Filling in for Pat Sajak as he recovers from surgery, White acquitted herself so well we're already regretting that her stint as host has to end.
Vanna White, who for 37 years turned clue letters — or pressed buttons that made them electronically appear — on the game show “Wheel of Fortune,” ran the program for the first time Monday night. She will continue to host for three weeks while Pat Sajak, her longtime onscreen partner, the Fred to her Ginger, the Sonny to her Cher, recovers from surgery.
It was probably not for insurance that White’s starting week was also the start of a huge Disney promotion, on a set crammed with Christmas and corporate references, but the extra glitter didn’t hurt, nor did the distracting presence of Mickey and Minnie Mouse, Donald Duck and Goofy — which is to say, people in those Disneyland character suits, a job that, like White’s regular gig, does not involve talking, or involves not talking.
Things went well. It feels condescending to suggest they might have gone otherwise, though, of course, hosting a game show is not as easy as it looks. White was not the understudy — indeed, she was surprised the producers asked — but, like the Busby Berkeley chorine who knows the star’s part cold from hearing it every night, White’s thousands of hours on the job made her the person in the universe most qualified to do this.
White, in a black dress set off with sequined red roses, was particular and precise and intently focused Monday, charged up and wide awake, which in itself made for an interesting change from Sajak, who could host the show in his sleep. And when she slipped, she was merely charming. And though her usual job here may be the simpler one, not just anyone could hold that position for nearly four decades. At 62, she is, astonishingly, very much the Vanna she was at 25, when this life’s work began.
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