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Title: Wheel of fortune 30th season
Post by: Borusa on May 29, 2012, 11:36:09 PM
It's been confirmed that the show will be in New York for that season. The shows for New York will tape in March to air in May. I hope this isn't the only road show for the season.

I bet there will be a new set (kinda wish they would got back to the gold set as opposed to the current neon set).
Title: Re: Wheel of fortune 30th season
Post by: GSB92 on May 29, 2012, 11:43:28 PM
They will be taping shows on March 15,16,18, and 19 at Madison Square Garden.

Can't wait for the tickets to come out.
Title: Re: Wheel of fortune 30th season
Post by: WheelzVatcher on May 30, 2012, 01:32:47 AM
I think Wheel is overdue for a new set, the current one is 9 years old, they used to replace the set every 4 or 5 years. I don't know what else they could possibly do with the set but I hope they figure out something.
Title: Re: Wheel of fortune 30th season
Post by: Richie on May 30, 2012, 02:13:50 AM
Should they add a $65,000 and $75,000 envelope permanently in the bonus round next season?  They did experiment with those envelopes for a couple of weeks. 
Title: Re: Wheel of fortune 30th season
Post by: howierules86 on May 30, 2012, 07:15:28 AM
^I'd actually like to see one (if not both) of those envelopes replace one of the $30,000 envelopes (which seem to be landed on so much, you'd think $30K envelopes take up half the bonus wheel now).
Title: Re: Wheel of fortune 30th season
Post by: kassilynn on May 30, 2012, 08:47:43 AM
I think it is high time for "Wheel of Fortune" to debut a new set, I also wish that they would do away w/ the different theme weeks because I think that they're dull and sometimes boring.
I also think that it's time for them to come up w/ new theme music, the current one has basically ran it's course to me.
It would really super if they could bring back one of the 3 different versions of the "Changing Keys" theme, I prefer the 1992-1994 version and use the Dancing Wedges intro again too !  :-D

I also would like to see some major changes regarding the Prize Puzzle rounds and the Bonus Rounds.
They really need to give away a whole lot more than just a bunch of crummy trips in the Prize Puzzle rounds, that's all they give away.
I also think they should add more prizes to the Bonus Round wheel, in addition to the Cars and Cash Prizes, they should add Boats,
Motorhomes, Furniture, and of course Trips, like back in the old days.

I also think that they should show a series of classic "Wheel of Fortune" shows from around the time when the show debuted in nighttime considering the fact that the show is about the celebrate 30 years in Nighttime (September 2013), I think that'll be a real treat for die-hard "Wheel of Fortune" fans. (or come up w/ a Best of "Wheel of Fortune" DVD)

It all came in threes, Pat celebrated his 30th Anniversary last year, Vanna is approaching her 30th Anniversary this coming December, and "Wheel of Fortune" nighttime will celebrate it's 30th Anniversary next year, AMAZING !
Title: Re: Wheel of fortune 30th season
Post by: tadixon757 on May 30, 2012, 12:10:54 PM
I also would like to see some major changes regarding the Prize Puzzle rounds and the Bonus Rounds.
They really need to give away a whole lot more than just a bunch of crummy trips in the Prize Puzzle rounds, that's all they give away.
I also think they should add more prizes to the Bonus Round wheel, in addition to the Cars and Cash Prizes, they should add Boats,
Motorhomes, Furniture, and of course Trips, like back in the old days.

There's a reason the show only gives away cars, cash, and trips now: that's all the contestants want. At least, that is what I have heard.
Title: Re: Wheel of fortune 30th season
Post by: JerseyBob on May 30, 2012, 12:56:21 PM
They really need to give away a whole lot more than just a bunch of crummy trips in the Prize Puzzle rounds, that's all they give away.

While I would not have a problem with the show giving away prizes other than trips, as a pretty regular "Wheel Watcher," I would hardly call the trips "crummy."
Title: Re: Wheel of fortune 30th season
Post by: GuyWithFace on May 30, 2012, 01:10:28 PM
There's a reason the show only gives away cars, cash, and trips now: that's all the contestants want. At least, that is what I have heard.
One gets the feeling that those are what all contestants want because the show solely offers them. It was far more watchable, and far less predictable, in the early 1990s when there was an actual variety of prizes.

