History Trivia / HotPotato

* HostilityOnTheSet: Creator/MiltonBerle was a guest during the week of May 14-18, 1984. According to producer Allen Koss, Berle was a nuisance towards everybody during the taping session. At one point, Berle asked the crew to fix his microphone, only to be told that his mic was working perfectly--the audience didn't think his jokes were funny. During one commercial break, Cullen threatened to walk off the set unless the crew did something about Berle. To make matters worse, the episodes were taped the day Creator/JackBarry was found dead after a heart attack.

* RealSongThemeTune: The pilot used "Stop, Look, and Listen" by Music/DonnaSummer.

* EditedForSyndication: GSN reruns replaced the "...is a Barry-Enright Production" in Charlie O'Donnell's opening spiel with the Columbia-[=TriStar=] Television logo. The CBN and USA Network reruns left it alone. (This was CTT's policy at the time- add their logo to the end of practically anything they owned, and quite often plaster it over older logos. This, of course, only applied to ''Hot Potato'', as all other Barry-Enright games used on GSN had the Barry-Enright logo already in the credits, making plastering impossible.)

* EditedForSyndication: GSN reruns replaced the "...is a Barry-Enright Production" in Charlie O'Donnell's opening spiel with the Columbia-[=TriStar=] Television logo. The CBN and USA Network reruns left it alone. (This was CTT's policy at the time- add their logo to the end of practically anything they owned, and quite often plaster it over older logos.)

* EditedForSyndication: GSN reruns replaced the "...is a Barry-Enright Production" in Charlie O'Donnell's opening spiel with the Columbia-[=TriStar=] Television Distribution logo. The CBN and USA Network reruns left it alone.

* EditedforSyndication: GSN reruns replaced the "...is a Barry-Enright Production" in Charlie O'Donnell's opening spiel with the Columbia-TriStar Television Distribution logo. The CBN and USA Network reruns left it alone.

* HeyItsThatGuy: Yep, it's Creator/BillCullen.
** A then-relatively-unknown Brad Garrett appeared for two weeks of the ''Celebrity'' format.
* HeyItsThatVoice: Charlie O'Donnell was best known for ''Series/WheelOfFortune'', and at this point was under contract to Creator/JackBarry-Dan Enright Productions; he also announced on ''Series/TheJokersWild'' and ''Series/TicTacDough''. (Incidentally, original ''Wheel'' hostess Susan Stafford was also working for Barry-Enright around this time as Vice President of Public Relations, as well as being Enright's companion for many years.)

* HeyItsThatGuy: Yep, it's Creator/BillCullen. A then-relatively-unknown Brad Garrett appeared for two weeks of the ''Celebrity'' format.
* HeyItsThatVoice: Charlie O'Donnell was best known for ''Series/WheelOfFortune'', and at this point was under contract to Creator/JackBarry-Dan Enright Productions; he also announced on ''Series/TheJokersWild'' and ''Series/TicTacDough''. Incidentally, original ''Wheel'' hostess Susan Stafford was also working for Barry-Enright around this time as Vice President of Public Relations, as well as being Enright's companion for many years.
* ScrewedByTheNetwork: The show's brief life[[note]]23 weeks, the last ten of which were the ''Celebrity'' format...and three of '''those''' weeks had [[CelebrityEdition six celebs playing for charity]][[/note]] was mainly due to its Noon timeslot, where many NBC affiliates generally preempted it in favor of either local newscasts or syndicated programming. Ironically, the show's replacement in the Noon timeslot, ''[[Series/{{Password}} Super Password]]'', actually managed to thrive in that slot even with preemptions, mainly due to independent stations stepping in to air the program in lieu of the preempting NBC affiliates.

* HeyItsThatGuy: Yep, it's BillCullen. A then-relatively-unknown Brad Garrett appeared for two weeks of the ''Celebrity'' format.

* ScrewedByTheNetwork: The show's brief life[[note]]23 weeks, the last ten of which were the ''Celebrity'' format...and three of '''those''' weeks had [[CelebrityEdition six celebs playing for charity]][[/note]] was mainly due to its Noon timeslot, where many NBC affiliates generally preempted it in favor of either local newscasts or syndicated programming.
** Ironically, the show's replacement in the Noon timeslot, ''[[Series/{{Password}} Super Password]]'', actually managed to thrive in that slot even with preemptions, mainly due to independent stations stepping in to air the program in lieu of the preempting NBC affiliates.

* HeyItsThatVoice: Charlie O'Donnell was best known for ''Series/WheelOfFortune'', and at this point was under contract to JackBarry-Dan Enright Productions; he also announced on ''Series/TheJokersWild'' and ''Series/TicTacDough''. Incidentally, original ''Wheel'' hostess Susan Stafford was also working for Barry-Enright around this time as Vice President of Public Relations, as well as being Enright's companion for many years.

