I honestly think Dorothy cheated. Those types of blindfolds can be thwarted if done properly no one would tell she's looking the the gap between the cloth and her nose.
@Neakmeas08 Arlene Francis, Dorothy Kilgalen, Paul Winchell, Peter Lawford. The two women were regular panelists for many years. The men were guest panelists.
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Poor John- having to repeat everyone's questions to the hard-of-hearing gentleman, and having to correct all of the old guy's answers because they were misleading. He must have needed a throat lozenge after this show! Not to mention a stiff drink- you could tell at times he was annoyed by having to do so much talking and putting up with the old guy's sometimes annoying remarks.
@harrietcow That "old guy" you're talking about is one of the greatest American artists of all time, and maybe the most influential architect in history. The "annoying remarks" are, for many people, part of the aging process and he was 89 at the time. Why some people can not be respectful?
WOW..legendary!!!...it feels great to see the great architect speak...thanx for the video...and people those days dress up so well and speak so well..very classy..
Charming man - very wittty. His line of work INDEED had to do with acoustics or at least he could have indeed improved the acoustics in that studio given the opportunity to re-build the paneling, etc.
You've got to admire Mr. Wright for getting on there at his age, and doing this. This is the first time that I have seen him, and I already have so much respect for him.
Mr. Wright was very old at the time and quite deaf. He was still working but didn't see well at the time either. A genius and charming man even at 89.
It's nice to see the other posts here are from intelligent folk - interesting how shows like this attract the same group of youtube posters, all wishing this type of production would return to television...One should ask why not? It is "realityTV" after all, inexpensive with a simple premise. Big Problem though: today's "talent" have absolutely no personality and so few speak with a pleasant vocal resonance. I fear their contingency riders and fees would bankrupt the network.
WXXI needs to dust off classics like these, it's supposed to be a smart mature network, and classic shows like this would be perfect. If they added this to their lineup, I might become a regular donater.
And why couldn't my generation grow up with this kind of show? I'm 23 and I got gipped! Lol. How I wish they would put these episodes on DVDs. I would buy them! I love this show so much.
@MrFlow57245 mr. daly said, "we seem to have a slight acoustical problem, because of the devout reaches up above us." mr. wright responded by saying, "don't worry, we'll overcome it," which i laughed at a little, considering his profession.
I'm an interior designer but I've only seen his work, articles about him & photos of him. It's a real treat to see a film of him. How dapper he looks at age 89! So fashionably dressed. My dad is 88 & no where near so "with it". I love how he notes the acoustical problems in the studio. I love these old What's My Line episodes - watched them on TV when I was a kid. If you like this show, check out "This is your life" w/Ralph Edwards,another show of the era.
From what I know, Frank was inspirational to a Scrooge McDuck comic and Scrooge's famous Money Bin was supposedly designed by a person named Frank Lloyd Drake which was a spoof of Mr. Wright.
Wow- I know that my Grandparents and millions of other viewers looked forward to this show every Sunday because you could never guess what remarkable person would be the guest. I wish this show were still on television for a similar weekly experience.
Kind of stupid for the audience to keep blowing the mystery once the panel gets anywhere near guessing the right person. The panel was going to zero in on it anyway, but a couple of early claps cut the mystery short. It seems to be quite common for the audience to screw up the show this way.
@bluntobjct Let's see they Rose For Elnor Roosvelt, Some on Air Paster/Priest, and I can't think of any others, most likely there are more, but it is so rare I can't think of any others.
@bluntobjct Let's see they Rose For Elnor Roosvelt, Some on Air Paster/Priest, and I can't think of any others, most likely there are more, but it is so rare I can't think of any others.
Again, Dorothy Kilgallen demonstrates why she was the sharpest panelist. She pulls the solution out of nowhere.
I'm further impressed, because Wright was a TERRIBLE mystery guest. Notice how Daly (whom I consider to be the best game show host of all time) struggles this way and that to draw him out to play fair while meeting the requirements of a half-hour show.
What a treat to see such a distinguished gentleman as this on live television! He was really of the old school, besides being actress Anne Baxter's grandfather. He's the only WML guest I've heard who was gracious enough to pay a compliment to the panel.
