Pat Sajak Visits Wheel of Fortune, 1989

[gameshowfreak2007]

just noticed that "clack" noise the used letters board makes, you watch some epsiodes you can hear the sound in the speedup round.

[CriticStasia]

Sure do miss Charlie O. Actually miss Bob Goen too, he was a really good host, but never seemed to find a vehicle that fit. Wheel was good with him but so cheapened down, and by the early 90s, daytime network game shows were becoming extinct :(

[WheelFan96]

From the Bob Barker Studio, it's Wheeeeeeeeeel of Fortune.

[tnawcwvictoria]

@WheelFan96 No offense, but I would still like to call it CBS Television City in Hollywood and I still refuse to call it The Bob Barker Studios

[WheelFan96]

@tnawcwvictoria Well, this actually was back when it was called Studio 33. Sorry for any inconvenience.

[tnawcwvictoria]

@WheelFan96 It's understandable, but it's all good

No hard feelings, just thought that I point that out, I would just like to call it Studio 33 rather than the Bob Barker Studios

[tpir1972]

Did PYL and Y&R share the same studio?

[Bu8956]

I miss Charlie O!!!! RIP!!!!

[jwgreek8606]

so did KHOU carry daytime Wheel?

[sushifornico]

This is a very good piece of TV History in terms of how the show has changed in terms of design. Also I knew they had a letter board, didnt know they still had to flip the letter (so the contestants see what letters are used)

[catholicpriest1]

They actually have a guy sitting on a camera crane. Today they use a jib camera.

[catholicpriest1]

I read somewhere that Pat and Vanna both make $6,000,000 a year.

[catholicpriest1]

Pat was smart to give up the daytime version and keep the nightime version.  The daytime version didn't last very long after this.

[32rodrick]

Also the Wink Martindale hosted Game show Tic Tac Dough also taped at CBS TELEVISION CITY in Hollywood, CA.

[tpir1972]

Where do they keep the props when they're not used?

[tpir1972]

@southernfratdude

And Family Feud also taped in the TPIR studio at the time.

[djf750]

Is Pat's talk show still on? You don't see genius like this every day.

[disneydanny2]

@djf750 nope. it only lasted I think 6 months

[johnissoevil]

"Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeel of Fortune!" I can see Rich doing a great job saying that as well, but nobody can say it quite like Charlie. RIP, Charlie.

[narnia0100]

5:48 my fav part

[14DaveHunter]

@narnia0100 They're both Republicans.

[popactor]

Pat Sajak looks like Dan Quayle

[wdm1219]

I miss the old puzzleboard. I love how the green side of it harkens back to the "disco" look of the original set in the mid 1970s. Charlie O. was and is an awesome announcer, the only other individual still with the show from the Woolery days. Sometimes I wish they'd let Chuck come back to host for a week. I'm weird, after almost 30 years, I still think of Pat & Alex as the "new" hosts of Wheel & Jeopardy! respectively.

[tonshaad1230]

And guess what, This is the same year Pat Sajak joined the Family officially by hosting BOTH verisions. I think Merv showed some favoritism of the two, Vanna was his daughter and Pat was his annoying grandson..lol

[MrLogoman007]

@tonshaad1230 Then what does that make Bob and Charlie?

[tonshaad1230]

@MrLogoman007

Great Hosts that gets overshadowed.

[MrLogoman007]

@tonshaad1230 I was referring to Charlie O'Donnell.

[nextbarker]

$25,000 Pyramid replaced blackout, Bob, because CBS loved their Pyramid.

[carchavtube]

I remember watching this. Pat Sajak's show...how miserable it was. I stopped watching "Wheel"; that was 20 years ago!

[wdm1219]

I always felt Bob Goen was a superb host who got the short end of the stick so often with game shows. Wheel was bad because they went so dang cheap! I often believed he would have been a sensational host on a revised "Password", and sorry that never came to pass.

[bluebear1985]

@wdm1219 I agree with you there. When GSN Radio was still running, the first time I got through to play a game over the phone, I mentioned to Bob how I thought he did a better job at Wheel than Pat is. He seemed kind of dumbfounded about it. I could hear him mumbling, "Wow, better than Sajak".

[samsticka]

A clean-shaven Charlie.

[PsYcHoFaB]

It's funny how Pat never mentions Rolf at all.

[nextbarker]

Do you think Pat liked Bob doing Wheel of Fortune?

[nextbarker]

What studio was the Pat Sajak show taped in?

[nextbarker]

How do you guys think Bob did for WOF?

[Disneydanny]

was "The Price Is Right" also taping in Studio 33 back then

[gameshowluvr86]

Yep! Still is, too... ;-)

[KanadianKyuubi]

@Disneydanny that show has always been in studio 33.

