Game Show Sounds

[timpale]

I was thinking about this while watching one of the Pyramid "what not to do" videos on youtube.  What is your favorite game show sound?  It can either be a sound effect or natural sound.  For example, I'd have to say mine is the sound when a Pyramid trilon turns -- the aluminum/plexiglass box slightly touching the sides of the window as it spins making a mild click/thud.   Another example I thought of was the sound of the tiles dropping into the Scrabble contestant podium -- amplified by their desk mics.  
Any others?

[BrandonFG]

I always liked the sound of a "natural" bell, like on TPiR or what Pyramid used in the 80s, esp. when the latter was used to confirm a good post-Winner's Circle clue. The synthesized bell sounds used on shows like Donnymid just didn't do it for me. However, I do find it fascinating how some synthesized effects are put together, i.e. J!'s Daily Double sound. On those same lines, I like a traditional buzz to signal someone being wrong or that time's up (i.e. the time's up buzzer on PYL or 80s Pyramid).

Also liked the "Stopper" SFX on Scrabble and the motor clinking on TJW.

[JasonA1]

Maybe not my favorite sound of all time, but I loved the "CBS bell" when it had a more manual sound to it. Through the 70s and 80s, you could practically hear a hammer striking an actual metal bell when it rang on Price is Right or Press Your Luck. Heck, on Body Language, you often heard whoever was doing sounds slamming the button a lot for a puzzle solve.

NBC had a lock on the best stable of SFX though. Their chimes and buzzers are so identifiable with their shows, and they fit with the big/loud nature of their game shows.

-Jason

[tvrandywest]

[quote name=\'JasonA1\' post=\'221925\' date=\'Aug 4 2009, 09:24 AM\']Maybe not my favorite sound of all time, but I loved the "CBS bell" when it had a more manual sound to it. Through the 70s and 80s, you could practically hear a hammer striking an actual metal bell when it rang on Price is Right or Press Your Luck. Heck, on Body Language, you often heard whoever was doing sounds slamming the button a lot for a puzzle solve.

NBC had a lock on the best stable of SFX though. Their chimes and buzzers are so identifiable with their shows, and they fit with the big/loud nature of their game shows.

-Jason[/quote]
In the 70s and into the 80s the TPiR bell WAS live - you're right in that you actually DID hear a hammer striking a metal chime! It was controlled with a small fist-held button that resembled the call button a patient used in the hospital to summon a nurse. Those of us of a certain age will remember those chimes being used in department stores to summon employees (instead of people screaching on a PA system).

TPiR used other, what are called "practical" sfx left over from the days of radio drama. The Squeeze Play squeezing of the numbers (also the closing of the Safecrackers door) was created by a desktop device that enabled the tech to rub a hinged piece of wood against a piece of leather.

Randy
tvrandywest

[geno57]

My favorite "produced" soundeffect:  On the original NBC Match Game, the sound heard when two players matched.

Favorite "natural" sound:  Trilons turning on the Downs/Clayton Concentration.

[Chief-O]

I've always preferred the NBC stock buzzers and bells to CBS'. A lot of the special sounds---e.g. those from "Super Password" and especially "Scrabble"---are undoubtedly among the best ever heard on any show.

BTW, my alma mater's TV station still uses my in-house recording of the "E" bell [as heard on Scrabble, Perry CS, etc] for its weekly Pop Quiz segment. Yes, I actually have some old doorbells stashed away for just that purpose!

[chris319]

Favorite "natural" sound: Trilons turning on the Downs/Clayton Concentration.

When they sped up the trilons on the Narz version, that sound effect lost its appeal.

Here is the chime used on Concentration and other G-T shows. Yours for a little over $200:

http://www.edwards-signals.com/index.cfm?L...G=3&PID=317

[opimus]

The"Tacky Buzzer" from HS Marshall version.
The thunk during the lighting round word change.

[Neumms]

[quote name=\'geno57\' post=\'221940\' date=\'Aug 4 2009, 12:26 PM\']My favorite "produced" soundeffect:  On the original NBC Match Game, the sound heard when two players matched.[/quote]

That was awesome.

Of the modern shows, there's kind of a slapping sound on "Chain Reaction" whenever Dylan ad-libs. I think it's hands hitting foreheads.