I don't think there's cheating here: they are just clever and practiced at synthesizing clues: very famous old man, rich voice, upper-class American accent, self-employed, paints and works with law as part of his job though neither IS the job, able to do something about acoustics (notwithstanding the demurral)---it all points to architecture or at least design, and the number of such people who were household names in the 1950s was probably just one: FLW.
WOW! Who ever knew that the world's greatest architects of all time,Frank Lloyd Wright, would be on a game show? :) Frank is a wonderful guy and he had many great ideas for designing houses! I mean,look at his beautiful design of the building,Fallingwater, you have to be a genius to design that! I mean come on! He designed a building over a waterfall! A freaking waterfall! Only one word can describe Frank and that word is: Genius.
You're in luck. That's not a blackboard - those were heavy black display cards. All of the signatures were saved. Today, collectors pay hundreds (if not thousands) of dollars for the few signature cards that have come onto the market.
@rubberdc They were kept. That wasn't a blackboard, but individual black cards. Some of the signatures are bought/sold today and are very valuable indeed.
THIS is what television was all about: you are now watching history. The greatest minds in entertainment, the sciences, and the arts were on this show. The panelists were educated, well read and well spoken (Ms. Kilgallen was a brilliant woman). This was a game that made people think while it was being played. Bravo.
I am 17 years old, and I enjoyed watching this even more than the usual MTV crap of nowadays. And then thinking that an architect is being invited to a show like this is just amazing! Name a famous modern architect right now on the streets and no one will have a clue who you are talking about! Shame to modern media!
djurmaine, im 58 years old i grew up during the infancy of televison. and you are so right. the crap we see on tv now is just terrible. you are a bright young man. and we need more of you.
thank you for your lovely comment! I'm on the second grade of the university of arts and culture in the netherlands, so my filosofy is pretty much build based upon my education. Even though I feel love for art if I wouldnt study arts school. Chapeau to Frank Lloyd Wright!
@RJiminez51 Not to go against what you are saying, because I understand a little behind why you believe what you believe, but in all honesty, we don't need people from your era any more than our era here. If anything, we need people like Plato, Machiavelli, Bach, Leonardo, etc. The tv back then isn't any better than nowadays. Today's generation utilizes it's up to date tools and reaches ratings the same way they did back during the infancy of television. No disrespect.
Many buildings by Frank Lloyd Wright included a cornerstone with his famous "FLLW" initials. At the Marin County Civic Center in San Rafael CA, the cornerstone with his initials is finished in a beautiful Chinese Red enamel, one of Wright's favorite colors. His signature and initials are themselves considered works of art, particularly with the dramatic "F" with its long vertical tail capped with the parallel horizontals, and the final angled reverse line that underscores "Wright" or the "W".
three cheers to the greatest designer of our time, his structures have a timeless beauty, i am completley amazed that Falling Water was built in the mid 30s
When this show was current on the airwaves, media exposure of famous people wasn't anywhere close to what it is today. Even celebrities were far more obscure, relatively speaking and would have been known more through print than TV.
Because there were far higher media and social protocol standards in those days. Today, virtually anybody can shake their booty, be illiterate and stupid and have a hugely successful TV show.
I suspect (though I have no data to support this suspicion) that these 'old' broadcasts attract a certain subset of the general Youtube population....people who are interested in eloquent, erudite shows are likely to share those qualities, or at least try to emulate them :P
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I think that people who look for this sort of program on YT must be much older than the average YouTuber. Does that mean that education was better in the old days? If that was on your mind, I don't think so. To me, it just means that older people have had more time to be beaten up by the norm, so now they conform more closely to it. Also, who would be interested in watching FLW as an old geezer except old geezers themselves?
People who want to see FLW as FLW. Personally I watch this sort of program because I'm interested in the era/people in it, and I'm hardly an 'old geezer', I'm not even 20.
Very interesting episode. In re: Complaints about Daly: Even JCD could get rattled if you threw him enough wild cards, and I think this was one of those times.
Amusing to see-but such a great man in such a silly setting. Wright, beyond doubt a genius, was also insatiable for fame and notoriety, for his entire life. Even at this point, when all the fame, glory, and success of the world was his, he couldn't resist the temptation.
