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** '''November 1983-September 1986 (following a montage of clips from previous episodes):''' "Today, these three players are after hiiiiigh stakes (''later "biiiiiiiig bucks"''<ref> Rod said "Big Bucks" at first, but then changed it to "High Stakes". Also, originally, there was no music during the flashbacks.</ref>), but they'll have to avoid the Whammy as they play the most exciting game of their lives! From Television City in Hollywood, it's time to ''Press Your Luck''! And now, here's your host, the star of ''Press Your Luck'', Peter Tomarken!" <ref>(Beginning in February 1985, "hiiiiigh stakes" was changed to "biiiiig bucks". A few months later, a Whammy animation was added to the open and the spiel was slightly altered to extend "Whaaammyyyyy".)</ref>

* [[Precious Puppies]]: The Whammy's dog, Fang. Lampshaded on one episode in which a question was asked "We all know the Whammy doesn't have many friends, but one friend he ''does'' have is his dog. What's the pooch's name?". None of the contestants rang in, so Peter provided the choices of Fido, Fang, and Spot (all three guessed Fang).

* [[Rearrange the Song]]: The [[Facebook]] app based on this game uses a new recording of the theme song in certain parts.

* [[Shout-Out]]: The "Big Tongue Whammy" slide may be a [[Call Back]] to Sammy the Whammy, mascot of 1960s game ''Beat the Odds'', who had a very similar expression; making this more likely is the fact that Carruthers tried to revive ''Odds'' in 1975 for [[ABC]], albeit with Sammy replaced by a lightning bolt.