# Wheel of Fortune 1/26/2009 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 27, 2009, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheel-of-fortune-1-26-2009/483156 "2009-01-27T00:32:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Zakalwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zakalwe/32/270_2.png) [@Zakalwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zakalwe)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2009, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheel-of-fortune-1-26-2009/483156/1 "2009-01-27T00:32:20Z")
The winner of tonight’s Wheel was a gay man wearing a wedding ring and congratulated by his husband. Unfortunately, my wife and I missed all but the tail end of the episode, was the other man introduced _as_ his husband during the “who’s here cheering for you” segment? ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2009, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheel-of-fortune-1-26-2009/483156/2 "2009-01-27T00:34:05Z")
Does that segment come right at the beginning, or is it into the show a little bit? _Wheel_ just started here, so I can watch unless it happened during the first 3 minutes. Wow, Pat’s lookin’ old. ---
**Author:** ![Zakalwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zakalwe/32/270_2.png) [@Zakalwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zakalwe)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2009, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheel-of-fortune-1-26-2009/483156/3 "2009-01-27T00:49:07Z")
'Probably too late to tell you this, but it’s toward the end. After the regular rounds and when the winner is being introduced for the final puzzle. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2009, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheel-of-fortune-1-26-2009/483156/4 "2009-01-27T00:52:50Z")
Well, I’m still watching. They’re about to go to the final puzzle now. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2009, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheel-of-fortune-1-26-2009/483156/5 "2009-01-27T00:55:43Z")
He said, “that’s my fiance, Chuck.” ---
**Author:** ![Zakalwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zakalwe/32/270_2.png) [@Zakalwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zakalwe)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2009, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheel-of-fortune-1-26-2009/483156/6 "2009-01-27T01:00:29Z")
Well, damn, good for Wheel of Fortune! Oh, and congrats Chuck and (the winner guy)! I hope you guys live in MA or got the ceremony done in time. Thanks **KneadToKnow**! Sorry if you had to watch an unwanted show, but I do appreciate the answer! ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2009, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheel-of-fortune-1-26-2009/483156/7 "2009-01-27T01:42:47Z")
Happy to help. Next time, maybe you could have a question about a scantily-clad redhead, though? ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2009, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheel-of-fortune-1-26-2009/483156/8 "2009-01-27T07:09:14Z")
[QUOTE=KneadToKnow] Wow, Pat’s lookin’ old. [/QUOTE] He’s not looking bad for 62. Now the real question… Is he or isn’t he? > [@Pat Sajak](#): > > I may or may not be heterosexual. I’ve never made that announcement, and I don’t expect to. (From [here](http://www.dallasvoice.com/artman/publish/article_3171.php)) ---
**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2009, 10:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheel-of-fortune-1-26-2009/483156/9 "2009-01-27T10:54:09Z")
_Who Wants to Be a Millionaire_ had a female contestant from California who was hoping to use her prize money to remodel their home for her handicapped wife. ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2009, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheel-of-fortune-1-26-2009/483156/10 "2009-01-27T13:47:16Z")
At the beginning, in the introductions, the contestant said he was engaged to a “wonderful person.” That made us wonder if that person might be a man. Then when he won it was confirmed. ---
**Author:** ![Jodi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7feea3/32.png) [@Jodi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jodi)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2009, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheel-of-fortune-1-26-2009/483156/11 "2009-01-27T14:41:54Z")
> [@Sigmagirl](#): > > At the beginning, in the introductions, the contestant said he was engaged to a “wonderful person.” That made us wonder if that person might be a man. Then when he won it was confirmed. I wondered until the guy spun the wheel and spoke. He’s gayer than a purse full of rainbows. If he had introduced a _woman_ as his fiancee at the end, _then_ I would have been surprised. But yeah, good forward-thinking moment for such a staid old game show.