Yes, a great man on a silly show, but compare it to what we have today. Here is a man in the field of architecture whom not only all the celebrity panelists knew of; it appears (from their initial response) that most of the audience recognized him as well. And not just by name, but by appearance! Can you imagine any architect today whose name or face would be recognized by more than a small fraction of a typical TV audience? A sad commentary on our times -- and our priorities.
FLW designed only one mortuary in his career. You gotta see this mortuary located at 707 Browning Road in Delano, California. This mortuary has no rectangles in it. All the rooms are triangles and circular!
He died 3 years later....
Hermoor 2 weeks ago
I honestly think Dorothy cheated. Those types of blindfolds can be thwarted if done properly no one would tell she's looking the the gap between the cloth and her nose.
dangraphic 3 weeks ago
Who were the blindfolded people?
Neakmeas08 4 weeks ago
@Neakmeas08 Arlene Francis, Dorothy Kilgalen, Paul Winchell, Peter Lawford. The two women were regular panelists for many years. The men were guest panelists.
ITCJon 2 weeks ago
This was three years before he died.
Firefox123455 1 month ago
.... and then charlie sheen walks in yelling "WINNING"
oscarhollywood 1 month ago
@oscarhollywood can't downvote you for speaking the truth
MJmichand 1 month ago
The only other guest I remember seeing the ladies, as well as the gentlemen stand up for was Eleanor Roosevelt.
monkeygraborange 2 months ago
Dorothy was SO sharp!!
Tre404 3 months ago
GENIUS!
angpeace55 3 months ago
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Poor John- having to repeat everyone's questions to the hard-of-hearing gentleman, and having to correct all of the old guy's answers because they were misleading. He must have needed a throat lozenge after this show! Not to mention a stiff drink- you could tell at times he was annoyed by having to do so much talking and putting up with the old guy's sometimes annoying remarks.
harrietcow 3 months ago
@harrietcow That "old guy" you're talking about is one of the greatest American artists of all time, and maybe the most influential architect in history. The "annoying remarks" are, for many people, part of the aging process and he was 89 at the time. Why some people can not be respectful?
artdaydesigns 3 months ago 8
WOW..legendary!!!...it feels great to see the great architect speak...thanx for the video...and people those days dress up so well and speak so well..very classy..
see2saw 4 months ago
Frank Lloyd Wright was a living legend that not many now under 40 would know who he was.
garebela 4 months ago
i've been wondering if this show would be a hit today and what celebrities would entertain the idea of being interviewed with yes/no questions?
jeepgayguy 5 months ago
This is the only time I think I've seen the ladies on the panel stand up to shake hands. Usually, only the men stand up, and the ladies stay seated.
wsmith76us 5 months ago
Good gosh! This host is more like a lawyer than an MC. I would have a splitting headache if I hosted this!
Wurdswurth 5 months ago
@djAmericantoast178 Strive to be that person with class and a sense of decency for your own time, own generation, right now...
VitricArt 6 months ago 3
did you see how happy he was when she said his name :D
lkschlosser 6 months ago
We should all be so fit at 89.
JeffersonDinedAlone 6 months ago
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jonjonjonmw3 6 months ago
Charming man - very wittty. His line of work INDEED had to do with acoustics or at least he could have indeed improved the acoustics in that studio given the opportunity to re-build the paneling, etc.
SingersLeader 6 months ago
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this is staged , , and the old mans a pain in the ass
oiyabastard 6 months ago
I can't see how Dorothy could name him based on only the information given. Rigged?
gabsylv 7 months ago
You've got to admire Mr. Wright for getting on there at his age, and doing this. This is the first time that I have seen him, and I already have so much respect for him.
cdgrnr 7 months ago 2
@cdgrnr He died less than three years later.
SatchmoSings 7 months ago
Mr. Wright was very old at the time and quite deaf. He was still working but didn't see well at the time either. A genius and charming man even at 89.
wiguy3 7 months ago 3
6:38 Apparently weenie meant something different back in the 50s.
bondheli 8 months ago
Makes me wonder if i am born in the right times...
girishsapkale 8 months ago 2
I love when he's spacing out and wondering about the ceiling haha
Hawkeyes907 9 months ago 2
there's a great documentary on pbs about flw, or have republicans killed that to pay for wars and tax cuts for the rich?
tomitstube 9 months ago
Peter Lawford almost falls forward to shake FLW's hand. So would I.
