THE three celebrities battling it out on Sunday’s episode of Celebrity Wheel of Fortune have been badly embarrassed as they couldn’t come up with the name of a famous, award winning actor.
Smart viewers online called the celebs out for what should have been an easy answer.
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The category was before and after, where two different subjects are linked by a common word.
In this case, comedians Paul Scheer, Luenell, and Mary Lynn Rajskub had nearly completed the Wheel of Fortune puzzle, with only one letter left.
The big board read: “Electric Bill (-)ader” making the missing letter an H, for former Saturday Night Live star Bill Hader.
Sadly, the contestants remained clueless.
First, Paul spun the wheel, as host Pat Sajak implored: “Use your time to think. Look at letters.”
Paul guessed an “L”, which not only was wrong, but was also called out earlier.
Luenell was up next, but she failed to even offer a guess.
Pat then turned to a baffled Mary Lynn, asking her what she wanted to do.
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Timidly, the former 24 star replied: “I guess solve it?” before wrongly guessing “Electric Bill… Vader?”
GUESS AGAIN
As control went back to Paul, Mary Lynn yelled out: “Nobody knows who this is!”
Paul was saved from further embarrassment, when he landed on “Lose a Turn.”
He did not seem disappointed.
Finally, Luenell stumbled upon the answer, guessing “Electric Bill…Hader?” without realizing she was correct.
Even after the puzzle, Mary Lynn remained befuddled.
“I still don’t get it,” she confessed.
TO THE RESCUE
Pat then saved the day, explaining the puzzle: “Electric Bill – Bill Hader.”
Online, fans felt bad for the Barry star.
“Awww, it’s ok, Bill Hader,” one person tweeted. “I know who you are.”
Another added: “Them not getting Bill Hader hurts my soul.”
While one person lashed out at the celebrities: “Awkward doesn’t even begin to describe this moment. Not getting it was bad enough, but then not recognizing the name BILL HADER!”
‘SORRY!’
Following the episode, all three players offered up their apologies with Paul joking: “Bill, I’m sorry… I know Bill, and what I didn’t wanna do is I didn’t wanna boost your ego… by giving you so much attention.”
Mary Lynn, meanwhile, claiming she knows who Bill is and is a “fan” of his work, but couldn’t figure out the puzzle.
WHEELY BIG SHOW
This is the third season of Celebrity Wheel of Fortune.
According to the official synopsis the show,”welcomes celebrity contestants to come spin the world’s most famous wheel and solve word puzzles for a chance to win up to one million dollars.”
All of the money won by the celebrity contestants goes to a charity of their choice.
On October 17, 2021, actress Melissa Joan Hart made history when she won the top $1million prize.
After solving the bonus puzzle, it was revealed Hart became just the fourth person in franchise history to win the prize.
Her earnings were donated to charity, Youth Villages.
“They serve families and children across 23 different states in every kind of level, going through foster care and aging out of foster care especially,” said Hart.
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