BREAKING: Vanna steps in as Pat undergoes emergency surgery

There is a promo linked in the latest Wheel Watchers Email featuring Vanna with Goofy and Donald. Donald has some lines in it, provided by his longtime voice actor Tony Anselmo.

The voice of Minnie Mouse, Russi Taylor, passed away last July. Disney has not yet announced who the new voice of Minnie will be, and the currently-running Disney Junior series Mickey Mouse Mixed-Up Adventures is still using her voice since the current season was produced before her death. Unless Wheel opts to keep Minnie silent or use archive recordings of Russi Taylor's voice, Wheel could be the first media to have Minnie Mouse voiced by someone else since 1974.

Contrary to popular belief, the character costumes do not have voice-changing mechanisms inside. The characters' lines are always pre-recorded by the same actors who voice them in other Disney media.

Good Morning America was present at today’s tapings and will be airing a story tomorrow.

Merged the posts from the "Pat's back at work!" thread to here.


News articles published yesterday confirm that Vanna will be hosting a third week in January, although they didn't say which week, nor who would be at the board. This week was very likely taped "secretly" on Friday, November 22 with the generic set and no general audience members.