Posted on 05/17/2023 5:30:40 PM PDT by DallasBiff
American television, premieres on NBC on January 6, 1975. Created by television legend Merv Griffin and hosted since the early 1980s by Pat Sajak and Vanna White, Wheel is one of the most popular television shows in the world.
Griffin, who had already created another iconic game show, Jeopardy!, conceived of Wheel as a combination between Hangman and roulette. Contestants guess letters as they attempt to solve a Hangman-like puzzle, spinning the wheel to determine how much money they will earn for a correct guess, with the ultimate goal being to solve the puzzle and accumulate as much money as possible. Since the show's inception, the price of a vowel has stood at $250 and has not been adjusted for inflation. The phrases "I'd like to buy a vowel" and "I'd like to solve the puzzle" have entered the American cultural lexicon
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Sorry to break it to you but she is a he.
I remember watching WoF with my parents when I was a wee lad back in the ‘80s. It’s funny to think that it’s still going today.
(Kind of miss the ol’ Match Game, though. All those old celebs were such a hoot.)
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