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[[Merv Griffin]], the creator of ''Jeopardy!'' (and sister show ''[[Wheel of Fortune]]''), composed the well-known "Think" music. He [[Self-Plagiarism|self-plagiarized]] it from "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZ14PFZNoF0 A Time for Tony]", which he wrote as a lullaby for his son; the original "A Time for Tony" later became a prize cue on ''Wheel'' in the 1980s.
Using the Jeopardy Thinking Music, or a [[Musical Pastiche]] of it, is common when stupid characters are stumped by a simple question. Briefly replaced by the ''[[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?]]'' [[sting]]s.
The version of "Think!" in Final Jeopardy! is played at 136 beats per minute and is 17 measures long, including the "bum-bum" at the end. This makes it exactly 30 seconds long. This is one reason it's used on ''Jeopardy!'': it's good for timing the round while sounding slightly more relaxing than a bare ticking clock.
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* ''[[3rd Rock from the Sun]]''. At one point it even had several cast members mentally singing a little ditty along to the music. "Thinking, thinking, thinking hard..."
* In an episode of ''[[Family Matters]]'', Steve Urkel ''hums this aloud'', in a very annoying fashion, while waiting for Carl to make up his mind about something.
* In ''[[The Santa Clause (film series)|The Santa Clause]]'', the theme plays while Scott Calvin's co-workers wait for him to finish eating.
* In ''[[Music and Lyrics]]'', Alex Fletcher plays the tune on the piano in hope of inspiring Sophie to write. It only makes her more nervous.
* In the ''[[Beavis and Butthead]]'' episode "Closing Time", Beavis and Butthead imitate the theme in a "rock" style while the health inspector checks on Burger World.
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