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I've Got A Secret

I've Got a Secret title logo
Genre Game show
Created by Allan Sherman
Starring Garry Moore
Bill Cullen
Steve Allen
Stephanie Miller
Bil Dwyer
Composer(s) Leroy Anderson
Steve Allen
Country of origin Flag of the United States USA
Language(s) English
Production
Producer(s) Mark Goodson and Bill Todman
Broadcast
Original channel CBS, Syndication
Original run June 19, 1952 – April 3, 1967
External links
Official website
IMDb profile
TV.com summary

I've Got a Secret is a weekly panel game show, produced by Mark Goodson and Bill Todman for CBS television. Allan Sherman (November 30 1924 – November 20 1973 was an American Musician, parodist, satirist, and Television producer Garry Moore (January 31 1915 – November 28 1993 was an American Entertainer, Game show host and Comedian best known for his work in television William Lawrence Francis "Bill" Cullen ( February 18, 1920 – July 7, 1990) was an American Radio and Television Steve Allen, born Stephen Valentine Patrick William Allen ( December 26 1921 – October 30 2000) was an American Stephanie Katherine Miller (born September 29 1961) is an American Comedian and host of The Stephanie Miller Show, a Bil Dwyer (born March 30, 1962 in Evergreen Park Illinois) is an American Stand-up comedian and Game show host Leroy Anderson ( June 29 1908 – May 18 1975) was an American Composer of short light concert pieces many of which were Steve Allen, born Stephen Valentine Patrick William Allen ( December 26 1921 – October 30 2000) was an American The United States of America —commonly referred to as the English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States Mark Goodson ( January 14, 1915 &ndash December 18, 1992) was a successful American Television producer who specialized William (Wilbur S "Bill" Todman ( July 31, 1916 &ndash July 29, 1979) was an American CBS Broadcasting Inc ( CBS) is an American radio and Television network. In Broadcasting, syndication is the sale of the right to broadcast Radio shows and Television shows to multiple individual stations without going through Events 1179 - The Norwegian Battle of Kalvskinnet outside Nidaros. Year 1952 ( MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1043 - Edward the Confessor is crowned King of England. Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. Mark Goodson ( January 14, 1915 &ndash December 18, 1992) was a successful American Television producer who specialized William (Wilbur S "Bill" Todman ( July 31, 1916 &ndash July 29, 1979) was an American CBS Broadcasting Inc ( CBS) is an American radio and Television network. Television ( TV) is a widely used Telecommunication medium for sending ( Broadcasting) and receiving moving Images, either monochromatic Created by comedy writers Allan Sherman and Howard Merrill, it was a derivative of Goodson-Todman's own panel show What's My Line?. Allan Sherman (November 30 1924 – November 20 1973 was an American Musician, parodist, satirist, and Television producer What's My Line? is a weekly panel Game show which was produced by Mark Goodson and Bill Todman for CBS The original version of the show premiered in June 19, 1952, and ran until April 3, 1967. Events 1179 - The Norwegian Battle of Kalvskinnet outside Nidaros. Year 1952 ( MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1043 - Edward the Confessor is crowned King of England. Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. This version began broadcasting in black and white and switched to a color format in 1966, by which time virtually all commercial network programs were being shown in color. Black-and-white is a number of Monochrome forms in Visual arts.

The show was revived for the 1972-1973 season in once-a-week syndication and again from June 15 to July 6, 1976 for a summer run. Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. Events 763 BC - Assyrians record a Solar eclipse that will be used to fix the Chronology of Mesopotamian history Events 1044 - The Battle of Ménfő takes place 1189 - Richard the Lionheart is crowned King of England Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Another production ran on the Oxygen cable channel in a daily version, with original episodes airing from 2000 through 2003. History The privately held company Oxygen Media was founded in 1998 by Geraldine Laybourne, talk show host Oprah Winfrey and producers Marcy 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar.

