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September 26, 2002 recap Feb 26, 2021 19:44:17 GMT -5

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Post by mechamind on Feb 26, 2021 19:44:17 GMT -5

Airdate: September 26, 2002

From Sony Pictures Studio, it's America's game! This is Wheel Loves L.A. Week!

Think fast! A Toss-Up is coming right away!

$1,000 Toss-Up

LANDMARK

Go!

LANDMARK

Bill solves DODGER STADIUM.

Katie	Bill	Michael
	$1,000

Here to score that home run:
Bill Mixon: Retired, former shop teacher; from Dagsboro, DE
Michael Main: General contractor (gets to "play with" tractors and dump trucks), from Phoenix, AZ
Katie Du Porter: Pharmaceutical sales representative, from Ogden Dunes, IN

With the amount of effort that goes into putting these Toss-Ups together, we hope it's worth it.

$2,000 Toss-Up

THING

Go!

THING

Bill solves A SECOND CHANCE.

Katie	Bill	Michael
	$3,000

Bill gets a shot at the $10,000 space, and he can spin as many times as he likes to try and win it.

Round 1

SAME NAME

Katie	BILL	Michael
	$300: R (x3) Free Spin: Y (DUD!)	$600: S BANKRUPT! ($600)
	$900
$900: T -$250: E (x2) $400: N (DUD!)	$450: M (x2) -$250: A (x2) $300: F -$250: O (DUD!)	$600: K -$250: I (DUD!)
$650	$1,600	$350
$300: D (DUD!)	$300: B -$250: U Solve: Correct!
$650	$1,650

Michael almost bought a repeated E instead of an I, but it didn't matter anyway.

SAME NAME

Bill solves FARMERS & BULL MARKET.

Katie	Bill	Michael
	$4,650

From our local prize market, we bring you this: A holiday at Park Hyatt Los Angeles (labeled LOS ANGELES) worth $4,600.

You may have to wait a little while before you jump at the Jackpot space. It'll grow more valuable over time.

Round 2

PROPER NAME

Katie	Bill	MICHAEL
		$450: T (x2) $800: S (x2) Los Angeles: R (DUD!)
		$2,500
$450: N (x3) -$250: E (x5) -$250: A (x2) $300: L (x2) $300: D (x2) -$250: I (x3) $400: V $300: C -$250: O Jackpot: X -$250: U (x2) $900: P (x2) $300: K (DUD!)	Gift Tag: H (x3) Solve: Correct!
$3,800	+

Bill tries to pick up the Gift Tag before calling a letter.

PROPER NAME

Bill solves UNDISPUTED HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMP LENNOX LEWIS to keep the Gift Tag.

Katie	Bill	Michael
	$5,650

Nobody can agree which Mystery Wedge is which. There are two $500 spaces, and under one of them is a BANKRUPT, while the other has a Kia Spectra GS worth $11,890.

Round 3

QUOTATION

KATIE	Bill	Michael
Prize?: T (She flips it... ...BANKRUPT! ($0))	BANKRUPT! ($0)	$800: S (x2) ("Null" cycle?) $800: F (DUD!)
		$1,600
$800: H (x3) -$250: I (x7) $900: M (x2) Solve: Correct!
$3,950

QUOTATION

Katie solves I WISH I MAY I WISH I MIGHT. "Kind of a Tinker Bellish quality" to her solve!

Katie	Bill	Michael
$3,950	$5,650

Anyone should be wishing for a little extra money from this Toss-Up:

$3,000 Toss-Up

EVENT

Go!

EVENT

Bill solves THE GRAND FINALE.

Katie	Bill	Michael
$3,950	$8,650

We're not there yet! Bill has a round to play!

Round 4

PHRASE

DING DING! DING DING!

Okay, we're almost there. Pat will give the Wheel a Final Spin. "Every consonant is going to be worth a grand total of..." $300 + $1,000 for $1,300 a piece.

Bill: N ($1,300)
Michael: T (x2) ($2,600)
Katie: R ($1,300)
Bill: H ($2,600)
Michael: D (DUD!)
Katie: W ($2,600)
Bill: L (x2) ($5,200)
Michael: S ($3,900)

PHRASE

Michael solves WE'RE ALL IN THE SAME BOAT.

Katie	Bill	Michael
$3,950	$8,650	$3,900

BONUS ROUND:

Bill had most of the luck, and now he's in Bonus Land to win one more prize! How about a Jeep Wrangler or the $100,000?

Bill takes a big spin, and it stops on the U in BONUS. He'll face one more puzzle:

Bonus Puzzle

THINGS

RSTLNE gives him:

THINGS

Really? Well, CDMA ought to do better.

THINGS

He guesses PAJAMAS and HAVANAS. He does not solve PAPAYAS...

...and away goes the $25,000. Bill leaves with $8,650 in cash and gift tag.

Pat feels kinda bad for snapping at Vanna over the puzzle. No hard feelings!

Vanna does mention that she went to the beach, and she shows a video of the experience. One of the cars almost got buried in the sand!