Before the Bonus Round of Game 1, Pat mentions to Drew Carey that Vanna was a contestant on his show The Price is Right (1972). Vanna also mentions she won nothing. Interestingly, there were other Price is Right connections not mentioned; announcer Jim Thornton did a 10 episode on-air audition to become The Price Is Right announcer in 2004 and before accepting the executive producer job on Wheel of Fortune (1983), Mike Richards was executive producer on The Price is Right from 2008-2019.