What's My Line? Season 15 Episode 5

HONEY, IT'S ME! This wasn't the first time that a spouse, or spouses, of a panelist appeared as a mystery guest. On a couple of occasions, the spouses of all four panelists appeared as the evening's joint mystery guests. The first time was on Christmas night, December 25, 1960, when Martin Gabel, Dick Kollmar, Phyllis Cerf and Florence Randall (Tony Randall's wife) were all mystery guests. The second joint appearance was on Valentines Day, February 14, 1965, which was the show's 15th anniversary, when Martin Gabel, Phyllis Cerf and Dick Kollmar were joined by Jayne Meadows, whose husband Steve Allen was on the panel that night. Another "spouse surprise" occasion was on July 2, 1967 when guest panelist Phyllis Newman was surprised by her husband Adolph Green and his longtime writing collaborator Betty Comden. However, the most famous case of marital surprise came on November 27, 1966 when Frank Sinatra acted as both mystery guest and guest panelist. Of course, the second mystery guest that night was his then wife Mia Farrow. When Frank saw who it was, he said to Mia, "naughty, naughty" making light of their age difference. - Sargebri

PROMOTING BASEBALL: Mr. Mundinger's appearance on the show was mainly used as a way to promote the upcoming World Series between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the New York Yankees, which the Dodgers won in a four game sweep. Unfortunately, this was the next to last appearance for the Yanks in the Fall Classic. They would return in 1964, but they were beaten by the St. Louis Cardinals in seven games. After that, the Yankees would go through several lean years before they returned to the Series in 1976 when they were swept by the Cincinnati Reds in four games. However, they would win back-to-back titles in 1977 and 1978, beating the Dodgers each time 4 games to 2. In a side note, even though Steve and Bennett made fun of New York's other team, the Mets would have the last laugh. In 1969, after years of being baseball's whipping boys, the Amazin' Mets would pull off one of the biggest upsets in history when they upset the heavily-favored Baltimore Orioles and won the 1969 series 4 games to 1. - Sargebri

John took a ribbing for his mistake in the previous episode regarding the source of the Mississippi River. He used the excuse of being preoccupied with his newborn child as the reasoning behind why he had not had the time to research the Mississippi River since the previous week. - agent_0042

FLIP REPORT: John flipped all the cards for the first contestant at five down, however, her line had been identified. - agent_0042

John Daly stated that next week's episode will be preempted. - Suzanne

Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme have been husband and wife since December 29, 1957. - Suzanne

Steve Lawrence had already figured out that his wife, Eydie Gorme, was the mystery guest when he "innocently" asked, "Are you the mother of my children?" The audience immediately burst into laughter. - Sargebri

Tidbits: During the introductions, Bennett states that Dorothy and Arlene look "as pretty as Judy Garland." This is a reference to the debut of "The Judy Garland Show" which premiered on CBS television earlier that evening. John Daly continues to poke fun at himself for mislocating the headwaters of the Mississippi River. It was also announced that John Daly's wife Virginia Warren Daly gave birth Monday morning (September 23, 1963) to their second son. John closed the program by saying good night to his new son John Earl Jameson Daly. Dorothy said good night to "Mark." Was this Mark Goodson? It's a mystery. - Suzanne