Wink's Vault - Scrabble Episode #63

It's Scrabble day and what better way to celebrate with this master episode from the vault...HAPPY ANNIVERSARY SCRABBLE!

[@PJade]

What a treat. This early episode with studio master quality showing up on Wink's channel gives me hope we'll see repeats on BUZZR soon. I never thought it would happen with Classic Concentration and look what happened.

[@georgemaster9271]

PJade Good to see this show again.I hope Buzzr picks this show up soon.Yeah, I thought I'd never see Classic Concentration again,myself.You never know what Buzzr has up its sleeve.

[@LittleRockElevators]

There's one hurdle they would have to go through and that's going through Hasbro.

[@PGTransformed]

And BUZZR did it again recently with 1988 NBC daytime episodes of Sale of The Century. So who knows? Maybe Scrabble and/or even Time Machine might be on BUZZR in the future!

[@Musicradio77Network]

Not sure if Fremantle will team up with Hasbro’s Entertainment One to get the rights to this classic 80’s game show.

[@davidwayneprins]

for a show produced in the mid-80s, the graphics on this show were state of the art. I can only imagine how this show would look if it was produced today/

[@blindsportslover]

I like how if you listen to it with your left ear, you can hear the stage audience applause while in the right ear you hear those usual applause tracks.

[@rainbowdash26]

Loved this show when I was a kid, especially when I was sick and stayed home from school. Nothing beats the Chuck Woolery version.

[@georgemaster9271]

Amanda Pangburn There's more than one version?

[@drewconway7135]

george master Yes. Scrabble Showdown was a thing. There’s an episode of it posted on this channel. And I agree with Amanda-Woolery is better.

[@JennieBonbons]

My all-time favorite parts of the show were the music and lights. I even like the introduction and the sliding projector at the start of the game, moreover.

[@andrewkelley434]

Wow, excellent quality...thank you for sharing, Wink! I have fond memories of this show. This show was so much ahead of it's time with technology and sound effects. I miss it dearly.

[@AdamJ617]

My Jay Stewart sounds like he’s having a good time reading that slate.

[@NYNYRaider]

Loved this show so much in the summers of 88 and 89 when I’d be home most mornings. I do like those later days a bit more with Charlie Tuna announcing and the different sprint and bonus formats.

[@JosephPratt1986]

I used to watch "Scrabble" on USA back in the '90s.

[@brycelandon6387]

So did I!

[@andyleclerc3600]

I still remember seeing the premiere episode. It just blew my 13 year old mind, and became must-see TV when I wasn't in school☺

[@AustinLaPlante]

AMAZING QUALITY! Thanks Wink!

[@MitchellHang]

I wish Scrabble and other Reg Grundy Productions (other than Sale of the Century) would air on Buzzr. Also I remember seeing Lori from the Party Line pilot (also a Reg Grundy Production).

[@Musicradio77Network]

Not until Fremantle joins eOne to get the rights to this 80’s game show.

[@mixon270]

Happy 35th Anniversary Scrabble

[@martinmoore2468]

Jay Stewart was the great game show announcer on both Scrabble and Sale of the Century. He would have been a permanent game show announcer on those game shows.

[@tiffanymorgan6562]

Where was Charlie Tuna, the #OG announcer of #Scrabble?

[@MatthewHendrixrockinman1]

@@tiffanymorgan6562 I believe Charlie came in Season 2

[@KevinJL]

The music and sounds on this game are some of the best ever.

[@illustriousrocket4476]

I have always loved this show. Hopefully one day Buzzr manages to clear up the rights the same way they did with Match Game/Hollywood Squares.

[@psalm37v4]

I have missed Scrabble so much...it needs to come back!

[@M200XL]

I'm pretty sure I haven't seen an episode this clear in 27 years! Thank you so much!!

[@alanh.3494]

Maybe Buzzr will start airing Scrabble. I hope so.

[@libertubey2199]

While Fremantle owns the rights, Hasbro stands in the way. Once that hurdle clears, then BUZZR will air them. Until then, you can only see Chuck on BUZZR, either through the "Tattletales" episodes he did with his then-wife JoAnn Pflug or the recent commercial with him pitching an arthritis reliever.

[@Musicradio77Network]

@@libertubey2199 Why not have eOne to join with Fremantle to acquire this game show. Hasbro owns eOne since the company acquired back in 2019.

[@samuelfouther2882]

Chuck Woolery...My man!!!!

[@misstee101]

Buzzr needs to bring Scrabble in to the vintage lineup

[@mixon270]

i agree love

[@LittleRockElevators]

Me too. However game shows that's based off of board games, networks like GSN and Buzzr would have to pay the game company (in this case Hasbro).

[@brb588]

That's not relevant. GSN would have to pay someone; whether it is a network or a board game company doesn't matter. They just don't want to pay. Buzzr only airs Fremantle shows, so it's unlikely it would ever show up there.

[@jrjgames]

@@brb588 I wouldn't put money on your assessment brb588! ;)

[@warrenduree9417]

@@brb588 Reg Grundy is now owned by Freemantle.

[@JennieBonbons]

May God rest Reg Grundy. I miss his creative inspiration. 😫😭

[@jeopardy60611]

I heard that "reverse bowling and golf" joke on another show. I think it was The Joker's Wild.

[@captainsworld1986]

Sweet! Look at the clarity!

[@martinmoore2468]

I like this game show theme. It was composed by the late Ray Ellis and his son Marc Ellis. They also did themes and cues for other Reg Grundy Production game shows, including my favorite game show, Sale of the Century.

