Ann Landers & Cyd Charisse

Episode aired Mar 18, 1956
30m

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Bennett Cerf, John Daly, Arlene Francis, and Dorothy Kilgallen in What's My Line? (1950)

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John Daly begins the show with a tribute to Fred Allen who suffered a heart attack while taking one of his regular late night strolls up New York's West 57th Street on Sunday March 17, 1956.... Read allJohn Daly begins the show with a tribute to Fred Allen who suffered a heart attack while taking one of his regular late night strolls up New York's West 57th Street on Sunday March 17, 1956. During the following night's regular Sunday broadcast of What's My Line? at 10:30PM, bare... Read allJohn Daly begins the show with a tribute to Fred Allen who suffered a heart attack while taking one of his regular late night strolls up New York's West 57th Street on Sunday March 17, 1956. During the following night's regular Sunday broadcast of What's My Line? at 10:30PM, barely 24 hours following Allen's death, host John Daly preceded the program with a special me... Read all

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This episode aired the day following the unexpected death of regular panelist Fred Allen, and former panelist Steve Allen was called on to fill in. Honoring the wishes of Fred's widow, the show went on, with a short remembrance by John Daly to begin the program. Instead of their traditional good-nights at the end, the panelists gave their own short tributes to Fred.

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[Before the standard opening that identifies the episode's sponsor, John Daly looks directly into the camera and delivers these remarks]
John Daly - Moderator: This is a melancholy time for us, as I'm sure it is for you. I'm sure most of you know that during last night, Fred Allen passed away. It was our thought that tonight we would invite some of Fred's old friends here, and we'd talk about Fred, his contributions to American humor and American culture. Or perhaps we would go into the library of film which we have, excerpt it, and tell something of the story of Fred Allen and the great contributions that he made to our industry. Mrs. Allen, the beloved Portland, specifically has asked us not to do that. It was her feeling that if we wish to pay tribute to Fred, the best tribute we could pay him would be to do this program just as if he were here with us. Fred was a professional performer, and he did a great many shows, I'm sure, when he didn't feel like laughing. But he did them, and we're going to try to do them in that same tradition. And so, for Arlene Francis and Steve Allen, an old friend who was kind enough to come and help us tonight, and Dorothy Kilgallen and Bennet Cerf, we are going to do "What's My Line?" the way Fred would have liked to have had it done.