Three generations span 195 years (I've Got a Secret 4/26/61)
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- Delia and Bertie Harris of Knoxville, Tennessee: "Our grandfather was a soldier in the Revolutionary War (1776-1781)." Simon Harris, born 1766, entered at age 12 and later was at Valley Forge and Yorktown. His son (their father) was born in 1818 and they were born when he was in his 70s. Carol Burnett substitutes for Bess.
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When I was five, my 90 year old great aunt told me when she was my age, she met some people who saw George Washington.
How old are you now?
@@musicilya6674 probably died
@@nicks1466 Well let’s say Someone saw Washington 1798 when they were 8 (so born 1790). When they were 90, they met his great aunt at 10 years old which would make her born 1870. 85 years later her great nephew, the writer of that comment was born in 1955. or something like that. So I’d say TnseWlms was born between 1940 and 1960, which is quite possible.
I was born in 1966. My great aunt in 1881. My grandfather (her brother) was born in 1879. He didn't marry until he was 57, but after that, fathered three children over ten years.
Amazing. Would've been cool to ask if the paintings were an accurate depiction.
Carol Burnett is still alive today. So a person living in 2021 has met people whose grandfather was a revolutionary war soldier born in 1766!
Yes, that's pretty amazing!
Wait what?
Yes, amazing how we’re not so far removed from people who lived a very very long time ago.
This show was 70 years ago.. none of the people in this video are still alive today
@@mats7492 Carol Burnett is quite alive.
Between this and the other gentleman they had as a guest who saw Lincoln assassinated, it absolutely boggles my mind how close our connections to history can be. Simply amazing.
There is an equally amazing episode where one of the GRANDSONS of President John Tyler, who was President twenty years before Lincoln, were alive in 1960. Even more amazing, at least one of the two grandsons who was alive in 1960 is alive TODAY.
Wow! Carol Burnett!
My grandfather was also in the revolutionary war. He was born in 1768. He was 79 when my dad was born in 1847. My father then had me when he was 83 in 1930. I'm now 91 years old. I have written a book about this entitled "from Revolutionary war to cell phones, a true story of one American family."
Surname=klein
Explains why you're 91
@@oosthuizen2012 what do you mean?
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@@rebeccadavis7219 how DARE you.
And do you have grandchildren?
They had an episode where the guest was an eyewitness to Lincoln's assassination.
I saw that one and was totally blown away.
Yeah man
@@VioletJoy so was Lincoln
@@jacksonobert9856 Imma goin to hell for laughing at that, but you win The Internet today
@@jacksonobert9856 OUCH! 🤣
Bless who ever saved these film for us to watch today on the internet. Imagine telling these people that in the future people will watch on devices that can be held in your hand.
My great-great grandmother who was born in 1889 took me to my first funeral which was for her daughter, my great grandmother. She was also one of the survivors on the Titanic.
Wow. When I was a child, I remember an old timer telling stories of his youth, and he said he could remember the slaves moving north. A young colored couple on their way had stopped at their farmhouse and asked for a sandwich. Doing the math, he was correct.
One of my great-great grandmothers was born in 1832 and at the time of her death in 1937 she was 105 and was still getting a survivor's pension from the Civil War. My great-great grandfather fought in the Civil War and years after the war ended he died from injuries he suffered during the war. I have a copy of a photo taken of her when she was 16 in 1848. My cousin has the original. It was a daguerreotype photo.
My great aunt knew pancho villa.. my great grandfather fought pancho villa as he was a 3 star general in the Mexican army...
My gf Taylor's mom use to know Michael Jackson .. and she also has pictures of hells angels some of which were Mexican. .. this is unheard of today
www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/titanic-survivors/. You might find this interesting... that's amazing ..
"Both of these sisters have the same grandfather."
Every 60 seconds in Africa, a minute passes.
Yeah these people were considered smart back then, that's crazy to me
@@RollingOnFloorLaughing Haven't u ever said something dumb then realized it was dumb but you've already said it? Everyone does that no matter how smart they are lol
@@RollingOnFloorLaughing Yes, they actually wrote in complete sentences and used proper punctuation, unlike you.
I mean they could share just one grandpa if they are half sisters. So if taken from that perspective they may not have the same grandpa (that they are referring to).
unless they are half sisters
My favorite story in this genre is that as of now, September 2018, two grandsons of U.S. President John Tyler are still alive. Yes, two grandsons -- not great-grandsons, not great-great-grandsons -- of John Tyler, the tenth president of the United States, born in 1790, are still alive! AMAZING.
i saw that on 60 minutes.
merrie misfit no way!🤔
I looked it up and the grandsons of John Tyler were born in 1924 and 1928. Their father was 71 and 75 when he had them, respectively, and John Tyler was 63 when he had his son.
