Daytime -WofF 1982 - Merielen Perrone 3 Day Champion 3rd Day

[@ericnelson9100]

A very rare Pat/Susan episode, this definitely needs to be preserved!

[@tomasjaramillo4430]

CAR

[@ABMS721]

I believe this is the cleanest episode with Pat and Susan to date

[@transgamergirl3649]

Wow!!!! To say I'm very impressed is a big understatement, Congratulations Merielen 😊😊

[@foxmccloud7055]

Thank you, for all the memories Pat Sajak.

[@arthuridis]

I miss the old bongo drum theme to this show. Remembering it from the Chuck Woolery era as a kid was awesome.

[@scootermom1791]

I didn't know, until now, that there was a daytime version. I'd also forgotten the shopping part they used to do before they just went to giving away things they won with their wheel spins. I love the old commercials. I sure miss the early 80's!

[@ddmck1972]

I wish they had kept that old music in with the current edition.

[@MorganNye]

Maybe if they do a decades week in the first part of the 80s then they would

[@donmccullen1973]

It did not become the earworm that Changing Keys became.

[@ismike1982]

Changing Keys is a better main theme, but that puzzle solve theme is the most exciting in the show's history.

[@foxmccloud7055]

I do have to admit that it is going to be difficult to see Pat Sajak's final season.

[@tnawcwvictoria]

I LOVE it when Pat gives the Final Spin and hits a BIG Dollar amount $2000 in the Daytime Version and $5000 in the Nighttime Syndicated Version

[@anthonyguarino4242]

Yep because in the 1980s, $5,000 covered the $2,000 wedge for nighttime and take it off when it’s daytime.

[@tomasjaramillo4430]

CAR

[@nextbarker2702]

@@anthonyguarino4242 But, at the time, the nighttime didn't exist for another year½.

[@anthonyguarino4242]

@@nextbarker2702 true!

[@JZCRAZY]

The music sounds more modern than what they use now! They should have kept it because it sounds much better!

[@JohnathanWilliamson849]

I wouldn't say it's modern at all. You can definitely tell it's from the 70s.

[@JZCRAZY]

@@JohnathanWilliamson849 How about better then. The music from the show was much better back then compared to now.

[@VectraQS]

9:41 Notice the star on the washer and dryer -- one could actually play for that in the Bonus Round!

[@anthonyguarino4242]

According to one recollection, it’s a cheapest bonus round prize valued at $991 sometimes in June 1982. A contestant picked the cheapest one twice in the row but failed to solve two bonus puzzles.

[@GlobalTransitGuidebook]

R S T L N E, that's where they got the current bonus round stuff from!

[@millenniumman75]

It was the set of letters most picked. They started being given outright in October 1988.

[@GlobalTransitGuidebook]

@@millenniumman75 I see. Makes sense.

[@MontoyaGamer1_Entertainment]

@@millenniumman75 they should've started the modern Bonus Round when Vanna White joined 12/13/1982

[@seanvogt221]

@@millenniumman75But in this format you had 15 seconds. When RSTLNE were given and then you added 3 consonants and 1 vowel (unless of course you had the WILD card where you can get a 4th consonant) you only now had 10 seconds to solve the puzzle.

[@Ghostrider6A]

You can clearly see how uncomfortable Susan is with the larger puzzle board in round 2.

[@foxmccloud7055]

I do have to admit that Wheel of Fortune now and 1982 are too different shows.

[@arthuridis]

No doubt about it. I liked the original NBC version especially with Chuck Woolery hosting.

[@simpsonsfan09]

Nice bonus solve!

[@jackdelorenzo8498]

I'm surprised that's a phrase though.

[@MontoyaGamer1_Entertainment]

24:33 RSTLNE

[@darrendoyle568]

I just noticed that Susan never clapped during spins

[@tyrese3745]

9:02 "Chip Things Into Shape"?!? Oh, bummer!

[@KiddBloo86]

Congrats on the big win!

[@MontoyaGamer1_Entertainment]

Wednesday March 31st, 1982

[@scrippswbparamounttelevisa]

I love sherry and merielen from wheel of fortune in 1982

[@nextbarker2702]

I wonder who replaced Pat for the weather after he left to do Wheel

[@seand2711]

I believe it was a man named Fritz, he may still be the weatherman on NBC4 in LA.

[@seand2711]

@James Lacerenza thanks for the info. I grew up watching Fritz, Colleen and Chuck. They've been on there for years.

[@seand2711]

@James Lacerenza Fritz and the Fonz? Two legends.

[@michaelglickman1300]

​@@seand2711Actually, Pat's replacement was Kevin O'Connell, who also hosted "Go" for Bob Stewart Productions.

[@Numbers832]

Thanks man. Can you upload more Pat and Susan WOF episodes?

[@robh748]

These are his mother's appearances. He's not going to have others. oy....

[@ericnelson9100]

@@robh748 Are they from a VCR though, because they're very good quality?

[@ericsamuelson5656]

Here is what was on TV the day this episode aired 3/31/82: NBC (this network): Real People (Short Policeman in Boston, Kissing Contest, Gay Rodeo, 103 year old Gambler), The Facts of Life (The Academy), Love Sidney (Patti's Roots), Quincy ME (Expert in Murder) CBS: Herbie the Love Bug (My House & Your House), WKRP in Cincinnati (The Creation of Venus), Bakers Dozen (Dear John), Shannon (Beating the Odds) ABC: Greatest American Hero (The Good Samaritan), The Fall Guy (No Way Out)(R), Cheryl Ladd, Scenes From a Special (guests Carol Brunett & Rick Springfield)

[@KiddBloo86]

Very interesting! Could you, please, share what the date was though? 😁

[@der22672]

That Susan Stafford sure had some strange mannerisms. I couldn't concentrate on the puzzles because I kept looking at her. 🤣🤣. Just a couple of questions Michael. Is your mom still alive? And for how long did you keep all the prizes?

[@mperrone42183]

yes and still has a lot of the prizes

[@Rlotpir1972]

I'm sure Charo would had some words to Pat about the word Gucci.

[@MsTexas73]

Charro’s phrase is ‘“cucci cucci coo”

[@jeromebaxter2987]

21:53

[@andrewschroy6368]

Wouldn't the bonus round puzzle fall under THING more than PHRASE?

[@lindamerchant2401]

Susan Stafford then before Vanna white

[@zachhoran]

3/31/1982 airdate here since the Monday episode posted yesterday was found to be from 3/29/1982 given the Oscar night references to it being "tonight", and April 3rd and 4th are referenced here in the Dinah Shore Nabisco golf commercial, and Easter on 4/11 in 1982 referenced in the Hallmark xcommercial.

[@hagarelkenany5684]

The hostess lady acts really weird and looks so uncomfortable.

[@MorganNye]

Hagar El Kenany yeah I mean what’s up with that?

[@TR47]

Restlessness, erratic body language and a gaunt appearance are indications of cocaine use, common during the late 70s/early 80s. It's pretty obvious why she was replaced; Vanna was younger, bettter looking and had a natural, flowing grace.

[@MorganNye]

TR47 did she also have impatientness from when in the bonus round the people were trying to solve the puzzle?

[@biruss]

she was thinking of leaving