History Funny / Scrabble

'''Johnson:''' They'll be able to buy more [[spoiler:p]]o[[spoiler:t]]atoes, then.\\

* During the show's second Game Show Hosts Week, one game had [[Series/TicTacDough Wink Martindale]] playing against [[Series/WinLoseOrDraw Vicki]] [[Series/MamasFamily Lawrence]]. This game had one particularly funny puzzle:

'''Chuck:''' See? This is what I have to put up with: "Sometimes, they have french fries." "Pass the [[spoiler:p]]o[[spoiler:t]]atoes on the Senate floor." [...] They passed a raise for themselves, you know that, don't you? They passed that; they got the raise. No, they haven't does it yet, but they will\\

--->'''Chuck:''' Building on the letter S [...] in ME[[spoiler:M]]O[[spoiler:RI]]ES, which some guys are in short supply of--or have short ones--five letters in the word (□□□□S), and the clue is "Some women drop them at parties". ''[audience breaks out in laughter as Chuck looks toward the producer]'' Well, what kind of deal is this?! What is this, a themed show or something? Good night! We have, I mean, junior high school students up there [in the audience]; you know what they'll do with this stuff? ''[audience cracks up again]''

--->'''Chuck:''' Building on the letter S [...] in ME[[spoiler:M]]O[[spoiler:RI]]ES, which some guys are in short supply of--or have short ones--five letters in the word, and the clue is "Some women drop them at parties". ''[audience breaks out in laughter as Chuck looks toward the producer]'' Well, what kind of deal is this?! What is this, a themed show or something? Good night! We have, I mean, junior high school students up there [in the audience]; you know what they'll do with this stuff? ''[audience cracks up again]''

--->'''Chuck:''' Building on the letter S [...] in ME[[spoiler:M]]O[[spoiler:RI]]ES, which some guys are in short supply of--or have short ones--five letters in the word, and the clue is "Some women drop them at parties". ''[audience breaks out in laughter as Chuck looks toward the producer]'' Well, what kind of deal is this?! What is this, a themed show or something? Good night! We have, I mean, junior high school students up there [in the audience]; you know what they'll do with this stuff?

--->'''Chuck:''' Building on the letter S [...] in ME[[spoiler:M]]O[[spoiler:RI]]ES, which some guys are in short supply of--or have short ones--five letters in the word, and the clue is "Some women drop them at parties". ''[audience breaks out in laughter as Chuck looks toward the producer]'' Well, what kind of deal is this?! What is this, a themed show or something? Good night! We have, I mean, junior high school students up there [in the audience]; you know what they'll do with this stuff?[[note]]The answer was "HINTS".[[/note]]

--->'''Chuck:''' Oh, my dear, I had no idea this was in here [...] when I told that wonderful story. "[[IronicEcho Dolly Parton]]--" ''[audience laughter]'' I never look at these things. And, on top of that, "Dolly Parton has an enormous one". ''[Chuck grimaces]'' I'm almost embarrassed 'cause I know her. (The solution is [[spoiler:INCOM]]E.)

* One episode from 1986, which starts with a Sprint round. The clue for the first word: "They're grand." The answer: TETONS. This prompts Chuck to deliver a monologue regarding the Grand Tetons before the crossword round that follows:

--->'''Chuck:''' Building on the letter S [...] in ME[[spoiler:M]]O[[spoiler:RI]]ES, which some guys are in short supply of--or have short ones--five letters in the word, and the clue is "Some women drop them at parties". ''[audience breaks out in laughter as Chuck looks toward the producer]'' Well, what kind of deal is this?! What is this, a themed show or something? Good night! We have junior high school students up there [in the audience]; you know what they'll do with this stuff?[[note]]The answer was "HINTS".[[/note]]

* Summer, 1987: The start of a game presented □□□O□□□□ with the clue "Guys with short ones sometimes have problems." The audience, obviously inventing their own jokes, started laughing. The laughter got even louder as the contestant drew tiles and the letters "S" and "M" popped up.

--->'''Chuck:''' Building on the letter S [...] in ME[[spoiler:M]]O[[spoiler:RI]]ES, which some guys are in short supply of--or have short ones--five letters in the word, and the clue is "Some women drop them at parties". ''[audience breaks out in laughter as Chuck looks toward the producer]'' Well, what kind of deal is this?! What is this, a themed show or something? Good night! We have junior high school students up there [in the audience]; you know what they'll do with this stuff?

--> '''Chuck:''' I heard the funniest thing 'cause I went on Pat Sajak's show, everybody else has seen this and everybody's been talking about it [...] I've talked to Mr. Griffin for a period of time. [...] They asked my why I left ''Series/WheelOfFortune]]. I told them I couldn't make a deal, and now, the company line from Griffin--you gotta listen to this; this is great--I left for "religious reasons". ''[audience laughs]'' I have no idea what that means!

