Hello, DFW WheelWatchers!!
Happy Thursday to you!! We know that many of you are getting ready for a long holiday weekend but it will be hot so be careful out in the sun!!
On our last blog, we mentioned about the first time that the name "Wheel Of Fortune" was used in connection with a TV game show.
The show that you see today on CBS11 first originated as a daytime show on the NBC Television Network back in 1975. Merv Griffin, a singer, songwriter, and TV talk show host, was the creator of the show. Chuck Woolery, who later went on to host such shows as Love Connection, was the original host.
At first, the show was never intended to have a hostess since a motorized board was going to be used but it could not be completed in time for production, so Susan Stafford was selected as the hostess and remained with the show until 1982 (after leaving the show, she was a producer on Saturday Night Live and then returned to school and became a psychologist, earning a Ph.D).
Woolery hosted the show through 1981 until he left due to a salary dispute with Griffin.
Charlie O'Donnell, a popular Los Angeles radio disc jockey, was the original announcer. He left briefly in the 1980's but returned a few years later and has remained with the show ever since.
I will be back with another blog on Tuesday, July 7th. From all of us at CBS11 and TXA 21, we wish you and your family a happy and safe Fourth Of July!!
Interesting...I didn't know Chuck Woolery was a host at one time.
ReplyDeleteGary, he was indeed!!
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