Doing Bandstands on Dall Street
March 8, 2019
On Wheel of Fortune on March 8, 2019, only two letters remained in one puzzle. The category was "What are you doing?", and the letters were: DOING _EADSTANDS and _ANDSTANDS. The contestant controlling the board had trouble with the last word and guessed "bandstands".
Later a puzzle in the category "Same Name" had the letters SESAME & _ALL STREET, and the contestant controlling the board guessed a "D".
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Frosted Flapes, Anyone?
January 24, 2019
On Jan 24, a Wheel of Fortune crossword had four words that can follow "corn". With just one letter remaining, three of the words were "fritter", "oil", and "meal." The fourth word was FLA_E, and the contestant controlling the board guessed "P".
But there was life after flape. That same contestant later went on to win a car and go to the Bonus Round.
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Near Miss
January 12, 2019
On Wheel of Fortune on Jan 11, 2019, the winning contestant took a million dollar wedge to the bonus round, actually spun the million dollar prize and guessed well on the letters, but then couldn't figure out the puzzle.
The category was "What are You Doing?", and the puzzle looked like this: _ L _ PP _ N _ THRO _ _ H P _ _ _ ES
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More Sticky Pickets and Naked Streetcars
January 11, 2019
On Wheel of Fortune on January 11, one puzzle had only a single letter left to go.
HOT-AIR BALLOONS _OTTING THE SKY
The contestant controlling the board then tried a P !!?? The next contestant then solved the puzzle.
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Wheel of Misfortune
October 30, 2018
On Monday Oct 29, one of the three players on Wheel of Fortune landed on "Bankrupt" 5 different times. I don't know what the all-time record is, but this must have been close.
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Sticky Pickets on Naked Streetcars
March 21, 2017
On the game show Wheel of Fortune tonight, one contestant, a man from Brunswick Ohio, twice came within a single letter of solving a puzzle, but lost both times by making two of the strangest guesses I can remember seeing on the show.
In one puzzle, the board showed
A STREETCAR NA_ED DESIRE,
and this contestant guessed the letter "K". In another puzzle, a crossword with the category "Sticky ________", three of the words were "Fingers", "Rice", and "Note". The only word remaining was
_ICKET.
With a trip to the Caribbean on the line, the man guessed "Picket".
At least the man picked up $1000 (the minimum prize on the show) for all his embarrassment. And he already has twin daughters and a golden doodle. What more does he need?
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What Rhymes with "Artichokes"?
March 21, 2016
On Wheel of Fortune tonight, the category for the game's deciding puzzle was "Rhyme Time". With each letter worth $6000, suspense mounted as the blanks were filled in.
There were four words, with 3, 5, 3, and 10 letters respectively. It soon became clear that the last two words were "and artichokes." The last two letters of the second word were KS.
Things became clearer when someone guessed an L. Then we knew that the second word was _ _ LKS.
The person who guessed the L, the leading money winner at the time, guessed "Old folks and artichokes"--not a familiar phrase. It was also clearly incorrect, since there was no L in the middle of the initial 3-leter word.
The next contestant then picked up the right answer--egg yolks and artichokes---and won $18000 to move into the lead.
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