Sun, Jan 4, 1959
Tony Randall returns as guest panelist this evening with Dorothy, Arlene, Bennett and John Daly for the first show of the new year. The first challenger is a woman from Lowell, Kentucky who is a deputy sheriff. Next up, one A.W. Clark of Waco, Texas is introduced and he makes foot warmers. Celeste Holm is the mystery guest and John Daly and Arlene Francis congratulate her for her performance in "Third Best Sport," a Broadway comedy that opened just a few days earlier. Last up was a young German woman who emigrated from her native Hamburg. She is the elevator operator at the venerable, and now defunct department store, Bonwit Teller.
Sun, Jan 11, 1959
Guest host Dick Powell joins the panel on tonight's show. The first challenger is the warden of Washington State penitentiary, followed by a woman from Omaha, Nebraska who is a masseuse. Joseph Cotten, currently co-starring with Arlene Francis on Broadway in "Once More, With Feeling" is the mystery guest. John Daly mentions that January is the month for non-citizens to come forth and register at designated offices around the country. To finish off this very lively show, are two men, who sign in as Holmes and Watson. The two are lifeguards in Florida.
Sun, Jan 18, 1959
Guest panelist, Van Heflin, joins the panel on what John Daly calls this very cold evening. The first challenger is the host of the Canadian "What's My Line" and Bennett Cerf and John Daly persuade him to simulate how he would sound to a French-Canadian audience. The second challenger, a 64 year old woman from Newton, Kansas is the night watchman for the Merchants'of Kansas facility. Richard Boone is this evening's mystery guest. He and John Daly discuss his success on his very popular TV series, "Have Gun, Will Travel" and to promote his incipient Broadway opening in the drama, called "The Rivalry" This was another play about Abraham Lincoln, within the context of the Lincoln-Douglas debates, in a season with where Lincoln is a popular subject - aptly so, to mark the 150th anniversary of his birth. Martin Gabel plays opposite Boone, as Stephen Douglas.
Sun, Jan 25, 1959
David Niven returns as a guest panelist in tonight's episode. First up, a Toronto woman who is in a knife throwing act, her husband, the one who throws the knives. The second challenger is a California woman who makes saddles. The mystery guest is Paul Newman, who confounds the panel, because he's appearing in a dramatic film, "Cat On A Hot Tin Roof" and a comedy, "Rally 'Round The Flag, Boys" both of which are playing at Broadway movie houses. John Daly congratulates him when Newman mentions that his wife, Joanne Woodward, is pregnant with their first child. As well, Newman is in rehearsal for the opening of the Tennessee Williams play, "Sweet Bird of Youth." Within weeks, Oscar nominations will be announced and panelist David Niven and Paul Newman will be in competition for the Oscar. David Niven will be the winner for his performance in "Separate Tables." Newman makes his appearance tonight on the eve of his 34th birthday.
Sun, Feb 1, 1959
As the broadcast begins, Representative James Roosevelt (D-California and son of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt) joins the panel this evening. The panel are blindfolded for the first challenger, European heavyweight boxing champion, Ingemar Johansson. John Daly thought his Swedish accent might have helped the panel guess his identity, hence the need to blindfold them. Next up is Mr. J.R. Hanahan from Columbia, SC and a termite exterminator. Mystery guest, Burl Ives, appears tonight and John Daly congratulates him on his performance in the 1958 film, "Cat On A Hot Tin Roof" and Daly calls his performance Oscar worthy (Ironically, Ives would win an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor that year for his performance in "The Big Country"). The final challenger is a Brooklyn man, who is a beer tester.
Sun, Feb 8, 1959
Tom Poston returns tonight as guest panelist, along with Arlene, Dorothy, and Martin Gabel, who is filling in for the vacationing Bennett Cerf. Dorothy Kilgallen introduces and congratulates Gabel on the success of the opening the previous evening of the new play in which he stars: "The Rivalry". The production played for 81 performances. The first challenger is a French woman who is the private secretary to the Duchess of Windsor. Next up is one Norma Dean of Miami, Florida, who dives 40 feet into a tank - on horseback into 12 feet of water. Mystery guests are Marge and Gower Champion.
