Post by mechamind on Feb 6, 2021 17:52:26 GMT -5
Airdate: May 8, 1985
Look at this studio filled with glamorous prizes! Fabulous merchandise including:
A $31,000 motor van!
A pair of $8,000 cuff links!
A $21,000 sports convertible!
Over $138,000 just waiting to be won on...
Today's contestants:
Karen Picornie: Pediatric medical assistant (Pat thinks she looks like one), from Chicago, IL
Clare Powers: Mail handler for the U.S. Postal Service, from Winthrop, MA
Scott Coleman: Account executive for a leasing company and leases automobiles (all makes and models)
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!
Clare solves OODLES OF MONEY.
Loads of prizes on this show, but this one is not for purchase! You must spin if you want a Van Cleef & Arpels gift certificate featuring a pair of platinum and diamond cuff links (labeled JEWEL) worth $8,000!
Karen solves PICK A CARD ANY CARD to keep the cuff links!
Karen scores that "genuine cardboard" from earlier, but anyone could score with the $5,000 space on the Wheel!
Clare solves MICKEY SPILLANE for plenty of spending money! We'll find out what she buys after a break...
BONUS ROUND:
Look at this studio filled with glamorous prizes! Fabulous merchandise including:
A $31,000 motor van!
A pair of $8,000 cuff links!
A $21,000 sports convertible!
Over $138,000 just waiting to be won on...
Wheel of Fortune!
Pat asks Vanna to turn around...and we see that her wardrobe for the day is "backless" at the top.
Today's contestants:
Karen Picornie: Pediatric medical assistant (Pat thinks she looks like one), from Chicago, IL
Clare Powers: Mail handler for the U.S. Postal Service, from Winthrop, MA
Scott Coleman: Account executive for a leasing company and leases automobiles (all makes and models)
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!
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KAREN | Clare | Scott |
| $200: T (DUD!) | $450: N Lose A Turn! | $300: S $750: R (DUD!) |
$450 | $300 | |
| $350: F $800: D $200: C (DUD!) | $200: L -$250: E (x2) $400: M $1,000: Y Only vowels left! Solve: Correct! | |
$1,150 | $1,800 |
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Clare solves OODLES OF MONEY.
$1,800 to spend |
| Gucci man's 18-karat gold ring * (-$1,000) Panasonic portable TV/dialer/calculator (-$640) An "oodle" of a gift certificate (-$160) (Clare may choose this as part of a Gucci gift certificate.) |
Karen | Clare | Scott |
$1,800 | |
Loads of prizes on this show, but this one is not for purchase! You must spin if you want a Van Cleef & Arpels gift certificate featuring a pair of platinum and diamond cuff links (labeled JEWEL) worth $8,000!
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Karen | CLARE | Scott |
| $250: T (DUD!) | $400: N $450: D (x2) $800: S (DUD!) | |
$1,300 | ||
| $400: R (x2) JEWEL! $150: L (DUD!) | $150: H (DUD!) | $200: M (DUD!) |
$800+ | $1,300 | |
| $600: W (DUD!) | $200: C (x3) -$250: A (x4) $200: P BANKRUPT! ($550) | Lose A Turn! |
$800+ | $1,300 | |
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$800+ | ||
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Karen solves PICK A CARD ANY CARD to keep the cuff links!
$800 to spend |
| Nikko audio component system (-$780) Remainder on a gift certificate (-$20) |
Karen | Clare | Scott |
$8,800 | $1,800 |
Karen scores that "genuine cardboard" from earlier, but anyone could score with the $5,000 space on the Wheel!
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Karen | Clare | SCOTT |
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| $250: N $250: R (DUD!) | $600: L (x2) BANKRUPT! ($1,200) | $350: S Lose A Turn! |
$250 | $350 | |
| $300: D (DUD!) | $5,000: M $300: C $5,000: K Solve: Correct! | |
$250 | $10,300 | |
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Clare solves MICKEY SPILLANE for plenty of spending money! We'll find out what she buys after a break...
$10,300 to spend |
| Sharp 45-inch color rear projection TV (-$3,399) West Indies holiday (-$3,092) Dresher queen size bed (-$1,600) Pearl grandfather clock (-$1,430) Commodore 64 computer (-$340) Stiffel desktop styled lamp (-$295) Remainder on a gift certificate (-$144) |
And that's enough shopping for the day!
Karen | Clare | Scott |
$8,800 | $12,100 |
All this, and nothing for Scott? He's taking only the nice parting gifts.
BONUS ROUND:
Clare is the big winner, and she already knew what she wanted! She's playing for...
Classic Roadsters Duchess ($21,433)
Here comes this last puzzle!
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She takes a slightly different route with LDNRTE:
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She thinks it's a GATE, but she does not solve CONSTRUCTION SITE (though Vanna reveals just the left S after time runs out, and then Clare figures out the answer).
Still, Clare leaves with $12,100 in prizes!
