Games People Watch

Tonight on the late night GSN rerun of What's My Line?, one of the guests is Ingemar Johansson, who was then the Heavyweight Boxing Champion of Europe. Mr. Johansson passed away the other day but this is not a tribute airing. It's just a coincidence that it comes up now in the rotation. The Mystery Guest, by the way, is Burl Ives.

Then right after that on the To Tell the Truth rerun, one of the segments features Shirley Dinsdale, a ventriloquist and kid show host in the earliest days of television. Ms. Dinsdale worked with a dummy named Judy Splinters and was truly one of the superstars of her day. In 1948, she won the very first Emmy Award ever presented.

And you might want to set your VCR or TiVo for (or maybe just watch) the episode of To Tell the Truth they're rerunning on Tuesday night/Wednesday morning. It's from May 6, 1958 and in one of the games, the panel has to identify which of three men is the real Dr. Seuss.