GSN premiered a new version on April 17, 2006, with an all-gay panel. Events 69 - After the First Battle of Bedriacum, Vitellius becomes Roman Emperor. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. In the English language, gay is an Adjective that in modern usage refers to Homosexuality. In October 2006 GSN opted not to renew the show for a second season, although reruns of the show remained on GSN's schedule for some time afterwards. October 2006 was a month that began on a Sunday The month was marked by a nuclear test by North Korea that prompted that passing of Resolution 1718

Contents

Hosts and panelists

The show was originally hosted by radio and television personality Garry Moore. Radio is the transmission of signals by Modulation of electromagnetic waves with frequencies below those of visible Light. Television ( TV) is a widely used Telecommunication medium for sending ( Broadcasting) and receiving moving Images, either monochromatic Garry Moore (January 31 1915 – November 28 1993 was an American Entertainer, Game show host and Comedian best known for his work in television After several months of an ever changing panel, the show settled down to include game show host Bill Cullen, acerbic comedian Henry Morgan, TV hostess Faye Emerson and actress Jayne Meadows. William Lawrence Francis "Bill" Cullen ( February 18, 1920 – July 7, 1990) was an American Radio and Television A comedian or comic is a person who seeks to entertain an audience primarily by making them laugh Not to be confused with Harry Morgan, American actor of film and television who was billed as Henry Morgan in certain roles Faye Margaret Emerson ( July 8, 1917 – March 9, 1983) was an American film actress Jayne Meadows (born September 27, 1920) is an American movie and stage Actress and Author. In 1958, Emerson left the show to star in a play and was replaced by actress Betsy Palmer. A play, or stageplay, is a form of Literature written by a Playwright, almost always consisting of Dialogue between Fictional characters Betsy Palmer (born Patricia Betsy Hrunek; November 1 1926) is an American Actress probably best known for her role as a panelist The following year, Meadows moved to the West Coast to live with her husband Steve Allen and was replaced by former Miss America Bess Myerson. The " West Coast " " Western Seaboard " or " Pacific Seaboard " are terms for the westernmost coastal states of the Western United States Steve Allen, born Stephen Valentine Patrick William Allen ( December 26 1921 – October 30 2000) was an American The Miss America pageant is a long-standing competition which awards scholarships to young women from the 50 states plus the District of Columbia and the US Virgin Islands Bess Myerson (born July 16, 1924 in Bronx, New York) became in 1945 the first Jewish woman to win the Miss America pageant At various times, guest hosts substituted for Moore. Guest hosts included panelists Henry Morgan and Betsy Palmer, among others. Betsy Palmer (born Patricia Betsy Hrunek; November 1 1926) is an American Actress probably best known for her role as a panelist

Garry Moore left the show and was replaced by Steve Allen on September 21, 1964. Events 1217 - The Estonian tribal leader Lembitu of Lehola was killed in a battle against Teutonic Knights. Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. Allen also hosted the show during the 1972-1973 season. Former panelist Bill Cullen hosted the show during the brief 1976 CBS summer revival. William Lawrence Francis "Bill" Cullen ( February 18, 1920 – July 7, 1990) was an American Radio and Television Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The panelists on this revival were Richard Dawson, Henry Morgan, New York-based entertainment critic Pat Collins, and Elaine Joyce. Richard Dawson aka 'The Kissing Bandit'(born November 20, 1932) is a British - American Actor, Comedian, Game show Tharon Leslie Collins (born September 13, 1896 -died May 20, 1960) is a former professional baseball player in Major League Baseball Elaine Joyce (born December 19 1945) is an American stage and television actress

The Oxygen channel version of the show was hosted by Stephanie Miller until August 2001. Stephanie Katherine Miller (born September 29 1961) is an American Comedian and host of The Stephanie Miller Show, a August 2001: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September Regular panelists in the Oxygen version included JM J. Bullock, Jason Kravits, Amy Yasbeck and Teri Garr. Jim J Bullock aka JM J Bullock (born James Jackson Bullock on February 9, 1955) is an American comic actor Jason Kravits (born May 28, 1967, in Rockville Maryland) is an American actor Amy Yasbeck (born September 12, 1962) is an American Film and Television actress. Terry Ann "Teri" Garr (born December 11 1944 is an American Actress and Comedienne

The GSN version was hosted by Bil Dwyer; the panelists were Billy Bean, Frank DeCaro, Jermaine Taylor and Suzanne Westenhoefer. Bil Dwyer (born March 30, 1962 in Evergreen Park Illinois) is an American Stand-up comedian and Game show host William Daro "Billy" Bean (born May 11, 1964 in Santa Ana, California) is a former Major League Baseball player who Frank DeCaro (born November 6, 1962) is an American Writer and Performer. Jermaine Taylor (born in Greenville Texas) is an openly Gay American comedian actor and television personality best known as a panelist on the 2006 revival Suzanne Westenhoefer (born March 31, 1961 in Columbia Pennsylvania) is an out Lesbian Stand-up comedian.

