Season 2 - (Jerry/Joan/Elaine) recap

Airdate: Feb-Jun 1985 (after Mary/Dan/Marianne)

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

A $23,000 Alfa Romeo coupe
A $2,000 ring
A $15,000 Mustang convertible

Over $102,000 just waiting to be won on...

Wheel Of Fortune!

Today's contestants:
Jerry Hayden: Single, is a stock broker, also a fan of politics
Joan Woods: Works with a post office, is from Moses Lake, WA
Elaine Luchins: Married, lives in Eielson Air Force Base, AK (husband is stationed there)

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. Now for our first puzzle:


Joan solves SPEED LIMIT.


(Oddly, Jack plugs the gift certificate despite Joan having nothing left for it.)


Do you find yourself attracted to this prize? We have a Jade flower shaped perfume bottle (labeled JADE) worth $1,500.


Jerry solves MONEY DOESN'T GROW ON TREES.



We like to pretend it grows on trees. We ask for a little help from the $5,000 space in this round:


Perfection! Elaine solves BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD.



But things are going well here, so we have time for another round:



DING DING! DING DING!

To squeeze this round in, Pat will give the Wheel a Final Spin. Consonants are worth...$800 a piece.

Jerry: S (x3) ($3,100)
Joan: R ($800)
Elaine: T (DUD!)
Jerry: H (DUD!)
Joan: M (DUD!)
Elaine: G ($1,600)

Elaine solves GOSPEL SINGERS.







BONUS ROUND:

Can Elaine keep it up? She looks at the prizes, and she picks...

Alfa Romeo GTV6 coupe ($23,111).

The final puzzle is...

Her letters will be your usual RSTNLE:

She instantly solves DON'T BE CRUEL. They were nice enough to give her a car, so she leaves with $29,711 in prizes!