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[jjman920]

Do color still photos exist of CBS What's My Line? from the final 1966-67 season?

I'd gather so, but I haven't seen any. I'll do you one better, though. A color photo from What's My Line?'s experimental color episode from 1954. And I've found a few other color promotional photos (including one with Hal Block) on Google.

[chris319]

How do you know that photo was from the experimental color episode and not a run-of-the-mill episode from studio 59?

Were there two "experimental" episodes of WML, one with the CBS spinning-color-wheel system and the other from studio 72(?) using RCA TK40s or 41s in NTSC?

What an ugly color scheme, BTW.

[SamJ93]

And there's a picture of that '50s version here.

Good Lord, was Todd Russell a used-car salesman before doing this show?  His plastic smile makes Bert Parks look sincere.

[TwoInchQuad]

How do you know that photo was from the experimental color episode and not a run-of-the-mill episode from studio 59?

Were there two "experimental" episodes of WML, one with the CBS spinning-color-wheel system and the other from studio 72(?) using RCA TK40s or 41s in NTSC?

What an ugly color scheme, BTW.

Well, you'll haveta kinda take **my** word for it, but actually, he was right.  The cover photo of the Dot LP is from the 1954 experimental color episode, which unfortunately does not survive in any known form...  

...apart from a batch of stills (presumably color, though I've only seen B&W versions of them) that were taken that night.

And for what it's worth, I agree about the color scheme.

- Kevin

[jjman920]

How do you know that photo was from the experimental color episode and not a run-of-the-mill episode from studio 59?

Were there two "experimental" episodes of WML, one with the CBS spinning-color-wheel system and the other from studio 72(?) using RCA TK40s or 41s in NTSC?

What an ugly color scheme, BTW.

I got my information from TV.com so I have no idea, although TwoInchQuad is corroborating my source. Also, this picture seems to suggest that they changed the color specifically for that color episode. I always assumed that the name cards were black, so they probably changed them to show off that night.

[TwoInchQuad]

I got my information from TV.com so I have no idea, although TwoInchQuad is corroborating my source. Also, this picture seems to suggest that they changed the color specifically for that color episode. I always assumed that the name cards were black, so they probably changed them to show off that night.

Actually, the nameplates **are** (or rather, **were**) black.  They were retouched to blue for the Dot LP cover.

- Kevin