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Hey, does anyone remember any interesting Wheel promos from the past?
I recall the "I'm a Wheel Watcher" one from WUSA channel 9, back when it was the first station before ABC 7 to air the show.
I can also remember WMAR ABC 2 (back when it was NBC at the time) showing a nice clip of Vanna doing her little twirl after Pat introduced her.
Which station airs Wheel in your area, and what promo can you recall regarding the show?
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In Tampa Bay, WFLA ch.8, which carried the syndied Wheel in the late-1980s (later returning to WTSP ch.10), also carried the "Wheel Watcher" promos.
The song was sung to the tune, "I'm A Girl Watcher" -- I can still remember the ending:
"I'm a Wheel Watcher,
I'm a Wheel Watcher,
Become one now!"
I thought it was kind of catchy -- I wonder why Pat didn't like it.
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When WoF switched in the Scranton/WB area from WNEP-16 to WYOU-22 in either 1985 or 1986, I remember a commercial with a whole bunch of kids playing Wheel of Fortune on their own outdoor set that they made, or something like that......That was the promo WYOU used to tout the switch..
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[quote name=\'gsnman\' date=\'Aug 9 2005, 02:16 AM\']Which station airs Wheel in your area, and what promo can you recall regarding the show?
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I don't remember any past promos, but all I can tell you is that WOF is shown (for as long as I can remember) at 6:30pmCDT on WCCO channel 4. (CBS affiliate)
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[quote name=\'gsnman\' date=\'Aug 9 2005, 02:16 AM\']Hey, does anyone remember any interesting Wheel promos from the past?
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In the weeks leading to the syndicated launch, Jack Clark announced the promo plugging the premiere. In one scene, a security guard opened a briefcase filled with cash. At promo's end, a winning contestant with his hand on his bosom and the briefcase being handed to him by hostess Vanna White and then the local voice of David Mark told Cleveland viewers of WEWS-TV5 that Wheel Of Fortune would premiere on Monday, September 5th at 7pm--a time period and channel it holds to this day. During its first year, it was followed by The Joker's Wild. Jeopardy! has been the 7:30pm show since Fall 1984.
In a few subsequent seasons, I believe Dick Tufeld's voice was heard on the promos.
Oh, almost forgot. There was a letdown when no such briefcase of bucks was offered when the program hit the air. Shame!
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Airs on WVEC at 7 pm. I remember the "I'm a Wheel Watcher" promos from the late-80s. There was also one from the early-90s with something about "Wheel is America's Game!" That's the only part of the song I remember.
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I don't really remember any specific Wheel promo, but I do remember here in Duluth, GA (near Atlanta), WAGA-TV 5 aired it a long time ago at 7:00, when it was still a CBS station. Now it's on WXIA-TV 11 at 7:30.
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[quote name=\'fostergray82\' date=\'Aug 9 2005, 11:23 PM\'] There was also one from the early-90s with something about "Wheel is America's Game!" That's the only part of the song I remember.
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I think that was from around the mid-90s. Didn't Aretha Franklin sing that jingle?
One I remember from the early-90s is "Wheel Is Gonna Get You", sung to the tune of "Rhythm Is Gonna Get You".
It airs at 6:30 Central Time on WTOK, Channel 11 in Meridian and WDAM, Channel 7 in Laurel / Hattiesburg.
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[quote name=\'Mark McNeil\' date=\'Aug 9 2005, 11:53 PM\'] I think that was from around the mid-90s. Didn't Aretha Franklin sing that jingle?
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Come to think of it, that did sound a lot like Aretha. And for some reason, some more lyrics are coming into my head.
Wheel of Fortune is America's game,
Spin the wheel,
Buy a vowel....
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[quote name=\'fostergray82\' date=\'Aug 10 2005, 12:14 AM\'][quote name=\'Mark McNeil\' date=\'Aug 9 2005, 11:53 PM\'] I think that was from around the mid-90s. Didn't Aretha Franklin sing that jingle?
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Come to think of it, that did sound a lot like Aretha. And for some reason, some more lyrics are coming into my head.
Wheel of Fortune is America's game,
Spin the wheel,
Buy a vowel....
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I'd plum forgotten about that one. In fact, wasn't The Queen Of Soul actually shown on camera for one of those?
