First episode aired February 2, 1950. Panelists are Richard Hoffman, Louis Untermeyer, Dorothy Kilgallen, and Harold Hoffman. Challengers are a hat check girl, a diaper service executive, and a veterinarian. Mystery guest is Phil Rizzuto. (SNBW-26/32809)
1951(?) episode. Betty Furnette, Louis Untermeyer, Arlene Francis, and Garry Moore. Challengers are a parchute jumper, a lingerie model, and a seltzer manufacturer. Mystery guest is Guy Lombardo. (SNBW-23/00000)
1953 episode. Dorothy Kilgallen, Steve Allen, Arlene Francis, and Bennett Cerf. Challengers are a man who makes chewing tobacco, a bathtub salesman, and a lady who writes television commercials. Mystery guest is Eleanor Roosevelt. (BWSN-1/03412)
Dorothy Kilgallen, Steve Allen, Arlene Francis, and Bennett Cerf. Challengers are a female dog catcher, a lady who sells men's long underwear, and a bread box maker. Mystery guest is Edward G. Robinson. (BWSN-1a/00000)
Aired September, 1954. Dorothy Kilgallen, Robert Q. Lewis, Arlene Francis, and Bennett Cerf. Challengers are Miss America (Lee Meriwether), a men's corset fitter, and Marilyn Monroe's dramatic coach (Bennett nails the "dramatic coach" part in the free guesses). Mystery Guest is Alfred Hitchcock. (SNBW-12/03000)
Aired January, 1961. Dorothy Kilgallen, Joey Bishop, Arlene Francis, and Bennett Cerf. Challengers are Wilt Chamberlain (when he goes to meet the panel, Joey and Bennett stand on their chairs), a department store detective (which Bennett nails all by himself), and a TV commercial jingle writer. Mystery guest is Joan Crawford. (SNBW-7/05958)
Aired June, 1962. Dorothy Kilgallen, Dave Garroway, Arlene Francis, and Bennett Cerf. Challengers are a captain of a charter fishing boat, a boomerang maker, and a Judo instructor. Mystery guest is Jerry Lewis. (SNBW-1/03031)
Aired July, 1962. Dorothy Kilgallen, Allen Ludden, Arlene Francis, and Bennett Cerf. Challengers are a crab fisherwoman and a lady who does a "human bomb" act. Mystery guest is Anne Bancroft. (SNBW-1/33444)
Aired July, 1962. Arlene Francis, Martin Gabel, Dorothy Kilgallen, and Bennett Cerf. Challengers are a probation officer, a nitroglycerin maker, and an elephant trainer. Mystery guest is Walter Pidgeon. (SNBW-2/15901)
Aired July, 1962. Dorothy Kilgallen, Tom Poston, Arlene Francis, and Bennett Cerf. Challengers are Willie Mays and the head of design and construction of the Telstar Satellite. Mystery guest is Paul Anka. (SNBW-2/50107)
Aired July, 1962. Arlene Francis, Buddy Hackett, Dorothy Kilgallen, and Bennett Cerf. Challengers are a yacht saleswoman and a professional Soccer player. Mystery guests are Miss Universe and Benny Goodman. (SNBW-3/03001)
Aired July, 1962. Dorothy Kilgallen, Joey Bishop, Arlene Francis, and Bennett Cerf. Challengers are a baseball bat maker and an air traffic controller. Mystery guests are Richard Chamberlain & Raymond Massey (Dr. Kildare & Dr. Gillespie). (SNBW-3/32947)
Aired August, 1962. Arlene Francis, Alan King, Dorothy Kilgallen, and Bennett Cerf. Challengers are a seller of vacuum cleaners for horses and cows, a famale Assistant District Attorney, and a lady who runs a Finnish health bath. Mystery guest is Ginger Rogers. (SNBW-4/03015)
Aired August, 1962. Dorothy Kilgallen, Martin Gabel, Arlene Francis, and Bennett Cerf. Challengers are sister lobster fisherwomen, a man who makes yo-yos, and a man who cleans the exterior of the Empire State Building. Mystery guest is Red Buttons. (SNBW-4/32959)
Aired September, 1962. Arlene Francis, Liberace, Dorothy Kilgallen, and Bennett Cerf. Liberace and Dorothy's intro cut out. Challengers are Willie Moscon (the world's Picket Billiards champion), a handcuff maker (which Bennett nails by himelf), and a piano tuner. Mystery guest is Jack E. Leonard. (SNBW-11/03029)
