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If "Wheel" Was Still Like This In 2016, Would You Still Watch It?


-Red, yellow and blue backdrops still behind the contestants
-Still no toss-up puzzles in the 1st and 4th rounds, the player standing at the red still starting both those rounds while the player at the yellow still starting the 2nd round and the 3rd player still starting the 3rd round
-Still no commercial break between the 1st and 2nd rounds
-The $1,500 wedge still in use
-The speed-up and bonus rounds still having no background music
-Time to solve the puzzle in the speed-up round still being 5 seconds
-Bad final spins (where Pat gives the wheel a final spin and lands on anything other than a dollar amount) still being shown instead of being edited out
-The only background music in the bonus round being when the contestant spins the bonus wheel
-The main theme still being "Changing Keys" and still using the melody that was used from 1983 to 1994, but the arrangement being similar to that of the 1997-2000 theme and using the bars of that version

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Yes.

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I would still watch it even if it had the old shopping format. I miss the announcer saying, "Look at this studio, filled with glamorous prizes..." while Vanna would model the diamond jewelry and the audience would go "Ooh..."

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I liked that opening. I wish they had kept it for a few more years. Then I might remember it a little better. 

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I also liked hearing Charlie O'Donnell say "Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeellllllllllllllll of Fortune!"

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