After Wheel of Fortune was 'rested' in 2005 and returned at the start of this year, not only did the new episodes air in the early evening, but they've also been repeated a week later at 10am. Since Friday was a week since the final episode aired and 10am episodes were still listed, I tuned in this morning wondering which episodes would fill this timeslot now.
Not only was it an episode with former host Steve Oemcke, but it started with a "welcome back to 2005", and a noticably pregnant hostess. These are episodes that have never aired before and, to all viewers' knowldege, never existed.
Throughout 2004, Steve stumbled and bumbled his way through the show, causing more than a few comments that he maybe wasn't meant to be a game show host. In the episode that aired this morning, he showed a great improvement. He was much more slick and was even comfortable enough to make a joke about something that went wrong (something that wasn't his fault, btw. It was a sound effect that was played at the wrong time).
Anyway, I have no idea how many of these episodes are in the can, how long they'll be airing, or whether the contestants ever received their prizes. It was still interesting to see this 'lost episode', though
