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Tribute to the then-ten-year partnership between composer Richard Rodgers and librettist-lyricist Oscar Hammerstein II, presented by General Foods, celebrating its 25th anniversary. Featuring many original cast members, the special featured musical sequences from all of the R&H shows up to that time: Oklahoma! (1943), Carousel (1945), State Fair (1945), Allegro (1947), South Pacific (1949), The King and I (1951) and Me and Juliet (1953).

Dorothy Kilgallen, Fred Allen, Arlene Francis and Bennett Cerf are this evening's panelists. Host and moderator, John Daly, greets the group and instructs them to don their masks for the first guest. He is General Mark Clark, college president of the Citadel in South Carolina. The panel is utterly lost here, and General Clark wins by default. In conversation with Mr. Daly, General Clark mentions his national chairmanship of the American Heart Foundation. He urges all who are watching to give generously next Sunday, Heart Sunday, when volunteers will knock on doors, asking for donations. Next up is one Miss Dorothy McMahon of Portland, Oregon. Miss McMahon owns and operates a steam bath for men. Again, the panel is very much at sea, and Miss McMahon wins the round by default. Tonight's mystery celebrity guests are Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein. Bennett Cerf asks if they are titans of the musical theater and Arlene Francis identifies them, based on their response. Mr. Cerf notes that several film adaptations of their beloved shows are playing in movie theaters all around New York. Time is of the essence, so Mr. Daly and the panel wish each other good night and Mr. Daly invites home viewers to tune in next Sunday for another edition of "What's My Line?"