Face The Music

[@giovannia5685]

RIP to Ron Ely. Sending love to his family. 💙 On a game show with a set that was cheesier than the mozzarella sticks here in NJ, Ron was a damn good host. He’ll be missed.

[@donaldpaluga]

Let's not forget saucier than Ragu the lovely Lisa Donovan 😏

[@DLCOrganization]

I was expecting this. Such an underrated game show. First thing I thought about when I heard on his passing. Travel on, Ron! We will miss you.

[@Tchelitchew.]

This is the first time I've seen it: very entertaining show with a simple and enjoyable format. Ron is a great host. RIP.

[@matthewbaduria]

RIP, Ron Ely was a great very great man and a great personality he will be missed.

[@sha11235]

This was how I first heard of him-thru this game show that I'd watch weeknights right after your Tic Tac Dough show.

[@JoshuaCook-HRR]

I enjoyed watching this on USA Network & The Family Channel (Now FreeForm) Thanks for sharing this and RIP to Ron Ely.

[@M200XL]

I remember being very small and if it was a rainy day, my mom and I would be tuned into USA Network watching many shows including Face the Music, High Rollers( the first show I saw featuring you) and Press Your Luck. Thank you for unlocking this awesome memory Wink!

[@Rossturnerphoto]

I loved watching face the music growing up. It had an exciting style of play and one of my favorite sets of all time. I wish it had lasted longer. I’ve seen many of the episodes that have been posted to KZbin and still enjoy watching it.

[@daybird2]

​​Mary needs to cut down on her coffee in the morning!

[@Drchainsaw77]

This babe is a MESS

[@rodney1279TheFlip]

Yeah but she blew out her competition

[@deric8]

No kidding!

[@ChrisBakerauthor]

On other games shows, people just hit the buzzer. On this show, they also shout: "I got it!" The contestants certainly have fun. They move around and dance.

[@TheRichFather]

Wow. This reminds me of that episode of Remote Control where all three contestants were so bad that Ken ejected them all. I'll bet Ron was about pulling his teeth out on this one. RIP, sir.

[@soulstunner]

I didnt know he died. I used to watch this show when it was on the CBN network. Man what good times.

[@ericvansickle4305]

I just Googled Ron, and just realized he passed away about a month ago in his daughter's home. I didn't remember that he once played Tarzan. About "Face the Music," I wonder if someone would want to revive this show. I know Fox has a new version of "Name That Tune" now, and ABC also brought back "Press Your Luck," "$100,000 Pyramid," "To Tell the Truth" and briefly "Card Sharks."

[@kingporter67]

The late, great Art James announced this Face the Music episode and Ron Ely hosted it!!

[@ryanstrnad8442]

Ely filled in for Bert Parks on a Miss America pageant one time as well. Wink, my tribute to you; (gargle sound) Ding! "Tic! You need Tac!"

[@ricknibert6417]

He replaced Parks in 1980 and hosted the pageant for two years

[@NEPatriot]

I bet anyone did not know that in that Captain and Tenille puzzle...the song "The Reluctant Dragon" made a reference to Daryl Dragon a/k/a The Captain. He played keyboards while part of the Beach Boys, where he got his stage name "Captain Keyboard" because he wore a ship captain's hat while performing. Mike Love of The Beach Boys gave Dragon his nickname "Captain Keyboard."

[@libertubey2199]

Mary needs not be shy. 😂 May Ron Ely Travel In Peace.

[@benkizer9509]

This show was pure cheese. I remember watching this on the USA game show block.

[@bainsey89]

I was a young teen when this first aired. I was always pulled in by the challenging end game. I thought it was an inventive way to settle a champion, with a little drama if you could figure someone out on a baby picture and a vague musical title.

[@marcpower4167]

RIP Ron. I hear he was a very nice guy and although I get the impression he wasnt really that interested in hosting a game show, He still made the best of the gig, enjoyed it and gave it his best effort. And as nice a guy as he was, also a tough guy. Often did all his own stunts when he was Tarzan. Heard a story of one case they had a tiger in a pit. (In the show Tarzan was fighting a tiger), they wanted some up close shots of the tiger snarling and swiping at the camera etc. but the camera man refused to do it. So Ron offered to did it himself. He said he regretted cause he never really occurred to him just how big a risk he was taking.

[@georgef551]

Is memory serving me correctly that the theme song was also used in the 80s version of "Name That Tune"? They also had an orchestra, so I am sure it was.

[@MDCSWildcats86]

NTT84 had a different theme song. Tommy Oliver and the orchestra were utilized on both shows. Sandy Frank was an XP of both, as were Ray Horl & Peggy Touchstone as producers.

[@kennypowers7602]

Same orchestra, different theme

[@meowkitty5588]

Glad to see Art James Announcing.