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Since we're sharing more stations that air or used to air Wheel of Fortune, here are the ones I recall:
Winston-Salem, NC--WXII channel 12, then WGHP channel 8, and now WFMY channel 2
Durham, NC (my hometown)--Still WTVD channel 11
Jacksonville, FL--WTLV NBC 12 (originally ABC 12 when it debuted in 1983)
New Bern/Greenville/Washington, NC--WCTI-TV 12, then WITN channel 7
Myrtle Beach, SC (Vanna's hometown)--WBTW 13
Richmond, VA -- WXEX (now WRIC)-TV8 (ABC)
Most of the stations that carry the show love the 7 p.m. slot over the 7:30 p.m. one. I wonder why.
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Where I'm at, WPVI-TV 6(6 ABC as it's affectionately called) in Philadelphia airs WOF at 7:30 PM following J! there weeknights. I too remember those "Wheel Watcher" promos. I seem to remember they did a promo touting the fact that they were in Philly last year. Not sure if I remember them doing that the first time they visited there a few years ago. It's always nice to see promos of game shows especially if they visit your neck of the woods. If they do, keep an eye out for tnem.
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[quote name=\'Don Howard\' date=\'Aug 9 2005, 10:18 PM\']I'd plum forgotten about that one. In fact, wasn't The Queen Of Soul actually shown on camera for one of those?
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She was, yes.
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[quote name=\'Don Howard\' date=\'Aug 9 2005, 11:22 PM\']
In the weeks leading to the syndicated launch, Jack Clark announced the promo plugging the premiere. In one scene, a security guard opened a briefcase filled with cash.
Oh, almost forgot. There was a letdown when no such briefcase of bucks was offered when the program hit the air. Shame!
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That was a clip from a June 1983 Battle of the Sexes week from the daytime Wheel. The top male and female contestant of the week competed on the Friday show, and the winner of the day played the bonus round for the attache case with $5K in cash. The first special week the syndie WOF ever did was a Battle of the Sexes week, the bonus round for the Friday finals of that September 1987 week was played for $20K in cash.
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[quote name=\'Mark McNeil\' date=\'Aug 9 2005, 11:53 PM\'][quote name=\'fostergray82\' date=\'Aug 9 2005, 11:23 PM\'] There was also one from the early-90s with something about "Wheel is America's Game!" That's the only part of the song I remember.
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I think that was from around the mid-90s. Didn't Aretha Franklin sing that jingle?
One I remember from the early-90s is "Wheel Is Gonna Get You", sung to the tune of "Rhythm Is Gonna Get You".
It airs at 6:30 Central Time on WTOK, Channel 11 in Meridian and WDAM, Channel 7 in Laurel / Hattiesburg.
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Don't think that would have been Aretha.....since that's a Gloria Estefan song.
Anyway, in Dallas:
KXAS 5 - 1983-87
WFAA 8 - 1987-2005
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[quote name=\'sshuffield70\' date=\'Aug 10 2005, 08:02 AM\'][quote name=\'Mark McNeil\' date=\'Aug 9 2005, 11:53 PM\'][quote name=\'fostergray82\' date=\'Aug 9 2005, 11:23 PM\'] There was also one from the early-90s with something about "Wheel is America's Game!" That's the only part of the song I remember.
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I think that was from around the mid-90s. Didn't Aretha Franklin sing that jingle?
One I remember from the early-90s is "Wheel Is Gonna Get You", sung to the tune of "Rhythm Is Gonna Get You".
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Don't think that would have been Aretha.....since that's a Gloria Estefan song.
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He wasn't saying that. He made two separate points.
Brandon Brooks
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[quote name=\'Craig Karlberg\' date=\'Aug 10 2005, 03:25 AM\']Where I'm at, WPVI-TV 6(6 ABC as it's affectionately called) in Philadelphia airs WOF at 7:30 PM following J! there weeknights.
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Craig, move closer to your world.
Brandon Brooks
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And now, that security guard with the cash is finally explained. Horan is occasionally good for something. Emphasis on "occasionally."
That clip was used in WLS' promos for "Wheel," which had an ABC jingle in the background and the inimitable voice of Ernie Anderson telling us to turn to Channel 7 every weeknight for "Wheel of For-CHOON." Ernie always said that he tried to give each show title a distinctive read, like "The Looooovvveee Booooooat." At least he tried on "Wheel."
