What's This Song?

What's This Song?
Wink Martindale, 1964.
Presented by	Wink Martindale [1]
Narrated by	Steve Dunne
Country of origin	United States
No. of seasons	1
Production
Running time	22–24 minutes
Production company	Stuart Phelps-Jack Reeves-Jesse Martin Productions
Release
Original network	NBC
Audio format	Monaural
Original release	October 26, 1964 (1964-10-26) – September 24, 1965 (1965-09-24)

What's This Song? is an American game show that ran on NBC from October 26, 1964, to September 24, 1965. ^[2] It was the first national game show hosted by Wink Martindale (although he was known as "Win" Martindale here). ^[1] Monty Hall filled-in for one week.

Gameplay

Two celebrity/contestant teams competed. A song was played, and if the team in control guessed its title correctly, they got 20 points and a chance to earn 20 more by singing the first two lines of the song they had identified.

After the team sang the first two lines, their opponents could challenge if they believed the lines sung were incorrect; a correct challenge earned that team the right to sing the first two lines for the 20 points, but an incorrect challenge penalized them 20 points.

The first team to reach 100 points won the game and $100.

Minute Medley

The winning team then had to name 10 songs in 60 seconds, with $20 awarded for each correct answer. Passing was allowed, to which the team could return if time permitted. Getting all ten awarded the $200 plus a trip to anywhere in North America.

Contestants remained until they lost two games.

Revival

The show was revived from 1968-1969 as Win with the Stars , now with Allen Ludden as host.

Episode status

The series is believed to have been destroyed as per network practices of the era. Two episodes are known to exist, and a clip of one episode was seen in a 2001 Today Show segment on game shows. Another episode features Carol Lawrence and Mel Tormé.

References

1. "Lifetime Online on the Tube: Wink Martindale Chat Transcript". www.lifetimetv.com:80. Archived from the original on 5 June 1997. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
2. Hyatt, Wesley (1997). The Encyclopedia of Daytime Television. Watson-Guptill Publications. p. 460. ISBN   978-0823083152 . Retrieved 22 March 2020.

External links

• What's This Song? at IMDb