One just passed away
Yeah. It is true. They never met him though.
April of 1961, my parents were teens, neighbors and dating on the property I live on now. In December 1961, (5 months after this episode aired) I was enutero. Parents married. I was born (4 months later) April 27, 1962. Life keeps going. So 366 days after my parents probably viewed this episode I was on earth too. Amen.
This was one of the more entertaining game shows of the 50s and 60s. Simple as could be, often funny and witty, and a TON of historically-significant people appeared on it.
I wish we had some kind of reboot of this program, it sounds interesting.
I agree! A game show I would actually watch.
The closest show I can think of was the program Figure it Out on Nickelodeon, except it had to do with special skills or achievements, not necessarily historical events.
@@laurielynne2006 wouldn't work how do you turn this 5 minute segment into an hour long show? Can't stand game shows today its 5 minutes of game and 30 minutes of dumb jokes to fill the run time to fit in 25 minutes of commercials.
They did a remake in the 90's or 2000's I think. It was on Oxygen or Lifetime channel. I think Gary's daughter was the host.
It was a fun program. One of my favorites as a kid. If I recall correctly, they had three different people and it was a half hour show.
Right now some 60 year old eyewitness to the Kennedy assassination is in the bedroom with his 25 year old wife. Their son will be born in 2020, get married in 2080, and have twin daughters in 2081. They will appear on television on Nov 22, 2163, age 82: "Our grandfather saw the Kennedy assassination 200 years ago today" . . .
Get married when they are 60!
Wow.
And the FBI files still won't have been released.
@@footofjuniper8212 They're "reviewing" them . . . as they have been for the past 58 years.
Once the Boomers die historians will finally be able to admit Kennedy was a mediocre to bad president who would have lost his second term if he hadn’t been killed. The Boomers and their “trauma” over Kennedy is so tiresome.
The Harris sisters' story is like that of President John Tyler's grandsons. The last surviving grandson, Harrison Ruffin Tyler, is in his nineties and living in Virginia. Just a few years ago four grandsons were still around.
I'd never even heard of this show before today and now I can't stop watching clips from it.
Theres another clip with the last remaining witness of lincolns assassination.
So much grace & class these programs, & always by Garry Moore. Can really use some today.
I knew my great-grandmother who died when I was 16 at almost 86. Her grandfather was enslaved as a child (I am from the Caribbean; slavery was abolished in my country between 1834 and 1838). My generation isn't far removed from slavery.
When I was a kid, I held my Grandfather's hand...When He was a kid, he held HIS Grandfather's hand that held a rifle at Gettysburg. Doesn't take too many generations to span a long stretch of history.
Yeah, but weirdly, that isn't too far fetched to think of when you really think about it. For reference, the distance between the civil war and ww2 is kinda like the distance between ww2 and now. It's even shorter when you have the reference point be civil war to ww1 since that would of been the same as vietnam to now. Were talking about an era that, even for when this was filmed, we can only ever really look in textbooks exclusively. An era where that grandfather heard of the french revolution and napoleon. For them, the distance between then and when this was filmed would be like us seeing Civil war vets.
Fun fact: President Tylers grandsons are still alive today.
President Tyler was president from 1841-1845 and died in 1862.
Pretty damned amazing. Imagine being able to say that you know someone, a family member, who fought in the Revolutionary War. Staggering!
They won't have known him, though. He must have died long before they were born.
@@icturner23 And the post gets 47 likes, that's CZcams for you.
I know one of President John Tylers grandsons, hes still alive and is 93! John Tyler had kids in his 60's and his son did as well. His grandson looks just like him.
I think the women were born in the 1880s. They never knew anyone who fought in the Revolutionary War.
@@timjansen7694 they were just related to him, just 2 generations back!
My great grandmother was born in 1867, she died when I was six. All my grandparents were born in the 19th century. Keep in mind, someone in the Revolutionary War could have married someone very young when he was very old, not uncommon at the time.
To think that we can see TV footage of people 60 years ago is quite astonishing.
I think it's so fascinating to hear old people talking about their experiences in life while the show itself is also damn old already.
You know, John Tyler's grandson, Harrison Tyler, born in 1928, would've been 33 years old when this aired. I won't be surprised if he and the Harrises met at some point.
