Miyoshi Umeki--What's My Line

Miyoshi Umeki was the mystery guest on the 11 May 1958 episode of WML.

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[MahBoi22]

My God she's adorable! Her smile is so cute. You just can't help but love her!

[SueBeaWho]

God, she is so pretty!

[tomitstube]

@bugmenever ~ interesting. thanks.

[bugmenever]

@tomitstube You see the black strobe effect when her ornament bounces about and the light catches it? That means the film is being overexposed due to these flashes of light. Now it may not be that apparent on film but it was probably playing merry hell with the cameraman's visor.

[arashtony]

"Is it possible that you could be Shirley Yamaguchi?"

"Shirley Yamaguchi, did you say?"

"Yes."

"No, that makes it seven down and three to go. Miss Kilgallen."

LOL

[tomitstube]

@deltaray3 ~ the distinction of not being a part of the "asiatic continent" was probably made by myoshi and nobody really wanted to challenge her on it. there was no reason to call her out on a cultural nuance that the panel, like you, wasn't really sure about. in short, asians have the same ethnic diversity as anglos, africanas, or latino's, and japan has lingering ethnic conflicts much like america does. i'm guessing her answer derived from that slightly skewed perspective.

[tomitstube]

@alexis13thirteen ~ a little bit, more so with the mispronunciation. in arlene's defense, she could never resist exaggerating any accent for some reason, even american ones. she made up for it later with the gracious compliments on myoshi's work.

[tomitstube]

@weightfeather1 ~ good point, due to the several metallic pieces dangling like wind chimes it wouldn't matter where the spot lights were, the camera was going to pick up several direct reflections.

[alexis13thirteen]

"Ah, ah, ah. Sukiyaki time!" Boy, is that racist.

[AsianAlaskan]

she looks like the asian Elizabeth Taylor

[myexodusxo]

@deltaray3 She wasn't born "on the continent" - Japan is an island. It's separate from the geographical continent.

[deltaray3]

I guess I don't understand what Asianic Continent means since she said that she was not born on the Asianic Continent. Can't find anything online about this point. Maybe it doesn't include Japan? Or wasn't commonly considered to in the 50s? This clip is interesting. Only 4 years after the start of television.