The mental_floss Blogs (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
... Sajak may be synonymous with Wheel of Fortune now, but he hasn’t always been the show’s host. Chuck Woolery of Love Connection fame was the original host for the first six years of the show’s run, but in 1981 he parted ways with the show. Wheel of Fortune was a hit, but now it needed a new host. Game show mogul Merv Griffin was watching the news in Los Angeles when he saw a promising...
The mental_floss Blogs (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009
Wheel of Fortune was one of my favorite game shows for years; I remember watching it back in the 1970s, when Chuck Woolery was the host (and one of the regular prizes was a large ceramic dog). The game changed in later years, and one addition was the Bonus Round. In the extra frame, winners [...]
atHome Top Story (Free subscription) | 10/05/2009
... imagine: not good, with a healthy dollop of embarrassment thrown in.Mr. Game Show Host himself, Chuck Woolery, would helpfully nudge them along in the retelling. They would allot several minutes to a segment, but my father would simply pronounce whether someone had made a "Love Connection" – the euphemism they used – as soon as he saw the guy's face. And start giggling.When the Poor...
Twistr (Free subscription) | 09/26/2009
... video. #9 Julianne Hough — The only two-time winner of DWTS, Julianne competed with her boyfriend Chuck Wicks. Julianne also hold the record for “worst boyfriend schmoopy talk” on a reality television series. click here to view the embedded video. #8 Rachel Hunter - The former SI swimsuit model is officially a reality TV addict appearing in over six reality shows to date including DWTS....
