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Don Howard

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« Reply #315 on: April 22, 2013, 01:33:06 PM »
Rani White was allegedly the only contestant to win all the big prizes during the WBMG era. Does anyone recall when she appeared on the show? Were they among the 6 months of NBC Daytime episodes USA aired?

 


I can narrow that down some for you. It was either April or May of 1988.

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« Reply #316 on: April 22, 2013, 05:59:35 PM »
<blockquote class=\'ipsBlockquote\'data-author=\"Don Howard\" data-cid=\"308069\" data-time=\"1366651986\"><p>

<blockquote class=\'ipsBlockquote\'data-author=\"gameshowlover87\" data-cid=\"308064\" data-time=\"1366645396\"><p>Rani White was allegedly the only contestant to win all the big prizes during the WBMG era. Does anyone recall when she appeared on the show? Were they among the 6 months of NBC Daytime episodes USA aired?</p>

 


I can narrow that down some for you. It was either April or May of 1988.</p>


And since they aired the second $50,000 try (I remember watching and Half-Assed Tiller has it on his page) I would say they probably would have. Then again I don\'t know what eps they had the rights to (I seem to remember them going back to the syndie eps once Christmas \'88s eps aired)
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« Reply #317 on: April 22, 2013, 08:04:51 PM »
And since they aired the second $50,000 try (I remember watching and Half-Assed Tiller has it on his page) I would say they probably would have. Then again I don\'t know what eps they had the rights to (I seem to remember them going back to the syndie eps once Christmas \'88s eps aired)

That sounds about right. I seem to remember watching the Christmas \'88 episode, and then seeing some eps. from 1986 the following week.


 


From what I can tell, the \'88 eps. appeared to be from summer-December of that year. I remember seeing Halloween eps. with a VW Cabriolet up for grabs, and another tournament where a guy won a Ford Probe (I don\'t think it was the True Romance week).


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« Reply #318 on: April 22, 2013, 08:23:02 PM »
And those Halloween themed episodes (Mokracek ruined Trick or Treat week for me) contained that second $50,000 try.


/so I guess the question remains: did USA air the $50k win or not?

//and quadrillions of tons of candy...mega ultra diabetes anyone?
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« Reply #319 on: April 22, 2013, 11:16:37 PM »

Based on my recollections and my years of tape trading and searches, the lone $50,000 WBMG win has yet to air outside of its original airing. I know I have tried to find a collector to give me that episode, but I only mustered up a clip of Rani\'s $10,000 win.


 


I\'d love for this episode to surface; I seem to recall as a younger kid waking up just before 9 or 10am and seeing the big celebration before they went to commercial.


 


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« Reply #320 on: April 26, 2013, 10:19:04 AM »

I\'ve noticed that they skipped some episodes of $ale on GSN recently. One day, they had a returning champ named Carla. The next they had a champ named...I don\'t know it of the top my head, but Nashville\'s own Deacon Claybourne was the new winner by the end of the show. My question is does anybody know the date of Deacon\'s 1st episode?



    
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« Reply #321 on: April 26, 2013, 10:30:30 AM »

Not sure, but IMDb says he also appeared on Scrabble in 1990.


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« Reply #322 on: April 26, 2013, 11:09:11 AM »
I\'ve noticed that they skipped some episodes of $ale on GSN recently. One day, they had a returning champ named Carla. The next they had a champ named...I don\'t know it of the top my head, but Nashville\'s own Deacon Claybourne was the new winner by the end of the show. My question is does anybody know the date of Deacon\'s 1st episode?

I\'m thinking a sole episode was skipped.  There was a younger blonde who defeated Carla before the skipped episode(s?).  On that show, Instant Cash was $3000 while on the next GSN ep., it was at $5000.  Today\'s ep. should be the Thursday ep. from that week.  If that\'s the case, the original air date should be in mid-December 1988, possibly the 15th.  (I doubt it\'s the 22nd.  There have been no mentions of Christmas, no additions of any holiday decorations or props, etc.)  My digital guide on U-Verse showed some original air dates, but has reverted to a generic listing with no air date.


ETA:  The post wanted the first ep. with Chip Esten.  Using my logic above, his first show would have likely aired on 12/13/88.


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« Reply #323 on: April 26, 2013, 05:41:20 PM »

Has anyone taken a record of WBMG wins to losses thus far?


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« Reply #324 on: April 26, 2013, 06:04:45 PM »
From my memories watching the reruns and a recent report by Mike Klauss the record is dick-all out of all of \'em.
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« Reply #325 on: April 26, 2013, 06:23:41 PM »
From my memories watching the reruns and a recent report by Mike Klauss the record is dick-all out of all of \'em.

Using real numbers, thus far on GSN airings, contestants have gone 2 for 19--Carla hit it for $7000 on Monday\'s show (OAD: 12/8/88) and Chip Esten won $5000 on Wednesday\'s ep. (OAD:  12/13/88).

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« Reply #326 on: April 26, 2013, 11:15:53 PM »
I\'ve noticed that they skipped some episodes of $ale on GSN recently. One day, they had a returning champ named Carla. The next they had a champ named...I don\'t know it of the top my head, but Nashville\'s own Deacon Claybourne was the new winner by the end of the show. My question is does anybody know the date of Deacon\'s 1st episode?

I\'m thinking a sole episode was skipped.  There was a younger blonde who defeated Carla before the skipped episode(s?).  On that show, Instant Cash was $3000 while on the next GSN ep., it was at $5000.  Today\'s ep. should be the Thursday ep. from that week.  If that\'s the case, the original air date should be in mid-December 1988, possibly the 15th.  (I doubt it\'s the 22nd.  There have been no mentions of Christmas, no additions of any holiday decorations or props, etc.)  My digital guide on U-Verse showed some original air dates, but has reverted to a generic listing with no air date.


ETA:  The post wanted the first ep. with Chip Esten.  Using my logic above, his first show would have likely aired on 12/13/88.


Your thinking is correct.  I\'ve saved the PDFs.


 


1514:  12/8/88


1515:  12/9/88


1516 (skipped):  12/12/88


1517:  12/13/88


1518:  12/14/88


1519:  12/15/88


1520:  12/16/88


 


Then we skip to 1531, which aired 1/3/89 (no ep 1/2/89).

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« Reply #327 on: April 27, 2013, 11:21:15 AM »

Any mention of 1/3/89 being the 6th anniversary?


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« Reply #328 on: April 27, 2013, 12:34:20 PM »
Any mention of 1/3/89 being the 6th anniversary?

I don\'t remember offhand.  I guess we\'ll find out Tuesday.

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« Reply #329 on: April 27, 2013, 01:04:12 PM »

\"Happy 6th anniversary to us....even though the joy is short-lived!\"


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