Sun, Feb 15, 1959
Martin Gabel returns this week, along with guest panelist, Robert Cummings. Challenger Number 1 is Helen P. Mann, who hails from Boston. Her glamorous looks belie her 'line' - she tracks missiles at Cape Canaveral, Florida (to the degree that she can track the exact location of a nosecone.) The second challenger this evening is Mrs. Helen Mitchell, a Pennsylvania woman who owns her own business - she sells sewer pipe. Mystery guest, Maria Schell, appears tonight to promote her newly released film, "The Hanging Tree," starring Gary Cooper and marking the film bow of George C. Scott. It has just opened at the Roxy Theater in New York City and Miss Schell mentions her upcoming "Playhouse 90" presentation of "For Whom The Bell Tolls." Martin Gabel graciously remarks what a remarkable cast has been assembled for this television production. The final challenger of the evening is Mr. John Muldowney of Trenton, NJ - he makes flea powder. Before bidding the panel good night, John Daly mentions that Richard Boone, Martin Gabel's co-star in "The Rivalry" will appear next week as a guest panelist and that Bennett Cerf is still on vacation, "taking the South by storm."
Sun, Feb 22, 1959
Former-mystery-guest-turned-panelist Richard Boone joins Arlene, Dorothy and his current costar in Broadway's "The Rivalry", Martin Gabel, for tonight's show. First up is a burly Indiana man who is a bridal consultant, followed by a California woman, one Miss Dietrich (no relation to Marlene), who is the chief pilot of aircraft company. Mystery guest Johnny Mathis is quickly identified by Dorothy Kilgallen, when she asks if he autographed a pair of her shoes recently and he confesses, happily to say that, indeed, he had (evidently, this was a hobby of Kilgallen's and her daughter.) John Daly mentions that Mathis has requested his $50 be donated to The Heart Fund, one that has special meaning for Mathis and his family. Finally, two Brooklyn men, Don Stewart and Carl Marlow, have fun with the panel, but time is short, and Daly discloses that they hold cue cards for Perry Como during his hugely popular variety hour, which airs from an NBC studio each week from .. Brooklyn. Daly announces that Bennett Cerf will return for next Sunday's broadcast.
Sun, Mar 1, 1959
Bennett Cerf returns this week, and Keenan Wynn is the guest panelist tonight. The first challenger is a Japanese woman, who is a professional billiards player. In fact, she is the world's woman's champion. Next up is a New York City woman, Mrs. Shirley Morabito, who is a medicine taster for drug manufacturer Pfizer. In an awkward moment, as Mrs. Morabito is getting ready to depart, Cerf asks her how she's able to swallow all of that medication, geared for various ailments. Arlene leans over to him to explain that she tastes, but does not swallow the product. Mystery guest is Noel Coward, in New York on the eve of the opening of his show "Look After Lulu", which opens on Broadway that Tuesday, March 3rd. At the close of the show, Daly thanks Martin Gabel for sitting in for Cerf and mentions that a viewer sent a four cent postcard, commemorating Stephen Douglas. She hopes Daly will pass it along to Martin Gabel, who is currently playing US history's "Little Giant" in the drama, "The Rivalry."
Sun, Mar 8, 1959
Jack Lemmon joins the panel again this week, along with Arlene, Dorothy, and Bennett Cerf. First challenger is a a former football player (ranking third in passing for the 1956 college football season), and he now runs a charm school for women. Next up is a very attractive woman from Waco, Texas, who is an anesthetist. Mystery guest is Fred MacMurray, promoting his new Disney film, "The Shaggy Dog", which will open in a few weeks. His wife, actress June Haver, makes a very brief appearance. Short on time once more, Daly introduces a young German woman who now resides in Jackson Heights, New York. The young lady from Hamburg mounts butterflies for museum exhibitions.
Sun, Mar 15, 1959
David Susskind joins the panel on this Ides of March 1959 broadcast. The first challenger is a Cranbury, New Jersey man who is a scientist and chief researcher for - baby diapers. Next up is a man who sells Rolls Royce automobiles. As well, he has the distinction of being the youngest man in the US doing this line of work. Mystery guest tonight is Sammy Davis, Jr., who is New York for a gig at the Copacabana. Finally, the last challenger is a Mr. Bob Brookhauser, an extremely large man in both height and girth, who mounts television antennas on the roofs of private homes.
Sun, Mar 22, 1959
Actor Mel Ferrer joins Arlene, Dorothy, and Bennett on tonight's show. Challenger number one is a man from Los Angeles and the Commissioner of the United States Internal Revenue Service. The second challenger, a Mr. Neal O'Malley Keyes, originally from Ireland, is a milkman and has route in Santa Ana, California. The mystery guest tonight is Lana Turner. Daly mentions that her next film, "Imitation of Life" was slated to open very soon, but Miss Turner said that it would not be released for at least another month. Arlene Francis mentions that something went awry when she was offered to star in "Anatomy Of A Murder" opposite James Stewart. Tuner laughed it off, but never elaborated on what transpired. Daly bids the panel good night until next week, which is Easter Sunday in this early spring of 1959.
