"I've Got a Secret" (1952) TV series 1952-1967

User Rating:

8.3/10   

Creators:

Howard Merrill
Allan Sherman

Seasons:

unknown

Release Date:

19 June 1952 (USA)

Genre:

Family | Game-Show

Plot:

"I've Got a Secret" debuted on the heels of the successful "What's My Line?" Though "Secret" had somewhat similar rules...

Plot Keywords:

Quiz Show | Audience Participation | Non Fiction

Awards:

Nominated for 2 Primetime Emmys.

Cast

Henry Morgan	...	Panelist / ... (213 episodes, 1952-1976)
Bill Cullen	...	Panelist / ... (196 episodes, 1952-1967)
Betsy Palmer	...	Panelist / ... (187 episodes, 1957-1967)
Bess Myerson	...	Panelist / ... (185 episodes, 1958-1967)
John Cannon	...	Announcer / ... (108 episodes, 1952-1967)
Steve Allen	...	Himself - Host / ... (106 episodes, 1961-1967)
Garry Moore	...	Moderator / ... (104 episodes, 1952-1966)

Runtime:

30 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White (1952-1966) | Color (1966-1967)

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

USA:TV-G

Filming Locations:

New York City, New York, USA

Company:

Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS)

Trivia:

Burton Turkus, whom Henry Morgan portrayed in the film Murder, Inc. (1960), made a guest appearance on the show. Turkus and Morgan had never met until that evening.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in It Happened to Jane (1959)

Soundtrack:

I've Got A Secret

The Game Show Network is the perfect time machine.

While channel-surfing the backwaters of digital cable, I came across a whitecap of historical political incorrectness. Gary Moore, the winsome host of "I've Got A Secret," dons an overcoat and muffler at the start of the broadcast. He then breaks the "fourth wall" of the studio on West 47th Street, ventures out into the bitter cold of a New York winter's night and corals a fifteen year old boy on his way to a show. Moore invites the kid in to be a contestant on HIS show. The boy's secret: "I was brought in from the street" easily stumps the celebrity panel. The young man wins two prizes: eighty dollars and a carton of Winston cigarettes--the show's lone sponsor.

Can you imagine the outrage today if a television host gave a minor a carton of smokes? The fifties WERE a simpler time.