0:25, a shot from FtM’s 1979 pilot episode, which featured FOUR contestants instead of three, a slightly different set and a band that had two trombonists and one woodwind player.
19:26 I believe that Ron gave her that game. I never heard Cathy say "Raindrops Keep Falling on my Head." She just kept screaming, "I got it, I got it, I got it!"
And it premiered as a mid-season replacement on January 14, 1980 and ran until May 29, 1981, with reruns airing until September of that year. Reruns later resurfaced on CBN Cable from July 2, 1984 (the same day NBC premiered Scrabble as part of its daytime lineup) to September 27, 1985 opposite reruns of Danger Mouse on rival Nickelodeon (11 years before WWE RAW on USA (later TNN/Spike) went up against WCW Monday Nitro on TNT and 35 years before WWE NXT on USA went up against AEW Dynamite on TNT) and again from January 6 to August 29, 1986, USA from January 2 to September 8, 1989 for the first 65 episodes and again from March 26 to September 14, 1990 for the final 65 episodes, and CBN’s successor The Family Channel from January 2 to September 29, 1995.
Adam Curry, Can you Please Uploaded the Video for 2 episodes of the 2nd Season of "Face The Music!" (Syndication) From (1980-81), Starring Ron Ely with John Harlan Announcing, Please and Thank You, I'll appreciate for it!!!?
This is the eighth episode of Face the Music, which would have aired the week of 1/9/95-1/13/95 on FAM, and 1/11 if they didn't skip any episodes. FAM did skip a great deal of episodes when they aired reruns of this show in 1995, as per posts on alt.tv.game-shows at the time. Perhaps it was due to music clearances lapsing after a certain amount of time, as these shows were 15 years old when they aired on FAM
I love face the music. I used to have the third episode from a USA network rerun, it was Perry/Sandra/David, champion was Marilyn Ellis who was going for her third win against Perry, didn’t have the outcome on my tape.
USA's first airing of that was 1/4/89. IIRC they aired 130 episodes of FtM and then repeated the first two months from July 3-September 8, 1989. I don't remember if the March 26-September 7 , 1990 USA run of Face was different episodes than those or not(replacing Couch Potatoes at Noon IIRC, though parts one 1990 USA rerun episode with Dean Lesner as contestant are on UA-cam)
USA Network showed the first 65 episodes of FtM in 1989 and the last 65 episodes of FtM in 1990. The Family Channel briefly aired reruns of FtM in 1995, but became notorious and infamous (not to mention criticized) for skipping some episodes and eliminating all the fee plugs. FAM’s predecessor CBN Cable aired all 130 episodes from 1984-86 opposite Danger Mouse reruns on rival network Nickelodeon, and, like the USA Network reruns, did not skip some episodes and eliminate all the fee plugs.
Albert Medina was on again a few weeks later as did another contestant Adam Lerman who Ron Ely said their contestants had an unfair advantage over them. They appeared on the day Sarabeth Rothfeld who beat Ed McDevitt the previous week was going for a new car being her fifth day.
I liked this show also, but besides Ely’s error here, I was struck by the $10,000 in prizes. I never remember all prizes but cash at the $10000 level. I guess my memory is bad. I also liked the George Brett commercial in this one. Ron Ely was a great host despite his error here.
@@Rlotpir1972 I had no idea that he passed on that run of the series. I DO know that Ron and Lisa DID appear as hosts of the syndicated half hour 'Ten Pin Alley' bowling series. I saw at least one episode, and maybe two. Do you know how long that one aired and for how many episodes? I'm thinking it aired first no later than 1984.
@@Rlotpir1972 I do not recall that Ron Ely was considered to host the 1984 version of "The $100,000 Name That Tune at all nor that he and Lisa ever co-hosted "Ten Pin Alley" bowling series in syndication around 1983-84. I do know that Ely hosted the Miss America Pageant for two years in 1980 and 1981. I did read a long time ago that Peter Marshall was the first choice to host the 1984 "$100K NTT" followed by 70s host Tom Kennedy and Mike Douglas before Jim Lange won the hosting job.
