does anyone know when the more rock-type cues were used Woolery WOF? Was it around the same time that Whew premiered?
From the episodes I've seen on Youtube, the rock cues were used between 1978-80.
Short answer: approximately December 4, 1979 through August 5, 1983.
Long answer: the first "new" outro cue, which I found out was very similar to "
", debuted by December 4, 1979; the other, which I'm reasonably certain uses an electric guitar (decent-length sample from '81
here), debuted by the 31st -- an episode which uses the other "new" cue for
the Round 3 prize descriptions. The "Big Wheels" outro cue, which appears to have been discarded when the other two debuted, returned around late 1980...at which point the three cues began a rotation that doesn't seem to have been consistent.
(Sorry if that went into Horan-style territory.)
I'm curious as to see if any of the later Thicke WOF cues were part of the Whew package. Would be awesome to find but highly doubtful. I guess we will find out eventually.
Might be among the unused cues, although they don't really fit too well with the
Whew! music style.