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Title: GS Theme question
Post by: kurtinrod62 on April 15, 2004, 01:12:43 PM: Besides H2, ''The Wizard of Odds, and ''All-Star Blitz, were there any other game shows that used vocal themes?
Title: GS Theme question
Post by: Chief-O on April 15, 2004, 01:24:41 PM: Quite a few, but most famous is the 1968 theme from "To Tell the Truth", used up into the late 70s.
Title: GS Theme question
Post by: TraderRob on April 15, 2004, 02:05:13 PM: I think this question came up a while back.. but still fun nonetheless to sing:

M-Ohhhh-N-Ohhhh-P-O-L-Y!!

Rob
Title: GS Theme question
Post by: sshuffield70 on April 15, 2004, 02:05:16 PM: "Hollywood Squares" (Marshall) and "Make Me Laugh" came to mind without looking.
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Post by: JMFabiano on April 15, 2004, 02:05:38 PM: [quote name=\'Chief-O\' date=\'Apr 15 2004, 12:24 PM\'] Quite a few, but most famous is the 1968 theme from "To Tell the Truth", used up into the late 70s. [/quote]
All About Faces
Title: GS Theme question
Post by: dzinkin on April 15, 2004, 02:07:18 PM: From an old ATGS thread, four that (barely) included vocals: All-Star Blitz, The Better Sex, Make Me Laugh, and Play the Percentages.
Title: GS Theme question
Post by: sshuffield70 on April 15, 2004, 02:09:19 PM: I should have known PTP......DUHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!
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Post by: Ian Wallis on April 15, 2004, 03:15:37 PM: The 1974-75 syndicated nighttime "Name That Tune" had a vocal theme right at the end of some episodes. The lyrics went something like this:

Everyone wants to play it, Name That Tune
Everyone, (can't remember), Name That Tune
(two more lines I can't remember)
With your ho-o-ost Tom Kennedy

Unfortunatly the 10 minutes of a 1974 episode that exists in the trade curcuit doesn't have the vocals.
Title: GS Theme question
Post by: clemon79 on April 15, 2004, 03:22:21 PM: [quote name=\'Ian Wallis\' date=\'Apr 15 2004, 12:15 PM\'] The 1974-75 syndicated nighttime "Name That Tune" had a vocal theme right at the end of some episodes. The lyrics went something like this:

Everyone wants to play it, Name That Tune
Everyone, (can't remember), Name That Tune
(two more lines I can't remember)
With your ho-o-ost Tom Kennedy

Unfortunatly the 10 minutes of a 1974 episode that exists in the trade curcuit doesn't have the vocals. [/quote]
Whichever version of NTT that Kathie Lee (Johnson) Gifford was the singer on (I think that was after 74-75, it was the theme that the Lange NTT was loosely based on) also has lyrics, 'cuz I can vaguely remember Kathie Lee singing them during the close on some shows.
Title: GS Theme question
Post by: PeterMarshallFan on April 15, 2004, 03:25:14 PM: [quote name=\'clemon79\' date=\'Apr 15 2004, 03:22 PM\'] [quote name=\'Ian Wallis\' date=\'Apr 15 2004, 12:15 PM\'] The 1974-75 syndicated nighttime "Name That Tune" had a vocal theme right at the end of some episodes. The lyrics went something like this:

Everyone wants to play it, Name That Tune
Everyone, (can't remember), Name That Tune
(two more lines I can't remember)
With your ho-o-ost Tom Kennedy

Unfortunatly the 10 minutes of a 1974 episode that exists in the trade curcuit doesn't have the vocals. [/quote]
Whichever version of NTT that Kathie Lee (Johnson) Gifford was the singer on (I think that was after 74-75, it was the theme that the Lange NTT was loosely based on) also has lyrics, 'cuz I can vaguely remember Kathie Lee singing them during the close on some shows. [/quote]
You're right---there were $100k episodes before the disco version that had a lyricized end theme. It had one line that went "You could win a hundred graa-annd" in it.
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Post by: BrandonFG on April 15, 2004, 03:30:09 PM: The current run of Shop Til You Drop.
Title: GS Theme question
Post by: Adam Nedeff on April 15, 2004, 05:34:01 PM: Quote
You're right---there were $100k episodes before the disco version that had a lyricized end theme. It had one line that went "You could win a hundred graa-annd" in it.

From memory...

