And we are still watching wheel of fortune to this day because of this pilot.

@TheJinxCast

4 жыл бұрын

Not really. Merv Griffin hated it.

@MorganNye

3 жыл бұрын

OpticalJW yeah, pointless pilot

I love how they're just lounging in chairs. The boards were so cute!

That lady screaming is hysterical. Like damn, calm down honey. Also, when the wheel stops and then starts back up while it’s still on camera

KZread, you’ve finally recommended something wholesome yet deafening.

Chuck in the 70's looks a lot like a cross between Elvis Presley and Jay Leno...

@hdayejr

Жыл бұрын

Now he's a 45 ass kisser

They spent all their money on the rights to the Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang song

@LittleRockElevators

4 жыл бұрын

And Spinning Wheel

Chucks asks her if she wants to buy a vowel? She responds "leave me alone? im dying lol

Game shows were everywhere in the 70's.

The theme song from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

The show should been called Stop The Wheel.

@sqrlmonger

6 жыл бұрын

Except in Old Valyria where, due to a mistranslation, they call it "Break the Wheel"

@mshroye2

Жыл бұрын

More like stop the wheel I want to get off

*Wheel isn't spinning* 'It's your turn to stop the wheel!' 'Stop!' *Wheel starts spinning* And it took taping an entire episode to figure out how stupid that part was?

This is so damn relaxing to watch and listen to. Such a relaxing environment, contestants were so relaxed and hip.

@chrisrandall2710

5 жыл бұрын

BAD BIKER BENNY mmm Like you!

omg.... between the screaming and moaning... starting to understand what "hysterical" used to mean, geez

I actually like the idea of earning chosen prizes throughout the game. With a different format I think this concept could fly.

"I'll spin the wheel" She saw into the future......

@cutemimi25

6 жыл бұрын

georgef551 Yes she did, but a that time the host "who later hosted Wheel of Fortune until replaced by Pat Sajak" said "Okay, we're going to stop the wheel.

@georgef551

6 жыл бұрын

I'm just talking about spinning the wheel. Went a bit far there. :)

@cutemimi25

6 жыл бұрын

georgef551 I know what you mean.

So glad they improved this show

The music would make you think the grand prize was Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.

The wheel clicking whenever it stops is so satisfying.

"Do you want to buy a vowel? Maybe you should buy a vowel. I think you should probably buy a vowel. You know you can buy a vowel, right? SOMEBODY PLEASE BUY A VOWEL."

I like how that first woman naturally said "spin the wheel".

The lady lands on “lose a turn” and Chuck Woolery laughs. Lol

This different format and vibe is so surreal to watch now! And lol at how ridiculously excited the contestants are! Thank you for uploading this!

It's so appropriate that they are playing _Spinning Wheel_ by Blood, Sweat, and Tears.

this exquisite 1974 Pontiac Firebird ! 😎

@aldofhister6859

4 жыл бұрын

That full length mink coat is worth more than the Firebird

They play "Spinning Wheel" as a commercial bumper, and the closing credits play "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang." It's so interesting that this original show didn't have a model in front of the puzzle board turning letters. The puzzle board looks like cardboard, similar to the original Jeopardy.

Vanna White had just started her junior year in high school back then.

@wecantfightgravity

4 жыл бұрын

Yes. She was 16 and Pat was 27 in 1973.

@MorganNye

3 жыл бұрын

Anthony Guarino well he came in 1981

Love the Chitty Chitty, Bang Bang background music at the Beginning. DANG! Chuck Woolery looked like A College Student then.

@thegameshowgeek

4 жыл бұрын

Jiltedin2007 and the wheel looked old el cheapo!

1:57 That wrong letter buzzer sounded like a "school bell", a "big beep" and a huge "human burping" sound all at once.

@gangsnapp_yt5945

2 жыл бұрын

family fortunes was the same thing except a fart. and the whammy sound effect from pyl. which did appear in uk. but is unknown if wiped out of existence by the network or not

When she said, “ stop!” I was thinking wheel would stop 🛑 immediately?! 😐

I love this its so chaotic and raw .

Love the loud enthusiasm. The audience clapping I think is a track. When people tell her to keeping going or stop, I only hear a few voices really close and when the ladies shout, it doesn't sound like a huge area like the screams are bouncing off the walls that are close.

