It’s easy enough to mock game show contestants for epic fails. I mean, just think about it. You’re totally put on the spot, under the bright lights and in front of cameras. Honestly, it all just sounds moderately terrifying, so it shouldn’t be a surprise when someone blurts out something like “a streetcar naked desire” on Wheel of Fortune, or otherwise loses big time with an unfortunate slip up.
You’ve kind of got to feel bad for these people, because on top of losing a bunch of money and game show glory, they typically also get ridiculed online. But then again counterpoint, this is for good reason because it’s also hilarious.
Case in point, on Thursday a Wheel contestant named Melanie attempted to solve a “Same Name” puzzle, which mashes up different combinations of phrases that have a single word in common, for “BRIDAL & _OLD SHOWER.”
The missing word was obviously supposed to be “cold,” however Melanie took a page out of the Trump handbook and answered “Bridal & Gold Shower.”
Unfortunately for Melanie, not only did she lose the game, but her wrong answer definitely did not go unnoticed on Twitter.
Gold shower. I’m weak #WheelOfFortune pic.twitter.com/PgRrFTzEYt
— Jamie (@jamiefb92) October 4, 2018
She said GOLD shower y’all#IBlameTrump pic.twitter.com/ANxlofrS0X
— FRANK DRAKE JR 🌈 (@FDRAKEJR1) October 5, 2018
https://twitter.com/OfficialMisterC/status/1048002005241946119
Quote: "I'd like to solve! Bridal and Gold Shower!"
[long awkward silence]
Pat: Ummmm no.
Next contestant: "Bridal and COLD shower!"#WheelOfFortune— Sidney Wright IV (@SidneyThe4th) October 4, 2018
Holy crap she really said gold?! I'm dying! #wheeloffortune #goldshower pic.twitter.com/veCpC3ONks
— Cory Crawford (@CoryCrawford2) October 4, 2018
Yo this bitch just said gold shower on wheel of fortune. Did anyone see that ?
— Nicks OnlyFacts (@NVmySLICKNESS) October 4, 2018
https://twitter.com/RaymondWPS/status/1047993744140771329
Respect to the lady on Wheel of Fortune who just tried to solve this with “Bridal & Gold Shower” Another victim of the zeitgeist pic.twitter.com/gvqm34BbER
— Daniel Taylor (@danieltaylor) October 5, 2018
"Bridal And _old Shower"
1st Contestant: "Bridal And Gold Shower" *awkward silence from audience*
2nd Contestant: "Bridal And Cold Shower"
Pat Sajak: "Heyyy there ya go!" *to self* holy fuck, who comes up with these? pic.twitter.com/0vNHE8NyY6— Emilee Cash (@cashmoney_e) October 5, 2018
"Bridal and Gold Shower" pic.twitter.com/UfzmaCJ89o
— Jon Levine (@LevineJonathan) October 4, 2018
Just turned on the TV and a lady on wheel of fortune thought the same name puzzle was "Bridal & Gold Shower" pic.twitter.com/xi65t0oWxq
— Mary Baierl (@GoldenEagleLove) October 4, 2018
#goldshower And just like that, Awkward Moment on @wheeloffortune and YouTube fame for Melanie after guessing Gold Shower. I wonder if Pat will say anything about it at the end of the game. Poker faces from Pat and Vanna were priceless. pic.twitter.com/GQYD0YHwqa
— Tom Dykstra (@Tomleegun) October 4, 2018
The most amazing feat witnessed on TV tonight was Pat Sajak not losing it when a contestant said, “I’d like to solve… BRIDAL AND GOLD SHOWER.” 🤭 #WheelOfFortune pic.twitter.com/JZ1RC0LhMC
— Rachel (@prossibility) October 5, 2018
Hey, you win some, you lose some, and with any luck you stay on Putin’s good side so nobody ever sees the pee pee tape.