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Wheel of Fortune host Pat Sajak to leave show after 40 years (www.independent.co.uk)

submitted 2 years ago by WhiteOakBayou@lemmy.world to c/news@beehaw.org

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[–] kool_newt@beehaw.org 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Is Vanna gonna stay? I suppose I could read the article, but trying to keep Reddit traditions alive.

[–] bird@beehaw.org 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I read the article for us and it doesn't say, unfortunately.

[–] NotMerritStone@beehaw.org 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

FWIW There's another article I read that says the producers have only committed to having both on the show through 2024.

[–] bird@beehaw.org 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

They both deserve retirement, honestly.

[–] vinniep@beehaw.org 1 points 2 years ago

If you had asked me if they were still on the show before I read this article, I would have said “of course not.”

I just hope this is mutual. Not that they shouldn’t go retire now, just that it would make me sad if I learned that they were being pushed out against their will.

[–] knova@links.dartboard.social 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Eh, good for him for hanging it up on his terms, but it doesn’t mean nearly as much for me as Alex Trebek leaving* Jeopardy.

(*not by choice)

[–] lostwonder@beehaw.org 1 points 2 years ago

Hope the hosting search doesn't end up the same way.

[–] bwhough@beehaw.org 4 points 2 years ago

I don’t think I’ll be crying over this; between his support of MAGA Republicans and his increasingly cringe on screen antics, I’d been losing interest in him remaining host for a while.

[–] hellothisisdog@yiffit.net 3 points 2 years ago

damn, end of an era. my midwestern family have always been big fans of wheel of fortune. my grandma will be talking about this for weeks xD

[–] carbonprop@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 years ago

He’s been doing that show since I was a kid. It’s been a while. I think retirement might be a good idea before death comes knocking.