| 1 | F_NNY |
| 2 | |
| 3 | M_M_NTS |
| 4 | |
| 5 | -->'''Pat Sajak:''' Only vowels are left. You can buy a vowel or solve.\ |
| 6 | '''JustForFun/TropeTan:''' I'd like to solve the puzzle.\ |
| 7 | '''Pat Sajak:''' Go ahead.\ |
| 8 | '''Trope-tan:''' ...FANNY MOMENTS?\ |
| 9 | '''Pat Sajak:''' [[BluntNo ...No.]] ''[audience laughter]'' |
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| 11 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 12 | |
| 13 | [[folder:In General...]] |
| 14 | * Early on, whenever the Final Spin landed on Bankrupt, the slide whistle would still sound to rub it in. This also dates back to the Chuck Woolery era. |
| 15 | * Several times during Sajak's original daytime run, the puzzles would either include mild profanity (e.g., "HELL BENT FOR ELECTION") or, because only part of the puzzle was revealed, the puzzle board showed a profanity (e.g., "DAVID HASSELHOFF" with the A's and S's uncovered but, among other letters, not the Hs or the E). Pat was sure to make a big deal out of things. |
| 16 | ** Once, a partially filled-in puzzle that eventually led to BARBECUE SPIT had, among other letters, the "P" still uncovered, and a contestant called an "H." "Thankfully, no," noted Pat. |
| 17 | ** A contestant humorously tried to avert this once. A woman opted to solve the partially filled puzzle FRANKLY MY DEAR I DON'T GIVE A DAMN but replaced the last word with DARN. The answer was not accepted, obviously. |
| 18 | ** September 17, 2004: Part of the puzzle ASSEMBLY & THE DOTTED LINE is filled in, leaving ASS_____ on the top row. After the E is called, Pat remarks "Praise the Lord!" |
| 19 | ** March 5, 2009: A Before & After puzzle reads _A___ ____ SHI_T. After an incorrect letter and a Bankrupt, a contestant finally calls the R, to which Pat says "Thank you!" (The answer was MARCO POLO SHIRT.) |
| 20 | * On several occasions during the shopping era, Pat would play with various prizes on the turntable during the intro, which often sent then-announcer Jack Clark [[{{Corpsing}} into fits of laughter]]. |
| 21 | * In the trilon-era puzzle board, Pat would sometimes [[SignsOfDisrepair remove or replace letters]] on Bonus Round puzzles. Examples include NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS becoming NEW GLAND, FRANK SINATRA becoming RANK RATS and BEST MAN becoming BEAST. |
| 22 | * Some incorrect solves can be pretty funny too, and Pat will occasionally poke a little fun at their answer. (Bonus points if any incorrect letters still fit the blanks, and even more if the required letters haven't been called yet.) |
| 23 | ** Vanna's favorite mis-solve was when a contestant guessed MORE FUN THAN A BARREL OF VIKINGS. The actual answer was MORE FUN THAN A BARREL OF MONKEYS. |
| 24 | * Just about any time Pat's First or Final Spin lands on a penalty or prize wedge is funny[[note]](These, however, have been edited out since 1997)[[/note]]. When he lands on Bankrupt or Lose a Turn, Pat mentally facepalms and gives a little quip. |
| 25 | ** May 31, 1990: Pat's Final Spin lands on Bankrupt ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Pv33JWBdY8 three times in a row]]''. His fourth spin? [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome $5,000.]] |
| 26 | ** One Final Spin landed on a Wheel prize, which happened to be a rug. Pat remarked the show doesn't have ten rugs to away. |
| 27 | ** He also landed on Surprise once, quipping, "The host can't get a surprise, he has enough of those." |
| 28 | * A few contestants have jokingly tried to hold onto any pieces of cardboard in their possession despite having just lost them to Bankrupt. |
| 29 | * Sometimes, if a contestant solves a bonus puzzle after getting little to no help from their letters, Pat will pretend to search them. One instance was shown during the ceremonial 4,000th episode, when a contestant from the week of February 5, 2001 solved [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sqq9zZR0fHI#t=1m01s GOPHER]] despite getting no help from his extra letters. |
| 30 | ** Perhaps the most notable is contestant Emil on March 19, 2014, who managed to solve NEW BABY BUGGY even though the other letters he called were of no help. First of all, it took the tech crew a couple seconds to light up the answer (likely because they were incredulous that he had actually solved it), followed by Pat once again pretending to frisk him. |
| 31 | * Pretty much any time a contestant lands on a Mystery Wedge when they already have more than $15,000 on the table; Pat will still ask if the contestant wants to risk it, albeit sarcastically. |
| 32 | * Unknown what version, but there was once a contestant who kept yelling out "Come on, BM, BM, BM!", apparently blissfully unaware that "BM" is typically used as an abbreviation for "bowel movement." |
| 33 | * Kind of cruel, but it is admittedly pretty funny when all three contestants spin and land on Bankrupt consecutively, leaving no one with any money. |
| 34 | * From Seasons 29-36, any time a contestant wins "three halves" of a car by solving for three 1/2 Car tags during the game. |
| 35 | * Any time Pat comments on the Speed-Up music. |
| 36 | [[/folder]] |
| 37 | |
| 38 | [[folder:Daytime (1975-91)]] |
| 39 | * Early 1977: When the famous slide whistle was first added to accompany a contestant spinning Bankrupt, Chuck gets spooked and yells, "What was ''that''!?" |
| 40 | * March 27, 1979: After Round 2 begins with ''three consecutive Bankrupts'', Chuck responds to this by beginning the Round 2 opening spiel again. This is followed by Lose A Turn, and ''finally'' the blue contestant lands on a dollar value... only to call a wrong letter. |
| 41 | * June 20, 1980: Some funny moments here. |
| 42 | ** Susan comes out in a cute pink dress to which Chuck says "Well, you look like a little Swedish girl!" |
| 43 | ** Charlie has a little tickle in his throat while describing the watches in round 1. |
| 44 | ** Charlotte wins round 2 with $2050. She says "I want one thing for my husband!" Chuck says "You'll probably get him the candy dish." Later she reluctantly takes the candy dish but Chuck assures her that he was only joking, so they take that off. Charlotte buys the print because "She has to." Chuck says the picture was better than the last print which had "17 lizards sucking on an orange." |
| 45 | ** Ken wins round 3 with $3500. He buys the twin motorcycles for him and his son. Chuck didn't think Ken had a son old enough to drive yet. Ken says "By the time he's old enough, we'll let him drive." Chuck jokes "Maybe by the time you get them, he'll be old enough." He then finds out that the prizes are delivered within 90 days and at the end of the show admits that he didn't know that. |
| 46 | ** Chuck hits a bankrupt on his first final spin. His second final spin is only $200 and he says "That's the pits!" After Linda solves with $1200, he apologizes to her for not hitting a higher amount. |
| 47 | * December 25, 1981: On Chuck's last day, Susan gives him a pair of goggles with miniature windshield wipers. |
| 48 | * December 28, 1981: A couple of moments from Pat's first day. |
| 49 | ** After introducing himself for the first time and giving a heartwarming thanks to original host Chuck Woolery, he quipped "And now, I'd like to announce that ''I'm'' leaving the show..." |
| 50 | ** Round 2 had a contestant with $2,650 decide ''not'' to pick a hot tub valued at $2,195, instead purchasing the other '''10''' prizes in the showcase. This led to him getting a $849 gift certificate and a two-minute marathon voiceover for announcer Jack Clark. Pat had fun ribbing the contestant for this decision. |
| 51 | * Sometime during his first week, aired between December 29-31, 1981: A contestant missolves a puzzle as "ABRAHAM BINCOLN." Sajak later quips that the man in question would be the one who delivered the Bettysburg Address. |
| 52 | * 1982: One contestant gets caught in a movie's craze and solves the puzzle IT TAKES ONE TO KNOW ONE as [[Film/ETTheExtraTerrestrial E.T.]] TAKES ONE TO KNOW ONE. |
| 53 | * September 3, 1982: Pat holds up a cue card with the number 4 written on it, saying "This is the number ''I'' drew, and that made me a loser." |
| 54 | * Sometime during 1984: [[https://youtu.be/gSEp1cziumQ Pat is a prize]] |
| 55 | * January 9, 1989: On Pat's final daytime show, he tells Vanna "Come here, baby" before they start kissing. Creator/MervGriffin then sneaks up behind Pat and taps him on the back, at which point he stops. After Pat finally notices Merv, he jumps back in surprise and then picks up a Free Spin on the railing to kiss it. |
| 56 | * Early 1989: A game ends in a tie. Rolf Benirschke looks at the camera and says he doesn't know what to do.[[note]]No BonusRound is played, and all three contestants play another game on the next show.[[/note]] |
| 57 | * Early 1989: In what is believed to be the first time someone mis-solves a fully revealed puzzle, at least two contestants mispronounce the answer SAINT THOMAS AQUINAS. |
| 58 | * Week of March 20, 1989: Rolf congratulates himself on hitting $2,000 on his Final Spin... only to have one of the contestants tell him he's looking at the wrong arrow. He had actually spun Bankrupt. And this was during Teen Week. |
| 59 | * C. 1990: Bob Goen constantly hits penalty wedges for the Final Spin, so he asks Vanna to spin for him. |
| 60 | [[/folder]] |
| 61 | |
| 62 | [[folder:Nighttime (1983-Current Day)]] |
| 63 | * From early in the syndicated run, [[http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1415fs_wheel-of-fortune-curtain-fail-1983_videogames Pat and Vanna have a little problem with the curtain]]. |
| 64 | * An episode from late November or early December 1984: |
| 65 | ** In Round 1, the red contestant hits the Free Spin wedge three times in a row, and then a fourth time after calling two letters, after which she cheers the Wheel to land ''away from the wedge''. She uses "only" one Free Spin in this round. |
| 66 | ** In Round 3, Pat runs up to the board to reveal the apostrophe in the puzzle. After the blue contestant loses her turn, the red contestant eventually solves for $15,700 with a little help from her three remaining Free Spins. |
| 67 | * December 5, 1985: After contestant Niki solves her bonus puzzle, her family races to her, prompting Pat to scream "Oh no!" and struggle free. He takes off his jacket, then runs back to Niki to open the door to the Mazda [=RX7=] she just won. All while time, as she is mobbed by her family, she squeals her Bonus Round answer, "TAKE IT OR LEAVE IT" repeatedly. The look on Pat's face is priceless, and Jack Clark tries to hold in his laughter following promotional copy as Pat pretends to pass out during the closing credits.[[note]](This was the same episode as the famous THE THRILL OF VICTORY AND THE AGONY OF DEFEAT episode in which another contestant lost $62,400 on a bad letter call. Needless to say, this was an exciting episode, wherein Niki's big win -- all told, she won $28,716, including also a bedroom set and a trip to Europe -- trumped the earlier loss.)[[/note]] |