Harrison: My grandfather was president of the United States
Harrises: There were no president's when our grandfather was young
This type of generational gap happened occasionally back in the day with old men in their 70's procreating with wives 40 years younger. Not as much nowadays because of the taboo of the colossal age difference.
Delia Harris (1885-1968) & Bertie Harris (1887-1970)
Was there some kind of prehistoric Viagra guys were taking back then? lol
This is amazing.
I would like to add that my mom was 2 years old when this first aired.
I was four
“My name is Miss. ! “
Gotta love that spunk!
Put some respect on her name!
Wish I could have hung out with them. They seem like a couple of pistols.
My dad saw his grandfather before he died in 1904 and he was born in 1836 in Germany came over here in 1855 to Minnesota and fought in the Civil war. My dad was born in 1895 and I in 1948 and my dad died in 1996. My dads brother was in WW1 and died in 1918 from the Spainish flu. So that would be my uncle. My grandfather was born in 1870 and I saw him.
So, from what you're saying, then your grand father (not great grandfather or great great grandfather) was born in Prussia prior to the creation of germany. Germany wasn't formed till around the mid to late 1870s after the franco prussian war. Your gandfather knew and lived in Prussia before leaving to the US.
President John Tyler still has a living grandson.. another one just died in October.
That's an interesting secret. Reminds me of the fact (yes, fact) that as I write this, in 2021, one of President's Tyler's grandchildren is still alive (and another has passed away just a few short years ago).
Tyler was America's 10th president, sworn into office in 1841.
I suppose that the lineage of very old husbands and very young wives contributes to these seemingly impossible facts.
My great-grandfather was born in 1883 and I knew him before his death in 1971 when I was 6. He witness the rise of the automobile, airplanes and the moon landing.
when ever a watch these IGAS videos im so impressed with betsy palmer. her demeanor is the perfection of respectful good manners
clearly somebody raised her right
And to think she played Jason's mother in Friday the 13th!
Yes, she was a delightfully feminine female. She was also, humorously, a terrible game player who almost never guessed a secret.
I was thinking the same thing. Beauty, class, poise and intelligence. Name one young entertainer today who possesses all of those qualities.
On that broadcast, April 26, 1961, it was noted that it was guest panelist Carol Burnett's birthday, her 28th to be exact. It was not noted however that it would be Bertie Harris's (on the right) birthday the next day. She was born April 27, 1887, making her to be 74 by then. Delia (on the left) was her elder sister, and was born January 27, 1885 (76), while their younger sister mentioned (Mary-Ann) was born August 29, 1891. Their father, Samuel Harris (the youngest of 12 children born to Simon Harris), was born in 1818 and died in 1900.
The women in the show died in 1968 and 1970. Their younger sister died in 1974. That makes the three generations span 208 years, not 195.
I currently the same age Carol was at the time of this broadcast.
26th April is my birthday too. :-) Anyway, I wonder why the youngest sister didn't come. I'd assumed that she was the eldest and infirm.
That's crazy that we're seeing ppl born in the late 1800s here
@@JGD185 Though the last person born in the 1800s died back in 2017.
Thirty years the U.S. government was paying pension to a widow of a Civil War veteran, and a parent of a World War I veteran.
The last Civil War widow only died like 5 or 10 years ago. She was a young lady who married a Civil War veteran when he was like 90.
@K Kr No she actually married a veteran. The guy was probably born in 1840 and got married to a 20 year old in 1930 (when he was 90). The girl lived to be like 105 so I think she just died in 2015 or so. It's crazy that in 2015 a person alive could say "my husband fought in the Civil War."
Definitely plausible. I could only imagine the stories being told around the family dinner table. Fantastic!
coming from a larger extended family I can attest that yes, there are cases where there are nieces and nephews whoa are in fact older than their aunts and uncles. It's a thing that can happen in larger extended families.
I had two classmates in high school. They were related. The nephew was older than his uncle.
@@wekern5 How well did they get along?
@@rustyrelicsfarm2406 Seemed to get along fine as best I could tell.
@@wekern5 I am 24 and I have a Great Grandfather that served in World War One.
My wife not only has a niece and nephew older than she is, and our great-nephew is older than our oldest son.
President John Tyler has a living grandson.
Tyler had a son when he was in his 70s and Tylers son had a son when he was in his 60s. The grandson was born in the 1920s.
There are many of us whose ancestors served in not only the revolutionary war, but every war there after. We are members of the DAR. Some of our relatives go back as far as the 1600's. Not too unusual.
that has nothing to do with anything
This proves that the modern world isn't so far removed from history.
