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00:00Game Show Network. All play, all day.
00:16Ho, ho, hello. I suppose I need no introduction, right?
00:21It's old Saint Nick, straight from the North Pole.
00:25Merry Christmas, everyone.
00:27What's that you say that my voice sounds a little different?
00:30Well, you know, I've had a few other jobs, mostly in the TV business a few years back.
00:35But, well, maybe you recognize me.
00:39Well, I'll remain a secret for a little while.
00:41Now, my job today is to introduce a marathon of Christmas episodes of that wonderful show,
00:47I Got a Secret.
00:49Well, it means I should say I have a secret, kids.
00:53Grammatically, right?
00:54This first one takes us back to Christmas of 1952, and it features Dig This, a bathtub decorator,
01:02an orange bowl queen, and Basil Rathbone.
01:07Ho, ho, ho, ho, ho, ho, and away we go.
01:11I am Basil Rathbone.
01:18I have a secret.
01:20Can you guess what it is?
01:24Arid cream deodorant.
01:26A deodorant that is 53% more effective in keeping underarms dry and odorless.
01:33Present, I've Got a Secret, starring Gary Moore.
01:37Thank you very much.
01:46And the very merriest of all possible Christmases to you, my friends, to each of you out there,
01:50from each of us in here.
01:51Welcome to another edition of I've Got a Secret.
01:54I suspect, I don't know whether I've been fired or not.
01:57I was given a glass of water tonight with no water in it.
01:59Is this a sneaky way of telling me my contract is up, fellas?
02:04Send out for some water, will you please?
02:06Now tonight, my friends, we have some information about the private lives of some very interesting
02:09folks, which they're going to try to keep secret from the members of our panel.
02:13And now I would like you to meet our panel, whom I shall introduce tonight with a poem
02:17sent us by Mr. William Fawcett of New Haven, Connecticut.
02:20And he says as follows, first, we Willie Cullen, half charm and half wit, and next to him lovely
02:28Jane Meadows doth sit.
02:30Then comes Henry Morgan, wit like a rapier, and then Kitty Carlisle, who makes people hapier.
02:37That is our panel.
02:46You better applaud if Shakespeare doesn't like your stuff for nothing, you know.
02:49Now then, in just a moment, I'm going to introduce you to a gentleman with tonight's first...
02:52I've got a fresh secret.
02:54You can add bounces to...
02:55Grape juice.
02:56You don't have to add a lot of other stuff.
02:59Welch's grape juice is just too good to gulp.
03:03Now, how about it, panel?
03:05Christmas or no, are you all set to play I've Got a Secret?
03:07Oh, Jingle Bell.
03:08All right, leave us have at it, then.
03:09Let us have our first contestant on I've Got a Secret.
03:11Will you cut into it?
03:12Now, Mr. First Contestant, will you please tell our panel what your name is and where
03:21you are from?
03:23Herman Perlman from Washington, D.C.
03:25Herman Perlman from Washington, D.C.
03:26Now, Mr. Perlman, here's how we play the game.
03:28Each panelist will get two questioning periods of 15 seconds each, but the clock will only
03:33time the actual question.
03:34That is, we take time out for a discussion or audience reaction.
03:38Then, when a panelist's time is up, he will hear this sound, and I will pay our guest
03:43$10 and turn the game over to the next questioner.
03:45Clice around the panel for a total loss of $80, and the game is lost.
03:49Now then, Mr. Perlman, if you'll whisper your secret to me, I'm sure the folks at home
03:53would like to find out what it is.
04:03No wonder you look so flush.
04:05We're delighted to have you with us here tonight.
04:06If you don't classify this secret panel, I will tell you that it, well, I'll just say
04:10that it concerns something that he did, and I will start with the beauteous Ms. Carlisle,
04:15please.
04:15Mr. Perlman, if there's something that you did, does it involve your work?
04:20Yes.
04:20Are you in the field of industry?
04:22Yes.
04:23Uh, and, if I may...
04:26Well, they're having a little trouble already.
04:27Yes, we are, because I think there's some question about whether it is industry.
04:31Will you excuse us while we chat just a bit together?
04:33All right, everybody, come on.
04:35Jingle bells.
04:37Well, we will say, no, it is not the field of industry.
04:43Is it in the field of the sciences?
04:45No.
04:46Is it in the field of the art?
04:48Yes.
04:48Well, this artistic work that you do, does it involve an object?
04:52Yes.
04:52Is it a useful object?
04:54Very useful.
