(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]
[verified from video aircheck of the early days, when the show was sponsored by Phillip Morris cigarettes, which used this theme as its commercial signature tune. The original name of "The Grand Canyon Suite" as filed for copyright was "Five Pictures of the Grand Canyon". Although some people thought Ferde Grofé (sometimes spelled "Ferdie" Grofé) was of Latin descent, he was actually of French Huguenot extraction. His last name from birth was "von Grofé"] Composer: Ferde Grofé (ASCAP) [professional name of Ferdinand Rudolph von Grofé] 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:
[aka: "Candid Camera Theme"] [aka: "Bright 'n' Candid" -- title on manuscript in the CBS, Inc. collection, at UCLA Music Dept. Special Collections; "Candid Camera Theme" by Scott & Kostal verified as the THEME for this series in TV Guide article "Looking For A Lost Chord?" April 28, 1962, pp. 12-13] 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:
[aka: "Cee Cee's Theme", and "Smile, You're On Candid Camera"] Composers: Alan Robert Scott (ASCAP), Marilyn Lang Scott (ASCAP), and Keith Vernon Textor (ASCAP) 1978 Publisher: Scott-Textor Music Pub. Co. (ASCAP) 1998 Publisher: Scott-Textor Music Publishing, Inc. (ASCAP) of Larchmont, NY Copyright Date: Recordings:
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: