Initially - no pun intended - the puzzleboard was covered between every round while the letters were swapped now the program that operates the 52 touch-screen monitors is easily changed. That’s when the puzzleboard switched from manual to computerized. White talked to TIME and shared six - to fit the numerical theme - behind-the-scenes secrets of her life on Wheel.įirst of all, she hasn’t actually turned any letters since 1997.
When she auditioned for the show, she was a struggling actor she recalls being “probably the most nervous of all the girls they interviewed” and that the other finalist was, awkwardly, a friend of hers. And Vanna White, 57, who joined the show in 1982, is a real person, not just a letter-turning fairy godmother. And it feels like Vanna White was there at the beginning, ageless and clapping.īut Wheel of Fortune has actually reached a mere/impressive 6,000, a feat the show will celebrate during the week of April 28–May 2 with $6,000 prizes (even though the actual 6,000th episode happened earlier in the month). For Wheel of Fortune, however, it feels more like the show sprang fully-formed from the first-ever television, its episode count is infinite, and it magically appears every night of the week whether we want it to or not.
For some TV shows, 6,000 episodes would seem like a lot.
