OMG. This is a crime this didn't get put on the air. This beats the tar out of the 90s junk version we got. 😮

Happy 90th Birthday Wink!

As good as this pilot is, this pilot should have been picked up! Happy birthday, Wink!

No freaking way. This is the one that was supposed to go into syndication with Combination Lock? If so, wow!

Love how the Devil still resembles Jack Barry!

Happy birthday Wink. This was a cool update and returned the game to the classic Joker when Jack Barry hosted. The Joker looked much cooler than the sad-faced one they had on the 1990 to 91 version. I also liked that they had the original devil back in the bonus round. The double or nothing in the bonus complimented it well. Mark Maxwell-Smith wrote the jokes that Jack and Wink used to tell on Joker and Tic-Tac-Dough.

Happy birthday, Wink! Thank you for all you've contributed to the game show world, and please continue to do a great job with the videos!

Wow, Game Show Legend, Mark Maxwell-Smith! We owe a big gratitude for a ton of his great formats over the years and hilarious puns!

Happy Birthday, Wink! This was an impressive pilot - even Charlie O'Donnell announcing! The only negative, to me, is that the dollar values in the main round are a bit high (budget) - if it was nighttime in 2023 maybe. Mark-Maxwell Smith was pretty good. This is a better version than the 1990 one. Thank you for sharing these with us.

Happy belated birthday Wink Martindale from yesterday

Mark Maxwell-Smith did a magnificent job hosting The Joker's Wild, this is also a fabulous game show as well!!

This is a wonderful pilot for the show. it updates the classic version and still keeps most of the sensibility of the old show. Combination Lock is amazing too. The problem and challenge, even back in 2007, was that syndication was not very lucrative unless a show was able to land a prime spot in the schedule; and prime access in the better markets were taken by Wheel, Jeopardy, and entertainment news shows. I would love to see these shows come to air, but I feel that the only shot they have are prime time network weekly episodes. And try doing that unless you have major cash prizes available.

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Have a very Blessed birthday 🎂

Mark didn't ask the champ if they could come back tomorrow. 😉

Nice touch using the classic Joker from the old Joker's Wild!

Very faithful to the Jack Barry original. I like it!

Hey WINK!! Happy Birthday, as an aspiring game show creator & host, I want you to know how inspiring you have been for me as I find my way!! I was also wondering if there’s any chance you know of any Card Sharks pilots that were done with JIM PERRY for the1986 CBS revival. I know that they had originally wanted Jim Perry to host but he was too busy in Canada. If he shot a pilot, I would love to see it!

Happy 90th birthday, Wink! (I kept on thinking you were 89 and your 90th was next year!) I've watched you on Tic Tac Dough and Las Vegas Gambit since the 1970s/1980s (school vacations, being sick) and enjoy watching the pilots and other game shows on your channel. This version of Joker's Wild would have been terrific if someone had bought the pilot. It hews almost perfectly to the Jack Barry edition of TJW but with a nice upgrade in money.

Mark Maxwell-Smith did an amazing job. They also kept the format (and sound effects) true to the Barry version.

Mark Maxwell-Smith did an outstanding job hosting this pilot, and the fact it wasn't picked up for syndication is absolutely criminal! It also isn't all that surprising, though, considering it would've been almost impossible to get it cleared on enough stations, in enough desirable timeslots; ABC, CBS and NBC affiliates were pretty much out of the question as virtually every slot not filled by long running syndicated programs like judge Judy, Dr. Phil and Oprah were filled by excessive local news. And of course most fox, CW and My Network TV affiliates, As well as Independent Stations were cramming about a dozen episodes of Maury and Jerry Springer into their daily lineups. Wonder if it could have a shot in syndication nowadays, though? Never thought I'd see this pilot, and I'm so glad it has surfaced but at the same time, like I said, it's extremely bittersweet as well to know that this never sold.

This would be the perfect time to sell this. Get Todd Newton on the phone to host.