| 68 | * December 23, 1988: Pat's Christmas gift to the viewers: "singing" "White Christmas" in an [[StylisticSuck intentionally off-key manner]] while Vanna accompanied him on the piano. |
| 69 | * January or early February 1989: |
| 70 | -->'''Pat:''' What would you like to play for [in the Bonus Round]?\ |
| 71 | '''Contestant:''' Vanna White! |
| 72 | ** The contestant then added that he actually wanted to play for $25,000 cash, prompting then-announcer M.G. Kelly to say "I was getting ready to tell him about Vanna!" |
| 73 | * Spring 1989 (sometime after Charlie O'Donnell's return): This exchange in the bonus round: |
| 74 | -->'''Pat:''' So what are you going to play for? |
| 75 | -->'''Contestant:''' The good ol' American cash. |
| 76 | -->'''Pat:''' He stole your line, Charlie! You're gonna have to ad-lib! |
| 77 | -->'''Charlie:''' (''laughs'') Okay, solve the puzzle and you win good ol' cold cash that adds up to $25,000. Good luck! |
| 78 | -->'''Pat:''' Yeah, after 70 years in the business, you know he's good. |
| 79 | * Spring 1989 (again, sometime after Charlie O'Donnell's return): A contestant faced with _ANC_ T_AT as her Bonus Round puzzle mumbles TWAT which has to be censored by the ''Series/{{Pyramid}}'' cuckoo[[note]](Answer: FANCY THAT)[[/note]]. |
| 80 | * September 8, 1989: The yellow contestant has won Rounds 1-3, so Pat consoles the other contestants by saying, "Things can change around here in a hurry." The blue contestant then points to the yellow contestant and replies "We gotta get rid of ''him'', though!" |
| 81 | * October 17, 1989: The puzzle DESE DEM AND DOSE GUYS (supposed to be a thickly-accented "these, them, and those guys") is completely filled-in. The contestant reads the first word as "Desi", and Pat turns to then-producer Nancy Jones for a reading, adding "I know it's a crummy puzzle." She has the contestant say it again, which he does (with the same mistake), and Pat just says "[[ScrewTheRulesIMakeThem Listen, he's got all the letters up, I'm taking it]]." |
| 82 | * October 30, 1989: The puzzle reads _AR_EC_E S_IT. Contestant calls an "H". Pat's response? "Happily, no." (It was BARBECUE SPIT, which the next contestant filled in entirely before solving.) |
| 83 | ** In another episode, the Bonus Round puzzle was "CUSSWORDS." Pat suggested – jokingly, of course – that the contestant's mouth needed to be [[SoapPunishment washed out with soap]]. |
| 84 | * During the speed round in a 1989 episode, Pat Sajak [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Pv33JWBdY8 tries not to let the Wheel land on Bankrupt during the final spin]]. The Wheel, however, refuses to cooperate. |
| 85 | * May 7, 1992: A Before & After puzzle of R__ T__ T__ ___ is shown during a Speed-Up. A contestant guesses RIP THE TIE OFF to which Pat remarks, "Nice thought." The answer was RIN TIN TIN CAN. |
| 86 | * November 24, 1992: On Soap Opera College Challenge, Jill Larson of ''All My Children'' is stumped on the puzzle _ & _ CHROMOSOMES. She spins again, exclaims "Oh!" as the answer hits her while the Wheel is spinning… but she lands on Lose a Turn. Her opponents then hit Lose a Turn ''also'', causing her to laugh uproariously as she then solves X & Y CHROMOSOMES for $2,950 (plus $1,000 more for a bonus question asked by then-announcer Charlie O'Donnell — "what do they determine?" — to which she gives the correct answer of "gender"). |
| 87 | * December 28, 1992: The puzzle is BATHTUB GIN & FLAPPERS, in the category of The Twenties. It's also followed by a question, asking what the most popular dance was in the 1920s. The contestant couldn't come up with the name Charleston, so he said "the one that goes like this" and started dancing the Charleston. They took it as a right answer. |
| 88 | * February 25, 1993: A Slang puzzle with B_TT_NSKY revealed. That's easy to solve, isn't it? [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FhJM3SrR1pA Well, not quite. Watch this clip, and you'll see our point.]] |
| 89 | * Unknown, 1993: When the yellow contestant calls a D, the incorrect buzzer sounds first, then a D appears in the puzzle. Then the contestant on blue spins the wheel thinking it's their turn... |
| 90 | -->'''Pat:''' ''[as the blue contestant spins the wheel]'' No, hang on, hang on! ''[as he stops the wheel from spinning]'' Whoops, I am going to stop this wheel here. That buzzer flew us all by mistake, and the D was in the puzzle. |
| 91 | * January 1994: [[https://youtu.be/-iJ9fnOXv6k Raymond Taylor]], an undefeated champion who on his first day acted like he was a stoner the show pulled in when a contestant didn't show up. [[BunnyEarsLawyer He ended up being a lot better than he looked and acted]], which he proved by winning all three of his appearances with a total of over $81,000; indeed, he was so popular that he came back for "Some of the Greats!" the following year. |
| 92 | ** HarsherInHindsight: Raymond ended up getting obsessed with the show, to the point of trespassing on the set, and in 1997 was banned from even so much as being in the audience via court order. |
| 93 | * May 3, 1994: Music/WeirdAlYankovic plays during a celebrity week. He's clearly having a blast up there, and being the Weird Al we all know and love. Among his humorous moves are asking to buy an umlaut, [[MythologyGag trying to buy prizes after solving a puzzle]], and saying the BonusRound answer ''very'' slowly so it takes up the entire 10 seconds...then proceeding to run around a lot in victory and jump into Pat's arms. |
| 94 | ** And related to that, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UIoyTsbRdII Al recounting a story from that week in 2013]] concerning Music/JamesBrown... |
| 95 | * December 15, 1994: When the bonus puzzle "ZORRO" is not solved, Pat starts singing the theme to the old Walt Disney TV series ''Series/Zorro1957''. |
| 96 | * February 24, 1995: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBabJo92i_M The rest of this round]], all the way to the commercial break. |
| 97 | * March 1, 1995: A contestant solves the [[ThatOneLevel Megaword]] puzzle [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwPu4tyQUNA BOMBASTIC]] and uses it in a sentence — "Being on ''Wheel of Fortune'' is a bombastic experience." |
| 98 | -->'''Pat:''' Let's turn to that part of the ''Series/WheelOfFortune'' rulebook called "The Giant Gray Area", and see what our Producer says.\ |
| 99 | '''Nancy:''' If she really feels ''that way''.\ |
| 100 | (''Pat laughs for a few seconds'') Our producer — Nancy Jones, by the way — has said "If she really feels that way", so we're accepting this? (''applause; Pat picks up the contestant's prize wedge'') ...Yeah. |
| 101 | * March 24, 1995: In the Speed-Up round, SCR__ is showing on a Slang puzzle. An old lady calls W. (The answer was SCRAM.) |
| 102 | * June 1, 1995: Pat uses the closing chat to voice a gripe he has about the Free Spin: it could also be used to buy a vowel or solve the puzzle, so Pat thinks it should be called "Free Turn". In the previous episode, Vanna complained about the "bonus area" where contestants celebrate with their relatives. |
| 103 | -->'''Pat:''' What are we gonna gripe about tomorrow?\ |
| 104 | '''Vanna:''' I don't know.\ |
| 105 | '''Pat:''' See, we're finding flaws in this show. [[SelfDeprecation Just because it's a big hit doesn't mean it doesn't have flaws.]] |
| 106 | * September 12, 1995: A Speed-Up puzzle is an Event. It starts out reasonably well, but then things go awry: |
| 107 | ** With the puzzle reading N _ W P _ R T | _ _ _ _ | F _ S T _ V _ L, Kellie guesses NEWPORT GAME FESTIVAL and NEWPORT SNOW FESTIVAL. (Pat: "When we get to NEWPORT FISH FESTIVAL, I'm leaving.") |
| 108 | ** Janice calls O and guesses NEWPORT MIME FESTIVAL. Pat completely cracks up and then says, "If anyone says MACADAMIA FESTIVAL..."[[note]]one of the previous puzzles had MACADAMIA in it[[/note]] |
| 109 | ** Samantha calls E and there are two E's... neither of which is in the middle word, leading to further snark from Pat. |
| 110 | ** Kellie calls an I, then guesses NEWPORT CAMP FESTIVAL and NEWPORT JUNK FESTIVAL. |
| 111 | ** Janice calls M and Samantha calls H, neither of which are in the puzzle. |
| 112 | ** Kellie calls an A... and sure enough, the until-then blank second word has another letter filled in! (An audience member can be heard shouting "Hey!" when this happens, leading Pat to call for silence.) |
| 113 | ** Janice calls U, Samantha calls B, and Kellie calls J. Kellie offers NEWPORT JAM FESTIVAL and NEWPORT JAIL FESTIVAL. |
| 114 | ** Finally, Janice calls the Z's and, to the applause of the audience, reads off the now completely filled-in answer NEWPORT JAZZ FESTIVAL. |
| 115 | * November 1995: Pat kills a fly on the Wheel during a Seattle episode by swatting it with the Surprise wedge. |
| 116 | * November-December 1995: Charlie O'Donnell is ill during the taping sessions, so ''Series/{{Jeopardy}}'' announcer Johnny Gilbert fills in for him. This leads to several exchanges: |
| 117 | ** November 29: |
| 118 | --->'''Pat''': This is not like ''Jeopardy!'', you know. If somebody wins something, they actually take their money home. Not like ''Jeopardy!'', where if you finish in second place with $10,000, you get a lounge chair! |
| 119 | --->'''Johnny''': [[DeadpanSnarker But it's a $10,000 lounge chair.]] |
| 120 | --->'''Pat''': Oh, okay, fine, thank you. (''cringes'') I think I struck a nerve. |
| 121 | ** November 30: |
| 122 | --->'''Pat''': Hey, Johnny, do me a favor. Just once this week, you gotta say "This is ''Jeopardy!''" Go ahead. |
| 123 | --->'''Johnny''': You want me to do it now?... This... is... ''Jeopardy!'' |
| 124 | --->(''audience applauds'') |
| 125 | --->'''Pat''': It's not! Put your remotes down! |
| 126 | --->'''Johnny''': (''cracks up'') |
| 127 | * December 1, 1995: Pat has been teasing Vanna about her decision to cut her hair. He pulls out a huge pair of scissors and turns Vanna around, much to her shock. She's obviously nervous, making comments like "He's really gonna do it, isn't he?" He does. During the credits, he passes out clippings to members of the audience. |
| 128 | * September 12, 1996: Pat and Vanna are talking about the Jackpot wedge that will debut on the next Monday's show. He holds it upside-down and says "Beginning next week we have our Topkcaj..." before Vanna smirks, takes the wedge, and turns it right-side up. |
