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Want To Buy A Vowel? Vanna White Looks Back On 35 Years At The 'Wheel'

Vanna White has spent the last 35 years turning letters on the game show Wheel of Fortune. She says her job can seem silly, but she loves it: "You can't solve the puzzle if I don't turn the letter!"

Vanna White has been turning letters on for 35 years. That's 6500 shows — and I've seen a lot of them. It's amazing to think about how much the world has changed, even as White has been doing the exact same job. No doubt, she's one of the most recognizable faces in American entertainment. We thought that 35-year anniversary was a good time to reflect back with tapes. "That little room over there, which is now my office, used to be my son's nursery," she points out. "And he's 23. Does that say it all?"

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