Robert Santoli werd uitgenodigd om mee te spelen met het briljante spel ‘Wheel Of Fortune’, wat men niet had verwacht was dat Robert geniaal is met het zien van woorden en het oplossen van puzzels. Zo goed dat de andere spelers haast niet aan de beurt kwamen. Robert vertelt over zijn voorbereiding:

“I spent the days before our trip compiling a list of possible puzzles and key words themed toward sailing, cruising, water and even fishing. There are websites that keep track of past “Wheel of Fortune” puzzles, so I did some research on previous weeks themed toward these things and wrote them down. The show does sometimes repeat puzzles, especially themed ones. “Port & Starboard” had been used at least twice before my show, both times as a Toss-Up puzzle.

I got really lucky because that was the only puzzle that week that appeared verbatim on my list. As soon as I saw that “Places” was the category, I had a hunch and then I saw four blanks, an ampersand and nine blanks, and my face just lit up.”

Pat Sajak wilde de andere spelers ook nog een kans geven:

“‘That was great, Robert, but now we have to let someone else play, OK?’”

“As soon as I solved the Round 1 puzzle for some cash and a $6,009 cruise, I knew they had a lot of catching up to do, so I told them, ‘I’m sorry.’”

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