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December 15, 1997 recap Dec 27, 2020 21:20:53 GMT -5

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Post by mechamind on Dec 27, 2020 21:20:53 GMT -5

Airdate: December 15, 1997

From Sony Pictures Studio, it's America's game! Welcome to Scandinavia Week!

Braving the elements today:
Tiffiny Royce: "Marcom" (Marketing communication) coordinator for a hi-tech company, San Diego, CA
Ben Bass: Lawyer and recent graduate of Northwestern University Law School, from Chicago, IL
Ver Dawn Finchem: Gift basket designer, Los Angeles, CA

Pat thinks that Ben might end up serving him sometime.

The top-dollar value on the Wheel is 1,000, which will definitely bring you warm feelings. Let's get started:

Round 1

TITLE

TIFFINY	Ben	Ver Dawn
SURPRISE: N $700: D $250: T (x2) -$250: E (x6) BANKRUPT! ($950) (Surprise lost)	BANKRUPT! ($0)	$800: H (x3) $600: L -$250: A (x2) $500: P (DUD!)
		$2,750
$250: R $400: G (DUD!)	$250: V BANKRUPT! ($250)	$350: S (x2) $1,000: M Solve: Correct!
$250		$4,450

TITLE

Ver Dawn solves THE ELVES AND THE SHOEMAKER.

Tiffiny	Ben	Ver Dawn
		$4,450

The studio elves present to you a Bang & Olufsen electronics gift certificate (labeled STEREO) worth $3,000.

You can also buy some good presents with cash from the $2,500 or one-third $10,000 spaces. All you need to do afterwards is solve this puzzle:

Round 2

BEFORE & AFTER

Tiffiny	BEN	Ver Dawn
	STEREO: T (x3) $2,500: H (x2) -$250: E (x3) $350: S (x4) -$250: A (x4) $800: M $500: D (x2) (Stopped spin) (Resume at $250) $250: P (x2) -$250: O (x3) $600: N $700: R Solve: Correct!
	$9,250+

(Possibly because Ben's spin is stopped by Pat, the $10,000 Wedge comes loose and partly covers the nearby $600.)

BEFORE & AFTER

Perfection! Ben solves BOARDING PASS THE MASHED POTATOES to keep the Bang & Olufsen prize!

Tiffiny	Ben	Ver Dawn
	$12,250	$4,450

Now that's what we're talking about! Keep it up! You'll also love the Jackpot and the $3,500 space that we've got here...

Round 3

CLASSIC TV

Tiffiny	Ben	VER DAWN
		$500: R $900: S (x2) -$250: A (x2) $500: B $800: L (DUD!)
		$2,550
$450: T (x3) -$250: E (x3) $500: N (x3) $250: F (x2) -$250: O (x2) Solve: Wrong!
$2,850

CLASSIC TV

Tiffiny says DON KNOTTS AS SERGEANT BARNEY FIFE.

Tiffiny	Ben	Ver Dawn
		$2,550
	$700: K $700: D (x2) $450: P Solve: Correct!
$2,850	$2,550

CLASSIC TV

Ben solves DON KNOTTS AS DEPUTY BARNEY FIFE.

Tiffiny	Ben	Ver Dawn
	$14,800	$4,450

Those rounds ate up a lot of time, so now Pat will give the Wheel a Final Spin. Consonants are worth... $250 a piece. Not quite the big one...

Round 4

PHRASE

Tiffiny: T (x4) ($1,000)
Ben: H (x2) ($500)

PHRASE

Ben quickly solves THIS WON'T HURT A BIT.

Tiffiny	Ben	Ver Dawn
	$15,300	$4,450

I do feel the pain of Tiffiny's incorrect guess from earlier. Ben's dominance didn't help her much. Tiffiny will be leaving with some nice parting gifts.

BONUS ROUND:

Time for Ben to score something even bigger! How about one of...

Saab 900 SE Convertible (over $43,000)

Volvo Wagon (almost $40,000)

1998 Volvo S70 GLT (over $34,000)

Scandinavian trip (almost $30,000)

The cash, but in US dollars ($25,000 to be exact)

In the minute and a half that Ben thinks they have for this segment (he's a lawyer, after all), he picks the H and gets right to it...

Bonus Puzzle

THING

RSTLNE gives him:

THING

Taking time for his choices, it will be GDCA:

THING

He solves PIGGY BANK ...1/4 of a second too late.

Since he's a lawyer (actually, it would have happened for anyone), the staff will check the tape to verify if he solved it in time, but don't get your hopes up.

...

In the post-game, it was confirmed that Ben solved it too late.

Vanna opens the envelope, and we see that he missed out on the Volvo Wagon. It's not over yet, because at $15,300, his total might just be high enough for Friday.