Line #2 Awesome/TheJokersWild


1	* June 13, 1975: The final CBS episode. At the end, Jack thanked everyone for the three-year success of the show and called it the happiest and most productive period of his life. The credits then rolled, with the studio gradually darkening -- first the set lights, then the audience lights, and finally the lights around the slot machine and the individual windows. The camera zoomed in slowly on the windows, which were displaying the show's title, and these shut off one by one to black out the screen.
2	* 1978: Champion Hal Scheer was in dire straits in his [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGRldCqVNxM eighth game]], against Adrienne. Down $500–$200 and with no way to score more than $200 from any category, his only hope was to spin three Jokers, which would give him a chance at an instant win. Luckily, he was wearing a rather loud "lucky suit". He gave it a quick rub, pulled the handle, and ''got'' his three Jokers. After nearly fainting from shock, Creator/JackBarry explained how astronomical the odds would be of someone both ''needing'' and ''getting'' three Jokers. Hal proceeded to get a very simple question right and won his game. A bit of a DownerEnding for Adrienne, though...
3	%%* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=udMeOLWr9DQ&t=3m56 This clip]] shows a rare case in "How Low Will You Go?". While the contestant could have up to seven more clues to answer a question, she asks for NO more clues and still gets it right!
4	* 1983: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zpCdSWjMJTA Barry sadly sends off Joe Dunn]] as an undefeated champ with $66,200 in cash and prizes, after nine episodes and 16 wins. This happened at a time when the CBS limit on game show winnings was $35,000 (while the show itself was syndicated, it ran mostly on CBS affiliates, including the network's owned-and-operated stations, and hence was subject to network rules). During Dunn's run as champ, the show and the network started negotiating to raise the limit in his case. They eventually settled on letting Dunn keep $50,000 of his winnings, with the rest being donated to the charity of his choice. This was 21 years before Ken Jennings on ''Series/{{Jeopardy}}'', and was a big deal as Dunn had been a regular champ and hadn't played in a Tournament.
5	* 1977: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdF4iKeA5X4&t=14s Byron Wilson]] coming back from a $400–$0 deficit to win a car by answering '''ten''' $50 Fast Forward questions in a row.
6	* Frank Dillon, who won the first two Tournaments, in 1977 and '78 (worth $50,000 and $100,000, respectively)... [[DownerEnding and narrowly lost the $250,000 Tournament in 1979 due to an unlucky spin]]. [[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments He also donated most of his cash winnings to various charities.]]
7	* Rob Griffin winning the 1980 Tournament of Champions, earning $250,000 for the March of Dimes, and $25,000/year for a decade for himself. The entire Tournament was awesome in and of itself, as the total prize purse was '''''$1,000,000'''''[[note]](Sixteen champions competed, with half of the prize money being awarded to charity. Those eliminated in the preliminary rounds received $7,500 {$7,500 to charity}, Quarterfinalists received $12,500 {$12,500 to charity}, Semifinalists received $20,000 {$20,000 to charity}, and the tournament runner-up received $100,000 to charity, $10,000/year for a decade for the player})[[/note]].
8	* 1983: At one point, a champion at the Face the Devil round confidently predicted he was going to get to $1,000 from his current total of $475 on the next spin. Jack didn't think it was going to happen, but the champ [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WeLTz7dkAgk&t=13m58s got a $100 natural triple on his next spin]] and won the prizes.[[note]](A natural triple of any value in the bonus game meant an automatic win.)[[/note]].
9	* 1984: John Houlihan wins the biggest Natural Triple Jackpot in the show's history -- more than $26,000 in prizes, built up over 46 days of not being claimed. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DEJaBzpR4Bg Watch it here (at the 51:00 mark).]]

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