Pat looked maybe fifteen years old. You almost expected to see pimples. But what I really noticed was a comment by host Tom Kennedy as the show wound down. He wished Sajak good luck on Wheel of Fortune. There really was a time when Pat Sajak was just starting out on that little version of hangman with the big wheel.
As you probably know, Kennedy's wish came true. But once upon a time, Sajak himself must have wondered if this Wheel gig would last. By the way, Sajak was a very good contestant on Password Plus, winning the bonus round on the episode I watched, among other contestant-ish feats. He got invited back years later on the Super Password revival. Hey, he can play and not just host!
His celeb opponent on the show was Betty White, making one of her 4,387,102 game show appearances. Sadly, her husband Allen Ludden, the show's original host, had died several months before this episode was taped.
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