User:Daniel Benfield/Name That Tune Video Archive

Name That Tune is a definite classic of the genre, if a bit obscure due to not having a decent revival in way-too-long (the 2001 version...meh; I'll get to that one).

LEGAL STUFF SO I DON'T GET SUED: I'm only linking to these videos, none of which were uploaded by me, for the purposes of research and as a public record. Footage ©1952-59/1974-81/1984-85/2001 Ralph Edwards Productions/Sandy Frank Entertainment and associated entities.

Original Series (1952-59)
NBC Radio: December 20, 1952 - April 10, 1953; NBC Primetime: July 6, 1953 - June 14, 1954

CBS Primetime: September 2, 1954 - March 24, 1955/September 27, 1955 - October 19, 1959 A bit of a shame that the only circulating episode is a highlight show from really late in the run.

George DeWitt (September 27, 1955-October 19, 1959)
 * October 4, 1957 (Clips of a young boy competing alongside Major John Glenn Jr.)
 * July 27, 1959 (Highlight/clip show featuring a lot of fun contestants!; has commercials)

Tom Kennedy, Nighttime (1974-81)
Syndicated, Weekly: September 9, 1974 - September 1981

It's a classicHad three distinct formats over its run

Original format (1974-76)
 * Late 1974 (Last seven minutes, starting with Gina McDonough's Golden Medley {alternate copy})

$100,000 Mystery Tune era (1976-78)
 * September 20, 1976 (Don vs. Velma {taped 6/76}; has a few commercials, but no credits or audience game)
 * Late 1976 (Clip of John Fox playing the Golden Medley {taped 6/22/76}; ends during credits)
 * Taped 1976 (Bid-A-Note round from a 40-minute not-for-air parody episode; WARNING: Strong language and sexual themes)

Season 4: Kathie Lee Johnson's year (1977-78)
 * September 1977 (Season Premiere/"Mystery Tune Losers" Tournament, Day 1: John/Joe S./Joe C. {taped 6/77}; begins just before Kathie Lee is introduced, ends during credits)
 * [Prize for the Tournament winner is $100,000.]


 * Late 1977 (Jack vs. Debbie {Part 3, Part 4}; inactive timecode present throughout {alternate copy of some portions, shown by David Letterman in a 1992 interview with Kathie Lee, in much higher quality with no timecode)


 * February 23, 1978 (Richie vs. Joan, plus Karen Rockman's attempt at $100,000! {alternate copy})

'''The overhaul, with a set designed by Ed Flesh! (1978-81)'''
 * September 1978 (#172: Mike vs. Jeanne, with Tom getting Melody Roulette off to a great start! {taped 7/12/78}; taped from KABC, with commercials {including ones for The Gong Show and Match Game PM!})
 * [One promo is for the film No Longer Alone (released 10/6/78), "coming soon".]
 * January 31, 1979 (Tony vs. Ruby; has commercials)

Dancers removed from top of set
 * 1979 ($100,000 Tournament, Finals: Margaret vs. Suzi; low audio)


 * 1979 (WXYZ promo with someone winning a car in Melody Roulette!)

Golden Medley Showdown timer changed (smaller, now matches the rest of the set)
 * September 13, 1979 (Michael vs. Juliel; has commercials {alternate copy, fast-forwards through commercials})
 * January 3-9, 1980 (Cathy vs. David Dickstein {taped 1979}; taped from KABC, with commercials)
 * [Melody Roulette still has Double-Double-Car. One promo is for a Money Market Certificate effective January 3-9, while another is for the Friday 3:30 Movie of The Omega Man.]
 * Early 1980 (WXYZ promo)

Season 7: Tom's hair goes white, Melody Roulette goes from Double-Double-Car to Prize-Prize-Double (1980-81)
 * Late 1980 (Master copy of a promo for #243)
 * Late 1980 (#243: Ken vs. Sylvia; studio master with slate! {alternate copy... thing})
 * December 13, 1980 (Promo for the electronic home game)


 * 1981 (Danny vs. Bartha; begins during third spin of Melody Roulette, ends during credits)

Jim Lange (1984-85)
Syndicated, Daily: September 10, 1984 - September 1985 (195 episodes)

A decent revival, although they evidently couldn't figure out how they wanted to do Melody Roulette. Repeats aired on USA from January 2, 1989-September 13, 1991, followed by the Family Channel from June 7, 1993-March 29, 1996.

Melody Roulette variants
 * Three Double spaces and "pie slice"-shaped spaces (at least the Pilot Week; all other known versions have one Double).
 * Small wheel with four $100 and one each of $200/$300/$400/$500, spun up to seven times.
 * Normal wheel, same values but spun up to five times (most episodes, including the Super Championship).
 * Normal wheel with two each of $250/$500/$750/$1,000, spun once with up to seven tunes played.

