I\’ve Got a Secret, Feb 8, 1956

Paul tells his story about being on IGaS.

Thanks Paul!

Thanks to Richard Carson, we now have an episode guide up! He did a ton of work on it, and was kind enough to let it be mirrored here — which can be updated by other people, if anyone wants to help complete it! You can see it here:

http://ivegotasecretonline.com/about/episode-guide/

I know I’ve barely touched this site in years, and it really bothered me, but I just couldn’t dedicate much time to it. With this new version, updates are really quick and easy to do, the pages are better organized, there’s a search function, and best of all, YOU can add content to the site! Every page has a comment form, so you can add your thoughts directly to the page, and if you’d like to actually write an article or transcript, I can give you privileges to do so! So please contact me if you’d like to contribute anything! It was a lot of work to overhaul the whole site a third time, but I hope it’ll be worth it. This means the links have changed, so if you’re linking to a specific page on this site, please update your links (the old links go to a page that suggests a new link to the user).

There are a couple new transcripts up, which were almost ready years ago, but missing pictures. They’re still not entirely finished, so if you’d like to help out, let me know. The new ones are Jokes by Bill Cullen and Quadruple Cross with Phil Silvers!

A new interview is coming soon with a guest who was on IGaS with Garry Moore! I was really excited to get to speak with her, as she was involved in one of my favorite secrets of all time!

I hope you enjoy the new site, and please add your own comments to any page! Again, if you’d like to write any articles, please contact me! I’d also love to hear your feedback on the site, and if you find any broken links let me know in the comments.

A while back willettd sent me a whole bunch of Henry Morgan mp3 files. They’re old radio shows he did in the late forties. Not all of them are labelled, but most of them are. They hold up fairly well, and are pretty funny, but even when the jokes fall flat Henry’s commentary is funny, and they’re interesting to hear. I put them all up in a directory, so you can browse and download at your leisure:

http://ivegotasecretonline.com/audio-files/Henry-Morgan/

Bob sends this message:

Hey Tommy, i thought you might like to know that Thomas Film Classics, www.thomasfilmclassics.com has a LOT of IGAS on DVD, i contacted them and bought them all for about $130 including shipping, the quality is excellent altho you can see they were originally taped off of black and white overnight, but who cares? Well worth checking out!

Thanks Bob! That is a bit pricey, but Vol. 1 claims it contains 39 episodes, so that’s about a dollar per episode if you’d like to think of it that way. It takes a lot of clicks to actually navigate to the IGaS store, but you should be able to get straight to the IGaS section with this link. Three volumes are currently available, and they also have some other game shows if you’re interested.

While we’re all still waiting for IGaS to be released on DVD (not holding my breath), you can at least get a taste. “Lucy’s Really Lost Moments” is on DVD (see image at left), and contains a couple segments. The first one has Lucy as the guest. It is in color, although is looks to be colorized in post-production (though I could be wrong):

02/15/1961 – Lucy’s secret is that she’s trying to get the panel to imitate her, through the power of suggestion. Johnny Carson was sitting in for Bill. This is the order of the panelists, with Lucy’s “moods”:

Betsy: Excited, Happy (Betsy pretty much guesses in, but Garry doesn’t want to ruin the whole thing, so he lies and says that’s not it)
Henry: Dignified, Sad
Bess: Nervous
Carson: Romantic, Tipsy

Lucy (while acting tipsy) asks Johnny Carson if he’s married, and he replies with the great line, “My story’s the same as yours.” (Remember, this was in 1961, less than a year after her divorce.)

The sponsor on Garry’s desk is Clairol, and the sponsor on the panel is Bufferin.

02/08/1956 – Black and white. This is found in the bonus features. Lucy replaces Faye Emerson on the panel, Desi is the guest. Jayne, Bill, and Henry are the other panelists. Desi’s secret is, “I love Lucy.” All the panelists pass, so it’s entirely up to Lucy to guess. Contains the Winston ad at the beginning.

The DVD also contains other clips, including Desi and Lucy on “What’s My Line?” as the mystery guests. You can find more info at the Amazon link above. You can also help support this site if you purchase it through that link.

Also, I found a recent interview with Betsy Palmer, if you’re interested. Don’t expect her to talk about IGaS though. There is also an older interview with her, farther down the page.