Tape date vs air date....Biggest difference...

[dmaingame]

Just a general question.  What is the biggest difference between tape date and air date you can recall?  For me, it has to be the start of Season 20 when some of the episodes that were recorded in late April and May didn't air until a few weeks into the new season.  Some of the episodes that aired in October and November of '91 were taped the previous June, making a 5 month difference between tape and air date.  This may explain why the think cues for Race Game, Switcheroo, and Safe Crackers didn't change until mid-season.  I remember hearing the William Tell Overture used for Race Game and the Celebrity Charades remix used for Switcheroo during playing of those games that aired a few days before Christmas 1991 (which leads me to speculate these were some of the first episodes recorded after the summer taping break.   

[GSNSmashFan3]

The biggest difference that I can recall are the two episodes that were taped in June-July 2005 and were scheduled to air in September-October 2005, but they didn't air until May-June 2006 because they both contained a trip to New Orleans as a prize, and Hurricane Katrina had just come around by the time of their intended airdates.

[SteveGavazzi]

#2944D.  It's a half-hour show that was likely taped on June 7, 1978, and as far as anyone knows, it still hasn't been aired.

[tpirfan28]

#2944D.  It's a half-hour show that was likely taped on June 7, 1978, and as far as anyone knows, it still hasn't been aired.

#0013D, taped August 1972, never aired.

Actually aired is probably the Katrina episodes referenced above.

[TPIRFan2000]

There was also a show during Season 41 (#6065K) that taped on July 10, 2012 and was intended to air on October 12 of that year, but ended up getting shuffled around numerous times and finally aired on June 25, 2013 (so that's 350 days). Pretty sure that one at least holds the record for the Drew era.

[blozier2006]

Going in the other direction, wasn't there one in the Drew era that aired less than 24 hours after being taped?

[htmlcc92]

I think that was a military special that taped the day Osama Bin Laden was killed and it aired the next day.

[thepriceis_J]

I think that was a military special that taped the day Osama Bin Laden was killed and it aired the next day.

It was taped the day after he was killed, and before it had even taped CBS announced that it would air the following day, a Tuesday.

There was also a very quick turnaround while Drew was a contestant on Dancing With the Stars so that references to his appearance could be made and that his professional partner, I believe Cheryl Burke, could appear as a guest model. However, I think those turnarounds were of two or three days. Not one.

[SteveGavazzi]

#0013D, taped August 1972, never aired.

Yeah, but that was intentional.  2944D was taped for use on a Magazine day, but then something about the way they handled those days changed and it just never got broadcast.

[Gerald78]

#2944D.  It's a half-hour show that was likely taped on June 7, 1978, and as far as anyone knows, it still hasn't been aired.

Sure hope the contestants on that show got their prizes 

[wink87]

Just a general question.  What is the biggest difference between tape date and air date you can recall?  For me, it has to be the start of Season 20 when some of the episodes that were recorded in late April and May didn't air until a few weeks into the new season.  Some of the episodes that aired in October and November of '91 were taped the previous June, making a 5 month difference between tape and air date.  This may explain why the think cues for Race Game, Switcheroo, and Safe Crackers didn't change until mid-season.  I remember hearing the William Tell Overture used for Race Game and the Celebrity Charades remix used for Switcheroo during playing of those games that aired a few days before Christmas 1991 (which leads me to speculate these were some of the first episodes recorded after the summer taping break.

The 20th season premiere from September 9, 1991 was taped in early July, while episodes that aired 2 weeks later were taped in May. Way out of order.

[dmaingame]

Yes, if i remember right the 20th Season Premiere week was taped in conjunction with the 20th Anniversary Special which aired on a Monday night a few weeks later in late July 1991.  For some reason, that summer sticks out in my memory more than others in spite of only being 8 years old then.  I remember watching news reports on the eruption of Mount Pinatubo, movies like City Slickers, Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead, and Point Break being in theaters, Ric Flair showing up on WWF programming unannounced while still WCW Champion, and seeing the pilot episodes of Doug and Rugrats on Nickelodeon. 

[blozier2006]

Yes, if i remember right the 20th Season Premiere week was taped in conjunction with the 20th Anniversary Special which aired on a Monday night a few weeks later in late July 1991.

...huh?

[COINBOYNYC]

#2944D.  It's a half-hour show that was likely taped on June 7, 1978, and as far as anyone knows, it still hasn't been aired.

Weren't they well into "Hour Power" by then?  Why would they be taping half-hour episodes in '78?

[Mr. Weatherman]

#2944D.  It's a half-hour show that was likely taped on June 7, 1978, and as far as anyone knows, it still hasn't been aired.

Weren't they well into "Hour Power" by then?  Why would they be taping half-hour episodes in '78?

2944D was taped for use on a Magazine day, but then something about the way they handled those days changed and it just never got broadcast.

I believe Gavazzi answered this. 

Out of curiosity, what were 'Magazine days'?  This is the first time I've ever seen such days referenced.  Were they like the Pillsbury Bake-Off specials in that they necessitated a half hour of TPIR's time slot?