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00:13What's My Life?
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00:33And now, let's all play What's My Life?
00:44And now let's meet our award-winning panel of What's My Life?
00:48First, the delightful star of stage and television, Miss Arlene Francis.
01:01And tonight we are delighted to welcome back from the coast an old friend of ours who is here to
01:06start his new book,
01:08The Question Man Rolling, and to roll on a couple of his shows, Mr. Steve Allen.
01:21And on my left this evening, the world's most charming crime reporter, Miss Dorothy Kilgallen.
01:36And on my left, someone that we're always glad to have with us.
01:39He's not only a brilliant producer and a majestic actor, but a splendid game player and always helps us, Martin
01:46Gable.
01:53On my left, a man who is a news analyst, a great news analyst, always makes everything clear.
01:58But on this program, for some reason, always makes everything murky.
02:02John Charles Daly.
02:11Well, that was very nice, Martin.
02:13I'm grateful.
02:14I hope I can make things very murky tonight.
02:16It's good to have Steve Allen back.
02:18We'll have to sort of get him a chance to break in.
02:26We'll be very gentle with you tonight, Steve, and only call on you when it's your turn.
02:31Fair enough.
02:32We'll also have a famous mystery guest before the panel a little bit later in the show,
02:36and we'll meet our first challenger after the show.
02:40Now let's meet our first challenger.
02:42Will you come in and sign in, please?
02:58Yes.
02:58Yes.
03:00Fred E.
03:01Yes, sir.
03:02Fred E. Pfister, is that right?
03:04Yes, sir.
03:04Yes, sir.
03:07Yes, sir.
03:08Yes, sir.
03:08Yes, sir.
03:10Can you tell us where you're from, please, sir?
03:12I'm from Saint-Imier, Switzerland.
03:14Saint-Imier, Switzerland?
03:15Yes, sir.
03:15May I present our panel?
03:17Mr. Pfister from Switzerland?
03:18Yes, sir.
03:18Will you join me over here, please?
03:20From where in Switzerland?
03:21Thank you, sir.
03:23Where?
03:23Where, Martin?
03:24Saint-Imier.
03:25Do you know how we keep score, Mr. Pfister?
03:27Yes, I do.
03:28Every time you can give a no answer to the panel, we've got ten no's and you have won the
03:32game.
03:33All right.
03:34Lynn, let's let our audience in the theater and the people who are watching at home know exactly what your
03:39line is.
03:46All right, panel, we can tell you that Mr. Pfister is salaried, and let's begin the general questioning with, we'll
03:52give Steve Allen a little rest.
03:54We'll begin with Dorothy Kilgill.
03:55Thank you, sir.
03:56Uh, Mr. Pfister, I've enjoyed many trips to your wonderful country, and, uh, since I associate it not only with
04:04beautiful scenery but wonderful hotels, may I rule out that you have anything to do with hotels?
04:09No.
04:11All right.
04:12What Mr. Pfister means, yes, you may rule out that he has anything to do with hotels.
04:16No, he does not.
04:17Oh, man.
04:18I thought, well, you know, I've really chosen the wrong way around.
04:21Uh, do you work for a profit-making organization?
04:25Yes.
04:25Is there a product involved in what you do?
04:28Yes.
04:28Uh, is it something I could hold in my hand?
04:31No.
04:32Uh, well, now, I would say this, that there is, in the whole general category of, of the product involved,
04:39the possibility that you might, in some instances, hold in your hand.
04:42But I think I should tell you at the same time, while there is a product connected, the service is
04:46paramount here, so that, with Mr. Pfister's permission, we will let Mr. Kilgallen continue.
04:51Yes.
04:54Uh, is it a product that comes in a variety of forms or a number of products?
05:17To be answered yes or no, I will give you both a yes and no answer.
05:23All right.
05:25Uh, do you ever work out of doors, Mr. Pfister?
05:28Yes.
05:29Do you work primarily out of doors?
05:31Yes.
05:32Uh, do you have anything to do with the land?
05:37No.
05:38One down and nine to go, Mr. Gable.
05:42Uh, am I right in assuming that you have, if I may, John, you, that Mr. Pfister has nothing to
05:49do with either cheeses, watches, or hotels?
05:54You've got to watch those cheesy hotels, okay?
06:04Well, let me, as a man who was accustomed to giving straight lines at home, my wife, I'm very glad
06:09to say it, but Steve Allen.
