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MissTeeks · 12-03-2008, 10:14 AM

In the Game Show category, Team Legen...wait for it...dary! is happy to select, Wheel of Fortune!

This is always my favorite game show because it doesn't make me feel as stupid as when I watch Jeopardy. It can get a bit annoying at times because most people don't seem to know how to pronounce the letter "N" properly and people are always buying vowels when they shouldn't. That's my biggest pet peeve. If I was going to be on a game show, this would be it. I also enjoy the horrible whitty banter between Pat and Vanna at the end of the show.

IMDB page:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0072584/

Random Trivia:

The puzzle board, one of the concepts of "Wheel of Fortune", was devised from the popular game "Hangman".

The first letter Vanna White ever turned on the show was a "T"

The old trilon puzzle board was retired in February 1997 and was replaced with a new one using touch screens.

The bonus round premiered in 1981 on the daytime edition. Originally, contestants chose to play one final puzzle for a grand prize they selected from five on stage. They chose five consonants and a vowel. In 1988, they were spotted five consonants (R,S,T,L,N) and one vowel (E), and chose 3 more consonants and one vowel. In 1989, the prizes were hidden under letters W H E E L, and the contestant picked a letter, winning whatever prize the letter concealed. That changed in 2001, to where contestants spun a mini wheel that selected the prize.

12-03-2008, 10:14 AM	#840
MissTeeks Franchise Player Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Calgary Exp:	In the Game Show category, Team Legen...wait for it...dary! is happy to select, Wheel of Fortune! This is always my favorite game show because it doesn't make me feel as stupid as when I watch Jeopardy. It can get a bit annoying at times because most people don't seem to know how to pronounce the letter "N" properly and people are always buying vowels when they shouldn't. That's my biggest pet peeve. If I was going to be on a game show, this would be it. I also enjoy the horrible whitty banter between Pat and Vanna at the end of the show. IMDB page: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0072584/ Random Trivia: The puzzle board, one of the concepts of "Wheel of Fortune", was devised from the popular game "Hangman". The first letter Vanna White ever turned on the show was a "T" The old trilon puzzle board was retired in February 1997 and was replaced with a new one using touch screens. The bonus round premiered in 1981 on the daytime edition. Originally, contestants chose to play one final puzzle for a grand prize they selected from five on stage. They chose five consonants and a vowel. In 1988, they were spotted five consonants (R,S,T,L,N) and one vowel (E), and chose 3 more consonants and one vowel. In 1989, the prizes were hidden under letters W H E E L, and the contestant picked a letter, winning whatever prize the letter concealed. That changed in 2001, to where contestants spun a mini wheel that selected the prize. __________________ The Quest stands upon the edge of a knife. Stray but a little, and it will fail, to the ruin of all. Yet hope remains while the Company is true. Go Flames Go! Pain heals. Chicks dig scars. Glory... lasts forever.