Thanks fir bringing back the memory of a great show.
I got chills when the guy said their father was too old to fight in the civil war.
My late mother's father was 18 years older than my mother's mother was. My mother told me that her father had children that were in their 20s when my mother was born. My mother was 35 years old when I was born. My mother's dad was born in 1876. I was born in 1956. If my grandfather had been alive when I was born, he would have been 80 years old when I was born. That means that I had half nephews and nieces that were older than I was. It is weird.
I’m 40 and my great grandmother was born in 1899 and is the oldest person I ever met. She died in 2000. My brother who is 28 can remember her. If he lives to the 2080s/90s she’ll have someone that knew her, in life, almost 200 years after her birth. It’s crazy to think.
I'm 65. Grew up in same house with my beloved gram who was born in 1902. Still remember her stories. She died at age 93
my maternal grandfather was born in 1894 and died in 1977. my paternal grandfather was born in 1886 and died in 1956. i was born in 1964. my maternal grandfather was 44, when he my mother was born. my paternal grandfather was almost 50 when my dad was born. it seems that back in the day, that it was common that older men married much younger women (women who were of child baring age).
@@draco4540 My Mom’s maternal grandparents were 35 yrs apart in age. He was born in 1876 and she was born in 1911. He died 25 yrs before my mom was even born. He had a huge family and his first wife died. Then he married my great grandmother, who was younger than many of his kids, and had a bunch of kids. After he died she remarried and had a bunch more kids. I don’t even know how many siblings she had all together.
This is amazing. I was born in 59. So while I lived, people who knew someone in the Revolutionary war were alive. Then I lived long enough to see all WWI veterans leave the world and now, sadly, almost all WWII veterans are gone. I don’t want to see any more.
Carol was just naturally funny (and likely still is).
I love shows like this. They should try a reboot.
I'm three generations that spans 135 years. My grandfather, whom I knew well, was born in 1887. Also, when my parents were little, there were still 3 Civil War soldiers in our hometown that marched in the parades.
I love this show. Thank you for sharing. Sometimes I wish I had been around in those times...
The 60s -not the revolutionary war 🤣
As of May 2021, President John Tyler (born 1790) had a living grandson (born 1928).
The last two American Civil War widows only passed away last year.
2:24 "You were both married to the same man?"
"My name is miss."
Carol Burnett looked quite pretty here
This was astounding. I wish Garry had shared what years the ladies were born or how old they are, but I guess that could be considered impolite to say. I wish they had a picture of the grandfather to share. Strange that neither of them married. Back then it was not a common option for women.
1885 and 1887…
I just googled them, one was born in 1885 and died in 1968, the other was born in 1887 and died in 1970, They were both 83
I'm 51 years old and am the youngest grandchild of a man born during the Civil War.
the adams presidents are cousins of mine, like 11 generations, 3 times, 4 times removed, but still. My grandpa was born in like 1942.
My great great great grandmother saw the Lincoln death train while it was doing a tour with President Lincoln body.she was just a child then. She understood later what she had witnessed.
That’s awesome. My great grandfather was born in 1839( yes you read that right) he was 72 when my grandfather was born in 1912. My father was later in his life in 1956. I came along in the 1970s. Me and my great grandfather spans 140 years
My grandfather was born 1886 and my father 1958 and grandmother was 1918. I have found this gives me a unique perspective in my life, often one contrary to that of peers. Dad was raised in a manner more inline with the ideas of a much earlier time and so myself and siblings were raised likewise.
I wonder if you too have found that your way of doing things or thinking has been influenced by such and at times find yourself at odds with your peers?
I think this show is great, they have a crazy secret and people have to guess what their secret is.
I'm 44 and my grandpa on my mom's side was born In 1896 and my other grandpa was born in 1898
Fantastic! Thumbs-Up.
i met a lady who knew jesse james in 1880. 140 years ago - thats just one generation away
A Bristol-Meyers gift package? Hot diggety!
President John Tyler (b1790) who was the tenth president of the US (1841-1845) has a living grandson today (2021).
My grandpa was born in 1875.
Another interesting fact: President John Tyler (b. 1790) still has a grandson living today at the age of 94 (Harrison Tyler). Yes, a grandson alive in 2023.
Sounds like my family lol.
Though what is even odder than is president John Tyler who was born in 1790 still has a grandson still living. He did have another but he passed away last year.
That is amazing. Like the story here there were children born kate in life.
