* July 17 – The Wizard of Odds, first United States game show hosted by Alex Trebek, premieres on NBC.

The Wizard of Odds was an American game show hosted by Alex Trebek that aired on NBC from July 16, 1973 to June 28, 1974 in which people from the studio audience vied in a number of rounds, primarily games revolving around statistical questions.

Relatively short-lived, The Wizard of Odds replaced Sale of the Century at 11: 00 AM Eastern ( 10: 00 Central ).

since 1984 ; before that, he hosted other game shows, including The Wizard of Odds, High Rollers, and Pitfall.

In 1973, he moved to the United States and worked for NBC as host of a new game show, The Wizard of Odds.

* Alex Trebek moves to the United States to host The Wizard of Odds.

* Chénetier, Marc Paul Auster as " the Wizard of Odds ": Moon Palace.

He also wrote a number of TV game show themes, including The Wizard of Odds ( for which he also sang the vocal introduction ), The Joker's Wild, Celebrity Sweepstakes, The Diamond Head Game, Blank Check, Stumpers !, Whew !, and the original theme to Wheel of Fortune.

Spilotro was replaced in Las Vegas by the late Donald " The Wizard of Odds " Angelini.

It also easily beat Alex Trebek's American debut program, The Wizard of Odds, which NBC began in July 1973.

Initially, it did well against Alex Trebek's American debut on NBC ( The Wizard of Odds ) but, three months later, NBC gave Trebek a new show called High Rollers at that slot and NYSI began to struggle while the producers altered the format several times.

* The Truth About Betting Systems from Wizard of Odds

* Wizard of Odds: Three Card Poker

** 1986 – 1993 — Donald " The Wizard of Odds " Angelini

In that book, the Wizard puts on a grand appearance but is later revealed to be merely a man hiding behind a curtain.

In similar fashion, Wizard 0. 2 creates an impressive light show as it apparently processes data, but it is then revealed that the computer's decisions are in fact made by King Coyote himself.

His real name has been revealed in The Wizard to be Daniel Deathshead Morgan.

The Wizard of Oz parallels continue inside, where the Wizard is revealed to be Marten Broadcloak, also known as Randall Flagg, who flees when Roland attempts to kill him with Jake's Ruger and narrowly misses ( Flagg has bewitched Roland's own guns, saying, " Only misfires against me, Roland, old fellow ").

The women's analysis of Zed's mental images earlier had revealed that in the ruins of the old world Arthur Frayn first encouraged Zed to learn to read, then leading him to the book The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.

In the book The Patchwork Girl of Oz, it is revealed that there are two yellow brick roads from Munchkin Country to the Emerald City: according to the Shaggy Man, Dorothy took the harder one in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.

She also puts a spell on Sophie at the start of the story, turning her into an old crone. The Witch is also revealed to have made a supposedly perfect man out of the combined parts of Wizard Suliman and Prince Justin, intending to complete the body with Howl's head and make the man King of Ingary and herself queen.

Later, it is revealed that the destruction of their farmhouse by the cyclone in the original book The Wonderful Wizard of Oz has left Uncle Henry in terrible debt.

It also revealed, in both the book and musical, that the Wizard is in fact Elphaba's biological father.

In the book, it is revealed that on Earth the Wizard was an occultist, familiar with the works of Madame Blavatsky, who entered Oz by means of a ritual involving human sacrifice in search of the Grimmerie, a magic book secreted in Oz by an earlier Earth-based sorcerer.

In both versions it is revealed that the Wizard is indeed behind some of the most horrific and disastrous events in the story, with one of his cohorts being Madame Morrible.

The Wizard is revealed the illegitimate father of Elphaba, seducing her mother with a magical green elixir, causing Elphaba's green tone.

In the musical, this fact is revealed to the character Glinda, who accosts the Wizard with this information.

Nevertheless, the book is mentioned later in the episode " The Wizard " where it is revealed that the book is being made into a movie and the money Kramer makes allows him to move to Florida temporarily.

The Freedom Fighters ( minus Sonic ) are overwhelmed by Geoffry, who is revealed to be an Ixis Wizard, so they instead convince him to stop fighting them and let justice take its course.