Aired September, 1962. Dorothy Kilgallen, Tony Randall, Arlene Francis, and Bennett Cerf. Challengers are a yacht designer (designed America's Cup defender "Weatherly") and a TV comedy writer. Mystery guest is Dick Powell. (SNBW-11/33016)
Aired December, 1962. Arlene Francis, Steve Lawrence, Dorothy Kilgallen, and Bennett Cerf. Chellengers are a song writer (wrote songs for the Broadway musical "Little Me") and a barber chair seller. Mystery guest is Edward G. Robinson. (SNBW-10/02959)
Aired December, 1962. Dorothy Kilgallen, Buddy Hackett, Arlene Francis, and Bennett Cerf. Challengers are a reindeer raiser, a lady who collects traffic tolls at Lincoln Tunnel (N.Y. to N.J.), and a professional stilt walker. Mystery guest is Liberace. (SNBW-10/32944)
Aired January, 1963. Arlene Francis, Peter Cook, Dorothy Kilgallen, and Bennett Cerf. Challengers are a doll importer, a television director, and the president of a rubber band company. Mystery guest is Montgomery Clift. (WKEND-3/20150)
Aired January, 1963. Dorothy Kilgallen, Steve Lawrence, Arlene Francis, and Martin Gable. Challengers are a lady who guides tours underwater, a bathtub seller, and a man who drills holes in bowling balls. Mystery guest is Maurice Chevalier. (SNBW-9/15914)
Dorothy Kilgallen, Shelly Burman, Arlene Francis, and Bennett Cerf. Challengers are a bottled water seller, a lady who teaches pool, and a chinese food maker. Mystery guest is Phyllis Diller. (WKEND-1/15928)
Aired February, 1963. Arlene Francis, Peter Ustinov, Phyllis Newman, and Bennett Cerf. Challengers are a lady bullfigher and a powder puff maker. Mystery guest is Tony Perkins. (MISC-2/15917)
Arlene Francis, Steve Lawrence, Dorothy Kilgallen, and Bennett Cerf. Challengers are Hollywood comlunist Hedda Hopper (who is NOT wearing one of her trademark hats) and a nose warmer knitter. Mystery guest is Shirley Booth. (WKEND-5/15958)
Dorothy Kilgallen, Joey Bishop, Arlene Francis, and Bennett Cerf. Challengers are the leaders of the four service bands (Army, Marine Corps, Navy, Air Force), a lady who rides on the wing of a stunt plane, and the batboy for the NY Mets. Mystery guest is Peter Lawford. (SNBW-12/00000)
Dorothy Kilgallen, Edward Mulhare, Arlene Francis, and Bennett Cerf. Challengers are a gatekeeper from Blarey Castle (site of the Blarney Stone), a shamrock grower, and a policewoman from Dublin. Mystery guest is Ed Sullivan. (SNBW-32/00000)
Arlene Francis, Johnny Carson, Phyllis Newman, and Bennett Cerf. Challengers are a lady who operates a Roulette wheel and an onion grower. Mystery guest is Danny Kaye (but signs "Alfred Hitchcock"). (SNBW-31/00000)
Dorothy Kilgallen, Peter Cook, Arlene Francis, and Bennett Cerf. Challengers are Louis Nizer (a trial lawyer who wrote the book "My Life in Court"), a lady who styles and fits false eyelashes, and a lady who makes coats for dogs. Mystery guest is Carol Channing. (SNBW-30/12957)
Dorothy Kilgallen, Martin Gabel, Arlene Francis, and Bennett Cerf. Challengers are a space suit technician (he dressed astronaut Gordon Cooper for flight), a restaruant doorwoman, and a woman who makes birdhouses. Mystery guest is Sid Caesar. (SNBW-28/00000)
Dorothy Kilgallen, Eammon Andrews, Kitty Carlistle, and Bennett Cerf. Challengers are Gil Hodges (the manager of the Washington Senators Baseball team) and a pair of female house painters. Mystery guest is Peter Ustinov. (SNBW-27/00000)
Arlene Francis, Buddy Hackett (when Arlene introduces Buddy, Joey Bishop steps out followed by Buddy), Dorothy Kilgallen, and Bennett Cerf. Challengers are a female dog catcher, a lady who makes diet bread, and a man who inspects and tests rides at Coney Island. Mystery guests are Bob Hope & Lucille Ball. (SNBW-26/00000)
