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4 minutes ago, Ancaster said:

What's TCM?  Thanks.

Turner Classic Movies.  It's a cable network.   It's been around for about thirty years.  Originally started by Ted Turner as part of his various groups of networks.  Has no commercials, a fabulous library of films, and great experts giving intros and interviewing stars and filmmakers.  There's a topic dedicated to it in the Movies thread. 

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1 hour ago, opus said:

Chuck Woolery, Host of ‘Wheel of Fortune’ and ‘Love Connection,’ Dies at 83
 

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/chuck-woolery-dead-wheel-fortune-love-connection-1236070165/

OK, the first thing I ever saw him in was playing a senile old man (in stagey old man makeup) called Mr. Dingle in The New Zoo Revue (1972) who I considered slightly likable due to being one of the only characters on the show that didn't sing. At the time, he was married to his 2nd of 4 wives JoAnn Pflug  who he had a daughter with and  who'd be the 'straight woman' to Alan Funt for a time in that rendition of Candid Camera. However, his longest union would be with his 3rd wife Teri Nelson (1985-2004) who he had two sons with. Miss Nelson was the adoptive daughter of David Nelson- the elder son of sitcom icons Ozzie and Harriet Nelson.

 

Anyway, I feel sorry for his surviving family.

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6 hours ago, opus said:

Chuck Woolery, Host of ‘Wheel of Fortune’ and ‘Love Connection,’ Dies at 83
 

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/chuck-woolery-dead-wheel-fortune-love-connection-1236070165/

When I was in college, we watched Love Connection every day, followed immediately by Divorce Court.  We thought that lineup was hilarious.

And I remember the Chuck Woolery "Wheel" days -- most people look at me like I'm crazy.  They think Pat Sajak was the first and only (until now) host of that show.

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7 hours ago, opus said:

Chuck Woolery, Host of ‘Wheel of Fortune’ and ‘Love Connection,’ Dies at 83
 

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/chuck-woolery-dead-wheel-fortune-love-connection-1236070165/

I remember early day of Wheel when the puzzle winner went shopping with their winnings. And you had to spend it all! If you had $50 and there was a ceramic Dalmatian for $40, you bought a ceramic Dalmatian!  So there was strategy involved with continuing to spin if you knew the puzzle to try to win more $$ in order to buy a bigger prize.

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49 minutes ago, chitowngirl said:

I remember early day of Wheel when the puzzle winner went shopping with their winnings. And you had to spend it all! If you had $50 and there was a ceramic Dalmatian for $40, you bought a ceramic Dalmatian!  So there was strategy involved with continuing to spin if you knew the puzzle to try to win more $$ in order to buy a bigger prize.

Even when I watch Wheel now, I complete the "Wheel! Of! Fortune!" intro with "Look at the studio filled with fabulous prizes!"  It's been decades since then, but there was always a ceramic dog.  I think people were less likely to buy vowels lest they run out of money and have to buy the ceramic dog.

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but there was always a ceramic dog.  I think people were less likely to buy vowels lest they run out of money and have to buy the ceramic dog.

Monica Geller approves of that statement.

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2 hours ago, Wildcard said:

Bette Davis has my feelings about Chuck Woolery.. I'll leave it at that.

Well, no one ever said he had Bette Davis Eyes, right?

P.S. I gotcha!

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