Rigged gimmicks

Despite the random nature of The Wheel of the Worst, the panelists are known to fudge the results of The Wheel to make it land on films they’re actually interested in watching, even outright ignoring The Wheel entirely.

The crew is well aware that this is obvious and clearly do not care, shouting phrases like “We’re frauds!” and “Legit spin!” when creating these contrivances.

Examples

• Wheel of the Worst 10: For the third spin, all tapes were removed from the wheel while *Exploding Varmints* was placed in the center of the wheel. After the spin panelists universally claimed the wheel landed on *Varmints*.
• Wheel of the Worst #26: Come See What First Aid You Can Do was selected, but Mike Stoklasa enthusiastically celebrated for Surfing for Seniors. As a result, Jay Bauman and Colin Cunningham—who had spun the wheel—pretended Surfing was the selected tape.