he’d be leaving “Wheel of Fortune” in 2024 after hosting the program since 1983, the news felt a lot bigger than a fancy game of hangman.The 76-year-old has been a regular presence in American living rooms on most weeknights for four decades and he sadly represents a dying breed.
Sajak is the last of the golden age of game show hosts.You know who I mean. Those suit-wearing, smooth-talking, jovial gents with an air of Las Vegas about them.
They seem as if they were put on this earth solely to excitedly shake hands, ask trivia questions and dole out cash prizes. They’re icons.
Bob Barker of “The Price Is Right,” Richard Dawson of “Family Feud” and “Match Game,” Alex Trebek of “Jeopardy!,” John Charles Daly of “What’s My Line?” and Regis Philbin of “Who Wants To Be a Millionaire,” among other greats, were like fun uncles who came from a boozier, anything-goes era of show business.Yet, at the same time, they also embodied a far more civilized one.For example, on “What’s My Line?,” the well-spoken Daly would jokingly hint that he and panelist Bennett Cerf were hungover … while wearing a tux!Of course, after Sajak revealed the sad news of his departure, speculation ran wild about who would replace him.
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