Season 2 - (Kathe/Esther/Dennis) recap

Airdate: December 19, 1984 (after Reiko/Ralph/Conrad)

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

A $6,500 ranch pitch jacket
A $3,800 zircon and topaz ring
A $21,000 Oldsmobile Toronado

Over $93,000 just waiting to be won on...

Wheel Of Fortune!

Today's contestants:
Kathe Beardsley: Loves cooking, reading, and word games, is from Encinitas, CA
Esther Weaver: Grandmother at home (soon to be great grandmother), Rochester, NY
Dennis Turk: Married, is a manager trainee for a major restaurant firm, Honolulu, HI

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:


Esther solves THE PATTER OF LITTLE FEET.



Every little bit. We may give a big boost with a set of Raynaud Crinoline China (labeled CHINA) worth $1,400. That is, if you can claim if in this round:


After the R call, the trilon with the N lights up at first, but then it shuts off and the correct one lights up.

Perfection! Esther solves SOUTHERN HOSPITALITY.


Pat immediately puts the remaining money on a gift certificate without the option.


After the prizes were announced, Pat walked up to Dennis and asked him to "do something" by saying they'll be right back after the break.

Dennis could catch up with the $5,000 wedge!


Kathe recovers by solving NOTHING TO WRITE HOME ABOUT.



We're back, but with little time, so Pat will give the Wheel a Final Spin. Consonants will be worth...$250 a piece. Kathe begins:

Kathe: S (x2) ($500)
Esther: T ($250)
Dennis: H (DUD!)
Kathe: N (x3) ($1,250)
Esther: R (x3) ($1,000)
Dennis: G (DUD!)
Kathe: L (DUD!)
Esther: D ($1,250)

Esther solves DINNER RESERVATIONS and protects the lead.



Talk about a shut-out. Spinning just once, and overall not even lighting up his scoreboard. Dennis is left with only some nice parting gifts.





BONUS ROUND:

With not one mistake to her name, Esther makes it to Bonus Land! She will pick...

Oldsmobile Calais Supreme ($11,289).

The final puzzle is...

Same ol' STRNLE:

And Esther instantly solves SEA OF GALILEE to keep the car! She leaves with $18,439 in prizes!