The Jokers Wild 90 (1 of 3)

This is the first part of a special ep of The Jokers Wild from 1990. Pat Finn hosted this show.

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[TVLubber]

Sounds echoey. Must've been a YouTube error, eh?

[sigmafan]

No, that's how it came out on the DVD that I acquired.

[HarlemHyena]

I rather like the echo. It gives the video that "in studio" feel.

And jeez, does Jody have an itchy finger or what?

[crich812]

@gameshowguy2000 True, but "Face The Devil" also involved a higher risk of losing. If you remember, the player had to spin without hitting the Devil (which was hidden on 1 of the wheels) while accumulating money in the pot, with the target amount being at least $1,000 (instead of having a certain number of spins with a 3-of-a-kind required to win). And the odds of the Devil appearing were generally 1:6. But if that happened, the player lost the bonus game.

[gameshowguy2000]

@crich812

I prefer the newer bonus round, because it's more Vegas-like (i.e. 3 in a row). Face the Devil also had the 3-in-a-row element (Natural Triple), but this one was much better.

[gatorman295]

@erikdraven1731 The exception was in round two, where there were five panels in the third window instead of four. Yes, the sixty was on the second window, but I think it was merely eye candy and never really used.

[crich812]

Granted, I liked when they implemented the classic Joker's Wild on the new version, but I think that they shouldn't have come up with a "new" bonus round (where you have to get 3 of a kind to win), and done away with the "Face The Devil" bonus game. I think that's a big part of what made the show so popular, and it still would've been fun. Kline & Friends certainly wrecked the show when they re-released it.

[erikdraven1731]

@gatorman295 I noticed a 60 on the second window at 5:07... was that the exception you mentioned???

[gatorman295]

I've watched a dozen episodes of this show and noticed that there are four possibilities on each wheel, with one exception:

ROUND ONE:

5-10-20-40 in the first window

20-30-40-50 in the second window

5-20-30-Joker in the third window

ROUND TWO:

10-15-20-30 in the first window

10-30-40-50 in the second window

10-20-40-Joker-Opponent's Choice in the third window

How often did Opponent's Choice show up, though? I know it appeared at least once, or was it scrapped early on in the cash format?

[78thefirstlady]

I love Joker's Wild they should make a version on it (2011).

[domirules28]

weird to see pat finn on something besides the big spin, and with glasses...

[Nickle98499]

You know IMO the format of this isn't necessarily that bad, the idea of the definitions is a pretty creative idea and if this had launched a few years earlier or later it might have succeeded of course a shortage of time slots screwed this show as well.