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(CROWD) WHEEL....OF....FORTUNE!
(PAT SAJAK) WHAT A GREAT ENERGY. COLLEGE KIDS HAVE A LOT OF
PENT UP ENERGY AND RESERVE AND IT KIND OF ALL SPILLS OUT, AND,
YOU KNOW, WE HAVE BANDS AND THE AUDIENCE.
IT'S FUN FOR US. IT SORT OF MIXES UP FROM THE ROUTINE
AND GIVES US SOMETHING TO LOOK FORWARD TO.
(VANNA WHITE) IT'S COLLEGE WEEK FROM NEW ORLEANS.
IT'S WONDERFUL TO BE BACK IN THE SOUTH. I GREW UP IN
NORTH MYRTLE BEACH AND I FEEL LIKE I'M BACK HOME.
(HARRY FRIEDMAN) WELL, WE LOVE COLLEGE WEEK.
IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO SEE SOME COLLEGE STUDENTS
WALK AWAY WITH SOME PRETTY GOOD CHUNKS OF MONEY
AND I THINK THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME STUDENT LOANS
GETTING PAID OFF THIS WEEK.
(AUDIENCE APPLAUSE)
(SAJAK) HI JAMES. (JAMES) HOW YA DOING?
(SAJAK) JAMES LOWDER, I'M FINE, FROM SHREVEPORT, LOUISIANA.
LOUISIANA STATE, RIGHT? (JAMES) ABSOLUTELY.
(SAJAK) SOPHOMORE? (JAMES) SOPHOMORE.
AND WHAT'S YOUR MAJOR?
KINESIOLOGY. I'M A KINESIOLOGY MAJOR,, PAT.
YEAH, WHAT'S TEAM MIKE, BY THE WAY?
TEAM MIKE IS AN ORGANIZATION AT LSU WHICH HELPS THE
MASCOT, MIKE THE TIGER.
(SAJAK) OH, OKAY. NOW YOU HAVE A LIVE TIGER THERE TOO.
(JAMES) WE DO HAVE A LIVE TIGER, BEST TIGER HABITAT
IN THE NATION.
(SAJAK) OKAY, I HEAR IT'S A HAPPY TIGER.
(JAMES) A VERY HAPPY TIGER.
(SAJAK) GOOD TO HAVE YOU HERE, GOOD LUCK.
(INTERVIEWER )MAN, EVERYBODY THAT WATCHES THE SHOW
ALWAYS LIKE A MILLION TIMES LIKE, "AW I COULD SOLVE THAT
PUZZLE." DID YOU REALLY LIKE COME ON HERE THINKING LIKE,
HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT TO EXPECT?
(JAMES) I MEAN I HAD A LITTLE KNOWLEDGE OF WHAT TO EXPECT.
THAT FIRST ROUND YOU'RE OUT THERE,
YOU GET A LITTLE NERVOUS, AS YOU CAN SEE.
(SAJAK)14, 315 DOLLARS. (JAMES) THEN YOU JUST KIND OF
LOOSEN UP. YOU GET INTO THE GAME AND
YOU JUST HAVE FUN WITH IT.
AFTER THAT, EVERYTHING JUST SEEMS TO FALL INTO PLACE.
(ANNOUNCER) 30,000 DOLLARS! (CROWD NOISE AND MUSIC)
(JAMES) IT WAS GREAT. IT'S AN AWESOME EXPERIENCE,
A ONCE IN A LIFETIME EXPERIENCE. AND I STILL CAN'T BELIEVE,
YOU KNOW, WHAT HAPPENED AND JUST REALLY REALLY
EXCITED, YOU KNOW.
(SAJAK) OTISHA REED, HI. (OTISHA)HELLO, HOW ARE YOU?
(SAJAK) I'M FINE, THANKS. (OTISHA) FANTASTIC.
(SAJAK) LOUISIANA STATE.
(OTISHA) YES, GO TIGERS!
(SAJAK) A JUNIOR? (OTISHA) YES.
(SAJAK) A SORORITY GAL? (OTISHA) DELTA SIGMA THETA,
(SAJAK) UH HUH, MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL
SOCIETY OF COLLEGIATE SCHOLARS, IT SAYS HERE,
IT'S TERRIFIC.
(NOISE OF WHEEL AND APPLAUSE)
(SAJAK) 500. (OTISHA) A "T".
( SAJAK) THERE IS A "T".
(OTISHA) ALRIGHT. SOLVING THE PUZZLES WHEN YOU'RE ACTUALLY IN
THE MOMENT IS, IT FEELS A LOT DIFFERENT BECAUSE WHEN YOU'RE
AT HOME, YOU'RE COMFORTABLE, YOU'RE NOT WORRIED ABOUT
WHO'S WATCHING, YOU'RE JUST YELLING, "PICK A T, PICK AN R!"
BUT WHEN YOU'RE DOING IT YOURSELF,
YOU KNOW, YOU'RE ON A TIME CONSTRAINT,
AND YOU'RE TRYING TO HURRY UP AND SOLVE IT IN YOUR HEAD.
AND IT FEELS LIKE A WHOLE LOT MORE PRESSURE IS RIDING ON YOU.
YOU DON'T NECESSARILY WANT TO KEEP LOOKING AT THE WHEEL,
YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU CALL A DECENT LETTER.
IT'S VERY DIFFERENT WHEN YOU DOING IT HERE, LIVE, YOURSELF.
I'M TAKING HOME $6,050. I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
(SAJAK) ARQUAVIOUS GORDON FROM SUNFLOWER, MISSISIPPI
AND LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY.
(ARQUAQVIOUS)YES. (SAJAK) AND A JUNIOR.
(ARQUAVIOUS) GO TIGERS!
SAJAK: YEAH. NO SOUE FOR YOU. (CROWD APPLAUDS)
SO, YOU'RE ON THE SPEECH AND DEBATE TEAM?
YES SIR. I'M A VARSITY MEMBER ON THE LSU SPEECH AND DEBATE
TEAM AND ALSO A MEMBER OF THE STUDENTS ACTIVITY BOARD,
THE POP FUSION COMMITTEE. WE DO ALL KINDS OF EVENTS AROUND
CAMPUS TO GET EVERYBODY EXCITED
ABOUT BEING ON OUR AMAZING CAMPUS.
(SAJAK) THERE YOU GO, ANY NOISE YOU'D LIKE TO MAKE? OR YOU
WANT TO JUST PLAY THE GAME?
(ARQUAVIOUS) LET'S GET IT STARTED.
(SAJAK) ALRIGHT, LET'S DO IT.
(ARQUAVIOUS) BEING ON WHEEL OF FORTUNE WAS DEFINITELY
AN AMAZING EXPERIENCE AND I'M STILL FLABBERGASTED BY IT
RIGHT NOW. I CAN BARELY LIKE PUT INTO WORDS HOW EXCITED
I AM ABOUT BEING ON THE SHOW.
AFTER SEEING JAMES WIN, THAT WAS DEFINITELY
A LOT OF PRESSURE, A LOT MORE PRESSURE, AND THE WHOLE TIME
I WAS SITTING THERE THINKING IN MY HEAD, "MY LUCK RAN OUT,
YOU KNOW, I PROBABLY WON'T DO AS GOOD, SO I'M JUST GOING TO TAKE
WHAT I GET AND RUN WITH IT." BUT IT TURNS OUT THAT
THE LUCK WAS STILL WITH ME. I WON SOME CASH, AND A TRIP
TO HAWAII, AND I ALSO WON THE MINI COOP IN THE BONUS ROUND.
(SAJAK) GO TIGERS!