- Complacent Gaming Syndrome: The rules did provide for the charging contestant to be allowed to stay on the same level after a correct answer to build their money for additional time in the Bonus Round. However, few, if any, contestants opted to take advantage of this. Justified, since 60 seconds is pretty tight, especially considering a Block chewed up five seconds.
- Moment of Awesome:
- Anybody who won the $25,000.
- Howard Wilson appeared in June 1979 and may well be the show's biggest winner, having appeared across seven episodes before finally beating the Gauntlet and retiring with a total of $32,750.
- Randy Amasia, as mentioned on the main tab.
- Retroactive Recognition:
- Singer & actress Julie Brown appeared on the very first episode of Whew, going by the name Annie Brown.
- Larry Rice, a semi-regular guest on Hot Seat with Wally George in the late 1980s and early 1990s, was a contestant on Whew! in September 1979.
- Greg Itzin was on Whew! in October 1979; he would go on to have a lengthy acting career, most notably as President Logan on 24.
- Scrappy Mechanic: Arguably, the Longshot. A contestant who legitimately reaches level 6 with very little time left loses the ability to call it, ironically putting them in a worse position than someone who didn't reach level 6 at all. In fact, barring situations where Longshot cannot be called, there seems to be no real reason not to call Longshot if at all possible.
- On the other hand, assuming your opponent has already placed a block on level 6, calling a Longshot puts you in a situation where you have a 2 out of 3 chance of automatically losing the round, making it only useful if there truly is no other hope of winning.
- Signature Sound Effect: "TIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIME'S UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUP!"
- This is Your Premise on Drugs: Jeopardy! meets Balderdash on speed and more speed.
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