Sassoon became a member of the 43 Group, a Jewish veterans' militia organisation that broke up Fascist meetings in East London after the end of the war. In 1948 he joined the Israeli Defence Forces to fight in the 1948 Arab-Israeli War.
I also didn't get the impression Gypsy Rose Lee was trying to be insulting and evidently Bennett Cerf didn't take it that way. I imagine the reason she wasn't asked back was that she didn't really add anything to the dynamic of the panel and was rather dull and uninteresting in that role.
It certainly does not seem to me that Gypsie Rose Lee's intention was to be offensive. But it is very easy, in attempting to be funny, to say things that are taken in a different spirit than they were intended.
Really? Bennett himself doesn't seem too upset...you can usually tell when someone on the panel has really ticked him off (like that "may I finish" incident with Henry Morgan).
@soulierinvestments That surprises me. Bennett actually seemed to go along with it. The fact that she said, "short-sighted" and when he came out he took off his glasses and wiped them. He seemed to be able to laugh about it... Still it is an odd introduction and in questionable taste.
I wonder if the show's writers might have written the introduction for her.
reno1uest 5 months ago
That was very entertaining.
Thnx;0)
armaityjm 8 months ago
"If you don't look good, we don't look good." -Vidal Sassoon
cr3861 9 months ago
Sassoon is an evil Zionist !
oceanbound222 10 months ago
@oceanbound222 Really? Great!
senoramariposa 9 months ago
Sassoon became a member of the 43 Group, a Jewish veterans' militia organisation that broke up Fascist meetings in East London after the end of the war. In 1948 he joined the Israeli Defence Forces to fight in the 1948 Arab-Israeli War.
BesonXL 1 year ago
Calypigian damsels = females with lovely booty.
bc9021010001 1 year ago
I also didn't get the impression Gypsy Rose Lee was trying to be insulting and evidently Bennett Cerf didn't take it that way. I imagine the reason she wasn't asked back was that she didn't really add anything to the dynamic of the panel and was rather dull and uninteresting in that role.
4036140361 2 years ago 4
Good grief, Mr. Morgan. Can you be any more fragile? 4:04
senoramariposa 2 years ago
It certainly does not seem to me that Gypsie Rose Lee's intention was to be offensive. But it is very easy, in attempting to be funny, to say things that are taken in a different spirit than they were intended.
romeman01 2 years ago
@romeman01 Not her intention to be offensive? It couldn't have been her intention to flatter, which an introduction should do.
senoramariposa 2 years ago
0:28 Gypsy Rose Lee's insult of Bennett Cerf so upset the producers that they never asked her back to the program ever EVER. No class on her part.
soulierinvestments 2 years ago
Really? Bennett himself doesn't seem too upset...you can usually tell when someone on the panel has really ticked him off (like that "may I finish" incident with Henry Morgan).
roots66 2 years ago
I agree. He seems to be playing along with it, smiling as he cleans his glasses.
13loomisst 2 years ago
@roots66 Bennett should have smacked her.
Jantv81 1 year ago
@soulierinvestments That surprises me. Bennett actually seemed to go along with it. The fact that she said, "short-sighted" and when he came out he took off his glasses and wiped them. He seemed to be able to laugh about it... Still it is an odd introduction and in questionable taste.
junglered 1 year ago
It was most likely a written intro that she read, so if anyone p.o.'d him it should have been the writers
barrymore 1 year ago
@soulierinvestments Looks like she was just joking. She gave a little wink there.
vonaly 1 year ago
Thank you very much for posting an entertaining WML.
13loomisst 2 years ago