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** "An old woman's breasts" as a clue for "Things That Sag".
** "A proctologist's finger" for "Things That Probe".
** "Your genital organs" for "Things Below the Waist". The contestant guessed "Things You Touch", "[[A Date
* And in a special game in which ''[[
* Any time Dick Clark screws up, hilarity is inevitable. On two
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* Week of February 2, 1976: Clifton Davis and his partner needed two points to win the game in the category was "Warmongers". In the straightest face and voice, Dick read the subject matter — "Describe these Things That Taste Like Lima Beans." Clifton's face registered a "What?!", after which Dick burst out laughing. Clark would occasionally give a false subject, with other examples being "Words That Rhyme With Orange" and "Famous Ethiopian War Generals".
* September 14, 1977 (billed as "[[Star Trek|Kirk vs. Spock Week]]"): During a Winner's Circle for $20,000, Shatner [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tEIV3XvF2_g threw his chair] in frustration after accidentally giving out an illegal clue on the sixth category. Contrary to ''very'' popular belief, Shatner was '''not''' banned from the show following this week — he appeared the week of December 26, 1977 with Barbara Feldon, and on two ''$25,000'' episodes in 1978 (one taped before the chair incident, the other in Season 5).
* June 27, 1980: The [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] [[Grand Finale]] ended with the week's celebrities ([[Bill Cullen]] and Lois Nettleton) being shown a set of [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFMAQsSciWs joke Winner's Circle categories] the show could've used "if we wanted to save the money" — "[[Honest John's Dealership|Used Car Dealers You Can Trust]]", "[[Take That|Hit Shows on NBC-TV]]", "Oil Companies in Bankruptcy", "Famous Japanese Rabbis" (Bill offered "Ming Toy Rabinowitz"), "Things [Henry] Kissinger Did Not Foul Up", and "Famous Italian TV Directors" — the crowning gag being that their director, Mike Gargiolo, was Italian.
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== ''New $25,000'' (1982-87, 1988) ==
* Late 1982 (''New''): Announcer Jack Clark apparently didn't realize his [[Is This Thing Still On?|microphone was still on]] after he signed-off, and [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3g9MfcoBXgg started whistling along] to the [[Ear Worm]] theme music.
* Week of November
* October 16, 1985: Dick Clark [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=blIaH8-MwWU got his digits flipped] on the "brand new 1968 [sic] automobile" that the contestant could win in the Mystery 7 category. The judge even buzzed him for his slip-up. It was an inadvertent repeat of a mistake he made on ''$100,000'', identifying a 1985 car as a 1958. ''And this came nine days after Dick vowed that he would never make the mistake again.''
** [[Funny Aneurysm Moment]]: Following his 2004 stroke, Clark began making a '''lot''' of these kinds of mixups (as seen on the 2009 ''New Year's Rockin' Eve'', when he [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0VqQnbccW4 severely screwed up the countdown]).
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* June 3, 1987: With "[[To Tell the Truth]]" a category in the front game, Dick decided to read off a list of all the game shows that Bill Cullen had hosted in his long, long career. This read-off culminated with Dick saying "CAN'T YOU HOLD A JOB, BILL??!!" Bill replied with "Not one of those shows lasted more than 13 weeks." (Also doubles as a [[Tear Jerker]], as this was Bill's final public appearance before he passed away three years later.)
* 1980s: The 7-11 card is [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yhsc6ZE5evE missing] from its designated box. Dick got some funny interaction with the stagehand behind the board:
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(''hand sticks out from behind the trilon, hands Dick a paper'')
'''Dick''': Will you sign this with a note from the teacher, that's where it's supposed to be?
'''Stagehand''' (''sticks out a pen''): Would you sign it for me? }}
** Amusingly, the other four categories remaining were "Batter Up", "Our Leader", "Steady Yourself", and "''Give Me A Raise''".
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* February 13, 1987: After getting flustered over one word, Vicki Lawrence [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1yl-piofpk stomped off the set] and they [[Leave the Camera Running|left the camera running]]. Vicki continued to appear on ''$25,000'', but true to her word ("I'm never coming back here!") did not appear again on ''$100,000'' until 1991.
* April 17, 1987: Dick Cavett [[What an Idiot!|gave illegal clues for three subjects in a row]] then, with a frustrated look on his face, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Zv3ApKk9Z0 gave a censored clue for "Things You Curb"] which left the audience in an uproar and Dick Clark desperately trying to maintain his composure. If you listen closely and read Cavett's lips, you'll figure out what the clue was; that's right, what was perhaps the funniest Winner's Circle clue '''didn't''' [[Getting Crap Past the Radar|get "crap" past the radar]].
* 1980s: In one episode, the team was flustered over the box "Things At A Discotheque". After time was up, Dick suggested "Disc Jockey", which got a buzz. Cue Dick [[Face Palm
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