Wheel! Of! Facts!

[uncamark]

In honor of a certain long-running game show taping in Chicago this week, the Tribune has a neat graphic on the front page of the Tempo section showing all sorts of "Wheel" trivia, replicated cleverly in this little Flash animation:

http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainmen...1,4247537.flash

What you don't see is the masthead on the Tempo section, where Vanna stands next to the section title, which is presented today as:

TE_P_

Plus an article about an uncle and nephew who together are on "Wheel"'s stage crew:

http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainmen...9679,full.story

With at the top the Tribune's special--WheelCam!  Ooohhh...

[chad1m]

It's a neat little attempt, too bad Fact #5 is wrong:

No longer used: The “Surprise” wedge, where contestants win a special prize if they solve the puzzle; and the “Double Play” token, which allowed players to call two consonants on the same spin.

[BrandonFG]

[quote name=\'chad1m\' post=\'180312\' date=\'Mar 6 2008, 03:53 PM\']
It's a neat little attempt, too bad Fact #5 is wrong:

No longer used: The “Surprise” wedge, where contestants win a special prize if they solve the puzzle; and the “Double Play” token, which allowed players to call two consonants on the same spin.

[/quote]
It also mentioned that the pilot was shot in 1975. Considering it debuted in January of that year, that's one hell of a turnaround. :-P

[opimus]

There's a great picture in the paper of the wheel and it's innards before they cover it up. Idid not that picture on line.

[cmjb13]

[quote name=\'uncamark\' post=\'180308\' date=\'Mar 6 2008, 03:35 PM\']
Plus an article about an uncle and nephew who together are on "Wheel"'s stage crew:
[/quote]
Thanks for posting this.  Great guys.