Uploaded May 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Here's another complete broadcast of an edition of Wheel of Fortune as shown over WMAQ Channel 5. Your host is Pat Sajak, and around to turn the letters on the big board is Vanna White.

Show voiceovers by Jack Clark.

Includes:

Station ID / The All New Dating Game promo (voiceover by Jim Hill)

Show open, with preview of prizes; after which, Pat and Vanna enter, and the contestants - Paula Townsend, Sheri Sturm from Hawaii, and Bill Leyton (sp?) from Germantown, TN - are introduced; next is the first puzzle, a "Phrase," followed by plugs for stainless steel tea kettle from Lyn Deutsch (sp?) Ltd., Kosta Boda crystal stemware and jug, Emerson portable 5½" color TV/AM/FM radio, Hotpoint dishwasher and Admiral refrigerator "a la mode"

Commercials for:

California Raisin Advisory Board (with claymation California Raisins performing "I Heard It Through the Grapevine") - this is the original commercial that started the whole “California Raisins” cultural juggernaut

Eyewitness VCR game - from Parker Brothers

Segment 2 starts with the second game, another "Phrase," on which they are midway when . . .

Commercials for:

Sunsweet Pitted Prunes (with Erika Slezak)

Swift Premium Brown & Serve Sausages (with Barbara and Louise Mandrell)

Arthritis Pain Formula maximum strength caplets

Promo for Days of our Lives and Another World

Sale of the Century Win a Trip to Hollywood Sweepstakes promo (voiceover by Gary Owens?)

Segment 3: Second round resumes, then plugs for Chinon Auto 2001 35mm camera and Stiffel imported lead crystal lamp

Bumper with title on top and station ID below

Commercials for:

Minute Maid Country Style Orange Juice (with Richard Thomas) (ending voiceover by Hal Douglas?)

Active Length Lee Press-On Nails

Betty Crocker Mini-Morsels Rocky Road Frosting

Tuna Helper with Mushrooms

Segment 4 starts with showing of grand prizes - Isuzu pickup truck and Service Merchandise gift certificate; and Round 3 which is yet another "Phrase"; after which, plug for Quoizel solid brass lamps

Commercials for:

Sanka 97% Caffeine Free Instant Coffee (with Gregory Hines) (music based on song "Java Jive")

Keebler E.L. Fudge cookies (with Parley Baer as Ernie; ending voiceover by Danny Dark)

Segment 5, with bonus round (one more "Phrase") and plug for RCA 45" big-screen color TV

Commercials for:

Fisher-Price Power Workshop

Fisher-Price Roller Skates

Final segment, with Pat and Vanna calling sly attention to upcoming MAD magazine parody of their show, before closing program, followed by plugs for Sears Wish Book, General Mills Raisin Nut Bran, Duster Plus, Toast'em pastry snacks, DelicaSeas sea sticks and Sunbeam Oskar high-efficiency food processor, disclaimers and ending credits (with voiceover promo for NBC Nightly News by Tom Brokaw)

Promo for The A-Team and Miami Vice (voiceover by Jerry Bishop, with Robert Vaughn seen at end)

Promo for Throb (main voiceover by Chuck Riley) (ending voiceover by Jim Hill)

Commercials for: Dean Foods dairy products

Jewel Food Stores - "What's New This Week?"

Station ID / promo for L.A. Law (voiceover by Jim Hill)

First 45 seconds of Scrabble with Chuck Woolery (voiceover by Charlie Tuna)

This aired on local Chicago TV on Friday, October 10th 1986 during the 10:00am to 10:30am timeframe.

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