| 129 | * November 15, 1996: In the middle of the round, Pat runs up to the puzzle board to adjust the ampersand in the puzzle due to it being crooked. |
| 130 | * November 21, 1996: Still recovering from laryngitis, Pat and Vanna switch roles for the bonus round. Cue Pat working the board in the absolute most exuberant and over-the-top way he can. For instance, he starts off by holding his hands out under the board (in a bit of a ta-da fashion) from when the round starts until letters start lighting. Then when he goes to turn them... "I'm exhausted." |
| 131 | * February 21, 1997: Pat and Vanna mention that the trilon-based puzzle board will be retired. Vanna then turns letters that reveal FOR SALE. |
| 132 | * February 24, 1997: |
| 133 | ** After the new electronic puzzle board is unveiled, Pat can't resist getting a few jabs in. |
| 134 | --->'''Pat:''' And now, ladies and gentlemen... presenting our new puzzle board.\ |
| 135 | ''[the curtain rises revealing the new puzzle board, and the audience cheers]''\ |
| 136 | '''Pat:''' I'm all goosebumpy!... I'll bet ya a dollar it don't work.\ |
| 137 | ...\ |
| 138 | '''Pat:''' You're not too tired, are ya? How could you make her--they sat around saying, "How can we make her job even ''easier''?" |
| 139 | ** At the end of the episode, Vanna shows Pat the new puzzle board, but when he touches the letters, they don't seem to work. |
| 140 | * April 1, 1997: The AprilFoolsDay episode hosted by Creator/AlexTrebek. |
| 141 | ** Alex opening the show by referencing that he was substitute once: "I must have done such a good job that the producers couldn't wait to ask me back, and so here I am today... ''sixteen years later''." |
| 142 | ** Pat said "I'll take a P", and (although there were two P's in the puzzle) Alex chided him with "[[ThatCameOutWrong An unfortunate choice of words]]". Pat responded with "[[IAlwaysWantedToSayThat I've been saving that one for 15 years.]]" |
| 143 | * May 8, 1997: A special charity episode featuring celebrities and their moms playing together. Bonnie Hunt accidentally spins before her letter can be revealed, so she abruptly stops the Wheel and proceeds to spend a great deal of time ChewingTheScenery before re-spinning. Pat could barely contain his demeanor, finally telling her to "spin the damn Wheel!" |
| 144 | * May 28, 1997: A letter on the puzzle board refuses to show, so Vanna resorts to [[PercussiveMaintenance hitting the monitor with her fist]]. |
| 145 | * September 11, 1997: Sandy lands on $250, but she's looking at the wrong arrow, so she thinks she's landed on Bankrupt and says "Damn!" Pat then quips "A little editing and no one will know." After she calls a letter then asks to solve, he says, "We wish the hell you would!" |
| 146 | * September 23, 1997: A contestant is faced with only ___RD__N showing for her BonusRound puzzle. She says [[ToiletHumor FART]] twice in the waning seconds, and Pat sings "Banana-fana bo-bart".[[note]]Answer: GUARDIAN[[/note]] |
| 147 | * October 17, 1997: In this ColdOpen, the hosts address a common misconception about themselves: |
| 148 | -->'''Vanna:''' ''(while knitting a sweater)'' Pat, do you think our audience sort of thinks of us as a...\ |
| 149 | '''Pat:''' ''(while reading a newspaper)'' A married couple? Which, of course, we're not.\ |
| 150 | '''Vanna:''' No, we're not. But we've been together for--\ |
| 151 | '''Pat:''' [[FinishingEachOthersSentences Fifteen years.]]\ |
| 152 | '''Vanna:''' And we've shared a lot of--\ |
| 153 | '''Pat:''' Laughs.\ |
| 154 | '''Vanna:''' And a lot of--\ |
| 155 | '''Pat:''' Memories.\ |
| 156 | '''Vanna:''' But like a married couple?\ |
| 157 | ''([[{{Beat}} Pat and Vanna look at each other]], then go back to what they were doing)''\ |
| 158 | '''Both:''' [[HypocriticalHumor Nah.]] |
| 159 | * October 24, 1997: Contestant James has just solved the Slogan puzzle THE BEST TO YOU EACH MORNING and has a chance to guess whose slogan it is. |
| 160 | -->'''James''': I'm guessing Maxwell House coffee. |
| 161 | -->'''Pat''': Well, that's a fine guess... |
| 162 | -->'''James''': '''''[[BigYes YES!]]''''' (''{{Beat}}'') Was I right? |
| 163 | -->(''buzzer sounds'') |
| 164 | -->'''Pat''': [[BluntNo No]].[[note]]Answer: Kellogg's[[/note]] |
| 165 | * Season 15 (1997-98): "Put down that ____, Charlie, it's time for our Jackpot round!" |
| 166 | * January 26, 1998: After the puzzle THE GERBER BABY is solved, a stagehand gives Pat a jar of baby food. He takes two bites and then says, "I need to change my Pull-Up now," which leads to Charlie {{corpsing}} his way through the prize copy immediately afterward. |
| 167 | * May 4, 1998: Contestant Sherry picks up the $10,000 Wedge, but does not flip it upside-down at first. Pat tells her to turn it around, and ''she rotates it left and right instead.'' Pat eventually walks up to her at the blue spot, and she says she just wanted Pat to come over there, after which Pat stated that was his line. |
| 168 | * October 8, 1998: The winning contestant jumps on her husband after winning a car in the bonus round. Pat and Vanna replay a clip of this during the closing chat, leading to this fine snark: |
| 169 | -->'''Pat:''' 16 years on the show and you've never jumped on ''me'' like that.\ |
| 170 | '''Vanna:''' Well, you've never given me a car!\ |
| 171 | '''Pat:''' Well, there you go! |
| 172 | * January 6, 1999: One contestant can impersonate Film/ForrestGump, and another can impersonate [[WesternAnimation/WileECoyoteAndTheRoadrunner the Road Runner]]. In response to this, Pat asks the former to do [[BreadEggsBreadedEggs Forrest Gump as the Road Runner]], which he does. |
| 173 | * May 12, 1999: When Jon auditioned for the show, they asked him what he would do if he won $25,000. He responded by going over to a cardboard cutout of Pat and kissing it on the lips. After Jon wins the game, Pat brings out a cardboard cutout of himself, and Jon gives it a big smooch to wild applause from the audience. |
| 174 | -->'''Pat:''' I just wanna warn you: should you win, your kissing days are over, pal, okay? |
| 175 | * November 11, 1999: |
| 176 | ** Joe is unable to solve a Puzzler, mumbling "Oh, Jesus" before time runs out. Pat remarks, "That guess was wrong." |
| 177 | ** During the Speed-Up, Joe calls a B and blurts out "Oh, Jesus!" when he realizes it had already been called. Pat then quips that Joe is an "extremely religious man". |
| 178 | ** And to top it off, he thinks A GROUP OF PILL-PUSHERS is the answer to the puzzle even though he just said the letter P. Pat [[ActuallyPrettyFunny chuckles]] as does the entire audience, then a moment later he exclaims to the audience "[[ScrewThisImOuttaHere Goodnight everyone! Thank you!]]", and then to Joe, he shouts "[[WhatTheHellPlayer This is Wheel of Fortune, Joe!!!]]" Later, with only the vowels missing, another contestant mis-solves as A GROUP OF WILL-WISHES before the third contestant finally solves A GROUP OF WELL-WISHERS. Finally, after congratulating the winner, Pat walks over to Joe and pretends to punch him while remarking "Don't make me come over there!" |
| 179 | * Week of November 15, 1999: A contestant on the blue team says "We'll take a P". They hit Lose A Turn on their next spin, after which Pat says "the good news is you have time now". |
| 180 | * September 20, 2000: Pat and Vanna talk about the then-new Toss-Ups from the contestant area. |
| 181 | -->'''Pat''': What are these called? These aren't the ''Series/{{Jeopardy}}'' things, right? What are they-- |
| 182 | -->(''ding'') |
| 183 | -->'''Pat''': Did you press yours? |
| 184 | -->'''Vanna''' (''holding a buzzer'') I did. |
| 185 | -->'''Pat''': Well see, you just messed up everything. So when you press the-- |
| 186 | -->(''ding'') |
| 187 | -->'''Pat''': Don't press it anymore! (''holds his buzzer'') "I'll take Marionette Repair for $400, Alex!" So what do they call these on ''Jeopardy!''? |
| 188 | -->'''Harry Friedman''': Buzzers. |
| 189 | -->'''Pat''': That's not a good name though! First of all, do it again... |
| 190 | -->(''ding'') |
| 191 | -->'''Pat''': They don't buzz, they ding. The bingers. Pick up your bingers... No, we don't wanna start a show with that. So anyway, that's uh, they're very high-tech. |
| 192 | -->'''Vanna''': It is! I think it's great. I love the Toss-Up round. |
| 193 | -->'''Pat''': Don't press it again! |
| 194 | -->'''Vanna''': Okay. (''[[ExactWords leans in and presses Pat's buzzer instead]]; ding'') I'll press ''that'' one! |
| 195 | -->'''Pat''': Leave my binger ''alone''! You've gotta do-- you've got your own over there. |
| 196 | -->(''ding'') |
| 197 | -->'''Pat''': You're getting on my nerves. |
| 198 | * November 2, 2000: In honor of Halloween week, celebrities play the game in Halloween costumes. Alex Trebek, of all people, hilariously plays a temperamental gnome. Richard Simmons as Creator/WilliamShakespeare is quite funny as well. |
| 199 | * February 5, 2001: As noted above at the top of the page, the Bonus Round has the nigh-unsolvable "____ER". |
| 200 | -->'''Contestant:''' ''(on a wild guess while calling out random things)'' Gopher...! |
| 201 | -->'''Pat:''' '''[[BigWhat WHAT?!?]]''' |
| 202 | -->''([[BornLucky puzzle fills in "GOPHER"]])'' |
| 203 | -->'''Contestant:''' ''[[BigOMG OH, MY GOD!!!]]'' |
| 204 | -->'''Pat:''' ''(pretends to frisk the contestant thinking it's too good to be true)'' |
| 205 | * February 12, 2001: During a Hawaii episode with family teams playing, Pat asks one contestant "What was that noise you made?" The contestant looks behind himself and says "...Noise?", prompting Pat to say "Good night, everyone!" and start walking away. |
| 206 | * April 2, 2001: A Toss-Up puzzle is WHEEL OF FORTUNE... |
| 207 | -->'''Pat:''' Well...it's official. We have officially run out of puzzles, apparently. The next puzzle's gonna be PAT'S SHOES... |
| 208 | * Week of April 23, 2001: A contestant talks about his dog during the interviews, and Pat off-handedly says "Lick her for me." Pat [[{{Corpsing}} corpses]] through the remainder of the segment, and at one point he says "It finally happened, folks. I snapped!" |
| 209 | * May 2001: Pat realizes after Round 1 that his zipper is undone, so he slumps over the railing to obscure it. He asks Charlie to "kill some time" by reading the Jackpot copy and Charlie deadpans "You're on your own." |
| 210 | * January 14, 2002: As part of the New Orleans Salute Week, Pat and Vanna [[https://youtu.be/9cz6O0FFj3Q?t=303 drive a golf cart thing decoed like a Mardi Gras float onto the set]]...only they wind up clipping the edge of the letter-board's platform. After tossing out beads to the audience, Pat quips he's gotta report his little "fender-bender" to his insurance agent ("Yeah, he'll be buying that!") |
