Break The Bank (ABC, Syndication), "Hustle The Bank" (( Stereo ))

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  • @videonut11
    @videonut11 Рік тому +2

    Stu Levin's theme for 'Break the Bank' is quite energetic and real fun to listen to. I never get tired of it. I can play it over and over.

  • @illustriousrocket4476
    @illustriousrocket4476 4 роки тому +10

    Criminally underrated show that deserved a far longer run than it got. It's easily one of B&E's best.

    • @1985OldSkool
      @1985OldSkool 2 роки тому +1

      should have been on until at least 1983 or 84

    • @Rlotpir1972
      @Rlotpir1972 Рік тому +2

      Problem is it played similar to "Hollywood Squares" and Barry-Enright got into trouble with Heatter-Quibley.

    • @Rlotpir1972
      @Rlotpir1972 Рік тому

      @@1985OldSkool MY reboot version would've had 10 celebrites and the rules would be capturing all celebrities deciding who or neither gave a correct answer and the contestant either picks one of the answers or rejects them and comes up with one of their own in order to win and play the bonus round when they can break the bank by capturing all celebrities by answering true-false statements in 60 seconds.

    • @milesmorris9333
      @milesmorris9333 Рік тому +2

      @@Rlotpir1972 Did they really get in trouble with Heatter-Quigley? It's not very surprising if that's true. Problem is, at least to the best of my knowledge, there aren't any articles out there anyone knows about that report any legal action or something similar taken by Heatter-Quigley.

    • @illustriousrocket4476
      @illustriousrocket4476 Рік тому

      @@milesmorris9333 I have to say, I'm not familiar with any circumstances like that, either.

  • @jasonbertalotto4296
    @jasonbertalotto4296 9 років тому +15

    Tom Kennedy did a marvelous job hosting despite the short run of the show!

    • @michaelscott6465
      @michaelscott6465 5 років тому +1

      Best game show on television.

    • @paullarue2010
      @paullarue2010 4 роки тому +2

      Jack Barry took over, for that ABC show.

    • @tnawcwvictoria
      @tnawcwvictoria 2 роки тому +2

      You can definitely thank the late Fred Silverman for cancelling such a good show just so he can expand Daytime Soaps from 1/2 hour to 3/4 hours

    • @wtmjrchi1984
      @wtmjrchi1984 2 роки тому +1

      Tom Kennedy (nee Jim Narz) did the daytime version of the show for ABC while the game show's producer Jack Barry did the syndicated nighttime version.

    • @Rlotpir1972
      @Rlotpir1972 Рік тому +2

      @@tnawcwvictoria Fred Silverman was henpecked by women who don't respect game shows.

  • @KentB3
    @KentB3 9 років тому +20

    This is one of the greatest game show theme songs ever! It's a song that says, at least to me, "a huge gala event is underway, and you're the guest of honor!"

    • @KentB3
      @KentB3 9 років тому +3

      +KentB3 However, my thoughts on the "huge gala event" could come from hearing this song used on The Joker's Wild $1,000,000 Tournament of Champions" in 1980. At the time, this was largest prize offering in TV history (the contestant won $500,000, and the other half went to the contestant's favorite charity).

    • @bradgandy02
      @bradgandy02 8 років тому +2

      I can definitely hear the "guest of honor" part, though. It kind of sounds like a 1970's version of the "Sale of the Century" big win cue when balloons would fall from the ceiling.

    • @andrewschroy6368
      @andrewschroy6368 5 років тому +3

      @@bradgandy02 Except with a MUCH slower tempo.

    • @michaelfalkner1186
      @michaelfalkner1186 5 років тому +2

      @@KentB3 You have the essence of it correct -- the total prize purse was $1,000,000, the winner won half that, and that $500K was split between the contestant and the favorite "nationally recognized charity".

  • @mikey7290
    @mikey7290 4 роки тому +6

    Tom Kennedy has passed away at age 93. RIP.

  • @Stratman78
    @Stratman78  16 років тому +6

    The Game Show Network aired this show during its "dark period" from October 11, 1997 to April 18, 1998. Also in late 1997, GSN aired a few episodes of the syndicated Barry version.
    The reason why it was called the "dark period", it's because at that time, GSN's rights to broadcast the Goodson-Todman shows expired which took affect on October 11, 1997, except for The Price Is Right and the 1994-95 Family Feud episodes (CBS), which were both on a separate contract.