Wow, this was pretty good! The only two things off with this - landing Jokers should have allowed the player to pick a category other than the listed ones for the single window amount ($500 if one joker, $1,000 if 2 jokers, or the $1,000/$2,000 for the bonus category), and three Jokers should have allowed the player to pick the category, no? Odd that they would tighten the Joker rules.

Happy birthday, Wink. More life! 🎉🎂❤️ This has to be one of the rarest pilots out there; lots of set elements from Wheel of Fortune, and the slot machine was used for Wheel of Fortune’s casino-themed weeks. Also, nice to hear Charlie O’Donnell’s voice again. Quite a few changes from the original, but this should have sold. Would’ve done a WHOLE lot better than Temptation, that’s for sure. A few things that I’ve noticed; would the natural triple win rule still have worked in the bonus round? Also, I’m assuming there would not have been a winnings cap just like the original (Jeopardy!, another KingWorld/Sony show doesn’t).

So, The Joker’s Wild isn’t a game of definitions after all?

Happy Birthday, Wink!!! Thanks for gifting us with Joker's Wild!!!

Thanks for this birthday gift from YOU. Happy birthday, again Winker!

This was a fun show! Good host and the guests were pretty cool. I was rooting for Freddie.

Happy Birthday Wink!

Love the original sound effects for the Joker's Wild, especially the same sound effect for the popular Penny Ante game on The Price Is Right, which also used for Vend-O-Price and To The Penny.

Happy Birthday Wink ! I still remember when "Single catagorys" were 50 bucks !

Happy birthday, Wink!

First and foremost, Happy Birthday, Wink. My family and I enjoyed watching "Tic Tac Dough". My dad was in the Air Force and when business took him out of town, he'd later tell me *others* in the Air Force were following Thom McKee's run on TTD. Great to see this pilot. I'd heard the slot machine backdrop for Vegas-themed weeks on "Wheel" was originally the slot machine on this pilot. Finally nice to see this pilot. Interesting to see the twist on the three jokers rule -- where either player could win.

Mark Maxwell-Smith did a great job. Very personable and comfortable behind that podium. At first glance, my only issues with this show are with the slot machine rolling the categories so damn slow. I loved how fast they sped by on the original. I'm not a fan of the slow roll. It makes the machine look tired. I also would have made the set more glitzy. It looks kind of bland. That stage needed more lights and neon just like a regular casino to add some excitement. Even the original recognized that fact.

Happy Birthday Wink. Thank you for posting this.

The classic Joker but the set and presentation reminds me of 1990 meets 2018 (Snoop Dogg).

Happy birthday Wink! Thank you for this!

Happy 90th to you, sir (HBD)!

Makes sense, some of Wheel of Fortune's props can revive a classic game like The Joker's Wild possible. Where do you Find all this Mr. Martindale?

Oh my God Wink Martindale! Those Beat The Devil bonus games was very suspenseful! If I was in Mark Maxwell Smith's shoes, If he got to $10,000; his winnings would've jumped to $50,000! The second thing is that if he did a natural triple during the match or trying to defeat the devil, I would've given him some prizes as well as the $50,000! And then I would've told Freddy that if he gets to $20,000, then his winnings would've jumped past $100,000! And If he stopped, he would continue as our champion! And 5 wins would've automatically win the brand new car!

Happy Birthday Wink!!!

What a talented host! Thanks Mark and Wink

Happy belated Birthday Wink!

Great pilot

Happy 🎉 Birthday Wink!

Happy birthday, Wink! BTW, The Joker's Wild, the way Jack Barry and Bill Cullen did it, is one of my all-time favorite game shows. I've also wanted to see this version too, as I remember hearing about it but never ran across it on KZfaq. EDIT: After watching this, I can't believe this wasn't picked up! The bonus game within a bonus game was genius! And the double play and triple play were very innovative ideas, too. I know that had this been picked up, I woulda been a regular viewer for sure.

we need the 2021 tic tac dough pilot

Happy Birthday Wink, and many more hopefully, too bad this didn't get picked up.

