Post by whammy007 on Nov 2, 2011 21:01:47 GMT -5
Nighttime Wheel of Fortune: "NASCAR Week" - Original Airdate 4/25/2002 (Season 19)
No celebrities, just three players waiting for the green light to earn green cash on WHEEL! OF! FORTUNE!
$1,000 TOSS-UP:
_ / _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ / _ _ _ _ _
PERSON
Our blue player, Debbie, takes the pole position:
A / C R E _ _ U _ E
O _ / H A B _ _
PERSON
and if she wants to be A CREATURE OF HABIT, let's hope that habit is winning money - she has $1,000!
Let's meet our players for tonight's match:
Debbie Dittmeyer, a customer service representative and mother of six from Oak Harbor, Washington
Jim Dupler, a cable maintenance technician and father of two from East Berlin, PA
Brian Fleming, a marketing business manager from Kansas City, MO (and the provider of tonight's episode!)
$2,000 TOSS-UP:
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ / &
_ _ _ _ _
THINGS
Debbie's in first again...
_ _ _ _ T E S / &
H _ U R S
THINGS
but it doesn't take her MINUTES & HOURS to solve - she's two for two and has $3,000!
ROUND 1:
$2,500 is the top dollar, but nothing special is happening this round.
_ _ _ _ _ / _ _ _ _
PROPER NAME
Debbie will start us off with a very nice spin of $2,500 for a single N in this short puzzle! She buys three good A's and one dud I to end her turn... so it's on Jim now. He fills in all the letters but one consonant - and it's not an F. Brian spins up the minimum of $300 and puts up the maximum of one Z:
P A U L A / Z A H N
PROPER NAME
therefore, he'll read off PAULA ZAHN for $300, which is bumped up to the house minimum of $500!
Duds: I (Debbie), F (Jim)
Jim: isn't aware of Paula Zahn
Brian: $500
Debbie: $3,000
ROUND 2 - JACKPOT ROUND:
The Zatarain's Jackpot wedge is available this round, as is this prize:
it's a Vespa scooter valued at $3,100!
_ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ / _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ / _ _ _ _ _ -
_ _ _ _ _ _
BEFORE & AFTER
Jim will have a chance to redeem himself after that late dud last round, and his first spin is decent - $800, just by the scooter for the lone N. He next finds T's, H's, and E's (all in triplicate) then I's, R's, and D's (all in pairs). He's on a roll, and while his spins all miss the scooter and the $3,500 space, one of them will just barely hang onto the JACKPOT! There's $9,150 in there and one G in the puzzle, but Jim is unable to solve it as yet, so he must spin. After a $550 W and the purchase of the O and U, he finally gets it:
T H E
_ U S T O _ E R / I S
A L W A Y S / R I G H T -
H A N D E D
BEFORE & AFTER
and THE CUSTOMER IS ALWAYS RIGHT-HANDED hands Jim $7,750 - not the Jackpot, but still nice cash!
PERFECT ROUND!
Unclaimed Jackpot: $9,700
Jim: $7,750
Brian: $500
Debbie: $3,000
ROUND 3 - $10,000 ROUND:
The $10,000 gold "Oreo" wedge is on the wheel, as is another prize:
it's the Richard Petty Driving Experience, good for $6,000!
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ / _ _ _ _
_ _ _ / _ _ _ _ _ _
EVENT
Brian is looking to make a charge from third place, and there are a lot of nice prizes that could do it for him, but his first spin just ticks off of the scooter to $800 - there's a pair of T's though, a $1,600 start. The logical H (just one) and E (three) calls follow based on the T placement. His turn stops though since there is no S in this puzzle. Debbie's first spin hits the BRAND SOURCE gift tag for a pair of P's, which she almost gives back - her second spin barely clears the Oreo Bankrupt on the back side. She's going to go on and solve:
_ R E A _ _ N _ / O P E N
T H E / P _ N A T A
EVENT
and she's BREAKING OPEN THE PINATA and finding $2,500 and a gift tag inside!
