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LittleRickyII · 12-05-2013, 10:51 PM

something Leave It to Beaver, The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show, Bachelor Father and Mister Ed have in common?

treky · 12-06-2013, 02:13 AM

they were all in black-and-white?

LittleRickyII · 12-06-2013, 03:18 PM

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Originally Posted by treky

they were all in black-and-white?

No, besides that. The Honeymooners, Father Knows Best, and I Love Lucy are also in black and white, and are sitcoms from the '50s, but do not share what these other shows have in common.

Zinc2 · 12-06-2013, 04:44 PM

Does it have anything to do with show announcers or background music?

LittleRickyII · 12-07-2013, 12:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Zinc2

Does it have anything to do with show announcers or background music?

Yes.

Zinc2 · 12-07-2013, 01:58 PM

Bob LeMond was the Leave It to Beaver cast announcer and worked on the I Love Lucy pilot intro, I understand. Also heard some of the same "stock" background music was used on Burns and Allen along with Beaver.

Do you have more tidbits? Please share!

LittleRickyII · 12-07-2013, 03:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Zinc2

Bob LeMond was the Leave It to Beaver cast announcer and worked on the I Love Lucy pilot intro, I understand. Also heard some of the same "stock" background music was used on Burns and Allen along with Beaver.

Do you have more tidbits? Please share!

I actually don't. It's just that I've observed that some of the same background music is used among these four shows: LITB, BF, G&A, Mister Ed. I haven't noticed the same announcers, however. The music sharing certainly makes sense as it would be a lot less expensive to use "shared" stock music, rather than each of these series paying for entirely original music scores.

Something I find a little interesting is that on LITB, at least during first or second seasons, sometimes the background music they use is the main theme music for Bachelor Father.

I've noticed, also, that December Bride uses some of the incidental music developed for I Love Lucy (both, of course, were Desilu shows). And The Mary Tyler Moore Show and The Bob Newhart Show (both MTM productions) also share some incidental music. And speaking of the later two, there was a brief scene once on TMTMS where Mary is on an elevator. When the doors open briefly, I could swear that's the same elevator to Bob Hartley's office!

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12-07-2013, 01:58 PM	#6
Zinc2 Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Jul 17, 2013 Location: Minnesota Posts: 175	Bob LeMond was the Leave It to Beaver cast announcer and worked on the I Love Lucy pilot intro, I understand. Also heard some of the same "stock" background music was used on Burns and Allen along with Beaver. Do you have more tidbits? Please share!