(NBC Primetime, 1950 - 1955) [this popular early series featured comedians and comedy teams including "Eddie Cantor", "Abbott and Costello", "Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis", "Fred Allen", "Bob Hope, and "Jimmy Durante", "Robert Paige" and vocalist "Gordon MacRae"]
[aka: "Brush Your Teeth With Colgate"; verified on an aircheck broadcast on 2/24/2002 on the TVLand cable channel...This is an example of several Colgate-Palmolive jingles used during the opening Billboard Theme (see the next entry.)] Composer: Robert ("Bob") Forshaw (not affiliated) Orig. Claimant: Colgate Palmolive-Peet Co. of Jersey City, NJ 1978 Publisher: [not found in the 1978 ASCAP Index 1978 of Performed Compositions] 2001 Publisher: [not found in ASCAP or BMI databases] Copyright Date: February 27, 1946; EU 8 668. Renewal Date: Recordings:
[This composition may have been a medley of jingle snippets that were presented as a "billboard" preceding the Main program theme (below); These included familiar Colgate-Palmolive jingles such as Halo Shampoo, Colgate Dental Cream (above), Ajax Foaming Cleanser and Palmolive Soap, bracketed by additional musical phrases.] Composer: Lester Lee (ASCAP) 1978 Publisher: [listed in the ASCAP Index 1978 without publisher] 1999 Publisher: [listed in the ASCAP Repertoire without publisher] Copyright Date: Renewal Date: Recordings:
Composers: music by Alfred ("Al") Goodman (ASCAP), and words by Edna Osser (ASCAP) Orig. Publisher: (The) Guild Music Publishers Inc. (ASCAP) 1978 Publisher: [listed in the ASCAP Index 1978 without publisher] 1999 Publisher: [listed in the ASCAP Repertoire without publisher] Copyright Date: Oct. 4, 1950; EU 217 334. Renewal Date: Recordings: