[quote name=\'Johnissoevil\' post=\'239689\' date=\'Apr 18 2010, 04:49 PM\'][quote name=\'wdm1219inpenna\' post=\'239678\' date=\'Apr 18 2010, 01:03 PM\']Being an old school guy, kind of "stuck in the 70s/80s" as my wife puts it, I always preferred Wink's set. It seemed brighter and more homey. Caldwell's set seemed too dark, almost menacing somehow to me. I e-mailed Wink Martindale last year, and he responded in kind, and it was not just a quick reply either, he really wrote a nice reply back. I wish I had asked him if his biggest regret was moving on from Tic Tac Dough to Headline Chasers. I remember watching HC a few times and liking it ok. I suspect had Wink stayed with Tic Tac Dough, it might have had a slightly longer run than it did, and that atrocious 1990 edition might never have come to pass. Hard to believe Patrick Wayne's version was 20 years ago, boggles my mind.[/quote]
Gotta keep in mind, even when Wink was in his last years of hosting, TTD's ratings were dropping anyhow, right along with Joker. So I don't know if even Wink would've been able to make a difference for the show's fate in 1986.
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Two reasons: Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy!.