| 211 | * February 4, 2002: A contestant rings in with _IN_ERS & _OES showing in a Toss-Up and says MINERS & HOES instead of FINGERS & TOES. |
| 212 | * February 14, 2002: During a couples' week, a husband and wife team ring in on the incomplete puzzle STRAW__R_Y L_P G___S. After Pat calls them on time, the husband blurts out STRAWBERRY LIP GIRLS. (Answer: STRAWBERRY LIP GLOSS) |
| 213 | * April 11, 2002: The second contestant to ring in on the Toss-Up puzzle AN ___Y CHILD guesses AN UGLY CHILD. The other contestant laughs too hard to ring in, and the solution is put up. Pat then quips "You ''are'' a school counselor—a '''former''' school counselor." (The correct answer was AN ONLY CHILD.) |
| 214 | * April 15, 2002: Another Toss-Up gaffe. A contestant rings in with _N _C_ _F KI_DNE_S showing; he guesses AN ACE OF KIDNEYS. (Answer: AN ACT OF KINDNESS) |
| 215 | * April 25, 2002: |
| 216 | ** A contestant fails to solve the bonus puzzle HOCKEY FANS with __C_E_ _ANS showing, making a bunch of humorous guesses beginning with "uncle". After time expires, he says "I wasn't even sniffing it!"...and then misreads the now-revealed answer as ''HOKEY'' FANS. |
| 217 | ** As this was NASCAR week, Vanna highlighted the Pit Stop crew and what it can do in about 10 seconds. Immediately after, Pat says that Wheel of Fortune also has ''its own'' Pit Stop crew ...which proceeds to alter the Wheel for Round 2 at a similar pace. |
| 218 | * May 3, 2002: During a Teen Best Friends Week, one contestant solved a Toss-Up as CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIE. Her partner then added an S to COOKIE to form the correct answer. They giggled like crazy, and the answer was accepted. Pat was quick to [[LampshadeHanging lampshade]] their AssPull: |
| 219 | -->'''Pat:''' That's a great display of teamwork. Chocolate Chip Cookie-zuh! |
| 220 | * Week of November 18, 2002: Pat's response to a mother-daughter team who won: "The only reason I'm smiling is ''because your mother is patting my rear end!''" |
| 221 | * December 12, 2002: After Bea does not solve the bonus puzzle, Pat looks in the envelope, quickly closes it and hides it in his jacket. She reaches into his jacket to retrieve the envelope anyway, resulting in laughter from the audience. (Cue MoodWhiplash after she opens the envelope to find '''$100,000'''.) |
| 222 | * March 6, 2003: A Toss-Up puzzle has SLE_PING _____Y showing, and a contestant rings in to say SLEEPING DOPEY. After the next contestant solves SLEEPING BEAUTY, Pat says he must have gotten his fairy tales confused. |
| 223 | * May 1, 2003: Kara accidentally breaks her Toss-Up buzzer by jumping up and down after solving the second Toss-Up. Pat takes the broken buzzer and looks at it for several seconds, after which he pretends to fix it, also pretending to be electrocuted in the process. Also notable is this exchange: |
| 224 | -->'''Kara:''' Well, what about the third Toss-Up? |
| 225 | -->'''Pat:''' We'll worry about that later. Right now, you're gonna spin the Wheel, and ''don't break it''! |
| 226 | -->'''Kara:''' Okay, I won't! |
| 227 | * Week of May 5, 2003 (Armed Forces Week): Pat and the red contestant have a bit too much fun butt-slapping, after which Pat says to move on as it could take an ugly turn. At the end of the show, Vanna slaps Pat's rear while saying it was a great show. Both moments would later be used as one opening clip for the 30th anniversary. |
| 228 | * September 24, 2003: A contestant has I'M B_S_ showing for a BonusRound puzzle. The only guess offered, just before time expires, is I'M [[UsefulNotes/GeorgeWBush BUSH]].[[note]](Answer: I'M BUSY)[[/note]] |
| 229 | * September 25, 2003: The following day's BonusRound where contestant Rob is faced with __IC_ _S _ _IN_. He offers these rapid-fire guesses after the buzzer. |
| 230 | -->'''Rob:''' THICK AS A BR— THICK AS A RINK? THICK AS A DINK?\ |
| 231 | ''(the audience laughs and screams)''\ |
| 232 | '''Rob:''' THICK AS A LINK? ''(letters start appearing)'' QUICK AS A... something, QUICK AS A WINK.\ |
| 233 | '''Pat:''' I don't know about you, but I couldn't wait for that timer. |
| 234 | * November 7, 2003: After a ''very'' enthusiastic contestant yells out the Speed-Up answer DOUBLE-DECKER BUS (with only the B's and S showing!), Pat placidly remarks "The answer was 'DOUBLE-DECKER BUS'." Said contestant later goes to the Bonus Round, solving the bonus puzzle in a similarly exuberant fashion... leading to Pat ''pretending to wrestle the contestant to the ground''. |
| 235 | * January 2, 2004: A contestant had a little trouble picking her letters in the BonusRound. |
| 236 | -->'''Contestant:''' C, D, I... I'm sorry.\ |
| 237 | '''Pat:''' That's okay. Is I the vowel you're going with?\ |
| 238 | '''Contestant:''' Yeah. C... did I already say C?\ |
| 239 | '''Pat:''' You did. Usually this is one of the easier parts of the show... |
| 240 | ** She went on to pick B as her final consonant, then solved the puzzle GOLDIE HAWN right away. |
| 241 | * 2004: A {{blooper}} reel which shows Vanna repeatedly stumbling on the TongueTwister line "Highlight your nightlife" while shooting footage of a car: |
| 242 | -->'''Vanna:''' Highlight your [[{{Spoonerism}} knife light]]! ''(bursts into laughter)'' |
| 243 | * February 18, 2004: This [[HilariousOuttakes outtake]] where Vanna is sitting on a bale of hay while shooting prize footage, presented without context: |
| 244 | -->'''Vanna:''' Where's Pat? He told me he'd be here. ''(beat)'' I'm lonely. |
| 245 | * April 8, 2004: A contestant says she loves Charlie O'Donnell, and she calls him "very yummy." How does Charlie respond? "You go, girl! Whoo!" |
| 246 | * November 5, 2004: Pat asks a contestant if they have any family members or friends in the audience. The contestant says that he doesn't, and Pat realizes that he already asked that same question right before they came back from commercial. He then decides to blame his gaffe on "that damn ventriloquist" who was one of the other contestants that day. |
| 247 | * December 7, 2004: A contestant solves the puzzle TV HOST WHO GAVE BRAND-NEW CARS TO ENTIRE AUDIENCE. When asked to identify who it is, she guesses Pat Sajak (The answer was Oprah). |
| 248 | * Season 25 (2007-08): "Hey, Charlie! I got a message for you..." |
| 249 | * February 13, 2008: After the puzzle HISTORIC OPERA HOUSE, Pat accidentally tells a contestant that she's going to Australia instead of Austria. He acknowledges the error before the next round, but points out that the offscreen scoreboard is displaying it as '''Jamaica'''. |
| 250 | * April 1, 2008: The second April Fool's Day episode, also mentioned on the main page. |
| 251 | * October 16, 2008: A comedy of errors in the Speed-Up puzzle. |
| 252 | ** Erica calls the N's to reveal ____-__RN_N_ ST___. She says HIGH-BURNING STOVE and then FAST-BURNING STOVE after the buzzer. |
| 253 | ** Stephen calls the B. He also says FAST-BURNING STOVE and follows that up with COAL-BURNING STOVE. |
| 254 | ** Dawn calls the G and guesses COLD-BURNING STOVE. |
| 255 | ** Erica calls the V and has no guess. |
| 256 | ** Stephen and Dawn call an L and an M, respectively. |
| 257 | ** Erica calls the E and doesn't guess. |
| 258 | ** Stephen calls a P. |
| 259 | ** Dawn calls the D. She guesses FOOD-BURNING STOVE to the laughter of the other two contestants. |
| 260 | ** Erica calls the O's and also says FOOD-BURNING STOVE. She then guesses HOOD-BURNING STOVE. She does say the solution, but she gets beaten by the buzzer. |
| 261 | ** Stephen calls the W and solves WOOD-BURNING STOVE. Pat quips that "we burned pretty much everything." |
| 262 | * November 5, 2008: When showing the contestant's relatives who are in the audience (as is often done before the Bonus Round), one of said relatives gives the contestant a thumbs-up. The bonus puzzle? THUMBS UP, which he solved. |
| 263 | * December 15, 2008: A contestant mis-solved the Toss-Up WISH LIST as FISH LOVE. Initially coming off as a no-hoper because of it, he proceeded to win the game ''and'' the Bonus Round; after the victory celebration, Pat tells the contestant to look at the puzzle board, which reads FISH LOVE. Watch the incident [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0lXLTO3vcY here.]] |
| 264 | * March 25, 2009: Pat says that because two of the contestants' names (Tani and Connie) sound similar, having already led to confusion in the $2,000 Toss-Up, he will refer to Tani as "Ed". Pat later calls on "Ed" after Tani rings in for the $3,000 Toss-Up, and things don't go as planned. |
| 265 | * December 1, 2009: After a contestant solves [[Franchise/ScoobyDoo SHAGGY & SCOOBY-DOO]] with only the S's showing, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2asTT0FSZs Pat does his best Scooby-Doo impression.]] |
| 266 | * January 4, 2010: [[https://youtu.be/NLdZ9AhPCEQ Three servicemen struggle to pronounce]] Creator/{{REGIS PHILBIN}} & Creator/{{KELLY RIPA}}. |
| 267 | * April 7, 2010: During a "Going Green" week, Pat and Vanna chowed down on the Wild Card. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_HphjRFOHPI That thing's got some fiber...]] |
| 268 | * Season 28 (2010-11): Many of the opening animations with the Pat and Vanna avatars. For instance, one shows Pat repeatedly touching a letter on the board and hearing only the buzzer, until Vanna leans in and touches it for him. |
| 269 | * September 21, 2010: Following the solve of a Prize Puzzle of a vacation to Maui (in Hawaii), the prize was awarded to a Wheel Watchers Club winner. Nothing unusual there, but [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=luir2wRAidw guess where that winner lives?]] |
| 270 | * October 1, 2010: A contestant who had been getting Bankrupt ''[[ButtMonkey every single time he spun]]'' finally lands on a money space... [[ThrowTheDogABone and it's $5,000]]. He asks for a T... and Pat [[YankTheDogsChain just shakes his head as the buzzer sounds]]. At the end of the game, after that same contestant ''won'' (thanks to a $6,000 Final Spin) and the audience applauded him loudly, Pat told them they should be applauding ''him'' instead as ''he'' was the one who spun the Wheel! |
| 271 | * October 4, 2010: A contestant accidentally removes the backing from a Gift Tag when trying to pick it up. After Pat puts it back together, he jokes "That'll be $87.50." to the contestant before allowing her to take her next turn. |
| 272 | * November 9, 2010: A contestant rings in to solve a Toss-Up and says the right answer of MILLIONS & BILLIONS, but Pat rules it wrong. After a few seconds, they take the answer. Cue Pat looking at his cards and realizing that he was looking at the ''wrong puzzle'' (which is why he accidentally ruled her wrong), then promptly entering SelfDeprecation mode. |
| 273 | * December 2, 2010: A contestant calls a 7 as his vowel in the BonusRound. |
