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What's My Line?

Season 5 1953 - 1954
TV-G

  • 1953-09-07T02:30:00Z on CBS
  • 25m
  • 21h 40m (52 episodes)
  • United States
  • English
  • Game Show, Family, Comedy
What's My Line? was one of network television's longest running and most beloved prime time game shows, with a broadcast run of seventeen and one-half years. The game consisted of four panelists trying to guess the occupation of a guest contestant. As the questioning rotated, a panel member asked questions, and the guest would answer either "yes" or "no." A contestant received $5 for each "no" answer, and ten "no" answers ended the game in favor of the contestant. A mystery guest segment was also included, in which the panelists were blindfolded.

52 episodes

Season Premiere

1953-09-07T02:30:00Z

5x01 Roy Campanella

Season Premiere

5x01 Roy Campanella

  • 1953-09-07T02:30:00Z25m

Game 1: Miss Dolores Krilow - ""Lipstick Demonstrator"" (for Hazel Bishop, Inc. lipsticks; salaried; from Cleveland, OH) Game 2: George A. Conner, Jr. - ""Racetrack Pari-Mutuel Clerk"" (salaried; from Coral Gables, FL) Game 3: Roy Campanella (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Fred Houston - ""Rabbit Breeder"" (self-employed; from Warwick, NY)

1953-09-14T02:30:00Z

5x02 Ava Gardner

5x02 Ava Gardner

  • 1953-09-14T02:30:00Z25m

Game 1: Frank Allen - ""African Hunting Guide"" (self-employed; he is visiting America from his home country of England; he is a professional big game hunter in Nairobi and Kenya, where he is known as a ""great white hunter""; he was the technical advisor and the guide for the cast of the 1953 film ""Mogambo"" which features Clark Gable and tonight's mystery guest Ava Gardner) Game 2: Mrs. Charlotte M. Durofchalk - ""Runs Maternity Hospital"" (self-employed; from Johnson City, NY) Game 3: Ava Gardner (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Miss Ann Meservie - ""Wraps Moustache Wax"" (from Jersey City, NJ)

1953-09-21T02:30:00Z

5x03 Wally Cox

5x03 Wally Cox

  • 1953-09-21T02:30:00Z25m

Game 1: Mr. Thayne Robertson - ""Makes Wooden Indians"" (self-employed; because of his first name, John said he must have some Scotch blood, and Thayne replied ""some""; from Boise, ID) Game 2: Mrs. Elfrieda L. Fritz - ""Repairs Zippers"" (self-employed; from ""outside of Buffalo,"" NY) Game 3: Wally Cox (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Mrs. Jeanne P. Schikowski - ""Justice of the Peace"" (salaried; she is not a lawyer; from Huntsburg, OH)

1953-09-28T03:30:00Z

5x04 Lena Horne

5x04 Lena Horne

  • 1953-09-28T03:30:00Z25m

Game 1: Mrs. Dorothy Hughes - ""Mud Bath Attendant"" (at the Calistoga Hot Springs in northern California; salaried; from Calistoga, CA) Game 2: Miss Madge Taggart - ""Judge"" (for the City of Buffalo; salaried; from Buffalo, NY) Game 3: Lena Horne (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: George Wishansky - ""Chicken Plucker"" (salaried; from New York, NY)

1953-10-05T03:30:00Z

5x05 Gene Autry

5x05 Gene Autry

  • 1953-10-05T03:30:00Z25m

Game 1: Ed Hurley (he signed in as ""John Doe"" to avoid name recognition) - ""World Series Umpire"" (salaried; he is the umpire behind second base; no game was played because Dorothy guessed his occupation during the free guess segment; from Holyoke, MA) Game 2: Mrs. Blanche Hays - ""Smokes Fish"" (self-employed; from Fort Pierce, FL) Game 3: Gene Autry (as Mystery Guest) He wore a white cowboy hat. Game 4: Miss Mitzie LaForm - ""Flying Trapeze Artist"" (salaried; she is a member of The Flying LaForms and works with her parents Joe and Lilly; although not stated, she is with the Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Circus; from San Gabriel, CA; see notes below)

