I've Got a Secret
Armed Forces Week
TV Flash files “Armed Forces Week” as hour 477 of 592 in the TV Flash guide — I've Got a Secret (1952–1967) on CBS, season 13, episode 20, aired 1964-05-18, 30 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S13E20: listed hour 477 of 592 in the I've Got a Secret guide, hour 20 of 40 in season 13. It aired 1964-05-18 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Durward Kirby” (S13E19). Next is “Smothers Brothers” (S13E21). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Armed Forces Week sit in the I've Got a Secret guide?
S13E20 is listed hour 477 of 592 — hour 20 of 40 in season 13, season 13 episode 20.
When did I've Got a Secret S13E20 air?
Armed Forces Week aired 1964-05-18 and is listed at 30 minutes.
Where should I start?
Start with Moore, the whispered secret, and a panel that includes Cullen or Morgan. The parlor-game contract is immediate.
In the series
Why this series still plays
I've Got a Secret turned ordinary confessions into prime-time theater: celebrity secret-holders, a guessing panel, and Garry Moore's sweater-set warmth. Goodson-Todman charm with a wink. Watch it in 2026 as the ancestor of every talk-show I-never-told-anyone segment, when secrets still felt like parlor games instead of leaks.
Garry Moore's sweater-set warmth was not a drop. It was a CBS night, 1952–1967, *I've Got a Secret* as Goodson-Todman charm with a wink: contestants whisper a secret to the host, a celebrity panel tries to guess it with yes/no questions, 592 episodes across 16 seasons. Regulars included Bill Cullen, Henry Morgan, Betsy Palmer. Secrets ranging from silly to historically delightful. Quieter than the big-money quizzes, it outlasted many of them. Patterns: parlor game as prime-time theater, from an era when secrets…
Filed against
- Garry Moore as Host
Garry Moore hosted I've Got a Secret as sweater-set warmth with a wink — celebrity secret-holders, a guessing panel, and Goodson-Todman charm that turned ordinary confessions into 1950s prime-time theater. TV Flash files him as the…
- Bill Cullen as Panelist
Bill Cullen’s panelist brain made I’ve Got a Secret feel like a living-room dare — 1950s catalog Goodson-Todman charm, then The Price Is Right teaching America how to bid on a fridge. TV Flash files him as cardigan omniscience: the man…
- Henry Morgan as Panelist
Henry Morgan sat on I've Got a Secret as a panelist with a bite — celebrity secret-holders, Garry Moore's sweater-set warmth, Goodson-Todman charm, ordinary confessions as 1950s prime-time theater. The ancestor of every…
- Betsy Palmer as Panelist
Betsy Palmer sat on I’ve Got a Secret as panelist weather — ordinary confessions turned into prime-time theater, celebrity secret-holders, Garry Moore’s sweater-set warmth, Goodson-Todman charm with a wink. Ancestor of every talk-show…