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{{quote|''"Hi, My name is [guest], and I've got a secret!"''|Standard teaser opening leading into the credits.}}
[[Game Show]] from [[Mark Goodson]]-Bill Todman Productions, and basically a [[Retool]] of ''[[What's My Line
The original show lasted from 1952-67. One-season revivals aired from 1972-73 and in 1976. Another revival aired from 2000 to 2003 on the Oxygen cable network, hosted by [[Stephanie Miller]], and yet another version aired on Game Show Network in 2006.
* [[Home Game]]: One was published by Lowell in 1956, and Don Ameche used it [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cwn5VV9FNdw to create a secret.]
* Personnel:
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* [[Show the Folks At Home]]: ...The contestant's secret.
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* [[Abraham Lincoln]]: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_iq5yzJ-Dk One elderly contestant] had the secret that he was the only
* [[Adorkable]]: Good ol' Bill Cullen (the "just so darn sweet" variety), especially in the earlier episodes.
* [[Broadcast Live]]: Garry Moore's run. Steve Allen lived on the West Coast and preferred to film a number of episodes at a time to reduce air travel.
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* [[Christmas Episode]]: A regular tradition during the original series. One year, [[GSN]] used all 15 of a week's ''[[Black and White Overnite]]'' slots to show them.
* [[Crossover]]: Vivian Vance had the panel play a few rounds of "the exciting new CBS morning show" ''[[Password]]''.
** One [[Halloween Episode]] found ''[[Beat the Clock]]'' host Bud Collyer "trying out" upcoming new stunts for the next season on the panel. After the bit was over, Garry gave Bud a copy of ''Secret''{{'}}s [[Home Game]] while Bud gave him a copy of ''Clock''{{'}}s [[Home Game]].
* [[A Day in
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: Henry Morgan.
* [[Everything's Better
* [[Expy]]: Of ''[[What's My Line
* [[Halloween Episode]]: One just about every year, with secrets such as a man lighting a Jack-O-Lantern with an electric eel. The earlier seasons really got into the spirit of the holiday much heavier than later seasons, with one Winston episode in particular being downright creepy.
* [[Let X Be the Unknown]]: The standard way of introducing a guest, such as [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qq_Mr1txFY Soupy Sales], whose name might be known to the panel. Lampshaded in one episode in which Garry Moore introduced three men as Mr. X, Mr. Y, and Mr. Z. Their secret? {{spoiler|Their real names were Mr. Ecks, Mr. Yie, and Mr. Zee.}}
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** Originally, celebrity secrets were actual things about them or that had happened to them (i.e., Boris Karloff's "I'm afraid of mice"). This became both boring and limiting, and the gag/stunt secrets quickly evolved.
* [[Off the Rails]]: Several instances (such as a cow dropping "pies" live on the East Coast), but none moreso than George Burns forgetting his secret during the syndicated run.
* [[Pie in
* [[Product Placement]]: As was the usual custom at the time, the sponsor's logo would be seen on the front of the panel's desk, as well as on a small sign between Garry and the contestant. When Winston was the show's sponsor packs of their cigarettes would be given to the contestants along with the money, and whenever possible [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FfjEE2mSvM the distinctive Winston theme song] would be worked into a secret such as being played on an "electric brain", or Jayne Meadows singing it in Chinese.
* [[Real Life Relative]]: One episode with Jack Benny as guest also featured his daughter Joan on the panel, filling in for the vacationing Bill Cullen.
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZgTk6pReeM One episode] featured Desi Arnaz as the guest and [[Lucille Ball]] as a guest panelist.
** Jayne Meadows was often a panelist on both of Steve Allen's versions.
* [[Rearrange the Song]]: The 1976 version's [[Theme Tune]] was later heard on ''[[
* [[Stage Money]]
* [[Theremin]]: One Moore episode featured a theremin demonstration.
* [[Those Two Guys]]: Bill Cullen and Henry Morgan. Being the two most consistent parts of ''Secret'' while hosts and female panel members changed around them, Bill and Henry seemed to share a genuine admiration and friendship for each other, and could often be seen leaning back talking to each other behind the seat of Jayne Meadows or Betsy Palmer between them.
* [[Trans
* [[Treehouse of Fun]]: To help promote a change in day and timeslot, a female Flagpole Sitting Champion lived in a small treehouse built atop a pole in the middle of the stage from the last segment of the last Wednesday episode to the first segment of the following Monday's episode.
* [[Twenty Minutes Into the Future]]: A number of secrets involved things that were still in the experimental stage during the Moore/Allen era, but commonplace now — such as microwave ovens, Krazy Glue, and even a very primitive version [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJolOHBikQY of a computer audio file.]
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