Game play

Standard rounds

Each episode contained two regular contestant rounds. Occasionally an additional contestant would appear after the guest round. A round was basically a guessing game where the panel tried to determine a contestant's "secret. A guessing game is a Game in which the object is to guess some kind of information such as a word a phrase a title or the location of an object " A contestant, or sometimes more than one, would enter. The host would introduce the contestant and ask their name. He would then say "Whisper your secret to me, and we'll show it to the folks at home" and the contestant would whisper his secret to Moore. From the show's beginning until the middle of 1954, each panelist had 15 seconds of questioning time. Year 1954 ( MCMLIV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1954 Gregorian calendar) When the questioning ended, the contestant was awarded $10. Two times around the panel ended the game. Later, they went once around the panel. The contestant received $20 when time ran out on a panelist, for a maximum of $80. The time limit was no longer stated as the staff often cut secrets off early or hit the buzzer when a panelist was near the answer. They would also often receive a carton of Winston cigarettes or a supply of whatever product was sponsoring the show at that time. Unlike the big money "quiz shows" which were soon to follow and then become a major scandal, the money and prizes were always secondary to the game play and interaction among the panelists. The American quiz show scandals of the 1950s were the result of the revelation that contestants of several popular Television Quiz shows were secretly On Oxygen's version, the challenger earned $200 for each stumped panelist, while stumping the entire panel earned a total of $1,000 for the challenger. On GSN's original edition, each panelist had 40 seconds to question the challenger, but the prize was only awarded if the contestant stumped the entire panel. A contestant who did so won $1,000 and dinner for 2 in Beverly Hills. The fine print at the end of the show disclosed that challengers are paid an appearance fee. In addition, losing contestants also receive some unspecified parting gifts. Several minor show-business professionals have demonstrated their performances on the show, including, for example, piano juggler Dan Menendez.

Guest rounds

Once per show, a celebrity came on with a secret. At the beginning of the show, the celebrity had opened the show with "My name is ______ and I've Got a Secret!". Early on, the celebrities' secrets would be real ones, or were made up by the staff. The celebrity would be there to demonstrate something, such as how men and women react to each other or the panel discussing their first dates. They even went so far as the panel putting on a play or singing a song. Until the end of the series, however, real secrets were sometimes done. Sometimes, the secret was that the panelists were being sent to some far off location to film a news report, which whould be shown the next week.

Style of the show

As opposed to What's My Line?, I've Got a Secret was played mainly for laughs. They did occasionally have serious secrets, such as a pilot who was saved from drowning by a civilian. The panel was always referred to by first names and everything was informally done. Demonstrations were often done after each secret. The focus was on the entertainment value, not the game itself.

Super secrets

Some prominent secrets were segments where things just got out of control. One episode had actor/comedian Wally Cox using a box full of wood furniture to make an entire bedroom set. Wallace Maynard Cox ( December 6, 1924 – February 15, 1973) was an American comedian and actor particularly associated with the early Chaos ensued when everything started to fall apart, despite the lengthy rehearsals that they had done before the show. On another occasion, one of the contestants was supposed to be able to blow up an inner tube to the point of explosion just by blowing into it. It took him so long that celebrity Andy Griffith finally just came out and watched the spectacle with everyone else. Andy Samuel Griffith (born June 1, 1926) is an American Actor, producer, Writer, director Other segments included actor Paul Newman serving a hot dog at a Brooklyn Dodgers baseball game at Ebbets Field to Henry Morgan. Paul Leonard Newman (January 26 1925 &ndash September 26 2008 was an Academy Award The Los Angeles Dodgers are a Major League Baseball team based in Los Angeles California, USA Baseball is a Bat-and-ball Sport played between two teams of nine players each Ebbets Field was a Major League Baseball park located in the Flatbush section of Brooklyn, New York, USA. Another one had then-actor Ronald Reagan, pointing out the difference between doing live TV and having to do retakes in the movies, leaving the stage each time a panelist said "uhh. . . " Moore would then re-introduce Reagan and start the bit over, sending the audience into hysterics.

