Game 1: Miss Pat Finch - ""Hat Check Girl"" (from Sherman Billingsley's Stork Club; from Manhattan, New York) Game 2: Arthur Feinberg - ""Diaper Service Executive"" (he is a salesman for the Cascade Diaper Service; from Brooklyn, New York) Game 3: Dr. Seymour Kolodny - ""Veterinarian"" (S. W. Kolodny, DVM, works primarily with household cats and dogs; his veterinary office is in Greenwich Village, from Forest Hills, New York) Game 4: Phil Rizzuto (as Mystery Guest, and his game was played last) His winnings were donated to the Heart Fund; he stated that he lives in New Jersey. Seventeen and one-half years later, the first 3 regular contestants also make an appearance on the final What's My Line? episode on September 3, 1967. Clips from this first episode are aired. These are the nine early episodes from 1950 to 1952 which are still in existence: EPISODE #1, EPISODE #2, EPISODE #3, EPISODE #5, EPISODE #20, EPISODE #31, EPISODE #40, EPISODE #42, EPISODE #96. Then, from EPISODE #112 unt
Game 1: Miss Caroline Weston - ""Lady Wrestler"" (from Queens, Long Island, NY) Game 2: Edward Eisen - ""Income Tax Collector"" (from Brooklyn, NY; In 1950, the due date for filing U.S. individual income tax returns was March 15th. The IRS due date did not change to April 15th until 1955.) Game 3: Elliott Roosevelt (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Miss Karen Archer - ""Teaches Dancing"" (from New York City, NY; in error, the television audience is not shown Karen's occupation, we simply have to play along with the panel) A backup profession was listed in Gil Fates' notes for a private detective, who was on the following episode.
Game 1: Mr. Cormac McGowan - ""House Detective"" (from the Bronx, NY; a house detective is an in-house private detective who is employed by a hotel or retail store; McGowan named the hotel he works for, but there was so much applause and background panel chatter noise that it was hard to discern) Game 2: Mrs. Linda Stone - ""Housewife"" (from the Bronx, NY; it's a wonder the panel got this one, because John said that she was ""self-employed"" when she is actually ""unemployed""!) Game 3: Artie Shaw (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: William Ulman - ""Exterminator"" (from Brooklyn, NY) A backup profession was listed in Gil Fates' notes for a high school principal.
Game 1: An Irish consul Game 2: A lighthouse keeper Game 3: Gypsy Rose Lee (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: A tree surgeon A backup profession was listed in Gil Fates' notes for a female physician.
Game 1: Arthur Eldridge - ""Circus Chimpanzee Trainer"" (for Ringling Brothers Circus, which we only find out about because Louis asks him; from Elgin, IL) Game 2: Miss June Harbour - ""Lawyer"" (from Long Island, NY) Game 3: Elsa Maxwell (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Walter Seidel - ""Chimney Sweep"" (from Brooklyn, NY) A backup profession was listed in Gil Fates' notes for a song plugger.
One of the contestants is a ""Lady Barber"" named Florence Johnson.
Game 1: Ron Brownell - ""Bank President"" (from Mount Kisco, NY) Game 2: Bob Montana - ""Elephant Keeper"" (at a zoo; from Yonkers, NY) Game 3: William O'Dwyer (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Kurt Prinz - ""Good Humor Ice Cream Vendor"" (from Long Island, NY)
Game 1: Bartender Game 2: Mosquito Inspector Game 3: Kathleen Winsor (Mystery Guest)Game 4: Butcher Previously Lost Episode
Game 1: Fred Martini - ""Seal Trainer"" (from the Bronx, NY) Game 2: Miss Alice Matthews - ""Cosmetics Buyer"" (from Chicago, IL) Game 3: Gloria Swanson (as Mystery Guest) (age 53) Game 4: Edwin S. Lurie - ""Tea Taster"" (from New York City, NY; he wore an American Legion lapel pin on his coat)
Game 1: David Roads ""Parachute Jumper"" (from Cleveland, OH; John mentioned having seen him perform at the Cleveland Air Races) Game 2: Miss Gloria Lella - ""Lingerie Model"" (from New York City, NY; she models nightgowns and slips for Yolanda's Corporation) Game 3: Guy Lombardo (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Nathan Turkenitch - ""Seltzer Manufacturer"" (from Brooklyn, NY; he is self-employed but his company is not named)
Game 1: Mrs. Dorothy Hoover - ""Lady Iceman"" (from Hopatcong, NJ; Louis puns that ""she has a nICE job if you can get it"") Game 2: Mr. O. M. Resen - ""Wedding Ring Manufacturers"" (he is self-employed, but his company name is not given; from Kew Gardens, Long Island, NY) Game 3: Admiral William F. ""Bull"" Halsey, Jr. (as Mystery Guest) He signed in as ""Admiral W. F. Halsey."" Game 4: Daniel Cohen - ""Knits Women's Sweaters"" (from the Bronx, NY)
Game 1: A male baby carriage salesman Game 2: A male income tax agent Game 3: Celeste Holm (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: A male comic strip writer A backup profession was listed in Gil Fates' notes for a man who was a wine taster.
Game 1: Mike Tomasco - ""Makes Dog Collars"" (from Philadelphia, PA) Game 2: Joseph Langen - ""House Detective"" (he is an in-house private detective for the Ritz Carlton Hotel on Madison Avenue and 46th Street; there were references made to the hotel being torn down soon, and indeed, it was razed in 1951; he wore a U.S. Marines lapel pin; from New York City, NY) Game 3: Senator Estes Kefauver (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Alan A. Gerstel - ""Wine Taster"" (he wore a BPOE 'Elks' ring and an American Legion lapel pin; from New York City, NY)
Game 1: A tatoo artist Game 2: A garbage can manufacturer Game 3: Edward Arnold (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: A lady who sold women's bathing suits
Game 1: A lady bridal garter maker Game 2: A man who sold garlic Game 3: Adolphe Menjou (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: A female midget auto racer
Lost Episode - 9:09 of Audio only Remains
Game 1: Bette Lucas - ""Bartender"" (at The Old Stone Inn; from Trenton, NJ Game 2: Dorothy Bernard - ""Sells Horse Meat"" (no home town given) Game 3: Oscar Hammerstein II (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Hubert Groves - ""Sells Axes and Hatchets"" (from Dallas, TX)
Game 1: A lady bouncer Game 2: A man who makes false teeth Game 3: Salvador Dali (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: An anatomy teacher
Game 1: Mrs. Winifred Brodie - ""Embroiders Elephant Blankets (for Circus)"" (aged 86 years old; she signed in with an extremely small signature which caused the audience to laugh heartily; she said that she has been wearing a pink ribbon in her hair for 60 years, and the pink ribbon was tied in a bow toward the top of her head; from New York City, NY) Game 2: Miss Dolores Belcher - ""Makes Lipstick"" (from Port Jervis, NY) Game 3: Arthur Godfrey (as Mystery Guest)
Game 1: Robert Kilby - ""Sells Corn Pads"" (from Berlin, IL) Game 2: Mrs. Mary Baum - ""Teaches Hula Dancing"" (from Riverdale, MD) Game 3: Ann Sheridan (as Mystery Guest)
Game 1: Mr. L. A. Capparelli - ""Chief of Police"" (from Chicago, IL) Game 2: Miss Patricia M. Stenz - ""Raises Hair on Bald Heads"" (from Hollywood, but she didn't specify whether it was Hollywood, FL or Hollywood, CA) Game 3: Victor Borge (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Robert Knight - ""Weaves Cloth for Diapers"" (from Mays Landing, New Jersey)
Game 1: Mrs. Helen Dolan - ""Drives Garbage Truck"" (from Patterson, NY; she and her husband are self-employed; it's amazing that Arlene discovered her line, since John let the panel think Helen dealt with a product, not performed a service) Game 2: Howard Katz - ""Sells Snuff"" (the brand he sells is Garrett's Snuff; from New York City, NY; snuff is a preparation of finely pulverized tobacco that can be drawn up into the nostrils by inhaling ""a pinch,"" chewed, or placed against the gums; it is also called smokeless tobacco) Game 3: Francis The Talking Mule (as Mystery Guest) He was accompanied on stage by his trainer, a man who was not named. Game 4: Mrs. Dorothea Kleppinger (Dorothea Bittner Kleppinger, MD) - ""Country Doctor"" (from Kutztown PA; she donated her winnings to the Polio Fund; Dorothea B. Kleppinger, MD died in November 2002. In 1948, she had graduated from Hahnemann University School of Medicine. She has additional net references regarding her successful and accomplishe
Game 1: Miss Delores Haskwitz - ""Gas Station Attendant"" (from Minneapolis, MN) Game 2: Edward Foehl - ""Sells Skeletons"" (from Woodhaven, NY) Game 3: Frankie Laine (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Sidney Parr, Jr. - ""Makes Babies' Bibs"" (from Oswego, NY)
Game 1: Mrs. Bonnie Baker - ""Professional Baseball Player"" (pretty Mrs. Baker is the 2nd baseman on the Kalamazoo Lassies women's baseball team in the American Girls Baseball League; from Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada; see more notes below) Game 2: Mrs. Virginia Whitten - ""Makes Braces For Teeth"" (from New Orleans, LA) Game 3: Perle Mesta (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Mrs. Geraldine Madden - ""Veterinarian"" (Dr. Madden said her DVM practice includes domesticated animals such as cows, pigs, horses, dogs, cats and the occasional monkey; she donated her winnings to the building fund for the Christ Episcopal Church; from Streator, Illinois, which is 100 miles southwest of Chicago, IL)
Game 1: Dr. Walter Baro - ""Psychiatrist"" (Walter Baro, MD is in NY for an American Legion convention; from North Hollywood, CA) Game 2: Edward Fay - ""Sells Flea Powder"" (from New York City, NY; he is a member of the Knights of Columbus, which is a Catholic fraternal service organization) Game 3: Andy Devine (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Harold Fisk - ""Fire Chief"" (from Tacoma, WA)
Game 1: Miss Dorothy Gross - ""Raises White Mice"" (for research; from South Bound Brook, NJ) Game 2: Thomas Nunziato - ""Bouncer"" (at the Sunnyside Horseshoe Barroom; he is a member of the BPOE ""Elks""; from Woodside, NY) Game 3: Jean Hersholt (as Mystery Guest) He first signs in as ""Dr. Christian"" then crosses out his character name and signs in with his real name. Game 4: John J. Harley - ""Makes Convertible Sofas"" (from Manhasset, Long Island, NY)
Game 1: Howard Lane - ""Runs Roulette Wheel (Las Vegas)"" (at the Flamingo Hotel and Casino; originally from Brooklyn, NY; currently from Las Vegas, NV) Game 2: George Green - ""Sells Limburger Cheese"" (from LaPorte, Indiana) Game 3: Eddie Bracken (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Miss Phyllis Iannaci - ""Steeplejack"" (John is short of time and does not ask her what city she is from.)
Game 1: Miss Judith Georgescu - ""Cancan Dancer"" (from Paris, France) Game 2: Thomas J. Kalmanir, Jr. (Tommy Kalmanir) - ""Professional Football Player"" (he is a halfback on the Los Angeles Rams football team; from both Reno, NV and Las Vegas, NV; Arlene wins the game during the free guess segment; see notes below) Game 3: Neva Jane Langley (as Mystery Guest) Miss America 1953, from Macon, Georgia; she said that this is her first television appearance Game 4: Mrs. Mima Novick - ""Makes Fly Swatters"" (out of a vinyl resin material called Vinylite; from Cleveland, OH)
Game 1: Frank Steiner - ""Beer Tester"" (from Caldwell, NJ) Game 2: Miss Patricia Murphy - ""Sells Mistletoe"" (from Detroit, MI) Game 3: Elsa Schiaparelli (as Mystery Guest) She signed in as ""Schiaparelli""; her nameplate read ""Mme. Schiaparelli"" Game 4: Franklin Lasky - ""Ladies Hairdresser"" (from Amsterdam, NY)
Game 1: Henry Byers - ""Buys and Sells Banks"" (he buys banks, takes control, then sells them; John said he could not legally be termed a broker; from Des Moines, IA) Game 2: Miss Jane Schmahl - ""Teaches Class for Expectant Fathers"" (from Chicago, IL) Game 3: Chuck Dressen (as Mystery Guest) Charles Walter Dressen, 1898-1966, is the N.Y. Brooklyn Dodgers baseball team manager. Game 4: O. A. Cargill III (Arthur Cargill) - ""Buffalo Rancher"" (from Oklahoma City, OK; From the net I see that O. A. Cargill, an attorney, was the Mayor of Oklahoma City from 1923 to 1927. This was undoubtedly our contestant's father or grandfather.)
Game 1: John Butler (John D. Butler) - ""Mayor San Diego, Cal"" (from San Diego, CA; see more notes below) Game 2: Carl Mills - ""Prison Warden"" (of a Georgia state prison which was not named on the show; from Atlanta, GA) Game 3: Bette Davis (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Mrs. Irene Kuret - ""Paper Hanger"" (from Indianapolis, Indiana)
Game 1: Miss Regife Westerby (John pronounced her first name as Reggie, probably a nickname) - ""Gold Miner"" (tall blond attractive woman; she has a gold mine in Spearfish, South Dakota; John said she has holdings in Arizona also; from Spearfish, SD) Game 2: Edward Kaczynski - ""Dog Catcher"" (for the city of Passaic, New Jersey; from Passaic, NJ Game 3: Ethel Barrymore (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Walter Biggs - ""Sells Ether"" (for the Squibb Company; from New York City)
Game 1: Albert Cohen - ""Buys and Sells Garlic"" (he is a self-employed wholesaler; from the Bronx, NY) Game 2: Mrs. Rondi Stratton - ""Demonstrates Mattresses in Store Windows"" (very articulate; she demonstrates Sealy mattresses for the Sealy Posturepedic Mattress Company; she said she performs ""pantomime skits and skits to records,"" and travels all over Ohio for her job; from Cleveland, OH) Game 3: Eddie Fisher (as Mystery Guest) He signed in as ""PFC Eddie Fisher"" - Private First Class Eddie Fisher Game 4: Mrs. Betty Gorman - ""Lady Iceman"" (she delivers ice; from Fulton, NY)
Game 1: Miss Toni Muir - ""Policewoman"" (from Greensboro, NC) Game 2: Saul Strone - ""Marriage Matchmaker"" (self-employed; from the Bronx, NY) Game 3: Herb Shriner (as Mystery Guest) Host of ""Two for the Money"" from 1952-1956. (Sam Levenson was the host for the series' final year, 1957.) Game 4: Miss Elizabeth Gilfillan - ""Face Lifter"" (currently from New York City, NY; she said that she was born in Minnesota, her father was a missionary to the Indians, and she went barefoot until she was 19 years old; she said that she is nearly 73 years old; she is very articulate and has lots of spunk and humor; she is self-employed and performs facelifts by teaching facial exercises, not by surgery)
Game 1: Miss Virginia Boydjieff - ""Chiropractor"" (from Reading, PA) Game 2: Miss Alice Whitney - ""Makes Sleeping Bags"" (from Bloomfield, NJ) Game 3: Barry Fitzgerald (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Miss Betty Skowronski - ""Sings Birthday Telegrams (Western Union)"" (from Bridgeport, CT)
Game 1: Miss Ruth Marie Diamond - ""United States Marine"" (tomorrow is the 177th anniversary of the U.S. Marines; from Knoxville, TN) Game 2: Miss Barbi Nierenberg - ""Maternity Dress Buyer"" (from Forest Hills, Long Island, NY) Game 3: Desi Arnaz (as Mystery Guest)
Game 1: Tiny Heiden (Harold Heiden) - ""Frog Catcher"" (self-employed; for more than 8 months out of the year, he catches frogs in New York's Catskill Mountains; in spite of his nickname, he is heavy-set; from Hudson, NY) Game 2: Mrs. Kay Buell - ""Hand Paints Men's Shorts"" (self-employed; she paints men's underwear; from Erie, PA) Game 3: Walter Winchell (as Mystery Guest) He signed in as ""W. W."" and used a kazoo to answer his questions.
Game 1: Russell Broden - ""Pretzel Twister"" (he hand twists the dough; from Scranton, PA) Game 2: Mrs. Marion Alexander - ""Dresses Chorus Girls (Night Club)"" (she is a former dancer; from New York, NY) Game 3: Eddie Anderson (as Mystery Guest) He signs in as ""Rochester"" and his nameplate also shows ""Rochester"" Game 4: Mr. Theron Nicholas - ""Sells Fire Hydrants"" (from Dallas, TX)
Game 1: July Broder (Julius Broder) - ""Herring Pickler"" (the chalk broke during his sign-in; from the Bronx, NY) Game 2: Mr. D. Matvienko (Dimitri Matvienko) - ""Professional Knife Thrower"" (originally from Russia, now from the Bronx, NY) Game 3: Vic Damone (as Mystery Guest) He signs in as ""Cpl. Vic Damone"" - Corporal Vic Damone - He states that his service in the Army will be completed in 4 months, and then he'll be getting out. He spoke highly of the Army. He is wearing his Army uniform. Game 4: Mr. Orren South - ""Makes Dog Houses"" (from Cincinnati, Ohio)
Game 1: Percy Lowery - ""Chairman of Parole Board (Ohio)"" (a very distinguished-looking black man from Columbus, OH; see notes below) Game 2: Frank Hazard - ""Raises Bugs (for Research)"" (he breeds flies, bedbugs, cockroaches and such for insecticide testing; from Wilmington, OH) Game 3: Edward R. Murrow (as Mystery Guest) (Ed Murrow, as John Daly calls him, is a very famous pioneering radio and TV reporter; he had a good time playing his game, and used a high-pitched voice for his vocal disguise; he smoked a cigarette during his game)
Game 1: Miss Bee Gatling - ""Dynamite Tester"" (for DuPont Corporation; she chemically analyzes the moisture content of the explosive; from Charlotte, NC) Game 2: Mrs. Ann Breault - ""Makes Boxing Gloves"" (salaried; from the Bronx, NY; note - the way she signs her name, it looks like ""Breailt"" because she runs the ""a"" and the ""u"" together, but her surname is Breault) Game 3: Cesar Romero (as Mystery Guest)
Game 1: Miss Suzanne Zimser - ""Racehorse Trainer"" (salaried; she is 5 feet 8 inches tall; from Forest Hills, Long Island, NY) Game 2: Lester Reppert - ""Makes Gold Bricks (U. S. Treasury)"" (from Towaco, NJ) Game 3: Jeanette MacDonald (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Robert Mott - ""TV Sound Effects Man"" (for CBS Television; from from Hackensack, NJ; see notes below)
Game 1: Miss Nellie Kokoszka - ""Tax Collector"" (for the City of Dudley, Massachusetts; she holds an elected position; the specific type of tax she collects was not mentioned; from Dudley, MA) Game 2: Bob Troast - ""Makes Mud Packs"" (for the Edna Wallace Hopper Cosmetics Company; salaried; from Elkhart, IN) Game 3: Sally Rand (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Mrs. Madeline Woods - ""Runs Pool Hall"" (self-employed; from Belvidere, IL)
Game 1: Mrs. Ruth Mouzakes - ""Grease Monkey on Locomotives"" (salaried; she is a member of the AFL-CIO Firemen and Oilers Union, and works for the Long Island Railroad; from East Meadows, NJ) Game 2: Mr. Sylvan M. Edison - ""Monocle Manufacturer"" (self-employed; from Chicago, IL) Game 3: Rosalind Russell (as Mystery Guest)
Game 1: Wm. H. Stephenson (William H. Stephenson) - ""Makes Drunkometers (To Test Intoxication)"" (he fills in for Hal Block and kisses Dorothy's hand during his panel walk-by!; from Red Bank, NJ) Game 2: Miss Stephanie Radziwanowski - ""Manages Monkey Farm"" (for the March of Dimes Foundation for use in medical research; John provided a PSA - Public Service Announcement - for the March of Dimes January 1953 campaign; from Pritchardville, SC) Game 3: Joe E. Brown (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Miss Matilda Lenk (Matilda Lenk, MD) - ""Chiropodist"" (from New Britain, CT; a chiropodist is a specialist in care for the feet; chiropody is the branch of medicine concerned with the feet; the terms more in use today in 2004 are podiatrist and podiatry; Dr. Lenk has a 2004 net reference showing an office at 55 W. Main St., New Britain, CT)
Game 1: Miss Mary Jane Hawkrigg - ""Truant Officer"" (from Brooklyn, NY) Game 2: Richard Hetsko - ""Makes Babies' Rubber Panties"" (salaried; from Dover, DE) Game 3: June Havoc (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Richard McMichael - ""Manhole Cover Salesman"" (from East Orange, NJ)
Game 1: William C. Lantaff - ""U.S. Congressman"" (representing the state of Florida; from Miami, FL; see notes below) Game 2: Sol Jacobson - ""Sells Policemen's Nightsticks"" (self-employed; from Franklin Square, NY) Game 3: Margaret Truman (as Mystery Guest)
Game 1: Herbert Lamson - ""Teaches Course in Marriage"" (at Boston University in Boston, MA) Game 2: Miss Peggy Heckman - ""Designs Ladies' Bathing Suits"" (salaried; from Portland, OR; no company name was mentioned, but until 2002, Portland was the home of Jantzen Swimwear Corp., and she may have worked there; one other possibility is the White Stag Corp., another former Portland company which made swim suits among other items of apparel) Game 3: Irene Dunne (As Mystery Guest)
Game 1: Miss Leila Dell Miller - ""Minister"" (self-employed; she is a travelling evangelist; from Columbus, GA) Game 2: Mrs. Mildred Landwehr - ""Jazz Drummer"" (given her answers, she probably plays Dixieland Jazz; during her game, a propeller airplane can be heard passing overhead; from Trenton, NJ) Game 3: Jack Benny (as Mystery Guest)
Game 1: Jack E. Gellman - ""District Attorney"" (from Niagara Falls, NY; salaried; he donated his winnings to the YMCA Building Fund in his home town; he humorously awarded a plaque to John, naming John an Assistant District Attorney in his staff; see notes below) Game 2: Mrs. Marie Beyer - ""Runs Reducing Farm"" (self-employed; her company name is Englewood Milk Farm; from Englewood, NJ) Game 3: Paul Douglas (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Gustov Walldorf (or Gustav Walldorf) - ""Bear Trainer"" (self-employed; he owns the Walldorf Bear Farm in Oak Ridge, NY; from West New York, New Jersey, which is a town directly across the Hudson River from midtown Manhattan with a spectacular view of the NYC skyline)
Game 1: William Hartnett - ""Rainmaker"" (he uses silver iodide to increase natural rainfall; he donated his game winnings to Father Flanagan's Boys Town; from St. Louis, MO) Game 2: Bernard Spooner - ""Makes Bulletproof Vests"" (from Manhattan, NY) Game 3: The DeMarco Sisters (as Mystery Guests) They signed in as ""The 5 DeMarco Sisters"" See notes below Game 4: Mrs. Daisy Whitten - ""Makes Heating Pads"" (from Asheboro, North Carolina)
Game 1: Ed Thomson (not Thompson) - ""Turtle Trapper"" (self-employed; from Yonkers, NY) Game 2: Roy Kauffman - ""Saddle Maker"" (he donated his winnings to the Heart Fund; from Scarsdale, NY) Game 3: Jane Froman (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Jack Russell - ""Yo-Yo Demonstrator"" (from Miami, FL)
Game 1: Miss Mary Flory - ""Makes Cigars"" (salaried; from Pennsylvania; she said the name of her home town so softly, not even Mr. Daly repeated it; it might have been Brookline, PA) Game 2: Mrs. Ruth Cooper - ""Drives Garbage Truck"" (self-employed; from Mercerville, NJ) Game 3: Jackie Gleason (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Jack Joyce - ""Camel Trainer"" (salaried; he donated his winnings to the Pollock Brothers Shrine Circus which benefits crippled children by means of the Shriners Hospitals for Children, a Masonic organization; from Ventura County, California)
Game 1: Mrs. Lavaughn Garner - ""Hotel Plumber"" (salaried; she works at the Biltmore Hotel in her home town of Oklahoma City, OK) Game 2: Carl Lawson - ""Makes Chicken Coops"" (self-employed; he said that the company he works for is going to ship each WML panelist a 5 lb. box of frozen chicken meat; from Gainesville, GA) Game 3: Fred MacMurray (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Theodore Kaufman - ""Fire Eater"" (from Astoria, Long Island, NY)
Game 1: A male hog farmer Game 2: A lady who makes pants for sailors Game 3: Pat O'Brien (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: A man who repairs guns
Game 1: James Buck - ""Army Paratrooper"" (salaried; this is an extremely amusing segment with plenty of laughs, due to James' great sense of humor and entertaining style; he is a commissioned officer, but his rank is not mentioned; since he said that Bennett's guess of ""General"" was at the ""wrong end,"" he must be a Lieutenant; he's off to fight in the Korean War tomorrow; from Indianapolis, IN) Game 2: Mrs. Sarah Cunius - ""Snake Keeper"" (at the Philadelphia Zoo; salaried; from Philadelphia, PA) Game 3: Zsa Zsa Gabor (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Miss Laoma Byrd - ""Runs Training Camp For Prize Fighters"" (self-employed; African-American woman; from Pleasantville, NJ)
Game 1: Miss Betty Shingler - ""Cures Hams"" (self-employed; she cures the Country Cured Ham which is cured with sugar; she is the wife of the Governor of Georgia, Mrs. Herman Talmadge; from Lovejoy, GA; she stumped the panel) Game 2: Martin Ritter - ""Makes Bridal Garters"" (self-employed; he presented John with a lace garter and said, ""Here's a Tonight's Fashion original""; from NYC, NY) Game 3: Red Buttons (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Miss Sara Marlowe - ""Trapeze Artist"" (for the Ringling Brothers Barnum & Bailey Circus; Arlene guesses her line by saying ""Trapeze Performer"" during the free wild guess! Bennett then guesses her place of employment during the free wild guess!; she is a member of The Flying Concellos; John had her show her ""strong and calloused"" hands; she is currently performing at Madison Square Gardens)
Game 1: Miss Sadie Taylor - ""Nurse For Baby Chimps & Gorillas"" (salaried; elderly; from Staten Island, NY) Game 2: Mrs. Vera Critz - ""Inspects Bath Towels"" (for the Canon Towel Corp.; salaried; from Cabarrus County, NC) Game 3: Anna Magnani - (as Mystery Guest) Her occupation overlay screen read ""Italian Film Star Anna Magnani"" and her name plaque read ""Anna Magnani & Interpreter"" - see notes below
Game 1: Stanley Parker - ""Makes Pogo Sticks"" (salaried; from New York City, NY; see notes below) Game 2: Claude Plummer - ""Makes Dog Collars"" (self-employed; from Tucker, GA) Game 3: Ida Cantor (as Mystery Guest) ""Mrs. Eddie Cantor"" Game 4: Miss Rita Woodbury - ""Window Washer"" (for Weathermaster Alsco Corp., which makes windows with aluminum frames which are removable for ease of cleaning; salaried; from Boston, MA)
Game 1: Jacob Hertzberg - ""Makes Men's Spats"" (self-employed; from Philadelphia, PA) Game 2: Miss Norma Moyer - ""Rivets Army Cots"" (salaried; she rivets Army cots made out of wood and canvas; from Wapwallopen, PA) Game 3: Harold Lloyd (as Mystery Guest) (age 60)
Game 1: Charles G. Connor - ""Racing Car Driver"" (self-employed; he is in the Champion Spark Plug 100 mph Club; for his game, he removed his Champion lapel pin so the panel wouldn't ask about it during his walk-by; from Los Angeles, CA) Game 2: Mr. H. L. Gielow - ""Makes Convicts Uniforms"" (self-employed; his first name is never stated; from Atlanta, GA) Game 3: Shirley Booth (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Miss Jacqueline Caravano - ""Hat Check Girl"" (she also checks coats; from New York, NY)
Game 1: Mr. Roswell W. Yorke - ""Makes Telephone Booths"" (salaried; from Massapequa, Long Island, NY) Game 2: Mr. Les J. Jackson - ""Operates Skirt Blowing Machine"" (salaried; he works at the Steel Pier Amusement Park in Atlantic City, New Jersey; from NJ) Game 3: Marilyn Maxwell (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Mrs. Kathryn Mrazik - ""Inspects Ammunition"" (from New Haven, CT; see notes below)
Game 1: Mrs. Frances Johnson - ""Lighthouse Keeper"" (salaried; from Whitehall, MI) Game 2: Edward Davies - ""Makes Leg Make-Up"" (for the Elizabeth Arden Cosmetics Corp.; salaried; from Astoria, Long Island, NY) Game 3: Mickey Mantle (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: William L. K. Galloway - ""Bagpipe Instructor"" (salaried; he is a civil servant instructor for the U. S. Army Musical Department; from Washington, DC)
Game 1: Mrs. Eleanore Falik - ""Makes Water Pistols"" (salaried; from Brooklyn, NY) Game 2: Norman Ruppert - ""Makes Dental Chairs"" (salaried; from Louisville, OH) Game 3: Don Ameche (as Mystery Guest)
Game 1: Miss Betty Cope - ""Television Director"" (for WEWS, a Scripps Howard station; salaried; from Cleveland, OH; 3 years ago, Steve Allen appeared on a Heart Fund program she directed, but he did not remember her) Game 2: Gil Woodworth - ""Alligator Wrestler"" (self-employed; from Daytona Beach, FL) Game 3: Leo Durocher (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Alvin Hauser - ""Teaches Knitting"" (self-employed; from Bayside, Long Island, NY)
Game 1: Mrs. Harry Sells (she includes the ""Mrs."" in her signature, which is rare, and John never asks her first name) - ""Goat Farmer"" (self-employed; from Chesterfield, IN) Game 2: Max Gilgore - ""Corset Salesman"" (for the Black Corset Company; salaried; from Philadelphia, PA) Game 3: Nelson Eddy (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Mrs. Carole Frank - ""Water Skiing Instructor"" (salaried; from Atlantic Beach, Long Island, NY)
Game 1: Mrs. Yolande Reed - ""Runs Nudist Camp"" (self-employed; from Perryville, PA) Game 2: Mrs. Wynelle Davis - ""Sells Fireworks"" (self-employed; from Atlanta, GA) Game 3: Margaret Chase Smith (as Mystery Guest) Senator from Maine; see notes below Game 4: Mrs. Eileen Tatro - ""Fortune Teller"" (self-employed; from Jacksonville, FL)
Game 1: Miss Nancy James - ""Lifeguard"" (at Palisades Park Beach at Palisades Amusement Park in New Jersey; she also teaches swimming and diving; salaried; from Brooklyn, NY) Game 2: Nick Christopher - ""Breeds Worms"" (self-employed; left-handed; from Hamilton, Ontario, Canada) Game 3: Olsen & Johnson (as Mystery Guest Duo) Ole Olsen & Chic Johnson Game 4: Marshall Levine - ""Bridal Consultant"" (salaried; from Rochester NY)
Game 1: Bill Madden (William Madden, Jr.) - ""Congressional Pageboy"" (salaried; he interacts between the constituents and the congressmen; from Pittston, PA) Game 2: Miss Eileen Foster - ""Makes Dog Blankets"" (salaried; from Brooklyn, NY) Game 3: Peter Lawford (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Dick DeMarzio - ""Teaches Rollerskating"" salaried; left-handed; from Norwood, MA)
Game 1: Miss Kay M. Chavin - ""Raises Hair On Bald Heads"" (salaried; John said she is with ""The Thomas People"" and she then stated that she has been a trichologist for 23 years; from Albany, New York) Game 2: Joseph Ciaccio - ""Monkey Keeper (Lincoln Park Zoo)"" (salaried; from Chicago, Illinois) Game 3: Judy Holliday (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Sidney R. Brown - ""Sauerkraut Salesman"" (self-employed; as he is standing up and shaking hands with John after his game, he says, ""Walker Valley is proud of me tonight."" - he evidently has roots in Walker Valley, NY, but during his sign-in he said he was from Brooklyn, New York)
Game 1: Mrs. Leila Bulgrin - ""Federal Prosecuting Attorney"" (salaried; John said she was from Los Angeles, California, and she later clarified that she is actually from Tujunga, CA) Game 2: Ted Pfiffer - ""Makes Sea-Sick Pills"" (salaried; from Bloomfield, New Jersey) Game 3: Duke Ellington (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Joseph Wagner - ""Tea Bag Inspector"" (salaried; from Weehawken, New Jersey)
Game 1: Mrs. Myrtle Dobbert - ""Dynamiter"" (salaried; from Elkhorn, Wisconsin) Game 2: Mrs. Jeannette DeHon - ""Fraternity Housemother"" (at the University of Florida; salaried; from St. Petersburg, Florida) Game 3: Ronald Reagan (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Jim Young - ""Bird Bath Salesman"" (self-employed; he sells bird baths made of clay and concrete; he donated his winnings to the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis; from Mentor, Ohio)
Game 1: Jack Finden - ""Hotel Bellboy"" (at Philadelphia's landmark Bellevue-Stratford Hotel; salaried; from Philadelphia, PA; see notes below) Game 2: Donald Steckler - ""Sells Babies' Teething Rings"" (salaried; from New York, NY) Game 3: James A. Van Fleet (as Mystery Guest) - ""General U.S. Army""
Game 1: Mrs. Candy Sheridan or Sheridon (illegible signature) - ""U. S. Weather Man"" (on Nantucket Island, Massachusetts; salaried; originally from Nashville, TN) Game 2: Al French - ""Builds Prison Cells"" (for Van Dorn Iron Works in Cleveland, Ohio; salaried; from Cleveland, OH) Game 3: Charles Coburn (as Mystery Guest) He drew a monocle and cigar next to his signature on the sign-in board.
Game 1: Samuel Moser - ""Money Belt Manufacturer"" (self-employed; from New York, NY) Game 2: Mrs. Eve Enhelder - ""Masseuse"" (self-employed; from Minneapolis, MN) Game 3: Deborah Kerr (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Mrs. Elizabeth Cudahy - ""Fish Hook Inspector"" (salaried; from Auburn, NY)
Game 1: Donald Utz - ""Sells Milking Machines"" (salaried; from Newark, DE) Game 2: Mrs. June B. Wolfe (June Byers) - ""Professional Wrestler"" (left-handed; salaried; managed by Billy Wolfe; she signed in with her promoter's surname Wolfe to avoid name recognition; John stated that she was the world champion lady wrestler; from Houston, TX; see notes below) Game 3: Fred Allen (as Mystery Guest) He signed in as ""Fred Allen, P.S. In Person"" Game 4: Mrs. Peggy J. Smith - ""Repairs Motorcycles"" (self-employed; mechanic; from Columbus, OH)
Game 1: Mrs. Madeleine Park - ""Buys Elephants For Circuses"" (self-employed; from Katonah, NY) Game 2: Jerry Krandall - ""Owns Diamond Mine"" (self-employed; his diamond mine is in Brazil; he donated his winnings to an unnamed Detroit charity; from Detroit, MI) Game 3: Billy Rose (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: James Coan - ""Minister"" (salaried; from Ferrum, VA)
Game 1: Miss Mildred Gilmore - ""Private Eye"" (self-employed; from Los Angeles, CA) Game 2: Miss Nancy Vrana - ""Bartender"" (salaried; from Chestertown, NY) Game 3: Ann Sothern (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: James Denebaum - ""Test Driver of Army Trucks"" (salaried; John said he actually drives tanks; from Schenectady, NY)
Game 1: Miss Dolores Krilow - ""Lipstick Demonstrator"" (for Hazel Bishop, Inc. lipsticks; salaried; from Cleveland, OH) Game 2: George A. Conner, Jr. - ""Racetrack Pari-Mutuel Clerk"" (salaried; from Coral Gables, FL) Game 3: Roy Campanella (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Fred Houston - ""Rabbit Breeder"" (self-employed; from Warwick, NY)
Game 1: Frank Allen - ""African Hunting Guide"" (self-employed; he is visiting America from his home country of England; he is a professional big game hunter in Nairobi and Kenya, where he is known as a ""great white hunter""; he was the technical advisor and the guide for the cast of the 1953 film ""Mogambo"" which features Clark Gable and tonight's mystery guest Ava Gardner) Game 2: Mrs. Charlotte M. Durofchalk - ""Runs Maternity Hospital"" (self-employed; from Johnson City, NY) Game 3: Ava Gardner (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Miss Ann Meservie - ""Wraps Moustache Wax"" (from Jersey City, NJ)
Game 1: Mr. Thayne Robertson - ""Makes Wooden Indians"" (self-employed; because of his first name, John said he must have some Scotch blood, and Thayne replied ""some""; from Boise, ID) Game 2: Mrs. Elfrieda L. Fritz - ""Repairs Zippers"" (self-employed; from ""outside of Buffalo,"" NY) Game 3: Wally Cox (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Mrs. Jeanne P. Schikowski - ""Justice of the Peace"" (salaried; she is not a lawyer; from Huntsburg, OH)
Game 1: Mrs. Dorothy Hughes - ""Mud Bath Attendant"" (at the Calistoga Hot Springs in northern California; salaried; from Calistoga, CA) Game 2: Miss Madge Taggart - ""Judge"" (for the City of Buffalo; salaried; from Buffalo, NY) Game 3: Lena Horne (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: George Wishansky - ""Chicken Plucker"" (salaried; from New York, NY)
Game 1: Ed Hurley (he signed in as ""John Doe"" to avoid name recognition) - ""World Series Umpire"" (salaried; he is the umpire behind second base; no game was played because Dorothy guessed his occupation during the free guess segment; from Holyoke, MA) Game 2: Mrs. Blanche Hays - ""Smokes Fish"" (self-employed; from Fort Pierce, FL) Game 3: Gene Autry (as Mystery Guest) He wore a white cowboy hat. Game 4: Miss Mitzie LaForm - ""Flying Trapeze Artist"" (salaried; she is a member of The Flying LaForms and works with her parents Joe and Lilly; although not stated, she is with the Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Circus; from San Gabriel, CA; see notes below)
Game 1: Mrs. Thomas Phillips - ""Dog Catcher"" (she includes the ""Mrs."" in her signature, abbreviates Thomas as Thos, and John never asks her first name; salaried; she also issues dog licenses; this sweet elderly lady has no teeth and tries her best to keep her mouth closed or covered; from Morristown, NJ) Game 2: Mrs. Nell Brisendine - ""Sells Men's Long Underwear"" (salaried; from Atlanta, GA) Game 3: Edward G. Robinson (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Fred Burg - ""Makes Breadboxes"" (salaried; from Bellerose, Long Island, NY)
Game 1: Charles Meshech Frost - ""Makes Chewing Tobacco"" (for Bloodhound Chewing Tobacco Company, whose brand motto was ""A Dog-Gone Good Chew""; salaried; from North Carolina, city not named; he said he has a son named Jack, but this may have been a pun on Jack Frost, or maybe he truly does have a son named Jack; there is no way of knowing) Game 2: Mr. Ray Jones - ""Bathtub Salesman"" (salaried; from Maplewood, NJ) Game 3: Eleanor Roosevelt (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Mrs. Edith Hemstead - ""Writes Television Commercials"" (salaried; from Bellerose, Long Island, NY)
Game 1: Miss Sunee Parker - ""Men's Barber"" (at the historic Sheraton Belvedere Hotel in Baltimore; salaried; Bennett uses the word ""tonsorial"" and confuses both John and the contestant; the word tonsorial is an adjective meaning ""of or relating to barbers and barbering"" such as ""tonsorial work""; from Baltimore, MD) Game 2: Mr. J. D. Myers (Jess D. Myers) - ""Manages Burlesque Theatre"" (salaried; he runs the Empire Theatre in his home town of Newark, NJ; see link below) Game 3: Greer Garson (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Fred Elsea - ""Makes Halloween False Faces"" (salaried; from Findlay, OH)
Game 1: Mr. Roswell H. Johnson, Ph.D. - ""Marriage Counselor"" (at the American Institute for Family Relations; salaried; elderly; from Los Angeles, CA) Game 2: Bruce Stout - ""Makes Prison Locks"" (for the Yale Lock Company; salaried; from Stamford, CT; after his game, he presented John with gold keys for John and the panel members) Game 3: Ezio Pinza (as Mystery Guest)
Game 1: Mrs. Carin Clareus - ""Makes False Teeth"" (self-employed; from Jackson Heights, NY) Game 2: Mr. Logan A. Gallagher - ""Manages All-Girl Baseball Team"" (self-employed; he is the manager of the Hagerstown Mollies baseball team; from Hagerstown, MD; from net info, the Hagerstown Mollies of Hagerstown, Maryland were not a team of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League which was in existence from 1943-1954; John said that his wife's mother comes from Hagerstown; at this time, John was married to Margaret Katherine ""Kit"" Daly) Game 3: Lauren Bacall (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Howard Harris - ""TV Gag Writer (For Jackie Gleason)"" (salaried; from Los Angeles, CA)
Game 1: Benjamin Essrig - ""Drives Police Patrol Wagon"" (salaried; from Philadelphia, PA) Game 2: Miss Chrystal Conway - ""Mermaid In Fishbowl (Nightclub Act)"" (salaried; she does not perform in water, but on a ""reflective"" set per John; she has no music in her act; from San Francisco, CA) Game 3: Louella Parsons (as Mystery Guest)
Game 1: Mrs. Hattie Sholes - ""Packs Sardines"" (salaried; elderly; from Rockland, ME) Game 2: Everett Meador - ""Makes Horses' Feedbags"" (salaried; from Brooklyn, NY) Game 3: Van Johnson (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Miss Lynne Gordon - ""Hypnotist"" (self-employed; from New York City, NY)
Game 1: Rudy Turilli (he signed in with his birth name Serafino Turiello) - ""Owns and Operates Caves (Meramec Caverns Missouri)"" (self-employed; John explained that he signed in with his natal name because he had been the subject of a column Dorothy Kilgallen had once written, and they did not want her to recognize his name; his caves have stalagmites and stalactites and the tours are accompanied by music; his caves have the occasional bat or two; he wore a Lions Club lapel pin; originally from the Ozarks area of MO; he has several net references regarding the Jesse James Museum he also operated) Game 2: Mrs. Ruth Vanneman - ""Sells Garbage Cans"" (self-employed; petite; she sells large metal trash cans; from Vinings, GA; see notes below) Game 3: George Raft (as Mystery Guest)
Game 1: John F. Short - ""Bullfighter"" (self-employed; he is a Matador and a member of the Mexican Bullfighters Union; from Philadelphia, PA) Game 2: Wm. H. Hall (William H. Hall) - ""Sells Flea Powder"" (for pets; salaried; from Miami, FL) Game 3: Nat King Cole (as Mystery Guest)
Game 1: Mrs. Barbara Wright - ""Teaches Course For Expectant Mothers"" (self-employed; she is also a nurse and works with women during delivery; from Plymouth, MI) Game 2: Mrs. Hermina Wurtz - ""Fur Trapper"" (self-employed; from Bayfield, WI) Game 3: Dave Garroway (as Mystery Guest)
Game 1: Ed Butters - ""Raises Reindeer"" (self-employed; from Coldwater, MI) Game 2: Mrs. Joyce Meier - ""Packs Mistletoe"" (salaried; from Comanche, TX) Game 3: Kirk Douglas (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Charles Winzelberg - ""Sells Wedding Rings"" (salaried; from New York City, NY)
Game 1: Alfred Laurence - ""Champagne Salesman"" (for the New York State Wine Association; salaried; he is a wholesaler, not a dealer, in the Finger Lakes area of Upstate New York; he donated his winnings to Father Flanagan's Boys Town; from New York, NY) Game 2: Simon Pilshaw - ""Makes Ice Bags"" (salaried; from Middleboro, MA) Game 3: Steve Allen (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Miss Jennie Gatto - ""Complaint Adjuster (Macy's Department Store)"" (salaried; from Carlstadt, NJ)
Game 1: Miss Sydell Shaw (Sydell Shaw, DDS) - ""Dentist"" (Dr. Shaw specializes in root canal therapy; from the net, we learn that she is one of the first female endodontists in the United States; from New York) Game 2: Art Gasior - ""Sells Marilyn Monroe Calendars"" (see notes below; from Chicago, IL) Game 3: Robert F. Wagner, Jr. (as Mystery Guest) ""The New Mayor of New York City"" Game 4: Miss Gella Block - ""Makes Matzoh Balls"" (in spite of Steve Allen's witty comment shown below, she is no relation to Hal Block; from New York)
Game 1: Ghislaine Alexander (as Mystery Guest #1 and the panel is blindfolded) ""Panelist on What's My Line? in England"" (she donated her game winnings to an unnamed charity) Game 2: Walter Goss - ""Makes Handcuffs"" (for Smith & Wesson Firearms Corp.; salaried; from Agawam, MA) Game 3: Brandon de Wilde (as Mystery Guest #2) Game 4: Miss Joan Myers - ""Teaches Hawaiian Hula Dancing"" (salaried; from Union Beach, NJ)
Game 1: Mrs. Janet May - ""Lingerie Model"" (salaried; she receives a lot of whistles from the audience; from Mission, KS) Game 2: Charles Morris - ""Sells Worms"" (self-employed; he orders 1000 mudworms from Maine, sells them and reorders; from Brigantine, NJ) Game 3: Joan Fontaine (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Ed Cunniffe - ""Salami Stuffer"" (salaried; comments are made about his colorful clothes, even though he is wearing a suit; from Jackson Heights, NY) In an unusual move, John stated that there was no time for the next scheduled guest and named him. It sounded like John said Mr. Bernaise Johnson or perhaps Mr. Bernays Johnson. Maybe it was even Bern ""Ace"" Johnson - the spelling is unknown.
Game 1: A female Scottish kilt maker Game 2: Guy Madison (as Mystery Guest #1) Game 3: Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis (as Mystery Guest Duo)
Game 1: Mr. J. L. May (Julius L. May) ""Prints Parking Tickets"" (for many cities around the country; salaried; he wears a hearing aid; he donated his $50 winnings to the March of Dimes; from New York, NY) Game 2: Mrs. Ammie E. (Shorty) Greer (Mrs. Charles Greer) - ""Gorilla Hunter"" (self-employed; very petite; from Houston, TX) Game 3: Richard Widmark (as Mystery Guest)
Game 1: Mrs. Eve Aldrich - ""Snake Charmer"" (salaried; from Waterloo, IL) Game 2: Leo Stein ""Bullet-Proof Vest Maker"" (self-employed; from Chicago, IL) Game 3: John Hodiak (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Dick LaVangie (probably Richard LaVangie) - ""Jelly Bean Polisher"" (salaried; from Boston, MA)
Game 1: Mr. Nils Brekke - ""Owns and Operates Model Agency"" (self-employed; his company is the Patricia Stevens Agency in his home town of Washington, D.C.) Game 2: Mrs. Cecile Salomon - ""Hog Breeder"" (self-employed; she donated her winnings to the March of Dimes; from Escondido, CA) Game 3: Julius LaRosa (as Mystery Guest)
Game 1: Francis Vaughn - ""Kansas State Board Movie Censor"" (salaried; from Bonner Springs, KS) Game 2: Cliff Olsen - ""Sells Maternity Clothes"" (salaried; from Hickory, NC) Game 3: Lucille Ball (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Tom Wiswell - ""World's Champion Checkers Player"" (self-employed; from Brooklyn, NY; Tom reigned undefeated as the world's professional checkers champion from the early 1950s to the mid 1970s. He also authored books, wrote 10,000 proverbs and taught other checkers players.)
