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# Santa Monica Veteran John Brooks to Compete on 'Wheel of Fortune'
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/031708-story/
- Published: 2008-03-17T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-24T18:53:57.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Entertainment, Santa Monica, #archive-import

Photo courtesy ‘Wheel of Fortune’ TAKING A SPIN Santa Monica resident John Brooks, a stage door attendant and U.S. Army veteran who served in Iraq and Afghanistan, will be a contestant on 'Wheel of Fortune’ tonight. With over 47 million viewers a week, syndication’s longest-running, most successful series continues to attract a larger audience than most primetime television shows. Along with ‘Jeopardy!,’ it is the first syndicated show to broadcast in high-definition.

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‘Wheel of Fortune’ TAKING A SPIN Santa Monica resident John Brooks, a stage door attendant and U.S. (Photo: Photo courtesy)

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on March 17, 2008.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/031708.pdf?ref=smdp.com)