TV Guide (May 7, 1954)

Page scan 0007 from TV Guide

Record Details:

Title:
TV Guide
Date:
May 7, 1954
Publisher:
Philadelphia: Triangle Publications, Inc.
Volume:
TV Guide - Chicago (May 7, 1954)
Leaf #:
0007
Language:
English
Collection:
Broadcasting & Recorded Sound
Contributor:
Media History Digital Library
Sponsor:
Media History Digital Library
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Date Added:
August 28, 2022
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TV* < ^it J DouJits Anhj&& < - Panelist and stand- in: Bill Cullen gives Roger Peterson's style the once-over. W E’VE ALWAYS been told that TV panelists have the easiest job in television. But there’s one that’s even easier. It’s “standing-in” for the panel-sitters on shows like I’ve Got a Secret. Stand-ins sub through every show prior to air time while the em¬ cee warms up his moderating talents and camera and lighting crews test their equipment. But don’t rush to the nearest TV casting office. To hold such a job, you must be a registered member of the TV actors’ union, and the pay is only $5 an hour. Besides, hundreds of un¬ employed TV actors vie for the few stand-in jobs available — on such Goodson-Todman shows as Secret, Judge for Yourself, Two for the Money and Beat the Clock. The Secret stand-ins are Roger Peterson (for Bill Cullen), Jane Lin¬ den (Jayne Meadows), Bob Kamlot (Henry Morgan) and Esther Benson (for Polly Bergen), Why do they come to the studio on a Wednesday night for an hour’s work at such low pay, when they know they’ll never be seen by the viewing audience? They’re all aspiring young TV actors and the Se¬ cret rehearsal gives them a chance to meet producers and directors, some¬ thing most would-be actors can’t do however often they “make the rounds.” 8