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Pat Sajak's 25-year-old daughter, Maggie, took the 'Wheel of Fortune' stage as a letter-turner while Vanna White filled in for Pat as a guest host. Sajak also hosted a program, Pat Sajak Weekend, on the Fox News Channel in 2003. From at least 2002, he hosted The Pat Sajak Baseball Hour, a syndicated weekly radio sports talk show that ended in 2006 due to scheduling conflicts. Re: Anyone ever wonder if Pat Sajak ever porked Vanna White Posted by Yewkindewit on 11/5/17 at 9:01 am to BamaHater Yes, it must have happened. But, think about it, there is not much room in a bed for both of their large heads.

In 1993, Pat voiced a character in the animated children’s series “Rugrats”, while the following 10 years saw him host various shows including “Live with Regis and Kelly” (substitute host) and “Pat Sajak Weekend” – in 2002, he began hosting the radio sports talk-show “The Pat Sajak Baseball”, through to 2006. With Dean Cain, Bernard Goldberg, Michael McKean, Pat Sajak. Sunday night talk show on the Fox News Channel hosted by Pat Sajak. Two guests are usually interviewed each week.

Pat Sajak Biography

Pat Sajak (Patrick Leonard Sajdak) is an American Television personality, best known as host of the popular game show ‘Wheels of Fortune’. He also served as an anchor and a weatherman for ‘NBC.’

Pat Sajak Age

He was born on October 26, 1946 in Chicago, Illinois, United States.

Pat Sajak Height

Sajak is 1.77m tall.

Pat Sajak Education

Sajak graduated from Farragut High School in 1964. Later, he went to Columbia College in Chicago. He worked as a desk clerk at the Palmer House Hotel while he was a college student.

Pat Sajak Parents

He is the son of Joyce Helen and Leonard Anthony Sajdak, a factory worker. His father died when he was young. After his father’s death, his mother married Walter Backal.

Pat Sajak Siblings

He has a brother, David Sajdak and a half brother William Backal.

Pat Sajak Wife

Sajak married his first wife, Sherrill Sajak in 1979 and they divorced in 1986. Three years after his divorce, he started dating Lesly Brown and married her in 1989. Lesly is a photographer. The family lives in a massive mansion in Maryland, with a second home in Los Angeles.

Pat Sajak Kids

He has a son, Patrick Michael James who was born on September 22, 1990, and a daughter, Maggie Marie who was born on January 5, 1995.

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Pat worked as a D.J. in the early 1970s. He started gaining fame and then got a voiceover job at NBC’s Today Show. This became a stepping stone towards his anchoring career. He also became the weatherman for KNBC-TV.

In 1981, the channel offered him a chance to host the game show, “Wheel of Fortune.” However, the president and CEO of NBC did not like the decision and Pat hosted other game shows, “Press Your Luck,” and “Puzzlers.”

He started hosting the show in 1983 and hosted the show for a total of six years. He then hosted a CBS late-night talk show.

In 1982, he had a cameo role in the comedy film, “Airplane II: The Sequel,” as a newscaster. In another game show, “Super Password,” he appeared recurrently from 1984 to 1989. Similarly, he had a guest appearance in the game shows, “Dream House,” and “Just Men!”

He has also worked with other channels. In CBS, he hosted his own night talk show, “The Pat Sajak Show,” in for two years, 1989 and 1990. He also appeared as a guest host in the talk show, “Larry King Live,” of CNN. Similarly, he worked in a morning talk show, “Live with Regis and Kelly.” In 2003, with the Fox News Channel, he started the show, “Pat Sajak Weekend,” premiered on every Sunday nights. In 1983, he had his appearance in the soap opera, “Days of Our Lives,” as the role of Kevin Hathaway. Then in 1993, he starred in animated series, “Rugrats.”

Pat designed his game show titled “Lucky Letters” in 2007. He also made appearances in two radio programs. Currently, he is the director of “Eagle Publishing House”, which is a conservative institution. He is also a board member of trustees at the Hillsdale College located in Michigan. Pat is also a vice-chairman of the college. Additionally, he is also a board member of the Claremont Institute.

Meanwhile, in 2019, Pat made the world record of being the longest-running host of any game show. Hosting the “Wheel of Fortune,” on May 8, he held the record of 38 years and 198 days. He has a contract signed with the show until 2022. In November 2019, he underwent surgery and the co-host of the show, Vanna White took over his place. Pat returned after a couple of weeks, on December 5.

Pat Sajak Surgery

On November 8, 2019, Sajak underwent emergency intestinal surgery to remove a blockage. While he recovered, co-host Vanna White hosted in his place. The first taping day in which Sajak was incapacitated was a Disney-themed Christmas episode week, and Disney characters took over White’s role at the puzzle board for that week.

Sajak returned to work on December 5, 2019.

Pat Sajak Salary

Sajak earns a yearly salary of $15 million.

Pat Sajak Net Worth

He is reportedly worth $65 million, making him one of the richest TV show hosts in 2019.

Pat Sajak Instagram

Pat Sajak Twitter

He has no twitter account.

Pat Sajak is no stranger to a good pun. But he actually may have been out-punned by a contestant on 'Wheel on Fortune,' so much so that it created a very awkward moment that fans of the ABC show are loving.

The cringeworthy exchange happened on Wednesday's episode of the long-running game show when Sajak, 74, was interviewing Greg Wylie, a freelance project manager from California. Wylie's unique hobby as a competitive historical fencing enthusiast quickly became the topic of conversation between the two men.

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“It’s more Renaissance outfits and we do competitive fencing tournaments. You can do multiple players on the field,” Wylie explained. “So basically, I go out on the weekend and stab my friends. So, it’s very cathartic.”

Sajak then asked about Wylie’s family, which includes his wife, who he has been married to for 14 years, and his 12-year-old daughter, who is 'basically a teenager.'

“Well, just stay on guard,” Sajak joked after, adding, “Fencing humor there.”

After finishing the contestant's introduction, the host turned to the camera to cut to a commercial break, but not before Wylie was able to sneak in a fencing pun of his own.

“I got the point,” Wylie quipped.

This inspired a stone cold stare from Sajak that definitely made it look like he was not amused with the joke. (Maybe he didn't get it?)

'Wheel of Fortune' fans took to Twitter to talk about the cringeworthy moment. 'Pat's wit gets more and more legendary as time goes on,' one fan wrote. 'The look he gave at the end 🤣.'

'This exchange between Pat Sajak and Greg Wylie, my high school classmate, was pretty funny,' another person said. 'Both are sharp guys.'

'He definitely got mad as hell after that pun return,' one person tweeted.

Another fan commented, 'Pat’s look? Priceless. Love me some Wheel of Fortune and Pat/Vanna.'

'Wheel of Fortune' was created by Merv Griffin and debuted in 1975. The show ranks as the longest-running syndicated game show in the United States, and also earned Sajak a Guinness World Records title for 'the longest career of a game show host for the same show.'

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