    • @illustriousrocket4476
      @illustriousrocket4476 3 роки тому +1

      Sad to say, looking back now I wonder if the "Dark Period" really was all that dark... sure, there were a lot of lackluster shows on at the time but we still had The Price is Right and we got shows like this that weren't rerun again after, plus the Barry-Enright, Barris and Stewart libraries that are nowhere to be seen today. Maybe hindsight from the end of 2020 is skewed though since there was no Buzzr to run the Goodson shows in 1997.

  • @dougghiz8339
    @dougghiz8339 4 роки тому +2

    R.I.P. Jack Barry

  • @paullarue2010
    @paullarue2010 4 роки тому +4

    Tom Kennedy's version was short lived, but Jack Barry's version, was longer and very successful year.

  • @joshw6993
    @joshw6993 4 роки тому +4

    "Tonight these 8 Champions embark on a tournament to crown the ultimate champion....And that Champion will win.......TWO MILLLLLLION DOLLAR$.....from Hollywood....This is The Jokers Wild Tournament of Champions.......And now your Host.........Jack Barry!"

  • @toddwacha5108
    @toddwacha5108 8 років тому +10

    Sony needs to revive this show, with the theme music intact!

    • @rwboa22
      @rwboa22 7 років тому

      And the host in mind?

    • @Rlotpir1972
      @Rlotpir1972 7 років тому +2

      Revive it with 10 celebrities in a diamond-shaped game board with 25 monitors (diamond shape). Capture 10 celebrities (agree with either celebrity or disagree and answer) win the game. In the bonus round, capture 10 celebrities (true-false format) in 60 seconds to 'break the bank'. Have both MGM and Sony distribute it since it's basically a 'Hollywood Squares' format.

    • @spannmona
      @spannmona 7 років тому +3

      Todd Wacha Let it air on ABC's Summer Fun and Games

    • @PatrioticPirate
      @PatrioticPirate 6 років тому +1

      Might I suggest Todd Newton?

  • @tnawcwvictoria
    @tnawcwvictoria 12 років тому +6

    Break the Bank was A Jack Barry & Dan Enright Production
    Producers of The Joker's Wild, The NEW Tic Tac Dough, Hot Potato, Play the Percentages & of course, The awesome BULLSEYE
    BTB was also Videotaped @ ABC Television Center Hollywood, CA the home to The Better Sex, That's My Mama, Barney Miller, Welcome Back Kotter, SOAP, Who's the Boss?, Benson, Password, Double Talk, Trivia Trap, and of course, Let's Make a Deal, Family Feud with the King of Feud-The Late Richard Dawson and Dick Clark's American Bandstand

    • @shaheedturner9485
      @shaheedturner9485 5 років тому +3

      ABC Television Center In Hollywood Home of That’s My Mama, Barney Miller, Welcome Back,Kotter Soap & Benson right!!!!!

  • @StukInBuf
    @StukInBuf 13 років тому +7

    This is my favorite game show theme, along with THE PRICE IS RIGHT.
    Love that sax solo at 1:46.

  • @DaveMcdon
    @DaveMcdon 16 років тому +1

    I have to agree with draxx77. This is the best game show music ever composed. It has the highest play count on my entire Itunes library, and it is the ONLY game show theme in my library! In other words, I love this song more than any other song in my entire music collection. I always dreamed of composing a symphony concert of all game show music. This song would require no new arrangement. It already IS symphony music. I LOVE this song, I always have, and am thrilled to read that others do too.

  • @michaelpolfax2779
    @michaelpolfax2779 2 роки тому +1

    Interestingly, all episodes may exist. GSN skipped the April 13 and May 18 episodes for unknown reasons, then dropped the show after a final Barry episode (Kay vs Dwayne) in the early 2000s. Various syndicated episodes were shown in memorials of Jack's passing. The syndie series was then rerun completely on some station (slipping my mind atm) in 1990.

  • @bjhughes8402
    @bjhughes8402 3 роки тому +2

    If victory and triumph could be put to music, it would sound like this

  • @KiddBloo86
    @KiddBloo86 4 роки тому +3

    The only game show where the HOST regularly wore sunglasses. 🤔😎

    • @newstarcadefan
      @newstarcadefan 3 роки тому +2

      Well yeah, those lights at the ABC television Center in LA were quite bright.