* HeyItsThatVoice: Charlie O'Donnell was best known for ''WheelOfFortune'', and at this point was under contract to JackBarry-Dan Enright Productions; he also announced on ''TheJokersWild'' and ''TicTacDough''. Incidentally, original ''Wheel'' hostess Susan Stafford was also working for Barry-Enright around this time as Vice President of Public Relations, as well as being Enright's companion for many years.

** Ironically, the show's replacement in the Noon timeslot, ''[[{{Password}} Super Password]]'', actually managed to thrive in that slot even with preemptions, mainly due to independent stations stepping in to air the program in lieu of the preempting NBC affiliates.

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* ScrewedByTheNetwork: The show's brief life [[hottip:*:(23 weeks, the last ten of which were the ''Celebrity'' format...and three of '''those''' weeks had [[CelebrityEdition six celebs playing for charity)]]. was mainly due to its Noon timeslot, where many NBC affiliates generally preempted it in favor of either local newscasts or syndicated programming.

* HeyItsThatGuy: Yep, it's BillCullen. A then-relatively-unknown Brad Garrett appeared on two weeks of the ''Celebrity'' format.
* HeyItsThatVoice: Charlie O'Donnell was best known for ''WheelOfFortune'', and at this point was under contract to Barry & Enright; he also announced on ''TheJokersWild'' and ''TicTacDough''. Incidentally, original ''Wheel'' hostess Susan Stafford was also working for Barry & Enright around this time as vice president in charge of public relations, as well as being Dan Enright's companion for many years.
* ScrewedByTheNetwork: The show's brief life[[hottip:*:23 weeks, to be exact. The last ten were the ''Celebrity'' format, and three of '''those''' weeks had six [[CelebrityEdition celebs playing for charity]]. was mainly due to its Noon timeslot, where many NBC affiliates generally preempted it in favor of either local newscasts or syndicated programming. (Ironically, the show's replacement in the Noon timeslot, ''[[{{Password}} Super Password]]'', actually managed to thrive in that slot, even with preemptions, mainly due to independent stations stepping in to air the program in lieu of the preempting NBC affiliates.)

* ScrewedByTheNetwork: The show's brief life[[hottip:*:23 weeks, to be exact. The last ten were the ''Celebrity'' format, and three of '''those''' weeks had six [[CelebrityEdition celebs playing for charity]].]] was mainly due to its Noon timeslot, where many NBC affiliates generally preempted it in favor of either local newscasts or syndicated programming. (Ironically, the show's replacement in the Noon timeslot, ''[[{{Password}} Super Password]]'', actually managed to thrive in that slot, even with preemptions, mainly due to independent stations stepping in to air the program in lieu of the preempting NBC affiliates.)

* ScrewedByTheNetwork: The show's brief life[[hottip:*:23 weeks, to be exact. The last ten were the ''Celebrity'' format, and three of '''those''' weeks had six [[CelebrityEdition celebs playing for charity]].]] was mainly due to its Noon timeslot, where many NBC affiliates generally preempted it in favor of either local newscasts or syndicated programming. (Ironically, the show's replacement in the Noon timeslot, ''Super Password'', actually managed to thrive in that slot, even with preemptions, mainly due to independent stations stepping in to air the program in lieu of the preempting NBC affiliates.)

* HeyItsThatVoice: Charlie O'Donnell was best known for ''WheelOfFortune'', and at this point was under contract to Barry & Enright; he also announced on ''TheJokersWild'' and ''TicTacDough''. Incidentally, original ''Wheel of Fortune'' hostess Susan Stafford was also working for Barry & Enright around this time as vice president in charge of public relations. In addition, she was Dan Enright's companion for many years.

* HeyItsThatVoice: Charlie O'Donnell was best known for ''WheelOfFortune'', and at this point was under contract to Barry & Enright; he also announced on ''TheJokersWild'' and ''TicTacDough''. Incidentally, original ''Wheel Of Fortune'' hostess Susan Stafford was also working for Barry & Enright around this time as vice president in charge of public relations. In addition, she was Dan Enright's companion for many years.

* HeyItsThatVoice: Charlie O'Donnell was best known for ''WheelOfFortune'', and at this point was under contract to Barry-Enright; he also announced on ''TheJokersWild'' and ''TicTacDough''.

* [=~Hey, It's That Guy!~=]: Yep, it's BillCullen. A then-relatively-unknown Brad Garrett appeared on two weeks of the ''Celebrity'' format.
* [=~Hey, It's That Voice!~=]: Charlie O'Donnell was best known for ''WheelOfFortune'', and at this point was under contract to Barry-Enright; he also announced on ''[=~The Joker's Wild~=]'' and ''TicTacDough''.

* [=~Hey, It's That Guy!~=]: Yep, it's BillCullen. Also, a then-relatively-unknown Brad Garrett appeared on two weeks of the ''Celebrity'' format.
* [=~Hey, It's That Voice!~=]: Charlie O'Donnell was best known for ''WheelOfFortune'', and at this point was under contract to Barry-Enright; he also announced on ''[=~The Joker's Wild~=]'' and ''TicTacDough''.