In Wizard magazine # 197, McDuffie revealed that the producers intended to use the Raymond and Stein version of Firestorm for the series.

After helping to save Kahlan's life, it is revealed that Kahlan has come through the boundary with the aid of five wizards searching for the First Wizard, who is rumored to have crossed into the Westland after the creation of the boundaries.

Upon meeting up with Trapster and Sandman, the mysterious ally of Wizard is revealed to by Llyra.

He was revealed to be the " Wizard of Oz " of this world after Excalibur had to go down the yellow brick road.

This was confirmed later that day by Wizard, who also revealed that its sister magazine, Toyfare, was also canceled.

It is never actually revealed what Cheech Wizard looks like under the hat, or exactly what kind of creature he is.

Toward the end of the musical, it is revealed that the Wizard is in fact Elphaba's father, and Madame Morrible attributes Elphaba's immense magical power to the fact that " she was a child of both worlds ".

In a send-up of The Wizard of Oz, many characters are revealed to be much the opposite of what they appeared to be for the bulk of the film: the jock-like shop instructor is really the school's French teacher, the stuck-up would-be prom queen is actually the school nerd ( who is given the crown by Toby after she wakes up, due to her kind nature ), the two handicapped kids turn out to be non-crippled, and a local ROTC cadet is a hippie.

1939, a major year for American cinema, brought such films as The Wizard of Oz and Gone with The Wind.

He filmed the cave scene for The Adventures of Tom Sawyer ( 1938 ) and, following the firing of its original director Richard Thorpe, Cukor spent a week on the set of The Wizard of Oz ( 1939 ).

The main characteristics that are common between all Ibanez RG guitars ( RG stands for Roadstar Guitar ) is that they feature 24 frets and use thin necks, known as " Wizard ", which allows for faster playing.

Lyman Frank Baum ( May 15, 1856 – May 6, 1919 ) was an American author of children's books, best known for writing The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.

This stage version, the first to use the shortened title " The Wizard of Oz ", opened in Chicago in 1902, then ran on Broadway for 293 stage nights from January to October 1903.

He did not get back to a stable financial situation for several years, after he sold the royalty rights to many of his earlier works, including The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.

Nicknamed " The Wizard " for his defensive brilliance, Smith set major league records for career assists ( 8, 375 ) and double plays ( 1, 590 ) by a shortstop ( the latter since broken by Omar Vizquel ), as well as the National League ( NL ) record with 2, 511 career games at the position ; Smith won the NL Gold Glove Award for play at shortstop for 13 consecutive seasons ( 1980 – 1992 ).

This was fine for pre-1953 films such as The Wizard of Oz or Casablanca.

* OmniPeek Plug-in Wizard, creates plug-ins for WildPackets ' OmniPeek Network Analyzer

* ' Over the Rainbow ' contestant Jenny Douglas performed her version of ' Send in the Clowns ' during the 2010 talent contest to find a leading lady for the Wizard of Oz, in musical theatre week.

Shortly after The Texas Chain Saw Massacre established itself as a success on home video in 1982, Wizard Video released a mass-market video game adaptation for the Atari 2600.

It has been said ( citation: following Blanche's request, " tell me you married me for my bod and not for my money ", the Wizard puts on a lightning conductor hat, grounds it thoroughly, and swears, " may lightning strike me dead ... it was not for your money ( strip of 4 / 30 / 1976, also published in " My Kingdom For A Horsie!

", Coronet edition 1985 ) the Wizard married Blanche for her money, for she is considered extremely ugly by everyone in the kingdom.

In 1969, Jim Henson and Don Sahlin produced a test pilot for the Wizard of Id.

The basic combat and magic rules presented in Melee and Wizard were greatly expanded specifically for purposes of role-playing in Advanced Melee and Advanced Wizard.

With the help of the Mayor, Vicki Buck, the city of Christchurch hosted a Wizard's Conclave in 1995 when visiting colleagues gathered to help build a wizard's nest on top of the university library tower, to witness the New Zealand Wizard hatching from a giant egg in the city art gallery, sky diving whilst chanting a spell for a major rugby match and performing various rituals round the city.