10 Responses

1. Greg

   1

   July 28th, 2008 at 9:27 am

   To quote Gilbert Gottfried: “YOU FOOL!”

   How could they eliminate a space that guarantees at least $10,000 to the player if (s)he solves the puzzle without hitting “Bankrupt”, and instead replace it with a wedge that gives a player a 1-in-24 chance of winning a million if (s)he wins the game and doesn’t land on Bankrupt?

2. devares

   2

   July 28th, 2008 at 12:52 pm

   I’m gonna be brief here since it’s straight to the point, I agree with greg. there you go.

3. Wheelloon

   3

   July 28th, 2008 at 2:16 pm

   Tsk Tsk…

   So this leaves the Free Spin as the only special *and by that I mean cardboard related* item on the wheel before Sony and Friedman took reign. For criminy’s sake though, FS’s were there WHEN THE SHOW PREMIERED…

   14 years that 10k space has been on there, the oldest such special “thing” that was left, and it was a somewhat of a big thing when it premiered on the show for those that remember. Instead now, we are left with a never-to-be-won prize that’s supposed to be Wheel’s ticket to some sort of modern big-money game show infamy.

   Somebody get the brooms and mops…

4. Shon

   4

   July 28th, 2008 at 2:56 pm

   I don’t necessarily think the million dollar wedge is a bad thing. Sure the chances of you winning it are not likely but it’s better than the lottery.

   Here’s a good idea, why not just have a $10,000 wedge and the $1,000,000 bonus wedge. It would make everybody happy ^____^

5. dropzone5

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   July 28th, 2008 at 3:20 pm

   Yeah, but FIVE Bankrupts on the wheel at the same time?! Good luck trying to get around that.

   (OK, so four of them are smaller than the big one, but still…)

   Since the $10K wedge is (was) only on the wheel for Round One anyway, why not keep it there for the first round and then switch it for the $1M wedge in round two?

6. John S.

   6

   July 28th, 2008 at 3:42 pm

   Is the show going to be taken place outside?

7. Neville

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   July 28th, 2008 at 4:24 pm

   First: Awesome quote, Greg :)

   Second: Why not have the Joker add the million if you make it to the final with it?

8. Damion

   8

   July 28th, 2008 at 5:44 pm

   Could be worse……………….

   Wouldn’t be surprised if the Jackpot moved to Round 1. I’ve noticed a pattern that happens with the Jackpot and the $10,000 Wedge.

   Jackpot- Fall ‘96
   Started out in Round 3, then eventually moved to Round 2 by 2000 or so. Again, wouldn’t be surprised if it moved to round 1 sometime in the future.

   $10,000 Wedge- Spring ‘95
   Started out in round 3, then moved to Round 2 by 1998 or 1999, has been in Round 1 for the past few years.

9. Shon

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   July 28th, 2008 at 6:48 pm

   dropzone5 what I mean’t to say was a $10,000 wedge that was bankrupt free (in other words another new wedge) then have the $1,000,000 wedge with the bankrupts.

10. devares

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    July 29th, 2008 at 9:53 pm

    Shon, that’s not a bad idea. Have 3 wedges, one with bankrupt, one with $10,000, and one with $1 million.