That's the cleanest I've heard that theme in about 50 years. This might have been a pilot episode. Most sources seem to agree that the debut was March 30, 1964. This clip is dated March 4th.
Just watched this full episode in 5 YT clips. Thanks for a look back in time for a Jeopardy fan who until now has never seen an episode older than 1984.
The first Final Jeopardy, and by 1964 the likes of Bela Lugosi and Christopher Lee had already made the character a household name, and nobody, including Art Fleming gets the answer right! - Count Dracula!
I was surprised that the rules have not changed at all, in all this time. They were a bit more lax with the retries in stating it in question form. And a little more strict with the form of the question, itself. But the basic rules of scoring have not changed, at all. Remember, this was created and aired just after the big game show scandals almost shut game shows down for good. That is it has endured all this time is amazing.
Me too. When it did not, that was one of my greatest disappointments in the current show. I suspect that the reason that it was not is that it was not as well-known as Think (the Final Jeopardy! theme), which in turn was a function of the fact that the original Jeopardy! often did not have time to run the credits in full and play the full run of Take Ten. I remember being happy every time I watched and the full credits were run with Take Ten playing in full.
Jeopardy debuted the same week as the Alaskan Earthquake. It was the last week if March,1964- not the first week . I know because I was home sick with the German Measles.
This is from the un-aired pilot, essentially a practice session for the newly invented game. The official first broadcast was March 30, 1964. I'm very surprised none of them knew Dracula, and that Art thought [Count] Dracula was a Doctor. Stoker's book was from 1897, and there were many movies made from it - including Bela Lugosi's famous portrayal in 1931. The Abbott and Costello version was in 1948. 'Transylvania' is practically only ever uttered in reference to Dracula.
Shocked is hardly the word for it. I've never read Dracula, but, as you say, where else is the word Transylvania ever mentioned? This wouldn't have been a final Jeopardy question today. Jeepers!
@@MrJoeybabe25 Apparently it was a good stumper back then. Obviously there's been a ton more exposure to Dracula, Vampires and Transylvania since 1964, but at least it's a literary question. A FJ question today might be more like "This is the color of Lizzo's toenails" /smh
"Transylvania Station, track 29" is dialogue directly from 'Young Frankenstein' so the reference does come up in a non-Dracula context every now and then.
@@johnh5259 Obviously, Young Frankenstein was long after this 1964 taping. That Brooks decided to set Young Frankenstein in Transylvania is a cultural modernization, since most people nowadays picture all the scary gothic stuff happening there. But that's purely because of Dracula's popularity - Stoker's original 1897 story was set in Transylvania. The original 1918 Frankenstein book took place mainly in Geneva, Switzerland, and the 1931 movie took place in Bavaria, Germany. But Dracula has always been in Transylvania. Interestingly, Bela Lugosi, was Romanian.
I recall seeing some early episodes where at the end the words "A GRIFFIN Production" was in the same font as the credits-with GRIFFIN in caps-and Don Pardo intoning that at the close of the show.
Why is it that in the Art Fleming version of Jeopardy the contestants are sitting on the left of the screen but starting with Alex Trebek, contestants are sitting on the right of the screen?
The original Count Dracula was Jimmy Wimmy Wimmy Wimmy Wimmy Wimmy Wimmy Wimmy Wimmy Wimmy Wimmy Wimmy Wimmy Wimmy Wimmy Wimmy Wimmy Wimmy Wimmy Wimmy Wimmy Wimmy Wimmy Wimmy Wimmy Wimmy Wimmy Wimmy Wimmy Wimmy Wimmy, and he always disobeyed the dictators at Bob Evans, who always told the nasty, rotten crud NOT to flush his food down the toilet, but did so anyway, causing the toilet to severely stop up, and as a result, Bob Evans was under 999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999 feet of nasty, rotten, disgusting, dirty water for 23 years!! It never opened up again!!!
@@theastewart6721 Dr. Frankenstein, Count Dracula, it's all overnight TV fare and Art clutched in the home stretch of Show One. He's still my favorite host of the show, as I was a kid watching pre-kindergarten!
And seeing the full credits run. I don't think any of the other Fleming-era episodes contain credits runs (when, of course, the full Take Ten was played). And it was gratifying to see I remembered correctly that, until the last couple of years of the show, on credits runs, the opening script of the word Jeopardy! was in the same font as the credits.
