{"id":102939,"date":"2024-06-07T15:59:12","date_gmt":"2024-06-07T15:59:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/07\/pat-sajak-lands-unexpected-first-job-following-wheel-of-fortune-exit\/"},"modified":"2024-06-07T15:59:12","modified_gmt":"2024-06-07T15:59:12","slug":"pat-sajak-lands-unexpected-first-job-following-wheel-of-fortune-exit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/07\/pat-sajak-lands-unexpected-first-job-following-wheel-of-fortune-exit\/","title":{"rendered":"Pat Sajak Lands Unexpected First Job Following \u2018Wheel of Fortune\u2019 Exit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/pat-sajak\/\" title=\"Pat Sajak\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Pat Sajak<\/strong><\/a> is staying busy after <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/wheel-of-fortune\/\" title=\"Wheel Of Fortune\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Wheel of Fortune<\/strong><\/a><\/em>!<\/p>\n<p>After 41 seasons as host of the fan-favorite ABC game show, <strong>Pat<\/strong>, 77, will be leaving his hosting role on Friday, June 7.<\/p>\n<p>Following his exit, <strong>Pat<\/strong> has landed his first new job, and it\u2019s quite unexpected.<\/p>\n<p><strong class=\"hidearticle\"><em>Keep reading to find out more\u2026<\/em><\/strong><span id=\"more-2029908\"><\/span>It has been announced that <strong>Pat<\/strong> will be reuniting with longtime friend <strong>Joe Moore<\/strong>, the KNON-TV Hawaii newscaster and actor, back on stage in a new take on the play <strong><em>Prescription: Murder<\/em><\/strong>, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2024\/tv\/news\/pat-sajak-first-post-wheel-of-fortune-gig-stage-columbo-play-prescription-murder-1236026870\/#recipient_hashed=cdc1cbe91e1f0ddac1fd6af2d3e36c0a570f2dc92af3d89ff07b23e7880a40f9&amp;recipient_salt=9b3ec81931b98ed667ddc49b6844651b7069f68dae23a13b8800ba28926c179e\" onclick=\"getOutboundLink(&#039;https:\/\/variety.com\/2024\/tv\/news\/pat-sajak-first-post-wheel-of-fortune-gig-stage-columbo-play-prescription-murder-1236026870\/#recipient_hashed=cdc1cbe91e1f0ddac1fd6af2d3e36c0a570f2dc92af3d89ff07b23e7880a40f9&amp;recipient_salt=9b3ec81931b98ed667ddc49b6844651b7069f68dae23a13b8800ba28926c179e&#039;); return false;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Variety<\/a><\/em> reports.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pat<\/strong> and <strong>Joe<\/strong> will star opposite each other in the play at The Hawaii Theatre in downtown Honolulu next summer, which is expected to run from July 31 to August 25, 2025. The Hawaii Theatre is expected to officially announce the news during a commercial break that will air during <strong>Pat<\/strong>\u2018s final <em>Wheel of Fortune<\/em> episode.<\/p>\n<p>The 1962 mystery-thriller <em>Prescription: Murder<\/em> was written by <strong>William Link<\/strong> and <strong>Richard Levinson<\/strong>, who turned the play into the TV series <em>Columbo<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>In the Hawaii Theatre version,<strong> Pat<\/strong> will play \u201cbrilliant psychiatrist Roy Flemming, who hatches a plot with a perfect alibi to murder his neurotic and possessive wife.\u201d <strong>Joe<\/strong> will play Lt. Columbo, \u201cthe seemingly bumbling detective who engages the psychiatrist in a cat-and-mouse battle of wits right up to the play\u2019s surprising climax.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>The upcoming play will mark the ninth time <strong>Pa<\/strong>t and <strong>Joe<\/strong> will share the stage, which begin in 1993\u2032s <em>Prophecy and Honor<\/em>. The last time they appeared together on stage was in 2012\u2032s <em>The Odd Couple<\/em> in Connecticut.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/vanna-white\/\" title=\"Vanna White\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Vanna White<\/strong><\/a> recently shared an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2024\/06\/06\/vanna-white-shares-emotional-farewell-video-ahead-of-pat-sajaks-final-wheel-of-fortune-episode\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">emotional farewell video message<\/a> to <strong>Pat<\/strong> ahead of his final episode of <em>Wheel of Fortune<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p><script>(function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; if (d.getElementById(id)) return; js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src = \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v3.2&appId=145071315902360\"; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs); }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2024\/06\/07\/pat-sajak-lands-unexpected-first-job-following-wheel-of-fortune-exit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pat Sajak is staying busy after Wheel of Fortune! After 41 seasons as host of the fan-favorite ABC game show, Pat, 77, will be leaving his hosting role on Friday, June 7. Following his exit, Pat has landed his first new job, and it\u2019s quite unexpected. Keep reading to find out more\u2026It has been announced [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":102940,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-102939","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-lifestyle"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102939","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=102939"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102939\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/102940"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=102939"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=102939"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=102939"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}