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cweaver

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1986-87 Wheel of Fortune promo
« on: July 27, 2006, 09:50:34 PM »
Does anyone remember this promo?  I just found it the other day on an old VHS tape, it's a promo for the syndicated "Wheel of Fortune." It's basically a classic, '80s kitsch-filled music video with some soul group singing "I'm a Wheel Watcher."  The video begins and ends with Vanna in a red Thunderbird convertible; at the beginning she asks, "Wanna go for a spin?"  We see the group, and various images including singing construction workers and a woman playing a sax.  Very, very funny to see now, and perhaps one of the most extravagant game show promos ever.  

Anyway my question: who's the group? DeBarge? Kool and the Gang?  Someone else entirely?  Someone known?  Someone not?  I wish I had a way to post this on Youtube but maybe some other day.

vtown7

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1986-87 Wheel of Fortune promo
« Reply #1 on: July 27, 2006, 10:47:07 PM »
Hmm... wish I could tell you, but I have another one from around '92 kicking around somewhere that also features said "Wheel Watcher" video.

tyshaun1

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« Reply #2 on: July 27, 2006, 11:31:39 PM »
The group was Kool & The Gang; they had a song that came out right before the promos started called "Girl Watcher".

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« Reply #3 on: July 28, 2006, 12:48:56 AM »
[quote name=\'vtown7\' post=\'125441\' date=\'Jul 27 2006, 10:47 PM\']
Hmm... wish I could tell you, but I have another one from around '92 kicking around somewhere that also features said "Wheel Watcher" video.
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By that point, wasn't Aretha Franklin doing Wheel promos? I believe she did some around that time frame about how "Wheel of Fortune is America's game/Spin the Wheel/Buy a Vowel"...
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cweaver

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« Reply #4 on: July 28, 2006, 09:27:48 AM »
[quote name=\'tyshaun1\' post=\'125449\' date=\'Jul 27 2006, 10:31 PM\']
The group was Kool & The Gang; they had a song that came out right before the promos started called "Girl Watcher".[/quote]

Thank you, I always thought it sounded like DeBarge but looked more like Kool & the Gang.  And of course I know the song was a 1960s remake ("Girl Watcher").  I'm really surprised no one has put this on Youtube yet, I would do it if my computer wasn't messed up.