On September 9, 1956, this installment of "What's My Line" was broadcast with the panelists Dorothy Kilgallen, Arlene Francis, Bennett Cerf, and Tony Randall. This panel/quiz show was one of CBS' longest-running programs having premiered long before there were even CBS affiliates and TV stations across mid-Illinois. The series began on February 16, 1950, and aired through September 3, 1967. The host was John Charles Daley, who later in the 1950s was also doing double duty as the main anchor for the weekday evening ABC network newscast!

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Among the guests of this episode were Ernie Kovacs and his wife, Edie Adams. Ernie was a comedian, writer, and actor who hosted several series throughout the 1950s including "Ernie in Kovaksland(variety)," "The Ernie Kovacs Show(variety)," "Take a Guess(quiz)," "Time Will Tell(quiz)," "One Minute Please(quiz)," "The Tonight Show(talk-variety)," "Take a Good Look(quiz)," and "Silents Please(variety)." Many routines and bits he produced on his many shows, would influence many TV hosts for years to come, even today.  

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Ernie was killed in a single-car crash on January 13, 1962, near the Beverly Hilton Hotel along Santa Monica Boulevard. According to newspaper coverage after the accident, he was returning home from a baby shower being held for the wife of Milton Berle at the home of movie director Billy Wilder. His station wagon slid into a utility pole as the street was wet from recent rainfall.

This episode would have been seen across mid-Illinois on WCIA, WTVH, WTHI-TV, KHQA, and KWK-TV.