 "Backtimed" Themes, When the music ended, so did the show... |
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 Jun 15 2009, 07:50 PM
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Group: In the Biz Posts: 1931 Joined: 9-October 03 From: From Colorado Wine Country Member No.: 406  |
First off, to those not in the radio &/or TV biz, "Backtiming" is when a piece of music or song starts at a certain time in order to finish at an exact time, or "mark".
In radio, some songs (especially on satellite-fed networks) are backtimed so the songs end EXACTLY at the top of the hour, or 5-10 seconds before to allow for a legal ID. Anyhoo, back to game shows: What shows would start rolling their theme music so that the music's ending would match the official ending of the show? And which shows did it "all-natural" -- without switching to a second music source which provided the last few seconds of the theme, like "Bullseye" often did? |
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Jun 15 2009, 08:00 PM
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Group: In the Biz Posts: 5078 Joined: 18-June 03 From: Bay City, MI Member No.: 72 |
The original "Jeopardy" and "Who, What or Where"
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Jun 15 2009, 08:08 PM
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The Spirit of Hampton Roads Group: In the Biz Posts: 7759 Joined: 18-June 03 From: Downtown beautiful Chesapeake Member No.: 88 |
All of the current syndie games backtime their themes...at least I think all of them do, not sure about TP: AP.
From memory: -Pitfall -The Gary Kroeger season of Newlywed Game -TTTT00 -Russian Roulette And I think most British shows do so as well. Personally, I'm not a fan of the practice, but that's just me. |
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Jun 15 2009, 10:41 PM
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The worse your life, the better I sound Group: Members Posts: 924 Joined: 19-January 04 From: Oshkosh, Wisconsin Member No.: 513 |
Most of the Nick shows. I know DD and "Make the Grade" for sure. Believe "Finders Keepers" did it as well.
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Jun 15 2009, 10:51 PM
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Group: Members Posts: 876 Joined: 16-February 05 From: Matteson, IL Member No.: 1334 |
QUOTE (Chief-O @ Jun 15 2009, 10:41 PM)  Most of the Nick shows. I know DD and "Make the Grade" for sure. Believe "Finders Keepers" did it as well. Wait...I'm pretty sure they just played the Finders Keepers theme in a loop until the credits were done, and even then, the credits' ending didn't match up with the theme's "ending" But then again, I could be wrong. |
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Jun 15 2009, 11:16 PM
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The Spirit of Hampton Roads Group: In the Biz Posts: 7759 Joined: 18-June 03 From: Downtown beautiful Chesapeake Member No.: 88 |
QUOTE (Chief-O @ Jun 15 2009, 11:41 PM) Most of the Nick shows. I know DD and "Make the Grade" for sure. Believe "Finders Keepers" did it as well. I seem to remember that as well, but it's been 20 years since I've seen Finders Keepers. Add Get the Picture, Arcade, and Guts to the list. |
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Jun 16 2009, 12:28 AM
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Group: Banned Posts: 897 Joined: 21-January 04 From: In college, getting settled Member No.: 576 |
From the many episodes I saw on Nick Games and Sports, the Eure episodes were backtimed, but the syndie Toffler episodes weren't.
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