This little perplexing puzzle of a phrase seemed to throw another Wheel of Fortune victim for a loop. For $7, 300, this head-scratcher read the phrase “elevator train platform”. Guess they conjured that “o” and “r” straight out of thin air.
Unfortunately, the phrase is “elevator train platform”. Seems obvious but, you never know.
We're Coming to What?
With just a few letters on the board missing, Stephen, yet another unfortunate Wheel of Fortune contestant, couldn't muster up that brain strength to reach the word city. He got everything else right. Surf, Here, and Come...apparently the real tough one was C--Y, which he seemed to think was Clay.
Even if he didn't know the lyrics to Jan and Dean's Surf City, it does seem a little illogical to go for clay.
Just Can't Make This Up
It's kind of "hard to believe" that this contestant missed this phrase. It's pretty easy to spell out, to be honest. It looks as if most contestants simply don't read what's on the boards and just go with their first guess.
Well, this one somehow thought it was "it's make-believe." Interesting choice. We sure he really wanted to believe whatever he saw on that board would simply come true.
That's Optimistic!
Strange choice. This guy must have grown up in a quite a seedy neighborhood if this was the first thing that he saw. On looking at that though, it does seem like the obvious choice.
Sadly for him, the answer, in the end, was actually "A Group of Well Wishers". Bet that might teach him to look at the glass half full then.
What's The Difference?
It's hard to pin-point what really went wrong here. This is not so much a result of classic Wheel of Fortune silliness, but more of a deprived childhood. Shouldn't everyone know about Merlin the Magician?
Unfortunately, the contestant thought that Marvin the Magician seemed like the correct answer. Even stranger, the next contestant answered the exact same thing. Sounds like Marvin cast a spell on them.