What's my Line? Pat Boone

[blueticecho]

I love it when they stump that little prick Cerf..

[jvolstad]

This is a classy show. Not like the trash they show on TV now. I wish they would come out with a box set.

[thadxxx]

Thanks for posting these. These are priceless. Anyone who is a fan of old movies can appreciate what incredible time capsule these are.

[weightfeather1]

Great Walter Brennan imitation! They couldn't figure him out!

[littlelouie11]

I have been watching a lot of these old shows with past stars. Pat was the only star that stumped the panel.

[xander7ful]

@littlelouie11 I don't think so. I've watched a lot and a few of them have stumped the panel - but only a few.

[mizbootie]

I'm curious. Does any one know what would have been considered an "illegitimate" play, since they keep referring to "legitimate" plays?

[SOLE2SOUL]

@mizbootie I think they mean that "legitimate" plays are on Broadway and that doesn't include off-Broadway productions. Or they could mean plays with Actors' Equity members rather than non-equity actors. Either way, I think it's a little snooty of them but that's who they were.

[9TheMajor]

I am so sad that John Daly has passed. He was so eloquent.

[annpham]

Hedy!!!!!!

[gatabella3]

Thanks for posting, An!

[jslasher1]

@annpham Wasn't Hedy lovely -- beauty and brains. Don't forget that the technology of the mobile [cell] phone that you own is based on her 1941 patented invention [with George Antheil], known then as 'frequency-hopping', and today as 'spread-spectrum'.

[jvolstad]

@jslasher1 That's very interesting. I have Hedy to blame for my $100 monthly cell bill? LOL.

[eheaven3]

Pat homogenized rock 'n roll. If Little Richard had a record out, Pat would cover it and have a hit on the Top 40 stations that would not play black artists. His version of Tutti Fruiti would be laughable today. But he helped legitimize rock 'n roll, even though his renditions would be more "rock 'n ROLE model" than R&R. Love Letters In The Sand or April Love was better suited to his style of singing.

[funkeekatt]

Porgy & Bess? They thought he was black?

[weightfeather1]

@funkeekatt I think that's what Dorothy was fishing for.

[rentatrip1]

When I was in 8th grade (1966) the Principal strolled into the classroom with Pat Boone , live & in person...- who was surveying the school as a possible choice for his 3 daughters, Debbie would have been I our class!... Gary a kid in the front row , peered over his desk ...looked back at the rest of us & shouted ..."Hay , He IS wearing Buck Shoes!"...to which the Principal Mr. Mac , just rolled his eyes & shuffled out the door! ...He chose another school!

[budooo]

I am old enough to remember when What's My Line was; originally broadcast. It is sad to say that of the all the panelists and John Daley have all past away.

[MisterEvasion]

There he is again - Pat Boone.

On Coast to Coast AM with George Noory fans were celebrating the 50th anniversary of the cult classic Journey to the Centre of the Earth (1959). Who was the special guest? Pat Boone.

So here is this guy, popular singer, nothing really scandalous in his life, a movie still popular with sci-fi fans long past its intended shelf life, still making records, welcomed wherever he goes in Christian and non-Christian circles alike.

Is that a charmed life or what?

[TheTubePortal]

@MisterEvasion But then he had to go and tarnish it all by coming out and telling the public that he thinks President Obama was born in Kenya and is not an American citizen and that he is secretly a Muslim who will destroy America's supposed "Christian heritage". What a shame to see such a talented man lose his sense of reality and balance.

[Sexoclocktv]

@TheTubePortal Ironically, this pits one Columbia alumnus against another as I listen to "Roar, Lions Roar" being sung in this clip!

[e148]

What I remember about Pat Boone was his relationship to Daniel Boone. It sounds like he was cousins with Randy Boone and Richard Boone.

[primelimelite]

Pat Boone showed true WML gamesmanship ability -- probably the best of all WML contestants!

[FrettinFreddie]

Hillbilly songs...that was great

[13loomisst]

Good fun. (And a reference to the late, great Alan Freed, too!) Thanks very much.

[Ingeborg70]

I bought my first record when I was 15 and that was from Pat Boone. He was very populair with the girls!

[soulierinvestments]

The mind boggles. Singer Pat Boone and publisher Bennett Cerf singing a duet. Where else but WML can you see that sort of spontaneous performance?

[littlelouie11]

Yes. They were both Columbia graduates.

[soulierinvestments]

Wooo! Blindingly all-star. Luscious Hedy Lamarr, Producer-actor Martin Gabel, Pat Boone in his early cute period.

This is what I like about WML: Daly's impromptu interviews and interesting panel comments.

I am surprised Dorothy didn't solve this: she had expert knowledge of 1950-1960s music. I remember in 1959 young Ricky Nelson (who at the time was on a par with Elvis) stumped everyone on the panel, except Dorothy who asked him a question with r'n'r jargon, then identified him.