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'Wheel of Fortune' contestant's 'Streetcar' fail earns instant viral fame

Attention game show contestants: "A Streetcar Naked Desire" is not a thing.

By Ben Hooper
A Wheel of Fortune contestant became a viral star Tuesday night when he flubbed the name of Tennessee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire. Screenshot: Yahoo!
A Wheel of Fortune contestant became a viral star Tuesday night when he flubbed the name of Tennessee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire. Screenshot: Yahoo!

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March 22 (UPI) -- A Wheel of Fortune contestant might not be a Tennessee Williams fan, but he's sure to never forget one of the writer's best-known plays -- at least, not again.

A contestant named Kevin was launched to instant viral fame Tuesday night when he was called on to guess the final missing letter of the puzzle: "A STREETCAR NA_ED DESIRE."

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Kevin was met with a silence followed by gasps and groans from the audience when he called out his letter: "K."

A competitor named Lisa profited from Kevin's mistake, solving the puzzle with the actual name of Williams' 1947 play: "A Streetcar Named Desire."

Host Pat Sajak joked about Kevin's mistake in congratulating Lisa.

"Although you got the right answer," he said. "I'd rather see Kevin's play."

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