Game 1: A Fuller Brush woman (the panel guessed her) Game 2: Harry Ball - ""Horse Dentist"" (he stumped the panel; Dr. Ball will also be a contestant on EPISODE #868 on July 9, 1967) Game 3: Helen Traubel (as Mystery Guest) (the panel guessed her)
Game 1: Criminal Lawyer (the panel guessed it) Game 2: Makes Exploding Cigars (stumped the panel) Game 3: Andre Kostelanetz (as Mystery Guest) (the panel guessed him)
Game 1: Audrey Conte - ""Pabst Brewery Guide"" (salaried; from Wisconsin) Game 2: Oran Nance, Jr. - ""Exhibits Stuffed Whale on Tour"" (salaried; from Los Angeles, CA) Game 3: Louis Armstrong (as Mystery Guest) He signed in as ""Louis Satchmo Armstrong"" Game 4: George Vozella - ""Diaper Inspector"" (salaried; from Walpole, MA)
Game 1: Jill Kollmar & Dickie Kollmar (as Mystery Guest Duo) ""Dorothy's Other Children"" They took turns signing in as ""Jill and Dickie Kollmar"" Game 2: Mrs. Bette LeVan - ""Deals Cards in Gambling Casino"" (at the Condado Beach Hotel; salaried; from San Juan, Puerto Rico) Game 3: Fredric March (as Mystery Guest #2)
Game 1: Mrs. Rosebud Caparruva - ""Issues Marriage Licenses"" (salaried; from Elizabeth, NJ) Game 2: Mrs. Carol Foley - ""Riveter"" (for Republic Aviation Corporation; salaried; from Massapequa Park, NY) Game 3: Vaughn Monroe (as Guest)
Game 1: Miss Jean Desmond - ""Tests Girdles"" (salaried; she test-wears Biflex Girdles for Biflex International Inc.; from Hewlett, Long Island, NY) Game 2: Mrs. Elizabeth J. Bancroft - ""Sword Swallower"" (salaried; she performs with the Ringling Brothers Circus which is currently in NY; from North Hampton, MA; she has such a severe case of laryngitis that she can barely speak!) Game 3: Janet Leigh (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Miss Greta Morgan - ""Manages Boiler Factory"" (salaried; from Vienna, Austria)
Game 1: Paul Parker - ""Merry-Go-Round Manufacturer"" (self-employed; from Leavenworth, KS) Game 2: Mr. Denver Kathary - ""Makes Baby Bottles"" (salaried; he wore a Masonic ring; from Mt. Vernon, OH) Game 3: William Bendix (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Miss Dolores Lee - ""Professional Baseball Pitcher"" (salaried; from Jersey City, NJ; see notes below)
Game 1: Elmer Keys Burns - ""Makes Arch Supports"" (self-employed; from Waterbury, CT) Game 2: Fred Ford - ""Knife Thrower (Ringling Brothers Circus)"" (salaried; his act is a part of the circus sideshow; from Ashtabula, OH) Game 3: Ed Wynn (as Mystery Guest)
Game 1: Jack London - ""Professional Pickpocket (Vaudeville Act)"" (self-employed; he does not give us a sample of his pickpocket act; from New York, NY) Game 2: Mrs. Estelle Gill - ""Sells Bubble Bath"" (salaried; from Los Angeles, CA) Game 3: Arlene Dahl (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: John Miller - ""Ferry Boat Captain"" (from Patchogue to Davis Park, across the Great South Bay; from Long Island, NY)
Game 1: Walter H. Jones - ""Manages Garbage Dump"" (salaried; he also has a part-time job as the mayor of his home town of Scotch Plains, NJ; after his game, he presented John with a small 3"" sterling silver garbage can) Game 2: Mrs. Nell S. Lewallen - ""Makes Headache Powders"" (self-employed; from Winston-Salem, NC; after her game, she gave John some product samples of her product, Goody's Headache Powders, which he briefly held up to the camera; see notes below) Game 3: Jeanne Crain (as Mystery Guest)
Game 1: Max Fogel - ""Manufactures Anti-Snoring Device"" (self-employed; to prevent snoring, his product ties under the chin and keeps the mouth closed; from Brooklyn, NY) Game 2: Abraham Moss - ""Lord Mayor of Manchester, England"" (salaried; he is in America because BOAC Airlines has opened up the first airlink between Manchester, England and New York) Game 3: Gertrude Berg (as Mystery Guest)
Game 1: Mrs. Wilma Sacremento - ""Traffic Cop"" (salaried; at the end of her game, she said good night to her son Anthony; although referenced several times, her name is not spelled the same as Sacramento, the state capitol of California; from North Braddock, PA) Game 2: Jack Sirkin - ""Makes Hair Growing Lotion"" (salaried; his product, HAYR For HAIR, is sold only in barber and beauty shops; from Newark, NJ) Game 3: Art Carney (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Timothy J. Turpin - ""Pizza Pie Factory Manager"" (salaried; he manages the Giuseppe Pizza Restaurant in his home town of Philadelphia, PA)
Game 1: Lt. Lewis Disney - ""Head of Uniformed Guards (ARMY-McCarthy Hearings)"" (salaried; from Hyattsville, MD; see notes below about the Hearings) Game 2: Mrs. Cora Sayler - ""Washes Cows (At Dairy Farm)"" (salaried; she works for Walker-Gordon Dairy Farm; she cleans the cows with a hose; from Cranbury, NJ; as a joke on the panel, she also will appear on EPISODE #229 on October 17, 1954, and she will stump the panel for a second time!) Game 3: Ted Williams (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Mrs. Dorothy Gerhardt - ""Exterminator"" (salaried; from Holyoke, MA)
Game 1: Mrs. Helen Cutillo - ""Drives Trolley Car"" (salaried; she works for the privately-owned Philadelphia Transit System; from Philadelphia, PA) Game 2: Ferd T. Hopkins (Ferdinand T. Hopkins) - ""Makes Seasick Remedy"" (self-employed; elderly; from Somers, NY, in New York's Westchester County) Game 3: Eartha Kitt (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Miss An'a Tarasevich (she included the apostrophe in her first name) - ""Owns & Operates Bar"" (self-employed; from Newark, NJ)
Game 1: Al Buta - ""Designs Sewer Manholes"" (salaried; he is currently working on a design project in Miami, FL; John described the manhole as being the entire underground enclosed structure, not simply a hole with a cover; from Hollywood, FL) Game 2: Miss Brigitte Friang - ""War Correspondent (Indo-China)"" (salaried; she has just recently returned from an assignment in Indochina, where she began her service there by parachuting in; Arlene had previously met her and voluntarily disqualified herself; from Paris, France) Game 3: Gracie Allen & George Burns (as Mystery Guest Duo) Gracie signed in for both of them as ""George"" ""Gracie"" Game 4: Jack Dunham - ""House Detective (Hotel Astor)"" (salaried; he is an in-house private detective; John gave the panel 55 seconds for his game; from New York)
Game 1: Mrs. Mona Leese - ""Corset Buyer"" (salaried; from Chicago, IL) Game 2: Mrs. Mary Monk - ""Counts Nickels (From Parking Meters)"" (salaried; from Pontiac, MI) Game 3: Les Paul & Mary Ford (as Mystery Guest Duo) Game 4: Joseph Carrieri (Joe Carrieri) - ""Bat Boy (New York Yankees)"" (salaried; John asked him if he could call him Joe; from New York; see notes below)
Game 1: Mrs. Mildred Alkire - ""Bricklayer"" (self-employed; from San Diego, CA; John tells her that he knows another person in San Diego, the great newsman Paul White) Game 2: Leon C. Otis - ""Dog Muzzle Manufacturer"" (self-employed; he owns the Leathercraft Company and donated his winnings to the Boys Work Fund of the Optimist Club of West Philadelphia; from Philadelphia, PA) Game 3: Doris Day (as Mystery Guest)
Game 1: Mrs. Nina Conard - ""Delivers Newspapers"" (self-employed; elderly; she delivers The Bulletin in a trundle cart; she has delivered newspapers for 37 years, but it is unknown if all of her years have been at The Philadelphia Evening Bulletin; from Bridesburg, PA, a suburb of Philadelphia, PA) Game 2: Arthur Rimpal - ""Stuffs Boxing Gloves"" (salaried; he puts horsehair padding in the gloves; from New York, NY) Game 3: Senator Karl E. Mundt (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Miss Bev Beman (probably Beverly Beman) - ""Greeting Card Verse Writer"" (for Hallmark Greeting Cards; salaried; from Ottumwa, IA)
Game 1: Harry Cintron - ""Runs Elevator In Statue Of Liberty"" (on Bedloe's Island; salaried; he is so nervous, he is barely able to smile; from New York) Game 2: Mrs. Lillian Wohl - ""Teaches Course For Expectant Parents"" (salaried; she works for the Red Cross and donated her winnings to them; from New York) Game 3: Spike Jones (as Mystery Guest) Born ""Lindley Armstrong Jones"" Game 4: Mrs. Isabel Serrano - ""Weight Guesser"" (salaried; for perhaps the first time ever, John dispensed with the free guess due to a shortage of time; from Margate, NJ)
Game 1: Mrs. Mary Jane Hagen - ""Underwater Ballerina"" (salaried; she performs at the Marlin Beach Hotel in her hometown of Ft. Lauderdale, FL) Game 2: Arthur Valentine - ""Racetrack Bookie"" (self-employed; at Arlene's request, he gave a demonstration of his bookmaking hand/arm signals, but unfortunately the camera was not on him; from Wales, Great Britain) Game 3: Willie Mays (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Johnny Chick - ""Makes Moth Balls"" (salaried; from Jersey City, NJ)
Game 1: Miss Carol Rubin - ""Lifeguard (At Army Camp)"" (salaried; she works at the officer's club; Arlene won this game on the free guess and apologized multiple times; from Fort Monmouth, NJ) Game 2: Miss Charlene Schaefer - ""Makes Mouse Traps"" (salaried; from Marengo, IL) Game 3: Judy Canova (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: John Conrad - ""Operates Lie Detector"" (self-employed; he takes his portable unit to the public and goes into their homes; from New York)
Game 1: William K. Murphy - ""Manufactures Murphy Beds"" (self-employed; his father designed this bed which can be folded or swung into a cabinet when not being used; from Douglaston, Long Island, NY) Game 2: Mrs. Forrest Burright (Neva Burright aka Grandma Burright) - ""Official Race Track Timer"" (salaried; she times harness racing; she works at Sportsman's Park in Chicago, and also owns a racing horse; elderly; small handwriting which John called attention to; originally from Oregon, IL; currently from Cicero, IL; see notes below) Game 3: Dorothy McGuire (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Miss Zita D. Landy - ""Diamond Buyer"" (for Van Cleef & Arpels; salaried; she has a French accent; from Forest Hills, NY)
Game 1: George Burnside - ""Manager of Grant's Tomb"" (salaried; the tomb is run by a private association; from Lake Ronkonkoma, Long Island, NY) Game 2: James Nelson White - ""Runs Beauty Contests"" (self-employed; he wore a lapel watch; height 6'3""; he ran the recent Miss Universe Pageant in SC; from Spartanburg, SC Game 3: Jayne Meadows (as Mystery Guest) The overlay screen read ""Mrs. Steve Allen"" Game 4: Mr. C. Ellis Harbesin - ""Dog Psychologist"" (salaried; he helps dogs with behavioral problems; from Darien, CT)
Game 1: Stephan J. Zold - ""Professional Wrestler"" (self-employed; his professional name was not stated; from Riverside, Ontario, Canada) Game 2: Miss Nancy L. Taylor - ""ANOTHER Professional Wrestler"" (self-employed; her professional name is ""Daisy Mae, the Hillbilly Wrestler""; from Columbia, SC) Game 3: Eva Gabor (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Miss Betty Lehn - ""Pretzel Bender"" (salaried; she hand-twists prretzel dough; from Lititz, PA)
Game 1: Major Daniel James, Jr. - ""Jet Fighter Pilot (U. S. Air Force)"" (salaried; African-American; he is the commander of the 437th fighter interceptor squadron based at Otis Field; he flew 101 combat missions in Korea; from Pensacola, FL) Game 2: Benjamin Keeney (pronounced as Kinney) - ""Operates Skirt-Blowing Machine (Amusement Park)"" (salaried; he works at the Rockaways' Playland Amusement Park at Rockaway Beach, Queens, NY; from Richmond Hill, Long Island, NY) Game 3: Bob Smith & Howdy Doody (as Mystery Guest Duo) Game 4: Mrs. Rozana Ruehrmund - ""Bill Collector"" (salaried; her time was limited and John failed to ask the name of her hometown)
Game 1: Mrs. Mary Detweiler - ""Stitches Baseballs"" (salaried; she works out of her home; from Perkasie, PA) Game 2: Frank Clancy - ""Captain of Garbage Scow"" (salaried; from New York, NY) Game 3: Johnnie Ray (as Mystery Guest)
Game 1: Mrs. Mary Hoffman - ""Bar Room Bouncer"" (salaried; she works at Steve Brodie's Bar - or maybe it is spelled Steve Brody's Bar - in her hometown of Philadelphia, PA) Game 2: Ivy Baker Priest (as Mystery Guest #1) Her occupation overlay screen read ""Ivy Baker Priest, Treasurer of United States"" Game 3: Debbie Reynolds (as Mystery Guest #2) Game 4: John A. McConaghy - ""Sells Telephone Booths"" (for the Telephone Booth Service Company; salaried; from Havertown, PA)
Game 1: Miss Jun Morrison (her first name is pronounced as ""June"") - ""Rockette (Dancer at Radio City Music Hall)"" (salaried; from New York) Game 2: Anthony Vellek - ""Makes Flea Powder"" (salaried; he makes Hilo Flea Powder pet insecticide for cats & dogs; from Norwalk, CT) Game 3: Sal Maglie & Duke Snider (as Mystery Guest Duo) The occupation overlay screens read; ""New York Giants"" and ""Brooklyn Dodgers""
Game 1: Lee Meriwether (as Mystery Guest #1) ""Miss America 1955"" Game 2: Paul Haas - ""Fits Men's Corsets"" (for both cosmetic and medical purposes; salaried; from Milwaukee, WI) Game 3: Alfred Hitchcock (as Mystery Guest #2) Next to his name, he drew his famous ""face profile"" on the sign-in board. Game 4: Miss Tala Forman (formerly known as Natasha Lytess) - ""Marilyn Monroe's Dramatic Coach"" (salaried; from Los Angeles, CA; Bennett won this game on the free guess; she spoke with an accent; see notes below)
Game 1: Robert Young (as Mystery Guest #1) Game 2: A person who runs a school for bartenders Game 3: Gina Lollobrigida (as Mystery Guest #2) Game 4: A male bathing suit manufacturer
Game 1: Mrs. Lilian J. Rowen - ""Manages Turkish Bath For Women"" (salaried; from New York, NY) Game 2: Dale Evans & Roy Rogers (as Mystery Guest Duo) They appeared in decorative Western dress. Game 3: Red Skelton (as Mystery Guest #2)
Game 1: Edward Montague (Edward Francis Montague) - ""Baseball Scout (For N.Y. Giants)"" (salaried; he discovered and signed baseball great Willie Mays when Mays was playing for the Birmingham Barons; from San Francisco, CA; see notes below) Game 2: Miss Helen Craig - ""Bronco Buster"" (salaried; from Oklahoma City, OK) Game 3: Jeff Chandler (as Mystery Guest)
Game 1: Mr. O. E. Tibbs (Edwin Tibbs) - ""Test Pilot For Jet Bombers"" (salaried; he is the chief test pilot for Martin Company bombers; he donated his game winnings to the Baltimore Community Chest; from Baltimore, MD) Game 2: Mrs. E. K. Greenberger (Eva Greenberger) - ""Runs Fat Men's Clothing Shop"" (self-employed; she owns and operates her store; from New York, NY) Game 3: Fernando Lamas (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Miss Eileen Domellan - ""Gas Station Attendant"" (salaried; she works at the Shell Gasoline Station on Gasoline Alley, and although it was hard to understand her, it sounded as if she said the station was located at Hillside and Metropolis Streets; we don't know her hometown, since time was running short and both John and Bennett failed to ask; I suspect she was from NY)
Game 1: Miss Ruth Ezekiel - ""Dentist"" (salaried; she works for the Guggenheim Foundation; she wore Indian sari clothing; from Bombay, India) Game 2: Mrs. Cora Sayler - ""Washes Cows"" next screen ""This is a trick. She stumped our panel just six months ago."" (salaried; elderly; she works for Walker-Gordon Dairy Farm; from Cranbury, NJ; she had previously appeared on EPISODE #208 on May 23, 1954, which is actually only five months ago, yet the occupation overlay screen read ""six months ago"") Game 3: Merle Oberon (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Ruth Crawford & Ruby Crawford - ""Lawyers"" (identical twins wearing identical clothing; John failed to say whether they were salaried or self-employed; from Atlanta, GA)
Game 1: Miss Gudny Thorgeirsdottir - ""Race Horse Jockey"" (salaried; from Iceland) Game 2: Wm. L. Jenkins (William L. Jenkins) - ""Guards the Gold At Fort Knox"" (salaried; he is the supervisor of all the Ft. Knox guards; from Lexington, KY) Game 3: Ray Milland (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Oscar Ansell - ""Sells Voting Booths"" (salaried; from Springfield, IL)
Game 1: Mrs. Iris Blitch - ""Congresswoman (Just Elected)"" (salaried; representing Georgia in the U. S. House of Representatives; Democrat; from Homerville, GA) Game 2: Mrs. Ruby Warren - ""Counts Fish in Columbia River (For U. S. Government)"" (salaried; she works for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, counting salmon and other fish as they navigate the fish ladder to swim up and over the Bonneville Dam; from Skamania, WA) Game 3: Dick Powell (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Jack Walsh - ""Professional Strongman"" (self-employed; John said that he back-lifted 4,235 lbs.; from Trenton, NJ; see notes below)
Game 1: Hal Gold - ""Fireman"" (He put out a fire at Dorothy Kilgallen's house which occurred on 12/15/1953; Bennett Cerf guessed his line at $35) Game 2: Zana Stanley - ""Handles Bad Checks (For the District Attorneys' Office)"" (won the full $50) Game 3: Elizabeth Taylor (as Mystery Guest) Dorothy Kilgallen guessed her identity at $5. Game 4: Tony Provenzano - ""Tests Teakettle Whistles"" (won the full $50)
Game 1: Edward Morse - ""Casting Director For Paramount Pictures"" (salaried; from Los Angeles, CA) Game 2: William J. Vana - ""Makes Mustard Plasters"" (salaried; from Chicago, IL) Game 3: Ginger Rogers (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Gerhard Williams - ""Governor of Michigan, G. Mennen 'Soapy' Williams"" (salaried; he wore glasses and a straight tie to fool the panel; he gave polka-dot bow ties to John and the panel; he donated his winnings to the Muscular Dystrophy Association; from Detroit, MI)
Game 1: Len Dobbins (Leonard Dobbins) - ""Football Referee, Worked Yesterday's Army Navy Game"" (salaried; he is also a zipper salesman for the Anchor Slide Fastener System company; from Freeport, Long Island, NY) Game 2: Miss Betty Skelton - ""Test Driver For Automobile Factory"" (she test drives for Dodge; salaried; she holds the women's stock car world record at a speed of 143.44 MPH; she donated her winnings to a polio ward in Detroit; originally from Cypress Gardens, FL) Game 3: Herbert Marshall (as Mystery Guest)
Game 1: Charles W. Howard - ""Runs Santa Claus School"" (self-employed; he is the Dean of the Charles W. Howard School for Santa Clauses; he is also a farmer; from Albion, NY) Game 2: Mrs. Jean M. Howie - ""Destroys Obsolete Bombs From World War II"" (salaried; she works for the Scottish government; this was a fun game as John and the panel frequently spoke with Scottish accents; from Kilmarnock, Scotland) Game 3: Louis Jourdan (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Miss Barbara Viafora - ""Physical Instructor at Y.M.C.A."" (salaried; she donated her winnings to the Improvement Fund of the Huguenot Y.M.C.A. in New Rochelle, NY; from Huntington, Long Island, NY)
Game 1: C. C. Nash (aka Clarence Charles Nash) - ""Voice of Donald Duck (Walt Disney Studios)"" (salaried; he spoke a few words in Donald Duck's voice; from Glendale, CA) Game 2: Bud Cline (aka George Cline) - ""Sewer Cleaner"" (self-employed; from Akron, OH) Game 3: Bob Hope (as Mystery Guest) He signed in as ""Bing Crosby"" - which he said he'd also done previously on the British What's My Line?
Game 1: Miss Lili Lisande Wieland - ""Christmas Shopper For Men Only (5th Avenue Department Store)"" (salaried; she works at Saks Fifth Avenue; she is also studying to become an actress and has been in America for six months; originally from Geneva, Switzerland; currently from New York) Game 2: Mrs. Molly Keselmen - ""Collects Traffic Fines (Miami Police Department)"" (salaried; she thanked Chief Hedley and Captain Allen for allowing her to be on the show; from Miami, FL) Game 3: Dan Dailey (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Stephen C. LeSauvage - ""Buys and Sells Ocean Liners"" (salaried; he is a broker for ocean-going vessels; from Garden City, Long Island, NY)
Game 1: Carlo Gugenheim - ""Dress Designer"" (self-employed; from Rome, Italy) Game 2: Sergeant Robert Giff - ""Deep Sea Diver"" (salaried; from Detroit, MI) Game 3: Edgar Bergen (as Mystery Guest) Edgar signed in as ""Edgar Bergen & Friend""
Game 1: Miss Pearl Snell - ""Plasterer, Union Member, Local 131, Dayton, Ohio"" (salaried; she is the only female plasterer union member on the North American continent; she works for Key Plastering Company, and they are currently doing a job in Florida for the Mackle Construction Company; from Fort Lauderdale, FL) Game 2: Sergeant Daniel Dragel - ""Tests Auto Drivers For Intoxication"" (salaried; he works for the Chicago Police Department; he thanked Commissioner O'Connor for allowing him to appear; from Chicago, IL) Game 3: Eve Arden (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Earl Hallman - ""Refrigerator Salesman"" (salaried; he told Betty he sold Westinghouse; from South Orange, NJ)
Game 1: Mrs. Juliet Stephan - ""Models Girdles"" (salaried; from Fort Lauderdale, FL) Game 2: Victor Jackson - ""Piano Tuner - Tunes Liberace's Piano"" (salaried; from Los Angeles, CA; see notes below) Game 3: Tony Curtis (as Mystery Guest #1) Game 4: Billy Talbert (as Mystery Guest #2) ""Captain - U.S. Davis Cup Tennis Team""
Game 1: Sam Nadler - ""Sells 'Eyeglasses' For Chickens"" (salaried; he works for the National Farm Equipment Company located at 142 Green Street, Brooklyn, NY; between 2 and 3 million of the chicken eyeglasses are sold each year; while wearing the glasses, the chicken fight less; John humorously tried on a pair of the 'fowl' glasses; from Borough Park, Brooklyn, NY) Game 2: Miss Anna Ceccacci (Dr. Anna Ceccacci) - ""Administers Anesthetic, Bellevue Hospital, N.Y."" (salaried; she is an anesthetist, delivering anesthesia to her patients at Bellevue Hospital in New York; originally from Rome, Italy; currently from New York) Game 3: Esther Williams (as Mystery Guest)
Game 1: Mrs. Nicole Germain - ""What's My Line? Panelist on Canadian TV"" (salaried; very personable; the English translation of the French title of Canada's CBC WML is ""To Each His Trade""; after her game, she took a guest panelist seat on the panel and played game 2 only, sitting on Bennett's left; from Montreal, Quebec, Canada) Game 2: Mrs. Alice Crisafulli - ""Raises Worms"" (self-employed; from Boiceville, NY) Game 3: Dennis Day (as Mystery Guest) Born Eugene Dennis McNulty, he is in his 16th year with Jack Benny. He worked with Jack from 1939 until Jack's death in 1974.
Game 1: Mrs. Perla Fenton Bárcenas (Barcenas) - ""Captain of Glass Bottom Boat"" (self-employed; from Acapulco, Mexico) Game 2: David Bennett - ""Alarm Clock Salesman"" (salaried; he sells the popular Big Ben model from Westclox; from Peru, IL) Game 3: Shelley Winters (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Mr. Jean Laparcerie - ""Head Chef at United Nations"" (salaried; he donated his winnings to the March of Dimes; from East Meadow, NY)
Game 1: Miss Patricia Finch - ""Chorus Girl (in Musical Hit 'Fanny')"" (salaried; she sings and dances; from New York, NY; see notes below) Game 2: Mrs. Ruth Whitney - ""Manages Prize Fighter"" (self-employed; John stated that she manages prize fighters, plural, but the overlay screen differed; no fighters were mentioned by name; from Binghamton, NY) Game 3: Pearl Bailey (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Miss Eunice Blackie - ""Salvation Army Captain"" (salaried; John stated that this is the 75th anniversary of the Salvation Army and asked for donations; from New York, NY)
Game 1: Mrs. Flo Peterson (Florence Peterson) - ""Pogo Stick Tester"" (salaried; from Maple Shade, NJ) Game 2: Lou Fuller (Louis Fuller) - ""Director of Smog Control for Los Angeles"" (salaried; he is a government official for the County of Los Angeles; John stated that the recent smog problem in Los Angeles is ""all cleared up now""; Fuller stated that he had heard that New York also had a similar air pollution problem being called ""smaze,"" which refers to a mixture of smoke and haze, John laughed but didn't comment; from North Hollywood, CA) Game 3: Senator John L. McClellan (as Mystery Guest)
Game 1: Arthur Berk - ""Maternity Dress Salesman"" (for Top Notch Products; salaried; from Brooklyn, NY) Game 2: Dr. F. Henry Burkhardt (Frederick Henry Burkhardt, Ph.D.) - ""President of Women's College, Bennington College, Bennington, Vermont"" (salaried; he said that a few males have been admitted to the college; he donated his winnings to Bennington College's scholarship fund; from Bennington, VT; he served as Bennington's president from 1947-1957) Game 3: Dorothy Lamour (as Mystery Guest)
Game 1: Miss Dorothy Schoech - ""Designs Bridges"" (salaried; she works for the Missouri State Highway Commission; she donated her winnings to the Cerebral Palsy Association in care of Mrs. Doris A. Baxter; from Columbia, MO) Game 2: Norman Ebinger - ""Social Director in Resort For Honeymooners"" (salaried; he works at the Honeymoon Haven Resort; from Dingmans Ferry, PA; see notes below) Game 3: Portland Hoffa (as Mystery Guest) The overlay screen read ""Mrs. Fred Allen"" Game 4: Mrs. Mabel Doerfler - ""Jail Matron"" (salaried; from Joliet, IL)
Game 1: Louis Ross (Luis Ross) - ""Bullfighter"" (self-employed; he works in Mexico and Spain; it was not stated if he was a full Matador; from Cincinnati, OH) Game 2: Walt Hollingsworth - ""Repairs Slot Machines"" (salaried; he works at The Colony Club casino in Reno, Nevada; Bennett took a cue from his location of Nevada and guessed his occupation on the free guess; from Reno, NV) Game 3: Lily Pons (as Mystery Guest) Famed French-American coloratura soprano opera star. In addition, she is Mrs. Andre Kostelanetz. Game 4: Steve Ellis - ""Hypnotist"" (self-employed; from New York, NY)
Game 1: Miss Patricia Murphy - ""Professional Toe Dancer"" (self-employed; smiling, sweet personality; she dances at the Latin Quarter with her two sisters in an act called The Murphy Sisters; from Stone Harbor, NJ) Game 2: Dr. Kirk Miller (M. Kirk Miller, M.D.) - ""Psychiatrist"" (self-employed; very tall; from Canton, OH) Game 3: Sammy Davis Jr. (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Norman Allen - ""Sells Fireworks"" (self-employed; from Ringgold, GA)
Game 1: Miss Virginia Hall - ""Hotel House Detective"" (salaried; she is an in-house private detective for The Great Northern Hotel; from New York, NY) Game 2: B. M. Bryan (Lt. General Blackshear Morrison Bryan) - ""Commanding General of U. S. Military Academy (West Point)"" (salaried; West Point is celebrating their 153rd anniversary; originally from Alexandria, LA; currently from West Point, NY) Game 3: Terry Moore (as Mystery Guest)
Game 1: Charles Hume - ""Skunk Breeder"" (self-employed; from Des Plaines, IL) Game 2: Max Fleischman - ""Sells Toothpicks"" (salaried; he works for JD Products and gave John a toothpick with John's name engraved on it; from Brooklyn, NY) Game 3: Tyrone Power (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Jack Syke - ""Rents Tuxedos"" (salaried; from Oak Park, IL)
Game 1: Miss Edle Iversen - ""Men's Barber"" (self-employed; she works at the historic Hotel Touraine, 62 Boylston Street, Boston, Massachusetts; charming Norweigian contestant, full of laughs; her first name is pronounced ED-lee; from Boston, MA) Game 2: Eugene White - ""Sells Garbage Cans"" (salaried; he sells the Red Label line of outdoor trash cans for Wheeling Corrugating Company of Wheeling, West Virginia; from Lancaster, PA) Game 3: Fred Astaire (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Miss Lillian Saul - ""Airplane Salesman"" (salaried; she works for the Cessna Aircraft Company; from Columbus, OH)
Game 1: Mrs. Amelia Adler (the panel is blindfolded and John calls her Mrs. X) - ""Lady Clown (Ringling Bros. Barnum & Bailey Circus)"" (salaried; she appears in full clown costume; the circus is currently at Madison Square Garden; John states she is also known as Mrs. Felix Adler; Felix Adler was a writer for The Three Stooges; from Richmond, VA) Game 2: Mrs. Celia Abrams - ""Counts Money (Brink's Inc.)"" (salaried; she works for Brink's Armored Car Service; from Maplewood, NJ) Game 3: Rhonda Fleming (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Ben Burley - ""Harmonica Tuner"" (self-employed; from Metuchen, NJ)
Game 1: Mrs. V. Sedlmayr (Victoria Sedlmayr, her friends call her Vic, her professional name is Victoria Zacchini) - ""Human Cannon Ball"" (self-employed; she is a member of the Flying Zacchinis; Arlene previously met her two brothers on the TV series Soldier Parade; from Tampa, FL; see notes below) Game 2: Lt. Dean Axene - ""Executive Officer of Atomic Submarine (U.S.S. Nautilus)"" (salaried; from Columbus, OH) Game 3: Barbara Ann Scott (as Mystery Guest) An overlay screen read ""Famous Ice Skating Star"" Game 4: Miss Jean Little - ""Makes False Eyelashes"" (salaried; from Westbury, NY)
Game 1: Miss Norma C. Dodd - ""Hog Buyer"" (salaried; from Washington Court House, OH) Game 2: Henry S. Toogood - ""Butler"" (salaried; from Old Lyme, CT) Game 3: Rosemary Clooney (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Mrs. Dale Strom (her professional name is Dale Messick; birth name Dalia Messick) - ""Comic Strip Artist (Creator of 'Brenda Starr')"" (salaried; left-handed; from Gary, IN)
Game 1: Jacob Foss (Joseph Jacob Foss) - ""Governor of South Dakota"" (salaried; John met Joe Foss in Las Vegas at the atomic testing site; he wore his Congressional Medal of Honor lapel pin, won for action over Guadalcanal in 1942-1943; Republican SD governor from 1955-1959) Game 2: Mrs. Margaret Oldham - ""Dresses Chorus Girls, Latin Quarter Nite Club"" (salaried; from New York, NY) Game 3: Gracie Fields (as Mystery Guest) The overlay screen read, ""British Music Hall Star"" Game 4: Harvey LeFevre - ""Sells Second Hand Locomotives"" (self-employed; from Forest Hills, NY)
Game 1: Danny Cohen - ""Sells Hot Dogs at Ebbets Field (Home of Brooklyn Dodgers)"" (salaried; he said he admires his boss Hal Stevens or Stephens; Bennett mentiones that hotdogs cost 25 cents each; from Brooklyn, NY) Game 2: Mrs. Zarine Austin - ""Makes Dice"" (salaried; she works for the Portland Card Company; from Portland, OR) Game 3: Hildegarde (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Miss/Dr. Catherine Hand (Catherine Hand, MD) - ""Foot Doctor (Chiropodist)"" (self-employed; we are told that National Foot Week begins on Friday; from Palmyra, PA; see notes below)
Game 1: Mr. Masakazu Kobayashi - ""Manufactures Ladies' Stockings"" (self-employed; he is one of 20,000 foreign Rotarians visiting America and will attend an event in Chicago on Sunday, May 29, 1955 to celebrate the 50th 'golden' anniversary of the Rotary Club; his stockings are made of nylon, not silk; from Tokyo, Japan) Game 2: Milton Gschwind - ""Builds Jail Cells"" (salaried; the G in his surname is silent; from Petersburg, KY) Game 3: Marge Champion & Gower Champion (as Mystery Guest Duo) Game 4: Miss Marlene Gornall - ""Demonstrates Reducing Exercises on Television"" (salaried; brunette; John never mentioned the name of her program or the call letters of the station it airs on; from Pittsburgh, PA)
Game 1: Col. William Draper - ""Presidential Pilot (Flies President Eisenhower's Plane 'The Columbine')"" (salaried; he said that Dwight D. Eisenhower is a good passenger; the airplane is a propeller craft; the bird's name is actually ""The Columbine II""; from Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio) Game 2: Mrs. Grace Brice - ""Owns Pickle Factory"" (self-employed; John never mentions the name of her company; from Sherman, Texas) Game 3: Van Johnson (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Mrs. Ramona Deitemeyer - shown ""Housewife, Mrs. America, 1955"" but should have shown ""Housewife, Mrs. America, 1956"" (John said she is salaried, when in reality she is unemployed; she had to correct John regarding the year of her pageant title; she has five children; whatever contest Ramona won has no relation to the PAX Channel Mrs. America Pageant which began in 1977; from Lincoln, Nebraska)
Game 1: Ed Fritz - ""U. S. Customs Inspector (Checked Dorothy Kilgallen's Luggage 2 Days Ago)"" (salaried; he checked Dorothy's suitcases upon her return from her vacation in Paris, France; from Hollis, Long Island, NY) Game 2: Elliott Wisbrod - ""Makes and Tests Bullet Proof Vests"" (self-employed; he has an involuntary tic which causes him to frequently turn his head to the left; from Alameda, California) Game 3: The McGuire Sisters (as Mystery Guest Trio) Game 4: Jack Conroy (aka John Conroy) - ""Builds Swimming Pools"" (self-employed; he is also a National Guard Flyer, and John said he flew an F86 Sabre Jet from Los Angeles to New York, and back again to Los Angeles for breakfast, lunch and dinner; from Los Angeles, California)
Game 1: Mrs. Elizabeth Rowens - ""Attendant in Public Bath (City of Baltimore)"" (salaried; she works for the city's free public bath; from Baltimore, Maryland) Game 2: William Gourlay - ""Drives Patrol Wagon (N.Y.C. Police Dept.)"" (salaried; he is a civil servant employee who drives a paddy wagon for the New York City Police Department; from Brooklyn, New York) Game 3: Conrad Hilton (as Mystery Guest) - The overlay screen read ""Famous Hotel Owner"" Game 4: Alex Tansman - ""Makes Davy Crockett Hats"" (self-employed; he wrote his name on the board so small that John and Bennett humorously tried to decipher what he had written; there were only 90 seconds for his game; he donated his winnings to the Heart Fund; from New York, NY; see notes below)
Game 1: Mrs. Ella Carver (Ella ""Grandma"" Carver) - ""High Diver - Dives 90 Ft. Into Flaming Pool"" (self-employed; sweet personality; hard of hearing; elderly; when she dives 90 feet off the tower and into the tank, her body is also on fire; she works at what sounded like Jack Smead's Supermarket or maybe Jack's Meat Supermarket; from Jacksonville, Florida, although she is not a Florida native; John did not state this, but she is also professionally known as Grandma Carver; several net references; see notes below) Game 2: Bernard Spindel (Bernie Spindel) - ""Professional Wire Tapper"" (self-employed; Bernie signed in with his initials of ""B.B.S."" for Bernard Bates Spindel to fool the panel; John called him Mr. S; from New York, NY) Game 3: Tom Ewell (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Owen Deane - ""Makes Prams (Baby Carriages)"" (self-employed; he is in America to attend the golden anniversary convention of the Rotary Club; from London, England)
Game 1: Jack Adam - ""Runs Alligator Farm"" (self-employed; on next week's episode, it is clarified that he raises rather small footlong alligators to be used as household pets; from Mesa, Arizona) Game 2: Mrs. Carolyn Weinberg - ""Models Maternity Clothes"" (salaried; she is not ""in a family way,"" to use 1950s verbiage; from Los Angeles, California) Game 3: Arnold Stang (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: William Gunn - ""Makes Guns"" (salaried; he is a superintendent at the Smith & Wesson gun factory; from Suffield, Connecticut)
Game 1: Mr. Mearl Trantham - ""Parole Officer at San Quentin"" (salaried; his office is inside the prison; from San Francisco, CA) Game 2: Miss Dorothy Miller - ""Burns Money (Federal Reserve Bank)"" (salaried; she is employed at the Detroit branch of the Federal Reserve Bank; from Detroit, MI) Game 3: Jose Ferrer (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Earlier today she was Miss Joan Carpenter, her sign in name, but now is Mrs. Joan Alimanestianu - ""Mambo Instructor"" (salaried; she works at the Fred Astaire Dance Studio; she got married today, but that didn't stop her from appearing on WML!; from New York, NY)
Game 1: Curt King - ""Professional Flagpole Sitter"" (self-employed; John announces that he is the first person to use the new ""write-in board""; from Elkhart, IN) Game 2: Miss Judith Sherwin - ""Sells False Teeth"" (salaried; from Ferndale, MI) Game 3: Audie Murphy (as Mystery Guest) The overlay screen read ""Movie Star and Most Decorated U. S. Soldier"" Game 4: Miss Edith Wu - ""Stockbroker"" (salaried; Chinese-American; she works for the securities house of Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Beane stock brokerage, John made up the remaining company names he announced; from Chicago, IL)
Game 1: Dudley Woodman - ""Mayor of Stratford-on-Avon, England"" (salaried; he is in America because The Theatre Guild is opening a Shakespearean center in the United States with the help of founder and Administrative Director Lawrence Langner; from Stratford-on-Avon, in the county of Warwickshire, England) Game 2: Master Sergeant Steve Mozeleski - ""Tests Army Shoes"" (salaried; he tests new military shoes and boots by walking on a track for a month or two; from Scranton, PA) Game 3: Sheree North (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Jack B. Corn - ""Professional Rain Maker"" (self-employed; he seeds clouds with silver iodide; he is also a pilot, but does not pilot the plane while seeding the clouds; from Ft. Worth, TX)
Game 1: G. W. (Walt) Fisher - ""Justice of the Peace (Married the Clark Gables This Week)"" (salaried; he married Clark Gable and his new wife, Kathleen (Kay) Williams Spreckles; he said they simply rang the doorbell, nothing was planned in advance; from Minden, NV) Game 2: Mrs. Eva Shular - ""Operates Pool Room"" (self-employed; she runs a pool hall in Chesley, Ontario, Canada) Game 3: Fred Allen (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Simon Guillemot - ""Sailor (From French Battleship 'Jean Bart')"" (salaried; he is the head waiter on this French ship which came into port a couple of days ago; from the Brittany section of France) Game 5: George Ito - ""Professional Fire Eater"" (salaried; John allotted 1 minute and 15 seconds for his game; he performs in ""The Arabian Nights"" show at Jones Beach Amphitheater, also sometimes incorrectly spelled as Jones Beach Amphitheatre; from New York, NY)
Game 1: Miss Lee Chona LaClaire - ""Professional Wrestler"" (salaried; she had an accent, and didn't appear to understand English very well, but we were never told her nationality; this is her professional name, and a Google search brings up two vintage wrestling photos; from Huntington, WV) Game 2: Mrs. Lorraine Straka - ""Motorcycle Cop"" (salaried; she rides a three-wheel motorcycle and gives out parking tickets; if she needs to make an arrest, she uses her 2-way radio to call for help; from Cicero, IL) Game 3: Robert Q. Lewis (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Mrs. Pat Branton - ""Tests Seasick Pills"" (salaried; she works for Charles Pfizer & Company and tests their Bonamine motion sickness pills for weight properties and other chemical characteristics; Arlene stated that this brand was an improvement over Dramamine; from Brooklyn, NY)
Game 1: The Cuban consul in NYC Game 2: A female process server Game 3: Ty Cobb (as Mystery Guest) Baseball Legend
Game 1: Miss Jane Iden - ""Sets Pins in Bowling Alley"" (salaried; from Hollywood, CA) Game 2: Jimmie Mitchell - ""Trains Elephants"" (salaried; from Pomona, CA; this is not actually his real full name, see notes below) Game 3: Burl Ives (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Mr. Colin Bloor - ""Paints White Lines on Highways"" (salaried; he is a student and this is his summer occupation; he works for Erie County, Ohio; very sweet personality; he donated his winnings to the Heart Fund; from Sandusky, OH)
Game 1: Lt. Al Fowler (Alfred Fowler) - ""Hurricane Hunter (U.S. Navy Flier)"" (salaried; he flies a Lockheed Neptune patrol surveillance airplane; he recently flew into Hurricane Connie and described it as ""very turbulent, very hot, very uncomfortable"" but said that the eye of the hurricane is about 30 miles in diameter and the air is ""relatively still"" at about 20 mph; from Waterloo, IA) Game 2: Miss Phyllis Raber & Miss Anne Lindsay - ""Run Dog Washing Service"" (self-employed; they are students and this is primarily their summer occupation; the name of their business is The Dog Washing Service and they charge from 75 cents to $1.25 depending on the size of the pooch; it was not explained why Phyllis was wearing dark sunglasses; from Freeport, Long Island, NY) Game 3: Paul Muni (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Howard Buehler - ""Pilots Ships Thru Panama Canal"" (salaried; from The Canal Zone, Panama; see notes below)
Game 1: Rod Morris - ""Teaches Gambling (Runs School For Croupiers)"" (self-employed; from Las Vegas, NV) Game 2: Bill Parker (William H. Parker) - ""Chief of Police, Los Angeles, California"" (salaried; he is also the technical director for the 1951-1959 police TV series Dragnet; he donated his winnings to the Los Angeles Fire and Police Pension Fund; from Hollywood, CA) Game 3: Audrey Meadows (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Miss Joan Armstrong - ""Life Guard"" (salaried; she is a student and this is her summer occupation; from Harrison, NY)
Game 1: Lilly Dach (as Mystery Guest #1 and the panel was blindfolded) - ""Ladies Hat Designer"" (self-employed; see notes below) Game 2: Harold Sander & Art Asquith - ""Garbage Collectors, Allegheny State Park, NY"" (salaried; they are college students and this is their summer job; one attends Ithaca College and the other attends Wayne University; they also credited their driver Len Osgood; both are from Little Valley, NY; see notes below to read the lyrics of the song they sang as their farewell) Game 3: Peggy King (as Mystery Guest #2) The occupation overlay screen read, ""George Gobel's Girl"" - see notes below Game 4: Sal Salanto - ""Penguin Keeper, Bronx Zoo, N.Y."" (salaried; from New York, NY)
Game 1: James P. Mitchell (as Mystery Guest #1) - ""Secretary of Labor of the United States"" (salaried; he states that 65.5 million Americans are employed; he is on the Board of Directors of the American Red Cross and mentioned that the Emergency Flood Relief Drive had exceeded their goal of 10 million dollars and had received 11 million dollars in donations) Game 2: Miss Rose Kouzoutzakis - ""Sells Dynamite"" (self-employed; from Athens, Greece) Game 3: Jean-Pierre Aumont (as Mystery Guest #2) Game 4: Miss Vani Maris - ""Snake Hunter"" (self-employed; she works in Chihuahua, Mexico; Dorothy Kilgallen shuddered at the thought of snakes when her line was revealed; from Acapulco, Guerrero, Mexico)
Game 1: Miss Margaret Devereaux - ""Nurse"" (salaried; John stated that she is ""Miss Michigan 1956""; from Howell, MI) Game 2: Mrs. Mary Civello - ""Makes Horse Blankets"" (salaried; from Bellerose, Long Island, NY) Game 3: Joe E. Lewis (as Mystery Guest) He signed in as ""Joe E. COPA Lewis"" Game 4: Mr. Lee Stath - ""Man On The Flying Trapeze"" (self-employed; he joked that he didn't have enough money for a haircut; from Texas, his hometown was not named)
Game 1: Major A. N. Richie - ""Buckingham Palace Guard"" (salaried; the panel was blindfolded since he was in full uniform complete with his tall bear hat; he is a member of the Scots Guards Guard Order; from London, England) Game 2: Robert DeNoyelles - ""Sells Candy For Dogs"" (salaried; from New York, NY) Game 3: Joe Di Maggio (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Mrs. Celia Plaut - ""Hatcheck Girl"" (salaried; elderly; John states that she works at - what sounded like - ""The Cafe Glenshee"" in NYC; she had been mentioned in Dorothy's newspaper column this week, but no details were given as to why Dorothy didn't recognize her name; from New York, NY)
Lost to History - No Existing Kinescope Game 1: A little old grandma who drives a Greyhound bus Game 2: Jackie Gleason posing as ""Bus Driver Ralph Kramden"" from his television series (as Mystery Guest #1) Game 3: Douglas Fairbanks Jr. (as Mystery Guest #2)
Game 1: Raymond Fadden - ""Operates Scoreboard at Ebbets Field"" (salaried; this is the former home of the Brooklyn Dodgers, which later became the Los Angeles Dodgers; this guest is very quiet and reserved, which is remarked upon; this is the 6th World Series he has personally worked; from New York, NY) Game 2: Victor G. Perry - ""Professional Pickpocket (Night Club Act)"" (self-employed; from London, England; he tells a story and in the process, plugs Arpege Perfume; see notes below) Game 3: Lucille Ball & Desi Arnaz (as Mystery Guest Duo) They take turns signing in as ""Lucy + Desi""
Game 1: Lt. Ed Lyon - ""U.S. Army Nurse, Only Man in the Nurse Corps to be Commissioned"" (salaried; it was unusual, but the last 3 words in his occupation overlay screen were hand written!; John said he was an anesthetist; he said he was 6 feet 5.5 inches tall; from Kings Park, NY) Game 2: Mrs. Nancy Sheppard - ""Trick Rider in Rodeos"" (salaried; she is currently performing at Madison Square Gardens; from Globe, AZ) Game 3: Hal March (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Edward Hemphill - ""Makes Sleep Masks"" (self-employed; after his game, John had the men panelists hold up their masks, and stated that they were made by Hemphill; elderly; from San Francisco, CA; see notes below)
Game 1: Captain J. L. Goldberg (Joshua Goldberg) - ""U.S. Navy Chaplain"" (salaried; John said he was a naval champion too; Goldberg said that he represents the Layman's National Committee that sponsors Bible Week which begins tomorrow; he spoke their motto - ""Make the bible known. Make it your own.""; from New York, NY) Game 2: Alfred Maschino - ""Plays Rear End of Horse (in Vaudeville)"" (self-employed; from Sarasota, Florida) Game 3: Jimmy Dorsey & Tommy Dorsey (as Mystery Guest Duo) The overlay screen read ""The Dorsey Brothers"" Game 4: Ludwig Maschino - ""Plays Front End of Horse (in Vaudeville)"" (this game was truncated in the first few seconds; the guest did not sign in and no occupation overlay screen was shown; John walked over to the board and stated that he was introducing Mr. Maschino, ""the other part of the horse""; John did not state the relation between the two men, who may have been brothers or possibly cousins; while back sitting at his desk, John stated the guest's full
Game 1: Herman Wouk (as Mystery Guest #1 and the panel was blindfolded) - There were two overlay screens: ""Herman Wouk, Author of Marjorie Morningstar and The Caine Mutiny"" and then while seated, ""Author"" (self-employed; after his game we learn that Wouk previously worked for Fred Allen for 5 years, writing plots for sketches) Game 2: Miss Charlotte Whitton - ""Mayor of Ottawa (Capital of Canada)"" (salaried; Her Worship Whitton is the first woman to hold this position, and she is in her third term; she has a charming sense of humor; from Ottawa, Ontario, Canada) Game 3: Van Heflin (as Mystery Guest #2) Game 4: Mrs. Relly Weinreb - ""Wig Designer"" (self-employed; John does not ask her if ""Relly"" is a nickname; she speaks with a Hungarian accent; originally from Hungry, currently from Brooklyn, NY)
Game 1: Florence Chadwick - ""Florence Chadwick, Famous Channel Swimmer"" (self-employed; she does not sign in, John simply calls her Miss X, she wore glasses in an attempt to disguise herself from the panel; she set a new swimming record, 13 hours and 55 minutes to swim the English Channel from England to France) Game 2: Mrs. Darlene Sellek - ""Trains Chimpanzees"" (self-employed; sweet personality; from Aurora, IL) Game 3: Jean Simmons (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Edward Cairns - ""Makes Firemen's Hats"" (self-employed; he states his height is 6'4""; he presents John with what he calls a ""little token,"" a miniature fireman's hat with a shield that reads ""What's My Line?, Chief John Daly""; from Upper Montclair, NJ)
Game 1: Miss Lila Elson - ""John Daly's Secretary"" (salaried; from New York, NY) Game 2: Maj. Arthur Murray - Rocket Plane Test Pilot, U. S. Air Force)"" (salaried; the previous year, on August 26, 1954, after 13 tries, Major Arthur Murray, USAF, piloted the Bell X-1A research airplane, launched from a B-29, to a record altitude of 90,440 ft. or 17 miles, the highest so far attained by man in this new world's record; he also piloted the first powered flight of the Bell X-1B in October 1954; from Harrisburg, PA) Game 3: Harry Belafonte (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Mr. Kirpal Singh - ""Marine Engineer (Civilian Employee, U. S. Navy)"" (salaried; he signed his signature both in his native Indian Urdu language and in English; he wore a turban; John stated that his photo had appeared in Life magazine in connection with Hartmann Luggage; originally from India, currently from Brooklyn, NY; see more notes below)
Game 1: Mr. Thor Thors - ""Ambassador to United States From Iceland"" (salaried; he is also a United Nations ambassador; originally from Iceland; currently from Washington, D.C.; Dorothy guessed his line) Game 2: Miss Betsy Sherman - ""Bill Collector"" (salaried; she works for National Credit Exchange in her hometown of Los Angeles, CA; she stumped the panel) Game 3: Phil Silvers (as Mystery Guest) He signed in as ""Sgt. Bilko"" He was guessed by the entire panel in unison, and then was quite chatty after his game.