--> '''Chuck:''' [chuckles upon reading the clue]. Is this some kind of retribution for the night that I did ''Series/ThePatSajakShow''?\\

'''Chuck:''' You know, this has gone all over {=NBC=} and all over [[Creator/MervGriffin [Merv] Griffin Productions]], everything. Building on the letter O in WINDBLOWN, six letters in the word, and the clue is "How much money Merv Griffin has". ([[spoiler:O]]O[[spoiler:DLES]])

--->'''Chuck:''' They always do that. They give you very suggestive clues, and then it's some kind of inane answer--or mundane, anyway.

--->'''Chuck:''' Building on the letter S [...] in ME[[spoiler:M]]O[[spoiler:RI]]ES, which some guys are in short supply of--or have short ones--five letters in the word, and the clue is "Some women drop them at parties". ''[audeince breaks out in laughter]'' Well, what kind of deal is this?! What is this, a themed show or something? Good night! We have junior high school students up there [in the audience]; you know what they'll do with this stuff?
* One episode from 1986, which starts with a Sprint round. The clue for the first word: "They're grand." The answer: TETONS. This prompts Chuck to deliver a monologue regarding the Grand Tetons:
--> '''Chuck:''' ...an interesting thing about the Grand Tetons: The French are the ones who discovered the Grand Tetons, and ''teton'' is kind of a French word for... [[Music/DollyParton Dolly Partons]]. ''[audience laughter]''. ''Le grande'' in French, of course, means "big"... so, actually, in French, means [[ElNinoIsSpanishForTheNino "Big Tetons"]]. ''[{{rimshot}}]'' That's true! It's as gentle as I can give it to you.

** The word immediately played after that one: [[https://youtu.be/wxaEbcaasDY "It's a consuming desire."]]. The board eventually reads □□□□TIT□, and remains that way until the second and third Stoppers are played. The audience starts laughing as Chuck stands silent for 15 seconds. His response:

* The start of a game presented □□□O□□□□ with the clue "Guys with short ones often have problems." The audience, obviously inventing their own jokes, started laughing. The laughter got even louder as the contestant drew tiles and the letters "S" and "M" popped up.

** In the game that immeidately follows, the second word surprises Chuck:

* A female contestant has to choose between "P" and "P". Her response? "I think [[ToiletHumor I'll have to take a 'P']]."

--->'''Chuck:''' That P is worth $500, Merc. Probably, maybe one of the most expensive P's you will ever take. ''(the audience laughs)'' I couldn't let that go by. I couldn't! I tried, but I couldn't.

--->'''Chuck:''' Oh, my dear, I had no idea this was in here [...] when I told that wonderful story. "[[IronicEcho Dolly Parton]]--" ''[audience laughter]'' I never look at these things. And, on top of that, "Dolly Parton has an enormous one". ''[Chuck grimaces]'' I'm almost embarrassed 'cause I know her. (spoiler:The solution is [[INCOM]]E.)

--->'''Chuck:''' Oh, my dear, I had no idea this was in here [...] when I told that wonderful story. "[[IronicEcho Dolly Parton]]--" ''[audience laughter]'' I never look at these things. And, on top of that, "Dolly Parton has an enormous one". ''[Chuck grimaces]'' I'm almost embarrassed 'cause I know her. [[spoiler:The solution is INCOM]]E.
** The word immediately played immediately after that one: [[https://youtu.be/wxaEbcaasDY "It's a consuming desire."]]. The board eventually reads □□□□TIT□, and remains that way until the second and third Stoppers are played. The audience starts laughing as Chuck stands silent for 15 seconds. His response:

* "Music/DollyParton has a big one." And the board reveals □□□□TIT□.
** [[https://youtu.be/wxaEbcaasDY "It's a consuming desire."]] In this particular instance, once "TIT" is shown (which is how it remains until Speedword) and the audience starts laughing, Chuck stands silent for 15 seconds. His response:
---> '''Chuck:''' You see, there are just some days when, ''({{beat}})'' depending on how you look at it, everything either goes right or wrong.

* At the end of one game, Chuck [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPV7CUjZlhk accidentally gives $1,000 to the departing contestant.]]

---> '''Chuck:''' Building on the E in CELEBRATE, six letters in the word (□□□□E□), and the clue is "Women..." ''[to producers]'' Oh, come on, you guys. Why do you do this to me? Why? [[https://youtu.be/5-h6pxA4RwU?t=13m30s "Women usually put the seat down when they go there."]]\\

--->'''Wink:''' I can't believe it's really... it wouldn't be that, would it?\\

* During one episode, Chuck said, "We're going to recrap the scores."