Will the next anniversary sign in please?

[tvwxman]

On Feb. 17, 1950, CBS introduced What's My Line, a low-key celebrity quiz show hosted by ABC newsman John Daly, The first sign-in mystery guest: Yankees shortstop Phil Rizzuto.

So simple, and yet, so great.

[NickintheATL]

[quote name=\'tvwxman\' date=\'Feb 17 2005, 10:17 AM\']On Feb. 17, 1950, CBS introduced What's My Line, a low-key celebrity quiz show hosted by ABC newsman John Daly, The first sign-in mystery guest: Yankees shortstop Phil Rizzuto.

So simple, and yet, so great.

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Except that it debuted on February 2nd....

[tvwxman]

[quote name=\'NicholasM79\' date=\'Feb 17 2005, 09:27 AM\'][quote name=\'tvwxman\' date=\'Feb 17 2005, 10:17 AM\']On Feb. 17, 1950, CBS introduced What's My Line, a low-key celebrity quiz show hosted by ABC newsman John Daly, The first sign-in mystery guest: Yankees shortstop Phil Rizzuto.

So simple, and yet, so great.

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Except that it debuted on February 2nd....

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And that's why I don't trust the Rocky Mountain News for my Game show information...heck, they don't even know that Woolery left Wheel!

My bad, and my apologies....

[Jimmy Owen]

[quote name=\'tvwxman\' date=\'Feb 17 2005, 10:49 AM\'][quote name=\'NicholasM79\' date=\'Feb 17 2005, 09:27 AM\'][quote name=\'tvwxman\' date=\'Feb 17 2005, 10:17 AM\']On Feb. 17, 1950, CBS introduced What's My Line, a low-key celebrity quiz show hosted by ABC newsman John Daly, The first sign-in mystery guest: Yankees shortstop Phil Rizzuto.

So simple, and yet, so great.

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Except that it debuted on February 2nd....

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And that's why I don't trust the Rocky Mountain News for my Game show information...heck, they don't even know that Woolery left Wheel!

My bad, and my apologies....

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Matt, don't beat yourself up.  In the Rockies they could have been on kinescope a couple of weeks late.

[NickintheATL]

[quote name=\'tvwxman\' date=\'Feb 17 2005, 11:49 AM\']
And that's why I don't trust the Rocky Mountain News for my Game show information...heck, they don't even know that Woolery left Wheel!

My bad, and my apologies....
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Quite alright, so called "news sources" can't always be a source, now can they? :-P

[tvrandywest]

[quote name=\'tvwxman\' date=\'Feb 17 2005, 06:17 AM\']So simple, and yet, so great.

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Mark Goodson once stated that the beauty of WML? was in it's simplicity. Paraphrasing as I best remember his words: "... sitting on the bus or subway and wondering what the guy across from you does for a living".

Not that he ever rode the bus or subway   ;-)


Randy
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[JCGames]

And Denver didn't have TV until 1952. And when they did, they probably got WML? live at 830pm MST.

[zachhoran]

[quote name=\'tvrandywest\' date=\'Feb 17 2005, 03:24 PM\']
Mark Goodson once stated that the beauty of WML? was in it's simplicity. Paraphrasing as I best remember his words: "... sitting on the bus or subway and wondering what the guy across from you does for a living".

Not that he ever rode the bus or subway   ;-)

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As per Geoff Edwards on his 2000 radio talk show Radio Tonight, Goodson's one-time colleague Bob Stewart did ride the bus to work.

[clemon79]

[quote name=\'zachhoran\' date=\'Feb 17 2005, 07:46 PM\']As per Geoff Edwards on his 2000 radio talk show Radio Tonight, Goodson's one-time colleague Bob Stewart did ride the bus to work.

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must...not...make...short...yellow...bus...joke...

[tvrandywest]

[quote name=\'zachhoran\' date=\'Feb 17 2005, 06:46 PM\']As per Geoff Edwards on his 2000 radio talk show Radio Tonight, Goodson's one-time colleague Bob Stewart did ride the bus to work.

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As per Bob Stewart, Bob Stewart did ride the subways. He says he had the original idea for TPiR while walking through the Times Square area between the GT offices and the subway.

Randy
tvrandywest.com

[clemon79]

[quote name=\'tvrandywest\' date=\'Feb 17 2005, 08:44 PM\'][quote name=\'zachhoran\' date=\'Feb 17 2005, 06:46 PM\']As per Geoff Edwards on his 2000 radio talk show Radio Tonight, Goodson's one-time colleague Bob Stewart did ride the bus to work.

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As per Bob Stewart, Bob Stewart did ride the subways. He says he had the original idea for TPiR while walking through the Times Square area between the GT offices and the subway.
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Wow. Just when I thought Zach couldn't get any less relevant. Run along, son. You're done now. It's one thing to be annoying, it's quite another to be flat-out wrong.

[Kevin Prather]

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Chris, you do realize that was Randy and not Zach, right?

[clemon79]

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Chris, you do realize that was Randy and not Zach, right?

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Yes. I prolly should have quoted the entire exchange. I'll fix that.

[Robert Hutchinson]

I'm confused (about something pointless): are we saying that Bob Stewart must have rode the bus, or the subway, exclusively? I imagine he sat down every week with a calculator and the latest rates and worked out which method would save him 3 cents . . .

[tvrandywest]

[quote name=\'Robert Hutchinson\' date=\'Feb 18 2005, 02:33 PM\']I'm confused (about something pointless): are we saying that Bob Stewart must have rode the bus, or the subway, exclusively? I imagine he sat down every week with a calculator and the latest rates and worked out which method would save him 3 cents . . .

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O.K.  We're out of control. I'm sorry if I wasn't specific enough. So let's review...

Mark Goodson described the simplicity of WML? using the term "riding on the bus or subway". As he owned a Rolls Royce in New York (license plate "MG EAST") and another Rolls Royce in L.A. (license plate "MG WEST") I humorously commented that it is unlikely Goodson rode many buses or subways.

Zach reported that Geoff Edwards once mentioned on the radio that Bob Stewart rode the bus to work (it must have been a slow day on the radio). OK.

Now that we were suddenly talking about Bob Stewart and public transportation, I remembered Bob Stewart telling me about his inspiration for the creation of TPiR. The story involves his visit to an electronics/appliance store near Times Square while he was walking between the Goodson-Todman offices and the subway. It's an interesting tale of creativity that just coincidentally involves Bob Stewart and his use of public transportation in New York half a century ago.

I can report with a reasonable level of confidence that the Stewart family owned at least one car in the 1960s. And I know for a fact that Bob Stewart knows how to drive; I've seen him drive in L.A. Many New Yorkers take advantage of the city's exceptional mass transit system; it doesn't have any bearing on whether or not they also use of an automobile.

Are we all clear? Or should we talk about Gene Rayburn and his use of a bicycle in the 1960s to ride to and from 30 Rock when weather permitted?


Transportationally yours,
Randy
tvrandywest.com