Year 1954
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I’ve Got a Secret — 1954
Episodes listed on this page:
| Seen by us | 1 |
| Details unavailable | 19 |
| Total entries | 20 |
All air dates are Wednesdays.
This is the year for which the least information is available, but it can be inferred from surrounding years that the regular cast was Host Garry Moore and Panel Bill Cullen, Jayne Meadows, Henry Morgan, and Faye Emerson, seated in that order.
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| Calendar Week | Air Date | Guest | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 82: 1/3-9 | [Unknown] | ||
| 83: 1/10-16 | [Unknown] | ||
| 84: 1/17-23 | [Unknown] | ||
| 85: 1/24-30 | [Unknown] | ||
| 86: 1/31-2/6 | [Unknown] | ||
| 87: 2/7-13 | 2/10/54 | [Unknown] | A clip from this episode (“My wife and I had our 25th child last week”) is shown in the fourth anniversary episode of 6/13/56. |
| 88: 2/14-20 | [Unknown] | ||
| 89: 2/21-27 | [Unknown] | ||
| 90: 2/28-3/6 | [Unknown] | ||
| 91: 3/7-13 | [Unknown] | ||
| 92: 3/14-20 | [Unknown] | ||
| 93: 3/21-27 | [Unknown] | ||
| 94: 3/28-4/3 | [Unknown] | ||
| 95: 4/4-10 | [Unknown] | ||
| 96: 4/11-17 | [Unknown] | ||
| 97: 4/18-24 | 4/21/54 | Chico Marx | Sponsor: Cavalier cigarettes Polly Bergen fills in for Faye. First contestant is one of Ava Gardner’s sisters. Chico appears disguised as Harpo. |
| 98: 4/25-5/1 | [Unknown] | ||
| 99: 5/2-8 | 5/5/54 | [Unknown] | A clip from this episode (Earl Wilson) is shown in the fourth anniversary episode of 6/13/56. |
| 100: 5/9-15 | [Unknown] | ||
| 101: 5/16-22 | [Unknown] | ||
| 102: 5/23-29 | [Unknown] | ||
| 103: 5/30-6/5 | 6/2/542 | Audrey Meadows | Laraine Day fills in for Faye. |
| 104: 6/6-12 | 6/9/54 | Janet Leigh | |
| 105: 6/13-19 | [Unknown] | ||
| 106: 6/20-26 | 6/23/54 | [Unknown] | A clip from this episode (Louise Gordon) is shown in the sixth anniversary episode of 6/18/58. |
| 107: 6/27-7/3 | [Unknown] | ||
| 108: 7/4-10 | 7/7/542 | Alan Mowbray | Laraine Day fills in for Faye. |
| 109: 7/11-17 | 7/14/54 | Morgan the Dog | |
| 110: 7/18-24 | 7/21/54 | Helen Kane | |
| 111: 7/25-31 | [Unknown] | ||
| 112: 8/1-7 | 8/4/542 | Maxie Rosenbloom | Laraine Day fills in for Faye. |
| 113: 8/8-14 | 8/11/542 | Chester Morris | Laraine Day fills in for Faye. |
| 114: 8/15-21 | 8/18/542 | Robert Q. Lewis | Laraine Day fills in for Faye. |
| 115: 8/22-28 | 8/25/54 | Charles Coburn | |
| 116: 8/29-9/4 | [Unknown] | ||
| 117: 9/5-11 | 9/8/54 | Dennis O’Keefe | |
| 118: 9/12-18 | [Unknown] | ||
| 119: 9/19-25 | 9/22/54 | Emmett Kelly | |
| 120: 9/26-10/2 | [Unknown] | ||
| 121: 10/3-9 | [Unknown] | ||
| 122: 10/10-16 | 10/13/54 | Boris Karloff |
Only episode from this year known to have aired on Game Show Network (even 1953 had more). Sponsor: Cavalier cigarettes
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| 123: 10/17-23 | [Unknown] | ||
| 124: 10/24-30 | [Unknown] | ||
| 125: 10/31-11/6 | [Unknown] | ||
| 126: 11/7-13 | [Unknown] | ||
| 127: 11/14-20 | 11/17/54 | [Unknown] | In the episode of 12/2/59, it is stated that the guest’s secret in this episode was, “Panel had to test weight-reducing machines,” though it is not stated who the guest was. |
| 128: 11/21-27 | [Unknown] | ||
| 129: 11/28-12/4 | 12/1/54 | [Unknown] | A clip from this episode (Inspector Fabian) is shown in the fourth anniversary episode of 6/13/56. |
| 130: 12/5-11 | [Unknown] | ||
| 131: 12/12-18 | [Unknown] | ||
| 132: 12/19-25 | 12/22/54 | None | |
| 133: 12/26/54-1/1/55 | 12/29/54 | Peter Lorre | |
Someone just posted the final “IGAS” episode of 1954 on YouTube (12/29/54 w/guest Peter Lorre). Here’s the rundown from that episode:
1. Chief Porter Hodges, Jr. from Rochester, IN: “I got a ticket from one of my men” – Bill Cullen guesses on the 1st try in the 2nd go-round (back then it was twice around the panel w/$10 being paid every time a panelist failed to guess the secret)
2. Ann Hodges from Sylacauga, AL: “I was hit by a meteorite” – Faye Emerson guesses going 2nd (secret kind of given away by Garry when he said at the beginning, “This is the one”. He would explain that he wasn’t sure whether the panel should refer to Mrs. Hodges as “Mrs. X” prior to the show because (at the time) she was the only person to be hit by a meteorite and Garry wasn’t sure if anyone would remember the person’s name, so in fairness to Mrs. Hodges, Garry gives her the full $80 plus a carton of Cavalier cigarettes.)
3. Special guest – Peter Lorre: he and the panel get revenge on Garry Moore for the things he did to them in 1954; a) Bill Cullen – 2/24/54- panel was fed stewed octopus, so Garry has to eat boiled rattlesnake in white wine sauce; b) Jayne Meadows – 11/17/54 – Garry and guest Jack E. Leonard ate hot fudge sundaes while the panel had to test weight reducing machines, so Garry has to eat a hot fudge sundae while on a weight reducing machine, he only eats a couple of spoonfuls before the buzzer sounds; c) Henry Morgan – 3/17/54 – when panel asked guest Rocky Graziano questions who was on a contraption which went up and down, he went up 2 feet if answer was “Yes”, down 1 foot if answer was “No”, so Garry gets on the contraption and Peter Lorre asks the audience questions and Garry goes up if answer is “Yes” and down if answer is “No”; d) Faye Emerson – 1/20/54 – guest Dane Clark along with Bill and Henry get into a snowball fight, so Bill and Henry throw snowballs at Garry as revenge while Jayne and Faye leave their seats. The link to this show: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QgBTXH_YUT4