Do you mean Charlie O’Donnell?

@@stewartvolk5156 Exactly.

Even the wheel sounds good/better. Must be made NOT OF plastic and is metal!

@@Wizardof The Wheel has a real rumble when it spins. Love it.

Plus putting all that shit on the wheel: trips, mystery, wild card, million$, express,

@@yaywhewclips242 No shopping...

And tightening the hell out of the Wheel

​@@wns808That one was my pet peeve for a long time.

@@biruss The show is called Wheel of Fortune, not Wheel of Shopping. And every prize was taxed. Contestants could put money "on account" anytime during a shopping round, which allowed the money to carry over to the next round at the risk of being lost to Bankrupt. From at least July 15, 1975 onward, the winnings could also be placed on a gift certificate if a contestant did not have enough money left over to buy another prize; as a result, almost every contestant chose the gift certificate. It is believed that even before this change, any remaining money that the contestant who solved the final puzzle had, or all the money if a contestant didn't want to but anything at all (as was the case with contestant Charlotte), was placed on a gift certificate that would be given to the contestant at the end of the show (so they could buy their own gifts). All gifts and prizes were taxable.

Pat will be missed after the nighttime’s 41st season, he made an announcement he’s going to retire after season 41

Agreed, but mercy Sajak's now into his 40th year hosting Wheel....unreal!

Agreed

@@willmack5909 and Sajak will retire after the 41st nighttime season

I would agree. Understandable at how Sajak's 1990's talk show failed. He has little to no personality.

But Susan often wouldn't wear a needed bra!!!

You can blame SONY for not bringing back the 70's music, they currently own the Wheel and the show

Merv composed his own music for the show to bring in more money for him. Once Sony took over, they didn't want to pay Merv's estate, so now they have their own music.

Pat is just a different personality type, I'm sure he's a nice enough guy et al. He's just more of a jokester/smart-ass and Merv like that kind of humor. But if what Chuck said is true that other hosts were making $500K a year, considering how well wheel was doing, his demands were actually very reasonable.

It’ll be interesting to see how Ryan Seacrest fits into Wheel when Pat Sajak retires at the end of Season 41 of syndicated Wheel

why would they use 70s music in the 1980s? It would make the show feel outdated, and for those who say "Well what about the Price is right using music they used in the 70s up until the old producers left", Price is Right by the 80s was using that music as the character of the show was aimed at being a flashback to the 70s.

Yeah that’s so weird

I think they were just trolling Chuck 😆

"Temptation Eyes" by The Grass Roots. 👍👍

No the wheel never had feelings, those two ladies kept spinning the wheel really hard and just spinning it random speeds.

@@MorganNye I was just saying that. I don't really mean it.

Brent Rogers good

@@brentrogers4774 17:55 the bankrupt sound effect on the lose a turn?!

@@MorganNye the sound effects person timed it wrong.

Lot of the wheel’s sound has to do with the kinds of flippers they’ve used over the years. While Woolery hosted and even in Sajak’s first year or two hosting, it seemed to be the same sound as we hear in this episode. Sometime in 1983 and over the course of Sajak’s run, the wheel/flipper sound has varied

The song was called "Temptation Eyes" by The Grass Roots.

The Bonus Round arrived during Chuck's last week. At the time, and sometime before the syndicated edition appeared, it was conducted from the contestants' podium.

I could be wrong, but just by sheer coincidence I think the bonus puzzle debuted on Pat's first show. They did have a bonus puzzle when they tried a one hour format, but that didn't last long....

They experimented with a bonus round in 1978. There was a token called "star bonus" where if you picked it up and did not win the game outright, you could choose one of 4 difficulties and attempt to solve 1 puzzle to win the game. 4 consonants and 1 vowel were chosen and the player had 15 seconds to solve.

Pretty much.

And eventually he had to compose the show's theme himself, along with many prize cues.

That's probably when he used the "changing keys" theme, which since recently got resurrected (IMO they didn't have to resurrect that). Yes, I did notice new prize cues. I'm surprised Merv didn't use Jeopardy's theme for a part of that show (a la Family Feud's or Match Game HS hour on TPiR). Merv appeared to be cheap (both with his money & his ego). That's why Chuck walked.

@@ryanstrnad1852 He wasn't the only one who did that. As you mentioned Mark Goodson did it, Jack Barry and Dan Enright did it with how Joker's Wild and Tic Tac Dough both shared the same cues in everything but the theme and win cues, Bob Stewart was especially infamous for reusing themes for his game shows, I don't think there was a single game show of his that did not have a reused theme.

True, first, I do want to say something about Merv; learning about how he wouldn't let NBC "pay for the difference" when Woolery wanted about the same salary that he quoted Richard Dawson of making over at "the Feud" and how Merv fought NBC to name this show "Wheel of Fortune" in the first place (NBC wanted it called "Shoppers Buzarre"), it left a bad taste in my mouth about Mr. Griffin considering how he would make some cutthroat decisions and wouldn't give in (I also heard recently that his "right hand man" John Tobyason was put in charge of the Wink Martindale created show "Headline Chasers" that Merv picked up. Martindale alluded to on a rather recent interview that there was some headbutting going on there between him & Merv's above said Tobyason), that's why I look at Merv Griffin through a negative light. Now, on the common themes, Bob Stewart used the same theme for the '75 "Blankety Blanks" & the '86 "Celebrity Double Talk". I've heard the USA Network version of Jackpot theme used for at least one of his pilots. Stewart was another one who had a falling out with another producer, remember, he worked for Goodson & Todman and he created Password himself, then left & started his own production company. He had said Mark Goodson would avoid talking with him (including when they were at the same in person events) ever since. I like Stewart, I admired Goodson but I'm sure Griffin hurt alot of people's feelings during his management career. Did play some favorites though, Vanna White for one. Got Ryan Seacrest's career off to a good start too, with a kids game show "Click" way back when.

Yes def Chuck and Bob were good hosts.

Bob Goes was good looking, too! Pat just looks like a bored bassett hound or soemthing.

Let me guess: Rolf was the best?

Id take Susan over Vanna anyday.

Pat is just very quirky, In my opinion anyway. I will say I do like Chuck's personality, He's like a dork but in a charming way. When he does make a mistake he's always the first one to say "way to blow it Chuck...."

This job is for extraverts, and Sajak is an introvert. This job fit Woolery like a glove. Too bad Griffin sacked him or he left on his own.