Could Wheel of Fortune Change More?
We hope you guys had a happy holidays. We are now back will updates on a (hopefully) daily basis. [Ed. Note: Speak for yourself, Alex. :-D]
There is talk of the wheel becoming a video display and not cardboard. This would be to speed up the process of changing the wheel layout between rounds, because that whole 3 or 4 minutes really kills them. This would make spaces like Mystery Space easy to change back to whatever dollar value it is as well, as if it was hard in the first place. Apparently there are plans of having a video play as the wheel spins also. Will this come into fruitation? Who knows?
[More Ed. Note: As stated in the comments, that is rather generous, Alex. It took 2 minutes TOPS to change all that stuff. Honestly, I think it's a stupid idea, but hey, I'm just a former contestant. What do I know?]
Three to four minutes is generous. When I saw WoF tape eight years ago, the round-to-round wheel modifications took as long as Charlie’s description of a prize being added to the wheel. Surely a Buzzer staffer who was on Wheel could provide info on how long it took to change the wheel layout just over a year ago…:-)
Harry Friedman has to stop taking such large doses of the wacky tobaccy. The show has gone from tolerable to horrible to possibly downright crap in the span of two seasons.