What's My Line?

- Season 9

(1957)

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TV's favorite father, Robert Young, is the guest panelist tonight, substituting for Ernie Kovacs, who's in Hollywood - maybe. Mr. Young joins the show's regulars, Arlene Francis, Dorothy Kilgallen and Bennett Cerf. Host John Daly asks the panel to don their masks, on the off chance that they can determine the occupation of the first guest by their apparel. As it happens, the first guest is the show's panelist, Ernie Kovacs. The panel tries to draw a bead until Dorothy Kilgallen asks the mystery guest if he is acquainted with anyone on the panel. Mr. Kovacs goes over ...

The panel received Erle Stanley Gardner the author of Perry Mason blindfolded and very funny jokes between him and Benett Cerf were made. A Swiss operator of the cable car and finally George Sanders who we discovered sang besides acting.

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Danny Thomas is the weeks mystery guest while Ernie Kovacs is a guest panelist. Arlene Francis, Ernie Kovacs, Dorothy Kilgallen and Bennett Cerf begin the show by guessing the line of occupation of a man from London, Englan who's a member of the British Parliament, who was identified by Bennett. Next up, is a woman from Los Angeles who's a stunt woman who was eventually identified by Arlene. Then, the panelists try to identify the weeks celebrity mystery challenger Danny Thomas. While Danny gave the panel some trouble, he was eventual identified by Bennett Cerf. ...

In this one Ernie Kovacs, who is always asking "Can it be fold" has a big surprise when the person he is asking says, YES. Mike Todd was here one of the panelist. He was about to marry Liz Taylor.

Jim Backus is in the panel and they couldn't guess the lines of a yodeling trainer and a girl corset fitter. Backus fond out immediately the personality of Irene Dunne who at the time was a representative of the United Nations.

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Jack Lemmon drops in as the weeks mystery guest, Ernie Kovacs is a panelist. Panelists Dorothy Kilgallen, Ernie Kovacs, Arlene Francis and Bennett Cerf begin the show by trying to guess the line of a man who signs the board as Mr. X who designs and constructs Broadway spectacular electric signs who's name, Douglas Leigh is very well known to the panelists. The challenger was never identified. Next up, a woman from Las Vegas who issues marriage licenses and just recently issued one to Bing Crosby and Kathryn Grant. Next is the nights celebrity mystery challenger Jack ...

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Todays very special guest is Margaret O'Brien.

Less than 2 years prior to his death, the famous and infamous screen legend Errol Flynn appears on 'What's My Line?' for the second time in the same year. The first time was as a panelist in May of 57', and the second time as the Mystery Guest in December of the same year.

Panelists question two authors of children's books, four 'professional' Santa Claus impersonators, and blindfolded, try to identify the week's celebrity "mystery guest", a famous movie actress.

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Robert Preston, just three days after his sensational opening of the Broadway smash, "The Music Man" appears tonight as a guest panelist. He joins regulars Arlene Francis, Dorothy Kilgallen and Bennett Cerf. The first contestant is Navy Lieutenant, John Tuck, Jr., who commanded the South Pole Base. Robert Preston almost immediately identifies Lt. Tuck, but defers to the other panelists to guess his rank, and nobody guessed correctly. Lt. Tuck is involved in with geophysical research that was conducted in the South Pole. But the panel were fascinated with Lt. Tuck's ...

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Ricardo Montalban joins the panel which includes Arlene Francis, Dorothy Kilgallen and Bennett Cerf to try and guess the lines of an Alaskan man who's the governor of Alaska, a Pennsylvania woman who's a bee keeper. Finally, the four panelists try to identify the weeks mystery celebrity guest Ralph Bellamy.

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Todays guests are Orson Welles, Arlene Francis, Bennett Cerf.

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The panel tries to guess the occupations of a man who raises fleas for the U. S. Department of Agriculture, A murder mystery authoress (Lee Thayer), and a man who broadcasts the New York Yankee baseball games in Spanish, as well as the identity of Miyoshi Umeki.

The panel tries to guess the occupations of woman who demonstrates vibrating mattresses in store windows, a Russian born woman who is head of the Women's Israeli Army, a husky man who is a ballet dancer, as well as the identity of Steve Allen (who spoke in a voice that sounded like Minnie Mouse).

The panel tries to guess the occupations of a Mrs. X (Van Cliburn's mother) who is a piano teacher, a woman who owns a company manufacturing bullet-proof vests, and a man who makes mink lined golf tees, as well as the identity of Olivia de Havilland.

The panel tries to guess the occupations of a female lawyer (somewhat rare in 1958), a man who operates a skirt blowing machine at an amusement park (as women walked over the grate a puff of air would blow their skirts up revealing their underwear), and a female crocodile hunter, as well as the identity of Betty Hutton.

The panel tries to guess the occupations of a female uniformed doorman for a restaurant, a man who teaches horse betting to gamblers, and a wig fitter for the Metropolitan Opera, as well as the identity of Fred Astaire.

The panel tries to guess the occupations of a whale trainer at Marine Land of California, bill collector, and one-man band, as well as the identity of Bob Crosby.

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Panelists question a female professional wrestler, a reverend who does vermiculture, and blindfolded, try to identify the week's celebrity "mystery guest", an ex-competitive swimmer and actress.

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