06:12Well, let me say that the specific service, which is the principal responsibility and the vocation of Mr. Pfister, while
06:20it might involve an element of one of the, uh...
06:23Those three professions.
06:24One of those three professions, uh, is not, um, it is, it is, it is not to say that they,
06:30the, the, one of the groups of products or the product itself is a paramount.
06:34Okay.
06:34Oh!
06:37Steve, why don't you go back?
06:38No, you didn't do it, did you?
06:40Michael.
06:41Mr. Pfister, do you, uh, apply your service to people rather, or to a product rather than people?
06:51To people.
06:53That makes it a no answer.
06:54Do not make it a no expression.
06:56I had a choice of two and made the wrong one.
06:58Uh, Mr. Pfister, are you in any way associated with the, uh, the sports in Switzerland?
07:07Yes.
07:07Do you have anything to do with, uh, with the skiing, skiing?
07:12Yes.
07:14Are you, uh, uh, are you a ski instructor?
07:21No, I am not.
07:22No.
07:22That's $3.70, Mr. Allen.
07:24Are you a skier?
07:27Do you like a skier?
07:31Oh, yes, sure.
07:33Of course.
07:34Good.
07:36Now what are you going to do?
07:38Well, Mr. Pfister, how's your sister?
07:44Do you have anything to do with the, uh, the manufacture of skis?
07:49No.
07:50That's $4.60.
07:51Go, Mr. Gillgallon.
07:52Uh, do you spend much of your professional time, John, don't flip the card yet.
08:01Oh, I'm sorry.
08:02I'm just nervous.
08:03Uh, much of your professional time on or around a mountain slope?
08:09Yes.
08:10Do you have anything to do with a ski lift?
08:14No.
08:15That's four, five down, and five to go, Mr. Gap.
08:18Do you, uh, in your, does your service have something to do with making skiing better known and more popular
08:24in Switzerland?
08:25No.
08:26Six down and four to go, Ms. Francis.
08:28Now, he doesn't teach, and, uh, he doesn't have anything to do with a ski lift, but he is a
08:34skier himself.
08:36That is actually, uh, just a personal comment that he is a skier himself.
08:41Oh, yes.
08:42Uh, yes?
08:44Yes.
08:46Do you have anything to do with the, uh, with the management of things that might have to take place
08:52in the Olympics?
08:53Yes.
08:55Well, what do you know about that? I had no idea I was going to get a yes.
08:59Well, uh, I don't know what the, you, you.
09:01Coach, Ollie.
09:02Uh, do you train the young men, but that would be in teaching. No, that's not it.
09:06No, I'm managing.
09:07Uh, do you manage an Olympic team, a skiing team?
09:10No.
09:11Seven down and three to go, Mr. Allen.
09:12Are you the head galundersprung or anything?
09:17I don't know much about skiing. My oldest son is a good skier. I wish he were here.
09:21That's interesting.
09:22Uh, have you ever met my oldest son?
09:27I don't know. There's something about sweaters or about skiing.
09:30I don't know.
09:31It makes everybody love it, so.
09:33Uh, are you, uh, scamping? Oh, boy, scamping.
09:37A champion skier?
09:39Oh, no.
09:39That's eight down and two to go, Miss Gilgallon.
09:42Uh, Mr. Pfister, are you in charge of the Swiss Olympic team?
09:46No. Nine down and one to go, Mr. Gable.
09:49Do you devote yourself, however, to the interests of the Swiss Olympic team?
09:53No.
09:53Ten down and no more to go.
09:55I was afraid because you mentioned the three products, cheeses, hotels, and watches, and I said one might have something
10:01to do with it.
10:01He watches the skiers.
10:14Actually, Mr. Pfister is the chief timer for the, uh, the Winter Olympic Games out in Squaw Valley.
10:20He's with the Longines Watch Company, and they have an electronic, it's all electronic now.
10:26Mr. Pfister explained it to me.
10:27When they pass in the slalom, for instance, as they go through one of the gates, you know, in the
10:32slalom,
10:32there's an electronic beam broken, and the timing device is automatic like that.
10:36Longines is not a Swiss watch, though.
10:39No, but it's a watch.
10:40But you have to wear long jeans when you go skiing.
10:56Well, Mr. Pfister, you puzzled the panel, and we thank you.
10:58We had a wonderful time with your visit, and I hope you enjoyed it.
11:01Thank you very much.
