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John and Garnett’s “Secret” Trip to New York
By: Mrs. Garnett U. Angel

In June of 1962 we received a call from a representative of the TV game show, “I’ve Got a Secret”, asking if we would like to be on the show. We told everyone that we would be going to New York soon, it was even in the Natoma Independent News Paper. Then we didn’t hear another word from the show until 2 years later, June 1964!

We were told to be at the Kansas City Airport in three days to pick up our plane tickets to New York. Of course, John was in the middle of harvest, and I was working at H.L. Post Insurance office, but we dropped everything and drove to Kansas City anyway.


Judy White (Frosty’s late wife), drove John and I from their house to the airport. I remember that the runway was so short and the jet had to pull up fast, it really set you back in your seat.

When we landed at what is now JFK airport, we were met by a guide, who took us to an airport limousine. We passed the New York World’s Fair, which we visited a few days later, on our way to the Gramercy Hotel (http://www.gramercyparkhotel.com/).

The next morning we were picked up and taken to the studio where we rehearsed with a panel of stage hands. We were served a sack lunch, and had to remain at the studio until Steve Allen, the stand in Host, and the panel, Henry Morgan, Bill Collins, Betsy Palmer, and Bess Meyerson, arrived. The theme of our segment was a play on names; D.C. Current, was an Electrician, his son’s name was A.C. Current, Thomas Thomas from Walla Walla, WA, a Boss named Richard Burton, and his Secretary who’s name was Elizabeth Taylor, and John and I were the “Angels from Paradise, KS”.

The Panel made several guesses as to who we were, such as Adam & Eve, but I’m not sure of the other guesses, maybe it shows in the video. After the show, as we walked off stage, I was surprised to see that Betsy Palmer and Bess Meyerson were taller than John. When we walked out of the Studio, a crowd of people ask for our autographs.

We spent a few days in New York taking bus tours of the City and the Circle Line boat tours around Manhattan Island where our guide pointed out different buildings and monuments. We also visited the New York World’s Fair, the main thing I remember was a boat ride through an exhibit of dolls dressed in costumes of all the different countries while listening to a recording of, “It’s a Small World”.

I've Got A Secret - 1965