September 3, 2026 • 5 mins
Fred applied to be the next voice of Wheel Of Fortune!
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
I did something.
Speaker 2 (00:01):
I think I did something terrible. And I think I
need to get it off my chest. Oh. Well.
Speaker 1 (00:07):
I mean, I just.
Speaker 2 (00:13):
I heard the announcer of Wheel of Fortune is in
a little trouble. Now, no one's really clear on what
he did. Something about an airplane, right?
Speaker 3 (00:21):
Yeah, we talked about it yesterday.
Speaker 1 (00:24):
We don't know what he did, but a passenger.
Speaker 2 (00:25):
For the record, I wasn't here yesterday. I just want
to be clear for anyone listening.
Speaker 1 (00:29):
That was no shade. Like, Grandpa, we talked about it yesterday. No, no,
no shade. I don't know.
Speaker 2 (00:35):
I don't know what you said yesterday because I was
sick in bed. Anyway, what did you say?
Speaker 3 (00:39):
So a passenger reported him and the captain had police
waiting for him when he was there. Worst part of
the story for me is that he was wearing company merch,
which is not a good time.
Speaker 1 (00:49):
He had that Wheel of Fortune jacket on.
Speaker 4 (00:51):
Oh, no. yeah um but so i look i i
don't want to if he didn't do anything that's great
if he's a nice man i think he's been there
for a while good for him i may have had
my agent the moment that i saw the story the
very second that it broke send my demo over to
the wheel.
Speaker 1 (01:09):
Before no they're there they didn't have a backup so
i mean.
Speaker 2 (01:13):
And i saw the email confirmation that the guy saw
it He's like, well, we don't know what we're doing
here yet, but OK.
Speaker 1 (01:19):
Well, we need I mean, we need a sample. I
know that's it.
Speaker 2 (01:22):
That's the funny part is the funny part is I
haven't watched Wheel of Fortune in so long. Sorry, Ryan,
that I need to watch it to like see what
the stick is. I just desperately want to be either
the best job in all of television is the host
of Wheel of Fortune or The Price is Right. Or
if you're Steve Harvey family feud because he's just so
good at it. The next best job is the announcer
(01:46):
for any of those shows, in my opinion.
Speaker 1 (01:48):
Oh, yeah.
Speaker 2 (01:48):
So, yeah. I mean, the dude hasn't even been fired. Like,
he still very much works there. Probably going to work
it out. He'll be fine. But I mean, I couldn't
even read the whole subject line. I'm like, Matt, Matt, Matt.
Speaker 1 (02:02):
Get in there. They're trying to erase him from like
the whole scene. I know they are.
Speaker 2 (02:06):
I know they have to go back and do them
all over because Ryan does like 50 in a day
and then goes back to Italy.
Speaker 3 (02:11):
Didn't you say that happened like when Angie left and
started her own show? Like people before, like the body
was cold.
Speaker 1 (02:17):
Oh my God. Oh my God. They do that to
us every day. I'm going to tell you right now.
I can tell you who they are.
Speaker 2 (02:24):
If there was any rumbling, if any kind of rumbling
happened to me, I can tell you right now who
would be on the list.
Speaker 1 (02:33):
They'd call me and go, I'm so sorry, and then boom.
Speaker 2 (02:36):
Boom.
Speaker 1 (02:37):
They'd be in there.
Speaker 3 (02:38):
Okay, so then no harm, no foul.
Speaker 2 (02:40):
The sad part is I've told people recently that I'm sorry,
not knowing about their change in position or lack of position,
not knowing that 15 minutes later somebody was going to
call and say that it was us.
Speaker 1 (02:52):
And I didn't know.
Speaker 3 (02:53):
Yeah, not a great look.
Speaker 2 (02:54):
No.
Speaker 1 (02:54):
I didn't know.
Speaker 4 (02:55):
You are the op.
Speaker 1 (02:55):
I know. You are opiana. It's happened more than once
where I'm like, oh, dude, that sucks. I'm really sorry.
And then as I'm hitting send, ring, ring, ring, hey, um.
Speaker 4 (03:05):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (03:05):
So what do you think about... And no one will
believe that you didn't know. And I honestly didn't. I didn't.
Speaker 2 (03:11):
But anyway, so I'm sorry to this man. Like, if
it works out great, I hope it's a misunderstanding and
you can continue on your path.
Speaker 1 (03:17):
No, you don't. No, I don't want... You don't hope
that for one minute.
