Distributed by KingWorld 9/4/89 Season 7 Premiere

[@pschiptunes64]

WoF looks AMAZING in 60 FPS.

[@TR47]

This is how it was intended to be viewed. Game shows, soap operas and sports were shot on 30fps videotape which gave it a more "live" feel vs a 24fps cinematic look.

[@JonesDylan874]

Couldn't agree more.

[@meowkitty5588]

@@TR47 That crowd cheering applause is from the 1950s

[@rhyancoleman6462]

First show from the famous and historic Studio 33 AKA The Bob Barker Studio at CBS Television City in Hollywood

[@JonesDylan874]

One of my favorite WoF themes!

[@BikerMage]

Gisele is my mom! I've been thinking about this for years, thank you for posting it here!

[@jonathanmyers2867]

Wow! Vanna White is looking very beautiful and gorgeous in her green glitter dress! 😍😍😍😍💚💚💚💚✨✨✨✨

[@sacredwolf2012]

I have to admit, seasons 7-9 were the greatest Wheel Of Fortune seasons period.

[@sancm8898]

You got that right

[@TripSoul10]

9/4/89 till June 1996 greatest years of wheel with the returning champions opportunity.

[@samsticka]

I wish they kept the “Look at this studio filled with lots of prizes” intro here.

[@lorddalek]

So... lets go down the list of firsts.. -- First Pat/Vanna show at Television City. Obviously this set, graphics, and music package had been used for a few months by this point on Bob Goen's Daytime Wheel but Syndicated Wheel was still burning off a backlog of NBC-taped episodes through the summer. -- First nightime show with a RETURNING CHAMPION. The CBS-era Nighttime Wheel would produce the shows biggest money winners until 1,000,000 was added to the bonus wheel because of this major change. -- First EVER Wheel to make the bonus prize a blind pick (reportedly because everybody kept choosing the 25k the previous year). Interestingly enough Goen's version kept the old NBC format for that. -- First Pat and Vanna show in S-T-E-R-E-O! -- First Wheel since Summer 1983 to NOT start with the logo zooming onto the center of the wheel! (that's something else they kept for Goen's early shows) -- First Pat and Vanna episode with the trapezoid name tags. Whole lotta firsts here.

[@matthewcasiglio2539]

I can think of 1 more 1st lord Dalek it's also the 1st time at least from my perspective that what was originally a $175 wedge and then a $500 wedge became a blue 💙 $800 wedge

[@seanvogt221]

Also the first season where an ampersand was used in the Same Name category since the first spinner seem to have an unfair advantage of calling an N and D then buying an A in the first season it was used (1988).

[@cjlaw7560]

I think its also the first season to be on ABC affiliates

[@byrd56]

And could we also argue that it was the first episode in which Pat and Vanna were both introduced by the announcer (in this case, by Charlie O.), unlike past seasons in which the announcer introduced Pat, who introduced Vanna?

[@megamanj2004X]

Also the first to eventually and gradually introduce the new Free Spin token, which was placed on the wheel and in turn also killed the long running Free Spin space, since there were instances in past seasons where some players were known as to rack up a lot of Free Spin tokens.

[@cbsteffen]

This was probably the first episode to have the most well-known theme (as in the Smooth Jazz variant of Changing Keys).

[@cjlaw7560]

I think W.G. snuffy walden composed it

[@JohnathanWilliamson849]

It first debuted a few months prior on the daytime version

[@Nickrj3]

1st ep taped at CBS!

[@tnawcwvictoria]

The syndicated version, the CBS Daytime Version was hosted by Bob Goen with Vanna White pulling Double Duties once again on both CBS Daytime and Nighttime Syndication

[@drseusslover]

First episode with the current puzzle board chime, wrong letter called sound, and bonus round miss sound.

[@4HBirtcher]

Not to mention that the studio is now Television City (CBS) instead of NBC!

[@jonathanfleming5831]

Lol I know right

[@busfan9874]

Nope. The first episode with those sounds was on the July 17, 1989 daytime episode. This is the first nighttime episode with those sounds though.

[@drseusslover]

@@busfan9874 Got it.

[@drseusslover]

@@busfan9874 Oh got it

[@brettbousman5070]

The show moved from NBC studios to CBS so the host could be within walking distance from Wheel to his talk show he hosted.

[@graigmellon7874]

Them moving to CBS Television City in Studio 33 also meant using the CBS applause machine that was used on other CBS game shows at the time, but unlike NBC, they didn't aggressively use it as they used it on the fly where necessary.

[@ShaqC]

They didn't use it as much this season or the next one but Seasons 9-12 the applause sounds were very prevalent.

[@DeAngeloStevens]

Season 7 of Wheel of Fortune and Season 6 of Jeopardy! (1989-1990) the Class of 2008 were born.

[@jengiolando4159]

Very nice. Plz do the whole season, it could get very interesting…

[@Ripponmalhi1985]

This was 3 months before my 4th birthday in 1989.

