View Full Version : worst Wheel of Fortune pilot of all-time: Bazaar '73 vs. Wheel '74


let'swatchtv
09-26-2012, 01:43 AM
while celebrating Wheel's 30th annivesary in syndication (37 if you count the NBC/CBS daytime network versions) and thanks to David Down's uploads on Youtube. you saw the full 1973 pilot of Shopper's Bazaar and the full 2nd pilot (not the 1st) of Wheel of Fortune with Edd "Kookie" Byrnes and now I want to know from all of my die-hard "Wheel Watcher's" out their by telling me which was the worst Wheel of Fortune pilot of all time?

Shopper's Bazaar with Chuck Woolery from 1973

or

Wheel of Fortune with Edd "Kookie" Byrnes from 1974

as usual

vote and comment

thank you!

howilu
09-26-2012, 10:26 AM
I did see the pilot with Edd Byrnes and it seemed that he was drunk when he hosted. He made a lot of mistakes and didn't have the technical fluency to run a game show. If Merv Griffin went with him, the show wouldn't be on the air today.

mets82
09-26-2012, 11:50 AM
Is there a link to the pilot of Wheel '74? I saw the Bazaar '73 pilot already.

let'swatchtv
09-26-2012, 04:17 PM
FROM:let'swatchtv

TO:mets82

here you go (keep in mind that this is from pilot#2 not pilot#1):http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3sSK_Dj3Os&list=UUkog01I-a8fR714Y8R8A4Wg&index=5&feature=plcp

AMackII
04-27-2025, 09:02 AM
Both are not very good in my point of view because neither of them can not match the series itself