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What's My Line? 75th Anniversary
BillCullen1:
I grew up with the syndie version. I liked it when a guest related to a panelist would appear. Allen Ludden didn't guess his wife Betty White. Alan Alda didn't guess his father Robert Alda.
Once when Larry Storch was a MG, he did such a dead-on impression of Paul Lynde that three of the four panelists took off their blindfolds, thinking it was him.
Once when a MG didn't show up, host Wally Bruner did double duty as the MG.
I though the Who's Who segment was a nice addition to the show.
Eric Paddon:
On this 75th anniversary I would note these stats:
The oldest surviving Mystery Guests (by date of 1st appearance)
-Margaret O'Brien (February 25, 1951)
-Lee Meriwether (as Miss America, 1955) (September 12, 1954)
-Terry Moore (March 20, 1955)
-Peggy King (August 28, 1955)
-Kim Novak (February 5, 1956)
And these are all of the known surviving guest panelists (Anka, Shatner and Gillette are the only ones from this group to have been on more than once)
-Pat Boone (December 7, 1958)
-Joan Collins (December 6, 1959)
-Paul Anka (May 31, 1964)
-William Shatner (January 24, 1965)
-Anita Gillette (April 18, 1965)
-Pia Lindstrom (December 4, 1966)
-Aliza Kashi (January 15, 1967)
-Michele Lee (April 16, 1967)
-Barbara Feldon (June 11, 1967)
-Joel Grey (July 30, 1967)
SuperSweeper:
Jeannie Carson, who was a guest panelist on February 24th, 1957 (a rare episode with three female panelists - I'm only aware of one other), is also still alive.
Eric Paddon:
IMDB says Jeannie Carson died in August 2022 at age 94 though I notice Wikipedia doesn't have that, but that was why I hesitated to list her.
Matt Ottinger:
--- Quote from: SuperSweeper on February 03, 2025, 04:39:31 PM ---Jeannie Carson, who was a guest panelist on February 24th, 1957 (a rare episode with three female panelists - I'm only aware of one other), is also still alive.
--- End quote ---
Weirdly, IMDB has a death date for her of August 1, 2022. That does not appear to be accurate, as there are no obituaries for her on newspapers.com.
/Let the historical record show Eric and I posted at just about the same time.
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