BREAKING: Pat undergoes emergency surgery, Vanna stepping in to host WOF.

[Dbacksfan12]

Prize Puzzle = source of revenue/free-to-production company prizes.  It's not going away anytime soon.

But if Royal Carribean gets a full on prize plug and just becomes an actual wedge, what's the difference to them? We can't be the only people noticing that the person who wins this round very frequently also wins the game.

One of my very close friends who wouldn't be caught dead on a board like this frequently points this out.  It is annoying to them too.

[tpirfan28]

C + D level celebrities contestants

I would not be against Celebrity Wheel again.  When was the last time celebrities played?

[Matt Ottinger]

There are two things I believe.  One is that in 2019, 43 years in, Family Feud consolation money should be ten dollars a point.  The other is that a Prize Puzzle is fine, but the value of the prize should not count toward determining the day's winner.  That is all.

[WarioBarker]

I would not be against Celebrity Wheel again.  When was the last time celebrities played?

The last time celebs played the game with contestants was in 2007. The last time celebs played by themselves was in 2000.

[JakeT]

There are two things I believe.  One is that in 2019, 43 years in, Family Feud consolation money should be ten dollars a point.  The other is that a Prize Puzzle is fine, but the value of the prize should not count toward determining the day's winner.  That is all.

Correct on BOTH counts!

JakeT

[BrandonFG]

The other is that a Prize Puzzle is fine, but the value of the prize should not count toward determining the day's winner.  That is all.

"Because once you win a Prize Puzzle, it's yours to keep!"

[WhammyPower]

In 2019, 43 years in, Family Feud consolation money should be ten dollars a point.

It should've been all the way back in *1988*, due to the high inflation rate.

/The Ray Combs pilot did... Why did they leave it at $5/point for the series? No idea.
//And yet, the top prize pretty much HAS gone up with inflation...

[Blanquepage]

I guess Vanna's 3rd week will remain under wraps, looks like we're seeing a week of reruns from December 2018, preceded by a short message from Pat.

[Bryce L.]

I guess Vanna's 3rd week will remain under wraps

At least until the week of January 6th, according to Buy a Vowel Boards.

[Jay Temple]

There are two things I believe.  One is that in 2019, 43 years in, Family Feud consolation money should be ten dollars a point.  The other is that a Prize Puzzle is fine, but the value of the prize should not count toward determining the day's winner.  That is all.

On the latter point, Bob Stewart (or one of his subordinates) figured this out in 1983. As Dick Clark would point out regarding the 7-11, "It's real money. You can spend it, but the game is won or lost over there," indicating the Winners' Circle.

The show is called Wheel of Fortune. Both the screen time and the importance of the wheel are diminished by too many toss-up puzzles.

[WarioBarker]

The show is called Wheel of Fortune. Both the screen time and the importance of the wheel are diminished by too many toss-up puzzles.

THIS.

Mind you, I think the Toss-Up was a great idea since it allows for control to be determined by skill rather than being lucky enough to draw the "1" to get the red arrow, but that was when it was just limited to two (pre-Round 1 and pre-Round 4). As I've noted already in this thread, adding the other three really just pads out the game and gives less time for the $5,000 space to be in play.

[aaron sica]

Mind you, I think the Toss-Up was a great idea since it allows for control to be determined by skill rather than being lucky enough to draw the "1" to get the red arrow, but that was when it was just limited to two (pre-Round 1 and pre-Round 4). As I've noted already in this thread, adding the other three really just pads out the game and gives less time for the $5,000 space to be in play.

Along these same lines.......I believe the other night that the puzzle AFTER the 3-toss up around was solved without having to do the final spin (the final spin puzzle came next). It got me wondering - when's the last time where there was no final spin necessary? Or are they always squeezing it in now?

[WilliamPorygon]

Along these same lines.......I believe the other night that the puzzle AFTER the 3-toss up around was solved without having to do the final spin (the final spin puzzle came next). It got me wondering - when's the last time where there was no final spin necessary? Or are they always squeezing it in now?

Ending the main game with the final spin and speed up round has been mandatory for well over a decade now.  I don't know exactly when it started but it may have been around the time they started adding $1,000 to the final spin amount.

[WarioBarker]

It got me wondering - when's the last time where there was no final spin necessary? Or are they always squeezing it in now?

Had to double-check this, but the last time the game ended without a Final Spin was on November 27, 2000.

it may have been around the time they started adding $1,000 to the final spin amount.

The "spin + $1,000" rule was added on October 4, 1999, well before the Final Spin became permanent.

[nowhammies10]

It got me wondering - when's the last time where there was no final spin necessary? Or are they always squeezing it in now?

Had to double-check this, but the last time the game ended without a Final Spin was on November 27, 2000.

Really?  I thought it was the Halloween show where Alex Trebek dressed up as a gnome and all three celebs played for charity.  Someone else was Shakespeare... Robin Williams?

EDIT: Richard Simmons, not Robin Williams.  That game DID end with a Final Spin, but it was the last time that Pat came out of commercial and just spun the wheel, i.e. no puzzle reveal and chimes first as it is today.