Wheel of Fortune's WILDEST moments 40 years after the show 攻撃する，衝突する nighttime TV - from Pat Sajak losing his temper to Audi gifting a wronged contestant a car

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Wheel of Fortune is one of the longest-running game shows of all time, clocking up thousands of hours on 審査する.

So it's no surprise that the popular 競争 has a 支援する 目録 of mangled mispronunciations and hilarious wrong guesses.?

From Audi 無視／無効ing Pat Sajak's 決定／判定勝ち（する） to 辞退する one contestant a car, to the long-running host losing his temper with a woman who talked over him, there is no 不足 of wild moments.

The show, which 最初 首相d on daytime TV in 1975 with Chuck Woolery as host, is gearing up to celebrate 40 years since moving to a nighttime slot と一緒に Jeopardy!.

Wheel of Fortune is about to celebrate its 40th 周年記念日 of 持つ／拘留するing its nighttime slot

This 証明するd to be a 大部分は successful move for the gameshow which continues to 空気／公表する weeknights on ABC.

Sajak took over as host of the daytime show in 1981 and has hosted the nighttime 見解／翻訳／版 since its 1983 debut. His final season is 現在／一般に 公表／放送, and he will be 取って代わるd by Ryan Seacrest.

Vanna White has been his co-host since 1982.?

There have been many fails where contestants guess the puzzle with one letter off, or mispronounce the words.

Then there are the 事故s where Sajak has accidentally said the answer to the puzzle out loud or he has called out a contestant's 'boring' story.

However, with the lows come the highs like the first time a contestant won a $1 million.

Others have impressed by solving puzzles with barely any letters 明らかにする／漏らすd.?

Here are the wildest moments that have happened over those years:

Wrong guesses

The two-word answer in the Thing 部類 was obvious to many テレビ視聴者s at home as 'Self-Portrait.'

While they were very の近くに to guessing the 権利 answer, they messed it up by one word or even letter.?

These wrong guesses have gone 負かす／撃墜する as some of the biggest fails in Wheel of Fortune history.?

In December 2009, contestant Lolita McAuley went viral thanks to a wild answer she gave.

The two-word answer - 'Self-Portrait' - in the Thing 部類 may have been obvious to many テレビ視聴者s at home.

But, when it （機の）カム time for McAuley to guess, she couldn't think of anything other than 'self-potato'.?

Another contestants' unfortunate guess might have left Johnny Cash rolling in his 墓／厳粛／彫る／重大な.

However, when it （機の）カム time for McAuley to guess, she couldn't think of anything other than 'self-potato.'

Another contestants' unfortunate guess might've left Johnny Cash rolling in his 墓／厳粛／彫る／重大な.?Holly 行方不明になるd the 訂正する answer of 'I Walk the Line by Johnny Cash.' Instead she answered, 'I Have the ワイン by Johnny Cash.'

One contestant 指名するd Kevin 証明するd he's not a man of the theater after butchering the 肩書を与える to A Street car 指名するd 願望（する）. Instead, he guessed 'A Streetcar Naked 願望（する）'

In January 2013, Natasha Holly messed up one of his song 肩書を与えるs during a Song/Artist puzzle.?

Left with 'I _A__ THE _INE BY J_HNNY _A_H,' Holly 行方不明になるd the 訂正する answer of 'I Walk the Line by Johnny Cash'.

Instead she answered: 'I Have the ワイン by Johnny Cash.'

Some fails have even had a NSFW factor.?

One contestant 指名するd Kevin 証明するd he's not a man of the theater after butchering the 肩書を与える to A Streetcar 指名するd 願望（する）.?

Instead, he guessed 'A Streetcar Naked 願望（する）'.?

After the woman after him solved it すぐに, Sajak quipped: 'I'd rather see Kevin but that's just me.'

In 2018, Melanie Sinany surprised many when the answer was 'bridal & 冷淡な にわか雨'.

