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Ian Wallis:
Along the same lines, I have an episode of \"Tic Tac Dough\" which was - at that time - considered to be the last with Wink Martindale.  From GSN airings, we later found out it wasn't.

PeterMarshallFan:
On the same line, I really remember seeing some eps. hosted by Wink, but using Caldwell's set. Am I out of my mind again?

zachhoran:
The new set debuted on the same day Caldwell debuted as host, on the 1985-86 season premiere, which aired originally on 9/9/85 in most of the country(in Philly Caldwell TTD began airing on 3/10/86 at 9AM on WCAU on a six month airing delay, as WPVI didn't pick up the show for the 1985-86 season, replacing it instead at 7PM with Jeopardy!, which had moved over from KYW who carried season one)

Jimmy Owen:
Is it possible that the purported \"last episodes\" were reruns of shows from within the last season?  TJW and TTD would go in to repeats during the summer, sometimes with new fee plugs edited in to replace the originals, that may account for the edits, etc.  If that is the case, these shows could possibly be the reruns aired the Friday  before the new seasons began. Just a guess.

ChuckNet:

--- Quote ---True, still, what I am wondering is how this episode got to be called the \"fake last Barry\"? Did someone claim it was, or something else?
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Right the 1st time...a similar mix-up took place a few yrs back w/a poor quality 1984 ep of TTD taped off WCBS that was reported to be Wink's last, but it was quickly dispelled, since Wink's last show aired in 1985, and the show had moved back to its originial NY home, WOR, for those last 2 seasons.

Chuck Donegan (The Illustrious \"Chuckie Baby\")
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