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Game 1: Miss Jane Iden - "Sets Pins in Bowling Alley" (salaried; from Hollywood, CA)
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''Game 2: Jimmie Mitchell (11/27/1927 - 11/10/1979) - "Trains Elephants" (salaried; from Pomona, CA; this is not actually his real full name, but rather, his first and middle names; this contestant was arrested by the police on August 8, 1955 after having been recognized as a car thief by a television viewer who alerted the WML? production staff; see notes below)
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''Game 3: Burl Ives (6/14/1909 - 4/14/1995) (as Mystery Guest)
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''Game 4: Mr. Colin Bloor - "Paints White Lines on Highways" (salaried; he is a student and this is his summer occupation; he works for Erie County, Ohio; very sweet personality; he donated his winnings to the Heart Fund; from Sandusky, OH; see notes below)
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''Game 2: Jimmie Mitchell (11/27/1927 - 11/10/1979) - "Trains Elephants" (salaried; from Pomona, CA; this is not actually his real full name, but rather, his first and middle names; this contestant was arrested by the police on August 8, 1955 after having been recognized as a car thief by a television viewer who alerted the WML? production staff; see notes below)
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''Game 3: Burl Ives (6/14/1909 - 4/14/1995) (as Mystery Guest)
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''Game 4: Mr. Colin Bloor - "Paints White Lines on Highways" (salaried; he is a student and this is his summer occupation; he works for Erie County, Ohio; very sweet personality; he donated his winnings to the Heart Fund; from Sandusky, OH; see notes below)
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Arlene Francis
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ADD NOTES- IN REMEMBRANCE: On Friday, August 5, 1955, Carmen Miranda died. She had been a mystery guest on the now lost EPISODE #77 of November 18, 1951. - cerfnet (2009) Edit
- FLIP REPORT: John flipped the remaining cards for the second contestant at five down, on a technicality. The panel had correctly guessed his stated line, but John felt there had been a bit of a hint from the audience and that the contestant deserved the full prize. (The contestant, of course, actually deserved nothing, seeing as he was a car thief who was on the lam.) John flipped the remaining cards for the final contestant six down because time ran short. This contestant donated his full prize to the Heart Fund. As was the custom for these brief final games at this point, John dispensed with the opening panel walk-by to save time - agent_0042 (2008) Edit
- (1) "WML?" SPONSOR AND ANNOUNCER WATCH: The advertisement displayed on the panel desk has been modified once more, to read "Remington Rand Univac" as the main sponsor. On this evening's edition, the announcer is Hal Simms; with this show, the introduction for Dorothy is shortened to "The popular Broadway columnist whose 'Voice of Broadway' appears in papers from coast to coast." It is not known if he or previous regular "WML?" announcer Lee Vines was at the microphone for the previous EPISODE #269 which was likely sponsored by Stopette -- and definitely lost to history -- but Mr. Vines was last heard up to this point on EPISODE #268. (2) FRED ALLEN QUIP WATCH: There was a bit of unintentional sad irony to Fred's introduction of Arlene as having been robbed of all her jewelry and other possessions except the air conditioner, because in 1988, while walking along Lexington Avenue in Manhattan, Miss Francis had her famous and iconic heart-shaped pendant snatched from her neck by a thief. It should be noted that Mr. Allen was wearing glasses tonight, and Miss Francis sported a different hairdo than that which she had been wearing within the last two or so years. (3) MYSTERY GUEST BURL IVES: Tonight was the first of two appearances on the program by singer/actor Burl Ives; his next appearance will be on EPISODE #450 of February 1, 1959, which was the last episode to bear the curtain background which will take effect on EPISODE #273. In 1955, Mr. Ives had made his first film in five years when he played "Sam the Sheriff" in the James Dean picture "East of Eden." Besides his string of character movie roles, his narration of the 1964 stop-motion animation special "Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer" and his title role in the short-lived 1965-1966 TV series "O.K. Crackerby!" (which was listed among "The Worst TV Shows Ever" in the 1980 book of the same name), Mr. Ives had a long recording career, mainly shuttling back and forth between Decca and Columbia. On Decca, among his recordings included "Rodger Young" (aka "The Ballad of Rodger Young"; Decca 23405, 1945), a real-life tale of a sergeant who willingly had himself demoted to private in World War II after his eyesight and hearing began to deteriorate, and who later made the ultimate sacrifice for his country; the song was written by Frank Loesser of "Guys and Dolls" and "The Most Happy Fella" fame, who never made any appearances of any kind on "WML?" (Mr. Loesser's "Guys and Dolls" collaborator, Abe Burrows, an occasional "WML?" guest panelist and mystery guest, later co-created "O.K. Crackerby!") Burl also made a recording of "Have a Holly Jolly Christmas" from the aforementioned "Rudolph" special for Decca; the recorded version of this Yuletide standard was produced by legendary country-music producer Owen Bradley. At Columbia, among his more eclectic recordings during one of his later stints there was a 1968 cover of Bob Dylan's "I'll Be Your Baby Tonight" (4-44508), which he performed in a 1969 episode of "The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour." For Mr. Ives' mystery guest spot tonight, a slightly smaller size of type, likely Gothic No. 13, was used for his nameplate on the panel moderator's desk, although his name should have lent itself to the more readable size of Title Gothic Condensed No. 11 that was used for Mr. Daly's and the panelists' nameplates. It was not long after the time of Mr. Ives' appearance this evening that he originated the role of "Big Daddy" in the Broadway production of "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof"; he reprised the role in the 1958 film version of Tennessee Williams' play. (4) "WML?" CREDITS CRUNCH WATCH: After the travel arrangements plug for American Airlines, the end credits cut off after the "In Association with the CBS Television Network" art card slide. There was still time enough, however, for GSN to carry on with its most unfortunate habit of "crunching" the screen, as it did on its August 5, 2008 airing of this episode, possibly, some speculate, to torture the viewer. (5) The August 5, 2008 airing by GSN of tonight's show was followed by the January 20, 1953 edition of "The Name's the Same," hosted by Robert Q. Lewis, with the panel of Bill Cullen (in his last "TNTS" appearance), Joan Alexander and Meredith Willson, and celebrity guest Piper Laurie. - W-B (2008) Edit
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