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Hey, It's That Guy!: Yep, it's Bill Cullen. 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 Wheel of Fortune, and at this point was under contract to Barry & Enright; he also announced on The Jokers Wild and Tic-Tac-Dough. 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.
Screwed by the Network: The show's brief life^[1] 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.)

↑ 23 weeks, to be exact. The last ten were the Celebrity format, and three of those weeks had six celebs playing for charity.

[1] 23 weeks, to be exact. The last ten were the Celebrity format, and three of those weeks had six celebs playing for charity.

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 *  [[Hey, It's That Guy!]]: Yep, it's [[Bill Cullen]]. 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 ''[[Wheel of Fortune]]'', and at this point was under contract to Barry & Enright; he also announced on ''[[The Jokers Wild]]'' and ''[[Tic Tac Dough]]''. 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.
+*  [[Hey, It's That Voice!]]: Charlie O'Donnell was best known for ''[[Wheel of Fortune]]'', and at this point was under contract to Barry & Enright; he also announced on ''[[The Jokers Wild]]'' and ''[[Tic-Tac-Dough]]''. 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.
-*  [[Screwed By the Network]]: The show's brief life<ref>23 weeks, to be exact. The last ten were the ''Celebrity'' format, and three of '''those''' weeks had six [[Celebrity Edition|celebs playing for charity]].</ref> 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.)
+*  [[Screwed by the Network]]: The show's brief life<ref>23 weeks, to be exact. The last ten were the ''Celebrity'' format, and three of '''those''' weeks had six [[Celebrity Edition|celebs playing for charity]].</ref> 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.)
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