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kurtinrod62

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« on: April 15, 2004, 01:12:43 PM »
Besides H2, ''The Wizard of Odds, and ''All-Star Blitz, were there any other game shows that used vocal themes?

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« Reply #1 on: April 15, 2004, 01:24:41 PM »
Quite a few, but most famous is the 1968 theme from "To Tell the Truth", used up into the late 70s.
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« Reply #2 on: April 15, 2004, 02:05:13 PM »
I think this question came up a while back.. but still fun nonetheless to sing:

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« Reply #3 on: April 15, 2004, 02:05:16 PM »
"Hollywood Squares" (Marshall) and "Make Me Laugh" came to mind without looking.

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« Reply #4 on: April 15, 2004, 02:05:38 PM »
[quote name=\'Chief-O\' date=\'Apr 15 2004, 12:24 PM\'] Quite a few, but most famous is the 1968 theme from "To Tell the Truth", used up into the late 70s. [/quote]
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« Reply #5 on: April 15, 2004, 02:07:18 PM »
From an old ATGS thread, four that (barely) included vocals:  All-Star Blitz, The Better Sex, Make Me Laugh, and Play the Percentages.

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« Reply #6 on: April 15, 2004, 02:09:19 PM »
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« Reply #7 on: April 15, 2004, 03:15:37 PM »
The 1974-75 syndicated nighttime "Name That Tune" had a vocal theme right at the end of some episodes.  The lyrics went something like this:

Everyone wants to play it, Name That Tune
Everyone, (can't remember), Name That Tune
(two more lines I can't remember)
With your ho-o-ost Tom Kennedy

Unfortunatly the 10 minutes of a 1974 episode that exists in the trade curcuit doesn't have the vocals.
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« Reply #8 on: April 15, 2004, 03:22:21 PM »
[quote name=\'Ian Wallis\' date=\'Apr 15 2004, 12:15 PM\'] The 1974-75 syndicated nighttime "Name That Tune" had a vocal theme right at the end of some episodes.  The lyrics went something like this:

Everyone wants to play it, Name That Tune
Everyone, (can't remember), Name That Tune
(two more lines I can't remember)
With your ho-o-ost Tom Kennedy

Unfortunatly the 10 minutes of a 1974 episode that exists in the trade curcuit doesn't have the vocals. [/quote]
 Whichever version of NTT that Kathie Lee (Johnson) Gifford was the singer on (I think that was after 74-75, it was the theme that the Lange NTT was loosely based on) also has lyrics, 'cuz I can vaguely remember Kathie Lee singing them during the close on some shows.
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« Reply #9 on: April 15, 2004, 03:25:14 PM »
[quote name=\'clemon79\' date=\'Apr 15 2004, 03:22 PM\'] [quote name=\'Ian Wallis\' date=\'Apr 15 2004, 12:15 PM\'] The 1974-75 syndicated nighttime "Name That Tune" had a vocal theme right at the end of some episodes.  The lyrics went something like this:

Everyone wants to play it, Name That Tune
Everyone, (can't remember), Name That Tune
(two more lines I can't remember)
With your ho-o-ost Tom Kennedy

Unfortunatly the 10 minutes of a 1974 episode that exists in the trade curcuit doesn't have the vocals. [/quote]
Whichever version of NTT that Kathie Lee (Johnson) Gifford was the singer on (I think that was after 74-75, it was the theme that the Lange NTT was loosely based on) also has lyrics, 'cuz I can vaguely remember Kathie Lee singing them during the close on some shows. [/quote]
 You're right---there were $100k episodes before the disco version that had a lyricized end theme. It had one line that went "You could win a hundred graa-annd" in it.

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« Reply #10 on: April 15, 2004, 03:30:09 PM »
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« Reply #11 on: April 15, 2004, 05:34:01 PM »
Quote
You're right---there were $100k episodes before the disco version that had a lyricized end theme. It had one line that went "You could win a hundred graa-annd" in it.

From memory...

Name that tune
Right off hand
And it could
Pay a hundred grand, yeah
We're so excited
and you're invited
To try and name that tune

The lyric was then repeated, with the last three lines changed to...
The nation's playing
The nation's saying,
"Hey! I can name that tune."

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« Reply #14 on: April 15, 2004, 06:47:29 PM »
[quote name=\'Adam Nedeff\' date=\'Apr 15 2004, 05:34 PM\']
Quote
You're right---there were $100k episodes before the disco version that had a lyricized end theme. It had one line that went "You could win a hundred graa-annd" in it.

From memory...

Name that tune
Right off hand
And it could
Pay a hundred grand, yeah
We're so excited
and you're invited
To try and name that tune

The lyric was then repeated, with the last three lines changed to...
The nation's playing
The nation's saying,
"Hey! I can name that tune."
[/quote]
 That sounds about right.