Instead, she 取って代わるd the 'c' with a 'g,' which shocked the audience.

?'Bridal and gold にわか雨,' she said.

The Audi?

Contestant Charlene Rubush had a rollercoaster ride of an experience on Wheel of Fortune while 直面するd with the 可能性のある of winning an Audi

Contestant Charlene Rubush had a rollercoaster ride of an experience on Wheel of Fortune when 直面するd with the 適切な時期 of winning an Audi.

During an episode in December 2021, she had won the game and got to compete in the 特別手当 一連の会議、交渉／完成する.?

The 部類 was 'What Are You Doing?' and the answer was 'Choosing the 権利 word'.

While Rubush 最初?guessed 'Choosing the 権利 card,' she later changed her answer to 'Choosing the 権利 … word' 権利 before the buzzer.

She technically solved the puzzle, but Sajak 支配するd that her answer didn't count because she paused for more than five seconds.??

明らかに, Audi agreed with these テレビ視聴者s and 選ぶd to give her the Audi Q3 prize anyway

'You know, this one’s 堅い because you said all the 権利 words, 含むing the word "word" but, as you know, it’s gotta be more or いっそう少なく continuous,' Sajak said at the time.

'We’ll 許す for a little pause but not four or five seconds. I’m sorry. You did a good 職業 in getting it, but we can’t give you the prize, and it was the Audi.'

テレビ視聴者s were 乱暴／暴力を加えるd and felt she had earned the Audi fair and square for giving the 訂正する answer.

And it appeared that Audi agreed with these テレビ視聴者s and 選ぶd to give her the Audi Q3 prize anyway.?

'You all did it! You helped #GiveHerTheQ3,' the car company tweeted, 言及／関連ing the 傾向ing hashtag.

'Charlene, welcome to the Audi family! We are so happy to see you in the driver seat.'

The 公式の／役人 account 含むd a picture of Rubush happily 部隊d with her new car.?

?Mispronunciation?

Perhaps even more 失望させるing than guessing the wrong word is having the 訂正する word but mispronouncing it

Perhaps even more 失望させるing than guessing the wrong word is having the 訂正する word but mispronouncing it.?

Johnny Knowles 行方不明になるd out on $7,000 and a vacation to Spain after mispronouncing 'flamenco' as 'flamingo' during a 2018 外見.?

Even more painfully, Julian Batt, an Indiana University freshmen, ended up losing $1 million when he guessed all the letters to the answer - 'The Mythological Hero Achilles' - but ended up mispronouncing the last word.

He had pronounced the word as 'AY-冷気／寒がらせる-es' rather than 'AH-kil-ies'.

Batt told the Indiana 星／主役にする in 2014 that he did know how to pronounce the Greek 人物／姿／数字 and 'didn't have a lot of time to really 過程' what was going on.

The popular hosts of another 非，不，無-scripted show stumped two of the three contestants on Wheel of Fortune.

The popular hosts of another 非，不，無-scripted show stumped two of the three contestants on Wheel of Fortune

'井戸／弁護士席, we had a Philbrin. We had a Philman. We had a Ripea, and you guys think you are so hot in the morning,' Sajak quipped when contestants couldn't guess Regis Philbin and Kelly Ripa's 指名するs

With puzzle board （一定の）期間ing 'REG _ S _ _ _ L _ _ N & _ ELL _ R _ _ _,' Shane spun and guessed the letter "p.' 確信して in his abilities to solve it, he told Sajak it was "Regis Philburn and Kelly Ripa.'

'No, I'm sorry,' Sajak told him. 'We can't 受託する that.'

The next player to guess was George, who said, 'I 'd like to solve the puzzle, Pat. Regis Philbin and Kelly Ripa,'?but botched the pronunciation of Ripa's 指名する.

Sajak had to 協議する with a 生産者 to see if they could 受託する that answer, but George was not in luck.?

Shane then had another 割れ目 at the answer, and with $3,850 on the board, he managed to get Philbin's 指名する wrong again, calling him 'Philman.'

Finally, it （機の）カム 支援する around to 物陰／風下, who had spun a 破産者／倒産した earlier in the game. But he mangled the pronunciation 同様に before George finally got it 権利.

'井戸／弁護士席, we had a Philbrin. We had a Philman. We had a Ripea, and you guys think you are so hot in the morning. Why do I have a feeling this is going to be played a lot?' Sajak said at the end of the 一連の会議、交渉／完成する.?

Biggest 勝利，勝つs?

In October 2008, Wheel of Fortune 設立する its first million dollar 勝利者 in Michelle Loewenstein

In October 2008, Wheel of Fortune 設立する its first million dollar 勝利者 in Michelle Loewenstein.?

Loewenstein was on the show as a part of?Canada?Week when the wheel landed on the million dollar 位置／汚点／見つけ出す.

She solved?the Around the House puzzle with the answer 'Leaky Faucet'.

All she had to do at this point was get through the 残り／休憩（する） of the game and 勝利，勝つ the 特別手当 一連の会議、交渉／完成する, which she did.

Other million-dollar 勝利者s 含む Autumn Erhard and Sarah Manchester.?

'I was just 完全に shocked,' Erhard told NPR after her episode 空気／公表するd.?

'I couldn't even speak anymore, I could barely breathe. I thought I would cry, but I think I had so many emotions going on that I was almost frozen.'?

She solved the Around the House puzzle with the answer 'Leaky Faucet'

While it wasn't やめる seven 人物／姿／数字s, Sajak was 床に打ち倒すd when there was a succession of three contestants who who $100k in the 特別手当 一連の会議、交渉／完成する

Bree Yokouchi became the third 連続した 特別手当 一連の会議、交渉／完成する player to 勝利，勝つ the $100k prize on the game show.

While it wasn't やめる seven 人物／姿／数字s, Sajak was 床に打ち倒すd when there was a succession of three contestants who who $100k in the 特別手当 一連の会議、交渉／完成する.?

It was impressive when it was just Lisa Kramer who won the $100k prize.

Maggie Sajak, Pat's daughter and Wheel 特派員, asked her father in a 地位，任命する-show interview what are the chances of a contestant 上陸 on the $100,000 prize.

'There are 24 [spaces], which means you have a 4 per cent chance of 上陸 on the $100,000, a little over 4 per cent, and of course the 半端物s are even greater because you have to solve a puzzle,' he explained.

So it was shocking when it happened again the に引き続いて night for contestant 示す Baer.

The night after, Bree?Yokouchi became the third 連続した 特別手当 一連の会議、交渉／完成する player to 勝利，勝つ the $100k prize on the game show.?

After he 明らかにする／漏らすd the prize card she had won, Sajak walked off 行う／開催する／段階 in shock.?

'Even after almost 40 years, new things happen around here,' Sajak said on the show that week.

Pat roasting the contestants/mess ups:?

Just ahead of his 退職, Sajak had some of his les s proud moments on TV

Just ahead of his 退職, Sajak had some of his いっそう少なく proud moments on TV.

In 2020, he snapped at a contestant who complained about one of the puzzles.?

The host yelled when a player argued that no one 現実に uses the winning phrase 'kitchen oven'.

Sajak snapped: 'Don't! You won! Don't argue, Darin! ... You got the puzzle. Ungrateful players! I've had it!'?

He わびるd at the time for 'finally' snapping while on the show.

In another episode, Sajak called out a contestant 指名するd Sheryl for talking over him while he was 促進するing 刑事's 冒険的な Goods.?

He 警告するd: 'Never interrupt me. Never, never interrupt a plug. You can do anything else but don't interrupt. I'm sorry, what'd you want to do?'

The host slipped up once again when he accidentally said the answer to a puzzle in 2021.?

