181     April 4, 1956
Bill, Jayne, Henry, Faye

Father Hugh Calkins and Brother Matthew Brown: “We play jazz in our monastery” 
Father Hugh (piano) and Brother Matthew (saxophone) perform here with a jazz combo that includes “Wild Bill” Davison on cornet, Carl Kress on guitar, Trigger Alpert on bass and Garry (of course) on drums.  Brother Matthew was known as Boyce Brown before joining the order.  This unusual collaboration would result in an album, Brother Matthew with Eddie Condon’s Jazz Band (ABC-Paramount 1956)    

John J Walsh from Fresno, California: “My wife and I just had our fourth set of twins” 
Wacky childbirth.  The latest pair were born on March 16.    

Special Guest William Bendix has brought four champion laughers with him 
The laughers are Joan Howard, Godfrey Cambridge, Gene Brill and [Bill Camel].   They laugh on a secret cue from Bendix during the questioning. All are unknowns here.  Howard is the daughter of Moe Howard of The Three Stooges and would write books about her father and the slapstick team.  Cambridge would become an extremely successful actor and stand-up comic of the 1960s and early 70s. Brill had a brief stand-up career. [See E279 ]

One of the commercial spots features the studio audience singing “Happy Birthday” to the show sponsor, Winston Cigarettes, which has been on the market for two years.  The brand has sponsored I’ve Got a Secret for most of that time.