Piano Solo: Blankety Blank Theme (UK Match Game)
To us Americans, the game show is called "Match Game," but the British have a different title for it: "Blankety Blank." This is my attempt at a piano solo rendition of that, although I also put the repetitious lyrics in there just for the heck. My arrangement ends with the Supermatch Game portion, in which the contestant who just won the game went on to play the bonus round.
The show was famous in the UK for its notoriously cheap prizes and constant mocking of them, the celebrities, and the host (although the cheapness was referencing the UK television authorities forcing strict limits on game shows). As time went on, however, the limits were eventually abolished, and the show was able to use better prizes.
The hosts in the UK were as follows, past and present, in this order:
Terry Wogan
Les Dawson
Lily Savage (a character portrayed by drag artist Paul O'Grady)
Vernon Kay (as part of "Game Show Marathon)
Paul O'Grady (as his real self, one-off special)
David Walliams (2016 Christmas special)
Bradley Walsh (2020-present)
This arrangement © me and me alone
Original music composed by Ronnie Hazelhurst
Match Game © Fremantle and everybody else who owns the rights; it was originally a Mark Goodson-Bill Todman Production
Blankety Blank © the following companies:
BBC (1979–1990)
Fremantle (UK) Productions (1997–98)
Grundy (1999, 2001)
Thames (2002, 2016, 2020–)
Themes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=boGKOOhupBo (original)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8wl4acSmfs (Lily Savage era)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-7r59UjLaU (David Walliams special)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YkdepXTflNc (2020-present theme)
The show was famous in the UK for its notoriously cheap prizes and constant mocking of them, the celebrities, and the host (although the cheapness was referencing the UK television authorities forcing strict limits on game shows). As time went on, however, the limits were eventually abolished, and the show was able to use better prizes.
The hosts in the UK were as follows, past and present, in this order:
Terry Wogan
Les Dawson
Lily Savage (a character portrayed by drag artist Paul O'Grady)
Vernon Kay (as part of "Game Show Marathon)
Paul O'Grady (as his real self, one-off special)
David Walliams (2016 Christmas special)
Bradley Walsh (2020-present)
This arrangement © me and me alone
Original music composed by Ronnie Hazelhurst
Match Game © Fremantle and everybody else who owns the rights; it was originally a Mark Goodson-Bill Todman Production
Blankety Blank © the following companies:
BBC (1979–1990)
Fremantle (UK) Productions (1997–98)
Grundy (1999, 2001)
Thames (2002, 2016, 2020–)
Themes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=boGKOOhupBo (original)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8wl4acSmfs (Lily Savage era)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-7r59UjLaU (David Walliams special)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YkdepXTflNc (2020-present theme)
Category Music / All
Species Unspecified / Any
Size 120 x 120px
File Size 1.12 MB
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