Game 1: Richard Kollmar (as Mystery Guest #1 and the panel is blindfolded) - He had two overlay screens which read: ""Dick Kollmar (Dorothy Kilgallen's Husband)"" and ""Broadway Producer, Plain and Fancy"" (self-employed) Game 2: George Petty (He did not sign in to avoid name recognition, he was called Mr. X) - ""Artist George Petty (Creator of the Famous Petty Girl)"" (self-employed; this pin-up creation was an American icon that lasted from 1933 to 1956; he told John he was currently working on Esquire magazine's calendar; from Scottsdale, AZ) Game 3: Garry Moore (as Mystery Guest #2)
Game 1: Edmund Baughman - ""Chief of U.S. Secret Service"" (salaried; next week, he will be featured in Look magazine with both his picture and story, because he is one of ten people who have won the first annual Career Service Award which is being given by the Civil Service League; from Philadelphia, PA) Game 2: Mike Bizic (probably Michael Bizic) - ""Dog Catcher"" (salaried; he showed his many credentials on television; from Sewickley, PA) Game 3: Jack Palance (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Mrs. Louise Engelke - ""Makes Santa Claus Beards & Moustaches"" (salaried; from Astoria, Long Island, NY)
Game 1: George Axelrod (as Mystery Guest #1 and the panel was blindfolded) The two overlay screens read ""George Axelrod, Author of 'The Seven Year Itch' and 'Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter'"" and ""Playwright"" (self-employed; from New York, NY) Game 2: Miss Jeanne McLemore - ""Licensed Wrestling Promoter"" (salaried; she has been employed by her dad since 1951, and he is now unfortunately ill; from Dallas, TX) Game 3: Vivian Blaine (as Mystery Guest #2) Game 4: Don Sipp (probably Donald Sipp) - ""Girdle Salesman"" (salaried; he works for the Jansen Company; from Pasadena, CA)
Game 1: Jack Straus & Bernard F. Gimbel - ""Head of Macy's Department Store"" & ""Head of Gimbel's (The Competition)"" (as Mystery Guest Duo, and the panel is blindfolded; both are salaried) Game 2: R. C. Harrington (Russell Chase Harrington) - ""The Commissioner of Internal Revenue (Head of U.S. Income Tax Department)"" (salaried; John said he was sworn in on December 5, 1955, replacing T. Coleman Andrews; from Providence, Rhode Island) Game 3: Martha Raye (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Manuel Guara - ""World's Champion Jai Alai Player"" (self-employed; he plays his sport in Miami, Florida; he donated his winnings to the National Children's Cardiac Hospital in Miami, FL; originally from Valencia, Spain)
Game 1: Miss Catherine Farrell - ""Makes Kilts"" (self-employed; she makes them for both men and women; originally from Scotland, currently from New York) Game 2: Lt. Kevin Hanlon, chief Malone Jones, electrician's mate Jack Roberts, engineman Philip Thompson and engineman Charles Annabel (Lieutenant K. Hanlon signed in for the crew as ""Kevin Hanlon & Friends"") - ""The Entire Crew of U.S. Submarine X-1"" (salaried; the USS X-1 midget experimental submarine is a 49-feet 7-inch craft that was launched on September 7, 1955 at Oyster Bay, NY; all men are from Washington, D.C.) Game 3: Margaret Sullavan (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Richard Herdick - ""Hippopotamus Keeper"" (salaried; he works at the Zoological Gardens; from New York, NY)
Game 1: Lt. and Mrs. Vernon Post & Lt. and Mrs. David Baxendale - ""Salvation Army Band"" (as Mystery Guest Quartet, and the panel is blindfolded; salaried; after their game, they stand and play the classic holiday song ""Hark! The Herald Angels Sing"" on their 4 brass instruments) Game 2: Miss Sylvette de Aldrey - ""What's My Line? Panelist in Puerto Rico"" (salaried; from San Juan, Puerto Rico; in her country, the panel show is called ""Dodge Game"" and is the top TV show; after her game, she joins the panel when Arlene invites her to do so, and plays the mystery guest round) Game 3: Peter Lind Hayes & Mary Healy (as Mystery Guest Duo) (Peter Lind Hayes appears with a prop knife through his head.) Game 4: Johnny Marks - ""Songwriter, Wrote 'Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer'"" (self-employed; it wasn't mentioned, but he wrote the words and music to the famous song in 1949, by adapting a verse written in 1939 by his brother-in-law, Robert L. May, for a Montgomery Ward department store promot
Game 1: Mark Goodson & Bill Todman - (as Mystery Guest Duo, and the panel is blindfolded) Two overlay screens read; ""Television Producers Goodson and Todman"" and ""Creators and Producers of What's My Line"" (self-employed; the second overlay screen omitted the question mark after WML) Game 2: Miss Agnes Von Rosen - ""Bullfighter"" (self-employed; she began this occupation two years ago and suffered a concussion; she stated she was divorced; from Stockholm, Sweden) Game 3: Jackie Cooper (as Mystery Guest)
Game 1: Miss Patty Berg (to avoid name recognition, she does not sign in) - ""Professional Golf Champion Patty Berg"" (self-employed; she was awarded the ""Associated Press Woman Athlete of the Year"" for 1955 as voted by sports writers and broadcasters; John mentions that she won this honor 3 times - 1938, 1943 & 1955; she also travels nationwide, putting on golfing clinics and exhibitions for Wilson Sporting Goods) Game 2: Mrs. Marie D'Elia - ""Master Sergeant U.S. Army Military Police"" (salaried; she works at Fort Dix, New Jersey; from West Chester, Pennsylvania) Game 3: Gary Crosby (as Mystery Guest) (He is the son of Bing Crosby and Dixie Lee. He died of lung cancer in 1995 at age 62.)
Game 1: Mrs. Sue Ford - ""Makes Pizza Pies In Italian Restaurant"" (salaried; shy; she signed her signature in Japanese characters only; she has been in America for two years and works at Ciro's Pizza in Mt. Kisco, NY; originally from Japan) Game 2: Lloyd G. Farrar - ""Counts Whales (For U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service)"" (salaried; he discusses the California Grey Whale which he said had been almost extinct but now numbers 5000; from San Diego, California) Game 3: Edward G. Robinson (as Mystery Guest) (He smokes a cigar.) Game 4: Mrs. Cara Joslyn - ""Paper Hanger"" (self-employed; John tells us that she is ""86 years young""; from Sioux Falls, South Dakota)
Game 1: Mr. M. A. Palmaro - ""Consul General From Monaco"" (salaried; he hopes to kiss the bride, Grace Kelly, at her upcoming April 19, 1956 wedding to Prince Rainier; his first name was never announced; currently from New York, NY) Game 2: Mrs. Max Allen McKay - ""Jailer"" (salaried; elderly but with a regal presence; she has been the jailer at Bardstown Jail since 1950 when she succeeded her husband; from Bardstown, Kentucky) Game 3: Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. (as Mystery Guest)
Game 1: Walter Brent - ""Boxes Kangaroo (Vaudeville Act)"" (self-employed; from Chicago, IL) Game 2: Robert Kloepper, Ph.D. - ""Tests Atom Bombs"" (salaried; he works for UCLA, and they have a contract with the Atomic Energy Commission; John said that Robert told him that he and his wife never miss an episode of WML; from Lawrence, KS) Game 3: Victor Borge (as Mystery Guest) He signs in as ""Victor Borga"" then changes the ""a"" to an ""e"" to read ""Victor Borge""
Game 1: Randolph Churchill (as Mystery Guest #1) - ""British Foreign Correspondent (Here For IKE - EDEN Meetings)"" (self-employed; he smokes a cigarette during the game; from England) Game 2: Floyd Carlson - ""Helicopter Pilot (Will Fly Desi & Lucy to Jamestown, NY Tomorrow)"" (salaried; he is a test pilot for Bell Aircraft; John Daly said that he was the third man in the United States to obtain his helicopter license; from Richland Hills, TX) Game 3: Kim Novak (as Mystery Guest #2) She signs the board left-handed.
Game 1: Jules Montenier (as Mystery Guest #1) - His two overlay screens read: ""Dr. Jules Montenier, Creator & Manufacturer of Stopette"" and ""Our Sponsor (For Past Six Years)"" (self-employed; in a thick French accent, he said that he loves the show and watches it each Sunday; see notes below) Game 2: John Anderson - ""Captain of S.S. United States (World's Fastest Ocean Liner)"" (salaried; John W. Anderson holds the rank of Commodore in the United States Lines; from Bergenfield, New Jersey; see notes below) Game 3: Jayne Mansfield (as Mystery Guest #2)
Game 1: Mark Wayne Clark (as Mystery Guest #1) - His two overlay screens read: ""General Mark Clark"" and ""College President, The Citadel, Charleston, South Carolina"" (salaried; he is the national campaign chairman for the Heart Foundation for the third year in a row; his wife, Maurine Doran Clark, recently wrote a book titled ""Captain's Bride, General's Lady: The Memoirs of Mrs. Mark W. Clark"" which is being serially published in Woman's Home Companion magazine) Game 2: Miss Dorothy McMahon - ""Owns and Operates Steam Bath For Men"" (self-employed; from Portland, Oregon) Game 3: Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein II (as Mystery Guest Duo)
Game 1: Miss Denise Fischer - ""Brewery Guide"" (salaried; she works at Pabst Brewing Company in Milwaukee, Wisconsin; she was runner-up in the Miss Wisconsin pageant; she is currently in another contest being run by TV station WXIX; from Waukesha, Wisconsin) Game 2: Boyd Perrigo - ""Buffalo Hunter for State Park Commission"" (salaried; he thins buffalo herds for conservation purposes; he is the expert marksman on the new 1956 movie coming out called ""The Last Hunt"" starring Robert Taylor, Stewart Granger and Lloyd Nolan; from Hermosa, South Dakota) Game 3: Robert Taylor (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Mr. A. G. Blaser (Albert Blaser) - ""Headwaiter at Maxim's Restaurant in Paris, France"" (salaried; world-travellers Dorothy and Bennett disqualify themselves a few questions into the round; from Paris, France)
Game 1: Mrs. Martica Hartley - ""Conducts Tours Under Water"" (self-employed; she works with her husband as an underwater tour guide; she works in a diving helmet and a swimsuit; she mentions that she walks on the ocean floor; she is of British heritage from Bermuda) Game 2: William Neely - ""Tattoo Artist"" (self-employed; from Denver, Colorado) Game 3: Betty Hutton (as Mystery Guest) She mentions she is ""Mother of the Year"" for the ""City of Hope"" leukemia research for children.
Game 1: Emmett Kelly (as Mystery Guest #1 and the panel is blindfolded) - ""Clown"" (salaried; he appears in his full ""sad clown"" costume; there is no post-game conversation since he is not allowed to speak in costume, as Arlene explains) Game 2: Mrs. Helen Moore - ""Mud Bath Attendant"" (salaried; she works at the Moore Mud Bath Hotel where she tends to the needs of female customers; from Waukesha, WI) Game 3: Dinah Shore (as Mystery Guest #2) Her segment is missing from the kinescope and is lost to history. See additional notes below. Game 4: Mrs. Selma Gitelman - ""Truant Officer"" (salaried; from Merrick, Long Island, NY)
Game 1: Jacques Plante - ""Professional Ice Hockey Player (Goalie For Montreal 'Canadiens')"" (salaried; he is a NHL goalie for the Montreal Canadiens ice hockey team; he won the prestigious Vezina Trophy which is an annual award given to the goalkeeper judged to be the best at this position as voted by the general managers of all NHL clubs; from Montreal, Canada) Game 2: Mrs. Jules Lederer (Ann Landers) (as Mystery Guest #1, she signed in under her husband's name to avoid name recognition of her pen name of Ann Landers, and the panel was not blindfolded) - ""Writes Advice To Lovelorn Column"" (salaried; she writes an advice column for the Chicago Sun Times; she donated her winnings to the Heart Fund in memory of Fred Allen; strangely, her pen name of Ann Landers was never mentioned once; currently from Chicago, IL; originally from Sioux City, Iowa) Game 3: Cyd Charisse (as Mystery Guest #2) Cyd also donated her winnings to the Heart Fund. Game 4: Miss Toshiko Akiyoshi - ""Jazz Pianis
Game 1: Mr. Ford Frick (as Mystery Guest #1 and the panel is blindfolded) - ""Commissioner of Baseball"" (salaried) Game 2: Philip Harben - ""Demonstrates Cooking on British Television"" (salaried; his show airs mainly on the BBC; he has been a guest on the U.K. WML and has written 10 books; from London, England) Game 3: Linda Darnell (as Mystery Guest #2) Game 4: George Aston - ""Breeds Goldfish"" (self-employed; he breeds 10 to 12 million goldfish annually; from Canada)
Game 1: Bill Cullen, Jayne Meadows, Henry Morgan & Faye Emerson (as Mystery Guest Team) - ""Panel of I've Got A Secret"") Game 2: Ben Frick - ""Octopus Fisherman"" (self-employed; no relation to last week's Ford Frick; from Dungeness Bay, Sequim, Washington) Game 3: Imogene Coca (as Mystery Guest)
Game 1: Karl E. Rissland - ""Official Racetrack Bugler"" (salaried; he works for all the horse racetracks in the NY area, including Jamaica, NY; he has been horse race bugling for 16 years; he is an expert trumpeter, and has also held the First Trumpet Chair for the New York Symphony Orchestra, the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra and the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra; from Greenfield Center, NY; in a 1996 reprint from the International Trumpet Guild Journal, we learn that Karl Rissland held the First Trumpet Chair Section with the San Francisco Symphony from 1929 to 1930 - he is listed as K. Rissman) Game 2: Edwin T. Bale - ""Trains Tigers (Ringling Brothers Circus)"" (salaried; the circus is in town at Madison Square Garden; he goes in the ring with 11 tigers; from Denmark) Game 3: Ray Bolger (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Miss Jeanne Streit - ""United Nations Interpreter"" (salaried; she has been with the U.N. for 9 years; she was born abroad; from New York, NY)
Game 1: Fontana (Micol Fontana) (as Mystery Guest #1 and the panel is blindfolded) - ""Italian Dress Designer (Designed Margaret Truman's Wedding Dress)"" (self-employed; see notes below) Game 2: Wilfred Denno (to avoid name recognition, John told Wilfred L. Denno not to sign in) - ""Warden of Sing Sing Prison"" (salaried; he donated his winnings to the ""school building program"" at St. Anne's Catholic Church in Ossining, NY, in care of Father Marino) Game 3: Eddie Fisher & Debbie Reynolds (as Mystery Guest Duo) They signed in as ""Debbie Reynolds and friend"" Game 4: T. F. Flock (Tim Flock aka Julius Timothy Flock - although he signed in as ""T. F. Flock"" ) - ""Champion Stock Car Race Driver"" (self-employed; NASCAR Champion, although the term NASCAR was never used tonight; Tim's next race is this coming Sunday outside of Langhorne, PA; from Atlanta, GA)
Game 1: Chester Gould (John told Chet Gould not to sign in) - ""Chester Gould - Creator of 'Dick Tracy'"" (salaried; his overlay screen included a drawing of Dick Tracy's profile; from Woodstock, IL) Game 2: Miss Nola Rognley - ""Exercises Race Horses at Pimlico Racetrack"" (salaried; she gave John a written invitation to the Preakness Race on May 19, 1956; from Baltimore, MD) Game 3: Hedda Hopper (as Mystery Guest #2) Game 4: Anne Marie Hollier - ""2nd Lieutenant in French Air Force"" (salaried; she is in America as a guest of the 3,500th U.S. Air Force recruiting wing to learn American recruiting and training methods; from Paris, France)
Game 1: Marguerite Higgins (as Mystery Guest #1 and the panel is blindfolded) - ""Foreign Correspondent"" (salaried; she recently appeared on ""Meet the Press"") Game 2: Miss Grace Kelley - ""Issues Marriage Licenses"" (salaried; John jokes about her similarity in name to the actress Grace Kelly; from Detroit, MI) Game 3: Edgar Bergen (as Mystery Guest #2)
Game 1: William O. Douglas (as Mystery Guest #1) - ""Justice of United States Supreme Court"" (Bennett mentions that Justice William Douglas has written many books) Game 2: Robert Bregenzer - ""Designs Girdles"" (salaried; he formerly designed dresses for 3 years; from Chicago, IL) Game 3: Mary Healy (as Mystery Guest #2) ""Mrs. Peter Lind Hayes, Mary Healy"" Game 4: Ted Greves (Theodore Greves) - ""Private Detective"" (self-employed; he mentions that he weighs 455 lbs.; from Battle Creek, MI)
Game 1: Miss Julia Hamblet (Colonel Julia E. Hamblet) - ""Commandant of Women's Marine Corps"" (salaried; she donated her winnings to the Navy relief fund in honor of Armed Services Week; she held her post from May 1, 1953 to March 1, 1959; from Winchester, MA) Game 2: Miss/Dr. Gloria Alessio (Gloria Alessio, DDS) - ""Dentist"" (self-employed; from Berwyn, IL) Game 3: Peter Lawford (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Charles Di Giovanni & Ed Carr - ""Batboys of Brooklyn Dodgers & New York Yankees"" (salaried)
Game 1: John Anderson - ""Skunk Breeder"" (self-employed; from Forestburg, TX) Game 2: Lee Quinn & Mary Ann Quinn - ""Steeplejacks"" (self-employed; husband and wife; from Los Gatos, CA) Game 3: Art Linkletter (as Mystery Guest) He drew a ""smiley face"" as the dot over the i.
Game 1: Nat Ladenson - ""London Taxi Cab Driver"" (self-employed; from London, England) Game 2: Miss/Dr. Carolyn Taylor (Captain Carolyn Taylor, MD) - ""U.S. Army Doctor"" (salaried; her patients are male; from Portland, OR) Game 3: Ozzie Nelson & Harriet Nelson (as Mystery Guest Duo) Game 4: Peter Andretti - ""Operates Roller Coaster at Coney Island"" (salaried; from Brooklyn, NY)
Game 1: Frank Lloyd Wright (as Mystery Guest #1 and the panel is blindfolded) ""World Famous Architect"" (self-employed; almost age 89; he carries a cane and is hard of hearing; the entire panel stood up out of respect for this famed American architect who displayed his wit tonight) Game 2: Mrs. Jane Scarff - ""Hog Buyer"" (salaried; from New Carlisle, Ohio) Game 3: Liberace (as Mystery Guest #2) His signature included a lovely drawing of a grand piano complete with his trademark candelabra on top.
Game 1: Charles Atlas (as Mystery Guest #1 but the panel was not blindfolded; he signed in as Mr. X to avoid name recognition ) - ""Charles Atlas, Famous Muscle Builder"" (self-employed; see notes below) Game 2: Miss Anne Carruthers - ""Makes Wigs"" (salaried; she works for Mr. Wright at Warner Brothers; from Woodland Hills, CA) Game 3: Jane Powell (as Mystery Guest #2) Game 4: Miss Sara Detwiler - She was given two overlay screens: ""Dives 45 Feet Into Tank..."" and ""On Horseback! (Steel Pier, Atlantic City, NJ)"" (salaried; she dived into about 10 feet of water; the panel was very intrigued by her occupation and John said he wanted to see the show; from Apopka, FL) What's My Line? loved the Steel Pier diving horses featured in Atlantic City, New Jersey, and featured this occupation 4 times: EPISODE #314 on June 10, 1956; EPISODE #451 on February 8, 1959; EPISODE #577 on August 20, 1961; and EPISODE #822 on July 17, 1966. See photos at this web site dedicated to the diving horses! STE
Game 1: Arthur Murray (as Mystery Guest #1) - ""Teaches Dancing"" (self-employed; his wife and dancing partner, Kathryn Murray, is also mentioned) Game 2: Mrs. Jennie Reiter - ""Imports Beer"" (self-employed; she imports the Danish beer Tuborg and the German beer Augustina; John failed to ask her home town) Game 3: Vic Damone & Pier Angeli (as Mystery Guest Duo) ""Mr. and Mrs. Vic Damone"" Game 4: Wilbert Baumgardner - ""Inspects Bee Hives for State of Ohio"" (salaried; he works for the county government in Ohio; from Hubbard, OH)
Game 1: ""11 Guys from Cincinnati"" is how Ted Kluszewski signed in for the group - ""The Cincinnati Reds Baseball Team"" (salaried; the panel was blindfolded; Ted sat next to John and the rest of the team stood behind them; the ball team won two games today; the eleven team members of the 1956 Cincinnati Reds who appeared are: Ted Kluszewski, Johnny Temple, Wally Post, Gus Bell, Frank Robinson, Ed Bailey, Smoky Burgess, Ray Jablonski, Roy McMillan, Johnny Klippstein and Joe Nuxhall; their game winnings were donated to the Cincinnati Sandlot Baseball Fund) Game 2: George Hoxie - ""Photographer, Took Bennett Cerf's Passport Picture"" (self-employed; John told him not to sign in; after the occupation overlay screen, a large photo of Bennett was shown; after the game, John held up a small copy of Bennett's passport photo; some of Hoxie's photography work can be seen on the net; from Oxford, OH) Game 3: Bob Hope & Linda Hope (as Mystery Guest Duo) ""Bob Hope and Daughter Linda Hope""
Game 1: Seymour Rabinowitz - ""Judge (He Married Marilyn Monroe and Arthur Miller)"" (salaried; he signed in as X to avoid name recognition; he donated his winnings to the Washington Irving Boy Scouts Council; from White Plains, NY) Game 2: Miss Betty Miller (Seaman Betty Miller, USN) - ""Navy Barber (Men Only)"" (salaried; she works at the Naval Security Station in Washington, DC; from Walton, NY) Game 3: Sugar Ray Robinson (as Mystery Guest) ""Middleweight Champion"" Game 4: Don Stewart - ""Sells Baby Bottles"" (salaried; he donated his winnings to the American Cancer Fund; from Hillsdale, MI) Jack E. Leonard on panel.
Game 1: Miss Kim Meyer - ""Egg Farmer"" (self-employed; she is also Miss Florida; she is the co-owner of Russell's Poultry Farm with her father; she purchased her shoes from Joseph LaRose in her hometown of Jacksonville, FL - we know this because Dorothy asked her!) Game 2: Miss Carol Tegner (Tegnér) - ""Teaches Judo"" (self-employed; with her brother, she runs the National Judo Association judo schools in Hollywood and Sherman Oaks, California; she holds the rank of first degree brown belt; she also works with judo dogs; from Hollywood, CA) Game 3: Margaret Truman (as Mystery Guest) ""Mrs. Clifton Daniel"" (daughter of President Harry S. Truman) Game 4: Ed Staley and Mario J. Collura - ""Train Announcers, Pennsylvania Station, NY - Arrivals / Departures)"" Jack E. Leonard on panel.
Game 1: Clifton Daniel (as Mystery Guest #1 and the panel is blindfolded) - ""Newspaperman, Assistant Foreign News Editor, New York Times"" (salaried; husband of Margaret Truman) Game 2: Miss Jayne DeClue - ""Teaches Course For Expectant Parents"" (salaried; she works at The Maternity Center in NY; from Queens Village, NY) Game 3: Ted Lewis (as Mystery Guest #2) Jack E. Leonard on panel.
Game 1: Frank Marshall - (he signed in as X to avoid name recognition) - ""Makes Ventriloquists' Dummies"" (self-employed; he carved Jerry Mahoney and other wooden dummies and puppets; from Chicago, IL) Game 2: Miss Jo-Ann Hagen (she signed in with the hyphen, but her name is seen on the net as JoAnn Hagen (Verhaegen) - ""Professional Boxer"" (self-employed; John said that she had boxed and beaten men; from South Bend, IN) Game 3: Jerry Lewis (as Mystery Guest)
Game 1: Miss Elizabeth Doonan - ""Bus Conductor"" (salaried; she has been in this occupation for 20 years; from the Newton / Nairn area, which is outside of Glasgow, Scotland) Game 2: George Thorpe - ""Exercise Instructor in Ladies' Reducing Salon"" (salaried; about age 20; he works for a chain of salons which was not named; from Webster Groves, MO) Game 3: James Mason (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Miss Dorothy Jambrek - ""Alimony Clerk"" (Receives and Makes Payments - Municipal Court)"" (salaried; she handles 550 active accounts; from Kenosha, WI)
Game 1: Richard J. Daley (as Mystery Guest #1 and the panel was blindfolded) - ""Mayor of Chicago"" (salaried) Game 2: Mrs. Elizabeth Williams - ""Model"" (salaried; she is a professional commercial model with several agents; John said she is 81 years old; very jovial; from Chicago, IL) Game 3: Carol Morris (as Mystery Guest #2) - ""Miss Universe 1956"" (salaried; before winning the beauty pageant, she was a junior at Drake University preparing for a teaching career; from Ottumwa, IA) Game 4: Charles L. Barrison - ""Counts Mosquitoes"" (salaried; this is his summer job, as he is a college student at Rutgers University; he works for the Hudson County, New Jersey, Exterminating Commission and if there are enough mosquitoes in the traps, they spray pesticides; from Jersey City, NJ)
Game 1: CBS Newscasters - Charles Collingwood, Walter Cronkite, Douglas Edwards, Eric Sevareid and Robert Trout - (as Mystery Guest CBS News Team) - ""CBS Convention News Correspondents"" (salaried; Cronkite sat by John and the remaining four men stood behind the desk; John explained that they are all old colleagues of his from his CBS days, but now jokingly called them his enemies because he reports for ABC News) Game 2: Merrill L. Connally - ""Peanut Farmer"" (self-employed; he is also a county judge and a delegate to the convention; tall; more notes below; from Floresville, TX) Game 3: Perle Mesta (as Mystery Guest #2) Game 4: Victor Milazzo - ""Makes Political Campaign Buttons"" (self-employed; John holds up a button Milazzo made that says 'Relax'; from Chicago, IL)
Game 1: Mrs. Alice Roeser - ""Nurse For Baby Gorilla (Forest Park Zoo, Fort Worth, Texas)"" (salaried; she spends her day with a baby gorilla named Mike which was purchased from Holland for $5000; the zoo has had Mike for 3 months and will soon be acquiring a female gorilla also; from Ft. Worth, TX) Game 2: Miss Beth Dawn - ""American Airlines Stewardess (Flew Dorothy and Bennett to Chicago)"" (salaried; from Jackson Heights, NY) Game 3: Silvana Mangano (as Mystery Guest) The overlay screen read ""Sylvana Mangano (sic) - Famous Italian Actress"" Game 4: Oscar Laredo - ""Lifeguard at Y.M.C.A."" (salaried; he stated he was 78 years old; the panel commented on his wonderfully friendly personality; from Norwich, NY)
Game 1: Del Webb and Dan Topping - ""Owners of New York Yankees Baseball Team"" (self-employed; the panel was blindfolded) Game 2: Mrs. Phoebe Blunk - ""Police Woman"" (salaried; she is a traffic cop; from St. Louis, MO) Game 3: Walter Pidgeon (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Michael Drukman - ""Stuffs and Links Hot Dogs"" (salaried; from Boston, MA)
Game 1: Rear Admiral William R. Smedberg, III - ""Commanding Officer, U.S. Naval Academy (Annapolis)"" (he signed in as X; salaried; Smedberg became the superintendent at the famed naval academy in Annapolis, Maryland on March 15, 1956; originally from Arizona, currently from Annapolis, MD) Game 2: Mrs. Mamie Cody - ""Professional Knife Thrower"" (self-employed; she stated that her family is distantly related to Buffalo Bill Cody; she is touring with her husband and daughter; from Bristol, TN) Game 3: Marisa Pavan (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Ken Sherman - ""Makes Handcuffs"" (salaried; this is his summer job, he is a college student; from Springfield, MA)
Game 1: James C. Petrillo (as Mystery Guest #1, and the panel was blindfolded) - ""James Caesar Petrillo, President of American Federation of Musicians"" (salaried; in addition to being the President of the Musician's Union, aka AFM, he is also the Vice-President of the AFL-CIO labor union; he plays the trumpet and had played a duet with former President Harry S. Truman) Game 2: Mr. Takishi Takesawa or Takeshi Takasawa (he signed his name in Japanese characters, and Mr. Daly stated his name, but said that he preferred to be called Casey) - ""Pearl Diver"" (salaried; as his English was limited, he was accompanied by an interpreter, Mr. K. Mura; originally from Kobe, Japan, now from Chicago, IL; see more notes below) Game 3: Edie Adams & Ernie Kovacs (as Mystery Guest Duo) ""Ernie Kovacs & Edith Adams""
Game 1: Jacques-Yves Cousteau (he signed in as ""X"" but the panel was not blindfolded) - ""World's Foremost Underwater Explorer"" (self-employed; John told the panel that he would not reveal the guest's name or where he was from; John referred to Cousteau as ""Captain"" during the post-game chat; mentioned were his book and 1956 film both titled ""The Silent World"" or ""Le Monde du Silence"" in French; originally from France) Game 2: Miss Lucille Campion - ""Repairs False Teeth"" (salaried; from Sunnyside, Long Island, NY) Game 3: William Bendix (as Mystery Guest)
Game 1: June Taylor & the June Taylor Dancers (as Mystery Guest Group and the panel was blindfolded) - ""June Taylor Dancers of Jackie Gleason Show"" (there were 32 members of the dancing group on stage surrounding John Daly, described as 16 dancers and 16 glee girls) Game 2: Captain Al Beale - ""Suez Canal Pilot"" (salaried; from College Park, MD) Game 3: William Holden (as Mystery Guest #2) He signed in as Bill Holden. Game 4: Earl Knauer - ""Makes Moth Balls"" (salaried; originally from Walnut Grove, PA; currently from Davidsville, PA)
Game 1: George Stevens (as Mystery Guest #1 and the panel was blindfolded) - ""Movie Producer-Director, Shane, A Place in the Sun, Giant"" (self-employed; his works include ""I Remember Mama"" (1948), ""A Place in the Sun"" (1951), ""Shane"" (1953) and ""Giant"" (1956) among others) Game 2: Mrs. Diana R. Hartley - ""African Big Game Hunter"" (self-employed; Caucasian; born in Ireland; currently from Kenya, Africa; see notes below) Game 3: Claudette Colbert (as Mystery Guest #2) Game 4: Mrs. Ida Frandsen - ""Puts Strings on Yo Yos"" (salaried; she works for the Donald Duncan Yo-Yo Company in Luck, Wisconsin; John said that a team of 7 women string 80 gross of yo-yos per day - I did the math, and that adds up to 11,520 toys per day for a whopping 1,645 completed toys per woman; from Luck, WI)
Game 1: Sal Maglie (as Mystery Guest #1 and the panel was blindfolded) - ""Pitcher, Brooklyn Dodgers"" (salaried; on May 15, 1956, Sal was purchased by the Brooklyn Dodgers from the Cleveland Indians; Sal said he'd bought his suit at the clothing store where Phil Rizzuto was employed, it sounded like Sal also said ""American Tailors"" which may have been Phil's store or possibly the brand of the suit or sports jacket) Game 2: Howard J. Fine - ""Designs Maternity Clothes"" (self-employed; from Boston, MA) Game 3: Ann Miller (as Mystery Guest #2) Game 4: Mrs. Jennie Walker - ""Taxicab Driver"" (self-employed; elderly; from Macon, MO)
Game 1: Mr. C. C. Robertson (Charlie Robertson) - ""Nut Broker (Buys and Sells Pecans)"" (self-employed; he is a former major league baseball pitcher who pitched a perfect game in the 1920s; Bennett guesses his line) Game 2: Miss Ann Tidwell - ""Deals Cards In Gambling Casino (Reno, Nevada)"" (salaried; she works at the Mapes Hotel and Resort Casino; her home town is not revealed until after the game; from Reno, NV; Arlene guesses her line) Game 3: Jo Stafford (as Mystery Guest) Bennett Cerf identified her at $10. Game 4: Barbara Hammer - ""TV Comedy Writer (Has Written For Danny Thomas, Ray Bolger, Buddy Hackett, Etc.)"" (she won the full $50; she wrote several ""Mr. Magoo"" cartoon character stories from 1954 to 1955 as listed on IMDB)
Game 1: Alan Jay Lerner & Frederick Loewe (as Mystery Guest Duo and the panel was blindfolded) - ""Lerner & Loewe"" ""Wrote Words & Music For 'My Fair Lady'"" (self-employed) Game 2: Don Smith (Donald Smith) - ""Owns and Operates Pig Hatchery"" (self-employed; breeds pigs; from Washta, IA, which he described as ""the coldest spot in Iowa"") Game 3: Bishop Fulton J. Sheen (as Mystery Guest #2) (he donated his winnings to the 300 leper colonies that are run by the church; see notes below) Game 4: Alexander McGechin or McGeachin - ""Bagpipes Expert (Plays, Sells, Repairs, Etc.)"" (salaried; he was all smiles and had a lovely accent; see notes below; from Scotland)
Game 1: Jean Chapman - ""Ferry Boat Pilot"" (she won the full $50) Game 2: Milton Meier - ""Raises Worms"" (he won the full $50) Game 3: Charleton Heston (as Mystery Guest) Dorothy Kilgallen identified him at $5. Game 4: Bob Foss - ""Owns & Operates Turkish Bath"" (he won the full $50)
Game 1: Jack O'Brian - ""Television Critic"" (salaried; his column is syndicated through King Features and he is associated with the New York Journal-American newspaper; it was mentioned that his wife Yvonne was in the WML control booth) Game 2: Don Poynter (Donald Poynter) - ""Inventor & Manufacturer of Whiskey Flavored Toothpaste"" (self-employed; John stated that he also makes a Whiskey Flavored Mouthwash, and Don said he wanted to give a year's supply of it to the panel, although he may have been joking; from Cincinnati, OH; see notes below) Game 3: Beatrice Lillie (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Mrs. Trema Swift - ""Models False Teeth"" (salaried; from York, PA)
Game 1: Victor W. Nixon - ""Professional Mind Reader"" (self-employed; his professional name is The Great Nixon; he is the father of Vic Perry, the ""plugola"" guest on WML EPISODE #278 of October 2, 1955; from Aldershot, Hampshire, England; see notes below) Game 2: Mrs. Elsie Lawrence - ""Packages Reducing Pills"" (salaried; she packages Amplus, a prescription-only drug made by the Charles Pfizer Company; using the Rx tablets, she has lost 40 lbs. and has 55 lbs. more to go; from Long Island City, NY) Game 3: Walt Disney (as Mystery Guest) Jerry Lewis on panel.
Game 1: James L. Kilgallen - (as Mystery Guest #1 and the panel was blindfolded) ""Dorothy's Father"" ""Newspaperman (International News Service)"" (Jim Kilgallen is considered one of the great reporters of his day) Game 2: Mrs. Olive Hodgkinson - ""Guide In Cave (Wookey Hole Cave, Somerset, England)"" (self-employed; the cave operations have been in her husband's family for 500 years; 75 miles from Stonehenge; still in operation in 2005; from an area near Wells, Somerset, England) Game 3: Nanette Fabray (as Mystery Guest #2) Game 4: Eugene P. Ryan - ""Paints Fire Hydrants"" (salaried; there are 14,000 hydrants in his home town; from Cleveland, Ohio)
Game 1: W. H. Brett (William H. Brett) - ""Director of the United States Mint"" (salaried; from Cleveland, Ohio) Game 2: Kathleen & Fred Esgen - ""Pub Keepers"" (self-employed; this husband and wife team own ""The Sussex"" pub in London, England; they are in America to travel and to promote tourism in Britain) Game 3: Charles Laughton (as Mystery Guest)
Game 1: Frank Gifford (he signed in as F. Newton Gifford and the panel was not blindfolded) - ""Halfback on N. Y. Giants Football Team"" (salaried; he was involved in 4 touchdowns today; John said he was named All-American with USC in 1952; from Bakersfield, California) Game 2: Mrs. Maxine Rosen - ""Sells Mistletoe"" (salaried; from Detroit, Michigan) Game 3: Milton Berle (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Mrs. Florence H. Poole - ""Dog Catcher"" (salaried; from Chatham, Ontario, Canada)
Game 1: Dimitri Tiomkin (as Mystery Guest #1, he signs in as ""Mr. X"" and the panel is not blindfolded) - ""Oscar Winning Composer - Wrote Music For 'High Noon,' 'Giant,' 'The High and the Mighty,' Etc.'"" (famous film music composer; the panel was amazed that he was not a member of ASCAP or BMI and he explained that he belonged to a French society of composers; he was born in the Ukraine and lived from 1894-1979) Game 2: Mrs. Isabelle Hemphill - ""Makes Nightcaps For Bald-Headed Men"" (self-employed; at the end of the game, John Daly shows us one of the caps; from San Francisco, California; see notes below) Game 3: Shelley Winters (as Mystery Guest #2) Game 4: Charles Black - ""Racetrack Bookie"" (self-employed; Arlene asked him to demonstrate the signals; from Scotland)
Game 1: Floyd Patterson (as Mystery Guest #1 and the panel is blindfolded) - ""World Heavyweight Boxing Champion"" (self-employed; he won the Middleweight gold medal in the 1952 Helsinki Olympics; his baby was born the night he won his recent Heavyweight championship) Game 2: Mrs. Heloisa Elena - ""Moderator of 'What's My Line?' In Brazil"" (salaried; her signature was difficult to read; she is extremely personable; she states the name of the Brazilian ""What's My Line?"" in Portuguese as ""Divine o que Faze?"" and said that it translates to ""Guess What He Does?""; from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) Game 3: Vincent Price (as Mystery Guest #2) Game 4: Leonard Richheimer - ""Corset Salesman"" (salaried; he works for the Crown Corset Company; from Atlanta, GA)
Game 1: Salvatore Amato - ""Gondolier"" (salaried; from Portogruaro, Italy, which is ""just outside of Venice, Italy"") Game 2: Albert L. White, Jr. - ""Vaccinates Chickens"" (self-employed; from Forest Grove, New Jersey) Game 3: Steve Allen & Jayne Meadows (as Mystery Guest Duo) They sign in as ""Jayne and Steve Allen"" and donate their winnings to the Foster Parents' Plan For War Children. Game 4: Miss Brenda Feldman - ""Pawnbroker"" (salaried; from Boston, MA)
Game 1: The Harlem Globetrotters (as Mystery Guest #1 and the panel was blindfolded) - ""Harlem Globetrotters Basketball Team"" (salaried; 12 members of the team appear - names below; member Leon Hillard demonstrates some fancy dribbling on stage and spins the ball on his finger; John mentions that they won earlier today 75-53) Game 2: Miss Kathryn Ann Mautz - ""Judge"" (salaried; at age 24 she was elected to a two-year term; John said she handles traffic cases and was reputedly the youngest judge in the country; from Spokane, Washington) Game 3: Bert Lahr (as Mystery Guest #2) His son Johnny is in the audience tonight. We learn that Johnny attended school with Bennett's son and also at one time danced with Dorothy's daughter Jill Kollmar. Game 4: Walter Grancher - ""Sells Used Warships for U.S. Navy (Battleships, Destroyers, Etc.)"" (salaried; he is a civil service employee; he sells only obsolete ships; from New York, NY)
Game 1: Black Beaver (the Cheyenne name of 2nd Lt. Lawrence Hart) - ""Marine Jet Fighter Pilot"" (salaried; he is a full-blooded Cheyenne Native American Indian; from Oklahoma; his city was not mentioned, but there is a 2002 net reference to a Cheyenne Peace Chief, Rev. Lawrence Hart of Clinton, OK) Game 2: Luis Castañeda (Castaneda) - ""Runs Roulette Table, Won $20.00 From Dorothy (At Gambling Casino in Havana)"" (salaried; he runs a roulette wheel at Wilbur Clark's Casino located in The Nacional Hotel in Havana; originally from Spain, currently from Havana, Cuba) Game 3: Yul Brynner (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Mrs. Lillian Chidekel - ""Takes TV Show Ratings (Door-To-Door Interviews)"" (salaried; she takes polls for Pulse Rating Service; from the Bronx, NY)
Game 1: Muriel Fleit, Mary Barber & Myrtle Berne (as Mystery Guests and the panel is blindfolded) - ""Secretaries to Arlene Francis, Bennett Cerf & Dorothy Kilgallen)"" (salaried; they won $50) Game 2: Robin Roberts - ""President of Frozen Shrimp Company"" (he is the President of the Gold King Frozen Shrimp Co; he is also the pitcher of the Philadelphia Phillies baseball team; from Philadelphia, PA; he won $50) Game 3: Robert Montgomery (as Mystery Guest) Bennett Cerf guessed his identity at $25.