11:15Well, let's see what we can do with the second challenge.
11:18Will you come in and sign in, please?
11:35Oh, before the accent marks, well, I didn't know.
11:38That's Joe Aguizho, is that right?
11:41Joe Aguizho.
11:46That is, uh, from my many years, early years, when I was, uh, shooting buffalo and hunting on the Great
11:54Plains,
11:55which were not part of the area where the Iroquois ever roamed, as far as I know.
11:59But that's Iroquois.
12:01Isn't it?
12:02That's right.
12:03Seneca, actually, isn't it?
12:04Actually, it's on a dogger bed.
12:06On a dogger?
12:07How dare they?
12:08But you are yourself Seneca, aren't you?
12:10And what does it mean, translated from Indian?
12:12It means, uh, the sun making tracks in the snow.
12:14The sun making tracks in the snow.
12:16What is the name that you use in every day?
12:19John, we're back to my oldest son again.
12:23Steve Allen's son making tracks in the snow.
12:27What do you use as your everyday business name?
12:30Oren Lyons.
12:31Lyons?
12:31Lyons.
12:32Lyons, where are you from?
12:34Uh, New York City.
12:35New York?
12:35Not originally, but...
12:36You're living here now?
12:37Living here now.
12:37Ah, fine.
12:38May I present the panel, Mr. Lyons?
12:40Would you join me over here, please?
12:42You know how we keep score?
12:43Yes.
12:44All right, then we'll let the audience in the theater and the folks at home know exactly
12:48what your line is.
12:58All right, panel.
12:59Mr. Lyons is salaried, and let's begin the general questioning with, uh, Arnie and Francis.
13:06Mr. Lyons, uh, do you, uh, is there a product connected with what you do?
13:12Yes.
13:13Is it a, uh, uh, product that I might use?
13:17Yes.
13:19Is it a, uh, useful product?
13:23I would say so.
13:25I would say this, and I never want to be in the position of contradicting a guest of ours.
13:30I would think, put to the hard test, we would, we would not say that, uh, in practical terms
13:37that it was necessarily useful.
13:39Is it something that if I had it, you would see it?
13:42I mean, I wouldn't cover it up or anything like that.
13:45That depends.
13:50Would it be anything that it might be on the person?
13:54Rather than lying around loose on the floor?
13:57No.
13:58No.
13:58One down and nine to go, Mr. Lyons.
13:59Would it be at all helpful to us, sir, to, uh, bear in mind that you are Indian?
14:05No.
14:06No.
14:07Two down and eight to go, Ms. Kugel.
14:09Uh, is this a product, Mr. Lyons, that is used up eventually?
14:17I would say that we would consider that it had been used up in the normal, uh,
14:22uh, course of its, its, uh, life, wouldn't you say?
14:26Right.
14:26Just as we all wear out.
14:28Yes.
14:29I mean, it's, it's not like a, um, piece of statuary that, unless something unforeseen happens,
14:35lasts.
14:35Well, I would say that its life expectancy would be, uh, normally rather, uh, limited.
14:42Right.
14:42Wouldn't you?
14:43Uh, is it something that you would not have to keep in the refrigerator?
14:52Well, I don't know.
14:53You could, I suppose, but, uh, uh, you wouldn't have to, uh, would it ever be found in the kitchen?
15:02Yes.
15:02Uh, that would not be remarkable.
15:04No.
15:05Uh, is this edible?
15:12No.
15:12No.
15:13Three down and seven to go, and I would not give too much attention to the issue of its
15:17being found in the kitchen, as remarkable or otherwise.
15:19Mr. Gabriel, is it ever used for a sporting purpose?
15:28No.
15:29No.
15:29Four down and six to go, Miss Fred.
15:32Does this product move around at all?
15:35Of and by itself?
15:38Yes, as long as you put it that way.
15:41No.
15:41Five down and five to go, Mr. Allen.
15:43Then this product has never been alive?
15:46Or?
15:48I've made a bad jump in logic there, so I'll leave the program.
15:53Let me put it this way.
15:54Has this product ever been alive?
15:57No.
15:57That's a fine way to put it.
15:58That's six down and four to go, Miss Kilgallen.
16:00Could I hold this in my hand?
16:02Yes.
16:03Uh, if I were holding it in my hand and walking down the street, would people laugh?
16:13Well, I guess not in a cosmopolitan city like New York.
16:17No, not in New York.
