A group of panelists try to guess a guest's secret.A group of panelists try to guess a guest's secret.A group of panelists try to guess a guest's secret.
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- Creators
- Allan Sherman
- Howard Merrill(uncredited)
- Stars
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- Creators
- Allan Sherman
- Howard Merrill(uncredited)
- Stars
- Nominated for 3 Primetime Emmys
- 3 nominations total
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- Creators
- Allan Sherman
- Howard Merrill(uncredited)
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- TriviaThe telecast that aired live on February 9, 1956, with Lucille Ball as a guest panelist, featured a 96-year-old contestant who was the last surviving witness to the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. Garry Moore introduced this senior citizen, Samuel Seymour, by saying he hailed from Maryland. When Seymour died two months later on the anniversary of the assassination, newspapers said he was a longtime resident of Arlington, Virginia. Whatever the truth of his residence, his secret was uncovered by Jayne Meadows. After she uncovered it, Moore explained to her, the other panelists and viewers that when John Wilkes Booth jumped down from the presidential box at Fords Theatre immediately after shooting Lincoln, five-year-old Seymour witnessed only that jump without knowing that any shots had been fired. The audience's laughter in reaction to the play muffled the sound of the gunshots for many people. The child felt sorry for the man who obviously had injured himself jumping from the presidential box to the stage. Booth indeed injured his leg and sought medical treatment before his capture.
- Alternate versionsAlso available in a computer colorized version.
- ConnectionsFeatured in John Glenn: American Hero (1998)
- SoundtracksPlink, Plank, Plunk (I've Got A Secret)
Written and Performed by Leroy Anderson from 1952 to 1961
Top review
The Best "Secret" in the Show's History
It was in 1955 and I watched in amazement as a 95-year old man came out and whispered into host Garry Moore's ear a secret that knocked my little socks off - he was the last survivor of the audience present at Ford's Theater the night Abraham Lincoln was shot. He said the only thing he could remember was seeing John Wilkes Booth grab hold of an American flag and crash to the stage.
He said he was five years old when this happened. He didn't know who Booth was but had a vivid memory of him falling unto the stage. At the time that the show was telecast, Lincoln's assassination had occurred 90 years earlier.
What a moment in early television history.
He said he was five years old when this happened. He didn't know who Booth was but had a vivid memory of him falling unto the stage. At the time that the show was telecast, Lincoln's assassination had occurred 90 years earlier.
What a moment in early television history.
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- sonny_1963
- May 22, 2005
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- Runtime30 minutes
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- 1.33 : 1
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