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Several stand-ins have obtained TV acting jobs because directors of panel shows, graduating to other programs, remembered them. The work also provides valuable experience before the TV cameras. The hour-long stint teaches novices to be at ease before the probing lenses. Why do the producers of Secret feel they need a stand-in panel? They claim the rehearsal gives Garry Moore a preview of the line of questioning the regular panel is apt to follow. A more valid reason: the stand-in rehearsal alerts Garry to questions that might sound risque or too dull. Also, if the stand-ins guess a secret too quickly, the producers can sub¬ stitute a more challenging problem. The run-through also gives Garry a chance to get his facts straight. On a recent show, George Jessel was the surprise guest. His secret: in 1911 he used to bathe Eddie Cantor. During the trial run, a stand-in asked if Can¬ tor and Jessel were in show business at the time. Garry answered no. He was immediately corrected by a pro¬ duction assistant: the two were then trouping together as kid actors. The guest-contestants themselves do not rehearse. Their role is assumed by announcer John Cannon or a mem¬ ber of the production staff. The run- throughs usually last from 7:30 to 8:30 on Wednesday nights, before the stu¬ dio audience files into the theater. There is nothing to prevent Cullen and Morgan, or the Misses Bergen and Meadows, from sneaking in ahead of time to watch the rehearsal and so learn each contestant’s secret in ad¬ vance. But they don’t. The idea of stand-in panelists was originated by CBS, which formerly employed them on all panel programs. The network later decided there was no need for run-throughs on such shows as What’s My Line? Even so, Peterson and Miss Linden now have stand-in jobs on three or more shows per week. On Beat the Clock, they test all the stunts emcee Bud Collyer has in store for the studio contestants. On Two for the Money, as make-believe contest¬ ants, they answer Herb Shriner’s quiz- zers while the clock ticks away. Peterson claims he has answered fast enough on a Shriner rehearsal to win up to $3,000. But, as a stand- in, his take-home pay was $5. Garry Moore quizzes pre-air-time panel: Peterson (who subs for Cullen), Jane Linden (Jayne Meadows), Bob Kamlot (Henry Morgan), Esther Benson (Polly Bergen).