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What's My Line? Premiere Telecast (1950)

1950 · Television · 28 min

  • Comedy

Synopsis

This episode features on the panel: former New Jersey governor Harold Hoffman, columnist Dorothy Kilgallen, poet Louis Untermeyer, and psychiatrist Richard Hoffman. Broadcast Information: February 2, 1950, 8PM ET, CBS Host: John Charles Daly

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Running time
28 minutes

Reviews on the Internet Archive

★★★★★ · Great classic TV · orderofjames · 2012-07-21

"Would you do a kick for me?" HA! That's some great classic sexism right there. Love this old show.

★★★ · Premiere Telecast (What`s My Line). · richgoup · 2012-08-02

Season 1, episode 1. Original air date: 2 February 1950. The contestants include a Stork Club hatcheck girl, a diaper service executive, a veterinarian, and mystery celebrity Phil Rizutto, shortstop with the New York Yankees. Cast: John Daly (Moderator), Dr. Richard Hoffmann (Panelist), Louis Untermeyer (Panelist), Dorothy Kilgallen (Panelist), Harold Hoffman (Panelist), Pat Finch (Contestant), Arthur Feinberg (Contestant), Seymour Kolodny (Contestant). Phil Rizzuto (Mystery Guest), Madeline Tyler (Blindfold Distributor) and Lee Vines (Announcer: uncrdited). From IMDB