Jane Hoberman from Fresh Meadows, Long Island, [Pamela Hutchings]
from New York and [Frankie Corotto] from New York City: “We were born the same
day this program started (June 19, 1952)”
The three
ten-year-olds usher in the tenth anniversary celebration for the program. Young Frankie had appeared in 1958 (
E290
)
for the sixth anniversary of the program.
Magician and former stagehand Lon Masterson involves Henry Morgan
in his latest trick: “I’m going to pour water on you”
Masterson seals Henry in a capsule and
fills it with water supplied by a bucket brigade of Secret staff: associate producer Roger Peterson, wardrobe mistress [Rosalie
“Ducky” Brown], production staffer Pat McCormick, studio guard [Ray Boden],
production staffer Judy Crichton, theater manager Guy Alexander, production
staffer Irma Reichert, teleprompter operator Bob Anderson, production staffer
Diane Hoffacker and makeup artist June Gossett.
Henry emerges unscathed and dry, followed out of the small compartment
by three models. Several of the staff
have turned up on past shows. Masterson
also performed on the fifth anniversary show (
E240
) in 1957 while still a CBS employee.
Garry goes into the air-conditioned
control room to introduce us to the technical crew: director Franklin Heller, producer
Chester Feldman (actually on the stage floor), associate director Al Mifelow,
technical director Vernon Gamble, lighting director Ralph Holmes and audio
engineer Jay Fairman. Outside the
control room are video engineer Jim Angerone, carpenters Dick Gorda and John
Alex, lighting switchboard operators Johnny Brennan and Jay Brennan, prop men
Joe Mullin and Bernie Rodkin, stage manager Don Darcy and camera operators Hans
Singer, Cass Gaylord and Stan Gooding.
Porter Leon Mumford (piano),
electrician Mike Fitzgerald (harmonica) and Garry (drums) perform “Ain’t She
Sweet” and “12th Street Rag,” eventually joined by Norman Paris and
his band.
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