The Price is Right - "Cue 18" (1973-2008 Car Cue)

[netsurferx1]

Bob Barker: "Whadda we have for him, Johnny?"

Johnny Olson: "A NEW CAR! The 1978 Chrysler LeBaron..."

[PhoenixGoddess1983]

I hear this and I think of the late Rod Roddy saying,"A NEW CAR!!!"

[saints093]

The old car cues ARE classics, and need to be brought back in a BIG WAY, they are priceless and cannot be retired whatsoever, Stan Blkitz is a knucklehead for retiring the old car cues, they can remaster the old car cues in stereo.

[oldertvshowswerebetr]

I have wasted many enjoyable hours loving all the great memorable funk / jazz / pop tunes that Edd Kalehoff created for TPIR. You can download them at gameshowthemesongs dot n e t, followed by a slash then tpir_library.htm - GREAT STUFF.

[mgsnv2]

I loved this theme. The best when it was used was from the 70's playing "Lucky 7 on this board right here" and the music would still be playing and the big doors were opening. Great stuff!

[bambam2124]

Every time I heard this cue: I'd wait for Bob to say: "Here Come My Beuties With The Dice For The DICE GAME"

[jhecht424]

@bambam2124 I always think of Card Game in the mid-80s

[chris319]

Goodson & Todman never owned Concentration. They were under contract to syndicator Jim Victory to produce it.

[engrish2006]

Why don't they play this car cue anymore? Maybe I'm out of the blue because I can't really watch it regularly, lol...

[GSNSmashFan3]

@engrish2006

Apparently, Stan Blitz said that so many of the old cues were retired because they weren't in stereo, only mono, which is a really dumb reason IMO. They can always remaster it! But I guess not :(. But yeah, the last time this cue was used was in Season 36 (Drew's first season).

[barber747]

@GSNSmashFan3

Well it does seem archaic, but I do agree; being unable to stereo-ize it wasn't a really good excuse :P

[oldertvshowswerebetr]

@GSNSmashFan3 Why would anyone care if they were in mono - it appears most of them were since the L-R mix is identical. So what - they are great songs and were played mono for 35 years, 99% of the audience wouldnt notice and doesnt care. Most people havent heard all of them thru for the great songs they are.

[jhecht424]

@engrish2006 That's ok..I haven't watched at all since Bob retired

[tvtimetravel]

I associate this theme with the Jack Narz version of Concentration when a car was won on the Double Play round.

[GSNSmashFan3]

@tvtimetravel

Yeah, Narz Concentration also recycled the Consolation Prize cue as well. All roads lead to TPIR I guess! LOL

[tvtimetravel]

@GSNSmashFan3 On the only full Concetration video on Youtube so far, they also had the Splendido and Starcrossed cues.

[GSNSmashFan3]

@tvtimetravel

Wow! Well, the show WAS by Mark Goodson-Bill Todman Productions! I read that some TPIR cues were also recycled for other game shows, and I'm assuming those are MG-BT Productions too.

[tvtimetravel]

@GSNSmashFan3 Originally, it was from Barry & Enright Productions, but only when it moved from NY to LA in 1973 when the Narz version premiered did it become part of Goodson-Todman.

[bambam2124]

@GSNSmashFan3 I have heard that the world famous"Family Feud" theme that got sent to that show was actually a car cue from TPIR 1st.... Correct me if I'm wrong.... But that is what i have heard

[GSNSmashFan3]

@bambam2124

That's correct! There's plenty of episodes on YouTube that prove this true.

[oldertvshowswerebetr]

@bambam2124 Yes thats correct. Actually since both were Goodson Todman shows, they simply used a song they already had he rights to. You'll notice a lot of sharing between CBS / G-T shows. For example, Alex Trebek's Double Dare 1976 used the same theme song as Card Sharks.  The CBS shows used a lot of the same sounds effects - i.e. the bell on Match Game, TPIR, Double Dare, etc.