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Title: Wheel in Phoenix
Post by: brianhenke on January 11, 2004, 05:45:54 AM
Wheel of Fortune is taping shows this weekend at the Dodge Theatre in Phoenix (Arizona used to send contestants to Powerball: TGS, BTW). The three weeks of shows air next month. The media in Phoenix have been covering the show's tapings; one said that WOF will bring in about $2 million to the city's economy (gee, when will Cincinnati get a turn?)

   Brian

   100 plus 100 equals 600?

   We want some more pro wrestling (STILL) and NASCAR questions!
Title: Wheel in Phoenix
Post by: melman1 on January 11, 2004, 10:43:20 AM
Why do you want more pro wrestling and Nascar questions?  Where do you want them, and what will you do with them when you get them?
Title: Wheel in Phoenix
Post by: tyshaun1 on January 11, 2004, 10:57:23 AM
[quote name=\'melman1\' date=\'Jan 11 2004, 10:43 AM\'] Why do you want more pro wrestling and Nascar questions?  Where do you want them, and what will you do with them when you get them? [/quote]
 More importantly:

Why do you care?
Why do ask him every time he posts?

ObGameShows: I'm beginning to see why PYL's ratings started to go down.........

Tyshaun
Title: Wheel in Phoenix
Post by: melman1 on January 11, 2004, 01:03:04 PM
Hardly "every time" - I've asked twice.  

He's asked for the information countless times here and elsewhere.  And then doesn't respond to questions about it.  (until just now in another thread)
Title: Wheel in Phoenix
Post by: Brandon Brooks on January 11, 2004, 02:39:24 PM
[quote name=\'melman1\' date=\'Jan 11 2004, 10:43 AM\'] Why do you want more pro wrestling and Nascar questions?  Where do you want them, and what will you do with them when you get them? [/quote]
Don't ask, because he'll never answer.  I'm sure he doesn't know himself.  If he thinks its funny and cute, let him amuse himself.

EDIT:  I stand corrected, even though I still don't get it.  Eh, I don't really care that much, though.

Brandon Brooks
Title: Wheel in Phoenix
Post by: gameshowguy2000 on January 11, 2004, 08:44:36 PM
The Dodge Theatre? Is that the same place where they taped Wheel in 1997, the same week the new puzzleboard debuted?
Title: Wheel in Phoenix
Post by: Michael Brandenburg on January 11, 2004, 09:13:32 PM
In response to "melman 1"s query in this thread:

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Why do you [Brian Henke] want more pro wrestling and NASCAR questions? Where do you want them, and what will you do with them when you get them?


   It's his usual "signature line" that he settled on a few years ago when he decided there weren't enough questions about pro wrestling and NASCAR being asked on various game shows -- sort of like the "gag tags" I put after my sign-offs for my own posts on this board.


   Michaael Brandenburg
   (For example, while on the subject of NASCAR: How about pitting NASCAR drivers Tony Stewart and Jimmy Johnson against each other during the next "NASCAR Week" on Pyramid?  That one should be a dandy -- the driver of the Home Depot #20 car against the driver of the Lowe's Home Improvement Warehouse #48 car!)
Title: Wheel in Phoenix
Post by: brianhenke on January 11, 2004, 09:29:40 PM
I explained that earlier today in Show Summaries.

    Brian

    Indianapolis is the capital of Michigan?

    We want some more pro wrestling (STILL) and NASCAR questions!
Title: Wheel in Phoenix
Post by: melman1 on January 12, 2004, 02:00:27 AM
[quote name=\'brianhenke\' date=\'Jan 11 2004, 07:29 PM\'] I explained that earlier today in Show Summaries.
! [/quote]
 Where it was also suggested that you set it up as a real "signature" so that those of us who don't want to see it, don't have to.  Hoping you will comply.
Title: Wheel in Phoenix
Post by: clemon79 on January 12, 2004, 11:50:17 AM
[quote name=\'melman1\' date=\'Jan 12 2004, 12:00 AM\'] [quote name=\'brianhenke\' date=\'Jan 11 2004, 07:29 PM\'] I explained that earlier today in Show Summaries.
! [/quote]
Where it was also suggested that you set it up as a real "signature" so that those of us who don't want to see it, don't have to.  Hoping you will comply. [/quote]
 ....but not holding our collective breath.
Title: Wheel in Phoenix
Post by: vtown7 on January 12, 2004, 01:54:54 PM
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The Dodge Theatre? Is that the same place where they taped Wheel in 1997, the same week the new puzzleboard debuted?

