Author Topic: Opening spiel of CBS "Wheel of Fortune"? (Read 3101 times)

JohnHolder · « **on:** July 23, 2006, 05:00:02 PM »

Hi folks,

Does anyone happen to remember (or have a tape handy to look up) the opening spiel of the daytime "Wheel of Fortune" when it aired on CBS? My local affiliate didn't carry it, so I only saw it a couple of times before it went back to NBC. I know it differed from the openings of both the syndicated show and the 1991 NBC version, but I'm trying to find the exact quote. I know the CBS shows were the only ones where Television City was mentioned by name.

Thanks,

John

bandit_bobby · « **Reply #1 on:** July 23, 2006, 05:42:30 PM »

I think the opening spiel is on the Daytime WOF Page on http://www.gameshow-galaxy.net/.

JohnHolder · « **Reply #2 on:** July 23, 2006, 06:48:06 PM »

[quote name=\'bandit_bobby\' post=\'124858\' date=\'Jul 23 2006, 05:42 PM\']
I think the opening spiel is on the Daytime WOF Page on http://www.gameshow-galaxy.net/.
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I'd seen that site before, and that page doesn't have the entire quote on it. But thanks for the tip!

John

FeudDude · « **Reply #3 on:** July 23, 2006, 10:30:28 PM »

I had nothing else to do, so I dug up my tape of a 1991 CBS episode, and the intro goes: "From Television City in Hollywood! One of America's most loved shows! The famous wheel is spinning your way with lots of cash and an assortment of sumptuous prizes! And now, here's your host, Bob Goen!"

JohnHolder · « **Reply #4 on:** July 23, 2006, 10:56:39 PM »

[quote name=\'FeudDude\' post=\'124874\' date=\'Jul 23 2006, 10:30 PM\']
I had nothing else to do, so I dug up my tape of a 1991 CBS episode, and the intro goes: "From Television City in Hollywood! One of America's most loved shows! The famous wheel is spinning your way with lots of cash and an assortment of sumptuous prizes! And now, here's your host, Bob Goen!"
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Awesome! Thanks very much!

John (writing a wikipedia article about the daytime version)

JohnHolder · « **Reply #5 on:** July 23, 2006, 11:00:28 PM »

[quote name=\'JohnHolder\' post=\'124878\' date=\'Jul 23 2006, 10:56 PM\']
[quote name=\'FeudDude\' post=\'124874\' date=\'Jul 23 2006, 10:30 PM\']
I had nothing else to do, so I dug up my tape of a 1991 CBS episode, and the intro goes: "From Television City in Hollywood! One of America's most loved shows! The famous wheel is spinning your way with lots of cash and an assortment of sumptuous prizes! And now, here's your host, Bob Goen!"
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Awesome! Thanks very much!

John (writing a wikipedia article about the daytime version)
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Forgot to ask: Did Bob introduce Vanna, the way it had traditionally been done on the show, or did Charlie introduce both of them?

FeudDude · « **Reply #6 on:** July 23, 2006, 11:23:17 PM »

Bob introduced Vanna.

JohnHolder · « **Reply #7 on:** July 24, 2006, 12:13:10 AM »

[quote name=\'FeudDude\' post=\'124884\' date=\'Jul 23 2006, 11:23 PM\']
Bob introduced Vanna.
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Thanks again!

calliaume · « **Reply #8 on:** July 24, 2006, 09:49:23 PM »

"Just look at this studio, filled with mediocre prizes! Like this beautiful 1987 Yugo! A shiny new waffle iron! And a cash prize of twenty-five hundred dollars! All waiting to be won on the new super-cheapo version of Wheel of Fortune! And now, here's the guy we roped into hosting the show, Bob Goen!"

Well, it coulda been.

Robert Hutchinson · « **Reply #9 on:** July 24, 2006, 11:01:02 PM »

Still holds the record for Most Disproportionate Host Reaction Ever: a contestant spun $1500 (the very highest dollar value on the wheel), got 6 of whatever consonant, and subsequently won. To listen to Bob Goen, you'd think the contestant had just bankrupted CBS.

(Hold your obvious counterexample. At least on TTD 90, someone was always being addressed who had, indeed, won.)

JasonA1 · « **Reply #10 on:** July 24, 2006, 11:29:08 PM »

The top dollar on CBS Wheel was $1,250. Still, I wonder how much of an overreaction it was, because $7500 for a round is nothing to sneeze at in any incarnation IMO.

-Jason

Brandon Brooks · « **Reply #11 on:** July 24, 2006, 11:38:59 PM »

[quote name=\'JasonA1\' post=\'125050\' date=\'Jul 24 2006, 10:29 PM\']
The top dollar on CBS Wheel was $1,250. Still, I wonder how much of an overreaction it was, because $7500 for a round is nothing to sneeze at in any incarnation IMO.
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When was the last time you've watched Wheel?

Brandon Brooks

JasonA1 · « **Reply #12 on:** July 24, 2006, 11:55:25 PM »

O...kay. Sorry, I just don't think you needed to be quite that dismissive. Outside of the top dollar, one would have to string together at least ten consonants without buying a vowel to top $7,500 nowadays.

-Jason

Brandon Brooks · « **Reply #13 on:** July 25, 2006, 08:56:19 AM »

[quote name=\'JasonA1\' post=\'125059\' date=\'Jul 24 2006, 10:55 PM\']
O...kay. Sorry, I just don't think you needed to be quite that dismissive. Outside of the top dollar, one would have to string together at least ten consonants without buying a vowel to top $7,500 nowadays.
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Way too sensitive. My point is that it ain't that unusual.

Brandon Brooks

Robert Hutchinson · « **Reply #14 on:** July 25, 2006, 07:17:19 PM »

First: my bad on the Top Dollar Value. It may have been that the final total for the round was $9000 or thereabouts.

Second: my point was not that $9000 is chump change. But Goen was absolutely floored by it. He sounded like television history had just been made.