1953-10-12T03:30:00Z

5x06 Edward G. Robinson

5x06 Edward G. Robinson

  • 1953-10-12T03:30:00Z25m

Game 1: Mrs. Thomas Phillips - ""Dog Catcher"" (she includes the ""Mrs."" in her signature, abbreviates Thomas as Thos, and John never asks her first name; salaried; she also issues dog licenses; this sweet elderly lady has no teeth and tries her best to keep her mouth closed or covered; from Morristown, NJ) Game 2: Mrs. Nell Brisendine - ""Sells Men's Long Underwear"" (salaried; from Atlanta, GA) Game 3: Edward G. Robinson (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Fred Burg - ""Makes Breadboxes"" (salaried; from Bellerose, Long Island, NY)

1953-10-19T03:30:00Z

5x07 Eleanor Roosevelt

5x07 Eleanor Roosevelt

  • 1953-10-19T03:30:00Z25m

Game 1: Charles Meshech Frost - ""Makes Chewing Tobacco"" (for Bloodhound Chewing Tobacco Company, whose brand motto was ""A Dog-Gone Good Chew""; salaried; from North Carolina, city not named; he said he has a son named Jack, but this may have been a pun on Jack Frost, or maybe he truly does have a son named Jack; there is no way of knowing) Game 2: Mr. Ray Jones - ""Bathtub Salesman"" (salaried; from Maplewood, NJ) Game 3: Eleanor Roosevelt (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Mrs. Edith Hemstead - ""Writes Television Commercials"" (salaried; from Bellerose, Long Island, NY)

1953-10-26T03:30:00Z

5x08 Greer Garson

5x08 Greer Garson

  • 1953-10-26T03:30:00Z25m

Game 1: Miss Sunee Parker - ""Men's Barber"" (at the historic Sheraton Belvedere Hotel in Baltimore; salaried; Bennett uses the word ""tonsorial"" and confuses both John and the contestant; the word tonsorial is an adjective meaning ""of or relating to barbers and barbering"" such as ""tonsorial work""; from Baltimore, MD) Game 2: Mr. J. D. Myers (Jess D. Myers) - ""Manages Burlesque Theatre"" (salaried; he runs the Empire Theatre in his home town of Newark, NJ; see link below) Game 3: Greer Garson (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Fred Elsea - ""Makes Halloween False Faces"" (salaried; from Findlay, OH)

1953-11-02T03:30:00Z

5x09 Ezio Pinza

5x09 Ezio Pinza

  • 1953-11-02T03:30:00Z25m

Game 1: Mr. Roswell H. Johnson, Ph.D. - ""Marriage Counselor"" (at the American Institute for Family Relations; salaried; elderly; from Los Angeles, CA) Game 2: Bruce Stout - ""Makes Prison Locks"" (for the Yale Lock Company; salaried; from Stamford, CT; after his game, he presented John with gold keys for John and the panel members) Game 3: Ezio Pinza (as Mystery Guest)

1953-11-09T03:30:00Z

5x10 Lauren Bacall

5x10 Lauren Bacall

  • 1953-11-09T03:30:00Z25m

Game 1: Mrs. Carin Clareus - ""Makes False Teeth"" (self-employed; from Jackson Heights, NY) Game 2: Mr. Logan A. Gallagher - ""Manages All-Girl Baseball Team"" (self-employed; he is the manager of the Hagerstown Mollies baseball team; from Hagerstown, MD; from net info, the Hagerstown Mollies of Hagerstown, Maryland were not a team of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League which was in existence from 1943-1954; John said that his wife's mother comes from Hagerstown; at this time, John was married to Margaret Katherine ""Kit"" Daly) Game 3: Lauren Bacall (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Howard Harris - ""TV Gag Writer (For Jackie Gleason)"" (salaried; from Los Angeles, CA)

1953-11-16T03:30:00Z

5x11 Louella Parsons

5x11 Louella Parsons

  • 1953-11-16T03:30:00Z25m

Game 1: Benjamin Essrig - ""Drives Police Patrol Wagon"" (salaried; from Philadelphia, PA) Game 2: Miss Chrystal Conway - ""Mermaid In Fishbowl (Nightclub Act)"" (salaried; she does not perform in water, but on a ""reflective"" set per John; she has no music in her act; from San Francisco, CA) Game 3: Louella Parsons (as Mystery Guest)

1953-11-23T03:30:00Z

5x12 Van Johnson

5x12 Van Johnson

  • 1953-11-23T03:30:00Z25m

Game 1: Mrs. Hattie Sholes - ""Packs Sardines"" (salaried; elderly; from Rockland, ME) Game 2: Everett Meador - ""Makes Horses' Feedbags"" (salaried; from Brooklyn, NY) Game 3: Van Johnson (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Miss Lynne Gordon - ""Hypnotist"" (self-employed; from New York City, NY)