BuckshotLaFunke1 10 months ago 4
Times have changed. If this show was on today the "mystery guest" would be Charlie Sheen or Lady Gaga.
dano761000 10 months ago 32
@dano761000 And a poorer show it would be as a result.
captainpanic08 3 months ago
ha, ha...Mr. Daly had to work at this one!
JenniferPvlsh 10 months ago
@JenniferPvlsh He loves evey minute of it!
calalilygirl 3 weeks ago
"iwhat you do has anything to do with law in anyway?"
"unfortunately, yes"
well said, mr Wrigh.
RoPiDe 11 months ago 6
It's nice to see the other posts here are from intelligent folk - interesting how shows like this attract the same group of youtube posters, all wishing this type of production would return to television...One should ask why not? It is "realityTV" after all, inexpensive with a simple premise. Big Problem though: today's "talent" have absolutely no personality and so few speak with a pleasant vocal resonance. I fear their contingency riders and fees would bankrupt the network.
c3cubed 11 months ago 7
@c3cubed Well said! :)
Kate8790 11 months ago
WXXI needs to dust off classics like these, it's supposed to be a smart mature network, and classic shows like this would be perfect. If they added this to their lineup, I might become a regular donater.
MZD79 11 months ago
That show is awesome, they should bring it back, haha.
I've never seen it before this either.
hellomate639 11 months ago
this from the architect who said TV is chewing gum for the eyes
therealmartinos 1 year ago
And why couldn't my generation grow up with this kind of show? I'm 23 and I got gipped! Lol. How I wish they would put these episodes on DVDs. I would buy them! I love this show so much.
Kate8790 1 year ago
I'm 14, but I love watching What's My Line? on YouTube.
It looks like it was such an innocent era. :)
shikamaruluver3 1 year ago 5
@shikamaruluver3 im 19 and i wish they bring this back. I LOVE THIS SHOW!
Sil3entAng3l 11 months ago 5
If What's My Line were on today, we would have actors and politicians plugging themselves on behalf of their handlers.
Watching these clips makes me realize how much the media has de-evolved into being crass and mindless.
xs10tl1 1 year ago 2
What does FLW say at 4mn30 about acoustic ??? (I' didn't catch it because I'm french ... sorry and thanks for your help !)
MrFlow57245 1 year ago
@MrFlow57245 mr. daly said, "we seem to have a slight acoustical problem, because of the devout reaches up above us." mr. wright responded by saying, "don't worry, we'll overcome it," which i laughed at a little, considering his profession.
serpentisma 1 year ago
@serpentisma thanks ! it was "never mind" i didn't catch the first time ^^ But I still understood the "joke"
MrFlow57245 1 year ago
Brilliant Mr. Wright...!! :>)
PERIZ99 1 year ago
It was so simple, so modest but so funny and intelligent. How can we not think that our time is pathetic compared to this ?
HubO59 1 year ago 4
where did you get this footage?
taki128 1 year ago
FLW is a true badass for all times. but that deadfish handshake = not a good look.
ropesack 1 year ago
@ropesack he may had arthritis, hence the limp shake
barrymore 1 year ago
Wow he was born in the 1860s
Jsd8675 1 year ago 2
No me lo puedo creer.
¿Dónde quedaron estos concursos? ¿Qué ha ocurrido con este en particular?
Qué geniales concursantes y qué increíbles invitados. Dalí, Marx, Wright... Hoy en día, ¿quien ocuparía el lugar del Arquitecto? ¿Belén Esteban?
¡¡Que alguien nos devuelva los años 50-60!!
destroyerdreams 1 year ago
I wish gameshows today were this intelligent
SamBarronSleep 1 year ago 15
@SamBarronSleep I wish PEOPLE today were this intelligent.
dangraphic 3 weeks ago
'like, are you an industrialist?'
ebizl8 1 year ago
Please watch my architecture video popsicle masterpiece.
