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The Game Show Forum => The Big Board => Topic started by: adamjk on July 18, 2004, 11:06:34 PM
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“WHEEL OF FORTUNE,” TELEVISION’S
#1 SYNDICATED SERIES, TO MARK ITS 22nd SEASON
Here's the link to where I found it.
http://enterprise.sonypicturestelevision.c...asp?pid=87&sid= (http://\"http://enterprise.sonypicturestelevision.com/portal/aboutseries.asp?pid=87&sid=\")
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Please don't post articles or press releases in their entirety. A link to such material is sufficient -- and I've edited your post accordingly.
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1.5 million colors of light?!? The entire set will come to life!?! Ye gods.
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[quote name=\'Don Howard\' date=\'Jul 19 2004, 01:33 AM\'] 1.5 million colors of light?!? The entire set will come to life!?! Ye gods. [/quote]
And for some reason, they never use more than four a day.
Brandon Brooks
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[quote name=\'adamjk\' date=\'Jul 18 2004, 08:06 PM\'] “WHEEL OF FORTUNE,” TELEVISION’S
#1 SYNDICATED SERIES, TO MARK ITS 22nd SEASON
Here's the link to where I found it.
http://enterprise.sonypicturestelevision.c...asp?pid=87&sid= (http://\"http://enterprise.sonypicturestelevision.com/portal/aboutseries.asp?pid=87&sid=\") [/quote]
You might do well to understand the difference between an "article" and a "press release". too.
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That all sounds interesting, but I haven't watched wheel on a regular basis since they got rid of the "$25,000" sign. It's odd how the show keeps evolving. Atmosphere-wise, it looks nothing like it did in '76.
Why couldn't that press release say "we've brought back the shipboard party"? :)
Naw, but I would like to see some more interesting bonus prizes. An original Andy Warhol would be nice to see.
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More gift tags, and SPIN prizes, means more time to plug, plug, plug! Pretty soon every space on the wheel will be sponsored by a company. "Round 4, we have the Southwest Airlines $5,000 space on the wheel".
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[quote name=\'bellbm\' date=\'Jul 19 2004, 07:43 AM\']More gift tags, and SPIN prizes, means more time to plug, plug, plug! Pretty soon every space on the wheel will be sponsored by a company. "Round 4, we have the Southwest Airlines $5,000 space on the wheel".[/quote]
Heck, with all those plugs, Wheel would be lucky to even get to Round 4.
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It really didnt say in that press release (at least I dont think it did), but I believe the Mystery Space is switching from $500 to $1,000 now.
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Does that mean that there will actually be other 4-digit spaces other than the TDV?
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Saw Wheel in Philadelphia this past Saturday. Higly enjoyable. Haven't seen a taping of it since my sister was on the show in 1990. Things have progressed since then, besides the puzzleboard being computerized now, as now the offcamera scoreboard and used letter board are no longer manually operated by a staffer, they are no computerized too.
In answer to your question, the mystery wedge is now worth $1,000 per letter. Besides two prize tags, those are the only changes to the wheel.
BTW, here's a question. We were trying to figure out the age of Charlie. I think he's between 75 and 80 (around Dick Clark or Ed McMahon's age). Anyone know? He sounded under the weather when he was talking to us. and all of his plugs sounded prerecorded. Does he do anything live anymore?
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[quote name=\'1978-Jeopardy\' date=\'Jul 19 2004, 06:40 AM\'] It's odd how the show keeps evolving. [/quote]
Evolving isn't quite the word I would use. That show has gotten way too full of itself.
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[quote name=\'Don Howard\' date=\'Jul 19 2004, 12:48 PM\'][quote name=\'1978-Jeopardy\' date=\'Jul 19 2004, 06:40 AM\'] It's odd how the show keeps evolving. [/quote]
Evolving isn't quite the word I would use. That show has gotten way too full of itself.[/quote]
I read "full of itself" as "bloated." The show is getting carried away with such things: More and more commercial plugs...new category names ("Not just TITLE, but BEST SELLING TITLE!")...throwing insane amounts of money at players...a video wall that renders Vanna's job worthless...
