Shea Stadium Usher on "What's My Line?"

I grew up near Shea so I saved this one for sentimental reasons...her gorgeous blonde polka-dotted Swedishness was a bonus! Joey Bishop and Helen Gurley Brown join the panel.

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Entertainment

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• What's My Line
• Shea Stadium
• John Charles Daly
• Arlene Francis
• Bennett Cerf
• Joey Bishop
• Helen Gurley Brown

[13loomisst]

Watching the guest shake hands with the panel, I had an afterthought. And it is one that I offer with some trepidation as I know our dear roots66 -- a beloved Prime Mover in these matters -- enjoys Hal Block. But after seeing him all these many times, it occurs to me that only he could make Joey Bishop seem like Abraham Lincoln, or at least Averill Harriman.

[roots66]

Ha! I didn't know I had a rep as a Block-booster!

[harrietcow]

Joey Bishop was very annoying here- I don't like when guest panelists yammer on and on, trying to be funny. Just play the damn game- and for heaven's sake, stop repeating what has already been established. I hate that!

Helen Gurley Brown- nice to see a guest panelist who could really play the game and not just fumble around like so many of them did. What an intelligent woman- I think she would have figured it out eventually. Too bad she didn't guest more often, I enjoyed her.

[jamsid33]

@xXxXBleedPurpleXxXx oh ok thanks

[xXxXBleedPurpleXxXx]

@jamsid33 she was an usher in the 60s lol

[dinosammy1]

@jamsid33 Duh

[soulierinvestments]

Freeze at 2:17 -- after Dorothy Kilgallen's death, the producers toyed with the idea of replacing her with Phyllis Newman and they also toyed with the idea of replacing Dorothy with some other bright professional female writer type. Among those types who appeared a number of times on WML-- Ms. Gurley Brown in her early modern period. The title on the screen suggests this was Ms. Brown's first appearance on WML.

[jamsid33]

but shea stadium doesnt exsist anymore how can she usher?

[XMLarry]

I love it when the panel is so totally baffled!

[wmlfan9]

"John loves it when we're stupid." (3:50) Joey may be onto something there.

[13loomisst]

@roots66 Yes, well, it took me a few tries to find it, not too many, but I was thinking of your remarks vis-a-vis the entertaining Face Lifter episode you provided.