More What's My Line?

When I noted in the past how, one of the things I love about the Mystery Guest segment on What's My Line? is that you get people on as guests who you'd never imagine as contestants on a game show -- this is a perfect example.  It's renowned Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas.  But there's a twist here.  The twist is that he's not there as a Mystery Guest!  There are no blindfolds, and he simply walks in and signs in with his real name.

I think that in these days, with 24/7 news, and the Supreme Court so politicized, you wouldn't have been able to get away with this -- assuming you'd even have a justice on a TV game show.  But once upon a time, Supreme Court Justices were really that unknown.

Clearly, this is Supreme Court Justice on Quiz Show Day.  As I posted earlier, Stephen Breyer appeared on the wonderful and witty news-based NPR quiz program, Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!  Unlike Justice Douglas, he was also quite well-known by the panel.  You can hear it on the previo)