(NBC Primetime, 1953 - 1954; CBS Primetime, 1955; ABC Primetime, 1955 - 1956) [This had been a long-running network radio series since 1944 starring Peg Lynch and Richard Widmark. On television it had first been tried as a 15-minute segment of "The Kate Smith Show" in 1952; Then began its run on NBC as a half-hour live stage show. After a tour through all 3 networks, it finally reached the end of the line in 1956; One curiosity was the fact that the 2nd THEME of this series was also the signature THEME of another well-known couple which had another sitcom on radio and TV -- "The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show", which see.]
[This song was about the product line of the sponsor, the Sunbeam Products Company, makers of the Mixmaster and other appliances; It was sung at the beginning, and heard over the closing credits as a big band instrumental; It was identified as the theme in a wire service article "Most Viewers Not Familiar With TV Musical Themes" by Jack Gaver of New York; it was published in several newspapers across the country -- including The Shamokin News-Dispatch, in Shamokin, PA on February 27, 1954; No composer with the exact name "Jerry Bergett" as listed in the article was found in either ASCAP or BMI databases nor in copyright records during those years; the composer may have been Perry Burgett or Edward Louis Goette or some similar name who did appear. In fact, Mr. Goette registered a song with this exact title in 1957, the year after the series went off the air.] Composer: Jerry Bergett (not affil.) Original Publisher: 1999 Publisher: Copyright Date: Recordings:
Composers: music by Louis A. Hirsch (ASCAP), and words by Otto A. Harbach (ASCAP) Original Publisher: Victoria Publishing Co. (ASCAP) 1999 Publisher: [now in Public Domain] Copyright Date: 1920, on piano/vocal sheet music Recordings: