(White became popular out of proportion to the popularity of any other woman in a similar role on a game show.) The syndicated Wheel dropped the shopping element in 1987, then switched from a mechanical puzzle board to one with touch screens a decade later.

By late 1983, after Woolery left the show in a salary dispute with Merv Griffin and Stafford left to do humanitarian work, Pat Sajak and Vanna White had become the show's full-time hosts in both daytime and Syndication, although there was a ten-month period from 1981-82 in which Pat and Susan worked together. When Wheel debuted in 1975, Chuck Woolery was the host and Susan Stafford operated the puzzle board. The 1973 pilot, Shopper's Bazaar, was very different from the series a further two pilots in 1974 hosted by Edd 'Kookie' Byrnes (who admitted that he was drunk) held far closer to the rules we know today. Just as Jeopardy! was ending its daytime run on NBC, Merv Griffin introduced an even more durable Game Show format: Take the children's game of Hangman, add a carnival wheel with various dollar amounts, as well as hazards such as 'Lose a Turn' and 'Bankrupt', and allow the winner to spend the money on prizes right there in the studio. The first iteration of the 1981-97 puzzle board, before a digital one was introduced. PAGES WILL BE DELETED OTHERWISE IF THEY ARE MISSING BASIC MARKUP. DON'T MAKE PAGES MANUALLY UNLESS A TEMPLATE IS BROKEN, AND REPORT IT THAT IS THE CASE.

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