Wheel's got some BIG MONEY!

So the mystery of this bizarre layout was finally revealed (thanks, eybyon for bringing it to our attention). This was made specifically for the Amazon Prime series "Transparent". The episode "The Open Road" (season 3, episode 6) has a scene where Ali is at the dentist under laughing gas and there is a bizarre dream sequence that takes place on the Wheel set. It features this layout and several puzzles significant to Ali flashed on the board, including "EIGHTEEN THIRTY-SIX SEVENTY-TWO". I don't watch the show, but apparently those numbers are significant to her. You really need to watch the show in order to get what's going on. Oh, and the sequence also features snippets of the 1983 theme. For anyone who has Amazon Prime and can watch it, the scene starts at the 19:59 mark.

So I'm skimming through the season right now just to understand more of the plot and the Wheel references actually happen earlier. In the third season's second episode ("When the Battle is Over"), Ali peers through a hospital curtain and notices Wheel on a TV. The "episode" is a Season 6 episode with the Wheel substituted with the 1800/3600/7200 Wheel (despite the huge generation gap). Almost as bizarre as Ali's dream, really.



Funny enough, although this episode doesn't circulate amongst traders, I had most of this episode on tape from a GSN rerun, but I lost the tape over a decade ago. I definitely remember that it was from late Season 6 (copyrighted 1989, B&A was used and Charlie was the announcer) and the contestants names were Tammy/Janice/Randy. Randy actually solved this puzzle and a female voice solving it was dubbed in place of him, though Pat's voice can still be heard.

Season 3, Episode 3 ("To Sardines and Back") has another dream sequence featuring Caitlyn Jenner and Ntozake Shange as themselves.




And here's an overhead shot of the Wheel.