Wheel has become stale, and they know this, yet they do not care.

It would really super if they could bring back one of the 3 different versions of the "Changing Keys" theme
Three? There were six by my count (not including road-show variations): 1983, '84, '89, '92, '95, and '97.
Title: Re: Wheel of fortune 30th season
Post by: rodroddyfan on May 30, 2012, 02:15:16 PM
Does anyone know when the season 29 finale airs of wheel?
Title: Re: Wheel of fortune 30th season
Post by: howierules86 on May 30, 2012, 02:30:49 PM
^By my calculations, June 15th.
Title: Re: Wheel of fortune 30th season
Post by: John92 on May 30, 2012, 02:33:56 PM
New wheel values. $1000, 1250, 1500, 2000, 7500
Speed up round values added a one. Bankrupts and lose a turns disappear when the speed up bell sounds.

Remixed version of changing keys.
Title: Re: Wheel of fortune 30th season
Post by: jwatson2973 on May 30, 2012, 02:42:58 PM
Bring back the Free Spins also. The Free Play wedge is okay, but I like to see them bring back the Free Spins.

I also wouldn't mind them doing a new set myself. I agree the set they have now has been used long enough.
Title: Re: Wheel of fortune 30th season
Post by: gshowguy on May 30, 2012, 04:08:40 PM
And I would have both $100K and $1M envelopes on the bonus round wheel, instead of having to bring a wedge over to the bonus round. (Plus, I would save the confetti only for when the million is won.)
Title: Re: Wheel of fortune 30th season
Post by: GuyWithFace on May 30, 2012, 04:16:00 PM
^By my calculations, June 15th.
This is correct.

New wheel values. $1000, 1250, 1500, 2000, 7500
Speed up round values added a one. Bankrupts and lose a turns disappear when the speed up bell sounds.
$7,500 is very unlikely; the Final Spin adding a one to the landed value would make $5,000 into $15,000...which is far too much for the show.

And I would have both $100K and $1M envelopes on the bonus round wheel, instead of having to bring a wedge over to the bonus round. (Plus, I would save the confetti only for when the million is won.)
Then you remove the entire point of the Million-Dollar Wedge and make the million considerably easier to win.
Title: Re: Wheel of fortune 30th season
Post by: WheelzVatcher on May 30, 2012, 04:57:57 PM
I wish they would bring back Retro Week, kind of like what they did back in the late 90s and early 2000s. At least for 1 week in Season 30 where Pat introduces Vanna. Put the old backdrops on the projection screen behind the contestants. They could do what they've done on international versions of Wheel where Vanna could touch the side of the monitor yet the letters make a turning motion when they're revealed. I'm sure with enough thought they could use today's existing technology to bring back memories of the 80s and 90s while not wasting any production time.
I'm split about theme weeks, I think they can be fun and sometimes offer hints to contestants about trips or even puzzles yet other times they don't matter. At the same time a universal set can be boring and they do have a generic set that they use a lot which I get bored of.
I've been to several tapings of Wheel and going back down later this year. This show is getting nowhere because no matter what we say it is a huge money maker but they need to freshen it up and figure out a way to bring in younger viewers as well.
Title: Re: Wheel of fortune 30th season
Post by: htmlcc92 on May 30, 2012, 06:06:28 PM
Big thing I would hope for (besides more road trips to the great ol' Pacific Northwest - maybe Spokane or Seattle) is that the show / staff would embrace the show's long heritage and past more than the staff at The Price is Right has.
Title: Re: Wheel of fortune 30th season
Post by: imhomerjay on May 30, 2012, 08:14:03 PM
They embrace their past; that doesn't mean they have to live there.
Title: Re: Wheel of fortune 30th season
Post by: WheelzVatcher on May 30, 2012, 09:13:31 PM
I know this isn't too relevant but if you've ever been to the Wheel of Fortune studio the audience (and possibly the contestants) walk through a hallway dedicated to Wheel's history. The walls are plastered with hundreds of pictures of special moments from the show's history. They also have a glass case with a trilion with the letter T on it and the free spin token. But I also agree with what you said imhomerjay. While I would love to see Retro Week at the same time it can get boring if you're always taking about the past. The past needs to remain sacred and special. I think they did a good job in season 25 showing classic clips and you can also watch some of those on the show's website. But classic and special moments can lose their sentimental value if they're constantly being shown. The classic days were special and historical but lets move forward and create new moments today that will be looked back upon as special and classic.
Title: Re: Wheel of fortune 30th season
Post by: William on May 30, 2012, 10:05:48 PM
They also have a glass case with a trilion with the letter T on it...

