Concentration (NBC)

"Concentration" A popular game show that ran on NBC from August 25, 1958 to March 23, 1973.
Hosts:
Jack Barry 1958
Hugh Downs 1958-1969
Ed Mcmahon 1969
Bob Clayton 1969-1973
The Theme is "Puppet On A String"(Thanks KMBCGeno) I got the theme off a promo reel from one of my friends who works for NBC.
All the episodes exist, though it is widly thought that NBC destroyed almost all of them.

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• Barry
• Hugh
• Downs
• Ed
• Mcmahon
• Bob
• Clayton

[KPCarter2000]

The puzzle at 1:28 is " I Dont Believe What I See"

[secondchance1977]

I was realy never to solve that! Thanks for telling me.

[beentheredonetht]

Oh I agree. I think it'd be interesting to hear the closing theme, for instance, played with strings (maybe even as a MIDI). If the clip heard in your other video is the full closing theme, it wouldn't be too hard to do.

[secondchance1977]

I think thats the closing theme; not too sure if its the FULL closing theme.

[GSNSmashFan3]

@saml760

LOL good one. This was my dad's favorite game show as a child, along with the Newlywed Game.

[saml760]

those stinking bastards at NBC just plain don't care,they just don't give a damn,that's why they're the No Body Cares network in my book,and you can tell those SOB's i said that!!!!

[enter3js]

Concentration was great game show, NBC had many shows taped on each other on the same tape. I read that they lost lot of the tapes. Its bad, because all the game shows they had would make huge collection. Even too big for GSN.

[40onTheBlue]

I've always loved "Concentration". I was too young to have seen the original but I do remember watching the Narz version as a child. It's the 87-91 run that I recall most vividly though.

Now if, as you say, the original really IS intact and NBC lies about its wiping, do the 64-75 and 78-79 runs of "Jeopardy!" really exist too? I know I've asked about it before elsewhere but I'm too eager a fan, I guess.

I'd also be interested in seeing that list of existing shows you mentioned earlier.

[40onTheBlue]

Me three!

[saml760]

by the way, Mark Goodson never owned the rights to CONCENTRATION, he leased those rights from NBC,which of course as i have already mention in a previous comment owns the rights to CONCENTRATION, the most popular and most beloved game show in the history that network aand they still own the rights to it,those filthy bastards!!!!!!

[saml760]

NBC owns the rights to CONCENTRATION,which is why there will never be a revival and why the existing episodes will never be seen on GSN!!!!

[ACcountryFan]

CONCENTRATION had life after NBC...Bob Clayton took over as host, 1969-1973, after Hugh left; it was a syndicated hit with Jack Narz hosting, 1973-1978; the version I grew up watching came along in 1987, hosted by Alex Trebek, until ending production in 1991...and since that time no new episodes have been produced. Game Show Network aired the Trebek version with some regularity but not the Hugh Downs, Bob Clayton, or Jack Narz versions. it's a mystery why NBC doesn't revive the show or something

[ACcountryFan]

but perhaps Hugh being so closely associated now with ABC is why NBC fails to release the earlier version of CONCENTRATION in any abundance?

[ACcountryFan]

the main host of the show during the 1958-1969 era, Hugh Downs, was a big star for the NBC network...not only did he host this game show but he hosted/co-hosted NBC's "Today" with Barbara Walters, 1962-1971, and was an announcer on a show called "Home", 1954-1957...on top of all that, Hugh was the announcer during Jack Paar's five year run as host of the "Tonight Show", 1957-1962...

In 1978 he joined ABC news and became co-host of "20/20" with Barbara...remaining on that show for 21 years.