Name that tune
Right off hand
And it could
Pay a hundred grand, yeah
We're so excited
and you're invited
To try and name that tune
The lyric was then repeated, with the last three lines changed to...
The nation's playing
The nation's saying,
"Hey! I can name that tune."
Title: GS Theme question
Post by: Kevin Prather on April 15, 2004, 06:03:45 PM: Where in (the World/Time) is Carmen Sandiego?
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Post by: Matt Ottinger on April 15, 2004, 06:13:27 PM: Treasure Isle in Florida
On sunny Palm Beach shores
You'll search for treasure on Treasure Isle
Find it....and the treasure is yours!

Back to you, JBT!
Title: GS Theme question
Post by: PeterMarshallFan on April 15, 2004, 06:47:29 PM: [quote name=\'Adam Nedeff\' date=\'Apr 15 2004, 05:34 PM\']
Quote
You're right---there were $100k episodes before the disco version that had a lyricized end theme. It had one line that went "You could win a hundred graa-annd" in it.

From memory...

Name that tune
Right off hand
And it could
Pay a hundred grand, yeah
We're so excited
and you're invited
To try and name that tune
The lyric was then repeated, with the last three lines changed to...
The nation's playing
The nation's saying,
"Hey! I can name that tune." [/quote]
That sounds about right.
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Post by: Mario500 on April 15, 2004, 06:52:25 PM: Beat the Clock (one of them based on "Hickory, Dickory, Dock")
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Post by: Chief-O on April 15, 2004, 07:09:12 PM: >> Beat the Clock (one of them based on "Hickory, Dickory, Dock")
There was also one featuring a jingle for Sylvania. Mike Klauss had this one as an Open of the Month ["It's time to Beat the Clock!"]
Title: GS Theme question
Post by: clemon79 on April 15, 2004, 07:47:53 PM: [quote name=\'Adam Nedeff\' date=\'Apr 15 2004, 02:34 PM\'] From memory...
[/quote]
That's exactly it. I remembered a line here and there, but you nailed it. Excellent memory!
Title: GS Theme question
Post by: Craig Karlberg on April 16, 2004, 05:28:04 AM: Didn't Dotto from the late 50's had some kind of jingle too?
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Post by: The Ol' Guy on April 16, 2004, 08:21:29 AM: Would these count? Mayor Monty Hall and his lovely assistant would sing a little song at the end of each game when a golf cart would take them and the contestants back to the starting area - the song followed the Video Village theme..about the only line I can remember is "stroll a while along the Magic Mile, where dreams are waiting to come true..."..and the Merv Griffin "Word For Word" theme had vocalists "ba-ba-ba"-ing along with the melody.
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Post by: TPIRkid79 on April 16, 2004, 08:47:27 AM: How about the UK game show, "The Generation Game"? Bruce Forsyth sang the theme song titled "Life is the Name of the Game".
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Post by: zachhoran on April 16, 2004, 09:07:25 AM: [quote name=\'kurtinrod62\' date=\'Apr 15 2004, 12:12 PM\'] Besides H2, ''The Wizard of Odds, and ''All-Star Blitz, were there any other game shows that used vocal themes? [/quote]
Paul Rodriguez's Newlywed Game used the 50s Monotones hit Book of Love as the theme. In 1988-89, WOF used the SUrfaris classic Wipeout going into some commercial breaks during their two Wipeout weeks. No relation to the game show of the same name which was in first-run at the time, WIpeout weeks allowed players to return for the rest of the week and win all the remaning bonus prizes provided they kept winning the maingame.
Title: GS Theme question
Post by: uncamark on April 16, 2004, 10:55:04 AM: [quote name=\'zachhoran\' date=\'Apr 16 2004, 08:07 AM\'][quote name=\'kurtinrod62\' date=\'Apr 15 2004, 12:12 PM\'] Besides H2, ''The Wizard of Odds, and ''All-Star Blitz, were there any other game shows that used vocal themes? [/quote]
Paul Rodriguez's Newlywed Game used the 50s Monotones hit Book of Love as the theme. In 1988-89, WOF used the SUrfaris classic Wipeout going into some commercial breaks during their two Wipeout weeks. No relation to the game show of the same name which was in first-run at the time, WIpeout weeks allowed players to return for the rest of the week and win all the remaning bonus prizes provided they kept winning the maingame.[/quote]
Ahem, Zach--"Wipeout" was an instrumental. No one counts the banshee laugh and speaking the title at the top of the song as a vocal--just like no one considers the shouts of the title on the Champs' instrumental "Tequila" a vocal.
Title: GS Theme question
Post by: BrandonFG on April 16, 2004, 01:02:51 PM: [quote name=\'uncamark\' date=\'Apr 16 2004, 09:55 AM\'] Ahem, Zach--"Wipeout" was an instrumental. No one counts the banshee laugh and speaking the title at the top of the song as a vocal--just like no one considers the shouts of the title on the Champs' instrumental "Tequila" a vocal. [/quote]
Well in that case, should we include the Make Me Laugh theme, when the vocalists yell "Laaaaaugh!"
Title: GS Theme question
Post by: uncamark on April 16, 2004, 02:51:20 PM: [quote name=\'fostergray82\' date=\'Apr 16 2004, 12:02 PM\'][quote name=\'uncamark\' date=\'Apr 16 2004, 09:55 AM\'] Ahem, Zach--"Wipeout" was an instrumental. No one counts the banshee laugh and speaking the title at the top of the song as a vocal--just like no one considers the shouts of the title on the Champs' instrumental "Tequila" a vocal. [/quote]
Well in that case, should we include the Make Me Laugh theme, when the vocalists yell "Laaaaaugh!"[/quote]
But they did sing "WOO-oo-OOO, WOO-oo-OOO..." Not necessarily profound lyrics, but lyrics nonetheless. (For profundity in scat singing, please see Ella Fitzgerald or Sarah Vaughn.)
Title: GS Theme question
Post by: Kevin Prather on November 05, 2004, 06:55:58 PM: Sorry to bump the thread, but I was listening to my GSM themes CD, and another tune came to mind: Match Game. The old Swingin' Safari had some vocal accompaniment in there.

