Our guest for this episode is Dave, and Dave recently found himself $113,000 richer, and he attributes that to some practice, some luck, and a pretty good talent for solving word puzzles. He won that money by being a contestant on Wheel of Fortune.We discussed:

How he prepared for the game

How he actually got on the show as a contestant

The special instructions he was given

What Pat Sajak and Vanna White are REALLY like

How he’s handling taxes on his winnings

And there’s a bonus story toward the end of our conversation about how Dave actually saved someone’s life (unrelated to his game show appearance).Here’s Dave winning cash, a trip to Barbados, and a new BMW:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pf80KRDaKaQAnd if you’d like to join the other listeners who support this podcast, you can do that at WhatWasThatLike.com/support.Music credit:Scheming Weasel (faster version) Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices