$100,000 Name That Tune - Donna vs. Ken

From Early 1984. Possibly one of the pilot episodes shown here too. Enjoy.

[@KoraggRules]

Jim isn’t putting any effort in the inner wheel when he is spinning it

[@shawnn1412]

Richard Dawson never got frisked by a contestant

[@ChuckD79]

Some thematic elements of the opening theme were kept for a few very early episodes...for instance, the part played when John Harlan says the show's title was used for the contestant calldowns.

[@maxxt3916]

They probably got rid of the “zero notes” bid because then it becomes a question/answer show instead of naming a tune.

[@floridaman2000]

The music In the close is nice

[@davec5090]

It sure is as it's the Bid-a-Note theme that is played going into the commercial in the regular series :-) .

[@floridaman2000]

@@davec5090 wish it had a name I could listen to it all day

[@zachhoran]

The zero notes bid in Bid a Note wasn't used on the episodes outside of this week of aired pilot shows.

[@DaryckReese300]

It's The First Time, That A Player Has Chosen, To Name That Tune in Zero Notes.

[@russellmcdonaldjr2123]

At 11:35 and 12:15 watch as Ken successfully names two tunes with zero notes but at 17:04 he let the last 10 seconds run down as he was unable to name the last tune.

[@namk19]

They should’ve kept that 0 note rule for bid-a-note. Sometimes a great clue can give the tune away

[@TheEggplantThatAteChicago]

A wonder this made it onto the air.

[@jamesmcclelland1414]

Yes 👍, on the night 🌚 of Friday, March 2️⃣2️⃣, 1️⃣9️⃣8️⃣5️⃣, in nightly syndication.

[@jessyleppert2]

Jim Lange spun the first spin backwards

[@KoraggRules]

Im concern why is he spinning both wheels sluggish

[@VahanNisanian]

Watching these pilot episodes, I noticed the prize tags were left alone, even in Family Channel airings. Also, compared to the other pilot episodes, this one uses the 1.0 buzzers from Press Your Luck in 1983.

[@Rlotpir1972]

Actually, the time buzzer was taken from 'Face the Music', another Sandy Frank game show.

[@jamesmcclelland1414]

@@Rlotpir1972 Which ran 🏃🏻 in nightly 🌚 syndication from January 14, 1980-September 11, 1981, of course, Robert.

[@MrKaraokeguy88]

wasn't ken on the regular episode of name that tune?

[@vanni9283]

Donna was literally DUMBFOUNDED by those zero notes bids!!!

[@namk19]

Wouldn’t you?

[@MBK1997]

This came from the Family Channel.

[@jamesmcclelland1414]

Yep 👍🏻, on the afternoon 🔅 of September 15, 1995, at 12:30 🕧 pm Eastern, of course.

[@zachhoran]

They showed these pilot episodes around late March 1985 on KYW in Philly.

[@jamesmcclelland1414]

March 29, 1985, to be exact, dumb boyiam.

[@nextbarker2702]

@17:14, I don't know they didn't keep that for GOLDEN MEDLEY instead of using that round clock, plus this set looked better than what aired.

[@richardhernandez4490]

Interesting they brought down the NAME THAT TUNE opening sign during Bid A Note. This was the only pilot episode to do that.

[@zachhoran]

This is one of the pilot episodes. Name that Tune was a hit as a weekly series, but only a marginal hit as a daily version. The show did pretty well early on, but lost ground in the ratings later in the season.

[@MatthewHendrixrockinman1]

you can only go as low as 1 note and he said I can Name That Tune in 0 notes ? crazy

[@rodney1279TheFlip]

Matthew Hendrix Lol

[@MatthewHendrixrockinman1]

ha

[@ericbear2514]

If I was the female contestant on this episode I would have wanted to quit after round 2!

[@tnawcwvictoria]

Tune Countdown, wasn't that round almost like the Golden Medley Showdown? and yes, Donna doesn't know when to quit, she took a chance and it bit her on the butt

[@zachhoran]

It's possible a reason for them airing is one of the players on this week won the GOlden Medley.

[@nextbarker2702]

They kept those springy buttons from PYL,

[@LL-bl8hd]

Was that 3 Supremes songs in one episode?

[@jamesmcclelland1414]

“I Hear 👂 a Symphony 🎻.”

[@jamesmcclelland1414]

Well, it really WAS that Supremes song 🎤 “I Hear 👂 a Symphony 🎻.”