One stunt for Easter ended with children chasing rabbits all over the stage. Easter ( Greek: Πάσχα Pascha or Pasxa) is the most important religious feast in the Christian Liturgical year. Another time, a cow was brought onstage to be milked by Bess Myerson, but wound up defecating on camera. Bess Myerson (born July 16, 1924 in Bronx, New York) became in 1945 the first Jewish woman to win the Miss America pageant Cow dung is the Waste of bovine animal species These species include domestic Cattle ("cows" Bison ("buffalo" Once, the great illusionist Michel de la Vega suspended Garry Moore from shoulders to heels between ordinary table chairs and levitated Betsy Palmer over three upended sabres. Some were historical secrets, such as the one told by Samuel J. Seymour, who appeared shortly before his death in 1956. Samuel James Seymour ( c 1860&ndash April 14, 1956) was the last surviving person who had been present in Ford's Theatre the night of the Year 1956 ( MCMLVI) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Seymour was the last surviving person who had been at Ford's Theatre in Washington, DC when Abraham Lincoln was assassinated in 1865. Ford's Theatre is a historic Theatre in Washington DC, used for various Washington DC ( formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D Abraham Lincoln (February 12 1809 &ndash April 15 1865 the sixteenth President of the United States, successfully led his country through its greatest internal AssassiNation is the sixth album by Krisiun, released in 2006 on Century Media. Year 1865 ( MDCCCLXV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Garry Moore did most of the talking for Seymour (who had injured himself the day before by falling on the floor of a hotel, and choose to come to the show, despite Moore and the producers trying to talk him out of it), whose secret was guessed by Jayne Meadows. Jayne Meadows (born September 27, 1920) is an American movie and stage Actress and Author. After Meadows' win, Moore said on the air that the five-year-old Seymour, witnessing John Wilkes Booth's famously miscalculated jump from the presidential box to the stage, felt sorry for the injured actor, not realizing that he was responsible for the president's death. Abraham Lincoln assassination John Wilkes Booth (May 10 1838 – April 26 1865 was an American stage actor who assassinated Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the Seymour died less than two months after this appearance at the age of 96.

In 1957, one mystery guest was Philo T. Farnsworth. Year 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar) Philo Taylor Farnsworth ( August 19, 1906 – March 11, 1971) was an American inventor He fielded questions from the celebrity panel as they unsuccessfully tried to guess his secret ("I invented electronic television. "). For stumping the panel, he received US$80 and a carton of Winston cigarettes. A cigarette ( French "small Cigar " from cigar + -ette) is a product consumed through Smoking and manufactured Ironically, this would be the only television appearance of the man who invented electronic television. [1]

Another 1957 episode, with "juvenile delinquency" much in the news, aired what was billed as a celebration of young achievers. Year 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar) Juvenile delinquency refers to criminal acts performed by juveniles Most Legal systems prescribe specific procedures for dealing with juveniles such as The various guests were all relatively unknown teenagers. Among them were 16-year-old singer Paul Anka, 18-year-old basketball guard Oscar Robertson, and 14-year-old chess prodigy Bobby Fischer. Paul Mustapha Abdi Anka, ( Arabic: بول مصطفى عبدي أنكا OC (born 30 July 1941, in Ottawa, Ontario) is a Oscar Palmer Robertson (born November 24 1938 in Charlotte Tennessee) nicknamed " The Big O " is a former American NBA player with Robert James "Bobby" Fischer ( March 9 1943 – January 17 2008) was an American -born Chess Grandmaster

One simple but memorable secret was aimed at Palmer, who had gone through a long spell without a successful guess. A man came on stage with a carrot in each ear. His secret was, of course, that he had carrots in his ears. Palmer, given the opportunity to go first, did not guess the secret, disappointing the producers, who had planned to drop confetti and balloons and make a big fuss when she did. Later, Palmer said: "I thought about asking, but I thought it was too obvious. "

On one show two men came out in strange military uniforms and speaking what sounded like a foreign language. They were part of the "Aggressor Force" used in U. S. military war games, and were speaking the artificial language of Esperanto. A military exercise (also called war game in American English) is the employment of military resources in training for Military operations either exploring An artificial language is a Language created by a person or a group of people for a certain purpose usually when this purpose is hard to achieve by using a Natural is by far the most widely spoken constructed International auxiliary language in the world

On one show, Chico Marx appeared silently dressed in his brother Harpo's traditional costume, while an on-screen caption read "I'm actually Chico Marx. Leonard Marx, known as Chico, ( March 22, 1887 &ndash October 11, 1961) was one of the Marx Brothers. Arthur Marx (previously Adolph Marx) popularly known as Harpo Marx ( November 23, 1893 &ndash September 28, 1964 "

