User:Daniel Benfield/References and Clips

Given how long Wheel of Fortune has been on the air, it should be no surprise that many films or shows have made references or used clips.

Back To The Future: Part II
In the second chapter of the film trilogy (released November 22, 1989), a brief clip of Wheel appears among many others in the 80's Cafe of 2015. Given that the trilogy revolves around the year of 1985, this is likely where the clip is from.

The credits of the first BTTF movie also list a credit for Wheel footage, but it is not known where that footage was used.

The Family
During this French film starring Robert DeNiro (released September 13, 2013), a TV shows an early-1990s Wheel episode with a Title/Author puzzle. It is known that the contestants in the clip were playing for charity.

Uncertain
Instances which may or may not have used footage from a real episode, or are simply unconfirmed.

Friends
During the episode "The One with the Princess Leia Fantasy" (September 19, 1996), one scene has Joey Tribbiani watching an early Season 14 episode with the puzzle MOUNT RUSHMORE, complete with the then-current pastel category strip. Whether the clip was from a real episode, however, is unknown.

A clip of this scene appeared during the ceremonial 3,000th episode in 1998.

Full House
During the episode "The Test" (aired January 11, 1994, most notable for Vanna White appearing as part of a dream sequence), the scene where DJ Tanner (Candace Cameron Bure) and Kimmy Gibbler (Andrea Barber) study for the SAT has a TV showing clips of a possibly-real Wheel episode.