I've Got A Secret (partially lost syndicated revival of Goodson-Todman panel show; 1972-1973)

The show's logo.

Status: Partially Lost

I've Got A Secret was an American panel show created by Mark Goodson and Bill Todman that aired on CBS from June 19, 1952 to April 3, 1967. The show's format is similar to another Goodson-Todman panel show "What's My Line?". A guest (sometimes a celebrity) and they tell the host a secret (which is a secret) and a panel of four celebrities asked the guest what the secret is and they can only reply yes or no, the game ends when the celebrity gets the secret or time runs out. The show was hosted by actor Gary Moore (who would later host To Tell The Truth) until 1964 when he left and was replaced with comedian and former Tonight Show host Steve Allen until the show's 1967 end. The show would get revival several times since then with the most recent one in 2006, however it's 1972 revival (which was hosted by Allen) is the show's most memorable revival.

The revival ran for only 39 episodes from September 11, 1972 to September 9, 1973 in Syndication and despite being the second shortest-lived version of the show, it's been the most reran version besides the original with Game Show Network airing episodes every holiday season since they discontinued rerunning the show regularly in 2009. Because of these constant reruns, episodes have become very easy to find online. However, despite the show existing in it's entirety, a small number of the version's episodes have not resurfaced.

Episodes

Numbered

#	Panel	Guest	Status	Notes
1	Henry Morgan, Meredith MacRae, Richard Dawson, Pat Carroll	Paul Lynde	Found	Aired September 11, 1972; Recorded on June 23, 1972
2	Henry Morgan, Meredith MacRae, Richard Dawson, Pat Carroll	Joan Rivers	Found	Recorded on June 23, 1972
3	Jayne Meadows, Bill Bixby, Brenda Benet, Jack Cassidy	Alan Alda	Found	Recorded on July 6, 1972
4	Jayne Meadows, Bill Bixby, Brenda Benet, Jack Cassidy	Monty Hall	Found	Recorded on July 6, 1972
5	Anita Gillette, Gene Rayburn, Stephanie Edwards, Richard Dawson	Jo Anne Worley	Found
6	Anita Gillette, Gene Rayburn, Jo Anne Worley, Richard Dawson	Buddy Hackett	Found
7	Pat Carroll, Alan Alda, Betty White, Richard Dawson	Milton Berle	Found
8	Pat Carroll, Alan Alda, Betty White, Richard Dawson	Rich Little	Found
9	Pat Carroll, Arte Johnson, Nanette Fabray, Richard Dawson	Dom DeLuise or Red Buttons	Lost
10	Pat Carroll, Arte Johnson, Nanette Fabray, Richard Dawson	Dom DeLuise or Red Buttons	Lost
11	Pat Carroll, Arte Johnson, Anita Gillette, Richard Dawson	Greg Morris	Found
12	Pat Carroll, Arte Johnson, Anita Gillette, Richard Dawson	Bob Barker	Found	Recorded on September 14, 1972
13	Pat Carroll, Gene Rayburn, Nanette Fabray, Richard Dawson	Kaye Ballard	Found	Recorded on September 21, 1972
14	Pat Carroll, Gene Rayburn, Nanette Fabray, Richard Dawson	Charles Nelson Reilly	Found
15	Pat Carroll, Henry Morgan, Nanette Fabray, Richard Dawson	Alan Sues	Lost
16	Pat Carroll, Henry Morgan, Nanette Fabray, Richard Dawson	Rod Serling	Found
17	Pat Carroll, Bert Convy, Anita Gillette, Richard Dawson	George Burns or Georg Kirby	Lost
18	Pat Carroll, Bert Convy, Anita Gillette, Richard Dawson	George Burns or Georg Kirby	Lost
19	Betty White, Henry Morgan, Anita Gillette, Richard Dawson	Marty Allen	Found	Recorded on November 2, 1972
20	Betty White, Henry Morgan, Anita Gillette, Richard Dawson	Martin Milner	Found	Recorded on November 2, 1972
21	Anita Gillette, Bert Convy, Jayne Meadows, Richard Dawson	Cliff Robertson	Found	Recorded in November 1972
22	Anita Gillette, Bert Convy, Jayne Meadows, Richard Dawson	Jack Carter	Found	Recorded on November 16, 1972
23	Pat Carroll, Henry Morgan, Anita Gillette, Richard Dawson	Cass Elliott	Found	Recorded on November 30, 1972
24	Pat Carroll, Henry Morgan, Anita Gillette, Richard Dawson	Paul Winchell	Found	Recorded on November 30, 1972
25	Pat Carroll, Henry Morgan, Anita Gillette, Richard Dawson	Allen Ludden	Found
26	Pat Carroll, Henry Morgan, Anita Gillette, Richard Dawson	Vincent Price	Found	Recorded on December 14, 1972
27	Pat Carroll, Henry Morgan, June Lockhart, Richard Dawson	Jack Klugman	Found	Recorded on December 28, 1972
28	Pat Carroll, Henry Morgan, June Lockhart, Richard Dawson	Bill Macy	Found
29	Pat Carroll, Henry Morgan, Anita Gillette, Richard Dawson	Jerry Stiller & Anne Meara	Partially Found	Last documented airing was December 2014
30	Pat Carroll, Henry Morgan, Anita Gillette, Richard Dawson	John Davidson	Found	Aired September 9, 1973

