Gene Bergman heard the first broadcast on November 25, 1960 and made the following notes. The theme song was, of course, the familiar Bahn Frei.

November  FIRST TV SHOW, 22 minutes long (obviously I cut the commercials)
 
Theme song short.

  We're all born butterflies.

 'Little Orphan Annie' secret decoder message = "Be sure to drink Ovaltine.' 

Commercial cut out.

Peter Pain - same as on JS and Other Foibles - recording or he must have recited it
for this TV show (?)

 '...did you ever feel that your life was a situation
comedy?...' 

Standard theme song - with applause at end.

I remember Shep sitting (I'm almost positive on a stool) against a black
background.