Wheel Miss You, Pat: The wheel fail

By: Bill Walsh

Posted: Jun 6, 2024 5:41 PM CDT

More than any other game show, "Wheel of Fortune" is famous for its failures. When an obvious answer is guessed wrong, it often goes viral. In the fourth story in our five-part series, Bill Walsh talks to former contestants about why good players sometimes get commonly used phrases wrong, and why playing the show at home is much different than playing in the studio.