What's My Line? - 5 Feb 1961 - Mystery Guest Dorothy Kilgallen - Part 1 Prelude

[Attila709]

Rita Gam was a babe!

[proken58]

"Busy" is right about Arlene Francis during this period. Besides being on WML, she hosted a daily NYC radio talk show, often was in Broadway plays, was one of the hosts of NBC radio's weekend "Monitor" program, was a guest on prime time TV shows and was a frequent guest host of Jack Parr's Tonight Show.

[soulierinvestments]

5:22 Wow. Martin Gabel at the height of his sophisticated period.

5:39  Wow Debbie Reynolds at the height of her early luscious period.

5:55 Wow. Anthony Perkins in his early luscious period.

6:10 -- Arlene in her most busy period.

[44032]

Why was the audience "brave and courageous" to show up that night?

[soulierinvestments]

bad blizzard in New York City that particular night.

[YellowDogTV]

I always love seeing the introduction and good-night portions of the show to see what the panel says to/about each other! This clip has both, and that is wonderful!

[EDH1712]

Thank you so much, soulier.  This has made my day. :)

[dialectgirl]

Thank you, thank you, thank you!!! :):D

[WMLandPassword]

Sorry - I should have watched the other episodes before I asked - You wrote that she was hospitalized in the info box for part four.

Incidentally - was I the only one who felt that Debbie Reynolds' remark was rather rude?

[soulierinvestments]

No you are not the only one. Dear Debbie had tons of talent and many good qualities, but -- how shall we say? -- Debbie could be blunt.

[1borito]

Did I miss something? I only heard Debbie Reynolds say she was going to vote for Tony Perkins in the Academy Awards. I wondered if this was proper - to publicize your vote - but what was rude about it?

[ijustwanttosing]

I was referring to her comment in part 4 :-)

She shouted "I thought you were ill!?" - when she must have known that DK had been hospitalized (and probably known why too...)

[nyfachris81]

@1borito

Exaclty, if anything it showed strong support of a fellow actor's work that a lot of people thought should be rewarded. Considering that it's 50 years later and most people still believe the Academy was foolish in not nominating Anthony Perkins for Psycho, I think she was prescient and, yes, generous.

[WMLandPassword]

Thank you so much for sharing this with us!

Was Dorothy still in hospital? - I guess we all remember the Christmas episode from the previous year...

[soulierinvestments]

That Christmas episode might have been videotaped earlier in December 1960, so the panel / moderator could take a holiday.

In January, her health spiraled downward. The official explanation mentioned something about anemic blood, but her substance abuse problems certainly hurt her health.