“Wheel” EP Bellamie Blackstone Profiled

[inturnaround]

The news here is that, like J!, they are looking into finding a streaming partner for same-day or next day streaming. They’re also looking into brand extensions that would focus on kids and families.

https://deadline.com/2024/10/wheel-of-fortune-bellamie-blackstone-showrunner-interview-1236122004/

[colonial]

Honestly, I was surprised to learn she is the daughter of Harry Blackstone, Jr. Watched his magic shows on TV growing up and thought he was great.


JD

[Joe Mello]

They’re also looking into brand extensions that would focus on kids and families.

When I watched the premiere week and noted that there were tie-ins with a kombucha brand and iHeart and a few other things, I grokked what Seacrest was really bringing to the table. Sure, he's a good pair of hands as a host, but as an on-air steward of pop music & pop culture, he's able to connect to The Young People more than Pat could.

The (re)introduction of special gimmicks have been okay-to-good. The XL wedge has inspired a gimmick I use in my version of Wheel I do at conventions.

[KrisW73]

"Unless you’re a boomer, however, chances are rather slim you’d recognize the significance of her once famous lineage. Her father was Harry Blackstone Jr., a magician and television performer who learned the art of illusion from his dad..."

Gen Xer here, and I know about Harry Jr...

/Get off my lawn
//that's cool Bellamie is Harry's daughter

[TimK2003]

Honestly, I was surprised to learn she is the daughter of Harry Blackstone, Jr. Watched his magic shows on TV growing up and thought he was great.


JD

Didn't she appear with her father on an episode of John Byner's "Relatively Speaking"? Either her or he appeared with his son.  I want to say I remember seeing him in an episode as the mystery guest, but I haven't seen all the episodes on streaming yet.

[colonial]

Honestly, I was surprised to learn she is the daughter of Harry Blackstone, Jr. Watched his magic shows on TV growing up and thought he was great.


JD

Didn't she appear with her father on an episode of John Byner's "Relatively Speaking"? Either her or he appeared with his son.  I want to say I remember seeing him in an episode as the mystery guest, but I haven't seen all the episodes on streaming yet.

Saw the episode just now on Tubi. Turns out Harry Jr. was the contestant himself, with the panel trying to identify his dad. For obvious reasons, Junior was hidden from the panel by a screen.


JD

[SamJ93]

As an elderly millenial (born 1985), I was familiar with Harry Blackstone thanks to his many appearances on Square One TV in the '90s.

I've said it before, but I'll say it again: with all the different gameplay elements/special wheel spaces that have come and gone over the years, there is absolutely no excuse for every single episode to follow the exact same predictable pattern. What exactly is stopping them from adopting a TPiR-esque rotation of bonuses that could occur in any round to keep things interesting?

[Dbacksfan12]

What exactly is stopping them from adopting a TPiR-esque rotation of bonuses that could occur in any round to keep things interesting?

I look at HR ‘87 as an example of doing too much and messing with the flow of the game.

[TLEberle]

I don’t think Sam means a mini-game (maybe he does?) but there are so many tokens, categories a stuff that round two could become a today’s special sort of thing. A star bonus could become a chance at $5,000 instant cash.

(Ditto the SQ1TV.)

[BrandonFG]

As an elderly millenial (born 1985)

Get off my lawn ('82).

I've said it before, but I'll say it again: with all the different gameplay elements/special wheel spaces that have come and gone over the years, there is absolutely no excuse for every single episode to follow the exact same predictable pattern. What exactly is stopping them from adopting a TPiR-esque rotation of bonuses that could occur in any round to keep things interesting?

I'm intrigued to see how this could work. My biggest complaint about Wheel of the last 15-20 years is that it's just too busy and that I'd like them to go back to basics with four or five puzzles before the Bonus Round. But I wouldn't be against things like the Surprise round or Red Letter Puzzles.

A few years ago, I proposed a Shopping round similar to one they did during a Retro Week in the late-90s. Land on the "Shopping" space, solve without hitting Bankrupt, go shopping at the Wheel Store. Maybe make R3 a rotating special round each day? Monday is Shopping, Tuesday Red Letter, Wednesday Jackpot, etc.