User:Daniel Benfield/Nighttime Video Archive/Season 13

Wheel moves taping to its current home of Stage 11 at Sony Pictures Studios in Culver City. The intro is adjusted so the Wheel spins clockwise, the letters zoom towards the sides, the wedges zoom forward, and the center zooms back. In addition, the opening theme is adjusted to end with the puzzle-solve cue adopted last year. The graphics show Pat, Vanna, the $25,000 sign, and related Wheel graphics in the letters of "WHEEL" before flying over a shot of the show's new home. The Executive Producer to Associate Director credits are shown as chyrons until the last one scrolls up to reveal the rest. Charlie's closing spiel is amended to close with him signing off with his name on the "Created by Merv Griffin" credit, and mentioning such on the title/copyright card, before proceeding to the Columbia-TriStar Television and King World logo spiels.

The Bonus Round chime is low-pitched regardless of the locale. Also, the road-show board is used for the first few weeks, but the main board returns with another new border (somewhat of a cross between 1981 and '94 ones).

The category strips/prize values/totals/etc. are changed to a font similar to Times New Roman. The strips also now have an orange transparent background, and are revealed with the "rolling Wheel" wipe. Beginning with these strips, Fill In the Blank's name is spelled in full and the "decade" categories use numbers instead of being written out.

Gameplay-wise, the green $1,000 becomes sparkly green, Free Spin gets its first permanent position (over the purple $200), and the Double Play debuts for Round 2. In addition, bonus categories are now worth $1,000, and all questions are followed by the rolling chimes and the question (now asked by Pat), which is only available to the contestant who solves the puzzle.

In October, the $10,000 Wedge gets a full golden "$10,000" graphic on the back. Johnny Gilbert subs for Charlie from November 27-December 8.

New Categories: Who Is It? in late September or early October, $1,000 Slogan by February 9, Who Said It? by April 3.

Retired Categories: Person/Title around October 26.

Road Shows: Washington State Convention and Trade Center in Seattle (November 6-17); Waikaloa Village in Hawaii (February 12-23); Fox Theater in Atlanta, Georgia (April 22-May 3, July 15-19).

Repeat Weeks: December 25-29, April 8-12.

LEGAL STUFF SO I DON'T GET SUED: I'm only linking to these videos, none of which were uploaded by me, for the purposes of research and as a public record. Footage ©1995-96 Califon Productions/Merv Griffin Entertainment and associated entities.

September 1995

 * September 4, 1995 (Season Premiere/Teen Week, Day 1 {alternate copy... thing})
 * September 5, 1995 (Teen Week, Day 2)
 * September-October 1995

October 1995

 * October 24, 1995
 * October 27, 1995

November 1995

 * November 20, 1995 (Celebrity Week, Day 1)

Johnny fills in


 * November 29, 1995

December 1995

 * December 1, 1995 (Pat cuts Vanna's hair at the end)

Charlie Returns


 * December 11, 1995
 * December 15, 1995

January 1996

 * January 25, 1996
 * January 31, 1996

February 1996

 * February 6, 1996 (Sweethearts Week, Day 2)
 * February 9, 1996 (Sweethearts Week, Finale)
 * February 1996 (Hawaii Week)
 * February 27, 1996

March 1996

 * March 8, 1996

April 1996

 * April 1996 (Atlanta, Day ?)
 * April 23, 1996 (Atlanta, Day 2)
 * April 24, 1996 (Atlanta, Day 3)