The Tipsy Wheel

I had my mind set on this week's Oops Award, until I came across this. In an interview on an ESPN 2 show, "Wheel of Fortune" host, Pat Sajak, confessed that both he and letter turner, Vanna White, did some show tapings drunk. Sajak claimed they would have anywhere from two to six drinks during a two-and-a-half hour dinner break, then go and tape the remainder of the shows that day "having trouble recognizing the alphabet." The popular gameshow host said this happened when the show was first on air and both were much younger and could "tolerate it." He said that he personally could not do something like that now.

I'm not trying to be an old geezer here but I'm not very happy over this. It's not so much the drinking thing because that's their personal freedom. The whole point of basically drinking on the job is what ticks me off. True, they were on "break" but they went back to their job either tipsy or completely drunk. What really upset me was Sajak blew the whole thing off like it wasn't such a big deal in the interview. Let me tell you, it is a big deal. Let's just say that an everyday worker went to a bar on his/her lunch break, had a beer or two, and then came back to work. Do you think that person would have a job the next day? Sajak and White were never reprimanded (as we know) over this but their revelation could come back to bite them in the future.

You can read the full story here.

UPDATE: Now, Sajak is saying that he "exaggerated" his story that he first told on ESPN. Why would you "joke" or "exaggerate" about this? This only adds to the Oops Award and the mystery of it all!