What I remember in watching the show, it was very slow-paced. The player would announce their word, then spell it, slow and deliberately. If my memory holds, how the words were displayed was as follows - the game board behind the contestants had either two or three long vertical columns for each player. Using a guess for an example, let's say each of the side-by-side columns were a foot across. Think of the game board as a giant Etch-A-Sketch. When a player spelled a word, it appeared as though someone behind the board manually wrote the word (printing backwards) with a stylus, cutting through some type of opaque coating. Now this is how it appeared to the home viewer, and it makes some sense. If a person came up with a lengthy word, the writer could adapt the letter size to fit across the column. With those old-fashioned bowling lane overhead score lamps, you couldn't get around having the shadow of your hand in the picture as you write on the score sheet. I don't remember any shadows in the show. One player would announce and spell their word, then after that word was written in that player's column, the opponent would spell their word. I do not remember two words being written at the same time. Anyone else have different memories or the secret of the boards? I'd love to see that pilot. And seeing how I just got even older today, I guess I qualify;-)