Speaker 2 (03:21):
I do hope that. I don't want bad things to
happen to people. Now, if something happens and that position
is open, well, I'm available.
Speaker 1 (03:27):
Hit up your co-worker.
Speaker 3 (03:28):
Ask for the in.
Speaker 1 (03:29):
Oh, he's never getting it from him. You know how
many times? Ryan's not helping me. Are you kidding me?
Absolutely not. Are you waiting by the phone?
Speaker 2 (03:38):
I've been waiting by the phone for Ryan's secrets my
whole life.
Speaker 1 (03:41):
Me too. What do you want to do with him? Girl, anything.
Ryan called me.
Speaker 2 (03:45):
He's a very cute bodyguard. And I, by the way,
I'm not leaving. I mean, I would do both jobs.
It'd be fine. Yeah. Wait, yeah.
Speaker 1 (03:54):
Wait a minute. It'd be fine.
Speaker 2 (03:56):
Well, no, because apparently they not truly didn't do like
the 10 episodes a day for a week, like three
times a year. And then they're done because Ryan's very
busy guy. So that's how they had to do it.
So that's what I would do. Uh, but I'll practice
and then I'll come in with like a full audition. Um,
but I, I felt really bad about it, but it's like, Hey, I'm,
I was probably, I was probably late.
Speaker 1 (04:17):
There was probably somebody.
Speaker 2 (04:18):
Who knew like has friends at the police department and call,
you know, like, Hey, Mario Lopez, I bet was in
there before me.
Speaker 3 (04:24):
Oh yeah.
Speaker 1 (04:25):
You know, he was.
Speaker 2 (04:25):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (04:26):
You know, Mario Lopez is in there before me. Ryan
probably wants to do that, too.
Speaker 2 (04:30):
He probably does. He probably does. He's probably going to
be like, no, I'll handle it. Yeah, we don't. Certainly
not that guy.
Speaker 1 (04:36):
The whole show is just going to. Yeah, exactly. And
now me. I could see it. And I love that
for him. So, yeah.
Speaker 2 (04:43):
So I just I feel bad. I had to get
it off my chest. But I I have inquired about
their interest in me as the next voice of Wheel
of Fortune, even though the man is still working there.
Speaker 1 (04:54):
Hey, it's not show friends. I don't know the guy.
It's show business. And anyway, it'll be very exciting if
I get the job.
I did something.
Speaker 2 (00:01):
I think I did something terrible. And I think I
need to get it off my chest. Oh. Well.
Speaker 1 (00:07):
I mean, I just.
Speaker 2 (00:13):
I heard the announcer of Wheel of Fortune is in
a little trouble. Now, no one's really clear on what
he did. Something about an airplane, right?
Speaker 3 (00:21):
Yeah, we talked about it yesterday.
Speaker 1 (00:24):
We don't know what he did, but a passenger.
Speaker 2 (00:25):
For the record, I wasn't here yesterday. I just want
to be clear for anyone listening.
Speaker 1 (00:29):
That was no shade. Like, Grandpa, we talked about it yesterday. No, no,
no shade. I don't know.
Speaker 2 (00:35):
I don't know what you said yesterday because I was
sick in bed. Anyway, what did you say?
Speaker 3 (00:39):
So a passenger reported him and the captain had police
waiting for him when he was there. Worst part of
the story for me is that he was wearing company merch,
which is not a good time.
Speaker 1 (00:49):
He had that Wheel of Fortune jacket on.
Speaker 4 (00:51):
Oh, no. yeah um but so i look i i
don't want to if he didn't do anything that's great
if he's a nice man i think he's been there
for a while good for him i may have had
my agent the moment that i saw the story the
very second that it broke send my demo over to
the wheel.
Speaker 1 (01:09):
Before no they're there they didn't have a backup so
i mean.
Speaker 2 (01:13):
And i saw the email confirmation that the guy saw
it He's like, well, we don't know what we're doing
here yet, but OK.
Speaker 1 (01:19):
Well, we need I mean, we need a sample. I
know that's it.
Speaker 2 (01:22):
That's the funny part is the funny part is I
haven't watched Wheel of Fortune in so long. Sorry, Ryan,
that I need to watch it to like see what
the stick is. I just desperately want to be either
the best job in all of television is the host
of Wheel of Fortune or The Price is Right. Or
if you're Steve Harvey family feud because he's just so
good at it. The next best job is the announcer
(01:46):
for any of those shows, in my opinion.
Speaker 1 (01:48):
Oh, yeah.
