Two contestants competed in a series of musical identification games in the 1970s update of "Name That Tune." The various games included a best three-out-of five competition, where contestants rang a buzzer when they thought they could name the tune; Melody Roulette, where the host spun a carnival wheel to determine the dollar value of the tune; the Money Tree, where contestants pulled out dollar bills from a tree while his/her opponent tried to name that tune; and the famous Bid-a- Note, where contestants were given the clue to a song and then bid downward against each other to determine how few notes they needed ("I can name that tune in four notes!"). Contestants won points for winning each round; the high scorer after three rounds was champion and moved on to the "Golden Medley. In the "Golden Medley," the champion had to identify seven tunes within 30 seconds. Prizes were awarded for each correct answer; naming all seven tunes won the player $10,000 in the early seasons, while an incorrect guess at any time stopped the game. In 1976, the show was retitled "The $100,000 Name That Tune," with weekly winners returning on future shows to identify a difficult tune montage worth $100,000 for a correct guess. The $100,000 format was later retooled into a season-ending playoff with a guaranteed $100,000 payoff for the winner. |