Game 1: Bob Richards (he signed in as ""X"" and the panel was not blindfolded) - His overlay screens read ""Bob Richards, Olympic Pole Vault Champion 1952 & 1956"" & ""Minister"" (salaried; he explained that he is not a Methodist minister, but a member of the Church of the Brethren; he donated his game winnings to the Hungarian Relief Fund; he was the original spokesperson for Wheaties cereal) Game 2: Mrs. Charlotte Price (she signed in under her husband's name, Mrs. Matt Price) - ""Crochets Pockets For Pool Tables"" (self-employed; elderly; she has been in this line since 1938 and sells her work to the Brunswick-Balke-Collender Company; from Salina, Kansas) Game 3: George Gobel (as Mystery Guest) He signed in as ""Forge Fobel."" Game 4: Wes Sutton - ""Civilian Cook For U.S. Air Force"" (salaried; from Belleville, Illinois)
Game 1: Salvador Dali (as Mystery Guest #1 and the panel is blindfolded) - ""Artist"" (self-employed; he cleverly signs in by using a large paintbrush to paint his name on the sign-in board; unfortunately, there is no post-game conversation, he abruptly stands and exits) Game 2: Richard Evans - ""Bullfighter"" (self-employed; African-American; he has been bullfighting in Mexico for 3 years and has killed 178 bulls; from Boston, Massachusetts) Game 3: Lillian Roth (as Mystery Guest #2)
Game 1: Miss Mary Lou Milligan - ""Head of Women's Army Corps, Col. Mary Milligan"" (salaried; before she joined the WACS during WWII, she was a school principal; from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) Game 2: C. O. Jacobs (Clarence Ollie Jacobs) - ""Human Cannonball"" (self-employed; he appeared to be at least age 60; from Jackson, Michigan) Game 3: Tab Hunter (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Mrs. Gladys Heindel - ""Packs Chewing Tobacco"" (salaried; from York, Pennsylvania)
Game 1: General Alfred M. Gruenther (as Mystery Guest #1 and the panel is blindfolded, Alfred Maximilian Gruenther) - ""Former Supreme Allied Commander in Europe"" and ""President of American National Red Cross"" (salaried; John comments that he is the former NATO commander; John mentions recent floods in West Virginia and states that the Red Cross is attempting to collect a goal of $95 million dollars in charitable donations) Game 2: ""By Golly"" Frager - ""Makes Boxing Gloves"" (self-employed; John does not ask his real first name, and Frager tells Bennett that By Golly is his nickname; from Chicago, IL) Game 3: Fred MacMurray & June Haver (as Mystery Guest Duo) Game 4: Ronald Preston - ""Sewer Inspector"" (salaried; chews gum during his game; from New York, NY)
Game 1: Michael Todd (as Mystery Guest #1) - ""Producer, 'Around the World in Eighty Days'"" (self-employed; current husband of Elizabeth Taylor who is mentioned tonight) Game 2: Mrs. Jacqueline Leif - ""Motorcycle Cop"" (salaried; from Los Banos, CA) Game 3: Ginger Rogers (as Mystery Guest #2) Game 4: Willem De Kempenaer - ""Prints The Money For Holland"" (self-employed; his family has been printing Holland's bank notes for 254 years; he is the 8th generation to run the family firm which prints the Dutch currency; from Holland)
Game 1: Sandy Gamory (vocals), Gustav Sidell (sp?) (guitar) and Monsel Esaroon (sp?) (tall bongo drum) - ""Calypso Trio"" (the panel is blindfolded; self-employed; the trio sings a Calypso style song they wrote called 'What's My Line?' which lasts almost 90 seconds; the cute lyrics are customized and mention each regular panel member and John) Game 2: Mrs. Fay Targove - ""School Teacher"" (salaried; she teaches the 3rd grade at PS 58 in New York City; from New York, NY) Game 3: Robert Wagner (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Charles Kaufhold - ""Income Tax Agent"" (salaried; he works for the Internal Revenue Bureau of the Treasury Department, now called the IRS; from Long Beach, California)
Game 1: Miss June Finlayson - ""Police Reporter (For Australian Newspaper)"" (salaried; she works for the Sydney Sun; from Australia, she is also the current ""Miss Australia"") Game 2: Arch Poole - ""Manages Diaper Service"" (salaried; he works for the West End Diaper Service in Cleveland, OH; from Rocky River, Ohio) Game 3: Robert Mitchum (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Miss Renee Hart - ""Stock Broker"" (salaried; she works for Bache & Company; from New York, NY)
Game 1: James C. Hagerty (as Mystery Guest #1 and the panel is blindfolded) - ""White House Press Secretary"" (salaried; from Washington, D.C.) Game 2: Mrs. Joyce Vidbel - ""Elephant Trainer"" (salaried; she works for the Hammond Martin Circus and will be performing at Palisades Park on April 12, 1957; from Windham, NY) Game 3: Charles Boyer (as Mystery Guest #2) Game 4: Mrs. Vickie Negoescu - ""Prison Guard"" (salaried; she works at the Clinton Women's Reformatory; from Hampton, New Jersey)
Game 1: Dr. Norman Vincent Peale (as Mystery Guest #1 and the panel is blindfolded) - ""Minister"" (salaried; his new book is titled ""Stay Alive All Your Life"" will go on sale tomorrow; a close-up of Look magazine is shown on the screen) Game 2: Miss Toni West - ""Judo Instructor"" (salaried; she works for Chris Freeland who previously trained men in the Marines; John is preoccupied by Toni's hourglass figure and forgets to ask her home town; Dorothy makes references to the fact that Toni resembles Marilyn Monroe) Game 3: Judy Holliday (as Mystery Guest #2) Game 4: Mike Finningham - ""Bellhop"" (salaried; he has worked at the Edgewater Beach Hotel for many years; he was named ""Bellboy of the Year"" by Sigma Iota fraternity; from Chicago, Illinois)
Game 1: Mrs. Irene Gora - ""Tests Zippers"" (salaried; she works for Coats & Clark Corp.; from Hollis, Queens, NY) Game 2: Tom Eagleton - ""District Attorney of St. Louis"" (salaried; he holds an elected post and is 27 years old; from St. Louis, Missouri) Game 3: Mamie Van Doren (as Mystery Guest)
Game 1: Mrs. Evonne Gaines - ""Runs Beauty School For Dogs"" (self-employed; she owns the ""Chez Beau"" dog grooming salon; she has no relation to the ""Gaines Dog Food"" company; she said that her husband, Lawrence Gaines - or possibly Laurence Gaines - is a fashion designer; from New York, NY) Game 2: Ivan Chance - ""Auctioneer"" (salaried; he works for Christie's of London which was founded in 1760 and will soon be 200 years old; from London, England) Game 3: Hedy Lamarr (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Clarence B. Litchfield - ""Designs Prisons (Architect)"" (self-employed; he recently completed the Brooklyn House of Detention; from Mamaroneck, New York)
Game 1: Ted Atkinson - ""Jockey"" (as Mystery Guest #1 and the panel is blindfolded; he is dressed in his jockey uniform; salaried) Game 2: Miss Ardella Parziale - ""Inspects Bathtubs"" (salaried; she works for the Crane Company in their Trenton Potteries Division in Trenton, New Jersey; originally from Mansfield, Ohio) Game 3: Fernando Lamas (as Mystery Guest #2) Game 4: Frank Wayne & Bob Howard - ""Create Stunts For 'Beat The Clock'"" (salaried; both are from New York, NY)
Game 1: Prince Michael Romanoff (as Mystery Guest #1 and the panel is blindfolded) - ""Owner of Famous Hollywood Restaurant"" (self-employed; his overlay screen read Price Mike Romanoff; he also has a restaurant in San Francisco, CA and is building one in Palm Springs, CA; he donated his winnings to the Red Cross) Game 2: Mrs. Evelyn Schilson - ""Makes False Tails For Horses"" (self-employed; she owns boarding stables and began making false tails for show horses; from Hamilton, IL) Game 3: Helen Hayes (as Mystery Guest #2)
Game 1: Miss Louise Mattot (pseudonym) - ""Private Detective"" (salaried; she works for Burns International Detective Agency; John explained that due to the nature of her work, her real name must be withheld and kept a secret; originally from Brussels, Belgium; currently from New York) Game 2: Joe Bivone - ""Operates Tunnel of Love"" (salaried; he operates a train ride at Palisades Park; from Teaneck, NJ) Game 3: Mystery Guest: Robert Young, Robert Q. Lewis guessed - $25 Game 4: Bill Souhrada - ""Hippopotamus Keeper, Bronx Zoo, New York City"" (salaried; he feeds and cleans these animals which weigh over a ton; from New York, NY)
Game 1: Jim Piersall (as Mystery Guest #1 and the panel was blindfolded) - ""Center Fielder, Boston Red Sox"" (salaried) Game 2: Miss Esther Clair - ""Sells Horse and Dog Medicine"" (salaried; she works for Zarin Industries and sells a vitamin syrup; her employer's clients include Calumet Farms; from Miami, FL, where she won the title of ""Miss Miami Beach 1954"") Game 3: Paul Douglas (as Mystery Guest #2)
Game 1: J. E. Ragen (Joseph E. Ragen) - ""Warden of Joliet Prison, Joliet, Illinois"" (salaried; a 1957 book written by Gladys A. Erickson titled ""Warden Ragen of Joliet"" has been published; he donated his game winnings to Boys Club and the Salvation Army; from Plainfield, IL) Game 2: Joseph Genova - ""Sells Hangover Remedy"" (salaried; he works for the Lansdale Pharmaceutical Company and sells a product called KL8; from Kansas City, MO) Game 3: Mickey Rooney (as Mystery Guest) He signed in as ""Joe Yule, Jr."" which is his birth name.
Game 1: The Ziegfeld Girls (1957 Ziegfeld Follies Girls) - ""Showgirls in Current Ziegfeld Follies"" (salaried; The Ziegfeld Girls members who appeared in full costume were Barbara Hall, spokeswoman, Roberta Brown, Mickey Miller, Ann (or Anne) Drake, Nancy Westbrook, Charlotte Foley, Denise Colette and Gloria Christie) Game 2: Chuck Wendel - ""Drives Trotting Race Horses"" (self-employed; he is a harness race driver who races with both trotters and pacers; the racing season opens on June 2, 1957; from Maquoketa, Iowa) Game 3: Walter Brennan (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Mrs. Ruth Schaeffer - ""Makes Steam Cabinets For Reducing"" (self-employed; she owns the Battle Creek Equipment Company; Greer Garson likened the product to a ""Slenderella machine""; from Bloomfield, NJ)
Game 1: ""The Thunderbirds"" United States Air Force Jet Team Game 2: A lady weightlifter Game 3: Ann Sothern (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: A minister
Game 1: Miss Mirella Rocco - ""African Big Game Hunter"" (self-employed; Caucasian ""White Hunter""; she said she was a technical consultant on the 1956 film ""Beyond Mombasa""; it was not revealed that she was from Kenya, Africa until after her game) Game 2: Mrs. Marjorie Cook - ""Makes Handcuffs"" (salaried; she works for Smith & Wesson Firearms Corp; from Monson, MA) Game 3: Sammy Davis, Jr. (as Mystery Guest)
Game 1: Miss F. E. Willis aka Francis Willis - ""United States Ambassador To Norway"" (salaried; she is a Vassar graduate and has been employed by the government for nearly 30 years; from Redlands, CA) Game 2: Marshall Bedol & Alan Bedol (fraternal twins) - ""Make Bar Stools"" (self-employed; they own MarshAllan Industries in Cleveland, Ohio) Game 3: Eddie Cantor & Marilyn Cantor (as Mystery Guest Duo)
Game 1: Captain J. W. Kittinger, Jr. - ""Balloon Test Pilot, Just Set Record, 96,000 Ft."" (salaried; he is an officer in the U.S. Air Force and on June 2, 1957, Joseph Kittinger piloted a balloon into the stratosphere and set a height record of 96,000 ft. for the ""Air Research & Development Command"" department of the USAF; he stayed aloft for 2 hours; he previously was a jet pilot; from Orlando, Florida) Game 2: Miss Beryl Landau - ""Lifeguard"" (salaried; she works at Pine Lake Park in Peekskill, New York; she is a college student and this is her summer job) Game 3: Johnnie Ray (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Joseph Fuhrman - ""Makes Perfumed Rice (To Throw At Weddings)"" (salaried; he works for the Angelique Perfume Company; from Norwalk, Connecticut)
Game 1: Ortensio Manes - ""Police Commissioner of Rome, Italy"" (salaried; he only speaks Italian and is accompanied by an interpreter from the United Nations Radio & Television Division named Marie Grazie Escalia (sp?); he donated his game winnings to a home for children in Rome; from Rome, Italy) Game 2: Mike O'Connell - ""Marriage Counselor"" (salaried; he works for the Family Service Agency which is supported by the Community Fund; from Portland, Oregon) Game 3: Peggy Lee (as Mystery Guest) She signed in as Peggy Lee Martin.
Game 1: John LeClair Rice aka John Rice aka Johnny Rice - ""Major League Baseball Umpire"" (salaried; he is in his third year as a major league umpire; from Chicago, Illinois; during his exit, he walks by the panel but does not shake their hands) Game 2: Mr. Muldoon & Mr. McCarthy & Mr. McDonough - ""Make Chinese Food"" (self-employed; no first names are given; they are the manufacturers of La Choy Food Products Company, which has been owned by Beatrice Foods since 1943; all men are from Archbold, OH) Game 3: Gene Kelly (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Edward M. Spitz - ""Makes Cosmetics For Dogs"" (self-employed; he owns Westwood Laboratories and one product they produce is called Natural Eye; he donated his game winnings to the Humane Society of New York; from Los Angeles, CA)
Game 1: Miss Betty Ford (she signed in as Miss X to avoid name recognition) - ""Bullfighter"" (self-employed; from McKeesport, Pennsylvania; no relation to THE Betty Ford, the wife of President Gerald R. Ford) Game 2: Mrs. Helen Tyler - ""Teaches Course For Expectant Parents"" (salaried; she is a nurse who works at Porter Hospital; from Denver, Colorado) Game 3: Sal Mineo (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Mrs. Barbara Kiernen - ""Helicopter Test Pilot"" (salaried; she works for Omega Aircraft Company in New Bedford, Massachusetts; from Andover, MA)
Game 1: Cass Gaylord, Joe Schwartz & Lee Tannen - ""TV Cameramen for What's My Line?"" (as Mystery Guest Trio and the panel is blindfolded; salaried; Lee Tannen has been a WML camera operator for 8 years and sat next to John, Cass Gaylord has been a WML cameraman for 7 years and stood closest to John; Joe Schwartz has been a WML cameraman for 6 years and stood furthest from John; we learn that sometimes they wear Bermuda shorts while working, but they were in business suits tonight) Game 2: Nat Lawrence - ""Operates DRUNKOMETER (Chemical Test For Intoxication)"" (salaried; he is also the Deputy Sheriff of Dade County, Florida; from Miami, FL) Game 3: Buddy Hackett (as Mystery Guest) He signs in with his name and the face of an Asian man. Game 4: Bruce Beebe - ""Baby Sitter For Gorilla (Toledo Zoo)"" (salaried; he stays with the young male gorilla for 8 hours each day; from Toledo, Ohio)
Game 1: Lew Hoad aka Lewis Hoad - ""World Champion Tennis Player"" (salaried; he played Forest Hills today; he turned professional last week and has won the Wimbledon twice) Game 2: Mrs. Ruth Stewart - ""Bail Bondsman (Puts Up Bail For People in Jail)"" (salaried; attractive; from St. Louis, MO) Game 3: Anthony Franciosa & Shelley Winters (as Mystery Guest Duo) They signed in as ""Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Franciosa"" - They were married from 1957 to 1960. Game 4: Mrs. Bunny Yeager - ""'Cheesecake' Photographer"" (self-employed; she has written a book; she is very tall; she took the famous Bette Page - aka Bettie Page - pictures; from Miami, FL) New Intro starting theis week.
Game 1: William J. Donovan - ""Sells Ladies' Pistols (in Various Colors)"" (He won $50) Game 2: Ruby Lyons - ""Washes Playing Cards"" (salaried; she works at the Desert Inn Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada; she won $50) Game 3: Julius LaRosa (as Mystery Guest) Arlene Francis guessed him at $15. Game 4: Mary Pettigrew - ""Draft Board Clerk"" (salaried; she won $50)
Game 1: Eva V. Lamouret - ""Chiropractor"" (from Ft. Lauderdale, Florida; Dorothy Kilgallen guessed at $25) Game 2: Richard O. Arthur - ""Operates Lie Detector"" (from New York; he won $50) Game 3: Robert Sterling & Anne Jeffreys (as Mystery Guest Duo) Bennett Cerf guessed at $40.
Game 1: Bill Barber ""Makes and Sells Ant Houses (With Ants Included)"" (self-employed; he calls them Antariums and they come in two sizes and sell for $3.00 & $6.00 at both Abercrombie & Fitch and Macy's department stores; he is a college student and the Antarium is helping to put him through school, which prompted Arlene Francis to humorously quip ""My ant put me through college""; from Denver, Colorado) Game 2: Mrs. Grace Clarke - ""Fashion Model"" (salaried; she works for Lynn's - or maybe Linn's or Len's - department store which she said caters completely to the larger woman; from Houston, Texas) Game 3: Jayne Mansfield (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Miss Florence Kelly - ""Jazz Drummer"" (salaried; she works at the 1-2-3 Lounge in Boston and has played the drums for professionally for seven years; from Boston, MA)
Game 1: Edie Adams (as Mystery Guest #1 and the panel is blindfolded) - ""Broadway Actress Edith Adams, Mrs. Ernie Kovacs"" (salaried; she wears short black lace gloves) Game 2: Miss S. Howard Collins (Seraphine Collins) - ""Buys and Sells Race Horses"" (self-employed; from London, England) Game 3: Jane Russell (as Mystery Guest #2)
Game 1: A. E. Lowthian (Albert Edward Lowthian) - ""Footman (To the Lord Mayor of London)"" (salaried; he appears in full costume and the panel is blindfolded; from London, England) Game 2: Miss Eleanore Perrine - ""Washes Cows"" (salaried; she works for the Walker Gordon Diary Farm in Plainsboro, New Jersey and earns $1.22 per hour as she washes 1,650 cows by using water and a hose; from Monmouth Junction, NJ) Game 3: Zsa Zsa Gabor (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Miss Patricia Howard - ""Policewoman"" (salaried; she is 19 years old and has been employed as a police officer for one year; from Wauchula, Florida)
Game 1: Everet Hamilton - ""Runs School For Barbers"" (self-employed; he runs the Molar Barber School and is totally bald; from Portland, Oregon) Game 2: Mrs. Vondon Francis - ""Raises Pigs"" (self-employed; she raises registered Hampshire Hogs; from Roxboro, North Carolina) Game 3: Gene Tierney (as Mystery Guest)
Game 1: Mrs. Edith Frerichs - ""Cook For County Jail"" (salaried; she prepares the food at home and takes it to the jail; from Alliance, Nebraska) Game 2: Mrs. Myrl Emma Dech - ""Makes Cigars"" (salaried; she makes White Owls for the General Cigar Company; from Allentown, Pennsylvania) Game 3: Buster Keaton (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Miss Sue Voigt - ""U. S. Mailman"" (salaried; very tall; she is a college student at the University of North Carolina; she has a 15 mile postal route; from Manhasset, Long Island, NY)
Game 1: Ernie Kovacs (as Mystery Guest #1 and the panel is blindfolded, naturally!) - ""What's My Line Panelist"" (salaried; they left the question mark off the show name in Ernie's overlay screen; he sprays perfume from an atomizer bottle and smokes a cigar) Game 2: Mrs. Shizue Kato - ""Member Of Japanese Senate"" (salaried; she signs her name in Japanese; from Tokyo, Japan; see notes below) Game 3: Doris Day (as Mystery Guest #2) Game 4: Michael Parisi & James Parisi (identical twin brothers) - ""Bartenders"" (salaried; they work at Kotter's Tavern; from Berkley MI)
Game 1: Erle Stanley Gardner (as Mystery Guest #1 and the panel is blindfolded) - ""Mystery Writer"" (self-employed; he writes Perry Mason, and the Perry Mason television series is scheduled to begin next week) Game 2: Mr. V. Torriani - ""Operates Cable Car In Swiss Alps"" (salaried; he speaks both Russian and English during his game; from St. Moritz, Switzerland) Game 3: George Sanders (as Mystery Guest #2) We learn that he plays the piano and he sung on ""The Perry Como Show"" last night.
Game 1: Mrs. Felisa R. Gautier - ""Mayor of San Juan, Puerto Rico"" (salaried; from San Juan, Puerto Rico) Game 2: Reimar Westerlind - ""Designs Girdles"" (salaried; from a small town in Sweden that sounded like ""Kumhelgen"") Game 3: Patti Page (as Mystery Guest) She has been awarded 9 gold records to date.
Game 1: Bill Cameron - ""Sells Plastic Toothpicks"" (self-employed; he designs the toothpick, hires the Bakelite Corporation to manufacture them, and then sells the finished resin product to hotels and restaurants; as he exited, he gave each panel member a sample toothpick; from Thompson, CT) Game 2: Henry J. Kaiser (as Mystery Guest #1) - ""Industrialist"" (self-employed; he promoted his ""Kaiser Hawaiian Village Hotel"" development at Waikiki Beach in Honolulu, Hawaii; the luxury resort compound is still in use in 2005 as a Hilton Hotel) Game 3: Julie London (as Mystery Guest #2)
Game 1: Arthur Henderson - ""Member of the British Parliament"" (salaried; he is a member of Britain's House of Commons, representing the two cities of Rowley Regis and Tipton in Staffordshire county; from London, England) Game 2: Miss Marilyn Moe (her professional name) - Mrs. Marilyn Stader (her married name) - ""Hollywood Stunt Woman"" (self-employed; her famous husband Paul Stader taught her this profession in which she has been working for three years; from Malibu, CA) Game 3: Danny Thomas (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Henry R. Borchers - ""Sells Fire Hydrants"" (salaried; from Shrub Oak, NY)
Game 1: Elsa Maxwell (as Mystery Guest #1) - ""Another Party Giver"" (self-employed) Game 2: Irving Horn - ""Ties Knots in Salami (300 to 400 per Hour)"" (salaried; as he exited, he gave Ernie Kovacs a cigar, and Ernie promptly reciprocated and gave him one of his own; from Brooklyn, NY) Game 3: Pat O'Brien (as Mystery Guest #2) Game 4: George T. Purves, Jr. - ""Makes Folding Beds"" (self-employed; John said he owned a roll-away bed company that sounded like ""Stope, Inc.""; from Indianapolis, IN)
Game 1: Mr. Magnus Bucher - ""Runs School For Yodelling"" (self-employed; after his game, he yodels; from Boulder, CO) Game 2: Miss Geraldine Palmer - ""Corset Fitter"" (salaried; she works in department stores and represents the Peter Pan Corset Company; from New York, NY) Game 3: Irene Dunne (as Mystery Guest) - ""U.S. Delegate to United Nations"" (Thursday is ""United Nations Day"" and they are celebrating their 12th anniversary) Game 4: Mrs. Ann T. Mikall - ""Judge"" (salaried; 31 years old; she works in the Ordinance Court in the mornings and the Children's Court in the afternoons; from Buffalo, NY)
Game 1: William Walsh - ""Golf Caddy"" (salaried; 81 years old; he works at the prestigious Victoria Golf Club and has caddied for the Duke of Windsor and Bing Crosby; from Victoria, British Columbia, Canada) Game 2: Mrs. Grace Peterson - ""Makes Anti-Snoring Device"" (salaried; she works for the Detroit Stamping Company which is now known in 2005 as DE-STA-CO Industries; the anti-snore electric device is placed under the pillow and can be activated to wake the sleeping person so he rolls over and stops snoring; from Detroit, MI) Game 3: Spring Byington (as Mystery Guest)
Game 1: Douglas Leigh - ""Designs and Constructs Broadway's Spectacular Electric Signs"" (self-employed; he signed in as X to avoid name recognition; he donated his game winnings to the Correspondence Fund of the Overseas Press Club) Game 2: Miss Loretta Bowman - ""Issues Marriage Licenses (Issued The One to Bing Crosby and Kathy Grant)"" (salaried; she has been in this employment for 10 years; the newlyweds, Bing Crosby and Kathryn Grant Crosby, had obtained their license at 8:30 AM; from Las Vegas, NV) Game 3: Jack Lemmon (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Miss/Dr. Gundega Kravis - ""Dentist"" (self-employed; from Thistletown, Ontario, Canada)
Gale Storm Robert Monkhouse - panel
Game 1: Joey Alfidi (as Mystery Guest #1 and the panel is blindfolded) - ""World's Youngest Symphony Conductor"" (Joey is 8 years old, and steps up on a box to sign in; young Joey said he didn't like Rock 'n Roll Music) Game 2: Benna Gordon - ""Makes Hand Painted Diapers"" (from Fort Worth, Texas) Game 3: Eva Gabor (as Mystery Guest #2) Game 4: Lothar P. Quitschorra, ""Pudelschoenheitsmeister (Poodle Clipper)"" (from Houston, Texas; he kisses both Arlene's and Dorothy's hands as he exits)
Game 1: Ninon Naturel - ""Fire Eater"" (from Paris, France) Game 2: Graham Hall - ""Crocodile Hunter"" (from Bulawayo, Africa) Game 3: Margaret O'Brien (as Mystery Guest)
Game 1: Mr. R. Witherspoon - ""Mayor of Inverness, Scotland"" (he is dressed in kilts and a full uniform; he talks at length about seeing the Loch Ness Monster in person; the panel is blindfolded) Game 2: James A. Sperre - ""Street Cleaner"" (from Elmira, New York) Game 3: Errol Flynn (as Mystery Guest)
Game 1: Phyllis Cerf & Edith Young (as Mystery Guest Duo, and the panel is blindfolded; see notes below) Game 2: ""Professional Santa Clauses"" (4, as follows) Pat Lockwood (from New York City; works at Andrews Variety Store Michael Falconi (from New York City, NY; works at Macy's Richard Rigsby (from Miami, Florida; works at Richards Theodore H. Kratzke (from Roslyn, Pennsylvania; works at Strawbridge & Clothiers Game 3: Joan Crawford (as Mystery Guest #2)
Game 1: Chu Ni-Kyong - ""Teaches English"" (from Singapore; she signs in using Chinese characters) Game 2: Lois Hill - ""Mink Trapper"" (from Priest Lake, Idaho) Game 3: Sophie Tucker (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Amy Edwards - ""Private Detective"" (from New York City, NY)
Game 1: John Tuck Jr. - ""Commanded South Pole Base"" (Navy Lieutenant from Auburn, Massachusetts) Game 2: Mr. K. J. Bassari - ""Rocket Designer U.S.A.F. Atlas Missile"" (from San Diego, California; he comments about going to the moon without passengers in 1-2 years) Game 3: Cyril Ritchard (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Phoebe F. Rosen - ""Psychiatrist"" (from New York City, NY)
Game 1: Jolie Gabor (as Mystery Guest #1 and the panel is blindfolded) - ""Owns And Operates Jewelry Store"" (she is the mother of the Gabor sisters) Game 2: Clem Swagerty - ""Entertainment Director, San Quentin Prison"" (from San Anselmo, California) Game 3: Anthony Perkins (as Mystery Guest #2) Game 4: Irene M. Peterson - ""Sells Life Insurance For Dogs"" (from Brooklyn, New York)
Pat Boone Martin Gabel [panel] Hedy Lamarr [panel]
Game 1: Duke Snider (as Mystery Guest #1) Game 2: An Elderly WAC Army Sergeant Game 3: Bob Cummings (as Mystery Guest #2) Game 4: A Bartender School Owner
Game 1: Michael A. Stepovich - ""Governor of Alaska"" Game 2: Bee Keeper Game 3: Ralph Bellamy (as Mystery Guest)
Xavier Cugat & Abbe Lane Edward Mulhare [panel]
Game 1: James Roosevelt (as Mystery Guest #1) - ""Congressman"" Game 2: ""Movie Gunplay Coach"" Game 3: Patrice Munsel (as Mystery Guest #2) Game 4: ""Tea Taster""
Game 1: Lady Barber Game 2: ""Chorus Boy in Broadway Musical Produced by Dorothy's husband"" (Dorothy Kilgallen's husband is Dick Kollmar) Game 3: Phil Silvers (as Mystery Guest)
Game 1: weather forecaster Game 2: makes horses' hats Game 3: Milton Berle (as Mystery Guest)
Game 1: Donald Farrell (signed in as ""Mr. X"" but the panel was not blindfolded) - ""Airman First Class U.S.A.F."" (See notes below) Game 2: Mayte Morris - ""Bartender"" (at the Rock City Hotel; from Little Valley, New York) Game 3: Judy Holliday (as Mystery Guest #2) Game 4: Arthur Glowka - ""Dives for Diamonds in Brazilian Rivers"" (from Scarsdale, New York)
Game 1: Edward J. Kelly, Noreen Kelly & Bernard Kelly - ""Judges"" (Edward Kelly is the father of Noreen & Bernard Kelly; he is a superior court judge, while Noreen & Bernard are municipal court judges; from Oregon) Game 2: Albert F. Seymour - ""Bathtub Manufacturer"" (for American Standard Company; he has been making bathtubs for over 30 years; from Ferndale, Maryland) Game 3: Lena Horne (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Gerry Thompson - ""Trotter Harness Horse Trainer"" (from Albany, New York)
Game 1: Robert Briscoe - ""Kosher Meat Manufacturer in Ireland"" (he was the former Lord Mayor of Dublin, Ireland; he is of the Jewish faith; from Dublin, Ireland) Game 2: Mike Stoller & Jerry Leiber - ""Rock 'n Roll Composers (Hound Dog, Jailhouse Rock, Don't)"" (They have been in partnership for 7 years.) Game 3: Jack Paar (as Mystery Guest #2)
Game 1: Sir Hubert Wilkins (signed in as ""Mr. X"" and the panel was not blindfolded) - ""Arctic Explorer"" (he was the first to fly over the Arctic Ocean; currently from Montrose, Pennsylvania; see notes below) Game 2: Clyde W. Ferrar, Jr. - ""Egg Inspector"" (from Virginia) Game 3: Peter Lind Hayes & Mary Healy (as Mystery Guest Duo) (Peter Lind Hayes wrote on the blackboard ""Who was that lady?"" before he and his wife Mary Healy signed in. This was a reference to their recently opened Broadway play, ""Who Was That Lady I Saw You With?"" which ran at the Martin Beck Theatre for a total of 208 performances)
Game 1: Stirling Moss (he signed in as ""Mr. Y"") - ""Auto Racing Driver"" (he mentions that he drove an Aston Martin at Sebring Raceway in Florida; he also mentions Europe, Monaco & Italy) Game 2: Grace Von Hulsteyn & Betsy Nelson - ""Makes Nose Warmers"" (from Virginia & Pennsylvania) Game 3: Anita Ekberg (as Mystery Guest #2) (She signed in as Anita Steel Ekberg) Game 4: Mae Bamberg - ""Mayor of Southport, England"" (from Lancashire County, England)
Game 1: Mrs. Hilda Broughton - ""Fish Counter For U.S. Government"" (from Portland, Oregon) Game 2: Thomas Lee - ""Jockey"" (from Ocean City, New Jersey) Game 3: Hope Lange & Don Murray (as Mystery Guest Duo) They are Mr. and Mrs. Don Murray; see notes below.
Game 1: John Perona (as Mystery Guest #1 and the panel was blindfolded) - ""Owner of New York's El Morocco Nightclub"" (his famed restaurant is on East 54th Street in Manhattan, NY) Game 2: A Scotsman who makes kilts (He is dressed in a kilt) Game 3: Greer Garson (as Mystery Guest) Per Gil Fates' handwritten logs, there was not enough time for the next scheduled contestant, a person who was a probation officer.
Game 1: Ruth Patterson - ""Human Cannonball"" Game 2: Jeannine Breyer - ""Makes Dog Collars"" Game 3: Bob Hope (as Mystery Guest)
Game 1: Father Hugh Michael Beahan - ""Disc Jockey"" Game 2: Roy Rogers - ""Hairdresser"" (he is bald but has a full beard; no relation to the actor of the same name) Game 3: Jane Powell (as Mystery Guest)
Gracie Fields Martin Gabel & Dana Wynter [panel]
Tennessee Ernie Ford Gig Young [panel]
Miyoshi Umeki Robert Ryan [panel]
Game 1: Mattress Demonstrator Game 2: Head of the Israeli Women's Army Game 3: Steve Allen (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Ballet Dancer
Game 1: Mrs. Rildia Bee O'Bryan Cliburn (she signed in as ""Mrs. X"" to avoid name recognition and the panel was not blindfolded) - ""Piano Teacher"" (she is Van Cliburn's Mother; see notes below) Game 2: Pearl Spooner - ""Makes Bullet Proof Vests"" (for her company, the Spooner Armour Company; from New York) Game 3: Olivia de Havilland (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Eugene Zeller - ""Makes Mink-Trimmed Golf Tees"" (from Longmeadow, Massachusetts)
Game 1: Mrs. Gwen Falkenberg - ""Lawyer"" (from Overland Park, Kansas) Game 2: Peter Lomagistro - ""Operates Skirt-Blowing Machine at Amusement Park"" (at the Rockaways' Playland Amusement Park in Rockaway Beach, Queens, NY; from Inwood, Long Island, NY) Game 3: Betty Hutton (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Miss Gerda Einboch - ""Crocodile Hunter"" (from Vienna, Austria)
Game 1: Rona Leveine - ""Uniformed Doorman for Manhattan Restaurant"" (doorman for a restaurant that sounds like ""La Vois""; from New York) Game 2: Geoffrey Ford - ""Teaches School for Horse Players"" (from New York City) Game 3: Fred Astaire (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Nina Lawson - ""Wig Fitter for Metropolitan Opera"" (originally from Scotland; currently from New York City, NY)
Game 1: David H. Brown - ""Whale Trainer at California Marineland"" Game 2: Jeanne Farrell - ""Bill Collector"" Game 3: Bob Crosby (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Lee Keener - ""One-Man Band""
Game 1: Mary G. Ross - ""Designs Rocket Missiles and Satellites"" (for Lockheed Aircraft; John mentions some of them are the size of 4-story buildings at Cape Canaveral; from Los Altos, California) Game 2: Wilda Widmeyer - ""Baseball and Softball Umpire"" (from Fergus, Ontario, Canada) Game 3: Andy Griffith (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Dr. Alois S. Knapp - ""Owns and Operates Nudist Camp"" (his camp is called the Zorro Nature Park; from Roselawn, Indiana)
Game 1: A U.S. Marine dog catcher in full uniform Game 2: A lady ferryboat captain Game 3: Sophia Loren (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: A young male telephone operator
Game 1: Henri La Mothe - ""High Diver"" (he dives 40 feet into 2 feet of water; from New York and New Jersey; he leaves after questioning and does not meet the panel) Game 2: Mrs. Cecelia Neville - ""Hog Show Judge"" (from Lafayette, Indiana) Game 3: Benny Goodman (as Mystery Guest)
Game 1: Bill Quinn - ""Governor of Hawaii"" (Governor William Quinn was originally from St. Louis, Missouri) Game 2: A. Purves Pullen - ""Professional Bird Imitator"" (aka Dr. Horatio Q. Birdbath; from Vacaville, California) Game 3: Dorothy Lamour (as Mystery Guest)
Game 1: Donald E. Gray - ""Teaches Course for Expectant Parents"" (from Flint, Michigan) Game 2: Rae V. Biester - ""Head of U.S. Mint (Philadelphia, PA)"" (from Drexel Hill, Philadelphia) Game 3: Kathryn Grayson (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Peter R. Kaplan - ""Private Detective"" (for the Metropolitan Detective Agency; from Radisson, New Jersey; he is also a student at Princeton)
Game 1: Linnie Kincaid - ""Professional Wrestler"" (from Daytona Beach, Florida) Game 2: Rev. Frank E. Pulley - ""Raises Worms"" (from Louisburg, North Carolina) Game 3: Esther Williams (as Mystery Guest)
Game 1: Richard Cobb - ""Women's Fashion Editor"" (for the Virginian-Pilot newspaper; from Norfolk, Virginia) Game 2: Sam James - ""Bull Fighter"" (from New York; he performs in Peru) Game 3: Van Cliburn (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Roseanne Schauley - ""Nurse"" (at Doctors Hospital in New York City, NY; originally from Milburn, New Jersey)
Game 1: Edward D. Stone (He signed in only as ""E.D.S."" to avoid name recognition.) - ""Architect, Designed U.S. Pavilion for Brussels World's Fair"" Game 2: Florence Martin - ""Pajama Model"" (from Chicago, Illinois) Game 3: Althea Gibson (as Mystery Guest) Won Wimbledon Twice Game 4: John Dailey - ""Harness Race Horse Driver"" (from Albany, New York; John Daly jokingly says ""Henry Smith"" while the contestant is signing in; John Dailey is also a lawyer)
Game 1: Dale Fogle - ""Garbage Collector"" (from New Kensington, Pennsylvania) Game 2: N. Orloff (Nicholas Orloff) - ""United Nations Interpreter"" (from Oyster Bay, Long Island, NY) Game 3: Eydie Gorme & Steve Lawrence (as Mystery Guest Duo) Game 4: Carrie Hooley - ""Bus Conductor"" (in London, England, where she hails from)
Game 1: Dana Craig - ""Night Club Bouncer"" (at the Chi Chi Club in Avalon, Santa Catalina Island, California, where she hails from) Game 2: Frank Bisignamo - ""Cook on U.S. Navy Blimp"" (from Trenton, New Jersey) Game 3: Dick Powell (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Natalie Carbone Mangini - ""Atomic Scientist"" (for Westinghouse; from Crabtree, Pennsylvania; she discusses the Nautilus II nuclear powered submarine; today is her birthday, HAPPY BIRTHDAY Natalie!)
Game 1: William L. Hughes - ""Detective Superintendant at Scotland Yard"" Game 2: Greta Andersen - ""Professional Distance Swimmer"" (She signed in as ""Mrs. John Sonnicksin"" to avoid name recognition.) Game 3: Polly Bergen (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Kay Sinclair - ""Marriage Counselor""
Game 1: Major J.F.D. Johnson - ""Buckingham Palace Guard"" Game 2: Helen Straub - ""Professional Fire Eater"" Game 3: Eva Marie Saint (as Mystery Guest)
Game 1: Arthur ""Spud"" Melin - ""Inventor and Manufacturer of Hula-Hoops"" Game 2: Joseph J. Karitas - ""Chief House Painter at White House (Washington D.C.)"" Game 3: Ed Sullivan (as Mystery Guest)
Game 1: Paul Butler (D) & Meade Alcorn (R) - ""Chairmen of the National Political Parties"" Game 2: Rich Kner - ""Also Makes Hula Hoops (partner of last week's Hula Hoop maker)"" Game 3: Robert Young & Jane Wyatt (as Mystery Guest Duo)
Game 1: Jack O'Dell - ""Night Watchman at Girls' School"" Game 2: Carroll Long - ""Chicken Auctioneer"" Game 3: Roy Rogers (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Lari Silber - ""Writes Advice to Lovelorn Column""
Game 1: Rudelph Schlein - ""Gold Prospector"" Game 2: Norma M. Kurtz - ""Shears Sheep"" Game 3: Darryl F. Zanuck (as Mystery Guest)
Game 1: Chuck Carlisle - ""Executive Officer of Atomic Submarine Sea Wolf (submerged for 60 days)"" Game 2: Solon Gray - ""Makes Diaper Pins"" Game 3: Joe E. Lewis (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Anna M. Waller - ""Buys Dogs for U.S. Army and Air Force""
Game 1: Cora Jean Bronkemar - ""Paints Dots on Dice"" Game 2: Les Downing (Leslie Downing) - ""Flying Traffic Cop"" (from Hammond, Indiana) Game 3: Gordon MacRae (as Mystery Guest)
Game 1: ""Duchess"" Geyer - ""Tattoo Artist"" Game 2: Dick Winslow - ""Plays Piano on Airplane"" Game 3: Imogene Coca (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Tom Collins - ""Tour Guide on Sightseeing Bus"" (London, England)
Game 1: Joseph P. Moffa - ""Dentist in Federal Prison"" Game 2: Bob Lentz - ""Professional Goose Caller for Hunters"" Game 3: Robert Wagner (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Alice Ashley - ""Diamond Cutter""
Game 1: Rita Francis Gaglio - ""Men's Barber"" Game 2: Arnold Mallis - ""Breeds flies, ants, spiders, etc. for Research"" Game 3: Charles Boyer (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Raymond Berry - ""Professional Football Player"" (Baltimore Colts)
Game 1: Edmund G. Brown, Sr. - ""Attorney General and Governor Elect of California"" Game 2: Count Vasco da Gama - ""Sells and Repairs Pool Tables"" Game 3: Harry Belafonte (as Mystery Guest #2) Game 4: Mrs. Atsuko Kemuri - ""Movie Critic"" (from Tokyo, Japan; she signed her name in Japanese characters. This is an educated guess as to the spelling.)
Game 1: J.E. Briggs - ""Superintendent of U.S. Air Force Academy"" Game 2: Barbara Harding - ""Makes Pizza Pies"" Game 3: Anna Maria Alberghetti (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Oscar Tapper - 7th Grade School Teacher""
Game 1: Thomas Schippers (he signed is as Mr. X to avoid name recognition, and the panel was not blindfolded) - ""Conductor of the Metropolitan Opera"" (from New York, he is 28 years old) Game 2: Larry French - ""Chicken Plucker"" (from Norman, Oklahoma) Game 3: Jose Ferrer (as Mystery Guest #2)
Game 1: Lord Frederick Lennox, Duke of Richmond and Gordon - ""Owns and Operates Race Track"" (in Sussex, England; he is also the President of British Travel Association) His race track is Goodwood, which is located on his estate. Visit their website: Goodwood. They still offer horse racing, and so much more! Game 2: Milton R. Cohen - ""Makes 'Galoshes' for Dogs"" (his product is called ""Dry Paws""; John shows a Macy's Department Store advertisement for them; he donates his WML winnings to the ASPCA, which is the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals; from Teaneck, New Jersey) Game 3: Kathryn Grant Crosby (as Mystery Guest)
Game 1: Alereef (DeRief?) A. Greene - ""Commanding Officer of Nike Missile Base"" (he discusses 2,000 mph missiles that hit a target 14 miles up; from Maryland) Game 2: Margarette Hines - ""Makes Kilts"" (from North Hampton, MA & Cape Cod, Massachusetts) Game 3: Jayne Meadows (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: William Cruttenden or Cruttendon - ""Town Crier"" (from Hastings, England; John told him not to sign in as they were short on time, so these are the most common spellings of his name; he gives a sample of his town call)
Game 1: Jerry Sue Bradley - ""Deputy Sheriff"" (for the Harlan County Sheriff's Office; from Loyall, Kentucky) Game 2: A. W. Clark - ""Makes Foot Warmers"" (from Waco, Texas) Game 3: Celeste Holm (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Roswitha Poetrsch or Poetsch - ""Elevator Operator"" (from Germany)
Game 1: Bob Rhay - ""Warden of Washington State Penitentiary"" (also known as the Walla Walla State Penitentiary; in Walla Walla, WA; at 37 years old, he is the youngest prison warden in America) Game 2: Dixie Qualsith - ""Masseuse"" (at Josephine's; from Omaha, Nebraska) Game 3: Joseph Cotten (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Tom Holmes & Tom Watson - ""Lifeguards"" (they are also police officers; from Miami, Florida; note the joke on their surnames, Holmes & Watson, as in Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson)
Game 1: Louis Morisset - ""The M.C. of 'What's My Line?' in Canada"" (John lets the guest WML host, Mr. Morisset, flip all the cards over at the end of his appearance; from Montreal, Canada) Game 2: Irene Cullinan - ""Night Watchman (For the Merchants of Newton, Kansas)"" (she is 64 years old and carries a '38 revolver; from Newton, Kansas) Game 3: Richard Boone (as Mystery Guest) He is dressed in a cowboy outfit for his 1957-1963 television series ""Have Gun - Will Travel,"" in which he plays the character ""Paladin.""
Game 1: Honey Ray - ""Target in Knife-Throwing Act"" Game 2: Helen Corwin - ""Makes Saddles"" (Helen will again be a contestant, on EPISODE #846 on January 22, 1967) Game 3: Paul Newman (as Mystery Guest)
Game 1: Ingemar Johansson - ""Heavyweight Boxing Champion of Eurpope"" Game 2: James R. Hanahan - ""Termite Exterminator"" Game 3: Burl Ives (as Mystery Guest #2) Game 4: John Eberle - ""Beer Tester""
Game 1: Denise Hivet - ""Private Secretary to the Duchess of Windsor"" (see notes below) Game 2: Norma Dean - ""Dives 40 Feet Into Tank on Horseback"" (she works at Steel Pier in Atlantic City, NJ, and dives into about 10 feet of water) Game 3: Gower Champion & Marge Champion (as Mystery Guest Duo) What's My Line? loved the Steel Pier diving horses featured in Atlantic City, New Jersey, and featured this occupation 4 times: EPISODE #314 on June 10, 1956; EPISODE #451 on February 8, 1959; EPISODE #577 on August 20, 1961; and EPISODE #822 on July 17, 1966. See photos at this web site dedicated to the diving horses! STEEL PIER DIVING HORSES
Game 1: Helen P. Mann - ""Tracks Missiles at Cape Canaveral"" Game 2: Helen Mitchell - ""Sells Sewer Pipe"" Game 3: Maria Schell (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: John Muldowney - ""Makes Flea Powder""
Game 1: Edwin S. Roger - ""Bridal Consultant"" Game 2: Jan Dietrich - ""Chief Pilot for Aircraft Company"" Game 3: Johnny Mathis (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Don Stewart & Karl Marlow - ""Hold Cue Cards For Perry Como""
Game 1: Masako Katsura - ""Professional Billiard Player (World's Women's Champion)"" Game 2: Shirley Morabito - ""Medicine Taster for Drug Manufacturer"" Game 3: Noel Coward (as Mystery Guest)
Game 1: Robert Reinhart - ""Runs Charm School for Women"" Game 2: Bobby Kuykendall - ""Anesthetist"" Game 3: Fred MacMurray (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Olga Wank - ""Mounts Butterflies for Museum of Natural History"" (Olga's surname was pronounced ""Vank"")
Game 1: Raymond Spahr (or Spahn) - ""Scientist in Charge of Research on Diapers"" (from Cranberry, New Jersey) Game 2: Burt Riley Waters - ""Sells Rolls Royce Automobiles (Youngest Rolls Royce Dealer in the World)"" (from Indianapolis, Indiana & Akron, Ohio) Game 3: Sammy Davis Jr. (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Bob Brookhouser - ""Mounts Television Antennas on Rooftops"" (from Erie, Pennsylvania)
Game 1: Mr. D. Latham (Dana Latham) - ""U.S. Commissioner of Internal Revenue"" (from Los Angeles, California) Game 2: Nial O'Malley-Keyes - ""Milkman"" (for the Excelsior Creamery Company; from Santa Ana, California) Game 3: Lana Turner (as Mystery Guest)
Game 1: Margaret M. Henderson - ""Commandant of Women's Marine Corps"" (from Lubbock, Texas) Game 2: Irving Thompson - ""Sells Traffic Lights"" (from Orange, Connecticut, he works for the American City Supply Company) Game 3: Cornelia Otis Skinner (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Giuseppe Ogna - ""Professional Bicycle Racer"" (from Northern Italy, he is the sprint champion of Italy)
Game 1: Lou Kane - ""Bill Collector"" (from Hollywood, California) Game 2: Louis C. Schneider - ""Teaches Butchering at San Quentin Prison"" (from San Quentin, California, he has had this job for 14 years) Game 3: Jeanne Crain (as Mystery Guest)
Game 1: Samuel R. Pierce, Jr. - ""Criminal Court Judge"" (His general sessions are in New York) Game 2: Mr. H. Whitney - ""Bullfighter"" (matador from New Rochelle, New York) Game 3: Frankie Laine (as Mystery Guest)
Game 1: Tito Gaona - ""Flying Trapeze Artist"" (from Mexico, he is performing at Palisades Park in NJ) Read more about Senor Gaona here: http://www.titogaona.com/ Game 2: Peggie Coufos - ""Raises Mice for Research"" (from New Jersey) Game 3: Hermione Gingold (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Barbara Martin - ""Piano Tuner"" (from Indianapolis, Indiana)
Game 1: Henry O'Mara - ""Chief Superintendent of National Police of Ireland"" Game 2: Alice Bowring - ""Owns and Operates Gold Mine"" Game 3: Andy Griffith (as Mystery Guest)
Game 1: J. H. Edmondson (James Howard Edmondson) - ""Governor of Oklahoma"" (from 1959 to 1963; at 33 years old, he is the youngest governor ever in Oklahoma ) Game 2: Bud Knight - ""Buys Maternity Clothes"" (for Neiman Marcus Department Stores) Game 3: Milton Berle (as Mystery Guest) He signs in as ""John Daly's Son""
Game 1: Franklin Heller (as Mystery Guest #1 and the panel is blindfolded) - ""Director of ""What's My Line?"" (Panel thinks he's in Europe)"" Game 2: Harold Woehr - ""Makes Blankets for Cows"" (he is the Vice-President of R. Lackie Co.; from South Carolina) Game 3: Pat Suzuki (as Mystery Guest #2)
Game 1: Lia di Leo - ""Sculptor"" (from Los Angeles, California) Game 2: Roy Biddlecom - ""Makes Electric Bed Warmers"" (from Glendale, California) Game 3: Debbie Reynolds (as Mystery Guest)
Game 1: Dave Gelber, Dave Ehrlich, Richard duBusc, Tony Stein, Lloyd Barnards - ""Own and Operate Baby Sitting Service"" (located in Elizabeth, New Jersey; their rates are 60 cents per hour / 75 cents per hour after midnight) Game 2: Monique Benoit - ""Writes 'Advice to Lovelorn Column"" (in the San Francisco Examiner newspaper; she is originally from Paris, currently from San Francisco, CA) Game 3: Gypsy Rose Lee (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Francine Tieger - ""Bubble Gum Tester"" (for the Topps Chewing Gum Company; from Brooklyn, NY)
Game 1: Gloria Shiner Williams - ""Sheep and Goat Rancher"" (from Bandera, Texas) Game 2: John Halloran - ""Private Detective (85 Years Old)"" (from Grand Rapids, Michigan) Private Detective Game 3: The McGuire Sisters (as Mystery Guest Trio) Christine, born July 30, 1926; Dorothy, born February 13, 1928; Phyllis, born February 14, 1931
Game 1: Miss Birgit Lundgren - ""Correspondent for Swedish Newspaper"" (Woman's World; Miss Lundgren is the fiancee of heavyweight boxing champion Ingemar Johansson; from Sweden) Game 2: Mabel Page - ""U.S. Air Force Sergeant"" (from Chicago, Illinois) Game 3: Anthony Perkins (as Mystery Guest)
Game 1: Grover Criswell - ""Buys and Sells Confederate Money"" (John shows the audience a $1,000 confederate bill; from St. Petersburg Beach, Florida) Game 2: Lynda Earnhardt - ""Performs Stunts on Wings of Airplane"" (she is a mere 13 years old!; from Kernersville, North Carolina) Game 3: Jack Benny (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Gloria Kates - ""Designs Breadboxes"" (HEY! That's funny!)