That was really good! Shocked this was not picked up.

Happy birthday Wink.it's a great update and returned to the classic Joker when Jack Barry hosted,it's way better that the bad 1990 version the original devil is amazing.

Hello Mr. Martindale, I am a big fan of game shows. I even have been watching KZfaq videos between your channel and your version of High Rollers. Happy birthday!

Many happy returns of the day, Mr. Martindale! Loved this pilot for TJW ... would agree that the reels needed to spin faster, and I thought it great that they kept the Jack Barry-inspired Devil.

Freddie had the answer to one question right on his shirt. 😁😄😁

Somebody should have at least done a pilot of Tic Tac Dough at around the same time!

I guess on this version, the devil would be wearing Prada, since they used that movie's score as the theme song. lol

A very interesting watch. The host seems like he was having fun with it but the contestants were mostly dumb as a doorknob. Just a couple quirks with spinning three jokers shouldn’t give the opponent a chance to win and I didn’t see what the real incentive was to go to $20,000 in the bonus round. Would they get more money or the car automatically?

THIS IS THE VERSION THAT SHOULD HAVE AIRED ON TV FOR THE REBOOT!!

Happy Birthday, legend! Hope to see more videos soon and maybe we can do a video interview for my channel.

THIS is the reboot we wanted!

Hard to believe that this exact same Joker Machine would be used on casino-themed weeks of Wheel Of Fortune.

Too bad it was not pickup - could have a chance. BTW - HAPPY BIRTHHDAY TO TE BOTH OF US - MY is on the 6th of DECEMBER - GOING TO BE 57

Good Lord this has a giant budget!!

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Freddie was on Lingo.

Hey Wink, This is Rohan speaking. First thing's first, Happy 90th Birthday! Thanks for sharing this!! Those scoring displays on the contestant consoles were originally from "Hollywood Squares" with Tom Bergeron as the host. I honestly think Mark Maxwell-Smith would have been a great host, if this show was picked up.

I would’ve restarted the pilot after the first two questions

This is what price is right is missing! A one arm bandit pricing game lol!!

Well, it was better than the 1990 version...

Interesting pilot. Game play wasn’t too bad. Would probably change the host, and the set design. Also, they should allow the contestant to go off the board and select a different category.

I'd rather watch this than the Pat Finn version any day.

THIS is FANTASTIC!!! The 1990 version was crap, and the Snoop Dogg (?!) version was porn. Although I did like the set. Noticing the original sound fx, which are AWESOME!!!

This Resembles Jack Barry's Version of "The Joker's Wild."

A nice present. Happy birthday! Why didn't this get picked up? I feel like this could've been great with Combination Lock!

That’s the slot machine from the wheel of fortune set

This pilot was great. More true to the original than the 1990 version. Thanks for sharing

What year was this? The show music was used in the film of The Devil Wears Prada. Makes me wonder if this is a piece of stock music or if the producers used music from the film.

I'm glad to see they went back to the original format -- two players, no definitions. The change to the bonus round worked for me, too. I wish this pilot could've sold, but I gather too many station GM's still had a bad taste in their mouths from the Pat Finn version. Nothing against Pat, but the 1990 format didn't work.

Oh, this should've made the attempt. The only difference is adding a zero to everything and the second part of the bonus round. Surprised no one bit -- I would think the pitch would've included that this, unlike the Finn version, is faithful to the Barry/Cullen version quite completely.

Happy Belated Birthday Wink!

John your game shows pilot early series are so awesome

How did you think Snoop Dogg did in his reboot Wink?

Sometimes in pilots they stage the outcome to show how the game works. I really hope this was for real, because I'd hate to think that someone thought having contestants like this was going to be a selling point.