I heard it was a W (displayed backwards).
Title: Re: Wheel of fortune 30th season
Post by: WheelzVatcher on May 31, 2012, 12:21:53 AM
Maybe it was a W, don't know why I thought it was a T
Title: Re: Wheel of fortune 30th season
Post by: ASja2002 on May 31, 2012, 05:07:14 AM
The "T" was the first letter turned on Vanna's first show in '82
Title: Re: Wheel of fortune 30th season
Post by: kianworld on May 31, 2012, 11:57:17 AM
Yeah...
About the set, they remodeled it in 2010, but it wasn't really shown till that Charlie O'Donnell tribute.
It's been used WAY more often this season.
Title: Re: Wheel of fortune 30th season
Post by: PriceFan07 on May 31, 2012, 01:12:06 PM
New wheel values. $1000, 1250, 1500, 2000, 7500
Speed up round values added a one. Bankrupts and lose a turns disappear when the speed up bell sounds.

Remixed version of changing keys.

With the exception of the $5,000 space, adding a one is exactly what they do now...bankrupt & lose a turn basically do disappear once the final spin bell rings b/c they're considered re-spins anyway. A $1,000 space might be nice, but they kinda already have one of those during the mystery round. I don't think they really need to increase the higher dollar amounts, but maybe reduce the number of $300 spaces...add some $650 or $750 spaces maybe? Increase the number of $400 or $450 spaces and add a couple of the other values I'd mentioned.
Title: Re: Wheel of fortune 30th season
Post by: jarvisbrodiea27 on May 31, 2012, 02:32:47 PM
I think Wheel is overdue for a new set, the current one is 9 years old, they used to replace the set every 4 or 5 years. I don't know what else they could possibly do with the set but I hope they figure out something.

Here's an idea: What if they put both golden and neon sets together in some form or fashion?
Title: Re: Wheel of fortune 30th season
Post by: WheelzVatcher on May 31, 2012, 07:52:17 PM
They should remodel the puzzleboard again
Title: Re: Wheel of fortune 30th season
Post by: PimpinJC on May 31, 2012, 08:40:20 PM
Things that I would love to see for Season 30:

* First week should be retro week.
* Increase maximum non-special amount to $1,000.  Have minimum $300 in round 1/2, $400 in round 3, and $500 in round 4+.
* Up the Mystery Round to $15K.
* Get rid of the flat $1,000 extra for the speed-up round.  Instead, have a 2x-5x multiplier for every wedge except $5000, which is fixed at 2x multiply.
* Since they've only given away the million once, have a tournament of champions, which invites the best players back throughout the 30 year history.  The winner of the tournament will play a $1M bonus round (if they lose, they'll still win $100,000).
* Bring back the three best players from each week on Fridays. 
* Instead of reruns from Season 29, have reruns throughout the 30 year history air on Saturdays.
Title: Re: Wheel of fortune 30th season
Post by: tadixon757 on May 31, 2012, 08:50:45 PM
* Up the Mystery Round to $15K.
* Get rid of the flat $1,000 extra for the speed-up round.  Instead, have a 2x-5x multiplier for every wedge except $5000, which is fixed at 2x multiply.
* Since they've only given away the million once, have a tournament of champions, which invites the best players back throughout the 30 year history.  The winner of the tournament will play a $1M bonus round (if they lose, they'll still win $100,000).
* Bring back the three best players from each week on Fridays. 
* Instead of reruns from Season 29, have reruns throughout the 30 year history air on Saturdays.