Game 1: Ruby Goldstein ""Prize Fight Referee (Refereed Patterson-Johansson Fight)"" Game 2: Keith L. Gems - ""Makes Figures for Wax Museum"" Game 3: Red Buttons (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Becky Swanzy - ""Sells False Teeth""
Game 1: Roy Fairman - ""Golf Caddy (Caddies for President Eisenhower) 13 Years Old"" Game 2: Annie Sebening - ""Raises Spiders for Research"" Game 3: William Bendix (as Mystery Guest)
Game 1: Jorunn Kristiansen - ""Dental Nurse"" (Miss Kristiansen, representing Norway at age 18 as ""Miss Norway"", was also a 1959 Miss Universe 1st runner-up! The Miss Universe 1959 pagent was held on July 24th, 1959 at the Long Beach Auditorium, Long Beach, California, USA.) Game 2: John Benteler - ""Makes Roulette Wheels (For Gambling Casinos)"" Game 3: Eartha Kitt (as Mystery Guest)
Game 1: Delores Naples - ""Bartender"" Game 2: Roy McKercher - ""Bat Boy for San Francisco Giants"" Game 3: The Andrews Sisters (as Mystery Guest Trio) Game 4: Dorothy Fine - ""Dance Director""
Game 1: Mirja Rose - ""Lifeguard at Y.M.C.A."" Game 2: Catherine Conrad - ""Operates Lie Detector"" Game 3: Cliff Arquette (as Mystery Guest)
Game 1: Paul Klatt, Jr. - ""Inspects Jet Engines By Crawling Inside Them"" Game 2: Darris Miller - ""Makes Pajamas for Dogs"" Game 3: Eddie Hodges (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Joe Angrosini - ""Sells Chinese Fortune Cookies""
Game 1: Alexander Akalovsky - ""U.S. State Dept. Interpreter (Translated for V.P. Nixon in Russia)"" Game 2: Rood Menter - ""Sells False Teeth for Cows"" Game 3: Julie London (as Mystery Guest)
Game 1: Archie Moore (as Mystery Guest #1 and the panel is blindfolded) - ""World's Light Heavyweight Champion"" (He has been boxing for almost 24 years!) Game 2: Leta Thomason - ""Piccolo Player"" (for the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra; from Granbury, Texas) Game 3: Suzy Parker (as Mystery Guest #2)
Game 1: Dixie Lee - ""Bullfighter"" Game 2: J.A. Conlon - ""Prints U.S. Paper Money (Bureau of Engraving & Printing)"" Game 3: Tony Randall (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Erland Stevens - ""Paints Fire Hydrants""
Game 1: O.E. Long (Oren Ethelbirt Long, 1889-1965) - ""U.S. Senator from Hawaii"" (a Democrat, born in Altoona, Kansas; he has been Hawaii's Senator since last Monday and has lived in HI for 42 years; he was the territorial Governor of Hawaii from 1951-1953; in 1956 he was elected as the territorial Senator from Hawaii; he became a United States Senator when Hawaii gained statehood in 1959; Oren Long served as Hawaii's Senator from 1959-1963 until he was replaced by Daniel Inouye; Bennett disqualified himself from this round) Game 2: Bernard Duddy - ""Monkey Keeper (For Research Project)"" (from Norristown, Pennsylvania, he works for Merck Laboratories ) Game 3: Rick Nelson (as Mystery Guest) aka Ricky Nelson Game 4: Candy Lee - ""Disc Jockey"" (she broadcasts the ""Candy Lee Show"" on station WDOK in her hometown of Cleveland, OH)
Game 1: Mr. I. W. Hardin aka Wayne Hardin - ""Head Football Coach for U.S. Naval Academy"" (born in Arkansas, currently living in California; 32 years old) Game 2: Dorothy M. Fraser - ""Sells Submachine Guns, Pistols, Rifles & Shotguns"" (she is the Sales Manager for Harrington and Richardson, from Worcester, Massachusetts) Game 3: Esther Williams (as Mystery Guest)
Game 1: Branch Rickey - ""President of New Continental Baseball League"" Game 2: Marilyn Picard - ""Fingerprint Expert"" (from Brooklyn & White Plains, NY) Game 3: June Allyson (as Mystery Guest #2)
Game 1: Henry McFarland - ""Jail Warden"" (at the Hudson County Jail in New Jersey; from Jersey City, NJ) Game 2: Judy Grable - ""Professional Wrestler"" (from Miami, Florida, she began her career at age 18) Game 3: Claudette Colbert (as Mystery Guest)
Game 1: Glenn Stoneburner - ""Tests Tubas (For Musical Instrument Mfr.)"" Game 2: Barbara Morris - ""Seal Trainer"" Game 3: Garry Moore (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Nancy Weis - ""Fills Orders For World Series Tickets""
Game 1: LCDR M. L. Davison, USN - ""Hurricane Hunter (U.S. Navy Flier)"" Lieutenant Commander Morgan L. Davison flew propeller airplanes into hurricanes for weather research for the U.S. Navy; he uses the Radar Super Constellation airplane; from Jacksonville, Florida) Game 2: Carita Mann - ""Sells Money Belts"" (from New York City, NY) Game 3: George Montgomery & Dinah Shore (as Mystery Guest Duo)
Game 1: Victor Borge (as Mystery Guest #1 and the panel is blindfolded) - ""Poultry Farmer (Raises Rock Cornish Hens)"" Game 2: Norman Niblo - ""London ""Bobby"" (Policeman)"" (from London, England) Game 3: Hedda Hopper (as Mystery Guest #2) Game 4: Elfriede H. Germann - ""Stockbroker"" (originally from Munich Germany; currently from New York)
Game 1: Edward Karlson - ""Whaling Captain"" (from Durban, South Africa) Game 2: Edna L. Yates - ""Garbage Collector"" (from Lake Placid, Florida, she is head of their Sanitation Department) Game 3: Gary Cooper (as Mystery Guest)
Game 1: Mr. R. S. Colley - ""Develops and Makes Space Suits for Astronauts"" (for B. F. Goodrich Company; he is working on the Mercury Project; from Cuyahoga Falls, OH) Game 2: Miss Nancy Guerrieri - ""Men's Barber"" (from Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, she is 16 years old) Game 3: Phil Silvers (as Mystery Guest) He first signs in as Rock Hudson; see notes below Game 4: Marion E. Swink - ""Prints Race Track Programs"" (from New York, and Salisbury, North Carolina)
Game 1: Ann Faulkner - ""Television Cameraman"" Game 2: Lee A. Sullivan, Sr. - ""Makes Ferris Wheels"" Game 3: Harry Belafonte (as Mystery Guest)
Game 1: E. A. F. Holm - ""Inspector in Royal Canadian Mounted Police"" (this Canadian Mountie is dressed in full uniform; he is a liaison officer in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; the panel is blindfolded) Game 2: Birute Macezinskas - ""Makes Lollipops"" (for Barton's Candy Company; originally from Lithuania; currently from Brooklyn, NY) Game 3: Joanne Woodward & Paul Newman (as Mystery Guest Duo, and they sign each other's names)
Game 1: Juanita Kidd Stout - ""Judge"" (from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) Game 2: Robert C. Wishart - ""Makes Horse Liniment"" (from Conway, Massachusetts) Game 3: Fabian (as Mystery Guest) (also known as Fabian Forte)
Game 1: Tom Dooley, M.D. (as Mystery Guest #1 and the panel is blindfolded) - ""Doctor / Runs Jungle Hospital in Laos"" (John gives Dr. Dooley a donation check for $5,000) Game 2: Diana Tessler - ""Makes Wigs, Toupees & Hair Pieces"" (for Hairline, Inc.; she is left-handed) Game 3: Walter Brennan (as Mystery Guest #2)
Game 1: Grace Lake - ""Window Washer"" (from Byram Township, Sussex County, New Jersey) Game 2: Robert Sullivan - ""Grows Christmas Trees"" (in Sheerland Forest; from Berks County, Reading, Pennsylvania) Game 3: Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein II (as Mystery Guest Duo) Game 4: James Wilfong - ""Shoes Horses"" (from Ann Arbor, Michigan)
Game 1: Frances Parrish (Frances Knight Parrish) - ""Director of the United States Passport Office"" (she states that she'd like color photos for the passport photos; from Newport, Rhode Island) Game 2: George B. Hansburg - ""Inventor & Manufacturer of Pogo Sticks"" (he discusses the origin of the pogo stick; from Walker Valley, New York) Game 3: Art Carney (as Mystery Guest)
Game 1: Perian Conerly - ""Writes Football Column For Newspapers"" (she is the wife of Charley Conerly, a famous football quarterback; he comes out after her game; he was given the prestigious Jim Thorpe Award today; from Clarksdale, Mississippi; see notes below) Game 2: Sandy Qackett - ""House Painter"" (from Wellington, Kansas) Game 3: Arlene Dahl (as Mystery Guest)
Game 1: Gerald Behn - ""Secret Service Agent (Guarded President Eisenhower on Recent Trip)"" (from Virginia) Game 2: Hazel Williams - ""Sardine Taster"" (from Bangor, Maine) Sardine Taster Game 3: Maureen O'Hara (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Sal Russo - ""Complaint Adjuster for Dept. Store"" (for Saks 5th Avenue Department Store; from New Rochelle, New York)
Game 1: Norma Brooks - ""Dental Assistant"" Game 2: Henry H. Swartz - ""Sells Tranquilizer Pills for Dogs"" Game 3: Tom Poston (as Mystery Guest)
Game 1: Mr. Chan Wu Nam - ""Superintendent of Korean National Police"" (He signed his name in Asian characters. This is an educated guess as to the spelling.) Game 2: Connie Clark - ""Monkey Keeper for Research Project"" Game 3: George Jessel (as Mystery Guest
Game 1: Evelyn I. Franke - ""Chiropractor"" Game 2: John E. Lingo, Jr. - ""Sells Flagpoles"" Game 3: Jack Paar (as Mystery Guest)
Game 1: Sister Mary Christina - ""Dentist"" Game 2: Gedney Tuttle - ""Pickle Packer"" Game 3: Nelson Eddy (as Mystery Guest)
Game 1: Don L. Brown - ""Director of Physical Education at Women's College"" Game 2: Thelma Wagner - ""Makes Horse Blankets"" Game 3: Julie Andrews (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Judy Joye - ""Professional Skin Diver (Search, Salvage, Instruction, Etc.)""
Game 1: Fred E. Pfister - ""Chief Timer for Winter Olympics"" Game 2: Jo-Ag-Quis-Ho (As written in his Native American language.) AKA Orrin Lyons - ""Designs Valentine Cards"" Game 3: Peter Lorre (as Mystery Guest)
Game 1: Cordelia Sharp - ""Motorcycle Cop"" Game 2: Lin Brown - ""Runs Marriage Bureau (Matchmaker)"" Game 3: Charles Laughton (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Tobias Cohen - ""Sells Used Aircraft Carriers, Battleships, Cruisers, Etc.""
Game 1: Page Wightman - ""Livestock Auctioneer"" Game 2: E.V. Haytis - ""Sells High Explosives"" Game 3: Peggy Lee (as Mystery Guest)
Game 1: Graham Liens (pronounced ""Lyons"") - ""Sells Baby Carriages"" Game 2: Morna Campbell - ""TV Newscaster"" Game 3: Gisele MacKenzie (as Mystery Guest)
Game 1: Richard Hanley - ""Elizabeth Taylor's Secretary"" Game 2: Carolyn Herron - ""Exterminator"" Game 3: Kathryn Murray & Arthur Murray (as Mystery Guest Duo)
Game 1: Vivian Sirratt - ""Cattle Photographer"" Game 2: William Taylor - ""Makes Square Manhole Covers"" Game 3: Shelley Winters (as Mystery Guest)
Game 1: Louise Eammons - ""Census Taker (Took Census at Homes of our Panel)"" Game 2: Nick Padilla - ""Designs Maternity Clothes"" Game 3: Jane Fonda (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Edward Fenn - ""Butler""
Game 1: John Daly - ""U.S. Income Tax Examiner"" (No relation to the host of WML!) Game 2: Oliver Leese - ""Raises Cactus"" Game 3: Jack Lemmon (as Mystery Guest)
Game 1: Alex Pompez - ""Baseball Scout (S.F. Giants)"" Game 2: Emma Stachewicz - ""Breaks Eggs (10,000 Per Day)"" Game 3: Jonathan Winters (as Mystery Guest)
Game 1: Robert Hewitt - ""Makes Ladies' Garters"" Game 2: Grace Luce - ""Paperhanger"" Game 3: Bob Cummings (as Mystery Guest)
Game 1: Gloria Bale - ""Trapeze Artist"" Game 2: Charles ""Chic"" Gaylord - ""Makes Holsters for Guns"" Game 3: Laurence Harvey (as Mystery Guest)
Game 1: Betty Rode - ""Butcher"" Game 2: D. Ronald Adams - ""Baker Wedding Cake for Princess Meg"" Game 3: Gertrude Berg (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Manny Schoedes - ""Candlestick Maker""
Game 1: Bonnie Harrington - ""Kindergarten Teacher"" Game 2: Edward R. Blime - ""Racetrack Starter"" Game 3: James Cagney (as Mystery Guest)
Game 1: PFC Mary Luksis - ""Dental Technician for West Point Cadets"" Game 2: John Torp - ""Runs Flea Circus"" Game 3: June Allyson (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Sue Mandel - ""Trombone Player""
Game 1: Mary Ann Messiek - ""Justice of the Peace"" Game 2: Charles T. Reece - ""Inspects Atlas Missiles"" Game 3: Jane Wyman (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: John W. Mullhen - ""Sells Hay""
Game 1: Mrs. Gladys Carter - ""Twists Chewing Tobacco"" (for Liggett & Myers Tobacco Company; she twists 1200 tobacco ""twists"" per day and has been employed by them for 33 years; Gladys is the mother of Don Carter, a professional bowler; from St. Louis, MO) Game 2: Mrs. Dorothy Logan - ""Gives Out Parking Tickets (N.Y.C. Police Traffic Dep't ""Meter Maid"")"" (salaried; from Brooklyn, NY) Game 3: Bobby Darin (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Miss Jeanne Parr - ""Television Weather Girl"" (for station WNHC in New Haven, Connecticut; salaried; from Stamford, CT)
Game 1: Carol Bonnaviat - ""Judo Instructor"" Game 2: Thomas Hull - ""Burns Money"" Game 3: Van Johnson (as Mystery Guest)
Game 1: Jean Ward - ""Barmaid in English Pub"" Game 2: Len Barron - ""Sells Bridal Veils"" Game 3: Ingemar Johansson (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Charles McCoy - ""Mosquito Exterminator"" (from Morris County, New Jersey)
Game 1: Arthur Mercate - ""Beer Salesman"" Game 2: O.T. Gillett - ""Cowboy"" Game 3: Elaine May & Mike Nichols (as Mystery Guest Duo) Game 4: Mitch Shapiro - ""Puts Sticks in Popsicles""
IDENTICAL TWINS NIGHT! In honor of the 26th Annual ""International Twins Association"" Convention, all of the regular contestants are identical twin sets who are dressed alike. Game 1: Miss LaVelda Rowe & Miss LaVona Rowe - ""News Photographers"" Game 2: Miss Barbara Harker & Miss Virginia Harker - ""Sell Worms"" Game 3: The Sound of Music (as Mystery Guest Cast) Game 4: Bernard Ross & Howard Ross - ""Dentists"" WML will again have a ""twins night"" on EPISODE #847 on January 29, 1967.
Game 1: Lou Puckett - ""Plumber"" Game 2: Pauline Nesselrodt - ""Makes False Tails for Horses"" Game 3: Shelley Berman (as Mystery Guest)
Game 1: Liza Redfield - ""Conducts Orchestra for Broadway Show ""The Music Man"""" Game 2: Arthur Abramson - ""Manufactures Sleeping Bags"" Game 3: Jerry Lewis (as Mystery Guest)
Game 1: William C. Westmoreland & John Davidson - ""Superintendents: West Point & Annapolis"" aka General William Westmoreland & Admiral John Davidson Game 2: Nancy Pomroy - ""Lobster Fisherman"" Game 3: Zsa Zsa Gabor (as Mystery Guest #2) Game 4: Maureen Napier - ""Tour Guide on Sightseeing Boat (New York City)""
Game 1: Sherrylyn Patecell - ""Rockette (Dancer at Radio City Music Hall)"" Game 2: Syd Simons - ""Make-Up Artist (Did Speakers at GOP Convention)"" Game 3: Myrna Loy (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Frank Prudenti - ""Bat Boy for N.Y. Yankees""
Game 1: Arnold Palmer - ""Professional Golfer and Masters and National Champion"" Game 2: Michael Jackson - ""Rock ‘N' Roll Disc Jockey"" Game 3: Dina Merrill (as Mystery Guest #2) Game 4: Doris Mossotto - ""Dog Catcher""
Game 1: Laurence N. Snyder - ""Head Coach U.S. Olympic Track Team (Coach - Ohio State University)"" Game 2: Albert W. Hall - ""Sells Chicken Feed"" (See notes below) Game 3: Jesse Owens (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Don Bragg - ""United States Army Private"" (Due to time constraits, Don did not sign in or play an actual game. Mr. Daly brought him on stage to introduce him, and had the panel make some ""free wild guesses"" as they used to do in the 1950 to 1955 episodes. See notes below.)
Game 1: Robert M. White & Joseph A. Walker - ""X-15 Rocket Plane Test Pilots (Set Speed and Altitude Records)"" Game 2: Patricia Hewson - ""Pizza Pie Tester"" Game 3: Buddy Hackett (as Mystery Guest) Buddy signed in as ""Maralyn Monroe"". (Oops, he misspelled Marilyn!)
Game 1: Robert, Theodore, Allan & Arthur Specht - ""Registered Nurses"" Game 2: Pat Hayes - ""Rides Brahma Bulls in Rodeos"" Game 3: Bette Davis (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Anne Maciag - ""Zipper Tester""
Game 1: Robert Brydon - ""Hog Auctioneer"" Game 2: Margaret O'Neill - ""Official Chaperone for Miss America"" Game 3: Ralph Bellamy (as Mystery Guest)
Game 1: Carl Sandburg (as Mystery Guest #1) Game 2: Donna Schofield - ""'Baby Sitter' for Chimpanzee (Children's Zoo)"" (from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) Game 3: Milton Berle (as Mystery Guest #2)
Game 1: Edward Heintz - ""Flagpole Painter (78 Years Old)"" Game 2: Eva Kragg - ""Teaches Class for Expectant Mothers"" Game 3: Cantinflas (as Mystery Guest)
Game 1: Joane Westermark (pronounced as Jo-Anne) - ""Baseball Usher for San Francisco Giants"" Game 2: John ""Chief"" Hellebrand - ""Sells Baby Clothes"" Game 3: Red Skelton (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Sita Arora - ""High School English Teacher""
Game 1: Kirk Douglas (as Mystery Guest #1) - ""Manufacturers Electric Blankets for Horses"" Game 2: Henry M. Jackson & Thruston B. Morton (as Mystery Guest Duo) ""Chairmen of RNC & DNC"" Game 3: Mickey Rooney (as Mystery Guest #4)
Game 1: Rev. Billy Graham (as Mystery Guest #1) Game 2: Addie Lynch - ""Traveling Salesman (Sells Chili Con Carne)"" Game 3: Anthony Quinn (as Mystery Guest #2)
Game 1: Mrs. Ruby Chong - ""Professional Bowler"" (from Oakland, California) Game 2: Elmer Rice - ""Tests Parachutes (By Jumping)"" (he is wearing his U.S. Navy uniform and is a Parachute Rigger 3rd class; from Buffalo, Missouri) Game 3: Danny Kaye (as Mystery Guest)
Game 1: Ralph Houk (as Mystery Guest #1) - ""New Manager of N.Y. Yankees"" (from Saddle River, New Jersey; he is the new manager of the New York Yankees baseball team; he has been with the Yankees organization for 22 years) Game 2: Mrs. ""Boo"" Morrison - ""Makes Back-Scratchers for Cows"" (from Senatobia, Mississippi; her first name is never given, she put the quotes around the obvious nickname of Boo; she designed this cattle back-scratching device which is an insecticide-infused burlap log that the cattle walk under to scrape off the flies; John said the cattle are healthier and can weigh an additional 20 pounds; her husband raises cattle, and John mentioned that Mr. Morrison is a graduate of his beloved Tilton School) Game 3: Janet Leigh (as Mystery Guest #2) Game 4: Miss Mona Neves - ""Professional Bass Player"" (from Manhattan, New York; she is a member of an all-girl jazz group and performs in small clubs; John said she plays a bass viol and is presently appearing at ""The Lightho
Game 1: Frank P. Stone - ""Sells Voting Machines"" (it is mentioned that in next Tuesday's election, there will be 30 million people voting; from Jamestown, New York) Game 2: Hannah Foster - ""Counts Worms"" (for the Oakhaven Worm Farm; from Cedar Hill, Texas) Game 3: Frankie Laine (as Mystery Guest #1) He signs in as Frank Paul LoVecchio Game 4: John Zacherle (as Mystery Guest #2, he signs in as Mr. X to avoid name recognition, and the panel was not blindfolded) - ""Host of TV Horror Movie Show""
Game 1: John W. Ficklin - ""Head Waiter at the White House"" (from Washington, D.C.; the Presidential election will be held this coming Tuesday) Game 2: Jorie Livingston - ""Runs 'Charm' School for Businessmen"" (from St. Louis, Missouri & New York City) Game 3: Joey Bishop (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Louise Benoit - ""Weighs Money"" (for the Mercer & Dunbar Armored Car Company; from Hartford, Connecticut)
Game 1: Elbert Carvel (Governor-Elect of Delaware) - ""Manufactures Fertilizer"" Game 2: Margaret Ballentyne - ""Horse Race Bookie"" (from Edinburgh, Scotland) Game 3: John Wayne (as Mystery Guest)
Game 1: Nellie W. Trayler - ""Dietician at Reducing Farm"" (she works for the Seaton Inn Spa; from Lakewood, New Jersey) Game 2: Sandi Telsay - ""Stockbroker"" (for Whitmore, Bruce & Company; from Brooklyn, NY) Game 3: Maurice Evans (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Thomas M. Force - ""Lighthouse Keeper"" (at the Romer Shoal Lighthouse off the shore of Staten Island; from Michigan)
Game 1: Freda Rowe - ""Registered Nurse (Assigned to New Kennedy Baby)"" (From Falls Church, Virginia, she works at Georgetown Hospital) Game 2: Gene Beene - ""Does ""Human Bomb"" Act (Blows Self Up With Dynamite)"" (from Chattanooga, TN; he performs in a 3' x 3' x 6' box with 2 to 5 sticks of dynamite) Game 3: Nancy Kwan (as Mystery Guest) (She signs her name in both Chinese characters and English) Game 4: John R. Ball - ""Wig Maker"" (from Manhattan, NY, NY; his company is John of 5th Avenue)
Game 1: Tom Johnson - ""Teaches Biology at Women's College"" (from Fredericksburg, Virginia, he works at Mary Washington College. Mary Washington College is named for the mother of George Washington, who lived most of her life in Fredericksburg, VA) Game 2: Nancy Mizener - ""Makes Dog Food"" (from Texas, her company ""The Dog House"" has been in business for 6 months) Game 3: Stephen Boyd (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Bert Moosman - ""Builds, Moves & Demolishes Bank Vaults"" (from Massapequa Park, NY, he works for the Mosler Safe Company)
Game 1: Wendy Wagner - ""Stunt Skindiver for TV Films"" (from Nassau, Bahamas, she performed diving stunts for television programs such as ""The Aquanauts"" and ""Sea Hunt""; she was later known as Wende Wagner) Game 2: Boots Gaider - ""Makes Electric Backscratchers"" (from West Virginia & Newark, New Jersey; her company is Daymar Products) Game 3: Edward G. Robinson (as Mystery Guest) (He signed in as ""Little Caesar"") Game 4: Edmund T. Opielski - ""Sells Church Steeples"" (from Villanova, PA)
Game 1: Louise Dorria & Loucile Holloway (fraternal twin sisters) - ""Men's Barbers"" (at the Waldorf Barber Shop, Tampa, Florida) Game 2: Sig Rauch & Joe Rauch (fraternal twin brothers) - ""Bill Collectors"" (at the Lone Star Collection Agency, Houston, Texas) Game 3: Richard Kollmar, Florence Randall, Martin Gabel & Phyllis Cerf (as Mystery Guest Spouses)
Game 1: Ike Eisenhower & John Kennedy - ""Sells Girdles"" Ike is from Washington, D.C., and John is from Denver, Colorado; they are not related to their more famous ""namesakes"". They work for the HW Gossard Company) Game 2: Ruby Logsdon - ""House Wrecker"" (from Louisville, Kentucky, she works for the Bluegrass Wrecking Company) Game 3: Lucille Ball (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Mary Coleman & Creighton Coleman (wife and husband) - ""Judges"" (from Battle Creek, Michigan; Creighton Coleman is a circuit court judge. Mary Coleman is a probate court judge. Mary Coleman was Miss Maryland years ago)
Game 1: Wilt (The Stilt) Chamberlain - ""NBA Basketball Player"" (as Mystery Guest #1 and the panel is blindfolded; Wilt plays for The Philadelphia Warriors; his team lost today to The Knickerbockers by 1 point) Game 2: Emily McAvoy - ""Department Store Detective"" (from Philadelphia, PA, she works for Lit Brothers Department Store; she has been employed by them for 64 years) Game 3: Joan Crawford (as Mystery Guest #2) Game 4: Sascha Berland - ""Television Commercial Jingle Writer"" (from (New York City, NY)
Game 1: William Schnautz - ""Makes Top Hats (Made JFK's Inauguration Topper)"" (from Westport, Connecticut, he works for The Hat Corporation of America, which is a leading hatmaker and includes such lines as Top Hat, Fashion Park, Eagle Shirtmakers, Dobbs Hats, Champ Hats, Thomas Berg and Stylepark Industries.) Game 2: Penny Pitou (she signed in as ""X"" to avoid name recognition, and the panel was not blindfolded) - ""Runs Ski School (Olympic Ski Star Penny Pitou)"" (from Bayside, Long Island, New York; she won 2 silver medals in the Olympics; originally from Laconia, New Hampshire) Game 3: Henry Fonda (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: William E. Bierer - ""Sells Vinegar"" (from New York City, NY)
Game 1: Marianne Means - ""White House Correspondent"" Game 2: Lorraine Trester - ""Owns Mink Ranch"" Game 3: Mahalia Jackson (as Mystery Guest)
Game 1: Oleg Cassini - ""Dress Designer (Designer for Jacqueline Kennedy)"" (as Mystery Guest #1) Game 2: Pam Long & Bill Long (twins) - ""Egg Farmers"" Game 3: Julie Newmar (as Mystery Guest #2) Game 4: Steffy Goldner & Anna Kayaloff - ""Orchestra Musicians (Broadway Show ""My Fair Lady"")""
Game 1: James B. Osborne - ""Commander, Polaris Missile Submarine 'George Washington'"" Game 2: Nirmala Mansukhani - ""Dentist (Teaches at Dental School)"" Game 3: Dorothy Kilgallen (as Mystery Guest)
Game 1: Maureen Neuberger (signed in as Mrs. X) - ""United States Senator"" Game 2: Louise Sniffen - ""Makes Saddles"" Game 3: Tallulah Bankhead (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Janet Kelly - ""Operator for Telephone Wake-up Service""
Game 1: Lynn George - ""Lectures on Stock Market in Grand Central Station"" Game 2: Hugh A. Cargan - ""Makes Gold Bricks for U.S. Government"" Game 3: Barrie Chase (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Jose SimÃ'és (or Simoes) - ""African Hunting Guide""
Game 1: Miss Debbie Drake - ""Teaches Reducing Exercises on TV"" (from Indianapolis, Indiana; she is the shapely hostess of the ""Passport to Beauty"" television series which airs in the morning on station WISH, and is syndicated and seen in 50 other cities) Game 2: Mrs. Lucille Troutt (as John said, ""Troutt, double T"") - ""Sells Parking Meters"" (for the Duncan Parking Meter Company which was founded in 1936 by yo-yo pioneer Donald Duncan; salaried; her territory includes all of Arkansas and Memphis, TN; from Benton, AR) Game 3: Bobby Darin (as Mystery Guest) Per Gil Fates' handwritten logs, there was not enough time for the next scheduled contestant, a man who shoes horses for the New York City Police Department.
Game 1: Bernice MacDonald - ""Truck Driver"" Game 2: Paul Putnaki - ""Tests Roller Skates"" Game 3: Genevieve (as Mystery Guest)
Game 1: Harry Wheatcroft - ""Grows Roses"" Game 2: Vesta Austin - ""Circus Clown"" Game 3: The Ritz Brothers (as Mystery Guest Trio)
Game 1: James Giuliano - ""Makes Artificial Eyelashes"" (for his company, Eyelashes Incorporated) Game 2: Winnie Alexandra - ""Does Massage and Physical Therapy on Race Horses"" (After the game, John explained that she performed a sonic wave treatment on the legs of race horses.) Game 3: Nat King Cole (as Mystery Guest)
Game 1: Bert Burns - ""London Cab Driver"" Game 2: Alice McGrath - ""Judo Instructor"" Game 3: Gary Crosby (as Mystery Guest)
Game 1: Lois Mottonen - ""U.S. Income Tax Collector"" Game 2: Wade S. Page - ""Makes Rocking Chairs (Made President Kennedy's Rocking Chair)"" Game 3: June Allyson (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Louis Chu - ""Disc Jockey For Chinese Music Program"" (Radio Station WHOM-FM)
Game 1: Raoul Levy (Lévy) - (as Mystery Guest #1) ""Movie Producer: Brigitte Bardot's Movie Producer"" Game 2: Jobie Arnold - ""Horse Race Handicapper, Writes Daily Tips For Bettors"" (Miami Herald and Gulfstream) Game 3: Julie London (as Mystery Guest #2)
Game 1: John Haly - ""Strongman for Ringling Brothers Circus"" Game 2: Harry B. Latina - ""Designs Baseball Gloves"" (for Rawlings Sporting Goods Company) Game 3: Gordon & Sheila MacRae (as Mystery Guest Duo) Game 4: Dorothy Dodgion - ""Jazz Drummer (Last Appeared With Benny Goodman's Band)"" (She is better known as Dottie Dodgion.)
Game 1: Dan Schneider - ""Gives Mud Baths"" Game 2: Mary L. Dunlop - ""Counts Fish (for U.S. Gov't)"" (at The Dalles, Oregon) Game 3: Peter Ustinov (as Mystery Guest)
Game 1: Joan Patti - ""Teaches Philosophy at University of Michigan"" Game 2: A. M. Malheur - ""Makes Pots & Pans"" (Tefal, Paris, France) Game 3: Anna Maria Alberghetti (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Patrick Scannell - ""Shoes Horses for N.Y.C. Police Department""
Game 1: George Koch - ""Rear Admiral U.S.N - Directed Recovery of Astronaut Space Capsule"" (The astronaut was Alan Shepherd, the first American to reach space. He manned the 15-minute suborbital flight of Mercury Freedom 7 on May 5, 1961.) Game 2: Pat Collins - ""Professional Hypnotist"" Game 3: Carol Burnett (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Louis Mahle - ""Bubble Gum Tester"" (for Fleer Chewing Gum Company, makers of Dubble Bubble)
Game 1: The Flaherty Brothers - ""Bartenders"" (The 5 brothers are Thaddeus, Charles, Roscoe, John and Garland) Game 2: Nellie Winick - ""Sells Kites"" (High Flyer Manufacturing Company) Game 3: The Crosby Brothers (as Mystery Guests) (Phillip 'Phil', Dennis and Lindsay Crosby)
Game 1: Lisa Lane - ""Professional Chess Player, U.S. Women's Champion"" Game 2: Richard Cowen - ""Sells Flypaper"" (Aratson Fly Ribbon) Game 3: Tony Martin (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Charlotte Livingston - ""Hair Stylist for Men"" (at Albert of 5th Avenue, NYC)
Game 1: Miss Pamela Praksa - ""Trampoline Instructor"" (at Bounceland in Hagerstown, Maryland; salaried; she is also a student at North Hagerstown High School; from Hagerstown, MD) Game 2: Jim Cook - ""Tracks Tornadoes in Airplane for U.S. Weather Bureau"" (salaried; he works for the Severe Local Storm Forecast Center in Kansas City and performs severe storm research in the Southwest area of the United States; from Dallas, TX) Game 3: Sophia Loren (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Andy Paretti - ""Buys Turtles"" (for the Bon Vivant Soup Company, John said he was salaried, see notes below; from Cedar Grove, NJ)
Game 1: John Sellers - ""Jockey (Winner of Kentucky Derby)"" (self-employed; the panel was blindfolded and the contestant was called ""Mr. Z""; he won the Kentucky Derby in 1961 on a horse named ""Carry Back""; see notes below) Game 2: Mrs. Beryl Neistat - ""Pickle Manufacturer"" (self-employed; from Melbourne, Victoria, Australia) Game 3: Phil Silvers (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Mr. J. R. Rosen - ""Makes College Diplomas"" (self-employed; he makes university diplomas in both Latin and English, since 1913, for colleges such as Harvard; from Boston, MA; as of 2005, the calligraphy company (J.R. Rosen Studio) started by Joseph R. Rosen is still in business! http://www.jrrosenstudio.com/
Game 1: Terry Tata (pronounced Tay'-ta) - ""Baseball Umpire (Youngest in Organized Baseball)"" (Terry is age 21; see notes below) Game 2: Rita Winter - ""Mink Cutter (Cuts Skins for Mink Coats)"" (she works at Schiaparelli Furs, part of the famous design house of Elsa Schiaparelli; she is also a member of the Fur Workers Union Local No. 101) Game 3: Mort Sahl (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Juliette Drut - ""Repairs Television Sets"" (She owns her own TV Company. It sounded like John Daly said Lawndale Television Company.)
Game 1: James B. Swindal - ""Pilot for President Kennedy (Lt. Colonel, U.S.A.F.)"" Game 2: Marlene Bauer Hagge (signed in as Mrs. Robert Hagge) - ""Professional Golfer"" Game 3: George Burns (as Mystery Guest)
Game 1: Thomas Kinsella - ""Alligator Wrestler"" (at the Black Hills Reptile Gardens - http://www.reptile-gardens.com) Game 2: Betty Turnbull - ""Bakes Cones For Ice Cream Cones"" (Turnbull Cone Baking Company, established 1904) Game 3: Alan King (as Mystery Guest)
Game 1: Michael Lanigan - ""Member U. S. Peace Corps"" Game 2: Kristjana Magnusdottir - ""Switchboard Operator"" Game 3: Yogi Berra (as Mystery Guest)
Game 1: David Gardner - ""Operates Brewery"" Game 2: Bess Miller - ""Dog Catcher"" Game 3: Bill Cullen (as Mystery Guest) - Please visit: Matt Ottinger's Bill Cullen Tribute Page
Game 1: Joan Odell - ""Prosecuting Attorney for State of Florida"" (Dade County, 11th Judicial District) Game 2: D. E. Shunk (Dell Eugene Shunk) - ""Makes False Teeth for Cows"" (Chapel Metal Products) Game 3: The McGuire Sisters (as Mystery Guest Trio)
Game 1: Helen Tweed - ""New York City Bus Driver"" Game 2: Gerry Moore - ""Sheep Shearer"" Game 3: Eartha Kitt (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Patricia Janis Broda - ""Stockbroker""
Game 1: Mrs. Rose Marie Marston - ""Runs Marriage Bureau"" (she runs the Scientific Marriage Center, which uses data from extensive psychological testing for the best marriage matches; self-employed; from Denver, CO) Game 2: Carl A. Strand - ""Makes Prefabricated Dog Houses"" (he owns the Carl A. Strand Company in Birmingham, Michigan; self-employed; Carl Strand also helped design the Quonset Hut during WWII, and his metal dog house is built on the same principles and design; from Birmingham, MI) Game 3: Nancy Walker (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Sam Koza - ""Race Track Bugler"" (he plays the trumpet at both the Aqueduct and Belmont horse racing tracks; salaried; from Flushing, Long Island, NY)
Game 1: Kenneth Battelle - ""Hair Stylist (Does Jacqueline Kennedy's Hair)"" (The panel was blindfolded, as Kenneth has styled both Dorothy's and Arlene's hair. He is employed by the Lilly Daché Salon, also seen as Lilly Dache Salon) Game 2: Zoe Ann Warberg - ""Judge"" (Probate Judge, 1959 Stanford Law School graduate and a former Miss Idaho 1952) Game 3: Peter Lind Hayes & Mary Healy (as Mystery Guest Duo) Game 4: Alfena Barton - ""Building Contractor"" (Al Barton & Company Building Contractors)
Game 1: Jacques Picard (he signed in as ""X"" and the panel was blindfolded) - ""Deep Sea Explorer (Holds Depth Record of Seven Miles)"" Game 2: Mrs. Ann Miles - ""Dives 40 Feet Into Tank on Horseback"" (she works at Steel Pier in Atlantic City, NJ; she mentions that the horse dives into eleven feet of water in a tank; her attire is a bathing suit and a helmet) Game 3: Mitch Miller (as Mystery Guest) What's My Line? loved the Steel Pier diving horses featured in Atlantic City, New Jersey, and featured this occupation 4 times: EPISODE #314 on June 10, 1956; EPISODE #451 on February 8, 1959; EPISODE #577 on August 20, 1961; and EPISODE #822 on July 17, 1966. See photos at this web site dedicated to the diving horses! STEEL PIER DIVING HORSES
Game 1: Emilio Pucci (signed in as ""Mr. Y"" but the panel was not blindfolded) - ""Women's Sportswear Designer"" Game 2: Mabel Stark - ""Tiger Trainer"" (At Jungleland in Thousand Oaks, CA; she stated she was age 71) Read a thoughtful (yet sad) article about this brave woman: Mabel Stark Game 3: Connie Francis (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Bob Rola - ""Sells & Demonstrates Yo-Yo's"" (for the Duncan Yo-Yo Company)
Game 1: Buz Burke - ""U.S. Senate Page Boy"" (Age 14, from Chevy Chase, MD) Game 2: Kathryn Dees & JoAnn Irvin - ""Raise Pigs"" (K.J. Swine Breeders, Inc.) Game 3: Ben Gazzara (as Mystery Guest) (on crutches!) Game 4: Mary Silchenstedt - ""Lifeguard"" (from Bayville, NY)
Game 1: Gus Mauch (signed in as ""Mr. X"" but the panel was not blindfolded) - ""Trainer for N.Y. Yankees"" (Alwyn Charles Mauch) Game 2: Jay Shore & Paul Shore (wife & husband team) - ""U.S. Mailmen"" (from Albuquerque, New Mexico) Game 3: Maria Fletcher (as Mystery Guest) - ""Miss America 1962"" (from Asheville, North Carolina) Game 4: Dave Marifield - ""Does Trapeze Act From Helicopter"" (from Summit, New Jersey)
Game 1: Samuel Yorty (signed in as ""Mr. X"" but the panel was not blindfolded) - ""Mayor of Los Angeles"" (Mayor of Los Angeles, California, 1961-1973) Game 2: Gail Ryan Brown - ""Gives Anesthetic (MD)"" (Anesthesiologist at St. Luke's Hospital, New York City) Game 3: Dick Powell (as Mystery Guest)
Game 1: Mabel Tom - ""Blackjack Dealer (in Gambling Casino)"" (for the Palace Club, Reno, Nevada, which was in operation from 1888 to 1979; Mabel has been in the USA for 13 years and was originally from Hong Kong) Game 2: Stephen Lange - ""Horse Doctor"" (Large Animal Veterinarian at Elmira Arabian Horse Farm) Game 3: Victor Borge (as Mystery Guest)
Game 1: Pat Taggett - ""Handles World Series Tickets (Secretary, New York Yankees)"" Game 2: Richard Oths - ""Sells Electric Toothbrushes"" (for E. R. Squibb Company's ""Broxodent"" Electric Toothbrush; from Mt. Vernon, NY) Game 3: Gertrude Berg (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Paul Gordon - ""Beer Tester"" (for F & M Schaefer Brewing Company, Brooklyn, NY, which produces Schaeffer Beer; from Brooklyn, NY)
Game 1: Roger Maris - ""Captain of Charter Fishing Boat"" (He is no relation to ""the"" Roger Maris, the famous baseball player. However, as told to John Daly, both ""Rogers"" are both from St. Petersburg, Florida, and have met.) Game 2: Mohan Singh Rai - ""Exports Monkeys (From India)"" (for Vita Products in Delhi, India) Game 3: Joe E. Lewis (as Mystery Guest) He promoted his appearance at the Copacabana by writing ""Copa"" after his name on the sign-in board.
Game 1: Donna Abrescia - ""Stunt Parachutist"" (for ParaVenture, in connection with the 1961-1963 TV Series ""Ripcord"") Game 2: Ken Hale - ""Sells Salt"" (for the Morton Salt Company, he is from St. Louis, MO) Game 3: Piper Laurie (as Mystery Guest)
Game 1: Steven Geiger - ""Sells False Faces for Halloween"" (Des-Art Company) Game 2: Aileen Eaton - ""Licensed Boxing Promoter (Only Woman in U.S.)"" (Married to Cal Eaton who promotes wrestling; from Los Angeles, California) Game 3: Yves Montand (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Anthony Stinis - ""Skywriter"" (for Skywriting Corporation of America, established in 1922; Also known as Andy Stinis, from Jamaica, Long Island, New York. Andy also invented a skywriting process called ""Skytyping"". His son Greg Stinis now runs the business Andy started. Visit their web page: Skytypers)
Game 1: Edward P. Durfee - ""Poodle Clipper"" (at Musgrove Kennel) Game 2: Harry Ellswood, Jr. - ""Makes & Sells Balloons"" (for Ellswood, Inc. of Denver, Colorado, which appears to still be in business as of 2003; Upon exiting, Harry gave an ""Ellswood, Inc."" advertising balloon to each panel member! The panel promptly inflated them!) Game 3: Louella O. Parsons (her sign-in name) (as Mystery Guest)
Game 1: Margaret McKean - ""Teaches New Dance Craze 'The Twist'"" (at Arthur Murray Studios) Game 2: Earle B. Collins - ""Makes Glue"" (LePage's Glue, Gloucester, Massachusetts, makers of the yellow liquid glue made from fish collagen) Game 3: Simone Signoret (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Constance Williams - ""General Manager of Men's Pro Hockey Team"" (Philadelphia Rebels)
Game 1: John Robert Russell, the 13th Duke of Bedford - ""Runs Ancestral Estate as Tourist Attraction"" (Woburn Abbey, England) Visit Woburn Abbey Web Site In 1961, he stated the tour fee was only 32 cents! Game 2: Phyllis J. Harriman - ""Owns and Operates Cranberry Bog"" (In Massachusetts, an Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc. co-op member) Game 3: Bob Hope (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Eileen Ford - ""Subway Policewoman (N.Y. Transit Authority)""
Game 1: Kirpal Singh (he signed his name with characters which John Daly described as Persian) - ""Rocket Designer"" (for Aerojet-General Corporation, his specialty is Propulsion Systems for the Polaris Submarine Missile System; Mr. Singh is originally from Punjab, India, but is now from Roseville, CA; he is a graduate of Sacramento State College in Sacramento, California; John stated that Mr. Singh was also a contestant on WML in 1955; at that time, he worked for the Naval Yards as a marine engineer) Game 2: Carole Chamberlain - ""Does Underwater Act In Nightclubs"" (from Akron, Ohio, she works for Bob Maxwell of Miami, Florida, at both the Marlin Beach Hotel in Fort Lauderdale, Florida and the Evergreen Hotel in Miami, Florida) Game 3: Rudy Vallee (as Mystery Guest) He used the most wonderful high-pitched disguised voice! He promoted his appearance in the 1961 Broadway musical written by Abe Burrows, ""How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying""
Game 1: Miss Eva Adams - ""Director of the U.S. Mint"" (from Reno, Nevada) Game 2: Nelson Cruz Oris - ""Cow Dentist"" (originally from Colombia, South America, now from Texas; he has a DDS degree, but left the medical profession to work on cows; he is not a veterinarian; he puts crowns and bridges on the teeth of cattle) Game 3: Janet Leigh (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Ray Brown - ""Bottles Champagne"" (from Bath, New York, he works for the Taylor Wine Company, Hammondsport, New York)
Game 1: Charles Goren (he signed in as Chas H. Goren, and the panel was blindfolded) - ""World's Foremost Authority on Game of Bridge"" Game 2: Sally Lehman - ""Lifeguard & Swimming Teacher at Men's College"" (at California Institute of Technology, also known as ""Cal Tech"" or ""CalTech"" in Pasadena, California) Game 3: Sir Michael Redgrave (as Mystery Guest #2)
Game 1: Peter & Chalmers Elliott - ""Football Coaches"" (These men are brothers. Peter ""Pete"" Elliott is the coach for University of Illinois. Chalmers ""Bump"" Elliott is the coach for University of Michigan) Game 2: Loraine Wilson - ""Makes Monkey Cages"" Game 3: Carol Burnett (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Nina God - ""Professional Trumpet Player"" (She was first with the Israel Symphony Orchestra but now performs in nightclubs)
Game 1: Father Nicholas Wegner (The priest signed in as ""X"" and the panel was not blindfolded) - ""Director of Boys Town"" (In 1948, Father Wegner became the second director of this legendary home for troubled boys. He replaced Father Flanagan, who founded Boys Town in 1917. Father Wegner stated that there were about 900 boys currently at Boys Town. He served the organization for twenty-five years.) Game 2: Suzie Schusler - ""Grows & Sells Mistletoe"" (from Sarasota, Florida) Game 3: Hugh O'Brian (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Jacques Lemoine - ""Director of 'What's My Line?' in Venezuela"" (originally from Paris, France, now from Venezuela; Jacques holds the role of moderator on the Venezuelan version of ""What's My Line?"" which he said is called ""Mi Trabajo e I"" which translates from Spanish to English as literally ""My Job and I.""
