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October 7, 1998 recap Feb 13, 2021 16:16:57 GMT -5

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Post by mechamind on Feb 13, 2021 16:16:57 GMT -5

Airdate: October 7, 1998

From Sony Pictures Studio, it's America's game! This is British Isles Week!

Today's contestants:
Anita Hughes: Owns a printing business, from Carrollton, TX
Anthony Harkless: Civil engineer for the city of Jackson, Mississippi; also a "Gospel rapper"; from Jackson
Monica Williams: Hairstylist who apparently works as close as Pat and Vanna, from Burbank, CA

The top-dollar value on the Wheel is $1,000...but may that BANKRUPT space be smote down! If only it was that easy.

Round 1

PROPER NAME

ANITA	Anthony	Monica
$700: R (DUD!)	$700: T $350: H $350: M Lose A Turn!	$600: S (x2) -$250: A $250: G (DUD!)
	$1,400	$950
$900: N Lose A Turn!	$800: J (DUD!)	$300: D Only vowels left! Solve: Correct!
$900	$1,400	$1,250

PROPER NAME

Monica solves THOMAS EDISON.

DING! DING! DING! DING! DING! DING! DING! DING! DING!

Guess what time it is! It's our $3,000 Puzzler, and Monica can win the money by solving this puzzle:

Puzzler

PLACE

Nothing. She does not solve LABORATORY.

Anita	Anthony	Monica
		$1,250

That light bulb above our head gave us this prize: A Yamaha Clavinova digital piano (labeled PIANO) worth $5,495.

To add to our colorful invention, the $2,500 space and $10,000 prize are ready for you.

Round 2

BEFORE & AFTER

Anita	ANTHONY	Monica
	$250: T (x2) $250: H (x2) $550: S (x2) $250: R (x2) $600: L (x3) -$250: E (x3) -$250: A PIANO: F Lose A Turn!	$300: N (DUD!)
	$3,900
$500: C $900: D -$250: I (x2) $300: W Solve: Correct!
$1,450

BEFORE & AFTER

Anita solves THE CALL OF THE WILD GOOSEBERRIES.

Anita	Anthony	Monica
$1,450		$1,250

We look everywhere we can for prizes, and it's time to bring in one more. We have an Live/Dive Aggressor cruise in Fiji (labeled FIJI) worth $7,980.

Smite down that Lose A Turn as well. Let's try to do better with the $3,500 and Jackpot spaces!

Round 3

SAME NAME

Anita	Anthony	MONICA
		$700: S BANKRUPT! ($700)

$400: T (x3) $300: R (x4) $300: P (DUD!)	$3,500: C (x3!) $600: H -$250: E -$250: A (x2) -$250: O (x3) Solve: Correct!
$2,400	$10,350

SAME NAME

That's more like it! Anthony solves ORCHESTRA & TRAIN CONDUCTOR.

Anita	Anthony	Monica
$1,450	$10,350	$1,200

May the $5,000 space shine bright! There is nothing greater on this show! You might even need it just to get to Bonus Land.

Round 4

THING

ANITA	Anthony	Monica
$250: T (x2) $250: R (DUD!)	$250: H $900: R (Repeat)	$450: S $250: C (x2) -$250: I (x2) $700: K (x2) -$250: A $550: D (DUD!)
$500	$250	$1,850
$250: P (DUD!)	$900: J $500: Y Only vowels left! Solve: Correct!
$500	$1,650

THING

Anthony solves THICK JUICY STEAK. We've had enough to eat.

Anita	Anthony	Monica
$1,450	$12,000	$1,250

BONUS ROUND:

Actually, Anthony can take a little more now that he's in Bonus Land. What will it be?

Land Rover (over $37,000)

Ocean voyage to London via QE2 (over $16,000)

"The cash" ($25,000)

It is time. Anthony picks the middle E, and we have another bonus puzzle ready:

Bonus Puzzle

THING

RSTLNE gives him:

THING

CBPO does much more.

THING

He instantly solves BAG OF ICE, and he's already jumping around!

We don't even know what's in the envelope. Pat asks what Anthony would do. He'd run around the studio, do a dance, a backflip, and maybe something else.

It is the $25,000! Anthony is bouncing all over the place, and he will leave with $37,000 in cash!

In the post-game, Pat mentions that people need to stop using the word "dial" when making a phone call. We don't have an actual word for the touch-tone buttons. Same goes for "rolling" down the power windows.