Vanna White's "Wheel" Audition

“When I lived in Atlanta, Georgia, before I moved to Los Angeles, I watched Wheel of Fortune. I even wrote in to be a contestant on the show. And they wrote back and said if you’re ever in Los Angeles, give us a call and you can come in and audition. Little did I know that many years later I would be coming in to audition to be the hostess on the show. So the way I got the audition for that was I went to a taping of Dance Fever, which was a Merv Griffin show—he also owned Wheel of Fortune. And I knew one of the dancers on that show and I said, “Hey, can you introduce me to somebody here? I hear they’re looking for a replacement on Wheel of Fortune. I would love to audition.” So the person was Janet Jones, who is now Janet Gretzky, who’s married to Wayne. She introduced me to Merv’s right-hand man. He said, “Here’s my card. If we haven’t made a decision by October 5, you can come in and audition.” So, ten o’clock I called him on October 5. He said they had not made a decision. So they put me on tape and I got the job. Two hundred other girls auditioned. I was the lucky one.”

From Vanna White’s interview with The Believer; Illustration by Tony Millionaire (@tonymillionaire) 

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