A closer look
The true physical toll of game show hosting is measured in repetitive strain injury. Vanna White has been turning letters and smiling on Wheel of Fortune since 1982. Mathematicians and obsessive fans calculated that between congratulating contestants, celebrating spins, and basic applause, she claps approximately 600 times per episode. Over her forty-year career, this equates to well over three million individual claps, making her hands the most aggressively utilized instruments in broadcast history.