Aired June 2, 1963. Win TV episode. Dorothy Kilgallen, Tony Randall, Dina Marrow, and Bennett Cerf. Challengers are Eamonn Andrews (the moderator of "What's My Line?" in England) and a poodle clipper. Mystery guest is Jean Pierre Aumont. (SNBW-21/15812)
Aired June 9, 1963. Win TV episode. Dorothy Kilgallen, Maurice Edelman, Phyllis Neuman, and Bennett Cerf. Challengers are a woman who makes back-scratchers for cows, a female professional long distance swimmer, and a spaghetti maker. Mystery guest is Andy Williams. (SNBW-25/12819)
Aired June 16, 1963. Win TV episode. Arlene Francis, Tony Randall, Dorothy Kilgallen, and Bennett Cerf. Challengers are Dick Tiger (middleweight Boxing champion of the world), a man who sells bridal veils, and a helecopter stewardess. Mystery guest is Geraldine Page. (SNBW-22/02907)
Aired June 23, 1963. Win TV episode. Dorothy Kilgallen, Martin Gabel, Arlene Francis, and Bennett Cerf. Video problems during first 8 or 9 minutes. Challengers are a lady chiropractor, a saurkraut maker, and a professional Soccer player. Mystery guests are Betty White and Allen Ludden. (SNBW-33/00000)
Aired June 30, 1963. Win TV episode. Arlene Francis, Robert Q. Lewis, Dorothy Kilgallen, and Bennett Cerf. Challengers are a lady who sells fireworks and a race horse clocker. Mystery guest is Van Johnson. (SNBW-33/35911)
Aired July 7, 1963. Win TV episode. Dorothy Kilgallen, Woody Allen, Arlene Francis, and Bennett Cerf. Woody's intro is cut out. Challengers are a Japanese symphony conductor and a woman who sells lobsters. Mystery guests are Peter, Paul, & Mary. (SNBW-24/00000)
Aired July 21, 1963. Win TV episode. Dorothy Kilgallen, Martin Gabel, Arlene Francis, and Bennett Cerf. Challengers are a female jockey and a man who makes hair curlers. Mystery guest is Edie Adams. (SNBW-20/03030)
Aired July 28, 1963. Win TV episode. Arlene Francis, Peter Cook, Phyllis Neuman, and Bennett Cerf. Challengers are a "What's My Line" panelist in Korea, a man who runs a school for baseball umpires, and a butler. Mystery guest is Sir Ralph Richardson. (SNBW-20/42815)
Aired August 4, 1963. Win TV episode. Arlene Francis, Merv Griffin, Dorothy Kilgallen, and Bennett Cerf. Challengers are champagne maker Charles Heidsieck, a bathroom scale salesman, and two policewomen from Toronto. Mystery guest is Peggy Cass. (SNBW-14/5918)
Aired August 11, 1963. Win TV episode. Arlene Francis, Tony Randall, Phyllis Neuman, and Bennett Cerf. Challengers are a professional skindiver and the head of the mosquito control project. Mystery guests are The Kingston Trio. (SNBW-19/13008)
Aired August 18, 1963. WinTV episode. Phyllis Neuman, Martin Gabel, Arlene Francis, and Bennett Cerf. Challengers are a female automobile stunt driver and a man who makes hammocks. Mystery guest is Richard Boone of the TV series "Have Gun will Travel." (SNBW-13/05832)
August 25, 1963. Win TV episode. Dorothy Kilgallen, Robert Q. Lewis, Arlene Francis, and Bennett Cerf. Challengers are the head fashion designer for Christian Dior, a woman who tests suntan lotion, and a female professtional archer. Mystery guest is Joey Bishop. (SNBW-13/52717)
Aired September 1, 1963. Win TV episode. Arlene Francis, Milton Cayman, Dorothy Kilgallen, and Bennett Cerf. Challengers are passenger balloon salesman Don Piccard, a kindergarten teacher, and a woman who raises pigs. Mystery guest is Mitch Miller. (SNBW-17/20022)
Aired September 15, 1963. Win TV episode. Arlene Francis, Tony Randall, Dorothy Kilgallen, and Bennett Cerf. Challengers are a referee in a kangaroo boxing act and a church bell maker. Mystery guest is Allen Funt. (SNBW-16/12904)
