Do you remember seing the original NAME THAT TUNE?

Question

I don't think that they could realistically resurect a show like htat, but maybe like for the Classic Rock Genre....what do you think?

Sorry, I meant SEEING.....I am a typing dweeb

Answer 1

I'm probably on of the few people on Y!A who did see it. It aired from 1953, the year of my birth, until 1959. I just barely remember it. "Winky Dink," The Lone Ranger," and "O'Henry's the Cisco Kid," more more my thing back in the day.

http://www.tv.com/name-that-tune/show/7573/summary.html

There was a version with Tom Kennedy as the host and Kathy Lee Gifford as the Vocalist that ran for a few months in 1977.
http://www.tv.com/name-that-tune-1977/show/3258/summary.html

And there appears to be a new version out this year with, (shudder,) Donnie Osmond.

Maybe BET can do a Motown version. That's a heritage I'd hate to see lost to hiphop.

"Sure I live in the past, The rent's a lot cheaper there."

Answer 2

Yes, Kathy Lee Gifford was the la la girl, she la-la'd the tunes.

Answer 3

That was a good game show. I still play that with my brother. He knows all the songs, so Ill call hime and say "Its time to play Name that Tune!" and hum a few bars. He always guesses what it is.....
bettyk "Thanks for the Memories" bob hope

Answer 4

I do. -And I remember thinking, "What a DUMB show..." Well, too many year later, after DECADES of seeing alot of even DUMBER shows- I realize that I was the "Dumb" one. And that "Name That Tune" was one of the BETTER ones of its genre. :)

Answer 5

Yes, if it was the original which was broadcast in the '70s.

Answer 6

oh aye, I'll name that tune in one.