Mom on wheel of fortune 1987

My Mom, Susan Finkelstein was on THE Wheel of Fortune with Pat Sajek and Vanna White in 1987. This aired on WMAR tv in Baltimore, Maryland.

[@paulbellamy9920]

I was a contestant on Wheel just this past December (2022)…Man how times have changed!

[@derosenm5602]

how did you get on the show?

[@richardalongi4720]

What a blast from the past!!! How young Pat and Vanna look!!!

[@gsnman]

How cool! I grew up with WMAR channel 2 back in elementary school, and watched Wheel of Fortune every night.

[@stevenshiller1600]

I'd love Wheel of Fortune around the world since I went to a 5th Grade.

[@defoedude]

Jeff, from a 2006 Wheel Alum, your mom did great! Funny thing is I’m friends with Peggy Spitz who was in her contestant pool and won the Saab!

[@ElChupacabra77B]

Your mother was excellent, and played a great game. No wonder you kept the tape. Aside from the guy on the other end taking on the 3rd, final and closing rounds, I would say she held her own there in the runner up position. You must be very proud of her!!!

[@jeffreyamernick9810]

very proud of Mom...and she said she got the final puzzle before the winner did during taping...

[@foxmccloud7055]

I can't imagine how Wheel of Fortune from 1987 till now has evolved.

[@PGTransformed]

From the NBC Studios in Burbank era!

[@alexanderpytko5394]

One thing I learned recently is that the studio that WOF is taped in is the same studio that some of "The Wizard of Oz (1939)" was filmed in!

[@Angie2343]

Your mom was great!

[@KobySamuel]

Hope the Kodak PC is still working!

[@martinjkrumm8764]

I know she's still got it today but DAMN what a vixen Vanna was here.

[@kenyattasimpson8468]

You ever think 35 years later they are still on top

[@jeffreyamernick9810]

It’s amazing. And my Mom still loves the Wheel.

[@kenyattasimpson8468]

@@jeffreyamernick9810 I saw them live in radio city music hall in NYC September 2007 I was in the 4th row from the stage, that's a small puzzle board

[@duanegunn611]

@@jeffreyamernick9810 how much did she win?

[@jeffreyamernick9810]

@@duanegunn611 $12850 There was a huge tax bill. But a great memory.

[@duanegunn611]

@@jeffreyamernick9810 oh my I guess here in Canada if we win money like a lottery its tax-free but I think we still pay income tax on salaries and income

[@markheying2830]

As far as I remember, for Consonants you should start with either the T or N first since those 2 tend to be in almost every Puzzle & when buying Vowels you should presumably go with either the E or A first.

[@NoneOfAnyonesBusiness]

5:33 Don't Touch That Wheel Yet!

[@cbsteffen]

Because Pat almost forgot to mention the apostrophe. He no longer has to mention punctuation marks in puzzles because they now appear automatically (and it’s been that way since 1997).

[@LeotheTiger1234]

Right in the middle of Vanna Mania, as it was known.

[@alexanderpytko5394]

Have you ever been on WOF? I know a lot contestants who have been on it have said that their mom/dad were on it in the past. Heck, not too long ago, a contestant said that his fiancé was on it a year earlier. He won and got the bonus puzzle and she was there to congratulate him.

[@Lupton2000]

Jack Clark was ill at the time. Six months later he left the show (he died a couple of months later).

[@mitchellries256]

Correct. It was his request that Charlie O'Donnell take over for him but he was unavailable at the time because of his work with Chuck Barris Entertainment so M.G. Kelly took over for the next few months until O'Donnell was able to return in mid 1989.

[@Lupton2000]

@@mitchellries256 Merv Griffin was not impressed with MG Kelly (an indication of that was when Don Pardo announced the NY shows). None of the MG Kelly shows were rerun in the summer of 1989. The NY shows were rerun with Pat and Vanna announcing the new consolation prizes.

[@mitchellries256]

@@Lupton2000 I wasn't a fan of him either. I thought he was too bland. I would've had Johnny Gilbert fill in until O'Donnell was available personally.

[@tomasjaramillo4430]

CAR

[@gfalcon]

In the late 80's... it must've been a real kick in the head to go through all the rounds of contestant tryouts and tests, only to find out that you would be on the daytime show

[@TR47]

12/7/87

[@jamesmcclelland1414]

Are you sure?

[@jamesmcclelland1414]

@Hutch McGehee I thought 💭 so, thanks 😊!

[@ericsamuelson5656]

My late mother & I moved to Deposit, New York from East Keansburg, New Jersey 14 days later. This episode aired less than a month before my 5th Birthday.

[@jamesmcclelland1414]

@@ericsamuelson5656 Really? No 👎🏻 kidding.

[@meowkitty5588]

@@jamesmcclelland1414December 7, 1987.

[@duanegunn611]

i hear a tick tock in the back ground

[@chuckgan]

I thought the cash only rounds came later than 1987. Or was this the nightime version of the show?

[@jeffreyamernick9810]

It was the night time version. For syndication.

[@bluebear1985]

I think they started experimenting with the cash format around the spring of 1987 with the Big Bonanza of Cash. It was of course successful enough that they soon made it permanent on the nighttime show.

[@justinbryant9419]

Which lady was your mom?

[@zachhoran]

She's 1987 chic certainly. Airdate would seem to be between late November and December 24, 1987 given the holiday themed ads.

[@FosterGrayPhoto]

Thanks Captain Obvious.

[@nathanbush6781]

John is very attractive! Woof! I could please him more than his wife could! I’d also let him take me to Garden State Plaza to spend his winnings! If I were in this bonus round, I’d have gone for the Continental Airlines First Class package! I’d take advantage of that!

[@afridgetoofar1818]

You ghey?

[@foxmccloud7055]

12:44 You do realize that is dry ice, Pat.

[@trevorpanno516]

1:21 is like “Jeopardy!” when they have a contestant from Ohio on and Alex might ask them where it is figuring they may have conducted a contestant search in Cleveland.

[@turboredcart]

Could you get me Vannas phone #?

[@foxmccloud7055]

Over our dead bodies.

[@turboredcart]

@@foxmccloud7055 That day will come...

[@mitchellries256]

I am guessing they started playing for cash around this time.

[@jamesmcclelland1414]

Yes 👍🏻, Mitchell, beginning with the October 5, 1987, episode of NIGHTTIME WHEEL 🛞 OF FORTUNE 🔮.

[@darrendoyle568]

And I believe Daytime Wheel ceased shopping in mid to late 89 when it moved to CBS with and Bob Goen took over as host

[@mitchellries256]

@@darrendoyle568 That's correct.

[@meyerj75]

Wheel of Fortune is the DEVIL!

[@jeffreyamernick9810]

Carrie Underwood sang it best, "Jesus take the WHEEL!!!!"

[@robbyosborne9708]

BANKRUPT @ 6:10

[@vrj40]

Which lady was your mom?

[@jeffreyamernick9810]

Susan.