What's My Line? - James Cagney; Gore Vidal [panel] (May 15, 1960)

what's my mine brought to you by Kellogg's the folks who bring the best to you each morning the widest choice of cereals in the forum's you like best yours from Kellogg's of Battle Creek now let's all play butts my life now let's meet on a ward winning panel of What's My Line first the popular columnist who's voice of Broadway appears in papers coast to coast Miss Dorothy Kilgallen with great pleasure that I introduce as our next panelist the brilliant author of the screenplay of the film suddenly last summer and the new Broadway hit the best man mr. gore Vidal I should like to introduce a very beautiful young new author whose new book that certain something has just come out her name is mrs. Martin gable and sometimes she's called Arlene Francis and now a gentleman who's publishing house Random House is getting bigger than all of us but he still remains our own endearing panelist mr. Bennett Cerf in my recent wanderings through Minnesota Wisconsin and Missouri I discovered an erroneous impression exists people think that John Daly is taller than I am the facts of these I am six foot one half inch and he is six foot one eighth of an inch and here he is look for yourself John charge shorty Daly the truth of the matter is I am a half an inch taller than Bennet but he wears elevated shoes good evening ladies and gentlemen mr. Vidal nice to have you with us on the panel nice to have such a large enthusiastic audience in the theater and we'll go up I think tonight to another peek of confounding and confusing the panel will also have a famous mystery guest a little bit later in the program and we'll meet our first challenger after this word and now let's meet our first challenger will you come in and sign in please Bonnie Bonnie Harrington right is it miss or mrs. Harry mrs. Harrington well congratulations to your husband thank you we are you promised Harry my needies Miami Beach nice to have you with us may I present our panel miss Harrington panel you join me over here please ma'am uh you know how we keep score if you know how we keep score let's let the audience in the theater will folks at home know exactly what your line is right panel we will tell you that mrs. Harrington is salaried that mrs. Harrington deals in a service and let's begin the general questioning with Dorothy Kilgallen uh mrs. Harrington it could anyone on this panel take advantage of your services yeah yes under certain circumstances uh are you likely to work indoors more than outdoors sometimes sometimes but you can work outdoors too yes issue work physical as well as mental sometimes do you require any special training I don't mean education a degree but any special training to do what you do yes would you say that that it was unlikely that anybody on this panel who do what you do yes oh but my fitness request yes I would say that it's unlikely in terms of the specifics of training necessary given that training you might be able to but certainly in present terms it's unlikely uh you deal in services there I take it that there is not a product connected with what you do but do you deal with any objects or tools or things in your work yes are any of them in the animal kingdom and they I'm citing him in the animal kingdom in the animal kingdom no one down at nine to go mr. Badal this is for a profit that you work it's not it's for it is for a profit-making organization or is it yes or no it is profit-making and it deals with both men and women are you do get around a great deal physically while you do this and then are you on your feed a great deal sometimes edgy understating together out of it does it involve a great deal of travel sort of house-to-house travel no no to down a date to go miss fancy do you instruct any anything do you instruct anybody in doing anything teach them anything yes uh is it an instruction in some sport or some activity of some kind sometimes uh would it be anything that could be done on or underwater sometimes do you wear special equipment in order to do this sometimes in here may I suppose that there's two are there for several areas that you teach as opposed to one specific thing well sometimes yes uh would you be able to teach children what you do yeah sometimes does it have anything to do with the could one of the sometimes be a either skin diving or aquaplaning or skiing sometime well obviously you're in the sometimes business are you in charge of a lot of girls and boys do you have a class of some times of some time yes uh where am I hey you're doing splendidly it's nonprofit so I can rule out school I was wrong in making I meant it's profit-making so I can rule out schools you I can't relax good should we go for schools everybody do you have some sort of a school or are you a teacher in a school yes well good luck are you a physical education teacher no no that's 3.72 ghovat ladder mrs. Harrington do you ever have any contact whatever with the visitors to Miami Beach in the shape of tourists or their children I'm talking deal work can we rule out to you the fact that I'm gonna say ask this in the form with no do you not work for one of the big hotels on Miami Beach no you do not you just go yes do you uh do you have a school of your own where people can enroll no that's three thousand seven to four thousand six to go miss Kilgallen this is Harrigan do you have anything to do with dancing sometimes is it possible instruct is it possible that you teach