Background music is "Spinning Wheel" by David Clayton Thomas.

somehow the weirdest part is still the chitty chitty bang bang theme

That has to be the most bizarre game show music ever made...

The fact that they sometimes end up saying "spin the wheel" is what predicted the later years.

It's interesting that Chuck was the host of this original 1973 pilot and Susan Stafford was the hostess of the two 1974 pilots with Edd Byrnes. It's also interesting that vowels have always and continues to be worth $250.

Wheel of Fortune should've kept the Chitty Chitty Bang Bang theme song. "Wheeel...of....FORTUNE! Bang, bang, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang...."

These women are going in hysterics every other time they stop the wheel. Hard to believe the show wasn't picked up right away...

@MarcusDaGrand

5 жыл бұрын

They invented Valium for these women.

Amazing how much this game has changed

Loving the incomprehensible use of 'Chitty Chitty Bang Bang' as theme music.

@rockland6674

7 жыл бұрын

That's an instrumental version of "Spinning Wheel," the Blood, Sweat & Tears song.

@gardenplots283

6 жыл бұрын

+rockland6674 Chitty Chitty Bang Bang was played while they were showing the prizes at the beginning. Very odd.

I love how he asks the women "what does your husband do for a living?"

@majorneptunejr

3 жыл бұрын

Should have said, who care he not a contestant .

I love the version of "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" used as the opening.

I'll take a '74 Firebird today, please!

Shoppers' Bazaar? Yeah, this game certainly is bizarre.

@Santiaram

2 жыл бұрын

“Shoppers’ Bazaar” was the former name before 1974

@onorebakasama

Жыл бұрын

​@@Santiaram ...I am very aware of that. It was a joke. Wordplay, because "bazaar" sounds like "bizarre", which means strange, and this version of Wheel of Fortune is very different, which can be seen as strange.

I just love old episodes or old "versions" of shows, like this one. We get to see a piece of culture from the day as well as learn a bit of TV history. I find it interesting that they use the same font on the puzzleboard as today. The upright wheel looks funny and when the ladies say "Stop the wheel," I keep expecting them to say "No whammies!" XD Thank you for posting. This is a nice clear recording with excellent sound. :)

@daffers2345

8 жыл бұрын

OK, it seems I can't edit. However ... I realized the font isn't the same but is similar with large serifs. I also find it interesting that they have a clue wedge and used the phone to give a clue privately to one of the contestants - it reminds me of the phone-a-friend from Millionaire. Such a neat episode to see!

Haha...so weird hearing Blood, Sweat and Tear's 'Spinning Wheel' used! Fitting and yet odd at the same time.

The smallest font in game show history.

Three women constantly screaming 😳

8:57 - What it's like to for the wheel to stop on "Lose a Turn"!

I don’t even know where to start with this. The poor sound guy having to listen to these women screaming.

this is wild, I remember Chuck woolery and this version of the show.

Anyone else notice the final round thinking music sounds a little familiar?

i like how the wheel constantly spins; and the contestants stop it.

Sounds like the Chitty Chitty Bang Bang theme

@StyxNyx1

3 жыл бұрын

I'm pretty sure it was at the beginning and ending. In between, when Chuck comes on stage, the song is, "Spinning Wheel", by Blood, Sweat & Tears.

Wow this is fascinating to watch....I believe that at the time this might have aired ONLY on O&O NBC stations daytime. I think I saw this pilot during the daytime on WMAQ TV in Chicago way back in 1973 as a child. Amazingly this episode holds up well. It kept my attention!

12:20 “Quickly, or we’ll be into Search For Tomorrow”...which was still on CBS at the time (didn’t move to NBC until 1982)!

Loved the use of "Spinning Wheel" by Blood, Sweat, & Tears.

How do the letters appear if there is no Vanna?

@holton345

5 жыл бұрын

Vanna is hiding behind the board. True story. HAHAHA!!!

oh my lord... that screeeeching !!!! Like nails on a chalk board !

