This piano duet of mine is an attempt at doing the opening music of another television game show, "Hot Potato," hosted by Bill Cullen. If I can figure out how to do it, I'll do the regular theme as well. It was broadcast on NBC in the United States from January 23 to June 29, 1984. From April 23 until its conclusion, the show was known as Celebrity Hot Potato.

Bill Cullen was the show's host, his final hosting job for a network series, and Charlie O'Donnell was the announcer. Cullen remarked that he had been chosen to host largely by default, since the originally intended host had flopped during an early run-through of the game and neither Barry & Enright nor NBC could think of anyone else to ask. He also noted that this scenario had occurred repeatedly during his career, resulting in many of his credits as a game show host. (He hosted more shows than anybody else, most notably the original version of "The Price is Right" in the 1950s and 60s. He made one and only one appearance on Bob Barker's TPIR to promote his then-new game show, "Child's Play.")

The series was produced by Barry & Enright Productions, the company's first for NBC since the company was a central figure in the 1950s quiz show scandals. Hot Potato was the first game mounted for a network by Barry & Enright since 1976's Break the Bank aired on ABC, the last one the company did not produce exclusively for syndication, and the last original production Jack Barry was a part of; he died on May 2, 1984, a little more than a week after Hot Potato made the switch to the celebrity format.

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This arrangement © me and me alone
Information provided by Wikipedia
Original music composed by Hal Hidey
Hot Potato © Barry & Enright Productions

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Song I attempted: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wx9bk-oWFiU

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UPDATE: Now in scraps.