Diaper Service--What's My Line

Arch Poole, manager of a diaper service, was a contestant on WML. This classic scene pushed the boundaries of 1950s censorship and led to John Daly momentarily walking off the set.

Episode originally aired on 03 March 1957.

Category:

Entertainment

Tags:

• Diapers
• What's
• My
• Line

[guerilla2]

Love the videos, keep em coming!!

Just curious, why are your videos stretched to widescreen format? Isn't the image stretched and distorted?

[crepehanger47]

Actually, it has to do with transferring them into mpg format--at least the program I use. When I record them off TV, the black bars are on the sides.

[soulierinvestments]

I am curious too. Do the modern widescreen TV formats leave the original standard ratios alone?

[crepehanger47]

Yes, the picture will come up with black sidebars on either side of the picture. When I record them, the bars are there, but in either encoding them into mpg form or something that YouTube does, the sidebars disappear.

[hankaaron1961]

Bennett could have gotten away with his "wee" comment if Arlene had not started to laugh.

[Muffy2314]

Daly did give too much away ar 5:39--still love him though.

[MattTheSaiyan]

These "What's My Line" clips are addictive!

[carlsperr]

Dorothy's reaction was hilarious also LOL

[MTPippin]

This is from the days of comedy of manners. An art that is almost dead, save for a slight ressurgence with damnyouautocorrect. From a time when people said things they didn't mena and felt bad about it, or said things that hinted dirty, but weren't.

[envy16kate]

laughed so hard at "could anyone on this panel ever wear such a thing?"

[calalilygirl]

@masonicemister Long story short I do not have it in for John! Anytime I have critcized it's been justified. There were definitely times if you listen and watch carefully, he DID reveal something that should not have been revealed. And it's something he would criticize and caution guests not to do when they were doing it. I actually did love him and found the show to never be quite as good without him.

[masonicemister]

@calalilygirl Why do you have it in for John? It's his job to moderate and amend the contestant's answers to ensure that the game is played fairly and that the panelists have a mutual understanding. If the guests thought he was butting in they could easily say something. I do agree that there are some parts where he need not make an amendment, but you seem to be critical of him on nearly every WML video. I personally think he's a brilliant host - a far cry from what you get today!

[calalilygirl]

@kaaa0rrrr Thats great they included that.

[calalilygirl]

Arlene got things going again!

[reno1uest]

@hankaaron1961 But that was the best part of the whole clip, Arlene's laughing at that point.

[AndriaCWDS]

Because I get asked so many times what I do with my diaper service, I can have may own laughs here! Thank you!

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