I've Got a Secret (abbreviated as IGAS) was a weekly panel game show produced by Mark Goodson and Bill Todman for CBS television and was created by Allan Sherman as essentially a knockoff of What's My Line?. The original version of the show premiered in June 19, 1952 and ran until April 3, 1967. It was then revived for the 1972-1973 season in once-a-week syndication and then again from June 15 to July 6, 1976 for a summer run. Another production ran on the Oxygen cable channel in a daily version, with original episodes airing through 2001. A game show involves members of the public or celebrities, sometimes as part of a team, playing a game, perhaps involving answering quiz questions, for points or prizes. ... Mark Goodson (January 14, 1915 – December 18, 1992) was an American television producer born in Sacramento, California. ... Bill Todman (July 31, 1916-July 29, 1979) was an American television producer born in New York City. ... CBS (an acronym for Columbia Broadcasting System, the former legal name of the network) is one of the largest television networks, and formerly one of the largest radio networks, in the United States. ... Allan Sherman (sometimes incorrectly Alan), November 30, 1924 - November 20, 1973, was an American musician, parodist, satirist, accordionist, and television producer. ... Whats My Line? was a weekly panel game show originally produced by Mark Goodson and Bill Todman for CBS television. ... June 19 is the 170th day of the year (171st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 195 days remaining. ... 1952 (MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... April 3 is the 93rd day of the year (94th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 272 days remaining. ... 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar (the link is to a full 1967 calendar). ... 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1972 calendar). ... 1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday. ... June 15 is the 166th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (167th in leap years), with 199 days remaining. ... July 6 is the 187th day of the year (188th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 178 days remaining. ... 1976 (MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1976 calendar). ... For the womens television network see: Oh! Oxygen. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ...

GSN premiered a new version on April 17, 2006. This version has an all-gay panel. So far, this aspect has not been played up on the show or in GSN's promotions for it, although host Bil Dwyer is introduced as the "straight man" at the top of every show. GSN logo (2004-present) The Game Show Network logo (1997-2004) The Game Show Network (now known as GSN - The Network for Games) is an American cable television and direct broadcast satellite channel dedicated to game shows and interactive television games. ... April 17 is the 107th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (108th in leap years). ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... In modern society, gay is a word which can be used as either a noun or adjective. ... Bil Dwyer is an American stand-up comedian and the host of GSNs Extreme Dodgeball. ...

Hosts and Panelists

This show was a production of Mark Goodson and Bill Todman and was created by comedian Allan Sherman. The show was originally hosted by radio and television personality Garry Moore. 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. In 1958, Emerson left the show to star in a play. She was replaced by actress Betsy Palmer. The following year, Meadows moved to the West Coast to live with her husband Steve Allen. She was replaced by former Miss America Bess Myerson. In addition, Moore was replaced by guest hosts off and on throughout the run of the show (usually, but not always, in the summer). These guest hosts included panelists Henry Morgan and Betsy Palmer, among others. Garry Moore (January 31, 1915 – November 28, 1993) was born in Baltimore, Maryland as Thomas Garrison Morfit. ... A game show involves members of the public or celebrities, sometimes as part of a team, playing a game, perhaps involving answering quiz questions, for points or prizes. ... Bill Cullen, full name William Lawrence Cullen (February 18, 1920–July 7, 1990), was an American radio and television personality. ... A comedian, or comic, is an entertainer who amuses an audience by making them laugh. ... Henry Morgan (March 31, 1915 - May 19, 1994), born in New York City, was a comedian best remembered for having been a regular panelist on the CBS game show Ive Got a Secret. ... Faye Emerson (July 8, 1917 - March 9, 1983) was an American film actress and television host. ... Jayne Meadows (b. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... Betsy Palmer as Mrs. ... In general, the term West Coast is a nickname for the coastal states of the Western United States, comprising California, Oregon and Washington, and sometimes Alaska and Hawaii (see Pacific States). ... Steve Allen on the cover of Steve Allen on the Bible, Religion, and Morality Stephen Valentine Patrick William Allen (December 26, 1921 – October 30, 2000) was an American musician, comedian, and writer who was instrumental in innovating the concept of the television talk show. ... Miss America contestants visit Andrews Air Force Base in 2003 For the two Golden Age patriotically-themed comic book superheroines, see Miss America (comics). ... Bess Myerson (born July 16, 1924) is a United States celebrity. ...

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The Oxygen channel version of the show was hosted by Stephanie Miller until August 2001. Regular panelists in the Oxygen version included JM J. Bullock, Amy Yasbeck, and Terri Garr. Stephanie Miller Stephanie Miller (born September 29, 1961) is the host of The Stephanie Miller Show which is produced in Los Angeles. ... 2001 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December Deaths: August 25 - Aaliyah Films: August 10 - Osmosis Jones played by Chris Rock, starring Bill Murray August 24 - Bubble Boy Categories: 2001 by month ... JM J. Bullock AKA Jim J. Bullock (February 9, 1955-) is an American actor. ... Amy Yasbeck Amy Yasbeck (born September 12, 1963, in Cincinnati, Ohio) is an American film and television actress. ... Teri Garr (born December 11, 1949 in Lakewood, Ohio) is a United States actress. ...