dancing as a as a vocation I must say there things you did that five thousand five to go mr. Vidal well is it um do you need a great deal of mental training for this I mean is it more is it more is it is it an intellectual pursuit yes it is may we have a conference you may have 30 seconds for a conference yeah we sometimes and knows to so many things do you think that it's something where she performs rather than teachers and we've been dead down the gardens happen but she does take she says yes but it could be something that she does it and stops other people maybe she maybe she models or illustrates something I don't know it's a support 30 seconds are up and I pass this are these well I'm I'm way out if it if it's an intellectual pursuit you are not a social director are you know any kind now did you rule out school entirely did I understand that that was ruled out we haven't ruled that I think do you work with a school or a university of some kind yes well is it the University of Miami no no six some Kournikova to third it's not the universe is is it in my is the university that you work with is it you got your little already you don't even have to keep going $7 mrs. Harrington you don't look so tall in the saddle now mister sir very have you a connection with the school which has I mean your connection has various facets is that correct so you do not necessarily have to teach all the time you can do other things too she can learn I would actually you've been right around skirting around the edge of this for the last ten minutes she's a kindergarten teacher and then considering your height and your mental age oh my it's the Drexel school in Miami Beach if you want to enroll he doesn't know about kindergarten I'm not old enough Yes Doctor I was just wondering about the little kiddies going underwater for their instruction in it was on or in on or in and they go to kindergarten in one youngster serve down there there I understand they go right from the cradle into the swimming pool so I'm gonna good good help you guys thank you very much we had a lot of fun of his nice to do to be our guest alright let's see we can do with the second challenger would you come in and sign in please Edward are blind that writer Lutherville Maryland Lutherville Maryland yesterday alright now I present our panel fine now would you join me over here mr. blind you know how to keep score yes sir fine we'll tell the folks here and at home what your line is they tell you that mr. blind is salaried and deals in a service and we'll begin the questioning with Bennet service mr. blind your splendid physique is very outstanding my god does it have anything to do with the work that you do yes sir wait a minute this blind would like to review his previous answer and give you another one give him another answer mr. blonde necessarily that's right in fact flat no that's one not in nine to go miss Kilgallen Mr Bond could both men and women take advantage of your services yes if we were living in Maryland in the proper place could anyone here on the panel take advantage of your services yes in other words it's not confined to a particular sex no do you by any chance work oh let me ask you this first are you what you would consider an executive are you what you would consider it executive uh no to dominate to go mr. Vidal these services are they outdoor helpful yeah outdoor or outdoor yes uh-huh and they are physical in some way your your your work is physical to a degree yes to a degree uh-huh is there some do men prefer this to women yes uh-huh well there's some argument about it in some circles but I think the assumption is that the maybe piece is a little more does it have anything to do with horses yes I wasn't told horses uh has it anything to do with the training of horses no no three thousand seven to go miss Frances does it have anything to do with the breeding of horses know what out at fixed ago mister service does it have anything to do with the racing of horses yes uh are you connected with that famous track down in Maryland tomorrow uh Pimlico mmm-hmm well I'm not gonna die if you're anything like daily your that's leading me at Pimlico or Bowie isn't Bowie in Maryland yes noise I want you to either pema column of Bowie yes uh are you in charge of one of those tracks no 5.5 to go this kill gallery well now mr. blonde you've said you are not an executive so if you are in charge you would be an executive is that right so you're something else connected with the track but you do what you do mostly out of doors yes uh are you when you do what you do closer than twenty feet away to the horses closer than twenty feet away yes um don't tell me more yes yeah yeah uh are you either a judge or a starter sorry I didn't are you started yeah actually Mr Bond I thought of holding out for the biggest jockey that ever was now mr. blind is the official starter at without a family Cole Bowie and also immoral and actually he will be the one who decides when they're off at the Pimlico the and the Preakness which is the is the next big race at Pimlico expect y'all to be down there well we don't like to be there some of us would be way working I'm afraid somewhere else but if I can make it I will and he thrashed to stand there with a hand on the button and decide when everything is fair and square and every horse has an even chance and they throw a saddle on me and I bust right out of the game oh that right thanks very much Joe my god your face nice to have you with