Aired October 13, 1963. Win TV episode. Dorothy Kilgallen, Tony Randall, Arlene Francis, and Bennett Cerf. Challengers are a man who makes cosmetics for dogs and a female evangelist. Mystery guest is Groucho Marx. (SNBW-15/15754)
Same as above episode except without the Win TV borders. (BWSN-3/03723)
Aired October 20, 1963. Win TV episode. Arlene Francis, Art Linkletter, Dorothy Kilgallen, and Bennett Cerf. Challengers are the captain of the glass bottom boat "Arlene Francis" and a lady who makes horseshoes for racehorses. Mystery guest is Carol Lawrence. (SNBW-18/12816)
Arlene Francis, Charles Nelson Reilly, Dorothy Kilgallen, and Bennett Cerf. Challengers are a hippopotamus trainer, a fingerprint examiner, and a golf tee maker. Mystery guests are The McGuire Sisters. (BWSN-2/03104)
Dorothy Kilgallen, Allen Ludden, Arlene Francis, and Bennett Cerf. Challengers are a lady who raises mice for research and an 85 year old flagpole painter. Mystery guest is Ethel Merman. (BWSN-10-29/00000)
Dorothy Kilgallen, Buddy Hackett, Arlene Francis, and Bennett Cerf. Challengers are Mr. Nielsen of the Nielsen ratings service, a snowshoe maker, and Jackie Gleason's valet. Mystery guest is Carol Burnett (Is she a leading man??). (012401/13037)
Arlene Francis, Steve Lawrence, Dorothy Kilgallen, and Bennett Cerf. Challengers are a lady who makes wax figures for museums and a doorknob salesman. Mystery guest is Victor Borge. (BWSN-2a/00000)
Arlene Francis, Robert Q. Lewis, Dorothy Kilgallen, and Bennett Cerf. Challengers are an ear muff maker, a man who pulls a richshaw at a shopping center, and a lady stockbroker. Mystery guest is Ginger Rogers. (BWSN-3a/00000)
Dorothy Kilgallen, Woody Allen, Arlene Francis, and Bennett Cerf. Challengers are a female taxicab driver, a corn cob pipe maker, and a garbage can salesman. Mystery guest is Pearl Bailey. (BWSN-4a/00000)
What's My Line? begins its 15th year. Dorothy Kilagallen, Martin Gabel, Arlene Francis, and Bennett Cerf. Challengers are a man who runs a clinic on how to stop smoking and a lady who owns and races greyhounds. Mystery guest is George Burns. (BWSN-1b/02733)
Arlene Francis, Robert Preston, Dorothy Kilgallen, and Bennett Cerf. Challengers are the ladies US Pro Bowling Champ and a banana inspector. Mystery guest is Noel Coward. (BWSN-4a/13008)
Dorothy Kilgallen, Art Linkletter, Arlene Francis, and Bennett Cerf. Challengers are a radio operator on a ship and a porpoise trainer. Mystery guest is Bette Davis. (ASOT-3/00000)
Phyllis Newman, Mark Goodson, Arlene Francis, and Bennett Cerf. Challengers are Frank Sinatra (who takes Mark's place on the panel), a lady who is a men's barber, and a boy who a member of the chorus of the Metropolitan Opera. Mystery guest is Mia Farrow (Sinatra). (ASOT-15/12555)
Arlene Francis, Joe Gariagiola, Dorothy Kilagllen, and Martin Gabel. Challengers are a lady who gathers and packs worms and a lady doorman at at New York restaurant. Mystery guest is Muhammad Ali. (ASOT-3/10006)
Arlene Francis, Paul Anka, Dorothy Kilgallen, and Bennett Cerf. Paul's intro cut out. Challengers are a lady who demonstrates skateboards, an auto crushing machine operator, and a television news reporter from Japan. Mystery guest is Liza Minnelli. (MISC-2/05947)
Episode from 1967. Arlene Francis, Gene Rayburn, Phyllis Newman, and Bennett Cerf. Challengers are a pair of worm counters and an interpreter for the United Nations. Mystery guest is Hugh O'Brian. (MISC-SUN/10131)
Sue Oakland, Tony Randall, Arlene Francis, and Bennett Cerf. Challenger is a saddle maker. Mystery guests are Vince Lombardi (coach of the Super Bowl Champs Green Bay Packers) and Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass. (BWSN-6a/03043)
