Wheel Of Fortune 2010

4/4/2022

Thornton in 2016
Born	Huntington, West Virginia, U.S.
Occupation	Radio/television announcer
Years active	1985–present

4 June 2010: Person: SAVVY SHOPPER: C P H I: $35,000: 7 June 2010: Phrase: DOUBLE WHAMMY: D H M I C: $45,000: Yes: $74,838 total! 8 June 2010: Things: BANJO STRINGS: C D P I: $45,000: No: Was on vacation this week. 9 June 2010: Thing: WINDOW DISPLAY: C M P I: $25,000: Yes: 10 June 2010: BOOMERANG: C P M A: $30,000: A one word puzzle that isn't.

Over time, Wheel of Fortune has introduced and occasionally retired various gameplay elements. 1 Current Elements 1.1 Bankrupt 1.2 Cash Wedges (Active) 1.3 Crossword Round 1.4 Express Wedge 1.5 Free Play 1.6 Gift Tag 1.7 Lose A Turn 1.8 Million-Dollar Wedge 1.9 Mystery Round/Wedges 1.10 Prize Puzzle 1.11 Prize Wedge 1.12 Speed-Up/Final Spin 1.13 Toss-Ups 1.14 Wild Card 2 Retired Elements 2.1. Here is an Episode of Wheel of Fortune from Season 28 celebrating Outdoor Adventures week in November 2010.(C)2010 Califon Productions/Sony Pictures Television. Join Pat Sajak and Vanna White on the virtual set of Wheel of Fortune. For the first time ever you can spin the wheel as your favorite Mii character! Special Features. Test your skills with 8,000+ fun and exciting puzzles. Play against virtual opponents or bring the whole family together in 3 person multiplayer. Wheel of Fortune is a video game adapation of the famous TV quiz game show that was released for multiple gaming consoles including the SEGA Genesis. The game features over 3,000 word puzzles that you should beat before timer runs out. Test your luck by spinning the wheel and try to get the highest money or the jackpot and bonus prizes along.

Jim Thornton (born March 8, 1965) is an American television, radioannouncer and voice actor. He is known for his voiceover work in video games, movies and TV shows.

Early life and education[edit]

Born in Huntington, West Virginia, Thornton graduated from Huntington High School in 1983 and then moved to Los Angeles in 1984 where he started his broadcasting career a year later. He also has a degree in linguistics from Marshall University.^[1]

Career[edit]

Radio[edit]

Thornton is best known as the afternoon anchor on all-news radio KNX 1070 in Los Angeles, having been promoted from traffic reporting. He has also announced on Celebrity Deathmatch and narrated a portion of Monsters, Inc.^[2]

Game show announcer[edit]

Thornton did substitute announcing work on The Price Is Right following the death of former announcer Rod Roddy. In December 2010, he auditioned for the same role on Wheel of Fortune following the death of the show's announcer Charlie O'Donnell, and was confirmed as the show's new announcer on June 13, 2011.^[3]^[4] Because of this job, Thornton has scaled back from his job at KNX.^[4]

Voiceover work[edit]

Thornton provided the voice of Johnny Gomez in Celebrity Deathmatch, a Christmas caroler in Rugrats, and the announcer in The Cleveland Show. He also appeared in video games, where he provided additional voice-over work for Hitman: Blood Money and as a DJ in Mafia II.

Filmography[edit]

TV series[edit]

Celebrity Deathmatch – Johnny Gomez
Rugrats – Christmas Caroller
The Cleveland Show – Announcer, Additional voices
The Price Is Right – Himself – Try-Out Announcer
The Soup – Himself – Announcer
Tim & Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! – Himself – Announcer
Wheel of Fortune – Himself – Announcer, Guest Announcer
KCBS-TV – Himself – Traffic reporter

Shorts[edit]

Let's Pollute – Narrator

Movies[edit]

Monsters, Inc. – Additional voices

Video games[edit]