What's my Line? Walter Brennan

[Ulysses61]

Anyone that is a huge fan needs to Google his racist and bigoted remarks. Shameful!

[NobodyFucksWithJesus]

Ha, stereotypical Asian accent.

[TheStanbabe]

Good Work Walt..You totally fooled that celebrity panel!

[rogerstill71]

I remember seeing him on "The Real McCoys"...geez, I'm old

[63utuber]

Anyone know where the other Brenna appearance is here? As always, the search function isn't finding the right clips.

[1949man]

One of the few that acknowledges the audience..

[SSArcher11]

Walter Brennan was the best ever scene stealer. E.g., in "Adventures of Tom Sawyer" , when he's on screen, I can't pay watch anyone else -- not even the child actors.

[FriendofRamblinJack]

Grandpa!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[e148]

Maybe he did his "singing" after this show?

[MisterEvasion]

I always associated him as the cagey elder cowboy in western.

One time I saw him performing a short comedic sketch in a musical called King of Jazz (1930). Quite astonishing, because I had never seen him performing as a young man.

[tallpaul521]

Mr. Brennan can use any accent he wishes. He recieved 3 Oscars.and he was a hero in WW1..he was mustard gassed in the war, which resulted in his unique voice.

[latinahoney123]

he had a very un-usual voice and it was strange that he was able to keep that hidden with an accent, but I guess he was an actor so he could do anything. Good job

[Vitte4]

The Times Have Changed Dept: Brennan & Kilgallen could *never* have gotten away with those Japanese accents today -- too stereotypical! Neither could Mickey Rooney, who really jumped the shark w/ his ridiculously goofy Japanese impersonation in the movie Breakfast at Tiffany's a few years later. (Interesting that John Daly thought it a *Chinese* accent. Oh, my ...)

[bfyau]

Well the Japs own a lot of the USA entertainment industry now, so they could (& would) put a stop to it.

[rukusbob]

im a huge fan of mr. brennan. hes one of a kind.

[Fenhalls]

This program was first aired on 11/22/1959 (Season 11, Ep 12: Episode #491). The other guests were Tom Dooley, M.D, "Doctor [who] Runs Jungle Hospital in Laos" (man), the first mystery guest (John Daly gave him a check for $5,000 from the Damon Runyon Fund), and also a woman who "Makes Wigs, Toupees & Hair Pieces."

Walter Brennan also appeared on two other occasions as a mystery guest in 1957 (referred to by soulierinvestments below) and 1966.

[Fenhalls]

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The guest panelist of course was James A. Michener, the famous author. He was also a WML guest panelist on 03/10/1957.

[soulierinvestments]

The other Brennan WML clip which NorbertR33 so kindly posted for us featured Brennan's 1957 guest appearance. His vocal disguise there sounded something like the witch from Hansel and Gretl. In that episode, Brennan did a bit of the vocal disguise he uses here.

Dorothy is pretty funny here -- the producers must have been beside themselves with glee.

0:42 > 1:35 > 2:45 > 5:50 > !

[soulierinvestments]

On 26 October 2008, when NorbertR33 posted this WML appearance of James Michner, GSN rebroadcast a 1957 episode featuring another guest panelist appearance of author James Michner.

How many actors got better with age and more famous with age? Walter Brennan certainly got better with time and stayed active almost to the end. There's an example for all of us. He even made a hit record years after this appearance!