The print ads for "Wheel" WLS used also had piles of cash represented in the cartoon picture of the wheel, despite the fact, of course, that back then you could only use the money to go shopping for this studio filled with fabulous prizes.
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[quote name=\'Brandon Brooks\' date=\'Aug 10 2005, 08:08 AM\'][quote name=\'Craig Karlberg\' date=\'Aug 10 2005, 03:25 AM\']... WPVI-TV 6(6 ABC as it's affectionately called) in Philadelphia ...
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[throws dopplers at Brandon]
I know we're talking about nighttime promos, but I got a chuckle out of those "Moving Van-na" spots advertising the daytime show's move to CBS in 1989. [Stat Boy]And BTW, "Rythym Is Gonna Get You" is indeed an Estefan hit.[/SB]
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[quote name=\'Don Howard\' date=\'Aug 10 2005, 12:22 AM\']At promo's end, a winning contestant with his hand on his bosom and the briefcase being handed to him by hostess Vanna White and then the local voice of David Mark told Cleveland viewers of WEWS-TV5 that Wheel Of Fortune would premiere on Monday, September 5th at 7pm--a time period and channel it holds to this day. During its first year, it was followed by The Joker's Wild.[/quote]
I thought Lie Detector aired on WEWS at 7:30 PM during the '83-'84 season.
The contestant had his hand on his bosom, not Vanna's? Where's the fun in that? :-)
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[quote name=\'hmtriplecrown\' date=\'Aug 10 2005, 11:56 AM\']I thought Lie Detector aired on WEWS at 7:30 PM during the '83-'84 season.
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Oh, God, that piece of garbage hosted by F. Lee Bailey.
F. LEE: "The lie detector says you're lying".
LIAR: "It's wrong. I'm telling you. I didn't steal that candy bar".
F. LEE: "Thank you for being with us".
Lie Detector was the 7:30pm show from September 1982 until sometime in the spring of 1983--it followed The New You Asked For It starring Jack Smith. TJW was the replacement program and it was great to have it back on Cleveland TV after close to a two-year absence.
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[quote name=\'Don Howard\' date=\'Aug 10 2005, 01:10 PM\']Lie Detector was the 7:30pm show from September 1982 until sometime in the spring of 1983--it followed The New You Asked For It starring Jack Smith. TJW was the replacement program and it was great to have it back on Cleveland TV after close to a two-year absence.[/quote]
I sit corrected. I thought Lie Detector was on from '83 to '84.
I'd buy you a drink at the Congress but I'm around 114th on the list of people who are buying for you.
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KWWL Ch 7 in Eastern Iowa ran some promos in the mid to late 80s featuring Pat & Vanna in a parade. I don't remember the song that was used. I don't think it was "I'm a Wheel Watcher", but it may have been.
Ch. 7 also used to show the previous night's bonus round puzzle at various times throughout the day. The promo went something like, "Can you solve this puzzle....Watch Wheel of Fortune, tonight at 6:30, then the answer would be shown.
They did a similar thing with the Final Jeopardy answer/question.
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Hey, I have a fun idea. Let's list the premises of every single Wheel promo ever made! That'll be a gas!
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[quote name=\'clemon79\' date=\'Aug 10 2005, 04:08 PM\']Hey, I have a fun idea. Let's list the premises of every single Wheel promo ever made! That'll be a gas!
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Finally, someone with some sense here! Why didn't somebody come out with a "wow" or a "whoosh" before now?
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[quote name=\'PYLdude\' date=\'Aug 10 2005, 03:10 PM\']Finally, someone with some sense here! Why didn't somebody come out with a "wow" or a "whoosh" before now?
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I just went straight to "ignore." :)
Doug -- and the countdown to 1400 continues
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[quote name=\'gsnman\' date=\'Aug 9 2005, 02:16 AM\']Hey, does anyone remember any interesting Wheel promos from the past?
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Are you that bored? Cause it's a sunny sky outside here.....
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I remember a version of the "America's Game" promo (in fact, I may have it on tape) that aired on CKCK in Regina, Canada -- they muted the "America's Game" line in the song, and dubbed in Pat saying "It's Canada's game, eh?" And at the end, Pat voiceover again, "Canada's game, weekdays at 5 on CKCK-TV."
