Joyce Badgett: “I'm one of quadruplets”
The quads, which include sisters Jeraldine, Joan,
and Jeanette, were born on February 1, 1939 in Galveston, Texas. They were dubbed “the miracles of Treasure
Isle” by the press and, like so many multiple births of the era, became media
darlings. The town of Galveston built a
new home for them, with the condition that visitors be allowed into the home for
several hours each day so that the public could see the quartet and take
pictures. As teens (Joyce and her sisters are 16 here) the girls were still the subject of occasional newspaper articles and publicity features but were otherwise leading relatively normal lives as high schoolers. A later effort by the quartet to launch a singing career failed to gain traction.
Jack Stewart: “My great-great-grandfather
built the first bathtub in the US (1842)”
The story of Cincinnati’s Adam
Thompson being the first American to take a bath on December 20, 1842 is
colorful, entertaining…and a complete fabrication. Journalist and satirist H.L Mencken combined
both those interests in a 1917 newspaper article about the history of the
bathtub. The article looked authentic,
but Mencken had made the whole thing up.
His satiric goal was to prove how easily readers could fall for
inaccurate reporting that was well written.
He admitted his hoax in an essay eight years later, but his plan worked
too well. Many didn’t believe (or never read) the confession
and continued to believe the “facts” of the original article, some of which
continue to be espoused as truth even today. Stewart could not be related to a
fictional character, so he’s probably putting one over on the Secret staff
here, or the show is putting one over on its audience.
Special guest Zippy the Chimp has a secret for
each panelist:
“Putting on Laraine’s lipstick”;
“Washing Bill’s socks”; “Smoking Jayne’s cigarette” and “I’m hugging a blonde”
(a snow-white chimp)
This episode has not been reviewed. Details come from alternate sources, including thumbnail descriptions of the episodes in GSN documentation and Gil Fates' handwritten notes. Quoted secrets are based on the Fates notes and are believed to be accurate.
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