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What's My Line? Season 17 Episodes
Season 17 Episode Guide
49 Episodes 1965 - 1966
Episode 1
Miss America 1965 Vonda Kay Van Dyke & Betty White and Allen Ludden
Sun, Sep 5, 196530 mins
Panelists question a sleeping bag maker, and blindfolded, try to identify the week's three celebrity "mystery guests", the 1965 Miss America, and an actress as well as comedienne and her game show host husband.
Episode 2
Edgar Bergen and Candice Bergen
Sun, Sep 12, 196530 mins
Panelists question a traffic helicopter reporter, a bagpipe playing instructor and blindfolded, try to identify the week's two celebrity "mystery guests", a comedian and vaudevillian, and his daughter, an actress and former fashion model.
Episode 3
Muhammad Ali
Sun, Sep 19, 196530 mins
Panelists question a worms gatherer, a restaurant doorwoman and blindfolded, try to identify the week's celebrity "mystery guest", a professional boxer, activist, entertainer, poet, and philanthropist.
Episode 4
Woody Allen
Sun, Sep 26, 196530 mins
Panelists question a dices' quality inspector, a whales trainer and blindfolded, try to identify the week's celebrity "mystery guest", a writer, actor, and comedian.
Episode 5
Sean Connery & Henry Fonda
Sun, Oct 3, 196530 mins
Panelists question a World Series tickets distributor, a telephone poles inspector and blindfolded, try to identify the week's two celebrity "mystery guests", a Scottish actor, and the other, an American film and stage actor.
Episode 6
Gordon and Sheila MacRae (3)
Sun, Oct 10, 196530 mins
Panelists question a Hong Kong Police Force policewoman, the president of a television rating service and blindfolded, try to identify the week's two celebrity "mystery guests", an actor and singer, and his actress and singer wife.
Episode 7
Oscar Levant (2)
Sun, Oct 17, 196530 mins
Panelists question a mother and son U.S. Army privates, a water salesman and blindfolded, try to identify the week's celebrity "mystery guest", concert pianist, composer, comedian and actor.
Episode 8
Danny Kaye, Yves Saint-Laurent & Bette Davis
Sun, Oct 24, 196530 mins
Tonights guests are Danny Kaye, Yves Saint-Laurent and Bette Davis.
Episode 9
Andy Griffith (3)
Sun, Oct 31, 196530 mins
Panelists question a 16-year-old pumpkins grower, a porpoise trainer lady, a female stockbroker and blindfolded, try to identify the week's celebrity "mystery guest", an actor, comedian, TV producer, southern gospel singer, and writer.
Episode 10
Joey Heatherton
Sun, Nov 7, 196530 mins
Panelists question a wax museum owner, a female dynamite seller, a football writer, and blindfolded, try to identify the week's celebrity "mystery guest", a dancer and singer.
Episode 11
Maureen O'Sullivan
Sun, Nov 14, 196530 mins
Panelists question the first female mayor of Aurora, CO, a flagpole maker, a female barber, and blindfolded, try to identify the week's celebrity "mystery guest", an Irish-American actress.
Episode 12
Ray Milland (2)
Sun, Nov 21, 196530 mins
Panelists question a turkeys' breeder, a false eyelashes manufacturer, a parking enforcement officer ('meter maid') and blindfolded, try to identify the week's celebrity "mystery guest", a British-American actor and film director.
Episode 13
Hayley Mills
Sun, Nov 28, 196530 mins
Panelists question a 65-year-old flying instructor lady, a hockey sticks' manufacturer, a dogs' coats maker and blindfolded, try to identify the week's celebrity "mystery guest", an English actress.
Episode 14
Edward G. Robinson (5)
Sun, Dec 5, 196530 mins
Panelists question a cartoonist, a swans' breeder, an assistant district attorney and blindfolded, try to identify the week's celebrity "mystery guest", a Romanian-born stage and screen actor during Hollywood's Golden Age.
Episode 15
Kate Smith
Sun, Dec 12, 196530 mins
Panelists question a female bus driver, a Christmas trees' farmer and blindfolded, try to identify the week's celebrity "mystery guest", 'The First Lady of Radio', a soprano.
Episode 16
Lauren Bacall (2)
Sun, Dec 19, 196530 mins
Panelists question the headmistress at the St. Aloysius Military Academy, a mistletoe salesman, a department store Santa Claus and blindfolded, try to identify the week's celebrity "mystery guest", an actress.
