The first episode of Chuck Woolery: Naturally Stoned takes viewers on a whirlwind tour of Chuck's life and also sees him peforming his hit ""Naturally Stoned"" for the first time ever live and behind the scenes of Lingo. It describes that back in the sixties, it was a time when drug usage was highly prevalent. Chuck wanted to make a song about a natural high and so he ended up doing ""Naturally Stoned"" with his band Avant-Garde and Bubba Fowler. It was a bit of a hit, but the follow-up never got off the ground. Chuck went on to TV, doing such shows as the New Zoo Revue playing a really old and wacky character called ""Mr. Dingle."" He ended up on the show Tattletales and Merv Griffin asked him if he had ever becoming a game-show host. It was all part of Merv's ""big head"" theory - and Chuck had one! Merv Griffin had a project, Wheel of Fortune and he gave Chuck the role as host. Chuck, however, quit the role and was replaced by Pat Sajak - a decision he said he still regrets. Chuck later hos
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