This is my Great Uncle Bob Wotherspoon. I would like a hard copy of this. Would you be able to share this file with me or send me a burnt copy of DVD?
Would be danged interesting to know if the producers knew in advance that Wutherspoon was capable of launching into extended Loch Ness Monster hooey. (I mean hooey in the nicest possible connotation.) Starting at 7:27, note the polite incredulity on the panel's collective pusses as the camera pans down the desk. He might as well have announced to all these sophisticates that he had hefted the gold plates.
My impression when I first saw this was that at the point John asks, "How did it look?", that he believed the guest was joking. I don't know, but I bet he wished he hadn't asked the question.
This formal outfit is more breathtaking than most seen on male WML contestants.
Note at :30 that this formal outfit is complete down to the sgian dubh. Even in 1958, you would think the Scots would update / upgrade to a semi-automatic compact pistol.
RE Arlene's eye patch at 7:28 -- Arlene was notoriously accident prone in the 1950s-1960s. This was the third of 4 times she had an eye injury/infection bad enough to require a patch on live TV.
1) It is my understanding that Inverness actually has a provost. Only the provosts in the more important municipal corporations or burghs such as Aberdeen and Edinburgh are styled "Lord Provost".
This is my Great Uncle Bob Wotherspoon. I would like a hard copy of this. Would you be able to share this file with me or send me a burnt copy of DVD?
sacvidz 3 months ago
what was that monster thing he was talking about?!!!
n6611 11 months ago
Lord Provost Wutherspoon has a wonderfully commanding voice. I could listen to him talk for days.
ameroux 1 year ago
Would be danged interesting to know if the producers knew in advance that Wutherspoon was capable of launching into extended Loch Ness Monster hooey. (I mean hooey in the nicest possible connotation.) Starting at 7:27, note the polite incredulity on the panel's collective pusses as the camera pans down the desk. He might as well have announced to all these sophisticates that he had hefted the gold plates.
soulierinvestments 2 years ago
DUBLIN???? Hoot mon!
harwetopa 2 years ago 3
This footage is mad!
"What's My Line" was a crazy show, with guests like Salvador dali, Groucho Marx &
Wutherspoon.
Mon the shneck!!
Alpesinger 3 years ago
Poor Arlene with the eye patch again. Yet she remains... cute as a button!
Thanks for sharing!
gottamatch 3 years ago 6
My impression when I first saw this was that at the point John asks, "How did it look?", that he believed the guest was joking. I don't know, but I bet he wished he hadn't asked the question.
EDH1712 3 years ago 2
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soulierinvestments 3 years ago
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soulierinvestments 3 years ago
"Not unlike an elephant in size... skin texture... colour."
So it was an elephant?!?
Schnorbs 2 years ago
This formal outfit is more breathtaking than most seen on male WML contestants.
Note at :30 that this formal outfit is complete down to the sgian dubh. Even in 1958, you would think the Scots would update / upgrade to a semi-automatic compact pistol.
RE Arlene's eye patch at 7:28 -- Arlene was notoriously accident prone in the 1950s-1960s. This was the third of 4 times she had an eye injury/infection bad enough to require a patch on live TV.
soulierinvestments 3 years ago
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Accident prone or an abused wife? in 1963 she did manage to kill two people in separate accidents..
sherrilu 2 years ago
1) It is my understanding that Inverness actually has a provost. Only the provosts in the more important municipal corporations or burghs such as Aberdeen and Edinburgh are styled "Lord Provost".
2) Dorothy meant distilling and not brewing.
Fenhalls 3 years ago
poor dorothy. she was probably dying for a scotch on the rocks.
jimmysudar 3 years ago
Nah, I don't think he was her type.
Fenhalls 3 years ago 2
LOLOL
soulierinvestments 3 years ago
Great clip!
weatdamal 3 years ago