Something clicked for me as I watched this. For years, I would hum "Take Ten" because I so enjoy the melody. Inevitably, when I would hum it, I would hum the opening bar twice. But, you only hear it here once. So why was I so convinced, having watched Art Fleming's Jeopardy! for many years, that Take Ten repeats the opening bar? After watching the credits run here, I think I have the answer. Notice that the main Take Ten melody starts only after the credits have run quite a bit. It does not start until 3:47, but the credits start to roll at 3:39 (note that Jeopardy! is in the same font as the credits; it was only in later years that it was displayed in logo form at the start of credits runs). The first bar takes approximately eight seconds. My memory (hard to verify because the only surviving episodes lack full credit runs) is that Take Ten would start as soon as the credits began to roll. Assuming the rest of the credits run 27 seconds on most episodes as they do here (perhaps there were additional credits as the show went live, and there was time to display the Merv Griffin logo at the end), the rest of the Take Ten them would run as it does here - and the typical credits run would have two full opening bars. Perhaps I have solved the mystery.
Amazingly different time from 1964 to 2023 A.D. ---- 3 people, all adults, did not know about Transylvanian or Dracula. I imagine that almost every contestant on a Jeopardy! game in the last 20 years would have got that "Final Jeopardy!" correct due to all the freaky, strange, psychotic, bloody movies and TV shows made since the mid 1970's / 1980's.
I think I read that they were told to write down different responses to show the possibilities as to how that part of the game would go. I personally think they all knew.
Being the pilot, with no real prize money, I’m almost sure that the contestants were coached on what to write. However, I think that ONE correct response would’ve made better theater.
I’m wondering how old some people are that can’t believe people wouldn’t know who Count Dracula is. I guess you wouldn’t believe how much the world has changed in 60 years. There has been so much more in popular culture about vampires over the years than there ever was in the sixties and previous-it just wasn’t that popular a thing back then. It doesn’t mean there was any corruption happening in this program.
Yes. Seems that the scoreboard’s final digit could only be a 5 or a zero. In the 1974-75 nighttime version (here on RUclips), special bonuses were awarded to the winner based in final scores. I saw an amount like something “to $995”.
The game was new and the concept may not have registered with the contestants yet. Perhaps it was explained in more detail when later contestants were briefed.
Funny i'm not sure it's ever occurred to me before watching this video what the title of the gameshow refers to...putting your earned totals in "jeopardy". Also - "Doctor" Dracula??
I don’t understand how they wrote down their questions. The answer (question actually) should just be the name of a person, not an action, as the contestants wrote down or as Art Fleming stated at the end. The question should be “Who is Count Dracula?”
This was the test pilot for the show. If you watch the other parts to this episode on this channel, they seem to struggle with how to answer some and the host is kind of lenient, as this was a new thing at the time. As for Dracula, idk. He was surely known but maybe not to the extent we expect
Technically this is more grammatically correct to have a question that would actually “fit” the response like this. I think the Polish version went with that on air. But it really drags the show as you can see, so that didn’t stick. They’re given answers and ask questions, that was good enough.
Boy! They started off with SUPER hard puzzles. Good thing they decided to dumb things down or the show would have been cancelled within a month. Fortunately, we now have a show that doesn’t remind us all how stupid we are.
Art Fleming was the man. Always watched him as a kid and college student. He and Ken Jennings display the spirit and fun of Jeopardy.
So was trebek
That's the cleanest I've heard that theme in about 50 years.
This might have been a pilot episode. Most sources seem to agree that the debut was March 30, 1964. This clip is dated March 4th.
The Who What or Where Game ( 1969- 1974) aired on NBC with the final round called "Pot Limit".
Just watched this full episode in 5 YT clips. Thanks for a look back in time for a Jeopardy fan who until now has never seen an episode older than 1984.
The first Final Jeopardy, and by 1964 the likes of Bela Lugosi and Christopher Lee had already made the character a household name, and nobody, including Art Fleming gets the answer right! - Count Dracula!
Love this version of Jeopardy, Art is such a cordial host :)
I was surprised that the rules have not changed at all, in all this time. They were a bit more lax with the retries in stating it in question form. And a little more strict with the form of the question, itself. But the basic rules of scoring have not changed, at all. Remember, this was created and aired just after the big game show scandals almost shut game shows down for good. That is it has endured all this time is amazing.
I wish the current Jeopardy used this original music.
Me too. When it did not, that was one of my greatest disappointments in the current show. I suspect that the reason that it was not is that it was not as well-known as Think (the Final Jeopardy! theme), which in turn was a function of the fact that the original Jeopardy! often did not have time to run the credits in full and play the full run of Take Ten. I remember being happy every time I watched and the full credits were run with Take Ten playing in full.
Jeopardy debuted the same week as the Alaskan Earthquake. It was the last week if March,1964- not the first week . I know because I was home sick with the German Measles.
