Simply add a wheel to introduce interaction that PowerPoints lack. Rather than hassling with expensive equipment, ticket systems, or writing names on slips of paper for donor raffles, project a wheel for all to see at your event.

Spice it up even more with customizations like adding your logo. Wheels are great visual elements to use in videos. Wheel Decide is popular on Twitch and YouTube.

Encourage more activity on your website with a wheel that reveals extra content, randomly navigates you to other pages, or brings life to a simple list.

Education Pick a random student in class to answer a question or participate in a classroom activity. Spin a wheel of questions, topics, or vocabulary terms.

This is a great substitute for studying with flash cards, and since the topics shuffle, everyone stays on their toes. Use the wheel to randomly assign groups or teams.

Susan Stafford was the original hostess, serving in that role from the premiere until October Stafford was absent for two extended periods, once in after fracturing two vertebrae in her back and once in after an automobile accident.

After Stafford left to become a humanitarian worker, [38] over two hundred applicants signed up for a nationwide search to be her replacement.

Sajak and White have starred on the syndicated version continuously as host and hostess, respectively, since it began, except for very limited occasions.

During two weeks in January , Tricia Gist, the girlfriend and future wife of Griffin's son Tony, filled in for White when she and her new husband, restaurateur George San Pietro, were honeymooning.

On April 1, , Sajak and Alex Trebek traded jobs for the day. Sajak hosted that day's edition of Jeopardy! In November , three weeks of episodes were taped with White hosting in Sajak's place while he recovered from intestinal surgery.

Charlie O'Donnell was the program's first and longest tenured announcer. The network decided against the cancellation but O'Donnell decided to honor his commitment and left the series.

Kelly was Clark's replacement, starting on the daytime series in August and on the syndicated series when its new season launched a month later.

For the show's twenty-ninth season, which began in , Thornton was chosen to be the show's fourth announcer.

Wheel of Fortune typically employs a total of in-house production personnel, with 60 to local staff joining them for those episodes that are taped on location.

Since , the title of executive producer has been held by Harry Friedman , who had shared his title with Griffin for his first year, [72] and had earlier served as a producer starting in Afterwards, his co-producer, Nancy Jones, was promoted to sole producer, and served as such until , when Friedman succeeded her.

They were later promoted to supervising producers, with Amanda Stern occupying Griffith's and Schwartz's former position. Various changes have been made to the basic set since the syndicated version's premiere in In , a large video display was added center stage, which was then upgraded in as the show began the transition into high-definition broadcasting.

In the mids, the show began a long-standing tradition of nearly every week coming with its own unique theme. As a result, in addition to its generic design, the set also uses many alternate designs, which are unique to specific weekly sets of themed programs.

The most recent set design was conceived by production designer Renee Hoss-Johnson, with later modifications by Jody Vaclav.

Shopper's Bazaar used a vertically mounted wheel which was often difficult to see on-screen. The current incarnation, in use since , is framed on a steel tube surrounded by Plexiglas panels and contains more than lighting instruments.

It is held by a stainless steel shaft with roller bearings. The show's original puzzle board had three rows of 13 manually operated trilons , for a total of 39 spaces.

On December 21, , a larger board with 48 trilons in four rows 11, 13, 13 and 11 trilons was adopted. This board was surrounded by a double-arched border of lights which flashed at the beginning and end of the round.

Each trilon had three sides: a green side to represent spaces not used by the puzzle, a blank side to indicate a letter that had not been revealed, and a side with a letter on it.

On February 24, , the show introduced a computerized puzzle board composed of 52 touch-activated monitors in four rows 12 on the top and bottom rows, 14 in the middle two.

Although not typically seen by viewers, the set also includes a used letter board that shows contestants which letters are remaining in play, a scoreboard that is visible from the contestants' perspective, and a countdown clock.

In August , taping resumed with new safety measures. Taping is currently ongoing. New episodes tape without studio audiences; only essential staff and crew are allowed on stage.

Contestants spin the wheel with a white, tube-like device that fits over the wheel's pegs so they do not have to touch the wheel directly; Sajak also spins the wheel with his own device during the final spin.

During the bonus round, Sajak picks up the prize envelope instead of the contestant and remains at the bonus wheel for the duration of the round.

These new episodes began airing September 14, when the show's 38th nighttime season premiered. Because these episodes do not employ cautionary measures and were only aired in the middle of the crisis, they were broadcast with a message at the beginning stating that they had been taped before the pandemic started as not to mislead audiences into thinking incorrectly that the producers were ignoring public health advice.

Alan Thicke composed the show's original theme, which was titled "Big Wheels". In , it was replaced by Griffin's own composition, "Changing Keys", [] to allow him to derive royalties from that composition's use on both the network and syndicated versions.

Steve Kaplan became music director starting with the premiere of the 15th syndicated season in , and continued to serve as such until he was killed when the Cessna C Golden Eagle he was piloting crashed into a home in Claremont, California , in December In addition to "Changing Keys", Griffin also composed various incidental music cues for the syndicated version which were used for announcements of prizes in the show's early years.