1953-11-30T03:30:00Z

5x13 George Raft

5x13 George Raft

  • 1953-11-30T03:30:00Z25m

Game 1: Rudy Turilli (he signed in with his birth name Serafino Turiello) - ""Owns and Operates Caves (Meramec Caverns Missouri)"" (self-employed; John explained that he signed in with his natal name because he had been the subject of a column Dorothy Kilgallen had once written, and they did not want her to recognize his name; his caves have stalagmites and stalactites and the tours are accompanied by music; his caves have the occasional bat or two; he wore a Lions Club lapel pin; originally from the Ozarks area of MO; he has several net references regarding the Jesse James Museum he also operated) Game 2: Mrs. Ruth Vanneman - ""Sells Garbage Cans"" (self-employed; petite; she sells large metal trash cans; from Vinings, GA; see notes below) Game 3: George Raft (as Mystery Guest)

1953-12-07T03:30:00Z

5x14 Nat King Cole

5x14 Nat King Cole

  • 1953-12-07T03:30:00Z25m

Game 1: John F. Short - ""Bullfighter"" (self-employed; he is a Matador and a member of the Mexican Bullfighters Union; from Philadelphia, PA) Game 2: Wm. H. Hall (William H. Hall) - ""Sells Flea Powder"" (for pets; salaried; from Miami, FL) Game 3: Nat King Cole (as Mystery Guest)

1953-12-14T03:30:00Z

5x15 Dave Garroway

5x15 Dave Garroway

  • 1953-12-14T03:30:00Z25m

Game 1: Mrs. Barbara Wright - ""Teaches Course For Expectant Mothers"" (self-employed; she is also a nurse and works with women during delivery; from Plymouth, MI) Game 2: Mrs. Hermina Wurtz - ""Fur Trapper"" (self-employed; from Bayfield, WI) Game 3: Dave Garroway (as Mystery Guest)

1953-12-21T03:30:00Z

5x16 Kirk Douglas

5x16 Kirk Douglas

  • 1953-12-21T03:30:00Z25m

Game 1: Ed Butters - ""Raises Reindeer"" (self-employed; from Coldwater, MI) Game 2: Mrs. Joyce Meier - ""Packs Mistletoe"" (salaried; from Comanche, TX) Game 3: Kirk Douglas (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Charles Winzelberg - ""Sells Wedding Rings"" (salaried; from New York City, NY)

1953-12-28T03:30:00Z

5x17 Steve Allen

5x17 Steve Allen

  • 1953-12-28T03:30:00Z25m

Game 1: Alfred Laurence - ""Champagne Salesman"" (for the New York State Wine Association; salaried; he is a wholesaler, not a dealer, in the Finger Lakes area of Upstate New York; he donated his winnings to Father Flanagan's Boys Town; from New York, NY) Game 2: Simon Pilshaw - ""Makes Ice Bags"" (salaried; from Middleboro, MA) Game 3: Steve Allen (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Miss Jennie Gatto - ""Complaint Adjuster (Macy's Department Store)"" (salaried; from Carlstadt, NJ)

1954-01-04T03:30:00Z

5x18 Robert F. Wagner, Jr.

5x18 Robert F. Wagner, Jr.

  • 1954-01-04T03:30:00Z25m

Game 1: Miss Sydell Shaw (Sydell Shaw, DDS) - ""Dentist"" (Dr. Shaw specializes in root canal therapy; from the net, we learn that she is one of the first female endodontists in the United States; from New York) Game 2: Art Gasior - ""Sells Marilyn Monroe Calendars"" (see notes below; from Chicago, IL) Game 3: Robert F. Wagner, Jr. (as Mystery Guest) ""The New Mayor of New York City"" Game 4: Miss Gella Block - ""Makes Matzoh Balls"" (in spite of Steve Allen's witty comment shown below, she is no relation to Hal Block; from New York)

