What's My Line? at 25

Premise
Just prior to the demise of the syndicated version in September 1975, the special was presented as part of their Wide World of Entertainment late night package that aired at 11:30 PM ET weeknights at the time, which also included among other shows, concert specials from Dick Clark, reruns of The Movie of the Week and The Dick Cavett Show.

The special only aired clips of the original 1950-67 CBS version, however their was one clip from 1973 during the Arlene Francis montage segment (for which was in black and white).

Trivia

 * The special would have been John Daly's last appearance before his untimely death 16 years later in 1991.


 * The special was taped at NBC Studios 8H and 6A (a.k.a The Ed Sullivan Theater) in New York City, New York.


 * Its set consisted of three chairs (where Goodson, Francis and Daly sat) and a coffee table on a dias covered with red carpeting backed by a blue cyclorama along with its logo hanging in front of it.


 * The special still exist as part of its ever growing library at The Museum of Radio & Television in New York.


 * Even though the special was aired only once and was never reruned since it's last broadcast, However, after 39 years since it's last broadcast, the special has been re-aired at midnight on GSN on December 24, 2014.

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What's My Line?

Link
Page about the special