Really short-lived rules

[Jimmy Owen]

I did see a still once that showed a negative bank. It would appear that such a player was compelled to buy a vowel, and this was the result.

Where did you see the picture? I tried various searches on Google, to no avail.

If it's not on the wikipedia or the google, it didn't happen.

[Jeremy Nelson]

Don't forget the "Buy a Vowel" space that existed for at least the first few months of Wheel (long enough, at least, to find its way into the first MB home game).  I've never been quite clear on whether contestants could still buy vowels even without landing on the space, though.

They could.

Which makes one wonder why they bothered with a wedge in the first place. I mean if you hit Buy a Vowel and didn't have the money, or all the vowels were revealed, you lost your turn, right?

I think the box game's rules state that if you don't have the cash to buy a vowel, you lose your turn.

[Tony Peters]

If it's not on the wikipedia or the google, it didn't happen.

It could be argued that if it's on "the wikipedia" (sic), it didn't happen;).

[Jay Temple]

I did see a still once that showed a negative bank. It would appear that such a player was compelled to buy a vowel, and this was the result.

Where did you see the picture? I tried various searches on Google, to no avail.

(EDIT: Yes, I am fully aware that it may have been in a book.)

At the World's Fair in 1982, there was a program about electricity. There was a quick montage of things powered by electricity, and TV tuned to that moment of WoF was part of it.

ETA my own question. I remember the MG rule about choosing a new celeb for the 10x match. Did FF have a rule at some point about rotating the team members in Fast Money?

[Jimmy Owen]

If it's not on the wikipedia or the google, it didn't happen.

It could be argued that if it's on "the wikipedia" (sic), it didn't happen;).

Agreed! The internet has elevated fanboi blather to the level of the New York Times.  At least you had to have a printing press once upon a time.