Yes. Family Feud in the Richard Dawson and Ray Combs eras had used a trilon board. Also in the early versions of the Pyramid game shows used trilon boards.
@@TheFrankenstein1972 concentration also used a trilon set for the puzzles; one numbered side, one side with a prize, and one side containing a piece of the rebus puzzle
@@opiumgoon666 I also remember "Break The Bank" with the late greats Jack Barry and Tom Kennedy had a trilon numbered board 1-20 with the money cards, blanks, wild cards, and money bags with mustaches for the male contestants and lips for the female contestants.
I don't, Vanna would have to flip every letter after the puzzle was solved to prove it, and you'd see her frantically flipping them in the end. Now, being all digital gives instant proof the puzzle was solved.
But that was harder to use because trilons can’t flip by themselves. I don’t know how they would get the most modern puzzle board to resemble the old-fashioned ones.
@@cbsteffen by just using the font of the original board and use the frame from the spikey travel board, the travel board resembles the current board with the two middle rows longer, just minus the golden light frame.
My neighbourhood park used to have a tic-tac-toe board that looked just like this puzzleboard. It had 9 trilons, On each trilon: one side was blank, one side had an X and one side had an O.
Yeah, they had to stop taping, wheel the puzzle board backstage(out of the contestants' and audience's sight) and quickly change the letters. Then bring the puzzle board back out and start taping again. Today resetting the puzzle board is a breeze with it being digital and all.
@@alexanderpytko5394on top of this, I think when they switched to the digital puzzle board in 1997, the show started recording in digital format too. Before that, they used videotape to store the content and they’re prone to permanent damage.
I've been watching the show for 17 years. It's neat how they put in puzzles from previous bonus rounds. This one must have been from when I was a kid. I'd say mid to late 1980's
The trilon-style puzzle board was actually in use from the show's debut on NBC in Jan. 1975(where it had 3 rows of 13 letter spots a piece; 39 letters maximum) to Feb. 1997 after they got back from their road trip in Phoenix. The 4-row, 48 letter trilon board(11 letters on the top and bottom rows, and 13 letters in the 2 middle rows) debuted about a week before Pat debuted on Wheel on Dec. 28, 1981(the day after I was born XD). =)
@@RaginRonic yes, of note, the current puzzleboard is actually the FOURTH one. The first was the Woolery-era board with three rows of 13 trilons (1975-1981), the second is what’s displayed here (1981-1997), the third used CRT monitors (1997-2007) and the current one uses flatscreens and looks almost seamless. Head-on, it looks identical to the third board but there is a difference.
@@RaginRonic no, actually the show used 2 puzzle boards this is indeed from the Whoolery era but the board you're referring to is the travel board they took on the road that debuted in 1988, in New York I believe, this is the home board they just changed the light frames over the years on this board.
I remember when they were talking about computerizing it. Some wondered if Vanna would have anything to do at all anymore since she wouldn't be turning physical letters! (But of course they made it touch-screen)
Merv wanted the board to rotate the letters automatically, and Susan Stafford (remember her?) would just model the prizes, but they couldn't get the mechanical aspect to work.
I wonder if they could try again all these decades later. The new Pyramid on ABC got it to work - far fewer trilons, but still. I'm not a mechanic, that said.
On the original pilot the wheel was mechanically automated and constantly spinning and you just yelled "stop!" at it and it would kinda try to stop on its own; it was pretty terrible.
I don't know if they ever showed it on the show itself, but I remember some news specials showed the board being wheeled off and being loaded. I'm curious if there are any more episodes with Vicki McCarthy or any other hostesses out there.
It took a long time to load a puzzle. They had to take it off the stage, out of the view of the contestants, so they couldn't see it. For extra security the contestants also had to turn around and chat with the contestant coordinators. Here's a short clip of the process, notice how the board is obviously not in its usual place onstage: ruclips.net/video/Ffp4IevYEBQ/видео.html
Never knew that spaces between the letters was just empty space. I thought the trilons were mounted between a yellowish piece of metal. Nope, they just hang there and the yellowish spaces were just a backdrop.
In contrast to my home state of Florida, some college-level math genius told me that since her start in 1982, Vanna White's total pacing of the puzzle board through the years is tantamount to her walking from Jacksonville to Miami. I'm thinking now, her total pacing of the puzzle board is currently tantamount to her encompassing the entire state of Florida; from The 'Floribama border' to Jacksonville, to the Florida Keys, and Florida's Gulf coast.😕 I think Vanna White eats Wheaties and drinks Gatorade for breakfast!!😀😁😂😃😄😅😆
Considering that most people walk much further at their job in a day than Vanna ever did in a week, the Average American labor worker has walked the entire border of the continental United States. What do they eat? Steroids?
