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February 6, 1989 recap Feb 12, 2021 23:10:21 GMT -5

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Post by mechamind on Feb 12, 2021 23:10:21 GMT -5

Airdate: February 6, 1989

Look at this studio filled with fabulous bonus prizes including:

Front row seats including at Daytona 500!
A speedboat and pickup truck!
A California Countach coupe!

Plus thousands of dollars in cash!

Over $220,000 just waiting to be won on Wheel of Fortune as we begin...

Wipeout Week!

All contestants have drawn numbers to determine the order in which they appear. When you win, you come back the next day, and you could "wipe out" bonus prizes by winning them!

Today's contestants:
Sue Elie (?): Flight attendant, from Denver, CO
Terrie Patton: Works part-time at a ladies' boutique, from Dallas, TX
Ed Goodman: Also a flight attendant, but also learning to get his pilot's license; from Long Beach, CA

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

Round 1

PHRASE

SUE	Terrie	Ed
$200: N $150: G $400: T (DUD!)	$800: C (x2) $300: S -$250: I Lose A Turn!	$200: K (x2) $300: H (DUD!)
$350	$1,650	$400
$250: R $250: P (DUD!)	-$250: A $400: B (DUD!)	$1,000: J Only vowels left! Solve: Correct!
$600	$1,400	$1,400

PHRASE

Ed solves CRACKING JOKES.

Sue	Terrie	Ed
		$1,400

See? The game hasn't changed that much, and we're still adding a prize: a 1989 Starcraft Comet camper (labeled CAMPER) worth $6,644.

This Big Money won't be "wiped out". Hit the $2,500 space as many times as you want!

Round 2

FICTIONAL CHARACTERS

Sue	TERRIE	Ed
	$400: T $800: H $200: S (x2) -$250: E $900: C $200: L -$250: O -$250: A (x3) $700: F $250: N (x2) -$250: I (x4) Solve: Correct!
	$2,900

FICTIONAL CHARACTERS

Perfection! Terrie solves THE CALIFORNIA RAISINS.

Sue	Terrie	Ed
	$2,900	$1,400

Ed's lead has been wiped out, but he might get it back with help from the $3,500 space!

Round 3

THING

Sue	Terrie	ED
		$550: N $600: G -$250: I $800: T (DUD!)
		$900
$3,500: R (x3!) -$250: E -$250: A (x2) -$250: O $250: C (DUD!)	$150: L (DUD!)	$150: W $400: F $900: D (x3) $200: S (x2) Solve: Correct!
$9,750		$4,550

THING

Ed reads what's on the board.

Sue	Terrie	Ed
	$2,900	$5,950

A prize steps forward in hopes of a win! It's a United States savings bond (labeled BOND) worth $10,000!

It wouldn't be Wheel without the $5,000 space! Let's win some more money before we get to the real "wipe out" gimmick.

Round 4

LANDMARK

SUE	Terrie	Ed
$900: N $1,500: T (x2) -$250: E (x3) BANKRUPT! ($3,650)	Lose A Turn!	$250: R (x3) $300: C BANKRUPT! ($1,050)

$900: D (x2) BOND! $300: L Solve: Correct!
$2,100+

LANDMARK

Sue solves WORLD TRADE CENTER to keep the bond! And that wipes out our time.

Sue	Terrie	Ed
$12,100	$2,900	$5,950

BONUS ROUND:

It just shows what can happen. Sue is the big winner and can pick one of...

California Countach coupe (over $58,000)

Front row sports seats ($36,000)

Pickup and boat (over $48,000)

Pearl necklace (over $35,000)

Good ol' American cash ($25,000)

Regardless of what happens, Sue is coming back tomorrow! For now, she picks...

Good ol' American cash ($25,000)

Let's solve this puzzle!

Bonus Puzzle

THING

RSTLNE gives her:

THING

CMDI is really good!

THING

She instantly solves CHECK LIST to keep the cash! Sue finishes with $37,100 in cash and U.S. bond, and she's coming back tomorrow!

Pat and Vanna talk about a woman who went to a grocery store at 6 AM to buy groceries. That woman was Vanna who pushes her cart, but it's too full, so she gets a second cart and fills that one too. Vanna gets to the checkout line, and when she gets the first cart...someone puts everything back. What a pain.