[quote name=\'gsnman\' date=\'Aug 9 2005, 02:16 AM\']Hey, does anyone remember any interesting Wheel promos from the past?
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In the weeks leading to the syndicated launch, Jack Clark announced the promo plugging the premiere. In one scene, a security guard opened a briefcase filled with cash. At promo's end, a winning contestant with his hand on his bosom and the briefcase being handed to him by hostess Vanna White and then the local voice of David Mark told Cleveland viewers of WEWS-TV5 that
Wheel Of Fortune would premiere on Monday, September 5th at 7pm--a time period and channel it holds to this day. During its first year, it was followed by
The Joker's Wild.
Jeopardy! has been the 7:30pm show since Fall 1984.
In a few subsequent seasons, I believe Dick Tufeld's voice was heard on the promos.
Oh, almost forgot. There was a letdown when no such briefcase of bucks was offered when the program hit the air. Shame!