Aftershocks

Usually our little genre slumbers in peace, as far as the entertainment media is concerned. The general attitude is: old demos, old shows, zzzzzzzzz. But then something happens - hm, that's a good title for a blog entry - and the media bestir themselves and take at least a little notice.

Autumn Erhard's million-dollar win on Wheel of Fortune has set off a small alarm clock for media types, and a wave of stories has washed over Google News. The account from ABC offers some nice quotes from Autumn:

No one could believe it! They [her parents and fiancé] were just off stage and couldn't see what my prize was. They were celebrating the fact that I solved the puzzle. They kept asking me how much I won, and I had to keep repeating it because no one believed me at first.

A grace note is that Autumn and her fiancé can really use the money because he's in construction, an industry that has seen better days. But most anybody can use a million bucks, even after the taxman visits. Congratulations to the big winner.