A Wheel of Fortune contestant wasn’t cracking up when he lost a car in the bonus round, but he made fans laugh throughout the episode. The game show contestant said letters with the phonetic alphabet, which is when you say a word after a letter to make sure the right one was heard.

Rodney Flippen, from Calumet City, Illinois, played against Sharon Skolnik, from Suwanee, Georgia, and Lauren Hernandez, from New Brighton, New Mexico, on Monday, September 29. Flippen said he had been a fan of Ryan Seacrest since he hosted Gladiators 2000, and a fan of Vanna White since he was three years old.

Skolnik, a woman who needs money for her adult children’s weddings, solved the first Toss Up, and Flippen solved the second. He cheered very loudly for his solve. “We’ve got a long way to go. Do

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