Sound familiar?

["Shel Swartz" <shel@lotsofun.com>]

Okay, which program host sung this theme for his TV show?

Well, the grass is always greener in the other fellow's yard;
The little row, you have to hoe...oh boy that's hard!
But if we all could wear green glasses now, it wouldn't be so hard,
To see how green that grass is in your own backyard!

Hint: The man sung and played it on his banjo.

Now, after the theme was sung, what was the first event performed on each
and every show?

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