Now and then the syndicated What's My Line gets a mention on the GSN classics board. So I rummaged around YouTube and found a couple complete episodes for oldies fans.Funny how a splash of color makes the syndie seem so much more recent than the black-and-white version. But the syndie started just a year after John Daly rang down the curtain on the original. From the GSN board...
Other poster: What's My Line. Whatever happened to the episodes from 1968-1975 hosted by Wally Bruner and then Larry Blyden?
GSN has tried them in regular runs but they never did much business. A complete Bruner syndie ep on YouTube starts here. Arlene Francis and Soupy Sales and Mrs. John Daley(!)
A complete Blyden ep begins here. Again Arlene and Soupy show up. You'll notice the GSN logo on both episodes. Interesting how the Blyden version eventually squeezed down the intros to quicken the pace of the show.
I like the syndie. It was looser than the sometimes stuffy original. But I'm not holding my breath on a return to GSN.
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