Don McNeill's TV Club (variety, with host Don McNeill)

     (ABC Primetime, 1950 - 1951)

     [This was an early attempt to bring the genial radio host to
      television (after all, it had worked for Arthur Godfrey); but
      despite a number of regular performers including Fran Allison
      (of Kukla, Fran and Ollie) this effort, which aired during 
      Primetime, lasted only one season...

      Three years later, ABC made another attempt, simulcasting
      McNeill's "Breakfast Club" daytime radio show...which had 
      been a fixture on radio since 1933. But again the TV show 
      only lasted a year...apparently the low-key Godfrey approach
      wasn't McNeill's style]


Theme 1: "Don McNeill TV Club Theme"

     [above is the title as it appeared in the ASCAP ACE database]

     Composer: Edward D. ("Eddie") Ballantine (ASCAP)

     1978 Publisher: [listed without publisher in the 1978 ASCAP
                      Index of Performed Compositions]

     1999 Publisher: [listed without publisher in the 2001 ASCAP
                      ACE Repertoire Database]

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Theme 2: "Be Good To Yourself"

     Composers: Jack Beekman (ASCAP) and
                Kay Armen (ASCAP)

     1978 Publisher: Topper Music Publ. Company (ASCAP)

     1999 Publisher: Topper Music Publishing Corp. (ASCAP)

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