IIRC, it was the time that they retired the old trilon board... the final segment had the board reading "FOR SALE"

Cheers,

Ryan :)
Title: Wheel in Phoenix
Post by: gameshowguy2000 on January 12, 2004, 02:45:34 PM
[quote name=\'vtown7\' date=\'Jan 12 2004, 12:54 PM\']
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The Dodge Theatre? Is that the same place where they taped Wheel in 1997, the same week the new puzzleboard debuted?

IIRC, it was the time that they retired the old trilon board... the final segment had the board reading "FOR SALE"

Cheers,

Ryan :) [/quote]
Oh, I remember that! I laughed when I saw that!

Heck, the week after THAT, they showed some clips of the dismantling of the old puzzleboard and the making of the new one!

Even better, when Pat himself tried to do the touching of the letters, it failed! I wonder why...
Title: Wheel in Phoenix
Post by: clemon79 on January 12, 2004, 02:59:11 PM
[quote name=\'gameshowguy2000\' date=\'Jan 12 2004, 12:45 PM\'] Even better, when Pat himself tried to do the touching of the letters, it failed! I wonder why... [/quote]
 Perhaps the board is encoded to activate only under Vanna's precise skin temperature, and Pat's is a little off.
Title: Wheel in Phoenix
Post by: Matt Ottinger on January 12, 2004, 03:04:30 PM
[quote name=\'clemon79\' date=\'Jan 12 2004, 03:59 PM\'] [quote name=\'gameshowguy2000\' date=\'Jan 12 2004, 12:45 PM\'] Even better, when Pat himself tried to do the touching of the letters, it failed! I wonder why... [/quote]
Perhaps the board is encoded to activate only under Vanna's precise skin temperature, and Pat's is a little off. [/quote]
 No, it's actually gender-specific.  Only a female touch will activate the letters.

(There, that should keep gameshowguy2000 AND GSWitch busy for a while.)
Title: Wheel in Phoenix
Post by: SplitSecond on January 12, 2004, 04:07:19 PM
[quote name=\'clemon79\' date=\'Jan 12 2004, 12:59 PM\'] [quote name=\'gameshowguy2000\' date=\'Jan 12 2004, 12:45 PM\'] Even better, when Pat himself tried to do the touching of the letters, it failed! I wonder why... [/quote]
Perhaps the board is encoded to activate only under Vanna's precise skin temperature, and Pat's is a little off. [/quote]
 Any guess as to which direction?
Title: Wheel in Phoenix
Post by: tommycharles on January 12, 2004, 04:10:06 PM
[quote name=\'Matt Ottinger\' date=\'Jan 12 2004, 03:04 PM\'] [quote name=\'clemon79\' date=\'Jan 12 2004, 03:59 PM\'] [quote name=\'gameshowguy2000\' date=\'Jan 12 2004, 12:45 PM\'] Even better, when Pat himself tried to do the touching of the letters, it failed! I wonder why... [/quote]
Perhaps the board is encoded to activate only under Vanna's precise skin temperature, and Pat's is a little off. [/quote]
No, it's actually gender-specific.  Only a female touch will activate the letters.

 [/quote]
 So would it activate if Dame Edna touched it?
Title: Wheel in Phoenix
Post by: Brandon Brooks on January 12, 2004, 04:31:59 PM
[quote name=\'tommycharles\' date=\'Jan 12 2004, 04:10 PM\'] So would it activate if Dame Edna touched it? [/quote]
 Well... would you?

Brandon Brooks
Title: Wheel in Phoenix
Post by: melman1 on January 12, 2004, 04:51:26 PM
[quote name=\'gameshowguy2000\' date=\'Jan 11 2004, 06:44 PM\'] The Dodge Theatre? Is that the same place where they taped Wheel in 1997? [/quote]
 No, the Dodge Theatre opened just last year, I think.  Have not been there myself, but reviews I've read say that it's a sterile concrete shell with none of the personality you'd expect in a "concert hall".  Corporate suites and such.