While waiting for the contestant to guess Sajak quipped: 'I’d rather be standing here than there, やめる 率直に.'

In 2020, he snapped at a contestant who complained about one of the puzzles

The host slipped up once again once he accidentally said the answer to a puzzle in 2021

Contestant Scott Ingwersen told the story about how he 傷つける his toe while he was a child, 追加するing a 甘い touch at the end.?Sajak shocked テレビ視聴者s when he called his introduction 'the most pointless story'

It turns out 'やめる 率直に' was, in fact, the answer to the puzzle, but the contestant didn't guess it anyway.??

'It goes to show you that people are concentrating and not 支払う／賃金ing any attention to me,' Sajak told White after the flub.

The に引き続いて year, Sajak shocked テレビ視聴者s when he called a contestant's introduction 'the most pointless story'.

Contestant Scott?Ingwersen told the story about how he 傷つける his toe while he was a child, 追加するing a 甘い touch at the end.

'It’s important to know that when I was 12 years old, I was riding a 10-速度(を上げる） bike with flip-flops, and I fell and 完全に 削減（する） off the 最高の，を越す of my toe,' Ingwersen said in his interview.?

'The next car that （機の）カム by were two paramedics that were on their way to a 職業, and they said, "It’s just a laceration."?

'But I didn’t know what that was, so it freaked me out even more. And my toe is reattached, and I just 手配中の，お尋ね者 to say ‘thank you’ to them 30 years later.'

The longtime host 答える／応じるd by 説: 'That may have been the most pointless story ever told. And you told it, Scott. Congratulations to you.'

He lost patience for the last time this year, telling struggling contestant, Nicole: 'Please, solve the darn puzzle!'

After Nicole 株d her 訂正する final guess, Sajak said: 'It’s a horrible moment when you know that, "Everyone in America knows what this is, why don’t I?" But you got it.'

Best solves

While there have been many の近くに calls and losses that have 失望させるd Sajak, there are just as many impressive solves that have happened over the years

While there have been many の近くに calls and losses that have 失望させるd Sajak, there are just as many impressive solves.?

In March 2014, contestant Emil De Leon stunned テレビ視聴者s when he solved the puzzle with only two letters on the board.

The puzzle was three words and had a vague 部類 of Thing answer. However, he managed to guess the 訂正する answer - 'new baby buggy'.

He ended the show with an $45,000 prize.

However, even more impressively, contestant Caitlin Burke solved th e puzzle with only one letter on the board in 2010.?

The board was blank with a seven-word phrase. She guessed the letter 'L,' which only appeared once in the phrase.

Another contestant had an impressive streak of 訂正する guesses, each with only a few letters on the board

Robert Santoli wowed contestants when 'Port & Starboard' off of just the final 'D' in the second word and 'Oh What a Night' off of just three letters

Burke said she 手配中の，お尋ね者 to solve. Surprised, Sajak asked if it was too 早期に to solve, but she （機の）カム up with the 訂正する answer which was, ironically, 'I've Got a Good Feeling About This.'

Another contestant had an impressive streak of 訂正する guesses, each with only a few letters on the board.?

Robert Santoli wowed contestants with 'Port & Starboard' off of just the final 'D' in the second word, 'Oh What a Night' off of just three letters, and solved 'Don't Let the Cat Out of the 捕らえる、獲得する,' with only Ts, Hs, and Es 明らかにする／漏らすd on the board.

He walked away with an impressive $76,000 at the end of the night.?

Speaking with TMZ Live, he 明らかにする／漏らすd his 技術s （機の）カム from years of 熟考する／考慮するing game shows.

'When you watch the show for a really long time you know the nuances of the show - you know that these letters are most たびたび（訪れる） in this 部類 - like "o" is more popular than "a" in the 特別手当 一連の会議、交渉／完成する.

'There are websites out there that keep 跡をつける of what the puzzles were going 支援する to 2003/2004 so I looked them up and the puzzles they use.'