"Wheel 2000"

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Do you remember the show called "Wheel 2000"? It was a younger version of "Wheel of Fortune" that it has been on Saturday mornings on CBS back in around 1997 and 1998. Here is a synopsis:

In September of 1997, a kid's version of the American version was created and aired on CBS every Saturday. Former Roundhouse star David Sidoni was the host, and instead of a real-life hostess, a virtual one took over. The digitalized fictional character was named Lucy, and the moves were that of Tanika Ray. Game play was very similar to the Pat and Vanna version, only that contestants got to choose among three "educational" categories, like "Globetrotter" (which is On The Map on the regular show) and "VIP" (Proper Name on the regular show). Contestants rather played for points rather than money, so if they solved the puzzle, instead of having their points transversed to money, they got a prize like a Game Boy or something. Also, the wheel was redesigned; the Bankrupt was rather "The Creature" which came up from under the wheel and ate the contestant's points, and the Lose a Turn space was renamed "Loser." The 250 space was enlargened to a 6 peg wedge, and the first person to hit it was to play a stunt to ask for three letters at the same time. They had to do some sort of stunt, like feeding a mechanical dinosaur, or picking up phones and guessing who was on the other line. Every time they completed a part of the stunt, they got a letter chosen randomly. When they got three letters the stunt was complete. They went back to the wheel and had the option of seeing if there were letters that they earned or continuing play as if there were no stunt played. Of course, since the letters were chosen randomly, the letters might not be useful ones, like X, Z, or K. The bonus round was like the adult version, expect that the contestant had only a choice of two secret prizes to choose from, rather than the regular five.

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Re-runs used to air up here in Canada until about last year on either BBC Kids or Discovery Kids(forget which one)

I used to watch this show when I was a bit younger, I liked it. I also remember the Jeopardy for kids that was called "Jep!" , I liked Wheel 2000 better though.