Something really really big

On the GSN board I've whined about how game shows spoil their "surprises." The most ridiculous example was the end of Ken Jennings' streak on Jeopardy. The show leaked like a very generous sieve about that big "secret." So everybody on the planet (and maybe some other planets) knew what was about to happen.

Something similar may now be happening on Wheel of Fortune. A sysop at Buy a Vowel reports a couple Sony sources are yapping that "an amazing, lucky and history-making episode" will air late in May.

At what's left of what used to be Matt Ottinger's board, the alleged leak has set off some mostly goofball speculation. The return of Rolf Benirschke, Vanna going topless, Pat going topless, a sumo wrestler defecating on the wheel, etc. The thread then drifts into the usual intramural sniping, with one poster swearing that he knows the big news, or part of it. Finally, the thread runs completely off the rails into the obligatory ritual denunciations of "dick jokes" on Family Feud.

For what it's worth, which is nothing, my guess is a million dollar win. Plus some more leaks before whatever-it-is happens.