04:57Do you happen to have it with you?
04:59Yes.
05:01You're not sitting on it like Dick Hayes.
05:04No.
05:06Is there a possibility that I might ever have used such an object?
05:09Oh, yes.
05:11It's quite likely.
05:12Could I have used it when I was a little girl?
05:14Yes.
05:15The way you say that, is it possible that grown-ups hardly ever use this object?
05:21I know some few grown-ups who hardly ever use it, but most of them I know do use it.
05:26Do they use it frequently?
05:29Yes.
05:29Yes, ma'am.
05:30Ten dollars down and seventy dollars to go.
05:32Mr. Bill Cullen, please.
05:34Mr. Perlman, did you say you were from Washington, D.C.?
05:37Yes.
05:37Mr. Perlman, is this object that we're looking for that you work on, is it a special, one-of-its-kind type of object?
05:46No.
05:47Well, I would say this particular one, though, is a rather special one.
05:50Yes.
05:50Yes.
05:50Is it for almost the exclusive use of some official person or persons in Washington, D.C.?
05:56Yes.
05:58Do the senators and congressmen frequently appear in this thing together?
06:02Yes.
06:07There are a lot of strange things going on in Washington, but I don't think that ever happens.
06:13Well, it might be a great big mink coat, you know.
06:16Is this thing used at least once every four years?
06:21At least every four years, yes.
06:23Is it apt to be used on inauguration days?
06:29I would suppose so.
06:31I have no certain knowledge.
06:32Would, if I were in Washington, would I be apt to see Truman and Eisenhower riding down Pennsylvania?
06:42If you did, you better check with your doctor.
06:45Would they ride down in it separately?
06:47I mean, uh, the part...
06:48No, I hardly think they would ride down Pennsylvania in it at all, separately or together.
06:53$20 down and $60 to go, Miss Jane Meadows.
06:56Mr. Perlman, you're in the art, right?
06:59Are you in the musical end?
07:00No.
07:01The writing?
07:02No.
07:03Acting?
07:04No.
07:06Painting?
07:09No, not in...
07:10Make something.
07:11Not in this particular instance.
07:13Not in this particular instance.
07:14Well, should I go after what end of the art?
07:16Wouldn't that help us get at the secret?
07:17Yes, it would.
07:19Um, not acting, not writing.
07:21Dancing?
07:22No, no.
07:23It's something in the painting line, though.
07:25Is it sketching or designing?
07:27It's creative.
07:28Designing?
07:28Designing, yeah.
07:29Designing.
07:29It's something that you did in designing, is that it?
07:33Yes.
07:33You designed something?
07:34I designed this.
07:35Did you design this for anybody who's famous by any chance?
07:38Yes.
07:38Is this person's name mentioned in the secret?
07:40Yes.
07:41Is this person in Washington?
07:42Yes.
07:43In politics?
07:44Yes.
07:44Would it be President Truman?
07:45Yes.
07:46You designed something for President Truman?
07:48Uh, his secret does not specifically state that he designed it, but he would have to design
07:52it.
07:52Are you an architect?
07:55No, he is not.
07:56He would have to design it before he could have done to it what he said he did in the
08:00secret.
08:00$30, Don, and $50 to go, Mr. Henry Morgan.
08:04You, uh, are you, uh, Mr. Perelman, in the clothing business?
08:08Clothing?
08:09Clothing?
08:09Does it have anything to do with clothing?
08:10No, it's been established that he is an artist.
08:12Yeah, well, I thought maybe he made shirts or something.
08:16It can be very artistic, but we'll design something.
08:18Did you design something for Mr. Truman that I can discover by, um, by pursuing a line of
08:23questioning about what he does with it?
08:26Yes.
08:26If you knew what he, what he did with it, you know.
08:28Yeah.
08:29Uh, it's not something he wears.
08:31No.
08:32Is it something he eats?
08:33Mm-hmm.
08:34Is it, uh, something he gets pleasure from?
08:37I, I would assume it's pleasant, uh, although it is also functional.
08:45You a piano tuner?
08:51$40, Don, and $40 to go.
08:53This is the panel's last chance around.
08:54Miss Carlisle, please.
08:55Is this something that you make, Mr. Perelman, used in the house?
08:58In the White House, yes.
08:59In the White House.
09:00Is it used upstairs?
09:02Yes.
09:02Is it used in the bedroom?
09:05No.
09:05I can see Gary shaking his head.
09:07Is it used, um, in the bathroom?
09:10Yes.
09:11It's used in the bathroom?
