art fleming jeopardy FINAL JEOPARDY 1974

[engrish2006]

Oh, how I love the original Think music! :)

[GSNSmashFan3]

Always a treat to see a game end in a tie.

[TheAverycross]

Way before Watson...and Ken Jennings...there was Jeopardy!...in its purest form.  Thanks so much for having posted this classic Art Fleming-era episode, a vestige of the golden age of NBC daytime. And I love the way Ken congratulated his opponents at the end of the game

[CookyMonzta]

Excellent! If I'm not mistaken, when Alex Trebek became host in 1984, they dug up this 'Final Jeopardy' theme and used it for his show's 'Final Jeopardy' segment. It has long-since been remade.

[WSenator1]

@CookyMonzta - I miss this version of the "Final Jeopardy" theme. I've been a lifelong fan of the show, going back to the earliest Art Fleming years. And I know time marches on. But to hear this version again. . .

[bobmartin3]

Who Was Cinderella? Is It Who Was Cinderella! ANT! Said The 1974 Final Buzzer RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAOR! WENT THE RED LIGHT!

[bduddy55555]

So losers received their money and an encyclopedia? What a deal!

[GarfieldnPyramid]

And the Jeopardy board game.

[TheSV3]

@bduddy55555 back then, it WAS a big deal. Plus, they also got a copy of the current home version of the game. Budgets weren't as big then as they are now.

[nextbarker]

What was the highest one day total on the original total?

[jamcellar]

Inflation!

$30 bucks after Double Jep?

[zachhoran]

Cyberial cigars for Kim and Karen on winning this game. Well done my dears(lights Kim's and Karen's portofinos)

[dburr13]

No glitz...Just the game...I have fond memories of this era of Jeopardy.

[Rlotpir1972]

Wasn't the 30-second thinking music taken from Trebek's "Jeopardy"?!

[535stimuli]

How do you take a score from a game show that started in 1984 and put it in a 1974 episode of its predecessor? The thinking music originated in this older version.

[Jumpybeaver]

DUMBASS!

[ThePatrickinator]

@Rlotpir1972: This is what the think first think theme originally came from. It was pitched up when Alex Trebek became the host. It started in the note of C for the first verse and then D sharp for the second verse.

[757scott]

How can I find the closing theme song?

[thegamesthatrate]

Did anyone ever get you a copy?

[ultragor]

Dang! Art Fleming spoke fast!

[tuttt99]

Art was the Man!!

[lustre5]

Did he ever speak fast! It would drive me batty today. Some words are so fast I can't make them out. Don't recall ever noticing it back then. Also seems funny without the technology--having to walk over and flip the cards. Whew.

[yabbaguy249]

"I'mgonnagiveyouthefinaljeopar­dyanswer..."

[megamanfan3]

This must have been Jeopardy!'s first 2-way tie.

[wschmrdr]

In ten years, I doubt it.

[535stimuli]

It wasn't. I remember the first tie finish - they literally didn't know what to do. By the time they began taping the next episode, they had decided to declare both contestants co-champions and bring both back for the next match. Ties were handled that way ever since.

[kes1963]

that brings back memories, a friend of mines mother always watched that show when i was at their house playing

[penske369]

Right after Art Fleming gives the Final Jeopardy! clue, and before he says "good luck" someone says "ahhhhhh" in the background. For some reason that struck me funny. Did anyone else notice that?

[robertmastroianni]

I knew it was something like that, PriceRight89. I am glad they changed the rule that you could only be a 5-time winner maximum

[palmercomm]

Nope. Now, you can stay as long as you win (remember Ken Jennings?).

[c3section]

they used to have that rule up until 2002

[robertmastroianni]

In those days if you had $200 at the end but didn't win the game you went home with $200, now you get no money.

Also, at that time you could buzz in early, but not today.

[PriceRight89]

Actually, if you came in third place on Jeopardy!, you left with $1,000. If you came in second, you left with $2,000.

[palmercomm]

That's if you place today. From 1984-2001, you got parting gifts if you didn't win.

[asham2]

It's funny seeing the small dollar figures compared to todays figures.

[davemock]

Dig the bell at the end of Double Jeopardy. A modified version has been the "time's short/final spin" signal for that "other" Griffin show for years.

[QBCNetwork]

And the Daily Double is the same SHIP'S BELL heard on a certain Mark Goodson-Bill Todman game show that used "A Swingin Safari" as it's theme song.

[bluebear1985]

I believe you are referring to the original "Match Game", on the air from 1962 to 1969.

[kes1963]

that think music will live on forever even if jeopardy doesnt

[thegamesthatrate]

I'm looking for the "Take Ten" music to live on - the actual theme from the end. Does anyone have it in full form (it's abbreviated in this clip as at times was the case - episodes with full runs of the credits were rare).

[kes1963]

have you tried one of the tv game show theme cd's?

[thegamesthatrate]

Yes, but the ones I've reviewed don't have it.

[AdamStabelli555]

Art had a great game show hosting voice. very unique voice.

[heath0306]

it's crazy how values have changed.

[uncleskizo]

This is great stuff! Being 25 years old, I've obviously grown up in the Trebek era, so this is a real treat for someone my age. Art Fleming certainly was a great host.

On a related note, I found the Merv Griffin logo really cool. Very regal-looking!

[33Mark221]

I agree. When I was a child, I thought it was a cat or a dog. Later on in life, when I looked up "griffin," my mind brought me back to this logo and I thought, well...of course. How obvious.

[meowfit]

I couldn't have said that better myself:)

[thegamesthatrate]

This video is awesome. It is so uplifting to hear Take Ten, the real Jeopardy! theme played at the end of the show (I know it's truncated as often happened when time ran out and the full credits could not be rolled). It is also a pleasure to hear the original "Think" theme during Final Jeopardy! No matter how many years Alex Trebek hosts the show, Art Fleming will ALWAYS be the host of Jeopardy!, and Take Ten will ALWAYS be the REAL Jeopardy! theme. Thank you so much for posting this!

[AdamStabelli555]

We have Merv Griffin to thank for all of this. Without him Jeopardy! wouldn't have happened.

[davemock]

I still do not understand why they redid the "Final Jeopardy" think music. It now sounds like the lead single for the album "Songs for a Dentist's Office."