| 274 | * January 7, 2011: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2Qb6WcrdPM The contestant fails to solve the Bonus Round puzzle]] and asks Pat, about to open the prize envelope, to "[[AccidentalInnuendo show me something small]]". Cue audience laughter and Pat dropping the prize envelope and walking offstage with a "Goodnight, everybody!"-type gesture. (Followed by MoodWhiplash when the contestant picks up the envelope, opens it himself, and sees that he lost out on '''$100,000'''.) |
| 275 | * January 13, 2011: After a contestant solves a "What Are You Doing?" puzzle (TUNING IN TO MY FAVORITE SHOW), Pat asked the contestant what show that would be. She replies "I dunno, I like 'em all...''Series/AmericanIdol''." The crowd starts laughing, and it takes her a few seconds to realize that ''Wheel Of Fortune'' was the answer Pat was looking for. (He asked her again just before they went to the Bonus Round {which she didn't qualify for}, and she gave the "right" answer.) |
| 276 | * April 19, 2011: A contestant spins the Wheel but lands on a Bankrupt. Not paying attention, she immediately calls out a letter, only to look down and exclaim "OH, I'M BANKRUPT!" Control ''did'' eventually go back to her, and she solved the puzzle. |
| 277 | * May 20, 2011: At the end of a three-week stint in New Orleans, Pat and Vanna [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGraBG9gcTo&t=5m35s can't wait to try some beignets.]] |
| 278 | * June 2, 2011: The contestant asks Pat who he has in the audience. |
| 279 | * June 3, 2011: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGCJWbJL38o Kristina's interview.]] |
| 280 | * November 15, 2011: After contestant Bonnie wins a Gift Tag for See's Candies... |
| 281 | -->'''Bonnie:''' I don't need this. I have way too much weight around here. I don't need that. |
| 282 | -->'''Pat:''' Oh, well then-- |
| 283 | -->'''Bonnie:''' I'll give it to my husband. He's small and skinny. |
| 284 | -->'''Pat:''' You could've given them to me. |
| 285 | * November 17, 2011: Pat and director Mark Corwin [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dg0Zmv_svkY have some fun]] with each other. |
| 286 | * December 9, 2011: Tina solves a puzzle for $600 (bumped to $1,000), then during the break admits that she wanted to avoid getting the "pity thousand". No, seriously, ''a contestant referred to the $1,000 consolation prize as '''"pity money"'''''. ("Pity Thousand" has since become a FanNickname for the $1,000 consolation given to contestants who finish with $0.) |
| 287 | * December 23, 2011: The Round 2 puzzle is PAT I'D LIKE TO SOLVE THE PUZZLE, which Pat lampshaded after it was solved. |
| 288 | * December 30, 2011: During her interview, the middle contestant says "I'm married to a wonderful husband and I have two great chil—oh, no, that's somebody else's life. I'm single..." Even Pat was fooled. |
| 289 | * January 19, 2012: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KE_1tSMw_MA Felix lands on the Free Play space five times in a row]]... but on his seventh spin he lands on Lose A Turn. |
| 290 | * January 25, 2012: A contestant named Precious makes it to the Bonus Round. Her bonus puzzle? PRECIOUS CARGO. |
| 291 | * March 16, 2012: Contestant Taylor accidentally calls R even though it's already in the puzzle. He promptly grunts and slumps over the railing before patting one of his opponents on the back, saying "have fun, man." Pat then walks over and consoles Taylor, telling him to be an American and man up, to the applause of the audience. |
| 292 | * April 20, 2012: After Pat consoles the contestant for losing the Bonus Round, the lights go out unexpectedly, followed by "Goodnight, everybody!" from Pat. |
| 293 | * October 1, 2012: A contestant hits Free Play on their first spin and calls E. Pat tells him that he has to call a consonant, but quickly corrects himself and calls himself an idiot. The contestant calls T on their next turn and Pat says "Yes, there are no T's." |
| 294 | * Halloween Week 2012: [[TheAnnouncer Jim Thornton]] was obviously having fun during the taping. On the first episode of the week, Pat asked if Jim would keep cracking Halloween-related jokes, and Jim said "[[{{Pun}} You can count on it]]." in a Dracula voice. Later in the week, Pat said that the studio was haunted. Cue Jim making ghost noises and Pat saying "[[CallBack That was Chuck Woolery.]]" |
| 295 | * January 10, 2013: A contestant has the Song/Artist puzzle I _A__ THE _INE BY J_HNNY _A_H and has just landed on the Jackpot wedge. She guesses I HAVE THE WINE BY JOHNNY CASH. ''Jeopardy!'' would reference this just over a year later with categories of "I Have The Wine" and "By Johnny Cash".[[note]]Answer: I WALK THE LINE BY JOHNNY CASH[[/note]] |
| 296 | * January 22, 2013: After contestant Zee solves the Speed-Up puzzle FASHION STATEMENT, she jumps around in celebration, after which Pat jokes he could be hurt. |
| 297 | ** In the Bonus Round, she makes ''seven'' guesses on the puzzle ____ __ SOMET__N_, then Pat shouts "Can't we give her the money?!" before the answer WHIP UP SOMETHING is revealed. Zee then shouts the full answer after WHIP is revealed joking that she got it, and Pat tells her she needs a nice long rest. |
| 298 | * February 18, 2013: During Pet Lovers Week, Pat calls Jim to come onstage, and jokingly berates him for daring to say that he bought a "ewe". |
| 299 | * March 6, 2013: On a show where READING CUE CARDS is a Toss-Up, Vanna asks Pat if he uses cue cards. He replies, "No, not me. I never use cue cards. Every ad-lib is my very own." Vanna then calls a staff member who hands her a cue card with that exact statement written on it. Pat snatches it in embarrassment and promptly bids goodbye. During the credits, he folds the cue card into a paper airplane and throws it. |
| 300 | * April 30, 2013: With the Bonus Round puzzle showing only _A__N_ ______E, a contestant guesses MAKING WHOOPEE and MAKING DOGGIES. The actual answer was WAVING GOODBYE. |
| 301 | * May 13, 2013: On the first episode of Best Friends Week, one member of the red team tells her teammate not to spin again; he declines, and lands on… the Prize wedge, before solving the puzzle for $8,750 and an $11,000-plus trip. |
| 302 | * September 27, 2013: Contestant Betsy is a Mediator and says that if Pat and Vanna are having any problems, she can help. Pat insists that he's not leaving the show. |
| 303 | * October 11, 2013: A contestant lands on the Mystery Wedge, and calls M. There happen to be ''eleven'' M's in the puzzle[[note]](the puzzle is Song Lyrics: SUMMERTIME SUMMERTIME SUM SUM SUMMERTIME)[[/note]], worth $11,000, meaning that even if that Mystery Wedge had $10,000, she would have lost money going for it! (In this case, there was a Bankrupt on the other side, making the obvious choice even more obvious.) Pat says it best after the round: |
| 304 | --> '''Pat:''' If you had [gone for the Mystery Wedge], I would have had to come over and slap you. |
| 305 | * October 24, 2013: In a Vegas episode, after a contestant flips over the Mystery Wedge (only a $2,000 risk this time) to find a Bankrupt on the reverse, Pat takes the wedge and gives the Bankrupt side a severe beating. |
| 306 | * November 5, 2013: After a contestant successfully solves the final puzzle SWAN DIVE immediately, Pat quips "Did you need anymore time, or is that enough?" |
| 307 | * November 12, 2013: After the Before & After puzzle RULES OF THE ROAD RUNNER is solved, Pat explains that roadrunner the animal is one word while Road Runner the cartoon character is two words...then randomly faints as the show goes to commercial. |
| 308 | * November 13, 2013: |
| 309 | ** One of the contestants in the blue team admits to her grandfather having the "hots" for Vanna. |
| 310 | ** The same team solves the Prize Puzzle round ''[[NoIndoorVoice very excitedly]]'', and Pat warns the people of the Prize Puzzle destination (St. Thomas) that the team is coming over. |
| 311 | * November 21, 2013: A contestant mentions that her dog always barks at the door whenever the "ding" for a right letter sounds. Pat proceeds to ask the sound effects booth to sound the ding three times during the interview, then a fourth before the next Toss-Up. |
| 312 | * December 10, 2013: One team has a child in the audience who aspires to take Pat's place when he retires. The team makes it to the Bonus Round and celebrates after they solve the bonus puzzle (also a very difficult answer of QUAINT VILLAGE), but Pat insists ''not'' to cheer in "worry" that he could be replaced even faster. |
| 313 | * January 23, 2014: Pat starts to throw to commercial after Round 3 before the contestant points out that it's a Prize Puzzle. Cue Pat slumping over the railing as Jim reads the prize copy. After that, Pat is onstage with stage manager John Lauderdale, pointing out that on a previous episode, John was reminding him that it was a Prize Puzzle and Pat replied, "I'm not an idiot." |
| 314 | * February 25, 2014: On a Speed-Up puzzle consisting of a single fourteen-letter Thing, the first contestant guesses T and has T_____T_______. Pat jokingly dares her to solve the puzzle, and she blurts out THOUGHTFULNESS… which turns out to be correct! Needless to say, Pat is dumbfounded, and simply says in response, "I guess she takes dares." |
| 315 | * March 20, 2014: On an episode with husband-and-wife teams, the husband of the yellow team (Whillis) finishes his part of the contestant interview, when his wife sarcastically butts in with "And this is my wife, Emily" as if he had forgotten about her. Cue pat cracking up and saying that [[ExiledToTheCouch he hopes Whillis has a comfortable couch]]. |
| 316 | * April 28, 2014: |
| 317 | ** The puzzle reads BOO_ING M_ SHORE EXCURSION, and the contestant who asks to solve says "[[INeedAFreakingDrink BOOZING]] MY SHORE EXCURSION" instead of "BOOKING". |
| 318 | ** Contestant Josh Woo slumping over the railing at the end of the game, upon realizing that he won by $401. |
| 319 | * April 30, 2014: |
| 320 | ** Trent Girone, a contestant with a learning disability, is stated to be a huge fan of the show (having watched it since he was 2 years old), so Pat challenges him to name a retired category. This exchange ensues: |
| 321 | -->''Trent:'' Uh, please promise you won't cringe, Pat? ''[[ScrappyMechanic Megaword!]]'' (while saying that, Trent flails his arms around) |
| 322 | -->''Pat:'' (Laughs for a few seconds) Megaword, I remember that, it the worst category we ever- we would take a very long and obscure word and that was the puzzle, and [[OldShame I hated every minute of it]]. |