Sole Dud: S (Brian)
Jim: $7,700
Brian: $500
Debbie: $6,500 cash and Brand Source gift
$3,000 TOSS-UP:
_ _ _ _ / _ _ / _ _ _ _
PHRASE
Brian shows some signs of life:
T _ L _ / M _ / M O _ E
and he says TELL ME MORE for $3,000!
Jim: $7,700
Brian: $3,500
Debbie: $6,500 cash and Brand Source gift
ROUND 4 (Partial Speedup):
$5,000 is out there - maybe somebody can hit it! We have the second of only three known occurrences of a slash in this puzzle, so for this round only the word break on the first line is denoted by a bold backslash (\).
_ _ \ _ _ / _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
THING
Brian will get a chance to build on his momentum, and his first spin out of the gate does just that - only one T, but it's on $5,000! He puts up several more letters, but will buy the bad E just as the time runs out - here's the board going into speedup:
A N \ _ N / _ _ _
S _ I T _ _
THING
We're going to add $1,000 to $500 and make all consonants worth $1,500 each in the speedup. This one makes two full passes, and Brian gets the W up and solves:
A N \ _ N / _ _ _
S W I T C H
THING
He really flipped AN ON/OFF SWITCH at the end of this game - that's $9,450 and the win!
Duds (pre-speedup): E (Brian)
Duds (post-speedup): G (Debbie), R (Jim), L (Jim)
Jim: $7,700
Brian: $12,950
Debbie: $6,500 cash and Brand Source gift
Brian will head to Victory Lane, otherwise known as Bonusland!
BONUS ROUND:
Brian's bonus spin lands on the N in WIN.
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _
PEOPLE
Let's wave the green flag for RSTLN and E:
_ _ _ _ E _
_ _ N S
PEOPLE
Yellow for caution now - Brian picks CDMA to be his help...
_ _ C _ E _
_ A N S
PEOPLE
Unfortunately, Brian's way off base, guessing UNCLE for the first word on every attempt, which will have him crashing long before the checkered flag. Any group of NHL aficionados would be HOCKEY FANS, and so is the solution to this puzzle. He will NOT be adding $25,000 to his total, but he still goes away with $12,950 in cash!
No celebrities, just three players waiting for the green light to earn green cash on WHEEL! OF! FORTUNE!
$1,000 TOSS-UP:
_ / _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ / _ _ _ _ _
PERSON
Our blue player, Debbie, takes the pole position:
A / C R E _ _ U _ E
O _ / H A B _ _
PERSON
and if she wants to be A CREATURE OF HABIT, let's hope that habit is winning money - she has $1,000!
Let's meet our players for tonight's match:
Debbie Dittmeyer, a customer service representative and mother of six from Oak Harbor, Washington
Jim Dupler, a cable maintenance technician and father of two from East Berlin, PA
Brian Fleming, a marketing business manager from Kansas City, MO (and the provider of tonight's episode!)
$2,000 TOSS-UP:
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ / &
_ _ _ _ _
THINGS
Debbie's in first again...
_ _ _ _ T E S / &
H _ U R S
THINGS
but it doesn't take her MINUTES & HOURS to solve - she's two for two and has $3,000!
ROUND 1:
$2,500 is the top dollar, but nothing special is happening this round.
_ _ _ _ _ / _ _ _ _
PROPER NAME
Debbie will start us off with a very nice spin of $2,500 for a single N in this short puzzle! She buys three good A's and one dud I to end her turn... so it's on Jim now. He fills in all the letters but one consonant - and it's not an F. Brian spins up the minimum of $300 and puts up the maximum of one Z:
P A U L A / Z A H N
PROPER NAME
therefore, he'll read off PAULA ZAHN for $300, which is bumped up to the house minimum of $500!
Duds: I (Debbie), F (Jim)
Jim: isn't aware of Paula Zahn
Brian: $500
Debbie: $3,000
ROUND 2 - JACKPOT ROUND:
The Zatarain's Jackpot wedge is available this round, as is this prize:
it's a Vespa scooter valued at $3,100!
_ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ / _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ / _ _ _ _ _ -
_ _ _ _ _ _
BEFORE & AFTER
Jim will have a chance to redeem himself after that late dud last round, and his first spin is decent - $800, just by the scooter for the lone N. He next finds T's, H's, and E's (all in triplicate) then I's, R's, and D's (all in pairs). He's on a roll, and while his spins all miss the scooter and the $3,500 space, one of them will just barely hang onto the JACKPOT! There's $9,150 in there and one G in the puzzle, but Jim is unable to solve it as yet, so he must spin. After a $550 W and the purchase of the O and U, he finally gets it:
T H E
_ U S T O _ E R / I S
A L W A Y S / R I G H T -
H A N D E D
BEFORE & AFTER
and THE CUSTOMER IS ALWAYS RIGHT-HANDED hands Jim $7,750 - not the Jackpot, but still nice cash!
PERFECT ROUND!
Unclaimed Jackpot: $9,700
Jim: $7,750
Brian: $500
Debbie: $3,000
ROUND 3 - $10,000 ROUND:
The $10,000 gold "Oreo" wedge is on the wheel, as is another prize:
it's the Richard Petty Driving Experience, good for $6,000!
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ / _ _ _ _
_ _ _ / _ _ _ _ _ _
EVENT
Brian is looking to make a charge from third place, and there are a lot of nice prizes that could do it for him, but his first spin just ticks off of the scooter to $800 - there's a pair of T's though, a $1,600 start. The logical H (just one) and E (three) calls follow based on the T placement. His turn stops though since there is no S in this puzzle. Debbie's first spin hits the BRAND SOURCE gift tag for a pair of P's, which she almost gives back - her second spin barely clears the Oreo Bankrupt on the back side. She's going to go on and solve:
_ R E A _ _ N _ / O P E N
T H E / P _ N A T A
EVENT
and she's BREAKING OPEN THE PINATA and finding $2,500 and a gift tag inside!
Sole Dud: S (Brian)
Jim: $7,700
Brian: $500
Debbie: $6,500 cash and Brand Source gift
$3,000 TOSS-UP:
_ _ _ _ / _ _ / _ _ _ _
PHRASE
Brian shows some signs of life:
T _ L _ / M _ / M O _ E
and he says TELL ME MORE for $3,000!
Jim: $7,700
Brian: $3,500
Debbie: $6,500 cash and Brand Source gift
ROUND 4 (Partial Speedup):
$5,000 is out there - maybe somebody can hit it! We have the second of only three known occurrences of a slash in this puzzle, so for this round only the word break on the first line is denoted by a bold backslash (\).
_ _ \ _ _ / _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
THING
Brian will get a chance to build on his momentum, and his first spin out of the gate does just that - only one T, but it's on $5,000! He puts up several more letters, but will buy the bad E just as the time runs out - here's the board going into speedup:
A N \ _ N / _ _ _
S _ I T _ _
THING
We're going to add $1,000 to $500 and make all consonants worth $1,500 each in the speedup. This one makes two full passes, and Brian gets the W up and solves:
A N \ _ N / _ _ _
S W I T C H
THING
He really flipped AN ON/OFF SWITCH at the end of this game - that's $9,450 and the win!
Duds (pre-speedup): E (Brian)
Duds (post-speedup): G (Debbie), R (Jim), L (Jim)
Jim: $7,700
Brian: $12,950
Debbie: $6,500 cash and Brand Source gift
Brian will head to Victory Lane, otherwise known as Bonusland!
BONUS ROUND:
Brian's bonus spin lands on the N in WIN.
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _
PEOPLE
Let's wave the green flag for RSTLN and E:
_ _ _ _ E _
_ _ N S
PEOPLE
Yellow for caution now - Brian picks CDMA to be his help...
_ _ C _ E _
_ A N S
PEOPLE
Unfortunately, Brian's way off base, guessing UNCLE for the first word on every attempt, which will have him crashing long before the checkered flag. Any group of NHL aficionados would be HOCKEY FANS, and so is the solution to this puzzle. He will NOT be adding $25,000 to his total, but he still goes away with $12,950 in cash!