As someone who is a huge fan of game shows and has seen many, this is probably by far my favorite final round. It was challenging, fast paced, intense, and the atmosphere fit it perfectly. I love the touch of the music elevating in tension after each pit stop, it builds up to the climax of the round so well. The UK version was great, but it's a shame the US version got lost in the mess of million dollar prime time game shows at the turn of the century. I think it was much better than some of the others.
Same, honestly. There are a few gameshows I look back on from when I was a kid that I either saw when they were new or caught on Challenge, and this is one of the few that stuck to me. This, the Krypton Factor, the Crystal Maze, WWTBAM......the turn of the millennium was great for gameshows.
Daniel Learmouth I found the show again only because I remembered the final round - the intense music, the moving answers, the bail out button heartbeat... shows how much it stuck with me. I think if it had come out a year or two later than it did, it would have survived, since Millionaire had slowed by then. This version was more streamlined than it's UK cousin, so it's an easier watch. However, I don't think Dick Clark was the right host for it. He feels... checked out when I watch the old videos, like he wasn't all there. Not sure if it was because of age or disinterest, but they needed someone more deliberate like Chuck Woolery was with Greed.
Yeah, as great a host as Dick Clark was for a lot of things, it's fairly easy to see he was probably not the ideal candidate for it. Like you say, he didn't seem to have that urgency and deliberacy that, say, Philip Schofield had for the UK version. All that being said, I think the reason why the US version was easier to watch was largely because it wasn't tied to the National Lottery, which the UK version was. The problem for me, though, having watched this back in the day, is that I watched it as a kid with all the National Lottery bits in it, and with later repeats on channels those bits are taken out, and it feels all of a sudden too fast for me. I dunno, there's a weird disconnect for me.
Daniel Learmouth I can see that. What I caught was that the UK version of the first round took WAY too long. They showed who played, who got it wrong, the top three times, interviewed the top one for each question... for 6 questions in a row. It's obviously filler, and while not unpleasent, it got boring after seeing it every single question in every single episode. With the US version, it was answer the question, show the winner, and onto the next. The middle round was still awful, but that's another issue entirely... I swear, had this final round been attached to a more streamlined early game, it would have been a classic.
I don't know why, but when I was really young, I remember watching this, really late at night, because we would have to leave for the airport, and this music has stuck with me ever since. Its amazing really.
Not really. Wonderwall was a great bonus round though, and the music is great though it's just an extension of the Strachan's original WWTBAM music. Wonderwall should have been the whole show, or just add in Wonderwall to WWTBAM somehow, the same company made both shows anyway
It’s weird if you play this when you a are lying down in bed at night with all lights out you can see words and numbers and you just want to shout at Philip Schofield the answers and then hopefully win a trip around the world Oh wait it was all a dream !!
@@TheWestonator89 can you do winning lines end of round 1, six second digit numbers, looking after number 1 explaining the rules and meet the players followed by the sound which knocks out a contestant in round 2 and the sound in round 1 when a contestant goes through to the next round which a pink light turns blue
To be honest, that wasn't that interesting nor gave it more than what the 50s version gave. They played more on the controversy that the original version created than added anything new. Greed added a "prisoner dilemma" aspect, with the captain have to choose between being greedy and earn more or keep the team as the same to eventually succeed in winning the jackpot. Winning Lines added the "Winner's Circle" aspect from Pyramid in which you have to compete with a timer to answer the required amount of questions before the your time is up.
+Joey Lamontagne This show was great for anyone good at math. Sure the Wonderwall questions were more academic and/or pop culture; but still..if you wanted to make it there, you'd better be good at math!
Not everyone likes instant recall shows though. Hell I can listen to WWTBAM as a podcast. Install recall shows I just can't play along with and give up on
Sony should resurrect Wonderwall somewhere in the 4k era. It doesn't even need the Winning Lines format, in Italy they licensed the Wonderwall just by itself to a talk show.
Question: Which popular Lincolnshire bus route along the 56 between Lincoln and Skegness has a market town halfway through the route? Answer: 6, Horncastle.
I remember the name of the most successful wonderwall player the name of the person was Joan Belle but what was extremely good that she didn't use a pit stop
Also the US had the 3 strikes rule, which after two, that annoying red button kept flashing, and the third strike would cause the contestant to lose everything. And the lady's name is Catherine Rahm (which happened to show up as one of the related videos to this)
Oh, and taking a Pit Stop always stopped the main clock (I didn't know if the main clock stopped during a Pit Stop, but now I know it does). At that time, the player can't answer...even if they've already got it at that point.