RespectMyHate 1 year ago
i like being around people like this guy. very gracious but also a smartass. reminds me of my grandparents. good people. :)
cubicleboy 1 year ago 2
I think this is priceless although I am finding Daly a bit annoying and intrusive.
MGtzz 1 year ago
I'm an interior designer but I've only seen his work, articles about him & photos of him. It's a real treat to see a film of him. How dapper he looks at age 89! So fashionably dressed. My dad is 88 & no where near so "with it". I love how he notes the acoustical problems in the studio. I love these old What's My Line episodes - watched them on TV when I was a kid. If you like this show, check out "This is your life" w/Ralph Edwards,another show of the era.
RamirezGates 1 year ago 2
I just did the math - he is 89 here!
mf2101 1 year ago 2
I love how she accidentally ended up saying his name.
DEATHBYFLYINGCDS 1 year ago 3
Lol i like this guys personallity, hes such a smartass.
lilroba1 1 year ago
Lol i like this guys personallity, hes such a smart ass.
lilroba1 1 year ago 2
This is about the third time I've watched this because he's so distinguished and dignified. I love the cane!
xander7ful 1 year ago
Great to see how the panel stood up to greet FLW knowing they were among greatness.
MARCBSTN 1 year ago 5
Yep torch.This gameshow is a very very good reflection of that period's American culture and morays.Fascinating isn't it?
Hatikvah2010 1 year ago 2
ooohhhhhh man !! I loooooooove Frank Lloyd Wright
Hatikvah2010 1 year ago
"Never mind, we'll overcome it."
Love it.
JESmedley 1 year ago 2
From what I know, Frank was inspirational to a Scrooge McDuck comic and Scrooge's famous Money Bin was supposedly designed by a person named Frank Lloyd Drake which was a spoof of Mr. Wright.
Corridoamor 1 year ago
Eeeheehee. Weenie.
I'm glad someone picked up on the "acoustics" comment.
charismaticrain 1 year ago
I found him the 'FW Wright' in the textbook and how look so dignityful
im 22yrs and not even american, so fun show and useful video. thanks !
myseethers 1 year ago
I can listen to them speak all evening.
vanneo 1 year ago 2
How pleasant to watch! So classy, well-spoken and polite people! I wish we had shows of this calibre today, even though I'm just 21 years old.
Bobstew68 1 year ago 2
The WML regulars would make excellent dinner guests...
geyser 1 year ago
This aired 34 years before my birth lol!!! Still live it though.
ahmad123987 1 year ago
Wow- I know that my Grandparents and millions of other viewers looked forward to this show every Sunday because you could never guess what remarkable person would be the guest. I wish this show were still on television for a similar weekly experience.
Pectoris4 1 year ago
Kind of stupid for the audience to keep blowing the mystery once the panel gets anywhere near guessing the right person. The panel was going to zero in on it anyway, but a couple of early claps cut the mystery short. It seems to be quite common for the audience to screw up the show this way.
61Slughi 1 year ago 3
Wow the Women usually never stand, they must have been very impressed.
xenafan234 1 year ago
@xenafan234 noticed it too!
I wonder if there is some sort of protocol for this or not?
bluntobjct 1 year ago
@bluntobjct Let's see they Rose For Elnor Roosvelt, Some on Air Paster/Priest, and I can't think of any others, most likely there are more, but it is so rare I can't think of any others.
xenafan234 1 year ago
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@bluntobjct Let's see they Rose For Elnor Roosvelt, Some on Air Paster/Priest, and I can't think of any others, most likely there are more, but it is so rare I can't think of any others.
xenafan234 1 year ago
@xenafan234 I"m glad the women stood for their elders and what an elder this one was! Frank Lloyd Wright!
henrygrove100 1 year ago
@henrygrove100 Me too, we once were civilized. We once upon a time recognized Genius.
xenafan234 1 year ago 2
that's cool to see him write his name i've seen like that so many times
betaBoomer 1 year ago
aggreed bobbobato . im not 20 either but to actually see all these legends being real is so fascinating. I wish i grew up during those decades..
zoboomafoo24 1 year ago
Not an awkward episode at all. Intelligent guest. Intelligent panelists.
calalilygirl 1 year ago
this was an awkward one...
sylviap656 1 year ago
@sylviap656 No not if you knew the importance of this man.
calalilygirl 3 weeks ago
Again, Dorothy Kilgallen demonstrates why she was the sharpest panelist. She pulls the solution out of nowhere.