And, many years earlier, when it aired at 5:30, after "Silver Spoons", a short promo ran with Vanna on camera saying "Wheel of Fortune is next on CKTV!"
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I remember the Tufeld-voiced promos for WOF[Or,"Wheel Of Torture", as one of my brothers likes to call it, because he hates that show] when KDKA/2 aired it in the late afternoon back in the mid-80s, when WPXI/11 took the show in '87, the "Wheel Watcher" ads aired.
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Are you that bored? Cause it's a sunny sky outside here.....
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Hey, it could be worse....He could have pulled a Ryan_Conley and asked what stations across the US aired WoF in syndication since 1983......
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[quote name=\'aaron sica\' date=\'Aug 11 2005, 11:31 AM\']Hey, it could be worse....He could have pulled a Ryan_Conley and asked what stations across the US aired WoF in syndication since 1983......
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That reminds me. If and when 50 Grand Slam returns to TV and airs in syndication, what stations will carry it and at what times? Don't be judicious. List every market. Begin at once.
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And should the theme song be the Flemish national anthem, or the Mongolian? And who will sing it? :)
--Sam
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[quote name=\'kurtinrod62\' date=\'Aug 11 2005, 11:03 AM\']I remember the Tufeld-voiced promos for WOF[Or,"Wheel Of Torture", as one of my brothers likes to call it, because he hates that show] when KDKA/2 aired it in the late afternoon back in the mid-80s, when WPXI/11 took the show in '87, the "Wheel Watcher" ads aired.
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Any reason why Tufeld would voice a WOF promo and not Jack Clark? Also, Alex(on the first season J! set) and Pat and Vanna(on the WOF set) did a promo in Summer 1985 for KDKA's moving J! from 9AM to 5PM EST(right before WOF)
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[quote name=\'zachhoran\' date=\'Aug 11 2005, 06:26 PM\']Any reason why Tufeld would voice a WOF promo and not Jack Clark?
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One I can think of is Dick Tufeld's voice is much more enthusiastic. To my ear, Jack didn't use an announcer-type delivery on WOF as he did on The New $25,000 Pyramid. It was much more "I'm the nice guy next door. Let's play this fun game".
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[quote name=\'Don Howard\' date=\'Aug 11 2005, 11:32 PM\']One I can think of is Dick Tufeld's voice is much more enthusiastic. To my ear, Jack didn't use an announcer-type delivery on WOF as he did on The New $25,000 Pyramid. It was much more "I'm the nice guy next door. Let's play this fun game".
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Jack was very laid-back, but somehow it worked. I prefer his casual delivery to Charlie O's WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEL...OFFORTUNE!!!
After he died, I notice M.G. Kelly seemed to emulate it, but it just didn't work.
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[quote name=\'Don Howard\' date=\'Aug 11 2005, 11:32 PM\'][quote name=\'zachhoran\' date=\'Aug 11 2005, 06:26 PM\']Any reason why Tufeld would voice a WOF promo and not Jack Clark?
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One I can think of is Dick Tufeld's voice is much more enthusiastic. To my ear, Jack didn't use an announcer-type delivery on WOF as he did on The New $25,000 Pyramid. It was much more "I'm the nice guy next door. Let's play this fun game".
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Actually, in the opening, without the requirement to get 15 seconds of copy read in 8 seconds, Jack was able to verbally hype up the prizes and make them sound better than they may've been--something that a more hyper delivery would've made sound more, uh, hyper.
I would've never used him for "TPIR," but Jack's style always fit the shows he announced, going back to "Password."
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In the 1984-85 season, just before Wheel started, WCPO would show a brief promo of Pat and Alex calling both shows "back-to-back winners."
Notice I have gotten rid of my old .sig file because someone in this thread asked for it.
Brian
The Jehovah's Witnesses distribute Mad magazine?
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[quote name=\'brianhenke\' date=\'Aug 12 2005, 01:09 PM\']In the 1984-85 season, just before Wheel started, WCPO would show a brief promo of Pat and Alex calling both shows "back-to-back winners."
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I do believe that there were print ads with that same slogan for WoF and J! as well..
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Keep going, everybody! We haven't listed EVERY SINGLE ONE yet!