This must be a really early episode. Ron says, "...when once more, we face the music!" and the band *tries* to get into the theme, but half don't follow and they end up sticking to the Game Over music.
Wow, I actually figured out the baby picture! I never get the baby picture right! That aside, I always found it jarring to see the stock pilot shot at the beginning of the early episodes, and the stock shot from who knows when at the end of the credits. Was Sandy Frank THAT cheap that he couldn't do a live camera shot the whole way through?
I wondered the same thing about the opening and especially the closing of FTM since credits were already running as the day's champ "conducted" the band. Seemed weird to me too
@@henrymurphy3365 I agree. The closing stock shot is so obvious. I'm wondering if the end credits of each episode were originally produced without a copyright year, thus necessitating that tacked on clip where the year WAS mentioned.
0:25, a shot from FtM’s 1979 pilot episode, which featured FOUR contestants instead of three, a slightly different set and a band that had two trombonists and one woodwind player.
Martha was also a contestant on two other game shows; she was on Card Sharks in September 1978, & on Press Your Luck in October 1983
19:26 I believe that Ron gave her that game. I never heard Cathy say "Raindrops Keep Falling on my Head." She just kept screaming, "I got it, I got it, I got it!"
I noticed the same thing.
Yeah, Albert got screwed there.
You're absolutely right! I was screaming at the screen! Poor Albert, I hope they brought him back -- he was better and much less annoying than Cathy!
Albert was brought back in a subsequent game.
I was wondering what they’d play for Lee Marvin. “Michelle” might have been just a leetle bit tactless.
R.I.P. Ron Ely, Tommy Oliver, & Ray Horl!!!?
My childhood!
Thanks for this. Face The Music was such a fun show.
I am happy you enjoyed it.
It's a spin-off to "Name that Tune". Sandy Frank Productions bought Ralph Edwards prior to this show.
And it premiered as a mid-season replacement on January 14, 1980 and ran until May 29, 1981, with reruns airing until September of that year. Reruns later resurfaced on CBN Cable from July 2, 1984 (the same day NBC premiered Scrabble as part of its daytime lineup) to September 27, 1985 opposite reruns of Danger Mouse on rival Nickelodeon (11 years before WWE RAW on USA (later TNN/Spike) went up against WCW Monday Nitro on TNT and 35 years before WWE NXT on USA went up against AEW Dynamite on TNT) and again from January 6 to August 29, 1986, USA from January 2 to September 8, 1989 for the first 65 episodes and again from March 26 to September 14, 1990 for the final 65 episodes, and CBN’s successor The Family Channel from January 2 to September 29, 1995.
My high school pastime!
Adam Curry, Can you Please Uploaded the Video for 2 episodes of the 2nd Season of "Face The Music!" (Syndication) From (1980-81), Starring Ron Ely with John Harlan Announcing, Please and Thank You, I'll appreciate for it!!!?
R.I.P. Tommy Oliver!!!?
28:44 Produced by Sandy Frank Entertainment distributed by Fremantle.
This is the eighth episode of Face the Music, which would have aired the week of 1/9/95-1/13/95 on FAM, and 1/11 if they didn't skip any episodes. FAM did skip a great deal of episodes when they aired reruns of this show in 1995, as per posts on alt.tv.game-shows at the time. Perhaps it was due to music clearances lapsing after a certain amount of time, as these shows were 15 years old when they aired on FAM
The very next week, FtM changed the Championship Game’s top prize to $10,000 in cash, which would remain for the remaining 120 episodes.
I love face the music. I used to have the third episode from a USA network rerun, it was Perry/Sandra/David, champion was Marilyn Ellis who was going for her third win against Perry, didn’t have the outcome on my tape.
