CBS wants to bring back "Name That Tune"

[jage]

This could be cool. I don't buy the notion that NTT couldn't be done today with a live band. I've heard many cover bands that are diverse and can play just about anything. If they want to modernize or add some harmless twists, how about a celebrity performer for the week or a segment.

[Neumms]

If you don't have Melody Roulette and Bid-A-Note, you don't have Name That Tune. Period.

The piece mentions "hundreds of proven games." Anybody remember more than four: those two, the Golden Medley and the Money Trees?

I guess it's five if you count the original "running some length of stage to grab at a bell." Which makes me wonder if--especially it being the network of Candy Crush--they'll do this but with Wipeout-style obstacles in the way.

[BrandonFG]

Tune Topics from the Lange version.

[Neumms]

Tune Topics from the Lange version.

To me, that was proven insanely boring. I suppose there's the one where Kathie Lee sang and the contestants wrote down their answers. iPads would make that a little smoother to watch.

[clemon79]

Tune Topics from the Lange version.

With due respect, Tune Topics was dreadful, considering it rendered that entire third of the set as chrome. "Here's five phrases, only one of which actually means anything even though we're gonna read them all off and let people hoot and holler at the ones that sound a little salacious. Let's find out what the real one is! Now that we're done with that, here's a basic three-out-of-five."

[TLEberle]

That was more or less my reaction as a kid. About a year ago I found an early 1984 episode online where they don't even do the rigamarole where the category titles dance, it was just "Here's the Tune Topic for today!". Which was better insofar as it got to the point, but it was still a buzzer race without the wheel.

The point of the different rounds is to break up the content. They could alternate Melody Roulette with the Money Volcano for all I care, but that and Bid-a-Note are iconic enough that it would be silly to paste over them.