Wheel of Fortune proves it knows what’s good

I’m a big Wheel of Fortune fan. That’s true of all game shows, really. I grew up watching them with my grandmother who would guess the showcase values with me on The Price is Right or try to solve the clues on Jeopardy. Wheel of Fortune was a staple.

There was even a point several years ago when I tried out for Wheel. Auditions were being held in a regional casino and I went with my wife and our best friends. The four of us waited in this line for hours only to be ushered into a giant conference room and a random draw brought people onto the stage to take on mock puzzles. Yet the folks on stage were either A.) horrible or, B.) didn’t want to be there. One girl even said, “I’m only here with my sister.”

At that point, I got so upset that I yelled that the regional host (also named Pat like the real thing) should move on and I screamed “Pick me! I’m WHEEL good!”

He didn’t even look.

Still, my love for Wheel of Fortune remains steadfast so imagine the joy when I saw this was a recent puzzle.

What a great puzzle! We’re here for anything that mentions the word “Chiefs,” like a concert where the lead singer says the city name and the whole crowd goes bananas like it’s the secret word from Pee Wee’s Playhouse.

The only thing better would be an all-Chiefs edition with phrases like “Home of the Chiefs” or “Raiders suck” or “If she married Mike, she’d be Vanna Danna.”

Okay this is enough.