It’s difficult to imagine Wheel of Fortune without host Pat Sajak but the game show did launch in 1975 without him. The original host was Chuck Woolery. (Sajak took over in 1981.) Woolery went on to host the popular dating show Love Connection in 1983 and continued to charm America for eleven years until 1994. On Love Connection, Woolery popularized the phrase “We’ll be back in two and two” referring to the two minutes and two seconds of a typical commercial break.
[Left: Chuck Woolery made a Bass Fishing DVD, too]
23 years later and Love Connection is back, this time on FOX and with cheeky host Andy Cohen of Bravo. Chuck Woolery, now 76, is the co-host the the politically conservative podcast Blunt Force Truth with Mark Young. It’s described as tackling “the toughest issues of the day, without the usual angry white guy banter.” Love Connection airs Thursdays at 9pm on FOX.