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I watched a video from the Nighttime Wheel of Fortune and I noticed that there was a contestant got over $62,000 at this point, the good news is she didn't land on a Bankrupt, but the bad news is she picked the wrong consonant and the turn didn't came back to her. Now here are a couple of questions
1)How many times did the contestant land on the $5,000 space in Round 3 to get to the $62,000+ total before she lost her turn?
2)We know that this one was from 1985 and this is from the Syndie Nighttime version and it does have the shopping for prizes turntable being seen center stage, but is this one from Season 2 or is this from Season 3, shortly before Mr. Sajak stopped wearing vests to Wheel?
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[quote name=\'irismason42\' date=\'May 24 2005, 01:04 PM\']I was a video from the Nighttime Wheel of Fortune
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Really? They'd never be able to guess THAT one on What's My Line...
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[quote name=\'Seth Thrasher\' date=\'May 24 2005, 02:08 PM\'][quote name=\'irismason42\' date=\'May 24 2005, 01:04 PM\']I was a video from the Nighttime Wheel of Fortune[/quote]
Really? They'd never be able to guess THAT one on What's My Line...
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If Iris was a video, you'd think someone would have gone NBC circa 1978 on it by now.
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[quote name=\'hmtriplecrown\' date=\'May 24 2005, 01:19 PM\'][quote name=\'Seth Thrasher\' date=\'May 24 2005, 02:08 PM\'][quote name=\'irismason42\' date=\'May 24 2005, 01:04 PM\']I was a video from the Nighttime Wheel of Fortune[/quote]
Really? They'd never be able to guess THAT one on What's My Line...
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If Iris was a video, you'd think someone would have gone NBC circa 1978 on it by now.
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He/she/it's making progress though. He/she/it is starting to get the hang of proper pronunciation, and I was able to comprehend the post, even though I just woke up. The free Hooked on Phonics parting gifts from TPiR* are really coming in handy.
*Zach, I don't know if TPiR offers Hooked on Phonics as a parting gift, and I really don't f(bleep)ing care. It's a joke, so just sit down and shut up.
BTW, Iris, it was late-1985, so season 3.
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[quote name=\'irismason42\' date=\'May 24 2005, 01:04 PM\']I watched a video from the Nighttime Wheel of Fortune and I noticed that there was a contestant got over $62,000 at this point, the good news is she didn't land on a Bankrupt, but the bad news is she picked the wrong consonant and the turn didn't came back to her. Now here are a couple of questions
1)How many times did the contestant land on the $5,000 space in Round 3 to get to the $62,000+ total before she lost her turn?
2)We know that this one was from 1985 and this is from the Syndie Nighttime version and it does have the shopping for prizes turntable being seen center stage, but is this one from Season 2 or is this from Season 3, shortly before Mr. Sajak stopped wearing vests to Wheel?
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I know something about how this show is starting to circulate. Hmmmm
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1 - Maybe 3, and got lucky with choosing letters that were in the puzzel 3 and 4 times each.
2 - Its from the '85 - '86 syndicated dsason GSN never ran. Pat's got a vest but the haircut he has had for the last 20 years.
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Is this a video clip that is available on the internet? If so, where can I find it?
EDIT: Found it. Never mind.
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Where is it?
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gscentral.net's WoF page.
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I remember that episode when it first aired....Back when I watched WoF every single day and never missed one! Boy, those days are long gone...
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Oh if only she had picked an L.. if she had done that she could've virtually walked away with all the prizes on the turntable and a car or two(unless she put all that money ON ACCOUNT).. then maybe won another one in the bonus round..
I mean, $62000+.. that's almost the 2/3 to 3/4 of the value of the prizes that were available for shopping at the time I believe.. what was the total value of the prizes available around 1985 anyway?
Of course, we all know about that $50,000+ win in 1987 with the puzzle AN AMERICAN SUCCESS STORY, which was shown on the 4000th WOF ep.
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Actually $44,400 IIRC.
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[quote name=\'whoserman\' date=\'May 24 2005, 08:46 PM\']Actually $44,400 IIRC.
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My mistake.. that $57,000+ was the final total she won for all the three rounds.. my bad.
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[quote name=\'digiblader\' date=\'May 24 2005, 08:42 PM\']Oh if only she had picked an L.. if she had done that she could've virtually walked away with all the prizes on the turntable and a car or two(unless she put all that money ON ACCOUNT).. then maybe won another one in the bonus round..
I mean, $62000+.. that's almost the 2/3 to 3/4 of the value of the prizes that were available for shopping at the time I believe.. what was the total value of the prizes available around 1985 anyway?
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Around that time, the average value announced at the top of the show was in the low $100K range IIRC. IMagine the editing that would have to be done to get all those prize descriptions in if she did win that round. It turned that out her miss gave them time to play a fourth round. Another lady won the game on that fourth puzzle via a $5K Speed Up spin. She acted Samoan when she won a car in the bonus round.
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I watched in horror, like I'm sure the rest of you did.