Imagine a no limit winning rule in the old jeopardy & winning $126035 in 74 games
Why is this actually entertaining to watch unlike about half of the videos now
This is from the un-aired pilot, essentially a practice session for the newly invented game. The official first broadcast was March 30, 1964. I'm very surprised none of them knew Dracula, and that Art thought [Count] Dracula was a Doctor. Stoker's book was from 1897, and there were many movies made from it - including Bela Lugosi's famous portrayal in 1931. The Abbott and Costello version was in 1948. 'Transylvania' is practically only ever uttered in reference to Dracula.
Shocked is hardly the word for it. I've never read Dracula, but, as you say, where else is the word Transylvania ever mentioned?
This wouldn't have been a final Jeopardy question today.
Jeepers!
@@MrJoeybabe25 Apparently it was a good stumper back then. Obviously there's been a ton more exposure to Dracula, Vampires and Transylvania since 1964, but at least it's a literary question. A FJ question today might be more like "This is the color of Lizzo's toenails" /smh
"Transylvania Station, track 29" is dialogue directly from 'Young Frankenstein' so the reference does come up in a non-Dracula context every now and then.
@@johnh5259 Obviously, Young Frankenstein was long after this 1964 taping. That Brooks decided to set Young Frankenstein in Transylvania is a cultural modernization, since most people nowadays picture all the scary gothic stuff happening there. But that's purely because of Dracula's popularity - Stoker's original 1897 story was set in Transylvania. The original 1918 Frankenstein book took place mainly in Geneva, Switzerland, and the 1931 movie took place in Bavaria, Germany. But Dracula has always been in Transylvania. Interestingly, Bela Lugosi, was Romanian.
Transylvania University is located in Lexington, Kentucky
Tha'ts a far cry from today's episode!!! That beard is something else!
I recall seeing some early episodes where at the end the words "A GRIFFIN Production" was in the same font as the credits-with GRIFFIN in caps-and Don Pardo intoning that at the close of the show.
I feel like a pterodactyl is about to swoop in.
I always thought contestants were better read in the 1960s. Guess not. Love Art Fleming.
Why is it that in the Art Fleming version of Jeopardy the contestants are sitting on the left of the screen but starting with Alex Trebek, contestants are sitting on the right of the screen?
Wow! This was a real treat! 😂 Thanx!
When did Dracula become a doctor? He was a Count....
The original Count Dracula was Jimmy Wimmy Wimmy Wimmy Wimmy Wimmy Wimmy Wimmy Wimmy Wimmy Wimmy Wimmy Wimmy Wimmy Wimmy Wimmy Wimmy Wimmy Wimmy Wimmy Wimmy Wimmy Wimmy Wimmy Wimmy Wimmy Wimmy Wimmy Wimmy Wimmy Wimmy, and he always disobeyed the dictators at Bob Evans, who always told the nasty, rotten crud NOT to flush his food down the toilet, but did so anyway, causing the toilet to severely stop up, and as a result, Bob Evans was under 999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999 feet of nasty, rotten, disgusting, dirty water for 23 years!! It never opened up again!!!
My thoughts exactly 😂‼️ Duh ❓😀
Definitely! Dr. Dracula?? Really! Count Dracula!!😊😊
@@theastewart6721 Dr. Frankenstein, Count Dracula, it's all overnight TV fare and Art clutched in the home stretch of Show One. He's still my favorite host of the show, as I was a kid watching pre-kindergarten!
Good hearing a clean cut copy of the original theme song, Take Ten.
And seeing the full credits run. I don't think any of the other Fleming-era episodes contain credits runs (when, of course, the full Take Ten was played). And it was gratifying to see I remembered correctly that, until the last couple of years of the show, on credits runs, the opening script of the word Jeopardy! was in the same font as the credits.
Something clicked for me as I watched this. For years, I would hum "Take Ten" because I so enjoy the melody. Inevitably, when I would hum it, I would hum the opening bar twice. But, you only hear it here once. So why was I so convinced, having watched Art Fleming's Jeopardy! for many years, that Take Ten repeats the opening bar? After watching the credits run here, I think I have the answer. Notice that the main Take Ten melody starts only after the credits have run quite a bit. It does not start until 3:47, but the credits start to roll at 3:39 (note that Jeopardy! is in the same font as the credits; it was only in later years that it was displayed in logo form at the start of credits runs). The first bar takes approximately eight seconds. My memory (hard to verify because the only surviving episodes lack full credit runs) is that Take Ten would start as soon as the credits began to roll. Assuming the rest of the credits run 27 seconds on most episodes as they do here (perhaps there were additional credits as the show went live, and there was time to display the Merv Griffin logo at the end), the rest of the Take Ten them would run as it does here - and the typical credits run would have two full opening bars. Perhaps I have solved the mystery.
Back then, players wagered not during but _after_ the commercial break; plus, there were no barriers between them while they wrote their responses.