09:12Mm-hmm.
09:13Uh, and it's pretty?
09:14Yes.
09:15Is it, uh, used to wash your hands with?
09:18Is it something that hangs on the wall?
09:21There'll be a very strange use for it.
09:22No, I...
09:23Is it something you sit on?
09:25No.
09:27Well, I didn't mean that.
09:31$50.
09:32I don't like a chair.
09:33We have very close to it.
09:35It's down there.
09:38Let's go, dude.
09:40Let's go, dude.
09:42$50.
09:43If I were to just let it alone, that's all.
09:45$50, Donald.
09:46$50 to go into the door's car.
09:49Thanks a lot.
09:50Uh...
09:51This, uh, this thing that you worked on, although it's a special one of its kind,
09:55is it indigenous to almost everybody's bathroom i mean one like it article is is is in everyone's
10:03bathroom in other words is uh is this the bathtub that we're talking about that is precisely it
10:09mr perelman decorated the bathtub for president truman in the white house
10:13actually what he did was he he uh uh he etched the glass on the bathtub isn't that right that's right
10:29glass well it has doors it's a very fancy bathtub and henry also it happens that mr mr perelman is
10:38an admirer of mr truman's and so quite unasked and uninvited he made a private inscription on
10:43the glass panel and he doesn't know to this day whether the president has ever read it or not
10:47will you tell them what the inscription was that you uh the inscription read in this tub
10:53basically man whose heart is always clean and serves his people truthfully
10:59that i i think that's a very high-sounding moral for a bathtub
11:08now there my friends oh mr perelman good commercial heavens come back here i forgot to mention something
11:12terribly important which is that mr perelman is the winner of our national i've got a secret
11:17contest which was held through all of our member and affiliated stations all over the country his
11:22secret was chosen as being the best he uh wrote to us through wtop in washington they chose his secret
11:29as top and so mr perelman is my pleasure to tell you that we are giving you a 500 bond which will be
11:35mailed to you and congratulations thank you thank you i almost forgot him out of 500
11:47color part new york having so said let us then welcome our next contestant and look ahead
11:54well i don't approve of listening it ladies but uh i'm just going to say that myself will you tell
12:08us what you let's not come let's not come unglued all together huh will you tell us please what your name
12:18is uh miss marion eddie miss marion eddie all right now miss eddie remember how we play twice around
12:24the panel and you have lost the game will you remind me of your secret please at the same time
12:27we'll show it to the folks out there you tell me what it is all right mr cullen i will turn this
12:40beauty of young lady over to you and i will tell you only that it concerns something that she is
12:44is she is yeah if you turn it over to me i don't care what she is
12:53uh this thing that you are miss eddie um have you been it long uh no you just recently become
13:01the thing that you are yeah before this she was a boy named sam
13:07is this this thing that you are is it a title of some kind miss eddie yes is it a title of national
13:20importance i mean like uh the united yeah national it is it is a national you know nationally known
13:26title yes are you miss somebody or other in addition being miss eddie you are not no she is not not
13:34miss anybody there is ten dollars down and seventy dollars to go miss jane meadows please miss eddie
13:39are you excuse me uh jane it's miss eddie eddie yeah eddie yes are you uh by any chance a queen of some
13:46time yes you are are you a queen of one of the bowls um you know for the football games or whatever
13:55you are you have a southern accent don't you you shouldn't be
14:02uh is it uh one of those uh bowls in the south vanity church yes it is is it uh what is it the
14:09cotton bowl or the boston bowl the cotton bowl no there's twenty dollars down and sixty dollars to
14:14go mr henry morgan do we have to uh bother this uh pretty lady about which bowl it is is that the
14:20point yes you do like porridge or whatever they put in no no kidding are we gonna have to go through
14:25that stuff like there's cotton and peaches and tangerines yes we all have to do something for a
14:31living mr morgan this bowl it's your queen of miss eddie uh orange it's not orange what's that
14:42is it a vegetable i'm sorry uh i let you go right fast that you did say it i'm going to have to give
14:48up miss eddie you only made twenty dollars miss eddie quite understandably as a result of a statewide
14:53contest in the state of florida was chosen to be the queen of the orange bowl festivities for 1953.
