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prchristman (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Presumably Rizutto, one of the Yankee announcers in 1967, could have made it over to this show. The Yankees were still in a long homestand (August 28-September 5) featuring the Red Sox, Senators, and White Sox. The afternoon of September 3, the visiting Senators had defeated the Yankees 6 to 3. The Yankees were owned by CBS from 1964 to 1972, all the more reason for Phil to show up on a CBS TV program. But Rizutto must have had some sort of commitment that prevented his appearing.
bluebear1985 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Also, on this final episode, they had the challengers who appeared on the first episode in 1950, with the exception of the first mystery guest, Phil Rizutto of the New York Yankees.
rockingdylan (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
i didnt know he could do that,cool!
BroadcastJohn (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
A great idea for a great final episode of a great show! I can't remember ever seeing this particular episode.
Thank you for posting it.
nyyanksrdbest (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Yeah you could be right, I said to myself after I posted if Steve Allen did say "Is It John", then why didn't he ask if it was him after lol
Either he didn't say Is It John, or he felt funny asking if it was him.....You could be right though
prchristman (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
I think everyone was so intent in this 1967 show on someone other than a WML member being the mystery guest that John Daly didn't occur to them, though it did a decade earlier. I guessed the guest might be LBJ. (I was 15. What did I know? But Arlene asking if the guest was voted into office shows I was not alone. I think the N.Y. Times also speculated on that.) The thought was that it would be someone super-spectacular. Not that John wasn't, but seeing it was him was a letdown of sorts to me.
prchristman (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Reply at 1:36 from Steve Allen sounds to me like "Is it wrong?" Arlene Francis had asked if the guest would "be out of work like the rest of us." Laughter, but no answer from John Daly. So Allen asked, "Is it [the question you asked] wrong?" I guess. Hard to tell. Anyway, the next question was Steve Allen's, and he did not ask if it was John. He thought it was Goodson-Todman, in fact, and was now "at a loss."
prchristman (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
You asked what color the WML set was. I can't say for 1967, when we had a black and white set, but I can answer for 1956. That year, TV Guide printed color shots of the panel at their desk, on the set. The background was various shades of tan. Color selection was probably done with an eye (a CBS eye) to how it would appear on a black and white set.
gymnastix (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
You are correct, Montenier being the developer of Stopette deodorant, which was one of the program's earliest sponsors.
I also seem to recall a false guess at Daly as the Mystery Guest in some other episode of the show, also one time a false guess at producers Goodson-Todman, who themselves appeared on this final show (though not as Mystery Guests), and Mark Goodson individually at least once, if not more over the show's 17-year run.
sprintbass (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
i stay up bery late to watch this show...i love it its a balst and i love that era in tv history where everyone was adressed by mr and ms or mrs...its amazing to think the show was on for 18 years..that would never happen by todays standards..thanks for psoting this john daly was a very cool guy..
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