Talk:Name That Tune

Trivia

Is there a good place to put Trivia about Name That Tune in this article? On the Beatmasters Mix of the song Route 66 by Depeche Mode, there are soundbites featured from Name That Tune.

2007 version

I read on Internet movie database there is going to be a revival in 2007.

Episode Status

Does anyone know the episode status? I really think someone how knows what still exists should add it.DesignForDreamingFan 07:03, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

Fair use rationale for Image:Namethattune2.jpg

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America Centric

The article is currently written very America centric and even has "Foreign Versions" as the title of the international section. Considering that this show was long running outside of America and there were a lot of generic themes, could this article be rewritten to be generic of country and then state the international variations? --82.29.128.23 (talk) 07:23, 11 October 2009 (UTC)

Last I checked, this is the English Wikipedia. As such, the article talks about the American versions of Tune and discusses the foreign versions separately. Further, some foreign versions had different formats, and making the article generic would not help anybody. Daniel Benfield (talk) 17:15, 11 October 2009 (UTC)

Gag Reel

You might want to add this into the entry. Tom Kennedy and company produced a private gag reel, just like with the Rainbow twangers episode. ElMeroEse (talk) 20:08, 12 April 2010 (UTC)

Thanks but that's not really encyclopedic information. It would be like adding comments about countless other "blooper reels" for other television shows. Sottolacqua (talk) 20:28, 12 April 2010 (UTC)

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Spot the Tune

Would it be worth mentioning the 1950s/60s UK series Spot the Tune in the international versions given the similarities between the two. Also the article on the UK version of Name That Tune (1976-1988, 1997-1998) actually describes Spot the Tune as 'The British version' of Name That Tune and the later UK version of name Name That Tune as a revival of it). Dunarc (talk) 20:41, 26 December 2017 (UTC)

Golden Medley 1974

Here's The Prizes They Offered in The $15,000 Package in Season 1 (1974-75):

• Chevrolet Vega
• Holmes Horizon Speedboat
• American Tourister Luggage
• Trip to London/Spain
• $5,000 in Cash

1953-59 NBC and CBS Prime Time Details

The current article states:

Name That Tune ran from 1953–59 on NBC and CBS in prime time

This immediately follows this text in the preceding paragraph:

Premiering in the United States on NBC Radio in 1952

This is not clear to readers, particularly when NBC appears in both texts. Running "from 1953–59 on NBC and CBS in prime time" sounds like a consistent run on a single, unspecified, medium. Many readers would reasonably assume that, since the two text sections are in separate paragraphs, that the second paragraph is in a new context, presumably TV, though no citation or details are given to support this.

It is also quite possible that the aforementioned 1952 NBC radio run continued beyond 1953 and possibly only on radio.

In addition, the current infobox states:

Original network:

NBC Radio (1952–54, 1974–75, 1977)

CBS (July 6, 1953 – October 19, 1959)

Syndicated (1970–71, 1974–81, 1984–85)

which, at least confuses, if not contradicts, the statement in the article:

Name That Tune ran from 1953–59 on NBC and CBS in prime time

The infobox supports the previously-stated possibility that the NBC radio broadcasts overlapped the TV broadcasts, which presumably began in 1954.

Given these inconsistencies, I will add a Specify template to the article. I believe this is the correct template to use in this situation.

Note that I tried to resolve these inconsistencies myself but could not find an authoritative resource. I hope a fellow Wikipedian is able to fill in the details

Wantnot (talk) 16:31, 3 January 2020 (UTC)