148     August 10, 1955
Bill, Adraia Koe, Henry, Faye

Don McNeill hosts

Koe is a staffer on Secret, filling in for Jayne.  She stayed with the show for several years, mostly as an associate producer helping to bring the Secrets to life.      

Jane Evans: “I played hooky from High School with Bill Cullen” 
Bill attended South High School in Pittsburgh and graduated in 1939.  Even then, he was known as a quick-witted cut-up, and was hosting talent shows and student assemblies.  A review in the school yearbook says, “the student body is still applauding his clever imitation of great political figures, and his steady and ready flow of Irish wit and charm.”    

Bessie Brown from Springfield, Mass: “I was voted the prettiest 75-year-old in the United States”                  
Mrs. Brown won a “Sweet 75” contest sponsored by the Photographers’ Association of America, which was celebrating its 75th anniversary.  Her submitted photograph bested photos of all the other 75-year-olds, and she became the queen of the organization's convention in Chicago.  Among the judges for the finals was Eleanor Roosevelt.    

Special Guest Arnold Stang: “I spent most of my wedding night with Henry Morgan” 
Stang and Henry were frequent collaborators in radio and in early television programs.  Stang usually played the stooge, the brunt of Henry’s caustic wit.  The two were fast friends, however.  When Stang married Joanne Taggert in September of 1949, instead of a honeymoon, the couple opted for a big party at celebrity watering hole Toots Shor’s.  Henry picked up the tab.  Here, Stang and Henry perform a skit from their old radio days together.