Revealing One Character Trait at a Time
At the writers retreat last weekend, the exercises we did on Building a Better Character reminded me of the (really) old TV show What’s My Line?
What’s My Line? 
(1950-1967) came from the time-before-color. Yes boys and girls, there was a time when the world was in Black and White. And worse … there were no laptops, iPods, or cell phones. And dinasaurs roamed the earth. Pretty much.
Anyway, way back then there was this game show where contestants with unusual occupations were interviewed using questions that had to be answered with a “yes” or “no” and from that the panelists had to guess the contestant’s occupation. There was usually one “mystery guest” round–with a famous person–where the panelists had to wear masks and the mystery guest disguised their voice.
So … are you up for a jaunt in the Wayback machine … blasting into the past for a few entertaining episodes of What’s My Line? Hang onto your bobby socks … 1950’s here we come!
What’s My Line? Mystery Guest ~ Walt Disney
What’s My Line? Colonel Sanders
There was a time when people didn’t recognize Colonel Sanders by sight? AMAZING!
Elizabeth Fais 
Shocked that they didn’t even know who Colonel Sanders was. Or anything about his fried chicken. Loved watching these old shows. Thanks for sharing them.
Some of the guests were amazing! Like Eleanor Roosevelt, a very young Elizabeth Taylor, and Alfred Hitchcock.
Watching these oldies but goodies was great fun! Groucho is always so much fun, and it’s hard to imagine a time when Colonel Sanders might’be been unfamiliar! Thanks for this great blast from the past, Elizabeth!
Glad you enjoyed them! Some of the dialog is hilarious because it’s so un-PC by today’s standards. There’s a lot of history in those clips. Eleanor Roosevelt? That’s amazing!