# Epic Wheel of Fortune Fail **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 22, 2017, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/epic-wheel-of-fortune-fail/782739 "2017-03-22T06:37:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2017, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/epic-wheel-of-fortune-fail/782739/1 "2017-03-22T06:37:33Z")
Dude on Wheel of Fortune had to solve this: A STREETCAR NA\_ED DESIRE He asked for a K. LMAO. ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2017, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/epic-wheel-of-fortune-fail/782739/2 "2017-03-22T06:39:41Z")
Rotflmao! ---
**Author:** ![chacoguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/50afbb/32.png) [@chacoguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chacoguy)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2017, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/epic-wheel-of-fortune-fail/782739/3 "2017-03-22T07:32:23Z")
[“No,‘N’”.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6sisKfXPiLU) ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2017, 8:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/epic-wheel-of-fortune-fail/782739/4 "2017-03-22T08:47:52Z")
[A Group of Pill-Pushers](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zzk4wLgnYao) ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2017, 8:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/epic-wheel-of-fortune-fail/782739/5 "2017-03-22T08:54:53Z")
Another testament to the American educational system. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2017, 9:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/epic-wheel-of-fortune-fail/782739/6 "2017-03-22T09:55:00Z")
I thought of this one from _South Park_. [Annoying People.](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=VaBNCBXwiN8) ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2017, 10:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/epic-wheel-of-fortune-fail/782739/7 "2017-03-22T10:55:30Z")
> [@psychobunny](#): > > Dude on Wheel of Fortune had to solve this: > > A STREETCAR NA\_ED DESIRE > > He asked for a K. > > LMAO. With one letter left, I wonder why he didn’t try to solve it instead. Would have been entertaining to hear someone say that wrong. ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2017, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/epic-wheel-of-fortune-fail/782739/8 "2017-03-22T12:52:44Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > With one letter left, I wonder why he didn’t try to solve it instead. Would have been entertaining to hear someone say that wrong. Because spinning gets you more money. Which is the object of the game after all - to win money, not to solve puzzles. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2017, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/epic-wheel-of-fortune-fail/782739/9 "2017-03-22T13:06:57Z")
Yeah, except that I’ve seen more than one contestant hit Bankrupt as they go for that one last spin… ---
**Author:** ![SykoSkotty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c0e974/32.png) [@SykoSkotty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SykoSkotty)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2017, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/epic-wheel-of-fortune-fail/782739/10 "2017-03-22T13:13:41Z")
> [@John\_DiFool](#): > > Yeah, except that I’ve seen more than one contestant hit Bankrupt as they go for that one last spin… Tomato, tomahto… ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2017, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/epic-wheel-of-fortune-fail/782739/11 "2017-03-22T13:15:12Z")
This guy from Indiana University had three epic fails in one episode. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/npgzz42IEiE/hqdefault.jpg "Wheel of Fortune - Achilles Who? Dicespin What? (Apr. 11, 2014)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npgzz42IEiE) ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2017, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/epic-wheel-of-fortune-fail/782739/12 "2017-03-22T13:20:10Z")
> [@John\_DiFool](#): > > Yeah, except that I’ve seen more than one contestant hit Bankrupt as they go for that one last spin… Well sure it’s a risk, but considering that on a game show you’re by definition playing with house money, taking a risk isn’t a bad thing. Especially since the only way to get to the final puzzle where you can make serious cash is to have more winnings than the other 2 contestants. ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2017, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/epic-wheel-of-fortune-fail/782739/13 "2017-03-22T14:25:55Z")
[quote=“notfrommensa, post:11, topic:782739”] This guy from Indiana University had three epic fails in one episode. [/QUOTE] Thanks all for the morning laughs. On the spot dice spins are that dudes a-chilly’s heel. ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2017, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/epic-wheel-of-fortune-fail/782739/14 "2017-03-22T15:43:50Z")
Game show contestants aren’t chosen for brains. Or not primarily. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2017, 9:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/epic-wheel-of-fortune-fail/782739/15 "2017-03-25T09:59:11Z")
nm, ninja’d ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2017, 10:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/epic-wheel-of-fortune-fail/782739/16 "2017-03-25T10:01:04Z")
> [@Amateur\_Barbarian](#): > > Game show contestants aren’t chosen for brains. Or not primarily. Are IU students? ---
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2017, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/epic-wheel-of-fortune-fail/782739/17 "2017-03-25T15:08:44Z")
> [@wguy123](#): > > Thanks all for the morning laughs. On the spot dice spins are that dudes a-chilly’s heel. Yet he won, so what does that say about the other two contestants? ---
**Author:** ![excavating\_for\_a\_mind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e8c25b/32.png) [@excavating\_for\_a\_mind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/excavating_for_a_mind)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2017, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/epic-wheel-of-fortune-fail/782739/18 "2017-03-26T03:40:01Z")
> [@D\_Odds](#): > > Yet he won, so what does that say about the other two contestants? Well, one was an Aggie and the other was from Tuscaloosa. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2017, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/epic-wheel-of-fortune-fail/782739/19 "2017-03-26T03:53:04Z")
The funniest I saw was a contestant some time in the late 90s who had absolutely _mastered_ the wheel: He was hitting the $10,000 space (a tiny sliver of a space a third the normal size, flanked by a pair of Bankrupts) on every single spin. But he never managed to get even one single letter right, so he never actually realized that $10,000. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2017, 9:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/epic-wheel-of-fortune-fail/782739/20 "2017-03-26T09:46:05Z")
> [@Amateur\_Barbarian](#): > > Game show contestants aren’t chosen for brains. Or not primarily. A half-hour of the current _ **Who Wants To Be a Millionaire?** _ confirms this beyond any reasonable doubt.