My grandfather was born in 1896, and had 11 children, 3 of whom are still living. 2 of those 3 are still driving.
Well, my great grandfather was Julius Caesar. I know what you're thinking right now and you're right...I'm Italian.
Knoxville Tennessee right here! GO VOLS! 🏈🍊
My gf on my father's side was born in 1870. My father was from the second litter and was born in 1914. I was born when my father was almost 50. My father died when I was 23 and he was 70. Most people thought my father was my gf. Difficult to reason when you're a child.
Very similar story here. All that stuff plus I married a woman who was one year younger than me whose grandfather was younger than my Dad.
LOL, by gf I thought you were saying your girlfriend.
Fascinating!
So grandpa had 10 kids. Their father had 13 between two marriages.
Does the family have any other hobbies?
Idiot its rather obvious they had no time for hobbies due to their bedroom activities.
@@jerryboucher5622 It's an old joke, dickhead.
@@almostfm You obviously missed the fact that Jerry was joking too...
Synchronized Swimming!
Well played, sir... and even tastefully so.
My name is Ms.!!!
That's fantastic!!!
I'm too lazy to do the math but is this more impressive than Harrison Ruffin Tyler (who is still alive today) being the grandson of President John Tyler?
Mind blowing
Shows how young American history really is compared with the rest of the world.
People roamed these lands like 15,000 years ago. Whether this land was called the USA or not, there's plenty of history here.
@@robloxvids2233 but that isn’t AMERICAN history. America is an idea and a set of laws, not just a patch of dirt.
So whats your point
@@marcwright4790 No, America is literally a land mass that includes the modern day political territories of Canada, USA, Mexico, Brazil, etc. But thanks for playing!
@@robloxvids2233 True, but I was referring to the history of the USA, which is incredibly young by comparison.
Mind boggeling
Literally; it’s mind boggling!
I know a guy whose grandfather was born the year Beethoven died. 1827
It slipped my mind that 10 year olds had battleground experience back in those days.
My Grandfather was born in 1906 and my youngest Daughter was born in 2020, so theoretically if she lives until she's 84 my family could have 4 generations that span 200 years
I love these so much reboot this show!
Both my 6th and 5th Great Grandfathers were soldiers in The Continental Army in The Revolutionary War.
The only thing I will say is OH MY GOSH!!! That's awesome!!! It's good that they documented that their secret was true, or there would have been the devil to pay.
I’m more amazed by the fact that that’s Carol Burnett sitting on the panel, who would also appear as Sue Sylvester’s mom in Glee.
I was amazed by how young she looked here.
My oldest Great Grandfather was born in 1895 died 1979 and he served in World War One. I was born 102 years after his birth.
I know one of President John Tylers grandsons, hes still alive and is 93! John Tyler had kids in his 60's and his son did as well. His grandson looks just like him.
If this sounds crazy, wait til you hear about John Tyler’s grandchild (another one of his grandchildren was alive for a long time but died at 95 in 2020)
This is was doper than that
@@sammadkhan4459 don't forget, this show aired 60 years ago. Much closer to the Revolutionary War.
My god, look how young Carol Burnett is here!
And she hasn't aged a day!!
(she can still do the Tarzan yell).
This is so cool. I mean, it's terrible in the way that they barely got to spend time with their father, but it's a really cool story.
President John Tyler's grandson is still alive in 2021. His grandfather was born in 1790 and died in 1862. President Tyler had fifteen children; his last child, a son, was born in 1860, and he fathered two children in the 1920s. One of them died a couple of years ago, and the other is still alive. John Tyler was president from 1841 to 1845.
Their grandfather was in our AMERICAN REVOLUTION.
..
WOW!
This is still more common than some may realize - especially once you get back to great-grandparents (you have 8 of them, after all) and/or descend from rural/isolated America. I'm 34 and my mother gave birth to me when I was 32. My grandmother was 32 when she had my mother. My great-grandfather was in his mid-70s (born ~1850) when my grandmother was born, and his father was in his early 70s when he was born (~late 1770s). So I'm a thirty-something in 2022 who had a great-great-grandfather alive during the Revolutionary War.
"I'm a MISS!"🤣🤣🤣🤣
bertie wasn't having it. she seemed angry they had to ask questions to get to the bottom of it.
These old shows crack me up, they both walk in holding their purses.
I knew someone who explained the age and time span of the three generations of men in his family... as his father being born in the 1800's. The son was born in the 1900's and the grandsons were born in the 2000's. I was deliciously shocked by that info. Obviously the grandfather and son married late and had kids late. Amusing.