1 Press Photos
2 Tickets
3 Trade Ads
- 3.1 Press Your Luck
- 3.2 Whammy!
4 Screenshots
- 4.1 Classic Version
5 Newspaper Clippings
6 2019 Version

Press Photos[]

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The all-new bonus round from the 2019 ABC revival

Tickets[]

May 18, 1983. Pilot taping.

September 11, 1983. Probably for the taping of episodes #001-#007.

September 16, 1983. Probably for the taping of episodes #008-#012. Courtesy of Randy West.

January 22, 1984. Probably for the taping of episodes #100-#104.

April 15, 1984. Probably for the taping of episodes #160-#164.

April 20, 1985. Probably for the taping of episodes #443-#447.

June 16, 1985. Probably for the taping of episodes #492-#497.

April 12, 1986. Probably for the taping of episodes #676-#680.

April 13, 1986. Probably for the taping of episodes #681-#686.

Trade Ads[]

Press Your Luck[]

Whammy![]

Screenshots[]

Classic Version[]

Opening[]

Rod Roddy in the X-mas opening sequence.

Question Round[]

A pilot Question Round in progress. Notice that the letters are in red and in a different font. When the correct answer was announced, it remained and had a blue flash while the wrong answers disappeared. This was the fourth question in the first round: "According to Security World Magazine, what item of clothing is most likely to be lifted by shoplifters?"

A series Question Round in progress. When the correct answer was announced, it would light up in blue or green and flash.

A Question Round from Michael Larson's show. This was the third question in the first round: "What member of the wedding party is responsible for giving the check to the clergyman?"

We have a three-way tie at five spins as we go to the fourth and final question.

Here's the second question from the second Question Round from December 20, 1983: "What Jewish holiday is known as 'The Festival of the Lights'?"

85 SPINS?! We could be here forever!

Here's the first Question Round from Christmas 1985, and this is the fourth and final question: "According to 'The Christmas Story', is the word 'Magi' used to mean the Angel, the Star, or the Wise Men?" (heh heh, it's already multiple choice, so one spin is guaranteed to whoever gets it right; however, let's see who can buzz in for three spins!)

The Big Board[]

The players getting ready to spin in the pilot.

PYL Pilot Earned Passed Spins Column Close Up

A spin from the pilot.

The players getting ready to spin. (Note: This is from the early episodes; the glass blocks are red like the backdrops behind Peter, but will change to blue later on)

Here's the Round 1 board in the early days. Notice anything different? That's right, $750 was one of the three values in the Big Bucks square.

Unlike the video game for the Wii, the contestant platform always has seats. And what's that in front of the players on Contestants' Island, you ask? Well, since the players couldn't see their scoreboards, they were provided with seven-segment displays for their scores and their spin counts (passed and earned).

A spin from the series.

A spin from a different episode in progress.

Here's the winner of that day's game.

The contestant in the middle just got passed two spins. She has to take them.

21 Earned spins and 2 Passed ones. If a whammy were to be hit, that would translate to 22 earned spins. And we'd still be here forever!

$751,550?! That would envy Michael Larson. Man, if they were to give away that much money, CBS would be broke, and so would Bill Carruthers' company! (And would be a lot to lose to a Whammy!)