Female Baritone (I’ve got a secret, 1960)

I’ve got a secret: Week 399, 2/3/60 Guest Host: Betsy Panel: Henry, Carol Burnett, Durward Kirby, Bess Program Staff: Hazel Oxholm Lighting: Sal Bonsignore The set is redecorated to add a “feminine touch.“ Norman Paris plays accordion and piano on stage accompanied by women on harp and double bass. Halbirg Nielsen, Reykjavik: “I have a soprano singing voice ... I also sing tenor and baritone ... I also sing bass.“ Sings “Ol’ Man River“ like Paul Robeson and “Ain’t Misbehavin’“ like Louis Armstrong. The rest of the episode: Some dresses are modeled, and then the models are revealed to have what at the time were male-dominated jobs. May Grayson is a bartender, Loretta Rudney is a Pinkerton private investigator, Margaret Allen is a barber, and Rona Levine is a doorman. Edna McKuen, Phoenix: “My home town voted me Man of the Year“ (only female member of the city council). Guest Jean-P
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