What's My Line? with Dustin Hoffman

[alienhuman]

and now 75.... wow

[illuminutti]

(5:10) Called a "Midnight Cowboy"... stars a newcomer Jon Voight".. gotta love that!

[illuminutti]

I never realized he looked SO JEWISH

[rpaxon]

@elinaeverbloom Don't leave him alone with Arlene either, older ladies had a thing for him at the time!

[Fawkes22]

OMG is he cute when he was that young :D

And he still is... Even though he could be my grandfather :P

[nevets4ever]

Gotta love the ads.....

[pnull]

The're all dead except Hoffman and Joel Grey.

[digitelle]

The guy from Green Acres at the end!

[seleehwekim]

It's interesting that both Dustin and the host refer to his upcoming movie as "THE Midnight Cowboy."

[ResDogOrange]

god damn those youtube adverts

[idster7]

apparently meredith macrae got married to greg mullavy on 4/19/69. she refers to him here as her boyfriend, so it must've been before that.

[tpir1972]

Was year was THIS EPISODE from, looks like near the end of Wally's end of his time on WML.

[Kenmorfdublin]

Fu*k the video - where can I get a can of that Comet?

[andmaketherain]

@Kenmorfdublin What about Dove?

[tazal5011]

@Kenmorfdublin your local grocery store

[tpir1972]

This is one of Wally Brunner's last shows what year is this '70?

[Kenmorfdublin]

@tpir1972 No, it's 2011

[soulierinvestments]

@tpir1972 Brunner left in 1972 -- this broadcast is late 1968 or early 1969.

[ucagetit]

He seems so shy

[Kenmorfdublin]

@ucagetit He's a great guy, but he does seem to suffer from stage fright in public situations like these where he hasn't a character to hide behind, he appears to be very nervous making Oscar presentations too I've noticed, but he's one of the best actors ever when it comes to interviews, one very funny man.

[cleancab]

He was to play Franz Liepkin in The Producers (1968) but begged his way out of it to play Benjamin Braddock in The Graduate.

[DandSco1]

hmm...he's so serious...

[britishtwiggy]

He is so pretty

[MsPicassos]

what a beautiful blond young woman's name? is a very attractive woman

[nerdflanders8710]

@MsPicassos yeah Id do really dirty things to her.

[ghostfanX2]

@MsPicassos

That's Meridith McCrae - daughter of Gordon McCrae the singer. (not sure about that spelling) He was in Oklahoma and Carousel and she played Billie Jo Bradley on Petticoat Junction during the color years. She died early - brain tumor, I think.

[tazal5011]

@ghostfanX2 actually it was complications from brain cancer

[ghostfanX2]

@tazal5011

Thanks!

[Hadeydeppio]

it's soupy suds!!!!! do the mouse.

[GSpeedEmotion]

Never knew he had that voice when he was young.

[chelillolillo]

sexy

[elinaeverbloom]

Damn, don't leave Dusty alone with the lady in green or she'll rape him!

[HumaninSeoul]

Hoffman, classy motherfucker right here. What a badass ^_^

[NiklasNydahl]

RIP Kassem G

[Speedosify]

he's so clean looking on here, and next year he'd be doing Midnight Cowboy

[minkng]

oh woah. only arlene's from the original show. she really aged well...

[dirkschuitsma]

Dustin is the best!

[VYD239]

Great voice, hilarious!

[Steve7508]

Miss MacRae, are you trying to seduce me?

[ChachiTelevision1979]

Midnight Cowboy was one of the best movies ever. 

[dirkschuitsma]

@ChachiTelevision1979

And best soundtrack!

[Donnavis]

Dustin Hoffman was once hot?

[auntbecky]

@Donnavis he's still hot.

[AdvantageYT]

oh shudup how can a man who seems to have a homo tendencies be wantin to be with a woman, sheeesh!!

[doc1917]

It was odd on the older verison of wml and movie star talk about their upcoming movies i rarely heard of any of them unlike midnight cowboy which i think won a oscar didn't it.

[soulierinvestments]

@doc1917 yes. Best film of 1969 plus oscars for directing and writing.

[rockstarrist]

I would have guessed it as soon as i heard his voice.. I am his biggest fan on earth !! I just wanna meet him one day !!

[thadxxx]

Wow, He's so shy?? I wonder why? The Graduate and Midnight Cowboy ..back to back.. Both are STILL great movies. He may be the last great star out there.

[tomloft2000]

Soupy Sales without a pie!

[sandyorange]

he was so handsome!!!

[kickinitonthetube]

than panel are a bunch of ass kissers

[Thorne42]

Joel Grey and Dustin Hoffman in the same room? I'm in heaven! 

[MegaObserver1]

Greg Mullavey was in a bunch of TV series and TV movies in the 70's, usually playing a smart-alec. He's best known for playing Mary Hartman's husband.

