Queering Wheel of Fortune

Yeah, Wheel of Fortune, for chrissakes. How mainstream can you get? Gotta love it.

Note to my overseas Truckbuddies: WofF is required daily viewing for all U.S. citizens and resident aliens over the age of 65. This was established by an Act of Congress, known as "Vanna's Law," which was signed by President Ronald Reagan back about, oh 1982, and has been strictly enforced ever since. I understand that the Vatican is currently considering a proposal to beatify Pat Sajak. It is reported that he and Vanna are in fact worshipped as gods in some isolated retirement communities across the Sun Belt, but I've never actually witnessed that myself. See also cargo cult, mass hysteria, geriatric religion.

Update: Dan Savage makes note of the lack of an awww-reaction from the audience in this clip:

Don't get me wrong: this was an exceedingly sweet moment, props to these guys for being out and engaged, and the kind of people who watch game shows—middle Americans, older Americans—are exactly the kind of people who need to be exposed to non-threatening gay couples in ugly sweaters. But the audience's silence is just as revealing, I think, as this Wheel of Fortune contestant's casual introduction of his fiance. We are outer than ever, more open than ever, and more integrated into the mainstream of American life than ever. But the mainstream—that studio audience—doesn't quite know how to respond to us yet.