What's My Line? 10-1-1965 (3 of 3)

What's My Line? 10-1-1965 (3 of 3)

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• What's
• My
• Line?
• 10-1-1965
• Arlene
• Frances
• Milton
• Berle
• Oscar
• LeVant

[uofjim]

Milton Berle really is annoying

[ipmoic]

This was good therapy for Mr. Levant although he is truly falling apart here.

Hopefully @63utuber will look at "The Bandwagon" or "The Barkley's of Broadway" films to see Mr. Levant in a better light. Better yet, see "Rhythm On The River" or, especially, "Humoresque" to see him young and very "fresh"!

I agree with @soulierinvestments about Bennett. He was tactless about identifying Mr. Levant. His weak, cheap attempt at humor, at Oscar's expense, was disgraceful.

[LisaDawnn]

Squab? Why thank you Oscar. I never heard of you before this and now you just taught me a new word; squab. Should come in handy in Scrabble one day. All I know is: the more genius they are, the more stranger they appear.

[howbeautiful32]

I worked with and was friends with Mr. Levant in the 50s and 60s. He was a great deal of fun. I worked with his psychoanalyst as well.

[giuraesuda]

"dentelTV1" made an error labeling this video "10-1-1965." CBS broadcast it live in the eastern and central time zones on Sunday night, October 17, 1965.

[alanwatts1]

You might have to rewind the video a few seconds to catch this. While Oscar Levant is extending his arm to point to Dorothy Kilgallen, you can hear him say, referring to Kilgallen's alleged interview with him when her newspaper column was new, "It was just before Dr. Sheppard's murder."

Kilgallen's Voice of Broadway column started in November 1938. The murder of Dr. Sam Sheppard's wife Marilyn, which prompted Kilgallen and many other journalists to report on his trial, happened in July 1954.

[Trevoc2]

@onstageagain thanks for taking time to explain this bit of history. In the 50's I was living in another country, and in the 60's I was just learning English and not too familiar with the Whats My Line show, I preferred many of the other youth oriented shows. So, your explanation really helps to connect some of the missed dots of that period. Thanks!

[unclejuniorsoprano]

@DougStoneent This appearance did not hurt Oscar nor his image in the slightest. Levant was very much loved & had a huge fan following. Were he to appear any other way that this, I'd wonder if he was being impersonated by someone else. I only wish there were more videos of him around. He was stoned most of the time on his own TV show. If you really think that he shouldn't be seen in this condition, you got your wish, because there's only 1 surviving show.

[unclejuniorsoprano]

@uofjim Whom are you referring to? I cannot picture Levant frequenting clubs & stealing anything. I don't know how he'd even get to a nightclub in his typical condition & he was too spontaneous to ever need someone else's material. Levant was too authentic to have to copy anyone but himself.