Season 1 - (Tom/Cindi/Velma) recap

Season 1 - (Tom/Cindi/Velma) recap Feb 21, 2014 11:23:20 GMT -5

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Post by mechamind on Feb 21, 2014 11:23:20 GMT -5

Airdate: Jan-Feb 1984

Look at this studio filled with glamorous and imaginative gifts! Fabulous merchandise including...

A $19,000 convertible
A $10,500 opal and diamond pendant
A $9,800 baby grand piano

Over $97,000 just waiting to be won on...

Wheel Of Fortune!

Today's contestants:
Tom Taylor: Assistant professor in the theater department, also a playwright, Tuscaloosa, AL
Cindi Roberts: Mother and cocktail waitress
Velma Lee: Travel expense specialist

The top-dollar value on the Wheel is $1,000. Try not to hit Bankrupt, or you will lose all your cash, but once you buy a prize, it's yours to keep. Here's our first puzzle!

Round 1

PHRASE

TOM	Cindi	Velma
$400: T $400: H $250: L $450: N (DUD!)	$400: R (x2) $750: S (DUD!)	Free Spin! $250: M (x3) $175: D (DUD!)
$1,050	$800	$750
$600: B Only vowels left! Solve: Correct!
$1,650

PHRASE

Tom solves REMEMBER THE ALAMO.

$1,650 to spend

San Francisco weekend (-$546)
22-volume encyclopedia (-$599)
Ladie's watch (-$450)
Remainder on a gift certificate (-$55)

Tom	Cindi	Velma (FS)
$1,650

Remember that Round 2 has a prize, this time a trip to Mexico and stay at the Maria Isabel-Sheraton (labeled TRIP) worth $1,720. Hit the wedge in this round!

Round 2

PHRASE

Tom	CINDI	Velma (FS)
	$400: T (x3) $200: R (x2) $1,000: S (x2) -$250: E (x3) -$250: I (x3) -$250: A $300: L (x2) -$250: O (x5) $250: N (x2) $900: M (x3) Solve: Correct!
	$6,400

PHRASE

Perfection! Cindi solves SLIP INTO SOMETHING MORE COMFORTABLE.

$6,400 to spend

Hawaiian adventure (-$2,910)
Dining room furniture (-$1,474)
Gold snake ring (-$950)
Floral print (-$275)
Dishwasher (-$430)
Silver punch bowl set (-$300)
Remainder on a gift certificate (-$61)

Do we have any more time for Tony?

Tom	Cindi	Velma (FS)
$1,650	$6,400

You'll really need it now if you want to take the lead. Here's the $5,000 space, as we begin our next round...

Round 3

THING

Tom	Cindi	VELMA (FS)
		$300: T (DUD!) (Free Spin used) $300: R (DUD!)

$200: N (x3) $250: G
$850

THING

DING DING! DING DING! (...and inexplicably, a third double-ding.)

That Round 2 shopping copy ate up a lot of time. Pat must give the Wheel a Final Spin. Consonants are worth...$500 a piece.

Tom: S (DUD!)
Cindi: D ($500)
Velma: L (DUD!)
Tom: R (Repeat)
Cindi: F (DUD!)
Velma: M ($500)
Tom: H ($1,350)

(Tom's repeated R was not acknowledged as a duplication.)

THING

Tom guesses all types of MACHINE...BENDING, WINDING, FINDING.

Cindi: V ($1,000)

THING

Cindi solves VENDING MACHINE.

$1,000 to spend

Ladie's tennis clothes (-$410)
AM-FM stereo cassette (-$350)
Portable barbecue (-$135)
Remainder on a gift certificate (-$105)

Tom	Cindi	Velma
$1,650	$7,400

As soon as Round 2 was solved, the chances of a fortune for Velma were slim. She leaves with some nice parting gifts.

BONUS ROUND:

Cindi looks at the prizes and selects...

Spider Veloce convertible ($19,337).

The final puzzle is...

Bonus Puzzle

PHRASE

Cindi's combo is NSTRLA:

PHRASE

She picked the right vowel, but does not solve ALL YOU CAN EAT. Still a good total at $7,400.