    • @wtmjrchi1984
      @wtmjrchi1984 2 роки тому

      Richard Dawson wore sunglasses as the host of "Family Feud".

  • @howardluloff1326
    @howardluloff1326 11 років тому +11

    I remember Break the Bank from the mid 70s and I thought it was a very funny show that should have deserved a longer run. ABC killed the show after 15 weeks because they wanted to expand their soap operas One Life to Live and General Hospital. The network should have moved Break the Bank to an earlier time period or producers Jack Barry and Dan Enright could have pitched it to the other networks.

    • @rwboa22
      @rwboa22 8 років тому +2

      Or did like they did with "Tic Tac Dough" and "The Joker's Wild," and syndicated it as a daily show (with Kennedy hosting, of course, as "Name That Tune" was a weekly show).

    • @paullarue2010
      @paullarue2010 4 роки тому

      Jack Barry's version was syndicated.

    • @tnawcwvictoria
      @tnawcwvictoria 3 роки тому

      You can definitely thank Fred Silverman for that one

    • @ricknibert6417
      @ricknibert6417 2 роки тому

      Surprisingly, The TV Theme Players recorded an updated version on its 2009 Game Show Themes album.

  • @bluebear1985
    @bluebear1985 16 років тому +3

    Well, it makes sense now. I'm guessing it was his idea to pre-empt "Password" for a press conference on the Vietnam War in 1966. This of course caused a lot of people to switch to ABC to watch the premiere of "The Newlywed Game". "Password" was cancelled a year later by CBS.

  • @bluebear1985
    @bluebear1985 11 років тому +5

    They did the same with the Goodson-Todman produced "The Better Sex". What ABC ended up doing was expanding "One Life to Live" and "General Hospital" to 45 minutes. By coincidence, Fred Silverman was president of the network at the time. He would be responsible for cancelling three game shows on NBC to make room for David Letterman. Go figure.

    • @Rlotpir1972
      @Rlotpir1972 7 років тому +1

      Thank his wife.

    • @ricknibert6417
      @ricknibert6417 2 роки тому +1

      The serials went from 45 to 60 minutes when "The Better Sex" was cancelled.

  • @tnawcwvictoria
    @tnawcwvictoria 14 років тому +1

    Break the Bank was a TRUE Classic Game Show that deserved a longer run, Tom Kennedy as usual was great and plus, he LOVED interacting w/the celebs and he continued to do so like he did on To Say the Least, Password Plus, Body Language, Word Play and many other shows, Jack Barry on the other hand, he was great on The Joker's Wild, but he was too stiff when it came to interacting w/the celebs and even though I LOVE the B&E Bonus Games, BTB's I didn't care too much for, and so abc > syn. ANYDAY!

  • @davidjackino8831
    @davidjackino8831 7 років тому +2

    Jack Barry: "Adrianne Barbeau has the BUST card". Also: Jaye P getting off when someone broke the bank and hugging the other celebrities in the Barry version.

  • @paullarue2010
    @paullarue2010 4 роки тому +1

    Jack Barry had a hand-held microphone, and Tom Kennedy hand a microphone pin.

  • @Stratman78
    @Stratman78  14 років тому +3

    CBS stopped wiping game shows during the middle of 1972.
    ABC ended their reign as of January 1, 1978.
    I'm not too sure about NBC. Rumor has it that they were still wiping past 1980, but I heard that the first two or three years Sale Of The Century episodes (1983 to 1989) might be erased.

  • @rwboa22
    @rwboa22 5 років тому +4

    Just want to enter a room like Tom or Jack with the theme at 1:25.

  • @QBCNetwork
    @QBCNetwork 16 років тому +4

    Yes it is. When Silverman worked for CBS, he killed Password & To Tell The Truth, keeping the network gameless for 4 years.
    Just think of his as Raid! Kills game shows dead! (RAAAAAAAAAAIIIDDDDD!!!! BOOM!!!!!!!)

  • @paullarue2010
    @paullarue2010 4 роки тому +1

    Jack Barry had a microphone, on his podium.

  • @joshlyons1975
    @joshlyons1975 6 років тому

    This TV game had a short run. I did get a chance to see it, though.

