The 45-year-old game show “Wheel of Fortune” tread onto some unusually “kinky” territory this week by running a puzzle solution about sausages, *cough*.
“Brushing Up On My Italian Sausage,” the eye-catching puzzle solution read …
Say what!?
Kinky #WheelOfFortune pic.twitter.com/HD464PpuqJ
— On the Losing Faith – OUT NOW! (@TIMTMMusic) February 14, 2020
The solution, which reportedly appeared on Thursday’s edition of “Wheel of Fortune,” went mega-viral afterward, spurring confusion, mockery and complaints.
Look:
I found the “Brushing Up On My Italian Sausage” puzzle on #WheelOfFortune tonight hilarious for some reason!
— Ethan José (@blackimportance) February 14, 2020
Yeah, I don’t know about this one #wheeloffortune #ohvannapickmealetter pic.twitter.com/x3rD1BPPqu
— Franco Sicilia Jr. (@UncomfortNumb) February 14, 2020
So apparently the solution to a puzzle on Wheel of Fortune yesterday was “Brushing Up On My Italian Sausage” … and I think the jokes write themselves ??? pic.twitter.com/J2OiIqJXQN
— Dusty Reed (@Rdusty10) February 14, 2020
Bruh what intern just made the puzzle on wheel of fortune “brushing up on my Italian sausage” I’m dead
— kt (@a_kiw1) February 14, 2020
Wheel of fortune just had a puzzle that ended up being “Brushing up on my italian sausage”… That doesnt sound right…
— Seth ?? (@Seth4564TI) February 14, 2020
“Brushing up on my Italian sausage” may be one of the most lurid-sounding #WheelOfFortune puzzles ever.
— Arthur Adams (@Arthur_Adams) February 14, 2020
The puzzle on wheel of fortune was “brushing up on my Italian sausage” is it just me or can that be interpreted in a variety of ways? ??
— Felicia Grassia (@felicia_921) February 14, 2020
Kinky #WheelOfFortune pic.twitter.com/HD464PpuqJ
— On the Losing Faith – OUT NOW! (@TIMTMMusic) February 14, 2020
Come on #WheelOfFortune this is supposed to be a family show! pic.twitter.com/QYHUVp729c
— Mike Rand (@mrand247) February 14, 2020
Is it inappropriate to ask a woman you are on a date with to brush up on my Italian sausage? Asking for a friend.
— Tom Laq (@IamBrooklyn31) February 14, 2020
As many of you know, I’m a dedicated @WheelofFortune fan.
Tonight, there was one puzzle that wasn’t exactly thought through.
Category: Before & After
Puzzle: BRUSHING UP ON MY ITALIAN SAUSAGE
EXCUSE ME? pic.twitter.com/kAekngrbLF
— Ryan Wood (@RyanWoodDFW) February 14, 2020
@WheelofFortune #wheeloffortune this used to be a family show. Our family enjoyed watching it together. Can’t let the kids watch it anymore. Goodbye wheel of fortune
— Gunner (@judie99527349) February 14, 2020
What made the solution so “lurid” and “kinky” thus inappropriate for a family show was the fact that, well, the shape of a sausage shares something in common with the shape of, *cough*, male genitalia. Yeah …
This, of course, raises the question of whether “Brushing Up On My Italian Sausage” was supposed to be some sort of double entendre. There’s just one problem. Prior to the phrase’s appearance on “Wheel of Fortune” Thursday, it didn’t exist. There were no examples on Google or elsewhere of anybody ever uttering the bizarre phrase.
And hilariously enough, as of Saturday morning, viewers still had no clue what the hell the solution was even supposed to mean. All they knew was that it didn’t sound right.
But some have speculated that perhaps the solution was supposed to contain a punctuation mark of some sort — a comma or a colon, for instance.
It was a BEFORE & AFTER PUZZLE. ?. ‘Brushing up on my Italian’. PERIOD ‘Italian Sausage’. PERIOD. These kinds of puzzles happen often on WOF. They’re NOT meant to ‘sexy’. ?
— Sheila Thurman (@Nanasjt) February 14, 2020
In that case, the solution would have read, “Brushing Up On My Italian: Sausage.” That would admittedly make sense.
But for Adam Goodell, the contestant who won $2,450 by solving the puzzle, none of the drama even mattered, no doubt.
Listen to him reading off the solution below:
@WheelofFortune is my new favorite game show. pic.twitter.com/M4qGKyOA3h
— Jacob Redway (@jacobredway) February 14, 2020
This isn’t the first time “Wheel of Fortune” has been mired in controversy. Nor will it likely be the last.
In fact, just last month the game show made headlines again after a contestant offered a very risqué (and quite incorrect answer) to one of the show’s puzzles.
When contestant Marie Leo’s turn arrived, all that could be seen on the board was “—–ng -a–.” After reportedly panicking for a second, Leo tried solving the puzzle by blurting out, “Chasing Tail.”
*BUZZER*
Wrong!
Watch:
The solution was “Kicking Back.”
Oh well!
Something similar happened in 2017, except this time it involved Twitter users who rushed to their keyboards to incorrectly solve the puzzle seen below:
The proposed answers were interesting, to say the least …
Look:
Dani’s Dirt – .@WheelofFortune answer has many people guessing…at dirty answers! https://t.co/Q6t2lviDOD #WheelOfFortune pic.twitter.com/if6BYEgLxQ
— Dani (@danirohs) May 11, 2017
CUCK AT WORK
— José Simián (@josesimian) May 10, 2017
LICK IT FORK
— adrian crawford (@Crawf33) May 9, 2017
My mothers answer to this was lick it dork. But suck it dork works too. https://t.co/GdP2smdX9M
— carly. (@CarlyGroff) May 10, 2017
Sick at work
— Susan wiltermood (@WiltermoodSusan) April 22, 2019
PICK AT PORK
— a little grapes, as a treat (@davegrapes) May 10, 2017
Jack at work
— Mary (@MaryChalupsky) October 9, 2017
BACK AT ZORK pic.twitter.com/wV6o22iijd
— Sondheim Youth (AKA J. Brodsky) (@TheOrchidShow) May 10, 2017
Yeah, no, the answer was “Back At Work.” Nice try, though!
Below are some more seemingly “kinky” answers from the show (*Language warning):
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