New WOF Book

I have the book. There is an entire section on the Mike Richards Jeopardy! drama (it really didn't affect anything at Wheel until his termination), and John Lauderdale reveals that he left because of Bellamie Blackstone (he could not stand her and accuses her of stealing credit for Merv and Harry's contributions to the show's legacy), and that Pat's attitude got particularly bad after Harry Friedman left and he took it out on everyone else, including John, who even told Pat he left the show partially because "you weren't very nice to me". He and other staff members thought Pat seemed happier when Mike was gone and Steve was running things, then got grumpy again when Bellamie came along. Sad to hear Bellamie is not as accepted on the staff as she is in the fandom, but maybe they just didn't think the show needed any changes.