Game 1: Ralph Saggese - ""Owner of Peppermint Lounge (Home of 'The Twist')"" (This is a popular cocktail bar & dance spot on 45th Street in New York City; he is from Jackson Heights, New York) Game 2: Dee Purcello - ""Professional Bowler"" (for American Machine & Foundry Co. ""AMF"") Game 3: Mickey Rooney (as Mystery Guest)
Game 1: Eddie Asper - ""Baby Walrus Keeper"" (from San Pedro, California) Game 2: Norma Godfrey - ""Chiropractor"" (she is a D.C. practicing in Anchorage, Alaska) Game 3: Sammy Davis Jr. (as Mystery Guest)
Game 1: Mario DePite - ""Gondolier"" (from Venice, Italy) Game 2: Teo Albers - ""Makes Automatic Cow Washing Machine"" (from Artesia, California. Teo invented and manufacturers this machine which washes a cow in 4 seconds using only 3 gallons of water per cow. Albers Manufacturing Company, Inc. is still in business as of 2003 and has a web site, http://www.albersdairyequipment.com/ Game 3: Tuesday Weld (as Mystery Guest) (She walked in on crutches!)
Game 1: Gene Fullmer - ""Mink Rancher"" (He was also the 1957 to 1961 Middleweight Boxing Champion of the World, and was from West Jordan, Utah) Game 2: Natalie Kushmir - ""Russian Interpreter (For U.S. State Department) Game 3: Ella Fitzgerald (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Joseph Greco - ""Makes Telephone Booths"" (for Sharon Metallic Company; he is from Brooklyn, New York)
Game 1: Paul Paterni - ""Chief of Counterfeiting Investigations (U.S. Secret Service)"" Game 2: George Sawyer - ""Sells Ping Pong Balls"" (for the Harvard Table Tennis Company; he is from Fitchburg, Massachusetts) Game 3: Polly Bergen (as Mystery Guest)
Game 1: Mark Goodson & Bill Todman - ""Producers of 'What's My Line?'"" (the panel was blindfolded) Game 2: Dixie Cline - ""Veterinarian"" (from Akron, Colorado) Game 3: Bob Newhart (as Mystery Guest #2)
Game 1: Toots Shor - ""Owns Toots Shor's Restaurant"" (on 52nd Street in Manhattan, New York, NY) Game 2: Lilly Yoker - ""Does Trick Bicycle Act"" (she also signed her name in Japanese characters) Game 3: Johnny Carson (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Marco Levi Laurenti - ""Makes Scissors"" (in Milan, Italy)
Game 1: Henry Barnes (as Mystery Guest #1, he signed in as ""Mr. X"" and the panel was not blindfolded) - ""Traffic Commissioner of N.Y.C."" Game 2: Bertha Zema - ""Mushroom Picker (in Cave)"" (she picks mushrooms in limestone caves for the Butler County Mushroom Farm in West Winfield, Pennsylvania) Game 3: Horst Buchholz (as Mystery Guest #2) ""Arlene's Co-Star in One-Two-Three""
Game 1: T.J. O'Malley - ""Head of Launch Team for Astronaut Glenn"" (from Mt. Clair, New Jersey, he worked for General Dynamics Corporation; Project Mercury, Astronaut John Glenn, Mercury-6 on February 20, 1962) Game 2: Elizabeth Orchard - ""Nut Farmer (Pecans)"" (from Texarkana, Texas) Game 3: Olivia de Havilland (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Melba Liston - ""Jazz Trombonist"" (currently from New York City, has played with Dizzy Gillespie and Quincy Jones)
Game 1: Sargent Shriver - ""Director of Peace Corps"" (as Mystery Guest #1, the panel was blindfolded) (Shriver said the Peace Corps was established on March 1, 1960, and now had approximately 1000 people in 12 foreign countries.) Game 2: Rosa Kohl - ""Peels Bananas"" (for Sara Lee Corporation; Rosa stands at a conveyor belt and manually peels 900 bananas per hour for use in Sara Lee's Banana Cake; from River Grove, Illinois) Game 3: Van Cliburn (as Mystery Guest #2) He will not be able to compete in the second Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow, Russia since he will be performing on the piano at the opening night (April 21, 1962) of the 1962 Seattle World's Fair (also known as the Century 21 Exposition). The International Tchaikovsky Competition is held every four years, and Van Cliburn took top honors in the first one in 1958. For more information, see Van Cliburn's August 3, 1958 WML appearance.
Game 1: Father Joseph Dustin - ""Jazz Banjo Player"" (from Chicago, Illinois, St. Michael's Catholic Church; his 7-man band is domiciled in Detroit, Michigan, they have released two LPs on the Riverside label, titled ""Songs Father Taught Me"" and ""More Songs Father Taught Me"") Game 2: Nancy Lowe - ""Secretary to the 7 U.S. Astronauts"" (from Poquoson, Virginia, she works for NASA's seven Mercury Project Astronauts: Alan Shepard, Deke Slayton, Gordon Cooper, Gus Grissom, John Glenn, Scott Carpenter and Wally Schirra) Game 3: Keely Smith (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Bill Jones - ""Sausage Maker"" (for Jones Sausage Company, which has been in business since 1840; from Ft. Atkinson, Wisconsin)
Game 1: Col. Mary M. Rasmuson, U.S. Army =and= Capt. Winifred Q. Collins, U.S. Navy - ""Commanding Officers of the WACS & WAVS"" (from Pittsburgh, PA =and= San Francisco, CA) Game 2: Jack Katowitz - ""Rents Reducing Machines"" (for the AAA Abbott Company; from New York City, NY) Game 3: Eddie Fisher (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Elsie Simon - ""Television School Teacher (N.Y.C. Board of Education)"" (Teaches ""The Wonder of Words"" to 3rd and 4th graders on local channel 11)
Game 1: Chubby Checker (as Mystery Guest #1) - ""King of the Twist"" (he promoted his appearance at the Copa in NYC) Game 2: Charles P. Schriek, Jr. - ""Pretzel Twister"" (for the Lititz Pretzel House, also known as the Julius Sturgis Pretzel House, which has made homemade pretzels for over 100 years, since 1861; from Lancaster, PA; as of 2004, they are still in operation, http://www.sturgispretzel.com) Game 3: Joan Collins (as Mystery Guest #2) Game 4: Lavinia Berdge - ""Tests Lipsticks"" (for both Hazel Bishop, Inc. & Lanolin Plus, Inc.; from Newark, NJ)
Game 1: Ray E. Dodge - ""Makes Hollywood 'Oscars' (Trophy Manufacturer)"" (Dodge Trophy Company, Los Angeles, CA; Ray Edgar Dodge was from Miami Beach, Florida) Game 2: Lillie McGuire (Mother of McGuire Sisters) - ""Minister"" (from ""near Dayton"", Ohio) Game 3: The McGuire Sisters (as Mystery Guest Trio) Game 4: Henry L. Smith - ""Shoes Race Horses (at Trotting Tracks)"" (from Newburg, NY, he works at Roosevelt Race Track, also known as Roosevelt Raceway of Westbury, Long Island, New York)
Game 1: Al Ward - ""Operates San Francisco Cable Car"" (from San Francisco, CA) Game 2: Sylvia Mendoza - ""Income Tax Examiner"" (originally from Puerto Rico, now works for the IRS, Internal Revenue Service) Game 3: Casey Stengel (as Mystery Guest) (the audience gave him WILD applause!) Game 4: Luisa Bisbini - ""Juggler"" (from Milan, Italy, works for Barnum & Bailey Circus)
Game 1: Mary Lou Sandher - ""Easter Bunny at Macy's Department Store"" (originally from Lanceford, PA; she works at Macy's ""Bunnyland"" in NYC) Game 2: M. O. Anderson - ""Makes Church Pews"" (Milton ""Bud"" Anderson is from Kawkawlin, MI, and is the president of the Kawkawlin Church Furniture Company; as of 2004, the company is still in business in Michigan and has a web page) Game 3: Hedda Hopper (as Mystery Guest)
Game 1: Alana Tucker - ""Pigeon Trainer (U.S. Science Exhibit, Seattle World's Fair)"" (she works for the U.S. Department of Commerce; she was originally from Ketchikan, Alaska, and was ""Miss Alaska 1959"" in the ""Miss America 1960"" contest, under her maiden name Alana Rounds Carr) Game 2: Joyce Markson - ""Makes & Sells High Fashion Wigs"" (under her professional name of ""Joyce Christopher"") Game 3: Bob Cummings (as Mystery Guest) (Bob has beautiful handwriting)
Game 1: Ann Schuling - ""Makes Racing Silks For Jockeys"" (from Gulfstream, FL) Game 2: June Poplar - ""Sells Life Insurance on Chickens"" (and turkeys, for the Hoffman Singleton Company; from Kansas City, MO, June is also the National Women's Scuba Diving Champion. In 1961, the two-woman team of Mary Edith ""Mel"" Lillis and June Poplar won the first International SCUBA Triathlon competitions in New Orleans.) Game 3: Abe Burrows (as Mystery Guest) (He held up ""yes"" and ""no"" signs to avoid voice recognition.) Game 4: Franz Furtner - ""Balances on One Finger in Circus, the Famous 'UNUS'"" (originally from Vienna, Austria, now from Sarasota, FL, he works for the Barnum & Bailey Circus; Unus is the Latin word for ""one""; On the net, I found this 1953 quote from Ernest Hemingway, printed in a circus magazine: ""In your dreams you watch Unus standing on one finger and you think: Look at such a fine, intelligent and excellent man making his living standing on one finger when most of us can't ev
Game 1: Stephen Schlosman - ""Sells Ice Cubes"" (his product is ""Vend Ice"" and his company is ""Vend Mart, Inc."" He is from New York City, where he sells an average of 217,000 ice cubes per week during the winter; there is no relation to the current California corporation of the same name which was established in 1979) Game 2: Maxine Rieger - ""Operates Lie Detector"" (from Norfolk, VA, she studied at the Keeler Polygraph Institute, which was the first polygraph school) Game 3: Buddy Hackett (as Mystery Guest) (He signed in as ""Richard Burton"")
Game 1: Edmund Hillary (signed in as E. P. Hillary) - ""Explorer, Conqueror of Mt. Everest"" (He has performed 81 lectures for World Book Encyclopedia, and is also a beekeeper) Game 2: J. F. McGlone - ""Sells Baby Rattles"" Game 3: Diahann Carroll (as Mystery Guest #2) Game 4: David Alden - ""Pickle Salesman"" (from Newark, NJ, works for Universal Pickle Works)
Game 1: Jim Hickman & Bob Goldner - ""Navy Pilots (First to Find Astronaut Carpenter)"" (James Hickman, USN was from Dallas, Texas, and Robert Goldner, USN was from New Jersey. They piloted the Lockheed P2V-7 ""Neptune"" aircraft in the search and rescue of Astronaut Lt. Cmdr. Scott Carpenter after his Mercury spacecraft overshot its landing area on May 24, 1962. They were the first to spot his ""Aurora 7"" Project Mercury capsule in the ocean.) Game 2: Betty Bruce - ""African Safari Guide"" (from Owens Mills, MD; she operates the safari with her husband; the safari is not for hunting, but for sight-seeing and photography in Kenya and Tanganyika) Game 3: Shirley Booth (as Mystery Guest)
Game 1: Keith E. Davis - ""Drill Sergeant for Women Marines"" (USMC; from Dunbar, West Virginia) Game 2: Helen A. Wagner - ""Vice-President of a Brewery"" (from Columbus, Ohio, she is employed by August Wagner Breweries, Inc., where they brewed the beer brands Augustiner and Gambrinus.) Game 3: Raymond Burr (as Mystery Guest) (The overlay screen showed, ""Raymond Burr, TV's Perry Mason"")
Game 1: Claire Dower - ""Tax Collector"" (she collects personal and property taxes for the borough of Spotswood, NJ, for 6000 residents) Game 2: Fred Thomas - ""Cow Manicurist (Trims Hoofs)"" Game 3: Rosemary Clooney (as Mystery Guest)
Game 1: Linda Humble - ""Elevator Operator in Space Needle (Seattle World's Fair)"" (last month, Linda was elected ""Miss Seattle"" Washington) Game 2: Joseph Musico - ""Makes Bridal Gowns"" (for Romance Bridal, Inc.; from Brooklyn, NY) Game 3: James Mason (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: James Smith - ""Sergeant in Irish National Police"" (from Dublin, Ireland, he is in America for his son's wedding)
Game 1: Midge Moore (Marjorie Moore) - ""Captain of Charter Fishing Boat"" (from Saco, Maine) Game 2: David Huebert - ""Makes Boomerangs"" (for Isbell Boomerang Company; from Corn, Oklahoma) Game 3: Jerry Lewis (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Ruth Horan - ""Judo Instructor"" (for both the YWCA & St. John's University; from Hollis, Long Island, NY)
Game 1: Irene Fischer - ""Crab Fisherman"" (from Baltimore, MD) Game 2: Dolores Carrell - ""Does 'Human Bomb' Act (Blows Self Up With Dynamite)"" (She gets in a box with 2 sticks of dynamite 12"" above her helmet-covered head. She exhales, and then her husband sets off the dynamite. The man who taught her this trick, Gene Beene, was a contestant on WML EPISODE #541 on December 4, 1960 episode. He still travels with the act.) Game 3: Anne Bancroft (as Mystery Guest)
Game 1: Irene Ammons - ""Probation Officer"" (from Nampa, Idaho, she was recently chosen as ""Miss Idaho"") Game 2: Jay Thornburg - ""Makes Nitroglycerin"" (for the Naval Propellant Plant in Indian Head, Maryland) Game 3: Walter Pidgeon (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Ann Williams - ""Elephant Trainer"" (at Freedomland U.S.A., a theme park in the Bronx, New York, which was in operation from 1960 to 1964; She was originally from Houston, TX)
Game 1: Willie Mays - ""Outfielder, S.F. Giants"" (as Mystery Guest #1) (Say Hey!) Game 2: Robert Shenmung (signed in as R. Shenmung) - ""Head of Design & Construction, Telstar Satellite"" (Developed by Bell Telephone Laboratories for AT&T; Robert said Telstar took about one year to build at a cost of one million dollars.) Game 3: Paul Anka (as Mystery Guest #2) Game 4: Jack Lambert - ""Weight Guesser (at Amusement Park)"" (from New Jersey; he works at Palisades Park right now, but travels to other parks during the year)
Game 1: Norma Nolan - ""Miss Universe"" 1962 (as Mystery Guest #1) (She appeared in her pageant outfit: a long gown, sash, HUGE tiara and scepter.) Game 2: Rita La Roy Corbett - ""Sells Yachts"" (from Los Angeles, CA; she stated the value of her yachts as ""up to $100,000""; she is a former movie actress under the name of Rita La Roy) Game 3: Benny Goodman (as Mystery Guest #2) Game 4: Jens Soderberg - ""Professional Soccer Player"" (from Scandinavia, his Elfsberg team played today at Randall's Island, NY in the International Matches. Unfortunately, his team lost.)
Game 1: Beulah Gallert - ""Makes Baseball Bats"" (from Dolgeville, NY, she owns the Adirondack Bat Company, and supplies quality bats to major league players such as recent July 15, 1962 mystery guest Willie Mays) Game 2: Caroline Schreiner - ""Directs Air Traffic From Control Tower"" (for the Federal Aviation Administration; from Hutchinson, KS; she routes 400 planes per day and is a former U.S. Marine) Game 3: Richard Chamberlain & Raymond Massey - ""Dr. Kildare & Dr. Gillespie "" (as Mystery Guest Duo)
Game 1: Wayne Lindberg - ""Sells Vacuum Cleaners For Horses & Cows"" (from Wisconsin, he owns the Electric Cleaner Company, which manufacturers the ""Electro Groom"" for horses and the ""Dairy Vac"" for cows at a cost of $189.50 each. As of 2004, this company is still in the same business and has a web site here: http://www.electriccleaner.com/ ) Game 2: Eileen O'Shea - ""Assistant District Attorney"" (for the city of New York; she is from Bayside, Long Island, NY, and was appointed in February 1962 by Frank D. O'Connor) Game 3: Ginger Rogers (as Mystery Guest) Bennett nabbed her identity FAST! Ginger Rogers is a first cousin to Bennett's wife Phyllis Cerf, so he certainly knew that she was in town. Game 4: Mrs. R. Sutento - ""Runs Finnish Health Bath (Sauna)"" - (originally from Jamaica, now from NY, runs Erica's Sauna in Cue Gardens, Long Island, NY)
Game 1: Sally Heanssler & Nancy Heanssler (teen sisters) - ""Lobster Fisherman"" (from Maine) Game 2: Donald F. Duncan, Jr. (he signed in as D. F. Duncan) - ""Makes Yo-Yos"" (From Wilmette, IL, President of the Duncan Yo-Yo Company.) Game 3: Red Buttons (as Mystery Guest) (signed in as ""Blue Zippers"" FYI, Red's birth name is Aaron Chwatt) Game 4: Frank N. Corrado - ""Cleans Exterior of Empire State Building (102 Stories High)"" (From NY, it takes 6 months to clean the exterior with the use of scaffolding. He works for a company that ""sounded like"" Rogel & Beth or Raugel & Beth.)
Game 1: Antony F. Matteresi - ""Master Sergeant U.S.M.C. (Leader of The White House Dance Band)"" (Abe Burrows guessed his identity, and all the cards were thrown over.) Game 2: Suzanne Boltz - ""County Jail Cook"" (for the Larimer County Jail in Fort Collins, Colorado) Game 3: Shirley Jones (as Mystery Guest) (She stumped the panel!) Game 4: T. J. Dane - ""Buys Telephone Poles"" (from Belmar, NJ)
Game 1: Dorinda Nicholson - ""Teaches Hula Dancing"" (originally from Hawaii, now from Independence, MO) Game 2: Ronald Nielsen - ""Chef at Women's College"" (from Columbia, MO, head chef for 350 female students at Central Christian College of the Bible in Moberly, Missouri) Game 3: Carol Channing (as Mystery Guest)
Game 1: Willie Mosconi (he signed in as ""Mr. X"" to avoid name recognition and the panel is not blindfolded) - ""World Pocket-Billiard Champion"" (from New Jersey) Game 2: Ursel Weiler - ""Makes Handcuffs"" (originally from Germany, she now works for the Universal Tool Company in Springfield; There are many cities named Springfield in the U.S., and many companies called the United Tool Company, but I did see a net reference to a vintage United Tool Company in Springfield, Massachusetts. Maybe this is the one where she worked?; Wow, Bennett guessed her all by himself!) Game 3: Jack E. Leonard (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Robert De Vré (Robert De Vre) - ""Piano Tuner"" (from Holland, NJ)
Game 1: Philip L. Rhodes (signed in as ""P.L. Rhodes"") - ""Yacht Designer (Designed America's Cup Defender 'Weatherly')"" (from Pelham Manor, New York) There are many references on the web to Phil Rhodes (1985 - 1974) and his boat designs, for example: http://www.macnaughtongroup.com/Philip_L_Rhodes.htm Game 2: Joanna Lee - ""TV Comedy Writer"" (from Beverly Hills, California) Game 3: Dick Powell (as Mystery Guest)
Game 1: Jacqueline Mayer (as Mystery Guest #1) - ""Miss America 1963"" (She is from Ohio. ) Game 2: Game 3: Darryl F. Zanuck (as Mystery Guest #2) Game 4:
Game 1: William Schuman (as Mystery Guest #1 and the panel was blindfolded) - ""Composer and Performer, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts (N.Y.C.)"" Game 2: Anita McMillan - ""Wine Seward"" (she's a sommelier at the ""Club Alabam"" in Chicago, IL) Game 3: Gordon & Sheila MacRae (as Mystery Guest Duo) Game 4: Michael Kilkenny aka Mike Kilkenny - ""Sells Hot Dogs at Yankee Stadium"" (teen student from NYC; See notes below)
Game 1: Russ Hodges - ""Baseball Announcer (Currently Announcing World Series)"" (as Mystery Guest #1 but the panel was not blindfolded; he signed in as ""Mr. X""; See notes below) Game 2: Betty Landes - ""Tests Razor Blades"" (from Greenville, VA, works for the American Safety Razor Company in Stanton, NJ; As of 2004, this company is still in business. They have manufactured razor blades since 1875. In addition to a full line of shaving products, ASR produces a wide variety of industrial blades.) http://www.personna.com/home.htm Game 3: Melina Mercouri (as Mystery Guest #2) Melina signed in using the Greek alphabet; see notes below.
Game 1: Ann Elliott - ""Race Track Announcer"" (from New Orleans, Louisiana, she works at the Jefferson Downs Racetrack) Game 2: Henry Makow (12 years old) - ""Writes Advice to Parents Column"" (from Ottawa, Canada, his column ""Ask Henry"" appears in 35 newspapers throughout Canada and the United States. He has also written a book by the same name as his column.) Game 3: Joan Crawford (as Mystery Guest)
Game 1: Fergus Montgomery - ""Member of British Parliament"" (from Newcastle, England, a Conservative Party member of the House of Commons) Game 2: Alexandra Lindley - ""Groom (Takes Care of Horses)"" (from Cardiff, Wales, Great Britain, groom and trainer for the European Champion horse named Mr. Softy) Game 3: Robert Ryan & Nanette Fabray (as Mystery Guests) - ""Co-Stars of Mr. President"" (Irving Berlin's new musical comedy play based upon the book by Howard Lindsay & Russel Crouse) Game 4: Emanuel Ress - ""Makes Political Campaign Buttons"" (for the company he owns, the Emress Specialty Co.; John mentioned that Mr. Ress was also a guest on WML EPISODE #104 on May 25, 1952. He'd made four buttons featuring 1952 photos of John, Bennett, Arlene and Dorothy and gave them to John and the panel. He apologized for not having one for Mr. Belafonte.)
Game 1: Carol Rathke - ""U.S. Mailman"" (originally from Michigan where she was ""Miss Dairy Princess"", now from Santa Ana, CA) Game 2: Jean Ingersoll - ""Raises Turkeys"" (from Michigan Valley, KS, she owns the Ingersoll Turkey Farm) Game 3: Guest Stars: Tony Martin (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Valerie Pitts - ""Television Announcer (for British Broadcasting Corp.)"" (originally from Yorkshire, now from London, England, and works for the BBC)
Game 1: Dudley Moore, Peter Cook, Jonathan Miller, Alan Bennett (as Mystery Guest Quartet, and the panel is blindfolded) - ""Entire Cast & Crew of Broadway Show 'Beyond The Fringe'"" (Arlene Francis is the first questioner and she nails their identities in five questions!) Game 2: Corinne Williams - ""Professional Bronco Buster & Steer Wrestler"" (from Fort Worth, TX, the only professional woman steer wrestler in the world, she is a member of the ""Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association."" After she signed in, she stated she was a widow. After her game, Mr. Daly turned over all the cards for her. See notes below.) Game 3: Robert Goulet (as Mystery Guest #2) Game 4: Jack Luzzatto - ""Constructs Crossword Puzzles"" (from the Bronx, NY, he supplies puzzles to the ""New York Sunday Times"" and other publications; Time ran out and Mr. Daly turned over all the cards.)
Game 1: Mimmi Paulsen - ""Radio Operator On Ship"" (from Haugesund, Norway, she works on a cargo ship) Game 2: Dell Winders - ""Porpoise Trainer"" (for 7 porpoises who perform a ""porpoise show"" at the new Aquarama Aquarium at 3300 South Broad Street in Philadelphia, PA. The full name of the marine aquarium is Aquarama: Theater of the Sea) Game 3: Bette Davis (as Mystery Guest)
Game 1: Joseph L. Mankiewicz - ""Film Writer & Director, Cleopatra"" (as Mystery Guest #1, and the panel was blindfolded) Game 2: Alex Scott - ""Bagpiper Corporal, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders Regiment"" (from Glasgow, Scotland, the bagpipe regiment is on tour, giving performances in Canada and Madison Square Garden in NYC) Game 3: Jane Russell (as Mystery Guest #2) Game 4: Carl Quaranta - ""Candy Tester"" (from East Meadow, Long Island, New York, and works for Barricini Chocolates Candy Company tasting their chocolate and confections)
Game 1: Clyde Beatty (as Mystery Guest #1, he signed in as ""Mr. X"" but the panel was not blindfolded) - ""Lion & Tiger Tamer"" (for the Cole Brothers Circus, and will be appearing at The Coliseum in NYC at Christmastime. Currently from Ventura, CA, he began his career at age 16 in 1922, Visit the Cole Bros Circus web site http://www.colebroscircus.com/ Game 2: Mrs. Donna Fultz - ""Private Detective"" (for the Bays Detective Agency, from Tulsa, OK) Game 3: Charles Boyer (as Mystery Guest #2) Game 4: P. T. Winter (Paul Winter) - ""Leader of Jazz Group, Just Played at White House"" (from Altuna, PA, his band is referred to as both ""The Paul Winter Jazz Sextet"" and ""The Paul Winter Sextet"")
Game 1: J. Edward Day (James Edward Day, 1914-1996, as Mystery Guest #1 and the panel was blindfolded) - ""U.S. Postmaster General"" (from 1961 to 1963) Game 2: Miss Joyce Case - ""Sells Airplanes"" (for Beechcraft Aircraft, from Wichita, KS) Game 3: Steve Lawrence & Eydie Gorme (as Mystery Guest Duo)
Game 1: Miss Pauline Letendre - ""Cook on Tugboat"" (from Montreal, Quebec, Canada, and works on the bright red colored tugboat named ""Felicia"" for McAllister Towing & Salvage of Montreal. Pauline is so sweet! She has a warm personality and smiles and laughs all the way through her game.) Game 2: Samuel Krevit - ""Sells 'Mattresses' for Cows"" (from Orange, CT, he works for the Bristol Cow Mats Company in Sheldon, CT; his cow mats are made out of rubber and line the bottom of the stalls) Game 3: Bobby Darin (as Mystery Guest)
Game 1: Carolyn Leigh (she signed in as Mrs. Carolyn Cunningham to avoid name recognition) - ""Song Writer, Wrote Songs For Broadway Musical 'Little Me'"" (Lyricist from New York, Steve Lawrence knew her and disqualified himself, as did Dorothy, later in the questioning.) Game 2: Mr. Harunaka Fujisawa - ""Sells Barber Chairs"" (for the Takata Company, from Tokyo, Japan) Game 3: Edward G. Robinson (as Mystery Guest) He was adorable as the mystery guest!
Game 1: John Carruthers or Caruthers (His signature was so illegible, even Mr. Daly commented on his chicken scratch. I'm posting the two common spellings of this surname) - ""Raises Reindeer"" (from Santa Cruz, CA) Game 2: Mrs. Barbara Boone - ""Collects Traffic Tolls at Lincoln Tunnel, NJ to NY"" (she is from NYC, and stated that the public only pays on the NJ side of the tunnel, heading into NY. She works at the toll plaza.) Game 3: Liberace (as Mystery Guest) His ""signature"" was a lovely drawing of a grand piano complete with his trademark candelabra on top. Game 4: Barrie Sloan - ""Professional Stilt Walker (Circus Act)"" (from London, England, and works for the Clyde Beatty Cole Bros Circus) Note: Barrie's wife Shelagh Sloan will be a contestant on EPISODE #825 on August 7, 1966 while then working for the Ringling Brothers Circus. John mentions that her husband was on an episode in 1962, but does not mention Barrie's name. Shelagh is pronounced as Sheila. See notes below.
Game 1: Miss Gloria Kennedy - ""Demonstrates Reducing Exercises on Television"" (on ""The Free and Easy Show"" on station CFTO, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation or CBC. She is from Toronto, Ontario, Canada) Game 2: Raymond Nitschke - ""Football Champion, NFL Champion Green Bay Packers"" (Ray won a sports magazine MVP today, and is a middle linebacker on the team. He goes on to become a Hall of Fame member.) Game 3: Vaughn Meader (as Mystery Guest) - ""Star of 'The First Family' Album"" (Comedy LP record on the Cadence label) Game 4: George Deuyer, Jr. - ""Sells Bobby Pins"" (for the Niagara Wire Products Company, he is from Massapequa, NY)
Game 1: Mr. and Mrs. Salvatore Pecella & daughter Jean - ""Men's Barbers"" (from Philadelphia, PA) Game 2: L. E. Schnoor - ""Sells Lady Bugs"" (from Yuba City, CA, he sells them by the gallon, which equals about 75,000 insects) Game 3: Bert Lahr (as Mystery Guest)
Game 1: Chas J. Moore (Charles J. Moore) - ""Museum Guard, Currently Guarding the Mona Lisa"" (From Washington, DC, he works at the National Gallery of Art where the Mona Lisa is on tour, having been viewed by 120,000 people since last week. The painting has been in Washington, DC, and on Feb 7 will travel to New York until it departs on March 4. This Leonardo da Vinci classic is painted on poplar wood, we are told by John Daly.) Game 2: Miss Candi Brasovan - ""Sells Salami"" (for the American Kosher Provision Company, she is from Miami, FL) Game 3: Lee Remick (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Mr. R. C. Walch - ""Makes Dentist's Drills"" (For the S.S. White Dental Manufacturing Company, he is from Staten Island, NY) The company is still in business: http://www.sswt.com/sswt/history.html
Game 1: Andy Robustelli - ""Imports Dolls"" (Andy is also the Coach, Player and Co-Captian of the NY Giants Football team. The panel must guess his secondary occupation of importing and selling bobblehead dolls patterned after the characters in the comic strip Peanuts, which was created by Charles Schulz.) Game 2: Miss Dinah Thetford - ""Television Director"" (from London, England, she is the director of the British equivalent of ""To Tell The Truth"" and other programs) Game 3: Montgomery Clift (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Chet Gross - ""President of Rubber Band Company"" (for Merit Supreme Rubber Bands; from Alliance, OH)
Game 1: Miss Mary Simpson - ""Guides Tours Underwater"" (At Trunk Bay, St. John National Park, for groups of up to 30 people. Their mottos is; 'A good guide always goes down with a tour' which is a joke referencing the old saying 'A good captain always goes down with the ship'. She is from St. Thomas, Virgin Islands) Game 2: John Merrick - ""Sells Bathtubs"" - (for the PlastiGlass Manufacturing Company, they are made out of fiberglass and are one-piece units consisting of a 'tub with 3 walls', he stated that 1000 of them are currently in use. He is from Scottsdale, AZ) Game 3: Maurice Chevalier (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Robert Jacobs - ""Drills Holes in Bowling Balls"" - (at one of the eight local Lit Brothers Department Stores, he is from Philadelphia, PA)
Game 1: Mrs. Frances Bolton & Oliver Bolton (This mother and son duo signed in as a single ""X"" to avoid name recognition.) - ""Members of U.S. House of Representatives"" (Republicans from Ohio, Francis Bolton has a cute sense of humor) Game 2: Miss Charlene Williams - ""Makes Pancakes"" (at Cindy's Pancake House, where she makes 3000 pancakes per day, she is from Pendleton, OR, and stumped the panel) Game 3: Anthony Quinn (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: George Snyder - ""Operates Ski Tow in NYC"" (at Van Courtland Park in the Bronx, NY, where they have snow-making machines and three lifts; from New York City, NY)
Game 1: John D. Rockefeller (no relation to THE Rockefellers!) - ""Sells Water (Bottled)"" (for the Great Bear Spring Company, he is from Philadelphia, PA, and stumped the panel) Game 2: Mrs. Darlene McCabe - ""Teaches Pool (Pocket Billiards)"" (at the Cue & Cushion Billiard Parlor in her home town of Beaverton, Oregon, guessed by Shelley Berman with an assist from Bennett) Game 3: Phyllis Diller (as Mystery Guest) After signing in, she threw her knee-lenth fur coat on the floor! And there it sat until the end of her game, when Bennett gallantly picked it up and helped her put it on. Game 4: Jeno Paulucci - ""Makes Chinese Food"" (for the Chun King Corporation, which he started, owns and operates! He is from Duluth, MN)
Game 1: Miss Carolyn Hayward - ""Bullfighter"" (from Toronto, Canada, she works as a matador in South America and Mexico, she stumped the panel) Game 2: Myron Pomerantz - ""Makes Powder Puffs"" (from Great Neck, Long Island, NY, his family owns Victoria Vogue, Inc. and his brother, Howard E. Pomerantz, is also employed by the family-owned corporation; Howard Pomerantz will be a contestant on EPISODE #832 of September 25, 1966!) See more Victoria Vogue notes below. Game 3: Anthony Perkins (as Mystery Guest)
Game 1: Kathryn Granahan (she signed in as ""Mrs. X"" to avoid name recognition, and the panel was not blindfolded) - ""Treasurer of United States"" (from Philadelphia, PA, she is the 4th female Treasurer) Game 2: Bob Sherman - ""Thumb Tack Salesman"" (for the American Thumbtack Company, he is from Hollywood, CA) Game 3: Robert Preston (as Mystery Guest) (he's so adorable!) Game 4: Robert H. Lehman - ""Interior Decorator of Elevators"" (for Elevator Interiors, Inc., he works on their sales staff and is from NYC)
Game 1: Hedda Hopper (as Mystery Guest #1, and the panel was blindfolded) - ""Hollywood Columnist"" Game 2: Miss Peggy Goetz (15 year old teen student) - ""Knits Nose Warmers"" (from Ft. Lewis, WA, she placed an ad and received 800 orders for her nose warmers! They are held in place by elastic. Game 3: Shirley Booth (as Mystery Guest #2)
Game 1: Mrs. Kathleen McCoy - ""Gatekeeper at Blarney Castle (Site of Blarney Stone)"" (from County Cork, Ireland, where she admits 30,000 visitors per year to kiss the Blarney Stone) Game 2: Charles McCarthy - ""Grows Shamrocks"" (from County Waterford, Ireland, where he is the Vice-President of Dunmore East Packing Company) Game 3: Ed Sullivan (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Miss Deirdre Killeen - ""Policewoman (Dublin, Ireland)"" (she is one of 29 women on their police force)
Game 1: Miss Patti Homer - ""Operates Roulette Wheel"" (From Bijou Pines, CA, she is a dealer at Harrah's Casino in Stateline, Nevada, which is in the South Lake Tahoe area) Game 2: Mr. Othal Brand - ""Onion Grower"" (From McAllen, TX, he owns the Meek and Mild South Texas Onion Company. Later, he became the mayor of McAllen in 1977.) Game 3: Danny Kaye (as Mystery Guest) (He signs in as ""Daniel Kaye, Alfred Hitchcock"" and drew two faces on the blackboard also. Later, he signs the blackboard again, ""Alfred"".)
Game 1: Walter Patterson - ""Human Canonball"" (from Nashville, TN, he'll perform at Madison Square Garden on April 3rd. In tandem, he and his wife are propelled from a canon with the use of compressed air. He explained that his wife is shot out first, and then he follows. Their act is performed twice daily. After his expulsion, he travels 60 feet in height and 175 feet in distance. Bennett received a good audience response when he proclaimed, ""You're the only man in America who gets out twice a day with his wife."" Funny! Game 2: Miss Donna Meagher - ""Income Tax Lawyer for U.S. Government"" (from Dallas, TX, now working in NY, she handles civil cases for the legal department of the IRS) Game 3: Arthur Godfrey (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Chris Wheatcroft - ""Grows Roses"" (from Nottingham, England, he grows roses for Wheatcroft & Sons, Ltd.; John Daly stated that Chris' father was a contestant two years ago. Indeed, on EPISODE #555 of March 12, 1961, Harry Wheatcroft was a contestant w
Game 1: Miss Donna Cain - ""Takes Care of Baby Apes (San Diego Zoo)"" (from San Diego, CA; Arlene Francis comes up with an Old Testament Bible pun when she states, ""Miss Cain looks Able (Abel)."" Game 2: Tom Harkins - ""Sells Sugar"" (from Chicago, IL, he works for Frankie Green & Company, he chewed gum while on the stage, which gave Phyllis Newman a clue) Game 3: Anne Bancroft (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Miss Pat Atwood - ""Butcher"" (from Metuchen, NJ, she works for The Garden State Grocery Store and is an apprentice butcher in the Local 464 union)
Game 1: Miss Marilyn Gobel - ""Tests Water Pistols"" (she is from Elizabeth, NJ, and works for Park Plastics Company, which produces 7 million water guns per year, a comment which led Arlene to retort, ""And my son has them all!"") Game 2: Mr. A. A. Feldman - ""Broadcasts Traffic Reports From Helicopter"" (for radio station WOR, he is from New York, and has been employed by them for one year) Game 3: Jimmy Durante (as Mystery Guest) (After he signed his name, he drew his famous nose on the blackboard, although it looked more like a potato!) Game 4: Piero Frescobaldi - ""Wine Maker"" (from Florence, Italy, his family of wine makers produces Frescobaldi Chianti and other wines, and is one of the oldest families in Italy. John Daly stated that Piero Frescobaldi was a Marchese (Marquis) which is a nobleman ranking above a count. The company is still in business in Tuscany, and has been making wine for over 700 years.) Their web page: http://www.frescobaldi.it/default_en.htm
Game 1: Louis Nizer (as Mystery Guest #1) ""Trial Lawyer (Author of My Life In Court)"" Game 2: Miss Janis Mann - ""Styles and Fits False Eyelashes"" (she has her own self-named shop in New York City, NY) Game 3: Carol Channing (as Mystery Guest #2) Her DEEP disguised voice is excellent! Game 4: Miss Annette McBride - ""Makes Coats For Dogs"" (from Dallas, TX, she owns the St. Francis Dog Togs Company.)
Game 1: Miss Barbara Dickerson - ""Exercises Race Horses"" (from Valley Forge, VA, she is an 'exercise girl' who rides the horses during their tryouts) Game 2: Hans Heitsch (his signature was illegible, but I verified the spelling on the net) - ""Designs and Makes Bathing Suits"" (from Boras, Sweden, he is Europe's foremost designer, making his swim suits out of Helanka (a brand of knitting yarn) Stretch Nylon) Game 3: Judy Holliday (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Miss Nora Reddington - ""Telephone Information & Weather Operator"" (originally from Galway, Ireland, now from Queens, Long Island, New York, she supplies phone information for the phone company and tape records an hourly telephone weather report)
Game 1: Mrs. Sonja Tyler - ""Dog Catcher"" (from Forestville MD, she works for Prince Georges County, Maryland) Game 2: Mrs. Eleanor Hansberry - ""Makes Diet Bread"" (from Hollywood, FL, she is the President of the Hollywood Diet Bread Company in Hollywood, Florida; it was reported that this bread contains flour and 8 vegetables and has a mere 46 calories per slice; some of the vegetables John Daly listed are carrots, cauliflower and sea kelp; see notes below) Game 3: Bob Hope & Lucille Ball (as Mystery Guest Duo) (They signed in as ""Bob Ball and Lucy Hope"") Game 4: William Olsen (he signed in as Wm. Olsen) - ""Inspects & Tests Rides (Coney Island Amusement Park)"" (from Brooklyn, he works for the City of New York in their Building Department)
Game 1: The four guests' names were pre-signed on the blackboard, and the military band leaders placed check marks next to their names: Names as shown on the blackboard: Lt. Col. Hugh Curry Lt. Col. Albert Schoepper Lt. Anthony Mitchell Col. George S. Howard ""Leaders of the Four Service Bands; Army, Navy, Marines, Air Force"" Full professional names and their respective bands: Lt. Colonel Hugh J. Curry, U.S. Army Band Lt. Colonel Albert Schoepper, U.S. Navy Band Lt. Anthony A. Mitchell, U.S. Marine Band Colonel George S. Howard, U.S. Air Force Band Game 2: Mrs. Judy Cole - ""Rides on Wing of Stunt Airplane"" (for the Cole Brothers Air Show, her son Rolly Cole pilots the plane she is performing on, while her husband Duane Cole pilots another stunt plane at the same time; from Fort Wayne, Indiana; see notes below) Game 3: Peter Lawford (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Harvey Kamnitzer - ""Batboy For N.Y. Mets Baseball Team"" (from New York City, NY)
Game 1: Joe W. Schmitt - ""Space Suit Technician, Dressed Astronaut Cooper For Flight"" (originally from O'Fallon, IL, now from Texas; fits pressure space suit on Mercury Astronaut Major Gordon Cooper; member of the STG or Space Task Group) Game 2: Miss Ria Taney - ""Restaurant Doorman"" (from Manhattan, NY, she works at the Penguin Restaurant on W. 9th Street; she is also and actress and a student) Game 3: Guest Stars: Sid Caesar (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Grace B. Myeida - ""Makes Birdhouses"" (from Albertson, Long Island, NY, self-employed, she owns and operates Birdhouses By Myeida; her unique design features a safety baffle inside the birdhouse which protects smaller birds from attacks by larger birds)
Game 1: Gil Hodges (as Mystery Guest #1 and the panel was blindfolded) - ""Manager of Washington Senators Baseball Team"" (his career saw 370 home runs with 14 grand slams) Game 2: Mrs. Karin Gisin & Miss Heidi Nowak (sisters) - ""House Painters"" (from Idaho Falls, Idaho; members of the Brotherhood of Painters, Decorators & Paperhangers union) Game 3: Peter Ustinov (as Mystery Guest #2)
Game 1: Eamonn Andrews (as Mystery Guest #1 and the panel was blindfolded) - ""Moderator of 'What's My Line?' in England"" (Eamonn did a great job of hiding his Irish accent, and stumped the panel!) Game 2: Miss Gerda Schmidt - ""Poodle Clipper"" (for Dr. Baker's Animal Hospital, she is from Montreal, Canada; Tony & Bennett both commented on her ""firm grip"" when she shook their hands!) Game 3: Jean Pierre Aumont (as Mystery Guest #2) (Dorothy took off her blindfold too soon!)
Game 1: Mrs. Viola Scott - ""Makes Back-Scratchers For Cows"" (for her company ""Old Scratch Incorporated""; she is from Amarillo, TX; the back-scratcher apparatus also contains tanks that automatically apply an insecticide to the cows) Game 2: Miss Mary Margaret Revell (also known as Mary Revell) - ""Professional Long Distance Swimmer"" (from Detroit, MI, she holds 8 world records) Game 3: Andy Williams (as Mystery Guest) (He used a very cute high-pitched voice! Lots of laughs in this segment!) Game 4: Omer Elsasser - ""Makes Spaghetti"" (for the C. F. Muller Company)
Game 1: Dick Tiger (he signed in as Richard Ihetu to avoid name recognition) - ""Middleweight Boxing Champion of the World"" (from Aba, Nigeria; Career Record: Fought 81, Won 60, Lost 18, Drew 3) Game 2: Melvyn Stern - ""Sells Bridal Veils"" (for the Marionette Bridal Veils Company; their 1963 price is $150 to $200, which was very expensive in those days; he is from NYC) Game 3: Geraldine Page (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Mary Tetreault - ""Helicopter Stewardess"" (for New York Airways)
Game 1: Miss Inter Vanage - ""Chiropractor"" (from Indianapolis, IN, she is a graduate of Lincoln Chiropractic College) Game 2: Sheldon Goldstein - ""Makes Sauerkraut"" (for Ready Pack Foods Corp, he is the vice-president; from Norwich, NY; his company produces 20 million pounds per year in 70 35-ton vats) Game 3: Allen Ludden & Betty White (as Mystery Guest Duo) ""Mr. & Mrs. Allen Ludden"" Game 4: Bobby Moore - ""Professional Soccer Player"" (from London, England; his team 'West Ham United Football Club' played the French team on Randall's Island today, and won by a score of 3-2)
Game 1: Miss Linda McCahren - ""Sells Fireworks"" (for Sioux Falls Fireworks Company in Sioux Falls, SD; she is a recent graduate of South Dakota University; fireworks sales are legal in SD for 9 days surrounding the 4th of July. Game 2: Edward Hodgson - ""Race Horse Clocker"" (for Triangle Publications, which publishes the Daily Telegraph; he is from Jamaica, Long Island, NY and is an adorable elderly man) Game 3: Van Johnson (as Mystery Guest) (He drew a smiley-face on the blackboard after his name.)
Game 1: Seiji Ozawa - ""Symphony Conductor"" (from Tokyo, Japan, he signed his name in Japanese characters and John Daly stated his name for the panel) Game 2: Mrs. Jeanette Kraus - ""Sells Lobsters"" (for her business, Milton Kraus & Company; they import lobsters from Boston and sell them wholesale; she is from Chicago, IL) Game 3: Peter, Paul and Mary (as Mystery Guest Trio) - ""Folk Singing Group"" (Peter Yarrow, Noel Paul Stookey and Mary Travers make up this popular trio.)
Game 1: Miss Carolyn Dougherty - ""Private Detective"" (from Philadelphia, PA, she is a store detective for the Ross Bureau of Investigation) Game 2: Herb Jenks - ""Makes Poles For Pole Vaulters"" (an engineer for Browning Arms Company; from Costa Mesa, CA, his innovative vaulting poles are made from fiberglass; their trade name is Browning Silaflex Sky Pole; George Moore was Herb's design partner; John Daly stated that Olympic pole vaulting champion John Pennel vaulted 16 feet 8.75 inches on his Browning Sky Pole) Game 3: Paul Ford (as Mystery Guest)
Game 1: Miss Donna Mitchell - ""Jockey"" (from Rio Linda, CA) Game 2: Hugh Wilson - ""Makes Hair Curlers"" (for his company, Wilson Manufacturing; the product is 100% plastic and the trade name is Wil-Hold; he is from Sunbury, PA) Game 3: Edie Adams (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Miss Lynne Rosenthal - ""Bill Collector"" (from Miami Beach, FL, she owns her own company, the Federal Collection Service, Inc. and performs collection services primarily for doctors and service stations)
Game 1: Miss Keun Oh Kin (she signed her name in Korean characters) - ""What's My Line? Panelist in Korea"" (from Seoul, Korea, WML has been on the air in Korea since 1956 and is owned by the government and run as a non-profit organization; Keun is also a Captain in the Korean Air Force Reserves; she was dressed in a traditional Asian kimono) Game 2: Al Somers (he signed in as A. G. Somers) - ""Runs School for Baseball Umpires"" (from Daytona Beach, FL; a member of the Pacific Coast League) Game 3: Ralph Richardson (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Patrick Troy - ""Butler"" (originally from County Offaly, Ireland; now working in Washington, D.C.)
