The three panelists had to guess who the mystery celebrity was from their answers to fill in the blank statements or free associations to a word. The panelists were encouraged to play psychologist. The panelists were given a choice of five people, one of whom was the mystery guest.
Dennis James was always a panelist. The other two panelists were rotating regulars. Panelists I remember include Inger Stevens, Julie Adams, Richard Long, Paul Winchell, Gisele Mackenzie, and TV writer George Kirgo. I think Dr. Joyce Brothers also played. Dennis called Richard Long Richard Wrong for his bad guesses.
Dennis James didn't pull any punches. He had no respect for Troy Donahue as a man or as an actor. Once Suzy Parker was the mystery guest. To "I really am a good judge of" she answered "men." One of the five choices of who the mystery guest was was Suzanne Pleshette. Dennis said it couldn't be Pleshette because she married Troy Donahue, so she definitely couldn't call herself a good judge of men.
When Troy Donahue was the mystery guest he tried to be funny by making all his answers about women and sex. Dennis was lacerating in his psychological analysis of the mystery guest's character when he correctly guessed Troy. Dennis thought Troy was pretty superficial. Troy rolled with the punches and laughed it off.
When John Kerr was the guest, other choices for the answer included David Janssen and Martin Milner. Dennis correctly guessed Kerr saying Kerr wasn't as "dynamic" as Janssen or Milner but saying Kerr had an appealing boyish quality that had made him a big star.
Jeffrey Hunter was mystery guest when he was doing publicity for his series "Temple Houston". When asked to describe himself he said he was "tall, tan, and tender".
When Richard Long was mystery guest, he was asked to free associate to "blondes". Long said "bottles". He later explained it was because so many blonde's hair color came from a bottle.
Ray Danton completed the sentence "When I'm alone ..." with "I brood".
Richard Nixon finished the sentence "I wish that I" with "had been a PT-boat captain."
Other mystery guests I remember were Barbara Eden, George Peppard (who said Alan Ladd has never been better than he is in "The Carpetbaggers"), Darren McGavin (who was doing a revival of "The King and I" at Lincoln Center with opera star Rise Stevens), Eileen Heckart (who had just finished a two-part episode of "The Fugitive"), James Franciscus (who said he wasn't talking to his brother), Dane Clark (who talked about playing the Jason Robards role in the national tour of "A Thousand Clowns"), Gerald Mohr, Steve Forrest (doing publicity for a "Kraft Suspense Theater" he was in with John Gavin), Jack Kelly (who Dennis complimented for a terrific recent "Kraft Suspense Theater" about a Las Vegas gambler), Lloyd Nolan ( who Dennis complimented for giving quick and egoless answers), Paul Richards, Lloyd Bridges, Roger Smith (who Dennis joked shouldn't be doing flying as a hobby because of his bad luck with accidents), Macdonald Carey ( who had just done a "Checkmate" and lamented that fine show being cancelled), Thomas Gomez (who said "Trapeze" was his favorite movie because he loved living in Paris while making the film), Imogene Coca (who wished she were prettier), Don Adams (who talked about his new show "Get Smart"), Michael Ansara, Dan Tobin, and Frank Gorshin (panelist Julie Adams gave a very flattering analysis of the mystery guest's egoless personality based on his answers but then guessed that David Janssen was the mystery guest rather than Gorshin).
I seem to remember Robert Montgomery stressing the importance of the work of Radio Free Europe and the US Information Agency. Montgomery was media advisor to Ike during his presidency. Maybe Montgomery helped get Nixon his gig on "Your First Impression". Montgomery had himself been a PT-boat captain and starred in John Ford's lovely "They Were Expendable".
Dennis James was always a panelist. The other two panelists were rotating regulars. Panelists I remember include Inger Stevens, Julie Adams, Richard Long, Paul Winchell, Gisele Mackenzie, and TV writer George Kirgo. I think Dr. Joyce Brothers also played. Dennis called Richard Long Richard Wrong for his bad guesses.
Dennis James didn't pull any punches. He had no respect for Troy Donahue as a man or as an actor. Once Suzy Parker was the mystery guest. To "I really am a good judge of" she answered "men." One of the five choices of who the mystery guest was was Suzanne Pleshette. Dennis said it couldn't be Pleshette because she married Troy Donahue, so she definitely couldn't call herself a good judge of men.
When Troy Donahue was the mystery guest he tried to be funny by making all his answers about women and sex. Dennis was lacerating in his psychological analysis of the mystery guest's character when he correctly guessed Troy. Dennis thought Troy was pretty superficial. Troy rolled with the punches and laughed it off.
When John Kerr was the guest, other choices for the answer included David Janssen and Martin Milner. Dennis correctly guessed Kerr saying Kerr wasn't as "dynamic" as Janssen or Milner but saying Kerr had an appealing boyish quality that had made him a big star.
Jeffrey Hunter was mystery guest when he was doing publicity for his series "Temple Houston". When asked to describe himself he said he was "tall, tan, and tender".
When Richard Long was mystery guest, he was asked to free associate to "blondes". Long said "bottles". He later explained it was because so many blonde's hair color came from a bottle.
Ray Danton completed the sentence "When I'm alone ..." with "I brood".
Richard Nixon finished the sentence "I wish that I" with "had been a PT-boat captain."
Other mystery guests I remember were Barbara Eden, George Peppard (who said Alan Ladd has never been better than he is in "The Carpetbaggers"), Darren McGavin (who was doing a revival of "The King and I" at Lincoln Center with opera star Rise Stevens), Eileen Heckart (who had just finished a two-part episode of "The Fugitive"), James Franciscus (who said he wasn't talking to his brother), Dane Clark (who talked about playing the Jason Robards role in the national tour of "A Thousand Clowns"), Gerald Mohr, Steve Forrest (doing publicity for a "Kraft Suspense Theater" he was in with John Gavin), Jack Kelly (who Dennis complimented for a terrific recent "Kraft Suspense Theater" about a Las Vegas gambler), Lloyd Nolan ( who Dennis complimented for giving quick and egoless answers), Paul Richards, Lloyd Bridges, Roger Smith (who Dennis joked shouldn't be doing flying as a hobby because of his bad luck with accidents), Macdonald Carey ( who had just done a "Checkmate" and lamented that fine show being cancelled), Thomas Gomez (who said "Trapeze" was his favorite movie because he loved living in Paris while making the film), Imogene Coca (who wished she were prettier), Don Adams (who talked about his new show "Get Smart"), Michael Ansara, Dan Tobin, and Frank Gorshin (panelist Julie Adams gave a very flattering analysis of the mystery guest's egoless personality based on his answers but then guessed that David Janssen was the mystery guest rather than Gorshin).
I seem to remember Robert Montgomery stressing the importance of the work of Radio Free Europe and the US Information Agency. Montgomery was media advisor to Ike during his presidency. Maybe Montgomery helped get Nixon his gig on "Your First Impression". Montgomery had himself been a PT-boat captain and starred in John Ford's lovely "They Were Expendable".