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Sajak: Vanna and I drank between 'Wheel' tapings

Thu Jan 26, 2012 4:36 PM EST
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Associated Press

FILE - In this Sept. 29, 2007 file photo, Co-host Vanna White and host Pat Sajak make an appearance at Radio City Music Hall for a taping of celebrity week on "Wheel of Fortune" in New York. Sajak said in an interview on ESPN2 this week that the long-time game show duo would occasionally walk over to a nearby restaurant for "two or three or six" margaritas during a break in taping early "Wheel of Fortune" shows in California. Sajak has hosted the show since 1981, and White joined him a year later. (AP Photo/Peter Kramer, file)

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NEW YORK — The "Wheel of Fortune" wasn't the only thing spinning for Pat Sajak and Vanna White back in the day.

Sajak said in an interview on ESPN2 this week that the long-time game show team would occasionally walk over to a restaurant for "two or three or six" margaritas during a break in taping early "Wheel of Fortune" shows in California. Sajak has hosted the show since 1981; White joined him a year later.

Sajak recalled the margarita stops after answering "yes" to a question about whether he had ever hosted the show "a little bit drunk."

Although he joked that he had "trouble recognizing the alphabet" for shows taped after the drinks, no one ever said anything to them.

Now that he's older, Sajak said he couldn't do that anymore.

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mike1775

A lot of Viet Nam Veterans have experience­d substance abuse problems. He replaced Adrian Cronauer on AFN.

    Reply#1 - Thu Jan 26, 2012 5:38 PM EST
    jameseg

    It's sad that he had that problem. I wonder if any viewers noticed?

    • 1 vote
    Reply#2 - Thu Jan 26, 2012 10:48 PM EST
    jrone

    Hell, who doesn't drink when watching wheel?

    • 1 vote
    Reply#3 - Thu Jan 26, 2012 11:48 PM EST
    eric fuller

    You should never drink when you're behind the wheel.

    • 2 votes
    Reply#4 - Fri Jan 27, 2012 12:46 PM EST
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