May 7, 1985 recap

Airdate: May 7, 1985

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

A $13,000 Oldsmobile
A $7,500 diamond star bracelet
A $29,000 Cadillac

Over $121,000 just waiting to be won on...

Wheel Of Fortune!

Today's contestants:
Kim Coroner: Junior at University of Las Vegas majoring in business management, wants a big corporation
Brad Picornie: Married, is a repairman for a local telephone company, Chicago, IL
Carla Harwell: Single, is a hemodialysis technician, Cleveland, OH

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!


Brad solves STEVE MARTIN.


(The contestant shot does not appear on the screen during the shopping.)


One of those prizes that cost some of us an arm and a leg, so easy there. We have now got a Lowrey electronic keyboard (labeled MUSIC) worth $2,195.


Kim solves GETTING THE MESSAGE ACROSS.



See what happened there? Let's repeat that...with the $5,000 space! Can we?


Brad solves SYNDICATED COLUMNIST.



We can play another round, too:



DING DING! DING DING!

It has come to this yet again. Pat gives the Wheel a Final Spin, and consonants will be worth...$300 a piece.

Carla: J ($1,150)

Carla solves TEARS OF JOY.







BONUS ROUND:

So strange. She scores thanks to a single spin on $1,000 (for a quadruple S). Now Kim picks...

Oldsmobile Calais Supreme ($13,448).

The final puzzle is...

The combo will be another of TRSNLE:

Short words strike back at the opportunity. She does not solve KEY RING, and will have to settle with $4,000 in prizes.