I'm further impressed, because Wright was a TERRIBLE mystery guest. Notice how Daly (whom I consider to be the best game show host of all time) struggles this way and that to draw him out to play fair while meeting the requirements of a half-hour show.
ptownfreddy 1 year ago
I KNEW Arlene Francis would pick up on his comment about fixing the acoustics in the room. She was very sharp.
MrCombat1965 1 year ago 2
The Wrights were very liberal and eccentric for their era.
ruracinme50 1 year ago 3
He was 89 years old here. Back in the day where you could be over 60 and still appear on network television without being Regis.
funboy7979 1 year ago 14
You can really tell what a wonderful man he was, I love FLW.
MrSueVeneer 1 year ago 2
I actually enjoyed it! Usually young people hates to watch old tv shows and movies.
birdpoo01 1 year ago 2
This is very akward!
alexsuchapimp 1 year ago
Just by looking at him we can tell that he is a VERY intelligent man
rodrigosg91 1 year ago 4
'I am old, I am new, he said. I have been dead, I have been alive. I am Taliesin.
Truth against the World
RayERice 1 year ago 2
What a treat to see such a distinguished gentleman as this on live television! He was really of the old school, besides being actress Anne Baxter's grandfather. He's the only WML guest I've heard who was gracious enough to pay a compliment to the panel.
xander7ful 1 year ago 5
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Never really cared for his designs much, sorry :P seems like a nice chap though
ShawDAMAN 2 years ago
frank lloyd wright was an axcellent architect. he could really light up a room. even in his old age.
WellSinceYoureHere 2 years ago 6
Wow. He had presence.
pepsibookcat 2 years ago 3
They didn't cheat and corrupt like most people of today
tom67264 2 years ago
"...an extraordinarily intelligent panel"- FLW
unmusica 2 years ago 4
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I think they cheated on this show. Sometimes they get it without possibly having enough info to get it. This clip is a good example.
Bently100 2 years ago
I don't think there's cheating here: they are just clever and practiced at synthesizing clues: very famous old man, rich voice, upper-class American accent, self-employed, paints and works with law as part of his job though neither IS the job, able to do something about acoustics (notwithstanding the demurral)---it all points to architecture or at least design, and the number of such people who were household names in the 1950s was probably just one: FLW.
walkerc585 2 years ago 4
I've got a bridge to sell you!
Bently100 2 years ago
Although both have denied, Ayn Rand's The Fountainhead is rumored to be inspired by Frank Lloyd Wright.
ithejuggernaut 2 years ago
WOW! Who ever knew that the world's greatest architects of all time,Frank Lloyd Wright, would be on a game show? :) Frank is a wonderful guy and he had many great ideas for designing houses! I mean,look at his beautiful design of the building,Fallingwater, you have to be a genius to design that! I mean come on! He designed a building over a waterfall! A freaking waterfall! Only one word can describe Frank and that word is: Genius.
hansg888 2 years ago 4
Can you imagine if the television company had kept a seperate blackboard for all those famous signatures,what would they be worth now?
rubberdc 2 years ago 35
I was wondering the same...l'd think they'd be cleaned off just because its so easy to wipe them off.
andeaver1937 2 years ago
You're in luck. That's not a blackboard - those were heavy black display cards. All of the signatures were saved. Today, collectors pay hundreds (if not thousands) of dollars for the few signature cards that have come onto the market.
juilliardpark 2 years ago 4
@rubberdc I read somewhere that they signed in on black paper with chalk. So, those signatures might be around.
genesislover 11 months ago
@rubberdc they did keep every star's signature.I may be wrong though. I saw them on ebay. you get the blackboard with the signature.
WhatsMyLineFan 11 months ago
@rubberdc They were kept. That wasn't a blackboard, but individual black cards. Some of the signatures are bought/sold today and are very valuable indeed.
juilliardpark 10 months ago
@rubberdc its true all the famous people on there and alot of them are long gone
THETRASHKING1 9 months ago
What a man! What a man! What a mighty fine man that Frank was!
