Thanks to the Game Show Network, I’ve been able to watch a bunch of episodes of “What’s My Line?” from the 50s. Every episode has a celebrity mystery guest, the identity of whom the blindfolded panelists attempt to guess.
Earlier, I saw a special episode from Los Angeles (the show was normally shot in NYC), with an extra mystery guest of Duke Snider, Los Angeles Dodger center fielder. It was awesome to see them discussing the recent move from Brooklyn, not to mention the audience cheering about the comment that the team was “the Los Angeles Dodgers now.”
Back in NYC, and before the move west, Duke Snider joined NY Giants pitcher Sal Maglie as co-guests:
And here’s Roy Campanella from 1953:
Recently I also caught an episode of “The Name’s the Same” with Gil Hodges, but I’ve not been able to find the episode online yet.
[...] a previous Trolley Dodger post, here’s Duke on the classic What’s My Line? show just after the Dodgers move to Los [...]