7.15.20 Bee-otch of the Day: Chuck Woolery

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Name: Chuck Woolery
Age: 79
Occupation: ex-game show host
Last Seen: Texas
Bee-otched For: being morally bankrupt

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"Wheel of Fortune's on! It might be a Woolery!"

That line came from a classic episode of King of the Hill where Hank and Peggy Hill had a dilemma. Peggy's live-in niece, Luann's boyfriend, Lucky (voiced by the late Tom Petty) wants to marry her. However, he wants to get his GED before doing so. However, both Hank and Peggy dream about the consequences of the two tying the knot. So, Peggy teaches Lucky the wrong things while Hank entices Lucky into thinking that he might get to watch an ultra-rare episode of Wheel.

Now, I would imagine that most people 40 and younger never knew that the host of Love Connection, Scrabble and Lingo started his career with WOF. Well, it's true. Chuck Woolery hosted Wheel until 1981 when he quit due to a contract dispute. The reason why Woolery Wheel shows are rare is because until 1980, NBC erased tapes of their daytime programming. However, Merv Griffin kept destroying his shows well into 1985. Because of this, only a handful of Woolery and early Pat Sajak (and Vanna White) episodes exist from when it was on NBC. 

And for the record, Wheel aired on NBC until 1989. Virtually all of the show's syndicated episodes are still extant and have aired on GSN. Both GSN and WOF are owned by Sony. 

Granted, it's a shame that many well-known TV shows have lost episodes because of wiping: The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson has only a few surviving episodes from its first ten years. All but a handful of episodes of the original 1960s run of The Match Game are gone. WOF's sister show Jeopardy! had most of its 1964-1975 run wiped. Dick Clark admitted that many early American Bandstand shows disappeared, namely Buddy Holly's last appearance in 1959 just before his untimely death. Plus, the BBC destroyed many eps of Doctor Who and Top of the Pops, meaning that early appearances of The Rolling Stones and The Beatles, plus many Pan's People dance routines are gone, probably forever. 

But, maybe, just maybe, we *should* be happy that only a few Woolery Wheels exist.

A few days ago, the former game show host took to Twitter, bashing all the people who are actually trying to help us with the pandemic. It read, "The most outrageous lies are the ones about Covid 19. Everyone is lying. The CDC, Media, Democrats, our Doctors, not all but most,that we are told to trust. I think it's all about the election and keeping the economy from coming back, which is about the election. I'm sick of it." He then tweeted, "To further clarify and add perspective, Covid-19 is real and it is here. My son tested positive for the virus, and I feel for of those suffering and especially for those who have lost loved ones."

To add insult to injury, guess who loved his first tweet and retweeted it? Good 'ol Drumpf. Not long after, Woolery deleted his Twitter account.

It's no secret that Woolery is a ultra-right-winged conservative Christian. Not only that, he's pro-gun. Sadly, many other game show hosts are also righties. Bob Barker is known for his animal rights activism and support for organizations like PETA. However, in an interview, Barker once said that he was "to the right of Attila The Hun". Pat Sajak is also Republican and so are Wink Martindale and Alex Trebek. Drew Carey isn't as far to the right as many hosts, though he is a Libertarian. 

Of course, game show hosts aren't like most people. While their contestants get their money from winning, hosts do have money. Sajak has $70 million in the bank while Trebek has about $5 million more. Barker has about $70 million also. Since Woolery hasn't hosted a game show in 12 years (his last gig was the Meow Mix-produced Think Like A Cat), he's only worth a paltry $15 million.

But, hey! $15 million is a helluva lot more than what most Americans have. 

But let's also remember that in the past 30 years, only one Republican ever won the popular vote for POTUS and it was George W. Bush. Most Americans are to the left of the ideals of game show hosts. In other words, it's sad when most people enjoy a fun, educational game show and then they learn that the damn host is dumber than the contestants. 

Charlie Daniels died last week. I sure as hell didn't mourn him because he was a Drumpf supporter. Kelly Preston died of breast cancer last weekend. I didn't mourn her, either because she was in a cult with her husband, John Travolta. Celebrities have a job and it's to entertain people. But when they start speaking a type of politics that the majority of people don't like, it does nothing but alienate them. Several years ago, Woolery attacked Jewish people on his Twitter account. To me, he gives Christianity a bad name. It also explains why he hasn't had any big hosting gigs since 2008. Funny how his last show was Think Like a Cat because they're sure as hell smarter than he is.

People who don't think normally will see their careers disappear in two and two.

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