In the US version your playing for $1,000,000 unlike the UK version you're playing for a trip around the world, the more answers you get right the further your trip is. "I prefer the US concept with Cash more"
@101393248295938811718 I have seen 1 episode where 1 contestant had only 1 or 0 strikes and they had less than 15 seconds left on the clock, nobody ever won the $1,000,000, the highest ever was $500,000, had that player used a pit stop they could've won the Million
This song kinda sounds a bit like Fujiwara no Mokou's theme from Imperishable Night. Also, to think I fashioned parts of my 2nd Reality concept from this TV show...
do you know a game show called The People Versus? could it be possible to put some cues of it up; particularly the timer cues for the rounds, intro cues, bong game sounds and the winning sounds at the end of the round ? this would be appreciated
snowden67 Agreed. The first round was way too long, though it was slightly better in the US. The second round always killed me with how unfair it was. It was completely based on luck, and people who's numbers got drawn early were up shit creek. So many people answered before it was finished or just guessed to have a chance at being eliminated. I feel like a quick-fire version of the first round would be a good replacement. Have each of the 6 answer several questions in a row, make the winner the one who answers the most, and among them the fastest. It's fast, it's fair, and it fits with the show.
has anyone heard of the national lottery come and have a go hosted by julian clary in 2005? i have been looking for the music for the intro, cues or credits but i have n luck. could anyone upload them IF possible?
could the song for the winning lines closing theme be put on you tube as well as trying to find the cue when the wonder wall answers are revealed. This would be appreciated.
and i think there was also a cue that was played before and after the wonder wall when the chair was rotated, and there was also a cue before the credits were played. could they be put up at some point and when are the credits and answer cues going to be on UA-cam. you can take your time if you want,
And was composed by Keith and Matthew Strachan who did WWTBAM - basically the BBC wanted a lottery show in the style of Millionaire so Winning Lines was born.
timhalbert Woooow. That cover of "The People Versus" Is absolutely incredible. I will certainly be keeping a close eye on your soundcloud. Do you take requests and how long does it take you to make a completed cover.?
TheWestonator89 Glad you like them! Do you have any good ideas? These took 2-3 weeks each, but I'm genuinely interested to hear what you'd like to hear covers of. Love your channel by the way - you have gone to an insane amount of effort to get this much material in one place - I take my hat off to you!
As someone who is a huge fan of game shows and has seen many, this is probably by far my favorite final round. It was challenging, fast paced, intense, and the atmosphere fit it perfectly. I love the touch of the music elevating in tension after each pit stop, it builds up to the climax of the round so well. The UK version was great, but it's a shame the US version got lost in the mess of million dollar prime time game shows at the turn of the century. I think it was much better than some of the others.
Same, honestly. There are a few gameshows I look back on from when I was a kid that I either saw when they were new or caught on Challenge, and this is one of the few that stuck to me.
This, the Krypton Factor, the Crystal Maze, WWTBAM......the turn of the millennium was great for gameshows.
Daniel Learmouth I found the show again only because I remembered the final round - the intense music, the moving answers, the bail out button heartbeat... shows how much it stuck with me.
I think if it had come out a year or two later than it did, it would have survived, since Millionaire had slowed by then. This version was more streamlined than it's UK cousin, so it's an easier watch. However, I don't think Dick Clark was the right host for it. He feels... checked out when I watch the old videos, like he wasn't all there. Not sure if it was because of age or disinterest, but they needed someone more deliberate like Chuck Woolery was with Greed.
Yeah, as great a host as Dick Clark was for a lot of things, it's fairly easy to see he was probably not the ideal candidate for it. Like you say, he didn't seem to have that urgency and deliberacy that, say, Philip Schofield had for the UK version.
All that being said, I think the reason why the US version was easier to watch was largely because it wasn't tied to the National Lottery, which the UK version was. The problem for me, though, having watched this back in the day, is that I watched it as a kid with all the National Lottery bits in it, and with later repeats on channels those bits are taken out, and it feels all of a sudden too fast for me. I dunno, there's a weird disconnect for me.
Daniel Learmouth I can see that. What I caught was that the UK version of the first round took WAY too long. They showed who played, who got it wrong, the top three times, interviewed the top one for each question... for 6 questions in a row. It's obviously filler, and while not unpleasent, it got boring after seeing it every single question in every single episode.
With the US version, it was answer the question, show the winner, and onto the next. The middle round was still awful, but that's another issue entirely... I swear, had this final round been attached to a more streamlined early game, it would have been a classic.