@pika23

5 жыл бұрын

Those prizes were fab!

i loved both pilots!!! Chuck Woolery was amazing since he always made me laugh every time ever since i grew up with him on Scrabble & Love Connection when i was a kid. Also the enthusiasm from Marilyn/Dawn/Marie they must have very excited when they became the first contestants of the most popular game show on NBC thank you so very much for uploading this :D

@d_andy0

8 жыл бұрын

i love the german version ;) but in 2001 the germen version becames / get (?) a ;digital-toutch;- puzzlebord . it was not a puzzleboard. it was a big tv without touchsensors. totaly loveles :( in my playlist Glücksrad u can see it. sorry for the bad english

@JEMQueen

8 жыл бұрын

it's OK, i'll get a chance to see them :)

Even with all the bugs, this wasn't half bad. The setup made it look way more intimate, which isn't a bad thing. Remove the audience and it becomes one helluva edge on other game shows of that time. For those of you saying this looked like 'Press Your Luck', you need to realize this show was done like 4 years before the original iteration 'Second Chance' and 10 years before 'Press Your Luck' came on the air. So maybe it's the other way around?

Wow... It's a good thing Merv Griffin ironed out all the kinks!

That melody playing in the show is the Chitty Chitty Bang Bang song!

@NSHM122

5 жыл бұрын

And then they played Spinnin' Wheel by Blood, Sweat and Tears

In 1973 the wheel doubled as a kitchen knife sharpener for the take home prizes.

The countdown music played during the "Shopper's Special" segment of this pilot, SHOPPER'S BAZAAR, was the same music that was sometimes played during Charlie O'Donnell's or Jack Clark's prize descriptions on WHEEL OF FORTUNE after a contestant went shopping for prizes following his/her win of a round. On this SHOPPER'S BAZAAR video, that version of the music (perhaps written by Merv Griffin) was more playful. On WHEEL when this music was played, it was played at a different pitch and was a bit somber but had a triumphant finale if it got that far.

We’ve come a long way..

the first contestant's name was Marilyn.. at the end of the show, the announcer called her Maureen.. which was the 3rd contestant's name.

You would think they'd have the players use a button instead of saying stop.

@jkaylin6

7 жыл бұрын

Happy this turned into Wheel.

"Stop the wheel!" Hahahaha Oh God.

15:19 - What it sounds like when the wheel lands on "LOSE A TURN"

Some of the funniest parts of the ladies' hilarious screaming from this pilot. XD 5:54- "OH NO!!!!!!!" 12:44- "OH NO AND I DON'T KNOW IT!!!!" 13:00- "AAAAAAAHHHHHH!!!!!!!" 13:36- "AAAHH!!!!" 15:50- "OOOOOOOHHHH" 26:06- "OH I KNOW!!!!!"

@nolancain8792

5 жыл бұрын

Justin Middleton hopefully the audio operator got paid well for his possible hearing damage.

@justinmiddleton8818

5 жыл бұрын

+Nolan Cain LOL i know right, but i have to say hearing these ladies incessantly scream through nearly every part of the game is still pretty funny. XD

@biruss

5 жыл бұрын

@@justinmiddleton8818 it makes me hot!

Wow, this version is... *really* different. Pretty interesting, if not too confusing. I liked how the introduced the contestants *and* did a round of gameplay in the opening. I'm not sure what happens if you have two prizes 'paid off' before solving a puzzle, whether you only claim one prize, or all the ones you've covered.

@Jamessmith-xk3fh

3 жыл бұрын

If you have 2 or 3 paid off but haven't got a puzzle they all would be urs if u get a puzzle

Thanks for putting this up

Lol these prizes are so posh! An absolutely massive sterling silver, crystal and china set from Tiffany's, a full length mink coat from Bergdorf Goodman, a 5 piece Gucci luggage set, and did I see a bottle of Dom or are my eyes deceiving me?! Holy crap. What in the world happened to gameshow prizes?! :(

@visaman

3 жыл бұрын

Those were just left over props from The Beverly Hillbillies.

Wow incredible and classic

And a ceramic cat ... I USED TO LOVE THIS SHOPPING TRIP AS A KID ... I'd laugh so hard ! "YOU HAVE 8000 dollars ...You can buy this bread knife ...would you like the rest on gift certificate or account"

Pay no attention to the man behind the screen! Lol! Those women are scream queens!

thanks for posting

10:44, 23:21, and 24:13 We're looking for a thing. 19:36 We're looking for a place.

