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September 8, 1988 recap Feb 26, 2021 21:54:00 GMT -5

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Post by mechamind on Feb 26, 2021 21:54:00 GMT -5

Airdate: September 8, 1988

Look at this studio filled with fabulous bonus prizes including:

A pair of $39,000 dangling diamond earclips!
A Regal Cabin Cruiser!
A living room ensemble!

Plus thousands of dollars in cash!

Over $262,000 just waiting to be won on...

Wheel of Fortune!

Pat plugs an upcoming road trip! Wheel will be heading to New York in just a few weeks!

Today's contestants:
Mitchell Meeks: Personal injury attorney (and must remember he's under oath in the studio)
Diana Faust: Book publicist for a major publishing company, also a singer/songwriter for a local band
Colin Mount: Student at LSU in Baton Rouge studying international trade and finance, from Mandeville (originally from Belfast, Ireland)

Pat says that Colin was a previous contestant, and due to a goof, he's back.

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

Round 1

PHRASE

MITCHELL	Diana	Colin
$150: T (DUD!)	BANKRUPT! ($0)	$150: L (x3) $300: V (DUD!)
		$450
$350: S (DUD!)	$200: R $400: Y (x2) -$250: O Free Spin! $150: M Lose A Turn! (Free Spin used) $450: G (x2) Solve: Correct!
	$1,800

PHRASE

Diana solves YOU'RE PULLING MY LEG.

Mitchell	Diana	Colin
	$1,800

It's no joke! We've got a nice prize on the Wheel! It's a Broyhill living room with sofa, loveseat, tables, and lamps (labeled ROOM) worth $3,194.

After teasing you for a bit, it's time to bring out some sparkles! The $2,500 space is on the Wheel!

Round 2

TITLE

Mitchell	DIANA	Colin
	$200: T (DUD!)	$500: R $350: S (DUD!)
		$500
$200: F ROOM! $150: N (x2) $300: D -$250: O (x2) -$250: A (x5) $750: L Solve: Correct!
$1,050+

TITLE

Mitchell solves LONG AGO AND FAR AWAY. "You won a room."

Mitchell	Diana	Colin
$4,244	$1,800

Big Money is not that far away, because the $3,500 space has waited long enough!

Round 3

FICTIONAL CHARACTER

Mitchell	Diana	COLIN
		$600: N (DUD!)

BANKRUPT! ($0)	$800: R (x2) $300: T $600: H (DUD!)	$150: S (DUD!)
	$1,900
$550: F $1,000: L -$250: A -$250: U $800: D (x2) Solve: Correct!
$2,650

FICTIONAL CHARACTER

Mitchell solves ARTFUL DODGER.

Mitchell	Diana	Colin
$6,894	$1,800

Another prize has also waited long enough, and now's the time! We add a Leisure Tech C-Bike boat (labeled BOAT) worth $6,525.

Oh, look! There's a $5,000 space! They probably knew it was coming, but they'd still love that money!

Round 4

PHRASE

MITCHELL	Diana	Colin
$200: T $800: N (x2) $800: R (x3) $1,500: S (DUD!)	$500: C $800: M -$250: I (x2) $500: P -$250: E (x2) -$250: A BANKRUPT! ($1,050)
$4,200

PHRASE

DING DING! DING DING!

Couldn't they do that sooner? Pat will now give the Wheel a Final Spin, and consonants will be worth... $350 a piece.

Colin: D ($350)

PHRASE

Colin solves IN ORDER OF IMPORTANCE.

Mitchell	Diana	Colin
$6,894	$1,800	$350

BONUS ROUND:

Mitchell's the big winner of the night! Now for something better than "a room". How about one of...

U.S. Treasury "Zero Coupons" bond ($100,000)

Corvette (over $42,000)

Diamond earrings ($39,500)

Cabin Cruiser (over $46,000)

"Good ol' American cash" ($25,000)

After some time, Mitchell decides he'll be playing for...

"Good ol' American cash" ($25,000)

We have this puzzle for him...

Bonus Puzzle

PHRASE

Mitchell quickly runs to STRLNE:

PHRASE

He tries OUT ON THE and OUT IN THE, but he does not solve PUT ON THE SPOT. Mitchell leaves with $6,894 in cash and room.

Pat and Vanna mention that they get a lot of mail over the years. It's an almost perfect show, but they don't like the neon $25,000 sign...so now they have a new $25,000 sign with actual light bulbs! It looks good!