I don't know if it would really work with Vacations. Plus it was produced by those invovled in Millionare.
That heartbeat indicating “Danger” when you had 2 wrong. A true thriller of a game show
Only in the American version. No need for the Bail out button on the UK version.
BRING. THIS. BACK. 💕
I don't know why, but when I was really young, I remember watching this, really late at night, because we would have to leave for the airport, and this music has stuck with me ever since. Its amazing really.
The BBC or CBS version?
@@occono3543 BBC version
0:00 - First theme
1:28 - First pitstop
1:43 - Second theme
3:12 - Second pitstop
3:27 - Final theme
4:55 - Game over
4:55 is either for bailing out or winning the game.
Best game show ever. Hands down
However stone stanley had to slaughter it for the US audience.
Not really. Wonderwall was a great bonus round though, and the music is great though it's just an extension of the Strachan's original WWTBAM music.
Wonderwall should have been the whole show, or just add in Wonderwall to WWTBAM somehow, the same company made both shows anyway
It's goosebumps! I remember watching it too!!!
THIS MUSIC IS PHENOMENAL!
Same composers as WWTBAM, Keith and Matthew Strachan
It’s weird if you play this when you a are lying down in bed at night with all lights out you can see words and numbers and you just want to shout at Philip Schofield the answers and then hopefully win a trip around the world
Oh wait it was all a dream !!
WE'RE PLAYING
I love that line 😊
@@TheWestonator89 can you do winning lines end of round 1, six second digit numbers, looking after number 1 explaining the rules and meet the players followed by the sound which knocks out a contestant in round 2 and the sound in round 1 when a contestant goes through to the next round which a pink light turns blue
@@thomashewitt2713 Thank you for your request i shall have a look to see if i have those cues for you
@@TheWestonator89 you're most welcome good luck
We’re playing!!!!
1:28
1st pit stop
3:12
2nd pit stop
But of course, some contestants did use their pit stops early.
+John Lee Yes they did, both the UK and the shortlived US version.
Honestly, I thought this show was better than WWTBAM and Greed, since it involved answering questions, not only correctly but as fast as possible
What about Twenty One hosted by Maury Povich "That show was also competing against Winning Lines"
To be honest, that wasn't that interesting nor gave it more than what the 50s version gave. They played more on the controversy that the original version created than added anything new. Greed added a "prisoner dilemma" aspect, with the captain have to choose between being greedy and earn more or keep the team as the same to eventually succeed in winning the jackpot. Winning Lines added the "Winner's Circle" aspect from Pyramid in which you have to compete with a timer to answer the required amount of questions before the your time is up.
+Joey Lamontagne
This show was great for anyone good at math. Sure the Wonderwall questions were more academic and/or pop culture; but still..if you wanted to make it there, you'd better be good at math!
The clock format of millionare should have satisfied your expectations then.
Not everyone likes instant recall shows though. Hell I can listen to WWTBAM as a podcast. Install recall shows I just can't play along with and give up on
Sony should resurrect Wonderwall somewhere in the 4k era. It doesn't even need the Winning Lines format, in Italy they licensed the Wonderwall just by itself to a talk show.
Question: Which popular Lincolnshire bus route along the 56 between Lincoln and Skegness has a market town halfway through the route?
Answer: 6, Horncastle.
Nice of you to upload the soundtrack to Winning Lines. Just out of interest, how did you manage to get hold of it?
Today is gonna be the day... oh, wait
I remember the name of the most successful wonderwall player the name of the person was Joan Belle but what was extremely good that she didn't use a pit stop
the US version was Katherine Wall i think, who got 19/20. she knew the last answer but couldnt find it
Also the US had the 3 strikes rule, which after two, that annoying red button kept flashing, and the third strike would cause the contestant to lose everything. And the lady's name is Catherine Rahm (which happened to show up as one of the related videos to this)
@@JoeyLamontagne You'd also lose everything if you didn't hit "the annoying red button" (the Bailout Button) before the 3-minute timer expired.
I don't remember that game in France but it existed in 2002...
Le numéro gagnant?
Oh, and taking a Pit Stop always stopped the main clock (I didn't know if the main clock stopped during a Pit Stop, but now I know it does). At that time, the player can't answer...even if they've already got it at that point.
yea, i saw that happen once on the UK version, he got it right before the pitstop ended and the hosted asked him for the answer again
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In the US version your playing for $1,000,000 unlike the UK version you're playing for a trip around the world, the more answers you get right the further your trip is.
