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* SpiritualSuccessor: The "Headline" category on ''Series/WheelOfFortune'', also created by Merv Griffin, can be seen as a distillation of the show's concept.
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At the end of the game, the higher-scoring couple played the "Headline Extra" BonusRound, in which they could win up to $5,000 more by solving one more headline.
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At the end of the game, the higher-scoring couple played the "Headline Extra" BonusRound, in which they could win up to $5,000 more by solving one more headline.
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At the end of the game, the higher-scoring couple played the "Headline Extra" BonusRound. Here they wagered all or part of their money on their ability to solve one last headline puzzle.
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The third round was similar to the first, but with higher stakes and a chance for both couples to wager part or all of their scores on one last question.
At the end of the game, the higher-scoring couple played the "Headline Extra"BonusRound. Here BonusRound, in which they wagered all or part of their money on their ability could win up to solve $5,000 more by solving one last headline puzzle.
more headline.
At the end of the game, the higher-scoring couple played the "Headline Extra"
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* SoundtrackDissonance: For a news-themed game show, it had a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZyRuyyrWwE8 mostly subdued, mellow electric guitar theme]], composed by Merv Griffin himself. It ''does'' sound like a TV news theme, however....
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* SoundtrackDissonance: For a news-themed game show, it had a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZyRuyyrWwE8 mostly subdued, mellow electric guitar theme]], composed by Merv Griffin himself. It ''does'' sound like a TV news theme, however....however...
* SpiritualSuccessor: The "Headline" category on ''Series/WheelOfFortune'', also created by Merv Griffin, can be seen as a distillation of the show's concept.
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* SpiritualSuccessor: The "Headline" category on ''Series/WheelOfFortune'', also created by Merv Griffin, can be seen as a distillation of the show's concept.
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* DoItYourselfThemeTune: If Merv Griffin's involved, you can expect this. The title he gave it was "Samba de la Nocha" and appeared on his 1986 album ''Themes I've Dreamed''.
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* ADayInTheLimelight: Johnny Gilbert is the host of a rehearsal game viewable on Website/YouTube.
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* ADayInTheLimelight: Johnny Gilbert is was the host of a rehearsal game viewable on Website/YouTube.Website/YouTube at one point.
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* RougeAnglesOfSatin: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwtyJclypG4 This]] episode has "Mother Teresa" spelled as "Theresa" in the BonusRound.
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* SoundtrackDissonance: For a news-themed game show, it had a mostly subdued, mellow electric guitar theme, composed by Merv Griffin himself. It ''does'' sound like a TV news theme, however....
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* SoundtrackDissonance: For a news-themed game show, it had a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZyRuyyrWwE8 mostly subdued, mellow electric guitar theme, theme]], composed by Merv Griffin himself. It ''does'' sound like a TV news theme, however....
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* SoundtrackDissonance: For a news-themed game show, it had a mostly subdued, mellow electric guitar theme.
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* SoundtrackDissonance: For a news-themed game show, it had a mostly subdued, mellow electric guitar theme.theme, composed by Merv Griffin himself. It ''does'' sound like a TV news theme, however....
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* {{Pixellation}}: Used in video clips in the second round. As the clip's resolution increased, its dollar value decreased.
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* OpeningNarration: (after stock typewriter sound effects type out the title) "If it was news and you know it, you'll win some heavy cash on ''Headline Chasers''! And now here's our headliner, Wink Martindale!"
* {{Pixellation}}: Used in video clips in the second round. As the clip's resolution increased, its dollar valuedecreased.decreased.
* SoundtrackDissonance: For a news-themed game show, it had a mostly subdued, mellow electric guitar theme.
* {{Pixellation}}: Used in video clips in the second round. As the clip's resolution increased, its dollar value
* SoundtrackDissonance: For a news-themed game show, it had a mostly subdued, mellow electric guitar theme.
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''If it was news and you know it, you could win some heavy cash on ''Headline Chasers''!''
After leaving ''Series/TicTacDough'' in 1985, Wink Martindale branched out into producing his own game shows. In his first effort, the syndicated ''Headline Chasers'' (co-produced with Creator/MervGriffin's production company), Martindale tested couples' knowledge of current and historical events.
The first round had newspaper headline puzzles like those on ''Series/WheelOfFortune''. The more quickly a couple solved the puzzle, the more money they scored.
The second round consisted of partly blurred magazine covers and pixellated video clips, along with a clue given by Martindale for each one. Again, the more quickly a couple identified the mystery subject, the more money they scored.
At the end of the game, the higher-scoring couple played the "Headline Extra" BonusRound. Here they wagered all or part of their money on their ability to solve one last headline puzzle.
! GameShowTropes in use:
* BonusRound: The Headline Extra end game
* Personnel:
** TheAnnouncer: Johnny Gilbert
** GameShowHost: Wink Martindale, in the first game show he also produced.
! Other tropes:
* ADayInTheLimelight: Johnny Gilbert is the host of a rehearsal game viewable on Website/YouTube.
* {{Pixellation}}: Used in video clips in the second round. As the clip's resolution increased, its dollar value decreased.
After leaving ''Series/TicTacDough'' in 1985, Wink Martindale branched out into producing his own game shows. In his first effort, the syndicated ''Headline Chasers'' (co-produced with Creator/MervGriffin's production company), Martindale tested couples' knowledge of current and historical events.
The first round had newspaper headline puzzles like those on ''Series/WheelOfFortune''. The more quickly a couple solved the puzzle, the more money they scored.
The second round consisted of partly blurred magazine covers and pixellated video clips, along with a clue given by Martindale for each one. Again, the more quickly a couple identified the mystery subject, the more money they scored.
At the end of the game, the higher-scoring couple played the "Headline Extra" BonusRound. Here they wagered all or part of their money on their ability to solve one last headline puzzle.
! GameShowTropes in use:
* BonusRound: The Headline Extra end game
* Personnel:
** TheAnnouncer: Johnny Gilbert
** GameShowHost: Wink Martindale, in the first game show he also produced.
! Other tropes:
* ADayInTheLimelight: Johnny Gilbert is the host of a rehearsal game viewable on Website/YouTube.
* {{Pixellation}}: Used in video clips in the second round. As the clip's resolution increased, its dollar value decreased.
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