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His biggest role came when he had a walk-on in the 1982 film Airplane II: The Sequel, a follow-up to the Zucker brothers comedy hit of 1979. Sajak has occasionally tried his hand at acting, including one early вЂ™80s stint on Days of Our Lives. The Pat Sajak Show debuted on CBS in 1989 and lasted just 15 months-but SajakвЂ™s deal called for him to be paid for two years, regardless of whether the show made it that far or not. Sajak received a certain level of infamy for his attempt to compete with Johnny Carson, the venerable late-night host who remained king of the 11:30 p.m. HIS TALK SHOW BOMBED, BUT HE STILL MADE OUT. Sajak said he didnвЂ™t want to be вЂњany place where one week itвЂ™s me and the next week itвЂ™s John Hinckley.вЂќ 6. When he was offered the cover of People to help promote his then-debuting talk show on CBS, he declined. That level of notoriety led to his being somewhat reserved and publicity-averse in his down time, Sajak told The New York Times in 1988. In the 1980s, Sajak was seen by more than 40 million people on Wheel of Fortune every week. HE TURNED DOWN THE COVER OF PEOPLE MAGAZINE. (Speaking to ABC later, he said he might have exaggerated a bit, and that he and White might have only indulged a total of six or so times.) 5. While appearing on The Dan Le Batard Show in 2012, Sajak said that he and White would have вЂњtwo or three or sixвЂќ drinks before taping the final shows of the day. When he first started on Wheel of Fortune, Sajak and co-host Vanna White had exceptionally long dinner breaks due to producers having to shuffle prizes like cars on and off stage between tapings. HE AND VANNA USED TO DRINK BEFORE TAPING THE SHOW.

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It wasnвЂ™t until Griffin threatened to shut down the series entirely that the network relented. Considering him a вЂњlocalвЂќ talent, they refused. The game show's then-network, NBC, was not as enthusiastic. NBC DIDNвЂ™T WANT HIM AS HOST OF WHEEL OF FORTUNE.ДЄfter his service, Sajak bounced between jobs in radio, as a hotel desk clerk, and as a weatherman for KNBC in Los Angeles before game show giant Merv Griffin approached him in 1981 to replace a departing Chuck Woolery on the daytime series Wheel of Fortune. Sajak once said he probably вЂњheard very high-level secrets,вЂќ but that most of the talk had to do with the then-pending postal strike. After that, Sajak found himself in the bowels of the Pentagon running slide projectors for military officials. Sajak enlisted in the Army in 1968 and was dispatched to Saigon, where he spoke to the troops via armed forces radio for 18 months before being assigned to a military base in Texas.

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