USA's first airing of that was 1/4/89. IIRC they aired 130 episodes of FtM and then repeated the first two months from July 3-September 8, 1989. I don't remember if the March 26-September 7 , 1990 USA run of Face was different episodes than those or not(replacing Couch Potatoes at Noon IIRC, though parts one 1990 USA rerun episode with Dean Lesner as contestant are on UA-cam)
USA Network showed the first 65 episodes of FtM in 1989 and the last 65 episodes of FtM in 1990. The Family Channel briefly aired reruns of FtM in 1995, but became notorious and infamous (not to mention criticized) for skipping some episodes and eliminating all the fee plugs. FAM’s predecessor CBN Cable aired all 130 episodes from 1984-86 opposite Danger Mouse reruns on rival network Nickelodeon, and, like the USA Network reruns, did not skip some episodes and eliminate all the fee plugs.
Albert Medina was on again a few weeks later as did another contestant Adam Lerman who Ron Ely said their contestants had an unfair advantage over them. They appeared on the day Sarabeth Rothfeld who beat Ed McDevitt the previous week was going for a new car being her fifth day.
i remember that
I remember that also. I don’t recall seeing Adam’s episode, but there is an obvious reason why Albert was brought back.
@@CRCO1975 Cathy was a LITTLE TOO excited?
Sure is different than Name that Tune.
i liked this show.
Face the music
Face the music.
NOT the Adam Curry VJ from MTV Music Television from January 1987 till 1994.
I liked this show also, but besides Ely’s error here, I was struck by the $10,000 in prizes. I never remember all prizes but cash at the $10000 level. I guess my memory is bad. I also liked the George Brett commercial in this one. Ron Ely was a great host despite his error here.
Ron Ely was offered to host 1984's "The $100,000 Name That Tune", but he declined.
@@Rlotpir1972 I had no idea that he passed on that run of the series. I DO know that Ron and Lisa DID appear as hosts of the syndicated half hour 'Ten Pin Alley' bowling series. I saw at least one episode, and maybe two. Do you know how long that one aired and for how many episodes? I'm thinking it aired first no later than 1984.
@@Rlotpir1972 I do not recall that Ron Ely was considered to host the 1984 version of "The $100,000 Name That Tune at all nor that he and Lisa ever co-hosted "Ten Pin Alley" bowling series in syndication around 1983-84. I do know that Ely hosted the Miss America Pageant for two years in 1980 and 1981. I did read a long time ago that Peter Marshall was the first choice to host the 1984 "$100K NTT" followed by 70s host Tom Kennedy and Mike Douglas before Jim Lange won the hosting job.
@@manofmanyinterests According to an ad in a trade magazine for TV stations, it premiered in January, 1987.
Championship game winner's theme played during closing credits not the main theme
This must be a really early episode. Ron says, "...when once more, we face the music!" and the band *tries* to get into the theme, but half don't follow and they end up sticking to the Game Over music.
good show
That Cathy was sure something.
I have the episode with Ron Ely as the mystery baby in the bonus round i love that one
I remember that, after they solved it: "and now ladies and gentlemen for my mother can we see the entire album of Ron Ely." 😅
I would love to see that one!
Wow, I actually figured out the baby picture! I never get the baby picture right!
That aside, I always found it jarring to see the stock pilot shot at the beginning of the early episodes, and the stock shot from who knows when at the end of the credits. Was Sandy Frank THAT cheap that he couldn't do a live camera shot the whole way through?
I wondered the same thing about the opening and especially the closing of FTM since credits were already running as the day's champ "conducted" the band. Seemed weird to me too
@@henrymurphy3365 I agree. The closing stock shot is so obvious. I'm wondering if the end credits of each episode were originally produced without a copyright year, thus necessitating that tacked on clip where the year WAS mentioned.
Should've lasted longer than 2 years.
face the music
New York accent?
Would you happen to have any more episodes of this show? I would like to see more episodes.
I'll see what I can do.
@@Adamdavidk1 I knew it on the first picture in the bonus round due to many pictures in books.