Candid Camera (human interest, with Allen Funt)

    (ABC, 1948 -- known as "Candid Microphone", even on TV!;
     NBC, 1949;
     CBS, 1949 - 1950;
     ABC, 1951 - 1952;
     NBC, 1953;
     as a segment of "Pontiac Presents Playrights '56", 1955 - 1956;
     as a segment of the "Garry Moore Show", 1959 - 1960;
     CBS, 1960 - 1968, including daytime reruns;
     Syndicated as "The New Candid Camera", 1974 - 1978)

    [This series -- arguably the first "reality" series on TV,
     back when "reality" was known as "human interest" --
     It was based upon a radio series for Armed Forces Radio
     devised by Allen Funt; first aired on network radio 
     on ABC as "Candid Microphone" in 1947; it went to CBS
     radio in 1950, while trying to find a home on television]

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Open & Close Theme 1 (1947 - 1950): "On the Trail" from the "Grand Canyon Suite"

    [verified from video aircheck of the early days, when show was
     sponsored by Phillip Morris cigarettes, which used this
     theme as a signature tune.]

     Composer: Ferde Grofé Jr. (ASCAP)

     1978 Publisher: Robbins Music Corp. (ASCAP)

     1998 Publisher: EMI-Robbins Catalog, Inc. (ASCAP),
                       c/o EMI Music Publishing, Inc.,
                       of New York, NY

     Composition Date: 1931

     Copyright Date: 
     Recordings:

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Theme 2: "Candid Camera Intro"

     [aka: "Candid Camera Theme"]
     [aka: "Bright 'n' Candid" -- title on manuscript in the CBS, Inc.
            collection, at UCLA Music Dept. Special Collections]

     Composers: Irwin James Kostal (ASCAP/BMI), and
                Edward N. Scott (ASCAP)

     Original Publisher: Banham Publishing Co. [on manuscript]

     1978 Publisher: Bob Banner Assoc. Inc. (ASCAP)

     1998 Publisher: Banham Publishing Co. (BMI),
                     c/o Bob Banner Associates, Inc.

     Copyright Date:
     Recordings:

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Open & Close Theme 3 (1953 - 1959): "Candid Camera (Signature)"

    [aka: "Cee Cee's Theme", and "Smile, You're On Candid Camera"]

     Composers: Alan Robert Scott (ASCAP),
                Marilyn Lang Scott (ASCAP), and
                Keith V. Textor (ASCAP)

     1978 Publisher: Scott-Textor Music Pub. Co. (ASCAP)

     1998 Publisher: Scott-Textor Music Publishing, Inc. (ASCAP)
                       of Larchmont, NY

     Copyright Date: 
     Recordings:

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Open & Close Theme 4 (1974 - 1978): "Candid Camera Theme"

     Composers: James A. Leyden, Jr. (ASCAP) and
                Merrill Staton (ASCAP)

     1978 Publisher: Allen Funt Pub. Co. (ASCAP)

     1998 Publisher: Allen A. Funt Publishing Corp. (ASCAP),
                        of Monterrey, CA

     Copyright Date:
     Recordings:

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