Yet, I still watch. What's wrong with me!? Maybe it's because I get pleasure at yelling at the stupid contestants? What's that word?...Schadenfreude?
P.S. I'm glad the Mystery Wedge is up to $1,000. It should have been that amount from the beginning. Now we'll get more risks to flip it over.
-Dean
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[quote name=\'dscungio\' date=\'Jul 19 2004, 03:09 PM\'] I'm glad the Mystery Wedge is up to $1,000. It should have been that amount from the beginning. Now we'll get more risks to flip it over.
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IMO, $1,000 is too much to risk. I doubt many contestants are gonna go for the prize, espically if it's a $10,000 gift card or shopping spree. $500 was fine.
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[quote name=\'JayC\' date=\'Jul 19 2004, 03:22 PM\'] [quote name=\'dscungio\' date=\'Jul 19 2004, 03:09 PM\'] I'm glad the Mystery Wedge is up to $1,000. It should have been that amount from the beginning. Now we'll get more risks to flip it over.
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IMO, $1,000 is too much to risk. I doubt many contestants are gonna go for the prize, espically if it's a $10,000 gift card or shopping spree. $500 was fine. [/quote]
I thought the Mystery Wedge [That is brought to you by Hot Pockets] was always played for a car; if it was; when did that change?
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This season it did.
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[quote name=\'Dsmith\' date=\'Jul 19 2004, 03:25 PM\'] I thought the Mystery Wedge [That is brought to you by Hot Pockets] was always played for a car; if it was; when did that change? [/quote]
I can only remember a few times during the beginning of the season where they played for a car in the mystery round. Otherwise, it's just about always been a $10,000 gift card or shopping spree (mostly for Sony products, IIRC) this season.
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[quote name=\'Dsmith\' date=\'Jul 19 2004, 01:25 PM\'] I thought the Mystery Wedge [That is brought to you by Hot Pockets] was always played for a car; if it was; when did that change? [/quote]
Whenever I watched "Wheel" this season, the Mystery Round was hardly ever for a car, it seemed to me. It was always a Bloomingdale's, Macy's.com, or Sony.com gift certicifate worth $10,000. And when it WAS a car, it was something cheap like a Kia. I'd just take the cash.
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It was played for a car throughout last season
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[quote name=\'dscungio\' date=\'Jul 19 2004, 03:09 PM\'] I read "full of itself" as "bloated." The show is getting carried away with such things: More and more commercial plugs...new category names ("Not just TITLE, but BEST SELLING TITLE!")...throwing insane amounts of money at players...a video wall that renders Vanna's job worthless...
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Wheel of Fortune is turning into the game show equivalent of SportsCenter: way too many unnecessary product placement. At least with the 50s panel shows, the entire show had just the ONE sponsor. Like either Wheel or ESPN really needs the money...
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[quote name=\'adamjk\' date=\'Jul 19 2004, 05:00 PM\'] It was played for a car throughout last season [/quote]
I'd stake money that it wasn't. I seem to remember around...oh, maybe last March seeing it be for a gift certificate half the time.
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Well in the episodes I've seen, they did.
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[quote name=\'dscungio\' date=\'Jul 19 2004, 03:09 PM\'] ...new category names ("Not just TITLE, but BEST SELLING TITLE!")... [/quote]
When I see that category for the first time I'm gonna mute the sound on the TV and hear how many people are gonna see
-- ---- -- ---- -------
and scream at the top of their lungs
MY LIFE BY BILL CLINTON
...yeah, that's a gimme. The one book to read if you're reading only one...
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[quote name=\'HairMetalLives\' date=\'Jul 19 2004, 03:36 PM\']
Whenever I watched "Wheel" this season, the Mystery Round was hardly ever for a car, it seemed to me. It was always a Bloomingdale's, Macy's.com, or Sony.com gift certicifate worth $10,000. And when it WAS a car, it was something cheap like a Kia. I'd just take the cash. [/quote]
Hell, if they're going for high ticket items/gift certificates, then lets bring back the Gucci & Georgio's gift certificates from the swank stores in Beverly Hills...
...Or is that idea too Merv-ish (the days when he called the shots) for Sony?
