- Dough Re Mi
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For other uses, see Do Re Mi (disambiguation).
Dough Re Mi Format Game show Created by Jack Barry
Dan EnrightDirected by Ted Nathanson
Dick Schneider
Dick AuerbachPresented by Gene Rayburn Narrated by Roger Tuttle
Wayne HowellComposer(s) Paul Taubman (Music Director) Country of origin United States No. of episodes 620 Production Executive producer(s) Robert Noah
Ed PierceProducer(s) Hugh Branigan
Fred StettnerLocation(s) NBC Studios
New York, New YorkRunning time 30 Minutes Production company(s) Barry & Enright Productions (1958)
NBC Productions (1958-1960)Broadcast Original channel NBC Original run February 24, 1958 – December 30, 1960 Dough Re Mi was an American game show that aired on NBC from February 24, 1958 to December 30, 1960. The series was hosted by Gene Rayburn and was somewhat of an answer to CBS' Name That Tune, which began in 1953.
Among those who substituted for Rayburn during the run were Jack Barry (prior to the scandals pushing him out of television), announcer Roger Tuttle, Dayton Allen, Keefe Brasselle, and Fred Robbins.
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Game play
Three contestants competed to identify song titles using the first few notes. Each game consisted of three songs worth $100, $300, and $500, respectively. The contestants were each given a $200 bankroll to start the game. In each round, each contestant was given one opportunity to guess the title of the song after the first three notes were played. If the song title was guessed correctly, the contestant won the value of the song.
If nobody could identify the song, the fourth note was then put up for bid in a similar format to The Price is Right. Each player, one at a time, would take turns bidding any amount of their bankrolls until either a bell rang or all players had stopped bidding.
The first four notes were then played for the contestant with the highest bid. If the song title was guessed correctly, the contestant won the value of the song. If the title was guessed incorrectly, the contestant could recoup by challenging their opponents. If the challenged player could not guess the title of the song, the challenger lost half of their bid and bidding started for the fifth note, and so on. However, if the challenged player correctly guessed the title, the challenger lost their entire bid and the challenged player won the value of the song.
The player with the most money in their bankroll following the third song won the game.
Celebrities
Occasionally, celebrities would appear and play the game for charity. Among the celebrities who appeared were Lou Costello, Florence Henderson, Jaye P. Morgan, and Peter Marshall.[1]
Scandal
Partly due to being developed by Jack Barry and Dan Enright, Dough Re Mi was one of the games caught in the quiz show scandals. Like Barry & Enright's Concentration, the show was bought by NBC and became an in-house production.[2]
Home Game
A board game, complete with an eight-key xylophone, was released in 1960 by Lowell Toy Mfg. Since its release, the game has become very hard to find – a copy complete with the xylophone is both very rare and, when a complete copy surfaces, very expensive.
Episode Status
Dough Re Mi is believed to have been wiped due to network policies of the era, however this is uncertain since Concentration has been reported to be intact. No episodes are known to exist.
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Categories:- American game shows
- NBC network shows
- 1950s American television series
- 1958 television series debuts
- 1960 television series endings
- 1960s American television series
- Television series by Barry & Enright Productions
- Television series by NBC Universal Television
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