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Another Contestant Joins the ‘Wheel of Fortune’ Fail Hall of Fame

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Solve it? Spin it? Do something quickly.

That was Pat Sajak’s instruction to a nervous teen looking at a puzzle that was complete except for one letter. Moments earlier, Pat had misread her unease for confidence when he asked if she was going to solve. To be fair, this came at the end of four full minutes of play. Over 15 guesses, all of the vowels purchased (plus one that the contestant tried to buy without money), 5 wrong guesses and one bankrupt.

At this point the puzzle read: FREA_H TROPICAL FRUIT. Easy right? Perhaps not.

After the spin, the contestant asked for a G. Yes, a G. When that happened, the sound stage went silent and shouts of “what?” and sighs could be heard from the crowd. Pat quickly moved on to the next contestant who solved the the troublesome round (Fresh Tropical Fruit if you weren’t sure). That teen won $650 and a trip to Antiqua.

Long live Teen Week at Wheel of Fortune!

https://youtu.be/gSXgerX4MNQ?t=651

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BY THE NUMBERS: The Beatles on ‘The Ed Sullivan Show’

One of the biggest events in TV history occurred on February 9, 1964.

After landing at New York’s JFK Airport two days prior, The Beatles made their American television debut on The Ed Sullivan Show.

Sullivan introduced The Beatles by saying the following:

“Now yesterday and today our theater’s been jammed with newspapermen and hundreds of photographers from all over the nation, and these veterans agreed with me that this city never has witnessed the excitement stirred by these youngsters from Liverpool who call themselves The Beatles. Now tonight, you’re gonna twice be entertained by them. Right now, and again in the second half of our show. Ladies and gentlemen, The Beatles! Let’s bring them on.”

Getting a ticket for The Beatles’ first performance was really hard to come by. The Ed Sullivan website states that many celebrities called CBS to get tickets for their children. Among the celebrities to snag tickets for their children were Walter Cronkite, Jack Paar and Richard Nixon. Composer Leonard Bernstein attempted to get tickets but was denied. Even Sullivan joked on his show a week before this legendary performance, “Coincidentally, if anyone has a ticket for The Beatles on our show next Sunday, could I please borrow it? We need it very badly.”

The impact of this moment is something Paul McCartney has talked about on the podcast McCartney: A Life in Lyrics. Sir Paul explains how many people have told him they decided to pursue music after seeing The Beatles on The Ed Sullivan Show.

“Our current manager of Beatles’ Apple Records says that, Bruce Springsteen says that, David Letterman says that,” said McCartney. “They all formed on that night … this future for themselves.”

To honor this iconic moment in pop culture history, here are some statistics every music lover should know.

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