Sometime in the fall of 1961, CBS felt they needed to maximize interest in the newly launched Password with a demonstration game included in an episode of I've Got a Secret. However, likely due to his other series, GE College Bowl, which was also on CBS at the time, host Allen Ludden was unavailable. Actress Vivian Vance (a year away from The Lucy Show) steps in to assist Secret host Garry Moore.
What results is a hilarious comedy of errors with Secret panelists Bill Cullen (The Price is Right), Betsy Palmer, Henry Morgan, & Bess Myerson. Eleven years later, Ludden would do another Password demonstration on the syndicated Secret with Steve Allen. At that time, Password had moved to ABC. We'll have that one up another time.
Also on this episode:
A man with a literally $3,000 suit.
Moore & Cullen demonstrate the then-new Polaroid instant camera in an in-show ad.
A contestant fills the stage with soap bubbles.
Rating: B.
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