Pilot Week (all have the first Melody Roulette noted above)
 * 1984 (Pilot #1: Diana Davis vs. Alfred Bogdalioff; FAM repeat from late 1993, begins with the tail end of a Boggle promo)
 * 1984 (Pilot #? {2 or 5}: Donna vs. Ken)
 * 1984 (Pilot #3: Connie Arnold vs. Ross Curran)
 * 1984 (Pilot #4: Dee O'Connor vs. Duane Krause)

Normal Melody Roulette wheel, spun up to five times (top value of $500 + Double)

Super Championship (first ten aired shows)
 * September 10, 1984 (Premiere/"Super Championship", Day 1: Margaret Robinson vs. Eric Kaplan)
 * September 1984 ("Super Championship", Day ?: Carol Campbell vs. Nick Avtonomoff {alternate copy})
 * September 19, 1984 ("Super Championship", Semifinals #1: Elena Cervantes/Karen Rockman/Jack?)
 * September 20, 1984 ("Super Championship", Semifinals #2: Joe vs. Eric Kaplan; begins after Jim's entrance)
 * September 21, 1984 ("Super Championship", Finals: Elena Cervantes vs. Eric Kaplan)

Post-Super Championship
 * 1984? (Sandy vs. Wash?; begins at Bid-A-Note, ends at finish of Golden Medley)
 * 1984? (Linda Walter vs. Rowland Harris; FAM repeat, no open, ends during credits)


 * 1984 (Shirley vs. Lee Page; begins as Jim calls down Lee)


 * September-October 1984 (Annie Ericson vs. Michael Lagmay, the "Please Help Me I'm Falling" episode)
 * September-October 1984 (Carol Bawer vs. Hap Trout {Part 3}, with a funny Golden Medley)
 * October 1984 (Semifinals: Rick Domanski vs. Hap Trout)
 * October 1984 ($100,000 Finals: Michael Lagmay vs. Hap Trout)


 * 1984 ($100,000 Finals: Richard Allegra/Carol Klein/Marty Perdeck)


 * 1984 (Semifinals: Myra/Steve/TAMMY WARNER/Les Gould, with a shameful moment in the Golden Medley Showdown; FAM repeat {alternate copy})
 * 1984 ($100,000 Finals: Les Gould vs. Stan Mysliwiec; no credits)


 * 1984 (Semifinals: Don Hendricks/Claudia Ferguson/Scott Rose; low audio)
 * 1984 ($100,000 Finals: Scott Rose vs. Kirk Moore; has commercials, begins at Melody Roulette)

Small Melody Roulette wheel, spun up to seven times (top value of $500 + Double)
 * 1984 (Lori Egan vs. Dan Mish; begins just before Jim calls for Dan)
 * [Probably taped shortly after the Pilot Week, since the Golden Medley timer is overlaid numbers rather than the prop.]


 * 1984 (Kathleen Farren vs. Tommy Simmons)
 * 1984 ($100,000 Finals: Elaine Nezworski vs. Tommy Simmons)
 * [Has the "one-spin, five-tune" Melody Roulette.]

Normal Melody Roulette wheel, spun up to seven times (top value of $500 + Double)
 * 1985 (Anita LaGrassa vs. Mark Williams; taped from WABC with most commercials, ends shortly after end-of-show car plug)

One-spin Melody Roulette, with up to five tunes (top value of $1,000 + Double)
 * 1984 (Valerie Skolnick vs. Bob Cooper; begins just before Jim's intro)
 * 1984 (Jayne Weiss vs. Don Henricks, with the Home Viewer Sweepstakes played)


 * 1984 ($100,000 Finals: Pat Chialtas vs. Art McDonald, with Sandy Frank appearing to congratulate the winner; FAM broadcast)

One-spin Melody Roulette, with up to seven tunes (top value of $1,000 + Double)
 * November 1984 (Yvette Davis vs. Vinnie Richichi)
 * November 12, 1984 (Susan Goldman vs. Jack Kelly {back due to a "musical error"})
 * 1984 (Shirley Wooten vs. Dr. Wes Forbes)
 * 1984 (Jeanne Patrick vs. Tim Nelson; USA repeat from 9/27/89)

Name That Video (2001)
''VH1, Daily: March 12 - May 11? [June 18?], 2001 (50 episodes)''

Hosted by Karyn Bryant with an emphasis on, well, music videos...albeit with a very cheap set; can't argue with a cable show offering a car, though, since that's not something you see every day. That said, no it's not really a good version, but where else am I gonna put it?

For whatever reason, VH1 aired a marathon of the show on June 22, 2002.


 * March 20, 2001 (?/Jessica/Steve Odabashian, with a pretty notable Championship Round; 3/21 repeat, begins shortly before Bid-A-Vid)
 * [Closing voiceover promotes the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony/concert tonight (March 21). Since first-run episodes aired at 11:00 PM and were reshown the next day at Noon and 7:30 PM, I'm reasonably sure this is the 3/20 show.]


 * Spring 2001 (Stephen Pitalo plays the Championship Round)
 * Spring 2001 (Noah plays the Championship Round; guesses bleeped out {the uploader's doing, not VH1's})
 * Spring 2001 (Intro and Championship Round, with Sandi Hemmerlein)