BellaD99 2 years ago 2
THIS is what television was all about: you are now watching history. The greatest minds in entertainment, the sciences, and the arts were on this show. The panelists were educated, well read and well spoken (Ms. Kilgallen was a brilliant woman). This was a game that made people think while it was being played. Bravo.
rolex452 2 years ago 7
I am 17 years old, and I enjoyed watching this even more than the usual MTV crap of nowadays. And then thinking that an architect is being invited to a show like this is just amazing! Name a famous modern architect right now on the streets and no one will have a clue who you are talking about! Shame to modern media!
djurmaine 2 years ago 5
I. M. Pei
obdami 2 years ago
djurmaine, im 58 years old i grew up during the infancy of televison. and you are so right. the crap we see on tv now is just terrible. you are a bright young man. and we need more of you.
RJiminez51 2 years ago 23
thank you for your lovely comment! I'm on the second grade of the university of arts and culture in the netherlands, so my filosofy is pretty much build based upon my education. Even though I feel love for art if I wouldnt study arts school. Chapeau to Frank Lloyd Wright!
djurmaine 2 years ago
@RJiminez51 Not to go against what you are saying, because I understand a little behind why you believe what you believe, but in all honesty, we don't need people from your era any more than our era here. If anything, we need people like Plato, Machiavelli, Bach, Leonardo, etc. The tv back then isn't any better than nowadays. Today's generation utilizes it's up to date tools and reaches ratings the same way they did back during the infancy of television. No disrespect.
thesIeepywiIIow 7 months ago
This video clip is fascinating. As someone pointed out, watching a person speak who was born in the 1860s, is awesome.
We read about these famous people, but usually have no idea what they really looked like or sounded like.
TreblePop 2 years ago 7
Frank Lloyd Wright is 89 here.
TheCinemaization 2 years ago
those were his initials
jeiffert 2 years ago
What did he write below Frank Lloyd Wright on the chalkboard?
feiscool 2 years ago
Many buildings by Frank Lloyd Wright included a cornerstone with his famous "FLLW" initials. At the Marin County Civic Center in San Rafael CA, the cornerstone with his initials is finished in a beautiful Chinese Red enamel, one of Wright's favorite colors. His signature and initials are themselves considered works of art, particularly with the dramatic "F" with its long vertical tail capped with the parallel horizontals, and the final angled reverse line that underscores "Wright" or the "W".
juilliardpark 2 years ago
Here in Iowa, Wright's Cedar Rock home east of Waterloo carries an FLW plate - the only one of his homes here to do so.
kpyng 2 years ago
6:46 love the woman's laugh!
GEVMM 2 years ago
A dream I have before dying is to have Mr. Wright's people build me a house!!! Awesome architect this man!
mfreye79 2 years ago 3
Paul Winchell- noted puppeteer & also inventor designer of the successful Heart Valve which has saved many lives-
rentatrip1 2 years ago
Incredible to see and hear someone who was born in the 1860s!
fuzzywarble 2 years ago 4
I think it's a good example of how formal people were to each other referring as Mr... and Mrs and politeness. Shame we seem to have lost that
dyingfly 2 years ago 5
ha?
Hounsfield 2 years ago
Mr Daly .... Please let Mr Wright answer for himself. He may be slowing a little, but he;s a genius
operjxm 2 years ago 8
I believe at this point in his late 80s, Mr. Wright had a hearing problem. John Daly was just trying to graciously help him through this segment.
Mr Wright had at least a dozen more buildings in the works or in his future at the time this episode was broadcast.
bctvguy 2 years ago 4
Paul Winchell rules !!
operjxm 2 years ago
@operjxm yes he does!
henrygrove100 1 year ago
three cheers to the greatest designer of our time, his structures have a timeless beauty, i am completley amazed that Falling Water was built in the mid 30s
welammjr59 2 years ago 3
@welammjr59 hip hip, hip hip, hip hip hurrah!
henrygrove100 1 year ago
i wonder who was the guest on the show he watched with interest...
enotna42 2 years ago 2
Miss Killgallen displayed her brilliance here in a stunning manner - going from "somewhat a painter" to Mr. Wright's name.
perlster 2 years ago 2
can't believe they wouldn't recognize his voice
ciroalb3 2 years ago
When this show was current on the airwaves, media exposure of famous people wasn't anywhere close to what it is today. Even celebrities were far more obscure, relatively speaking and would have been known more through print than TV.