15:00miss eddie congratulations 10 10 220 gives you the free soul the doctor's natural choice for
15:12regularity now ladies and gentlemen it is my pleasure and privilege to introduce one of the
15:17truly distinctive actors in the world today mr basil rafball
15:22first of all merry christmas and a merry christmas to all our listeners don't you think so i think
15:33so definitely it was very kind of you to give up your christmas evening for us let's hope it turns
15:36out to be fun for you yes i think it will be i it's a very nice little panel isn't it oh i don't know
15:42half of it anyhow i'll take what i meant now before we go on with the game let me explain that mr any money
15:47that mr rathbone wins we'll go to his favorite charity now will you tell me your secret please
15:50sir at the same time we will show it to the folks out there
16:02i think that's very festive is this be good be good
16:06is this an honor of christmas well it might be yes
16:09well let's let's not give anything away let's tell the panel only starting with miss jane meadows
16:14that this concerns something that mr rathbone is doing something you're doing yes have you been
16:21doing this mr rathbone for more than 20 years well no as a matter of fact i haven't you haven't no
16:27are you the only person in the world doing this thing uh well i should rather imagine not
16:35although i do pity those others who are doing it do you need the help of others for doing this thing
16:41that could be very pleasant can more than one person do this thing at a time if they want to
16:53would a group of people be likely to do it for instance at a party
16:59it would certainly be fun watching them
17:02mr rathbone if you were to invite me to your house to a party would you expect me to do this
17:06well not this year i think we have to give you a very definite no ten dollars down seventy dollars
17:16to go mr henry morgan please uh mr rathbone this may be uh a frivolous question but is your secret a
17:24little frivolous uh yes it is oh well now we can all relax okay you're sort of kidding about this
17:30thing but yes yes i see okay he's actually he's actually doing and he's not kidding no no it is
17:37actually being done but we are sort of kidding around yeah okay fine uh then apparently this is
17:44something you're doing right now yes uh can we see what you're doing uh no you can't unfortunately oh
17:52um must be quite a sight dear me this makes the questioning rather awkward um is it something
18:03you're doing underneath the uh desk that you're sitting at no i'm i'm i'm i'm sitting here very
18:11quiet let's say partially yes you mean what i am doing is that are you doing it underneath the desk
18:17and i think you can only say partially yes yes yes is it partly something that you're being
18:22rather than doing or is it actually no it's something that i am i must use the word doing
18:27i think it's a constant being in this uh well we had um actually what was it became you had a
18:37question on the tip of your tongue and because it's christmas i'll let you ask it even though the
18:40buzzer rang well i just was going to say was it something like uh when they came to sure who was
18:43sitting on his own hat on cullen's hat uh well it's a gag yes it's a gag all right let's call it a gag
18:49all right miss carlois dollars down and sixty dollars to go miss kitty carlisle
18:55are you sitting on something that we should know about
18:57aren't you asking some rather personal questions i admire you so as an actor that
19:11i'm afraid to ask you personal questions oh bless you well no well uh yes i think you might say that
19:16i am sitting on it uh partially only one side of it no i'm full on it yes i'm full on it is it
19:28between you and the chair part of it is is it is it like your clothes or between you and the clothes
19:35in the chair yes yes yes it is it is i don't know the answer to those questions well no what i mean
19:42is is it is it part of your clothes that we're looking well it's uh oh dear
19:49it's a part of my clothing as i sit here tonight yes like underwear
19:55yes thirty dollars down and fifty dollars to go miss jane meadows how about me oh i'm sorry
20:08i'm old enough to discuss underwear
20:12i've i've been around a little you know please do come in and discuss underwear yes
20:19this uh under uh am i interested in knowing uh probably yes uh but i want to know uh something
20:27about the particular uh undergarment you're wearing tonight is that right i think you ever have every
20:32right to know something about it is it is it decorated for one reason or another uh yes
20:39is it uh decorated in the spirit of christmas yes well let's get this one over is it your short
20:45is that i'm discussing no you're on the shirt no i pass
20:54kitty carlisle knows but it's too late you can't answer your thoughts no suspenders aren't underwear is
21:00it your suspenders are yours were they your suspenders no 40 down and 40 to go i don't know very
21:06much about men's underwear other than shorts and suspenders and shirt is it a shirt no no think back in
21:14the think back a little bit i mean what about is it old-fashioned underwear yes it is is it long red
21:22flannel yes
21:35He did that just so the leaker has some fun.
21:48You've given a pair of tights it takes you.
21:51Indeed, I have, indeed.
21:52Get in touch with Game Show Network.
21:57Hello.
22:03Hey, this is our night, isn't it?
22:04Would you tell us, please, what your name is and where you're from?
22:07I'm Kay Sirota, and I'm from Manhattan.
