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Craig Karlberg

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« Reply #30 on: May 19, 2004, 05:57:32 AM »
Finding 3 WILD cards in 1 turn is VERY hard to do.  In fact, with no squares removed beforehand, the odds of doing just that is 1 in 4,567  Very long odds but it was done back on May 4, 1987.  What a WILD day that was!

Ian Wallis

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« Reply #31 on: May 19, 2004, 08:58:00 AM »
Even finding just two Wild Cards on one turn was very hard.  I remember watching the Narz version when it originally aired, and he always stated finding both Wild Cards would result in a $500 bonus.  I kept waiting for it to happen - I only remember it happening once during the five years his version was on the air.
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RMF

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« Reply #32 on: June 18, 2004, 11:38:28 AM »
[quote name=\'Ian Wallis\' date=\'May 18 2004, 08:01 AM\'] I guess another question would be:  do any of these exist in color?

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 The 6 episodes from 1971 in the UCLA Archives appear to be in color, and I know for certain that the finale survives in color at the Museum of Television and Radio in Los Angeles.

(Sorry for the bump, BTW)

TwoInchQuad

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« Reply #33 on: June 18, 2004, 11:48:52 AM »
The 1971 episodes that UCLA have are actually B&W off-air recordings, from a series of reels recorded on an old reel-to-reel video tape recorder, in a now-obsolete format.

-Kevin

RMF

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« Reply #34 on: June 18, 2004, 12:03:49 PM »
[quote name=\'TwoInchQuad\' date=\'Jun 18 2004, 10:48 AM\'] The 1971 episodes that UCLA have are actually B&W off-air recordings, from a series of reels recorded on an old reel-to-reel video tape recorder, in a now-obsolete format.

-Kevin [/quote]
Thanks for correcting me, as the UCLA catalog entry was vague.
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