\"Break the Bank\" 76 and \"The New Treasure Hunt\" used it to great effect, IMO. What did you think?
A slightly different example, but on early episodes of 80s $ale, they would zoom out from the shopping area to the main area which had all the lights turned out. I thought it looked nice.
Last episode of NBC\'s Jeopardy could almost bring a tear to your eye...the lights dimmed, no applause, only a spotlight on the last FJ wager board and score.
Last episode of NBC\'s Jeopardy could almost bring a tear to your eye...the lights dimmed, no applause, only a spotlight on the last FJ wager board and score.
It did for me. And that song (Charlie Chaplin\'s Smile). Could they have gotten a more fitting song for that last scene?
Just one other thing: Which version of Smile was it? Obviously it was not the original song, as heard in 1936\'s Modern Times.
To answer Jimmy\'s question, when done right, it could create a nice dramatic, intimate effect (early Sale episodes, Treasure Hunt). Never really got that impression from Break the Bank. I think Sale did it the best, esp. with the slow zoom-out.
That\'s one effect I actually miss from shows, especially intros.
And of course nobody can ever forget* the last CBS Joker\'s Wild, where the machine turned off at the end.
* That\'s a joke. Hi, Zach!
The series finale of Davidson Hollywood Squares ended with audio bits playing over a dark, empty studio with a final balloon drop...it was kinda creepy.
Sometime during Super Password\'s run, they switched to an outro that dimmed the lights right as Gene Wood reminded us that it was a Mark Goodson Television Production. *cue flying logo with airplane SFX* Thought it was pretty cool as a kid, still do now.
Face The Music did every show.
Face The Music did every show.
Face The Music did every show.
Did they? I noticed FTM was prone to using stock footage for show closings.
Face The Music did every show.
Did they? I noticed FTM was prone to using stock footage for show closings.
They did...there\'s some first season episodes where the day\'s champion \"conducted\" the orchestra, and the lights are dimmed there.
That became every episode during the second season. I never understood why they used the stock footage at the end, especially when it was quite clear they were all at the orchestra.
One show that jumps out at me was the first reincarnation of High Rollers in the late 70s -- to show off the flashing \"High Rollers\" letters. Not sure offhand if the first Trebek version or the Martindale version did any dimming of the lights at the end.
$10,000 Pyramid (early episodes at least)
Winning Streak (at least based on the only surviving episode in existence).
The original NBC version of Jackpot with Geoff Edwards also offered an end-of-show light dimming.
The original NBC version of Jackpot with Geoff Edwards also offered an end-of-show light dimming.
Was that every episode? The only dimming I remember on that show was for one episode, when an NBC voiceover announcer (not show announcer Don Pardo) said, \"A riddle and answer were deleted out of respect for Jack Benny\" (who had died recently).
The original NBC version of Jackpot with Geoff Edwards also offered an end-of-show light dimming.
Was that every episode? The only dimming I remember on that show was for one episode, when an NBC voiceover announcer (not show announcer Don Pardo) said, \"A riddle and answer were deleted out of respect for Jack Benny\" (who had died recently).
Here\'s another closing, no Jack Benny mention.