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May 1, 1995 recap Feb 13, 2021 14:03:32 GMT -5

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Post by mechamind on Feb 13, 2021 14:03:32 GMT -5

Airdate: May 1, 1995

From Hollywood, it's America's game! Welcome to Celebrity Award Winners Week!

Here are today's stars:
Fiddler from Roots, here's Louis Gossett, Jr.! (playing for Challenger's Club for L.A. boys and girls)
Dr. Marlena Evans from Days of our Lives, here's Deidre Hall! (playing for Bright Style Homes)
And "Tool Time" Al from Home Improvement, here's Richard Karn! (playing for Overlake Hospital of Cancer Research)

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

Round 1

BEFORE & AFTER

RICHARD	Deidre	Louis
BANKRUPT! ($0)	$200: S $400: T (x2) Free Spin: N (x3) $450: L (x2) $900: C (x2) -$250: E -$250: A (x3) -$250: O -$250: I (x4) $200: M $250: R $200: G (x2) $200: H Solve: Correct!
	$3,750

Somehow, the Free Spin was placed on $1,000, covering the hundreds digit. It's a long story, and maybe they talk about it after the break.

BEFORE & AFTER

After a lot of panic, Deidre finally solves BLINKING LIGHTS CAMERA ACTION.

Richard	Deidre (FS)	Louis
	$3,750

We have a $3,500 and one-third $10,000 space on the Wheel, and Deidre panics even more as she starts this round!

Round 2

PHRASE

Richard	DEIDRE (FS)	Louis
	$250: T (x3) $150: H $550: N (DUD!)	$500: M $150: N (Repeat)
	$900	$500
Lose A Turn!	$550: L (DUD!)	$500: Y (DUD!)
	$900	$500
$3,500: S (x2) -$250: A (x2) $3,500: K -$250: E -$250: I (DUD!)	$600: W Solve: Correct!
$9,750	$1,500

After his Lose A Turn, Richard moves the Wheel one more space to $250 after it already stopped, but it's too late.

PHRASE

Deidre solves THAT MAKES TWO OF US. She wants Richard's money, but it's not there anymore.

Richard	Deidre (FS)	Louis
	$5,250

Well, let's give them another chance with a $5,000 space on the Wheel!

Round 3

EVENT

The chime and reveal are not done until after Louis takes his first spin.

Richard	Deidre (FS)	LOUIS
		$550: B (DUD!)

$500: S (x2) $550: T (x2) $400: H -$250: E (x3) $250: R $900: L -$250: I (x3) BANKRUPT! ($3,150)

EVENT

DING DING! DING DING!

A bad time for that to happen, but Pat must give the Wheel a Final Spin. Consonants are worth... $250 a piece.

Deidre: N (x2) ($500) (She thought she was supposed to solve after the buzzer.)
Louis: G ($250)

EVENT

Louis solves CROSSING THE PICKET LINE.

Richard	Deidre (...)	Louis
	$5,250	$250

Richard and Louis each receive some extra money for their charities.

Better to have been worth it for covering the $1,000 space, but the Free Spin goes unused.

BONUS ROUND:

Here's Deidre to win an extra $25,000 for her charity! All she has to do is solve this puzzle:

Bonus Puzzle

THING

RSTLNE gives her:

THING

Deidre thinks at first that the letters appear immediately after they're picked.

She eventually picks DCHA.

THING

She talks it out and eventually solves DAISY to win the $25,000! Deidre wins $30,250 for her charity!

Pat and Vanna thank the three celebrities for their time on the show. They have fun with Deidre for being nervous but winning anyway.