BREAKING: Pat undergoes emergency surgery, Vanna stepping in to host WOF.

[nowhammies10]

Per the show's official Facebook:

The Wheel of Fortune taping on Thursday was canceled because host Pat Sajak underwent successful emergency surgery to correct a blocked intestine. He is resting comfortably and looking forward to getting back to work. Taping resumed today as scheduled and Vanna White has stepped in as host.

Buy A Vowel Boards reporting that the affected episodes will likely air the second week of December.

[rjaguar3]

I was looking at tickets for the tapings on Thursday November 14 and Friday November 15, but they no longer appear to be available.

Best wishes to Pat.

[weaklink75]

TMZ is saying that they improvised- since the taping today is for a Disney-sponsored week and he was already there, they used the Mickey Mouse costume character to be at the board..

[SuperMatch93]

Keeping Pat in my thoughts.

It'll be interesting to see Vanna host Wheel, 90s CD-ROM style. If Pat is out for an extended period I wonder if they'll use a different person at the board for other weeks, or just have the letters go up automatically.

[BillCullen1]

All the best to Pat. Vanna should do fine as host of WOF.

[danderson]

Who was the last person to host Wheel beides Pat? I'm guessing Bob Goen.

[chrisholland03]

Alex Trebek, April 1st, 1997

[WarioBarker]

Who was the last person to host Wheel beides Pat?

David Sidoni on Wheel 2000, 1997-98.

[TLEberle]

Thanks, Well, actually... Guy.

[Neumms]

TMZ is saying that they improvised- since the taping today is for a Disney-sponsored week and he was already there, they used the Mickey Mouse costume character to be at the board..

That's pretty darn neat. Did Mickey have to take a glove off to make the touchscreens work?

[nowhammies10]

No.  The "reveal strip" along the right side of each monitor is touch activated, not heat-activated.  There's a thin gap between the two layers; pressing them together makes an electrical contact, not unlike that of a membrane keyboard.

[Bob Zager]

Here is a link to the twitter page showing two photos of Vanna in the hosting spot, and it mentions the shows will air beginning December 9!

https://twitter.com/WheelofFortune/status/1192962616051658754

[Neumms]

No.  The "reveal strip" along the right side of each monitor is touch activated, not heat-activated.

Ah! Thanks. I don't think we've ever seen Mickey's hands or paws before, so an opportunity missed.

[BrandonFG]

Good Morning America interviewed Vanna about her new hosting duties; the story includes a small sneak peek. Per the clip, Minnie Mouse is touching the letters.

[jjman920]

Vanna hosted a third week of shows scheduled to air the week of January 6th. I had tickets to that set of tapings and got excited when it became apparent that it'd be Vanna hosting again (because the previous days tapings had been completely cancelled, while these weren't), but was disappointed when they ultimately closed the session.

It is currently a mystery as to who'll be turning the letters that week.