The GSN version is hosted by Bil Dwyer, who's called "the straight man to our panel": ex-baseball player Billy Bean, Sirius Satellite Radio host Frank DeCaro, Broadway performer Jermaine Taylor, and comedian Suzanne Westenhoefer. All four of the listed panelists have made their homosexuality public. Bil Dwyer is an American stand-up comedian and the host of GSNs Extreme Dodgeball. ... Going The Other Way by Billy Bean For the article on the current general manager of the Oakland Athletics, see: Billy Beane. ... Sirius Satellite Radio NASDAQ: SIRI is a satellite radio (DARS) service based in New York City that provides 68 streams (channels) of music and 55 streams of sports, news and entertainment to the United States and Canada. ... The word homosexuality has acquired multiple meanings over time. ...

Gameplay

Standard Rounds

Each show contained two regular contestant rounds. Occasionally (but far less often than sister show What's My Line?), an extra contestant would appear after the guest round. A round was basically a guessing game where a panel tried to ascertain the "secret" held by the contestant. A contestant (often more than one) would enter. The host would introduce the contestant and ask their name. He would then say "OK whisper your secret to me and we'll show it to the folks at home" and then the contestant would lean in and whisper his secret to Moore. When the show first started and up until the middle of 1954, each panelist would have 15 seconds of questioning time. When that finished, the contestant was awarded $10 and 2 times around the panel would end the game. Later on, they merely went once around the panel. The contestant received $20 each time time ran out on the panelist for a total of $80. 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 by far to the play of the game and the interaction between the panelists. 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. 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. ... 1954 (MCMLIV) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A scandal is a widely publicized incident involving allegations of wrong-doing, disgrace, or moral outrage. ...

GSN's current edition awards $1,000 and dinner for 2 to challengers who stump the panel.

Guest Rounds

Once a 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 could be real ones, or made up by the staff. Eventually this segment wasn't a game at all. Instead 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 its sister show, I've Got a Secret was played mostly for laughs. Yes, they did occasionally have serious secrets, such as a pilot who was saved from drowning by a civilian, but more often than not, the game was not played seriously. The panel was always referred to by their first names and everything was done informally. Also, demonstrations were often done after each secret, which was strictly taboo on What's My Line?. Also, Garry was much more likely than John Daly was to throw the towel in if the panel was very far off the secret. What was important was the entertainment value, not the game itself, which is also why often the celebrity "secret" really wasn't a secret at all. This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...

Super Secrets

Most of the best remembered secrets were segments where things just got out of control. One memorable secret had actor/comedian Wally Cox using a box full of wood furniture to make an entire bedroom set. 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. Great idea, but it took him so long that celebrity Andy Griffith finally just came out and watched the spectacle with everyone else. Other well remembered secrets included actor Paul Newman serving a hot dog at a Brooklyn Dodgers baseball game at Ebbets Field to Henry Morgan. Another one had then-actor Ronald Reagan making multiple different entrances, each to thunderous applause. There was also a memorable stunt for Easter which ended with children chasing rabbits all over the stage. At other times, a cow was brought onstage to be milked by Bess Myerson, but wound up defecating on camera, and 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. They also sometimes had historical secrets, such as the one told by Samuel J. Seymour, who appeared two months before his death in 1956. Seymour was the last surviving person who had been at Ford's Theatre in Washington when Abraham Lincoln was assassinated in 1865. Wallace Maynard Cox (born December 6, 1924; died February 15, 1973) was a television and motion picture actor. ... Griffith as Andy Taylor on The Andy Griffith Show Andy Samuel Griffith (born June 1, 1926) is an American actor, singer, writer and producer from Mount Airy, North Carolina. ... Paul Leonard Newman (born January 26, 1925) is an Academy Award-winning American actor and film director. ... For the 1930s NFL team, see Brooklyn Dodgers (football). ... Baseball is a team sport in which a player on one team (the pitcher) attempts to throw a hard, fist-sized ball at a player on the other team (the batter), who attempts to hit the baseball with a tapered, smooth, cylindrical bat that can be made out of either... Ebbets Field was a Major League Baseball park located at in the Flatbush section of Brooklyn, New York. ... Ronald Wilson Reagan (February 6, 1911 – June 5, 2004) was the 40th President of the United States (1981–1989) and the 33rd Governor of California (1967–1975). ... This article is about the Christian festival. ... Samuel J. Seymour (c1860-April 14, 1956), the last surviving person who was in Fords Theater the night of the assassination of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln on April 14, 1865. ... 1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Fords Theatre at 511 10th Street, NW, Washington, D.C. is an active theater in Washington DC, used for various performances. ... Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865), sometimes called Abe Lincoln and nicknamed Honest Abe, the Rail Splitter, and the Great Emancipator, was the 16th President of the United States (1861 to 1865), and the first president from the Republican Party. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... 1865 (MDCCCLXV) is a common year starting on Sunday. ...

Miscellaneous

The 1st theme used on the show was "Plink, Plank, Plunk" by Leroy Anderson.

The 2nd theme used was the Theme to "A Summer Place" by Max Steiner.

The 3rd theme used was an instrumental version of "This Might Be the Start of Something Big" by Steve Allen.

External links

• I've Got a Secret - profile of the show from the Museum of Radio and TV
• Goodson-Todman Big 4 Guide - an episode guide to all of the major Goodson-Todman panel shows, including IGAS.
• Oxygen's I've Got a Secret - website for the 2001 version of IGAS, hosted by Stephanie Miller.
• Game Show Utopia I've Got a Secret 1952 - a page devoted to the 1952 version of the show.
• Game Show Utopia I've Got a Secret 1976 - a page devoted to the 1976 version of the show hosted by Bill Cullen.