Scrabble '93 Premiere - Deb/George, Monique/Sam (Jan. 18, 1993)

The first episode of the 1993 revival of the Chuck Woolery word game. Originally posted by Christopher Ryan.

[@ENTERTAINMENT35]

The original music will always BE BETTER!!

[@willmack5909]

And the original show too. So damn cheap. $1,000 for a starting bonus jackpot. In theory a player could be playing for LESS than they won in the front part of the show. Making the colored squares adding money to the jackpot stunk too.

[@DLCOrganization]

AMEN! I contend that it's the new music alone that was the demise of this reboot.

[@JFD62780]

After seeing these Alpha and Omega episodes of Scrabble 93, here are my thoughts: These shows are way f'n better than daytime TV should have been at the time! WHY THE HELL DIDN'T THEY GET THE PROPER RESPECT? -_-

[@drummingdanny84]

Excellent description.

[@aaronmorris1513]

The only beef I had with the reboot was the bonus letter cash going into the jackpot. I liked it when even the loser got some cash.

[@SchuminWeb]

@@aaronmorris1513 Agreed. I liked the Chuck Bucks, and rolling it into the jackpot made it less exciting, because it was won less often. I wonder if the 1993 show had a much smaller prize budget, and that's why they did it that way.

[@DXKramer]

Shame that the cube didn't properly function when the revivial made it to air.

[@andyrose5616]

A lot of mechanical problems in this first episode. The cube didn’t move at all, no cover doors on the screen, and the tiles were stuck in position.

[@vickiehurt2665]

I didn’t get the clue on “married”!!

[@danielroyer3757]

Actually the reboot game show ran untill the daytime talk show "Leeza" took over!

[@gregrider8154]

Weird question. Aren't the first two contestants (Deb and George) on the final show back in 1990?

[@bmhedgehog2]

I take it that you weren’t paying attention. George is the returning champion from the final episode of the previous run of the series. Tbh I don’t know about Deb.

[@islandblader]

Dude was having too much fun lol, so arrogant.

[@blindsportslover]

You talking about that second sprint in the second game? He kind of was an idiot. He was rubbing it in her face.