we'll meet tonight's mystery guest in just a moment but first here is a word from our sponsor now we come to the special feature of our program the appearance of our mystery Challenger for which my friends from the panel as you all know are always blindfolded or the blindfolds in place panel yes good will you come in mystery Challenger and sign in please all right panel as you know in the case of our mystery Challenger we go to a different form of questioning you asked one question at a time in turn moving clockwise and we begin with Arlene Francis would your name be on the entertainment pages of the newspaper I would say yes mr. sir have you ever been or are you at present in a play that is running on Broadway no one nine and nine to go miss Kilgallon was that a yes or no job that was enough oh oh were you born somewhere other than the United States no to down a date to go mr. Vidal are you most associated with television no three down and seven to go miss Francine well are you most associated with motion pictures yes this desert is there a picture in which you appear currently running in one of the big on or just off-broadway theaters no four dozen six figure with Joe Gatto uh do you do anything besides perform in films I mean do you do anything musicals such as singing or playing an instrument mmm yes miss you da e are you a a leading man at present of sorts respective have you been in pictures for more than ten years oh yes are you married to a lady who was also in the public eye no 5.5 to go miss Kilgallen um I'd like to get back to music do you sing after session mr. Vidal um I pass phys Gretchen well are you primarily known as a dramatic actor mm mr. sir are you very capable in physical achievements as well as acting help you said my kid has been fed look your gallon are you currently excuse me John but could we backtrack has it been established that he's not currently appearing in a play on Broadway yes no pay no pictures not television out of work okay uh do dance yes mr. Vidal did you ever win an Academy Award yes miss fancy yes is a picture of yours about to open on Broadway no but he's darling so that you're not misled what do you mean by about well I mean within the next month is he have been making a picture that will open soon you know one of those soon do you release your motion picture oh you are yes well I'm glad for you mr. szura did you get your Academy Award for a picture that contains singing and dancing in it yes read Astaire no six dollars more to go mr. Vidal are you Gene Kelly no seven dollars free to go miss Frances but he's not primarily a singer and dancer singing and dancing and dramatic oh isn't it agony Dorothy or something come over you know I was just agonizing for you darling Oh have you done pictures that are uh biographies the people yes yes yes singing and dancing biography mmm awful uh fight was the picture Gigi was the pictures Vichy no $8 do to go this Kilgallen are you over six feet tall Paul Paul plummet it's not nine down and one to go mr. Vidal you're over five feet tall a whisker I don't know you want it you want to have a conference do you want to have done it I thought he heard something right what was the picture that you run won the award for were you portraying the part of George M Cohan are usually Cagney yeah all we needed was one more and of course the picture is holding well your multi-headed I've seen actually seen some advertisements for gym if I may say so it is the likeness is astonishing when you're in uniform you know this is quite quite remarkable I know yeah I'm very lucky that way we could supply the eyebrows and we were being very honest with you because I said to Jim isn't Bowl halls he's pictured what what is the name of it the gallant our the gallant hours isn't it good open in New York SUNY so we're not for a month so give her no so he getting paid it gave you a break yeah with Bob but Bob Montgomery that's our knee he directed it anyway you're a marvel to performer and we don't see nearly enough of you on the screen and I'm doing I might add at the risk of being accused of plugging things that Admiral bull Halsey was one of the great fighting men of our history it's a wonderful story about a wonderful man and as arlene has already noted so adequately a very fine actor and a fine gentleman playing the part I think it's gonna be a triumph or anytime much hopefully to have you with us sir we'll be back after this word from our alternate spot it's been fun having you with us mr. Vidal I hope you enjoyed your visit with us and good night Miss Dorothy Kilgallen can I join good night Warren thank you for the horse you really did it you ignite are the empress' good night dear boy good luck in Dutchess County good night Bennet John you eat the sponsons product Kellogg's and you'll give you a big boy someday too and Bennett you put your shoes back on taller than I am and good night ladies and gentlemen thanks for being with us on what's my life what's my line is the CBS television network production in association with Mark Watson I'm bill Cochran the preceding program was pre-recorded

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Keywords: What's My Line? (TV Program), Episodes (TV Program), Game Show (TV Genre), John Charles Daly, Arlene Francis (Author), Bennett Cerf, Dorothy Kilgallen, James Cagney (Theater Actor), Gore Vidal (Author)

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Length: 25min 0sec (1500 seconds)

Published: Mon Mar 24 2014