JET997u 2 years ago 2
Cerf, Francis and kilgalen were sophisticated Knickerbockers who made it their business to know everyone.
ciroalb3 2 years ago
I have noticed that the comments on What's My Line? videos are among the most intelligent; most well written. Any ideas, anyone, as to why this is?
senoramariposa 2 years ago 5
Because there were far higher media and social protocol standards in those days. Today, virtually anybody can shake their booty, be illiterate and stupid and have a hugely successful TV show.
JET997u 2 years ago 5
That's certainly true, but I meant the comments by YouTube viewers. : )
senoramariposa 2 years ago
I suspect (though I have no data to support this suspicion) that these 'old' broadcasts attract a certain subset of the general Youtube population....people who are interested in eloquent, erudite shows are likely to share those qualities, or at least try to emulate them :P
Dragonteuthis 2 years ago 5
Well stated. I agree. : )
senoramariposa 2 years ago 3
get over urself
woundead1998 2 years ago
This comment has received too many negative votes show
I think that people who look for this sort of program on YT must be much older than the average YouTuber. Does that mean that education was better in the old days? If that was on your mind, I don't think so. To me, it just means that older people have had more time to be beaten up by the norm, so now they conform more closely to it. Also, who would be interested in watching FLW as an old geezer except old geezers themselves?
DoctorPlausible 2 years ago
People who want to see FLW as FLW. Personally I watch this sort of program because I'm interested in the era/people in it, and I'm hardly an 'old geezer', I'm not even 20.
bobbobato 2 years ago 51
@bobbobato Me too
calalilygirl 1 year ago
This show was long before my birth, and I love watching it here.
torchkit 2 years ago 25
That's good to know.
DoctorPlausible 2 years ago
wow, he's 88 here.
busterkeys25 2 years ago 3
One Of The Greatest Architects, EVER
SamoanFun 2 years ago 7
No, the greatest. The man was an absolute genius. He is my role model when it comes to Architecture.
feiscool 2 years ago
I guess so. Had a beautiful granddaughter too-actress Anne Baxter.
Muffy2314 2 years ago
Very interesting episode. In re: Complaints about Daly: Even JCD could get rattled if you threw him enough wild cards, and I think this was one of those times.
allegrazie 2 years ago
im an absolute fan of architect frank lloyd wright
goddess1127 2 years ago 5
im so sorry. i meant to thumb that up. i pressed down by mistake and i cant take it back. i feel awful.
evfich 2 years ago 6
you can take it back
Muffy2314 2 years ago
well what do ya know
evfich 2 years ago 2
is it at star
juliobarrioplata 2 years ago
Amusing to see-but such a great man in such a silly setting. Wright, beyond doubt a genius, was also insatiable for fame and notoriety, for his entire life. Even at this point, when all the fame, glory, and success of the world was his, he couldn't resist the temptation.
Was he also on "This is your life"?
Labienus 3 years ago
Yes, a great man on a silly show, but compare it to what we have today. Here is a man in the field of architecture whom not only all the celebrity panelists knew of; it appears (from their initial response) that most of the audience recognized him as well. And not just by name, but by appearance! Can you imagine any architect today whose name or face would be recognized by more than a small fraction of a typical TV audience? A sad commentary on our times -- and our priorities.
TroyOi 2 years ago 11
FLW designed only one mortuary in his career. You gotta see this mortuary located at 707 Browning Road in Delano, California. This mortuary has no rectangles in it. All the rooms are triangles and circular!
Bnecollector 3 years ago
Wright did not design this structure. Perhaps one of his apprentices? Anyone on Delano, CA know?
sshistory 2 years ago
Anne Baxter's grandfather!
rexthebarker 3 years ago 6
Wright was 89 when he appeared on this show.
idahovandal 3 years ago 2