"No" to all of these. The Mystery round and Speed-Up round are fine as they are, and the $1,000,000 prize should be hard to win no matter what the occasion, and I don't see them bringing back the "Friday Finals" format anytime soon, and with the last one, assuming a shopping era episode airs, you run the risk (and I'm sure it is a big risk at that) of confusing viewers.
Title: Re: Wheel of fortune 30th season
Post by: Swingbatta0 on May 31, 2012, 09:22:30 PM
"No" to all of these. The Mystery round and Speed-Up round are fine as they are, and the $1,000,000 prize should be hard to win no matter what the occasion, and I don't see them bringing back the "Friday Finals" format anytime soon, and with the last one, assuming a shopping era episode airs, you run the risk (and I'm sure it is a big risk at that) of confusing viewers.
Oh, I wouldn't be sure about that last part. Before Jeopardy! started its 26th season, it showed a week of classic episodes (the premiere episode and one of Eddie Timanus' episodes).

But then again, a classic episode of WOF with the all-cash format may be suitable.
Title: Re: Wheel of fortune 30th season
Post by: imhomerjay on June 01, 2012, 08:16:45 PM
Set changes aside, Jeopardy's game play is essentially the same. The shopping/non shopping change on Wheel was a far more substantial change.
Title: Re: Wheel of fortune 30th season
Post by: WheelzVatcher on June 01, 2012, 11:00:29 PM
Jeopardy has so little change compared to Wheel's. It seems like sets and minor dollar value changes are all you could say about Jeopardy. Wheel on the other hand...
Title: Re: Wheel of fortune 30th season
Post by: Borusa on June 02, 2012, 12:27:48 AM
I imagine Jeopardy's current set will remain the same for a couple more years. Jeopardy has been known for its longetivity of the sets (except for the season 1 set).
Title: Re: Wheel of fortune 30th season
Post by: John92 on June 02, 2012, 08:28:51 AM
Things that I would love to see for Season 30:

* First week should be retro week.
* Increase maximum non-special amount to $1,000.  Have minimum $300 in round 1/2, $400 in round 3, and $500 in round 4+.
* Up the Mystery Round to $15K.
* Get rid of the flat $1,000 extra for the speed-up round.  Instead, have a 2x-5x multiplier for every wedge except $5000, which is fixed at 2x multiply.
* Since they've only given away the million once, have a tournament of champions, which invites the best players back throughout the 30 year history.  The winner of the tournament will play a $1M bonus round (if they lose, they'll still win $100,000).
* Bring back the three best players from each week on Fridays. 
* Instead of reruns from Season 29, have reruns throughout the 30 year history air on Saturdays.

I disagree on some of those.

Mystery Round: A Prize worth around $10,000. Notice the $10k in cash replaced the $10,000 space on the wheel sandwiched between two bankrupts.

Speed Up Round: Excluding the amounts in the four figures, the values ($500-$900) add a one. Bankrupts and Loose A Turns would turn into $2,500 and $3,500 respectively. Free Play turns into $2,000.

Tournament of Champions: If they would to have a tournament of champions, it would be just a $100,000 prize. The Million Dollar wedge should be hard no matter what!

1. Land on the MDW sandwiched between two bankrupts.
2. Call a correct letter. (MDW becomes a regular cash value on wheel when done)
3. Solve the puzzle in that round.
4. Avoid the infamous Bankrupt wedge for the remainder of the game
5. When the speed-up bell sounds, the MDW is automatically safe. It cannot be lost!
6. 1 and 24 chance of the Million (envenlope replaces one of the $100k envelopes)
Title: Re: Wheel of fortune 30th season
Post by: GuyWithFace on June 02, 2012, 01:39:54 PM
Mystery Round: A Prize worth around $10,000. Notice the $10k in cash replaced the $10,000 space on the wheel sandwiched between two bankrupts.
No, the Bankrupt/$10,000/Bankrupt was replaced by the Million-Dollar Wedge in September 2008; the Mystery Wedge became $10,000 cash three years earlier.
Title: Re: Wheel of fortune 30th season
Post by: godgundam10 on June 04, 2012, 07:39:09 AM
The changes to the show for Season 30 don't have to be too big. But with inflation the way it is, I think the wheel needs an upgrade. I think it's time that the $1,000 and $1,500 spaces make a comeback. Also, the top dollar amounts can stay the same, but maybe they can replace the $3,500 space in Round 3 with $4,000(doesn't need to be there in two rounds). The Jackpot Round should move back to Round 2 and the Mystery Round back to Round 3. I also think that vowels now cost $500 and the $1,000 toss up should be dropped. And get rid of the damn Bankrupt next to the top dollar amount. Two Bankrupts on the wheel throughout the game is fine, but there doesn't have to be one next to the top amount in every single bloody round. I have some other ideas as well and I mentioned them in the video I did awhile back. Maybe I should repost it?
Title: Re: Wheel of fortune 30th season
Post by: GuyWithFace on June 05, 2012, 01:45:51 AM
The Jackpot Round should move back to Round 2 and the Mystery Round back to Round 3. ... And get rid of the damn Bankrupt next to the top dollar amount. Two Bankrupts on the wheel throughout the game is fine, but there doesn't have to be one next to the top amount in every single bloody round.
Jackpot was moved to Round 1, and the top values put adjacent to Bankrupt, for budgetary reasons; I see no sign of this changing.
Title: Re: Wheel of fortune 30th season
Post by: William on June 06, 2012, 03:08:54 PM
Here are my ideas (copied from my post on the Wheel of Fortune Lovers Forum):

