Pat Sajak's Drunken Tapings

In the early days of Wheel of Fortune, host Pat Sajak and co-host Vanna White admitted to filming several episodes while tipsy. They often slipped out between tapings to a nearby restaurant for margaritas before returning to the set. Sajak later joked that he "had trouble recognizing the alphabet" after those liquid lunches, a practice that ended once the show's popularity skyrocketed.

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