22:09I'm Mrs. Sirota, and Mrs. Sirota is from Manhattan.
22:12Now, will you whisper your secret to me, Mrs. Sirota?
22:22This should prove to be very interesting.
22:24I'll tell you, it concerns...
22:25Henry, I'm going to start this with you.
22:26Henry Morgan, it concerns something that she did for someone.
22:30She did it for somebody.
22:32For somebody.
22:32Uh, is there somebody important in the secret?
22:35Mm-hmm.
22:36Yes.
22:37Well, then it's a name, sort of?
22:39Uh, yes.
22:40You know what I mean, somebody well-known.
22:42Uh, in the arts?
22:44Yes.
22:44Yeah.
22:45Theater?
22:47Yeah.
22:47Show business, I mean, generally?
22:49Mm-hmm.
22:49An actor?
22:51No.
22:52Uh, singer?
22:55Wait, is it a man, or is it a man?
22:57It's a man.
22:58It's a man.
22:58Uh, what'd you say, singer?
23:01Oh, everybody's coaching everybody tonight.
23:02I'm crazy.
23:02We're all working so hard.
23:04Uh, uh, he doesn't sing, and he doesn't act.
23:06And is he, uh, does he, uh, write music?
23:09Not music, no.
23:10No.
23:11Oh, who?
23:12Right place?
23:13Yes.
23:14Yes.
23:14That's nice.
23:16And you did something for this man?
23:18Yes.
23:18Mm-hmm.
23:19I have to find a witch playwright?
23:21That's right.
23:22Oh, come on, fellas.
23:24You know what it is.
23:25Well, there's $10 down and $70 to go.
23:28Miss Kitty Carlisle has her mouth wide open, as well she might.
23:31Might as well start with my husband.
23:32He writes plays.
23:33Did you do something for more?
23:35Yes, I did.
23:36Wait!
23:36He's too pretty.
23:42Well, now I'm at sea.
23:43What did you do for him?
23:44I just want a direct answer.
23:48The witness has only the answer yes or no.
23:50That's all.
23:50Did you make something for him?
23:52No.
23:53Did you do something to him personally?
23:54Yes.
23:55Uh, from here up?
23:58No.
23:59From the head down?
24:01Oh, no.
24:02It involved his feet and his hands.
24:07It involved his feet and his hands?
24:08Yes.
24:09Yes.
24:09$20 down and $60 to go.
24:12Mr. Bill Cullen, wait.
24:13Is this a service you performed for Mr. Hart?
24:15Yes, sir.
24:15Did you perform it recently?
24:17No.
24:18Did you perform it over a year ago?
24:20Yes.
24:21Uh, did you give him a manicure by any chance?
24:24No.
24:24On his feet and his hands?
24:26Uh, was this a physical thing that you did for him?
24:28I mean, you, you, uh, you rented some service to, to his person.
24:32Is that right?
24:33That's right.
24:34Panel, our time is up, unfortunately.
24:35I wish we could play this all night because Kitty is dying over there.
24:39Will you please tell Miss Carlisle what it is that you did for Ma's Heart, her husband?
24:43I was a nurse for Ma's Heart.
24:44Huh?
24:45In 1945, when he was in Mount Sinai Hospital here, Mrs. Sirota was his nurse.
24:51And thereby, because we had the forfeit, we're going to have to give her the complete $80.
24:54Thank you, Mrs. Sirota.
24:55I'm sorry our time was over.
24:56Well now, my friends, that's all the time we have for our guests and for their secrets.
25:06In just a moment, I will tell you about the famous celebrity who is going to be third degree
25:09by our panel on our next...
25:11I'd like to give you...
25:12So stay at home with Monochrome and watch Game Show Network Sunday night in black and white.
25:17We now return you to your regularly scheduled programming.
25:20Well now, my friends, two weeks from tonight, not next week, but two weeks from tonight,
25:26we will be back with another edition of I've Got a Secret.
25:28We all have New Year's night off.
25:30Isn't that nice?
25:32And until then, two weeks from tonight, when we get some interesting people on here
25:36to challenge our experts with their secrets, may I say goodnight to our panel,
25:39Mr. Bill Cullen, Miss Jane Meadows, Mr. Henry Morgan, Miss Kitty Carlisle.
25:44And until we all meet here together, then two weeks from tonight,
25:47this will be Gary Moore saying bye-bye for the whole gang
25:49and the very merriest of all possible Christmas.
25:51Bye-bye.
25:52Bye-bye.
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