One thing I miss on most game shows these days is witty people. Most of the shows are about money and about what the money means to the lives of those who win it. I liked it when some game shows were about clever people saying clever things and when there was an element of danger in that the shows were live.
Here's a short segment from the Christmas episode of I've Got a Secret for 12/24/58…and remember this show was done live. There was no script and the panelists could not be rehearsed. The show occasionally planted questions with the panelists that they thought would get big laughs but they had to do so in a way that wouldn't tip the answers.
The witty gent on this episode is Henry Morgan who in TV and radio had the reputation of being quite the curmudgeon. But he was a funny curmudgeon and a likeable one and on the game you're about to watch, he came up with the right answer…which by the time the questioning got around to him was fairly obvious. But then he came up with a very funny line on the spot…and I'm fairly sure it was not planned in advance. You might not find it as funny as I did but you've got to admire the speed…