[@FrankPedraza-hz1hr]

Born in 1985 as well. This was a couple of weeks before my birthday.

[@GCBlues45]

Notice the error with first round 4 wheel. They did not change the wheel for round 4. They put the 5000 where the 3500 was & kept they lay of round 3 on the wheel

[@sweetlife031]

Soooo the season 7 premiere was the first the camera wasn’t dead on the wheel when the audience would shout out “WHEEL … OF… FORTUNE …!” And marking the first official time Pat and Vanna came out side by side as opposed to Pat introducing Vanna to come out 🙂🥰

[@MichaelOKeefe2009]

Taped at the WORLD FAMOUS CBS Television City Studio 33, aka the Bob Barker Studio which from 1972-2023 was the home of THE PRICE IS RIGHT!!!!!

[@samsticka]

I was only 5 years old when this originally aired. At first, I didn't much care for this version of the theme. I wanted them to go back to the one they'd had before. But as time went on, it grew on me.

[@horrorbro]

Introduce Wheel Envelope in Bonus Round Also Update Bankrupt Sound Wrong Puzzle Sound Name Tags and Free Spin as Well

[@MorganNye]

18:58 I like how he put it back and not opened it.

[@4HBirtcher]

@@MorganNyeThat was wrong but Pat corrected it for the next episode! It’s should be if the contender misses the bonus game, Pat should show the prize and the envelope gets taken out for the next episode!

[@MorganNye]

@@4HBirtcher yeah I know

[@Angie2343]

Miss Pat so much already.

[@disneydanny2]

ABC hired him for "Celebrity Wheel Of Fortune"

[@Angie2343]

@@disneydanny2 I know, so he's not COMPLETELY out of the picture, but still...

[@trevorpanno516]

Bingo could also fit under event in the bonus round.

[@JohnathanWilliamson849]

$213,000 in 1989 is now worth $535,000 today

[@PraveenSrJ01]

Really cool 😎

[@kelvinblack4867]

Television City in Hollywood

[@MegaZeldafan1]

Studio 33, The Bob Barker Studio

[@seanvogt221]

Interestingly CBS Studios had far more room than NBC’s. You cannot see the wheel at CBS’s studio whereas you easily could at NBC’s.

[@MathewVsSportsMediaandGames]

Anybody else notice that they used the same round 3 wheel for round 4?

[@anthonyguarino4242]

I noticed which is an only known instance that $150 and $5000 appeared on the same layout.

[@gameshowguy2000]

I noticed.. they would repeat a similar gaffe in 1995 during one of Johnny Gilbert's shows.

[@MorganNye]

Yeah

[@UrsusTheodorusdoesGameShows]

I'm wondering if they were experimenting with following the daytime version's (with Bob Goen) lead of using the round 3 wheel template for round 4.

[@jmiller297]

Yassss, Queen Vanna, *YAAAAAASSS...* 🤩🤩🤩🤩

[@WeatherNowTimmins]

Love the music piece at 6:50

[@jeffreylong3963]

20:13 - "Celebrity Family Feud" promo

[@GCBlues45]

Final season of the Free Spin wadge & last year of old total display before they made them longer.

[@PraveenSrJ01]

I remember watching This at age 5

[@christopher3898]

First Show Of 7th season of Wheel of Fortune.

[@robh748]

Round 3 wheel used in round 4.

[@mixon270]

now about to turn 40 this fall

[@drseusslover]

For the syndicated version. The show itself has been around since January 6, 1975, right after they cancelled the original daytime version of Jeopardy! on January 3 of that year, but they didn’t have seasons back then. They ran the show year round just like they did with the original version of Jeopardy, which first aired on March 30, 1964 and was cancelled on the day I mentioned above. The syndicated version of Wheel started in 1982 (aired in tandem with the daytime version until that version was cancelled in 1992), so technically this would be the 40th season since they didn’t have seasons when it first aired, but Wheel of Fortune is actually turning 47 on January 6th.

[@drseusslover]

My mistake, the daytime version was actually cancelled in 1991

[@DeAngeloStevens]

12th Grade High School Senior Class 1989-90: My auntie Rhonda Stevens, Check "Grin" Hardwing, Kage Maru, Tim Scam, Jerry Russo, Bob Duncan, Geraldine Husk, Shirley (Totally Spies), Sagan Hawking, Carlos Casagrande, Kelly Bundy, Prince Eric, Odion Ishtar, Ralphael, Donatello, Michaelangelo, Leonardo

[@DeAngeloStevens]

A Month before my Birth on October 4, 1989.

[@EmceeCh4p]

Is it me or did I hear the Family Feud "DING DING DING" at 6:32

[@DeAngeloStevens]

1989-1992 theme Season 7-9 alternate closing 1992-94.

[@PraveenSrJ01]

I was 5 going on 6 on 9/4/89

[@michaelewing4515]

Wait a minute, Doesn't Pat suppose to reveal the prize she didn't win?

[@stringsa1234]

1. Puzzle is fax machine