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January 18, 1989 recap Feb 11, 2021 21:59:41 GMT -5

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Post by mechamind on Feb 11, 2021 21:59:41 GMT -5

Airdate: January 18, 1989

Look at this studio filled with fabulous bonus prizes including:

A $77,000 annuity!
A $40,000 gemstone package!
A Baldwin piano!

Plus thousands of dollars in cash!

Over $239,000 just waiting to be won on...

Wheel of Fortune!

Today's contestants:
Lisa Halperin: Pediatrician (fittingly, she is expecting a child), from Boulder, CO
Steve Kottler: Ophthalmologist ("the medical doctor one"), from San Francisco, CA
Candy Johnson: CPA, from Indianapolis, IN

The top-dollar value on the Wheel is $1,000. We are playing for cash, and here's our first puzzle:

Round 1

PHRASE

LISA	Steve	Candy
$250: N (x3) $900: R $250: T -$250: E (x2) $350: S (x2) -$250: I (x2) $350: M BANKRUPT! ($2,450)	$800: G (x3) Solve: Wrong!
	$2,400

PHRASE

Steve guesses COMING IN LIKE GANGBUSTERS.

Lisa	Steve	Candy

		$800: C $800: L Solve: Correct!
	$2,400	$1,600

PHRASE

Candy solves COMING ON LIKE GANGBUSTERS.

Lisa	Steve	Candy
		$1,600

Coming up on Wheel, we introduce a Windjammer Barefoot cruise to the Bahamas plus Omega Seamaster watches (labeled CRUISE) worth $4,976.

The $2,500 space is here, and while that wasn't exactly "gangbusters" earlier, something good could still happen to one of our players in this round.

Round 2

THING

Lisa	STEVE	Candy
	CRUISE! $150: T $150: N (DUD!)	$450: R $200: L (DUD!)
	$150+	$450
$200: S (DUD!)	$500: C -$250: E (x3) "I'd like to buy...a spin." $200: H -$250: A (x2) Solve: Correct!
	$350+

THING

Steve solves FAR-FETCHED IDEA to keep the cruise.

Lisa	Steve	Candy
	$5,316	$1,600

No strange ideas, just something we always do. We're bringing out the $3,500 space!

Round 3

QUOTATION

Lisa	Steve	CANDY
		$900: T (x2) $900: H (x3) $250: R (x2) -$250: U $900: S (x2) -$250: I (x3) $400: N (x2) $400: G -$250: A Solve: Correct!
		$7,250

QUOTATION

Perfection! Candy solves HIS TRUTH IS MARCHING ON.

Lisa	Steve	Candy
	$5,316	$8,850

This place is just "crawling in dough", and there are also plenty of prizes. Let's add a Eagle Summit DL 4-door sedan (labeled CAR) worth $12,751!

As for some of that dough, let's speed further with the $5,000 space on the Wheel!

Round 4

PHRASE

LISA	Steve	Candy
CAR! $300: N (x2) $300: R (DUD!)	$200: D (x2) -$250: A (x2) $300: T (DUD!)	$300: L (x2) -$250: O (x2) $300: D (Repeat)
$600+	$150	$350
$400: S (DUD!)	$550: G $550: Y $900: K Only vowels left! Solve: Correct!
$600+	$2,150

PHRASE

Steve solves OLD AND YOUNG ALIKE.

Lisa	Steve	Candy
	$7,466	$8,850

Those scores are pretty close, and we have time for another round!

Round 5

THING

Lisa	STEVE	Candy
	$400: T (x2) $200: N (x2) -$250: I (x2) -$250: O (x2) $200: R
	$900

THING

DING DING! DING DING!

Looks like we're almost out of time, so Pat gives the Wheel a Final Spin. Consonants are worth... $550 a piece.

Steve: Y ($1,450)

THING

Perfection! Steve solves ENTRY-LEVEL POSITION and just barely wins!

Lisa	Steve	Candy
	$8,926	$8,850

Lisa just wasn't able to get started. She'll receive the nice parting gifts.

BONUS ROUND:

Steve is just barely the big winner! Time to play for one of...

Multi-Bonus Annuity ($77,000)

Jaguar (over $47,000)

Gemstone package (over $40,000)

Baldwin grand piano (over $31,000)

Good ol' American cash ($25,000)

What will it be? Steve is playing for...

Multi-Bonus Annuity ($77,000)

Let's finish strong with this puzzle!

Bonus Puzzle

PERSON

RSTLNE gives him:

PERSON

He could get some help from GMBA.

PERSON

He instantly solves JUGGLER to keep the annuity! Steve leaves with $85,926 in cash and prizes!

In the post-game, Pat and Vanna are standing near the set for the gem package, including an elephant with its trunk down. Vanna believes it's bad luck to have the trunk down, but this game has proven otherwise.