Wednesday, December 22, 2010

Bishop Sheen on 'What's My Line?'

This was a television game show that was on in the '50s and '60s.  The show would have a panel and a moderator and a guest.  The panel would have to guess the occupation of the guest through 'yes' and 'no' questions.  At the end of the show a celebrity was brought on as the guest, the panel would be blindfolded and they had to guess who it was.  In this episode, Bishop Fulton Sheen was the celebrity guest.  Bishop Sheen had a weekly television show in which he would talk about and explain our Catholic faith.  He even won an Emmy for his show!  I love listening to his old shows and reading books written by him.  He was absolutely amazing.  You can easily see that people thought very highly of him in this video.  Note the great applause when he appears and the statement "Well, that is the most solid round of applause I've heard in a long time."  Also, the great respect shown to him by Mr. Daly and all the panelists, especially when the final panelist kisses his ring at the end which is a gesture of respect for his office as bishop who is a successor of the Apostles.  By the way, the celebrities would often have to disguise their voices because their distinct voices could have given them away - I think it's hilarious that Bishop Sheen chose to answer the questions in French to disguise his voice!  His concern for the poor also shines through when he requests that the prize given to him at the end of the show be sent to the leper colonies.

3 comments:

  1. I love this! It's so amazing to see the respect and love they had for him.

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  2. This is really cool! I love that the Bishop was on a game show!

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  3. This was awesome. How fun! "non-profit and on tv weekly!" That is how it should be! This was fun. Thanks for sharing....and look at all the comments! hehe ;)

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