Channel 9 was the shit back then. It was even better when MCA bought the station, you still had the afternoon game shows and other good stuff, but Looney Tunes and other cartoons would join that gold mine. In fact, 1987 was when Wink returned to 9 on High Rollers.

and also, this show was on when T.J. Hooker, Magnum P.I., Knight Rider and Airwolf was on the air.and also, HUNTER was renewed for a 2nd Season on NBC and moved to Saturday Night and became an instant hit and also, Punky Brewster, Miami Vice and Snorks were all renewed for a 2nd Season on NBC and Disney's Adventures of the Gummi Bears joined NBC and also, Smurfs, The Facts of Life, Gimme a Break, Hill Street Blues, St. Elsewhere and Remington Steele were all on NBC during the 85/86 Season.

Well here's something for all of you:During the 85/86 Season, Superfriends became the Super Powers Team: Galatic Guardians, Diff'rent Strokes & Pink Panther & Sons moved to abc, The Cosby Show became the #1 Show on television, Lorna Luft joins the cast of the final season of Trapper John, M.D., Game Show Legend Betty Wihte becomes a Golden Girl and Dick Clark hosted The NEW $25k and The $100,000 Pyramid, WOW!

Along with the Dragon's goodbye roar,seeing him dance(shuffle) on the board was a good way to end a legendary show but they should bring it back!

Oh no! Bowser behind #3!

I remember that. They also added a dragon slayer. That was when Patrick Wayne was the host.

I didn't know Crazy Fun was the title of the Tic Tac Dough theme. I would like to add something about Wink's last show. Wink was unable to finish the game with Giselle and Archie. Jim Caldwell had to pick up where they left off.

I do have Wink's last show on tape and am currently seeking a DVDr copy of it, preferably the original off the air one. The GSN copy made some edits. They edited out Wink announcing the end of the season and presumably giving an extended thank you.

I miss WOR-TV Channel 9 from back then, even earlier from the 70s with Romper Room, miss WPIX too, Saturday morning cartoons, quality network daytime game shows...sigh......oh and I e-mailed Wink a while ago and he was kind enough to write back even! That was very kind of him to say the least!

It was on WOR-TV Channel 9 back in '86.

TTD. Best game show of the 80s. It seems that the 80s era was beginning to peel off back in'86 with all these cancellations of popular tv programs

The sister show too left the airwaves. The Joker's Wild

They made the Dragon as a rapper in 1990

and also, Airwolf and Pole Positionand BTW, Airwolf and Knight Rider are owned by NBC Universal.

Yeah, way better than the crappola 1990 version with the annoying Patrick Wayne as emcee.

Cool way to end Tic Tac. From what I've seen of him Jim wasn't that bad. Wink should have appeared on this episode to say goodbye with Jim. And of course the Dragon roaring for the last time. RIP Tic Tac Dough. 1978-1986. This was the best version.

1986, Was Also The of The Fall Guy, The Love Boat & Benson.

And Let's not forget Knight Rider.

Thom McKee. Two decades later, we would have Ken Jennings and his 74-game streak on Jeopardy.

What a great way to end a great series. The Dragon being slayed puts him in hibernation for the next 4 years. Since they didn't know about the cancelation it's okay that they did the tribute to Thom McKee. It's always great to hear about what happens to contestants years after they leave the program. Jim needed more time before he could be a regular host; I did see potential in him. Tic Tac Dough was amazing in its run and was significant. This finale was 4.5 stars.