Garry the Weatherman: “Welcome to I’ve Got a Secret on a miserable, muggy night in New York.”
In an episode light on secrets, Garry has other business to conduct. First, Bess recaps her "blind date" with Jim Fitzgerald from last week's show, complete with photos. Then Garry plugs Henry's latest work, "And Now a Word from Our Sponsor" (Citadel Press 1960), a slim volume about the advertising industry. Poking fun at his sponsors was a trademark of Henry's old radio shows.
Jean Shepherd: “I play music on my head”
Shepard beats on his noggin and changes the shape of his mouth to control the pitch. Backed by Norman Paris and a
small ensemble, he performs “The Sheik of Araby” (1921). A clip of this
performance is featured in the 9th Anniversary show (
E438
). Shepard was a humorist, radio and television
host, and writer, but that only begins to describe a varied and unusual
career. Today, he is best known for the perennial
Christmas film A Christmas Story (1983) which he narrated and co-wrote, and
which was based on his own vaguely autobiographical stories.
Special guest Laraine Day: Each panelist is given a
biography of another panelist so they can nominate them…but they’re not
informed what they’re nominating them for.
Each panelist is given a list of commonly used phrases at nominating conventions, such as
“Mere
words cannot possibly express…”
or "In these perilous times..." and are asked to complete the phrases to "nominate" one of their fellow panelists.
Betsy wins, and her prize is travelling with the well-publicized cement images of the panel'
s feet from a few weeks ago. (
E390
,
E392
) The winner of THAT contest is Niagara Falls, Ontario. Mayor Franklin Miller and Tussaud's Wax Museum managing director JA "Bus" MacTaggart worked to have more than 10,000 tourists sign their 25-word submission. Once a semiregular panelist, with more
appearances than anyone except the six regulars, this would be Laraine Day’s
last appearance on the show. Day would continue
to act, mostly in television guest star roles, through the mid-eighties.
This episode HAS been reviewed at the Library of Congress, but is not in general circulation among collectors.
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