Episode 17
Alan Jay Lerner & Buddy Hackett
Sun, Dec 26, 196530 mins
Panelists question a female police commissioner, an animal fur auctioneer and blindfolded, try to identify the week's two celebrity "mystery guests", a lyricist and librettist, and an actor and comedian.
Episode 18
Geraldine Chaplin
Sun, Jan 2, 196630 mins
Panelists question a breadboxes maker, a barbers' school owner, a music boxes salesman and blindfolded, try to identify the week's celebrity "mystery guest", an actress and daughter of a famous English comic actor.
Episode 19
Hugh Hefner & Polly Bergen
Sun, Jan 9, 196630 mins
Panelists question the launch director for Gemini space flights, a yachts' charterer and blindfolded, try to identify the week's two celebrity "mystery guests", an adult magazine publisher, and an actress, singer and entrepreneur.
Episode 20
Mickey Rooney (4)
Sun, Jan 16, 196630 mins
Panelists question a doorknobs' designer and, blindfolded, try to identify the week's two celebrity "mystery guests", a traffic commissioner, and a stage and film actor and comedian.
Episode 21
Maury Wills & Dinah Shore
Sun, Jan 23, 196630 mins
Panelists question a bubble bath maker, an expert in equine hoof care and blindfolded, try to identify the week's two celebrity "mystery guests", a professional baseball player and musician, and a female vocalist and TV personality.
Episode 22
Sam Spiegel & Hugh O'Brian
Sun, Jan 30, 196630 mins
Panelists question a motorcycle saleslady and blindfolded, try to identify the week's two celebrity "mystery guests", an independent film producer, and an actor.
Episode 23
Carol Channing (3)
Sun, Feb 6, 196630 mins
Panelists question a female periodontist, an Indian Air Force fighter pilot and blindfolded, try to identify the week's celebrity "mystery guest", an actress, singer, and comedienne, known for starring in Broadway and film musicals.
Episode 24
Harry Belafonte (3)
Sun, Feb 13, 196630 mins
Panelists question a mouse traps manufacturer, a female rally driver from Dublin and blindfolded, try to identify the week's celebrity "mystery guest", a singer, songwriter, activist, and actor.
Episode 25
Eddie Albert and Eva Gabor
Sun, Feb 20, 196630 mins
Panelists question a bar stools manufacturer, a female logger and blindfolded, try to identify the week's two celebrity "mystery guests", an actor and activist, and a Hungarian-born actress, businesswoman, singer, and socialite.
Episode 26
The Supremes & Lana Turner
Sun, Feb 27, 196630 mins
Panelists question a wine salesman and world record pole vaulter, a female racetrack bookie and blindfolded, try to identify the week's two celebrity "mystery guests", a female singing trio, and a famous actress.
Episode 27
Paul Ford (2)
Sun, Mar 6, 196630 mins
Panelists question a pet turtles' breeder, a child children's advice columnist and blindfolded, try to identify the week's celebrity "mystery guest", a character actor.
Episode 28
Robert Preston (2)
Sun, Mar 13, 196630 mins
Panelists question a television news reporter, a horseradish manufacturer and blindfolded, try to identify the week's celebrity "mystery guest", a stage and film actor and singer of Broadway and cinema.
Episode 29
Carol Burnett (4)
Sun, Mar 20, 196630 mins
Panelists question identical twin sisters blackjack dealers in a gambling casino, a baseballs stitcher, a kites maker and blindfolded, try to identify the week's celebrity "mystery guest", an actress, comedian, singer, and writer.
Episode 30
Walter Cronkite & Art Carney
Sun, Mar 27, 196630 mins
Panelists question a federal income tax field auditor and blindfolded, try to identify the week's two celebrity "mystery guests", a broadcast journalist, and an actor and comedian.
Episode 31
Woody Allen (2)
Sun, Apr 3, 196630 mins
Panelists question a baby gorillas' caretaker, a Venetian gondolier and blindfolded, try to identify the week's celebrity "mystery guest", a film director, writer, actor, and comedian.
Episode 32
Lee Remick (3)
Sun, Apr 10, 196630 mins
Panelists question Steve Allen's secretary, an industrial eggs breaker, a female trailer truck driver and blindfolded, try to identify the week's celebrity "mystery guest", an Academy and Tony Awards nominated actress.