1954-01-11T03:30:00Z

5x19 Brandon de Wilde

5x19 Brandon de Wilde

  • 1954-01-11T03:30:00Z25m

Game 1: Ghislaine Alexander (as Mystery Guest #1 and the panel is blindfolded) ""Panelist on What's My Line? in England"" (she donated her game winnings to an unnamed charity) Game 2: Walter Goss - ""Makes Handcuffs"" (for Smith & Wesson Firearms Corp.; salaried; from Agawam, MA) Game 3: Brandon de Wilde (as Mystery Guest #2) Game 4: Miss Joan Myers - ""Teaches Hawaiian Hula Dancing"" (salaried; from Union Beach, NJ)

1954-01-18T03:30:00Z

5x20 Joan Fontaine

5x20 Joan Fontaine

  • 1954-01-18T03:30:00Z25m

Game 1: Mrs. Janet May - ""Lingerie Model"" (salaried; she receives a lot of whistles from the audience; from Mission, KS) Game 2: Charles Morris - ""Sells Worms"" (self-employed; he orders 1000 mudworms from Maine, sells them and reorders; from Brigantine, NJ) Game 3: Joan Fontaine (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Ed Cunniffe - ""Salami Stuffer"" (salaried; comments are made about his colorful clothes, even though he is wearing a suit; from Jackson Heights, NY)
In an unusual move, John stated that there was no time for the next scheduled guest and named him. It sounded like John said Mr. Bernaise Johnson or perhaps Mr. Bernays Johnson. Maybe it was even Bern ""Ace"" Johnson - the spelling is unknown.

1954-01-25T03:30:00Z

5x21 Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis

5x21 Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis

  • 1954-01-25T03:30:00Z25m

Game 1: A female Scottish kilt maker Game 2: Guy Madison (as Mystery Guest #1) Game 3: Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis (as Mystery Guest Duo)

1954-02-01T03:30:00Z

5x22 Richard Widmark

5x22 Richard Widmark

  • 1954-02-01T03:30:00Z25m

Game 1: Mr. J. L. May (Julius L. May) ""Prints Parking Tickets"" (for many cities around the country; salaried; he wears a hearing aid; he donated his $50 winnings to the March of Dimes; from New York, NY) Game 2: Mrs. Ammie E. (Shorty) Greer (Mrs. Charles Greer) - ""Gorilla Hunter"" (self-employed; very petite; from Houston, TX) Game 3: Richard Widmark (as Mystery Guest)

1954-02-08T03:30:00Z

5x23 John Hodiak

5x23 John Hodiak

  • 1954-02-08T03:30:00Z25m

Game 1: Mrs. Eve Aldrich - ""Snake Charmer"" (salaried; from Waterloo, IL) Game 2: Leo Stein ""Bullet-Proof Vest Maker"" (self-employed; from Chicago, IL) Game 3: John Hodiak (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Dick LaVangie (probably Richard LaVangie) - ""Jelly Bean Polisher"" (salaried; from Boston, MA)

1954-02-15T03:30:00Z

5x24 Julius LaRosa

5x24 Julius LaRosa

  • 1954-02-15T03:30:00Z25m

Game 1: Mr. Nils Brekke - ""Owns and Operates Model Agency"" (self-employed; his company is the Patricia Stevens Agency in his home town of Washington, D.C.) Game 2: Mrs. Cecile Salomon - ""Hog Breeder"" (self-employed; she donated her winnings to the March of Dimes; from Escondido, CA) Game 3: Julius LaRosa (as Mystery Guest)

1954-02-22T03:30:00Z

5x25 Lucille Ball

5x25 Lucille Ball

  • 1954-02-22T03:30:00Z25m

Game 1: Francis Vaughn - ""Kansas State Board Movie Censor"" (salaried; from Bonner Springs, KS) Game 2: Cliff Olsen - ""Sells Maternity Clothes"" (salaried; from Hickory, NC) Game 3: Lucille Ball (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Tom Wiswell - ""World's Champion Checkers Player"" (self-employed; from Brooklyn, NY; Tom reigned undefeated as the world's professional checkers champion from the early 1950s to the mid 1970s. He also authored books, wrote 10,000 proverbs and taught other checkers players.)