  • @balconi89
    @balconi89 5 років тому +2

    A variation of this was used for the Barry-Enright pilot “Double Cross”.

  • @SaleGuy
    @SaleGuy 16 років тому +1

    Jack Barry in those funky glasses lol

    • @rwboa22
      @rwboa22 5 років тому

      Needed because of the set; the top row of celebrities forced him to look into the glare of the studio lighting. Also a reason why Tom Kennedy wore tinted prescription glasses that were also prominent when he hosted "Name That Tune."

  • @saml760
    @saml760 14 років тому +7

    BTB was not cancelled because of ratings,it was the No.3 show in all of daytime tv at the time.the reason ABC cancelled it was to make room for a crappy soap opera!

    • @andyleclerc3600
      @andyleclerc3600 5 років тому +1

      Really dumb decision to kill a top rated show, because SOAP OPERAS. If I had been in the big chair at ABC Daytime, I woulda changed the time slot, and if the ratings fell drastically, THEN I woulda cancelled it.

    • @Rlotpir1972
      @Rlotpir1972 Рік тому +1

      @@andyleclerc3600 Thank the women who don't respect game show and want to waste time watching soaps that don't make sense.

  • @bluebear1985
    @bluebear1985 14 років тому +4

    Silverman seemed to cancel good shows whichever network he was at. Once he got to NBC, he axed Hollywood Squares, Chain Reaction, and High Rollers for The David Letterman Show, which only lasted a few months.

    • @1985OldSkool
      @1985OldSkool 4 роки тому +1

      David Letterman really made it big on late-night TV once he moved to CBS in the summer of 1993, and became the Late Night King of the early 21st Century

  • @Stratman78
    @Stratman78  16 років тому

    What happened was that I stumbled on a video collage that PCMusic75 posted on UA-cam by the Hollies. The song was called 'I Can't Tell the Bottom From the Top.'
    The info on that video said "Copy and paste '&fmt=18' at the end of the URL then refresh to get a stereo sound" and it worked!
    From then on, I've been trigger happy on breaking alot of videos into Stereophonic from Monaural (alot of them will break into stereo, but some of the older ones will not).

  • @Amisbro
    @Amisbro 13 років тому +4

    you know what's funny? I've only watched the episodes of this on UA-cam and every time I hear the theme I can't help but start drumming to it!
    What do you think the chances are of us EVER seeing this back on the GSN schedule? I say not very likely sadly :(

  • @Camop-iz9kt
    @Camop-iz9kt 5 років тому

    This was taped in the same studio as Family Feud.

  • @sugarbear522
    @sugarbear522 16 років тому +2

    Why does the melody sound like a Fifth Dimension Song (Beautiful Baloon)? IMO, I think THIS version of Break The Bank should be primed fo a comeback (with the same 20 boxes used to create a better bonus round). What do you think?

  • @bluebear1985
    @bluebear1985 16 років тому +5

    Is this the same Fred Silverman that also tried to ruin the NBC daytime schedule by cancelling "Hollywood Squares" among other shows?

  • @ricknibert6417
    @ricknibert6417 2 роки тому +2

    Was this theme used on the 1982 talkshow "Soap World"?

  • @paulbalares2307
    @paulbalares2307 3 роки тому

    I thought Jack Barry hosted the show before Tom Kennedy, but it's the other way around.

  • @smegybellend
    @smegybellend 2 роки тому

    cool

  • @QBCNetwork
    @QBCNetwork 16 років тому

    Nothing. One Life & Hospital are the only soaps to be on for 45 minutes from July 1976 to January 1978.

  • @LtGiant
    @LtGiant 16 років тому +1

    I Wish They Play This Game Show On GSN Late-Night?

  • @M200XL
    @M200XL 13 років тому +3

    BTB with barry went el cheapo on contestants :P Almost no cash awarded on the show at all

  • @danspizzacorner9711
    @danspizzacorner9711 2 роки тому

    This was also used in the intro of The Joker’s Wild during is $1,000,000 Tournament of Champions in 1980

  • @300zxbear2
    @300zxbear2 2 роки тому

    Three of these boxes will break the bank worth over $10,000 in prizes. Is this one of them? Or is it this one? Or this one? We'll find out in a moment in this game of hide and seek as these nine celebrities:
    Zsa Zsa Gabor
    Funny Man, Buddy Hackett
    Singer & Comedienne, Jaye P. Morgan
    From The Jeffersons, Isabel Sanford
    Greg Morris
    George Hamilton
    Robert Reed
    Patty Duke
    And From Happy Days, Anson Williams
    All join us in playing Break the Bank! Now meet our host, JACK BARRY!!!