It’s very interesting to see this clip today, not even 15 seconds in and he’s publicly patronizing her. This sort of thing would not have gone the same way if done today lol
For those not familiar with the tech this board used: What Vanna used in those days is called a 'trilon'.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trilon
Yes. Family Feud in the Richard Dawson and Ray Combs eras had used a trilon board. Also in the early versions of the Pyramid game shows used trilon boards.
The current $100000 pyramid screens are on trilons too
@@TheFrankenstein1972 concentration also used a trilon set for the puzzles; one numbered side, one side with a prize, and one side containing a piece of the rebus puzzle
@@opiumgoon666 I also remember "Break The Bank" with the late greats Jack Barry and Tom Kennedy had a trilon numbered board 1-20 with the money cards, blanks, wild cards, and money bags with mustaches for the male contestants and lips for the female contestants.
I grew up with the old trilon puzzle board. Hands up if you miss Vanna turning letters!
Man do I miss this puzzle board.
I don't, Vanna would have to flip every letter after the puzzle was solved to prove it, and you'd see her frantically flipping them in the end. Now, being all digital gives instant proof the puzzle was solved.
0:29 It's taking all Vanna's strength not to tell Pat to STFU.
Even through Pat's patronizing jokes, Vanna is nothing short of classy.
@Harry Engel Actually, Woolery and Stafford seemed better to me. Susan was classier, and Chuck treated her with respect.
I Miss That Puzzle board :(
But that was harder to use because trilons can’t flip by themselves. I don’t know how they would get the most modern puzzle board to resemble the old-fashioned ones.
@@cbsteffen by just using the font of the original board and use the frame from the spikey travel board, the travel board resembles the current board with the two middle rows longer, just minus the golden light frame.
I was honestly always curious about the old puzzle board
Me too! I knew how the letters turned, but I didn't know how all the letters got in there. That was neat to watch!
My neighbourhood park used to have a tic-tac-toe board that looked just like this puzzleboard. It had 9 trilons, On each trilon: one side was blank, one side had an X and one side had an O.
These old puzzle boards take longer to reset then the new tech board as they had to manually replace the letters each round
Yeah, they had to stop taping, wheel the puzzle board backstage(out of the contestants' and audience's sight) and quickly change the letters. Then bring the puzzle board back out and start taping again. Today resetting the puzzle board is a breeze with it being digital and all.
@@alexanderpytko5394on top of this, I think when they switched to the digital puzzle board in 1997, the show started recording in digital format too. Before that, they used videotape to store the content and they’re prone to permanent damage.
I've been watching the show for 17 years. It's neat how they put in puzzles from previous bonus rounds. This one must have been from when I was a kid. I'd say mid to late 1980's
Nope, 1994-1995!
The trilon-style puzzle board was actually in use from the show's debut on NBC in Jan. 1975(where it had 3 rows of 13 letter spots a piece; 39 letters maximum) to Feb. 1997 after they got back from their road trip in Phoenix. The 4-row, 48 letter trilon board(11 letters on the top and bottom rows, and 13 letters in the 2 middle rows) debuted about a week before Pat debuted on Wheel on Dec. 28, 1981(the day after I was born XD). =)
@@RaginRonic yes, of note, the current puzzleboard is actually the FOURTH one. The first was the Woolery-era board with three rows of 13 trilons (1975-1981), the second is what’s displayed here (1981-1997), the third used CRT monitors (1997-2007) and the current one uses flatscreens and looks almost seamless. Head-on, it looks identical to the third board but there is a difference.
@@TheKeyboardKing1 Yeah....oh, and a bonus stat....the show's puzzle board controls are really behind the board itself. XB
@@RaginRonic no, actually the show used 2 puzzle boards this is indeed from the Whoolery era but the board you're referring to is the travel board they took on the road that debuted in 1988, in New York I believe, this is the home board they just changed the light frames over the years on this board.
Poor Vanna just presses the screen now.
And that started back in 1997 when they revealed the new Puzzle board that was touched based.
Well I think she is glad she can use less energy
eddieg749 that board was a lot of work for her
Why is that a bad thing?
