Wheel of Misfortune
Pat Sajak’s Racism Lands on Bankrupt
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3 min readMay 22, 2024
My 80-year-old mother has been watching TV’s “Wheel of Fortune” religiously for nearly all its almost 50 years. I was 5 when the show first aired.
Pat Sajak took over the reins of the game show in 1981, but after 43 years, he and his half smiles and snarky jokes are finally retiring on June 7, 2024.