tv memories: what's my line

osso, The Game Show Network reran this show for a long time, so my memories are relatively fresh.

The panel members were smart with phoney hoity toity accents, except for Bennett Cerf who talked Noo Yawk and thought he was amusing. Mostly he wasn't, and mostly his puns made me cringe.

Everybody liked Arlene Francis, and nobody liked Dorothy Kilgallen. They were both smart.

One of the things that struck me about the show when I watched at the start of the 21st century was how stereotyped men and women were. A woman who had an "unconventional" job (police officer) was a real challenge for the panel. The show was also largely nonethnic. White people with sorta unusual jobs.

The mystery guests were almost always guessed. Everybody knew who was in town.

I liked the show when it was on originally. And I liked seeing it again years later.

Anybody remember this?

Edgar, Not nice to leave me dangling like this. Who was the president who delivered Lincoln's Gettysburg Address?

Gimme a hint.

Please.

I certainly do not!!

I didn't like Cerf either. What did I know, I might have been eleven.

None of that wider view would have dented my psyche, then, Roberta. Maybe once in a while, but only for milliseconds. I was most likely to be engaged with hating or slightly mildly liking the people on the panel re the occupations..

Left out something. If a contestant stumped the panel, the contestant won an entire $100 and seemed thrilled to get it.

I didn't pay much attention to him on television, but he edited several books of humorous anectdotes about famous people. I loved 'em, so if you run across any in the second hand book stores, grab them for me.