WHAT’S MY LINE?-Taped January 14, 1969
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Host: Wally Bruner
Announcer: Johnny Olson
Celebrity Panel:
- Gene Rayburn (Match Game)
- Dr. Joyce Brothers (Famous Psychiatrist)
- Jack Cassidy
- Arlene Francis
FIRST GUEST: Paul Francis (London, England)
Mr. Francis has had a lot of careers before today: Chef, Hairdresser, Drummer. Today, he’s dealing with a product and salaried.
Arlene: We’re not related, are me?
No, Just Checking
A product I might use?
Yes, men too!
I can hold it in my hand?
No $5
Gene: Does it come in contact with the body?
Yes, but not beyond the hand so No $10
Joyce: When used, do you move it around?
In a loose way
Large enough to be taller than a person?
Sometimes
Large enough for someone to get into?
No $15
Jack: Is the product mobile?
Wally asks again, does he mean place to place? Yes
It’s possible
Outdoors instead of indoors?
No $20
Arlene: Found in a home?
Possibly, but not likely $25
Gene: Anything therapeutic?
No $30
Joyce: Used in the World of Sports?
No $35
Jack: Sold to the consumer market?
In a sense
Would I have to come to you?
Yes
Do you demonstrate the product?
Possibly but No $35
Clue: Paul works in Paradise Island in the Bahamas.
Arlene (Ha, Ha, Ha!): Does it have to do with gambling?
Yes
Do it have to do with the tables?
No $45
Gene: By table, does that include roulette?
Yes (Arlene goes Oh!)
Gene: Do it have to do with the ocean?
The Last No
Arlene wants a guess: SLOT MACHINES! Again, Arlene is too little, too late. Paul specifically repairs them at the Paradise Island Casino in the Bahamas. He originally came to the island as a croupier, then took a six-week course in Chicago, before taking the job. Then the important question: Can you change the odds? Yes! Joyce asks how often the Big Jackpots come along. Well, there’s no rhyme or reason. It depends on the number of symbols on each machine. Jack thinks it’s set by the owners! Wally tries to equate it to how many ways a toothpick fall. In a 24-hour span, Paul figures you’ll lose about 20ยข on every dollar. Some machines can range from $500-$1,000. Back-to-Back Jackpots have happened.
SECOND GUEST: Alice Schiller (Hollywood, CA)
She’s self-employed and deals with a service.
Gene: Do both men and women use this service?
No $5
Joyce: Performed for animals?
No $10
Jack: Service confined to male?
No $15
Arlene: “What else is there?” Women use it?
Yes
Any relation to the entertainment world?
Yes
For women in the entertainment world?
Yes
Either do something for someone or how to someone?
Yes
Show them how to do it?
Yes
Do anything with the way they look?
In the sense, but it’s not the basic part
Do you operate something?
Alice said yes, but when indicating a product, Wally says No $20
Gene: Is this a physical thing?
Yes
Would they get a little “dewy”? What he means is perspiring.
Yes
Would they eventually do it in front of a movie camera?
Yes
Anything to do with losing weight?
No $25
Joyce: Do it have to do with movement?
Yes
In walking or exercise?
No $30
Jack: Looking for a specific area, is it part of the water?
No $35
Arlene, The Art of Self-Defense?
No $40
Gene (who Wally thought would get it in the first try): Do it have to do with love making?
No $45
Joyce: Do you touch the person in any way?
Takes a second before…The Last No
Jack has a thought, does it help women with a relationship? No! Gene is off with stunt driving. Alice TEACHES STRIP TEASE DANCING. Dr. Joyce is curious how Alice can teach that without movement. One black mark for Wally. Mrs. Schiller is the “Dean” of Pink Pussycat College Dancing in Hollywood, California. Requirements include being over 21, fine moral character, and be very serious about strip tease. And, of course, a voluptuous body. At graduation, instead of a degree, they get a stripper’s kit and a T-Shirt. Inscribed is the slogan “The Navel Academy of the West”. Dr. Joyce asks if they take the shirts on or off at graduation. The answer “Both”. For the lady panelists, the kit for one and the shirt for the other.
MYSTERY GUEST:
A great applause
Dr. Joyce: Would I know you from the movies?
Perhaps
Jack: Do you presently have a TV series?
No
Arlene: Are you known for TV apperances?
Yes
Gene: Have you ever appeared in Broadway?
Stumbles out a “Yes, ever” (Not his primary fame)
Joyce: Are you a singer?
Yes
Jack: Have you ever done a Disney film?
Yes
Arlene: Are you appearing presently at a hotel/club in NY?
Almost (to clarify, it will open soon)
Gene:
Do you have a current hit record?
No, I wish I did (15 seconds left)
Joyce: Is the Disney picture a recent one?
Fairly
Jack: Are you that Big, Tall, Handsome, Smashing Baritone John Davidson?
YES
Backstage, John told Wally that Jack Cassidy was his idol and kinda expected “Ol’ Jack” would catch me. That’s “Ol” no “Old”, it’s a term of endearment. John was concerned about sitting down and reading the requirements: “Admission requirements, Over 21, High Moral Character, voluptuous body.” Dr. Joyce will give him the Rhinestone from the Stripper’s Kit for his navel. Psychology of inhibitions, controlling the structural components of the anatomy. Anyway, John is saddened by the end of “Maggie Smith” on Broadway, starring Cassidy. And that night club that John’s is almost performing at the Diversion Room (open now on airdate). Live performances are better than taped for John.
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