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*** Steve Bryant (July 12 and 15-16, 1985), member of the Houston Oilers who became famous for not only his [[Big Word Shout]] "No Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaamies!", but for playing against the house on his second day.
*** Dennis Haskins (1985?), then a seat filler for award shows, later '''[[Saved by the Bell|Principal Belding]]'''.
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** Rod Roddy had previously announced on ''Soap'' and ''Hit Man''.
** The Whammies were voiced, created, and drawn by animator/screenwriter "Savage" Steve Holland.
* [[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.
** These 450 episodes first aired on GSN from September 1, 2001 to April 10, 2005. Episode #539 (October 17, 1985) aired on December 26, 2006, having previously been skipped over early in 2005 due to a Johnny Carson Tribute.
** Only two episodes in this rerun package were skipped over due to tape glitches: May 31, 1984 (Day 14 of the first Home Player Sweepstakes) and October 4, 1985 (a clip, namely a contestant named Mike after presumably hitting $5,000 + One Spin twice in a row, made it to flashback intros much later in the run).
** The series as a whole became this when GSN stopped airing it in 2009. On October 15, 2012, the network picked up the series for repeats once again, now beginning at the premiere (September 19, 1983). To say the fandom rejoiced would be an understatement, especially since the second and third shows weren't among collectors, #6 had been pre-empted on the East Coast, the first two weeks hadn't been seen since their initial broadcast, and some episodes taped from USA weren't in the best quality. Inexplicably, the lease only covered the first ten weeks, but that expanded (and the fandom rejoiced again) on April 1, 2013 with another 57 new-to-GSN episodes from 1983-84, skipping only #051 and #066, although it seems the latter isn't their doing - the episode (slated to air December 21, 1983) seems to have been thrown out due to unknown technical problems that were not the fault of the players and replace it (using the same players) with #067.
** On September 29, 2014, GSN started showing the remaining 1985-early 1986 episodes, starting with episode #561 (November 18, 1985; Day 21 of 25 of the third and final Home Player Game).
** In 2005, [[VH1]] showed master-quality clips of the June 16, 1986 episode in a segment on ''I Love the 80's 3D'' for 1983.
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** The Larson episodes (see above as to why it was "episodes") were kept out of syndication for many years, perhaps as an [[Old Shame]].
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