Based on that I'm surprised it got picked up

I would suggest watching the second pilot. Closer to the final version.

Reminds me of Friends, "Bamboozled." "You've been Bamboozled!!"

@DSMTheEditor

4 жыл бұрын

Bamboozled made more sense than this version lol

@b.r.i.d.g.e.t

3 жыл бұрын

I was thinking the same thing!

Henry Kissinger. Knew it as soon as I saw the SS.

@StyxNyx1

3 жыл бұрын

Me too. 👍👍

@juststreaming012

2 жыл бұрын

I see what you did there^

Would be a bomb of a pilot if the lady didn't win the bonus at the end..

Now THAT'S a classic!

It looks more like a prelude to The View with these contestants.

Just one year later it was tons different & so much better. . .

The closing theme is "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, we love you."

@Jiltedin2007

4 жыл бұрын

Keiki Kahuna And the Beginning Background Music introducing the Contestants.

I remember a version that was more like today’s game but had a shopping part when a contestant won the puzzle.

@blindsportslover

5 жыл бұрын

Elessar S that was during the first four or so seasons of the syndicated Wheel of Fortune. The NBC version had that format until its cancellation in 1989. Someone feel free to correct me if I'm wrong.

@karens8633

5 жыл бұрын

Gerard Landry, Great, it wasn’t a Dream then! 😂 I’m the only one that remembered it around here!

@RogerBates7

5 жыл бұрын

Yes, that's correct. The early years of the "current" wheel had this. It was called the "showcase" if I'm not mistaken. You had to spend your winnings on prizes from there and if there were an amount left that was insufficient to buy anything from the showcase, you received a gift certificate. You didn't take home cash winnings, like they do today. That came later on.

@blindsportslover

5 жыл бұрын

Roger Bates I kind of miss that. But these days it's all about the money. I'm not necessarily saying that's a bad thing, but I just wish that they brought back the shopping element.

@WaltGekko

5 жыл бұрын

@@RogerBates7 Right. That originally started in 1987 when they a "week of cash" that quickly became the permanent format. The daytime version didn't go all cash until it went to CBS in 1989 (with Bob Goen taking over from Rolf Benirshke, who replaced Pat Sajak on the daytime version) and had much lower cash amounts.

This pilot is a trainwreck!

@ApartmentKing66

2 жыл бұрын

Well, it's just an idea of how the show will go for network execs only. They're not shooting for an Emmy.

Thanks so much for uploading this. I was curious to see if this existed.

Chuck doesn't seem to age...

@Jiltedin2007

4 жыл бұрын

Robert Polityka Chuck Woolery looked like A Very Young College Student Back in 1973.

Never seen that before, but I wish that this show deserves a remake of "Shopper's Bazaar".

@ChavoMysterio

8 жыл бұрын

+Musicradio77 Television Network Really good idea, HOWEVER, the puzzleboard in this format would put Vanna out of a job.

@ChristopherSobieniak

7 жыл бұрын

That's true. it could just be an LED billboard of sorts they'd be using.

No ceramic Dalmatian? I remember that prize and when they had like 75 left it got turned into a service merchandise gift certificate

Stop the Wheel and it stops 10 clicks later 🙄

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, the irritating sound of the wheel clacking, the women acting like they are all on uppers, the assumption that they are just extensions of their husbands, the chairs, Chuck rushing them to give letters, yelling stop the wheel, the squealing and screaming... this was weird and awful. Who would have ever expected the show to be picked up?

@gardenplots283

6 жыл бұрын

+Sean Lauer I love all the songs from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang but it is just bizarre in this incarnation.

@davidogara1334

6 жыл бұрын

chitty Chitty Bang Bang is a movie from MGM

@ce7.0

3 жыл бұрын

it's wild how, other than the bonus round in the late 70s, Jeopardy has really only had one major rule change to the actual gameplay in 60 years (locking the buzzers until after the clue's been read starting in Trebek season 2; the only other changes are removing the five-day limit and doing tiebreakers in regular play), while Wheel of Fortune is almost unrecognizable from one decade to the next

The second puzzle was obviously clam chowder.

This was more like Shopper’s Bizarre...

geez, they're crazy and out of their minds, lol. If I heard one more screechy, oh no, lmao

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.