Unnumbered

Panel	Guest	Status	Notes
Pat Carroll, Henry Morgan, Anita Gillette, Richard Dawson	Ruth Buzzi	Lost
Pat Carroll, Henry Morgan, Anita Gillette, Richard Dawson	Joel Grey	Found
Pat Carroll, Henry Morgan, Anita Gillette, Richard Dawson	Jan Murray	Lost
Pat Carroll, Henry Morgan, Anita Gillette, Richard Dawson	Jo Ann Pflug	Lost
Jayne Meadows, Henry Morgan, Anita Gillette, Richard Dawson	Robert Reed	Found
Jayne Meadows, Henry Morgan, Anita Gillette, Richard Dawson	Don Knotts	Found
Pat Carroll, Henry Morgan, Anita Gillette, Richard Dawson	Michael Landon	Found
Pat Carroll, Henry Morgan, Anita Gillette, Richard Dawson	Frank Gorshin	Lost	Recorded in February 1973
Pat Carroll, Gene Rayburn, Anita Gillette, Richard Dawson	Chad Everett	Found	Recorded on March 15, 1973

Availability

Given the show's constant presence in cable reruns, a large majority of the show's limit run can be found online. However, some episodes of the show's run have not reappeared despite all the show's masters being intact during a time were erasing older shows for new shows being a common practice at the time. In recent years, episodes that went undocumented began to emerge through very rare reruns. It possible that the other lost episodes aired on Game Show Network in the past and went under the radar but this remains to be seen.

External Link

• Mark Goodson Wiki on the show

See Also

Pilots

• Match Game-Hollywood Squares Hour (lost unaired pilot of NBC game show; 1983)
• Showoffs (partially lost unaired pilots of ABC game show; 1975)
• The Price Is Right (partially found unaired pilot for syndicated game show; 1993)
• The New Price Is Right (lost unaired pilot of Goodson-Todman game show; 1972)

Television

• The Price Is Right (partially lost Dennis James episodes of game show; 1972-1977)
• Tattletales (partially found syndicated version of CBS game show; 1977-1978)
• To Tell The Truth (lost first season of syndicated panel show; 1969-1970)
• The Price Is Right (partially found Australian adaptation of Mark Goodson game show; 1973-1974)
• Snap Judgement (partially found NBC game show; 1967-1969)
• Call My Bluff (partially found NBC game show; 1965)
• Match Game (partially lost Mark Goodson Bill Todman game show; 1973-1982)
• Family Feud - Popular Vs Freaks & Geeks (found episodes of Pearson game show; 2000)
• Family Fortunes (partially lost British version of Goodson-Todman game show; 1980-2002)
• The Price Is Right (partially found Doug Davidson version of Goodson-Todman game show; 1994-1995)
• Match Game (found ABC revival of Goodson-Todman game show; 1990-1991)
• Champion Blockbusters (partially found British game show, 1987-1990)
• Släktslaget (lost Swedish adaptation of "Family Feud" game show; 2000)
• Password Plus (found unaired George Peppard episode of Goodson-Todman game show; 1979)
• The Price Is Right (partially lost episodes of CBS game show; 1972-2007)
• Distraction (partially found American adaptation of British game show; 2005-2006)

Miscellaneous

• Super Password (lost builds of unreleased NES port of word game; 1980s)