Brains and Brawn (game show)

    (NBC Primetime, 1958)

    [This was a short-lived game show which had an ambitious
     format: two contestants -- one playing the "brawn" portion
     and a celebrity contestant playing the "brain" portion
     comprised a team which competed with another team to win
     prizes; as if that wasn't complicated enough, there were
     also two hosts -- Fred Davis hosted the "Brain" portion,
     and Jack Lescoulie hosted the "Brawn" portion; perhaps its
     complexity was part of the reason this series went away
     fast after just three months]

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Theme: "Brains and Brawn Theme"

    [above is title as listed in the ASCAP Ace database; Garisto
     was a New York pianist/leader of the Metropolitan Jazz Quartet
     who is thought to have composed the first NBC Peacock Logo
     music in 1956 (but this is so far unconfirmed)]

     Composers: Louis A. Garisto (ASCAP), and
                Herbert M. Moss (ASCAP)

     1978 Publisher: Integrity Music Corp. (ASCAP)

     2001 Publisher: Integrity Music Corporation (ASCAP)
                        of Thousand Oaks, CA

     Copyright Date:
     Renewal   Date:

     Recordings:

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