Tuesday, February 18, 2025

What's My Line

My husband and I watch a show

Which was aired quite a long time ago –

In 1955;

(Were you even alive?)

Think of all that those folks didn’t know!

 

For a panel of four had to guess

Occupations, so they would address

Guests with questions for clues

About topics they’d choose

To be answered with “No” or with “Yes.”

 

Certain jobs were exotic back then,

Like “psychiatrist” (strictly for men)

Or a skunk-breeding guy

Or a worm raiser (why?)

Which led up to the big moment when…

 

It was time for the mystery guest,

Who would leave everybody impressed;

So the panel was masked

For, of course, they were tasked

With a name-that-celebrity quest.

 

In the days before Google and such,

Which today is a much-needed crutch,

Simple games could be played

And intelligence weighed

In a manner with which we’ve lost touch.

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