[guy2008rules]

I think they removed the logos of the price is right on studio 33 during tapings of wheel of fortune

[BenJabituya]

"It's WHEEEEEEEEEEEELLLLL OF FORTUNE!" Gotta love Charlie O'Donnell!!!

[rokytop99]

So sad to hear that Dan Miller passed away last night in Augusta, GA.

Nashville TV will not be the same without him.

He'll be sadly missed...

[Jamare1144]

Pat ate Vanna's Gum

[Qermaq]

That whole gum bit was so cute.

[wschmrdr]

Dang those two were "close" around that time.... first the kiss, now the gum.

[nextbarker]

Where did they keep the The Price is Right and Family Feud set when not in use?

[bluebear1985]

I would think they would keep them in a warehouse not too far from CBS.

[gameshowluvr86]

What about Pyramid? (Even though it was already gone by 1989).

[nextbarker]

When Pat retires from WOF nighttime, do you think Bob Goen should take over since he has a little WOF knowledge?

[Woohoo5241]

Nah. He's a little too plastic/phony for me. Maybe somebody like Mark L. Walberg.

[moonoink]

"How Do I Get Out?!" LOL Pat

[nextbarker]

When did The Price is Right add a second logo to the other side of the audience?

[Fyuzseion]

I think Pat made a better comedian than a meteorologist.

[Disneydanny]

"just say the word and he's out" she sould have said that about Rolf!

[Wolfman12395]

CBS is the cheapest in terms of giving money away on Game shows, at least back in the day. Now these days the price is right tries to give away as much money as possible to get ratings and they also have million dollar password. ABC and NBC have always liked to give away money.

[jwgreek8606]

@Wolfman12395 I heard that ABC did not want Daytime Wheel but I heard that Monopoly was considered for ABC Daytime in the late 80s. Daytime Wheel would have been a good compliment to it.

[jarvisbrodiea1]

Now you see how much larger the studio is at CBS than the studio at NBC? The crew doesn't have to push the Puzzleboard to upload a puzzle, there's more space for the Showcase of prizes, and the Backdrops are not as close to the wall as the ones at NBC. So ever since the move to CBS, most of the crew had their work cut out for them.

[nextbarker]

Of course, Pat was still doing the nighttime version, shuboy05, he's been doing that since 1983.

[nextbarker]

Just curious how often does TPIR tape?

[neilrocks87]

These days they tape two shows a day. However, it could've been different back then seeing that WOF shared the same studio with The Price Is Right and the Ray Combs version of Family Feud (and other shows)

[gameshowguy2000]

And let us not forget about the nighttime version..so since both versions taped there, they obviously had to change out some things (like the $5,000 sign in daytime to the $25,000 sign in nighttime).

[SilentBob20]

Man Charlie looks old in this...I wonder how old he is today.

[mylesspike119]

Charlie O'Donnell is 57 in this video....As for today, Charlie is 76, and still working as a announcer on WOF.

[southernfratdude]

This was when Wheel was taped in the Price is Right studio!

[lklk90]

no body can i do charlie o when he says that.

[ShaDeed329]

Pat's so crazy!!

[vorsdec]

Vanna White was sooo sexy as a barbie doll

[trev17ian]

This was when Wheel Of Fortune didn't have that many sponsors like it does now.

[gameshowluvr86]

Lol at 8:52. Vanna's awesome...

[wrikent5500]

Dan Miller also used to sidekick on TNN

[Bu8956]

@wrikent5500 He was also the host of Tnn's Top Card after Jim Caldwell left the show.

[bluebear1985]

The Joker's Wild.

[NintendoGX159]

I've noticed that Vanna explains how the puzzleboard works twice this clip, and again in 1995. Gum = WOW!!

[gameshowfreak2007]

cool, for once we got to see the used letter board, I guess we now know why they don't show it on air,

and Ia gree, Bob did a great job, (better than Pat IMO) it's jsut that this version was so cheap and daytime game shows were becoming a thing of the past.

[XtremeWeirdo]

I wish daytime game shows would go away, entirely, except for Jeopardy. Notice how Deal or No Deal is trying to do the Wheel of Fortune thing, themselves.

[shotstephens]

Pat stopped doing the daytime show because he was tired from doing all three shows at once. two shows at once if you tape daytime episodes one week and night episodes the next and have that rotating schedule. Pat had to drive from CBS Television City to NBC in Burbank every day. Stressful Drive Enough.

NBC Should have hired Bob Goen from the start when Pat left the Daytime show and NBC would have had Daytime Wheel until at least 1995. Long Live Wheel of Fortune!

[baconhead2008]

Actually, Pat wasn't the host when Wheel was on CBS, shotstephens.