[Pasqualelino]

so young, sweet and shy ;D

[MabelNormand]

Why hasn't anyone commented about the interruption with the commercial at the end? lol. I wanted to hear that!!! Probably had to do with timing, but how convenient.... maybe the station made them switch it because they didn't agree with what she was saying? lol. anyway....... I like John Daly better!!!!!!

[xafion]

@MabelNormand I agree, the interruption at 7:25 is really odd, particular in the context of what she is saying. I'd say it's beyond doubt. I'm glad that we have more freedom of speech today, but it's also sad that that freedom is being used to promote immoral and stupid ideas...

[DigiSim]

Does Arlene have psychic powers or x-ray vision?

[jimmysudar]

i'm glad you're including the old commercials too. it was sure good to see josephine the plumber again....

[JamesTKirkCobain]

Oh shit, Manpower I remember them. They were a temp agency all around New York city, Long Island as well.

[katarzyna1113]

he looks so young and shy

still has that lovely smile

[7beers]

Nice banter!! A real contrast with earlier seasons, where, once the celebrity was unmasked, there was almost no back-and-forth.

[PepsiGurl93]

Newcommer: Jon Voight. WOW! Have the years passed!!

[taysgram]

Sorry my mistake. It was Gordon MacRae not Joel

[capcentre]

I would have liked to see Arlene Francis in seat #1 and Soupy Sales in seat #4 every now and then, Why did this not happen???

[pOBrain]

biz iz better

[MANUELFARINELLI]

One can see the difference between the black and white "What´s My Line" and the colour "WML", there is plenty of respect missing in this last one. When Arlene found out Dustin the other girl in green interrupting "I knew it " "I knew it", plenty of joy missing and the professional people the black and white WML had,

[ashleyg325]

His grin makes me grin.

[kvnlmn]

when was this?

[cinemmatic]

@kvnlmn december '68 apparently

[kvnlmn]

@cinemmatic oh okay thanks. btw how come dustin looked unhappy here?

[cinemmatic]

@kvnlmn hm, i'm not sure. perhaps he's just a little nervous or something?

[spagandtuna]

I was going to rant about how this is the only clip from a 1969 taping on YT but then I discover (from below) that it was taped 12/68. COME ON PEOPLE!!! 1969 is not represented at all. Please scower your collections and post from 69 or anything you have from the syndicated series!!!!

[spagandtuna]

OOPS MY bad. George Carlin, also from 69. But there's some much I'd like to see like Nina Simone, Rod McKuen, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Julie Wilson, please !!!

[karaterocks99]

this is one of the great game shows...bring em back...actual stars being stars

[darganx]

Maybe I'm too young, but I always thought Dove was a soap - not washing-up liquid!!

[spagandtuna]

Waht a shame Dustin's appearance was a rare one for cutting edge performers on the syndicated WML. You can tell the panel knew they were in the presence of a monumental talent. Great conversation. Thanks so much for posting this!

[CurtRolandFan]

I Love Dustin Hoffman he is so cut ;-D

[CherieduBassist]

Goodness Dustin is adorable. He's sexy now. love him.

[1111BLAKE1111]

dude looks miserable up there

[richfincm]

At first, with the blindfold on and only hearing her voice, I thought Meredith McRae was Tippi Hedren from Hitchcock's "The Birds" I have an autographed DVD & the DVD disc itself signed by Ms. Hedren. She is known as Melanie Griffith's mother and for her work in rescuing big, wild cats like lions and tigers and ... (oh my--LOL). She was GORGEOUS in "The Birds"!

[spagandtuna]

@richfincm Yeah, and that disgusting troll Hitchcock tried to sexually assault her halfway through the production of his crappy hateful (to women) Marnie and then tried to ruin her career.

[richfincm]

Yes, Ms. Hedren alluded to Hitch putting the make on her during the making of "The Birds". She spoke of it in an interview I saw a few years ago. That is why he hired her; he had a 'thing' for blonds. He was a great filmmaker, but he was a perv. How his wife stood for the cheating, I cannot fathom.

[alanwatts1]

@richfincm said 3 months ago: "Yes, Ms. Hedren alluded to Hitch putting the make on her during the making of 'The Birds.' She spoke of it in an interview I saw a few years ago. That is why he hired her; he had a 'thing' for blonds. He was a great filmmaker, but he was a perv. How his wife stood for the cheating, I cannot fathom. "

Ms. Hedren never said that in an interview, and it's not true. The only dangerous conditions she encountered making "The Birds" had to do with props & stunts.

[RDMinSC]

OMG! Talk about a blast from the past. I remember that!!!

Lord, I'm getting VERY OLD!!! LOL!

[PYT6193]

Rickenba I agree

Tootsie was my total fave

[ledzepguy]

The Graduate was great

[Guruthosa]

He is so modest and cute...

