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I just thought this was interesting, maybe not noteworthy... but anyway, I was listening to a radio station here in Cleveland, and they're having one of those "answer-the-tough-question-to-win-the prize" type of contests...
I was listening, and they came back to that segment, and I heard a familiar piece of music playing in the background. After a few seconds of brain-racking, I identified the piece as Dig We Must, in the clear.
Now, we've all heard themes used elsewhere, but has anyone else heard individual cues used for such a purpose? Also, would it be likely that the only way the DJ got that music is because he's a theme freak like some of us, or is that music more available than I thought?
Dumb questions, I know.
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Well, I think some cues are just plain appropriate for certain instances.
I know this is about TPiR, but the best example I can give is American Gladiators' 1993-1996 event music. I hear them used in commercials for sports events all the time.
I think in your case it was one of those "What the heck is this called?" games. DJ's have lots of sources for music. Sometimes they're available to find them online, and they make good trivia.
A couple months ago, the Letterman Show did a segment called "Bruce or Paul?", and I instantly recognized Brad Francini's edit of one of Press Your Luck's board sounds.
Music, even SFX, is DEFINITELY more available since the .com boom.
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Some radio stations contract with companies that provide production music in exchange for large amounts of cash or commercial inventory.
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Here's a semi-obvious one:
The Family Feud theme was originally used as a PiR car cue.
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[quote name=\'WhammyPower\' date=\'Mar 3 2005, 07:10 PM\']Here's a semi-obvious one:
The Family Feud theme was originally used as a PiR car cue.
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I'll give you one more that's not quite as obvious.
Back in the days when NBC had more high-profile sporting events, "The Bean Stalker" was used as promo music for some of their SPORTSWORLD telecasts (primarily boxing).
And am I the only one who notices a similarity between "The Bean Stalker" and Chicago's version of the Spencer Davis Group's "I'm A Man"? Maybe--I'm probably crazy (<BrettSomers> "You can swing THAT in ragtime! <end/BrettSomers>).
Doug
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Here's another example: USA used the 1987 Blockbusters themes in a couple of movie promos about 10 years ago. It might have shown up in other places too.
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I remembered the What's My Line? theme being used in one of the NBC's Live TV Bloopers that was recently aired and the Blockbusters '87 theme was also heard on the old ESPN VHS Tapes.
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I remember on the original Classic Sports Network, there was an early-80s basketball highlights show (similar to the NFL Films ones) that had a TPiR cue. I don't remember the cue, but I know it's mainly a showcase cue. I'll look it up one day.
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The "Switcheroo" music in the 90's and the clip from "Switch" is common sports blooper music as well.
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[quote name=\'mystery7\' date=\'Mar 3 2005, 09:44 PM\']Here's another example: USA used the 1987 Blockbusters themes in a couple of movie promos about 10 years ago. It might have shown up in other places too.
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Indeed it did. In commercials for Newhart on CBS during its final season and also on the ABC promos heralding the arrival Bargain Hunters.
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TPiR gets some regular (non-Showcase) music from other sources too. The music for Easy As 1-2-3 is a piece taken from a popular production library, and I wouldn't be surprised to find out that the "Switch?" music is, too.
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I think I mentioned it a couple of years back, but there was nothing quite as scary as listening to the radio while heading home from work at about 1:30 AM, and hearing the DJ rambling on about something unimportant . . . over the Go theme music. "What the hell" was said out loud several times.
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At church last sunday, they showed this short movie that was something about Moses. It was pretty funny. Anyways, the clip used the All-Star Blitz theme music.
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[quote name=\'whammy5000\' date=\'Mar 4 2005, 02:40 AM\']At church last sunday, they showed this short movie that was something about Moses. It was pretty funny. Anyways, the clip used the All-Star Blitz theme music.
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Wow...that sounds like a fantastic way to get people not to take religion seriously.
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[quote name=\'Steve Gavazzi\' date=\'Mar 4 2005, 07:56 AM\'][quote name=\'whammy5000\' date=\'Mar 4 2005, 02:40 AM\']At church last sunday, they showed this short movie that was something about Moses. It was pretty funny. Anyways, the clip used the All-Star Blitz theme music.
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Wow...that sounds like a fantastic way to get people not to take religion seriously.
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Can't be any worse than the ATGSers who worshipped at the altar of the Whammy. ;-)
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[quote name=\'Steve Gavazzi\' date=\'Mar 4 2005, 05:56 AM\']Wow...that sounds like a fantastic way to get people not to take religion seriously.
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Sounds like my kinda church! :)
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[quote name=\'Steve Gavazzi\' date=\'Mar 4 2005, 07:56 AM\'][quote name=\'whammy5000\' date=\'Mar 4 2005, 02:40 AM\']At church last sunday, they showed this short movie that was something about Moses. It was pretty funny. Anyways, the clip used the All-Star Blitz theme music.
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Wow...that sounds like a fantastic way to get people not to take religion seriously.
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I think it was meant to be pretty corny, why else would they use that crazy All-Star Blitz music?! LOL
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This week on Oprah's post-Oscar show, they used the 60's version of the Truth Or Consenquences theme over a piece on how long it took to set up on Oscar night.
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[quote name=\'whammy5000\' date=\'Mar 4 2005, 02:40 AM\']At church last sunday, they showed this short movie that was something about Moses. It was pretty funny. Anyways, the clip used the All-Star Blitz theme music.
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Did they play the All-Star Blitz win cue when Moses discovered the tablets?
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[quote name=\'clemon79\' date=\'Mar 4 2005, 11:53 AM\'][quote name=\'Steve Gavazzi\' date=\'Mar 4 2005, 05:56 AM\']Wow...that sounds like a fantastic way to get people not to take religion seriously.