[@Orange9098ItsOrangewithContent]

5:02 Here’s the I Won clip from “The Game Channel” promo back in the 90s

[@port566]

I see Skip Narz is listed as a contestant coordinator. Any relation to Jack Narz (and thus Tom Kennedy and Bill Cullen)?

[@thetalkingarchive4795]

Yes, Skip Narz (born James Narz Jr.) is the son of Jim Narz, whom we best knew as Tom Kennedy.

[@aspierunner1725]

Skip Narz is Tom Kennedy's son

[@kennnethtreistman1973]

They had a contestant named Thom Kennedy.

[@JoshuaCook-HRR]

Correct me if I'm wrong but was Mark Williams also a contestant on Jim Lange's version of Name That Tune in 1984?

[@MrBlackSW]

Wow. I didn't even know Ron passed away. A really good actor and an underrated game show host. My 7 year old self used to watch Face The Music every night at 7:30 on WWOR. Man, he will be missed.

[@kennnethtreistman1973]

It also came on at 10:00 AM on WFSB-TV 3, which is why that CBS station stopped airing The New Beat The Clock after January 11.

[@kennnethtreistman1973]

I’m thinking it may have moved to either WATR-TV 20 or WVIT-TV 30 during fall 1980.

[@PatrickJ12334]

Turns out he died a month ago, but it was just announced yesterday. He seemed like a nice guy.

[@jnadle1]

Sub-announcer Art James did this episode. Mostly in the second season, it was John Harlan.

[@DavidGarringerJr]

RIP Ron Ely!

[@TheChristianAspie892]

If I’m thinking right, wasn’t Ron Ely originally from Texas?

[@fredmckinney8933]

That he was, grew up in Amarillo.

[@marcpower4167]

​@fredmckinney8933 Reminds me now, there was one episode where Ron himself was the subject of the championship game. (What reminded me was one of the musical clues was "long tall Texan"). They got it at $3,000 as I recall, Ron ever the good sport says "and now ladies and gentlemen for my mother, let's review the entire album of Ron Ely.". 😅

[@robertash5670]

Yes

[@christophercotton9048]

17:19 It's the Battle of the Bay! Mary vs. defending champion 🏆 Mark for $10k in the Championship Game, when Face the Music with Ron Ely RETURNS!!

[@bryanloveseighties]

Now you know that that one song title is wrong! Any Coca-Cola drinker, including myself, knows it's called "I'd like to teach the world to sing". I say "Coca-Cola drinker" because that song was used on that famous commercial with the singers on the hilltop. 12:22 If the CONTESTANTS only had a brain. And for the overall episode: Three Christmas songs in one episode? What are the odds?

[@terraceavery4125]

R.I.P. Ron Ely

[@Ian16545]

Don't forget he was also TV's version of Tarzan.

[@2005dave]

Tommy Tedesco in the band on this episode! Filling in for a Morell brother.

[@mariahopkins5984]

R.I.P. Ron Ely, Art James, John Harlan, Tommy Oliver, & Ray Horl!!!!?

[@nelsonlgarcia8421]

I will always remember him as the host of the classic 1980s game show Face The Music it was a huge part of my childhood.

[@ChrisBakerauthor]

Mary is a great game-show contestant.

[@greggsheaffer2521]

RIP

[@AdamJ617]

Love how the contestant plug was kept in this video. RiP Ron Eli.

[@kennnethtreistman1973]

I wonder if the episodes of this show with a contestant named Jackie Jyles are circulating around somewhere, because I saw those for the first time on the CBN Cable Network when they were on right before your show, Tic Tac Dough. Back then the show was on at 4:30 PM.

[@lupineassassin]

What was the airdate for this episode?

[@meowkitty5588]

September 22, 1980.

[@meyerj75]

Question: What does "Mary" have to do with the Captain and Tennile? There's Toni Tennile and Darryl Dragon.

[@loonifer888]

I think the clue was "married", as in Captain and Tennile were married.

[@andyrose5616]

It's hard to hear, but the song title was "Married." Toni and Darryl were married.

[@stevengolden9009]

Married?

[@MDCSWildcats86]

@@stevengolden9009 "Married" from CABARET.

[@mabus42]

RIP Ron Ely. Anyone else think that the contestants lounge, prior to the show, had just massive piles of columbian marching powder in there for them to imbibe? What else would explain their poor play and extreme enthusiasm?

[@aldgatewest8444]

The enthusiasm came from Ray Horl --- the show's producer.

[@kennnethtreistman1973]

I wonder if the episodes of this show with a contestant named Jackie Jyles are circulating around somewhere, because I saw those for the first time on the CBN Cable Network when they were on right before your show, Tic Tac Dough. Back then the show was on at 4:30 PM.