Hey all. Gonna pimp my blog for just a minute. I scanned a pair of old (more than 30 years) Games Magazine articles about Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune that people might be interested in. Have a look, won't you?
(And if anyone can confirm a link to Roger Dionne's Wheel games, I'd be ever so grateful.)
https://theycallittrivia.blogspot.com/2 ... icles.html
Jeopardy! article from Games Magazine (1987)
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Re: Jeopardy! article from Games Magazine (1987)
Interesting piece of Jeopardy! trivia I have never heard.He selects a good mix of questions and answers in 12 individual categories, which are studied by Alex, discussed by three of four writers, and proofread before being programmed into Chyron, the computer system used to display the material on the board.
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Re: Jeopardy! article from Games Magazine (1987)
Season 1 5x champ John Hnat's ToC yearbook blurb mentioned getting fooled by Steven Dorfman's third sample clue.
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Re: Jeopardy! article from Games Magazine (1987)
For the fun of it I looked to see if I could find the page in Fred Worth's Super Trivia regarding Howdy Doody's freckles the article talks about.
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Fred Worth may have been correct with the 48, but the show's title was just "Howdy Doody," not "Howdy Doody Time."
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Re: Jeopardy! article from Games Magazine (1987)
Great stuff, Myron--thanks for scanning and sharing. Somewhere I've still got stashed away a couple years' of Games magazines ca. 1979-82.MinnesotaMyron wrote: ↑Fri Apr 12, 2019 5:04 pmHey all. Gonna pimp my blog for just a minute. I scanned a pair of old (more than 30 years) Games Magazine articles about Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune that people might be interested in. Have a look, won't you?
https://theycallittrivia.blogspot.com/2 ... icles.html
I see Gary Lee's name is spelled Garry in the answer credits. Wonder if I can still get a free Games T-shirt...
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Re: Jeopardy! article from Games Magazine (1987)
Thanks for posting this, Myron. One thing I found interesting:
I've often wondered what the Charles Nelson Reillys and Nipsey Russells of the world were making for their appearances.The Wheel article wrote:...the celebrity guests on other shows who work at scale (currently $750 a day)...
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