Henry Morgan (comedian)

Henry Morgan (March 31, 1915 - May 19, 1994), born in New York City, was a comedian best remembered for having been a regular panelist on the game show I've Got a Secret.

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March 31 - 1915 - May 19 - 1994 - New York City - Comedian - I've Got a Secret

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As a radio personality, he often got himself in trouble by cracking jokes at the expense of his sponsors. On I've Got a Secret, he got laughs by squandering the time allotted to him for asking questions by instead complaining petulantly about the supposedly intolerable conditions under which he had to work, until his time ran out.

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After his I've Got a Secret days, Morgan continued to do occasional radio appearances and guest-panelist slots on other Goodson-Todman TV shows, including What's My Line? and The Match Game.

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What's My Line? - The Match Game

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Morgan's radio career gained an early-1980s revival in New York due to his two-and-a-half minute "Henry Morgan Show" commentaries, broadcast twice daily on WNEW-AM (now WBBR) starting in January 1981. The following year, he added the Saturday-night show Morgan and the Media on WOR. In what might or might not be inadvertent iconoclasm, he used a 1981 WNEW commentary on pre-inflation prices to wistfully sing an old Pepsi jingle ("Pepsi-Cola hits the spot / Twelve full ounces, that's a lot...") It turned out the day's Morgan commentary was sponsored by Coca-Cola.

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WBBR - WOR - Pepsi - Coca-Cola

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Henry was known for being very sarcastic and grouchy. In his 1994 autobiography Here's Morgan (The Original Bad Boy of Broadcasting), Morgan blasted most of his former co-stars.

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