Season 2 - (Ron/Margot/Elaine) recap

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Season 2 - (Ron/Margot/Elaine) recap Feb 4, 2021 21:30:19 GMT -5

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Post by mechamind on Feb 4, 2021 21:30:19 GMT -5

Airdate: April 1985?

Look at this studio filled with glamorous prizes! Fabulous merchandise including:

A gleaming $5,400 18-karat gold bracelet!
A $15,900 Bronco II!
An $11,000 camper/trailer!

Over $100,000 just waiting to be won on...

Wheel of Fortune!

Today's contestants:
Ron Gardiner: Tax accountant, recently slimmed down losing 100 lbs. in 6 months! From New Orleans, LA
Margot Hodges-Tinner: Airline purser for an international carrier, from Las Vegas, NV
Elaine Rold: Homemaker and mother of two...and is a "collector"/"refunder" who traveled here with coupon savings?! From Parma, 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!

Round 1

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RON	Margot	Elaine
$750: T (DUD!)	$1,000: N (DUD!)	$400: R (x2) $400: L (DUD!)
		$800
$1,000: D (DUD!)	$200: S (x4) Free Spin! Free Spin! Free Spin! $500: P (x2) Solve: Correct!
	$1,800

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Margot solves MISSISSIPPI RIVER.

$1,800 to spend

Commodore 64 computer (-$340)
Hartco solid oak parquet flooring (-$375)
LouverDrape vertical blinds (-$450)
Wovenwerk brass/stainless steel planters (-$404)
Italian ceramic vase (-$180)
Remainder on a gift certificate (-$51)

Ron	Margot (3 FS)	Elaine
	$1,800

We cross back and forth with a good prize for the Wheel! Here's a Dicker and Dicker raindrop design mink jacket (labeled FUR) worth $3,000.

Round 2

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Ron	MARGOT (3 FS)	Elaine
	$400: T (x3) $400: H (x3) $500: R -$250: E (x3) $800: N (DUD!) (Free Spin used) $500: L -$250: O FUR! $150: F -$250: I $150: B (x2) Lose A Turn! (Free Spin used) Lose A Turn! (Free Spin used) $450: D (DUD!)	$200: S Only vowels left! Solve: Correct!
	$3,100+	$200

Elaine tries to spin before Margot turns in one of her Free Spins after the N call.

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Elaine solves THE BIRTH OF THE BLUES.

$200 to spend

Solid mahogany fern stand (-$190)
Remainder on a gift certificate (-$10)

Ron	Margot	Elaine
	$1,800	$200

Funny what can happen, but let's turn that around and win some more! We've got a $5,000 space on the Wheel!

Round 3

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PHRASE

Ron	Margot	ELAINE
		$300: T (x4) $5,000: H $300: N (x2) -$250: E (x2) $500: G (x2) -$250: I (x2) $350: R (x2) $500: Y Solve: Correct!
		$8,500

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Perfection! Elaine solves GETTING YOUR FOOT IN THE DOOR.

$8,500 to spend

Van Cleef & Arpels wedding band! * (-$4,400)
Corsican brass queen bed (-$2,000)
Dakotah queen-size bed spread (-$710)
Simmons Beautyrest mattress (-$700)
Lord Elgin man's quartz watch (-$325)
Brass incense burner lamp (-$238)
Remainder on a gift certificate (-$127)

(Elaine can choose the wedding band as part of a Van Cleef & Arpels gift certificate.)

Ron	Margot	Elaine
	$1,800	$8,700

One more before we get kicked out. Pat gives the Wheel a Final Spin, and we play for a Gucci gift certificate. Consonants are worth... $300 a piece. Ron begins.

Round 4

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Ron: N (x2) ($600)
Margot: T (x2) ($600)
Elaine: Y (DUD!)
Ron: R (x2) ($1,200)

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Ron solves TINA TURNER for a $1,200 gift certificate.

Ron	Margot	Elaine
$1,200	$1,800	$8,700

BONUS ROUND:

Look who did it! Elaine is the big winner, and now she will play for...

Hi-Lo travel trailer ($11,077)

What's the puzzle?

Bonus Puzzle

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Guess who's going with TRNSLE!

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She instantly solves SOUR GRAPES to keep the trailer! Elaine is leaving with $19,777 in prizes!

Last Edit: Jan 14, 2023 19:58:59 GMT -5 by mechamind

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Season 2 - (Ron/Margot/Elaine) recap Feb 4, 2021 22:07:40 GMT -5

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Post by logicman27 on Feb 4, 2021 22:07:40 GMT -5

EPISODE NUMBER: 418
AIRDATE: 10/9/85

(I got that from andynwof.)

Last Edit: Feb 4, 2021 22:08:10 GMT -5 by logicman27

Jan 18, 2019 16:31:06 GMT -5 wheelinganddealing said:

This is why we watch. Not only for the gut punch, but the random acts of insanity that make you cheer for total strangers, the brothers doing "YMCA," or the wife jumping into her husbands arms which led to the greatest ad lib between Pat & Vanna, etc, etc, etc).

There's a reason this show has been on so long.

I'll never quit watching. Hopefully, you won't either.

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Season 2 - (Ron/Margot/Elaine) recap Feb 4, 2021 22:30:43 GMT -5 logicman27 likes this

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Post by mechamind on Feb 4, 2021 22:30:43 GMT -5

Interesting, as that conflicts with the Wiki which says this may have been around April.

EDIT: Looking up another episode, there might be something about the $1,000 space in Round 1. At this point, the font was still wide, while by the MORRIS THE CAT episode, it was normal.

Last Edit: Feb 4, 2021 22:51:00 GMT -5 by mechamind

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