- The King Of Queens - Sajak and White appeared as themselves on an episode of the show. The show figures into a series of dreams that Doug Heffernan ( Kevin James ) has while he is sick. Doug, his wife Carrie ( Leah Remini ) and father-in-law Arthur Spooner ( Jerry Stiller ) are contestants on Wheel. At the beginning of the Wheel sequence, Arthur tries to guess a number (which is never allowed on Wheel, except for a Fill in the Number puzzle), then gets buzzed out while he tries to figure out what letter he wants to guess. Then it is Carrie's turn to spin the wheel. After the wheel has stopped, Carrie suddenly decides to solve the puzzle. Almost immediately, Doug freaks out and rushes to the letterboard, apparently trying to prevent Carrie from guessing the intended solution to the puzzle: "Doug Heffernan is a Big Fat Liar."
- 227 - Mary Jenkins (played by Marla Gibbs & Sandra Clark Jackée Harry ) appeared on the show as contestants. In the first few rounds they didn't do to well due to the success of another opponent named Rasty Lewis ( Jim Doughan ). Then in round three aftet him & Sandra lost their turn, Mary spun and landed on $5,000 afterwhich she called a "T" in which there are two of. Moments later she was at $20,000. She wanted to solve the puzzle but wanted to make sure she knew the answer so she bought a vowel (after crafty Sandra suggested for Mary to spin again in which Mary refused knowing Sandra wanted her to lose) which was an "A" which they're three of (Mary called it). Mary solved the puzzle thinking that she's right but host Pat Sajak cleared the air & told her that she's wrong; causing Rusty to solve & causing Mary to lose. The solution was "SANTA FE TRAIN" (Mary said "SANTA FE TRAIL").
- The Simpsons - On one episode, in a scene set at the retirement home, Abe Simpson and the rest of the retirees were watching TV, and you could hear the crowd chanting "WHEEL! OF! FORTUNE!" In another episode, Pranksta Rap , the television channel switches to a Spanish version of the show "Rueda de Fortuna". On another episode, Homer Simpson is watching "Wheel." Marge asks him to come over where she is, and Homer responds "I'M ON MY WAY," which, ironically, is the answer to the puzzle.
- Family Guy
- ---In the episode A Hero Sits Next Door , Peter and Chris are watching Wheel. A puzzle is nearly completed: "GO _UCK YOURSELF." A contestant solves the puzzle: "GO TUCK YOURSELF IN." Chris commented that Peter was close, while Peter couldn't believe that he also missed "MY HAIRY AUNT."
- ---In the episode I Take Thee Quagmire , Peter Griffin is seen on the show. During the bonus round, Peter is asked for 5 consonants and a vowel. He picks a Z, a 4, three Qs, and the Batman symbol. None of them appear in the puzzle, but he manages to solve the puzzle, "ALEX KARRAS IN WEBSTER", immediately. It then cuts to Peter during a shopping segment.
Other sitcoms that have featured WoF as part of the plot included Gimme A Break & Friends .
- Sesame Street - "Squeel Of Fortune" with Pat Playjacks & Velma Blank.
- The A-Team - H. M. Murdock (played by Dwight Schultz ) appeared on the show twice. On both shows his used his fellow A-Teamer "Face"'s ( Dirk Benedict ) system to win. The second time around he was at the bonus round in which the answer was " South America ". He took a pause for a moment, and then stuck paydirt by coming up with the correct answer. In between shows, he was kidnapped during a master plan.
- Dead Like Me - the moment George realises she has just died is represented by a fantasy Wheel of Fortune scene: staring at the letterboard which is displaying YOU'RE D_AD, she proclaims: "I'd like to solve the puzzle."
Other dramas that have featured WoF as part of the plot included L.A. Law , and Santa Barbara .
Chuck Woolery and Pat Sajak have appeared as guests on each of their respective talk shows over the years.
During a celebrity WoF show in New Zealand , boxer David Tua became a local legend while requesting a vowel by asking for "O for Awesome".
- '' Rain Man '' - There is a point in the film where a Wheel of Fortune episode can be heard on Raymond's TV, but the show has little to do with the plot; in fact, the episode in question could have been a regularly scheduled episode. (Raymond does say the "Look at this studio…" line, but the line was regularly done on the show at the time.)
- '' UHF '' - features a parody of Wheel Of Fortune in the game show Wheel Of Fish, in which a large spinning wheel is festooned with dead fish of various species.
Other movies that have featured WoF as part of the plot included '' Arachnophobia ''.
There is a drinking game, popular in Australia , known as Goon Of Fortune , in which players stand in a circle around a Hills Hoist , to which multiple bags of wine (Goon) are attached. The "wheel" is spun, and the players nearest to the stopping position of the bags drink from them.
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