Paul Rouffa on Scrabble

Paul Rouffa as a Contestant on SCRABBLE with Chuck Woolery in Late 1987. The Bonus Sprint Jackpot is at a Whopping $18,000.

[@TheCharlesJLee1000]

I think this was the largest jackpot in Scrabble game show history.

[@disneydanny2]

way to go Mr. Anchorman giving away spoilers before the episodes air.

[@paullarue2010]

Did Elmer Fudd go on "Scrabble"? Warner Brothers wasn't aware of that.

[@bentheswitchsportsfan06]

3:55 Guess the producers forgot to unlock the buzzers before the show.

[@shanejones8884]

I think Paul knew The Second Word off the Clue

[@QBCNetwork]

The last ABC daytime game was Match Game with Ross Shafer.

[@paullarue2010]

Patrick Sajak might get Chuck Woolery in trouble.

[@namk19]

Who needs 10 seconds he did that in 2!!!

[@QBCNetwork]

No wonder he spoiled it. That guy's pin was from Channel 7, the ABC affiliate in Chicago. WOuld've kept it hush hush if he worked on WMAQ-5.

[@chrissheehan8514]

Hopefully this makes it on to the new game show channel BUZZR because Sale of the century airs already on there

[@paullarue2010]

I heard of technical difficulties, this game show had that problem.

[@danbarker4857]

$18,000 that has to be a record for this version of Scrabble

[@drummingdanny84]

$49,500 in February of 1985 and $100,000 in September 1986 were the two highest jackpots. But the highest non-tournament jackpot was $20,500 in April 1993.

[@shanejones8884]

@@drummingdanny84 Revival doesn’t count because the format to raise the jackpot was different.

[@megamanj2004X]

@@drummingdanny84And you can’t forget the big winners from July 1984-March 1985 when the $20,000 for winning 5 Scrabble Sprints was actual extra bonuses. Annie McCormick and Mark Daubleman retired with $55,500 during those episodes. From March 1985 thru September 26, 1986, 5-time and 10-time Scrabble Sprint winners had their winnings automatically adjusted to a flat $20K and $40K respectively.

[@richardhernandez4490]

Both of those clues in the Bonus Sprint were REALLY HARD.

[@shanejones8884]

Sarcasm what’s that taste like

[@samsticka]

Charlie at 21:52 - "An answer which was inadvertently revealed during the crossword was edited from the program." Let me guess, an audience member shouted it out? Some people just can't keep quiet.

[@jessyleppert2]

Or Chuck might have said the word.

[@wschmrdr]

Or Chuck called on the wrong person during a speedword.

[@supersaver87]

Oooooh, dirty pool. Maybe it was out of jealousy...unlike NBC, ABC really didn't have any great game shows of their own in 1987. XD

[@MetroShadow1]

Joel Daly and Linda Yu, to be exact. Not sure of the other dude.

[@aaronbaker4453]

Buzzers not working? Uh-oh! That's not good 3:55.

[@jamesrobinson9642]

@Mr. Aaron Ladner, yes, back then, in late year 1987, this "Scrabble" game show had Mr. Charles "Chuck" H. Woolery as its previous host just as his former studio announcer there was late Mr. Arthur W. Ferguson [though professionally known as "Charlie Tuna"]!

[@bluebear1985]

Boy, I'll bet Chuck hated to say the answer to the second word in the second main game.

[@supersaver87]

Sheesh, way to spoil everything, 80s newscaster guy. You can't just give away the outcome of games that haven't aired yet! What year do you think this is, 2013?! :P

[@gameshowguy2000]

6:25 "Some chefs work with a lazy one". And Chuck worked with a PRETTY one.

[@zachhoran]

A $otC big winner was spoiled in a mid 80s NBC promo, ditto a big Super Password endgame win.

[@zachhoran]

Paul said on jboard dawt tv that his episodes aired in early December 1987.

[@jessyleppert2]

Sajak replaced Woolery and I don't think Chuck wanted that answer in the game.

[@MountainHawkPYL]

I thought Chuck would make a comment about SUSAN, who was the letter turner before Vanna.

[@gameshowguy2000]

13:15 "He's got a Pat answer for everything"... including HOW to succeed Chuck on Wheel.

[@WammyGiveaway]

Is this a master taping?

[@NDW85]

I'm only taking a guess here, but I think this episode actually aired I think either the spring or summer of 1987 because of the products shown during the end of the show.

[@megamanj2004X]

It’s the later stages of 1987 because the Reg Grundy logo changed from looking like it was swiveling inward on a pedestal to a different animation and less bold font on name.

[@VahanNisanian]

@@megamanj2004X December 8, 1987 to be exact.

[@AaronBruceLadner]

I Guess So.

[@blindsportslover]

I don't get that first word in the bonus sprint. Brands?

[@SP84Fanatic]

Cows are poked with branding irons, leaving brands on their skin.

[@darrendoyle568]

I’m surprised a syndicated version was never launched

[@drewzuhosky6826]

There was an unsold test pilot for a syndicated version with Steve Edwards taped in 1990.

[@paullarue2010]

Boogie Man might be no fun.

[@zachhoran]

This was one of the highest Bonus Sprint jackpots in this version's run, the 1993 version did have a Bonus Sprint get to $20,500 under that version's format(bonus starts at $1K and jackpot goes up every time a maingame player guessed a word upon landing on a blue for $500 and pink square of $1000). Paul Rouffa of course was a five time J! champion in 1986 and TofC finalist and was on Now You See It in 1989 and lost the championship round and saw his opponent win $50K in the solo round.

[@MrKaraokeguy88]

I think he was on greed as well.

[@zachhoran]

@@MrKaraokeguy88 Paul was on syndicated Millionaire and won $1K on the 4/13/2015 episode. J-archive's bio of him doesn't mention Greed

[@mitchellries256]

Who can guess this? Seven letter word. The clue is "A Famous Dove".

[@nextbarker2702]

Is $18,000 the biggest jackpot?

[@LARSAKER-tr1mw]

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[@joeambrose3260]

Got 10 off the clue