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Sounds like my kinda church! :)
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Mine, too, but that's beside the point. :-)
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Here's a semi-obvious one:
The Family Feud theme was originally used as a PiR car cue.
Hmmm...what's the verdict on this? Since TPiR started using it in that capacity around the same time FF premiered (TPiR's 1000th ep, which aired in July 76, is believed to have been the first time said cue was used), I can't figure out of it was a TPiR cue that was re-arranged for FF (the version heard on TPiR has no banjo section), or the other way around.
Chuck Donegan (The Puzzled "Chuckie Baby")
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The verdict is that it was written for "Family Feud" all the way. TPIR simply borrowed one piece of the package.
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The "Switcheroo" music in the 90's and the clip from "Switch" is common sports blooper music as well.
I recall hearing it in a 1992 ep of Baywatch that spoofed Gilligan's Island, when the castaways set up their living arrangement in a fast-motion sequence.
Here's another example: USA used the 1987 Blockbusters themes in a couple of movie promos about 10 years ago. It might have shown up in other places too.
Yep...John Ricci has a clip of an old Addams Family NES game commercial that used it as background music.
This week on Oprah's post-Oscar show, they used the 60's version of the Truth Or Consenquences theme over a piece on how long it took to set up on Oscar night.
They used that same piece (Stop Gap) as a bed for a hotel plug on some major awards show in the mid-90s.
The music for Easy As 1-2-3 is a piece taken from a popular production library
Shortly after Easy as 1-2-3 started using said piece (originally, there was no music when the contestant placed the blocks), it turned up - coincidentally - in a commercial for a "not sold in any store" automatic sorting coin bank called Easy Money.
Chuck Donegan (The Illustrious "Chuckie Baby")
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The Easy As 1-2-3 Cue is actually called "Clownin' Around" and is from the Killer Tracks library.
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I've also heard ToC used for a cable company ad waaaaaaaaay back when. I can't remember if it was before or after TCI bought out Storer Cable.
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[quote name=\'ChuckNet\' date=\'Mar 6 2005, 01:06 PM\']Hmmm...what's the verdict on this? Since TPiR started using it in that capacity around the same time FF premiered (TPiR's 1000th ep, which aired in July 76, is believed to have been the first time said cue was used), I can't figure out of it was a TPiR cue that was re-arranged for FF (the version heard on TPiR has no banjo section), or the other way around.[/quote]
It was a TPIR cue originally, then borrowed for the Feud theme. Too many people were associating that cue with Feud when it played on Price (as opposed to Feud playing a Price cue), so they just stopped using it.
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[quote name=\'whammy5000\' date=\'Mar 4 2005, 02:40 AM\']At church last sunday, they showed this short movie that was something about Moses. It was pretty funny. Anyways, the clip used the All-Star Blitz theme music.
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Gee, I'd think the game show music most appropriate for church would be something from "Truth or Consequences"...
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[quote name=\'Clay Zambo\' date=\'Mar 7 2005, 09:03 AM\']Gee, I'd think the game show music most appropriate for church would be something from "Truth or Consequences"...
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Pass the Buck?
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[quote name=\'cmjb13\' date=\'Mar 7 2005, 08:08 AM\'][quote name=\'Clay Zambo\' date=\'Mar 7 2005, 09:03 AM\']Gee, I'd think the game show music most appropriate for church would be something from "Truth or Consequences"...
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* throws tomatoes at cmjb13 for that undeserved comment. *
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[quote name=\'cmjb13\' date=\'Mar 7 2005, 09:08 AM\'][quote name=\'Clay Zambo\' date=\'Mar 7 2005, 09:03 AM\']Gee, I'd think the game show music most appropriate for church would be something from "Truth or Consequences"...
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That's more appropriate for Washington, D.C.
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[quote name=\'ChuckNet\' date=\'Mar 6 2005, 01:13 PM\'][
This week on Oprah's post-Oscar show, they used the 60's version of the Truth Or Consenquences theme over a piece on how long it took to set up on Oscar night.
They used that same piece (Stop Gap) as a bed for a hotel plug on some major awards show in the mid-90s.
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"Ren & Stimpy" used that music frequently, including the "Stimpy goes to Hollywood" pilot episode. COM also used it for promos for their Friday night standup block some years ago.
The music for Easy As 1-2-3 is a piece taken from a popular production library
Shortly after Easy as 1-2-3 started using said piece (originally, there was no music when the contestant placed the blocks), it turned up - coincidentally - in a commercial for a "not sold in any store" automatic sorting coin bank called Easy Money.
And that cue is currently being used on Black Family Channel's "Thousand Dollar Bee," which I have cited previously in this forum as perhaps the worst-produced game show in the history of mankind.
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[quote name=\'uncamark\' date=\'Mar 7 2005, 05:19 PM\']And that cue is currently being used on Black Family Channel's "Thousand Dollar Bee," which I have cited previously in this forum as perhaps the worst-produced game show in the history of mankind.
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(getting off on a slight tangent)
Not surprised. I think BFC (formerly MBC) has had some financial issues for quite some time now. They used to show several black college football and basketball games, including some big-name basketball tournaments (MEAC/SWAC/CIAA), and even in the MBC days, the programming was low-budget...I think the biggest thing they could claim was reruns of "Roc." TVOne has since become a viable alternative for black entertainment, other than BET.
One good thing that came out of the sports losses: D2 CIAA had it's tournament televised on ESPN Classic last week, which is a huge jump, esp. for exposure.
Now to get this back on topic...ObGameShow: ESPN Classic used to show Sports Challenge.