Season 1 - (Frances/Elaine/Duane) recap

Season 1 - (Frances/Elaine/Duane) recap Feb 24, 2014 9:57:58 GMT -5

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Post by mechamind on Feb 24, 2014 9:57:58 GMT -5

(Apologies for the quality of the source video. I might not be able to get everything.)

Airdate: Feb-Apr 1984

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

A one-week Caribbean cruise
A $8,200 sapphire studded bracelet
A $15,000 Bronco

Over $87,000 just waiting to be won on...

Wheel Of Fortune!

Today's contestants:
Frances Salliss: Waitress and swimming instructor, husband's in Marine Corps, from Twentynine Palms, CA
Elaine Serie (?): Married, works at a research lab in Cambridge, from Norwood, MA
Duane McQuain (last letter?): In the University of Southern California Medical School

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

FRANCES	Elaine	Duane
$750: S $300: R $300: N -$250: A $175: T (DUD!)	$500: P (DUD!)	$350: L (x5) -$250: E Free Spin! $750: M (x2) $150: D Only vowels left! Solve: Correct!
$1,100		$3,150

PHRASE

Duane solves MILLION-DOLLAR SMILE.

$3,150 to spend

His/Hers yachting clothes (-$400)
Roseland (Dude Ranch) getaway (-$2,343)
Compact binoculars (-$300)
Trampoline (-$70)
Remainder on a gift certificate (-$37)

Frances	Elaine	Duane (FS)
		$3,150

Smile, as we're introducing a prize...it's a Sony music stereo system (labeled STEREO) worth $1,400. It's here for this round only:

Round 2

PLACE

Frances	ELAINE	Duane (FS)
	$450: S (DUD!)	$250: N (DUD!)

$300: T (DUD!)	$400: L STEREO! $150: D (DUD!)	BANKRUPT! ($0) (Free Spin used) $200: F (x2) $250: H (DUD!)
	$400+	$400
$900: G $200: M $400: X $300: C Only vowels left! Solve: Correct!
$1,800

PLACE

Frances solves GULF OF MEXICO.

$1,800 to spend

Two-piece étagère (-$1,331)
45-piece pottery (-$370)
Compact pill box (-$70)
Remainder on a gift certificate (-$29)

Frances	Elaine	Duane
$1,800		$3,150

Prizes will not be shattered in the slightest, but something else could be with a $5,000 space on the Wheel!

Round 3

PHRASE

Frances	Elaine	DUANE
		$200: T (x2) $800: H (x2) BANKRUPT! ($2,000)

$500: R $5,000: F (DUD!)	Lose A Turn!
$500

PHRASE

DING DING! DING DING!

With little time to finish this off, Pat will give the Wheel a Final Spin, with consonants worth...$800 a piece.

Duane: N (x2) ($1,600)
Frances: S ($1,300)
Elaine: M ($800)

PHRASE

Elaine solves HISTORY IN THE MAKING.

$800 to spend

Men's sportswear (-$500)
Beauty appliances (-$170)
Remainder on a gift certificate (-$130)

Frances	Elaine	Duane
$1,800	$800	$3,150

BONUS ROUND:

Could Duane make history? I don't know about that, but he'll pick this prize...

Mazda 626 sport coupe ($13,302).

The final puzzle is...

Bonus Puzzle

PHRASE

It will be, what Pat acknowledges as popular, the combo TRSLNE:

PHRASE

And he solves RISE AND SHINE to keep the car! His grand total is $16,452!