Australia - 1998 (Bob/Deb/Dave) recap

Australia - 1998 (Bob/Deb/Dave) recap Mar 4, 2023 20:21:46 GMT -5

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Post by mechamind on Mar 4, 2023 20:21:46 GMT -5

Airdate: Unknown (sometime in 1998)

Australia's favourite game, Wheel of Fortune!

Rob and Adriana talk about all the letters they've received from the Northern Territory, where they now get Wheel at the respectable time of 5:30.

Today's contestants:
Bob May: (returning champion)
Deb Melross: Pharmacy assistant who wants to retire with Mike Whitney
Dave Wilson: Spray painter who wants to go whitewater rafting sometime

The top-dollar value on the Wheel is 500, and the SURPRISE space shines on the Wheel! Here's our first puzzle:

Round 1

PHRASE

Question: Which word means both a type of towelling often used to make beach hats (interrupted)

Bob: Terry (Correct!)

(...and a man's name beginning with T?)

BOB	Deb	Dave
Lose A Turn!	500: T (x3) Free Spin! 135: H (x2) Free Spin! 135: R (x2) -50: A 100: Y 110: S (x3) Solve: Correct!
	930

Deb tried to lift the shiny Free Spin "token" off the Wheel the first time! Rob has to put it back on so that more Free Spins can be awarded. The second time, she's told not to touch it.

PHRASE

Deb solves AND THE REST IS HISTORY.

Before she can make history by never losing her turn, Deb has to look at one of our prizes. There's a Series 500 car care package, Madame Korner skin care, and a Linda household appliance collection.

Bob	Deb (2 FS)	Dave
	930
	Appliances

How easy it could be for us to forget there's a BONUS space. We have a pair of Minolta cameras, one of them an outdoors model, the other a waterproof model.

The top dollar-value on the Wheel is now 1,000.

Round 2

TITLE

Bob	Deb (2 FS)	DAVE
		135: T (x2) BONUS: H (x2) (+165 value) 165: S -50: E (x2) BANKRUPT! (415)

390: R (x2) 135: D (x3) 340: W 390: N (x2) 165: G Solve: Correct!
1,420

While picking up the BONUS, Dave accidentally knocked down one of Deb's Free Spins.

TITLE

The wife said to solve, so Bob will solve AROUND THE WORLD IN EIGHTY DAYS.

Will the wife be happy with this prize selection? Bob is going to be under pressure to take a Dentons bedding package, a crystal bird sculpture collection, or some Driza Bone leathergoods.

Bob will have a bedding package.

Bob	Deb (2 FS)	Dave
1,420	930
Bedding	Appliances	Cameras

The top-dollar value on the Wheel is up to 2,000.

Round 3

BUILDING

Bob	DEB (2 FS)	Dave
	SURPRISE: T (x2) (+350 value) Lucky T! 270: H (x3) 580: W Solve: Correct!
	1,550

BUILDING

Perfection! Deb solves THE WHITE HOUSE. Surprise! She's won a 5-night holiday in Kuala Lumpur worth $4,340!

Wait! We still have one more main game prize to give away. Calming down, Deb must pick a 10-night Gold Coast/Rocks Resort holiday, a Hoover washing machine, or Pierre Cardin lady's and gent's watches.

Deb picks an extra holiday.

Bob	Deb (...)	Dave
1,420	2,480
Bedding	Appliances Kuala Lumpur Gold Coast	Cameras

All contestants receive Parker Pens and the Mattel Wheel of Fortune board game.

Bob leaves with nearly $3,000 in prizes.

BONUS ROUND:

That was a great final round earlier with a major prize already...but Deb wants another! Can she take one of these?

9-night Bounty Hotel holiday in Bali ($3,960)

The Music Man, Sydney ebony upright piano ($5,995)

Sanyo home theatre system with 68-cm colour TV, stereo, and VCR ($4,076)

5-day Great Barrier Reef and Whitsunday Island cruise ($4,230)

Proton Persona Aeroback ($19,990)

With 2,480, Deb at least gets to three consonants and a vowel. The Golden Wheel spins, and lands on...

Proton Persona Aeroback!

She could impress us again by solving this puzzle.

Bonus Puzzle

OCCUPATION

She'll need TRL, and A up there for our favourite major prize.

OCCUPATION

She's quiet, so no Proton today. The answer was PANEL BEATER. The E and L pair could have helped. Deb still did well with $6,137 in prizes, and she returns tomorrow.