(NBC Primetime, 1952; CBS Primetime, 1953 - 54; ABC Primetime, 1954 - 57; NBC Primetime, 1957; CBS Primetime, 1958; NBC Primetime, 1959; CBS Primetime, 1959 - 60; NBC Primetime, 1960) [As you see from the above, this quiz show bounced around all 3 networks like a billiard ball. Amazing it kept the same theme in its nine years on the air, while a total of six hosts and 19 regular panelists came and went. The moderators included Bud Collyer the first year, then newsman Douglas Edwards, and later Robert Q. Lewis. Bert Parks hosted it the last 3 years.] [Although not listed below, a short-lived syndicated revival was attempted in 1974 hosted by Richard Dawson.]
[Verified as the THEME in TV Guide article "It Seems To Me I've Heard That Theme Before" July 28, 1956, pp. 12-13, which refers to the ballet "The Comedians", but not the well-known "Comedians' Galop" specifically.] Composer: Dmitri Borisovitch Kabalevsky (ASCAP) 1978 Publisher: G. Schirmer, Inc. (ASCAP) 2000 Publisher: G. Schirmer, Inc. (ASCAP), c/o Music Sales Corporation of New York, NY Composition Date: 1940 Recordings:
[above is the title as listed in ASCAP] [Theme credit in the book "TV Theme Soundtrack Directory" by Craig W. Pattillo, which lists the title as "I'm Trying To Forget"] Composers: Andrew Ackers (ASCAP) [pseudonym of Andrew A. Acuarulo], and Sunny Skylar (ASCAP) [pseudonym of Selig Shaftel] 1978 Publisher: George Paxton Corp. (ASCAP) 2000 Publisher: [listed in ASCAP without publisher] 2104 Publisher: Sis 'n Bro Music Company (ASCAP) c/o Carlin America, Inc. of New York, NY Copyright Date: Recordings: [probably in the Paxton Mood Music library]