December 3, 1999 recap

Airdate: December 3, 1999

We've prepared a puzzle just for the home audience. San you solve this?

From Sony Pictures Studio, it's America's game! Winter Sports Week ends soon...

The answer to the Preview puzzle was HOT COCOA.

(I'm going to hope that I misheard what Pat said. It sounded like HOG CACA was his guess.)

In the nice and warm studio today:
Jan Mastrocingo (?): Back in the job market, enjoys watching Wheel, Milford, CT
Sandra Ferguson: Taking care of physically and mentally disabled adults, National City, CA
Erik Peterson: Newspaper editor at Hollywood's number 1 trade paper, Venice, CA

The top-dollar value on the Wheel is $1,000, a little mint for your hot drink from earlier. First puzzle:


An audience member could be heard yelling "Yeah!" after the very first BANKRUPT of the game.

Sandra solves MAJOR TONY NELSON & JEANNIE. Will she be able to get the $3,000 bonus?

No guess. The answer was LARRY HAGMAN.


Rescued from the snow, a Sony Home Entertainment System featuring WebTV (labeled WebTV) worth $2,899.

To the person who yelled "Yeah!", now's the time. We have a $2,500 and one-third $10,000 space on the Wheel. Only part of the latter is worth cheering, though. Round 2 begins:


I think I know who that earlier audience member is cheering on after yelling "No!" to Sandra's BANKRUPT.

Erik solves THE LAST TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE OF THE MILLENIUM.


We still have more prizes before millennium's end. Included is a trip to Hotel Cabo San Lucas (labeled TRIP) worth $6,459.

But we will always have the $3,500 and Jackpot spaces available. We start Round 3:

(Unusually for a Jackpot plug, in this case for clothing, it is shot on the set with Vanna's participation.)


Erik wishes to "purchase" the A, prompting a PBS joke from Pat.

JACKPOT! Sandra solves WRITER'S & AUCTION BLOCK to claim the $9,200 pot!


(As the week has exceeded $200K in winnings, Pat jokes that the next week's bonus prizes will be dairy products.)

Not too powdery, the $5,000 is ready for our next round:


DING DING! DING DING!

Seen enough of those! Pat will give the Wheel a Final Spin, with consonants worth $450 + $1,000 for $1,450 a piece.

Sandra: T ($1,450)
Erik: R ($1,450)
Jan: S (x2) ($2,900)
Sandra: D (x2) ($4,350)
Erik: C ($2,900)

Erik solves USE ONLY AS DIRECTED.


Well, at least she briefly got to light up her scoreboard. Still, Jan is stuck with the nice parting gifts.





BONUS ROUND:

For a strong week, can Sandra also end it that way?

She grabs the second E. One final puzzle...


RSTLNE gives her...

She calls HKPO:

The H was enough for her to solve SHAWL for a perfect Bonus Round week!

And Sandra wins $25,000 more! She leaves with a very healthy $39,500, all cash!