Groucho - What's My Line?

[mkjmstl1]

The TS Eliot letters are hysterical, I've read them. unlike anything else in correspondence, surely one of the oddest correspondences of all time.

[DrLipkin]

Groucho died in 77, at the age of 86. This was filmed in 67, meaning he was 76 years old. You'd never really know.

[harrietcow]

If I'm not mistaken, I think the majority of those onstage are Jewish: Bennett, Michelle Lee (born Jewish), and I believe Henry Morgan was Jewish. And of course, Groucho. So if I'm correct, John and Arlene were outnumbered this evening. :-) No big deal, but it's kind of funny.

[jp00349]

@harrietcow Even I previously admit my unlimited admiration for Groucho, I have to put good ol' Daly to a close and prominent position.

[dangolf1890]

retarded youngsters? lol

[MIKEPREAMP]

Just the cigar smoke would have given him away.

[JenniferPvlsh]

Groucho always puts a smile on my face!

[Kate8790]

Would it be in poor taste of me to say I have the biggest chick crush on Arlene Francis? Lol.

[angeltosome]

"Retarded youngsters."

Ah, the 60's, where political correctness didn't exist.

[pieceofcake125]

@angeltosome i thought the same shit oh well, they were still trying to help back then, i think

[dtw1958]

What was the last first run episode in 67, sometime in July. When did Henry Morgan bust on Bennet's long intro rant, before or after this episode?

[RoadCaptainEntertain]

Rufus T. Firefly!

[ShivecianMagnet]

Lolllll Groucho :D

How did the other guy know it so quickly.

[mikka2005]

"Mrs. Gabel, will you marry me?" If only!

[Dave78m]

i always thought Michele Lee was so pretty. So did Groucho, apparently, as he practically dived over the desk to give her a kiss!

[Robert4770]

One of the classiest half hours in television it should have run forever

[TomBarristerX]

Groucho is wearing his toupee here, something he generally only did when he was promoting the latest of the many books he wrote.

[americanidol510]

Can you believe Arlene was nearly 60 here? She sure doesn't look it!

[wmlfan9]

You know that famous duck walk Groucho did in the Marx Bros movies of the thirties? You can still see a little of it from 5:41 to 5:46.

[ShawDAMAN]

lol "what are we wasting our time here for"

It always annoyed me when they tried to "keep it going" even though they knew who it was already. Just say it :P

[Kiwi0321]

I can't believe he said retarded!

[TomBarristerX]

That wasn't a derogatory word back then as it is now.

[Kiwi0321]

It's just startling to hear, I guess

[tomkes100]

superb GROUCHO and what a panal show WHATS MY LINE vintage the best. i have 500 episodes of this classic on vhs. this is when they had class even with the great GROUCHO. im s tv film rocknroll historian and i love this show & this guy. i knew so many in the buisness got my own website n great actors&films of yesteryear. Thanks fans. this is tv at its best what a golden age. TOMK a man eho knows comedy when he sees it.

[OnlyFairWeather]

@tomkes100 you have all the extant eps on vhs? get them the fuck on you tube right now!

[strangerinwhite]

I like Groucho Marx he is the best of the Marx Brothers.

[44032]

The panel has been blindfolded since "time immemorial". Wow!

[soulierinvestments]

The rather dark look of this kinescope results from a black and white record of a color broadcast. Thank heaven that G-T saved this record, but it would have been nice if anyone had the presence of mind to save some color videotapes.

RE: the cigar story at the end. Groucho, it turns out, preferred to smoke tobacco in a pipe. The cigar was strictly so-biz prop.

[1borito]

Henry Morgan! I saw Betsy Palmer in another segment here. Jayne Meadows was also on the I've Got A Secret panel.

[sherrilu]

He was only a 6 years older than Bennett,

[HAZIDEAD]

"Retarded youngsters" =  "intellectually challenged youth". Those good old times...

[beebobox]

true true

if only we could just call things something and then stop getting upset about that term being used as a derogatory term which in turn forces us to find a new word for the term, which in turn becomes a derogatory term as well.

you retard

your special

you're challenged

if said in a certain context that's all derogatory, and even if we find new words for it, those words will be used in that way too.

[dialectgirl]

I agree with what you said, and yet, when John says "retarded youngsters", somehow it sounds so shocking to hear these days. Like we adapt words to suit our purpose - whether for better or worse - the same way our ears get used to a certain terminology and something outside of that sounds weird. I wonder what John and the panel would think of society today if the were to be transported in time.

[Marckymarc71]

Groucho was nearly 80 here....he seems younger than that.

[26mae1987]

omg he dosn look that old omg!

[HowardOfOz3565]

76 to be exact at this point....

[jhecht424]

Julius H. Marx, the greatest wit of our time.

[BitterBosh]

@jhecht424 I must, respectfully, amend your comment to read: "...greatest American wit of our time."

[soulierinvestments]

Thanx for posting this gem. Witty, widely read, articulate, and funny, Groucho Marx is still a hero to wise guys of all ages. Incidentally, if the viewer wants to know why Groucho signed in as "Get the Lead out," take a look at "What's My Line at 25" part two I think it is. Guest panelist Michelle Lee had earlier brought the house down questioning a kid who for a living sharpened pencils.

[SIMPFANN]

I don't think I've ever been anything less than delighted by anything Groucho did, and this is no exception. Thank you for posting.