16:18Not in New York.
16:20Seven down and three to go, Mr. Gabriel.
16:22Uh, is this product, uh, does it ever come in contact with the body, apart from the hands?
16:30No.
16:30Eight down and two to go, Miss Francis?
16:32Oh, what this is.
16:33Does it hang on a wall?
16:39No.
16:40Nine down and one to go, Mr. Allen.
16:41Could you buy it in a grocery store?
16:43Like in a grocery?
16:44Could you buy it in a grocery store?
16:46You shouldn't.
16:47That's ten down.
16:48No more.
16:48No.
16:49A pure grocery store, no, Steve.
16:51I suppose that there are stores which sell groceries, but still don't.
16:53This was, you know, this was made for the season because Mr. Lyons designs valentine
16:59cards for the North Cross.
17:01Oh.
17:02The North Cross.
17:04The North Cross.
17:08He is an artist and, uh, actually is working already.
17:11Are you not on next year's valentine card?
17:1361.
17:13We're just about finishing up 61.
17:15Do you do the kooky ones or the serious ones?
17:18Both.
17:19Yes?
17:19But he likes the-
17:20I like the kooky.
17:21He likes the kooky ones.
17:22The kooky ones.
17:23At North Cross, he's known as the cookie duster.
17:26Thank you very much, Mr. Lyons.
17:28It's been nice to have you with us on What's My Life.
17:41We'll meet tonight's mystery guest in just a moment, but first, here is a word.
17:48Now we come to the special feature of our program, the appearance of our mystery celebrity for
17:52which my colleagues on the panel are asked to blindfold themselves, as you all know.
17:56Blindfolds in place, panel.
17:58Good.
17:58Will you come in, mystery challenger, and sign in, please?
18:15All right, panel.
18:16As you know, in the case of our mystery challenger, different form of questioning.
18:19One question at a time, in turn, moving clockwise, and let's begin with Martin Gable.
18:25Are you a woman?
18:29Mm-mm.
18:30One down and nine to go, Miss Francis.
18:33Are you primarily known for your work in pictures?
18:36Mm-hmm.
18:37Mr. Allen.
18:38Have you any connection specifically with the field of comedy?
18:43Mm-mm.
18:44Two down and eight to go, Miss Kilgallen.
18:46Have you and I ever waltzed at the Waldorf for the March of Dimes?
18:50Mm-mm.
18:52Three down and seven to go, Mr. Gable.
18:55Have you and I ever waltzed at the Waldorf?
18:59Mm-mm.
19:03Dorothy, that no to you was, no, I haven't, but I'd like to, I think.
19:08What was it to me, though?
19:09Six to go.
19:10The, uh, are you here to, uh, publicize a picture that is about to open?
19:18Mm-mm.
19:18Mr. Allen.
19:20Is that, what is that?
19:21That's yes.
19:22There's a picture of me.
19:24Sorry.
19:25Are you in the leading man area?
19:29Mm-mm.
19:32Is that a yes?
19:34Mm-mm.
19:35That's a no.
19:36This is a strict interpretation of the category leading man.
19:39That's five down and five to go, Miss Kilgallen.
19:41Now, he's already said no to comedy, hasn't he?
19:44Right.
19:44He's not primarily a comedian.
19:46Uh, then are you a character man?
19:49A character lead type?
19:52Mm-mm.
19:53Yes and no, yes and no.
19:55Mr. Gable?
19:55Are you always a tenor?
19:58Are you always a tenor?
20:01Mm-mm.
20:02No.
20:03That's six down and 40 go, Miss Francis.
20:06Uh, would I be correct in assuming that you are not, uh, that you are known more as an actor
20:12rather than a singer or dancer?
20:16Mm-mm.
20:17Mr. Allen?
20:18Were you born in a country other than the United States?
20:21Mm-mm.
20:22Miss Kilgallen?
20:23Well, I don't know whether that's a yes?
20:25That's yes.
20:26Mm-mm.
20:26Uh, British Isles?
20:28Mm-mm.
20:29That's seven down and three to go, Mr. Gable?
20:31No.
20:32Continent of Europe, I guess.
20:34Mm-mm.
20:35That's yes.
20:35Miss Francis?
20:36Well, I saw a picture in the Sunday Times today of a man that we all like very much
20:40that's in pictures, in a new picture, and he's a, he's a very sad-eyed, innocent villain.
