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October 27, 1999 recap Jan 16, 2021 20:12:06 GMT -5

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Post by mechamind on Jan 16, 2021 20:12:06 GMT -5

Airdate: October 27, 1999

Can you solve this Preview Puzzle?

Preview Puzzle

PROPER NAME

From Sony Pictures Studio, it's America's game! This is Halloween Week!

The answer to the above puzzle is ALAN ALDA.

Looking for treats tonight:
Kevin Brown: Physician, from Los Angeles, CA (originally from Little Rock, AR)
Colin Goldman: Works in sales at a packaging company, from Santee, CA
Alane Avalone-Murphy: Bank vice president for 23 years and counting, from East Meadow, NY

The top-dollar value on the Wheel is $1,000, but don't wander off into the blackness, or you might lose your treats.

Round 1

SLOGAN

KEVIN	Colin	Alane
$1,000: T (DUD!)	$800: S (DUD!)	$450: R (x2) $400: N $600: L (DUD!)
		$1,300
$600: M (x4) -$250: O (x2) Lose A Turn!	$300: J (DUD!)	$900: D (x3) Solve: Correct!
$2,150		$4,000

SLOGAN

Alane solves RECOMMENDED BY DR. MOM. She's not sure, but she could still try to guess whose Slogan for a $3,000 bonus.

Would it be Listerine? No. It would be Robitussin.

Kevin	Colin	Alane
		$4,000

What would you think about this prize? It's a Broadway weekend in New York with seats for Jekyll & Hyde the musical, plus a stay at the Empire Hotel (labeled JEKYLL/HYDE) worth $2,560.

We certainly recommend you try for the $2,500 space. There's also a $10,000 prize, but it's not for the fearful.

Round 2 (Puzzler Round)

TITLE

Kevin	COLIN	Alane
	$700: S (DUD!)	$500: T (x3) $300: H (x2) -$250: E (x2) $900: N (DUD!)
		$1,850
$900: R (x2) Free Spin: W BANKRUPT! ($1,800) (Free Spin used) BANKRUPT! ($0)	$450: L $2,500: C (x2) $800: M (DUD!)	Jekyll/Hyde: B Solve: Correct!
	$5,450	$1,850+

After Colin's first lost turn, Kevin tried to spin even though it's actually Alane's turn!

TITLE

Alane solves THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT. Another chance at a $3,000 bonus comes from this Puzzler!

Puzzler

PHRASE

Complete silence. She does not solve SPINE-TINGLING.

Kevin	Colin	Alane
		$8,410

Fitting with Halloween, we've added this prize: A 1-week trip with Ghost Expeditions New Orleans (labeled HALLOWEEN) worth $3,832.

If Alane wants that extra money, it must come from the $3,500 space and possibly even the Jackpot space. Nothing to fear with these!

Round 3

PHRASE

Kevin	Colin	ALANE
		Lose A Turn!

$300: T (x2) $300: S $400: R (DUD!)	$600: L $350: N $3,500: D (DUD!)	$600: F (x2) Solve: Correct!
$900	$950	$1,200

PHRASE

Alane solves IN A STATE OF FLUX.

Kevin	Colin	Alane
		$9,610

The $5,000 space could vanquish the dark night!

Round 4

AROUND THE HOUSE

KEVIN	Colin	Alane
$900: T (DUD!)	$800: S $5,000: D (DUD!)	$600: H $300: D (x2) -$250: I $900: C Solve: Correct!
	$800	$1,850

AROUND THE HOUSE

Alane solves CANDY DISH.

Kevin	Colin	Alane
		$11,460

Since she's going fast, we have time for another round!

Round 5

PEOPLE

DING DING! DING DING!

Still, Pat has to give the Wheel a Final Spin. Consonants will be worth ~~BANKRUPT~~ $300 + $1,000 for $1,300 a piece.

Colin: S (x2) ($2,600)
Alane: T (DUD!)
Kevin: R ($1,300)
Colin: L (DUD!)
Alane: H (DUD!)
Kevin: D (DUD!)
Colin: C ($3,900)
Alane: N (DUD!)
Kevin: M (DUD!)
Colin: F (DUD!)
Alane: B (DUD!)

Kevin: P ($2,600)

Only vowels left!

Colin: A (DUD!)
Alane: O (x2)

PEOPLE

Alane solves SCORPIOS for the house minimum...but a maingame sweep!

Kevin	Colin	Alane
		$11,960

Strange what can sometimes happen. Kevin and Colin both end up with the nice parting gifts.

BONUS ROUND:

Alane lucked out with that sweep, though she was headed to Bonus Land anyway with that short puzzle. Now she tries for some more.

She picks the H, which growls immediately. Will she be growling at this puzzle?

Bonus Puzzle

PERSON

RSTLNE gives her:

PERSON

It comes down to MCDO...

PERSON

And it didn't happen. She does not solve GOALIE...

...so she can't take the $25,000. Alane leaves with $11,960 in cash and trip.

Pat says goodbye in the post-game, but a doorbell rings, and he naturally has to check. It's Vanna and Giovanna!