Speaking of these episodes taped at the Ohio State Fair, has anyone ever seen these since their original broadcast?
I first heard about them at the 1997 tapings of Wheel at the same fair. During a break in filming, Pat mentioned to the audience that they had taped their first nighttime episodes there, and they didn’t go over so well. I remember him saying that they had a bunch of contestants that had no idea how to play the game.
WEWS-TV in Cleveland (the first TV station in Ohio) officially preemed the WOF on September 5, 1983. This followed a week of special presentation shows which beamed from August 29-September 2, 1983, running exclusively on four Ohio TV stations.and were recorded earlier that summer at the Ohio State Fair.