Post by mechamind on Feb 2, 2021 9:55:56 GMT -5
Airdate: November 27, 1987
Look at this studio filled with glamorous merchandise! Fabulous bonus prizes including:
A $40,000 sparkling necklace!
His-and-her automobiles!
Over $187,000 just waiting to be won on...
Wheel of Fortune!
Today's contestants are Norm, Dianne, and Linda!
(Today's interviews were cut from the source video. Everything up to the Pat and Vanna intro is still intact.)
The top-dollar value on the Wheel is $1,000. We are playing for cash, and here's our first puzzle:
Linda solves CAN YOU TOP THAT.
Linda solves BY WORD OF MOUTH.
Even after that, we can still top it with the $3,500 space, so let's get to it!
Dianne solves RECREATIONAL VEHICLE.
Norm solves LOWEST COMMON DENOMINATOR.
DING DING! DING DING!
But we don't have a lot of room, so Pat will give the Wheel a Final Spin. Consonants are worth... $200 a piece. Dianne starts.
Dianne: N (DUD!)
Linda: T (DUD!)
Norm: M (DUD!)
Dianne: R ($200)
Linda: M (Repeat)
Norm: L ($200)
Dianne: S ($400)
Linda: D (x2) ($400) (She begins to say something but stops.)
Norm: G ($400)
Dianne: O (x6) ($400)
Dianne solves FOOD GLORIOUS FOOD. Pat doesn't know what it is, either.
BONUS ROUND:
Look at this studio filled with glamorous merchandise! Fabulous bonus prizes including:
A $40,000 sparkling necklace!
His-and-her automobiles!
A $39,000 travel truck!
Plus thousands of dollars in cash!
Over $187,000 just waiting to be won on...
Wheel of Fortune!
Today's contestants are Norm, Dianne, and Linda!
(Today's interviews were cut from the source video. Everything up to the Pat and Vanna intro is still intact.)
The top-dollar value on the Wheel is $1,000. We are playing for cash, and here's our first puzzle:
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$350: R (DUD!) | $500: T (x3) $500: H -$250: A $1,000: N $400: M (DUD!) | $250: C $800: Y $450: P Only vowels left! Solve: Correct! |
$2,750 | $1,500 |
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Linda solves CAN YOU TOP THAT.
Norm | Dianne | Linda |
$1,500 |
Just for something a little different, we're adding a trip to New York and stay at Roseland Ranch (labeled TRIP) worth $5,678.
Obviously, you can top the first round...if you can hit that $2,500 space.
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$400: T TRIP! $150: N (DUD!) | $300: S (DUD!) | |
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$400: R $200: M Lose A Turn! | $250: H $150: C (DUD!) | $200: D $150: L (DUD!) |
$600 | $650+ | $200 |
$2,500: G (DUD!) | $400: P (DUD!) | $200: B $300: Y $200: W Solve: Correct! |
$600 | $650+ | $900 |
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Linda solves BY WORD OF MOUTH.
Norm | Dianne | Linda |
$2,400 |
Even after that, we can still top it with the $3,500 space, so let's get to it!
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Norm | Dianne | LINDA |
$450: N BANKRUPT! ($450) | ||
$800: R (x2) Lose A Turn! | $150: T $150: G (DUD!) | $200: S (DUD!) |
$1,600 | $150 | |
$300: L (x2) -$250: A (x2) $800: D (DUD!) | $700: C (x2) $450: V $700: H Only vowels left! Solve: Correct! | |
$1,950 | $2,700 |
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Dianne solves RECREATIONAL VEHICLE.
Norm | Dianne | Linda |
$2,700 | $2,400 |
We make room for an "unusual" prize: A signed Mark Chagall lithograph called Asher (labeled ART) worth $9,500.
Okay. Time to get serious with the cash! The $5,000 space is ready for this round!
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$550: R BANKRUPT! ($550) | $200: T (x2) -$250: E (x2) $200: S $200: C -$250: O (x5) $500: P (DUD!) | BANKRUPT! ($0) |
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$200: L $500: M (x3) $200: D $200: N (x3) Solve: Correct! | ||
$2,500 |
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Norm solves LOWEST COMMON DENOMINATOR.
Norm | Dianne | Linda |
$2,500 | $2,700 | $2,400 |
It's a very close game, and we have time for another round.
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DING DING! DING DING!
But we don't have a lot of room, so Pat will give the Wheel a Final Spin. Consonants are worth... $200 a piece. Dianne starts.
Dianne: N (DUD!)
Linda: T (DUD!)
Norm: M (DUD!)
Dianne: R ($200)
Linda: M (Repeat)
Norm: L ($200)
Dianne: S ($400)
Linda: D (x2) ($400) (She begins to say something but stops.)
Norm: G ($400)
Dianne: O (x6) ($400)
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Dianne solves FOOD GLORIOUS FOOD. Pat doesn't know what it is, either.
Norm | Dianne | Linda |
$2,500 | $3,100 | $2,400 |
BONUS ROUND:
What we do know is that Dianne is in Bonus Land. She decides to play for...
Travelcraft wide-body mini motor home ($39,792)
Will she solve this puzzle?
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THING |
Like a magnet, Dianne goes for TRSNLE:
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THING |
She instantly solves PERFECT ATTENDANCE to keep the motor home! Dianne leaves with a total of $42,892!