Please tell me someone has footage from the original 1974 season of this show. I seen promos of it from that year with the set similar to the 1987 season.
@BatmanFan1966 i did NOT know that jim perry was canadian! i DO know that monte hall of "let's make a deal" fame WAS canadian. thank you for the response. happy holidays - god bless!
I KNEW what I was talkin' about! I remembered there being a part where the audience was clapping along with the music! I haven't seen this since -what- maybe 1975 or so! I was 3 or 4 then, and I'll be 40 next month!
This is a very good theme song. It feels like a nigh on Broadway or Atlantic City. Perfectly fitting in with a game based around dice & gambling & a whole lot of glitz. Heatter & Quiggly have their best theme here; everyone of their other thees are too cheesy & don't fit in with game shows at all. The song has its combonations of all kinds of dinner theatre instruments like the sax & drums, making the beat more catchy. It's a classy theme worthy of 5 stars. High Rollers was a great show.
I STRONGLY disagree with your assertion this is Heatter-Quigley's best theme. William Loose's "Bob & Merrill's Theme" for Hollywood Squares is not only catchier, but is arranged magnificently. Unfortunately, the Game Show Network CD of game show themes features a heavily-edited and re-arranged version of the song, completely omitting the flute solo and a second organ solo.
This theme, as good as it is, sounds like clips from five different songs spliced together.
Highly Interesting!! The opening anouncement for "High Rollers" from (the late) Kenny Williams was factual and accurate from the 1974-1975 Era. I remembered watching the show as a little kid on WICD Channel 15 -- the NBC Television Network affiliate -- from Champaign, Illinois. A Fat 6!!
Please tell me someone has footage from the original 1974 season of this show. I seen promos of it from that year with the set similar to the 1987 season.
silvbolt 9 months ago
GSN Such Get The Classic High Rollers!!
LtGiant 11 months ago
alex trebek is, along with wayne gretsky, dan aykroyd, and the late john candy, one of canada's greatest exports (along with molson and labatt beer).
MsKeith1969 1 year ago
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Not to mention "Card Sharks" and "$ale of the Century" host Jim Perry & the Montreal Expos.
BatmanFan1966 3 months ago
@BatmanFan1966 i did NOT know that jim perry was canadian! i DO know that monte hall of "let's make a deal" fame WAS canadian. thank you for the response. happy holidays - god bless!
MsKeith1969 3 months ago
I KNEW what I was talkin' about! I remembered there being a part where the audience was clapping along with the music! I haven't seen this since -what- maybe 1975 or so! I was 3 or 4 then, and I'll be 40 next month!
GREAT POST! THANK YOU!
PatrioticPirate 1 year ago
That Classic Intro was brought back in 1987, Announced by Dean Goss.
AaronBruceLadner 1 year ago
they need to bring this back to television
sesomdt 1 year ago 5
@sesomdt ...and that's why it ain't comin' back. TV has turned into straight SHIT.
PatrioticPirate 1 year ago
@sesomdt I agree! NBC should try again, much like when they did Classic Concentration in 1987.
269848 10 months ago in playlist Radio/Slideshows
Between :05 and :21, awesome beat!
SuperGamer7 1 year ago 2
I noticed that the announcer pronounces Alex Trebek's surname "truh-BEK" rather than the current "tray-BEK."
KeepMyMusicAlive 3 years ago
His surname also be pronounced as "truh-bek" on Jeopardy! pilot in 1983 (source: Veoh) and on season 1 of current Jeopardy!.
Kwpolska 2 years ago
This is a very good theme song. It feels like a nigh on Broadway or Atlantic City. Perfectly fitting in with a game based around dice & gambling & a whole lot of glitz. Heatter & Quiggly have their best theme here; everyone of their other thees are too cheesy & don't fit in with game shows at all. The song has its combonations of all kinds of dinner theatre instruments like the sax & drums, making the beat more catchy. It's a classy theme worthy of 5 stars. High Rollers was a great show.
gamshwfan 3 years ago 8
I STRONGLY disagree with your assertion this is Heatter-Quigley's best theme. William Loose's "Bob & Merrill's Theme" for Hollywood Squares is not only catchier, but is arranged magnificently. Unfortunately, the Game Show Network CD of game show themes features a heavily-edited and re-arranged version of the song, completely omitting the flute solo and a second organ solo.
This theme, as good as it is, sounds like clips from five different songs spliced together.
KeepMyMusicAlive 3 years ago
Highly Interesting!! The opening anouncement for "High Rollers" from (the late) Kenny Williams was factual and accurate from the 1974-1975 Era. I remembered watching the show as a little kid on WICD Channel 15 -- the NBC Television Network affiliate -- from Champaign, Illinois. A Fat 6!!
Green18600 3 years ago
This picture came from the 1978 High Rollers.
QBCNetwork 4 years ago
ie: Was the audio opening from a complete audio 1974-1975 High Rollers episode you have on tape or CD-R or somewhere on the web?
heine71 4 years ago
i found it on tvparty
ieeeeeeeeeeeee 4 years ago
Well, I wish someone had a complete audio from TV copy of a 1974-1976 High Rollers episode!
heine71 4 years ago 2
Yeah, from a few pictures I've seen, it looked a bit like the Martindale version.
Hondo20132 3 years ago 2
Right, except that:
(1) for the Big Numbers, the numbers 1-5 were on the bottom row instead of the top
(2) the maingame board was a downsized version of the Big Numbers, but with color variation and flip cards beneath each number
RJSchex 3 years ago