1954-03-01T03:30:00Z

5x26 Helen Traubel

5x26 Helen Traubel

  • 1954-03-01T03:30:00Z25m

Game 1: A Fuller Brush woman (the panel guessed her) Game 2: Harry Ball - ""Horse Dentist"" (he stumped the panel; Dr. Ball will also be a contestant on EPISODE #868 on July 9, 1967) Game 3: Helen Traubel (as Mystery Guest) (the panel guessed her)

1954-03-08T03:30:00Z

5x27 Andre Kostelanetz

5x27 Andre Kostelanetz

  • 1954-03-08T03:30:00Z25m

Game 1: Criminal Lawyer (the panel guessed it) Game 2: Makes Exploding Cigars (stumped the panel) Game 3: Andre Kostelanetz (as Mystery Guest) (the panel guessed him)

1954-03-15T03:30:00Z

5x28 Louis Armstrong

5x28 Louis Armstrong

  • 1954-03-15T03:30:00Z25m

Game 1: Audrey Conte - ""Pabst Brewery Guide"" (salaried; from Wisconsin) Game 2: Oran Nance, Jr. - ""Exhibits Stuffed Whale on Tour"" (salaried; from Los Angeles, CA) Game 3: Louis Armstrong (as Mystery Guest) He signed in as ""Louis Satchmo Armstrong"" Game 4: George Vozella - ""Diaper Inspector"" (salaried; from Walpole, MA)

1954-03-22T03:30:00Z

5x29 Fredric March

5x29 Fredric March

  • 1954-03-22T03:30:00Z25m

Game 1: Jill Kollmar & Dickie Kollmar (as Mystery Guest Duo) ""Dorothy's Other Children"" They took turns signing in as ""Jill and Dickie Kollmar"" Game 2: Mrs. Bette LeVan - ""Deals Cards in Gambling Casino"" (at the Condado Beach Hotel; salaried; from San Juan, Puerto Rico) Game 3: Fredric March (as Mystery Guest #2)

1954-03-29T03:30:00Z

5x30 Vaughn Monroe

5x30 Vaughn Monroe

  • 1954-03-29T03:30:00Z25m

Game 1: Mrs. Rosebud Caparruva - ""Issues Marriage Licenses"" (salaried; from Elizabeth, NJ) Game 2: Mrs. Carol Foley - ""Riveter"" (for Republic Aviation Corporation; salaried; from Massapequa Park, NY) Game 3: Vaughn Monroe (as Guest)

1954-04-05T03:30:00Z

5x31 Janet Leigh

5x31 Janet Leigh

  • 1954-04-05T03:30:00Z25m

Game 1: Miss Jean Desmond - ""Tests Girdles"" (salaried; she test-wears Biflex Girdles for Biflex International Inc.; from Hewlett, Long Island, NY) Game 2: Mrs. Elizabeth J. Bancroft - ""Sword Swallower"" (salaried; she performs with the Ringling Brothers Circus which is currently in NY; from North Hampton, MA; she has such a severe case of laryngitis that she can barely speak!) Game 3: Janet Leigh (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Miss Greta Morgan - ""Manages Boiler Factory"" (salaried; from Vienna, Austria)

1954-04-12T03:30:00Z

5x32 William Bendix

5x32 William Bendix

  • 1954-04-12T03:30:00Z25m

Game 1: Paul Parker - ""Merry-Go-Round Manufacturer"" (self-employed; from Leavenworth, KS) Game 2: Mr. Denver Kathary - ""Makes Baby Bottles"" (salaried; he wore a Masonic ring; from Mt. Vernon, OH) Game 3: William Bendix (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Miss Dolores Lee - ""Professional Baseball Pitcher"" (salaried; from Jersey City, NJ; see notes below)

1954-04-19T03:30:00Z

5x33 Ed Wynn

5x33 Ed Wynn

  • 1954-04-19T03:30:00Z25m

Game 1: Elmer Keys Burns - ""Makes Arch Supports"" (self-employed; from Waterbury, CT) Game 2: Fred Ford - ""Knife Thrower (Ringling Brothers Circus)"" (salaried; his act is a part of the circus sideshow; from Ashtabula, OH) Game 3: Ed Wynn (as Mystery Guest)

1954-04-26T02:30:00Z

5x34 Arlene Dahl

5x34 Arlene Dahl

  • 1954-04-26T02:30:00Z25m

Game 1: Jack London - ""Professional Pickpocket (Vaudeville Act)"" (self-employed; he does not give us a sample of his pickpocket act; from New York, NY) Game 2: Mrs. Estelle Gill - ""Sells Bubble Bath"" (salaried; from Los Angeles, CA) Game 3: Arlene Dahl (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: John Miller - ""Ferry Boat Captain"" (from Patchogue to Davis Park, across the Great South Bay; from Long Island, NY)

