Thursday, May 30, 2013

Something happened

It has been leaked, rumored and hinted at all month long. And it finally happened tonight.

Wheel of Fortune enriched its second million-dollar winner, a perky brunette named Autumn Erhard. She cracked a hard bonus round puzzle, T-O-U-G-H W-O-R-K-O-U-T, with only four letters showing. Pat opened the million dollar card and the rest, as they say pretentiously, was history. At least game show history. Autumn proceeded to scream it up with her parents and fiancé.

I've grumped about the leaks and hints, and I'm not alone. But after all the grumping it was still fun to watch The Moment. Pat Sajak underplayed the reveal for a bit, but he then got into the spirit enthusiastically enough. The audience could have given Autumn a standing O, but I guess they were a little tired (or jaded or spoiled or something) so they stayed in their seats.

Autumn's bonus round has already been posted several times on YouTube. Nearly five years after Michelle Loewenstein, the show has its second million-dollar win.

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