* No more Toss-Ups

* No more theme weeks

* Top Dollar Values are $2500-$5000-$7500-$10000

* Vowels are $500

* Wheel templates are changes after round 2 and 3 with the 1986 colors returning

* Lowest value is still $300, but appears a total of 5 times on all four wheels. Not including the sole $300 in round 2 being covered by a prize in round 2, and one of the $300s being covered by a prize in round 4.

* Prize Puzzle, Mystery Round, Gift Tags, 1/2 Kia Tags are all retired.

* Jackpot returns to Round 3 but if a different format: The Jackpot starts at $5000 and increases by $1000 every day until won, and it is claimed and won like a prize.

* The Free Spin Token returns to Rounds 1 and 2 with the token placed over a random amount, with that amount being awarded per letter as well as the Free Spin.

* The Wild Card will be on the wheel for Rounds 1-3 and will be placed over a $400 with that amount being awarded per letter as well as the Wild Card.

* A new prize will be placed on the wheel for rounds 2 and 4 with the prize only being available for that round (unless there are more that 4 rounds).

* The practice of only having a specific category only once per game will be abandoned.

* *Some* bonus categories will return with a bonus of $2500 and it will be available to all contestants (as was the case before 1995).

* Regular categories will also occasionally have bonuses attatched to them, but not regularly.

* The contestants will have a three-day returning champion limit.

* The bonus round will now offer four bonus prizes as well as cash. The layout of the bonus wheel is as followed:

(These prizes are just examples)

(2) $25,000
(2) $30,000
(2) $35,000
(2) $40,000
(2) $45,000
(2) $50,000
(1) $65,000
(1) $75,000
(1) $85,000
(1) $100,000
(2) Cadillac CTS
(2) Jeep Wrangler Unlimited
(2) Diamond Earrings
(2) Winnebago Trailer

If a contestant wins a prize, it is replaced with two $25,000 envelopes if that contestant returns. If another prize is won, it is replaced with $30,000, and if another, it is replaced with $35,000. This only applies if the contestant returns to the bonus round the next day.

The One Million Dollars will still replace the $100,000 if a contestant makes it to the bonus round with it.

The only "theme" week that would remain is Big Money week and for that week the Big Money wedge would return on the wheel for round 3. It's values will be $5000, $7500, $10,000, $25,000, Lose a Turn, and Bankrupt. The values will be won the same way they were in the first week of season 25, with BIG MONEY appearing on the contestants scoreboard and it being won like a prize (NOT put in the bank and able to be spent on vowels). The wedge would be worth a regular $1000 after the Big Money is won.

Also during Big Money week, one of the $25,000 envelopes in the bonus round will be replaces with a $250,000 envelope.

There would be two Big Money weeks per season, one towards the end of Fall, and the other in the middle of spring.
Title: Re: Wheel of fortune 30th season
Post by: imhomerjay on June 06, 2012, 08:41:23 PM
Honestly, the chances are slim to none.
Title: Re: Wheel of fortune 30th season
Post by: GSB92 on February 01, 2013, 07:00:25 PM
I know I'm bumping this but this is useful info.

For those living in New York or the surrounding areas and planning on traveling to NYC, ticket's for Wheel of Fortune at Madison Square Garden are going out this Monday, Feb. 4th.

Link: http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=resources/tv_listings&id=8667313