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Remember TV's "What's My Line?" in the '50's?

A Memorial Day weekend reflection

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Mike Cox
May 23, 2026
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Most Baby Boomers likely recall the 1950s black-and-white TV game show “What’s My Line?”

In it, a blindfolded celebrity panel tried to guess what each week’s mystery guest did for a living by asking them questions. Had the show survived until the 1980s, I bet I could have stumped the stars.

That’s because, for 15 years, I had a particularly unusual—and g…

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