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unusual facts about Wheel of Fortune



Anat Elimelech

In 1995, Elimelech received a lot of media exposure when she competed in an ongoing segment held during the Israeli version of the game show "Wheel of Fortune" during which contestants competed for the role of the new "Wheel Girl".

Dennis Franklin

After retiring from football, Franklin rose to vice president at King World Productions in New York City, a television distributor that produced Wheel of Fortune, Jeopardy!, and Oprah.

Game com

While they were able to obtain game licenses like Wheel of Fortune, Sonic the Hedgehog, Mortal Kombat, Duke Nukem, and Resident Evil, none of the games sold in great numbers.

GameTek

GameTek was a trade name for IJE, the owner of electronic publishing rights to Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune.

Gimme a Break!

During the third season, Pat Sajak guest-starred as himself when Nell and her friend Addy (Telma Hopkins) were contestants on Wheel of Fortune.

Jeralean Talley

When she isn’t fishing, Talley enjoys watching The Ellen DeGeneres Show and Wheel of Fortune on the television as well as listening to baseball on the radio.

KGUN-TV

Syndicated programming currently featured on KGUN-TV includes: Wheel of Fortune, The Ellen DeGeneres Show, The World's Funniest Moments, Jeopardy!, Law & Order, Live! with Kelly and Michael and Inside Edition.

KHQA-TV

Syndicated programming on KHQA includes Wheel of Fortune, The Dr. Oz Show, Ellen, and Jeopardy!.

KNVN

KNVN airs all NBC-produced and most syndicated shows in HD, such as Live! with Kelly and Michael, Anderson, The Ellen DeGeneres Show, Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, Jeopardy!, Wheel of Fortune, NUMB3RS, The New Adventures of Old Christine, and Without a Trace.

KTAB-TV

Syndicated programming on KTAB includes: Wheel of Fortune, Jeopardy!, The World's Funniest Moments, and The 700 Club.

KTVZ

Syndicated programming on KTVZ includes: Wheel of Fortune, Jeopardy!, Dr. Oz, Live with Kelly, and Dr. Phil.

Last Name

They make it out to Las Vegas where they participate in a couple of gambling activities such as roulette and a Wheel of Fortune game where they win a new truck.

Letter frequency

The use of letter frequencies and frequency analysis plays a fundamental role in cryptograms and several word puzzle games, including Hangman, Scrabble, Bananagrams, and the television game show Wheel of Fortune.

Love Connection

For many years it was third behind Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy! for longest lasting game show in syndication, but since has been surpassed by Family Feud and Who Wants to Be a Millionaire.

Oliver Mlakar

From 1993 to 2002, Mlakar hosted Kolo sreće, a Croatian version of Wheel of Fortune.

Roberta Capua

She came back on TV in 1992 to lead the Retequattro's program I bellissimi di Retequattro; three years later she replaced for some week Paola Barale as soubrette of the Italian version of Wheel of Fortune, named La Ruota Della Fortuna.

Ron E Sparks

Sparks has also made a name as a television voice artist, and has provided voice overs for several Australian television shows, such as Wheel of Fortune and Hot Streak.

Slot machine

From October 2001 to February 2002, columnist Michael Shackleford obtained PAR sheets for five different nickel machines; four IGT games Austin Powers, Fortune Cookie, Leopard Spots and Wheel of Fortune and one game manufactured by WMS; Reel 'em In.

Summer Bartholomew

She became the hostess of the game show Sale of the Century in late 1984 after a brief period of trying out for hostess/letter turner on Wheel of Fortune in 1982 (although she substituted briefly in 1979 for then-hostess Susan Stafford), which she ultimately lost to Vanna White.

Terri Seymour

Born Terri Louise Seymour in Little Chalfont, Buckinghamshire in 1974, she first was a commercial model appearing in catalogues and advertisements, as well as a video appearance on UK Rock Band Marillion's "No One Can", and as a dancer in Karl Keaton's one hit wonder "Love's Burn" from 1991, then became co-host of Wheel of Fortune on the British television network ITV in 2001.

Vanessa Collingridge

After graduating, Collingridge moved immediately to a career in television, first as a question checker on game shows Wheel of Fortune and Win, Lose or Draw, and then for 14 months as a weathergirl on BBC Scotland.

WBKB-TV

Syndicated programming on the station includes Wheel of Fortune, Jeopardy!, Ellen, and Dr. Phil among others.

WBUP

Syndicated programming on WBUP includes Wheel of Fortune, Jeopardy!, Entertainment Tonight, and The Insider among others.

WCBD-TV

Syndicated programming on WCBD includes: Jeopardy!, Wheel of Fortune, and Dr. Phil.

WECT

Syndicated programming on WECT includes: Wheel of Fortune, Jeopardy!, The Doctors, America Now, Ellen, and Live! with Kelly and Michael.

WLIO

Syndicated programming on this station includes Jeopardy!, Wheel of Fortune, Entertainment Tonight, and Inside Edition among others.

WMTV

On October 18, 2010, the station also began airing its flagship syndicated programs Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune in HD.

WTOV-TV

Syndicated programming on the station includes: The Ellen DeGeneres Show, Katie, Dr. Phil, Jeopardy!, Wheel of Fortune, and Live! with Kelly and Michael.


see also

Joan of Kent

Joan is also a principal character in The Wheel of Fortune by Susan Howatch, a novel that takes the characters of the Plantagenet family and recreates them in a modern dimension of the Godwin family of Oxmoon (the throne), where she appears as Ginevra (Ginette).

Palad

Gulong ng Palad (Wheel of Fortune) is a Philippine 50's radio drama series and 1980s soap opera hit.

Tanika Ray

She appeared as a Motion capture character, providing the voice and body movements of "Cyber Lucy", the computer animated hostess for the children's version of Wheel of Fortune, Wheel of Fortune 2000.