| 323 | * May 8, 2014: Contestant Debra tries to pick up a ½ Car tag, but it slips away and she has trouble trying to get it. Pat walks over and picks it up for her. She struggled so much that she moved the Wheel one click, which Pat fixed before her next spin. |
| 324 | * November 10, 2014: On a Best Friends week in Hawaii, the blue team calls N as the first letter on a What Are You Doing? puzzle in the Speed-Up, and guesses RIDING A BROWN HORSE. Pat fools them into thinking that they're right before telling them they're wrong. The red team then calls G and guesses RIDING A WHITE HORSE and, in a moment similar to the "A GROUP OF PILL-PUSHERS" round, Pat jokingly pulls a ScrewThisImOuttaHere before shouting, "'''''Who said anything about a horse?!?'''''', before composing himself, and continuing the round. It doesn't completely end after that, as the yellow team then called out an "R" clearly still going in the "riding a horse" direction to which Pat indignantly replied "No!" The correct answer was SEEING A BUDDY MOVIE. |
| 325 | * December 9, 2014: During a Family week, brothers Michael and Chris decide to pick their BonusRound letters by singing the chorus to "YMCA" by Music/TheVillagePeople, and even doing the associated dance![[note]](They figure out the answer of AVERAGE PRICE on the buzzer, initially ruled a loss but declared a win after a stopdown.)[[/note]] |
| 326 | * December 26, 2014: Having already won a staggering $91,892 in the ''main'' game, contestant Matt doesn't know the answer to his bonus puzzle, so he spends the entire 10 seconds chatting with Pat. |
| 327 | * January 15, 2015: After a contestant worries about landing on Free Play, Pat reassures her that she will still keep her turn even if she calls a "crummy letter". [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor She ends up calling H, which she already called on her previous turn.]] |
| 328 | * In a Speed-Up puzzle in February 2015, someone tried to solve LIVE ENTERTAINMENT (N was already called) as "SONY ENTERTAINMENT". Pat responds with "Thank you". |
| 329 | * February 27, 2015: Pat says "I like this music" during the Speed-Up. |
| 330 | * April 24, 2015: The contestants hit Bankrupt multiple times, resulting in Pat having to take multiple cardboard. When one spins Bankrupt with no cardboard, Pat says he has to take her name tag. |
| 331 | * April 29, 2015: During "Show Your Disney Side" ColdOpen, Donald Duck is upset that the puzzle board reads WHEEL WELCOMES [[BerserkButton MICKEY MOUSE]] AND FRIENDS. He programs the board to say WHEEL WELCOMES DONALD DUCK, much to Minnie's chagrin. |
| 332 | * October 2, 2015: One contestant lands on a Mystery wedge three times in a row, declining the flip all three times. Later on, she loses her turn. The next contestant spins and looks like he's about to hit a Mystery wedge too, only to have the Wheel stop just a tad short on Lose a Turn. His response? "Aw, man, I wanted to flip it!" |
| 333 | * February 17, 2016: After a team solves the Prize Puzzle GONDOLA RIDE THROUGH VENICE, Pat asks the husband of the team where he thinks they are going. He responds with "[[ComicallyMissingThePoint Paris, France]]", after which Pat bursts into laughter. Cue the contestant's wife adding, "So do we still get [the prize]?" |
| 334 | * September 26, 2016: After failing to solve Round 2, Bill pretends to run offstage with the Million Dollar Wedge and $10,000 Mystery prize. |
| 335 | * December 23, 2016: A contestant calls T on a Mystery Wedge... and gets ''ten'' in the puzzle[[note]](Rhyme Time: THREE LITTLE KITTENS THEY LOST THEIR MITTENS)[[/note]] for a total of $10,000. If he'd have flipped the wedge, he could have gotten exactly what he gambled for (plus for added hilarity, the $10,000 was on the other side). Unfortunately, he hit a Bankrupt later on in the round. |
| 336 | * December 29, 2016: Vanna does push-ups during the credits, with the audience counting along. After the credits, cut to TheStinger, where Vanna is doing more push-ups, and the audience counts off "115... 116..." |
| 337 | * From the February 2, 2017 show: |
| 338 | ** Contestant Bob Stulsatz, the day's winner, is greeted with this layout after selecting his letters for the bonus puzzle: |
| 339 | --> □□T□O□T\ |
| 340 | □ □ORD |
| 341 | ** Bob stands there without even a guess as the clock winds down to zero. When the puzzle is revealed (WITHOUT A WORD), Bob responds, [[IronicEcho "That's exactly where I was."]] The crowd breaks out in laughter for five seconds before Pat responds, "Don't encourage him!" Upon the episode's credit roll, Pat stands offscreen as Vanna converses with Bob. |
| 342 | * March 21, 2017: The board reads "[[Theatre/AStreetcarNamedDesire A STREETCAR NA_ED DESIRE]]"; the contestant guesses a "K", and after a moment's pause and some gasping from the audience, Pat replied "Noooo" in a self-restrained [[WhatTheHellPlayer don't go there]] tone. The next player correctly guesses "M" and wins the round, prompting Pat to quip that "although you got the right answer, [[NakedPeopleAreFunny I'd rather see Kevin’s play.]]" |
| 343 | * June 9, 2017: Pat goes to [[LetsJustSeeWhatWouldHaveHappened reveal the location of the $1,000,000 envelope]] after a lost BonusRound. He then opens up an envelope, only to realize it's the wrong one -- so he clicks the bonus wheel over one envelope, only to realize it's ''still'' the wrong one. Cue him {{face palm}}ing, throwing the envelopes on the wheel, and then finally spinning it again to pick the right one. |
| 344 | * September 2017: At the end of one of the Fall Foilage episodes, Pat talked about how he used to say "foilage" as "foil-age", and that the red autumn leaves are falling because they are dead. |
| 345 | * October 27, 2017: When one member of a team mentions that her husband could not make it, a picture of him peeks out from behind the Million Dollar Wedge held by her teammate's husband to show that he's "here in spirit". |
| 346 | -->'''Pat:''' After 35 years, everyone starts to go. |
| 347 | * December 8, 2017: Contestant Bobby has won the game and will proceed to the BonusRound, but one of his opponents is holding the Million Dollar Wedge, leading to this exchange: |
| 348 | -->'''Bobby:''' Can she give it to me? |
| 349 | -->'''Pat:''' [[BluntNo No]]. Hush. |
| 350 | * February 1, 2018: The yellow contestant (and later big winner of the night) David has a surprise for all of us... he's the former official back-up voice for ''[[Series/BarneyAndFriends "a famous purple dinosaur in children's television"]]''. |
| 351 | -->'''David (as Barney):''' ''Wheel Of Fortune'' is super-dee-duper!! |
| 352 | * May 8, 2018: Pat points out contestant Adrian's shoes, so he takes one off and presents it to everyone, revealing that the shoe is golden, and shouts, "Bam!" Pat then does the same with his ordinary black shoe and shouts, "Boring!" |
| 353 | * May 25, 2018: At the end of the game, Pat walks over to the blue contestant and sets up a joke: that she can either go home right now, or go to the bonus round. She's not at all focused on what Pat is asking though and instead is just thinking of what category she wants to do for the bonus round. As such, her "response" to his question ends up being the complete NonSequitur "What are you wearing?" The unintended laughter that results from it ends up with Pat completely losing his train of thought and by the time they finish laughing, he can't even remember what the other two category choices were! |
| 354 | * October 3, 2018: There is a Characters puzzle of B_RB__ _ND __N in the Speed-Up round. A contestant guesses [[INeedAFreakingDrink BOURBON AND GIN]] instead of BARBIE AND KEN. |
| 355 | * November 2, 2018: At the end of the show, when Pat and Vanna usually have a back-and-forth dialog, they instead play out a scene in chaise lounges set on a beachfront patio. They both communicate through ThoughtBubbleSpeech: |
| 356 | -->'''Pat:''' Gee, what a beautiful day it is...\ |
| 357 | '''Vanna:''' Although it seems like we're sitting kind of far apart.\ |
| 358 | '''Pat:''' I feel so relaxed.\ |
| 359 | '''Vanna:''' These drinks would taste better [[LampshadeHanging if there was actually some liquid in the glasses]].\ |
| 360 | '''Pat:''' You know, sitting out here, I've discovered two things--\ |
| 361 | '''Vanna:''' What's that?\ |
| 362 | '''Pat:''' ''(as Pat tries to reposition himself)'' I don't think I can get out of this chair! And another thing... ''(tries eating a piece of fruit)'' [[FakeFood this fruit is made out of wax]]. Bye!\ |
| 363 | '''Vanna:''' Bye! |
| 364 | ** After this exchange, they both start napping. Vanna's dream centers around a CuteKitten, which draws a collective "aww" from the studio audience. The subject of Pat's dream: Himself. |
| 365 | * April 5, 2019: After the bonus round contestant loses out on '''$100,000''', Pat just keeps on closing and opening the envelope, with the audience groaning each time. |
| 366 | * April 19, 2019: Before the Prize Puzzle, Pat asks Vanna if he is forgetting something, at which point she reveals REMEMBER LESLY & JUDY'S BIRTHDAYS ARE THIS SUNDAY on the puzzle board. (Lesly is Pat's wife, and Judy is executive producer Harry Friedman's wife.) |
| 367 | * October 14, 2019: Blair's interview provides some excellent SelfDeprecation. |
| 368 | -->'''Blair''': I've been trapped in a loveless marriage for the last 12 years to an old battle-axe named Kim. She cursed my life with three stepchildren named Star, RJ, and Ryan, and I have one rotten grandson. |
| 369 | * December 9, 2019: Thanks to Pat's surgery giving Vanna ADayInTheLimelight, things don't go quite as planned during the Final Spin. Vanna ends up looking at the wrong arrow, which has landed on Bankrupt, and one of the stagehands corrects her. |
| 370 | -->'''Vanna''': [[SelfDeprecation How do you do this show?!]] |
| 371 | * October 16, 2019: This set of Triple Toss-Up puzzles, all in the category of "Event": BUYING A NEW OUTFIT, STARTING A NEW DIET, and HIGH SCHOOL REUNION. |
| 372 | * February 10, 2020: Andy, a rancher from North Dakota with a thick Midwestern accent, a mustache, and a very off-kilter charm. Highlights include Pat calling him a "[[{{pun}} jolly rancher]]" when he cheers upon claiming the $10,000 Mystery Wedge, and then this exchange. |
| 373 | -->'''Pat''': We're gonna pick a category, and then we'll go out and rope some dogies. |
| 374 | -->'''Andy''': (''laughs'') You sure you're man enough? |
| 375 | -->(''audience groans'') |
| 376 | * October 12, 2020: Patrick wins $100,000, but no confetti or streamers fall. As this episode is taped during the COVID-19 pandemic, viewers might assume it's one more precaution the show is taking. However, Pat says during the close that the confetti machine malfunctioned and jokingly blames new executive producer Mike Richards. To make up for the blunder, Pat and Vanna recreate the moment by throwing handfuls of confetti onto Patrick. As a kicker, the new boss is listed as Mike "Confetti" Richards in the credits. |
