History Series / NameThatTune

** Also the Mystery Tune, which was played up in a suspenseful (and [[Series/DealOrNoDeal not-cutting-to-commercial-halfway-through-the-big-reveal]]) manner. Here's how suspenseful the Mystery Tune was. The contestant slated to play it waited in a room backstage with a locked safe that held a carousel loaded with dozens of manila envelopes. Each envelope held the sheet music for a song (with a piece of tape covering the title) and a smaller envelope containing the correct title and some details about the song. A security guard opened the safe, and one envelope was chosen (by the producers in the 1976-77 season, by the contestants in 1977-78). The guard handed it to Tom, then escorted the contestant onto the stage; Tom gave the sheet music to the show's pianist and kept the inner envelope for himself. The contestant was placed in an [[SoundProofBooth isolation booth]], and could only hear Tom and the piano. The pianist played the song for 20 seconds, then stopped; the contestant then had 10 seconds to offer one guess, which was tape-recorded. They were then brought out of the booth, and Tom read the background information and any appropriate writing and performing credits for the tune. The contestant's guess was played back, and Tom read off the correct title. If the contestant had it exactly right, they won a huge (for the time) cash prize--$10,000 a year for a decade on the nighttime show, a flat $25,000 on the '77 daytime show.

* ContentWarnings: Parodied with one of the promotional posters for the 2021 revival, which states "Viewer Advisory: No Lyrics!"[[note]]Though this isn't strictly true - lyrics are used in the first round, but dropped for the bid-a-note round and the bonus round.[[/note]]

* SelfDeprecation: After wrapping production on the 1976-77 season (the first with the $100,000 top prize), the staff produced [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTcb7OgoCFk an extra 40-minute episode]] that's either a very disturbing look at a television classic or one of the most magnificent "[[HilariousOuttakes gag reels]]" ever. Using the show's set and props, Kennedy and the staff poked fun at the quiz show scandals, made tons of [[RefugeInAudacity bawdy]] and [[CrossesTheLineTwice line-crossing jokes]], gave away wildly-fluctuating amounts of cash, and had men in drag modeling crappy prizes. Notable among the rampant anarchy is the fact that this was the very last time the show used the Money Trees — they were removed from the format when tapings began for the 1977-78 season.
** The episode begins with Irma Crotch returning from "last time" to try for $100,000, and promptly gets locked in an isolation booth for the rest of the show; the day's two contestants are introduced — Tommy Schmucker (bandleader Tommy Oliver; musicologist Harvey Bacal led the band) and Teresa Tushie (production assistant Peggy Touchstone).

** Teresa then plays an incredibly rigged Golden Medley for the standard $15,000 in prizes (including an unseen car), which she wins; Uncle Sam and Tommy come back out to essentially dry-hump Teresa, and Tom decides to take off his pants — but hikes them right back up because the missus was in the audience.
** The final segment has Tom mentioning that his microphone is actually what's left of Schmucker, then signs off with "So long for now — and up yours!", after which the credits roll; in a post-credits segment, Tom explains they have been on for three years and he has a small gift for everybody (presumably this episode), then bows a bit before fading to black.

* BonusRound: The Golden Medley, in which the contestant had to identify seven tunes in [[TimedMission 30 seconds]]. Oh, by the way, [[OneHitPointWonder one miss ends the game]], though this rule is dropped in the celebrity edition of the 2021 revival, as the stars are playing for charity.

* BonusRound: The Golden Medley, in which the contestant had to identify seven tunes in [[TimedMission 30 seconds]]. Oh, by the way, [[OneHitPointWonder one miss ends the game]], though this rule is dropped in the celebrity edition of the 2021 revival, as contestants are playing for charity.

** Also the Mystery Tune, which was played up in a suspenseful (and [[Series/DealOrNoDeal not-cutting-to-commercial-halfway-through-the-big-reveal]]) manner. Here's how suspenseful the Mystery Tune was. The contestant slated to play it waited in a room backstage with a locked safe that held a carousel loaded with dozens of manila envelopes. Each envelope held the sheet music for a song (with a piece of tape covering the title) and a smaller envelope containing the correct title and some details about the song. A security guard opened the safe, and one envelope was chosen (by the producers in the 1976-77 season, by the contestants in 1977-78). The guard handed it to Tom, then escorted the contestant onto the stage; Tom gave the sheet music to the show's pianist and kept the inner envelope for himself. The contestant was placed in an [[SoundProofBooth isolation booth]], and could only hear Tom and the piano. The pianist played the song for 20 seconds, then stopped; the contestant then had 10 seconds to offer one guess, which was tape-recorded. They were then brought out of the booth, and Tom read the background information and any appropriate writing and performing credits for the tune. The contestant's guess was played back, and Tom read off the correct title. If the contestant had it exactly right, they won a huge (for the time) cash prize — $10,000 a year for a decade on the nighttime show, a flat $25,000 on the '77 daytime show.

