Post by therealcu2010 on Oct 4, 2011 20:14:24 GMT -5
Daytime Wheel of Fortune - 12/22/1986 (NBC Teen Week Day 1)
Taped: 11/22/1986
Today's contestants:
Chrissy Rathmunson (sp.?), a senior at Santa Ana High, who hopes to be an ambassador for Disneyland
Tom Conn, from North Springs High School in Atlanta, GA, who enjoys sports and holds a green belt in karate (who would later go on to be a contestant on The Price is Right)
Danny Mendelson, a junior from Rock Hill, Maryland, who plans to go to college
ROUND 1:
Top dollar value in Round 1 is $750.
CATEGORY: THINGS
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
NOTE: For my recaps, I will list each contestant's spins and the letter they chose, along with the number of each letter in the puzzle. If they buy a vowel, I will simply list the vowel and the number.
Chrissy:
$600 - 1 S
$200 - no P
Tom:
$400 - 2 T's
LOSE A TURN
Danny:
$500 - no R
Chrissy:
$200 - 1 B
1 A
$300 - 1 C
$750 - no D
Tom:
BANKRUPT
Danny:
$200 - 1 H
$400 - 1 M
T H _ M B T A C _ S
Danny solves THUMBTACKS, and gets $600 to spend in the camping section of the sales floor. He buys a Sony AM/FM Stereo Cassette Recorder for $400, a $180 Vivitar PS-35 Camera, and puts the remaining $20 on a gift certificate.
Chrissy: $0
Tom: $0
Danny: $600
ROUND 2:
Top dollar value in Round 2 is $1000.
CATEGORY: PHRASE
_ _ _ _ _ / _
_ _ _ _ / _ _
_ _ _ _ / _ _ _
Tom:
$100 - no T
Danny:
$500 - 3 N's
$550 - no S
Chrissy:
$150 - 1 R
BANKRUPT
Tom:
$400 - no L
Danny:
$250 - 1 G
2 I's
$600 - 1 H
Commercial break- board as follows:
H _ _ I N G / _
_ I N D / _ _
_ _ _ R / _ _ N
Danny:
2 A's
LOSE A TURN
Chrissy:
$300 - 1 V
$300 - 1 F
$800 - 1 D
$300 - no C
Tom:
$300 - 1 Y
$200 - 1 W
H A V I N G / A
M I N D / _ F
Y _ _ R / _ W N
Tom solves HAVING A MIND OF YOUR OWN for $800! He buys a $400 Targa AM/FM Car Stereo Cassette Receiver, a $380 Zenith 13" Color TV, and puts the remaining $20 on a gift certificate.
Chrissy: $0
Tom: $800
Danny: $600
ROUND 3
Top dollar value in Round 3 is $2000.
CATEGORY: THING
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _
Danny:
$500 - 1 T
FINAL SPIN: $200
Danny: no S
Chrissy: no N
Tom: 1 L
Danny: 4 R's
_ R _ _ _ _ T _ _ _ L
_ R R _ R
Danny makes no GRAMMATICAL ERROR in solving this puzzle, and he gets $1300 to spend in the High-Tech section! He buys a $450 Hitachi CD player, $550 Colortyme VCR with Remote, a Conair Answering Machine Telephone System worth $295, and puts the remaining $5 on a gift certificate.
Best of all, he wins the trip to the Bonus Round!
Chrissy: $0
Tom: $800
Danny: $1900
BONUS ROUND
Danny is playing for a trip to Tahiti (RT for four via UTA French Airlines; 6n, Hotel Taharaa) valued at $6370.
CATEGORY: PLACE
_ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _
Danny chooses RSTLNE.
_ _ _ E _
S T _ R E
Danny figures out STORE quite easily, but unfortunately, cannot get VIDEO STORE. He leaves with $1900 in cash and prizes.
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Taped: 11/22/1986
Today's contestants:
Chrissy Rathmunson (sp.?), a senior at Santa Ana High, who hopes to be an ambassador for Disneyland
Tom Conn, from North Springs High School in Atlanta, GA, who enjoys sports and holds a green belt in karate (who would later go on to be a contestant on The Price is Right)
Danny Mendelson, a junior from Rock Hill, Maryland, who plans to go to college
ROUND 1:
Top dollar value in Round 1 is $750.
CATEGORY: THINGS
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
NOTE: For my recaps, I will list each contestant's spins and the letter they chose, along with the number of each letter in the puzzle. If they buy a vowel, I will simply list the vowel and the number.
Chrissy:
$600 - 1 S
$200 - no P
Tom:
$400 - 2 T's
LOSE A TURN
Danny:
$500 - no R
Chrissy:
$200 - 1 B
1 A
$300 - 1 C
$750 - no D
Tom:
BANKRUPT
Danny:
$200 - 1 H
$400 - 1 M
T H _ M B T A C _ S
Danny solves THUMBTACKS, and gets $600 to spend in the camping section of the sales floor. He buys a Sony AM/FM Stereo Cassette Recorder for $400, a $180 Vivitar PS-35 Camera, and puts the remaining $20 on a gift certificate.
Chrissy: $0
Tom: $0
Danny: $600
ROUND 2:
Top dollar value in Round 2 is $1000.
CATEGORY: PHRASE
_ _ _ _ _ / _
_ _ _ _ / _ _
_ _ _ _ / _ _ _
Tom:
$100 - no T
Danny:
$500 - 3 N's
$550 - no S
Chrissy:
$150 - 1 R
BANKRUPT
Tom:
$400 - no L
Danny:
$250 - 1 G
2 I's
$600 - 1 H
Commercial break- board as follows:
H _ _ I N G / _
_ I N D / _ _
_ _ _ R / _ _ N
Danny:
2 A's
LOSE A TURN
Chrissy:
$300 - 1 V
$300 - 1 F
$800 - 1 D
$300 - no C
Tom:
$300 - 1 Y
$200 - 1 W
H A V I N G / A
M I N D / _ F
Y _ _ R / _ W N
Tom solves HAVING A MIND OF YOUR OWN for $800! He buys a $400 Targa AM/FM Car Stereo Cassette Receiver, a $380 Zenith 13" Color TV, and puts the remaining $20 on a gift certificate.
Chrissy: $0
Tom: $800
Danny: $600
ROUND 3
Top dollar value in Round 3 is $2000.
CATEGORY: THING
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _
Danny:
$500 - 1 T
FINAL SPIN: $200
Danny: no S
Chrissy: no N
Tom: 1 L
Danny: 4 R's
_ R _ _ _ _ T _ _ _ L
_ R R _ R
Danny makes no GRAMMATICAL ERROR in solving this puzzle, and he gets $1300 to spend in the High-Tech section! He buys a $450 Hitachi CD player, $550 Colortyme VCR with Remote, a Conair Answering Machine Telephone System worth $295, and puts the remaining $5 on a gift certificate.
Best of all, he wins the trip to the Bonus Round!
Chrissy: $0
Tom: $800
Danny: $1900
BONUS ROUND
Danny is playing for a trip to Tahiti (RT for four via UTA French Airlines; 6n, Hotel Taharaa) valued at $6370.
CATEGORY: PLACE
_ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _
Danny chooses RSTLNE.
_ _ _ E _
S T _ R E
Danny figures out STORE quite easily, but unfortunately, cannot get VIDEO STORE. He leaves with $1900 in cash and prizes.
Comment away on both this episode, and my recap format!