They sat awefully close together by today's standards 😭😀😂😘👍
I think this was the debut of the familiar music called Think!
Amazingly different time from 1964 to 2023 A.D. ---- 3 people, all adults, did not know about Transylvanian or Dracula.
I imagine that almost every contestant on a Jeopardy! game in the last 20 years would have got that "Final Jeopardy!" correct due to all the freaky, strange, psychotic, bloody movies and TV shows made since the mid 1970's / 1980's.
I think I read that they were told to write down different responses to show the possibilities as to how that part of the game would go. I personally think they all knew.
Being the pilot, with no real prize money, I’m almost sure that the contestants were coached on what to write. However, I think that ONE correct response would’ve made better theater.
There was a character in an episode of "The Flintstones" called Doctor Dracuslab. So maybe there was something to this?
Reminds me of The corruption of game shows back. There is no way none of those people knew that simple answer.
I’m wondering how old some people are that can’t believe people wouldn’t know who Count Dracula is. I guess you wouldn’t believe how much the world has changed in 60 years. There has been so much more in popular culture about vampires over the years than there ever was in the sixties and previous-it just wasn’t that popular a thing back then. It doesn’t mean there was any corruption happening in this program.
Good to hear "Take Ten" but the quality is very bad, even for a kinescope
It looks like wagers must be increments of $5.
Also, had Jesse got the answer right, he would have been co-champions with Grace.
Yes. Seems that the scoreboard’s final digit could only be a 5 or a zero. In the 1974-75 nighttime version (here on RUclips), special bonuses were awarded to the winner based in final scores. I saw an amount like something “to $995”.
Yes but this was a pilot so it doesn’t count.
Johnny Galecki really is a vampire
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This was just before my mom’s first birthday.
This is dated 3/4/1964 I was one day old I was born 3/3/1964
"Doctor Dracula"???
So this was the first ever final jeopardy round?
No. This was the pilot (test) show.
At the start of the episode the host says Grace is the returning champion but I think it wasn’t recorded?
@ 0:47 And so it begins.
Is it me, or did all three of the contestants clearly not get the premise of the game?
The game was new and the concept may not have registered with the contestants yet. Perhaps it was explained in more detail when later contestants were briefed.
Funny i'm not sure it's ever occurred to me before watching this video what the title of the gameshow refers to...putting your earned totals in "jeopardy". Also - "Doctor" Dracula??
Wheel of Fortune Kay Starr
Doctor Dracula? Lol😂
🤯 Never knew the show's this old 😧
comon,:now.... for real ❓Art effn Fleming ‼️❗❓🙂
@@traceyarnsperger4120 Nope...🤷🏾♀never knew 🙆🏾♀
How did they not get that
Dr Dracula?
They had to be the dumbest people ever on Jeopardy. Who doesn't know Dracula?
What is Dracula?
Unaired Pilot 3/4/64 on March 4 1964
Jeopardy! Think Music From (1964-1997) on March 4 1964-July 18 1997
Think Vlad III ot Vlad Tepes would be acceptable? Those were both considered his real name
The category was fiction, so maybe not.
If they didn't know Dracula, they probably wouldn't know either Vlad.
to be fair, the Judges didnt know the answer either
I said renfeild. Dang it
Can you help me
why is it so gray
How did no one guess Dracula?
I don’t understand how they wrote down their questions. The answer (question actually) should just be the name of a person, not an action, as the contestants wrote down or as Art Fleming stated at the end.
The question should be “Who is Count Dracula?”
Yeah this is a very confusing event. Also how could they all be that ignorant. I mean there was nothing challenging about this question at all.
This was the test pilot for the show. If you watch the other parts to this episode on this channel, they seem to struggle with how to answer some and the host is kind of lenient, as this was a new thing at the time. As for Dracula, idk. He was surely known but maybe not to the extent we expect
Technically this is more grammatically correct to have a question that would actually “fit” the response like this. I think the Polish version went with that on air. But it really drags the show as you can see, so that didn’t stick. They’re given answers and ask questions, that was good enough.
@@ymmij388 Then Art Fleming called him DOCTOR Dracula!!!! Hahahaha!!!! I guess at that time Dracula was not as well known I guess????
@@yabbaguy Yeah. Glad they worked out the kinks
Is this real? This wouldn’t even be a starter clue today. I mean, was this a joke?
1960
What is more pictfic I screwed up
Unaired Pilot From 1960
What is fictions about
Anything made up; not real.
Boy! They started off with SUPER hard puzzles. Good thing they decided to dumb things down or the show would have been cancelled within a month.
Fortunately, we now have a show that doesn’t remind us all how stupid we are.
0:45 thinking theme