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* [[Critical Research Failure]]: The June 14, 1985 episode had a question regarding ''[[Looney Tunes]]'' and who said "Sufferin' Succotash!" Although all three contestants answered with Sylvester (who is commonly associated with it), Tomarken revealed that the answer was in fact ''Daffy Duck'' (who also uses the phrase, but very infrequently). This mistake prompted [[Mel Blanc]] (who voiced both) to call the show and explain the mistake. In his Sylvester voice. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IpKjGWBBrNE Here's] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wNWbNm_hLI the] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvNKSQpVKos episode.] After the call, Peter stated that the three contestants would be invited back.

* [[Crowning Music of Awesome]]: The prize cue music -- made even more awesome when a contestant wins enough to have it played in full. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzNanw_ga90 This Christmas, 1984, episode has the music played to nearly two full loops (starting 29 seconds in).]

'''Peter:''' What'd she win?

'''Rod:''' Bupkis! }}

* [[Moment of Awesome]]/[[Game Breaker]]: Michael Larson.

* [[Padding]]: In one episode, the contestants acquired only five spins overall: three from the questions and two from landing on "+ One Spin" squares. As a result, Peter spent the rest of the round explaining the special squares on the board. To prevent this from happening again, the rules were later changed so, if contestants were struggling in the Question Round, A) Peter would be directed to use an easier stack of questions or B) the segment would simply be reshot with said easier stack.

** In the first five months of the show, the buzzers that the contestants used to ring-in, when answering a question, or stopping the board, were supported by spring coils. They would break apart if they were slammed too hard, which happened on occasion (resulting in some editing to omit the scenes where the buzzers were being put back together). About 4 months in, they tried to fix this problem by changing the sticks that supported the buzzers. That, too, didn't work either, so it was decided to completely redesign them in February 1984.

{{quote|'''Peter Tomarken''' ( To Troy Garrison in a January 1984 episode during Round 2, after Troy broke his buzzer, and putting it back together): '''"DON'T BREAK ANYTHING!"'''}}

* [[They Changed It, Now It Sucks]]: By early August 1985, the Big Board had settled into a respectable configuration for both rounds. During the final season, however, the Round 2 layout had various slides needlessly moved around while nearly the entire board was in flux, with values going up and down so often that the ultimate victim ended up being [http://users.btes.tv/syoder/pylboard/articles/pac.html Pick-A-Corner] — the day the slides went neon was when the once-"fixed" directional square began breaking, as the values in the other three corners never remained static for very long and consistently conflicted with each other (including three layouts where players chose between ''identical values''); instead of correcting the problem, Pick-A-Corner was simply replaced on July 25, 1986 by a $1,000 + One Spin slide. <ref>(The space returned for ''Game Show Marathon'' in 2006, but remained broken.)</ref>

* [[What an Idiot!]]:

** May 16, 1985: Linda, behind by over $7,000, thought [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROZ0pkKrm5I a trip to Tokyo] would give her the win rather than an additional spin. Her opponent Patrick, who won because the trip was just $2,900, looked and acted a whole lot like he was being played by Dan Aykroyd in a [[Game Show Appearance]].

 

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