Do you get no choice in this version of the game to take a subject for less or go off the board with jokers? Freddie was compelled to take "People in People" for $2k. Could he not go off the board? All Judy could do was get 3 joker to win the game, Mark claimed. Wouldn't Judy spinning "2 for the Money" as a triple qualify her for a $4K question to tie it?

WOW!! I LOVE THIS UNAIRED"PILOT" OF THE JOKER,S WILD THAT SHOULD HAVE AIRED & LASTED AS LONG AS THE JACK BARRY VERSION!! NO DISRESPECT TO PAT FINN WHO HOSTED THE 1990-91 VERSION--BUT MARK MAXWELL SMITH WAS A MODERN REINCARNATION OF THE LATE JACK BARRY!! ALSO LOVED THAT BONUS ROUND-- TRUE TO THE ORIGINAL EXCEPT FOR THE MUCH BIGGER DOLLAR AMOUNTS & REACHING BETWEEN THE $10,000-$20,000 LIMITS IN PARTS 1 & 2!! BUT WAS STILL SHOCKED ABOUT THE CAR 🚗 THEY WERE TRYING TO GIVE AWAY BY MATCHING 3 CAR SYMBOLS IN THE WINDOWS---THE $86,000 JAGUAR CONVERTIBLE!! THIS MUST HAVE BEEN FROM AROUND 2006 OR 07-THEY SHOULD HAVE PLAYED IT SMART & HAD THIS VERSION OF THE JOKER,S WILD AKA "SUPER JOKER,S WILD"---HOST MARK MAXWELL SMITH FIT THE ROLE OF JACK BARRY""PERFECT""--DAMN SHAME IT NEVER MADE IT TO TV TODAY!!

Some parts of the set reminds me of Wheel of Fortune

i think this is an okay pilot. the graphic is not ok. the quality and set looks amateurish but its still there

This was actually a lot like the original. More Modernized version. Pat Finn's was all right, but this was better.

One small question...why is there a handle on Mark's podium? Was that a tiebreaker thing or something?

Hey, the devil is a throwback from the original!

Not a bad pilot. I do wish they could go “off the board” with a joker, but after reading the reason why it was omitted, I understand (as long as it was brought back if sold). Don’t like how the other player can win on a three joker spin, that should be a perk only to the spinner. Love how the classic spinning and buzzer sounds were kept. Champion going first is OK, prefer challenger though. Bonus round is a nice update. Much better than $1000 and prizes. There could be a budget concern though. Mark Maxwell-Smith did a good job especially since he’s a producer and not a host. I’m assuming he was only doing this for the pilot, another person would be the host in the series.

I’m guessing they couldn’t go “off the board” with the jokers to choose a category that wasn’t already on one of the other reels like they could in the Barry/Cullen version, or even not play the joker to make the question worth less in case they should miss it and the opponent get a chance to answer.

This should've sold, albeit the Snoop version wasn't bad either.

Great pilot! My only issue is someone could steal a three Jokers question. Other than that, great!

I know this was one of two pilots, yes? Wonder if the other's around there somewhere. I also wonder if the other pilot brought back "going off the board"? Which was one of my quibbles...losing that rule, and the changes to getting three jokers (the contestant should be rewarded with picking a category, and it should be his/her reward only. As Jack would say, if you miss, the game goes on like before) Agree that the bonus round should have some kind of stakes for hitting $20K. A top cash prize, if not a prize (package)? I'd also complain that the challenger now gets the last chance to catch up, but the CBS version started that way. Not sure how Mark made me feel...I'm used to Jack's dry personality and flair for the dramatic. Overall I'd prefer this to Snoop Dogg.

The only way Shawn could have won on her last spin was to spin 3 jokers OR any combination of jokers and Triple Play, the latter of which would have been $2000 doubled to $4000, which would have given her $7000 total for the win.

Happy Birthday Wink!!!

Happy Birthday, Wink!

Happy Birthday Wink!

Happy Birthday Wink!!!