1961 What’s My Line, Lucille Ball Is The Mystery Guest

The first episode of “What’s My Line” in 1961 was extraordinary.

The great Lucille Ball (movies, iconic in her television show “I Love Lucy,” and then so glad to be on Broadway in “Wildcat”) was the mystery guest.

Panelists were Arlene Francis, then rising and eventual great comedian Shelley Berman, Bennett Cerf and movies and television star, Faye Emerson (Mr. Cerf announced Dorothy Kilgallen had a shoulder injury thus Faye Emerson, who “only had a broken leg?” was substituting.

John Charles Daly, an iconic one, is the show’s host.

Enjoy!

That is the beautiful Faye Emerson, pictured above, while appearing in the 1961 first of the season, “What’s My Line” television show.