Wally Bruner - What's My Line?

In 1968, producer Mark Goodson approached Bruner to audition for the new syndicated version of What's My Line? Like Bruner, original host John Charles Daly had worked for ABC News as a correspondent.

Part of the audition was an opportunity to view old kinescopes of the original CBS version. Bruner told Goodson that he did not need to do so, since one of his jobs in the 1950s had been to direct commercial breaks of the network feed of What's My Line? He claimed to have seen every episode that aired over a period of several years.

Bruner hosted the show from CBS Studio 50, the Ed Sullivan Theater, from 1968 to 1972. Broadway actor Larry Blyden succeeded him for the program's final three seasons.