Keep Talking (celebrity quiz)

    (CBS Primetime, 1958 - 1959;
     ABC Primetime, 1959 - 1960)

    [The show was hosted by Monty Hall and Carl Reiner on CBS;
     and then hosted by Merv Griffin on ABC;
    
     Two celebrity teams competed -- both improvised conversation
     using a "mystery phrase", while the other team tried to guess
     the phrase.]

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Theme: "Tickled Pink"

    [identified in the wire service article "It Seems I've
     Heard That Song Before", published in several newspapers
     including The Palm Beach Post, Palm Beach, FL
     on July 19, 1959;
     
     The actual composer - Ray Martin -- is a well-known British
     composer who is also affiliated with the British Performing
     Rights Society -- PRS.

     Composer: Marshall Ross (PRS) 
              [pseudonym of Raymond Stuart ("Ray") Martin]

     Original Publisher: Francis, Day and Hunter Ltd. (PRS)
                             of London, England, UK
              
     2018 Publishers: Francis, Day and Hunter Ltd. (PRS)
                         of London, England, UK; and
                      EMI Mills Music Inc. (ASCAP)
                      c/o SONY/ATV Music Corp.
                         of Nashville, TN

    [Filed as a piano arrangement by Harry Dexter]:
     U.S. Copyright Date: Nov. 26, 1952; EFO-17-727
     U.S. Renewal   Date:

     Recording: "Music In The Ray Martin Manner, Vol.2
                (BNF Collection)
                 Downloadable album from 
                 Variété Internationale

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