What's the best way to love God with all that we are,
all that we have, and all that we ever hope to be?
all that we have, and all that we ever hope to be?
Sunday, October 26, A.D. 2014
RCL, Year A, Proper 25, Track 1
Name That Tune
Two weeks ago, I began my sermon on Moses and the Golden
Calf by talking about the game show, To
Tell the Truth. This past week, I went back to the same well. And so, I
shall begin today’s sermon by talking about another game show I remember
watching as a kid, called The $100,000
Name That Tune. Does anybody remember
it?
Name That
Tune was a syndicated game show that aired during the latter half of the
1970s. Each week, two contestants from the studio audience would be chosen to
compete against one another in a series of challenges, where they had to name
the title of songs. The challenge I remember most was called Bid-a-Note. During
this segment of the show, the host, Tom Kennedy, would read a clue about a
song, and the two contestants would take turns bidding against one another for
the chance to identify the title of the song.
One contestant might begin, “I can name that tune in 6 notes.”
And the other might say, “I can name that tune in 5 notes.”
“I can name that tune in 3 notes.”
“Okay then. It’s yours. Name that tune.”
At that point, the first three notes of the song would be
played on a piano, and the winning bidder would try to Name That Tune.
