Hormonal Imbalance (The Better Sex Theme)
This next game show theme I've done, "Hormonal Imbalance," is the theme tune from a game show from the 1970s entitled "The Better Sex," which many game show books I've read and owned joke that it lasted only six months because it had nothing to do with sex. Instead, it was a battle of the sexes game between men and women, hosted by the duo of Sarah Purcell and country superstar Bill Anderson (who would later go on to host the country music-themed game show "Fandango" on TNN, a network that is now Paramount Network; you might know this network as Spike TV from back in the day).
The game has six players on each side, and the gender in control aims to knock out two players of of the opposite gender. The hosts ask a question and show one player from the team in control the correct answer. The player can chose to either say the correct answer or use a bluff (also written on the card). The other team then has to decide whether to agree or disagree with that answer; once two players both agree or disagree with the answer, the correct answer is revealed. If the controlling team stumps the two players on the other team, they are eliminated; if they don't, the other team gains control and nominates one player to be eliminated alongside the player that picked one of the two answers. (If there is one yes vote and one no vote, a third player then votes, and the odd player odd is not eliminated if the team goes the wrong way.) The first team to eliminate the whole opposition wins the game and $1,000.
The winning team then plays against 30 audience members of the opposite gender; each player is asked a question and shown two answers, and the audience votes yes or no, with each audience member eliminated. If, after all six questions, any audience members are left standing, then they split $500. If the contestants knock out all 30, they win $5,000.
Teams stayed on until they lost twice or amassed at least $30,000 (previously $20,000).
The way I've done the song is for a jazz combo setup, using the jazz font:
Flute
Trumpet
Sax section (soprano, alto, tenor, baritone)
Trombone
Guitar
Piano
Acoustic bass
Drum set
Vibraphone
This arrangement © me and me alone
Original music written by John F. Grimbsy for Score Productions
The Better Sex © Fremantle and everybody else who own the rights; it was originally a Mark Goodson-Bill Todman Production.
Theme: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDNa7Gz9opA
Full episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkLtSKVJgFY
The game has six players on each side, and the gender in control aims to knock out two players of of the opposite gender. The hosts ask a question and show one player from the team in control the correct answer. The player can chose to either say the correct answer or use a bluff (also written on the card). The other team then has to decide whether to agree or disagree with that answer; once two players both agree or disagree with the answer, the correct answer is revealed. If the controlling team stumps the two players on the other team, they are eliminated; if they don't, the other team gains control and nominates one player to be eliminated alongside the player that picked one of the two answers. (If there is one yes vote and one no vote, a third player then votes, and the odd player odd is not eliminated if the team goes the wrong way.) The first team to eliminate the whole opposition wins the game and $1,000.
The winning team then plays against 30 audience members of the opposite gender; each player is asked a question and shown two answers, and the audience votes yes or no, with each audience member eliminated. If, after all six questions, any audience members are left standing, then they split $500. If the contestants knock out all 30, they win $5,000.
Teams stayed on until they lost twice or amassed at least $30,000 (previously $20,000).
The way I've done the song is for a jazz combo setup, using the jazz font:
Flute
Trumpet
Sax section (soprano, alto, tenor, baritone)
Trombone
Guitar
Piano
Acoustic bass
Drum set
Vibraphone
This arrangement © me and me alone
Original music written by John F. Grimbsy for Score Productions
The Better Sex © Fremantle and everybody else who own the rights; it was originally a Mark Goodson-Bill Todman Production.
Theme: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDNa7Gz9opA
Full episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkLtSKVJgFY
Category Music / 70s
Species Unspecified / Any
Gender Any
Size 120 x 120px
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