"I prefer the US concept with Cash more"
Also, the US had the three strikes rule, which that red quit button would start flashing after two wrong answers.
Kei Nanjo Or if there's less than 15 seconds on the clock.
Usually by then, the contestant already had 2 strikes (unless there was an instance that it wasn't the case)
@101393248295938811718 I have seen 1 episode where 1 contestant had only 1 or 0 strikes and they had less than 15 seconds left on the clock, nobody ever won the $1,000,000, the highest ever was $500,000, had that player used a pit stop they could've won the Million
@Connor Moorst Of course . I shall upload it very shortly.
This song kinda sounds a bit like Fujiwara no Mokou's theme from Imperishable Night.
Also, to think I fashioned parts of my 2nd Reality concept from this TV show...
do you know a game show called The People Versus? could it be possible to put some cues of it up; particularly the timer cues for the rounds, intro cues, bong game sounds and the winning sounds at the end of the round ? this would be appreciated
27, Brian Blessed.
24 Octopus
11, John Stockton
9, Adrian Chiles
12 Wickham
36, Birmingham
The Wonderwall was one of the best bonus games ever, IMHO. That five minutes was really exciting. Too bad the other twenty-five minutes was awful.
snowden67 Agreed. The first round was way too long, though it was slightly better in the US. The second round always killed me with how unfair it was. It was completely based on luck, and people who's numbers got drawn early were up shit creek. So many people answered before it was finished or just guessed to have a chance at being eliminated.
I feel like a quick-fire version of the first round would be a good replacement. Have each of the 6 answer several questions in a row, make the winner the one who answers the most, and among them the fastest. It's fast, it's fair, and it fits with the show.
@@ShiningDialga The first round in the US didn't take a million years on every single answer reveal and who got right unlike the UK version.
has anyone heard of the national lottery come and have a go hosted by julian clary in 2005? i have been looking for the music for the intro, cues or credits but i have n luck. could anyone upload them IF possible?
when the aux cable is passed to you
could the song for the winning lines closing theme be put on you tube as well as trying to find the cue when the wonder wall answers are revealed. This would be appreciated.
4:55 - when someone bails out
Yes , I can upload the Cue for the Credits and the Wonderwall (Answers revealed) Cue too .
and i think there was also a cue that was played before and after the wonder wall when the chair was rotated, and there was also a cue before the credits were played. could they be put up at some point and when are the credits and answer cues going to be on UA-cam. you can take your time if you want,
Do you have the correct answer sound effect of the wonderwall
@@Randomtv19645 I think i do yes. I will find it and i shall send it to you
@@TheWestonator89 ok sure
@@TheWestonator89 from the wonderwall when a player gets a question right
Reminds me of a clockwork orange.
Do you have the pitstop music as a stand alone track?
Nice upload, but do you have the 15 second scanning music at the start of the wonderwall before the 3:00 timer starts?
Yeah, he uploaded it too.
This sounds a bit like WWTBAM
It was produced by the same company Celador Productions.
That's what I was getting at
And was composed by Keith and Matthew Strachan who did WWTBAM - basically the BBC wanted a lottery show in the style of Millionaire so Winning Lines was born.
YCTPDM
I was use the website Online Stopwatch, I set the timer for 3 minutes and I should remember my two fifteen-second pit stops!
Those similar notes are similar to Moonlight Sonata Presto Agitato
It's a song by Beethoven
If this show gets revived, it'd probably be on GSN and would be hosted by either Ken Jennings or Brooke Burns.
It’s not gonna be revived
@@Randomtv19645 i guess you're wrong and the super silver is right
@@thomashewitt2713 how do you know
@@thomashewitt2713 it’s not gonna be revived in the UK
@@Randomtv19645 but thesilversilver2011 is right
I did a cover of this here: soundcloud.com/timhalbert/winning-lines-wonderwall-2018
timhalbert Omg... I just heard your cover. Its absolutely amazing. What other covers can you create.?
Thank you! So far, only other one is this (People Versus), but more are in the queue! soundcloud.com/timhalbert/the-people-versus-2017
timhalbert Woooow. That cover of "The People Versus" Is absolutely incredible. I will certainly be keeping a close eye on your soundcloud. Do you take requests and how long does it take you to make a completed cover.?
TheWestonator89 Glad you like them! Do you have any good ideas? These took 2-3 weeks each, but I'm genuinely interested to hear what you'd like to hear covers of. Love your channel by the way - you have gone to an insane amount of effort to get this much material in one place - I take my hat off to you!
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