Among them were "Frisco Disco" earlier the closing theme for a revival of Jeopardy! Anyone at least 18 years old has the potential to become a contestant through Wheel of Fortune ' s audition process.

Also ineligible to apply as contestants are individuals who have appeared on a different game show within the previous year, three other game shows within the past ten years, or on any version of Wheel of Fortune itself.

Throughout the year, the show uses a custom-designed Winnebago recreational vehicle called the "Wheelmobile" to travel across the United States, holding open auditions at various public venues.

Participants are provided with entry forms which are then drawn randomly. Individuals whose names are drawn appear on stage, five at a time, and are interviewed by traveling host Marty Lublin.

The group of five then plays a mock version of the speed-up round, and five more names are selected after a puzzle is solved. Everyone who is called onstage receives a themed prize, usually determined by the spin of a miniature wheel.

Auditions typically last two days, with three one-hour segments per day. Alternatively, a participant may submit an audition form with a self-shot video through the show's website to enter an audition.

Contestants not appearing on stage at Wheelmobile events have their applications retained and get drawn at random to fill second-level audition vacancies.

At the second audition, potential contestants play more mock games featuring a miniature wheel and puzzle board, followed by a puzzle test with some letters revealed.

The contestants have five minutes to solve as many puzzles as they can by writing in the correct letters. The people who pass continue the audition, playing more mock games which are followed by interviews.

Lin Bolen , then the head of daytime programming, purchased the show from Griffin to compensate him for canceling the original Jeopardy!

The original Wheel aired on NBC, in varying time slots between am and noon, until June 30, Throughout that version's run, episodes were generally 30 minutes in length, except for six weeks of shows aired between December and January which were 60 minutes in length.

NBC announced the cancellation of the show in August , but it stayed on the air following a decision to cut the duration of The David Letterman Show from 90 to 60 minutes.

The daily syndicated version of Wheel premiered on September 19, From its debut, the syndicated version offered a larger prize budget than its network counterpart.

Only nine stations carried the show from its beginning, [] but by midseason it was airing on all 50 of the stations that were initially willing to carry it, and by the beginning of the show was available to 99 percent of television households.

Soon, Wheel succeeded Family Feud as the highest-rated syndicated show, [8] and at the beginning of the —85 season, Griffin followed up on the show's success by launching a syndicated revival of Jeopardy!

At this point, Wheel had the highest ratings of any syndicated television series in history, [44] and at the peak of the show's popularity, over 40 million people were watching five nights per week.

The series, along with companion series Jeopardy! The popularity of Wheel of Fortune has led it to become a worldwide franchise , with over forty known adaptations in international markets outside the United States.

It was hosted by David Sidoni, with Tanika Ray providing voice and motion capture for a virtual reality hostess named "Cyber Lucy".

For example, the show's child contestants competed for points and prizes instead of cash, with the eventual winner playing for a grand prize in the bonus round.

In November , ABC ordered a prime time spin-off show, Celebrity Wheel of Fortune , with Richards as executive producer and Sajak and White as hosts, [] which is set to premiere on January 7, Wheel of Fortune has long been one of the highest-rated programs on U.

It was the highest-rated show in all of syndication before it was dethroned by Two and a Half Men in the 28th season — In a issue, TV Guide ranked Wheel number 25 among the 50 Greatest Game Shows of All Time, [] and in , the magazine ranked it number 2 in its list of the 60 greatest game shows ever, second only to Jeopardy!

One of the catchphrases uttered by contestants, "I'd like to buy a vowel" , was considered for Favorite Game Show Catch Phrase, but lost to "Come on down!

The sound effect heard at the start of a new regular gameplay round won the award for Favorite Game Show Sound Effect. The sound heard when the wheel lands on Bankrupt was also nominated.

Despite having been retired from the show for nearly a decade by that point, "Changing Keys" was nominated for Best Game Show Theme Song.

However, it lost to its fellow Griffin composition, "Think! A hall of fame honoring Wheel of Fortune is part of the Sony Pictures Studios tour, and was introduced on the episode aired May 10, Numerous board games based on Wheel of Fortune have been released by different toy companies.

The games are all similar, incorporating a wheel, puzzle display board, play money and various accessories like Free Spin tokens.

Milton Bradley released the first board game in Two editions were released, with the only differences being the box art and the included books of puzzles.

Additionally, several video games based on the show have been released for personal computers , the Internet , and various gaming consoles spanning multiple hardware generations.

Most games released in the 20th century were published by GameTek , which produced a dozen Wheel games on various platforms, starting with a Nintendo Entertainment System game released in and continuing until the company closed in after filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.

Wheel has also been licensed to International Game Technology for use in its slot machines. The games are all loosely based on the show, with contestants given the chance to spin the wheel to win a jackpot prize.

Since , over slot games based on the show have been created, both for real-world casinos and those on the Internet. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

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