Previously, we've served up an episode of What's My Line? with Paul Winchell on the panel, on a night when Bob Hope and his daughter were mystery guests.
Here, though, is a historic meeting between Winchell and his idol, if you will, Edgar Bergen, who brings along Mortimer Snerd. Jerry Mahoney flirts with Arlene Francis at the start, but gets Dorothy Kilgallon's attention (or is that the other way around) at the end.
Oh, what fun!
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Fun Fact:
Several years after this, Paul Winchell and Edgar Bergen made a joint appearance on Masquerade Party, disguised as Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.
This was when Allan Sherman was the producer; he liked to turn the guest spots into "production numbers", as in this spot, where Winchell and Bergen would each appear solo, drink a foamy brew, disappear behind the set, and the other would reemerge with a new and uglier mask.
When the spot ended, Winchell and Bergen brought out Jerry Mahoney and Charlie McCarthy to do a Halloween-themed poem; this was their first (and apparently only) appearance together on TV.
Those were the days ...
I'm going to have to find that Masquerade Party tape, if at all possible.
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