What's My Line? Season 16 Episode 48

FLIP REPORT: John flipped the remaining cards for the first contestant at four down and also flipped them for the second contestant at six down. In both cases, the panel had correctly and properly identified the full line, so the flipping was purely out of generosity. John flipped all the cards for the final contestant at eight down because time ran out. - agent_0042 (2007)

(1) As this "WML?" episode was taped just before the live EPISODE #753 of February 28, 1965, the exact same panel lineup (only with Dorothy's and Arlene's seating arrangements the reverse of the earlier-aired episode) and opening sponsor (Kellogg's Special K cereal) are on both shows, as are the production crew.
(2) Because tonight's show is pre-taped, Johnny Olson's "And now, from New York..." opening is spoken in real time, rather than through editing the word "live" out, as was done to the surviving kinescopes of 59 of the live "WML?" transmissions to this point.
(3) "WML?" FONT WATCH: As with a few of the shows that aired at the time this edition was taped, the overlay font for both regular contestants' occupations and mystery guest's name was Futura Medium.
(4) JILL ST. JOHN: More than a year after her mystery guest appearance tonight, Jill St. John would appear in a made-for-TV "World Premiere" movie that first aired on NBC on November 26, 1966, called "Fame Is the Name of the Game." She played "Leona Purdy" in this telefilm which starred onetime "WML?" mystery guest Anthony Franciosa as magazine editor "Jeff Dillon" and co-starred Susan Saint James as "Peggy Maxwell." Two years later, in 1968, Mr. Franciosa and Miss Saint James would reprise their respective roles in a new series based on this TV-movie called "The Name of the Game," which also co-starred Gene Barry as "Glenn Howard" and Robert Stack as "Dan Farrell," and ran through 1971. Miss St. John would appear in a later installment of this series, as "Michelle Howell" in an episode entitled "The Civilized Men" which originally aired on November 28, 1969.
(5) BAD PUN ALERT: On this occasion, it's John who's the culprit; before the final contestant - who ran a cat sitting service - exited the stage and he explained her profession, at one point John said, "Bennett will be catty about this." During the good nights, John mentioned there was a "hep cat" among the panel, but couldn't pinpoint exactly who.
(6) YOU KNOW IT'S PRE-TAPED WHEN... - "WML?" co-associate producer Ann Kaminsky had become known as Ann Krieger effective with last week's EPISODE #774, however she is credited under her earlier name on tonight's show.
(7) Following GSN's April 9, 2007 airing of tonight's show, the channel ran a black-and-white kinescope episode of the "classic CBS" version of "I've Got a Secret." This edition, first aired "live from New York" on June 3, 1963, was hosted by Garry Moore, with the panel consisting of the "classic" lineup of Bill Cullen, Betsy Palmer, Henry Morgan and Bess Myerson; the celebrity guest was Hugh O'Brian, and the sponsor was Toni Home Permanents. At this point, "IGAS" already had the opening logo and theme music (by Norman Paris, which had replaced the prior "Plink, Plank, Plunk" theme by Leroy Anderson starting in 1961) that would come to be associated with the 1964-1967 Steve Allen era. Also, former "WML?" associate director Alvin R. Mifelow was credited in the same capacity on this "IGAS" installment. - W-B (2007)

During the end credits, Johnny Olson announced that this episode was prerecorded. From Gil Fates' logs, we know this episode was taped on February 28, 1965. - Suzanne (2004)

The panel did a very good job this particular night. Tony was able to guess that the first contestant was a "letter carrier" after Bennett and Dorothy had opened the door wide open for him. Next, Arlene figured out that the second contestant had something to do with garlic, and then Dorothy correctly guessed that he packed it. Unfortunately, they didn't guess the final contestant, who worked as a cat sitter. Mystery guest redhead Jill St. John was one of the up and coming sex symbols during the mid-60's/early-70's. Other than herself, she didn't have anything specific to promote, or maybe they forgot to put in the plug. She did discuss the Christmas 1964 trip she made to Vietnam with Bob Hope and his USO Tour group. She said it was a very rewarding experience. In 1966, she would appear in the film "The Oscar" with Milton Berle, who had appeared as a mystery guest two weeks prior. In 1971, she would appear as "Tiffany Case" in the seventh film in the "James Bond" 007 series, "Diamonds Are Forever". Also in 1971, she volunteers for a second Bob Hope USO Tour performance in Vietnam. In 1990, she married Robert Wagner. Ironically, as a child she took ballet classes with Natalie Wood, Wagner's late wife, and Stephanie Powers, Wagner's wife on the series "Hart to Hart". - Sargebri (2004)

Tidbits: When Arlene asked the first contestant if "Everything's up to date in Kansas City," Arlene was making a pun on the song of the same name from the Rodgers & Hammerstein musical "Oklahoma." - Suzanne (2004)