:53Yes.
22:54Is it a sport that requires individual skill rather than teamwork for a large part of the time?
23:01A combination of both, really.
23:03Actually, we have to give you that.
23:04It takes both.
23:05Is there a ball involved in the sport that you perform?
23:08Yes.
23:09Is it either golf or tennis?
23:10No.
23:11Four down and seven to go, Miss Kilgallen.
23:12Is it an English game rather than American?
23:15Yes.
23:16Cricket?
23:17Nope.
23:18Four down and six to go, Mr. Gable.
23:20Is it some kind of rugger soccer?
23:22No.
23:23No, I'm going to throw all the cards over because actually I'm sure you've got it.
23:29It's soccer because rugger and soccer are different.
23:30Actually, Martin, you gave me the golden opportunity to throw the cards over.
23:44You were right.
23:45It is soccer and not rugger.
23:47It's soccer.
23:48Right.
23:49Soccer is a team game.
23:50It's not an individual.
23:51Well, that's why we spoke.
23:52It takes individual skill.
23:53You have to have individual skill, but you also have to be a part of a very skillful team.
23:58I would say probably among that element of sport, it requires a degree of skill with your feet and head
24:05that is probably not required elsewhere in terms of individual capacities and abilities.
24:10As an old soccer player...
24:11I've never heard soccer explained so beautifully, John.
24:13Well, thank you very much, of course.
24:15I wish I could play it as beautifully, however, as Mr. Moore does.
24:18He is with the team from London.
24:21That's right.
24:22Yes.
24:23West Ham United.
24:24Is that West Hampshire?
24:25No, that's from London.
24:26West Ham United.
24:27West Ham United, yes.
24:28And they played the French team at the International Soccer Meet on Randalls Island this afternoon.
24:33And you won.
24:34Three to one.
24:35Three to one.
24:36They beat the French team.
24:37So, that's wonderful.
24:38Thank you very much for being with us.
24:39Nice to have you on my time.
24:40And having used up all the time with the panel's permission, I would say good night for all and thank you for being with us on What's My Line.
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