Comments on: “Wheel of Fortune” Kicks Off New Season in Hawaii

By: devares

devares — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 01:53:43 +0000

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

By: Shon

Shon — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 22:48:30 +0000

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.

By: Damion

Damion — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 21:44:47 +0000

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.

By: Neville

Neville — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 20:24:48 +0000

First: Awesome quote, Greg :)

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

By: John S.

John S. — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 19:42:25 +0000

Is the show going to be taken place outside?

By: dropzone5

dropzone5 — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 19:20:55 +0000

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?

By: Shon

Shon — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 18:56:32 +0000

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 ^____^

By: Wheelloon

Wheelloon — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 18:16:26 +0000

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…

By: devares

devares — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 16:52:56 +0000

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

By: Greg

Greg — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 13:27:35 +0000

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?