Participants of the “Three Wheels of Fortune” contest completely embarrassed themselves on National Television

Game failures usually consist of rare moments when smart people look like idiots. On Tuesday we got another one, but given what happened, I hesitate to make any judgments about the intellectual data of any of the participants. My lord, what an awkwardness.

The category was a phrase that filled in the following:

Another
Feather _N
Yo_R _A_

Any intelligent creature would know that the answer is “Another feather in your cap”. Easy, right? Far from it. See how quickly this simple puzzle turns into chaos:

How?!? How did Laura get three punches and miss everything? I have never seen anything like it. It was so painful to watch. How many three-letter words end in AP? And how much was she going to try before everything worked out?