Game 1: Charles Heidsieck (he signed in as ""Mr. X"" to avoid name recognition, and the panel was not blindfolded) - ""Makes Champagne"" (for The Charles Heidsieck Company; founded in 1851; he is a 5th generation Heidsieck family French winemaker, who looked quite handsome and dapper in his double-breasted tuxedo) Their web site, although since 1985 they have been owned by Rémy-Cointreau: http://www.charlesheidsieck.com/en/ Game 2: Miss Diane Boag & Miss Linda Boag - ""Policewomen (Toronto, Canada)"" (sisters from Toronto, Ontario, Canada) Game 3: Peggy Cass (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: John Douling or Dowling - ""Sells Bathroom Scales"" (for the Detecto Scale Company, he is from Greenwich, CT)
Game 1: Miss Lesley Somerville - ""Professional Skindiver"" (from London, England, she is the co-owner of The Diving Center which performs underwater photography and demolition) Game 2: Warren G. Harding (Warren George Harding) - ""Head of Mosquito Control Project"" (from Braintree, MA, he is the Director of the Plymouth County Mosquito Control Project; he has no relation to the former president of the same name) Game 3: The Kingston Trio (as Mystery Guest Trio) - Bob Shane, Nick Reynolds & John Stewart
Game 1: Miss Nellie Bird - ""Automobile Stunt Driver"" (from Culloden, West Virginia, she is a member of the ""Rothbarth's International Daredevil All Girl Stunt Drivers""... or something close to that name!) Game 2: Bill Weaver - ""Makes Hammocks"" (from Pawleys Island, SC, his company is the Plantation Craftsman Company) Game 3: Richard Boone (as Mystery Guest)
Game 1: Marc Bohan (he signed in as ""Mr. X"" to avoid name recognition and the panel was not blindfolded) - ""Head Fashion Designer for Christian Dior"" (from Paris, France, he succeeded Yves Saint Laurent as head of the House of Dior; he brought the House of Dior into the 1960s during the early years of the mod fashion movement; he continued to head the House of Dior until 1989) Game 2: Miss Ann Marston - ""Professional Archer"" (from Wyandotte, MI, a suburb of Detroit, MI; in 1960, she was Miss Michigan in the Miss America Pageant and won the preliminary talent award; she works with her father and is the only professional woman in this field; she performs a 240 foot trick shot) Game 3: Joey Bishop (as Mystery Guest) (He signed in as ""Joey Bishop, Son of a Gun"" Game 4: Miss Yolanda Ostrowski - ""Tests Suntan Lotion"" (for Shulton Inc's 'Bronze Tan' lotion; she is from Clifton, NJ)
Game 1: Don Piccard (he signed in as ""X"" to avoid name recognition and the panel was not blindfolded) - ""Sells Passenger Balloons (Don Piccard)"" - (a clipart balloon graphic was also shown on the WML occupation overlay) (Donald L. Piccard works for Raven Industries, and sells hot air balloons; he is from Sioux Falls, SD; see more information below) Game 2: Mrs. Connie Greene - ""Raises Pigs"" (from Ainsworth, Iowa, she raises Hampshire pigs for breeding and show) Game 3: Mitch Miller (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Mrs. Barbara Shulman - ""Kindergarten Teacher"" (from Brooklyn, NY, she teaches at Public School #59, also known as PS59)
Game 1: Miss Marilyn Patch - ""Ventriloquist, Star of Weekly Television Show"" (about age 10, from Natick, MA, her show named 'Marilyn and Calico' airs on station WHDH in Boston on Saturday mornings from 7AM to 8AM; Calico is a donkey; Marilyn is exceptionally bright and articulate for her young age; her parents write her show material and songs; Dorothy Kilgallen guessed her line in one set of questions; at Arlene's request, Marilyn sang a short song) Game 2: George Jackson - ""Tea Taster"" (for the Tetley Tea Company, he is originally from Auckland, New Zealand) Game 3: Hermione Gingold (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Miss Mary Johnson - ""Makes Football Helmets"" (for the Wilson Sporting Goods Company in Chicago; she adds the foam rubber to the helmets; she is from Elmwood Park, IL)
Game 1: Marilyn Levishon - ""Referee in Boxing Kangaroo Act"" (from Lakewood, CA, she and her husband perform boxing matches with 'Sydney The Boxing Kangaroo'.) Game 2: Paul Taylor - ""Makes Church Bells"" (from Loughborough, Leicestershire County, England, his family has owned the John Taylor Bellfoundry for 200 years, though the bell foundry dates back to the 14th century; his foundry installed the new carillon in the Washington National Cathedral) Game 3: Allen Funt (as Mystery Guest) - ""Allen (Candid Camera) Funt"" (Smile, you're on Candid Camera!)
Game 1: Mrs. Lillian Kirchgasler - ""Nurse for Fischer Quintuplets"" (from Aberdeen, SD, location information which was initially withheld from the panel; Lillian works at St. Luke's Hospital; the Fischer quints were born on September 14, 1963 to small-town farmers Mary Anne & Andrew Fischer; 4 girls and 1 boy; these quintuplets made international news since they were the first surviving set of quints born in the United States; they were spontaneously occuring, with no use of fertility drugs) Game 2: Miss Danielle Marc - ""Sells American Newspapers in Paris"" (for the Paris edition of the New York Herald Tribune, which she sells on the famed Champs Elysee in Paris, France) Game 3: Gordon and Sheila MacRae (as Mystery Guest Duo)
Game 1: Miss Famara Krassina - ""Teaches English at Moscow College"" (From Moscow, Russia. In addition to her job at Moscow College for Foreign Languages, she also works as an interpreter for the touring Moscow Circus. She handed out gifts of small pins to John and the panel. She is a very sweet girl.) Game 2: Henry Mundinger - ""Operates Scoreboard at Yankee Stadium, Chief Electrical"" (from NYC, he operates 5000 buttons on the scoreboard!) Game 3: Eydie Gorme (as Mystery Guest) Mrs. Steve Lawrence!
Game 1: Murray Spitzer - ""Makes Cosmetics for Dogs, Nail Polish, Perfume, Etc."" (from Brooklyn, NY, he owns the Animal Hygiene Research Company) Game 2: Miss Pattie Thomas - ""Evangelist (Travelling Preacher)"" (from Tulsa, OK, she is affiliated with the Assembly of God church) Game 3: Groucho Marx (as Mystery Guest) (Groucho signs in as ""Mr. & Mrs. John Smith"")
Game 1: William Crowl (he signed in as Wm Crowl) - ""Captain of Glass-Bottom Boat named Arlene Francis"" (from Ocala, Florida, he has been a captain for 35 years; this tour boat in Silver Springs, FL was named after Arlene Francis when she visited Silver Springs in 1957 with her 1954-1957 television series ""Home."" The special boat views 25 varieties of fish and assorted vegetation; the panel was stumped!) Game 2: Mrs. Donna Spence - ""Makes Horseshoes for Race Horses"" (from Pinebluff, NC, she and her husband own Racehorse Shoes, Inc. and produce shoes for trotting horses) Game 3: Carol Lawrence (as Mystery Guest) She was charming and perky!
Game 1: Miss Billie Jean Moore - ""Raises Mice for Research"" (from Raleigh, NC, she works for North Carolina State College) Game 2: Mr. C. W. Mundy (85 years old) - ""Paints Flagpoles"" (from Plainfield, NJ, he has been painting flagpoles for 65 years; he moves up and down their 100 foot height in a bosun's chair) Game 3: Ethel Merman (as Mystery Guest)
Game 1: James Van Niekerk - ""Hunts Crocodiles"" (from North Rhodesia, Africa, his crocs sell for $1 per inch, measured around their girth) Game 2: Grace Stafford (as Contestant) - ""Voice of Woody Woodpecker"" (from California, the city was withheld from the panel; she gave a brief Woody Woodpecker ""laugh"" after her game; more information about her below) Game 3: James Stewart (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Miss Neeg Blommeberg - ""Men's Barber"" (originally from Sweden, now from Brunswick, NJ, she works for Helmar Larsen's Barber Shop; Helmar Larsen also owns a beauty shop; note that this singular profession was WML's most frequently used occupation over the years)
Game 1: Y.A. Tittle (as Mystery Guest #1 and the panel was blindfolded) - ""Quarterback New York Giants Football Team"" Game 2: Miss Flora S. Goldfarb - ""Ties Knots on End of Frankfurters"" (for Hebrew National Kosher Products; she is from Brooklyn, NY) Game 3: Charles Boyer (as Mystery Guest #2) Game 4: Louis Pearlman - ""Sells Feathers"" (for Gregory & Goldberg, she sells feathers, including marabou feathers, which are the downy feathers of marabou storks used for trimming garments; from Forest Hills, NY)
Game 1: Colonel Harland Sanders - ""Head of Southern Fried Chicken Company"" (originally from Henryville, Indiana; now from Shelbyville, KY) Game 2: Paula Murphy - ""Automobile Test Driver, Set New Women's Speed Record"" (from Granada Hills, CA; she drove at an average speed of 161.29 mph in a Studebaker Avanti at the Bonneville Salt Flats) Game 3: Alan King (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Miss Shirlee Hirschberg - ""Truant Officer"" (from NYC, she stated the correct title of her job is ""attendance teacher"")
Game 1: Mrs. Marion L. Tarr - ""U.S. Customs Inspector"" (at the Miami International Airport; she is from Miami, FL, and today is her birthday!) Game 2: Joseph S Peplinski & Jack Peplinski - ""Puts Laces in Footballs"" (for the Wilson Sporting Goods Company in Chicago, IL; the brothers have been in this business for 37 & 38 respective years) Game 3: Sophie Tucker (as Mystery Guest) Last of the Red Hot Mamas - John was quite impressed with her doughnut-shaped mauve feather hat. Game 4: Walter J. Buckert, Jr. - ""Sells Light Bulbs"" (for General Electric Company; from Palisades Park, NJ)
Game 1: Miss Katherine Stubergh - ""Makes Figures For Wax Museums"" (for Walters International Wax Museum which will have exhibits at the upcoming New York World's Fair; from Los Angeles, CA) Game 2: Richard Cramer - ""Sells Doorknobs"" (for both Kwikset Locks and the American Door Corp; from Laurel, MD) Game 3: Victor Borge (as Mystery Guest) He scribbled ALL over the sign in board; he does a great job of disguising his Danish accent!
Game 1: Msgr (Monsignor) John Rananello - ""Manufacturers Noodles"" (originally from New Rochelle, NY, now from Hong Kong; he runs a foreign aid charity food program and manufacturers 1 million pounds of noodles each month in a noodle factory, thereby feeding 400,000 Communist 'Red' Chinese refugees each month) Game 2: Miss Carol Stone - ""Personal Christmas Shopper For Men (in Department Store)"" (works for Bonwit Teller's '721 Club'; from Delray Beach, FL, temporarily in NYC) Game 3: Mark Goodson & Bill Todman (as Mystery Guest Duo) They currently have 35 half-hour programs on television, and this is the 14th Christmas of What's My Line? Game 4: Edgar Franken - ""Santa Claus at Macy's Department Store"" (originally from London, England, now from NY; he also works as an actor)
Game 1: Abe Rosenberg - ""Earmuff Maker"" (from Flushing, NY) Game 2: Richard Guthrie (teen boy) - ""Rickshaw Operator"" (from Phoenix, Arizona) Game 3: Ginger Rogers (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Jacqueline Scarr - ""Stockbroker"" (originally from Paris, France)
Game 1: Miss Harriet Goldstein - ""Taxicab Driver"" (from Brooklyn, NY) Game 2: Carl Otto - ""Makes Corn Cob Pipes"" (from Washington, Missouri, which is near St. Louis; he makes 8 - 10 million corn cob pipes annually for the Missouri Merchant Pipe Company) Game 3: Pearl Bailey (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: James P. Walsh - ""Sells Garbage Cans"" (for the Wheeling Corrugating Company, he sells corrugated steel garbage cans; from Secaucus Center, NJ)
Game 1: Marion Ladewig (she signed in under her married name of Marion Van Ousten to avoid name recognition) - ""Professional Bowler (U.S. Champion)"" (from Grand Rapids, MI; she has won many honors, including 'Best Woman Bowler' 9 times and 'World Invitational Champion' 4 times; her highest score is 299; she promotes Brunswick Corporation bowling products) Game 2: Mr. W.J. Kelly - ""Banana Inspector"" (from Baltimore, MD) Game 3: Noel Coward (as Mystery Guest)
Game 1: Miss Jerri Whittington - ""Secretary to President Johnson"" (from West Rider, MD, she described President Lyndon Johnson with the following words, ""great warmth, fair, kind, a perfectionist""; Jerri was the first African-American secretary in the White House; her birth name may have been Geraldine Whittington) Game 2: Mr. Sabin Segal - ""Sells Bird Seed"" (Sales Manager for Hartz Mountain Products, he sold 2 million dollars of bird seed last year; from New York) Game 3: Van Heflin (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Joan Higgins (Mrs. Joan Higgins Fairfax) - ""Band Leader (All Girl Orchestra)"" (from Englewood Cliffs, NJ, she leads a 14 piece girl band; there is a glitch on the kinescope when John says the name of the band)
Game 1: Mrs. Alice Gilbert - ""Justice of the Peace"" (from Birmingham, MI in Bloomfield Township) Game 2: Miss Cissy Browne - ""Sells Water Skis"" (for Pan American Skis, Inc.; from Memphis, TN; the skis are made of mahogany) Game 3: Jonathan Winters (as Mystery Guest)
Game 1: Mr. Eleman Falkenberg - ""Runs Clinic on How to Stop Smoking"" (from a town near Boston, MA; he is also a Reverend and co-wrote a book titled ""How to Stop Smoking in Five Days"". Game 2: Miss Dee-Dee Winner (Diana Lois Mary Elisabeth Winner) - ""Owns and Races Greyhounds"" (originally from NY, now from Miami, FL; she credited her trainer Phil Wilmot) Game 3: George Burns (as Mystery Guest) Smoking a cigar, naturally!
Game 1: Johnny Mercer (as Mystery Guest #1) - ""Songwriter"" Game 2: Irving Kantor - ""Makes 'Beatle' Wigs"" (for the Lowell Toy Mfg. Corp; salaried; they sell for $2.98 each, they are producing 20,000 per day and have ""well over"" 300,000 orders to fill; after his line was shown on the screen, a photograph of the Fab Four was briefly shown; from NYC) Game 3: Jane Fonda (as Mystery Guest #2) Game 4: Joel Grossman - ""Sells Mustard"" (for French's Mustard Co, which is owned by Reckitt & Colman; salaried; from Fort Lee, NJ)
Game 1: A.C. Nielsen Jr. (Arthur C. Nielsen, Jr., he signed in as ""Mr. X"" to avoid name recognition, and the panel was not blindfolded) - ""Runs Television Rating Service (Nielsen Ratings)"" Game 2: George Boyce, Jr. - ""Makes Snowshoes"" (for Snowcraft, Inc.; from Norway, Maine) Game 3: Carol Burnett (as Mystery Guest #2) Game 4: Michael Lenarsey - ""Jackie Gleason's Valet"" (from West Palm Beach, FL)
Game 1: Paul B. Keenan - ""Elevator Operator & Guide at Washington Monument"" (from Washington, D.C., he stumped the panel) Game 2: Miss Suzanne Zvanut - ""Beer Tester"" (for Falstaff Brewing Company, she is a graduate microbiologist; from St. Charles, MO) Game 3: Bert Lahr (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Thomas Lenane - ""Head of Marriage License Bureau"" (from New York City, NY; he can also perform the marriage ceremony, and performed 50,000 ceremonies last year; marriage licenses cost $4 each; he has 13 years on the job)
Game 1: Miss Kay Day - ""Trains Race Horses"" (from El Paso, TX, she trains horses at Sunland Park, NM, since parimutuel wagering is not legal in Texas) Game 2: Lewis Kert - ""Diplomatic Courier for U.S. State Department"" (from Los Angeles, CA; there is some kinescope damage, and the film jumps around a bit during his game) Game 3: Debbie Reynolds (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Hugo W. Castello - ""Sword Maker, Makes Fencing Foils, Sabres, etc."" (for his firm, Castello Fencing Equipment Company; from New York City, NY; Hugo Castello is also a NCAA Fencing Champion for New York University, and has authored fencing books also)
Game 1: Stan Musial (as Mystery Guest #1 and the panel was blindfolded) Stan The Man! Professional Baseball Player Game 2: Mrs. Nancy Henry - ""Inspects & Packs Adhesive Bandages (Band-Aids)"" (for the Johnson & Johnson Company; from Somerset, NJ) Game 3: Steve Allen (as Mystery Guest #2) He first signed in as ""Ted Mack"" of the ""Original Amateur Hour"" fame, then crossed it out and wrote his own name. Game 4: Mr. Toni Wilson - ""Buys & Sells Honey"" (for his firm, the R.B. Wilson Company; from Yonkers, NY)
Game 1: Tom Madden - ""Rents Geese (To Eat Weeds)"" (rents geese to primarily cotton farmers; 2 geese per acre do the work of one man in clearing the fields of unwanted wild grasses such as Johnson grass; from Kennett, MO) Game 2: Miss Pam Sanders - ""Foreign Correspondent (Just Returned from Viet-Nam & Laos)"" (from Manilla, Philippines; she worked for 2 years for Time Magazine) Game 3: Allan Sherman (as Mystery Guest) He almost stumped the panel!
Game 1: Mrs. Elaine Mason - ""Prepares Income Tax Returns"" (for her company, D & E Mason Income Tax Service; from Chicago, IL; she stumped the panel! Game 2: Ed Dempsey - ""Makes Aspirin Tablets"" (for the Norwich Pharmaceutical Company; from Norwich, NY; he produces 9 million aspirin tablets per day) Game 3: Louis Armstrong (he signed in as ""Satchmo"", his famous nickname, which is short for ""Satchel Mouth"") (as Mystery Guest)
Game 1: ""Astrologer"" Game 2: ""Raises Rabbits"" Game 3: Bette Davis (as Mystery Guest)
Game 1: Lowell Thomas (as Mystery Guest #1) Game 2: Circus Juggler Game 3: Van Cliburn (as Mystery Guest #2) Per Gil Fates' handwritten logs, there was not enough time for the next scheduled contestant, a person who sells false teeth.
Game 1: Mr. Lee Shephard & Miss Lee Shepherd (their names sound the same, but are not spelled the same) - ""Television Weather Reporters"" (for stations WTOP & WJBK; from Washington D.C., and Detroit, MI) Game 2: Claude Goodyear - ""Makes Nitroglycerine"" (for the National Powder Company in Eldred, PA; from Olean, NY; he has been employed by them for 13 years) Game 3: Barbra Streisand (as Mystery Guest) She signed in as ""Barbraesi ?? Streisand"" complete with the question marks. Game 4: Mac Scherer - ""Grinds & Packs Pepper"" (for Pride of India Pepper Estates, Ltd.; from Brooklyn, NY)
Game 1: Frederick Baker - Town Crier of Stratford-On-Avon, England"" (this darling elderly man gave examples of his vocal work after his game) Game 2: Miss Sydney Ann Zatzkin - ""Usher at Shea Stadium, New Home of N.Y. Mets Baseball Team"" (the Mets won today, 6 to 0) Game 3: Edie Adams (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: John Hannon - ""Makes Surfboards"" (for his company, Hannon Surfboards; his surfboards are made of polyurethane foam and fiberglass, not wood; from Garden City, NY)
Game 1: Yogi Berra (as Mystery Guest #1) - ""Manager of N.Y. Yankees Baseball Team"" (after his game, his wife joined him on stage for a cameo appearance; she was only named as Mrs. Yogi Berra; they were recently wed) Game 2: Miss Susie Vankovich - ""Milks, Feeds & Grooms Elsie the Cow (at N.Y. World's Fair)"" (for The Borden Company; from Logan, WV) Game 3: Louis Jourdan (as Mystery Guest #2)
Game 1: Jim McClellen - ""Hippopotamus Trainer"" (at Jungleland in Thousand Oaks, CA; he teaches them simple tricks such as sitting and lying down) Game 2: Miss Brenda Berlin - ""Fingerprint Examiner for Ontario Police Department"" (she has been a technician for 2 months; from Toronto, Ontario, Canada) Game 3: The McGuire Sisters (as Mystery Guest Trio) Game 4: Gordon Tallman - ""Makes Golf Tees"" (for the Bullard Lumber Company; from Hyde Park, UT)
Game 1: Bill Hartack (as Mystery Guest #1) ""Jockey (Four Time Kentucky Derby Winner)"" (he broke the track record riding the horse Northern Dancer) Game 2: Manley J. Luckey - ""Makes Sober Meters (to Test Intoxication)"" (he owns Luckey Laboratories, Inc., and is from San Bernardino, CA) Game 3: Beatrice Lillie (as Mystery Guest #2)
Game 1: Mrs. Mayme Ward - ""Sews Blankets for Horses and Elephants"" (from Baraboo, WI; in conjunction with the Wisconsin Historical Society, she makes highly decorated blankets for use in the upcoming 4th of July circus and parade in Milwaukee. Sponsored by Schlitz Beer, the festivities are named 'A Day in Old Milwaukee'; for trivia, we are told that Mrs. Ward was formerly a flying trapeze artist) Game 2: Mrs. Ruth Bussey - ""Supermarket Check-Out Girl (1964 Checker of the Year)"" (from Tampa, FL, she works for B & B Supermarket) Game 3: Jack Lemmon (as Mystery Guest)
Game 1: Mr. Tracy Barnes - ""Balloon Pilot"" (pilots hot air balloon for advertising and promotional ventures; from Minneapolis, MN) Game 2: Stan Erlandson - ""Makes Snuff"" (head of U.S. Tobacco Co.; from Villa Park, IL) Game 3: Jayne Mansfield (as Mystery Guest) (age 31)
Game 1: Miss Elaine LéGaro - ""Magician's Assistant (Gets Sawed in Half, Etc.)"" (from Philadelphia, PA, Elaine LeGaro is performing at the General Cigar Pavilion at the N.Y. World's Fair) Game 2: John Lange - ""Makes Peanut Butter"" (for Skippy Peanut Butter; from University Park, TX; Arlene noted his physical resemblance to evangelist Billy Graham) Game 3: Liberace (as Mystery Guest) His signature included a lovely drawing of a grand piano complete with his trademark candelabra on top. Game 4: Joe Crane - ""Inspects & Packs Parachutes"" (for his firm, the Joe Crane & Co. Parachute Loft; he is also the Chairman of the Board of the Parachute Club of America; from Westbury, Long Island, NY) His biography is on the web: http://www.parachutehistory.com/men/cranej.html
Game 1: Sheilah Graham (as Mystery Guest #1 and the panel was blindfolded) - ""Hollywood Columnist"" (in association with the North American Newspaper Alliance) Game 2: Mr. T. G. Clark - ""Rents Graduation Caps & Gowns"" (for the Collegiate Cap & Gown Service; from Greenwich, CT) Game 3: Helen Hayes (as Mystery Guest #2)
Game 1: Mrs. Florence Latham - ""Drives Garbage Truck"" (for her firm, Latham Sanitation Co., from Deep River, CT) Game 2: Carl F. Ehrenberg - ""Sells Babies' Cribs"" (for Port-a-Crib; crib size 40"" x 30""; from St. Louis, MO) Game 3: Gina Lollobrigida (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Danny Ferguson - ""Professional Soccer Player"" (The International Soccer League; from Edinburgh, Scotland; his team 'Heart of Midlothian' played in a tournament today on Randall's Island, NY and defeated the Brazilian team)
Game 1: Mrs. Irene McGillicuddy - ""Chiropractor"" (from Toronto, Ontario, Canada; in practice since 1919; age 77) Game 2: Mrs. Karon Epperson (pronounced as ""Karen"") - ""Sells Motorcycles"" (for Honda of Dayton; from Dayton, OH) Game 3: Frank Fontaine (as Mystery Guest)
Game 1: Mr. N. E. Skinner - ""Washes Bulls (For Cattle Shows & Sales)"" (he owns the Skinner Washing Service company, and has washed over 100,000 bulls with pressure machinery; from Broken Bow, NE) Game 2: Mrs. Fern V. Miller - ""Superintendent of U.S. Mint, Denver, CO"" (from Platteville, CO, Fern Miller was appointed by then-President John F. Kennedy in May 1961) Game 3: Carroll Baker (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Mr. J. E. Metzger - ""Makes Yogurt"" (he is the head of the Dannon Yogurt Co.; from White Plains, NY)
Game 1: Peter Gabel (as Mystery Guest #1 and the panel was blindfolded) - ""Son of Arlene Francis and Martin Gabel"" ""Guide at N. Y. World's Fair"" Game 2: Miss Joyce Ivey- ""Sorts Mosquitoes (U.S. Gov't Research)"" (from Atlanta, GA, she works for the public health service, most likely the Center for Disease Control (CDC), sorting 180 species of mosquitoes to determine which species carry which viruses for research of prevention of communicable diseases) Game 3: Sue Lyon (as Mystery Guest #2)
Game 1: Miss Gigi Mackh (aka Gloria Mackh) - ""Ski Instructor"" (from Vienna, Austria, she is also currently ""Miss Austria"", and will be in the upcoming Miss Universe pageant to be held on August 1, 1964 in Miami Beach, FL; she is also a champion water skier) Game 2: Mrs. Ann Quinlan - ""President of Pretzel Company"" (owns Quinlan Pretzel Co. of Redding, PA; she said that Quinlan's Pretzels invented the pretzel twisting machine and revolutionized the entire pretzel industry; Robert Q. Lewis recognized her name and guessed her identity on his first question, although the game played on a few more turns) Game 3: E.G. Marshall (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: John Henderson - ""Paints Bridges (George Washington Bridge, etc.)"" (he works for the Port Authority of N.Y.; from Fords, NJ)
Game 1: John Fulton - ""Bullfighter"" (from Philadelphia, PA, he is the first American to earn the full matador title in Spain; he also performs in Mexico, and will be in Tijuana in August 1964) Game 2: John Vadas - ""Develops and Tests Candy Flavored Lipsticks"" (for the Cutex division of Cheseborough-Ponds Inc.; from Stamford, CT)
Game 1: Bobby Nichols (as Mystery Guest #1, he signed in as Mr. X and the panel was not blindfolded) ""Professional Golfer (1964 PGA Champion)"" (from Louisville, KY; at age 16 he was in a bad auto accident, but made a comeback in golf) Game 2: Mrs. Julia S. Berolzheimer - ""Makes Shoelaces"" (she is the Vice President of her company, Diamond Braiding Mill; from Tarpon Springs, FL; such a cute contestant, she smiles all the way through her game) Game 3: Peter Lawford (as Mystery Guest #2) He signed in as ""Lassie"" which might be a reference to the episode of July 12, 1964 when Arlene said of the mystery guest, ""Let's face it, he's either a doctor, a lawyer, or a dog."" A second explanation was submitted below, which explains that this also may have been referring to Lawford's starring role in the 1945 film, ""Son of Lassie"".
Game 1: Billy Spencer - ""Professional Water Skier (Men's World Champion)"" (teen boy from Sarasota, FL; in 1963 at age 15 he won the 'VIIIth World Water Ski Championship' Tournament in Vichy, France under the training of Joe Cash; the title lasts for two years; Billy also instructs water skiing and skis barefoot too) Game 2: Dan Walston - ""Manufactures Telephones"" (engineer for Western Electric Co.; from Indianapolis, IN; he is developing the new Touch Tone (push button) telephone, which is currently on display at the N.Y. World's Fair) Game 3: Carol Channing (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Walter White, Jr. - ""Prints Credit Cards (American Express Company)"" (from NY)
Game 1: Miss Florence Hayashi - ""Policewoman"" (from Hamilton, Ontario, Canada) Game 2: Robert DeMartini - ""Tent Maker"" (sells and rents all tent sizes for Eureka Tent & Awning Co.; from Binghamton, NY; Listen to John Daly say, ""His name should be Omar."" Eek) Game 3: Olivia de Havilland (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Miss Stephanie Beall (pronounced as Bell) - ""Plays Billiards (to Demonstrate Tables)"" (for American Machine & Foundry Co. ""AMF""; from Massapequa, NY)
Game 1: Jimmy Kline - ""Porpoise Trainer (Trains Porpoises For New York World's Fair)"" (He is currently at the Florida exhibit of the World's Fair; from Pennsylvania) Game 2: Miss Isabel Bernier - ""Shoeshine Girl"" (at Monkey Shines, 52nd St. & Broadway, NYC; from Manhattan, NY, NY) Game 3: Tony Randall (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: James H. Geist - ""Sells Sawdust"" (sells 800 lb. bags for his company, Miami Sawdust Supply Co.)
Game 1: Colonel Chuck Yeager (he signed in as C.E. Yeager, and the panel was not blindfolded) - Two occupation overlay screens were shown: ""First Pilot to Break The Sound Barrier"" and ""Commandant of Space Pilot School"" (originally from Hamlin, WV, currently in CA; trains at the Air Force Space Pilot School, actually known as ARPS or USAF Aerospace Research Pilot School, at Edwards Air Force Base, California; On October 14, 1947, Yeager broke the sound barrier over the town of Victorville, California.) Game 2: Miss Snooks Rourk (Mr. Daly explained that she ""hates"" her real first name) - ""Shoes Horses"" (college student from Miami, FL) Game 3: Bob Cummings (as Mystery Guest)
Game 1: Mr. & Mrs. O. L. Lambert, Jr. - ""Window Washers"" (union members who work on scaffolding; from El Cajon, CA) Game 2: Miss Sura Malek ""Makes & Sells Cotton Candy"" (at Palisades Park; from Fort Lee, NJ) Game 3: Paul Anka (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Marc Massaro - ""Raises Racing Pigeons"" (and sells them too; from West Haven, CT)
Game 1: John Zavalopoulos - ""Sponge Diver"" (from Tarpon Springs, FL; the 1947 severe outbreak of red tide is mentioned as having killed the sponge beds; recovery took until 1957) Game 2: Miss Sheryl Slate - ""Packs Popsicles"" (from Harrisburg, PA; this is a summer job until September when she will be an Ohio State College student) Game 3: Marty Allen & Steve Rossi (as Mystery Guest Duo) They signed in as ""Hello Dere! Allen & Rossi"" Game 4: Bill Johnson - ""Sells Fire Engines"" (for American LaFrance Corp., Bill made sure Mr. Daly added, ""the oldest and largest in the business""; from Huntington Station, Long Island, NY)
Game 1: Jerry Herman (he signed in as Mr. X and the panel was blindfolded) - ""Songwriter, Wrote Hello, Dolly!"" Game 2: Mrs. Patricia Hupperts - ""Wine Steward (in Restaurant)"" (sommelier at The Tenderloin Room in the Chase Park Restaurant; from St. Louis, MO) Game 3: Henry Fonda (as Mystery Guest #2) Game 4: Miss Susan Haber - ""Stockbroker"" (it sounded like Mr. Daly said she was with Mae Lichtenstahl & Co., but then Bennett announced she was with McManley & Co.)
Game 1: A chef who looked like a member of the British singing group ""The Beatles"" Game 2: A male manager of a babysitting service Game 3: Arthur Godfrey (as Mystery Guest) (Per Gil Fates' handwritten logs, there wasn't enough time for the moderator of the Brazilian WML.)
Game 1: David Aylott - ""Makes False Eyelashes"" (he owns Eye-Lure of London; he stated he was a former ""movie-maker"" for 20 years, and has a long list of credits at IMDB mostly from the silent film era; aka Dave Aylott; from London, England) Game 2: Miss Dianne Steiner - ""Issues Tickets to Overtime Parkers"" (from Beverly Hills, CA, she works for the Finance Department of the City of Beverly Hills) Game 3: Steve Lawrence & Eydie Gorme (as Mystery Guest Duo) They signed in as ""Huntley & Brinkley"".
Game 1: Miss Betty Caywood - ""Broadcasts Baseball Games"" (from Kansas City, MO; she also has a Master's Degree in English and was a former speech therapist) Game 2: Mrs. Pearl Keyser - ""Sells Tickets at Box Office (for Arlene's New Play)"" (from New York City, NY; she is the assistant treasurer at the Morosco Theatre on Broadway) Game 3: Steve Allen (as Mystery Guest) He signed in as ""Forest Ranger"" in reference to Buddy Hackett's comical guesses at this occupation tonight. Game 4: George Taylor - ""Makes & Sells Cheesecake"" (from Hackensack, NJ, he owns one bakery in NY called ""Le Cheesecake Elegant"" and two bakeries in NJ called ""The Cheesecake Pantry""; he was a former welder)
Game 1: Clete Boyer and Ken Boyer (as Mystery Guest Duo, and the panel was blindfolded; they signed in as Cletis and Ken Boyer) - Three occupation overlay screens were shown: ""The Boyer Brothers"" and ""World Series 3rd Basemen"" and ""Clete Boyer, New York Yankees / Ken Boyer, St. Louis Cardinals"" (There are 7 brothers in the Boyer family and they have all been professional baseball players!) Game 2: Miss Terry Wein - ""Interviewer For Political Polls"" (for Louis Harris & Associates, Inc.; aka Lou Harris and Associates, Inc.; from New York City, NY) Game 3: Phyllis Diller (as Mystery Guest) One solid laugh-filled game! Too short though! Dorothy recognized her voice!
Game 1: Brian Epstein (as Mystery Guest #1, he signed in as ""Mr. X"" and the panel was not blindfolded) - ""Theatrical Manager for The Beatles, etc."" (from London, England) Game 2: Mrs. Heather Reynolds - ""Professional Dog Walker"" (from New York City, NY; she just started her own company called Walk-A-Dog, and can walk 6 dogs at one time) Game 3: Tony Bennett (as Mystery Guest #2) Game 4: Mr. Trove Thomas - ""Musician, Plays Washboard in Night Club Band"" (He performs in Greenwich Village at the pub called 'Your Father's Mustache' aka 'Your Father's Moustache' and 'YFM'; his band is named 'The G-String Struggler,' he plays the washboard with knives; the club was formerly named 'The Red Garter')
Game 1: Craig Breedlove (as Mystery Guest #1, he signed in as Mr. X and the panel was not blindfolded) - ""Professional Speed Driver, Set New Speed Record 526 M.P.H."" (from Los Angeles, CA; he set the record at the Bonneville Salt Flats in Bonneville, UT; his 3-wheeled jet engine speed vehicle was named Spirit of America; the engine was a military surplus J47 model; his sponsors were Shell Oil Company and Goodyear Tire Company) Game 2: Mrs. Jane Thomas (later known as Jane Chastain) - ""Predicts Weekly Football Scores on Television"" (she co-hosts the program 'Coach Friday' on station WHGA, and predicts college games; from Atlanta, GA; see more notes below) Game 3: James Garner (as Mystery Guest #2) Game 4: Robert Hyney - ""Puts Stripes on Chewing Gum"" (for the Beechnut Company; from Fort Plain, NY; although not mentioned, the specific product was Beechnut's 'Fruit Stripe' fruit-flavored gum which came in 5 flavors; lime, lemon, orange, cherry and mixed fruit)
Game 1: Two U.S. Army male baby nurses Game 2: A woman who organizes tiger hunts Game 3: Robert Goulet (as Mystery Guest) (Per Gil Fates' handwritten logs, there wasn't enough time for a Japanese girl disc jockey. She later appeared on EPISODE #740.)
Game 1: Luis Miguel Dominguin (as Mystery Guest #1, and the panel was blindfolded)- ""Spain's Celebrated Bullfighter"" (See notes below) Game 2: Jed Johnson, Jr. - ""Congressman Elect, Youngest in Congress Since 1797"" (from Chickasha OK, he is the newly elected Democrat member of the House of Representatives, representing Oklahoma; he is currently 24 years old and under the constitutional age requirement of 25 years of age; he won't be able to legally serve until he turns age 25 on December 27, 1964) Game 3: Anne Bancroft (as Mystery Guest #2)
Game 1: Miss Marty O'Connor - ""General Manager of Football Team, Chicago Panthers"" (from Chicago, IL, she manages this semi-pro league football team and ""does everything except the coaching"" per Mr. Daly) Game 2: Jack Schlanker - ""Moves Haystacks (From Fields to Barns, Etc.)"" (from Forbes, ND) Game 3: Elizabeth Ashley (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Michael Motto - ""Toll Collector For New Verrazano Bridge"" (from Brooklyn, NY, he is a Bridge & Tunnel Operator for the City of NY)
Game 1: Miss Reiko Yukawa (she signed her name in Japanese characters) - ""Disc Jockey"" (from Tokyo, Japan, she appears on 3 radio programs and television also; she wore a kimono and her English was somewhat limited) Game 2: Jim Blevins - ""President of Popcorn Company"" (from Nashville, TN, he is the president of the Pops-Rite Popcorn Company) Game 3: Buddy Hackett (as Mystery Guest) He signed in as ""Its me"" (with no apostrophe)
Game 1: Mrs. June S. Bass - ""Justice of the Peace"" (from Wilson, NC) Game 2: Ross Sobel - ""Golf Pro on Ocean Liner"" (for Eastern Steamship Lines on the vessel Ariadne; from Coral Gables, FL; listen for Bennett's 'Golf of New Mexico' pun) Game 3: Eddie Fisher (as Mystery Guest)
Game 1: Count Philippe de LaFayette - ""Sells Champagne"" (for G.H. Mumm & Co. Champagne; from Paris, France, he is a 5th generation descendent of Major General LaFayette who fought in America's Revolutionary War against the British) Game 2: Norman Yeend - ""Tunes Victor Borge's Piano At Theater Everyday"" (he works for Steinway & Sons; he has tuned Dorothy Kilgallen's piano also; from NY) Game 3: Joan Crawford (as Mystery Guest)
Game 1: Mr. Dee Darndy or Darrdy (sp?) (pronounced Dar-DAY or Dardé as Mystery Guest #1, and the panel was blindfolded) - Two occupation overlay screens were shown: ""CBS Makeup Artist"" and ""Makes Up What's My Line? Panel"" (from New York, John said that he has worked at CBS for ""8 or 9 years""; John also mentioned that Dee was previously an actor and a stage director, but no details were given, and no information can be found on the net as of 2004; maybe Dee was on the stage in another country?; Gil Fates' handwritten logs showed his name as Dee Darvey, but that does not match Dee's sign-in board signature; also, Dee could be a nickname for a longer name; if you have any information, please contact Suzanne here; you can see his sign-in signature here Thanks!) Game 2: Mrs. Norma L. Olmsted - ""Counts Dogs for Town Census"" (from Yorktown Heights, NY, she works for the Westchester County government, where tax fees are assessed for dog ownership) Game 3: Jack E. Leonard (as Mystery Gue
Game 1: ""Steeplejack"" Game 2: ""Makes Shower Curtains"" Game 3: Gene Kelly (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: ""Professional Magician""
Game 1: Miss Sue Huxley aka Susan Huxley - ""Grooms & Feeds Prize Cattle"" (from London, England, she has been in the USA for 8 months and became engaged to an American over the Christmas holidays; she is the niece of famous author Aldous Huxley who wrote 'Brave New World' and she is also the great-granddaughter of the prominent English biologist Thomas Henry Huxley) Game 2: Pierre Hill - ""Makes Diaper Pins"" (for the Frederick Allen Company which makes self-closing safety diaper pins; from York, PA) Game 3: Jason Robards Jr. (as Mystery Guest)
Game 1: Miss Mary Hazel Ash - ""Plays Bugle at Race Track"" (at the Arizona Downs Paradise Race Track; she is an Arizona State University student and also plays the coronet in their band; from Goodyear, AZ) Game 2: Malcolm Beyer - ""Imports Caviar"" (for restaurants such as ""Iron Gate"" and ""21""; he imported 22 tons of caviar last year; the current 1965 caviar price is $45 per pound; he is a retired USMC Brigadier General; from the very ritzy Quogue, Long Island, NY) Game 3: Lee Remick (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: John M. Behan - ""Director of School For Dogs"" (from West Redding, CT, he runs a dog training facility named the ""K-9 College"")
Game 1: Rudolph Wanderone Jr. aka Minnesota Fats (Mystery Guest #1) - Two occupation overlay screens were used: ""Professional Picket Billiards Player"" and ""The Famous Minnesota Fats"" (he signs his first name ""Rudolf"" with an ""f""; he was born in New York; he is also the vice-president of Rozel Industries, the publishing company which released his 1965 book, ""The Minnesota 'Fats' Book of Billiards"") Game 2: Mrs. Veda E. Humphrey - ""Makes Store Window Dummies"" (from St. Louis, MO, her company was originally called 'Veda's Mannequin Hospital' but was renamed to 'Veda's Mannequins' as she expanded her operations) Game 3: Ann Sothern (Mystery Guest #2)
Game 1: Miss Sandi Kane - ""Demonstrates Exercise Equipment"" (for Diversified Products Corp. of Opelika, Alabama; she is from Atlanta, GA) Game 2: Bob Angell - ""Sells Knitting Needles"" (he is the regional manager for Susan Bates Knitting Needles Co; he politely corrected Mr. Daly who said his company name was C.J. Bates & Son; I suspect the name Mr. Daly gave is the holding company as these companies seem to be related, or maybe there had been a recent spinoff; the contestant said they produce aluminum, wood and plastic knitting needles; from Rochester, NY) Game 3: Jack Lemmon (Mystery Guest)
Game 1: Mrs. Nell Duncan - ""Guard on Armored Car"" (from Gainesville, FL, she works for the Gainesville Armored Car Company which is owned by her husband; even though this is a family business, John said she was salaried; she carries a 38 caliber gun while on the job) Game 2: Mrs. Dorothy Chase - ""Pickles Herring"" (self-employed; from Mamaroneck, NY, she is the founder of Betty Lee Products, Inc., or maybe it's Bette Leigh Products, Inc., the spelling is uncertain since there are no net references to this former fish-packing company which John said she first started in her kitchen, and then later moved to her laundry room, before presumably moving out to a factory in Mamaroneck) Game 3: Jimmy Durante (Mystery Guest) He signed in as Jimmy Francis Durante, and his appearance is a sheer delight! Game 4: Mr. Lee Guilfoyle - ""Teaches Parachute Jumping"" (salaried; from Lakewood, New Jersey, he works as the manager for Lakewood Sport Parachute Center, aka Lakewood SPC)
Game 1: Melvin McNickle & Marvin McNickle (identical twin brothers) - ""Major General (U.S. Air Force)"" (from Oklahoma City, OK & Sumter, SC; they are both graduates of the University of South Dakota) Game 2: Miss Carole Ridings - ""Makes Surfboards"" (for U.S. Surfboard Sales; they make several models including The Rocca; when Mr. Daly asked her if it was Miss or Mrs., she replied that it was ""Miss, for business reasons""; from Fort Lauderdale, FL) Game 3: Floyd Patterson (Mystery Guest)
Game 1: Gloria Swanson (as Mystery Guest #1) It was announced that she was also a mystery guest during their first year. Indeed, she was on EPISODE #20, October 15, 1950, which also happened to be Bennett Cerf's first appearance on WML. At the time of this appearance, she is age 67.) Game 2: Miss Annette Clark - ""Plays Records For Dancing in Discotheque (Night Club)"" (at the L'Interdit disco in The Gotham Hotel; from Manhattan, NY; The Gotham Hotel became The Peninsula Hotel in 1988 when it was purchased and later renovated to its former 1905 glory.) Game 3: Jayne Meadows, Phyllis Cerf, Martin Gabel and Richard Kollmar (as Mystery Guest Spouses) - ""Wives & Husbands of the Panel"" Their signatures were pre-signed on the board. Jayne had signed in as Jayne Meadows Allen
Game 1: Miss Sandra Brown - ""Hand Feeds Whale Underwater (in Marine Show)"" (at the new 'Aquatarium' at St. Petersburg Beach, Florida; she performs her act 5 times per day; she is also a college student at St. Petersburg Jr. College; from St. Petersburg, FL; I'm sure Arlene noted that she wore a heart-shaped pendant necklace! The Aquatarium was in operation from June 30, 1964 until it became defunct and closed in 1978. Click HERE to see a postcard of this marine aquarium.) Game 2: Mr. Buz Hello (aka Bastian Hello) - ""Rocket Engineer (Gemini Space Project)"" (John commented on his unusual name; from Lutherville, MD, he works for the Martin Company; info from the net, of which there is a lot - after 13 years at Martin, he then worked for Rockwell International) Game 3: James Mason (as Mystery Guest)
Game 1: Miss Sua Murphy - ""Newsboy (Sells Newspapers in Restaurants & Night Clubs)"" (from NYC, she sells morning papers; Mr. Daly said she is also an aspiring actress; her unusual first name was not explained; Dorothy disqualified herself from this round since she had previously met Sua in restaurants such as P.J. Clark's. She said Sua dresses in pants and a Jackie Coogan cap, with her hair tucked up in her hat.) Game 2: William Nash - ""Sells Revolving Doors"" (for International Steel Co.; his doors sell for $3000 to $25,000; from Evansville, IN) Game 3: Tommy Sands & Nancy Sinatra (as Mystery Guest Duo) Mr. & Mrs. Tommy Sands
Game 1: Pete Sa - ""Makes Pizza"" (at his business ""Wot a Place, Pete Sa's Pizza"" in Metuchen, NJ; from Edison, NJ; he said his surname was of Portuguese origin; Mr. Daly spelled the unusual spelling of his pizza business name) Game 2: Scott Tutt - ""Makes Artificial Snow for Skiing"" (originally from Doylestown, PA; now from NJ; his company ""Metropolitan Ski Slopes, Inc."" fabricates snow for use at Van Courtland Park, NY; age 19) Game 3: Lucille Ball (as Mystery Guest) She signed in as ""Lucy"". Game 4: Miss Benita Caress - ""Issues Passports"" (she is an agent in the U.S. Passport Office in Rockefeller Center; from Little Neck, Long Island, NY)
Game 1: Mrs. Patsy T. Mink (as Mystery Guest #1, but the panel was not blindfolded) - ""U.S. Congresswoman"" (from Honolulu, HI, Rep. Patsy Mink was Hawaii's Democrat member of the House of Representatives; she is also a lawyer; see notes below) Game 2: Albert N. Brooks - ""Makes Piggy Banks"" (he is the President of Brooks Creations, Inc., which Mr. Daly said is the largest maker of piggy banks in the U.S.; from Lincolnwood, IL) Game 3: Anne Jackson, Eli Wallach and Alan Arkin (as Mystery Guest Trio, their signatures were pre-signed on the board) - ""Entire Cast of Broadway Hit LUV"" (written by Murray Schisgal, this comedy play ran for 901 total performances) Game 4: Ron Rex - ""Apprentice Chef at Waldorf Astoria Hotel"" (this cute young chef was ending his second year of training, and wished to make it his career; originally from Canton, OH, currently from NYC)
Game 1: Lillian Briggs (as Mystery Guest #1, but only Arlene is blindfolded. She signs in as Miss X) - ""Jazz Trombonist (Teaching Arlene to Play Trombone)"" (for the Broadway play ""Mrs. Dally"" which is taken from the William Hanley work, ""Mrs. Dally Has a Lover""; Martin Gabel is producing this play which will open in September 1965; Lillian also has a night club act; from New York) Game 2: Mr. Burl Barhite - ""Makes Midget Submarines (For Sport & Research)"" (from West Palm Beach, FL, he is the foreman for Perry Submarine Builders, Inc. which makes small 2 to 6 men submersible ""Perry Cubmarine"" submarines) Game 3: Art Carney (as Mystery Guest #2)
Game 1: Paul P. Haney (as Mystery Guest #1, he signed in as Mr. X and the panel was not blindfolded) - Two occupation overlay screens were used: ""Voice of Ground Control During Space Shoot"" and ""Paul Haney of NASA"" (originally from Akron, OH, now from Houston, TX; he is the Public Affairs Officer at the Houston Manned Spacecraft Center, which was later known as the Johnson Space Center; Haney appears because on March 23, 1965 the first two-man space flight took place with the launch of the Gemini-III capsule crewed by Virgil I. Grissom and John W. Young) Game 2: Mrs. Mary Procter - ""U.S. Income Tax Examiner"" (from Bossier City, Louisiana, she is a Tax Technician for the IRS in Shreveport, LA) Game 3: Robert Mitchum (as Mystery Guest #2) Game 4: Allen J. Albala - ""Makes Nail Polish"" (from Stamford, CT, he is a chemical engineer and the Production Supervisor for Cutex brand, which was then owned by Lambda Pharmacal Laboratories, Inc.)