Speaker 2 (01:48):
So, yeah. I mean, the dude hasn't even been fired. Like,
he still very much works there. Probably going to work
it out. He'll be fine. But I mean, I couldn't
even read the whole subject line. I'm like, Matt, Matt, Matt.
Speaker 1 (02:02):
Get in there. They're trying to erase him from like
the whole scene. I know they are.
Speaker 2 (02:06):
I know they have to go back and do them
all over because Ryan does like 50 in a day
and then goes back to Italy.
Speaker 3 (02:11):
Didn't you say that happened like when Angie left and
started her own show? Like people before, like the body
was cold.
Speaker 1 (02:17):
Oh my God. Oh my God. They do that to
us every day. I'm going to tell you right now.
I can tell you who they are.
Speaker 2 (02:24):
If there was any rumbling, if any kind of rumbling
happened to me, I can tell you right now who
would be on the list.
Speaker 1 (02:33):
They'd call me and go, I'm so sorry, and then boom.
Speaker 2 (02:36):
Boom.
Speaker 1 (02:37):
They'd be in there.
Speaker 3 (02:38):
Okay, so then no harm, no foul.
Speaker 2 (02:40):
The sad part is I've told people recently that I'm sorry,
not knowing about their change in position or lack of position,
not knowing that 15 minutes later somebody was going to
call and say that it was us.
Speaker 1 (02:52):
And I didn't know.
Speaker 3 (02:53):
Yeah, not a great look.
Speaker 2 (02:54):
No.
Speaker 1 (02:54):
I didn't know.
Speaker 4 (02:55):
You are the op.
Speaker 1 (02:55):
I know. You are opiana. It's happened more than once
where I'm like, oh, dude, that sucks. I'm really sorry.
And then as I'm hitting send, ring, ring, ring, hey, um.
Speaker 4 (03:05):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (03:05):
So what do you think about... And no one will
believe that you didn't know. And I honestly didn't. I didn't.
Speaker 2 (03:11):
But anyway, so I'm sorry to this man. Like, if
it works out great, I hope it's a misunderstanding and
you can continue on your path.
Speaker 1 (03:17):
No, you don't. No, I don't want... You don't hope
that for one minute.
Speaker 2 (03:21):
I do hope that. I don't want bad things to
happen to people. Now, if something happens and that position
is open, well, I'm available.
Speaker 1 (03:27):
Hit up your co-worker.
Speaker 3 (03:28):
Ask for the in.
Speaker 1 (03:29):
Oh, he's never getting it from him. You know how
many times? Ryan's not helping me. Are you kidding me?
Absolutely not. Are you waiting by the phone?
Speaker 2 (03:38):
I've been waiting by the phone for Ryan's secrets my
whole life.
Speaker 1 (03:41):
Me too. What do you want to do with him? Girl, anything.
Ryan called me.
Speaker 2 (03:45):
He's a very cute bodyguard. And I, by the way,
I'm not leaving. I mean, I would do both jobs.
It'd be fine. Yeah. Wait, yeah.
Speaker 1 (03:54):
Wait a minute. It'd be fine.
Speaker 2 (03:56):
Well, no, because apparently they not truly didn't do like
the 10 episodes a day for a week, like three
times a year. And then they're done because Ryan's very
busy guy. So that's how they had to do it.
So that's what I would do. Uh, but I'll practice
and then I'll come in with like a full audition. Um,
but I, I felt really bad about it, but it's like, Hey, I'm,
I was probably, I was probably late.
Speaker 1 (04:17):
There was probably somebody.
Speaker 2 (04:18):
Who knew like has friends at the police department and call,
you know, like, Hey, Mario Lopez, I bet was in
there before me.
Speaker 3 (04:24):
Oh yeah.
Speaker 1 (04:25):
You know, he was.
Speaker 2 (04:25):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (04:26):
You know, Mario Lopez is in there before me. Ryan
probably wants to do that, too.
Speaker 2 (04:30):
He probably does. He probably does. He's probably going to
be like, no, I'll handle it. Yeah, we don't. Certainly
not that guy.
Speaker 1 (04:36):
The whole show is just going to. Yeah, exactly. And
now me. I could see it. And I love that
for him. So, yeah.
Speaker 2 (04:43):
So I just I feel bad. I had to get
it off my chest. But I I have inquired about
their interest in me as the next voice of Wheel
of Fortune, even though the man is still working there.
Speaker 1 (04:54):
Hey, it's not show friends. I don't know the guy.
It's show business. And anyway, it'll be very exciting if
I get the job.
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