1954-05-03T02:30:00Z

5x35 Jeanne Crain

5x35 Jeanne Crain

  • 1954-05-03T02:30:00Z25m

Game 1: Walter H. Jones - ""Manages Garbage Dump"" (salaried; he also has a part-time job as the mayor of his home town of Scotch Plains, NJ; after his game, he presented John with a small 3"" sterling silver garbage can) Game 2: Mrs. Nell S. Lewallen - ""Makes Headache Powders"" (self-employed; from Winston-Salem, NC; after her game, she gave John some product samples of her product, Goody's Headache Powders, which he briefly held up to the camera; see notes below) Game 3: Jeanne Crain (as Mystery Guest)

1954-05-10T02:30:00Z

5x36 Gertrude Berg

5x36 Gertrude Berg

  • 1954-05-10T02:30:00Z25m

Game 1: Max Fogel - ""Manufactures Anti-Snoring Device"" (self-employed; to prevent snoring, his product ties under the chin and keeps the mouth closed; from Brooklyn, NY) Game 2: Abraham Moss - ""Lord Mayor of Manchester, England"" (salaried; he is in America because BOAC Airlines has opened up the first airlink between Manchester, England and New York) Game 3: Gertrude Berg (as Mystery Guest)

1954-05-17T02:30:00Z

5x37 Art Carney

5x37 Art Carney

  • 1954-05-17T02:30:00Z25m

Game 1: Mrs. Wilma Sacremento - ""Traffic Cop"" (salaried; at the end of her game, she said good night to her son Anthony; although referenced several times, her name is not spelled the same as Sacramento, the state capitol of California; from North Braddock, PA) Game 2: Jack Sirkin - ""Makes Hair Growing Lotion"" (salaried; his product, HAYR For HAIR, is sold only in barber and beauty shops; from Newark, NJ) Game 3: Art Carney (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Timothy J. Turpin - ""Pizza Pie Factory Manager"" (salaried; he manages the Giuseppe Pizza Restaurant in his home town of Philadelphia, PA)

1954-05-24T02:30:00Z

5x38 Ted Williams

5x38 Ted Williams

  • 1954-05-24T02:30:00Z25m

Game 1: Lt. Lewis Disney - ""Head of Uniformed Guards (ARMY-McCarthy Hearings)"" (salaried; from Hyattsville, MD; see notes below about the Hearings) Game 2: Mrs. Cora Sayler - ""Washes Cows (At Dairy Farm)"" (salaried; she works for Walker-Gordon Dairy Farm; she cleans the cows with a hose; from Cranbury, NJ; as a joke on the panel, she also will appear on EPISODE #229 on October 17, 1954, and she will stump the panel for a second time!) Game 3: Ted Williams (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Mrs. Dorothy Gerhardt - ""Exterminator"" (salaried; from Holyoke, MA)

1954-05-31T02:30:00Z

5x39 Eartha Kitt

5x39 Eartha Kitt

  • 1954-05-31T02:30:00Z25m

Game 1: Mrs. Helen Cutillo - ""Drives Trolley Car"" (salaried; she works for the privately-owned Philadelphia Transit System; from Philadelphia, PA) Game 2: Ferd T. Hopkins (Ferdinand T. Hopkins) - ""Makes Seasick Remedy"" (self-employed; elderly; from Somers, NY, in New York's Westchester County) Game 3: Eartha Kitt (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Miss An'a Tarasevich (she included the apostrophe in her first name) - ""Owns & Operates Bar"" (self-employed; from Newark, NJ)

5x40 Gracie Allen & George Burns

  • 1954-06-07T02:30:00Z25m

Game 1: Al Buta - ""Designs Sewer Manholes"" (salaried; he is currently working on a design project in Miami, FL; John described the manhole as being the entire underground enclosed structure, not simply a hole with a cover; from Hollywood, FL) Game 2: Miss Brigitte Friang - ""War Correspondent (Indo-China)"" (salaried; she has just recently returned from an assignment in Indochina, where she began her service there by parachuting in; Arlene had previously met her and voluntarily disqualified herself; from Paris, France) Game 3: Gracie Allen & George Burns (as Mystery Guest Duo) Gracie signed in for both of them as ""George"" ""Gracie"" Game 4: Jack Dunham - ""House Detective (Hotel Astor)"" (salaried; he is an in-house private detective; John gave the panel 55 seconds for his game; from New York)

