Talk:What's My Line? (British game show)

Why is there no description of the panel game itself? The title 'What's my line does not' make it clear what exactly the programme set out to achieve. The word 'line' to describe a type of job is very outmoded and would not be understood by many. The entry is heavy on details of broadcasting but sparse on the objective of the show, which was to guess the profession of a person who was brought before them, using only a limited amount of clues. Probably the most memorable of these was the 'Saggar Maker's Bottom Knocker, which the panel failed to guess. From the Wikipedia entry on Saggar:

A saggar maker's bottom knocker[16] was a job title considered sufficiently amusing for it to be featured on the television panel show What's My Line?.[15] Whilst saggar making was a skilled craft, bottom knocking was far less skilled, consisting of beating clay into a metal ring.[17] — Preceding unsigned comment added by Garstonboy (talk • contribs) 07:42, 21 June 2024 (UTC)