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Something else under "Unusual situations"[edit]

I'm not sure if this should be mentioned in the article, but there is another unusual situation I remember seeing, which occured during Bonus Lingo. The first letter was a "p," and a contestant guessed "PENIS", but was wrong. If anybody else sees this episode and would like to mention it in the article, feel free to do so.--Tomballguy (talk) 02:11, 8 February 2009 (UTC)Chris[reply]

How many seasons?[edit]

I'm pretty sure it was six, not five, although I do not have the airing dates to back this up. The first season was made up of 20 episodes filmed in the Netherlands, hosted by Woolery alone; the second was also hosted only by Woolery but introduced the bonus letters and the Bonus Lingo board on which a team could win on the first try; the third was co-hosted by Woolery and Hayes; and the fourth was the début Finnessey as co-host, but the top prize during this season was never more than $10000. The page itself mentions two seasons with the progressive jackpot; the rest of the page should be kept consistent with this. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 141.157.170.47 (talk) 00:30, 25 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Episode Count[edit]

Does anyone have a source for the number of episodes in each GSN season, or a source for the number of episodes in the 1980s version? Sottolacqua (talk) 15:43, 21 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

What Michael Reagan Said...[edit]

Micahel Reagan said on Lingo, any team that wins three bonus rounds would win over $100,000. The exact number is $112,000, more than that if a team wins extra money and prizes. Am I right?--E2e3v6 (talk) 19:49, 16 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Record in Lingo by Woolery[edit]

775 was the HIGHEST score at the end of Season 3 Lingo. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.84.112.215 (talk) 15:31, 5 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Reference? WikiLubber (talk) 15:50, 5 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

In the T.C. (Tournament of Champions) final match, the final scores were 775 to 550. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.84.112.215 (talk) 18:06, 5 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Do you have any admissible evidence, besides your own knowledge? WikiLubber (talk) 18:34, 5 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Go on with you! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.84.112.215 (talk) 00:54, 6 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Well, this does not help the article, anyway, since there is no records section, due to it being too trivial/fancruft. WikiLubber (talk) 02:44, 6 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Can I get some help here?! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.84.112.215 (talk) 23:09, 8 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Assuming this information DID have a place in the article, would a video of the episode in question count as "admissible evidence" for backing up statements of this sort? Blozier2006 (talk) 05:12, 31 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

If the video is not a violation of copyright issues discussed in WP:YOUTUBE, yes. If there is an issue with linking to copyvio material, use Template:Cite episode instead, but be sure to add as much detail as possible in the reference. Sottolacqua (talk) 13:51, 31 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

International versions[edit]

I have removed the entries in the international versions table for Japan, Mexico, and US Spanish since after searching for information about these, nothing seems to come up. I humbly request that if these versions do exist, please provide proof. --ÆAUSSIEevilÆ 02:26, 2 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Question[edit]

I’ve got one simple question: which version aired first: American or British? Both programs started in 1987, but which country introduced the format? DS limak (talk) 18:58, 27 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Bonus Letters for the GSN Series from 2002-2007[edit]

It has been said that the bonus letters for the team that made it to the bonus round on episodes of that Lingo series were added in the second season probably so that teams could earn more chances to draw balls for the bonus Lingo board after little to no success from some (maybe more than a few) teams that made it to that round in the first season (e.g., at least one team only got one word right in the bonus round, and for another example, a team got none right and therefore did not even earn a Bonus Lingo board). Cbsteffen (talk) 16:11, 25 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]