[quote name=\'Matt Ottinger\' post=\'160705\' date=\'Aug 15 2007, 11:26 AM\']
And while "the first time something like this has happened" depends a lot on exactly what you mean by "this", the truth is that we've always had a pretty good sense of what GSN has in its library, and the rare "one-shots" (pilots, 70s Password, Bob Stewart gems) have been extremely rare indeed.
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I've made my skepticism known, but there is one possibility. Didn't the 2000th Fleming J! GSN ran come from what was then the Museum of TV and Radio (now the Paley Center for Media)? If they could play that as a one-shot deal, and knowing that a few scattered Woolery episodes and the 12/13/82 "first official Vanna episode" are in the museum's archives, it is conceivable that GSN could run those (with NBC's blessing, since they're the rightful owners).
Now, how likely that is to happen is where my skepticism comes into play (as it would prolly be easier to license clips from these shows rather than showing the full episodes).