How on earth did she get up to $62,400? Was she 'gaming' the wheel to hit $5k every time?
(On another note, did Wheel have several 'large' prizes that were never revealed, but available, in case somebody went completely apeshit and won a bundle of money?)
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[quote name=\'TLEberle\' date=\'May 24 2005, 09:15 PM\']I watched in horror, like I'm sure the rest of you did.
How on earth did she get up to $62,400? Was she 'gaming' the wheel to hit $5k every time?
(On another note, did Wheel have several 'large' prizes that were never revealed, but available, in case somebody went completely apeshit and won a bundle of money?)
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The Sams/Shook WOF book from 1987 said they did have a few such prizes, they mentioned one or two of them, but what rthey were escape me at the moment.
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[quote name=\'TLEberle\' date=\'May 24 2005, 09:15 PM\']I watched in horror, like I'm sure the rest of you did.[/quote]
What was sad was that I knew she was going to miss it, yet it still hurt.
How on earth did she get up to $62,400? Was she 'gaming' the wheel to hit $5k every time?
As nervous as she looked? No chance. She was probably one of those "naturals" who spun the wheel about 70 odd pegs every time.
(On another note, did Wheel have several 'large' prizes that were never revealed, but available, in case somebody went completely apeshit and won a bundle of money?)
Somewhere, there's a clip of an announcer rattling off prize copy for about three minutes. I wish I could remember where it was.
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[quote name=\'CarShark\' date=\'May 24 2005, 10:17 PM\']
How on earth did she get up to $62,400? Was she 'gaming' the wheel to hit $5k every time?
As nervous as she looked? No chance. She was probably one of those "naturals" who spun the wheel about 70 odd pegs every time.
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Isn't there a rule against "gaming" the wheel? If so, where does that leave the so-called "naturals"?
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[quote name=\'CarShark\' date=\'May 25 2005, 12:17 AM\'][quote name=\'TLEberle\' date=\'May 24 2005, 09:15 PM\']I watched in horror, like I'm sure the rest of you did.[/quote]
What was sad was that I knew she was going to miss it, yet it still hurt.
How on earth did she get up to $62,400? Was she 'gaming' the wheel to hit $5k every time?
As nervous as she looked? No chance. She was probably one of those "naturals" who spun the wheel about 70 odd pegs every time.
(On another note, did Wheel have several 'large' prizes that were never revealed, but available, in case somebody went completely apeshit and won a bundle of money?)
Somewhere, there's a clip of an announcer rattling off prize copy for about three minutes. I wish I could remember where it was.
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When one of those kinds of wins happened, they went to a commercial before the shopping and then after the break, Pat would then throw it right to Jack for a long reading. So long, in fact, that at least once the whole "J!" '78 theme was heard and started up again. Jack used to intersperse this with, "halfway through" and "we're almost there, Pat." And at least once, it seems that Pat followed it up with an "...and that's our show, GOOD NIGHT EVERYBODY!--oh, we have to announce a winner, as if there was any doubt..."
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[quote name=\'whoserman\' date=\'May 25 2005, 10:56 AM\']Isn't there a rule against "gaming" the wheel? If so, where does that leave the so-called "naturals"?[/quote]
If you can prove that someone is gaming the wheel, when they're spinning it one complete revolution every time, you should have your own game show.
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I think gaming the wheel is like throwing the dice perfectly to get a neat roll on the craps table. It takes a heck of a lot of skill. There isn't much you can do once the person is cleared to play the game, because they follow all of the rules. It's just like those contestants on The Price is Right that try to hit the $1.00 using skill. I don't think that you can legally put in a rule against paying attention or spinning at a certain strength. Granted it is a question as to how people know how hard to spin, but IIRC the contestants are allowed to take a practice spin during rehearsal in order to get a feel for the wheel. Any mathematical genius could easily figure out by that spin how hard to spin the wheel.
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[quote name=\'TLEberle\' date=\'May 24 2005, 09:15 PM\']I watched in horror, like I'm sure the rest of you did.
How on earth did she get up to $62,400? Was she 'gaming' the wheel to hit $5k every time?
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To Travis, and to everyone else that's asking about exactly how Terry racked up $62,400, I recall the episode vividly as I saw it with extraordinary pain when I was 7 in December '85. (I also have it on tape now to relive the pain again and again.)
I WOULD spoil it here, but I'm sure more people want to comment on the episode, so I'll just give the basics. If you want a spin-for-spin writeup, e-mail me.
> Terry hit the $5,000 on 4 different occasions, tagging a total of 12 letters in those shots. That totals $60,000 in those letters alone. All her others shots were $500 and $300 up until that last miss on the $800 spin. So overall, she was just able to judge her strength well enough to land on the big money.
> It was clear throughout the whole thing that she had never watched ABC's Wide World of Sports, or else she would have solved it an eon before. She sighed every time she declared she was spinning or buying a vowel. Even midway through, she said "I have to spin," to which Pat replied, "If you have to, you have to." The audience was going quietly insane the whole time, too.
Plain and simple, a moment I'll never forget.