* BonusRound: The Golden Medley, in which the contestant had to identify seven tunes in [[TimedMission 30 seconds]]. Oh, by the way, [[OneHitPointWonder one miss ends the game]], though this rule is dropped in the celebrity edition of the 2021 revival, as contestants are playing for charity. Also the Mystery Tune, which was played up in a suspenseful (and [[Series/DealOrNoDeal not-cutting-to-commercial-halfway-through-the-big-reveal]]) manner. Here's how suspenseful the Mystery Tune was. The contestant slated to play it waited in a room backstage with a locked safe that held a carousel loaded with dozens of manila envelopes. Each envelope held the sheet music for a song (with a piece of tape covering the title) and a smaller envelope containing the correct title and some details about the song. A security guard opened the safe, and one envelope was chosen (by the producers in the 1976-77 season, by the contestants in 1977-78). The guard handed it to Tom, then escorted the contestant onto the stage; Tom gave the sheet music to the show's pianist and kept the inner envelope for himself. The contestant was placed in an [[SoundProofBooth isolation booth]], and could only hear Tom and the piano. The pianist played the song for 20 seconds, then stopped; the contestant then had 10 seconds to offer one guess, which was tape-recorded. They were then brought out of the booth, and Tom read the background information and any appropriate writing and performing credits for the tune. The contestant's guess was played back, and Tom read off the correct title. If the contestant had it exactly right, they won a huge (for the time) cash prize — $10,000 a year for a decade on the nighttime show, a flat $25,000 on the '77 daytime show.

-->'''Jane:''' "This is... *Cut to close-up of Jane's back turned to the camera, followed by dramatic hair-flip, as she turns around to face it* ...Bid-A-Note."[[note]]Sometimes, she will even say "The iconic" before doing her hair flip.[[/note]]

* HomeGame: An electronic home game was released during the final season of the Kennedy era; uniquely for a game show, an ''arcade'' game was released in 1986 from Bally. A video game adaptation was released for the UsefulNotes/PhilipsCDI in 1994 hosted by Bob Goen, with a format based off the 1990 pilot; for some strange reason, it works on the honor system, where after playing the songs it gives the answer then asks the player if they got it right or wrong.

-->'''Jane:''' "This is... *Cut to close-up of Jane's back facing the camera, followed by dramatic hair-flip, and she turns to face it* ...Bid-A-Note."[[note]]Sometimes, she will even say "The iconic" before her doing hair flip.[[/note]]

-->'''Jane:''' "This is... *Cut to close-up of Jane's back facing the camera, followed by dramatic hair-flip, and she turns to face it* ...Bid-A-Note."[[note]]Sometimes, she will even say "The iconic" before her hair flip.[[/note]]

-->'''Jane:''' "This is... *Cut to close-up of Jane's back facing the camera, followed by dramatic hair-flip, and she turns to face it* ...Bid-A-Note."

-->'''Jane:''' "This is... *Cut to Jane's back facing the camera, followed by dramatic hair-flip, and she turns to face it* ...Bid-A-Note."

-->'''Jane: "This is... *Cut to Jane's back facing the camera, followed by dramatic hair-flip, and she turns to face it* ...Bid-A-Note..."

* BonusRound: The Golden Medley, in which the contestant had to identify seven tunes in [[TimedMission 30 seconds]]. Oh, by the way, [[OneHitPointWonder one miss ends the game]], though this rule is dropped in the celebrity edition of the 2021 revival, as contestants are playing for charity. Also the Mystery Tune, which was played up in a suspenseful (and [[Series/DealOrNoDeal not-cutting-to-commercial-halfway-through-the-big-reveal]]) manner. Here's how suspenseful the Mystery Tune was. The contestant slated to play it waited in a room backstage with a locked safe that held a carousel loaded with dozens of manila envelopes. Each envelope held the sheet music for a song (with a piece of tape covering the title) and a smaller envelope containing the correct title and some details about the song. A security guard opened the safe, and one envelope was chosen (by the producers in the 1976-77 season, by the contestants in 1977-78). The guard handed it to Tom, then escorted the contestant onto the stage; Tom gave the sheet music to the show's pianist and kept the inner envelope for himself. The contestant was placed in an [[SoundproofBooth isolation booth]], and could only hear Tom and the piano. The pianist played the song for 20 seconds, then stopped; the contestant then had 10 seconds to offer one guess, which was tape-recorded. They were then brought out of the booth, and Tom read the background information and any appropriate writing and performing credits for the tune. The contestant's guess was played back, and Tom read off the correct title. If the contestant had it exactly right, they won a huge (for the time) cash prize — $10,000 a year for a decade on the nighttime show, a flat $25,000 on the '77 daytime show.