Ep 38. What's My Line? - 1955 - Episode 38

What's My Line? was a popular game show that aired on CBS from 1950 to 1967. The premise of the show involved a panel of four celebrity panelists who were blindfolded and asked to guess the occupation of a mystery guest by asking yes or no questions. The show was hosted by John Charles Daly and featured several different mystery guests each episode. The mystery guests could be anyone from a celebrity to a regular person with an interesting occupation.

Season 1 episode 38 of What's My Line? aired on July 3, 1955, and featured the usual panelists: Dorothy Kilgallen, Arlene Francis, Bennett Cerf, and a mystery guest panelist, Robert Q. Lewis. The episode began with Daly introducing the mystery guest and the panelists blindfolding themselves as usual. The mystery guest for this episode turned out to be a female sculptor from New York City named Alice Robertson.

The panelists asked Robertson a variety of questions to try and determine her occupation, including whether she worked indoors or outdoors, whether she worked with her hands, and whether she worked in a creative field. Robertson revealed that she primarily worked with metal and that her sculptures had been displayed in several galleries. Kilgallen correctly guessed that Robertson was a sculptor, but the panelists struggled to guess the specific medium she worked with.

After the mystery guest round, Daly introduced the second contestant for the episode, a man from California who built airplanes in his spare time. The panelists had a bit more trouble guessing this mystery guest's occupation, but eventually, Cerf correctly guessed that he built airplanes. The final mystery guest of the night was a man who trained dogs for the police department. The panelists were able to guess this occupation fairly quickly.

Throughout the episode, there were several commercial breaks for the show's sponsors. The episode featured advertisements for Marlboro cigarettes, Halo Shampoo, and Colgate toothpaste. After the final mystery guest had been correctly guessed, Daly thanked the guests and the panelists and signed off for the night.

Overall, season 1 episode 38 of What's My Line? was a typical episode of this popular game show. The panelists were entertaining as always, and the mystery guests provided a good challenge for the panelists to try and guess their occupations. While the show itself may seem a bit dated by today's standards, it was a beloved program in its time and helped establish the careers of many of its panelists.