| 377 | ** This later became a RunningGag when multiple other $100,000 wins (and a house win) occured later in the season, despite the confetti machine working the other times. Until Mike's tenure as executive producer ended, he was credited as "Mike 'Confetti' Richards" on episodes with $100,000+ wins. |
| 378 | * October 29, 2020: Contestant Remick immediately figures out the final puzzle with the letters given and enthusiastically exclaims the answer ("SAVORY APPETIZERS") before Pat can even finish saying "Good luck". Pat (in jest) chides her afterward for not giving him time to build up tension. |
| 379 | * November 20, 2020: Things go awry during the Triple Toss-Up Round. |
| 380 | ** Allison rings in on the first one and says BIRTHDAY WISH, which is wrong. Michael guesses BIRTHDAY CAKE, which is also wrong. Caitlin then gives the right answer of BIRTHDAY CARD. |
| 381 | ** Allison immediately rings in on the second one and says BIRTHDAY WISH again, which is right this time. |
| 382 | ** With only the Y showing on the third one, Caitlin rings in and says BIRTHDAY CAKE, which is still wrong. Michael accidentally rings in and is locked out. Finally, Allison rings in and provides the right answer of... BIRTHDAY SUIT. |
| 383 | * November 25, 2020: Darin [[WhoWritesThisCrap calls out the puzzle writers]] after "OVEN" is part of an answer to the Crossword round "Kitchen ____": |
| 384 | -->'''Darin''': "Kitchen oven"? What was that? |
| 385 | -->'''Pat''': Yeah, where else would you keep your oven? |
| 386 | -->'''Darin''': For sure in the kitchen, but who calls it a "kitchen oven"? |
| 387 | -->'''Pat''': You won! Don't argue, Darin! You got the puzzle! Ungrateful players! I've had it! |
| 388 | ** Reruns of this episode edit out this exchange, likely because Pat was being scrutinized by the media and non-fans for yelling at Darin, as if he were being serious. |
| 389 | * December 11, 2020: Stephanie is faced with BEG_NN_NG TO ____LE in the Bonus Round after picking PHGO on a Phrase. Her first (and only) guess? BEGINNING TO [[ToiletHumor TINKLE]], to the amusement of Pat and the crew. (The puzzle was BEGINNING TO FIZZLE; "TINKLE" was not a possible fit due to T and N already being revealed elsewhere.) |
| 390 | * February 19, 2021: Pat has a little trouble getting the Bonus Round envelope out of its holder after the Bonus Wheel stops. When he finally does, he accidentally looks inside. |
| 391 | -->'''Pat''': I know what she's playing for and you don't! |
| 392 | * October 25, 2021: This series of Triple Toss-Up puzzles: THROWING A BOOMERANG, CATCHING A BOOMERANG and DUCKING UNDER A BOOMERANG. |
| 393 | * November 19, 2021: The Triple Toss-Up solutions are so obscure that the contestants are completely befuddled, and Pat has to explain them: MR. MICROPHONE, POCKET FISHERMAN, and MIRACLE BROOM were products given away as bonuses on late-night infomercials.[[note]]More specifically, as Pat cannot say it due to trademark reasons, they were products sold by [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronco Ronco]], a home appliances manufacturer most well known for its infomercials in the 1970s and 1980s. Ronco is best known [[TropeNamer for coining the "-o-Matic" suffix for gimmicky devices]].[[/note]] |
| 394 | * January 12, 2022: This series of Triple Toss-Up puzzles: STUDYING PHYSICS, GOING TO MEDICAL SCHOOL and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking PARALLEL PARKING]]. |
| 395 | * March 1, 2022: The contestants are faced with ANOTHER FEATHER IN YO_R _A_. Two of them cannot guess the answer at all, repeatedly guessing wrong with ANOTHER FEATHER IN YOUR HAT, ANOTHER FEATHER IN YOUR LAP, and then ANOTHER FEATHER IN YOUR MAP.[[note]](Answer: ANOTHER FEATHER IN YOUR CAP)[[/note]] |
| 396 | ** Later in the bonus round a contestant is challenged to solve B_R_ING __T____GS under the category Living Things. He guesses BARKING [[DeliciousDistraction HOT DOGS]].[[note]](Answer: BARKING WATCHDOGS)[[/note]] |
| 397 | * April 29, 2022: After two Triple Toss-Up puzzles of PEACH PIT and AVOCADO PIT, two contestants ring in with only _____ __T showing. The first contestant says APPLE PIT and is told that it's wrong. The second says [[Creator/BradPitt BRAD PITT]] to hysterical laughter from the audience. After the third player solves OLIVE PIT, Pat says, "We've got actors thrown in, we've got the worst athlete you've ever seen..." |
| 398 | * May 2, 2022: The first two puzzles of the Triple Toss-Up. |
| 399 | ** First, a contestant rings in on ___ DOZEN D__GH__TS and says [[BigEater TEN DOZEN DOUGHNUTS]]. Another contestant immediately rings in with the answer of ONE DOZEN DOUGHNUTS. Pat says he liked the first contestant's response better. |
| 400 | ** Second, with _N_ DO_EN _____RS showing, the first contestant to ring in says ONE DOZEN BURGERS. After the second contestant solves ONE DOZEN OYSTERS, Pat again says he preferred the first guess. |
| 401 | * May 5, 2022: The Bonus Round, with all of the combined letters, creates P__P _P T_E __L__E. The contestant immediately guesses [[ToiletHumor POOP UP THE]] and then frantically tries to come up with something, presumably a food, that can potentially be the last word. When he sees it's PUMP UP THE VOLUME, Pat requests for him to please stop saying "poop" over and over. |
| 402 | * May 9, 2022: A contestant wins $100,000 and proceeds to make "confetti angels" out of the confetti flown from the cannons. |
| 403 | * June 10, 2022: A Speed-Up puzzle has F_RT__T_ B_RT___Y PARTY showing. A contestant guesses [[VideoGame/{{Fortnite}} FORTNITE]] BIRTHDAY PARTY[[note]]Answer: FORTIETH BIRTHDAY PARTY[[/note]]. |
| 404 | * November 9, 2022: John flips a Mystery Wedge, finds the Bankrupt, and promptly throws it behind him like a frisbee, hitting a set piece and falling to the floor. Only afterwards does he notice the bag behind the podium where lost wedges are meant to go. |
| 405 | -->'''John''': Oh, it's supposed to go there. (''points behind the podium'') |
| 406 | -->'''Pat''': You know, you just decapitated a stagehand who's been with us for 30 years. {{The show must go on}}. |
| 407 | * December 9, 2022: A contestant is unable to solve the puzzle ____N_ A LEA_.[[note]](Answer: FIXING A LEAK)[[/note]] She says she was thinking of [[UrineTrouble something else with a leak]] and didn't want to say it. This makes Pat drop the BonusRound envelope. |
| 408 | -->'''Pat''': Excuse me. Things get heavy sometimes. |
| 409 | * January 5, 2023: Upon winning the Bonus Round, a contestant [[ShakingTheRump twerks on Pat]]. |
| 410 | -->'''Pat''': Did she just butt-bump me?! |
| 411 | * January 26, 2023: Ben fails to solve the Bonus Round puzzle TAKING A QUICK JOG, which had the category Fun & Games, prompting a quip from him. |
| 412 | -->'''Ben''': Well see, [[TakeThat I don't consider jogging fun and games]]. |
| 413 | * April 4, 2023: Dane, whose father was on the show in 2018, does the Final Spin '''four times''' after hitting two Lose a Turns and a Bankrupt. For the first time since 1999, these spins were ''not'' edited out. After the Bankrupt, Pat walked over to Dane, who offered to have Pat do the Final Spin, as he used to do. Pat instead asks for his father's phone number. |
| 414 | * April 25, 2023: A contestant has _O_N_N_ THE _R__ showing for her BonusRound puzzle. For her third guess, she starts to say CRAP but stops herself. After she is unable to solve, Pat thanks her for her self-editing[[note]]Answer: JOINING THE FRAY[[/note]]. |
| 415 | * November 9, 2023: A "Fun & Games" puzzle has STRI_ES, S_ARES, AND _UTTER BA__S showing.[[note]](Answer: STRIKES, SPARES, AND GUTTER BALLS)[[/note]] Contestant Matthew guesses STRIPES, STARS, AND BUTTER BARS, and [[OhCrapSmile immediately realizes that probably isn't right]]. |
| 416 | -->'''Pat''': This will surprise you, but that's not correct. |
| 417 | -->'''Matthew''': Yes, I-, I recognize that. ''[chuckles]'' |
| 418 | * On the November 28, 2023 post-game segment, Pat remarks that he accidentally bought whole milk instead of skim milk and wound up liking it. On the next show's segment, Pat said he likes whole milk so much that he now bathes in it. Vanna asks, "Pasteurized?" to which Pat says [[WhatsAHenway he only fills the tub up to his waist]]. He then uncomfortably signs off. |
| 419 | [[/folder]] |
| 420 | |
| 421 | [[folder:Wheel 2000]] |
| 422 | * November 1, 1997: The Round 2 puzzle is INTESTINE under the category Every Body. With the E's and the I's missing (in other words, only vowels left), the blue contestant buys an A. The red contestant has no points and gets buzzed out. The yellow contestant buys the E's to reveal _NTEST_NE but missolves the puzzle as ANTESTONE. The blue player then promptly solves INTESTINE for 2,000 points. |
| 423 | [[/folder]] |
| 424 | |
| 425 | [[folder:Celebrity Wheel of Fortune]] |
| 426 | * January 7, 2021 (premiere): Creator/ChandraWilson's response to Pat's announcement that there are no more vowels (after she purchased all of them): |
| 427 | -->'''Chandra''': How dare they! |
| 428 | * February 11, 2021: [[Series/CardSharks Joel McHale]] has no small amount of bad luck with the Wheel, constantly hitting Bankrupt and finishing dead last in both matches. At the end of the game, Pat gives Joel a memento of his time on the show: his very own Bankrupt wedge. |
| 429 | * February 25, 2021: In a match among [[Series/SharkTank Robert Herjavec]], [[Series/TheBachelor Chris Harrison]], and Creator/AlfonsoRibeiro, Pat is recapping the scores going into the final round. Robert has had bad luck all game and is still at $0. |
| 430 | -->'''Pat''': Alfonso has $10,000, Chris still the leader with $30,050, Robert's playing, and we have... |
| 431 | -->(''entire panel cracks up'') |
| 432 | -->'''Alfonso''': Wow. |
| 433 | -->'''Pat''': I never do that to players. |
| 434 | -->'''Alfonso''': Never see that jab coming. |
| 435 | -->'''Robert''': Thanks for building me up, Pat. I'm feeling really good. |
| 436 | -->'''Chris''': Sajak from the shot. |
| 437 | -->'''Pat''': I'm just angry when I brought that electric washboard to his show and they didn't buy it. They annoyed me. |
| 438 | * March 4, 2021: Creator/KevinNealon asks for a D as his next letter ... but Pat points out he needs to spin again first. |
| 439 | -->'''Pat''': We have a "D" for table 6, [[DoubleEntendre do you still want the "D"?]] |
| 440 | -->'''Kevin''': Uhhh, no. ''[laughter]'' |
| 441 | * Also March 4, 2021: Things go awry when Sherri Shepherd, the aforementioned Kevin Nealon, and Creator/RachaelLeighCook try to play a Same Name puzzle. The answer is "VANNA & [[Series/BreakingBad WALTER WHITE]]", and everything is up there except for the V and A's. Things should be easy, but Sherri and Kevin immediately turn it into a "WhosOnFirst" routine. Same Name was never used again on the ''Celebrity'' series. |
