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Catching up here. Kitty Carlisle was an Opera singer. She was in the Marx Brothers movie "Night at the Opera." I actually was supposed to see her perform in concert in 2007 but she unfortunately became ill and was taken to the hospital. I think she died soon after. Instead, Carol Channing took over for her.
Speaking of the Marx Brothers, does anyone remember Groucho's quizz show "You Bet Your Life"? I remember Jose Gonzales Gonzales and Dr Joyce Brothers who made her TV debut there. He had other people who became famous but I don't remember them off-hand.
"Say the secret word and win $100."
I can picture Groucho sitting at his desk talking with people and if they said the "secret word" a duck would come down. $100 dollars! Can you imagine that!? That used to be BIG BUCKS!! I don't remember any of his guests though. I think I was too little.
I was raised rural so we didn't have cable TV but once I moved out on my own to the "big" town I did. Was a factory shift worker so late at night they would run a lot of black & white shows. That is the only reason I know about some of these game shows from reruns. I would have been to young when they were actually on also.
I can picture Groucho sitting at his desk talking with people and if they said the "secret word" a duck would come down. $100 dollars! Can you imagine that!? That used to be BIG BUCKS!! I don't remember any of his guests though. I think I was too little.
To me, $100 these days is big bucks. I'd love to say a secret word and 100 (legitimate) dollars would rain on me.
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Watching the old Groucho shows is like going back in a time capsule. I found a set in the dollar store and they are just so funny. When they scan the audience, it is like seeing people from another planet almost. . . . . & yet I was around back then.
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Best game show ever was when Sugar Ray Leonard, Darrel Strawberry, and some other athlete were on Wheel of Fortune back in the early '90s. They were so hilariously bad that even Pat Sajak was stunned. One of the puzzles was something like:
_ELL_ _ST_NE'S F_AM_US GE_SER
And Sugar Ray Leonard screamed out, "Jellystone's Flaming Glacier!"
In another puzzle, all the vowels were on the board, and Darrel Strawberry kept trying to buy one. Sajack told him, "I'm sorry, all the vowels are on the board." Strawberry replied, "Oh. Ok then, I'll take an A."
I finally found my tape and shared it. Enjoy! https://youtu.be/6sJcQLN9NWo search and I also posted the bonus round
On an episode of Match Game, they asked a question that involved Anita Bryant, a mildly popular singer who had come out as a homophobe. The whole Anita Bryant thing was a big deal in that day and age, and here was Match Game (of all things) working her into the conversation. Brett Somers gave a small speech about how she disliked the woman's stance, but the audience collectively held their breath as Gene asked Charles Nelson-Reilly for his response to the question. CNR never said out loud that he was gay, and the panelists made only the most vague remarks in that arena (always as a good-natured joke). Still, it was one of those things everybody knew but didn't say out loud.
After milking the moment or all it was worth, his response was a simple "Who???"
Wow some great discussion early in the thread about the classy old shows like What's My Line. I read through all the way and didn't see one I used to love mentioned "Stump the Stars". Remember that one?
Also might mention Who do you Trust with Johnny Carson pre-tonight show. And "Truth or Consequences"
I must have been about 10 and said to my mom, I like that Bob Barker guy! and she said, oh he's nothing, he'll never go anywhere
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Instead, Carol Channing took over for her.
