Rentaghost were later recovered by the BBC Archives. The "Rentaghost" theme song, originally composed by Michael Staniforth who also played Timothy Claypole, was performed as part of the "George's song" skit in Shooting Stars (TV series) where it was one of the very few songs performed unmodified; it attracted cheers and applause as soon as the first line was finished. The well-known version of the theme is from the later series; the first series had the lyrics "ghosts and ghouls and poltergeists" (later changed to ".. and freaks and fools"), and "what you see is not ESP.." (as ESP was highly
Beauford H. Jester for many years. Jester also served as director of the state bar association from 1940 to 1941. For many years, Jester was a member of the University of Texas Board of Regents. From 1933 to 1935, he was the youngest man to ever serve as president of that body. A Democrat, Jester first won statewide elective office in 1942, when elected to the Texas Railroad Commission. He served until January 1947. He decided to run for governor, winning the Democratic primary in a run-off election in 1946 by defeating Homer Rainey. The latter had been discharged by the regents as