Many secrets were aimed squarely at Henry Morgan, including his spending a week at Roy Rogers dude ranch; being sent straight from the broadcast to a safari in Africa (he got his shots and had his passport photo taken on stage after the secret was guessed); being sent to a specific restaurant in London for a traditional English Christmas goose dinner with all the trimmings to go; and one Halloween episode in which Arnold Stang's secret was that he was wearing a bedsheet ghost costume, made from Henry Morgan's bedsheets. Roy Rogers (born Leonard Franklin Slye) (November 5 1911 &ndash July 6 1998 was a singer and Cowboy Actor. Arnold Stang (born September 28, 1925 is a comic Actor who plays a small and bespectacled yet brash and knowing big-city type

In one 1964 episode, one of two mystery guests was future Velvet Underground founder John Cale, whose secret was that he had participated in an 18-hour concert (he was performing Erik Satie's "Vexations," in a rotation with such notables as John Cage). Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. This article is about the band For their self-titled album see The Velvet Underground (album; for the book see The Velvet Underground (book John Davies Cale (born March 9, 1942) better known as John Cale, is a Welsh Musician, Composer, Singer-songwriter Alfred Éric Leslie Satie ( Honfleur, 17 May 1866 – Paris, 1 July 1925) was a French Composer and Vexations is a noted musical work by Erik Satie. It consists of a short chordal passage and a bass line which is repeated twice in each repetition of the WikipediaWikiProject Composers#Lead section --> John Milton Cage Jr The other guest was the only audience member to have stayed for the duration of the concert. [1]

Episode status

Most early episodes from the show's first season in 1952 appear to have been lost. From late 1952 until the 1967 cancellation every Secret episode except one appears to exist as a digital transfer of a kinescope film. Kinescope (ˈkɪnɨskoʊp originally referred to the Cathode ray tube used in Television receivers as named by inventor Vladimir Zworykin in 1929 The exception is a 1965 episode in which the cast of What's My Line? appeared on I've Got A Secret. With the exception of the PBS series The Golden Age Of Television reviving the Samuel Seymour/John Wilkes Booth episode of Secret in 1986, the thirteen years' worth of Secret kinescopes were not disturbed between 1967 and the launch of Game Show Network in 1994. The Public Broadcasting Service ( PBS) is a Non-profit Public broadcasting Television service with 354 member TV stations in the All subsequent revivals of Secret exist in their entirety.

Themes

The first theme used on the show from 1952-1961 was "Plink, Plank, Plunk!" by Leroy Anderson (this theme can be heard on the album "Classic TV Game Show Themes", however, the theme on the CD was credited to Norman Paris). Leroy Anderson ( June 29 1908 – May 18 1975) was an American Composer of short light concert pieces many of which were

The second theme, used from 1961 - 1962, was an upbeat arrangement of the Theme to "A Summer Place" by Max Steiner.

The third theme, used from 1962 to 1967, was an upbeat, spritely march composed by the show's musical director, Norman Paris. It quoted a familiar melody widely associated with schoolyard taunts, to which the words "I've got a secret!" might typically be sung by children in a teasing manner.

When Steve Allen assumed the hosting duties, an instrumental version of Allen's composition "This Could Be the Start of Something" was added as Allen's walk-on music, and also was heard as the opening theme in 1972. "This Could Be the Start of Something" (generally known as "This Could Be the Start of Something Big" is a popular song by Steve Allen, published The closing theme to the 1972 version was written by Edd Kalehoff. Edward Woodley "Edd" Kalehoff (born 1946 is a music composer who specializes in compositions for television

The theme from the 1976 version with Bill Cullen was used one year later on the ABC game show Second Chance. Second Chance was an ABC Game show that aired from March 7] to July 15, 1977 and is the predecessor to the CBS game A remix of that theme was also used in the Australian version of Family Feud. Family Feud is a popular Television Game show that pits two families against each other in a contest to name the most popular responses to a survey-type

Tim Mosher and Stoker are credited with the 2000 theme, while Alan Ett and Scott Liggett contributed an up jazz theme for Bil Dwyer's 2006 version of the show for GSN.

Home game

Lowell Toy Mfg. Corp of New York made the home game of I've Got A Secret.

Cultural references

Moore and the I've Got a Secret panel made an appearance in 1959's It Happened to Jane. It Happened to Jane is a 1959 Romantic comedy film starring Doris Day, Jack Lemmon and Ernie Kovacs directed by Richard

References

  1. ^ Schatzkin, Paul. TeeVee Honors Its Patron Saint. The Farnsworth Chronicles.

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