TV Guide (January 22, 1954)

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i've Got a Secret’s Secret HAVE THEY TAMED F Henry Morgan is any sort of a prophet, the unemployment problem that has plagued him for years will soon reach the acute stage. The irreverent Mr. Morgan, with a long and valiant record of sponsorbaiting, feels that his is a losing battle. He now fears that the supply of companies willing to have their products praised with faint damns is running low. In short, he foresees another Morgan exit from TV. This certainly would disturb the Morgan cult, a loyal but dwindling group that has delighted in Henry’s Spirited tilting at some of our more vulnerable advertising windmills. But then Morganites have gone through lean years with Henry before. Henry No sale: bow tie addicts Garry Moore, left, and Henry Morgan ignore Bill Cullen’s four in hands. HENRY MORGAN ? calls this his “third career,” in deference to two long stretches of unemployment on his record, stemming from a certain unconventional approach Henry takes to funny business. The only Morgan now available on a Nationwide basis is the subdued and rather unamused Henry now picking up some easy cash as a panelist on I’ve Got a Secret. New Yorkers can still get nightly doses of the unexpurgated Henry via a local show, Here’s Morgan. On this, Henry is his irascible self, with one difference. He now rarely turns his barbed wit on the sponsor, concentrating instead on the social and_ political scene. This may be the forerunner of the new Morgan—Morgan the social