The Ancient Wheel in the Daytime

Well, you'll see that yesterday's post is about older Wheel of Fortune. Well today, we'll go back even further to the NBC daytime era. It started in 1975 on NBC, but Pat and Vanna aren't there. Yup we're screwed. Instead Chuck Woolery hosted it. I do have to say he did a very good job hosting. It fit well. Susan Stafford was the original hostess. Yeah the word "Vanna" seems a lot more fitting for today. But she did good too. Unfortunately the shopping was still around, but Chuck makes it worth watching. He left in 1981 and was replaced by Pat Sajak, who still hosts the show today. Susan left in 1982 and was replaced by Vanna White. Susan was guest-hostess for a week in June 1986 on the daytime version. They did OK on the daytime version.

However, when we talk about awful game show hosts, Rolf Benirschke. He looked uncomfortable during the show, and it was totally unwatchable, and the shopping didn't help either (yeah, it wasn't that great). I think announcer M.G. Kelly should've taken over instead, after seeing a segment with him being introduced, he seemed to have fit in well. The show was cancelled in June 1989, but was brought back 3 weeks later on CBS. Bob Goen hosted it for 2 years on CBS, it moved back to NBC in 1991 and was then cancelled. Vanna stayed with it though. Bob did real good, and they dropped the shopping. The only downside was it was about as cheap as cheap. Yep, the show sure has changed.