By 1957 IGAS had become more or less a variety show instead of merely Goodson-Todman's in-house knockoff of What's My Line. So it was no big deal when the fifth anniversary episode on June 19, 1957 turned into a bunch of skits and stunts with members of the show's backstage crew. There was dancing, singing, magic, walking across hot coals, and even Steve Allen - who would eventually become the show's host - playing the piano.
Stage manager Joe Papp, who went on to fame and, I assume, fortune as a Shakespeare (and others) director, did the funeral oration from Antony and Cleopatra after Henry Morgan gave an intro. Hey, we've got culture, too! Personally, I like the hot-coal walking better, but to each their own. Then we got some opera from one of the show's electricians. My wife would like that.
Producer Allan Sherman, who would be fired from the show a year later, appeared in the group shot at the close of the episode. You might call this ironic (and unintentional) foreshadowing.
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