| 442 | -->'''Sherri''': What's that first one right there? Huh, Pat? What's the first one? |
| 443 | -->'''Kevin''': Vanna, what's the first one? |
| 444 | -->'''Sherri''': What's the first-- Vanna, what's the first one right there? (''Vanna silently zips her lips'') |
| 445 | ** After that, Sherri spins $3,500 but calls a C, after which Kevin barely avoids Bankrupt only to call an M. Control then goes to Rachael, who asks to solve: |
| 446 | -->'''Rachel''': I would like to say... (''turns to Sherri and Kevin'') ...and you guys, the clue is standing right in front of us! I think it's VANNA & WALTER WHITE! |
| 447 | * November 13, 2022: Creator/PaulScheer, Luenell, and Creator/MaryLynnRajskub play the Prize Puzzle, with the category being Fun & Games, with the answer being "THRILLING WATERSLIDES". Paul missolves by forgetting the S, followed by Lunell making the same mistake Paul did. |
| 448 | ** That same episode, they try to play a Before & After puzzle. The answer is "ELECTRIC [[Creator/BillHader BILL HADER]]". All the letters are there except for the H. Luenell takes too long, and Mary Ann says '''V'''ADER instead of Hader. After the commercial break, Pat is seen apologizing to Bill Hader on the phone. |
| 449 | * October 4, 2023: Creator/KimFields has had a lot of bad luck with the Wheel, handing over solves to [[Creator/PennAndTeller Penn Jillette]] with ease. By Round 2 of the second half, she's had enough. At this point, a Before & After puzzle reads "DATE NIG_T _I_ION GOGGLE_". |
| 450 | -->'''Pat:''' Now, all the vowels are gone. If you don't know it go ahead and spin, because Penn is dying to solve. |
| 451 | -->'''Kim:''' I know, and I will ''not'' let you solve this one. (''spins'') |
| 452 | -->'''Penn:''' (''throwing [[MagicalGesture magical gestures]] at the Wheel'') Skip a turn! Miss a turn! Lose a turn! Lose a turn! Lose a turn! (''Wheel stops on Lose a Turn'') |
| 453 | -->'''Kim:''' NO! NO! Are you kidding me?! |
| 454 | -->'''Penn:''' Thank you, Teller. May I solve the [[PrecisionFStrike damn]] thing? May I? |
| 455 | -->'''Pat:''' Yes, you may. |
| 456 | -->'''Penn:''' DATE NIGHT VISION GOGGLES. |
| 457 | -->'''Pat:''' There you go. (''solution reveals while Penn makes a mocking gesture at Kim'') |
| 458 | -->'''Kim:''' What is date night vision? |
| 459 | -->'''Pat:''' Date night and night-vision goggles. We put them together. |
| 460 | ** As Pat recaps the scores, Kim is still fuming over what just happened, resulting in {{Corpsing}} even from Pat. |
| 461 | -->'''Penn:''' I originally had "LATE NIGHT VISION GOGGLES". |
| 462 | -->'''Pat:''' Well, there you go. |
| 463 | -->'''Penn:''' I was sure it was gonna be "LATE NIGHT VISION GOGGLES". |
| 464 | -->'''Pat:''' (''over Kim'') So the Million Dollar Wedge not in play. We'll put that back on the Wheel for our next round... |
| 465 | -->'''Kim:''' I thought it was "DATE NIGHT LOTION..." What's wrong with date night lotion? That's not a thing? And then lotion goggles? |
| 466 | -->'''Pat:''' [[BigShutUp THE HOST IS TALKING!]] |
| 467 | -->'''Kim:''' (''laughing'') I'm sorry! |
| 468 | -->'''Creator/KelMitchell:''' What's lotion goggles? |
| 469 | -->'''Pat:''' (''{{Corpsing}}'') Someone... Someone... I work here! (''beat'') For now. (''audience and players gasp'') And someone at home can also win $10,000. JIM! |
| 470 | -->'''Jim:''' I'm with you, Pat. |
| 471 | * November 15, 2023: Sportscaster Kyle Brandt shares a moment with Vanna: |
| 472 | -->'''Pat:''' Now, I know you're a big fan of that lady over there. |
| 473 | -->'''Kyle:''' Pat, I'm thrilled to meet you. But, Vanna, let's just put the cards on the table. I say this respectfully. You're a TV legend. My wife is here. You were my boyhood crush. I love you. For many years in my life, you were the puzzle I wanted to solve. And I am so thrilled to be here. |
| 474 | -->'''Vanna:''' Wow. |
| 475 | -->'''Kyle:''' Do you have any advice for me today, Vanna? Because I believe you control the board. I love you, Pat. To me, this is the Vanna show. (''Pat turns to the camera with a bemused expression'') |
| 476 | -->'''Vanna:''' Well, thank you for those kind words. Buy vowels. Pretend like you're in your own living room, not here. Just concentrate on the puzzle board. Not me. Okay? Keep me out of it. Think of the puzzle. That's it. |
| 477 | -->'''Kyle:''' Wonderful. I love it. |
| 478 | -->'''Pat:''' "You were the puzzle I wanted to solve"? [[WhatTheHellPlayer This is your line, Kyle?]] |
| 479 | -->'''Kyle:''' It just came out. I didn't know that moment was gonna happen. It just came out. Did I hit Bankrupt on that, Pat? |
| 480 | -->'''Pat:''' Do we have another celebrity available? |
| 481 | ** Then, during Creator/NatashaLeggero's interview right after that, she discusses her book on motherhood... |
| 482 | -->'''Natasha:''' ...I had a baby in my 40s, and I just felt like there was lot of stuff that I encountered that I hadn't really seen talked about a lot. So I really try to talk about that experience and, you know, freezing my eggs and trying to figure out how to quit breastfeeding even though it kept flowing, you know, stuff like that. |
| 483 | -->'''Pat:''' I have no follow-ups. (''audience laughs'') Let's move on to your husband, because not only do you talk about him, but you work with him, too. |
| 484 | -->'''Natasha:''' Yes, I worked with him on the baby. (''Pat shakes his head as the audience laughs'') But I also work with him on our... |
| 485 | -->'''Pat:''' That's two new celebrities we need. |
| 486 | |
| 487 | [[/folder]] |
| 488 | |
| 489 | [[folder:Australian Version]] |
| 490 | * On one episode, host John Burgess ran out excitedly at the open... and promptly fell on his rear end. |
| 491 | -->'''Burgo:''' Alright, who polished the floor?! |
| 492 | * A couple from the first episode with the revamped 1992 set, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDfX9Fkam3M including...]] |
| 493 | ** Burgo's reaction to the new set, as well as his nonchalant reaction to Adri. |
| 494 | -->'''Burgo:''' Gee... gee, am I in the right place? Have I come to the right... [[DullSurprise oh, yes, I have]]. |
| 495 | ** Speaking of Adri, during the second round, Burgo jokingly said that she looked worn out and [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor could maybe take her top off]]. And then... |
| 496 | -->'''Contestant:''' Could I have a "C" for "cat", please?\ |
| 497 | '''Burgo:''' "C" for... ([[FanService sees Adri removing her blouse, revealing a red bikini top underneath]])... Holy Moley! |
| 498 | *** What makes this even funnier--the puzzle, which was solved immediately afterwards, was "TO SCARE THE PANTS OFF SOMEONE". |
| 499 | * From the ill-fated "Million Dollar Wheel of Fortune", [[https://youtu.be/SZJ7u7GyHpg?t=266 Bert Newton wants a "P".]] |
| 500 | [[/folder]] |
| 501 | |
| 502 | [[folder:British Version]] |
| 503 | * The British version used a quiz round to determine control of the Wheel. After the host ran through several questions that nobody could answer, he finally asked "What's the first letter of the alphabet?" |
| 504 | * One contestant spun the Wheel the wrong way. While this doesn't seem like a big deal (after all, Sajak's done it several times), it actually ruined the mechanism and forced taping to be suspended for several hours while studio technicians tried to get it working again. |
| 505 | * 2000: After the bonus puzzle is ANGEL FALLS, hosts John Leslie and Jenny Powell provide this exchange: |
| 506 | -->'''Jenny:''' Whenever I hear that name, I always think of you. |
| 507 | -->'''John:''' Really? Because I'm...a heavenly creature that fell to Earth? |
| 508 | -->'''Jenny:''' ''(jokingly)'' No, 'cause you're a big drip. |
| 509 | -->'''John:''' ''(after the contestant laughs)'' Don't encourage her! |
| 510 | * One episode of the Creator/BradleyWalsh era had two notable moments. |
| 511 | ** First, when Bradley gave the question of the hybrid of a grapefruit and tangerine, the contestants suddenly gather round and start conferring, much to Bradley's annoyance. They all come up with the incorrect answer of nectarine. |
| 512 | ** Later, in the speed round, Denise uncovers one L in the puzzle, with the clue of 'place'. She immediately guesses the correct answer of 'The Leaning Tower of Pisa'. Bradley quickly goes mental at the shock of the answer being found with so little info, going so far as to check the board for signs of foul play, randomly jump into the prize car, and hum the theme song of ''Series/TheTwilightZone1959''. |
| 513 | [[/folder]] |
| 514 | |
| 515 | [[folder:Spanish Version (''La Ruleta de la Suerte'')]] |
| 516 | * 8/14/15: In the finals of the 9th anniversary tournament, three contestants named Javi (short for Javier) advanced to the finals. The very first puzzle of the game was "NO ME LLAMO JAVIER, NO ME LLAMO JAVIER" (My name is not Javier, My name is not Javier). |
| 517 | * 2016: A total of EIGHT Pierde Turno (Lose a Turn) and THREE Quiebra (Bankrupt) hits occur more or less consecutively, prompting the audience to cheer loudly when the wheel actually lands on a cash space (€25, the second-lowest number on the wheel). As if that wasn't enough, one contestant keeps calling R [[FailedASpotCheck long after the contestants find out it's not there,]] prompting Jorge to drag the used letter board onto the stage to drive the point home. |
| 518 | -->'''Jorge:''' La R está AQUÍ! Está DICHA![[note]]Translation: The R is RIGHT HERE! It's BEEN CALLED![[/note]] |
| 519 | * Since the "Empiezo Yo" ("I Start") wedge was introduced in 2018, a funny little sound effect goes off whenever it's hit (there's a bit that goes "Yo, yo, yoyoyoyoyo..."). At first, the camera would cut to Jorge, who would do a little dance when the sound goes off. More recently, Laura can be seen dancing at the puzzleboard whenever the wedge is hit. |
| 520 | [[/folder]] |
| 521 | |
| 522 | [[folder:Video game adaptations]] |
| 523 | * Across all versions, computer players will sometimes pick one of the less common consonants at the beginning of a round such as B or V. A few versions, such as the S-NES Deluxe Edition, make it possible for computer players to [[ArtificialStupidity call a repeated letter]]. |
| 524 | * The Sega Genesis release has a credit thanking "everyone who decided to go without sleep until the product was finished!" |
| 525 | * The Hasbro CD-ROM game from 1998: When the female AI contestant hits a penalty wedge, she will shout "OH! Why me!?" |
| 526 | [[/folder]] |
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