A Wheel of Fortune contestant had a vacation season they’ll always remember after showing on the enduring sport present on Tuesday (December 17) and making a hilariously mistaken guess on a festive-themed puzzle.
The contestant in query was Phil McManus from Palmer, Massachusetts, who confronted off in opposition to Matt Komma from Riverton, Utah, and Carrie Trujillo from San Diego, California.
Issues obtained off to a tough begin for McManus in Spherical 1’s “Identical Letter” class, the place he tried to unravel a three-word puzzle. Regardless of having management of the wheel and filling in all however two of the letters, McManus struggled to give you the proper reply.
Earlier than he tried to unravel it, the puzzle board learn: “C H O C O L A T E S / C H E S T N U T S / & / C H I _ N E _ S.”
After shopping for the final vowel, an “I,” McManus determined to unravel, guessing “Chocolate, Chestnuts, and Chickens,” which, in fact, wasn’t proper.
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This allowed Komma to swoop in with the proper reply, “Chocolate, Chestnuts, and Chimneys” for $4,200. McManus’ mistaken response price him $9,550, placing him on the again foot for the remainder of the episode.
Viewers, nevertheless, discovered McManus’ response hilarious and took to social media to share their reactions, with one X consumer joking, “That was my buying record final weekend.”
“Christmas theme episode of Wheel of Fortune! And this was the guess by the contestant. Love Wheel of Fortune however the place do these contestants come from #chickens,” wrote one other.
Sweets, Chestnuts and…. #WheelOfFortune pic.twitter.com/1gVC8h952F
— AC (@ACinPhilly) December 18, 2024
“After I consider goodies and chestnuts, the following phrase I consider is chickens,” stated one other.
“He actually screwed up lol proper after he screwed up by saying goodies chestnuts and chickens. I wager that goes viral,” added one other.
“Deal with your self a spherical of sausage! And chickens!” wrote one fan, referring to a memorable mistaken reply from an episode in November the place a contestant guessed, “Deal with your self a spherical of sausage.”
One other added, “Did that man have a look at that puzzle and say Chocolate, Chestnuts and Chickens??? For a Christmas puzzle?!?”
“Phil obtained me crying proper now,” stated one commenter.
“Sweets, chestnuts, and… chickens like that don’t even make sense,” one other added.
Whereas he may not have received Wheel, McManus did get to tick one other factor off his bucket record. Through the present, the Massachusetts native informed host Ryan Seacrest that he was recognized with most cancers two years in the past and mainly “handed a loss of life sentence.” Afterward, he made a bucket record of three objects, rock band Blink-182 reuniting, attending WrestleMania, and going to Disneyland.
“I’d by no means been to Disneyland, and I really went final night time for the primary time,” he stated earlier than revealing, “I’m really in remission now.”
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