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[quote name=\'dscungio\' date=\'Jul 19 2004, 03:09 PM\']P.S. I'm glad the Mystery Wedge is up to $1,000. It should have been that amount from the beginning. Now we'll get more risks to flip it over.[/quote]
How does that follow? More money in the bank for the letters = less willing to risk it on a 50/50 gamble, no?
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[quote name=\'adamjk\' date=\'Jul 19 2004, 07:44 PM\'] Well in the episodes I've seen, they did. [/quote]
Which, unless you saw all of them, doesn't really prove anything.
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True
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I also see that they're adding more Gift Tags to the wheel.
I liked their creativity during the first week of this past season, when they decided to give away $1,000 of the new $20 bills as Gift Tags.
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[quote name=\'TimK2003\' date=\'Jul 19 2004, 07:20 PM\'][quote name=\'HairMetalLives\' date=\'Jul 19 2004, 03:36 PM\']
Whenever I watched "Wheel" this season, the Mystery Round was hardly ever for a car, it seemed to me. It was always a Bloomingdale's, Macy's.com, or Sony.com gift certicifate worth $10,000. And when it WAS a car, it was something cheap like a Kia. I'd just take the cash. [/quote]
Hell, if they're going for high ticket items/gift certificates, then lets bring back the Gucci & Georgio's gift certificates from the swank stores in Beverly Hills...
...Or is that idea too Merv-ish (the days when he called the shots) for Sony?[/quote]
Actually, it's more Lin Bolen-ish--she's the one who exclaimed when Merv originally pitched the show to her "And we'll set it on Rodeo Drive and have the contestants shop for fabulous prizes!" Merv was just thinking in terms of giving out money, so it seems.
And as I've said before, Merv should consider himself lucky he came in on a day before she became obsessed with putting pinball machines on game shows.
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In response to "gameshowguy2000's" post in this thread:
I liked [WOF's] creativity during the first week of this past season, when they decided to give away $1,000 of the new $20 bills as Gift Tags.
So did I -- in fact, it inspired me to create a new bonus prize for the "Showcase Showdown" round on The Price is Right.
Contestant getting $1.00 on the Big Wheel in either one spin or a combination of two spins gets $1,000 and a bonus spin. If the wheel stops on the "$1.00" space in the bonus spin, the contestant gets a bonus of $10,000 (daytime) or $1 million (prime-time special).
If, on the bonus spin, the wheel stops on the "15 cent" space that is just past the "$1.00" space on the wheel, the contestant gets a bonus of $5,000 as before(daytime and prime-time). However, if the wheel stops on the "5 cent" space that is just before the "$1.00" space on the wheel, the contestant receives…
ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND -- NICKELS!
Michael Brandenburg
(And they'd be the new nickels from the U.S. Mint that have the images of Lewis and Clark on the back, which should satisfy that letter-writer in USA Today from a while ago that wanted those two significant Louisiana Purchase explorers honored on U.S. currency.)
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[quote name=\'Michael Brandenburg\' date=\'Jul 20 2004, 08:21 PM\'] However, if the wheel stops on the "5 cent" space that is just before the "$1.00" space on the wheel, the contestant receives…
ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND -- NICKELS! [/quote]
This is the only statement you needed. All that stuff wasn't necessary. Can't you be a little more to the point?
Brandon Brooks
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Obviously not, Brandon. Don't you slog through the "Powerball" recaps?
And I thought the thread was about Wheel of Fortune, not TPIR. The five thousand nickels was completely irrelevant
At this point, Wheel of Fortune has become a caricature of its former self. Oh for the days where the wheel could spin around two times, you had a choice among five big prizes, there were no quirky categories, and you could fit in five or six puzzles per episode.
On that note, what was the "Shipboard Party"? I've never seen that.
It almost makes me want to get cable again.
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[quote name=\'TLEberle\' date=\'Jul 20 2004, 11:05 PM\']
On that note, what was the "Shipboard Party"? I've never seen that.
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It was a party on some luxury liner for you and 100 others worth around $40K. It was offered at least one week on the season GSN is currently rerunning, but never played for, much less won.