1954-06-14T02:30:00Z

5x41 Les Paul & Mary Ford

5x41 Les Paul & Mary Ford

  • 1954-06-14T02:30:00Z25m

Game 1: Mrs. Mona Leese - ""Corset Buyer"" (salaried; from Chicago, IL) Game 2: Mrs. Mary Monk - ""Counts Nickels (From Parking Meters)"" (salaried; from Pontiac, MI) Game 3: Les Paul & Mary Ford (as Mystery Guest Duo) Game 4: Joseph Carrieri (Joe Carrieri) - ""Bat Boy (New York Yankees)"" (salaried; John asked him if he could call him Joe; from New York; see notes below)

1954-06-21T02:30:00Z

5x42 Doris Day

5x42 Doris Day

  • 1954-06-21T02:30:00Z25m

Game 1: Mrs. Mildred Alkire - ""Bricklayer"" (self-employed; from San Diego, CA; John tells her that he knows another person in San Diego, the great newsman Paul White) Game 2: Leon C. Otis - ""Dog Muzzle Manufacturer"" (self-employed; he owns the Leathercraft Company and donated his winnings to the Boys Work Fund of the Optimist Club of West Philadelphia; from Philadelphia, PA) Game 3: Doris Day (as Mystery Guest)

1954-06-28T02:30:00Z

5x43 Senator Karl E. Mundt

5x43 Senator Karl E. Mundt

  • 1954-06-28T02:30:00Z25m

Game 1: Mrs. Nina Conard - ""Delivers Newspapers"" (self-employed; elderly; she delivers The Bulletin in a trundle cart; she has delivered newspapers for 37 years, but it is unknown if all of her years have been at The Philadelphia Evening Bulletin; from Bridesburg, PA, a suburb of Philadelphia, PA) Game 2: Arthur Rimpal - ""Stuffs Boxing Gloves"" (salaried; he puts horsehair padding in the gloves; from New York, NY) Game 3: Senator Karl E. Mundt (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Miss Bev Beman (probably Beverly Beman) - ""Greeting Card Verse Writer"" (for Hallmark Greeting Cards; salaried; from Ottumwa, IA)

1954-07-05T02:30:00Z

5x44 Spike Jones

5x44 Spike Jones

  • 1954-07-05T02:30:00Z25m

Game 1: Harry Cintron - ""Runs Elevator In Statue Of Liberty"" (on Bedloe's Island; salaried; he is so nervous, he is barely able to smile; from New York) Game 2: Mrs. Lillian Wohl - ""Teaches Course For Expectant Parents"" (salaried; she works for the Red Cross and donated her winnings to them; from New York) Game 3: Spike Jones (as Mystery Guest) Born ""Lindley Armstrong Jones"" Game 4: Mrs. Isabel Serrano - ""Weight Guesser"" (salaried; for perhaps the first time ever, John dispensed with the free guess due to a shortage of time; from Margate, NJ)

1954-07-12T02:30:00Z

5x45 Willie Mays

5x45 Willie Mays

  • 1954-07-12T02:30:00Z25m

Game 1: Mrs. Mary Jane Hagen - ""Underwater Ballerina"" (salaried; she performs at the Marlin Beach Hotel in her hometown of Ft. Lauderdale, FL) Game 2: Arthur Valentine - ""Racetrack Bookie"" (self-employed; at Arlene's request, he gave a demonstration of his bookmaking hand/arm signals, but unfortunately the camera was not on him; from Wales, Great Britain) Game 3: Willie Mays (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Johnny Chick - ""Makes Moth Balls"" (salaried; from Jersey City, NJ)

1954-07-19T02:30:00Z

5x46 Judy Canova

5x46 Judy Canova

  • 1954-07-19T02:30:00Z25m

Game 1: Miss Carol Rubin - ""Lifeguard (At Army Camp)"" (salaried; she works at the officer's club; Arlene won this game on the free guess and apologized multiple times; from Fort Monmouth, NJ) Game 2: Miss Charlene Schaefer - ""Makes Mouse Traps"" (salaried; from Marengo, IL) Game 3: Judy Canova (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: John Conrad - ""Operates Lie Detector"" (self-employed; he takes his portable unit to the public and goes into their homes; from New York)