Sun, Nov 8, 1959
Arlene Francis, popular TV personality, Art Linkletter, Dorothy Kilgallen and Bennett Cerf are this evening's panelists. Host and moderator, John Daly, asks the panel to put on their blindfolds for the first contestant for fear that the contestant's uniform would immediately identify his occupation. The gentleman, Mr. E.A.F. Holm, an Inspector in the Royal Canadian Mounted Police joins Mr. Daly - Miss Kilgallen does discern that Inspector Holm works as a "Mountie," but the panel is unable to determine his rank. Inspector Holm wins by default. Next is a young woman, Miss Birute Marezinska, a Lithuanian lady, who now lives in Brooklyn. She works at the Barton Candy Company and makes lollipops. Again, the panel is unable to identify the young lady's occupation, and Miss Marezinska wins by default. This evening's celebrity mystery guests are Paul Newman and his wife, Oscar-winning actress, Joanne Woodward. Miss Francis identifies the couple very quickly. In conversation with John Daly, Mr. Newman reveals his appearance on Broadway in Tennessee Williams's hit play, "Sweet Bird of Youth." Miss Woodward, when asked, says her latest film, "The Fugitive Kind," will be released in January. Mention is made of the Newmans's baby girl, who is doing just fine. As ever, Mr. Daly bids the panel good night and invites viewers to tune in next week.
Sun, Nov 15, 1959
Dorothy Kilgallen, guest panelist, comedian Shelley Berman, Arlene Francis and Bennett Cerf are on board this evening. Host and moderator greet the panel and introduces the first contestant. The woman, Juanita Kidd Stout, is a judge in the Municipal Court of Record in Philadelphia. Shelley Berman accurately identifies her profession. Mr. Daly points out that Judge Stout was appointed, initially, but in a recent election, won a plurality of votes, exceeded only by those received by the mayor of Philadelphia. Mr. Daly, in a public service announcement, urges viewers about the ravages of diabetes and urges viewers to be tested for the disease. Next up, a Massachusetts gentleman, Mr. Robert C. Wishart makes horse liniment. The panel doesn't come close to pegging what product Mr. Wishart makes, so he wins by default. Tonight's mystery celebrity guest is rock-n-roll sensation and heartthrob, Fabian. Arlene Francis notes the roaring applause the young man received, mainly female screams, upon his entrance and correctly identifies the handsome and modest young man. In conversation with John Daly, Fabian mentions that he's about to begin filming, "High Time," with Bing Crosby and Bennett Cerf asks the young gentleman about his name. He reveals that Fabian Forte is his name. The young rock star goes over to meet the panel as he exits and, once things settle down, Mr. Daly bids the panel good night and thanks, Mr. Berman for his appearance. As well, Mr. Daly invites viewers to tune in next week.
Sun, Nov 29, 1959
Dorothy Kilgallen, Martin Gabel, filling in for his wife, Arlene Francis, actress Paulette Goddard and Bennett Cerf is this evening's panelists. Host and moderator, John Daly, gets down to business and introduces the first contestant. She is one Mrs. Grace Lake, a New Jersey woman, who is window washer of office buildings. Though the panel does come close, they are stumped, and Mrs. Lake wins by default. Mr. Daly does mention that Mrs. Lake is a member of the Teamster's Union. Next up is a Pennsylvania gentleman, Mr. Robert S. Sullivan. Mr. Sullivan grows and sells Christmas trees. Miss Goddard is on the right track, but falls short, and it is Mr. Cerf who correctly identifies Mr. Sullivan's line of work. Tonights' mystery celebrity guests are the legendary Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II. The legendary musical, "The Sound of Music," opened two weeks ago and it is a sensation. Bennett Cerf disqualifies himself because he recognizes Mr. Rodgers voice, Mr. Cerf, and Mr. Rodgers were dinner companions a few days earlier. It is Miss Kilgallen who identifies the duo. She urges all and sundry to see the beloved musical. Mr. Daly mentions that the team's other musical, "Flower Drum Song," is still playing and Rodgers notes that the show will begin its second year in the coming week. Mr. Daly congratulates the team and moves on to the final contestant. A young Michigan man, Mr. James Wilfong, who shoes horses. As is often the case, time runs out, and Mr. Wilfong wins by default. Mr. Daly thanks, Mr. Gabel and Miss Goddard for their guest appearances, bids the panel good night and, as always, invites viewers to tune in next week.