I remember when they were talking about computerizing it. Some wondered if Vanna would have anything to do at all anymore since she wouldn't be turning physical letters! (But of course they made it touch-screen)
Merv wanted the board to rotate the letters automatically, and Susan Stafford (remember her?) would just model the prizes, but they couldn't get the mechanical aspect to work.
I wonder if they could try again all these decades later. The new Pyramid on ABC got it to work - far fewer trilons, but still. I'm not a mechanic, that said.
@@yabbaguy How do I always find you?
@@yabbaguy They have video screens now. They just have to hope the computer doesn't crash today.
On the original pilot the wheel was mechanically automated and constantly spinning and you just yelled "stop!" at it and it would kinda try to stop on its own; it was pretty terrible.
My favorite part of this clip is seeing how Pat Sajak's sense of humor has not changed one bit in the last 30 years
Very interesting knowledge of the puzzle board
But of course, they never showed the process for changing puzzles on that old board.
check out wink martindale's page there's a small clip of it in there
@@knightrdrx which video
I don't know if they ever showed it on the show itself, but I remember some news specials showed the board being wheeled off and being loaded. I'm curious if there are any more episodes with Vicki McCarthy or any other hostesses out there.
It took a long time to load a puzzle. They had to take it off the stage, out of the view of the contestants, so they couldn't see it. For extra security the contestants also had to turn around and chat with the contestant coordinators.
Here's a short clip of the process, notice how the board is obviously not in its usual place onstage: ruclips.net/video/Ffp4IevYEBQ/видео.html
Wheel Of Fortune has taught millions of kids their alphabet.
Sure has.
Lou lucked out with the end result.
Never knew that spaces between the letters was just empty space. I thought the trilons were mounted between a yellowish piece of metal. Nope, they just hang there and the yellowish spaces were just a backdrop.
Agreed. Probably just because we always saw the old puzzleboard from fairly straight-on angles, so the yellowish background behind it shone through.
Pat's chauvinist sarcastic condescending attitude to Vanna is tough to watch.
Nobody cares
Professor Vanna White explain the puzzle board. 0:06
Wheel Of Fortune 35th Moment
Only Vanna can turn the letters. If Pat tries to do it, the trilons won't move.
Not true, he turned the letters once when he took over for Vanna to rest his voice.
@@STO_1601 ruclips.net/video/yMqMkBZgV8s/видео.html
This is obviously so antiquated as opposed to the LED board they have now.
Can you up the whole episode?
7000th Episode Moment
Vanna is the OG of Wheel.
One of them anyway.
No wonder they have to stop tape so many times.
What were the dimensions of the old puzzle board? How big was each trilon?
Their voices haven’t changed in 40 years…
For some reason I used to think the green spaces in the old puzzle board were like greenery and shrubs and stuff.
Hahah me too
its a triagle thing that turns so thats how it works.
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 yes
I want to know how they lit up each trilon. Was it a wire going to each of them?
In contrast to my home state of Florida, some college-level math genius told me that since her start in 1982, Vanna White's total pacing of the puzzle board through the years is tantamount to her walking from Jacksonville to Miami. I'm thinking now, her total pacing of the puzzle board is currently tantamount to her encompassing the entire state of Florida; from The 'Floribama border' to Jacksonville, to the Florida Keys, and Florida's Gulf coast.😕
I think Vanna White eats Wheaties and drinks Gatorade for breakfast!!😀😁😂😃😄😅😆
Considering that most people walk much further at their job in a day than Vanna ever did in a week, the Average American labor worker has walked the entire border of the continental United States. What do they eat? Steroids?
Like Vietnam's Conical hat of Miraculous the puzzle board originally consists of 52 trilons
Pat trying to act superior to Vanna is so cringe.
They switched to the touchscreen boards while she was pregnant with her second child.
My life is so much fuller now knowing that.
I Miss The Old Letter-Turning Puzzle-Board... =(
8000th Episode Moment
Didn’t realize he was being a condescending male chauvinist until we look back.
It’s very interesting to see this clip today, not even 15 seconds in and he’s publicly patronizing her. This sort of thing would not have gone the same way if done today lol
ВСЕМ ДРАТУТИ!!!
Now she just touches the screen and makes $10 million per year for 48 days of work
I want her job!!!!
Interesting
JBVO
Airdate
Uh Vanna that's Al roker's line
Pat is kind of a jerk
People might think you are too.