[patrickballoonman]

5:38: OHHH, BLEEEEEEEECCCHHH!!!

[gameshowluvr86]

Dude, I laughed so hard at that part.

[gameshowguy2000]

The Joker's Wild

[gameshowguy2000]

Yep, and even both versions of TJW taped there!

[Wolfman12395]

Bob Goen was the Wheel's worst nightmare. I still can't believe I saw $50 and $75 spaces on his version of the wheel.

BTW, great upload :D

[deric8]

Goen was a good host for Wheel, I think what doomed him was the super low all-cash budget compared to the Nighttime show.

[gameshowfreak]

He was a great host for sure, but the show sure was cheap in terms of cash and prizes. And that $5,000 readout, there should've been a 2 in front of the 5.

[deric8]

$25,000 every day for a daytime show? I don't think so.  Maybe $10,000 or Create a progressive cash jackpot that starts at $5,000 and it adds $500 or 1,000 each day until it's won.

[Tubewings]

I think if WOF had a progressive jackpot, it would have lasted longer in daytime.

[gameshowguy2000]

Could be possible, but given the budget on the CBS version, it wouldn't happen.

[smashwhammy]

yea, TWO DIGIT SPACES??????

[XtremeWeirdo]

Pat could not have seemed more clingy with Vanna, could he?

[gsnman]

I've been a fan of the old puzzleboard for 15 years. :-)

[DirtyChandelier]

So *that's* the sound that's made when the letters are called in Speed-up. XD

[gospurs25]

Wow! This is extremely rare video! I've never seen this on CBS or on "Wheel of Fortune" this past season. Thanks! :D

[bhs009]

i love this clip:) but i didn't want pat sajak hosting his own talk show:)

[gameshowluvr86]

The chewing gum thing made me LMAO!!

[gameshowluvr86]

... and The $25,000/$100,000 Pyramid (but by 1989, they were both already defunct).

[lklk90]

the puzzle board sits where the turtable sits normaly

[nextbarker]

What studio was the Pat Sajak stuido in, and where did they keep TPIR and Family Feud props when not used?

[AubreyMan62187]

I think The Pat Sajak show was taped in Studio 56 at CBS

[catholicpriest1]

The two studios upstairs were rehearsal halls at one time. All in the Family and Carol Burnett rehearsed in them. Now Craig Ferguson tapes in one of them.

[bluebear1985]

I believe that's the same studio where they currently tape "The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson".

[byrd56]

Notice that the board the contestants see for unused letters and total scores was kept by hand back in 1989; I'm sure both have since been replaced by video-board equivalents, just like the puzzles and the scoreboards the viewers see.

[baconhead2008]

You could tell Pat was jealous at Bob for being with Vanna on the daytime version.

[freeek04]

well, really the whole thing was a disaster. Both Wheel daytime and Pat's show tanked after Pat left, and when they moved to CBS really he should've been able to do both again, but I guess he didn't have enough time. Shame, really. Pat on CBS Wheel would've been fantastic.

[palmercomm]

Well, if Bob Barker juggled TPIR and Truth or Consequences for the first 3 years of the former, then Pat could've done the same for Wheel.

But let's think about it. Pat couldn't have done the daytime Wheel, the nighttime Wheel, AND his own talk show at the same time. He'd end up being tired, and it would eventually show.

[gameshowluvr86]

Yeah, Pat was kinda bein' an asshole, but I loved it!

[juliaz12345]

Nice post. A rare look at the daytime Goen show, and WoF in general. Thank you for posting this.

[tvpirate05]

And from an era when Wheel was a very simple little show, in terms of presentation. Still enjoyable, but it just seemed so..."cozy" 20 years ago.

Pat really seemed out of place as a talk show host...almost like his sarcastic humor was lost on the audience.

[gameshowluvr86]

Yeah, bro. This is back when Wheel of Fortune WAS Wheel of Fortune.

[shuboy05]

Was Pat still doing the nighttime version at this time? I seem to remember reading somewhere that there were two versions of Wheel running at one point.

[juliaz12345]

Deffinately...And by still...you believe anyone else ever hosted the nighttime version? The nighttime syndicated version started in 1983, and it still going strong with Pat and Vanna being co-hosts since the start.

[shuboy05]

I'm pretty sure Pat and Vanna were the only (and current) co-hosts of the nighttime version thought the daytime version started earlier. It's amazing that the two of them were doing both versions at one point.

[wschmrdr]

Unless you count April Fools 1997, yes, they have been the only co-hosts. They did both the daytime and nighttime from 1983 (when nighttime started) until January 1989 (when Pat left daytime). Wheel daytime stuck around until 1991, but Pat and Vanna did nighttime for the whole run.