  • @Stratman78
    @Stratman78  16 років тому

    Just paste &fmt=18 at the end of the URL and listen to it in stereo!
    There are two versions of this theme song. They are both the same, but this is the "Game Show Theme Songs" version. I got "The Best of TV Quiz & Game Show Themes, Volume 2" and 'Break The Bank' is on there also. The stereo mix is different, but it had alot of tape hiss. Plus the 'zipping' synthesizer came in a second early at the start of the tune.

  • @QBCNetwork
    @QBCNetwork 16 років тому

    No. One Life came on @ 1:30 while General Hospital came on @ a bizarre time of 2:15.

  • @blind_t2
    @blind_t2 6 років тому +1

    OK, here’s my idea for daytime and primetime should they revive this.
    Daytime: 1 of these 5 boxes could break our bank of over $150000! Is it this one? Or this one? Or even this one? We’ll find out on the classic game of hide and seek, as these 9 stars ... Crystal Lewis! Cree Summer! Amanda Sealles! Lin Manuel Miranda! Phillipa Soo! Jasmine Cephas Jones! Jaina Lee Ortiz! Morris Chestnut! And Pat Sajak! Join us as we play ... break the bank!
    Primetime: tonight, one of our contestants will have a chance to go into our vault and break our brank containing over $100000, and a cash prize of $1000000! Who will it be? Join us now, along with these 9 stars! Jimmy Kimmel! Michael Cole, Dwayne the rock johnson! Steven Colbert! Renee Young, Renee Goldsbery! Jasmine Cephas Jones! Phillipa Soo! And Daveed Digs! All here on ... break the bank!

    • @Vansbaseball
      @Vansbaseball 6 років тому

      So the Daytime would be like the original 70s run and the nightime the 86 revival? I've seen episodes of both and if you want my opinion I preferred the format from Kennedy/Barry but as long as the stunts are a part of the Nightime (which killed the Rayburn part of the revival for me) I can work with it

  • @paullarue2010
    @paullarue2010 4 роки тому +1

    9 celebrities?

  • @Stratman78
    @Stratman78  16 років тому +1

    I think he's still pissed about Split Second being cancelled.

    • @LNSmithee
      @LNSmithee 5 років тому +1

      Gawd, I loved "Split Second." Hell with "Card Sharks," bring THAT game back to prime time.

  • @toddwacha5108
    @toddwacha5108 8 років тому +4

    Tom Kennedy was the better host of Break The Bank 76-7. Jack Barry seemed too ill at ease and uncomfortable.

    • @davidjackino8831
      @davidjackino8831 7 років тому +1

      Agree. He was much better hosting "Joker's Wild" - this was between the CBS and syndicated Joker versions. Those sunglasses creeped me out too.

    • @greggsheaffer2521
      @greggsheaffer2521 6 років тому +1

      Tom Kennedy was hosting Name That Tune so he couldn't host the Syndicated version

    • @andrewschroy6368
      @andrewschroy6368 5 років тому +2

      Not to mention, celeb-themed shows were better-suited for Tom than for Jack...

  • @kidfrombrooklyn66
    @kidfrombrooklyn66 15 років тому

    If the tapes are available, be advise a number of game were deleted so that some networks can re-use the video tapes. What a horrible disasterous mistake.

  • @bluebear1985
    @bluebear1985 16 років тому

    3 of these boxes will break the $?,000 bank. Is this one of them? Or is it this one? Or this one? We'll find out in a moment in a game of hide and seek as these 9 celebrities, (insert celebrity names), all join us in playing Break the Bank! Now meet our host, Tom Kennedy!

  • @LeoVargas94Oficial
    @LeoVargas94Oficial 15 років тому +1

    No, that's Tom Kennedy.

  • @VahanNisanian
    @VahanNisanian 3 роки тому

    Parts of this song sound very similar to "Pressure Cooker" by Keith Droste. Was it the inspiration for this song?

  • @dougghiz8339
    @dougghiz8339 4 роки тому +1

    R.I.P. Jack Barry