trisspinner
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Post by trisspinner on Mar 1, 2022 19:30:25 GMT -5
Mostly going off things in the timeline with this airdate guess:
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WarioSajak
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Post by WarioSajak on Mar 1, 2022 21:54:31 GMT -5
Yeah, definitely Spring '88 given the intro spiel and Jack Clark announcing. Pat's little thing at the start of the Bonus Round was great.  It also suggests that by this point a good chunk of players were going for the $25,000. Jack appearing on-camera for the final segment was a nice surprise, and he still seems to have been in good health at this point. |
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alexb1186
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Post by alexb1186 on Mar 15, 2022 22:22:07 GMT -5
It was definitely taped 3/21/88. I've seen the 4/13/88 show with Ronda Weere of Plover WI and she has the same 5 bonus prizes.
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MarioGS
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Post by MarioGS on Mar 15, 2022 22:57:32 GMT -5
Unrelated to the actual episode, but the leftover footage at the end of the video is from the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, which took place in September and October, so it definitely wasn't recorded at the same time as Wheel on this tape. The reporter notes a sudden "explosion" of records and medals for Bulgaria in weightlifting, and that Angel Guenchev lost 16 pounds to be able to compete in the lightweight division. He, along with one of his teammates, did so using drugs. Bulgaria withdrew the team and Guenchev's world records mentioned in the video were stripped. www.washingtonpost.com/archive/sports/1988/09/24/2nd-weightlifter-banned-bulgaria-pulls-team/f54a6aaf-a573-4fca-95c1-e3d05b5b2793/ |
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alexb1186
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Post by alexb1186 on May 29, 2023 15:40:43 GMT -5
This is confirmed 4/27/88. Found Tom's article from 5/24 in the Yonkers Herald today! Yay we have another confirmed full week of season 5 shows!
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It also suggests that by this point a good chunk of players were going for the $25,000.
