What's my Line? Edie Adams

[4thekidsTV]

Ms.Adams appeared on this show twice..the second time she was on with her husband..

Mr.Kovacs.

[uhohwhoops]

Ahahaha i actually laughed out loud at the dishes part

[Richard40171]

Edie still sent by Edith then. Actually I find her more sensuous than Marilyn. As for laughter, as one poster mentioned. I think the most charming laugh was Phylis Diller's. That woman could really laugh in an unaffected manner, as evidenced by her appearance on this program or on the Friars Roasts.

[HowardOfOz3565]

There is certainly no doubt of the good fortune Ernie Kovacs had...incredible comedic talent and an incerdibly beautiful wife who loved him dearly......we should all be so lucky

[proken58]

When Ernie was killed, he was heavily in debt. Edie didn't realize that and was shocked when she found out. She worked many years in nightclubs and did many TV commercials to pay off that debt.

[funkeekatt]

She wore her perfume. What a foolish thing.

[conceka]

Why aren't you home with the dishes??? hahahaha best part!!!

[mca1218]

Ernie Kovacs's slow, wry discovery from 3:15 on is a thing of beauty. I loved it when the mystery guests were espoused to a member of the panel. And I've had a crush on Edith (Edie) Adams for a long time- from "Cinderella" to "It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World."

[Galantski]

@mca1218 - Yes, that's an absolutely great take by him; putting his hand up to his mask, you can see him mulling it over in his mind. It's moments like this that made the show so great. I've often wondered whether a show like that would make it today. My gut feeling is no, that it's too locked into it's era in terms of interpersonal dealings that just aren't the same any more, but I'd love to be proven wrong. Anyway, good observation.

[zabadu]

Ernie knew who it was. Edie said he could fool her 100% of the time, however.

[nellen17]

Terrific .. Just Terrific . I so miss my very bright and talented friend, Edie Adams .. Glad to have seen this clip .. Thank you.

[60sThru80s]

I love seeing Ernie laugh. Same as the time when he was a "mystery guest" and was laughing so much at Dorothy K's screech of recognition. Come to think of it, I feel the same way when I see Lucille Ball or Carol Burnett laugh.

I guess there is something more satisfying seeing one of these great comedians laugh than seeing anyone else laugh. It's almost like seeing a small bit of payback for all the laughs they've given, it's wonderful to see them enjoying the same.

[torchkit]

"Why aren't you home with the dishes?" Men sure knew how to handle their women back then.

[Etnalleb]

That's right , the 50's was a decade of Utopia for men ...today a remark like that he would have gotten the dishes thrown at him, plus a month on the sofa. Roles are reversed today lol.

[HowardOfOz]

mmmm what a dish!

[soulierinvestments]

Parties at the Kovacs house must have been something to behold, what with Ernie cracking wise and Edie standing at the piano to sing ballads.

A few months earlier, she performed a very sophisticated fairy Godmother in Rodgers and Hammerstein's life TV broadcast of Cinderella. Thank heaven someone at CBS had the presence of mind to kinescope it, even if it was in black and white.

[prchristman]

Can't think of too many times when spouses fooled each other on this show. I think Steve Allen missed Jayne Meadows, if memory serves me right. Too many clues left with the voice, perfume, and whatnot.