Continuing my series posting 10 of my favorite or notable moments from the history of What's My Line?, celebrating its 75th anniversary at the beginning of February.
9. Sometimes, the best Mystery Guest segments are the ones where the guest gives away who they are. In this segment, legend Jack Benny has fun toying with the panel’s questions — including smacking a kiss on guest panelist, and wife of other guest panelist Steve Allen, Jayne Meadows after being asked if he were glamorous. It culminates in Bennett Cerf, being wise to the fact that it was Benny, asking if “Mischa Elman or Jascha Heifetz scream with horror at mere mention of [his] name?” Those are two master violinists, a reference to the long running joke of Benny being poor at the violin. To which Benny then delivers his famous delivery of “Oh, shut up!”, ending the guessing then and there. Just a wonderfully delightful segment
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