[@martinmoore2468]

Ray Ellis was the greatest TV composer. He did the original NBC Today Show.

[@mrmoose6619]

One of the best shows... fun to play along with as well. Wish they would redo this game.

[@martinmoore2468]

I used to watch this show when I was little. Great game show.

[@briant1568]

Is there a way to find episode #1408, air date 1/12/1990 ? I was in the front row and during the close, Chuck and I talked on camera, but I've never seen it !

[@sha11235]

This was the earlier version of the game, when they had a Scrabble sprint champion that was separate from the other players. Also, no bonus tiles and you didn't have to hit the buzzer in the regular game much.

[@drewconway7135]

sha11235 And when matches could roll over from one episode to another. Speedword only if all 3 stoppers were out.

[@jeopardy60611]

19:54 Rhonda can't find the tiles. Also, the letters come up before she drops the tiles in the slot, so the letter reveals are not really controlled by the tiles. This is the only time I saw it happen out-of-sync.

[@drummingdanny84]

It wasn't until about 1985 that I got into "Scrabble". But I had a deeper respect for it when it aired on USA.

[@MrHirenP]

The set has so many moving parts! How did they manage to make that scrabble cube with all those lights? Was there someone inside it?

[@BlaqC]

If you're fascinated with the technology used on Scrabble, you're going to love this! buzzerblog.com/2014/08/14/tbt-the-legend-of-the-scrabble-cube/

[@robbernath]

Chuck's calling the female contestants "sweetie-pie" would never fly on TV today.

[@ThesteelLion]

The only thing I don't like about the original Scrabble in 84 was the Scrabble Sprint at the beginning

[@abptt]

Thank you.

[@Lupton2000]

Would love to see the 1990 finale (studio master) posted:)

[@adamcurry6443]

Also today is Match Game Day as well.

[@vanni9283]

Where the clock located in the Sprint round? It's obvious that the display we see on TV is quite different than what the contestants see.

[@sha11235]

It's probably on the board, like with the letters that pop up.

[@c3po626]

It's located off stage to their left on a monitor overhead. The only thing the players see on the cube, is the computer displayer for the letters to be picked for in each word. And the word itself on the 9 puzzle monitors located above. Although in the pilot episode before the cube accident happened, there were eggcrate display readouts on the left and right side of the giant cube for each players time keepers.

[@johncraw8572]

Awesomeness

[@johnnysama]

That red jacket on Mike, though.....

[@digiblader1]

One thing that I wonder--why did they rotate the cube before the drums of the Reg Grundy Productions logo? Was it to set up for the next taping?

[@OliveOyl12590]

That didn't make sense to me either. This was a straddling version of the show and I think this was just before they ruined the cube and had to replace all the wiring and monitors.

[@woflover]

I think just to show off that could rotate. Lol. My guess, at least

[@drewconway7135]

Can’t come up with “COASTERS” despite missing only the O; then in the Sprint the champ barely gets “CANDID”-where do they find these contestants?

[@jordanthomas7304]

10:53 Stopper!

[@aspierunner1725]

Back before commercial breaks were two minutes, two seconds.

[@robbernath]

2&2, be right back 'atcha... 😉👍

[@blindsportslover]

Rob Bernath LOL I forgot about that.

[@bmhedgehog2]

A second and a half on the first sprint word. Damn.

[@BlaqC]

A lot of the Scrabble Sprint words were meant to be guessable off the clue. Just one of the many nuggets of perfection that made Scrabble one of my all-time favourites.

[@AnErrorOccurred]

They didn’t have the original bank/jackpot by then? I thought sure the $25/letter/59/blue/100/pink jackpot would still have been around by September

[@JMFabiano]

As such the colored squares are useless here

[@jessyleppert2]

Yay

[@wschmrdr]

Quite interesting how the sound effects are on the right, and speech is on the left.

[@jrjgames]

The master has everything split and we did our best to mix it to sound better.

[@steveb78]

I actually enjoyed hearing the split audio... interesting to listen to with headphones

[@pem1974]

In Stereo where Available!

[@codymerryman5605]

@@pem1974 Yeah, and the canned Soundrangers audience was split, to. Yeah, Soundrangers did the audience noises, it's now online to purches.

[@martinmoore2468]

A Reg Grundy Production at 22:24.

[@martinmoore2468]

@@taureanmay7480 that's right, he sure did. He had also did produced Time Machine and Bruce Forsyth's Hot Streak.

[@JMFabiano]

He lives in a harem...bet anime fans will appreciate that one...

[@drewconway7135]

James Fabiano I thought that was a dig at Canoga Park.

[@OGNoNameNobody]

Again, the importance of Game Design iteration is seen here. Having the Sprint Round letters come out one at a time removes player agency and is dumb.

[@tranmanhuc6235]

OK, this game is difficult...

[@DXKramer]

My ex is from Canoga Park

[@martinmoore2468]

A ticket plug at 8:20.

[@KevinJL]

What happens if you write that address? Lol

[@brycelandon6387]

Another great upload! How do you get access to all these studio master tapes?

[@KT72273]

Weird to hear Jay Stewart speaking.

[@donaldpaluga]

Considering the fact Jay was the announcer for $OTC, it shouldn't be

[@stevekay1925]

I like Charlie Tuna better

[@darreljones8645]

I'm not impressed by Mike's performance on the sprint round. Judging by his expression, he's never heard of "Candid Camera". And I got "flashes" from the clue, which would've given me a chance at the last word.