Post by mechamind on Feb 17, 2021 10:30:45 GMT -5
Airdate: September 30, 1983
Look at this studio filled with glamorous prizes! Fabulous merchandise including:
A 2-week adventure in the Caribbean!
An $8,000 diamond bracelet!
An $11,000 6-passenger speed boat
Over $101,000 just waiting to be won on...
Wheel of Fortune!
Today's contestants:
Laura McCracken: Personnel manager
Lisa Rabenau (?): Mother of two
Glenn Siegel: Pillow manufacturer's representative
The top-dollar value on the Wheel is $750. 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!
Laura correctly guesses TIDDLYWINKS.
Lisa solves KATHARINE HEPBURN to keep the pin!
Let's take a look at the top-dollar value of $5,000! Someone could win a lot of money with this puzzle!
DING DING! DING DING!
We're running out of time, so Pat will give the Wheel a Final Spin. Consonants are worth... $800 a piece.
Laura: C (x3) ($3,500)
Laura guesses CLINICAL PSYCHIATRIST.
Lisa: L (x3) ($2,400)
Lisa solves CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST. I guess it was one or the other.
BONUS ROUND:
Look at this studio filled with glamorous prizes! Fabulous merchandise including:
A 2-week adventure in the Caribbean!
An $8,000 diamond bracelet!
An $11,000 6-passenger speed boat
Over $101,000 just waiting to be won on...
Wheel of Fortune!
Today's contestants:
Laura McCracken: Personnel manager
Lisa Rabenau (?): Mother of two
Glenn Siegel: Pillow manufacturer's representative
The top-dollar value on the Wheel is $750. 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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LAURA | Lisa | Glenn |
| BANKRUPT! ($0) | $200: S $100: R (DUD!) | $350: T $150: N $200: P (DUD!) |
$200 | $500 | |
| $175: M (DUD!) | $100: L $200: F (DUD!) | $400: G (DUD!) |
$300 | $500 | |
| $400: D (x2) $250: K "Guess": Correct! | ||
$1,050 | ||
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Laura correctly guesses TIDDLYWINKS.
$1,050 to spend |
| Vivitar slide printer and EF35 camera (-$336) 2-night Las Vegas holiday (-$612) Remainder on a gift certificate (-$102) |
Laura | Lisa | Glenn |
$1,050 |
We've brought a special prize to add to the Wheel! It's a Van Cleef & Arpels gift certificate featuring hummingbird pin with gold, diamond, and ruby (labeled PIN) worth $4,000.
The top-dollar value jumps to $1,000, and we've got a bigger puzzle for a bigger shopping trip.
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Laura | LISA | Glenn |
| PIN! $150: R (x2) $150: S (DUD!) | BANKRUPT! ($0) | |
$300+ | ||
| $200: T $900: Y (DUD!) | $300: C (DUD!) | $600: M (DUD!) |
$200 | $300+ | |
| $300: D (DUD!) | $250: N (x2) Commercial break! | |
$200 | $800+ |
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Laura | Lisa | Glenn |
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| We're back! $300: H (x2) -$250: A (x2) $300: P Solve: Correct! | ||
$200 | $1,450+ |
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Lisa solves KATHARINE HEPBURN to keep the pin!
$1,450 to spend |
| Habersham Plantation grandfather clock (-$680) Brass chest (-$179) 2-night San Francisco weekend (-$510) Remainder on a gift certificate (-$81) |
Laura | Lisa | Glenn |
$1,050 | $5,450 |
Let's take a look at the top-dollar value of $5,000! Someone could win a lot of money with this puzzle!
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Laura | Lisa | GLENN |
| $400: S (x2) $400: T Lose A Turn! | ||
$1,200 | ||
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DING DING! DING DING!
We're running out of time, so Pat will give the Wheel a Final Spin. Consonants are worth... $800 a piece.
Laura: C (x3) ($3,500)
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Laura guesses CLINICAL PSYCHIATRIST.
Lisa: L (x3) ($2,400)
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Lisa solves CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST. I guess it was one or the other.
$2,400 to spend |
| Comm Data computer and software (-$582) Hitachi music/stereo system (-$360) Antique brass spittoon (-$69) Gucci topaz heart ring * (-$890) Golden West Billiards bumper pool table (-$495) Remainder on a gift certificate (-$4) (Lisa can choose the ring as part of a Gucci gift certificate.) |
Laura | Lisa | Glenn |
$1,050 | $7,850 |
Glenn won't need a clinical whatever, but he will have to take some nice parting gifts after this.
BONUS ROUND:
Lisa is the big winner, and what prizes she has won! But now she will try and finish with...
Cadillac Eldorado coupe ($23,728)
Here comes one more puzzle:
Bonus Puzzle | ||||||||||||||
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Lisa is going with RSTNLE:
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She tries a few combinations, but she does not solve GARLIC BREAD. Lisa leaves with $7,850 in prizes.
In the post-game, Pat and Vanna talk about the bonus prizes. Some of them are marked with stars and can be chosen if they haven't already been purchased.