20:49Are you, by any chance, a sad-eyed, innocent villain in pictures?
20:54Yes, I'm afraid I am.
20:56Oh, my goodness.
21:07Well, Arlene, you did your homework.
21:09Arlene read in the paper about, uh, Scent of Mystery.
21:12Scent of Mystery, which is opening here in New York with-
21:15I'm glad I got off that sound.
21:17I couldn't have done it anymore.
21:18What are some of the best smells in the picture?
21:21Oh, well, we ought to explain.
21:22This is the- it's called Smell-O-Vision.
21:24It smells- but it does have the- it has the smell in the theater, doesn't it?
21:28Yeah, that's correct.
21:29Yeah, it's something relatively new.
21:30I don't know how widespread it is throughout the country, but there is a theater in New York
21:34which duplicates, uh, in the theater, the odors which would normally accompany whatever
21:40action scene or places on the screen, and Mr. Lorry's new picture, Scent of Mystery, is one of these.
21:45Yes, Mr. Lorry.
21:46Uh, in California, where I come from, it's playing in two pictures, in- in two theaters.
21:50That didn't help me any.
21:51Scent of Mystery is?
21:51But it's playing simultaneously in two theaters.
21:54Right, Mr. Lorry?
21:55Not the same picture, no.
21:56Yes.
21:56There's a- there's a documentary that also uses smells, but this is, uh, an acting picture.
22:03One is Aroma-Vision and the other is Smell-O-Vision.
22:06Oh, good.
22:06That's very right.
22:07The whole neighborhood has stereo smells over there.
22:11You have a lot of more jocks- jokes coming about that thing.
22:15Not from me, I mean, but it's a great fun show.
22:19I think you'll adore it.
22:20Is it a mystery?
22:21And I've never said it before.
22:23I've never plugged a premiere, and, uh, so you can guess I might like it.
22:28Well, is this mystery comedy, then, Pete?
22:30It's a- it's a take-off on a mystery, yes.
22:34Well, now, just for the technical side of it, are the odors added to the picture after
22:39you've completed the picture and shot it, and they put this new element in as a- as a-
22:44Well, it's a complicated system of which I can tell you very little, but it's complicated.
22:48But, uh, it's very surprising.
22:51And it's used tongue-in-cheek for hints and all sorts of things like that.
22:56I mean, they actually use odors in this to advance the plot in some cases.
23:00That's correct.
23:00Really?
23:01I'm still working on how the wheel works, John, you know, and I've got radio and television
23:05I've got to figure out.
23:06You'll work it out, Martin.
23:09That's an order.
23:12Well, I must say, Peter, it's fun to have had you with us, and, uh, we are all grateful
23:17for nearly destroying your vocal cords.
23:19He was determined you wouldn't- wouldn't recognize his voice, and you didn't, by golly.
23:23I mean, I didn't have too much translating for you, either.
23:25Thanks very much for being here again.
23:27Nice to have you.
23:41Steve's son is still up on the ski slope, is he not?
23:44I'm sure he is.
23:45Well, panel, I must say that you've not done as well as you might tonight, but, uh, still,
23:50it's not too badly, and we'll all be back after this.
23:53This word from our alternates.
23:55It's great fun having you back with us on the program again.
23:59You've had a relatively easy time tonight, only been called on when you- was your turn.
24:04Next week, you go into harness.
24:05Now, I'm just warning you, so you better do some homework for this week.
24:09And, Martin, it's nice to have you back with us again, and so capably fulfilling Bennett's, uh,
24:14publishing chair.
24:16Thank you, John.
24:16And, as always, it's a joy to say goodnight, Miss Arlene Francis.
24:21Thank you, John.
24:22Goodnight, Bennett, and goodnight to Steve Allen's lovely wife, Jane.
24:25Goodnight, Jane.
24:27Thank you, Arlene, and goodnight to my son in the snow, and thank you, Dorothy.
24:31Goodnight to all of Steve's family.
24:33Come next week now, be sure.
24:35Sure will.
24:35Goodnight, Martin.
24:36Goodnight, Dorothy.
24:37Happy California.
24:39Goodnight, John.
24:39Goodnight, Martin.
24:40And, for those who might be wondering, Bennett Cerf is still in Jamaica on a vacation, which
24:45he needs because he's been with us so long.
24:47And, thank you for being with us on What's My Line.
24:53What's My Line is a CBS Television Network production, in association with Mark Gibson and Bill
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