Bennett Cerf
Born
New York, New York, USA (Manhattan)Died
8/27/1971Birth Name
Bennett Alfred CerfGender
MaleBiography
EDITA very talented and quick-witted man, Bennett Cerf was a humorist and publisher. In 1927, at age 29, he became one of the founding editors of New York-based Random House, Inc. He later rose to the position of president of the publishing firm. He personally authored many humor
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What's My Line?
Regular Panelist (1951-1967)
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S 18:
Ep 53
EPISODE #876
9/3/67
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Ep 52
EPISODE #875
8/27/67
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Ep 51
EPISODE #874
8/20/67
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Ep 49
EPISODE #872
8/6/67
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S 18:
Ep 48
EPISODE #871
7/30/67
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S 18:
Ep 53
EPISODE #876
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What's My Line?
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Recurring Role (3)
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The Match Game
Himself
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S 7:
Ep 46
Joanne Carson & Bennett Cerf
7/7/69
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S 6:
Ep 51
Meredith MacRae & Bennett Cerf
8/19/68
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Ep 28
Jayne Mansfield & Bennett Cerf
3/7/66
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Ep 21
The MATCH GamE All-Stars (January 20-24, 1964)
1/20/64
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S 7:
Ep 46
Joanne Carson & Bennett Cerf
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The Match Game
Guest Panelist
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Ep 10
Peggy Cass & Bennett Cerf
3/4/63
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Ep 10
Peggy Cass & Bennett Cerf
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Who Said That?
Panelist
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S 2:
Ep 18
5/7/1949
5/7/49
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S 2:
Ep 18
5/7/1949
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The Match Game
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Guest Star (17)
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The Dick Cavett Show
Himself
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S 5:
Ep 88
January 27, 1971
1/27/71
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S 5:
Ep 17
September 29, 1970
9/29/70
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S 4:
Ep 113
June 10, 1970
6/10/70
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S 5:
Ep 88
January 27, 1971
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The Mike Douglas Show
Himself
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S 9:
Ep 88
December 31, 1969
12/31/69
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S 7:
Ep 157
April 9, 1968
4/9/68
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S 7:
Ep 28
October 11, 1967
10/11/67
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S 1:
Ep 106
May 7, 1962
5/7/62
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S 9:
Ep 88
December 31, 1969
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The David Frost Show
Himself
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S 2:
Ep 14
September 18, 1969
9/18/69
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S 3:
Ep 58
December 16, 1970
12/16/70
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S 2:
Ep 14
September 18, 1969
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The Mike Douglas Show
Himself/Co-host
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S 7:
Ep 255
September 6, 1968
9/6/68
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S 7:
Ep 254
September 5, 1968
9/5/68
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S 7:
Ep 253
September 4, 1968
9/4/68
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S 7:
Ep 252
September 3, 1968
9/3/68
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S 7:
Ep 251
Week of September 2, 1968
9/2/68
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S 7:
Ep 255
September 6, 1968
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The Match Game
Himself
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The Match Game
Guest Panelist
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Password
Guest Panelist
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The Jack Paar Show
Himself
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S 3:
Ep 15
September 30, 1959
9/30/59
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S 3:
Ep 15
September 30, 1959
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Person to Person
Himself
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S 5:
Ep 30
April 4, 1958
4/4/58
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S 5:
Ep 30
April 4, 1958
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What's My Line?
Guest Moderator
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S 9:
Ep 5
EPISODE #382
9/29/57
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S 9:
Ep 5
EPISODE #382
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The George Gobel Show
Himself
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S 2:
Ep 13
January 28, 1956
1/28/56
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S 2:
Ep 13
January 28, 1956
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What's My Line?
Guest Panelist
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S 2:
Ep 5
EPISODE #20
10/15/50
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S 2:
Ep 5
EPISODE #20
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Who Said That?
Himself
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S 3:
Ep 24
7/10/1950
7/10/50
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S 3:
Ep 24
7/10/1950
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Who Said That?
Panelist
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S 3:
Ep 10
4/3/1950
4/3/50
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S 2:
Ep 50
12/17/1949
12/17/49
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S 2:
Ep 38
9/24/1949
9/24/49
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S 2:
Ep 25
6/25/1949
6/25/48
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S 3:
Ep 10
4/3/1950
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What's My Line?
Guest Host
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We, The People
Guest Star
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S 2:
Ep 1
Paul Henreid/Ezio Pinza
1/4/49
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Ep 1
Paul Henreid/Ezio Pinza
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Critic at Large
Himself
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S 1:
Ep 19
12/23/1948
12/23/48
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Ep 19
12/23/1948
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The Dick Cavett Show
Trivia and Quotes
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Trivia
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Bennett had a good natured give-and-take relationship with What's My Line? host John Daly, both men teasing each other about their habits, backgrounds, and behaviors. One running pun Bennett would usually make whenever a guest would sign in as 'Mr. X' would be to say that Mr. Daly and the guest were 'Ham & X' (Ham and eggs)
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Whenever Bennett Cerf wrote an original work, he would have it published by rival publishing house Doubleday because he felt if he published them himself his Random House authors would feel he was putting his interests in front of theirs.
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Quotes
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A Bennett Cerf pun: Did you hear that a major Alaskian town is banning all puppies from its city limits? The town will be now known as dogless Fairbanks.
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