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[quote name=\'brianhenke\' date=\'Aug 12 2005, 01:09 PM\']In the 1984-85 season, just before Wheel started, WCPO would show a brief promo of Pat and Alex calling both shows "back-to-back winners."
Notice I have gotten rid of my old .sig file because someone in this thread asked for it.
Brian
The Jehovah's Witnesses distribute Mad magazine?
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Well, if that worked, I guess it's worth a shot:
Brian, will you please stop signing off with that "Don Ruckles"/"Jehovah's Witnesses" thing?
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[quote name=\'brianhenke\' date=\'Aug 12 2005, 10:09 AM\'] Notice I have gotten rid of my old .sig file because someone in this thread asked for it.
Brian
The Jehovah's Witnesses distribute Mad magazine?
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Excellent. Thank you kindly for that. Will you, in this new spirit of cooperation, also lose the nonsensical comments you make after your name?
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[quote name=\'clemon79\' date=\'Aug 12 2005, 04:09 PM\']Excellent. Thank you kindly for that. Will you, in this new spirit of cooperation, also lose the nonsensical comments you make after your name?
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Not to mention the ones you make before your name? :-P
Doug -- and the countdown to 1400 continues
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[quote name=\'Steve Gavazzi\' date=\'Aug 12 2005, 04:07 PM\'][quote name=\'brianhenke\' date=\'Aug 12 2005, 01:09 PM\']In the 1984-85 season, just before Wheel started, WCPO would show a brief promo of Pat and Alex calling both shows "back-to-back winners."
Notice I have gotten rid of my old .sig file because someone in this thread asked for it.
Brian
The Jehovah's Witnesses distribute Mad magazine?
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Well, if that worked, I guess it's worth a shot:
Brian, will you please stop signing off with that "Don Ruckles"/"Jehovah's Witnesses" thing?
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The Don Ruckles thing was on Wheel, and The Jehovah's Witnesses/Mad magazine affair happened on NBC Weakest Link.
Brian
Will Smith played Hutch?
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[quote name=\'brianhenke\' date=\'Aug 12 2005, 08:13 PM\']The Don Ruckles thing was on Wheel, and The Jehovah's Witnesses/Mad magazine affair happened on NBC Weakest Link.[/quote]And I saw Super Password this afternoon with my dogs but you don't see me using it as my sig. You gave me a brilliant idea...
Mike
I saw Super Password this afternoon with my dogs! The dogs won, 500 to 100.
*head-to-desk repeatedly*
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[quote name=\'brianhenke\' date=\'Aug 12 2005, 08:13 PM\'][quote name=\'Steve Gavazzi\' date=\'Aug 12 2005, 04:07 PM\']Brian, will you please stop signing off with that "Don Ruckles"/"Jehovah's Witnesses" thing?
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The Don Ruckles thing was on Wheel, and The Jehovah's Witnesses/Mad magazine affair happened on NBC Weakest Link.
Brian
Will Smith played Hutch?
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<Lemon>Jesus.</Lemon>
You can't be this stupid. It's just not possible.
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[quote name=\'Steve Gavazzi\' date=\'Aug 12 2005, 09:12 PM\']You can't be this stupid. It's just not possible.
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Wanna bet?
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[quote name=\'Don Howard\' date=\'Aug 12 2005, 10:23 PM\'][quote name=\'Steve Gavazzi\' date=\'Aug 12 2005, 09:12 PM\']You can't be this stupid. It's just not possible.
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Wanna bet?
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Um...actually, no. I'm not that stupid, either. :-)
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[quote name=\'Steve Gavazzi\' date=\'Aug 12 2005, 09:12 PM\']You can't be this stupid. It's just not possible.
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There *were* three serieses of Temptation Island...
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[quote name=\'brianhenke\' date=\'Aug 12 2005, 08:13 PM\']The Don Ruckles thing was on Wheel, and The Jehovah's Witnesses/Mad magazine affair happened on NBC Weakest Link.
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Relevance factor? Minimal.
PYLdude
Brian Henke is intelligent?
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While I normally avoid bumping old threads, I found a copy of the Wheel promo with Aretha. For those interested, check it out.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0_mYIIXgTQ (http://\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0_mYIIXgTQ\")