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[ChuckNet]

Thanks to all who replied to my earlier post...found a source for the marathon, but I appreciate the offers.

Chuck Donegan (The Grateful "Chuckie Baby")

[tvwxman]

[quote name=\'mmb5\' post=\'161561\' date=\'Aug 21 2007, 11:04 PM\']
Feb 24 1988 - first announcement of Sajak's CBS show
May 1988 - Pat still taping daytime shows (from an article about a contestant)
Jul 27 1988 - Jack Clark dies
Nov 11 1988 - article mentions Tim Brando as a possibility
Nov 20 1988 - Goddess of Love airs
Dec 13 1988 - first announcement of Benirschke
Dec 14 1988 - first taping of Benirschke
Jan 9 1989 - first airing of Benirschke
[/quote]
Nice work, first of all.

Interesting. They had 10 months to find a host, and waited until Dec. Furthermore, the immediate next day after the announcement, he was taping . Now, I'm not saying they didn't know it would be Rolf until Dec 13, but it does beg the curiousity : Did they have trouble filling the spot? Certainly by Dec, they were running out of time.

And Roger Twibell? Of ABC Sports? Geez.

[tpirfan28]

[quote name=\'mmb5\' post=\'161561\' date=\'Aug 21 2007, 10:04 PM\']
June 30 1989 - last airing of Benirschke, one article mentions new host possibilities include Pat Finn, John Davidson, Chuck Henry and Bob Eubanks
[/quote]
My kingdom for anyone who can figure out how Wheel of Fortune could have become a game of definitions.

(other selections would have been good.)

[SRIV94]

[quote name=\'tvwxman\' post=\'161591\' date=\'Aug 22 2007, 08:53 AM\']
Interesting. They had 10 months to find a host, and waited until Dec. Furthermore, the immediate next day after the announcement, he was taping . Now, I'm not saying they didn't know it would be Rolf until Dec 13, but it does beg the curiousity : Did they have trouble filling the spot? Certainly by Dec, they were running out of time.
[/quote]
Wasn't Jimmy Connors up for it, and supposedly nailed the audition, but commentating commitments stood in the way?

Or is that just rampant speculation?

[clemon79]

[quote name=\'Modor\' post=\'161583\' date=\'Aug 22 2007, 02:24 AM\']
While Rolf was nothing special, that's for sure, I don't think he was nearly as bad as people make him out to be.  
[/quote]
Of course you don't.

The difference is that when Convy screwed up, he handled it with a fair amount of aplomb. Benirshke was a deer in the headlights from start to finish. He was EVERY bit as bad as people make him out to be.

[dzinkin]

[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'161597\' date=\'Aug 22 2007, 11:39 AM\']
[quote name=\'Modor\' post=\'161583\' date=\'Aug 22 2007, 02:24 AM\']
While Rolf was nothing special, that's for sure, I don't think he was nearly as bad as people make him out to be.  
[/quote]
Of course you don't.

The difference is that when Convy screwed up, he handled it with a fair amount of aplomb. Benirshke was a deer in the headlights from start to finish. He was EVERY bit as bad as people make him out to be.
[/quote]
I actually liked watching Rolf Benirschke and still do, though I'm obviously biased due to his other work.  That said, hasn't Rolf himself readily admitted -- pretty much every time the subject has come up -- that he wasn't a good fit for the job?

[clemon79]

[quote name=\'dzinkin\' post=\'161599\' date=\'Aug 22 2007, 08:49 AM\']
I actually liked watching Rolf Benirschke and still do, though I'm obviously biased due to his other work.  
[/quote]
You can like him fine, just don't go suggesting that he was a remotely good host.

[xavier45]

[quote name=\'dzinkin\' post=\'161599\' date=\'Aug 22 2007, 11:49 AM\']
I actually liked watching Rolf Benirschke and still do, though I'm obviously biased due to his other work.  That said, hasn't Rolf himself readily admitted -- pretty much every time the subject has come up -- that he wasn't a good fit for the job?
[/quote]
Yeah he said it on the E! True Hollywood Story that "He was not the right fit for the show". He can sing that in ragtime.

[Steve McClellan]

[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'161597\' date=\'Aug 22 2007, 08:39 AM\']The difference is that when Convy screwed up, he handled it with a fair amount of aplomb.[/quote]
Well, he was quite experienced in that area....

[Fedya]

[quote name=\'tpirfan28\' post=\'161592\' date=\'Aug 22 2007, 10:03 AM\']
[quote name=\'mmb5\' post=\'161561\' date=\'Aug 21 2007, 10:04 PM\']
June 30 1989 - last airing of Benirschke, one article mentions new host possibilities include Pat Finn, John Davidson, Chuck Henry and Bob Eubanks
[/quote]
My kingdom for anyone who can figure out how Wheel of Fortune could have become a game of definitions.

(other selections would have been good.)
[/quote]
Didn't you have to use the "Megaword" in a sentence that showed you knew what it meant?  :-p

[splinkynip]

Sorry if this has been posted before, but I haven't found it.  Does anyone have the original air date of the 10th anniversary WOF and the date of the first of the new puzzleboard?  Thanks

[BrandonFG]

[quote name=\'splinkynip\' post=\'161954\' date=\'Aug 26 2007, 12:51 AM\']
Does anyone have the original air date of the 10th anniversary WOF and the date of the first of the new puzzleboard?  Thanks
[/quote]
The new board debuted late-February 1997, I wanna say the 24th.

[irismason42]

According to Wikipedia, the debut of the new puzzleboard debuted on 2/24/97 and the episode from the 10th Anniversary debut week that was just shown was originally aired on 9/10/92. A contestant named Denise was actually the first champion of the 10th Anniversary season as far as I can think of.

[clemon79]

An unsubstantiated reply followed by two tidbits nobody asked for. LOVE IT.