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* [[Keep Circulating the Tapes]]: The Michael Larson episodes were heavily traded around for years until [[GSN]] aired them in 2003. Further, the network only aired a stretch from February 21, 1984 to November 15, 1985 (Day 20 of the third and final Home Player Sweepstakes, which ran for 25 episodes)...although some 1983 clips snuck in due to the opening montage.
** USA Network never aired the first Home Player Sweepstakes (the Larson episodes fell at the very end), episodes promoting the show's move to 4:00 PM, and certain episodes from 1986 (including the last four weeks).
* [[Missing Episode]]:
** The Larson episodes (see above as to why it was "episodes") were kept out of syndication for many years, perhaps as an [[Old Shame]].
** Among the episodes GSN reran was a sixth taping from Back-To-School Week (August 1985) that was not seen during the show's original run or the repeats on USA. The episode itself is notable for being one of the few times a contestant played against the house.
** There were 109 episodes prior to the earliest aired-on-GSN episode (February 21, 1984). But, hey, wait a minute. How can this be true? The show had three nation-wide preemptions up until that point (two during thanksgiving week 1983, and one during January 2, 1984). Could there have been another unaired episode that counts as an actual episode, or an episode that aired in some parts of the country, while a different episode aired in other parts during a particular day?
* [[Screwed by the Network]]: CBS moved it from 10:30 AM to 4:00 PM in January 1986 so they could debut a revival of ''[[Card Sharks]]''. Although the change was promoted in-show at the end of December 1985, certain comments from here onward appear to prove that the staff knew it was the end.
{{quote|'''Peter''' (''on [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v{{=}}nrZVJurTgLQ June 11, 1986], after the "N" fell off a "SPINS" placard''): Have we been renewed?}}
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