Name That Tune: Difference between revisions

 

''For the trope that used to be called [[Name That Tune]], see [[Theme Tune Cameo]].''

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* [[Big Win Sirens]]: A $100,000 win on the Kennedy version was accompanied by ''every single type of siren imaginable''.

** Here's how suspenseful the Mystery Tune was — a manila envelope selected from a lazy-susan placed in a safe backstage (by the producers in the 1976-77 season, by the contestants in 1977-78) was handed to Tom, containing the sheet music (with a piece of tape covering the title) and a smaller envelope containing the general info for the song and with the title. The player was placed in an isolation booth, and could only hear Tom and the piano. The pianist played the song for 20 seconds, then stopped; the player had to guess within the ten seconds that followed. They were then brought out of the booth, and Tom read the background information and any appropriate writing and performing credits for the tune. From there, he announced the title. If the title was an exact match for the contestant's answer, s/he won a huge (for the time) cash prize — $10,000 a year for a decade on the nighttime show, a flat $25,000 on the '77 daytime show.

* [[Bonus Space]]: The DOUBLE and CAR (later PRIZE) spaces on the "outer" Melody Roulette wheel.

** [[Studio Audience]]

** And the "Name That Tune Orchestra", led by Tommy Oliver, Stan Worth and Harry Salter

* [[Auction]]: In "Bid-A-Note" the contestants had to do a reverse auction and bid on how ''few'' notes they needed to identify a tune and its clue, starting at seven notes. It ended when:

** A contestant was told "Name That Tune" by his opponent, or

* [[Catch Phrase]]: "I can [[Title Drop|name that tune]] in ''X'' notes."

* [[Curb Stomp Battle]]: The finals of a 1984 $100,000 Tournament of Champions had finalists Michael Langmay and Hap Trout in a head-to-head Golden Medley Showdown. The final score: 16 to 4! Michael simply destroyed Hap, often naming tunes after just one or two notes had been played. You could see Hap just giving up midway through, waiting for the whole thing to be over with.

* [[Five Episode Pilot]]: The Lange version had this, which ended up airing at some point. The pilots had several notable set differences, and "Tune Countdown" (basically a shortened Golden Medley Showdown) was played instead of "Tune Topics".

* [[Minigame Game]]: The 1970s-80s versions turned the main game into one, with games such as Melody Roulette (where a two-part wheel was spun to determine a dollar amount and potential bonus), Bid-a-Note (the game ''everyone'' remembers), and the Money Tree ($100 in bills on a fake tree, the opponent plucked money off it while the player tried to guess, whoever had more left won the round. Discontinued mainly because Kennedy thought it felt too greedy) The Dennis James daytime version also had a game emulating the format of the original 50's version, where players raced to ring a bell to get a chance to guess.

** The episode begins with Irma Crotch returning from "last time" to try for $100,000, and promptly gets locked in an isolation booth for the rest of the show; the day's two contestants are introduced — Tommy Schmucker (bandleader Tommy Oliver; musicologist Harvey Bacal led the band) and Teresa Tushie (show model Jerri Fiala); Kennedy tries to begin the Money Tree round.

** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lbt7fj8w12A Part 3]: John Harlan speeds through some prize plugs, after which the contestants (attempt to) play Bid-A-Note; Tommy wins the round, but the judges notify Tom that Teresa is in fact the big winner because she's got the biggest tits; John Harlan describes a ring being worn by a model on "her" '''middle finger''' — "she" then gets humped by Tommy, causing Harlan to laugh while trying to describe a broken watch.

** Teresa then plays an incredibly rigged Golden Medley for $15,000 in prizes (including an unseen car), then wins; Uncle Sam and Tommy come back out to essentially hump Teresa, and Tom decides to take off his pants — but hikes them right back up because the missus was in the audience.

** The final segment has Tom mentioning that his microphone is actually what's left of Schmucker, then signs off with "So long for now — and up yours!", after which the credits roll; in a post-credits segment, Tom explains they have been on for three years and he has a small gift for everybody (presumably this episode), then bows a bit before fading to black.

* [[Unexpectedly Obscure Answer]]: And '''how'''. The Golden Medley usually featured at least two songs that only a true musicologist would be able to get. This is understandable, given that often there was $15,000 at stake, but it'd be kind of jarring to hear "Summer Nights" or "Seventy-Six Trombones" followed by some obscure Cole Porter composition.

 

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