Post by pakman on Mar 18, 2019 8:31:40 GMT -5
Hey everyone! Longtime Wheel fan here who is looking for some help in locating episodes from Season 14 (and one from Season 13). Back when the season was first airing, I had a number of original-run episodes recorded onto a VHS tape. Sadly, a few years later, I foolishly recorded over those episodes, losing them forever. I was wondering if anyone happened to have the episodes, or at least know where I could find them.
Here specifically are the episodes I'm looking for (it's a bit of a long list):
The majority of episodes I'm looking for are from March 1997. Specifically, I'm looking for episodes from the first couple weeks after the new puzzleboard's introduction. I had maybe 4-6 episodes recorded from this timeframe. A couple I don't remember specific details on, but I know I had the Rosie O'Donnell episode that I've seen pop up online every once in awhile (don't know if it's currently online though). One other episode I know I had from this time was one where a contestant hit SURPRISE but didn't pick up the wedge because Pat never told him to (but it didn't impact the game because he didn't solve the puzzle). It was probably the March 17 episode because Pat blamed his forgetfulness on the fact it was St. Patrick's Day and he does whatever he wants on that day. And another episode I had featured a Title/Author with the solution THE OLD MAN AND THE SEA BY ERNEST HEMINGWAY.
A Best Friends Week episode from November 1996. I believe this to be the Tuesday show (November 5, 1996). The winning contestants solved the Bonus Round and won a Mall of America shopping spree. Episode also featured a very memorable Jackpot round where one of the women, in her excitement at winning the Jackpot, kissed Pat on the cheek. That same contestant gave a memorable missolve during the speedup round (she incorrectly said BRONSON MISSOURI, then started cheering for herself while everyone else around her was dead quiet. When the next player correctly solved BRANSON MISSOURI, the previous contestant could clearly be seen yelling "Oh, man!" then jokingly blamed it on her British accent which did not appear until that missolve). My copy of the episode began towards the end of round two, so I didn't have contestant intros, round one or the majority of round two recorded.
Any episode from Puerto Rico Week, but specifically the Monday and Wednesday shows (these ones for sure I had on tape). The Monday show featured contestant Donald winning thanks to round two, where he picked up not only the prize and the $10,000 but he also got $2,000 by correctly identifying the Slogan of WHEN IT RAINS IT POURS as belonging to Morton Salt. The Wednesday show featured newlywed contestant Hope winning $25,000 in the bonus round. Her new husband came out, picked her up and spun her around. I remember she solved the round one puzzle, THE EARTH'S STRATOSPHERE, which made Pat remark how they were forcing a nervous contestant to say such a convoluted word.
I'm also looking for a Season 13 episode featuring contestants Lisa, Charlie and Wyatt (it likely aired in the first third of 1996, probably sometime in February). Charlie was in his third day on the show and ended up winning the main game, but failed (apparently for the third day in a row) at the Bonus Round. He couldn't solve the bonus puzzle ALOHA (none of his additional letters were in it) and he didn't get the $25,000. The episode also featured Wyatt picking up Double Play but never using it and an appearance by WHO SAID IT? as a category (which I believe is the only time I've actually seen that category on the show).
Any help in locating these episodes would be great! And mods, if this is the wrong place for this, please let me know and feel free to move/delete it.
Here specifically are the episodes I'm looking for (it's a bit of a long list):
The majority of episodes I'm looking for are from March 1997. Specifically, I'm looking for episodes from the first couple weeks after the new puzzleboard's introduction. I had maybe 4-6 episodes recorded from this timeframe. A couple I don't remember specific details on, but I know I had the Rosie O'Donnell episode that I've seen pop up online every once in awhile (don't know if it's currently online though). One other episode I know I had from this time was one where a contestant hit SURPRISE but didn't pick up the wedge because Pat never told him to (but it didn't impact the game because he didn't solve the puzzle). It was probably the March 17 episode because Pat blamed his forgetfulness on the fact it was St. Patrick's Day and he does whatever he wants on that day. And another episode I had featured a Title/Author with the solution THE OLD MAN AND THE SEA BY ERNEST HEMINGWAY.
A Best Friends Week episode from November 1996. I believe this to be the Tuesday show (November 5, 1996). The winning contestants solved the Bonus Round and won a Mall of America shopping spree. Episode also featured a very memorable Jackpot round where one of the women, in her excitement at winning the Jackpot, kissed Pat on the cheek. That same contestant gave a memorable missolve during the speedup round (she incorrectly said BRONSON MISSOURI, then started cheering for herself while everyone else around her was dead quiet. When the next player correctly solved BRANSON MISSOURI, the previous contestant could clearly be seen yelling "Oh, man!" then jokingly blamed it on her British accent which did not appear until that missolve). My copy of the episode began towards the end of round two, so I didn't have contestant intros, round one or the majority of round two recorded.
Any episode from Puerto Rico Week, but specifically the Monday and Wednesday shows (these ones for sure I had on tape). The Monday show featured contestant Donald winning thanks to round two, where he picked up not only the prize and the $10,000 but he also got $2,000 by correctly identifying the Slogan of WHEN IT RAINS IT POURS as belonging to Morton Salt. The Wednesday show featured newlywed contestant Hope winning $25,000 in the bonus round. Her new husband came out, picked her up and spun her around. I remember she solved the round one puzzle, THE EARTH'S STRATOSPHERE, which made Pat remark how they were forcing a nervous contestant to say such a convoluted word.
I'm also looking for a Season 13 episode featuring contestants Lisa, Charlie and Wyatt (it likely aired in the first third of 1996, probably sometime in February). Charlie was in his third day on the show and ended up winning the main game, but failed (apparently for the third day in a row) at the Bonus Round. He couldn't solve the bonus puzzle ALOHA (none of his additional letters were in it) and he didn't get the $25,000. The episode also featured Wyatt picking up Double Play but never using it and an appearance by WHO SAID IT? as a category (which I believe is the only time I've actually seen that category on the show).
Any help in locating these episodes would be great! And mods, if this is the wrong place for this, please let me know and feel free to move/delete it.
ON a side note, this was election night, we called our local station and they were able to move our episode to another night during the week - but I'm not sure if it actually aired anywhere else in the country?