*returns to the TTD'90 room*
Title: GS Theme question
Post by: TimK2003 on November 05, 2004, 07:35:38 PM: I used to have an audio copy of the closing taped from the TV...The actual wording was..

Name that tune
*try your* hand
And it could
*mean* a hundred grand, yeah
We're so excited
and you're invited
To try and name that tune
The lyric was then repeated, with the last three lines changed to...
The nation's playing
The nation's saying,
"Hey! I can name that tune."
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Interesting that they only played the vocal ending whenever they didn't have a returning champ going for the $100,000. To fill that last segment, Kathie Lee was doing a home viewer contest in the last segment to fill the void. Then when KL sang the close, they would replay 'highlight clips' of the show, IIRC.

However, when a returning champ *was* going for the $100,000 the band would either play a fancy winning fanfare if they won, or just an instrumental-only version of the theme if they lost.

I know of other shows using 2 different closing themes on a regular basis (Perry's SotC comes to mind, when they play a different close theme if someone won it all), but don't know of any other show that used 3 seperate closing themes, so this might be the record holder.

And, BTW, add "The Fun Factory" to the game show vocal theme list!!!
Title: GS Theme question
Post by: Fedya on November 05, 2004, 09:40:07 PM: [quote name=\'uncamark\' date=\'Apr 16 2004, 10:55 AM\']Ahem, Zach--"Wipeout" was an instrumental. No one counts the banshee laugh and speaking the title at the top of the song as a vocal--just like no one considers the shouts of the title on the Champs' instrumental "Tequila" a vocal.
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Perhaps they played the Beach Boys/Fat Boys version? :-)

As for another show that had vocals in its theme, how about Think Twice? I know it had vocals in the jingles used between rounds.
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Post by: zachhoran on November 05, 2004, 09:48:48 PM: If it were up to Phil Moore, the music used on Nick Arcade during crossovers from the maingame would all have lyrics that he'd make up off the cuff.
Title: GS Theme question
Post by: dmota104 on November 06, 2004, 08:57:38 PM: "It takes two to do the tango.
It takes two to tie the knot.
It takes two and all of you
to play... It Takes Two!"

From the short-lived Dick Clark-hosted game show on The (then) Family Channel.
Title: GS Theme question
Post by: dmota104 on November 06, 2004, 09:04:58 PM: Quote
How about the UK game show, "The Generation Game"? Bruce Forsyth sang the theme song titled "Life is the Name of the Game".

"Chain Letters", another UK game, had lyrics to its theme song. In viewing the opening on TV Ark, the singers helped explain the concept of the game as the show was starting...

"Take a word. ["CHOIR" is on the screen]
Change a letter. [O becomes A for "CHAIR"]
Do it again. [R becomes N for "CHAIN"]
And you've got a chain. [add "Letters" to "CHAIN"]
That's how you play Chain Letters, Chain Letters."
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Post by: Ian Wallis on November 07, 2004, 12:51:47 PM: "All-Star Anything Goes" from 1977-78 is another show that had a vocal closing theme. I've still got a copy taped off-air from a show close.