1954-07-26T02:30:00Z

5x47 Dorothy McGuire

5x47 Dorothy McGuire

  • 1954-07-26T02:30:00Z25m

Game 1: William K. Murphy - ""Manufactures Murphy Beds"" (self-employed; his father designed this bed which can be folded or swung into a cabinet when not being used; from Douglaston, Long Island, NY) Game 2: Mrs. Forrest Burright (Neva Burright aka Grandma Burright) - ""Official Race Track Timer"" (salaried; she times harness racing; she works at Sportsman's Park in Chicago, and also owns a racing horse; elderly; small handwriting which John called attention to; originally from Oregon, IL; currently from Cicero, IL; see notes below) Game 3: Dorothy McGuire (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Miss Zita D. Landy - ""Diamond Buyer"" (for Van Cleef & Arpels; salaried; she has a French accent; from Forest Hills, NY)

1954-08-02T02:30:00Z

5x48 Jayne Meadows

5x48 Jayne Meadows

  • 1954-08-02T02:30:00Z25m

Game 1: George Burnside - ""Manager of Grant's Tomb"" (salaried; the tomb is run by a private association; from Lake Ronkonkoma, Long Island, NY) Game 2: James Nelson White - ""Runs Beauty Contests"" (self-employed; he wore a lapel watch; height 6'3""; he ran the recent Miss Universe Pageant in SC; from Spartanburg, SC Game 3: Jayne Meadows (as Mystery Guest) The overlay screen read ""Mrs. Steve Allen"" Game 4: Mr. C. Ellis Harbesin - ""Dog Psychologist"" (salaried; he helps dogs with behavioral problems; from Darien, CT)

1954-08-09T02:30:00Z

5x49 Eva Gabor

5x49 Eva Gabor

  • 1954-08-09T02:30:00Z25m

Game 1: Stephan J. Zold - ""Professional Wrestler"" (self-employed; his professional name was not stated; from Riverside, Ontario, Canada) Game 2: Miss Nancy L. Taylor - ""ANOTHER Professional Wrestler"" (self-employed; her professional name is ""Daisy Mae, the Hillbilly Wrestler""; from Columbia, SC) Game 3: Eva Gabor (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Miss Betty Lehn - ""Pretzel Bender"" (salaried; she hand-twists prretzel dough; from Lititz, PA)

1954-08-16T02:30:00Z

5x50 Bob Smith & Howdy Doody

5x50 Bob Smith & Howdy Doody

  • 1954-08-16T02:30:00Z25m

Game 1: Major Daniel James, Jr. - ""Jet Fighter Pilot (U. S. Air Force)"" (salaried; African-American; he is the commander of the 437th fighter interceptor squadron based at Otis Field; he flew 101 combat missions in Korea; from Pensacola, FL) Game 2: Benjamin Keeney (pronounced as Kinney) - ""Operates Skirt-Blowing Machine (Amusement Park)"" (salaried; he works at the Rockaways' Playland Amusement Park at Rockaway Beach, Queens, NY; from Richmond Hill, Long Island, NY) Game 3: Bob Smith & Howdy Doody (as Mystery Guest Duo) Game 4: Mrs. Rozana Ruehrmund - ""Bill Collector"" (salaried; her time was limited and John failed to ask the name of her hometown)

1954-08-23T02:30:00Z

5x51 Johnnie Ray

5x51 Johnnie Ray

  • 1954-08-23T02:30:00Z25m

Game 1: Mrs. Mary Detweiler - ""Stitches Baseballs"" (salaried; she works out of her home; from Perkasie, PA) Game 2: Frank Clancy - ""Captain of Garbage Scow"" (salaried; from New York, NY) Game 3: Johnnie Ray (as Mystery Guest)

1954-08-30T02:30:00Z

5x52 Debbie Reynolds

5x52 Debbie Reynolds

  • 1954-08-30T02:30:00Z25m

Game 1: Mrs. Mary Hoffman - ""Bar Room Bouncer"" (salaried; she works at Steve Brodie's Bar - or maybe it is spelled Steve Brody's Bar - in her hometown of Philadelphia, PA) Game 2: Ivy Baker Priest (as Mystery Guest #1) Her occupation overlay screen read ""Ivy Baker Priest, Treasurer of United States"" Game 3: Debbie Reynolds (as Mystery Guest #2) Game 4: John A. McConaghy - ""Sells Telephone Booths"" (for the Telephone Booth Service Company; salaried; from Havertown, PA)

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