[yunicho90]

oh so adorable and tiny!:D

I Love you Dustin

[funkeekatt]

I always liked Meredith MacRae's voice.

[pannoni1]

RIP Soupy Sales.

[eheaven3]

This color tv set is gaudy. Dusty was so bland. One of the most boring of all episodes. And yet, for purely historical reasons, I gave 5 stars. I saw Jimmy Shine and he shined. The play, however, was pedestrian. His entrance was brilliant, though. The stage is an alley. And fro out of a garbage can appears Dustin Hoffman. Bravo.

[almadora]

damn, he was gorgeous back then. wow.

[rockstarrist]

OMG

This is before the midnight cowboy..

He says "newcomer" jon voight...

Dustin's the best actor in the history of cinema...

[rockstarrist]

I am Dustin Hoffman's biggest fan ever. He is the best

I have watched every single movie he has been in..

m 21 yrs old n m in India all I want is meet him once.

Anyone knows how to meet him, contact me here

[mrspeel7]

@rockstarrist I met him at a studio reception once. But, when I did speak with him, I just ended up gushing praise at him for about fifteen seconds! However, Mr. Hoffman is a very real, friendly, down-to-earth guy. Even though I said nothing he hasn't already heard a thousand times, he was absolutely gracious and personable.

And, I like to think he was perhaps as amused as he was tolerant of my silly speech! :)

[rickenba]

Mr, Hoffman, A True ARTIST! He Should Have Won That Oscar For Tootsie.

[vonaly]

@rickenba I agree!

[md4bush]

She should of dumped Greg Mullavey for Dustin. Didn't the guy play Mary Hartman's husband?

[wyldmountnhoney]

most actors seem to be shy off screen. I think he's better looking now then back then (IMHO)

[CurtRolandFan]

Super Video

Dustin isss soo cuteee^^

[purplegymshoes]

I know someone who looks just like him here!

[babybirl009]

that woman in the green wants to fuck him lol i dont blame her

[GlorifiedTruth]

@babybirl009 - If I'm not mistaken, that's Meredith Baxter-Birney, who recently came out as a lesbian. Still, it's possible, I guess!

[taysgram]

@GlorifiedTruth No hun. Thats Meredith MacRae. Her dad was a famous singer in musical pictures. I believe his name was Joel MacRae. Meredith Baxter played the mother of Michael Fox in a sitcom in the 1980s.

[GlorifiedTruth]

@taysgram - Boy, was I ever off! Thanks for the correction.

[imkluu]

@babybirl009 That is Meredith MecRea who played the oldest of the Bradley Sisters on Petticoat Junction and she is super fine. I'm sure Dustin would have loved to have been with her.I know I would have.

[bluestarangel18]

i cant believe dustin actually used to get turn down by woman wtf hes so cute...his voice sounds funny when he answers the questions lol

[purplegymshoes]

How did he get turned down? Wow! :O

[diddymuck]

arlene could peek under that floppy mask.

[dmyers53217]

I am so glad I found this video. If you can believe it I was in the studio audience that day, in December, 1968. I was a 17 year-old high school student on a trip from Wisconsin to New York, to visit the UN. Discovered that they were taping WML around the corner from our hotel. and managed to get tickets.

[dentelTV1]

Wow - how great! Hearing memories like that is one of the main reasons I love posting this stuff - Thanks!

[gmlch]

wow, that must be fun!

[colleen3217]

That's incredible!

[nerdflanders8710]

@dmyers53217 did they give you a bucket or a big that you could be sick into?

[nerdflanders8710]

@dmyers53217 who are the people in the panel???

I mean the chick called merediht.

[katford7286]

@nerdflanders8710 That's Meredith MacRae; she was very popular then and her dad was hugely famous on Broadway and in movies (Gordon MacRae). Her boyfriend that she mentioned, Greg Mullavey, was also an actor in the 70s ("B.J. and the Bear, " a tv series, was the only thing I can remember him in).

[jamsid33]

@dmyers53217 so what

[LouisMenchise]

@dmyers53217 Amazing! Consider this YOURS!

[Gnillob802]

The great Jane Withers (Bright Eyes, Giant) as Josephine the Plumber!

[9aspengold5]

OMG I am old, I remember both those commercials. eek!

[Sukriti]

He's so adorable and tiny and shy here hahahha XD

[mszsu]

fantastic humble actor

[calicobabe123]

he seems so shy rite here.

weird.

[Muffy2314]

A hint of things to come.

[proken58]

Wow! He's so introverted here. Now when he's on Letterman or Leno he's outgoing and hilarious!

[ce11ard00r]

He looks so young, from his days in The Graduate and Midnight Cowboy, yet the charismatic grin has never changed.

[SueBeaWho]

Great video, I actually remember the commercials!!