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September 30, 1998 recap Jan 17, 2021 17:14:33 GMT -5

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Post by mechamind on Jan 17, 2021 17:14:33 GMT -5

Airdate: September 30, 1998

From Sony Pictures Studio, it's America's game! This is French & Italian Riviera week!

Today's contestants:
Morris Murmelstein: Fiscal assistant at a major medical facility (also an avid eating contest participant and phone book reader), from Jackson, MS
Bob Gebauer: In the Air Force for 23 years, now a financial consultant with a major investment firm, from Plano, TX
Sarah Zogby: Graduated from Davidson College in North Carolina with an English major, speaks the language "very good" and hopes to go into publishing, from Washington, D.C.

The top-dollar value on the Wheel is $1,000, so stuff your pockets, but just don't put it in your mouth. Let's get to the game!

Round 1

THE 70's

MORRIS	Bob	Sarah
BANKRUPT! ($0)	$350: T (x2) $300: R $600: H (x2) -$250: E (x3) -$250: I $550: W $600: F Solve: Correct!
	$2,850

Pat says that if Morris ate that BANKRUPT space, that would never happen again.

THE 70's

Bob solves MAY THE FORCE BE WITH YOU.

DING! DING! DING! DING! DING! DING! DING! DING! DING!

Surprise! Bob has a Puzzler coming! He can win an extra $3,000 by solving one more puzzle:

Puzzler

PLACE

He instantly solves GALAXY.

Morris	Bob	Sarah
	$5,850

After searching the galaxy for a prize, we have some Fred Joaillier emerald and diamond flower earrings with 18-karat yellow gold (labeled JEWELRY) worth $5,000.

The $2,500 space is always there for you to win! The $10,000 prize just needs to be pulled away from the dark side (make that sides).

Round 2

PROPER NAME

Morris	BOB	Sarah
	$600: T (x2) $550: N -$250: E (x3) $250: R $300: C (x2) $450: L (x2) $600: W Solve: Wrong!
	$3,850

PROPER NAME

Bob says CHIEF JUSTICE WILLIAM O. REHNQUIST.

Morris	Bob	Sarah

		BANKRUPT! ($0)
	$3,850
$900: H (x3) $400: S (x2) Solve: Correct!
$3,500

PROPER NAME

Morris solves CHIEF JUSTICE WILLIAM H. REHNQUIST. Bob might have been thinking of the wrong person with the O initial.

Morris	Bob	Sarah
$3,500	$5,850

There's no mystery here as we bring out another prize! It's a 1-week holiday in Ciboney Ocho Rios in Jamaica (labeled JAMAICA) worth $5,724.

The $3,500 and Jackpot spaces are here again. Preferably, you won't have to try and solve in front of a nearly-empty board...

Round 3

BEFORE & AFTER

Morris	Bob	SARAH
		$700: S (x3) BANKRUPT! ($2,100)

$300: L (x2) $250: R (x2) -$250: A (x2) $300: F -$250: E (x2) $300: P (DUD!)	$600: G $300: D (x2) Solve: Correct!
$900	$1,200

BEFORE & AFTER

Bob solves SHOULDER BLADE OF GRASS.

Morris	Bob	Sarah
$3,500	$7,050

No more bad spins, please! Just give us the good stuff with the $5,000 space!

Round 4

THINGS

MORRIS	Bob	Sarah
$300: T (x3) $600: R (DUD!)	$300: S $900: N (DUD!)	JAMAICA: H (DUD!)
$900	$300
BANKRUPT! ($900)	$250: L (DUD!)	$600: P $550: M (DUD!)
		$600
$250: B
$250

THINGS

DING DING! DING DING!

This round is going a little slow, so Pat gives the Wheel a Final Spin. Consonants are worth... $900 a piece.

Morris: D

THINGS

Morris solves TWICE-BAKED POTATOES. Boy, he's feeling hungry.

Morris	Rob	Sarah
$4,650	$7,050

It's a shame that Sarah was left to starve. She takes home the nice parting gifts.

BONUS ROUND:

Bob is here in Bonus Land, and there are prizes to be won, including...

Saab ($32,900+)

GLS Wagon (over $22,000)

Holiday in Cannes, France with private car and guide (over $23,000)

"The cash" ($25,000)

Some good prizes, but Bob must pick an envelope. He'll go with the L which is closest, and he must get close to this puzzle:

Bonus Puzzle

THING

RSTLNE gives him:

THING

PGWI nearly fills it in! He smiles before the letters light up.

THING

And he instantly solves PENGUIN...

...which gives him the Saab 9-5 worth $32,970! Bob leaves with $40,020 in cash and car!

Pat says that the way he and Vanna are standing in the post-game, it's like they fell off a wedding cake.