Game 1: Johnny Olson (as Mystery Guest #1 and the panel was blindfolded) - ""Announcer for What's My Line?"" (Excellent game! Johnny Olson has so much personality!) See Randy West's tribute page here: Johnny Olson Tribute Game 2: Mr. Morrill A. Mace - ""Publishes New York City Telephone Book"" (from Darien, CT, he is the Assistant Vice-President of the New York Telephone Company; he publishes 156 telephone directories for the state of New York) Game 3: Maurice Chevalier (as Mystery Guest #2) Game 4: Miss Jean Murphy - ""Manages Pool Room"" (at ""Valley Cue"" billiards and pool room in her hometown of Emerson, NJ)
Game 1: John Daly - ""Circus Clown"" (He's a teenager, and no relation to our host; from West Des Moines, IA, he works in a travelling circus with his father William B. Daly; they are currently appearing at a circus in West Hempstead, NY; he was evidently nervous for his WML appearance, and barely smiled at all, but he looked cute in his tailored Beatles-type suit) Game 2: Mrs. Adele May Jawer - ""Makes Bibs for Lobster Eaters"" (from East Meadow, Long Island, NY, she is the President of A & A Lobster Bib Company which makes disposable paper bibs for local restaurants; as she exits the stage, check out the dingle-balls on the hem of her dress!) Game 3: George Jessel (as Mystery Guest) He signed in as Georgie Jessel Game 4: Floyd Moore - ""Operates San Francisco Cable Car"" (he is a Grip Man on the Cable Car on Powell & Hyde Streets, San Francisco, CA)
Game 1: Miss Sharon Wilhoit - ""Usher At New Astrodome Stadium in Houston"" (originally from IL, now from TX, she is the director of 300 ushers, which are called Spacettes) Game 2: Mr. Jan Diederick Medendorph - ""Repairs and Restores Windmills"" (from The Netherlands, he has been in Holland, MI for the past 6 months reconstructing an authentic 200 year-old Dutch windmill called ""De Zwaan"" - The Swan - which is a gift from The Netherlands to Holland, MI; in 2004, the windmill is still located at Windmill Island, and is the only authentic Dutch windmill operating in the United States) Visit the web site: Windmill Island Game 3: Marian Anderson (as Mystery Guest) Visit this page with links to many video and sound files: Marian Anderson: A Life in Song
Game 1: Miss Penny Early - ""Exercises Race Horses"" (from Chicago, IL, she works with horse trainer Tom Jolley; Mr. Daly said the Kentucky Derby is this coming Saturday) Game 2: Mrs. Helen Boyle - ""Makes Dynamite Blasting Caps"" (for Atlas Chemical Industries; from Tamaqua, PA; she joked that if the panel saw her in her pinstriped coveralls, they would think she had escaped from jail) Game 3: Barbra Streisand (as Mystery Guest) She signs in as ""My name is Barbra"" and also underlined her name. Game 4: Mrs. Delores Joiner -""Radioman 2nd Class (U.S. Navy) WAVE"" (originally from Tampa, FL, now from NY; Mr. Daly said she had been Miss Armed Forces 1965)
Game 1: Miss Paula La Cross - ""Target in Knife Throwing Act"" (a high school senior, she works with her father Paul La Cross; she spins at 120 RPM and he outlines her form with knives, sometimes he is even blindfolded; from St. Albans, VT) Game 2: Mr. Myron J. Greenfield - ""Makes Bubble Bath"" (he is the President of Tom Fields Ltd. which makes 25 varieties of bubble bath including Champagne, Bathtub Gin, and Tinkerbell for the kids; from Teaneck, NJ; see notes below) Game 3: Jack Jones (as Mystery Guest)
Game 1: Mrs. Gloria Roeder & her 5 daughters: Michelle, Pamela, Gail, Donna & Sue - ""Run Exercise Class on TV"" (her 6th daughter, Shirley, was not able to appear because she had hurt herself skateboarding; the 3-year-old exercise class is seen all the way to the West coast, although not in New York; Gloria's husband is a Commander in the U.S. Navy; from Fort Slocum, New Rochelle, NY) Game 2: Mr. Brackett Hill - ""Moves Houses"" (and boats, too; from Tilton, NH, he was in the Class of 1927 at Tilton School; John Daly was in the Tilton School Class of 1930; Mr. Hill moved a 112 year-old church to Tilton School) Game 3: Soupy Sales (as Mystery Guest)
Game 1: A lady who demonstrates skateboards Game 2: An automobile crushing machine operator Game 3: Liza Minnelli (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: A television news reporter from Japan
Game 1: Miss Phyllis Leppert - ""Teach Class for Expectant Parents"" (from NYC, she is an RN and a midwife and has a Masters degree) Game 2: Mr. Sidney Epstein - ""Makes Glue"" (he is the Vice-President of Columbia Cement Co; from Woodmere, Long Island, NY) Game 3: Robert Goulet (as Mystery Guest)
Game 1: Mrs. Beverly Sites - ""Keeper of Poisonous Snakes (For Research Lab)"" (she works with snake venom expert Dr. Joseph Gennaro, aka Joseph F. Gennaro, PhD, at the University of Louisville Medical School; they are developing an anti-venom serum for snake bites for the Louisville Public Health Service; she cares for 249 snakes; from Louisville, KY) Game 2: Bill Sorenson - ""Makes Trampolines"" (he is the President of the American Athletic Equipment Co, which Mr. Daly said was formerly known as the American Trampoline Co; his trampolines range from a small $39 unit to the $700 college model; he is involved with college athletic programs; from Jefferson, IA) Game 3: Anthony Newley (as Mystery Guest) They signed in as Tony Newley & Joan Collins; an overlay screen also showed ""Mr. & Mrs. Newley"". Game 4: Mrs. Bonnie Porter - ""Champion Water Skier (Appearing at New York World's Fair)"" (from Baytown, TX, she is appearing at the Florida Pavilion in the Florida Citrus Water Ski Show)
Game 1: Mrs. Joan Dempsey Klein - ""Municipal Court Judge"" (from Los Angeles, CA, she was appointed to the Los Angeles Municipal Court by California Governor Pat Brown; in earlier years, she had been a member of Buster Crabbe's swimming team; she is still a judge in 2004, and has numberous net references) More here: Joan Dempsey Klein Game 2: Ron Hoffman - ""Trains Fleas (for Flea Circus)"" (originally from Long Beach, CA, currently from Atlantic City, NJ; his travelling act, the Coyote Gulch Flea Show, will soon be opening at the Million Dollar Pier in Atlantic City, NJ) Game 3: Tallulah Bankhead (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Mrs. Jean Karch - ""Sells Safes"" (she owns and operates the Floyd Lock & Safe Company in her home town of Minneapolis, MN)
Game 1: Mrs. Lola Morrow - ""Secretary to Gemini Astronauts"" (from Windsor, CT, she works at Cape Kennedy, FL) Game 2: Robert Scanlon - ""Makes Moth Balls"" (he is the Director of Manufacturing for Enoz Moth Balls Corp., which is a division of Borden Chemical Co.; the active ingredient in his product is paradichlorobenzene; from Arlington Heights, IL) Game 3: Art Linkletter (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Miss Beryl O'Mally - ""Window Washer"" (from Parsippany, NJ, she performs private and commercial work, up to the 3rd floor)
Game 1: Mrs. Doris Young - ""Professional Skin Diver"" (from Nassau, The Bahamas, she and her husband own ""Underwater Tours, Ltd.""; she had previously attended Columbia University where she became a dental hygienist) Game 2: James Kidder - ""Makes Bridal Gowns"" (from Winchester, MA, he and his wife Priscilla Kidder design and sell wedding gowns at their business, ""Priscilla of Boston""; Mr. Daly said their dresses were expensive, reaching $600; they went on to much fame and have several net references) More here: Priscilla of Boston Game 3: George Hamilton (as Mystery Guest)
Game 1: Miss Sheila Bell - ""Sells Hairpieces For Men"" (from Macon, GA, she works for ""Taylor Topper, Inc."" selling toupees called ""Taylor Toppers""; the business is owned by former Senator Glen Hearst Taylor, a Democrat from Idaho who was also a singing cowboy) Game 2: Mr. Sal Arena - ""Sells Vitamins For Cats, Dogs, Etc."" (for U.S. Vitamin & Pharmaceutical Corp.; his products include Pervenol & Pervelene and also vitamins for horses; from New York City, NY) Game 3: Ethel Merman (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Miss Eleanor Cummins - ""Private Detective"" (for Fidelity Detective Bureau of NYC, from Woodside, NY)
Game 1: Miss Becky Blood - ""Garbage Collector"" (from South China, Maine, she is a self-employed refuse worker; she is a recent high school graduate who is earning money to attend Gorham State Teacher's College) Game 2: Joe Porcheddu - ""Makes Fireworks"" (for the Illinois Fireworks Company where he is a Vice-President; he is a 7th-generation pyrotechnician; from Danville, IL) Game 3: Trini Lopez (as Mystery Guest)
Game 1: Mrs. Rosalind Paige - ""Takes Bets at Race Track"" (from Monticello NY, she takes certain bets at the Monticello Raceway for the trotting horse races) Game 2: Miss Mary Jane Polglaze or Polglase - ""Makes Rubber Bands"" (for the Eberhard Faber Co., where she makes from 5 to 10 million rubber bands per day; from Wilkes-Barre, PA) Game 3: Jack Dempsey (as Mystery Guest)
Game 1: Mrs. Nancy Moses (her professional name is Nancy Zacchini, of the famed Zacchini Family) - ""Human Cannonball"" (she is shot out of a cannon at 125 mph; currently performing in the Florida Pavilion at the N.Y. World's Fair; from Ocala FL) Game 2: Al Seipp - ""Sells Suntan Oil"" (for Coppertone Co.; from Santa Monica, CA) Game 3: Milton Berle (as Mystery Guest) He signs in as ""Sophia Loren""
Game 1: Carol Channing & Ginger Rogers (as Mystery Guest Duo) The overlay screen showed: ""Ginger Rogers Replaces Carol Channing In Hello, Dolly! August 9th"" Game 2: Mr. Drew Frazer - ""Sells Sauna Baths (Finnish Dry Heat Baths)"" (for The Viking Sauna Co.; his saunas sell for $1200 to $2500 and reach an average temperature of 185 to 190 degrees Fahrenheit; from New York City, NY) Game 3: Lucille Ball (as Mystery Guest #2) Game 4: Edward Arenson, Jr. - ""Makes Fudge (at N.Y. World's Fair)"" (he is known as Eddie the Fabulous Fudge Maker and his candy business is in the Wisconsin Pavilion at the N.Y. World's Fair; from Toledo, OH; he is a pre-med student at Cornell University; per the net, he graduated from Cornell in 1967 and went on to earn his medical degree from Hahnemann Medical School in Philadelphia, PA; Edward B. Arenson, M.D.)
Game 1: Mrs. Janice Fletcher - ""U.S. Mailman"" - (from Kansas City, MO, she and her husband are both mail carriers for the United States Post Office; she walks her route and carries a mailbag for the Westport Station) Game 2: Leonard DiIorio - ""Packs Garlic"" (for the California Sprout & Celery Company in Chicago, IL; he is a student at Loyola College and this is his summer job; from Chicago, IL; it was mentioned that garlic is a member of the lily family) Game 3: Jill St. John (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Mrs. Maggie Baran - ""Runs Cat Sitting Service"" (for up to 3 cats; she works in the clients' homes; she advertises in the yellow pages of the phone book; from New York City, NY)
Game 1: Vicar Stanton Tate - ""Parachute Jumps to Fight Forest Fires (U. S. Forest Service)"" (He is a ""smoke jumper"" during the summer, and is a Vicar of the Episcopal Church in his home town of McCall, ID) Game 2: Mrs. Judy Hunt - ""Makes Saddles"" (for the Phil Harris Saddle & Shoe Shop in her home town of John Day, Oregon; John Daly mentioned her town name was one letter off!; their saddle prices begin at $225 and have no price limit; in 2004, used Phil Harris show saddles sell for thousands of dollars) Game 3: Olivia de Havilland (as Mystery Guest)
Game 1: Miss Pamela Painter - ""Gold Miner"" (from Los Angeles, CA, she runs a river-dredging gold mining operation in Brazil; she has been in Brazil for 3 years and at the Amazon Jungle Tapajos River - or Rio Tapajós - for one year; she has studied geology, and was a very articulate contestant) Game 2: Mrs. Pauline Howard - ""Horse Race Handicapper, Gives Tips For Bettors on Radio"" (from Montreal, Quebec, Canada, she is heard on radio station CJAD which is known as the ""Voice of CBS in Montreal""; she is associated with the Blue Bonnet Race Track and others) Game 3: Allan Sherman (as Mystery Guest)
Game 1: Mrs. Mary Ay - ""Manages Professional Wrestlers"" (her company is named WorldMar Corp.; one of her clients is world champion Antonino Rocca; from New York City, NY; her surname is pronounced ""a"" not ""eye"" although Dorothy makes this mistake once) Game 2: Daniel Levin - ""Makes Ice Cubes"" (for G.M. Ice Butlers, Inc.; they are sold in convenient 8 lb. bags; from Arlington, VA) Game 3: Steve Lawrence (as Mystery Guest)
Game 1: Miss Janell Jernigan - ""Raises Goats"" (from Goldthwaite, TX, she will be a senior at Southern Methodist University in the fall; this is her summer job; she is a member of the American Angora Goat Breeders Association; her goats are prized for their long silky coats which are used to make mohair yarn; from the net - she was a member of the Goldthwaite High School Class of 1962, and married Class of 1961 student Charles Sherwood; Charles and Janell Jernigan Sherwood had two children, Brady and Bonnie) Game 2: Daniel McCullough - ""Operates Merry-Go-Round (at Coney Island)"" (from Brookville, Long Island, NY; Daniel's historian/author father Edo McCullough also works with him at the carousel, and Daniel's grandfather James J. McCullough invented moving targets for mechanical shooting galleries used at amusement parks) Game 3: Betty Grable (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Mrs. Norma Gorman - ""Sells Swimming Pools"" (from Wyckoff, NJ; Mr. Daly said she sells the ""Buster Crabbe Pool"" fo
Game 1: Miss Vonda Kay Van Dyke (as Mystery Guest #1, and the panel was blindfolded; she signed in as ""Vonda Kay, Miss America 1965"") - The overlay screen showed ""The Current Miss America, Vonda Kay Van Dyke"" (she is the outgoing Miss America; she was also voted Miss Congeniality; she was Miss Arizona 1964; she appeared in a long gown and her crown; she said she will probably be returning to Arizona State University where she is majoring in speech at their College of Education; the upcoming Miss America Pageant will be held next Saturday on CBS per Mr. Daly) Game 2: H. Keith Bannister - ""Makes Sleeping Bags"" (he is the manager of Woods Bag & Canvas Co.; they have outfitted important prestigious expeditions such as those for Admiral Byrd and Sir Hubert Wilkins; from Ogdensburg, NY) Game 3: Allen Ludden & Betty White (as Mystery Guest Duo)
Game 1: Miss Marie McDonald - ""Broadcasts Traffic Reports From Helicopter"" (for radio station WWDC, heard on a network owned by the Crosley Broadcasting Corporation; she covers the states of Maryland and Virginia; from Silver Spring, MD; her rush-hour motto is, ""If you're in a jam, here I am!""; see more notes below) Game 2: Mrs. Edith Silver - ""Gives Bagpipe Lessons"" (from Pennington, NJ, she learned how to play the bagpipe from a Scotsman) Game 3: Edgar Bergen & Candice Bergen (as Mystery Guest Duo) The overlay screen read, ""Edgar Bergen and daughter, Candice Bergen"" John Daly referred to her as ""Candy.""
Game 1: Miss Elisabeth Woods - ""Gathers and Packs Worms"" (for the Quebec Bass Supply Company in Machin, Quebec, Canada; a team of 80 to 100 people collect 300,000 to 400,000 night crawler earthworms each night; originally from Oxfordshire, England; currently from Montreal, Quebec, Canada) Game 2: Miss Deedee Thompsen - ""Doorman For N.Y. Restaurant"" (she works at Johnny Johnston's Restaurant in her home town of New York City, NY; she also parks the patrons' cars; Johnny Johnston's Charcoal Room is located at 846 Second Avenue at 95th Street in NYC) Game 3: Muhammad Ali (as Mystery Guest) The overlay screen read, ""Muhammad Ali (Cassius Clay)""
Game 1: Mrs. Ida Bergeron - ""Inspects Dice"" (for B.C. Wills & Company in Reno, NV; originally from Southbridge, MA) Game 2: Mr. Sonny Allen - ""Whale Trainer"" (at the Aquarama Aquarium in Philadelphia, PA; he trains two North American pilot whales; there are 22 in captivity; they learn tricks such as jumping 17 feet out of water, and jumping through a hoop) Game 3: Woody Allen (as Mystery Guest)
Game 1: Sean Connery (as Mystery Guest #1) Game 2: Miss Sue Logelin - ""Fills Orders for World Series Tickets"" (from Minneapolis, MN, she is a student in the junior class at the University of Minnesota; John jokingly asked if she brought tickets to the baseball games for him and the panel) Game 3: Henry Fonda (as Mystery Guest #2) Game 4: Al LaBohm - ""Inspects Telephone Poles"" (from Bellmore, Long Island, NY; he takes a core sample every 5 years to check for deterioration)
Game 1: Miss Nora Chang - ""Inspector in Hong Kong Police Department"" (she signed her name in Chinese characters; Bennett was the only show member who correctly pronounced her name; her Hong Kong position is the American equivalent of a lieutenant; she is also a judo expert) Game 2: Mr. G. W. Dick - ""Runs Television Rating Service"" (from Potomac, MD, he is the President of the American Research Bureau, which publishes the Arbitron Report; he explain that they gather data by three methods: 1. Families in New York have a device attached to their television sets. 2. Some families phone in the data. 3. Some families keep a personal diary.; He discussed the specific Arbitron ratings for What's My Line?: In November 1950, they had a 20.4% share which represented 4.5 million viewers. In March 1965, they had a 21% share which represented 20 million viewers.) Game 3: Gordon MacRae & Sheila MacRae (as Mystery Guest Duo)
Game 1: Mrs. Sharon Hutchens & Jesse Ratcliffe (mother & son) - ""U.S. Army Privates"" (from Roanoke, VA; Sharon is with the WACS in Fort Jackson, SC; Jesse is in Battery D with the 4th Missile Battalion in Edgewood, MD) Game 2: Jack Premo - ""Sells Water"" (from Staten Island, NY, he owns Premo and Son Transportation Co.; his name was pronounced ""Primo"" but spelled as listed; John Daly mentioned a current 1965 New York water shortage; water restrictions had been put on the population of NY due to the drought) Game 3: Oscar Levant (as Mystery Guest)
There are no regular contestants this evening. The challengers are three mystery guests. The panel is blindfolded for all three rounds. Game 1: Danny Kaye (as Mystery Guest #1) Game 2: Yves Saint Laurent (as Mystery Guest #2) - ""Fashion Designer"" Game 3: Bette Davis (as Mystery Guest #3)
Game 1: William Price ""Grows Pumpkins"" (this 16-year-old student has grown 4000 to 5000 pumpkins over the previous 4 years as he saves money for college; Mr. Daly called him Bill; from Warsaw, NY) Game 2: Mrs. Karen Pryor - ""Porpoise Trainer"" (at Sea Life Park, 15 miles from Waikiki Beach on Oahu's Makapuu Point, Hawaii; she performs 10 shows per day; from Honolulu, HI) Game 3: Andy Griffith (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Miss Betsy Ross - ""Stockbroker"" (at H. Henson Company on Wall Street, NYC; Bennett made sure she had no relation to ""flags""; from Harrison, NY)
Game 1: Mr. Spoony Singh (aka Spoony Singh-Sundher) ""Owns & Operates Wax Museum"" (from Hollywood, CA, he founded the Hollywood Wax Museum in 1965; he wore a dark turban and a light-colored fully-buttoned knee-length Nehru jacket; Mr. Daly correctly guessed that he was of the Sikh religion; he said his wax museum contains 60% movie star figures, and 40% religious and political figures; he stumped the panel; see notes below) Game 2: Mrs. Katherine W. Stone ""Sells Dynamite"" (for Atlas Powder Company; from Madisonville, KY) Game 3: Joey Heatherton (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Miss Elinor Kaine ""Football Writer (For Newspapers, Magazines, Etc.)"" (from New York City, NY; she writes 2 syndicated columns; one is a sports column for women, and the other is called ""The Football News""; see notes below)
Game 1: Mrs. Norma Walker - ""Mayor"" (from Aurora, CO, she is their first woman mayor; they have a population of 65,000 and are the 4th largest city in Colorado; she ran on a non-partisan ticket, but Bennett discovered she was a Democrat) Game 2: Jim Koane - ""Makes Flag Poles"" (he is the Assistant Vice-President of American Flag Pole Company; from West Islip, Long Island, NY) Game 3: Maureen O'Sullivan (as Mystery Guest) She promoted her Broadway play: ""The Subject Was Roses"" Game 4: Miss Jean Herrschoft ""Men's Barber"" (at Andre's Barber Shop in Greenlawn, Long Island, NY; from Centereach, NY; Arlene asks her, ""Are they still wearing the long hair cuts?"")
Game 1: Mrs. Billie Anderson - ""Raises Turkeys"" (from Forestburg, TX; she owns the ""Gobble Hollow Turkey Farm""; when her company name is said with a Texas accent, it sounds the way Mr. Daly pronounced it, ""Gobble Holler Turkey Farm""; she raised 50,000 ""Broad-Breasted Bronze Turkeys"" in the past year) Game 2: Richard H. Oller, Jr. - ""Makes False Eyelashes"" (from New York City, NY; he owns Ingeborge Company and produces very light permanently curled synthetic fiber eyelashes that are applied under your own lashes with adhesive; he said they are more natural looking than human hair eyelashes; Arlene seemed interested in his product) Game 3: Ray Milland (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Mrs. Eileen Henry - ""Gives Out Parking Tickets (New York Traffic Cop 'Meter Maid')"" (from Long Island, NY)
Game 1: Mrs. Bertha Meana - ""Flying Instructor"" (for Pilgrim Aviation Company; at age 65, she has just returned from 2 years in Peru with the Peace Corps; she is also a parachute rigger and a helicopter pilot; she has a degree in metallurgy; currently from New London, CT; she had an accent and is probably originally from the UK) Game 2: Mr. Onil Mersier - ""Sells Hockey Sticks"" (from Victoriaville, Quebec, Canada; he owns Melot & Freiers Company, or Mélot & Freyers, which phonetically sounded like Maylot and Frayers when said by Mr. Daly, but I can't find any net references so the spelling may be incorrect; there also used to be a company named Victoriaville Hockey Sticks, which is now out of business, that may have evolved from Onil Mersier's company; he makes both wood and professional fiberglass hockey sticks) Game 3: Hayley Mills (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Mrs. Judy Story - ""Makes Coats for Dogs"" (from New York City, NY; her dog coats are made in several designs, including a S
Game 1: Bud Sagendorf (as Mystery Guest #1 but the panel was not blindfolded; he signed in as ""X"" to avoid name recognition) - ""Writes & Draws Comic Strip Popeye"" (for King Features Syndicate; originally from Santa Monica, CA; currently from CT; Forrest ""Bud"" Sagendorf said that for Popeye's 37th birthday, Popeye was finally getting his own brand of Spinach; Arlene punned, ""I hope it's covered with Olive Oyl!) Game 2: Mrs. Ethel Russell - ""Raises Swans"" (from Great Oak / Chestertown, MD; she sell pairs of swans; she said they fly 100 mph and have a 9-foot wing spread) Game 3: Edward G. Robinson (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Miss Georgiana Miranda - ""Assistant District Attorney"" (from Jamaica, Long Island, NY, she was appointed by Queens County District Attorney Frank O'Connor)
Game 1: Mrs. Belle Heinrich - ""Bus Driver"" (for National City Bus Lines; from El Paso, TX; she has 4 great-grandchildren; Tony told her she resembles the lady on Fanny Farmer candy boxes; see notes below) Game 2: William T. Smith - ""Grows Christmas Trees"" (from Big Flats, NY; he is a senior at Cornell University; he owns and operates two Christmas tree farms and grows 100,000 trees annually, which he wholesales to Christmas tree lots) Game 3: Kate Smith (as Mystery Guest)
Game 1: Sister Francis Marie - ""Head of Military Academy"" (The Sister, who was a member of the religious order Sisters of Saint Francis, appeared in her habit; she is the headmistress at the St. Aloysius Military Academy, which teaches 3rd to 8th grades; from New Lexington, OH) Game 2: Wilford Schuster - ""Sells Mistletoe"" (from Priddy, TX, he ships 100,000 lbs. of mistletoe around the country; it takes him all year to get ready) Game 3: Lauren Bacall (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Marvin Terban - ""Department Store Santa Claus"" (at Macy's; he is also a Latin and grammar teacher; originally from Chelsea, MA; currently from NYC; listen as Arlene cutely says, ""Santy Claus.""
Game 1: Alan Jay Lerner (as Mystery Guest #1 and the panel was blindfolded) ""Author & Lyricist, My Fair Lady, Gigi, Camelot, On a Clear Day You Can See Forever"" (He said he is thinking about writing a work on the life of clothing designer Coco Chanel; see more notes below) Game 2: Mrs. Doris Mahelick - ""Police Commissioner"" (of Bergen County, New Jersey; from Wallington, NJ; she has 141 officers under her guidance) Game 3: Buddy Hackett (as Mystery Guest) He signed in as ""Newton Fig"" Game 4: Herbert Mayers - ""Mink Auctioneer"" (for Hudson's Bay Company, where he has been employed for 27 years; from New Hyde Park, NY)
Game 1: Mrs. Mary McClung ""Makes Bread Boxes"" (for Chromex, Inc. of Cleveland OH; her breadboxes sell for about $10) Game 2: Charles Cabibi ""Runs School for Barbers"" (from Brooklyn, NY, he runs the Atlas Barber School in Manhattan; he also has a Masters Degree in Romance Languages from Columbia University) Game 3: Geraldine Chaplin (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Werner Guggenheim ""Sells Music Boxes"" (from Queens, NY, he is the sales manager for the Thorens Music Box Company; the two most requested adult tunes are ""I Love You Truly"" and ""Let Me Call You Sweetheart""; although not stated on WML, the Thorens ""pin"" movements in these music boxes are made in Switzerland; Thorens is also known for some of the highest quality turntables in the world)
Game 1: Hugh M. Hefner (as Mystery Guest #1) ""Editor-Publisher Playboy Magazine"" (John stated that his publication has been in existence for 12 years) Game 2: Jack Albert - ""Launch Director for all Gemini Space Flights"" (Lt. Col. Jack Albert recently received an Exceptional Service Award from NASA; originally from Dansville, NY; he is a West Point graduate and has 9 children) Game 3: Polly Bergen (as Mystery Guest #2) Game 4: Miss Victoria Weldon - ""Charters Yachts"" (originally from Ireland, currently from Paris, France; she now books yachts to the Mediterranean from Paris, but her company is opening a new office in New York to book yachts to the Caribbean)
Game 1: Henry A. Barnes (as Mystery Guest #1) - ""Henry Barnes, Traffic Commissioner of N.Y.C."" (See notes below) Game 2: Mrs. Louise Davidson - ""Designs Door Knobs"" (for her company, Novelties by Louise; from Whittier, CA, she makes doorknobs out of many diverse items, including abalone shells) Game 3: Mickey Rooney (as Mystery Guest #2)
Game 1: Maury Wills (as Mystery Guest #1) - ""Baseball Player and Nightclub Singer"" Game 2: A person who makes bubble bath Game 3: Dinah Shore (as Mystery Guest #2) Game 4: A person who shows horses for the Philadelphia Police Department
Game 1: Sam Spiegel (as Mystery Guest #1) - ""Film Producer: The Bridge on the River Kwai, Lawrence of Arabia, The African Queen, Etc."" Game 2: Mrs. Joyce Romer - ""Demonstrates & Sells Motorcycles"" (for Honda of Indianapolis; Bennett told us she was a redhead; from Indianapolis, IN Game 3: Hugh O'Brian (as Mystery Guest #2)
Game 1: Mrs. Sheva Rapoport - ""Dentist"" (from Allentown, Pennsylvania, this attractive blond periodontist graduated with honors from Temple University Dental School; as a spokesperson for the American Dental Association, she promoted their ""National Children's Dental Health Week""; from the net, we sadly learn that Sheva Rapoport, DDS passed away from breast cancer in July 2002 at age 65; she had been married to U.S. Magistrate Judge Arnold C. Rapoport for 39 years; see below for a note from her son Jed) Game 2: Lt. S. S. Beasley - ""Military Jet Pilot"" (he is a lieutenant in India's military; his first name is never given; a resident of India, he is temporarily in Las Vegas, NV at Nellis Air Force Base taking flight lessons in an F-86 SabreJet aircraft; he has been in America for 6.5 months and will be returning home in a week; he wore a business suit and a turban) Game 3: Carol Channing (as Mystery Guest) Per Gil Fates' handwritten logs, there was not enough time for the next sched
Game 1: Mrs. Verda McCartney - ""Makes Mouse Traps"" (for McGill Metal Products, one of the two largest makers of mousetraps; they produced 4 to 5 million per year; from Marengo, IL) Game 2: Miss Rosemary Smith - ""Automobile Race Driver"" (from Dublin, Ireland, she was named the Outstanding Woman Driver of 1965; she drives a Sunbeam Alpine auto; she has many net references) Game 3: Harry Belafonte (as Mystery Guest) Per Gil Fates' handwritten logs, there was not enough time for the next scheduled contestant, a person who distributed tickets for CBS television shows.
Game 1: Mrs. Cecile Ritzwaller - ""Makes Bar Stools"" (she and her husband own ""Bar Stools Unlimited"" in Fort Worth, Texas, and offer 100 styles of bar stools; from Ft. Worth, TX) Game 2: Miss De De Hodges - ""Logger (Cuts Down Trees)"" (she and her father work for the Halquist Brothers of Plains, Montana; she uses a 17-lb. gas-powered chain saw; she quit school to pursue this occupation; from Thompson Falls, MT) Game 3: Eddie Albert & Eva Gabor (as Mystery Guest Duo) ""Co-Stars, TV Series, Green Acres""
Game 1: The Supremes (as Mystery Guest Trio; Diana Ross, Mary Wilson and Florence Ballard) Game 2: John T. Pennel - ""Sells Wine"" (he wholesales wine to United Vintners, the large grape-grower cooperative that owns Italian Swiss Colony Wine; see more wine notes below; John Pennel is also a pole vaulter, and held world records in 1963, 1966 and 1969) Game 3: Lana Turner (as Mystery Guest #2) (age 45) Game 4: Mrs. Katharine Montgomery - ""Assistant to Racetrack Bookie"" (this elderly woman is from Hailing Island, England, and handles the betting payoffs)
Game 1: Mr. Radford DuBois - ""Raises & Sells Turtles (For Pets)"" (he runs the DuBois Turtle Farm and sells 1 million turtles annually, half of those to the Woolworth's chain; from Yazoo City, Mississippi, he is also a Representative in the Mississippi state legislature; he is a Green Beret; he raises catfish also) Game 2: Miss Christina Vogt - ""Writes Advice to Children Newspaper Column"" (from McPherson, KS, she is in the 5th grade at Galva School in Galva, KS; her column is carried in ""The Hutchinson News"" of Hutchinson, Kansas; John stated that this is a Pulitzer Award winning newspaper) Game 3: Paul Ford (as Mystery Guest)
Game 1: Miss Ruth Anson - ""Television News Reporter"" (for KABC; from Los Angeles, CA; she is also a student at UCLA) Game 2: Joe Dogan - ""Makes Horseradish"" (he is the general manager of -what sounded like- the Forshackle Company; he is also the President of the National Association of Horseradish Packers; from Chicago, IL) Game 3: Robert Preston (as Mystery Guest)
Game 1: Mrs. Micky Hickman & Mrs. Rene Porter (identical twin sisters) - ""Blackjack Dealers in Gambling Casino"" (both from Reno, NV; Mrs. Hickman works at Harolds Club Casino; Mrs. Porter works at Harrah's Casino; the sisters were dressed in identical fur-hemmed dresses) Game 2: Mrs. Evelyn Gray - ""Stitches Baseballs"" (for H. Harwood and Sons Company which John said has been in business for 108 years; all the balls are hand-stitched with figure eight stitching; she said a good stitcher could finish a ball in 9.5 minutes; from Natick, MA) Game 3: Carol Burnett (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Harold Levine - ""Makes Kites"" (he is the President of Allen Whitney Company, which produces the Spaceburg Kite; from New Haven, CT)
Game 1: Walter Cronkite - ""CBS Television News Anchor"" (as Mystery Guest #1 and the panel was blindfolded) (John mentioned that during WWII, Cronkite was in the first B-17 raid out of London) Game 2: Mrs. Renée Nemiroff - ""Federal Income Tax Examiner"" (Renee is a Field Auditor for the IRS; she is a UCLA graduate with a degree in accounting; she began her job last July; from Woodland Hills, CA) Game 3: Art Carney (as Mystery Guest #2)
Game 1: Mrs. Nancy Pegelow - ""Nurse for Baby Gorilla (Baltimore Zoo)"" (she takes care of two gorillas named Hercules and Silver; from Baltimore, MD) Game 2: Mr. Gino Macrypodio - Gondolier from Venice, Italy"" (he owns and operates 2 gondolas, and is a 5th generation gondolier in his family) Game 3: Woody Allen (as Mystery Guest)
Game 1: Mrs. Donna Zink (she signed as ""X"" and only Jayne Meadows was blindfolded) - ""Steve Allen's Secretary"" (She has been employed by Steve Allen since 1959; she had also just recently played Steve's secretary in a television commercial; Mr. Daly made it clear that this was just one role, and that she was normally his regular secretary, or perhaps one of them, as Jayne indicated that there may have been several secretaries between them both) Game 2: Mrs. Aldora Manegini - ""Breaks Eggs (22,500 Per Day)"" (for wholesaler R.W. Thayer Food Products Inc. in Oakland, CA; the eggs are broken by hand, frozen and shipped to bakeries, etc., and also used in the manufacture of mayonnaise; from San Lorenzo, CA) Game 3: Lee Remick (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Mrs. Marguerite Keller - ""Drives Trailer Truck"" (for the Clay Hyde Trucking Company; she drives a 65 foot tractor-trailer truck; from Lakeland, FL)
Game 1: Mrs. Anne Darcy Gloy - ""Dog Catcher"" (her official title is Dog Control Officer and she was appointed by the city council; she once caught 10 dogs on a busy day; from Jackson WY) Game 2: Don Friedman - ""Tests Drums (for Musical Instrument Company)"" (he works for Rogers Drum Company in Cleveland, and tests the Dyna-sonic Snare Drum, which he said was the best in the world, partly due to its floating snare frame; net references back up his claim; Mr. Daly said he was once a professional drummer; from Cleveland, OH; as of 2004, he plays drums & percussion in a klezmer band in Cleveland named Yiddishe Cup which was formed in 1988; the band's web site defines klezmer music as a hybrid of Eastern European Jewish folk music, American swing, Yiddish theater tunes and Israeli horas; klezmer means ""village musician"" in Yiddish) Game 3: Arthur Godfrey (as Mystery Guest)
Game 1: Peter Tofts - ""Makes Superman 'Fly' in the Broadway Musical"" (he is a special effects man for the Broadway musical ""It's a Bird...It's a Plane...It's Superman"" which was performed at the Alvin Theatre and ran from March 29, 1966 to July 16, 1966, for a total of 129 performances; he wears a torso harness and jumps off a 14 foot ladder; his weight counterbalances Superman and makes him appear to fly; from London, England) Game 2: Frank M. Bottley - ""Grows Garlic"" (from Hazelton, PA; he is a retired government employee who had been in this new occupation for 2 years; he grows Elephant Garlic which is 8 times larger than generic garlic) Game 3: Natalie Wood (as Mystery Guest)
Game 1: Their leader Ralph Maglione signed in as ""Ralph J. Maglione & Guests"" - ""U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds Precision Flying Team"" (Mr. Daly said that this coming Saturday, they will be performing at McGuire Air Force Base in Wrightstown, NJ; the fighter pilot team members who appeared are as follows; Lt. Col. Ralph J. Maglione (Leader; from Akron, OH) Lt. Chris Paterakis (Left Wingman; from Modesto, CA) Capt. Buster McGee (Right Wingman; from La Jolla, CA) Capt. Hank Canterbury (Slot Man; from Huntsville, AL) Capt. Bobby Morgan (Solo Position; from Pendelton, SC) Capt. Bob Beckel (Solo Position; from Walla Walla WA) Game 2: Mrs. Adeline Southwick - Sells Sweepstakes Tickets"" (for the New Hampshire Sweepstakes Commission; in 2 years they have raised 5 million dollars for NH state education; from Salem, NH) Game 3: Gwen Verdon (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Mrs. Helga Collberg - ""Radio Operator on Ship"" (she works for the Merchant Navy of Norway; her husband is also employed
Game 1: Miss Carolyn Arnold - ""Sells Vacuum Cleaners Door-to-Door"" (she demonstrates and sells vacuums for Kirby Vacuum Cleaners; she is the only woman in the Detroit office; Mr. Daly said that ""this little girl"" lugs 60 lbs. of gear; from Detroit, MI) Game 2: Emmett Ashford - ""Major League Baseball Umpire"" (from Los Angeles, CA, Mr. Daly said that this personable man is sometimes known as the ""Maury Wills of Umpires"" for his entertaining style; he just made his Yankee Stadium debut; he was the first African-American umpire in major league baseball; Mr. Daly asked him to yell out ""STRRRRRIIIIKE,"" and while Emmett did stand up and pantomime his field gestures, he was too shy to yell his famous word, so, Mr. Daly had to yell out his own impersonation of Ashford yelling ""Strike"") Game 3: Soupy Sales (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Miss Susanna Davy - ""Drives Horse & Buggy in Central Park"" (originally from England, currently from NY; she operates from a spot in front of the Plaza Hotel a
Game 1: Jack Benny (as Mystery Guest #1, he signed in as ""Kubelsky"" and the panel was blindfolded) - ""Concert Violinist"" (Jack Benny's birth name is Benjamin Kubelsky) Game 2: Mrs. Christine Burns - ""Makes Horse Collars"" (for The Southern Collar Company; the collars cost $20 - $60; from Shelbyville, TN) Game 3: Vince Edwards (as Mystery Guest #2)
Game 1: David Merrick (as Mystery Guest #1 and the panel was blindfolded) The 3 overlay screens read ""David Merrick, Broadway Producer"" - ""Hello Dolly, Gypsy, Irma La Douce"" - ""Oliver, Becket, Cactus Flower, etc."" Game 2: Miss Jennie Golby - ""Wine Steward (in Restaurant)"" (she is a sommelier at the Menzies Hotel in her home town of Sydney, Australia) Game 3: Peter Fonda & Henry Fonda (as Mystery Guest Duo) They signed in as ""Henry Fonda & Son!"" The overlay screen read ""Henry Fonda and son Peter Fonda"" Game 4: Mrs. Maria Kastner - ""Operates Dude Ranch"" (with her husband, she operates the White Stallion Ranch in her hometown of Hillsdale, NY; she teaches horses to do tricks; Mr. Daly said she was a former showgirl and photographer's model)
Game 1: Steve Allen (as Contestant) - ""Sells Motorcycles"" (Yes, this is THE Steve Allen! He owns ""Steve Allen Honda"" on Santa Monica Boulevard in West Hollywood, CA; in addition to selling Honda motorcycles, he also sells both Vesper and Lambretta scooters; Steve stated he was from Los Angeles, CA) Game 2: Mrs. Samantha Brooks - ""Fire Eater (Night Club Act)"" (from San Francisco, CA; she told Bennett that fire had no taste) Game 3: Jerry Lewis (as Mystery Guest) Jerry started to sign in, and the chalk broke. He then slapped a caricature graphic of himself on the sign-in board. This was a first!
Game 1: Mary Quant (as Mystery Guest #1 and the panel was not blindfolded; she signed in as ""X X"" and then drew her ""Mary Quant daisy logo"" out of circles, but Mr. Daly unknowingly referred to it as a tree) - ""Leading British 'Mod' Fashion Designer"" (from London, England; she just received the Queen's ""OBE"" award - Order of the British Empire; her Fall collection is being promoted by J.C. Penney Company; see more notes below) Game 2: Mr. Cecil Ellis - ""Builds Saunas (Finish Dry Heat Baths)"" (originally from England, now from Middlefield, CT; he and his Finish wife own the C.E. Sauna Corp.; he stated you can get a good quality sauna for $2000) Game 3: Carroll Baker (as Mystery Guest #2) Game 4: Miss Kathie Dibell - ""Sports Writer (Associated Press)"" (she is ending 4 years of employment with the Associated Press and taking a job with the Baltimore Sun newspaper; from New York; she was later known as Kathie Dibell Briley; see notes below)
Game 1: Bill Yerkes - ""Sells Surfboards"" (for Keller's Surf Shop in Lavalette, NJ; Bill will be a sophomore at Ithaca College next year, this is Bill's summer occupation; Bill reached the finals in the Atlantic States Competition last year; from Pemberton, NJ; as of 2004, Bill now owns Balsa Bill Surf Shop in Satellite Beach, FL. Visit his web page: Balsa Bill Surf Shop and see his notes below) Game 2: Mrs. Flossie Malott - ""Gives Tests For Drivers' Licenses"" (she was appointed by Indiana's Commissioner of Motor Vehicles; from Peru, IN) Game 3: Joan Crawford (as Mystery Guest)
Game 1: A supermarket check-out girl Game 2: A person who designs buttons Game 3: James Mason (as Mystery Guest) (Per Gil Fates' handwritten logs, there wasn't enough time for an usher at Shea Stadium. That person later appeared on July 24, 1966)
Game 1: Mrs. Lynne Jordan - ""Dives 40 Ft. Into Tank on Horseback"" (she works at Steel Pier in Atlantic City, NJ, and dives into 10 feet of water; from Orlando, FL) Game 2: Lawrence Burriss - ""Makes Soda Straws"" (for the Stone Straw Corp.; Mr. Daly said that in 1888, Mr. Stone invented a straw out of beeswax; Lawrence said plastic straws are now becoming popular; his company has a product on the moon; from Waverly, OH) Game 3: Jayne Mansfield (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Miss Linda Biederman - ""Rock & Roll Drummer"" (she is a sophomore at the University of Cincinnati in her home town of Cincinnati, OH; she founded her band, ""The Blooming Lot,"" with 3 other young men) What's My Line? loved the Steel Pier diving horses featured in Atlantic City, New Jersey, and featured this occupation 4 times: EPISODE #314 on June 10, 1956; EPISODE #451 on February 8, 1959; EPISODE #577 on August 20, 1961; and EPISODE #822 on July 17, 1966. See photos at this web site dedicated to the diving horses!
Game 1: Miss Gunelf Bertson - ""Usher at Shea Stadium, Home of N.Y. Mets"" (originally from Sweden, now from New York; she has been an usher for 2 years now; she is also a student at the School of Visual Arts in New York City) Game 2: Miss Peggy Huguley - ""Sells Elevators"" (she is the Vice-President of Ace Elevator Corp.; she graduated from the University of North Carolina with a degree in mechanical engineering; from Charlotte, NC) Game 3: Jean Pierre Aumont & Marisa Pavan (as Mystery Guest Duo) They signed in as Mr. and Mrs. Jean Pierre Aumont)
Game 1: Mrs. Evelyne Boren - ""Underwater Stunt Girl (For Films and TV)"" (originally from Munich, Bavaria, Germany, currently from La Jolla, CA; Mr. Daly stated that she had done stunts in the 1965 James Bond film ""Thunderball"" and also appeared in episodes of ""Sea Hunt"" and ""The Aquanauts""; he said she rode a 300 lb. turtle and a killer whale; he said she has worked for Ivan Tors Film Company; in 1966, Ivan Tors produced the 1966 film, ""Namu, the Killer Whale"" so this is probably the whale she worked with; as of 2004, she is an artist specializing in watercolors and has many net references) Game 2: Mr. Richard F. Gehle - ""Sells Bird Cages"" (for the Andrew B. Hendryx Company of New Haven, CT, which has been in business since 1869 and ships their bird cages and wire products worldwide; from Newtown CT) Game 3: Marty Allen & Steve Rossi (as Mystery Guest Duo) They signed in as ""Hello Dere! Allen & Rossi""
Game 1: Mrs. Carolyn Smallwood - ""Tax Collector"" (she is the Deputy Collector of Tax for her hometown of Rutherford, NJ; she collects real estate property taxes and business taxes) Game 2: Richard T. Armstrong - ""Clam Digger"" (he has been digging clams for 5 summers as he saves money for college; he collects 3 to 4 bushels daily, and said it is hard work; he is a pre-med student at Stoneybrook University on Long Island; from Huntington, Long Island, NY) Game 3: Shelley Winters (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Mrs. Shelagh Sloan - ""Professional Stilt Walker (Circus Act)"" (from London, England; she is the only female stilt walker with the Ringling Brothers Circus; her name is pronounced as Sheila, although spelled Shelagh; John said that in 1962, her husband was a contestant, but John did not mention his name; on EPISODE #644 on December 23, 1962, Barrie Sloan was indeed a contestant, then working for the Clyde Beatty Cole Bros Circus; pictures of the famous stilt-walking Sloan family ca
Game 1: Claud Mullen - ""Harness Racing Driver"" (at the Audubon Raceway in Henderson, KY; from Frankfort, IN; age 88 next September) Game 2: Mrs. Martha Lubarsky - ""Raises Bats for Research"" (for the Department of Physiology at the University of Indiana Medical Center; from Indianapolis, IN; her husband is in dental school) Game 3: Nancy Sinatra (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Charles Cadey - ""Grows Roses (Developed 'Arlene Francis' Rose)"" (Arlene's rose is a fragrant Hybrid Tea Rose, golden yellow in color, which Mr. Daly said was developed in 1956; Charles is the President of Jackson & Perkins Nursery; it is believed that the rose was actually developed by his long-time employee, Eugene S. Boerner, see notes below; from Newark, NJ; on his way out, Charles presented both Suzy and Arlene with rosebuds)
Game 1: David DeWan - ""Runs Dating Service By Computer"" (from Boston, MA, he enters dating data into Honeywell and IBM computers; he is also a graduate student in Electrical Engineering at MIT - Massachusetts Institute of Technology) Game 2: Mrs. Jackie Frankel - ""Sells Airplanes"" (she is a pilot and sells Cessna airplanes for Aviation Activities, Inc.; Mr. Daly said she was a former model and television commercial actress; from Chicago, IL) Game 3: Walter Brennan (as Mystery Guest)
Game 1: Mr. Ray Barnett - ""Sells Eyelash Curlers"" (from Roslyn Heights, Long Island, NY; he is the Vice-President in charge of merchandising for Kurlash Co., Inc. of Rochester, NY) Game 2: Miss Louise Tesner - ""Municipal Judge"" (from Milwaukee, WI, she was elected the misdemeanor judge for St. Francis, WI; she is in her 3rd year of law school) Game 3: Pearl Bailey (as Mystery Guest)
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)
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)
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)
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""
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""
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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.
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.""
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)
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
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)
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"")
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)
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
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.
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
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)
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
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
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)
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
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"")
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.)
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.)
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
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.
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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
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
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)
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""
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
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)
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)
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.
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)
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)
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
