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WOF disclaimer question
Matt Ottinger:
Here's an odd S&P thought that I brought up recently in a Facebook thread. Watch any old Chuck Woolery episode (or be old enough to remember, like me) and you'll see (or remember) that Chuck clearly makes a deliberate effort to land on the highest value possible when he takes the Final Spin. More often than not, he hits it. Why would S&P allow that? The superficial answer is because it helps all contestants equally, but it's not hard to come up with scenarios where giving the host that much control over the outcome could be a bad thing. Among the simplest: What if a player in second rubbed him the wrong way, and he didn't want to see that player catch up?
Ian Wallis:
--- Quote from: Bobby B. on December 06, 2024, 01:11:23 PM ---
--- Quote from: Ian Wallis on November 29, 2024, 11:35:26 PM ---The "On Account" option could be used at any time. I remember at least one episode where a contestant bought one smallish prize then told Chuck "I'd like to put the rest On Account". They didn't have to wait until they go down to not being able to afford additional prizes.
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They couldn’t do the same with the gift certificate option, could they? ISTR they could only do that when they couldn’t buy anything else.
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You are correct. You could only get the gift certificate when there wasn't enough money left to buy anything else. A few tried it, but were told something like "you have to buy the ceramic Dalmatian first!"
cmjb13:
I seem to recall watching the show when Jack Clark was announcing that he would say “The prices of the prizes” and then it would get cut off by some sort of announcement/plug
Don’t know if that was first run or maybe an early GSN rerun
Kevin Prather:
--- Quote from: Matt Ottinger on December 06, 2024, 01:52:03 PM ---Here's an odd S&P thought that I brought up recently in a Facebook thread. Watch any old Chuck Woolery episode (or be old enough to remember, like me) and you'll see (or remember) that Chuck clearly makes a deliberate effort to land on the highest value possible when he takes the Final Spin. More often than not, he hits it. Why would S&P allow that? The superficial answer is because it helps all contestants equally, but it's not hard to come up with scenarios where giving the host that much control over the outcome could be a bad thing. Among the simplest: What if a player in second rubbed him the wrong way, and he didn't want to see that player catch up?
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I believe Pat Sajak said that's why he stopped doing the final spin in his last couple seasons. At least that's what he claims.
He also claims credit for the wheel no longer spinning on its own during the intro/outro, I believe. He says he didn't want to demonstrate that controlling the wheel was even possible.
trainman:
--- Quote from: cmjb13 on December 06, 2024, 03:06:27 PM ---I seem to recall watching the show when Jack Clark was announcing that he would say “The prices of the prizes” and then it would get cut off by some sort of announcement/plug
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Sounds like par for the course when an affiliate would try to shoehorn in their own local voiceover promo.
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