Episode 33
Arthur Godfrey (4)
Sun, Apr 17, 196630 mins
Panelists question a dog control officer, a drums tester and blindfolded, try to identify the week's celebrity "mystery guest", a radio and television broadcaster and entertainer.
Episode 34
Natalie Wood
Sun, Apr 24, 196630 mins
Panelists question a special effects man in a Broadway musical, an elephant garlic farmer and blindfolded, try to identify the week's celebrity "mystery guest", an actress who began her career in film as a child actor.
Episode 35
Gwen Verdon
Sun, May 15, 196630 mins
Panelists question the USAF's Thunderbirds flying team, a sweepstakes tickets saleslady, a female ship radio officer and blindfolded, try to identify the week's celebrity "mystery guest", a critically acclaimed Broadway actress and dancer.
Episode 36
Soupy Sales (2)
Sun, May 29, 196630 mins
Panelists question a door-to-door vacuum cleaners saleslady, an umpire in Major League Baseball, a horse-drawn carriage driver lady and blindfolded, try to identify the week's celebrity "mystery guest", a comedian and TV personality.
Episode 37
Jack Benny & Vince Edwards
Sun, Jun 5, 196630 mins
Panelists question a horse collars maker and blindfolded, try to identify the week's two celebrity "mystery guests", a comedic entertainer in radio, television and film, and an actor, director, and singer.
Episode 38
David Merrick & Henry and Peter Fonda
Sun, Jun 12, 196630 mins
Panelists question a sommelier, a guest ranch owner and blindfolded, try to identify the week's three celebrity "mystery guests", a Broadway theatrical producer, and a father and son, both actors.
Episode 39
Jerry Lewis (4)
Sun, Jun 19, 196630 mins
Panelists question a motorcycle store owner (as well as famous TV personality), a female fire eater and blindfolded, try to identify the week's celebrity "mystery guest", a comedian, actor, singer, filmmaker and humanitarian.
Episode 40
Carroll Baker (2)
Sun, Jun 26, 196630 mins
Contestants are: Mary Quant, a leading "mod" British fashion designer who was just awarded an M.B.E. Cecil Ellis builds saunas and Kathy Dibel is an AP sportswriter. The Mystery Guest is actress Carol Baker.
Episode 41
Joan Crawford (3)
Sun, Jul 3, 196630 mins
Panelists question a surfboards salesman, a lady who applies hands-on driving tests and blindfolded, try to identify the week's celebrity "mystery guest", a film and television actress who began her career as a dancer.
Episode 42
James Mason (5)
Sun, Jul 10, 196630 mins
Panelists question a supermarket check-out clerk, a buttons designer and blindfolded, try to identify the week's celebrity "mystery guest", an English actor.
Episode 43
Jayne Mansfield (3)
Sun, Jul 17, 196630 mins
Panelists question a platform diver on horseback, a drinking straws manufacturer, a female drummer in an all-male band and blindfolded, try to identify the week's celebrity "mystery guest", an actress, singer and nightclub entertainer.
Episode 44
Marisa Pavan and Jean-Pierre Aumont
Sun, Jul 24, 196630 mins
Panelists question an usherette at Shea Stadium, an elevators' manufacturer and saleslady and blindfolded, try to identify the week's two celebrity "mystery guests", a French actor and his wife, an Italian actress.
Episode 45
Marty Allen and Steve Rossi (2)
Sun, Jul 31, 196630 mins
Evelyne Bore is an underwater stunt person. Richard Gehle sells bird cages. The Mystery guests are a very popular comedy team.
Episode 46
Shelley Winters (3)
Sun, Aug 7, 196630 mins
Panelists question a property tax collector, a clam digger, a circus stilt walker and blindfolded, try to identify the week's celebrity "mystery guest", a two-time Academy Award winning actress.
Episode 47
Nancy Sinatra
Sun, Aug 14, 196630 mins
Panelists question an 88-year-old harness racing driver, a bats breeder, a roses' nursery manager and blindfolded, try to identify the week's celebrity "mystery guest", a singer and actress.
Episode 48
Walter Brennan (2)
Sun, Aug 21, 196630 mins
Panelists question a computer dating service owner, a general aviation aircraft saleslady and blindfolded, try to identify the week's celebrity "mystery guest", a three-time Academy Award winning actor and singer.
Episode 49
Pearl Bailey (3)
Sun, Aug 28, 196630 mins
Panelists question an eyelash curlers manufacturer, a municipal judge and blindfolded, try to identify the week's celebrity "mystery guest", an actress and singer.